TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1908.
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POLICE iT ABLE
TO LOCATE SHARP
Hofy Roller Leader Drops Out
of Sight After Bloody
Battle.
SHAVES HAIR .AND BEARD
Wounded Fanatic Visits Xcero Bar
ber Shop, Where lie Kffects Dis
guiseAuthorities Offer rte
wrI, Stop Street Meetings.
KANSAS CITT. Mo.. TVc. ft. Efforts
5f the pollc tn find John Sharp, failed
by hl tn fanatical followers as a sec
ond Messiah, failed today to reveal his
movements after yesterday's bloody
fifrht with the pojlce.
The only clww so far secured Is that
he went Into a nearo barber shop
shortly after the trafredy and had his
hair trimmed and his long; heard
shaved off. Chief of Police Ahearn
has Issued circulars s-lvlna- Sharp's
description and offering a reward for
his capture.
Injured Are Improving.
No Athr names hav been added to
yesterday's list of deaths. Policeman
Michael Mullane. who was the most
seriously hurt, rallied slightly early
in the day and physicians say he has
an even chrnte for recovery. Serfreant
Patrick Clark and A. J. Seller, a by
stander who was shot through the
liiriR, arc both stt adily Improving.
At the General Hospital. Lieutenant
1'ratt. first disciple of Sharp and
father of the Rirl who was killed, is
lvias; on his cot with his right leg:
amputated at the knee and a bullet
In his brain. He persists that he Is
divinely jrutded and upheld .and is bit
ter In his denunciation of the police.
Itet-ardinic his religious faith he has
little to say.
"God-s Will," Rays Mother.
Mrs. Pratt and her four surviving;
children are detained at police head
quarters and Mrs. Sharp is In jail.
None of them exhibits any emotion
when speaking of the " death of Lulu
Pratt, but calmly assert it was God's
will. The police say the two women
nnd the two other girls, Mary and
Lena, will be eharjred with murder.
Five residents of a mission in the
North End frequented by Sharp's fol
ower, are being held for Investiga
tion. Little Girl Cool.
Mary Pratt. :he little 11-year "'old
siMer of the dead srirl. displayed the
same remarkable coolness shown by her
elders when questioned by the police.
Phe did not cry when told of her sis
ter's death.
"She died for her God," was the
child s remark. Then the girl told of
the meeting of her family with Sharp
in North Dakota, two years ago, and
their wandering since, including the
trip down the Missouri River In the
houseboat. She told of the hardships
met with and said that hunger and
cold were endured by all the members
aike.
In a statement. Mrs. Pratt said that
Sharp and his wife were known to the
band as Adam and Eve. She said that
Sharp was told In a revelation that their
meetings would be Interfered with and
that the leader ormrd his flock and told
them to shoot If the police attempted
to arrest them. Sharp said that he
would-live forever, added Mrs. Pratt.
Regrets Xot Shooting.
Continuing. Mrs. Pratt told of the at
tempted escape cf herself and daughter
In the skiff. She expressed sorqw for
not shooting the pursuing officers and
said she feared she had lost her eter
nal life for not doing so.
Mrs. Elisfa Sharp made the following
statement:
"I was born In Mountain Grove. Mo.,
37 years ago I married Sharp, a farmer,
2ft years ago, and we went to-Arkansas.
later. we went to Oklahoma, and took
up a claim. We had no religion then
at all. About six years ago my lius
bend came home one night and said
he did not think we were living right.
He had had a revelation of the faith of
God. We began to read the Bible, and
a week later I. got the revelation.
Then we both repented for two weeks
weeping and mourning not because
v.-e wanted to, but because we could
rot help It. We then sold our farm
-and gave the money away to people
who needd it and started out to
preach. Since then we have traveled
through Oklahoma. Texas, Kansas, Mis
souri and Illinois. Then we went
north to Minnesota, and last Summer
we spent In Canada in Manitoba and
Saskatchewan. W e lived on gifts made
by converts and small sums of money
nd food given us by whoever enred.
One man who found the light sold his
property and put J7000 in. We kept
all the money in a common fund.
"About last August, when we came
buck from Canada, we 'built a house
boat and started down the Missouri
from a place In Montana near White
Earth."
Chief of Polle.2 Hearn announced to
d:y that yestarday's bloody affair
would mark an end to street meetings
In Kansas City, and ordered his r.ien
to allow no mor Fpeakers to address
crowds on public thoroughfares.
WEALTH GOING TO WASTE
(Continued From First pare.)
coal available for mining tinder present
conditions, J.80.000.000" tons of high-grade
Iron ores and 59.000,000,000 tons of low
grade Iron ores.
The American people, he contended,
were ready to pay whatever increase In
the cost of the fuel may be necessary to
guarantee safety to miners and saving
of fuel which belongs to the next genera
tion. The Federal Government, however,
must look to the state for such protection-Oil
and Gas Wasted.
The chief waste In oil supplies, the Sen
ator said, is in their extensive use for
. fuel, as for locomotives, for which pur
pose coal might be substituted, leaving
the principal use for petroleum In Iso
lated districts where there are no avail
able substitutes. Discovery of other de
posits in the Middle and Western States
ti nrolnne- the life of Petroleum And na
tural fas was Indicated, he added.
The mineral production of the United
States, according to this report, now
exceeds JI.O0O.OO0.O0O In value every year
and supplies 65 per cent of the freight
traffic of the country. The waste In the
mining and treatment of mineral sub
stances during a year is equivalent to
more than JCOO.OOO.O'.O.
Immense Loss by Fire,
Tna greatest source of waste of struc
tural materials and of money values,
the report says, is that due to fires and
can be most readily reduced by the sub
stitution of fire-resisting building ma
terials" for the Inflammable construction
row so prevalent. The lire losse3
amounted to over H56.4S5.900 la 1907. or
about 50 per cent of the total value of
the new building construction In that
year. At a reasonable estimate, accord
ing to the report, three-fourths of the
flre losses, or a total of S23USC.95S a year,
may be reasonably looked for.
RUEF'S FATE WITH JURY
(Continued From First Pe
instead of taseves. I demand a verdlot
of guilty at your hands."
"Away With Assassins."
Once during the morning the atmos
phere was highly charged with excite
ment. Quoting the words of Thomas
B. Dozler of the defense, who In his
address last night, referring to W. J.
Burns, said: "Awny with suborners of
perjury." Mr. Johnson exclaimed:
"Counsel has said: 'Away with sub
orners of perjury.' Aye. away with
suborners of perjury. Away with brib
ers of witnesses. Away with dynamit
ers. Away with assassins. And again,
away with the bribers of Jurors, some
of whom today are on their way to the
penitentiary, wherr others, perchance,
may follow." '
Who Owned Supervisors?
The speaker refused to stand as spon
sor for the righteousness of the three
Supervisors Gallagher, Wilson and,
Furey who had admitted the receipt of
money, but added:
"And whose Supervisors where they7
Whose was the master mind'T Whose was
the blackeet soul in all that black crew?
Who was the captain of that pirate ship,
who would not stand by his guns when'
disaster threatened? Who selected and
elected and boupht and sold every one
of these Supervisors, not once, but many
times?
Must Be No Mistake.
"I am arguing this case so that no man
among you may walk a sham hereafter.
There is going to he no mistake as to my
meaning In this case, nor as to responsi
bility. If you don't convict this man.
may God deal with you, because, by
heaven, the people of this community will
not."
Referring to the plunder of the relief
fund. Mr. Johnson said:
"Picture the child and the widow with
her mite. Picture the people all over tire
United States, who, with arms out
stretched, sent this money to the . relief
of the suffering. Picture these torn and
tattered bills, sent for a purpose so holy,
and, O. Irony of fate! picture them goln
out Into the hands of Ford and Ruef. to
become the medium of our betrayal in the
time of. our great helplessness.
"History contains no instance so base
and greedy and horrible as the con
duct of this man. Nero fiddling while
Rome burned and Caligula with his cru
elties, were no worse than this. There
he stood among the ashes and the de
bris, taking these torn dollar bills with
the tears of the givers upon them and
selling his home, your home, and my
home. The defense has spoken of Abe
Ruef's services at the time of that dis
aster. I have shown you a portion of
those services."
Case Is Most "otable.
One of the most romnrkable trials in
the history of California will end with
the discharge of the jury that Is tonight
considering the fate of Abraham Ruef,
charged with the bribery of a former
Supervisor of this city.
Both in duration and by reason of the
startling and unusual occurrences that
have attended Its progress, the trial has
attained a position as the most important
outgrowth of the exposures of the Sum,
mer of 1906, when a grand Jury, after
hearing the confession of 16 members of
the Board of Supervisors. returned
scores of Indictments, charging bribery
against the Supervisors, against Mayor
E. E. Schmltz. against Rne. then recog
nized as the political bead of tile ad
ministration, and against officials of the
street railway, the gas and electric com-"
pany, two telephone companies, a realty
company and a quartet of prize-fight
promoters.
Two Previous Ruef Cases.
In addition to several trials, in which
the alleged associates of Ruef figured
as defendants, Ruef himself has . twice
appeared to answer one of the scores of
indictments pending against him.
In the first case, wherein Kuef was
charged with extorting money from the
proprietor of a French restaurant, the
defendant pleaded guilty, at the same
time protesting his innocence. The case
was afterwards reversed by the higher
courts. In the second trial, upon a
charge of having bribed Supervisors In
the application of the Parkside Realty
Company for a trolley franchise, the Jury
disagreed, after many hours of delibera
tion. The third case was upon an indictment
charging- Ruef with brlblpg ex-Supervisor
John J. Furey. It was commenced
on August 26. and therefore has been In
progress 105 days, of which 70 were ac
tual court days. The jury was not com
pleted until November 9. when the trial
was 72 days old. The record now con
taining 3200 pages and over 1.000.000
words, shows that 1450 talesmen were
summoned, of whom 446 were actually
examined.
As the Jurors were passed over to the
Sheriff as they were selected, six of the
men who compose the 'jury have been
deprived of their liberty since Septem
ber 26, a period of 75 days.
Rnef'a Attorneys Are Arrested.
Shortly after the trial commenced
Frank J. Murphy and Adolph Newburg.
two of the attorneys engaged in the de
fense of Ruef. were Indicted upon a
charge of attempting to bribe John M.
Kelly, a talesman in one of the Ruef
venire. E. A. S. Blake, a contractor In
dicted upon the same charge, was con
victed by a jury and afterwards con
fessed. He Is still awaiting sentence,
and the trial of Murphy, In which Blake
was the principal witness for the prose
cution, is In progress In another depart
ment of the Superior Court.
Another outcome of the trial, more or
less of the same character, was the In
dictment for perjury a few days ago of
Aleck Lathan. Jr.. former chauffeur for
Ruef. who twice left the state, while un
der subpoena as a witness and who ad
mitted during the present trial that he
had given false testimony before the
grand Jury.
The attempted assassination of Fran
cis J. Heney. who originally had charge
of the case as Assistant District Attor
ney, was perhaps the most startling out
come . of the third Ruef trial. Heney
was shot In the courtroom on the after
noon of November IS by Morris Haas, a
liquor dealer, who peveral weeks before,
in Ruef's second trial, had qualified to a
seat in the Jury box, and whose record
as an ex-convict was exposed by Mr.
Heney. Haas on the .night of November
15 committed suicide In his cell at the
County Jail by shooting himself with a
small derringer, which is believed to have
been secreted In his shoe.
During the period of considerable ex
citement that followed he shooting of
Mr. Heney. many attorneys of ability
offered their sen-ices as substitutes in
the trial. Of these Hiram Johnson.
Matt L Sullivan and J. J. Dwyer were
accepted, and their services during the
past have been without monetary com
pensation. John J. O'Gara. an Assistant
District Attorney, has been engaged fn
the trial, since Its beginning.
On the side of the defense. Henry
Ach has been chief counsel for Ruef
throughout. Thomas B. Dozler, of
Shasta, has assisted him In the case
since the retirement of Frank J. Murphy,
following the latter' indictment.
FIND MEAT IMPURE
Prosecution Expected in Pro
metheus Poison Case.
ONE VICTIM DIES IN AGONY
Walter Who Served Poisoned Food
at Iiuncheon First Person to Suc
cumb -Governor Glllett
Among Sufferers.
PAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 9. After an
examination of the canned meats used
by the caterer at the launching of the
Prometheur at Mare Island Saturday,
when several hundred persons were pols
.oned. resulting in one death. Dr. J. H.
Hogan. of the Board of Health, says they
are full of bacteria and that prosecution
under the pure food law probably would
follow.
Dr. Martin Regensberger. of the Stats
Board of Health, said that his depart
ment was making an Investigation, but
he was doubtful whether it would have
any jurisdiction, as the food was served
on Federal property.
One Death Reported.
The first death to be reported in con
nection with the many cases of ptomaine
poisoning among the persons who partook
of the sandwiches served at the luncheon
givrn at the Mare Island Navy-Yard on
Saturday last, after the launching of the
Prometheus, is that of James C. Rey
nolds, a waiter, residing at 1341 Ellis
street. In this city. He expired early to
day after suffering severe agony. Rey
nolds was one of the waiters engaged by
the caterer to serve the luncheon, and.
with a number of his associates, ate of
the food provided. All were more or less
affected and several of them are still ill.
So far as known, the condition of none
of the others who were made sick by the
tainted food Is serious.
It is now estimated that several hun
dred people residing in the towns about
the bay are suffering from the effects of
the luncheon. So far the blame has not
been fixed, but the doctors at Vallojo
and at the Navy-Yard are busily engaged
in testing the various foodstuffs served
in an effort to locate the cause of the
trouble.
ADDITIONAL CASES DEVELOP
Nearly BOO Persona Affected by
Food.
VALLEJO. Cal., Dec. 9. A' few ad
ditional cases of ptomaine poisoning de
veloped during last night, but all are
light. All those who have been affected
are recovering, many of them practically
being well. The attending physicians
sav that there are no critical cases and
It Is believed that the worst Is over.
Altogether nearly 500 persons were af
fected by the food eaten at the Prome
theus luncheon. The only officers among
these were Assistant Naval Constructor
Sydney M. Henry and Lieutenant Austin
Klbbee. None were taken to the Naval
Hospital. An Investigation of the quality
of meat used by the caterer is being made
at the Navy-Yard.
BEARS EMPEBHH TO TUB
SOLEMN" FIXER AI, CEREMOXY
OF CHINA'S DEAD MONARCH.
Strange Mixture of Ancient Chinese
and Modern Practices Foreign
ers Are Allowed to See.
PBKIN, Dec. 9. The body of Kwang
Hsu, the late Emperor of China, was to
day carried with much ceremony from
the hall In the forbidden city, where It
has reposed for the last week, to the
Coal Hill mortuary. It will here con
tinue to He In state pending the location
and construction of the imperial sepul
cher. The cortege, brilliant, barbaric and
weird in the eyes of Western observers,
was led by Prince Chun, the regent, for
a short distance from its starting place,
and as it passed through the streets of
the Imperial city thousands of mourners
knelt in the dust until the coffin was
no -longer to be seen.
Clothing Is Burned.
In accordance with an ancient custom,
all the personal effects, clothing, costly
furs, etc., belonging to the late Emperor
have been incinerated. This work has
been going on for a week past. The
property thus - destroyed was worth a
great deal of money. It is estimated that
the post-mortem expenses in connection
with their late majesties will amount to
at least 6,000.000 taels (equal to about
$4.2000,000). This sum will be paid by
the Board of Finance and the Board of
Rights, but a large contribution Co it
will be obtained also from the treasury
of the late Empress, who Is reported to
have left fabulous wealth behind her.
Her property reposes In her personal
treasury, the building that was guarded
by General Adma Chaffee In 1900. when
the allies were in Pekln.
Because of the anomalous position of
the late Kuang Hsl in the reigning
family, his resting place has not Vet
been determined upon, but a Commission
has left Pekln for the Eastern tombs
to fix upon the site. , (
Tsl An Burled in Spring.
The Dowager Empress will be buried In
the Spring when her masoleum shall have
been completed. Her obsequies will cost
as much as those of the Emperor. A vast
collection of priceless furs and other per
sonal property belonging to her was In
cinerated In her palace two days ago.
The Prince Regent has been given full
Imierial power. The people regard him
as the Emperor defacto. His enthrone
ment will take place at the end of the
period of mourning and all officials will
then make to him the same obeslanee
that they have already made to the
Infant Bmperor Hsuan Tung.
An Imperial edict puts an end to the
ceremonies that have been performed
frCra time Immemorial every time there
was an eclipse of the moon, The nature
of these repeated edicts, issued in the
name of the Dowager Empress, shows
that she Is holding her position as head
of the Imperial family In the conduct of
palace affairs.
MME. NORDICA TONIGHT
Great Soprano In Beautiful Pro
gramme at Hellig Theater.
Tonight at the Hellig . Theater, the
world's greatest prima donna soprano
will appear before a packed house and
give a splendid programme. Madame
Nordica Is already a tremendous favor
ite in Portland, and from all Indica
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Commencing on Thursday Morning, Dec lO, pay-as-you-enter cars will be placed on the Depot
Morrison and Hawthorne Ave. lines and at a later date will be placed on the 23d-street line
This style of cars' is operated -ery suc
cessfully in Eastern cities and is similar
in construction to the cars now running
on 23d street and Mt. Scott lines, except
that the platforms are much larger; the
rear platform being divided for exit and
entrance, -while the front platform is used
for exit only.-
By the installation of this type of car
transportation will be more regular, com-
If passengers have not the exact
fortable and safer than at present ; mora
regular because of the systematic arrange
ment of entrance and exit passages, elimi
nating confusion and lessening the time
required for stops; more comfortable be
cause of the size of the car and the fact
that the conductor is not compelled, in
collecting fares, to pass frequently through
the car to the annoyance of the passengers;
safer because the conductor will remain on
fare, conductors will furnish change, returning the
who will then deposit the exact fare in the box.
the rear platform and thus prevent acci
dents due to starling car while passengers
are in the act of boarding or alighting.
In this effort to improve the service the
public is earnestly requested to co-operate
by entering car only at rear step marked
"Entrance."
By depositing the exact cash fare or
ticket in the fare box, or by giving trans
fers directly to the conductor.
full amount to the passenger.
THE PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR
"ff f " 2 v r. , for 1 I 7 YV 0
liff Sr I tntran CB only . , I , .
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(The arrows indicate the direction of movement of passengers when entering or lestvin g the car.)
By asking the conductor for transfers at the time
fare is paid.
By moving promptly into the car as near forward
i&l as possible, thereby preventing congestion at the
rear doors.
By alighting at either end by exits shown on dia
gram. Electric signal push buttons are located on the posts
between windows; press button as a signal for car to
stop.
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surrounding country, for never before
have there been so many mail orders
from the adjacent towns. Madame Nor
dica and her company appear at the
Hem "tonight under the directin of
I ois Steers-Wynn Coman. this belnp
J?i .e" n" of their subscription series
of concerts. ,
The concert will commence promptly
at 8:30, and no one will be seated dur
ing the numbers. The following is the
programme to be given this evening:
1. polonaise In A Flat.? Chopin
Miss iihiwrn. ,
2. Aria "Dtch Theure Hall" frbm Tjnn-
Mme. Nordica.
8 Prologue from "PaRllaccl". .Leoncavallo
Mr. Hastings.
4. English Songs: ..n,
(a) Now Sleeps the Crimson P1-"
rr Anrg"ls'lBver' Bright and Fair. 'Handel
(d) Hall Bounteous May. Gena BranscomUe
Mme. Nordica.
. PART II.
1. (a.) Panlllon . Orisg
(b) Rhapsodie Hongrolse Llsit
Miss showers.
2. French and Italian Songs:
(a) Vleille Chanson z
(b) Nell Fa.Vre
(c) Canzonette from -Salvator Rosa
Gomez
(d) ' Mattlnata ".' Leoncavallo
Mme. Nordica.
3. (a) Requiem Arthur Foole
(b) Sword Song klgar
Mr. Hastings.
4. 5erman Songs:
(ai Monat Mai Hammond
(b) Irh Liebe Dlrh Grieg
(c) Waldesgesprai h Schumann
Mme. Nordica.
Heavy Silk Shipments From Orient.
VICTORIA, Iee. 9. The steamer Akl
Maru passed in tonight, from Yokohama,
bringing a shipment of 450 tons of silk
andi silk (roods for. which baggage cars
are waiting at Seattle. The biggest ship
ment of silk for years Is now on the way
across the Pacific bn the Canadian Pa
cific steamer. Empress of China, which
left Yokohama on Monday. She has 6flu
tona of Japanese silk for New York.
valued at over Jl,500,0iX). The biggest ship
ment brought by any steamer was 6H7
tons, brought In December 1, and 906 tons
by the Bmpress of India.
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