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VOLUME LXI NO. .103
tfTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1906
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INDICTED
Abe Ruef Also Caught By
(he Grand Jury.
EXTORTION CHARGED
Ruef is Arrested and Admitted to
Bail in Sum of
$5,000.
SEVERAL INDICTMENTS FOUND
Mayor Schmlti Wilt Be Arrtited at
Soon Ha Ralurna from Hit Eu
ropean Trip, Probably
Next Week.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 15. The
Brand Jury which him boon In aoaalon
the past week In Ban Francisco, un-
1t the tuition of Francis J, Heney,
thin afternoon found separate Indict
ment against Mayor Eugene fiehmlts
and Abraham Ruef on charges of ex
tortion. The flint alleged crime wm
committed "In connection -with "the
Poodle Dog restaurant, and the In
dictment recites that Abe Ruef and
Mayor Schrnltx demanded money from
Tony Wnnoo, proprietor of the res
taurant, and his business would be
cloned unless he compiled with the
demand. A thla demand. It la elat
ed. wn mnde on two occnalona, two
Indictment were returned.
Extortion In also declared to have
been practiced upon Ed Marchand,
proprietor of the Marchand restaur
ant, and the demand wna mnde twice
and two Indlctmenta were returned.
Demand were alao made upon Joe
Mnlfuntl, another reatnuranter, and
were made frequently, nnd for thin
nttompt, fifty Indlctmenta were re
turned. After rending the Indlctmenta
Ruef wna arrested and arraigned be
fore Judge Murftahl. who fixed hla
ball at $10,000, or 15.000 cash. As
aoon as Mayor Rrhmltz returns from
hla European trip, probably next week,
he will be met at the train by the
sheriff and arrested.
The grand Jury are atlll continuing
their Investigations of graft against
Ruef and Schmltz and It la antici
pated that over one hundred Indict
ments will bo returned. The grand
Jury are taking an Interest In the
graft scandal and will probe every
charge to the bottom.
At 7 o'clock this evening Abe Ruef
proceeded In an automobile to the
home of Superior Judge Murnaky,
where he surrendered himself to Sher
iff O'Ni'll, who met Ruef by appoint
ment. Representatives of a surety
company nccompnnled Ruef to Judge
Murasky'a home and qualified on
Ruef's bonds, which amount on five
counts, to $50,000. An order to re
lease him from custody was then
made by the Judge. When asked for
a stntement, Ruef snld: "John D.
Rockefeller was Indicted yesterday and
I am Indicted today. The matter Is
too absurd to bo worth a statement
from me. All I ask Is an Immediate
trial on the charges on which I have
been Indicted by the grand Jury."
In the presentation of the Indict
ments against Schmltz and Ruof, As
sistant District Attorney Heney hns
fulfilled his promises that the first
action taken by the grand Jury would
be to accuse Ruef with felony. This
prophecy was made in open court two
weeks ago, but nothing was said then
that the mayor would be drawn Into
the scandal. The Indictment of Ruef
was expected by the public, but the
people were not prepared for Imme
diate action against the city's chief
magistrate, who Is now on the Atlan
tic, returning from a visit to Europe.
There has been great complaint
against these restaurants during the
past two years from pulpit and press,
the accusation being made that they
were Immoral and a menace to the
FRISCO CRAFTER8.
Large Sum of Relief Money Unao
counted For,
BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. James
D. I'helnn, former mayor of San
Francisco, has been elected president
of the California branch of the Amer
lean Red Cross society. He has made
a strong defense of the relief method
following the fire, The total subscrip
tion were fixed at about $9,000,000,
Of this, only about $6,000,000 was
received and a trifle more than $4,-
000,000 expended. The puzzling deficit
between these figures and the glow
Ing estimate of $20,000,000 sent out
when the money wn being collected
apparently will not be straightened
out.
FORGED CHECK3.
Two Young Girls 8oure Money From
Seattle Firm.
KVERETT. Wttith., Nov. 15. The
managers of two Everott .business
house are anxious to learn of the
whereabouts of two pretty and styl
ishly dressed young women who
worked them to a frazzle yesterday.
The young women succeeded In pass
Ing two forged checks on Mann Bros.
for $8. When pursued they fled to
the brush on the outskirts of the city
and effected an escape.
STORMING IN IDAHO
Big Warehouse Blown Down at
Napa by Severe Wind-
THREE MEN ARE INJURED
Water Is Three Feet Deep in Wallsoe,
Idaho, Trees Uprooted and a
Number of 8mall Residences
Demolished.
SALT LAKE, Nov. 15. A brief
dispatch todny reports a windstorm
of unusual severity at Napa, Idaho,
where the big warehouse belonging to
the Western Idaho Sugar company,
caved In at both ends nnd was un
roofed. Three men were pnlnfully ln
Juretty Telegraphic communication
with Napa nnd Rolse Is cut off. Wires
between Glenn's Ferry and Mountain
Home are ' down. The storm Is be
levedl to be general in Snake river
valley and western Idaho.
A telephone message to Missoula
from Wallace, Idaho, says that the
water Is three feet deep In the streets
of the city, the rain having been fall
ing for the past three days and was
accompanied by a terrific windstorm
this morning. Trees were uprooted
and considerable damage done to
small buildings, several being demol
ished. BOYS PLEAD GUILTY.
Murdered William Powell Near Cot
tage Grove.
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 15. Thomas
Reeves and Hugh Snxon, of Portland,
who killed Wllllnm Powell, an aged
peddler, near Cottage Grove, one night
last August, were brought Into court
again yesterday and their plea of not
guilty to the charge of murder In the
second degree was withdrawn and they
entered a plea of guilty to the charge
of manslaughter. They will be sen
tenced Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
welfare of th public '..u-called
restaurants were combinations of eat
ing houses, lodging-houses nnd liquor
resorts, They wore destroyed by fir
In April. They were suppressed two
year ago, but later were reopened
with "some restrictions" Boon thejr
were running again along the same old
lines. Koine of the newspapers made
charges at the time that a fund had
been collected amounting to thousands
of dollars to Induce the officers to lift
the embargo, The accusations fur
ther allege that a monetary tax of
$5,000 was paid by the restaurants
for protection. It has never been di
rectly charged that the mayor was
connected with the payment of the
so-called corruption fund, but no hes
itancy was used In connecting Ruefs
name with obtaining the Illegal money.
T
IN
OF CATLIN SWEPT BUT
OF EXISTENCE
Two Saw Mills and Store and Every Building is
Swept by the Flood.
FORTY FARMERS MAROONED ON COWLITZ ISLAND
Train Traffic Between Tacoma and Portland Entirely Suspended and
Passenger Trains Reach Castle Rock and are Compelled
to Return to Portland With All the Passengers.
RESIDENTS OF CATLIN RECEIVE
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE W IRES ARE DOWN IN EVERY DI
RECTIONSTORM RAGING IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
CITIES AND TOWNS INUN DATED, WHILE RIVERS
ARE CONST ANTLY RISING.
PORTLAND, Nov. 15. Several
lives are reported lost; forty persons
said to be marooned on an island
In the Cowlltx river, Washington; the
town of Catlln Is entirely swept away
by the same river; railroad traffic be
tween Puget Sound and Portland Is
at a standstill and entirely suspended.
The railroads of western and north
western Washington are In the same
condition. The O. R. & N. company
Is temporarily blockaded by mud
slides at Dodson. The telegraph and
telephone between here and Seattle
are out of commission and wire traf
flce to eastern Oregon and Washing
ton is almost at a standstill. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars damage
has been caused In the districts back
of the Sound country. In Yakima
county the damage will run up Into
the thousands. In southwestern
Washington much damage has been
done to the logging Interests. Up to
tonight It Is Impossible to estimate
the damages wrought by streams and
creeks of Washington which are thun
dering torrents as the result of the
great torrential downpour of the past
three or four days. On the Cowlitz,
which tonight Is the most serious
mennce, the town of Catlln has been
washed away. Happily In this case,
the Inhabitants had sufficient warn
ing to get to the highlands. In this
same district there Is a rumor that
forty farmers who have taken refuge
on an Island are In serious danger,
unless the Cowlltx stops Its raise.
Regarding storm conditions In east
ern Washington, Wire Chief Wlngate
of the Western Union, says a portion
of the state Is not suffering from the
effects of the storm except by loss
of train and telegraph service: "I
have received a report from We
natchee In central Washington, that
the railroad and county bridge are
all gone and the lowlands are flooded
along the Wenntchee river. Trains ar
rived In Spokane today practically on
time except the Seattle trains. I have
heard no reports of trouble north of
Walla Walla," """1
According to statements made by
passengers who arrived here today
from Tacoma, the Cowlltx valley Is a
vast Inland ocean for miles, the rail
road grade stretching like a ribbon
across it, being the only land In sight.
These passengers state that at Se
attle little or no damage has been
done by the storm, It being in the
rural districts to the east and south
where the storm has wrought the j
most havoc. According to a telegram
from Saturday until Wednesday, since
which there has been no communica
tion with the Sound, the rain poured
down as If shot through a pipe. Ac
companied by heavy winds, made it
hazardous for people to venture out.
They give the Northern Pacific rail
road high praise for the efforts "to
keep Its traffic moving. Passengers
are brought from Tacoma by boat and
from there brought to Portland over
the normal route. Even this Is no
longer possible since the bridges at
olequa and Kelso have been swept
away.
WARNING AND FLY TO HILLS
The north bound passengers which
; left here on these roads were unable
1 to get by Castle Rock and most of
! them returned to Portland. On the
I O. R. & N. railroad a mud slide at
Dodson today threatened to tie up
traffic indefinitely, but reports tonight
are that its size Is greatly exaggerat
ed, and the Union Pacific and North
em Pacific will leave here on time
, tomorrow. The telegraph and tele
phone lines north of Portland are
prostrated, there being no communl-
! cation whatever with any point fur
' ther than Kalama. This afternoon
apparently a serious break occurred
In the Western Union wires east of
Umatilla and Spokane, where It Is
understood are cut off from commun
icatlon east, and are threatened with
complete Isolation. This evening the
wires were recovered with fair pros
pects of normal conditions obtaining
within a few hours.
According to District Forecaster
Beais of the Weather Bureau, the
center of the storm has passed the
Rocky Mountain range and It Is the
after effects which are now doing the
damage. The forecast for the district
for tomorrow is occasional rains, with
much lower temperature, which por
tends a speedy cessation of the floods.
At Vancouver, Wash., the Columbia
river has raised four feet during the
past twenty-four hours.
WIND AT EUGENE.
Trees and Fences Blown Down Riv
er High Little Rain.
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 15. A heavy
wind storm occurred early this morn
ing, but no great damage resulted.
Several windmills, trees and fences
were blown down. The river is eight
feet above low water mark, the high
est this year, caused by the warm
wather of the past few days melting
the snow in the mountains. But lit
tle rain has fallen here.
TANNER FILES ANSWER.
Claims President's Pardon Releases
Him from Disbarment.
SALEM. Nov. 15. In his answer
to the disbarment proceedings against
him before the supreme court : this
morning, which was received by mall,
Judge A. H. Tanner, by his counsel,
W. W. Cotton and C. E. S. Wood,
admits the principal allegation in the
complaint, but denies that the plea
of guilty amounts to a conviction of
a felony involving moral turpitude,
and that no indictment was ever en
tered against him on the charge of
perjury.
That he was granted an uncondi
tional pafdon by the President of the
United States, June 26, 1906, which
exonorated him of crime and ex
empted him from disbarment proceed
ings. That the perjury occurred be
fore the grand Jury, as a citizen, and
not in his professional capacity. He
then recites the history of the case
and the part he took in the celebrated
Mitchell conspiracy case.
GENEROUS BAKER.
Will Make State a Present of Print
ing Plant,
PORTLAND, Nov. 15. Frank C,
Baker, ex-state printer of Oregon, will.
at the coming session of the leglsla
ture, make the state a present of his
printing plant at Salem, used by the
state since 1886, when Baker was
elected state printer for the first time.
He states in his announcement of the
fact that he can well afford to make
the present to the people, since they,
by his election, gave him the oppor
tunity to make the value of the plant
many times over He say that for
eight years during his incumbency of
the office he made $25,000 a year net
out of the plant and that recently he
offered Willis S. Dunlway, Incoming
state printer, $20,000 a year for the
state printing and the offer was re
fused.
CASE DISMISSED.
Tillamook Tollgato Case Thrown Out
of Court.
TILLAMOOK, !Nov. 15. The onlyj
criminal case that came up this term
of the Circuit Court was that of the
parties who destroyed the Wilson
River toll-gate. Indictments were re
turned against J. F. Reeher, W. B-
lingsworth. Will Hadley, Earl Stanley,
and Ernest Belitz by District Attor
ney McNary for this offense. The
case was thrown out of court on a
demurrer to the complaint, Judge Ben
nett claiming that the gate was real
property and not personal property, as
alleged in the complaint. So the case
was dismissed against the accused.
POOR PITTSBURG.
PITTSBURG, Nov. 15. With detec
tives from neighboring states here in
the hope of finding crooks of Interna
tional reputation, there has been no
apparent cessation In the crimes that
have stirred Pittsburg, within the last
two weeks. ""'
During last nlgh and early this
morning scores of people were arrest
ed on the streets as suspicious charaC'
ters.
T
Man Who Killed Two Ashvile Pol
icemen Killed.
TOOK REFUGE IN A BARN
On Hundred Men 8urrounded the
Barn and Opened Fir Upon the
Negro Who Attempted to Es
cape the Posse.
ASHEVILLE, N. C Nov. 15. Will
Harris, the negro, who killed two
Ashevllle policemen and three negroes
Tuesday night, was shot by a posse
today near Fletcher, about ten miles
south of here. At 8 o'clock this morn
ing, word was received that the ne
gro had been discovered in a barn
near Fletcher and aid was requested.
One hundred men left Ashevllle and
upon arriving at the place surrounded
the barn. Fire was opened by the
posse upon the negro, who attempted
to escape several times, returning the
fire, until he was finally killed. He
was a desperate charaoter and has
been a terror to this vicinity for sev
eral months, and there was a large re
ward for him, dead or alive.
"IDES OF NOVEMBER."
Hon.
Bourke Cochran to Trot in
Double Harness.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 The marriage
of Miss Anna Ide, the eldest daughter
of Governor General Henry E Ide, of
the Phllllplne Islands, to Congressman
Bourke Cochrane, is to take place to
day at the Hotel St. Regis. Misslde's
trousseau is said to be unusually beau
tiful. The gowns are all from Paris
and made by the best dressmakers in
the French capltol.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane will start
Immediately after the marriage for a
prolonged honeymoon abroad. They
will take a trip up the Nile, Paris and
London will be visited on the way
back to this country 1
HO
FISHERMEN
RESCUED
Men on Cowlitz Island
Rescued By Steamer.
KELSO UNDER WATER
Towns of Castle Rock, Lexington
and Oslrander are Submerged
By Water.
BUSINESS IS ALL SUSPENDED
Greatest Danger to Life Wat in the
Town of Lexington, Whir One
Hundred Inhabitants , Had a
Very Narrow Escape.
PORTLAND, Nov. 15. A special to
the Oregonian from Kelso tonight
states that eight families of fisher
men, living In houseboats at the Junc
tion of the Cowlitz and Columbia riv
ers, who were reported today as be
ing marooned and In serious danger of
being swept away by the raging tor
rents, were rescued this- evening by
the steamer Burton, which had been
sent from Portland for that purpose.
Another special from Kelso filed at
nine o'clock tonight, states that the
towns of Castle Rock, Ostrander and
Lexington are submerged by water,
and most of the Inhabitants have fled"
to the hills. Every bridge In that
part of the country has been swept
out At Kelso, the water Is over
twenty feet above low water mark,
and Is rising at the rate 'of half an
Inch an hour. Business of all kinds
is entirely suspended, the people be
ing engaged In trying; to save their
household property and moving It to
places of safety.
The greatest danger to life was at
Lexington, which Is at the Junction
of the Cowlltx and Columbia rivers.
The town was submerged during the
afternoon and about one hundred In
habitants were in considerable dan
ger. Boats were sent to their ' res
cue by people from the surrounding
settlements. Lexington tonight Is
under seven feet of water. There Is
not a single person In the town. Build
ings and stores have been swept away
and the damage to the four towns will
amount to a quarter of a million dol
lars. NEW EXPRESS COMPANY.
North American Company Controlled
by the Rock Island.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. The Tribune
says the North American Express
company, which was incorporated in
Maine, with an authorized capital of
$25,000,000 has been organized by
the Rock Island interests, it is now
learned, and designed to operate on
the lines of the Rock Island system,
as well as to carry on a general ex
press business. The United States
Express company and Wells, Fargo
& Company, handle most of the ex
press business of the Rock Island and
Its controlled roads.
It Is said that in deciding to organ
ize their own express company the
Rock Island management has taken
the ground that the handling of ex
press matter Is highly profitable, Is as
logically a part of the business of a
railway as is the handling of freight
traffic. The Gould lines and the Hill
roads have their own express com
panies. FINE STEAMER BURNED.
DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 15. A spe
cial to the Detroit News says: The
Canadian ' steamer Strathmore was
burned November 8 at Mlchiplcoten
Island, Lake Superior. The crew was
saved.
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