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IE ad or cdJdDOJ THB WBATXEBl . .A ' Toalght ui WwinwJ.y, -Sertlx UsdS MM t Berth DSN AO. r VOL. ' r. NO. 248. PORTLAND. OREGON. TUES PAY 'EVENING. DECEMBER 23. 19Q2. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ... V . , , . , . i . . . '. X , . . r ; :- c : , DIAMOND CONTRACT CONCEM SCORED BY CIRCUIT JUDO n PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION : t AGAINST "JACK" MATTHEWS Second ill PUSHING THE Hon: John R. Proctor Is Investigating the Conduct of the United States Marshal WABKUrOTOH, D. 0, DM. 83. Honorable John B. Proctor, president of the United State CIyU Service OommUilot, who hH been absent from the capital for the iMt few days, has returned udhu recelv.d the formal charges nled against Walter T. Matthews, TJnlted States Marshal for Oregon. He promises to take immediate action on the aue gatlona that Matthews la an offensive political partisan, that he la atlU to all lnunta and purpotais chairman of tie e publican State Central Committee for Oregon and that ha haa at axiom times, with threats, interfered in the conduct of ths Portland postoflloe. . . . Xia first action In the matter haa been to refer tha eharffea to the Department of Justice for a report, when, u any foundation for a complaint is discovered, tha matter will be placed In the hands of tha President, who, Is suance of his usual policy In anoh oasas, is likely to summarily rsmoTe Matthews from his position as united states Marshal. JUDGE FRAZER ROASTS A Pacific Mercantile Company Is Declared to Be a Bunco Game Pure and Simple The Court Scorched Local Business Men Whose Names Were on the List The Pacific Mercantile Company, which drain in diamond tontine contracts, and of which John F. Olsen Is manager. ' was roasted to a rich brown this morning In the State Circuit Court by Judge Fraze'r, and at the close of the court's excoriating remarks, the like of which have seldom. If ever been heard In the State Circuit Court. District Attorney Governor-elect j Chamberlain, who wan counsel .for the company, was advised by the court to be fit". ror-lC'fn ag ilns' 'lie Mercantile. Corr.i'iiny fur the pin pose of putting the II rm '.'! of business. SENSATIONAL REMARKS. .ImTge I iaei a remarks fro;n the bench wen1 lunoiy genaiionui, lie ueciuruiK iw Pacific Mercantile Company to be a fraud, a flim-flam, a concern organized to bunco the publlr. and other similar expressions. Prominent business men of Portland, whose names Judge Fraxer did not men tion, were scorched to a finish for being connected with such a fraudulent con cern a the one under discussion. The conclusion of the court's remarks capped the climax. He paused for a, moment, and the large number of people, mostly attorneys, 'present In the court room, thought he had finished his re marks. But far from It. MORE HOT SHOT. The court said: "I will say In closing that I would advise the proper officers of this court to Immediately begin proceed ings against the Pacific Mercantile Com pany, to4he end that such a fraud may be driven out -of business in this city. It nw Tier TTjmr wcxiBt, ttwwr wgsnisni for the sole purpose of buncoing the pub lic, and runs much along the lines of the defunct Tontine Savings Company, which was put out of business by the courts. "The government refused to carry the malls for the defunct company, and did PATHETIC SEQUEL 'OF DOUBLE TRAGEDY Widow of One of the Lempke Brothers, Whose Suicides IVere Due W . Insanity, Goes Crazy. FBNUliETON, Dec. 23. The' tragic 9 days -and. ndef circumstances extra- empke uecame Insane three days after u1 todnv HhA wfitt talron tA SatAtn hv Wlnle Mrs. Lempke s condition is not (nil ffapant tn all v AM - TREAT ALL ALIKE PARIS, Dec. 23. In replying to a note rom the foreign office relative to French lalnts -against Venesuelar President 'astro., stated that they would receive he same treatment accorded to claims f England, Oerman and Italy, after he existing difficulties have been ad- aiea oy mrourauos. ' 1U1 Hit, VlCgUll XlOUlU GET-RICH-QUIGK SCHEME all things possible to eradicate it from existence. , .This, company, .does bustnenf In a manner similar to that company, and ought to be abolished.'.' District Attorney Chamberlain, attor ney for the Pacific Mercantile Company, was present, and heard the remarks of the court. .Judge Fraier announced at the conven ing of court this morning that he had reached a decision In the case of W. A. Kaser against the Pacific Mercantile Com pany. He then proceeded to deliver his sensational remarks. He said: NO RIGHT TO KXIST. "The P.tcitlc Mercantile Company has no right to exist in this state. It Is a fraud and a film-flam on its very face. It was not organized for any other purpose than to bunco the public. And an to the plain, tiff. Kaser. he has no more rights in this court than the defendant. He went Into the concern expecting to gain $4 for every SI Invested, and ought not to com plain when he finds himself buncoed. The court finds that the plaintiff had been a stockholder In the old Tontine Savings Company, which was driven out of busi ness, after it had been discovered to bo a fraudulent concern. He lost money in that company, yet he Went right Into the Pacific Mercantile Company, because that concern promised to take up his old Ton tine notes, and discount them, if he would pay them $40 above their face value. That he did, and lost it: now he should not complain." ...... BIG BUNCO GAME. ti court- then.. Went -on to- state- that the Pacific Mercantile Company had per suaded about 1,000 stockholders of the old Tontine Company to invest their old stock In the new company, saying that they would receive something for their old stock, providing they would pay 320 each Claus Lempke was the first of the brothers .to take his own life, December 13. in a fit of temporary Insanity, he hng Jiimselfyn. one of the farm build ings on his ranch. His wife discovered his lifeless body a few hours later. Three days later. Chris iempke. whose mind had evidently become unhinged by his brother's suicide, followed in his foptsteps. He, too, hung himself ln his barn and was found dead by his wife, whose subsequent insanity is the latest feature of the tragic story. Ever since Chris Lempke's death Ms widow has been brooding over her sor row. Both brothers were undoubtedly Insane when they ended their own lives and it is a strange coincidence that the wife of one of them should now succumb to the same mental malady. SUIT FOR WAGES- John Lanta and 33 other workmen filett suit ln the State Circuit Court this af ternoon against the Paclflo Coast Co operatlvs Association-to collect wages ranfring from tlO ts 140 each. The defendant company is a lumber' manufacturing concern. A hm,A their nA oVl a rf"4 ,. ,';Sspmo,( ojie .has to .l(?W-ib, JWJW, paid baex TO mat i.ww peovtfi '" court, "and the public must be bufceoed to make it ood. "There is one thing in connection with this case," continued the court, "which I cannot pass by without saying a few words. I take notice that this company has on Its membership rolls the names of quite a number of prominent and reput able business men of this city. They were taken in at the inclplency of the scheme, and could go Into the concern without losing money, for I notice that these savings companies manage some how to continue in business for some time before they are forced to the wall. SCORCHES PROMINENT MEN. "But it is not to the credit of the said prominent business men for them to enter Into such a concern, and allow their names to be displayed in public In order that such a fraudulent company may lure other suckers on, and bunco them out of their money. "These savings companies get subscrib ers with the expectation of them sooner or later failing to keep up their payments, after which all of the money they have invested is forfeited. This Is a thing the court condemns, and which should not be allowed. COURT'S ADVICE. ''In closing. I wish to state that I think the proper -eSleera of bl court should llmmedlately.. begin proceedings for the purpose of driving this fraudulent con cern out ef 'business. It has no right 1b" exist, and ought not to be allowed to longer bunco the public. "The plaintiff in this action, however, has no more rights In this court than the defendant company, and I therefore order the case dismissed." ANARCHISTS' WORK Bomb Exploded in a Cathedral in Switzerland. GENEVA. Switzerland, Dec. 23. A bomb was exploded ln the cathedral of St. Pierre this morning. Though the edifice was not seriously damaged, win dows were broken ln buildings within a radius of several blocks.- The outrage- is- -feel lewd- to have bcerr perpe trated by anarchists ln revenge for their expulsion from Geneva during the re cent strike. Later ln the forenoon another attempt was made by the anarchists to explode a bomb In the residence of the presi dent, but without causing any serious damage. . . . . HAVOC CAUSED IN CENTRAL ASIA Earthquake at Andijan Kills and Injures l,Q0O. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 21 Official dispatches received today place the total number of dead and injured In the recent earthquake which destroyed the Town of Andijan. In Central Asia, at nearly 1,000. Seventy-five bodies have been in terred and there are many others await ing burial. The seismic disturbances continue and the utmost alarm prevails among the people. ,- COSTLY FIRE ffl OgtO. BELLAIRB, X., Dee. 2 S Fire In the wholesale district of this city destroyed property this morning to tha amount of 1100,000. ARCHBISHOP OF k rena" Frederlclr Tempi, . AV?("i"ftehop T Canterbury, died at silTMtlock this morning, after a lingering illness. It Is just six years and a day since Dr. Frederick Temple was elevated from the bishopric of London to the highest ecclesiastical office of the Church of . Englanu, being, appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by the late Queen Victoria, December 22. 1R9G. Dr. Temple was the son ed? Major Octavius Temple, orlce iovernor of Si erra Leone, and Was burn at Santa Maura. In i,io Ionian slainls. November 30. 1881. He was educated :it -lundell's School.' . lverton, Devon. Kngland. and at Balllol College. Oxford, where he gradu ated first In both classics and mathe matics in 1842. being one of the few to achieve a double first, lb- was elected a fellow of Balllol on the Illundell founda- ! tlon and mathematical tutor In 1S43. i Having taken holv orders in the Thomas Joyce Literally Boiled Alive Descended the Shaft of the White Star Mine and Was Overcome by Escaping Steam. BAKER CITY. Ore.. I'm-. 23. Thomas Joyce, a miner, fell into Hie shaft of the White Swan at midnight :.ist night and died at noon tuday ai- Kt. Elisabeth Hospital from the injun.s he had re ceived. The shaft haa In K a large quan tity of water, and the . xhaust steam from the pumps had he: -n-d this almost to a boiling point. Joyce went down to lix the pump, but did u,'. turn off the steam. He was overcome by the steam, fell Into the boiling water and was lit erally scalded to death, a sister of the dead man, Mrs. Man- C":igieyr1tves at Tlgerville, Washington (', inty, dnd there is a brother in the Klondike. ASTORIA RAISES" SALARIES. ASTORIA, Dec. '23. The City Council, at an adjourned rneeti:iK held last even ing, increased the salaries of the city attorney and auditor and police judge, and ai the next meeting- wlfl Increase that of the chief of police. The salaries wera reduced materially som years ago, when the city was sorely pressed for funds, but the financial' situation Is now much Improved, and the salaries were restored. The Increase for Auditor Nel son came a few hours before his rtfcma. TREASURER REMITS, City "Treasurer Werlein today remit ted $12,631.25 to the Chemical National Bank of New fork, to be used on. Jan uary 1 to redeem coupons on Portland bridge bonds. "Rather a nice New year's present," remarked tha treasurer. Aside from this amount tha treasurer Will pay fut over the counter on Jan uary 1 172.600 for water bond coupons and. lt,S?t interest oa city ball bonds. niii niiis a if i or liOilf El FAOORT m CANTERBURY - 7 ...... ' . mm 3 fc'JSOh-ef r:Stenu rn IS1 DrV" ' injrrrpiir devoted himself to educational -worK He Was principal of 'the training college at Kneller Hall, near Twickenham, from 1848 to 1856, nnd was a government in spector of schools for the three follow ing years. Then he became head master of Rugby School, made famous by Dr. Arnold nnu "Tom Brown's School Days." and remained In that position until IxiiSi. Dr. Temple was one of the leaders o the broad church movement and when li 1869 he was appointed Bishop of Exeter, the appointment was bitterly assailed by the High Church element, which sought to prevent his confirmation. In 1SCS he again incurred the severe criticisms, of the Htgh Church party for bis vigorous support of Gladstone's bill for the dis establishment of the Episcopal Church In Ireland. In 188f he was advanced to I .the bishopric of London nnd 1 1 years ! later became prlmnte of all England. He i was 81 years of uge at the time of his I death. Leaped for Their Lives FromBurningBuilding Imprisoned by Flames on the Third Floor Six of Them Jumped to Street-Three Will Die. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Deo. 23. Tho Chasa candy factory was burned this afternoon and three girls who were employed In the factory lust their lives und throe others were seriously injured. The prop erty lcs will amount to ttW.(MW. A large number of girls were at work on the third Hoor of the building when the fire hroke out. The smoke and flames quickly tendered f srajie by the stairways exoeedtnely dillieult and a panic ensued. Six of the girls, despairing of rescue, Jumped I rom the third-story windows. Three of them were so seriously Injured that they cannot live. The others may recover, though one or thm had both legs broken. The ages of the six glrU rarige from 13 to 19 years. FIREMAN KILLED Ladder Gave Way Throwing Five Men to the Pavement. HRADFORD. Pa., Dec. 23 A disas trous fire. In which one fireman lost his llffr and another was seriously Injured, occurred here this morning. The Odd Fellows' Plock. a brick building, was destroyed, by tri and the loss is esti mated t J2M.00U. ' The upper floor of the building was oc cupied by sleeping rooms an4 ladders had been erected to assist the Inmates in making their escape. Five firemen were on one ladder when It gave way be neath them, precipitating them to tha ground. One bf the firemen was killed instantly and another received very ss rloua injuries. PRINCESS AND LOVER ARE FOUND Crown Princess Louise of Saxony Is in Geneva. Accompanied by a French Tutor Her Brother, Arch Duke Leopold, and His Mistress, a Dance Hall Sin ger, Make Up the Party GENEVA, SwIUerland, Dec. 23. The I The narrative of the events at Sail Crown Princess Louise of Saxony, who ) burg during the night of December 11-' mysteriously disappeared from the cas- i as told ln Dresden, is that tha tie of th Emperor Kranx Joseph on the who nPPearfl tai in an an- ,, . . usually tranquil mood, retired before 19 4 night of December 11, deserting her oclock. Three hour, Mtr, when m husband und children. Is here at the ! muld looked into the room, something; Hotel Geneva, and with her Is Corln, the j in the appearance of the bed prompted French tutor of her children. ; her to go closer and examine it. In- - The Princess was also accompanied ! stead of tho Princess, the maid per to Geneva by her brother; the Archduks ' celved a .jiummy flgre. She-awakened..,. LeouoUi, and -hts tnlstress, . FreWR dance-hall singer. Two archduke; who w'ere sent by the Emperor Frans, Joseph at one to Dresden, called IWOftTler this mornlnaT t the lioter Geneva., The Crown Princess "-Trtiulsa hQi enelente. the result. It ts said, of an In trlguo with an American dentist. The details of the whole story will furnish the K rentes t sensation that has been known for many years ln the court cir cles of Ku rope. The utmost efforts were made by the Austrian authorities to suppress the news of the disappearance of the Crown Princess and to prevent tho stories of her escapades from becoming public. It hud long been known, however, that there was discord between Louise and her husband. The Crown Prince's latlons with an actress of the Dresden ' Court Theatre were the theme of fre quent gossip and led to constant quar rels between the royal couple. A month ago. accompanied by the Crown I'rlnce, the Princess went to the Kmpeior's eastle near Salzburg. A week after their arrival the Prince broke Ills leg while hunting, and he was taken to Dresden. But the Crown Princess did not follow him. and much surprise was excited by the circum stance. The official explanation was given out that she was suffering from extreme nervous excitement and unable to leave the castle, but It Is now be lieved that she was under surveillance nnd virtually a prisoner. THRfiE WILL DIE ' Wild Panic Caused by Fire in Cin cinnati Apartment House. CINCINNATI. O., Dee. 23-An explo sion of ks In an apartment building early this morning was followed by a lire which caused a wild lmnlo among the inmates of the house. Tho flames spread with such rapidity that before they rould escape from the building eight per sons were badly burned and it Is feared tlmt three of them may succumb to their injuries. The property loss was small. FIERCE FIRE IH NEBRASKA HKATKICK, Neb., Dec. 2S. A fittrce lire is. laiilne In this city and already the dunia iimoiints to half a million dol lars. The flumes are not yet under con trol. The 5i-,isonie Temple, a three-story brick building, the Beatrice National Hank and a numls-r of small buildings have been burned and the fire is raging unchecked. In th vaults of the bank, burled be neath the debris, is specie to the amount of faw.rtw. II WAS A MISTAKE. CARACAS. Dec. 23. It Is stated here that the detention of the Red Line bteamer Caracas by an Italian gunboat was due to a misunderstanding of tho blockade orders. TEE RIGHT TO LABOR IN JOY. Out on the roads they have gathered, a hundred thousand men, To ask for a hold on life as sure as the wolfs hold ln his. den. Their need Ilea close to the quick of life as the earth lies close to th stone; It is as meat to the slender rib. as marrow to the boneir: '. . They ask but the leave to labor, to toll in tha endless night, . . 'T For a little salt to savor their bread, for houses watof-tlgnt- . They ask- but the right to labor, and to live by the strength -of thelf They who "have bodies like knotted oaks and patience like seasand. . And the right of a man to labor and his right to labor In Joy Not all your laws can blot that light, nor the gates of Hell destroy. For it came with the making of man and was kneaded Into, his bones, - And it will stand at the last of things on the east of crumbled thrvnes. - - a Edward Markham, In New York American and Journal. the, ladles Th waiting and the' latter, with oUmr .members. a. Xlie -Prlncasa'- SUita,. searched ail - th -neighboring; around of Mm caatl. for th Princess : t:C, bot o.Uaoj,q ihm mlwlna: worn Afi ii At dawn tha police of BalxbUrg wsrs informed of the disappearance, and In qulrles were made throughout tha whole countryside, but with no tangible result. A number of what had seemed to be traces of the Queen were shown to be without foundation upon careful examination by the police. The Inquiry by the end of that day had extended to all parts of the klpgilom of Saxony, and. on authority from Dresden, by the end of the second day, to all of Europe, Finally, after all efforts to discover the wandering Princess had "failed, tha following announcement was Inserted In today's Dresdener JournaH by order of the King and the Crown Prince ot Saxony: "The Princess, ln a state of Intense mental excitement, suddenly deserted her family at Salzburg; and went abroadf The Fa i on court functions for ths winter, including the New Tear's recep tion, have been canceled." It was but a few hours after the Journal had appeared that the Princess Iouise and her entourage were dis covered In this city. The American dentist who Is reputed) to bo the cause of the present condition, of. the Crown Princess Louise Is said t be a prominent Philadelphia!!. PARIS ON QUI VIVE. PARIS. Dec. 23. The formalities at tendant upon the extradition of ths Humberts have been arranged and they; will be brought! from Madrid tomorrow They are jealously guarded and no on Is permitted to interview them, ao that there is no reliable information as to their probable line of defense. A number of the beat men in the po lice department of Paris have been de tailed to bring them across the border and every precaution will be taken to prevent their escape. Some Of tha French newspapers assert that the ar ; rest of the Humberts is only the pre- lude to most sensational disclosures, i Involving person ln the foremost rank i of political, Judicial and social circles ' MASONIC RELIEF WORK. TACOMA, Dec. 23. Masons . frOBst; ; many sections of the United States com4 'prise tjie 'An vtl Masonic Club at Noma, -' which is carrying1 on the greatest relief I work ever attempted in Alaska. Tho club sends out men to rescue suffering or frozen miners, besides relieving destl tution throughout the Nome distriot. All Masonic lodges on Puget Sound aro making contributions to assist ln tho woik of the club, . .. WAITING FORMAL NOTE WASHINGTON. Dec- 23. Tho formal ,...., f ..,. allied nowers thai Presi--" ! dent Roosevelt act as arbitrator in tha Venezuelan dlfnculty nas not yot ! ' received at Washington. The matter was discussed at a meeting or me caojiirw tudav and it was decided to await tha formal communication before determia ing upon a course of action. : r if 3? it Sd s. apart- r--v--H Jist,': be the. 'its, ere liall : the ure top the 'ate 'i . ... , ' ir-rS iah; ;Meet , fay tha In th 'Madison ; ranee to he river . no time In com Mtteo of ira sub-on- con- igsr the mains ! owners tt. The 31 entail jurn ... ct j?drtJan5 tho aub ich con is H. W, . Bates, --orkleeen. -tro"lsci jrevallna . be low- id use tthes? St Or. j r
