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MWm Jttaittti 9k II I 0111 UBLICHIt rUlk AMOOIATIO ! ntPOf COVINS TMI MORNINQ NILD ON Trfl LOWIft OOLUMBIA. c VOLUME LXI NO. 23 V "ORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMIJER 0. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS M CROWDS NOT SO LARGE Bryan is Not the Curiosity He Once Was. NEBRASKAN IS ADMIRED New Yorkers Did Not Crowd Madlion Square Garden as Ten Years Ago. SAGE OF ESOPUS NOT IN IT Alton B. Parker Seems to Have Qual ified for Down and Out Club Mos quito, New Brnd of Hen Food. NEW Y'ltK. Sept. N,-(Special.) Now tlmt Mr. Ilrynn him comr and van ished Into tlie WW, New York bus Imil tln uxirt unity tq think over the impression he made on tlmt warm eve ning when h'tlem of 11 if under the big gilded Diana on the dome of tin- Mad ison Sminre Garden Masoned forth the ttij-nlli" words: II R VA N -M't.1 K. CI I A M I' AO N K, 'I'll im liislniilutn simply signified that while M'lli1, Champagne was tbr bl trionle attraction on the roof jrnrili-n Mr, Bryan wa holding forth In the great hull Mow. It In a fact that the crowd tlint thronged to the Garden to hear Mr. Iinsn on thi nccnion were riot nearly no Ltent n when, ten year ago, heralded a the ''lloy Orator of the I'latle," he wade liin Initial ap nenrnnce In New York, Then the thivng overllnwed far out Into Madison Square, while hut week there wa room for 5,000 more person in the Garden Itaelf, On the former occasion, how ever, Mh Bryan wa a curiosity, and Xew York flocked to fee him Just an It tlloeked to nee pnwie or Prince Henry. A Hoy Orator of the Platte wa a new how. Hut n a lnte,inan. who ha jnat toured the world, Mr. Hryan fur nlahed no rurlosity, for wore of New Yorker return from nuclt trip every week. Mr, Hryan'a rewption in the metropolis wa acarcely n New York re ception. It wa engineered largely by men from other eltle and atraiiRer In town were In the majority at th Oar den. The Ug meeting eaued no dim inution In the theater audience or the Coney Inland throng of that evening. New York Like Bryan. Hut New York, aid from all polit ical consideration, ha a really warm place in It heait for Mr. lliynn per sonally. The town admire hi honety ami persistency. And it Is very unusual for New York, with what has been called it pnruchiiil snobbishness, to give any serious consideration to a per sonagi! who Imil from as fur away from the Hudson ns the Oreat Neliraskan, In lKOtl Father Knickerbocker regarded Mr. lliynn n a polltlcnl freak, hut now he is much more "one of n" than Alton U, Parker ever was. That worthy gen tleman, by the way, who ran for Pre idont only two jeart ago, ha been effectually swallowed up in New York. Tlicro was no mention of him In all the speeches at the Hryan reception, and lie wa not present, though the lead er of Demrocrncy from all over the country were there, It looks indeed a if the Sage of Ksopus had qualified for a life membership in the Down and Out Club. Use for Mosquito. 'A New York man, William A. Wood bury, hn at last found n use fop the mo-qullo, the bane of nil the suburb of the metropolis., and lie declare that the mueh-nialigned insect should bo oul- tivated Instead of eradicated The gen tUi iimn lu question ha a summer home on Uwg lhtnd, where the little pet or blclngalKiund in great numbers, One night lie set up net with large opening ind lirllllmit light lit the small end. In the niornliiK tlx net wa full of mosquito mid other Insect, These be fed to thi hens, and awording to vcs- nrlniii chroniclers, the fowl throve won derfully im the food unci proceeded to IhUXir'wS estimate that he ha rauuht about 11 ton of moaqulto for his hem end duck lore summer- began ind he advise nil farmer to go lu for hU ,ehep brand of ben food. YALE WANTS A CHANCE. NKW JIAVKN, Sept. 8 It ran lie stated authoritatively that if Yale should defeat Harvard next ;;"'imer at New tendon that a eiew would be sent to Kngland If offered the opportunity and Cambridge should send n invita tion to have the winning crew at New bunion go to F-ngland. WHEELER SUMMARY FIRST. HALiaf, Sept. 8.-Wheeler County' summary of assessment for the year 11HN3 was received in the office of the Sccre taey of 8tate yesterday which I one of the flrt county aumiuaryi to have been received this year. The total assessed valuation of all property In Wheeler County Is given a f l,370,n8H, which is hut a slight Increase over that of the previous year, 9I.30A.3HA, Additional Evidence of Hippie Forgeries Is Found. DIRECTORS MAY BE GUILTY District Attorney Says He Has Not as Yet Found Any Evidence of Crim inality of Directors, But May. PIllI.AnF.LPIIfA, Sept. 8,-The dl trict attorney has found additional evi dence of what is Udieved to have been extensive forgeries by Frank K. Hippie, involving the stock In important cor poration. Attention Is being paid to the posiible liability of the crmliml and civil director of the Institution. Ke gardng ths phase Mr. Hell ald: "Up to tonight I have not found nbsolute evidence of criminality o far as the director are concerned. This doe not mean, however, that such evidence i not In existence, Ttut one thing Is cer tain, If we find such evidence yon may rest nsMiivd that prosecutions will fol low." DAN PATCH BREAKS RECORD. ST. PACU Sept. 8.-Dan Patch dem onstrated hi right to the title "King of Pacers" nt the state fair grounds this afternoon by breaking the previous record, held bv himself, and cllppiriff quarter of a second off the record established last season nt Lexington. The mile vn made in 1:63 fiat. The mile was made with a runner in front nnd a dust shield and another runner nt his hip. For this reason there is a doubt whether the record will be al lowed by the trotting association. CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION. HAVANA, Sept, 8. Pi? sident Palmn tonight issued a cnll for a special ses sion of Congress to convene Sept. 14. to consider the disturbed condition of the country and measures for ending the situation, The President Is weary of the complication and is anxious to di vide the responsiblity with Congress. There are reports of flghtng in ninny places. The reilroads have been cut nnd the wires are out of commission generally. INQUIRY or GOflM NT RESTS CASE Defense Begins Case Land Fraud Trial. in FIRST WITNESS CALLED A. C. Woodcock, Attorney for Puter and Mc Kinley Goes on Witaass Stand. DENIES HE WAS INTOXICATED Witneu Sayt He Wat Not Drunk at the Meeting of Defense'! Liwyerf Never Saw Mays There. PORTLAND, Sept. 8.-The Govern inent rested and the defense began its ititiiidurtion of testimony in the trial of Senator Mays. Wilhtrd X. Jones and George Sorenson before .fudge Hunt in the Cnited State Circuit Court this) forenoon. About an hour wa eon sumed after court, opened by the Gov eenment In putting finishing tmiehe to it esse. Two witne.e were called by the Government and some arrangement made to clear the record, and then Mr. Honey' long-looked-for announcement "The Government rest," came. W. 1). Fenton on behalf of Senator M".Y iiiavr.! ihs direct the inrv to return a verdict of not guilty as to Mav. predicating it upon three grounds first, liecniise the Government had failed to show where Mays had been connected with the conspiracy j second, that the evidence is insufficient, if true ami, thud, that there wa a fatal var iance between the evidence and the in dictment. This was Intended merely as a formal motion, which was filed with out argument. . "Let it lie overruled and the except tion of the defense allowed,' ruled Judge Hunt, and the trial on the de fense's behalf was begun. The first witness was A. C. Woodcock, a lawyer of Ktigene, who appeared a attorney for Puter and MeKinley in the celebrated 11-7" ease. The defense called him to prove that the statement of S. A. 1). Puter Thursday, that Mays wa his attorney and took an active part in the case outside of court and conferred with the other lawyers eve nings and Sundays, at Judge Pipes' of flee, was untrue, Woodcock said he was nt most of the consultations held by the defense's lawyers during the trial, nnd that Senator Mays was never there to his knowledge. On cross-examination Mr. Ilcnev asked Woodcock if he was nt all the consultations held, and he said he was. Mr. Ilenev asked him if it were not n fact that he was intoxi- cated nearly every night, nnd that he was so Intoxicated at times that h wa unable to attend to business Wood cock said he had never heard of it be fore! Witness finally said he was nt the consultations nearly every night that he probably absented himself two nights a week. Woodcock wa still on the stand when court adjourned nt noon, The defense expects to complete its case by Monday night, nnd the long-fought issue will probably reach the jury near the last f next week. , WORD OF WELLMAN. CHRISTIANIA, Sept. 8. The Afton blad's Tromsoe correspondent says that Walter Wellmnn, bend of the Chicago Record-Herald's expedition, has arrived there with his balloon, which will be sent to Paris for improvements on the motors, RECEIVED 9,i 5,ooo. Fortune Paid Mrs. Ziegler Rather Than Have Lawsuit. NKW YORK, Sept. 8.-An account ing filed with the Surrogate by the ex editor of the estate of William Zicg. 1T disclose fop the first time that 92,' 1H5.000 was paid by the executor to settle the action instituted by Mr. Zieg. ler's widow to have the instrument de clared Invalid. The action wa brought bv Mr Ziegler a few day after her husband's death in May of last year. It wa alleged that at the time of it exe cution Mr. Ziegler wa not competent to make a will. Mr. Ziegler had left practically the whole of hi estate to his adopted son, William Ziegler, Jr. after providing that his widow should receive an income of 9!0,000'a year. The account show that the estate has in et eased more than 91,000,(KK). It origin ally amounted to 912,3H2,ft2Q. PLANS FOR REFORM. BKRUN, Sept. 8. Emperor William lias determined to discover what is wrong with the German colonies and af ter returnring from the maneuvers wiH receive in audience Herr Dernburg, the new director of the colonial office, and diwuss plan for reform. MANY BUILDING PERMITS. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8. During the week jut ended 237 building per mits in vol vine tl.fMl4.0fiO were issued. Of these 132 were for permanent build togs. MADE A RICH HAUL Revolutionists Draw Out Fortune w From Bank. DISCOVERY MADE TOO LATE Money Placed in Vladivostok Bank by Russian Soldiers Bold Revolution ists Dress a Soldiers and Se cure Cash. VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 8. By means of a bold artifice, a party of revolution ist today obtained possession of $107, 000. which had been sent here by the Thirtieth regiment. Three men, attired ag an officer and two soldiers in uniform of that regiment appeared at the bank where the money was on deposit and withdrew the entire amount The men disappeared immediately and Inter it was learned they were impost- em. COLLECTORS ORGANIZE. Weary of Chasing Man Who Postpones Payment. CHICAGO, Sept. 8. Announcing that they were tired of chasing hopeless "de linquents'' several hundred Chicago col Ming agent met yesterday and or ganized a collectors' union. They pro pose to "protect themselves against un- scrupulus persns, wh refuse t py theraoii scrupulous persons who refuse to pay their debts." It wa sdecided to pre' pare a list of names of those who by arious devices postpone from one week to another the payment of installments, At the regular meeting of the union, which will .lie held every fortnight, the dead bent" list will be revised and each collector then will start out with memorandum giving hints ns to how different debtors should be approached. It is proposed to later affiliate with the Chicago Federation of Labor. TOUGH ON "UNCLE JOE." PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 8. The Maine politcal campaign closes today with many rallies and final speeches by prom inent men Speaker Cannon, who shows the effect of making nine addresses in five days, will speak nt Ellsworth to night, with Senator Eugene Hale, who ill deliver his only speech of the cam paign. MAY BE CASE OF MURDER Mysterious Death ot an Unknown Man. ONLY ONE SHOT HEARD Body is Found in Vacant Lot at Mount Tabor and Suspi cion is Aroused. MAY PROVE TO BE SUICIDE Coroner Finley Believes The Man Killed Himself An Investigation Will Be Made Bullet Hole in the Heal PORTLAND, Sept. 8. With a bullet hole in his forehead, a revolver lying by his side and without anything in his pockets to indicate hi identity or how he came to hs death, a well-dressed stranger was found dead thi morning in the grass and weeds of a vacant lot at the corner of Baker avenue and Clark street, .Mount labor, xne body was found within 50 feet of the back porch of the residence of Mrs. Craft, the dis covery being made by A. L. Rumsey, while rounding up his horses which he pastures in the vacant lot. The members of the Craft familv and several others living in the thickly set tied neighborhood, heard a single shot in the vicinity of the pasture early last night, but as shots at night in that portion of the city are not unusual they paid no attention to the matter, never dreaming that a tragedy had occurred until the stranger's lifeless body was found by the merest accident this morn ing Coroner Finley, after viewing the body, says hebelieves the man commit ted suicide, though he purposes to make a thorough investigation. Mr. Rumsey was walking over the pasture about 8:30 this morning, try ing to drive his horses to tiie bam, when he stumbled over something in a thick clump of grass and weeds. Stoop ing to see what it was, he saw the form of a man. He lav on his back and in the center of his forehead was a big bullet hole, badly powder burned, and from which a big pool of blood had oosed. At his side lay a cheap 38-cal ibre Smith & Wesson revolver, one cart ridge of which had been fired. GERMAN YACHT WINS; German Yacht Wannsse Wins Heat Hard Fought Race. in MARBLE HEAD, Sept. 8. In a hard fought contest over a windward and lee ward course, the German yacht Wanns- see won today's race, the fourth of the series for the Roosevelt cup. The Amer ican yacht Auk was defeated for sec ond place by the Caramba, and the American yacht Viin, twice a victor, withdrew because she had fouled the Caramba at the start BRITISH LEGATION CROWDED. People Protest Against Delay in Sign ing Ordinance, TEHERAN, Sept. 8. The bazaars here are again closed. The people once more are (Hocking to the British legation in protest against the delay in signing the revised ordinance, proposed by the cler gy, relative to the projected National Assembly. The people declare they will remain at the British legation until the Shnh signs the ordinance and exiles the late Grand VUer and others, who are op posing reforms. STEVE ADAMS RE-ARRESTED. Witness in Steunenberg Case It Wanted in Denver for Murder of Gregory, BOISE. Sept. 8. The state today made known the release of Steve Adam, a witnes in the Steunenberg case on a writ of habeas corpus issued yester day on application of hi uncle, John LiHard, of Haines, Oregon Xo charge had been lodged against Adams in this state and he was kept in the penitentiary with his full consent. He was im mediately re-arrested on a fugitive warrant sworn out here on telgraphlo instructions from Sheriff Nesbit of Den ver, Colorado The dispatch stated that Adams was wanted for the murder of Lyte Gregory in that city on May 15, 1904. His hearing is set for Monday. It is expected an officer from Denver will be here in a few days. A BAD COMBINATION. OMAHA, Sept." 8. The labor uniona of Omaha are preparing for a festival at a local summer resort to last all next week. Among the speakers who will be in attendance are W. J. Bryan, Eugene V. Debs and Samuel Oompers. LOSES TECHNICAL PLEAS. FTNDLAY, O, Sept. 8. Judge Banker today overruled motions to quash the information suit filed against John D. Rockefeller and all the Standard Oil cases. A plea of abatement was filed in each case, and all were overruled, and the defendants given until nest Tuesday to file motions. LaunchZephyr, of Chinook, Found Near Pillar Rock. AGROUND AND ABANDONED Left This City at 3 O'clock Yesterday Afternoon for Up-River Trip Dis covered by Elliott Boys and Word Sent by Lurline. Another mystery of the Columbia de veloped yesterday evening as the Kamm steamer Lurline was ripping down the stream, Astoria-bound, and was hailed into the spit near Pillar Rock by some parties gathered there around a trim looking motor launch, and who in formed Captain Larkin, when he came within talking distance, that the boat, the Zephyr of Chinook, had just been found there by the party (who proved to be the Elliott boys, living on the Oregon bank nearby) with her propel ler churning away at full speed, her nose buried in the sand and not a soul aboard. They notified the captain be cause he was bound for this city and the launch had been seen coming up stream from this port before her plight was determined, and they thought the news Bhould be sent here in order to unravel the mystery surrounding her. Captain Larkin passed the word im mediately the Lurline berthed here and subsequent inquiry develops the follow ing facts. The launch is the property of Gardlin Brothers, of Chinook, the well known fishermen there, and left' this city for some up-stream point, at 3 o'clock yesterday, crossing the bows of the T. J. Potter, just as that steamer swung out from the O R. 4 N. dock for Ilwaco. Just what her errand was, or who was in command of her, could not be ascertained last night; but the inference is as clear as it is startling, that some grave misfortune has over taken the man who went out on her. What befel hiin can only be sur mised in the absence of specific infor mation, and the hope is always at com mand that things are not so black as they appear on the surface. The As- torian exhausted all avenues available last night likely to yield definite in formation, but beyond what is here writ ten is but conjecture and time and search must furnish the history of what is, at present, but sheer mystery, with a warrant for very unhappy conclusions.