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VOL. XXV NO. 21.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, 3IAY 27, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Y
V
RUSSIAN
DDUMA
DEFIES CABINET
Premier Refuses Re
forms It Demands.
SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION RULES
Patriotic Orators Arouse the
House to Frenzy.
NOT EVEN AMNESTY GIVEN
(moral Strike Threatened on .Mon
day In Revenge for Denial of
Liberty Cabinet In Dilem
ma, but Yields Nothing.
PREMIER'S REPLY TO IIOl'MA.
Will amend franchise law, but op
poses immediate discussion.
AdviRPH caution on peasant equality,,
riant of workmen, education, taxa
tion of rich, reorganizing provincial
administration and local self-government.
Admits Importance of liberty of the
subject, conscience and press, free
dom of meeting and association, but
urges necessity of means to counter
act abuse of these rights.
Condemns proposed expropriation of
land as wholly inadmissible.
Refuses to consider establishment
of ministry responsible to Parliament
and abolition of Council of Empire.
Declares Justice and right already
established in army and navy.
Declare, abolition of exceptional laws
and arbitrary acts of officials solely
withln domain of Cabinet, on which
Parliament has only right of Inter
pellation. Government Is drafting more per
fect exceptional laws.
Excuses enforcement of exceptional
laws on . pica of Incessant murders
and :-.' r tlence. and will continue
to rn'f iiiem so long as disturb
ances continue.
Declares amnesty prerogative of
t.'xai and not beneficial to amnesty
those guilty of murder and violence.
Prisoners by administrative order will
lc. teleased. when public safety not
threatened.
Will remove restrictions on owner
ship of land and recommends migra
tion of peasants to Siberia.
Government Is preparing hilt for
universal education, income tax and
death duties.
Reforms must await restoration of
order.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 26. At the end
of a memorable seven-hour session the
lower house of Parliament today indig
nantly rejected the government's policy,
as presented by Premier Goremykin, and
with only seven dissentient votes voted a
lack of confidence in the Ministry. This
practically throws down the gauntlet to'
the bureaucracy with a demand for the
retirement of the present Cabinet and its
supersession by a Ministry approved by a
majority In the House.
The spirit of revolution is in the air. and
a conflict between the crown and the na
tional convention appears inevitable.
While the House avoided the appearance
. of a declaration of an ultimatum, the gov
ernment seems to have no alternative be
tween surrender and war. The glnomiast
forebodings are heard everywhere tonight
and the general Impression Is that the
country Is on the veige.of a titanic struft
srle, which may he delayed .but not avert
ed. Dispatches from the Interior Indicate
that the struggle may be Inaugurated
Monday with a general strike, when the
people learn that all amnesty has been
refused.
PolnlN of Premier's Speech.
While the Premier's statement promised
co-operation with the lower house, "inso
far an ihe latter does not transgress the
limits of the fundamental laws," It recog
nizes the agrarian question as paramount,
proposing to remedy the deficiency In land
through the operation of the agrarian mi
gration to Siberia. Tt proposes the .intro
duction of universal and compulsory ed
ucation, the reform of the administration
and realization of liberties.
Premier Goremykin's statement, how
ever, returned a non-possumus on the
chief question raised by the House. It
declared that the flat and exceptional laws
ranont be withdrawn until murder and
terrorism cease. Tiie expropriation of
appanages of the crown and church and
private lands was declared inadmissible.
The right of investigating administrative
acta, the statement declared, belongs to
the crown, the House having only the
power of interpellation. Amnesty, the
Premier said. Is solely the prerogative of
the Empfnir,
Doums Defies Ministry
Such, briefly, was the Government's
reply to the address 'of the House, and
the Premier's words seemed to arouse all
the latent resentment In the hearts of
the members The Constitutional Demo
cratic leader from the first gave free
rein to passion and with flaming words
orator after orator denounced the gov
ernment's programme and said that the
Ministry must give way to a cabinet in
w hich the people can have confidence. M.
RodlchelT announced that the govern
ment's reply had dashed to the ground
all hope of working in harmony with the
adniiatouatloru Ai. . Kovalsekx enacted
the the role of Mirabeau, practically
paraphrasing the Frenchman's 'words.
"We are here by the will xf the people
and nothing but bayonets can disperse
us." while half a dozen peasant members
hurled defiance at the Ministry.
Even Count Heydon, the leader of the
right, deserted the government saying
that, inasmuch as It had refused to re
deem its promise to 'repeal the excep
tional law, his vote also was for censure.
The resolution, of censure as adopted
provides that the House shall proceed
with the order of the day Monday, thus
adroitly placing upon the government i
sponsiblllty for the next "move.
Cabinet in Dilemma.
For the moment, as Indicated by a
communication Issued by the official
agency at midnight, the Ministry is hesi
tating in a dilemma, being ready neither
to resign nor to dismiss Parliament. The
communication says:
"We are able to announce authorlta-
tively that, the rumors of a dissolution
of Parliament are unfounded. The Par
liament will rt until the middle of June,
when It will take a vacation. The dismis
sal of the Ministers is a matter exclu
sively for the unfettered decision of the
sovereign. The speech of the Minister of
Justice at today's sitting of the House
was an expression of his personal views,
given on his own initiative.
The resolution of lack of confidence in
the government was drafted by the labor
group. Jt Is as follows:
Parliament Declares Itself.
"The declaration of the Premie heard
today by Parliament contains the decisive
declaration that the Government In no
wise wishes to meet the demands of the
people, and the execution of a law of
liberty and civil rights, enumerated in
the address of the House in reply to the
speech from the throne, and without ful
fillment of which pacification of the coun
try and successful, work by the House is
Impossible, no longer exist. By its re
fusal to satisfy the popular demands, the
government clearly shows Its disregard
of the real interests of the people, and
Its present unwillingness to relieve from
the shadow of new disasters a country
which is harassed by poverty, lawless
ness and the continued unpunished arbi
trariness of the authorities.
"The lower house of Parliament consid
ers that it is its plain duty to proclaim
Its complete distrust of an irresponsible
Ministry. It regards as a most neces
sary condition to the pacification of the
country and fruitful work by Parlia
ment the immediate resignation of the
present Cabinet and its replacement by
a Ministry possessing its confidence.
Parliament thereupon votes to proceed
with the regular order of the day."
GOIJEMYRIX RAISES STOKM
Denies Popular Demands and Revo
lution Is Predicted as Result.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 26. Before a
House more crowded than on the opening
day, with every member in his seat and
the press and public galleries crowded.
Premier Goremykin this afternoon read
to the lower house of Parliament the ex
pected declaration of the government s
policy pionouncing the imperial negative
on the most cherished hopes and plans of
the people's representatives. In the Im
perial box sat Grand Duke Nicholas Nich
olaievlch. following the proceedings wmi
the keenest interest. There was scarcely
standing-room In the section assigned to
members of the upper house, and the Pre
mier and the entire Cabinet, with the
exception of Vice-Admiral Blrlleff. Minis
ter of Marine, and Lieutenant-General
Fudiger. Minister of War. occupied seats
on the ministerial benches.
The scene before the opening was one
of great excitement. All present were
aware that the response would utterly fail
to meet the wishes of the lower house.
and a hum of eager discussion as to the
effect of the resolutions expressing lack
of confidence in the government, which
the Constitutional Democrats and the
Labor party had drafted In advance, filled
the hall and corridors. The tinkle of
President Mouromtseff'g bell calling the
session to order stilled the House to in
stant silence, whereupon, without waiting
for further preliminaries. Premier Gore
mykin mounted the tribune and began
reading the governmental declarations.
Premier Not a Good Orator.
He evidently was not used to public
speeches, as he labored under a consider
able strain and .spoke in a low. weak
voice, which, at times, though deathly
silence prevailed, failed to reach the rear
of the great hall, except as an indistinct
muttering. The reading, which was as
rapid as If the Premier had been in a
hurry to gel through with a disagreeable
task, lasted 18 minutes, and was inter
rupted only by pauses to swallow several
glasses of water.
The members in the meanwhile sat stol
idly silent, and when the Premier had
finished and bowed to the Assembly, not
a murmur of applause was heard through
out the House, where the pages imme
diately began to distribute printed cop
ies of the speech.
The Premier's statement was as follows:
Limit of Czar's Concessions.
The government, after examining the
address of the lower house of Parliament,
in accordance with Instructions of the
Kmperor. is fully prepared to lend Its en
tire support to the elaboration of the
questions suggested by the lower house in
so far as they do not go beyond the lim
its of the legislative initiative assigned
to the lower house. This support the gov
ernment will also extend to the adminis
tration of the franchise law. although if
is of the opinion that this question should
not be made the subject of Immediate dis
cussion, inasmuch as the lower house Is
Just entering upon its labors and there
fore is not yet in a position to ascertain
the need of such a change.
Special caution must be shown by the
Council of Ministers in regard to the
questions raised by the lower house of
satisfying without delay the needs of the
rural 'population and placing the peasants
on a footing of equality with the other
classes, of satisfying the requirements of
the working people, of framing a meas
ure providing for obligatory elementary
education. of making the wealthiest
classes liable to the payment of taxes, of
reorganising trie provincial administration
and of introducing a system of sclf-gov-ernment,
with special consideration for
the peculiar conditions of the frontier
provinces.
Promises individual Liberty.
The Council of Ministers attaches no
less Importance to the stiggested law re
lating to the liberty of the subject, of
conscience and of the press, and to free
dom of meeting and association. Never
theless. It considers it necessary'. In pre
paring such laws, to provide the adminis
tration with such effective means as to
enable the government to prevent or
counteract any abuse of the liberties con
ceded. With reference to the solution of the
-4Canclud4 oa face
E GIVES A
HEARTY GREETING
Portland Business Men Are
Made to Feel at Home
' in Falls City.
SIT DOWN AT BIG BANQUET
Development of tlie Great Northwest
Is the Topic of Discussion After
the Visitors and Hosts
Have Dined Well.
BT B. W. WRIGHT.
SPOKANE. Wash., May 36. (Staff Cor
respondence.) The Portland business man
at home, engrossed in the problem of in
creasing his business and profits, is In
clined to seriousness. The same Individ
ual, out on the road. In company with
others of his kind, displays characteris
tics radically different from those no
ticeable In his business life at home.
I am not the original discoverer of this
trait in the financial and commercial
heavy-weights who keep the wheels of
trade moving in Portland, but It was
particularly noticeable In the representa
tives! of Portland's business interests who
left Portland for Spokane last evening.
Good cheer and good-fellowship filled
their special car and oozed out through
the ventilators. They left Portland in
rare good humor, arrived in Spokane in
the same condition and the exceedingly
hospitable Spokane people are doing
everything in their power to make the
occasion one long to be remembered.
When the Spokane men visited Portland
a few weeks ago fhey made the unquali
fied assertion that they were never ac
corded a more cordial or more pleasant
reception. Today they more than squared
the account, repaying with liberal Interest
every favor extended them on their re
cent trip to Portland.
Glad Hand Stretched Out.
We began to feel the pressure of the
glad hand even before, Spokane was
reached, for when today's Review was
received. 30 miles west of the city, it
greeted the party with a leading edi
torial on "What Portland Has Done,"
and containing, among other nice things.
the. following:
It would not be quite historically correct
to say that the first families of Spokane
came out of Oregon, for the very first fami
lies to locate by the falls of this river came
out of the East ana it is cnarity to uraw
the mantle of forgetfulness on some of their
escapades but these, leaving the country
for the country's good, were succeeded by
adventurous spirits from Portland and the
Willamette Valley, sue men as the late
A. M. Cannon. J. J. Brown. Charles
Sweeny. J. N. Glover. Frank Hogan. ex
Governor George Cole. the late Jacob
Hoover and a score of others who might be
named In this list.
It Is. too. but historic Justice to give
credit to Portland In other ways. It was
her citizens who blazed the first trails and
built the first roads and launched the first
steamboats on the wild waters of the North.
t was Portland capitalists, notably the late
uPOK
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i Simeon Reed. Van B. DeLashmutt and Jona
1 than Bourne, who carried the first large
J capital into the Coeur d'Alenes and the
UKanogan country.
In one way and another Portland has
played a great part in the history of this
Inland Empire. Evidently the choice spirits
who are with us today believe that Port
land's work is not yet ended in this upper
country. Portland and Spokane may well
Join" hands also in the development of Cen
tral Idaho and in still a broader way they
may co-operate with Seattle. Tacoma. Walla
Walla. Pendleton. Boise and a score of other
promising towns of the Pacific Northwest
In the general upbuilding of the Pacific
Northwest.
Lunch by Chamber of Commerce.
Spokane was reached at 10:05 and the
party was met by a reception committee
and taken to their rooms at the Hotel
Spokane. At noon a nice luncheon, at
tended by about 130 members of the
Chamber of Commerce, was served In the
hotel grillroom. At this luncheon, the
guests were welcomed by President Good
all, of the Chamber of Commerce, who
paid a very handsome tribute to Portland
and . Oregon.
Mr. Goodall introduced T. B. Wilcox,
who spoke of the rapid development of
a new spirit of progress in the Northwest.
He alluded to the awakening of this feel
ing at the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
and expressed the hope that the cordial
relations would be further cemented by
these meetings. He spoke of the wonder
ful possibilities of the country drained by
the Columbia River and its ' tributaries,
which he described as a territory of 246,000
square miles, with Spokane as the eastern
and Portland as the western terminus.
Only Heaven Is Better.
Mr. "Wilcox's remarks were received
with applause sufficient to satisfy the
most exacting theatrical star, and Tom
Richardson, who followed him, also came
In for generous applause. Mr. -Richardson
spoke of the necessity of securing-.new
settlers In the farming districts, stating
that "here in the Northwest remains the
only spot on earth that is better than
heaven, and we should get together, or
ganize, work and push, to let people know
what is here."
The luncheon was an Informal affair,
and after it was over the visitors were
taken for an automobile ride around the
city. Decidedly the principal feature of
the visit was the banquet at Davenport's
this evening.
Davenport's restaurant is famous ail
over the Pacific Coast, and as the banquet
tonight Is said to have been the most
elaborate ever served In this city, it can
readily be understood that it was worth
while. About two-thirds of the main din
ing saloon had been transformed into a
magnificently decorated special hall for
the occasion. Covers were laid for 75.
Seated at the Big Banquet.
The Spokane reception committee In at
tendance was as follows:
G. "R. Dennis. J. J. Browne. Henrv M.
Richards. L. M. Davenport. E. F. ('.'Van
Dissel. David Brown, W. E. Goodspeed.
F. E. Goodall. D. T. Ham, J. M. Fitz
patrlck. Dana Child. H. T. Bleecker. U
MacLean, J. D. Sherwood. C. M. Fasseu.v
John W. Graham. Cvrus HappyStorev
Buck. P.urick Clwk. F. A. Bie..-1'Wf-il. V .
H-. "ow!es, F: J. " Finuoane. Gwrf V
Brooke. F. P. Hogan. Allied Coono ire. ) .
W. Twohy. R. E. St fa horn. W. K. Cullen.
Julius Gtiilarid. Colonel K. B. Bolton: A.
W. Doland. Charles Hebberd. F. W. King.
J. C. Barline. 1. N. Pevton. L. G. Monroe.
P. D. Tull. D. t. Huntington. Albert Held.
I.. C. Lens. Dr. P. S. Byrne. H. M. Ste
phens, Fred B. Grinnell. Jolui Peet.
Adrian G. Hanauer. J. Kennedy HatKlley,
Charles Howatt. George J. Mohler. Wil
liam W.. Robblns. William J. Hindley,
John A. Hurd. J. C. Cunningham. J. K.
Smith. Arthur D. Jones, F. H. Mason, J.
L. Paine. William Watson. C. W. Mott.
Those present from Portland:
T. B. Wilcox. Tom Richardson. J. C.
Ainsworth, J. Frank Watson. W. F. Bur
rell. I. N. Flelschner, Edward F.hrman,
Huirh McGuire. W. L. Boise. A. F. Biles.
C. S. Jackson. E. W. Wright. W. P. Olds,
(Concluded on Page S.)
THE ASSASSIN OF CHARACTER
PAYS LIBERALLY
FQR ADVERTISING
Standard Money Circulates
Among the Newspa
pers of Ohio.
BRIBES TO RAILROAD MEN
Former Kallroad Man Exposes Dis
crimination by Iake Shore Line.
When Competition Is
Killed, Prices Kise.
CLEVELAND. O.. May 26. Evidence
that the Standard Oil Company made
extensive advertising contracts with
Ohio newspapers, that it maintains a
literary bureau, though one of Its of
ficials denied the charge, that the Lake
Shore Railroad discriminates In favor
of its tank cars; that it bribes its
rivals' employes to give it their cus
tomers' names; that it bribes railroad
employes to favor it, . and that it
charges higher prices where it has
killed competition than' where compe
tition survives was produced at the
final day's hearing: by the Interstate
Commerce Commission today. Commis
sioners Prouty and Clements adjourned
the hearing this afternoon and left for
Washington, where they are to prepare
a report for Congress. The report, how
ever, will not be closed until the Stand
ard Oil Company's attorneys have been
given opportunity to reply to the many
statements and charges.
Subsidizing Ohio Newspapers.
Special Counsel Monnett endeavored'
to show by several witnesses that the
Standard Company maintained a bu
reau for the purpose of subsidizing
Ohio newspapers, 125 of which, he said,
were on the Standard's list.
W. J. Brlckell, for many years the
editor of the Columbus, O., Evening
Dispatch, said that he had no posi
tive knowledge on the subject. Mal
colm Jennings, who conducts an adver
tising bureau at - Lancaster. p., admit7
ted that lie made .advertising contracts
with Ohio newspapers for the Stand
ard Oil Company, but said they were
no different from those made for any
other concern. .'
lias Literary Bureau.
Another Witness along this line was
Charles J. Castle, who was for 15 years
a special ag-ent of the Standard l
Cleveland territory. ' He "said that the
literary bureau was conducted by
Charles A. Ricks, who on the witness
stand yesterday denied that anything:
like this existed. Castle said that he
made several advertising contracts for
Ricks himself.
Standard Tank Cars Favored.
W. E. MacEwan. a former chief clerk
of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad, was the first witness today. He
had charge of the books, recording the
freight charges of the L'nion Tank Line,
belonging to the Standard Oil Company.
He . testified that the railroad discrimi
nated in favor of the Union Line. Sev
eral years ago he left the Lake Shore
and took a position with the Peerless
Tank Line, an independent concern. He
finally, forced the I-ake Shore, after much
labor, to grant the Peerless the same
rates enjoyed by the trust line, but he
said the railroad company found other
ways of discriminating against the Peer
less. Witness said that the Standard bribed
railway employes by paying them sala
ries, in return for which the employes
favored the Union Tank Line.
Knows Nothing of Subsidy.
W. J. Brlckell, for 29 years editor of the
Columbus, O., Evening Dispatch, denied
knowledge of a report that the Standard
had subsidized newspapers throughout
Ohio to misrepresent matters detrimental
to the oil company. If his own paper had
any contract with the Standard for pub
lishing matter, he knew nothing of It.
The business manager, he said, was the
man to question.
Z. D. Ellis, an Independent oil dealer of
Cincinnati, testified that the Standard had
obtained names of his customers by brib
ing his employes. 1
Xo Competition, Higher. Prices.
Charles J. Castle, an oil dealer of Cleve
land, and for 15 years previous to 1900 a
special agent in the Cleveland office of
the Standard Oil Company, submitted a
table of oil prices for different territories
in Ohio, showing that they were high
where there was no competition and low
where there were rival dealers.
Virgil P. Kline, attorney for the Stand
ard Oil Company, said he wished It under
stood that he wanted to take up several
matters referred to, and meke reply at
some time and place convenient to the
Commissioners. The Commissioners said
they would allow Mr. Kline the privilege
and would announce the time and place
later. The hearing then adjourned.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Meximum temperature. fiO;
minimum temperature, 48. Precipitation,
. inch.
TODAY'S Partly cloudy with occasional
shower. Southwesterly wind,
Ruaeis.
Premier makes upeech refusing demands of
Parliament. Page 1.
Leadem of all parti en denounce action of
government and revolution is threatened.
Page 1.
Parliament adopts resolution demanding
resignation ot Cabinet. Page 1.
General strike may be declared as protest.
Page 1.
Court conspiracy to dissolve Parliament and
make Tiepoft dictator. Page 2.
Foreign.
Kins; Alfonso shows his bride to his people.
. Page 3.
Great graft scandal, in Germany. Page 3.
Heir to throne of Holland pecid. Page 2.
British movement for naval disarmament.
Page :i.
Revolution in Santo Domingo. Page 11.
. . N(.0
Position "f House committee on put Ucity
of campaign funds. Page 3.
Speech In ravor of National postal tele
giaph. Page .1.
Root prepares for reform of consular serv
ice. Page :!.
F'resident'n demi nd for sanitation of packing-houses.
Page 4.
Senate committee holds over Bristol case
; for session. Page 2
Root will Insist on Chinese Indemnity.
Page 3.
Politics. .
Ode!! propose Horace Porter for Governor
of New York.- Page 4.
Close of hot campaign in Tennessee. Page 4.
Tomestlc.
Northern Pacific will add new transconti
nental train each way. Page IS.
More evidence of Standard Oi methods.
Pa 1-
Princess from Guiana accuses husband of
spanking her. Page 3.
Protestant preacher and Catholic bishop de
fend saloons. Page 4.
Presbyterian Assembly gives doctrines lib
eral Interpretation to Induce more mer
gers. Page 2.
Insurance rates raised all through West to
recoup San Francisco losses. Page 4.
Sport.
Kerrigan describes the firet day at the
Stadium. Athens. Page 16.
Oregon. Washington, Idaho and possibly
Montana will hold big interstate meet at
Seattle. Page 1.
Interscholastic teams' track meet. Page 17.
North Central School wins relay rice from
Oregon City. Page 1.
Portland defeats ios Angeles. 3 to 2.
Page 17.
Cornell wins college athletic meet. Page o.
Burns thinks he can whip Pltuimmom.
Page 5.
T ravers wins golf championship. Page, 10.
Pacific twwt.
Portland business men given a royal wel
come by business men of Spokane. Page 1.
Oregon State Grange" proposes that National
. body begin postoffice .investigation.
Page 14.
Republican rally at Grant's Pass. Page 15.
Withycombe speaks at Oregon City. Page 2.
Idaho woolgrowem rebel against the bear
tactics of. Eastern buyers. Page 14.
Definition of Yciprocal demurrage" by
Washington Railroad Commission ex
pected to aid In solution of car shortage
question. Page Ifl.
Lawyer Fischer, of Rainier, found not guilty
of profane swearing. Page lit.
Family quarrel among the heirs of Adolph
Kpeckart leads to filing of petition at
Olympia asking the appointment of an
.administrator. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Interesting conditions in Eastern canned
goods trade. Page 35
Wheat advances at Chicago on weather
news. Page 35.
Abrum change in stock market in week.
Page 85.
Bank statement reveals decrease In sur
plus. Page 35.
Elder to be -docked today. Psge 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Pence Company also applies for Front-street
franchise. Page 11.
Made in Oregon" Exposition comes to an
end. Page 8.
Programme for Memorial day is arranged.
Page 8.
Bookings for the theaters announced by Cal
vin Helllg. Page 24.
T. T. Geer refutes claims of Chamberlain.
Page 02.
Sales of realty for the week. Page 31.
Stenographer dreams of his death two days
before it takes place. Page 32.
Willamette Valley Traction and United Rail-
wayi ready to build. Page 10.
Chamberlain's bubble of pretense bursts.
Page 8.
Palmist sues husne man of Washington
town for JlO.OvO for breach of .promise.
Page 36.
Features and Department.
Editorial. ' Page 6.
Church announcements. Page 33.
Classified advertisement?. .Pages 18-23.
Famous war-time photographs. Pag 3-3!.
Two American sisters; a. contrast. Pag 40.
Grandma Bates' Memorial day. Page 4.
Cloud over Spanish royal wedding. Page 40.
George Ade in pastures new. Page 41.
An old Grand Army man. Page 4S.
Book reviews. Page 34.
The Roosevelt Bears. Page 46.
Social. Pages 26-27.
Dramatic. Page
Musical. Page 23
Hjouehold and fashions- Pages 42-43.
Youtha dcsaximent. Page 47
QUARREL
10
SPECKART HEIRS
Family at Outs; Daugh
ter Leaves Mother.
ASK FOR AN ADMINISTRATOR
Two Hundred Thousand .Dol
lars Involved.
ACTION TAKEN AT OLYMPIA
Request Made That Adolph .Schmidt
Bo Administrator, Petition May
Follow for Guardianship of
Henrietta Sjwckart.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 26. Special.)
A dispatch from Olympia pays a petition
was filed in the Superior Court late this
afternoon by George C. Israel, attorney
for Josey Speckart, asking that Adolph
Schmidt, proprietor of the Tumwaler
Brewery, be appointed administrator of
the estate of Adolph Speckart, who died
In Butte in 1891. Speckart left an estate
valued at a J260.000.
How Properly Was Devised.
The petition states the property was
left to the widow and one quarter each
to the son, Josey, now 21. and a daughter.
Henrietta, aged 23, residing at Portland.
The mother was named as executrix of
the will and the petition states the estate
has never been admlnistred upon. It Is'
alleged that J100.000 worth of the property
is in Thurston County, Wash. Mrs.
Speckart hurriedly left Portland last
Monday and is the guest in Olympia of
her brother-in-law, I-eopold Schmidt.
George C. Israel arrived In Seattle last
night and admitted the tiling of the
petition.
The estate is valued at about J30o.onn."
he said. "This Is mostly in stocks, bonds
and mortgages, with $40,000 worth of real
estate."
Israel Heiuseji to Talk.
Mr. Israel refused to discuss the rela
tions between the mother and children,
though there ip an Intimation that It was
on account of a family quarrel that Mr?.
Speckart left Portland. It is surmised
that, when appointed executrix fcf the
estate. Mrs. Spckart may ask to be ap
pointed guardian of her daughter.
CAl'GHTER ABAXDQXS MOTH Kit
Miss Harriet Speukarl Places Her
self in Care of Juvenile Officer.
With the intention of holding a large
amount of property in her own name and
preventing her 23-year old daughter. Miss
Harriet Frances Speckart, from getting
control of her share of. the estate. Mrs.
Harriet Speckart. mother of the girl in
question, filed a petition at Olympia,
Wash., asking that Adolph Schmidt be
appointed administrator of the estate of
Adolph Speckart. It is surmised Hint
this will be followed by an application
that a guardian be appointed for the
daughter.
The Speckart family, consisting of the
mother, the daughter and a son. 30 year
of age. own extensive interests in Wash
ington and in California. Adolph Speck
art. father of Misa Harriet Speckart. and
a thrifty German, died in Butte. Mont.,
in ISPo. leaving property valued at more
than $60,000 to his heirs. The property
was divided between his wife, his daugh
ter and eon. Adolph Schmidt, of Olym
pia, Wash., was made manager of the
Washington part of the estate, which con
sists of a large interest in an Olympia
brewery.
Besides the property hi Olympia, the
Speckarts own extensive mining interests
In California, upon which option were
obtained by Eastern capitalists last year.
It was) through fear that her daughter
would disregard the interests of the fam
ily and squander the receipts of the es
tate that Mrs. Speckart left Portland last
Monday with, tho avowed Intention of ob
taining a guardianship over her daugh
ter. With her, when she left the city
almost hearbroken. were her son, Joseph
Speckart, and Martin I Pipes, her at
torney. Miss Speckart's revolt against her
mother has caused much comment both
pro and con and sides, have been taen
In the estrangement, which has Involved
the entire household of the fashionable
Hill apartment-house, at Twenty-third
and Washington streets, where Mrs.
Sneckart with her two children met Dr.
Marie Eaul. Dr. Mary Parker and Mr.
M. E. Dsggett. an official of the Juveni:e
Court. Through ' Dr. Kqul, the mother
claims, her daughter has been influenced
to such an extent that she hasi ceased to
care for her or her brother. The mother
claims that she has tried every means
In her power to regain her daughter s
affections, and had even gone so far as
to take her daughter away from Port
land to California, where she thought
the girl would be away from Dr. Equi a
Influence.
On the othar hand. Miss Harriet
Speckart asserts that she has been sub
jected almost to penury by her mother
and her brother, and at last revolted
from their tyranny. Although rich in
her own right, having had. an educa
tion which few young women arc able
to obtain, being young and fond of so
ciety, and an accomplished musician,
she Was refused, she says, the right to
onjoy her Inclinations and was har
rassed by her mother, who did not wHh
her daughter to receive even ordinary
social attentions.
Miss Harriet Speckart became ac
quainted with Dr. Equl. Dr. Parker and
Mrs. Daggett while a guest at the Hill
apartment-house. They became ureat
chums, and it is alleged at the apartment-house
that the four formed a
clique which could not be broken up.
Dr. Kqui and Miss Speckart soon be-
itoncluded on Paa 6 .J
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