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mm. PAGES.17.TO 24 VOL. XXL PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1902. NO. 34. t' ; PART THREE; 6...M..MI... 4 it IT WAS MURDER Coroners Jury Says Blow Killed Peter Beauchene. DIED FROM -FRACTURE OF SKULL ' Jfo Evidence As to "Who Inflicted the Fatal "Wound Police Mako Three Arrests in. the Case. , . t That Peter Beauchene, 41 years old, S06 Seventeenth etreet. camo to his death late Friday night by a fracture of the skull near .the left temple, caused by , blows from a blunt Instrument In the ' hands of an unknown person, was the opinion of the Coroner's Jury Inquiring into the case last night. No evidence was found showing who struck the fatal blow, but, according to several -witnesses ex amined, Beauchene and four young men "were "rushing the can" shortly beforo the affray started, beer was plentiful, and the inference is that some sort of a drunken row started, in which Beau 'chene received his death blow. "When he tleft his home early Friday night intend ing to pay a bill of 35 cents at l near-by store he had between $50 and $60 in gold and some loose silver In hia possession, and when he was searched after death his pockets disclosed an empty purse, a jackknlfe and $2 SO in silver. Three arrests were made by the police in connection with the case: "Bull" "White, John King and John CKeefe. They are held pending the instructions of the District Attorney. "Whlto has engag ed Lawyers Dan J. Malarkey and John F. Logan to defend him, and under their instructions he sent out word yesterday that he had nothing to say for publica tion. How the Body Was Found. Mrs. Annie O'Kecfe, SOG Sixteenth street, "whose younger son, John 0'Keefe,r was with Beauchene when the latter -was buy ing beer for the crowd, proved to be a rather unwilling witness at the Coro ner's lnqueet. "I have lived in this city 6 years." ehe stated. "I knew Beau chene for many years. I was walking along Jefferson street Friday night, when I saw a man lying across the sidewalk, end it looked as if he were drunk. I told Mrs. Darling about it she kept a small store at the northeast cornor of Chap man and Jefferson streets. This was about 11 o'clock at night, but it might hrve been later. I stood only a few min utes with Mrs. Darling, and then I went Lome." ' When you left the house where were Z our sons?" asked Deputy District At torney Manning. "My eldest son Joseph was in the house rvhn 1 left ho Is a deputy at the city pound. He was in early." "What iimo was 'your . younger .ton, John, home that night?" "A few minutes past 11 o'clock. I did not meet him. going back from Chapman street. Detoctlve Kerrigan and Police man Connors came to my house late that night, after the household had gone to bed, and they asked to see my son, wish ing to know if he knew anything about the man lying on the sidewalk. My son said he did not know anything about it" "Did the conversation take place In your son's bedroom?" "Yes, sir; I was present." "Before you admitted the officers did you warn your son who were coming to see him?" "No, sir; I just dressed, when they laiccked, and took them to my son's room. Kerrigan asked my son if he was one of the boys that nad been drinking with Beauchene, and my son said: No; you can see me any time about this. " "Did your son then know that Beauchene was dead?" "I don't think he did. I heard .after ward from somebody on the sidewalk that Beauchene was killed. I don't think my younger son, John, was with Beauchene that night. I suppose he goes Into a sa loon now and then." "Did you see any one near the body when you first saw it?" "I did not." "Did you hear any scuffle as you ap proached?" "No, sir. There was a drunken man on Chapman street, but I do not know who he was. He was not able to sit up. 1 lieard afterward that his name is "White. I am suro that my eldest on was not "with Beauchene." Bio tt Killed Beauchene. Dr. J. D. Fenton was the next witness, end ho testified that the cause of Beau chene's death was a fracture of the skulL "The fracture was about two inches to the left of the temporal bone, at an angle of 45 degrees to the body, standing erect," continued the "witness. "There was an other line of fracture extending from the upper point of tho fracture line, as de scribed, and running across the frontal bone to the Inner point of the left orbit. There? were no other marks of violence except three distinct lines, three Inches In length, and one-half inch apart, on the scalp, over the seat of tho injury. It is my opinion that death was instantaneous, and was due to a blow over' tho seat of the fracture, atid was made by some In strument or weapon, so made as to pre vent a laceration of tissues." "Might not the Injuries have been caused by a fall?" asked a juryman. "I do not think so. If the man had fallen, his shoulder or left arm would have caught first, and there were not any marks on them." "Suppose he fell in front, then?" "There would have been a frontal in jury." Testimony of Conductor Foncs. L. C. Fones. employed by the Portland Railway Company, and also a veteran of the war in the Philippines, testified: "I was the first man to see Beauchene. It happened this way: I stopped work at 11:50 o'clock, left my car in tho barn at 11:52, and at 11:53 I was at the car junc tion again. I had Just stopped to talk to Mrs. Darling, when Mrs. O'Keefa ran up, saying: 'My God, there's a drunken man lying across the sidewalk!' I said I would go across and look him up. He was lying on his face, about 100 feet from the intersection of Chapman and Jeffer son streets, opposite the Canyon Gardens. His feet were, hanging over the. curb line. I lifted him Over and saw blood Issuing from his nose. "When I straightened him up he gave a kind of a groan. I think his heart was still beatln,g. I went back to the women and said I would call a policeman. But Just then I met Police man Connors, and we went over to the man. Mrs. Darling and another woman said: 'Don't take him to the police sta tion. Liquor has got the better of him. Somebody suggested placing him in the empty wagon opposite the place where he was found. I suggested trying to get him home. The policeman said he would call the patrol wagon. Then I went home, as Iknew my Vife would be waiting-, for me and would be getting anxious, think ing that something might have hap pened.". 'When did you know, then, that .Beau 'chene was dead?" "Saturday morning about 11 o'ejock. I left the policeman to take care of him. There was a pool of blood three feet from the body." "Did you hear the sounds of any fight as you camo along in your trolley car that night? "No; In fact, the night was an unusual ly quiet one for that place. Usually about 15 or 30 of the boys hang around the cor ner, and they laugh and talk. But that night the boys were not there. As I camo along In the car I saw two young men in the grass near Smith's store, but I could not say who they were." "Did you notice any weapon near the place where you found Beauchene?" "Yes; a piece of iron gaspipe." Policeman Connors Testifies. Policeman Connors testified: "Friday night I went to supper at 11:05 o'clock. 1 saw that Beauchene was drinking with four young men John O'Keefe, John King and the two White boys. I noticed that the whole of them were pretty drunk, arid I told Campbell, who keeps a saloon at the other side of Jefferson street, nearly opposite Mrs. Darling's store, that he had better close early, as he would have the gang on his hands and they might cause trouble. He said ho would close as soon as BERLIN PREPARES TO RECEIVE ITALIAN MONARCH r "' 1 " 1 1 1 " i ICING VICTOR EMMANUEL. BERLIN, Autf. 23. Gilded masts, surmounted by evergreen crowns, are being cot up' along Unter dn Linden, in preparation for the entry into Berlin of King.' Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, Thun&ar next. The "Under den Linden Midway ,ls being bordered throughout its length by large rows of potted greens. Thc pro gramme for the King's entertainment, which Includes receptions, state dinners and a dally performance at the opera, ends on Saturday with the great Fall parade of troops on the Templehof Field. The object of King Victor Emmanuel's visit, as explained at the Italian Em basjy. Is that the young King Is simply making hia first call since his x acces sion upon his friend, the Emperor; that such was the only purpose of bis visit to Kussla, and that it is quite probable that the King will visit France next year. Austria Is not likely to be visited b; King Victor Emmanuel, for the reason that Emperor Francis Joseph has never returned the late King Humbert's visit to Vienna, because he wished to avoid oCendlng the Vatican by seeing King Jlum bert in 'Rome. As King Victor Emmanuel on his visit to Berlin will be attended by the Ital ian Premier, Slgnor Zaaardeill, the relations between Italy and Germany will naturally be discussed, but anything approaching negotiations with a deHnlto ob ject growing out of the Question of King Victor Emmanuel's disarmament pro posals, are for the Emperor's personal ear. and not official, and the frultlessness of making them la already well understood by the Ministers here. As for. the rest, the Berllners are looking forward to a brilliant show. he could. I camo back at midnight and Fones told me about the man lying on the sidewalk. "We took the man up and he breathed. I did not think at the time that he was badly hurt, and I thought of send ing him down in the patrol wagon. I got some water from Mm Darling, and I dropped some in hia face and on "his wrists, but he did not revive as quickly as I ex pected, and then I found that his pulse was not beating. I heard of a drunken man on Chapman street, and, In company with Detective Kerrigan, I arrested thl3 man, who turned out to be 'Bull White. The latter was dead drunk, and could not speak." GotUeib Rapp, the proprietor of tho Canyon Gardens, formorly tho Jefferson Gardens, testified: "Beauchene camo into my saloon about 7 o'clock Friday night. I did not feel well, and went to my room for a part of the time. Beauchene remained there from 7 until 10 o'clock, and he was sober then. "When I. went behind the bar he was drinking beer, and we shook hands. He gave ?5 In gold to the bartender to change for beer he bought He left my saloon about 10 o'clock, and was not there again that night. The White boys were In the saloon about 9:30 o'clock. They went out before Beauchene left. John O'Kecfe got a bucket of beer about this time. John King was also there." ' "After the crowd left your place, who came and got beer to carry over to them?" "They got four cans of beor, and all the boys, excepting Beauchene, came over for the beer." "Did Beauchene show any money in your place?" "The $5 gold piece and about $1 bo or so in small change." That concluded the evidence, and the Jury found their verdict without hardly any discussion. The funeral of the murdered man will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at tho Cathedral, Fifteenth and Davis streets. Interment -will be at Mount Cal vary cemetery. Canada and BInlne-Bond Treaty. NEW YORK. Aug. 23,-Secretary of State S. W. Scott, of Ontario, is quoted in a special from Ottawa to the Tribune as saying that there Is not, nor has there been since the present Dominion Gov ernment came Into power, any negotia tions, so far as Canada Is concerned, in the matter of the Bond-Blaine con vention. Newfoundland, being an inde pendent colony, need not ask the advice of Canada, nor would Canada under the circumstances feel at liberty to give ad vice. Any counter proposals that may recently have been suggested by Cana dian statesmen across the Atlantic have not reached the ears of the mem bers of tho Federal CaWnet here, and are not likely to, continued the Secretary of State. The matter of reopening nego tiations In this care rests solely with tho jBritlsh Government, the United- States and ' Newfoundland. ROYAL VISITORS GO Only the Shah L.eftto. Amuse Londoners.' HIS-DISPLAY OF PRECIOUS GEMS Ithodeslan Ghleftaln, Abyssinian Commnnder and Indian Potentates Take Their Departure Loaded Doirn "With Trinkets. LONDON, Aug. 21 King Lewanlka has departed for his kraal in Barotzland, Northwestern Rhodesia, with many im pedimenta, one of the most cherished Items of which consists of six silk hats. Ras Makonnen, the Abyssinian General, is also homeward bound. Among his bag gage Is a big balloon. The Indian Princes have disappeared, and with the departure of the Shah df Persia. Monday, London will be bereft of Its last show visitors. The west end of London, from a society standpoint. Is deserted. The "members of the royal family, the Cabinet Ministers and the foreign diplomats are scattered, and all those with money enough to en able, them to do so have fled to tho moors, rivers or various continental health resorts. Twenty-one West End clubs, aggregating a membership of near ly 30,000, are closed for renovation, and the shuttered houses of Mayfalr add to the general gloominess. There Is talk, however, of a "second season," commenc ing In September, with the reopening of Parliament and the return of King Ed ward to town. The Shah has been tho ob1vt of mil Mi attention on the part of Xho newspapers iur a wees past, ana wnile It is a mooted point whether the monarch Is really en Joylnfr himself, certalnlv nnrlai nmi f ficlal London have spared no pains to that enu. xne round of entertainments pro ided for . him Included light and' showy character, from a visit to the wax works to the big review of iiruucry at wooiwlch. while the short In tervals were filled up with conversations on political matters, such as Russian at tempts to secure ports on the Persian Gulf, the fulfillment of which would ne cessitate large additions to the British fleet in Persian wntew The Persian's jewels Vere an unending tuurce oi gossip, a. jewel merchant who iit present, at tne Shan's reception Tues day estimated that If the arch was then wearing were put up at uucuon, mcy would, retch $3,753,000. The last of the Indian potentates, the Maharajah of Japur, sailed for his home Friday, though officially he commences jus journey nomowaru ny deputy Monday. It is customary for tho Maharajah, before starting on Important Journeys, to con sult the state astrologist as to whether tho planets are favorable. The astrol ogist advised tho Maharajah's departure Monday, but as It was Inonnvenlnn n do so. the Maharajah determined to trick tne piancts. ana deputized his alde-de camp ana some members of his suite Start and await him nt Tlnvni- to The Maharajah has caused London hostesses endless confusion hv hnvinc- tha name of his special god printed on his visiting cards above his own name. "Vari ous smart women were hurt by not re ceiving answers to their Invitations until it was discovered that they had been ad dressee, to tne goa . instead of to the Maharajah. The embarkation of the Maharajah basrratre at Dover caused n Hnntlnn among tho provincials, especially the re moval from the train to tho steamer of an image of Buddha and copper vessels containing sacred gangeswat, which was carried out by tho priests of the suite with great ceremony. Among the Mahar ajah's baggage was a .bicycle, a horse and a small tricycle. The statements published In the United States to the effect that Americans in England are trying to purchase the house near Banbury. Oxfordshire, which was the home of George Washington's . ances tors, with a view of transporting it to tho United States for exhibition at the St. Louis Exposition, have surprised tho agents of the property, who have heard nothing on the subject. Commissioner Parker, of St. Louis, Informed a repre sentative of the Associated Press today that there la no movement whatever in this direction, and that the idea is abso lutely impracticable. A full report Is expected soon from Somers Clarke, tho architect in charge of St. Paul's, but there seems to be small question, in spite of the denials of tho dean, that the chapter is seriously wor ried over the condition of the cathedral. the foundations of which havo been weakened by bad draining, coupled with extensive excavations in connection with the tube railroads and sub-surface work. It 'is stated on good authority that prompt and extensive repairs, estimated to cost J1.1CO.OCO. are imperative to Insure the safety of the historic building. As the cathedral authorities are pressed for funds, it la not improbable that the pub He may be appealed to. The wet. wintry Summer Is drawing to a close with every promise of an equally unseasonable Autumn, which threatens to spoil the short post-coronation holi day season. Tho weather Is not only ue strovlnir crora. but. more serious from a society -viewpoint, Is ruining the Northern shooting. The grouee season is aammea ly a failure. Young birds are scarce and grouse disease Is more prevalent than usual on the Scotch moors, and Is also ap'pearlng In Iroland. The outlook for pheasants September i is equauy du. Harvesting Is behind-hand throughout tho Midlands, and northward, the crops havo been beaten down by heavy rains. The small fruit has been Injured uy nan in many sections, while the hop crop promises to be unusually poor. WHOLESALE FRAUDS. Illegal Registration in Sew York City. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. John McCut lagh, the State Superintendent of Elec tions, has summoned David N. Carvalho. the handwriting expert, to appear before him today to testify as to what Is be lieved to be wholeoale frauds in registra tion, carried on In the First Assembly District. Referring to the matter, tne , Herald says that In tho First Assembly District alone there have already been found the names of persons living in other districts, which, according to expert opinion, have been signed by other persons to transfer slips,, and certified to as their own signatures, thus allowing them to vote in that dis trict. The Investigation there Is only half completed. Transfers of the First District rolls to the number of C37 had beep mado on Sat urday last, when the time for recording ouch transfers expired. Mr. Carvalho has examined just half of these transfer slips, end states positively -that about 01 per cent of the signatures to the clips are fraudulent. The otatement Is made that If this proportion is carried out throughout the city and is not prevented from con summation beforo September 15 next, more than 1C per cent of the total vote of the city will be cast fraudulently. Mr. Car valho Is quoted as saying: "In the First District the foreign ele ment predominates, and among the trans fer slips I have examined so far thcro appears the names of voters 'of almost every nationality on the globe. But their signatures are all In the Spenccrlan stylo of penmanship, which Is not used by for eigners, and tho handwriting of the Com missioners of Deeds who attested the sig natures Is also In the Spenccrlan style. There Is a remarkably close similarity In most cases of the signatures of all threo names." MADE' A FORTUNE BEGGING. "Woman "Worked tlie Country From Snn Francisco to New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 23. The police havo arrested a woman representing herself to be Mrs. Harris Hunter, the widow of a one-time member of the Chicago Board of Trade, on the technical charge of vagran cy, and a Magistrate has held the wom an in $500 ball for examination. She Is 50 years of age. slight of bulk!, with gray hair, and was dressed In deep mourning. She was arrested in front of Kuhn. Loeb' & Co.'s banking ofllce by an agent of the charity organization society and detec tives from the central ofllce. , Mrs. Hunter had tried to obtain finan cial aid In the banking-house by saying that -she had an invalid brother, for whom she wlohed to buy an Invalid's chair. She was told to como back at a certain hour. As soon as she had left a. DEMAND FOR TARIFF OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington,, Aug. 23. The Washington Star tonight makes the following" comment upon the dec laration of the Idaho Republicans on the subject of tariff revision: "The Idaho Republicans want the tariff revised 'without unreason able delay.' That means now. That means that the business inter ests, of the country have nothing to fear from action on the subject by the party which prepared the present tariff law on protective lines, and could not be Induced to prepare a new law on any other lines. Secretary Shaw should ponder upon this deliverance. It Is not of an academic character. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, can afford to give it a moment's thought. It does not propose, that the work be postponed until the existing prosperity has received a check. The movement grows. It Is strong throughout the Northwest, and It is invading other sectiona The men who are behind It are Republicans in the best standing; and they quote as authority for their contention the great est influence that has operated in our affairs In favor of protection in half a century. They, certainly are safe with the shade of McKIn ley showing the way." clerk telephoned the charities organiza tion and Informed them that for the past five years a woman answering her de scription had been going tho rounds of the prominent brokers' offices, collecting money upon one pretext or another. She would Invariably represent herself as the widow of an ex-presldent of the Chi cago Board of Trade. It was said, and as having lost her money through various failures. When she came back to the bank, she was arrested. It Is alleged that she had traveled from San Francisco to New York, collecting money all the time, until It 1 said she has amassed at least foO.OOO. Mrs. Hunter says of 'herself: "I come from Sheridan, Wis., where I have left a father SI years old. a son down with consumption and a daughter 14 years old. I have been living In Brook lyn. The folks out West have no means of support, so I eet about securing aid for them. In receiving money from peo ple In this city I have done no wrong." ALL FOUR TO GOME Northwest Governors Reply to Invitation, FOR MONUMENT CORNERSTONE When the Leivis and Cleric Shaft Is Erected in City Park They Say They Will Bo on Hand. Henry E. Reed, secretary of tho Lewis and Clark Centennial, has received re plies from the Governors of Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Montana, - to whomThe wrote requesting their presence LONDON LIONIZING THE SHAH MCZAFEIt ED DIN, RULES It OF PERSIA, FOR WHO 21 THE BRIT ISH GOVERNMENT HAS PREPARED A BOUND OF ENTERTAINMENT. at the laying of the cornec-stonc for a monument to the memory of Lewis and Clark to .be erected' In the City Park. All of the Governors have promised to attend. An Invitation "was sent to Presi dent Roosevelt, whose response has not yet come to hand. Governor Geer, in re ply to the letter of Mr. Reed, wrote as follows: "Answering yours of the 16th Inst, I desire to say that I have today made out Mr. Dcschs commission as representative" of Oregon to Japan In the interest of the Lewis and Clark Centennial. No better man for the work cculd havo been se lected. "I also acknowledge with pleasure the formal Invitation to be present at the lay ing of the corner-stone of the monument to be erected In honor of Lewis and Clark. I desire to add, however, that if I am to be present as Governor of Oregon there will have to be some 'hurry up work done, since through no fault of mine, nor of tho people of tho state, the close of my term of office Is rapidly approaching. Anything I may do toward furthering the interests of the Lewis and Clark Centen nial I shall regard as a pleasant duty. Very respectfully yours. T. T. GEER." From Governor McBrlde, of Washing ton, the following was received: "The Governor directs that t acknowl edge receipt of your favor of the 16th inst.. inclosing a copy of a resolution de- REVISION IS GROWING daring It the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Centennial to erect a monument In the City Park of Portland to the memory of Lewis and Clark. The Governor at this time is unable to suggest a date, as you request. Very truly yours. "J. HOWARD WATSON, ' "Secretary to the Governor." The Chief Executive of Montana ex pressed himself In this manner: "Dear Sir: I am in receipt of t yours of the 16th inst., inclosing a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Lewis and Clark Centennial, American-Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, and asking my opinion as to the time when It would be most convenient for me to visit Portland for the purpose of par ticipating in the ceremonies incident to the laying of the corner-stone of a monu ment to be erected to the memory of Captains Lewis and Clark, the explorers of the Oregon Country. It will be con venient for me to be present or furnish a representative at any time, and I have no suggestion to make as to the time for holding the ceremonies mentioned. Yburs very truly, . J. IC. TOOLE. Governor." The Governor of Idaho briefly says: "Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge your letter of the lGth Inst., extending me an Invitation, as Governor of this state, to be present at the ceremony of laying the corner-stone to the monument in memory of Captains Lewis and Clark. I shall be very glad -to attend, and at any time the committee may name. Very respectfully, "F. W. HUNT. Governor." NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR Diplomatic and Soclnl Cnreer of 711. Jnsserand. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. M. Jusserand. as French Ambassador to the United States, will be a welcome acquisition to Washington society, say3 a Paris cable to the Tribune. M. Jusserand was born in 1S53. The greater portion of his diplo matic career was passed In England, where he was for several yeare attached to the French Embassy at the Court, of St. James. Notwithstanding his strong literary and classical tastes, he devoted especial attention to political economy, commercial and industrial subjects. M. Jusserand speaks English with great purity and fluency, and without a trace of foreign accent. He has written sev- oral books in English bearing upon Eng lish poets of the Elizabethan era. He la a bright 'and witty conversationalist, and a capital impromptu after-dinner speaker. He has been Minister at Copenhagen for four years. Mme. Jusserand. like Lady Herbert, the wife of the British Ambassador at Wash Ington and like the Duchess d'Arcos and the Baroness Moncheur, wlvefl of the Ministers of Spain and Belgium, 13 an American. Mme. Jusserand was formerly Miss Richards, the daughter of a partner In the banking-house of Munroe Sz Co during the lifetime of the late Mr. Mun roe, father of John Munroe, the present head of that flrai. M. Jusserand Is at his post at Copen hagen. and Is not expected in Prls before October. MUST GO TO FRANCE. Attorney-General Knox "Will Soon Sail for Paris. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. Attorney- General Knox returned to the city to day from his vacation, spent principally at Atlantic City. On Monday he will leave for New York, preparatory to sail ing for Paris next week on the Oceanic. Ho had hoped that this trip to France might be avoided, but. Mr. Russell, who Is now there Investigating the Panama Canal question for this Government, has cabled Mr". Knox that there are soma features of the case that in h!a opinion should receive the Attorney-General's personal attention. As to what these matters are Mr. Knox has no Information. In speaking of the railroad merger suit, the Attorney-General said that tes timony would be taken in the case, be ginning at New York next month. When that had been concluded the court would set a time for an oral hearing. Mr. Knox said that within a day or two he would formulate Instructions to tho Government counsel in Quebec as to the next steps to be taken to extradite Greene and Gaynor. The Government, he said, had no thought of abandoning its case. Referring to the published report that he would be selected to succeed Justice Shiras on the- Supreme bench In case of the latter's early retirement, Mr. Knox said that he had no Information upon the fiubject. He declined to Indicate whether he would accept the place If It were of fered to him. Tho published report that Solicitor General John K. Richards Js to resign to. enter into partnership with Abncr McKln ley is discredited by Mr. Knox. Attack on Blucilclds. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23. Carlos Overend, a planter and merchant of Co rlnto. Nicaragua, has arrived here from Central America. He brings the news that about July 23 a party oT political conserva tives of Nicaragua, aided by a few Co lombian Insurgents, landed at Blueficlds In a small schooner and attacked the town In old-time filibustering fashion. Tho as saulting party numbered hardly more than 100 men. and most of them were promptly captured by the government troops and placed In Jail. The others escaped In their schooner. Overend says the reason for the attack by such a small party Is not known In Nicaragua. While death might legally be Inflicted upon the invaders, Overend Is of the opinion that they will not be treated so harshly. Except for the Incident at Blueflelds. the political situation In Nicaragua Is reported to be very quiet. Holland's Boer Fund. THE HAGUE. Aug. 23. The funds raised by the National subscription started to aid the Boers, will be placed at the disposal of the Boer generals. TO MAKE GAS HERE Plant to Cost $200,000 Will Be Installed, 300 PERSONS TO BE EMPLOYED American Can Company Bnys $GO,000 Site, and Prepares for Immediate Erection of Builrtlnpr-s. Authentic Information has been secured of an important deal by which the Ameri can Can Company, a combination of the tin manufacturing plants of the United States, has bought from Ellis G. Hughes a strip of land with a 350-foot river front Age, south of the Star Sand Company's dock, near the foot of North Fifteenth street, and will erect a plant costing 1200. 000. exclusive o the land. The plans, it is understood, have been drawn up and the work of constructing the buildings will commence Immediately. This also means the removal of the tin can manufacturing plant at Antorla. which has for some time been too small for the company's opera tions. What the project means to Portland can be realized when It Is understood that the new can manufacturing plant -will give employment to 300 people practically the year around. For' the time being It will also distribute thousands of dollars In erecting the buildings and preparing tho place for use. While it will cost approxi mately JG0.000 to make the change from Astoria, need of more room and aeslre to bo in tho commercial center of the Northwest has induced the American Can Company to locate here. The negotiations for the sale of the Hughes property have been going on for two months or more, and Friday, the day the bond, expired, tho sale was effected, through Maxwell & Knapp. as It Is understood, for $60,000. F. P. Kendall, who was formerly man ager of the Astoria plant, when It was a part of the Pacific Sheet Metal Works, and since the consolidation has been the general superintendent of the Pacific, Coast, has been in Portland while the negotiations were going on.- but left yes terday for San Francisco, the headquarters cn the Pacific Coast, presumably for tho purpose of making arrangements to begin immediate construction. While there has been an effort on the part of all con cerned to keep the matter a secret, there is no attempt to deny that the deal has been consummated. J. N. Teal,, of tha firm of Cotton. Teal & Minor, represented the can people In making the necessary arrangements for the transfer of the land. For a large enterprUre, It was all done lPiwlthnjBroytentatIon. The Ameri can Can"Cbmpany desires no publicity of Its movements. It is one of the wealthiest corporations in tho United States, and onca having decided to make the change, it was a question of selecting a sito and then going ahead with the work. While in this section of the country the man ufacture of cans for the salmon industry Is paramount, there Is a strong possibility that within a few years cans will be need ed for packing the fruit of Oregon, and the combine Is looking out for this busi ness, as well as others. The American Can Company was or ganized something over two years ago, it being slmplv a combination of the vari ous manufacturing establishments devoted to the mak'ng of tin cans throughout tho United States. At that time the plants at Falrhaven. Seattle. Los Angeles. San Franrlsco end .Astoria were grouped to gether In a corporation known as tho Pa cific Sheet Metal Works. There, was also a tin manufacturing plant at San Jose. Cal.. devoted to making cans for the fruit canneries of that section. When tha pooling of issues was effected all theao companies, as well as many others throughout the United States, were grouped under one head, the American Can Company, which has since then con ducted the business. The company la -well capitalized, and In a position to put up bulldlnptf here which will compare fa vorably with any It has. Rumors have been circulating for man? months that tho Astoria establishment would be removed to Portland, but until the present thpre has been nothing definite to announce. It was reported several months ago that this corporation had under advisement the purchase of the land on which the Wolff & Zwicker Iron Worki were located, there to build; but If so, IU plans ailed to materialize. The land just purchased has not been in use. but the fact that the owners ol barges which have been lying alongside the bank have been ordered to remova them. Is ample evidence that no time "will be lost in going ahead with the plans. "What can you tell of the sale of yom water-front property to the American Can Company?" was asked of Ellis G. Hughe? last venlnp. "I can tell you nothing at present." was the smiling reply, "for I have been re quested to say nothing for publication. You must go to the other people If you want to learn anything." "Would Mr. Kendall know about it?" "I think he would." replied Mr. Hughes, He would say no more. "It is my opinion." said a man who Ii In a position to know something about th matter, "that the driving of piles along thl river front will commence within a feti days. probabl this coming week. I hav been given to understand that orders havj been given to start in at once .to bulid, and that $200,000. exclusive of the cost ol the ground, wiil be expended In the build ings. Something like 30 people will b given employment by the company, and this will be a decided benefit .to PortlanJ and Multnomah 'Jounty." Desth From a Rare Disease. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Rudolph Filed, ner, of New Brunswick. N. J., Is dead, after a lingering Hrness from a rare d'-s. ease of the skin, known to scientists aj pemphigus vulgarus. No other case ol the disease has ever been known in th United States, it Is asserted. Fliedner'j skin became as If scalded, and his nursej had to swathe his entire body In cotton, Mr. Fliedner was first taken ill In May, Specialists were called, who studied thj case with great Interest, but could, dj nothing to relieve him, and he died fronj exhaustion. He was 44 years old, and, starting as a factory laborer, had built uj a large business. Neprro Boy Escapes Mob. FORT SCOTT. Kan.. Aug. 23L-Jaspei Scott, the negro boy who assaulted anj robbed Mrs. Taylor, an aged woman. U this city on Wednesday, and for whom i mob clamored last night, has been takei to the Crawford County jail and has a least temporarily escaped violence. Thi jail here was surrounded nearly all night; 9 s