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PORTLAND. OREGON. TUES PAY 'EVENING. DECEMBER 23. 19Q2.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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DIAMOND CONTRACT CONCEM SCORED BY CIRCUIT JUDO
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PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
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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.
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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
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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.
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