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. f .- 1 TX WBATXXB. "7 , c Thlf efteftioea end tratrnt,1lrM Ma, protublyl rt ! Thurs day, sertly slowly ( m( to serU wind. . ,-. j - . s- 1 ;t,i OT1 t"- j-1 X : V-'".''- 'X!"'X : :;; ' ' 3;' XX:rX'v.'P 'X. -X X otmv journal im.11 s4 VOL; n. Kdi 1. POBTLA10).lOBEQ()y, WEJPyESQAY EVENING, MAItCH 11, 1903. PRICE FIVE CEOTS.' BISHOP ISf ACCUSED ' ; OF -'M'NYiSDEEBS I ' j, . ' . , ... , f - Moreland Episcopal Dig nitary Faces Some . Serious Charges Falsified Records. Mis applied Funds and Violated Vows CAIso Charged With Play lirig Tennis-Trial Has" ; Bear Ordered MISS CASTLE MAN IS . 1 TO WED A. C. HONE (Journal Special Service.) BAN FRANCISCO, March 11. Charges of the moat aerlous character have been tiled against the Right Keverend William H. Moreland. Bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Moreland has for years held one of the highest positions In the church and has been a great favorite socially in Sacramento, Ban Francisco and Los Angeles. Bishop Moreland is charged with vio lating the canons of the general conven tion, violating the canons of the mis sionary district, breach of his ordlnatlort vows and conduct unbecoming a bishop of the Episcopal Church. These charges have created a profound sensation In society circles as well as within the church itself. ' Bishop More-, land has as yet made no reply to the accusations and It Is not known what bis defense, If any, will ' be. Charges la Detail. The specific charges Include falsifica tion of the records; misapplication of funds of the church In his district: the administration of baptism in private houses when It was 'unnecessary; fail ure to heed the Holy scriptures, and other allegations. The bishop is accused also of causing a chlsm and of making clsleadlng state ments to the press and to his ministers. One Item In the sensational arraignment hat ha been draw up against him tates that the Bishop denied receiving fee that had been given him. 'Still another count In the Indictment Is that Bishop Moreland was guilty of playing tenuis. Ax liutstigfMlon of theau charge" will be made Apri 121. when a trial board will conene In this city. The board will be composed of clergymen from four dio-1 cesea. Five will come from Oregon, a similar number from Colorado and IBs remainder will be from arlous parts of California and from 8a n Francisco. i.i - A it , i in SECOND : KLONDIKE IS FOUND Yukoners Stampeding to the New Eldorado Like Mad. - Pay Streak Seven Miles Loiig-Hundrpl Dol v larsto.Man. I NEW TORK. March . Miss Alice Castleman of Kentucky Is known from Maine to California as one of the most perfect types of Southern beauty. She is the daughter of Oeneral Castleman. famous Kentucky vet eran who commanded a star regiment during the Spanish-American ' War. Miss Castleman will shortly wed Augustus C. Hone, nephew of August Bel mont. . I! Hi III ran urn, HUGHES ROASTS DRYDOCK . . DEAL-LAND SAID TO BE UNFIT FOR REQUIREMENTS (Journal SpecJM Service.) TACOMA. Wash.. March 11. A Daw ton dispatch received here nays there Is wild excitement In the Upper Yukon country over a new gold strike, whlcn promises to throw the far-famed Klon dike In the shade. The story la that on Duncan Creek, a tributary tif Clear Creek, In the Stewart RKer district, a pay streak seven miles long has been found, which pays 1100 fer day to the man. Bedrock Is' said to range from 25 to 100 feet deep, and the) whole range of the deposit has been found by actual work to be very rich. . When the news first pei-colated to the small settlements on the I'pper Tukon the whole population stampeded en masse to the scene Of the strike, and as nothing has since been heard from them 1t has beeodmpossible to get fur ther detail. . I ' Bawaoaltea, Ears Faith. ' The general -Impression in Dawson is that the claims of the atampeders are Weil founded, and that the new Eldorado which has been sought so long nd so earnestly has been found at last. In corroboration of this ..view It Is now recalled that at intervals during the past year or two a small party of Swedes have been working uuletly In that part of the country, whence comes Uie news of the new And, and that they have at times appeared In Dawson with well filled "pokes," Their reticence at dlfTer ent tlmea aroused comment, but all ef forts to induce thera to reveal their place of operation failed, and It is now thought that the secret has at last leak ed out, and that the diggings where they secured the dust is the Mecca of the last batch of atampederi. Another fact, whlob is regarded by many Dawsonltes as Indicating that the latest strike is genuine, ;i that it has been well known for months that the branches of Clear Creek were gold pro ducing, and it la on Durn n Creek, one of those branches, thalihmor locates the latest find. MINERS INDICTMENTS VOTED ' ' ' ' DEMAND AGAINST OFFOALS JUSTICE BY THE GRAND JURY Mitchell's Organization Takes Up Cases of Murdered Men, win Million Dollars for Pros- Wholesale Manufactur- ecuhon of Cunning- pilnt Dtrovd. ham's Posses 6e Victorious British Follow on His Heels (Journal Special Service.) ADEN, March 11. The Mullah Is in full flight; his troops are badly cut up and his mother and a portion of his household effeuts in the hands of the British, are the latest reports from the front. The British forces In the engagement are said to have lost heavily, as the na tives fought with great bravery and flashed right up to the muzzles of the English guns. ' At least 1,000 of the Mullah's men were slain and left on the field by the retreating army. The British forces are following rap 41y on the heels of the Somallans, and mother and more decisive battle is ex pected to be fought within the fortnight. "X eons Id r the proposed scheme to unload as acres of Hook Bottom lanA on the taxpayers for a site for the new dry dock unworthy of any consideration whatever. Jfo place on the Willamette Kiver, from Its month to Koss Island, ooold ha more unsuitable for the following reasons i "First, the soil formation Is pmely quicksand to the depth of at least 60 feat.. Mo wharf oan ever be built there; a mill sit is impossible and any other structure that would necessitate anohoraga eonia not laat on any part of the frontage In question. "leoond, the river channel is so narrow opposite Mock Bottom that a swift current is always running, and even were the soil of the tract suit able for a dry dock site, a Teasel oould not with any degree of safety, either enter or leave because of the treacherous channel. "Third, the price of the 89 acres la too high for any purpose.. X un derstand that the entire tract consisting of 361 acres la assessed at 95,000, on which taxes are now paid by BusseU, X,eadbetter and Kler nan. The land as a speculative proposition Is probably wortls 915 to 935 per acre, but for a dry dock, wharf or other river front ventures it Is not, In my Judgment, worth a cent. There are other sites along the river adequate for all dry dock demands, and the Port of Portland Commission knows 1 very well. . . lPnally, a $300,000 dry dock should not be mad useless by being "Finally, a $300,000 dry dock slith." Ellis O. Hughes, member of t. Port of Portland Commission. IRON MILLS AT AUCTION, SHARON, Pa., March 11. Pursuant to the order of the referee in bank ruptcy, the rolling and plate mills of the Continental Iron Company were put up for sale at public auction today. The debts of the company are $380,000. COSTLY FIRE AT DALLAS. DALLAS. Ore., March 11. Fire has destroyed the tannery at this place, the loss being about $6,600. There was no Insurance. An, incendiary origin is sus 0 ' Mr. . Hughes continued his Interview by saying that he believed the strong effort now being made to Influence the commission in favor of worthless Mock Bottom land is the work of two or three private Individuals who own tha offered 25 acres. 'A sort of a graft, do you mean 7' was aiked. "I will not put my meaning In those words' replied Mr. Hughes, "but when It Is understood how the proposition baa been 'boosted' and with what energy the sale Is being pushed by certain private interests, there appears an unsavorynesa which I do not believe the public enjoys. "Tho SCI acres of Mock Bottom land Ib now- owned by Lewis Russell, F. W. Leadbetter and Frank Kiernan. I under stand that Mr. Russell owns a one half undivided .-interest, Mr. Leadbetter a four tenths undivided Interest and Mr. Kiernan the remaining one tenth. Lead better is the son in law of H. LPittock, manager of the Oregonian." "Then Leadbeter's Interest explains why the Oregonian Is dally advocating the purchase of the Mock Bottom site." was the next question aeked Mr. Hughes. "Persona with whom I have conversed A FOE IN THE DARK. One of the arguments used by the agents of the local newspaper trust to throw discredit upon The Journal is that this paper has "a very small circulation." A number of friends of The Journal have called at this office and reported that they have been approached hy parties rep resenting themselves as "solicitors" and told the falsehood referred to. The Journal's circulation in the City of Portland alone is nearly 4.000. and this, is increasing steadily. The rapid advance of the paper has frightened the opposition, and they have resorted to misrepresentations about The Journal to Bave their declining, prestige. When, The Journal takes an aggressive stand against Us competitors, openly in its columns, the public must know that it is done because the foe prefers to fight In the dark and with dark weapons. . The Journal, which Is one year old today, has almost doubled its cir culation in the past six months, and the increased advertising patronage and steady volume of subscriptions proves conclusively that in one year more If .unfairness is to enter as a factor in the opposition's fight, it will have so far eclipsed its slow-going neighbors that they have be come journalistic reminiscences. on the subject are all of that opinion," was the reply. "Should the site bo accepted, what then. Mr. Hughes?" "Vhat then? Why, within a year the dry dock would have to be dug out of the quick sand and a new site secured. That is all there is to it, and those mem bers of tho Port of Portland who favcr Mock Bottom probably know the reason for doing so." Mr. Banneld's Views. President M. C. Banfleld of the Port of Portland Commission said in an in terview yesterday that he believed the Mock Bottom site to be all right. President Banfleld, five years ago, said: "The dirt looks dry, but I could not carry It a half mile before it would be alive; It would run together, for it Is' nothing more than a quick-sand for mation." "What do you think of the tract as a site for the new dry dock?" Mr. Banfleld was asked. "It is not worth a cent."- The O. R. & N. R. R. Co. had dealings with Mock Bottom quicksands, and,; should any one so desire, an inquiry from the constructional engineer of that company will bring out more facts rela tive to the unsultabllity of the land for a dry dock site. Eighteen months ago the O. R. & N, began driving plies over tho tract for the purpose of laying a roadway along that part of the river shore. Sixty-foot timbers were first used, but with- no suc cess as solid bottom could not be round a that depth. Work was; delayed foi two weeks while waiting for 80-foot pile timber, These were driven to theil length and even then no solid bed was found.)' The quicksand, however, which had adhered to the long timbers while in the process of driving had so accum ulated about them when such great depth had been reached, that a-stability was gained which was deemed sufficient to bear the weight of tracks, but not to sustain a permanent weight oif any mag nitude. Bo Sight or Bo Wrong1. Tax payers are now saying that thsrt GREAT WATER SYSTEM FOR THE YUKON TACOMA. March 10. A special from Dawson suys: The Yukon Government has made recommendation to the Domin ion Parliament at Ottawa for the ap propriation of (4,004.000 to be expended in an enormous ditching system for bring ing water on the principal gold-producing ground In the Klondike. The undertaking Is calculated to sup plant granting of the Treadgold, Doyle, Anderson, Boyle and "Swift- Water Bill" Oates concessions. The ac tion Is brought about by the strenuous protests made by the miners against the government granting to the syndicates through concessions some of the most valuable placer ground In the Yukon Territory. The Treadgold grant, which had been applied for, was a scheme for a corpora tion to control the water right of Eldo rado, Bonanza, Laat Chance, Bear and Llndow Creeks and the adjoining benches, as well as Gold, French, Chee chaco and Dago Hills. The company was to put in a water supply system, of which they were to have absolute .con trol and place the mining Interests at their mercy. They were further to own all the ground unoccupied from the Dome to the Klondike River. All ground that was filed upon was to revert to the company when vacated, which would for all time come bar prospecting and mining in the vast domain applied for by the concessionaries. Governor Condon of Yukon Is now In Ottawa ai.d will place facts and figures before parliament, which will show the necessity for the protection of the min ers' rights, and the securing of revenues for the government. IVDTANAPOLIS. Ind., March 11. The coal miners are to have protection from unuiiUio! lEetl armed assaults at the hands of United States deputy marshals. The national organisation of the United Mine Workers has formally taken up the killing of union miners in West Virginia, w lch Is declared to be delib erate murder by Marshal Cunningham and his poise. The miners claim that the deputies were hired by the opera tor to terrorise the union men and In timidate them against striking. The Mine Workers announce that they will open their treasury of a mil lion dollars to prosecute Cunningham, who they also charge with other mur ders of a like character. President John Mitchell and his ad visers are determined to carry the prose- eutlop to the limit, and with this In view will engage a staff of brilliant and widely known attorneys. A dispatch from Charleston, W. Va., this morning states that Cunningham has been Informed of tho intended ac tion of the miners, and has already en gaged special counsel to defend -him in case he is formally charged with mur der. Four of the posse that accompa nied the Marshal on his raid to the coal mines are missing, and it Is supposed that they hav fled. Mini RULES Of 5EIUIE Damage Was $65,000, Covered by Iascrance Chief Campbell's Narrow Escape. In another disastrous fir which began at :30 last night, th ' wholesale plant of Canning Wallace & Co., manufactur ing chemists on Front between Ash and Pine streets, 165,000, worth of property was laid in ruins. Haradon Com pany, merchants to the north, suffered a loss of about 15,600 from -water, which poured onto their goods, Ther was no fire damage. - Being in the midst of- the Wholesale- dlstrlct, millions of dollars' worth of property in building and goods were endangered for a time. The unusually strong wind which had blown all night and all day yesterday had not ceased when the last fir broke out. and the firemen, worn and weary from the extra ordinary large day's- work, again were forced to battle with tha destroying element fanned by the wind. Countless electric wires, charged with the deadly currents, hung above, . menacing the lives of the fir fighters, and hampering thera in the execution of their work. Several electric linemen arrived soon after the alarm had been sounded, and the wires were cut. This gave the men a chance to work with much less dan ger, and they began operations in dead earnest. Losses Aggregate tsa.ooo. The building in which Canning, Wal lace & Co. were located was completely guUed. The loss to their stock of goods f is estimated by Mr. Wauac. to be. 120, Allison Introduces Reso lution This Morning 000. fully covered br Insurance. ' Tha building, which was tha property Of K. It. Thompson , at Baa - Jrranclsoo, was damaged to tna extent or no, two. uoi onel L. L. Hawkins, local agent' for aha building, states that It was covered by Insurance. The loss in . the Haradon Company's store being $5,000 brings the aggregate loss up to $65,000. Insurance on Warehouse. The Northwestern Warehouse Com pany bAd nre insurance amounting to $155,000 on the stock of grain in Victoria dock destroyed by Are yesterday morn ing, the Are insurance being placed by the Arm of J. Thorburn Ross & Co., so says is. r . Clayton, Business man- Seattle's Mayor, Chief of. Police and Former v Prosecutor . f Investigators Drop Bomb in Camp of Munid-: ; pal Grafters 5 9- INDIGTED ft The Men Thomas J. Hume, Mayor of the City of Seattle. John Sullivan, Chief of Police of Seattle. Walter 5. Fulton, ex-Pro ecuting Attorney of King County. ' The Charge i. - - Malfeasance In office; per- . mitting gambling games 1 to ran contrary to law; connection with alleged grafting" practices of tho police and prosecuting at- torney's office. . , .WASHINGTON. March 11 During the Interval between the close of the ex tra session now on and the beginning of the next session of the United States Senate, there may be an Investigation of the rules of that body with a view to radical changes. Just what the pro posed alterations are is not known, but one of them will undoubtedly be the placing of a time limit on debate on any B)?er , th Paclflo underwrtter, o San one measure. I rrn ri a . 1 1 ( .... u , v. .. tkl. I ..tii.v, movement and shortly after the Senate convened today, he Introduced a resolu tion authorising the committee on rules to draft new rules with, a view to ex pediting business. This committee will present its report as early as possible at the next session. Allison's resolution was npt acted upon today, but wtis re ferred to the committee on contingent expenses. Shortly after noon .the doors were closed for further discussion of the Panama Canal business. Morgan's desk was piled deep with books and papers. lie Is hourly receiving telegrams from every section of the country. FIRE DAMAGES FINEST HOTEL IN PENDLETON SMALL CB1MSEY FIRE. The grocery store operated by D. J. Nealand at th corner of Sixteenth and Raleigh streets, cam very near being de stroyed by Are this noon. The blase caught In the roof, tha cause being a de fective chimney. Patrolman Kay, on whose beat the store is located, hap pened to be in the near vicinity and saw the flames before they had gained much headway. He ran to Box 26, turn ing In an alarm. s The Are apparatus Quickly responded. and shortly had, tha flames subdued. The damage was slight, but had not the Are been discovered so soon, the whole store would probably have been burned. The Firebug Still Evades the Officers ic V;J- y is a was ' (Journal Special Service) . . SEATTLE. March 11. At laat thf ' King County grand Jury is after lead- . ing members of the municipal govern ment, and at least two of them are now facing the probability of having to an . swer in the courts to serious charges. This morning It was learned on the best authority that the grand Jury had ' ' voted to indict tha following men: ' Thomas J. Kama, Mayor f Seattle. - . jobs. SnlllTaa, Chief of VoUea Of tti. ;:.-. . . . . ........ v. w.,;'; Walter J, roltoa, t omsr VrosetULg Attorn? ex Beams. At tha present time these India V; were totally unexpected. Wh rand Jury first began its sessions ' hoped by the business ' man - that th leaders in high places of the cliqu oi corruptlonlsts would be brought to book, but as time went on and nothing of the. kind developed, particularly a , the "grafters" displayed an ability tor control some members of the Inquisitor lal body, hope of anything effective died. Now hope of Justice has again revived. ' The indictments against, th persona? named have not been actually returned? yet, but unless they are recalled, noth lng can prevent the. officials answering in court for their alleged part la permit ting gambling and other vice to flourish) - In Seattle, contrary to. law. ... Malfeasance the Charge. The three men Indicted are chargedf with malfesance in office. Tha apeclfleV counts are, permitting gambling gam to be conducted, and similar charges The indictments were voted laat nights and Prosecutor Soott was Instructed tw draw up the necessary papers. ' . . warrants oi arrest will probably Mr issued today or tomorrow. That ' is,! unless tne jury snouid decide to with draw the charges, as was done in thf case of George U. Piper, who was first indicted and then practically exon erated by the grand Jury, although thla accusation is still "under consideration. 1 SPAIN DESIRES ; INFORMATION! Is Just one proposition before the mem bers of the Port of Portland Commis sionmake the new dry dock a succesf by securing a suitable site. The Port of Portland Commission en Joys the prerogative of eminent -domain. It oan condemn property for site purposes if owners are exorbitant In their demands'. Should the commlsslo condemn Mock Bottom tract which they could do jand acquire the land a' About $25 per acre: what then? Captair Pease said yesterday that if the land 1i not suitable for the new drydock, It Is worse than valueless to the commission. The Motive Is Plain. In book 297 of deeds, page 118, is the record of the transfer from Lewis Rus sell of an undivided four tenths Inter est In the Mock tract tr F. W. Leadbet ter, and an undivided one tenth Interest to Frank Kiernan. The deed was dated August 4, 1S02, and recorded on August 29. Only a nominal consideration of one dollar Is mentioned In the conveyance. PENDLETON, March 11. An early morning Are today caused damage to the Hotel Pendleton of $8,000. The prompt and clever work of the Fire Department prevented more serious loss. The blase was discovered at 5 o'clock this morning by guests on the third floor of the hotel. The firemen respond ed quickly to the alarm and soon had the flames under .control. The cause is supposed to have been a defective flue. The damage to tne building Is esti mated at $6,000, and to the contents, $2,500; fully Insured. Van Dran Broth erH, lessees of the hotel, lost personal effects valued at $500. The guests were rescued without difficulty with their belongings. The Hotel Pendleton was constructed in 1689 at a cost of $35,000. It is a three-atory brick structure containing 75 rooms. It will be fully repaired at once. AMES SEEKS RELEASE, (Journal Special Service.) MANCHESTER, N. H.. March 11. Ex-Mayor Ames of . Minneapolis was brought before the Supreme Court this morning and a hearing of the petition for release from custody was begun. :. WOMEN RUN A NEWSPAPER BOSTON, Mass., March 11. The flrst newispaper to be run entirely by women In the United States, and the only one In the world outside of Parts, made its appearance In Cambridge today. It is a weekly sheet and. Is called the Cam bridge Press. The publisher and man aging editor. Miss Alice Spencer Oeddes, is a prominent young woman of Cam bridge, and for the last five years she has edited the women's department of the Chronicle. Alius Bralnard is asso ciate editor, and Mrs. Estelle J. Norton the assistant managing editor. Every one on the staff from the chief to the office girl Is of 'the gentler sex, and in the mechanical department all are women with the single exception of the pressman. - The paper starts with a large subscription list, and the promot ers . consider the , outlook exceedingly bright. The police, up to a lata hour this afternoon, had been unable to capture the flrebug who kindled the flames in which the Victoria dock and possibly the other Lower Alblna property was destroyed yesterday. The entire police force was engaged In an effort to ap prehend the fiend, but he managed to elude the officers, ..and may never be captured. Descriptions of the . incendiary have been sent to every village and hamlet In the western section of the state, and the larger cities of the Coast. Chief of Police Hunt feels that whoever the man is he is exceedingly dangerous to be at large. I would give a large piece of money fo be able to land that fellow behind the bars of this prison," said Chief Hunt. "I had every man in the depart ment working on the case, but in some manner the man made good his escape. I think we will be able to get him soon er or later. President A. L. Mohler, of the O. R. & Company, has a force of private de tectives out trying to effect the cap ture of the Incendiary. Last night he culled at the police station for the pur pose of obtaining permission for his men to carry weapns. "Can my men cbrry rlAes?" asked Mooter of Chief. Hint "My good man. tney are welcome to carry cannon if thri can do any good with them "anything to capture that flrebug." '' Then Mr. Mohler went away happy, thinking that his men might at any moment land the incendiary. The police went through tne photo graph cabinet and the rogues' gallery records this morning., to ascertain if there were any men there who have been charged with or convicted of arson. Sev eral were found, and the detective are working on these dues. . , . Wants to Raise Maine to Find Cause (Journal Special Service.) MADRID, March 11. Ever sine the conclusion of the Spanish-American War"; the people and the court of Spain hava ' had a great desire to be convlnoed ofl the true cause of the explosion of tha, battleship Maine in the harbor of HavV Una. The feeling has been that Spanish) agents were not responsible for the oo " currence. This desire has taken shaped in the Cabinet. At the next meeting of the Cabinet, Minister of Foreign; Affairs Aberzuesa will propose that the govern ment float 'the Maine and ascertain that cause of the explosion. - . ANARCHISTS SCARE CZAR: ' (Journal Special Service,) ROME, March 11. The Czar haa post poned his Intended visit here In the spring i because the police have received In j. formation that the anarchists hava de elded to muster a large force in Rome ta perpetrate several assassination. ROBBED' WOMAN (Journal Special Service.) ..- SEATTLE, Wash.. March ltLasf. night Mfss Lillie Koussol was held Up, assaulted and robbed on Third avenue. The highwayman struck her la th face twice and kicked her after she waa down, He was scared away. Later on the po lice arrested James Brink man, whom th assaulted girl haa identified. Brlnkmaa mar t charged with highway robbery,- I-' r . .. i ,J-. i Y . : "1. ..v;i-