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Tnnlrht ajld Saturday, fair: ! .. light iroat tonight; easterly ?' '"V, ,V Wind. . v,-.; - ,4--. : - ,-.: I , i . ; ? -S ': omnia! g" v a m 1 rf S :'!V.oL.;rii.v':t y .1 Portland, i OBEdoNfTBiDAY evening, marcii , 20, 1903. PRICE FIVE1 CENTS. 'i, STOLE PROM EMPLOYER 1 .' - ' ' i ' TT0 KEEP; SISTER FROM HORROR OF STARVATION hi- J. RrDiainiM Absconds With American Type v Founders' Coin Leaves Bride and Bright .Future: for, .Sense N : of Duty- He Kissed . Her , Goodbye !and Vanished From - Human Kn- A tooth drrotioa (or la Ur, m ilitu who u him com paalon la ohUOhood, hM eaa4 Juxm O. ICoOlArmUU bookkpr for th AniTlon Typ Tonadara Company of tola oitjr, to format daciitutlos aaA OMtlnr yob ltjr to th wlnda raapondaA to sar call. Back to bar impovarlanad hoa la Boa ten aa aaat aid. Zt mi other paopla'a monty. Today MoOUnald la a fugltlva, oaarfad with a crime which the law calla ambaulemaat. brlfht career la prcbabiy ended, aad aU becaaef he choee between fraternal lore aad duty. n w Laat July Jamea iftDlarmld waa en gaged by the American Type Foundera Company aa an expert bookkeeper. He cam highly recommended from the Ore ion Railway & Navigation Company, and (he officials In the auditing department of that company aay that a more com petent man haa never been in their em ploy. He entered Into hla new position ivlth assurance- and very aoon hla capa bility waa known to John a Plnney, manager of the type founding company. McDlarnfM worked faithfully and re solved a good salary In return. He waa Quiet, even to reticence, and hla hablta were above criticism. Prior to hla com uig to Oregon he waa engaged In proflt 0)7 mmlnf-peratlons In California aud While there he met Miss Nellie M. Gib son of Ashland, Or., grew to love her, and after a courtship of three yearn' luratlon be married on February SI of thla year. Bringing hla young bride to this city be eatabllshed a pretty home it 364 Taylor street, and no couple teemed happier than James KcDlarmid ind his pretty young wife. When the husband was not at his office he could found by his fireside, and not a fore' Dodlng thought troubled the waking moments of the wife. Tonches Els Heart. Early- In February, or during the latter part of January, It is said that McDlar tnld received a letter from hla only sis ter, a young married woman living In Boston. She related a atory of destitu tion and aa-ia her husband had proven Utterly worthlesa and would not provide ven food or hla wife and two little Ihlldren. Jamea McDiarmld knew the husband of his sister; he had known him on the wedding day In Edinburgh. Scot land, a few years ago. At that time t ae man was well to do and a gentleman. He came to America and by bad specula tions he lost all he possessed and be coming despondent began to drink. The downward Journey was short and soon the brother-in-law became ao low that one room In a tenement house was the shelter he provided for his family. As an occupation, it Is said that he did odd Jobs about saloons, getting a stray dime here and a drink there. It was then that the wife wrote the sad story to her brother Jim. It was then that he re sponded with a brother's love. He sent noney all he had, and more and there was enough to; eat In the little room back there, but Jim McDiarmld la a fugitive. Speak Wall of Elm. " At the American Type Founding Com pany's office there is a keen feeling of regret. Nobody about there will say aught but that the missing bookkeeper waa -b industrious man and one never to be suspected of a crime. Mr. Plnney, when sneaking- of the subject today, said: will admit that I am a poor Judge of hianan nature, or else James McDiarmld a some excuse to offer for his doing as e aid, which win explain away the Odium under which he now is hidden. I employed him last July and a more com petent man I never knew. He is a man about 82 years of age and very prepos lesalng In his looks and Is thoroughly educated. He graduated, I believe, from - ihe Edinburgh University, but of this t am not "positive. he learned the " tetalla of thia Intricate business - very rapidly; so quickly, in fact, that I de tailed him on March 4 to go to Seattle, Where the company is enlarging the plant, making It into an Independent branoh. When he left I Instructed htm io take apartments at the beat hotel In the , city at our expense. This he did y taking rooms at the Hotel Cecil, a lew hostelry, .'which Is said to afford, rood accommodations. His work In leattle would have occupied six weeks, wd at the expiration of that time It was the Intention of the company to make 'tim manager of the Portland office, vice nyself, slated for a promotion. 1 also nformed him that he could return to ortlaid every Sunday and be with his oung'wife, of whom he -seemed very lond. Xaat Sees of Him. ie returned to Portland, leaving Seattle in a late train March 7, and Sunday, aih 8, he affectionately bade his wife tood-bye, telling her that be was com piled to return to Seattle ftt 2 o'clock ui ninrnuun. me asi seen or neara tf hinf bffeia bride waa at 1 o'clock that lumlay aTeVmoon. , - Jilvhad received no word from him ifU believed he was ati In Seattle. Imagine my aurprlse when my manager. H. W. Rowland, wired from Seattle Feb ruary 11 asking me why I was holding McDiarmld. Instituting Inquiries I dla- I s e e e e a e e e'e . m.mim e e e e e e s e sB ' J -V - ' 1 ht..i. v ,;.'.. - , -.. -v., ? ..v ,- - tit 4 ' "? t ; k 1 - . .t ft ir3 , ( !'" ,.',,1., '4 j.j,. ii" -'"t'i ' '.''.& 1 ," iff1-' I " ' ,!!' ' jihss c irsiAKiciii 1 I ; I INSPECT CELILO PORTAGE Governor 5 and Party Go Over the Proposed Gtizens ofThe Dalles Aaompany Officials on the Trip, IT No Work for Ninety Days After 'Adjournment of Legislaturee covered that he had been in Portland the previous Sunday and that -was the last of him. I ascertained that he had entered into his duties at Seattle with spirit and had employed a bookkeeper, as I had Instructed, and was progressing well with his work. round Discrepancies. "Not mistrusting that anything was wrong with his. accounts, I secured the services of my old bookkeeper, W. A. Lee, who Is now In business for himself in the Marquam building. An hour or two before Mr. Lee made his appearance for work I rung tip a customer on the telephone and .requested him to remit $600, an amount he owed the company. I waa nonplussed when he told me he had paid me by check several days be fore. True enough he had done so, and the check had passed through the bank In regular order, but had not been en tered on the cash book. That fact told the tale. McDiarmld had evidently ex changed the check for $500 in cash. Which is now missing. I wish to reit erate," said Mr. Plnney, "that Jamea Mc Diarmld had no superior in his pro fession that I know of, and enjoyed the acquaintance of some of the best citi zens tn Portland. His fall is a sad one, take It aa you may. He had a young sis ter," concluded Mr. Plnney, "who was In dire need several weeks ago, and I know he sent money to her In Boston. Ha was kind-hearted to a fault. A Call On Mrs. McDiarmld. "Have you any good news for Mrs. McDiarmld," said the lady who opened the door to the reporter when he called at (4 Taylor street today. "Every one who calla, she believes has tidings from her husband," were the parting words as she hastened up stairs to tell the young wife that a visitor wished to see her. Coming hurriedly from her apartments above, Mrs. McDiarmld met the caller in the hall. "Mrs. McDiarmld, have you heard anything from your husband?" was ask ed. "No, not a word; and I would rather die than be tn thla; suspense. I am sure something terrible has happened to him, els he would not have left me," re plied the deserted wife, whose eyes were red from recent weeping. pner interview witn rorutuae, out under ho consideration would she listen to questions reflecting' on her husband. She said that she had been engaged to him for two years prior to their marriage, and had met him In California three' years ago. Seeing that Mrs. McDiarmld was becoming agitated from questioning, the Interview ended and her parting words were; "Jim will come back to me soon. Tou will see." , ICoDlarmid'a Courting. The following dispatch waa received from Ashland, Ore., the home of the young- wife, and where she so often awaited the visit of the man who has now deserted her: "Ashland, Ore., March 20, 1903. "Oregon Dally Journal. 'Portland, Oregon. "Mrs. neiiie uioson McDiarmld was raised In Ashland, and is one of the roost esteemed young women In the town. tsne is me daughter or j. K. uibson, a well-to-do apd Industrious fruit grower. She first met James McDiarmld during a year's residence at Hornbrook, CaH soma three years ago. Mr. McDiarmld waa at that" time employed there as bookkeeper and also bad successful min ing deals on .hand. He bore an excel lent reputation in California, and left there for employment in the auditor's office of the O. R. & N. Nellie Olbson and Jamas McDiarmld had been- en gaged 4wo years before they were mar ried la February. He frequently VisT ited her here, and her friends speak of him as a quiet, unassuming and refined gentleman of auperlof education. He la a Scotchman, 32 yearn of age and be longs to a prominent Scottish society In Portland. - Friends of the young couple are numerous in Ashland, and when the wedding occurred ' there were hosts of congratulations. ; v "VAJUUET RECORD." : win hid fAST 11 Four Meet Deatfi Whih Walking on Track. (Journal Special Service.) PHILLIP8DALE, R. I., March 20. While walking on the track of the New York ,& New Haven Railway thla morn lng, four women were crushed to death under the wheels of a fast express train. The women were residents of Paw tucket They started on a pedestrian expedition to a neighboring town and took the railway track aa the moat dj rect route. A train approached from the direction in which they were facing and whistled loudly.' The women made dart-to one side, stepping onto th Joining tract. Another train came along at that instant and dasned over them. The women probably failed to hear the whistles of the second train. Their bodies were frightfully mangled. An inquest will be held tomorrow. Thar la a Weekly Journal, at only Si a year, to any ad drees. There la a Bernl Weekiy Journal. 104 ooplaa during th year, for only $1.60, to any address. SURVIVES DUEL . IS KILLED BY A BLACKBERRY PIE (Journal Special Service.) REDDING, March 20. After surviv ing a- desperate duel with knives, in which h killed his opponent, and was himself terribly carved, Lee Barnes haa been laid low by a plain, ordinary blackberry pie. Barnes is dying from the effects of eating an entire pie yesterday. Shortly after finishing the pastry he was seised with violent cramps, stitches which had been taken in his lungs and abdomen broke and the surgeon says his recovery Is impossible. A few weeks ago Barnes fought a ter rible duel with Bill Sllverthorn, In which the latter was killed. Barnes was al most disemboweled, and was at first supposed to be dead. He regained con sciousness, however, and was on the high road to full recovery when he went against the blackberry pie, which has apparently done deadlier work than Sll verthorn s . dagger. (Journal Special Service.) THE DALLES, March fo Governor Chamberlain SesBetary of State Dunbar and State Treasurer; MOort made an In spection 'tnla 'morning. of the proposed route of the- Portage fudlroad which la to be constructed by the state around the rapids of the Colambla at Celllo. The three official jttXn up from Port land laat evening and a special engine and car took them to Colli o this morn ing. Thry were accompanied by a num ber of prominent cltlsens of The Dalles. The appropriation made for the Port age Railroad la 1186,000. The Inspection made today Is the first step toward car rying the undertaking into execution. "We are here simply to look over the route," aald th Governor. "No work can be done until ninety daya have pass ed from the adjournment of the Legis lature, ao as to give the required oppor tunity for invoking th referendum. Our first step than will be to obtain a sur vey and estimate by competent engln- j eers and then bid for construction of the road will be received. We must find out, of course, whether th road can be built for the amount of the appropria tion." The length of the road will be about eight and a half mile and it is the generally accepted 'opinion that the most feasible route ia. between the O. R. & N. tracks and the rivets,' starting at the big eddy four miles from The Dalles and ending above the Taffe tannery at Celllo. The roate was carefully in spected and frequent atopa ntde In or der to allow cloaer examination of the topography.. It la estimated that for at least two miles the road must be built on trestles, which must add materially to the cost. Residents of The Dalles are confident the total, cost will not ex ceed the appropriation, but some ser ious doubts are expressed by others. This question is a very Important one, for if the bids exceed the appropriation, the Governor and his colleagues might decline to run the state Into debt by commencing work. .The .appropriation Is to cover terminals and rolling stock, aa well a the construction of the road. . 'Among the cltlsens who accompanied tn atate omcials on the trip were: -Mayor F. S. Gunning of the Dalles, Judge Blakeley, ex-Qovernor Moody, Represen tative Whealdon, Sheroft Sexton, Walter Moore, E. O. McCoy, H. J. Maier. F. A. Seufert, Arthur Seufert, J. C. Hostct- ler, O. J. FaYley, J. M. Russell, F. A. Frenahi J. T. Peters, James Ireland, Ed. M. Williams, Fred. Wilson, F. J. Bonn, Bolton, J. B. Crossen, A. J. Fait, R. Campbell, Assessor Woodcock of Wasco County, and W. H. H. Dufur. About five and one half miles of road will ruTn through the property of F. A. Seufert; William Michaels owns about half a mile;. Sylvester Farrell two miles. and I. H. TeStc a quarter of a mile of the proposed route. It Is believed that rea sonable terms can be mad with all of them for right of way. . MISSOURI COURTS STRIKE jBEEF TRU5T HARD BLOW -INFLICT HEAVY FINES WOMAN WHO CAUSED A TRIPLE TRAGEDY fV-. C :,'; MX3. E. Xt. ETTBDIOX. I Packing Companies Get Scorching, from , . High Court Must Pay $5,000 Each, in Fines, or Leave , the State ' : Armour, Cudahy; Swif t and Other Large : , Firms Lose BUFFALO, March 20. It would not surprise those who have been watching the latest -developments In the Burdick murder case if Mrs. Burdick, wife of the man who was mysteriously mnr. dered, should be placed under arrest at any moment. The finding of the letter from Arthur Pennell In which the latter, addressing Mrs. Burdick, said that he felt he would be compelled to kill Burdick, furnished the police with an Important clue which they have been following energetically. Mra. Burdick, whether or not she knows anything of her husband's mur-i der, waa undoubtedly th direct oaue of the Buffalo triple tragedy tn which Bur dick. Pennsll and Mra. -PenneU were killed. ' The expected arrest wa not made today, which leada to the belief that there la no foundation for the report that Burdick waa killed by a policeman in Pennell'a employ. Interest now center In Mrs. BurdlclCs forthcoming testimony when th Inquest is resumed. (Journal Special Service.) JEFFEKBON CITY, March I0.-Th hardest blow the meat trust baa ever received was dealt by th Missouri Su preme Court today. The proceedings to oust tke five d fendants from th State, brought br , the Attorney General last summer, oul mlnated In th decision of th Suprem Court, which affects th bl greet pack- lng companies In the country. 1 Fines of $5,000 each were assessed against Armour 4c Co., Cudahy Packtag Company, Hammond, Schwsurts A Shields and the Sulaberger ' Packing Company. In addition to this the Supreme Court order the member of the combine t pay at once the full coats of th antion which will amount to tS.OOO In each caa The. alrongast point In th . dciaion however, is that In which a penalty, la nxed for violation of the order to pay. It la decreed that unless th mem bers of the meat trust anall pay th fine and th cost of th action within SO daya, they will be ousted from th tat and prevented hereafter from do- ' lng business within th borders of Mi aourL. , There still remains th taalnjitoa of th definite "ouster" prooeedlngg . which are yet to be heard on th sortta of th contention of th Attorney-General. The decision of the court today 1 taken - as evidence that th combine will be declared an unlawful aggrega tion for the purpose of restricting trad , GRAND JURY CONTINUED (Journal Special Service.) SEATTLE. Wash., March 20. Judge Griffith of the Superior Court today made a ruling that a Superior Court grand Jury when convened could remain in ses sion as long a the members saw fit. The opinion, while not made from the bench. can be formally secured by application If the members of the Jury want It. The opinion was made at , the request of several attorneys, who asked Judge Bell to look up the matter and give them his ruling It has been generally Understood that the Jury would have to adjourn at the end of three calendar months, which would be March 31. If the opinion la handed down in the regu lar form the gamblers and other crimi nals In the tenderloin district will be forced to close business. . Ever since the jury haa been in aeaslon they have been quietly resting on their oars, ex pecting, that when the grand jury ad journed' they would be allowed to re sume their former business. The news of the opinion created consternation among the gamblera and lawbreakers, yesterday. -It is feared that th jury will .keep on Indefinitely, even If It does ooat the taxpayer I7S a day. ' ADVANCE ENTRIES AT OAKLAND OAKLAND. March 20. The over-olght entries fur toiUbcrow'fi rices ure an follows: tint race, eerim furlong, selling: H22 Cougar 108 H&4 Myriad Dancer. 97 MM Flo lulmr ....100 4H Lou Clevnileu. . .103 1370 Donee .... J .lict'ortb ..113 1419 Yellowstone, ..03 44;ta Sir Dougal 103 H3ti St. Uerualn .AUiiM Sailor 106 4418 1'. pearce ....W.VM34 Declaimer 102 Second race, sine sixteenths, uurs, 2-year- olds: 4447 Rapid Water.. US 1421 Bombardier ....104 4447 H. L. Frank.. 107 43iU Toledo 110 4403 Military Man..UOi Third race, eleren sixteenths, purse: 4433 Zon Zollern ..IIMHM Peter J 01 .4171 Money Muss. . .107 4ii Double Six 103 4427 Koal P . . . .lo 94M)uke of tu.. 103 .... Orleans . . . . .105!3o4 Organdie . . . . 89 . Fourth race, tour miles.. Thornton Stakes: 444S Star Cotton ...113i44U Slddons 115 4430 Leeroyd 10t)i4:i27 Artllla Ill Fifth race, mile and seventy yards, handicap: 4449 Horton lo9:442! Diamante Nl! 4448 Grafter U0S.4412 Flush of Oold..lu6 44HS Meehaoue 10414418 Albert E KU 487S Leader 104:1443 Orlana 100 4460 Barklylte 107 14466 Forest Klne... ttt 44a Antuee iooi44au iaay Kent . 4465 Gratl ....1001 Sixth race, mile and eighth, selling: 4451 Filibuster ... .10044)0 Baffled .... 4400 Orryfeld 11214424 Hosarie ..... 4378 Windward 10014442 Uoldooe 4442 Bonnie LUsak.. 104 4230 Beana. 4457 Louwelaea su 44W OllaaaBdo ... Seventh race, three quarters, selling: 4248 Fatrbory 108 4431 Olendenulm , 4446 Mlmo W) 448 Solon 4448 Ned Dennis ,, .10 4431 Bag Tng io 4164 Hslnault 100 4429 Ethrlene ... 4448 Ouls II ,li. 43M Oralna 4429 Kitty Kelly ...1021 Indications Vttatner clear, track fait TREATY IN GRAVE "DINGER NEGROES TO FLOCK INTO CALIFORNIA Cuba Most Act Quickly in Its Ratification. (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON, V. C. March 20. As a result of a conference this morning between Cuban Minister Quesada and As sistant Secretary of State Loomls, the former at once dlspalcned a telegram to President Palma urging that the lat ter Immediately call an extraordinary session of the Cuban Congress for the purpose of ratifying the amendments to the reciprocity treaty that was adopted by the United States Senate yesterday afternoon. Under the terms of the treaty ratifica tion must take place before April 1, In order that the compact be binding upon both parties. In view of the fact that but ten days remain, during which time It will be necessary for Cuba to ratify the treaty, and for the same to be re turned here for exchange, grave fear is entertained that the action of the Amer ican Senate in amending the treaty may result in killing It altogether, Will Colonize Southern Part of State. 99 ..101 .. SO ..1IH ..102 ..100 ..103 .108 .103 99 92 UNION ANGRY AT THE FIRM Meter & Frank Co Said to Have Incurred Wra'th of Plain People. M'BRIDE MAY VETO. (Journal Special Service) ., . OLTMPIA. March 20.--Governor Mo Bride may veto the appropriation .bill for tbe Lewi and dark Pair. .This 1 aid to b his intention ar this time. although he has not definitely an nounced hla purpose. Th St. Louis ap propriation, however, will stand. 'There is a. lively row on over the discharge of two delivery drivers from the department house of the; Meier ft Frank Company. The two men say that they have been discharged without cause, and if such can be proven to be the case the unions may take retaliatory action against the firm. President Fellner ct the Drivers' Union alleges that one of the firm's mambera ordered him' off the sidewalk In front of the store, and that an effort Is being quietly mad by th firm to break up the union, 1 The' Meier ft Frank Company depend almost entirely for their patronage in Quarter ' where the union are most strong, and a lively fight may be waged before the battle Is won by either aid. (Journal Special Service.) LOS ANGELES, Cat, March 20. There Is a feeling somewhat akin to alarm In thla city over report that Immense num bers of negroes ar to colonise in South ern California. Traveling passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad aay that sine in company put on cheap colonisation rate 2,000 negroea bay com to South ern California. These agents declare that 16,000 more negroes will arrive here before the first of June. The Herald of thla city, in an edito rial, aaya that Southern California Is to become the Mecca for the blacks of the Southern State. FORT BRAGG LUMBERMEN ON STRIKE Discharged Men Forming Union for (Journal Special Service.) UKIAH. CaL. March 20. One thou sand employes of the Fori Bragg Union Lumber Mills are on a strike. Th trou ble was caused. It is said, by the dis charge of several union men. who were organising the employes. - The formation, of the union has been In progress for some time, but th com panies had taken- no action In the mat ter until yesterday.' . -S ' f h Cltlsens of Fort ' Bragg declare there is hot the slightest danger of trouble, but despite thla the companies are pre paring to take armed men into the lum ber country. The' employer have asked thirty deputy marshal sent to Fort Bragg. ". Many laborers heretofore em ployed In th lumber oempsi are leaving for other town. v- j - SHIPS MEET IN A HEAVY . FOG-SIX DIE! (Journal Special BenrlcO , NEW LONDON, March M-fl" Steamers cam - Into collision ' off thla' port at an early hour this morning dor lng a dens fog, and as a result two paa-ij . aengers and four members of th am I . of th passenger vessel Rymomta xl . dead and several other ar in hcapltsUaV . more or less seriously hurt . While th Plymouth waa steamirug low speed and blowing; her toe siren 4 frequent Intervale the big - tmigif Taunton loomed suddenly through th! mist and struck her, head on. tkm . ' freight boat wa making good pd aswll tor 35 feet of stateroom and aopave, structure from th aid of th PlymoutHj Just aft of th pilot house. Many slat ' rooms war amaahed to kindibig' wood be Lng for th moat part occupied by pas. ngr who had not yet arisen. : Twsl of these wer killed outright ami macj were crushed or badly ahakan un ' - f A gaping hols waa torn la tht tM - of the ship below th water Una, flood I ' lng a steerage oompartmant and aiussu i lng four ooiored waiter, and. parhap) other. : -; ' ",-, Ther wa moaMotary eoafnaloa asl the passenger besran to tumbU front their berths and semmbr to th deakv ' but the officer ef the Plymouth r x malned cool and It wa soon aortiB4 that by oloslng water bulk hearts t wa ' 1 possible for .th ship to pTood. aMI under her own steam. , The Taunton arrived thla afternoon, . She wa not ertously damaged by th collision. " i ; (' Diver ar at work this afternoon recovering the bodle of the) dead, four having already been taken out of th Plymouth crushed compartment. All the Injured ar being oared for la the hoapstai here and -ail wlU recover COLLINGE CASE - IS DISHBSED Th charge of asductloa ' rf iril ' against Dr. Coiling by Mis Maud Mar- , ' sells, waa dismissed tola morning - by Municipal Judge Hogua at th lnstano x of Deputy District Attorney Adeuna. Th , . reason given was that the District At- , torney had no Jurisdiction to proaeoat , i , where the offense waa not eimnJjU4 la , this county and atat. : ,- ,' . . . , Attorney Jamea Oleaaont who Ja bo) retained by Dr. Coiling, - appeared la court this momlnc-and -dmandd thai ,- - -the case be called. A ther wa n way; J out of it th case had to be dismissed. It had been continued four time a, an4 would have been continued this tUn had not Attorney CUaasoa dntandd ta harlng. v ---i v , t . suit for $10,800 was fllexl In th Clr' cult Court yesterday against Dr. CoU ling by Mia Marella 8h allege tn her complaint that ah was a woman of good teput la VancouVr, B, C and that Dr. Colling seduced her. She ask . $10,000 for mental auAtrtag and tor th car of bar oLdld aad fc4k attandaao , , - J. V
