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Mrs; N. N Hildebrand
and Big Gub Cause '
a Sensations-
Walter Reed's Choice of
anion Didn't
Suit Mother. .
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Pretty Matie Not for
-Sandal Stirs
Gty's Society
ALICE ROOSEVELT ENJOYS HER
VISIT TO ISLE OF PORTO RICO
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Ta anuc or ta prorerouu
ball la th china ahoy war aa
lusfflM pastlm whea oomparad '
with th atom ox fnry exhibited
by Mrs. M. T. 2Uldbrand, of
40s Waaalagtom atraat. aa aha
atrd th optical stor ot
Waltar steed, at 133 Sixth
atr.fl thia morning, flourishing a
club with which aha oattrd
daatrnotloa on every aida. Mr.
J 3sd aaw bar eomlag ana taa.
f Bo Old a clerk, and for fl loaf
I mlnnUa tha lafnrlated milliner
. had thing ar own way. Glass
eyes rollad about tha door aad
J bonadad hara aad thare Uka plnf
7 pong ball. Show caaaa war t
1 tacked aad ponadad to frag-
I masts. Jardlnlexs and other
. choiea brlo-a-brao f ollowad tha ,
artificial eye, aad aaaortmanta
t of apaotaelaa aoltabla for all
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agts addad thair brokaa frame
to tha haap of debris.
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For aeveral werka pant Walter Rp'ed.
who conducts an upticlan'a eatabliahment
at 133 Sixth att-net at S19 Yam
hill street, haa boen paying-' unusual
attention to Matie Hildebrand, the pretty
20-year-old daughter of Mrs. N. K. Hil
debrand, a widow who conducta a millin
ery store at 40 Washington street. Mr.
Heed, already armed with a reputation
for being a good fellow outside the p re
dact a of Ills borne as well as at his own
tlreslde, met Miss Untie, and to see her
was to admire her. He formed the young
lady'a acquaintance and several times
when Mrs. Reed was not looking he met
ber and entertained her with aoda water.
Ice cream, and. it is aaid, with a seat at
the theatre. - W hether Miss Hlldetirand
kncV that her admirer is a married man
la not of record, but persona who know
the girl aay that she did not.
Slsj Heart's Trns bora.
At any rate, chance acquaintance rip
ened Into a deep affection on the part
of the man and waa met half way by the
object of hla adoration. Meetings be
came mora frequent, and so void did Mr.
R.ed become that he la said to have gone
to the hbitte of Miss Hildebrand and there
met tha mother.
Matter came to a crisis last night,
when Mr. Hlldebdand ascertained that
her youngest daughter, Matie, had been
aeen In company with Mr. Reed, and
then and there made up her mind to take
things Into her own hands and terminate
tha disagreeable state of " affairs by
wreaking vengeance on Mr. Reed In per'
son.
Determined oa Xerenfe.
Bha studied every phase of the prop
osition, and little waa gained. Think'
Ing tha circumstances -over she remem
bered a trusty club her husband once
used on a pair of burglars who made the
mistake of entering his home. The
tick Is made from seasoned hickory,
and to Its end la attached a leather
trafw Mrs. Hllderbrand rummaared
VUV 44 vUPIH tllll UUAW. hill IUUIU
lng and at last discovered the article
with which she had made up her mind
to deal vengence on the Offending head.
Leaving her millinery store,, she
walked dawn Washington street, gaining
courage at every atep. -When arriving
near the atore she felt capable of dupll
oatlng any deed ever executed by tha
queen of smashers, Carrie Nation.
Seed Saw Bar First :
: She poldly entered the optical store,
ana Mr, Reed aaw her, and so did a
Mr. Reed decided to leave. He
id quickly and after him flew Mrs.
ebrand. The fugitive gained
of safety at the back of his atore
the clerk or the person taken for an
employe took to the street It was then
that Mrs. Hildebrand began business.
Sh smashed right and left, and optical
goods went below par. Glass eyes met
the frantic guxa of the irate widow, and
she muttered to herself ns she battered
t h mm hnnl 'T ulcih thv wapa thu ran)
thing and, belonged to Reed. Show
cases, Jardlniera and bric-a-braq alL
came In for destruction and before the
widow left the sho It is said that aev
aral hundred dollars' worth of damage
had bean done.
After tha Battle's Din,
Mrs. Hildebrand, when it was all over,
calmly surveyed the scene and believing
-.that Reed had taken to a permanent
place of safety, she tucked her wur club
Uqder her skirts and wended her way
home. Ten minutes after her departure,
the alleged disturber of her peace came
from hla hiding place and began gather
ing up the fragments of his goods. As
late as noon today he, assisted by two
others, .were still engaged .In placing
things In Shade. r" , "
Mrs. Hildebrand, when Been at ber
home at 11 o'clock this morning, about a'
half hour after, the! occurrence, aald:
- Baad Waa Persistant.
"A short time ago I became aware
that my daughter was meeting Reed,
and I determined .to watch and aseertaia -If
It was true.- Persons came and told me
that J should warn Matie - about the
man. : I mentioned - the matter to her
and ah told me that she did not know
ihat ha was married.'. .... S
"A week ago I warned Reed In person
to have nothing more to - do with ray
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PARDON
IS HERS
AT LAST
Mrs, Maybrick to Be
Freed by Command
of the King
American Woman Con
vict Will Be Re
leased in 1904a
CARMEN
FIRM AT
TACOMA
Company Gives Men Few
Hours to Return
to Wort
Sensational Litigation Is
to Follow Over
Property
SAN JUAN, March 23 Miss Alice
Roosevelt, who arrived here Thursday
last for a visit to the family of
Governor Hunt, Is enjoying her atay on
the Island' Immensely. -The daugh
ter of the President Is being lavlsMy
entertained by the notable of Porto Rico. Including the government officials,
at the residence of the Governor. .Today she la on a Jaunt into- the Interior.
There Is a long-standing friendship between Governor Hunt's daughter and Miss Roosevelt. The girls
we're schoolmates and since their,' respective fathers have become prominent In public life they hava maintained
their Intimacy and the friendship has grown stronger.
Miss Roosevelt was brought to Pan Juan by the steamer Coamo. whereon apartments, were specially fit
ted up for the accommodation of herseld and her traveling companions.
Saturday she held a publtr reception
(Journal Soeclal Service.)
LONDON. March 23. Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, tha American woman who is
serving a life sentence for the poisoning
or her husband in 1889, haa been par
doned. .
The long years of effort that her
friends have made in her behalf have at
laat borne fruit anil the unhappy woman
Is to be released. The pardon is not.
however, to Uke effect Immediately.
The Stern demand of British Justice has
not been satisfied as yet. and Mrs. May
brick must remain In prison until 1804.
Then she may leav tha cell whera she
has been Incarcerated so many years
and once more breath the air of free
dom.
The announcement of the pardon was
made this morning by the Home Office.
It Is said that Queen Alexandra had
more to do with this exercise of royal
clemency than anyone else, aa ah'e haa
I always doubted 'the guilt of the con
victed woman.
Sensational litigation Is apt to folloV
the liberation of Airs. Maybrick. The
announcement of her pardon will be
used by her Washington attorney to se
cure a postponement of the trial of the
great law suit bearing on the prisoner's
property Interests In Kentucky, Virginia
and West Virginia.
The property In dispute Is valued at
several millions. Relatives of the fam
ily of Mrs. Maybrick hava mad deter
mined efforts to obtain possession of
this wealth on the ground that trie
woman, being a life convict, could not
hold property In her own right The
suit will be pressed by the defense
soon as Mrs. Maybrick Is liberated.
Union Demands a Better
Wage Scale ; and .
Recognition
Strikers Win Non-Union
Men Over to Their
Cause
PRAYER ;
TO STAY
FLOODS
Stricken South Invokes
Divine Aid to Avert
Calamity
New Orleans Is
Threatened-People
Leave Homes
Still
(Journal Special Service.)
TACOMA. Wash., March Hi. Today
the striking street car men appear to
have somewhat the better of the situa
tion, although no decided change oc
curred. v.
There have been no concessions on
either side. The uncompromising atti
tude of the street oar company haa given
no opportunity for the men to attempt
anything like arbitration. The company
declines absolutely to recognise the un
ion in any way whatever.
The ranks of the strikers have ben
re-enforced with the addition of a nura
bar of men who did not go out yester
day morning. A number of the non
union man who were Induced to handle
cars by the company hay been Induced
Convicts Rushing Work
on Memphis Levee to
Save the Gty,
SETTLES
FERNIE
STRIKE
clerk,
dec
Mediation Committee Is
Successful j in Its
Efforts )
(Journal Special Service.)
VICTORIA. B. a, March 23. Th
lpng-drawn-out strike of the coat min
ers of . tha Fernte f olllerles has been
settled and the nfen will return to
work. " - j
This announcement made this after
noon , caused genpral rejoicing on tha
part of. both mlnejrs and employes. The
settlement 1 the direct result of the
newly-formed mediation committee of
the British Columbia Mining Associa
tlon, which latter was organised largely
for the purpose tot adjusting any differ
ences that mlgtrt arise between capital
and labor in the mining Industry.
This, morning4 rumor said the' strike
had been settled, but this could not be
confirmed until this afternoon, when
the formal announcement was made.
iwni an nuvuuia.
The full terns of the settlament have
not yet been given out, but an outline
was secured, j
The report,! which has been accepted.
Includes an Increase of wages for the
miners employed in the Morriasey and
Michael mine and a slight reduction at
Coal Creek.
It is said that the terms as agreed
upon, are perfectly satisfactory to the
Western Federation of Miners and that
the latter will officially ratify the decis
ion of the committee.
There Is ndw hope that James Duns-
mulr will consent to have the mediation
committe .uAdertak a settlement of
the tie-up at; Nanalmo. s
CITY TO
EXTEND
WELCOME
How Portland Will Greet
President Clark,
Not Coming
WOOD WAR OF CHARGES.
(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 23. Secretary
of War Root 1 today -officially dismissed
th charges made by Major Rathbbne
against General Wood, declaring them
to be without! foundation. He' states
that all Woodrs actions relative to the
postoftice Sn Ouba were taken with full
knowledge of j the President and with
th knowledge and approval of th war
VBOaavuc.
Thursday, May ai, 8:1S X. X. .-
Salute by Battery A. Q. N. G
on arrival of Presidential train.
Escort of Regular Troops, O.
N. G., and O. A. R., from depot
up Sixth street, past Hotel Port
land to Park Blocks, wh.re sobool
children will be assembled.
Presidential carrta- to go up
Park street and down West Park
street Escort at this point to
disband, except Regulars, who
will act a escort to City Park.
Proceed to City Park, where
President will lay corner Btone
of Lewis and Clark Monument,
hear Mayor's address of welcome
and response.
Drive around city ending at
Portland Hotel for dinner.
Friday, Hay 09, THUS T. X.
Steamer Potter with Presiden
tial party and cltisens leaves
for mouth of river.
. Take train at Kalama and .
proceed to Puget Sound at
o'clock. .
BRITISH
SEIZE A
WARSHIP
Venezuelan Ship Taken
On the Charge of
Piracy
WILLIAM FARRAR DEAD
LONDON, March 28. The Very Rev
erend Frederick William Farrar, who
has been Dean of Canteroury since 1885,
died Sunday after a lingering Illness,
during which he was totally helpless
and had to be carried from place to
place. Paralysis was the cause of
death. For years the disease has slow
ly been creeping upon him and when It
Anally reached the heart, life departed.
Frederick William Farrar waa born In
Bombay In 1831. He was one of ' the
best known and ablest writers of Eng
lish history and has contributed to many
religious and literary publications. For
more than a quarter or a century he was
regarded as the most eloquent pul-jtt
orator In England. During the period
of his Illness, he was a constant at
tendant at church services, although
never able to participate In them.
I DID CUE
(Journal Special Service.)
NEW TORK. March 21. On
round of piracy on the high seas,
British cruiser Pallas has seised
Vanesuelan warship Restaurador.
was charged that the Venesuelan
the
the !
the
It
boat
has been committing bold acta of piracy,
capturing vessels, confiscating cargoes
and than abandoning them.
This same alleged piratical craft waa
seized by the Germans but was soon
after released and immediately returned
to her work of robbery.
Sh was formerly Jay Gould's yacht
Atlanta. A - Port of Spain newspaper
says: "Such piratical acta prove the
Vnwlsdom of the generosity of the pow
ers."
Bulley's Testimony May
Clear Labor Leaders
This morning the special committee
appointed by Mayor Williams to arrange
a program for tha reception of the Pres
ident and report at a meeting of the
general committee tonight, met at th
Commercial Club and arranged th above
program.' This program will no doubt
be approved by the general committee.
Quite a sensation was sprung at the
meeting by the statement of Colonel R.
W. Mitchell that he had received a tele
gram from Admiral Clark stating that
he would not be in Portland on May
21, beoaua f, the condition .of his
health. This necessarily! eliminates th
sword presentation ceremony . rrom th
program. ;
Those present at this mprning's m.et-,
lng were: ' .' .'v".1".-.' ""
L. Zimmerman W. H, jjorrow, W. X.
Wheelwright. W. )V Boise, F. E. Beach.
' Continued on fecoM' Pairs. I .
G. N. BLOCKED BY WRECKS
(Journal Special Service.)
SPOKANE,. March 23. Traffic on the
Great Northern Railroad has been great
ly delayed by a freight wreck near We
natchee and Essex. Mont. Th westbound
fast freight struck a rock slide near
Wenatchee and the engine, and seven
cars turned over. Cars jumped the
track on a bridge near Essex and de
layed matters at that point Thare
were no fatalities.
VICTORIA. B. C. March 23. Ther
are no new developments in We case
In which President George Estes is on
trial for bringing about a strike and In
terfering with the work of men em
ployed on the steamer Charmer. Presi
dent Estes is the head of the United
Brotherhood of Railway Employes and
Is accused of conspiring to bring about
labor troubles, having come here from
Portland to take part In the present
labor troubles.
President Bulley, of the local Steam
ship Union, occupied the witness stand
all of today and the case is dragging
Along very slowly. Bulley will not ad
mit that Estes was Invited to attend
the meeting which resulted In a strike
being declared on the steamer Charmer.
This is likely to result in Estes being
acquitted.
to join the small army of workers who
are on a strike.
Today the company Is running mora
cars than yesterday, but It Is able to
maintain only a partial service and even
this 1 unsatisfactory. Officials of th
company are busy breaking In a few
non-union men and declare that they
will have a complete service In operation
tomorrow.
.The strikers say they are holding back
their trump cards. It Is expected that
a sympathetic strike of th switchmen
will be ordered, and lf-hta Is done th
company' a supply of wood will be cut
off.
This afternoon an ultimatum was de
livered to the strikers from the company.
A notice was posted notifying all em
ployas to report for duty at 4 o'clock
this afternoon or expect no future em
ployment.
Thia declaration of war to the finish
on the part of the company haa not in
the least tended to clear the atmosphere.
The men are united and firm In the
declaration that they will not abandon
their union or their demands for a fair
day's wages.
Want Xaeraasa.
Th street car men of Tacoma are on
a strike for an Increase in wages. Fully
120 men are Included In the number of
strikers. The relations between the com
pany and the union, which was formed
only three weeks ago, have been strained
and trouble was expected, but the final
announcement of the strike did not come
until 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Earlier
in the evening a committee of the em
ployes waited upon General Manager
Weeks and presented th demands of the
men. The reply was that no agreement
could be made without consultation with
Webster & Btone, of-Boston, owners of
the consolidated lines of Tacoma and
Seattle. Th committee reported back
to a mass meeting of tha employes and
the atrlke was ordered.
The strikers have resorted to no vio
lence, but several of th "scabs" Were
won over today and persuaded to leave
their cats.
Public sympathy Is with th strikers.
They demand a minimum wage of 20
cents per hour. ' At present they are be
ing paid 18 cents, a few of th men who
have been In th employ of th company
14 years getting 25 cents. The union
also aaks to b recognised by the com
pany, which has been. refused. The men
claim that everything possible has been
done In opposition to the union, move
ment, and that spies have been lh every
meeting of the union since its organisa
tion. The men claim that from 12 to 14
hours a day la consumed In working and
traveling to and from work, and that
the moat which can be earned Is from 82
to 32.25 a day. On what is known as
the "graveyard" or "swing" run they are
obliged to work 18 hours per day to
draw pay for. 11 hours. The pay for the
street car men In Tacoma la less than In
any other city on the coast.
The union also presented an agree
ment to th company, which offered to
allow the local officers time to commu
nicate with Boston on this matter, but
so far the company haa utterly refused
to recognise the union in-any way.
MEMPHIS. March 23. Throughout
the stricken South special prayer mt
lngs are being held today to lnvok Dl
vine assistance to stay th destroying ,
floods.
Memphis Is still In terrible danger,
Th river is falling much slower tha a
was anticipated, and it Is a question
whether the levees will be able to with
stand the strain until the swell In th
Mississippi has ' gone down sufflolenUJI
to relieve the situation.
Another break occurred today In thai
vicinity of Vlckaburg, wnere svra(
thousand acres are flooded. Many home
have been waahed away, and It is fears
the loss of life will be considerable;
Two hundred and fifty convicts wer
taken from the penitentiary this morrw .'
ing and put to work on - the leveesi
where already every able bodied fr4
man la laboring to save th city. . .
BtUl Threatened. '''
New Orleans Is still threatened by th '
floods from the Mississippi. Thm
new breaks occurred thia morning In th
levees. . The Southern Pacific to . tht 1
west of the cut Js deeply submerged
The floods aro now overtopping thi
levees along the Isaquent County watei
front.
As rapidly as possible the Inhabitant! '
of the flooded districts are being moge ,
to a place of safety, but tills work ii
necessarily slow and . Is fraught wit)
danger. The number of steamers ' thai,
can be used for this purpose Is verj
small, because of the fact that eyerj
craft that moves on the Mississippi in- -creases
the pressure on the alread; V
straining levees. ' .
MURDER IN SAN FRANCISCO
BAN FRANCISCO, March 22. As tie
terminating argument in an altercation
ever the favor of a dissolute . woman,
William Schmidt this morning drew a
revolver and shot Charles Johnson, In
flicting a probably ratal wound. The
ahootlng occurred in a saloon on the
"arbar.y-Coast. - ; - "
RUSH FOR LAND.
THE RIPPER STILL FREE
NEW TORK. March 23. Tha story la
the morning papers that r the famous
!'Jack-the-Ripper" had bn discovered
In this city la pronouncea to b a rank
'From 10 to 25 persons a day are driv
ing out from Echo, Or., to locate land on
the new Irrigation ditch now under con
struction there, said Colonel R: C.
Judson, industrial agent tor the O. R. &
N., who has returned from a trip through
Eastern Washington and Oregon. Mr.
Judson says that more than two town-,
.snips have already been taken and that
Indications are - that more than 60,000
acres of land, heretofore entirely barren.
will be made productive and tributary to
Portland wrrough (he operation of this
one Irrigation project. The ditch Is
about 46 miles In length and for It
miles the water it distributes will fertil
ize ' sand land and render alfalfa, fruit
snit live stock possible products. -
FRED H. BUSHNELL DEAD.
(Journal Special Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23. Fred
H. Bushnell, the noted photographer, is
dead. Following an operation for ap
pendicitis complications arose and the
patient died laat evening. ,
Fred H. Bushnell was one of the most
widely known protographers on the Pa
cific Coast. He was an artist of great
ability and had developed portraiture to
a high standard. His studios were lo
cated In San Francisco, Los Angeles, San
Jose and Oakland. ' '" - -
NORTH AMERICAN ISSUE.
NEW YORK. March 23. The stock
holders of the North American Company
met at Newark Aodmy aaaV authorised an
increase in tha capital stock from 812.
000,000 to 317,000.000. Th Increase Is to
pay for the stock of the Laclede . Gas
Light Company of St. Louis, ' which th
North American Company has purchased
and to enable th company to extend and
increas . its Investment and interest in
th gas and eUetrle lighting basin Id
8t. Louis and elsewh.re.
CROWDS AT
THE INQUEST,
BUFFALO, N. T., March 23. An houi
before the Burdlck Inquest opened to 1
day the court room was crowded wltn
women In fashionable apparel, t
Mrs. Burdlck, widow of th murdered! -
banker, accompanied by Mrs. Hull. her ,
mother, reached the seen at 2 o'clock, i
There was a general craning1 of necks ;
as the women, garbed in deep black and .
heavily veiled, entered the room. They
passed up the aisle. and quietly took
seats with their counsel.
The first witness was Burdlck's attor.
ney.
Miller told nothing new. He waa
followed by the furnace man of Pen-
nell'a house, who told of caring for
the furnace the morning after th mur
der.
It Is not thought Mrs. Hull will b ,
recalled this afternoon, as Mrs. Bur
dlck's testimony will presumably occu
py the greater portion of the tlm. ' .
The promised sensation of the furnaoc
tender's testimony did not materialise.
Pennell, according to him, acted the sam
as usual. He often came down and threw: s
In coal. He did not notice any metalll
substances In the remnants of button: , :
or clothing In the anhes. -.v....w
Pennell's maid on the stand developed
but little new.
Mrs. Burdlck said her first acquaint . :
ance with Pennell was four or Ave years, ,
ago. All were members of the Elmwood
Dancing C'lub. She denied any unusual .
friendship for Pennell two years - ago.
The District Attorney referred to th
letter containing endearing terms, which -
waa mentioned under date of two years ,
ago, when fenneil met ner in in oara
ness at the gate of the college campus
at New Haven. It waa written by. Pen- ,
nell to her. He said "the place I met
you will always be a shrina." t :
The witness colored and ; .hesitated.
Her attorney Interposed objections Slid
the court announced that only two line
of Questioning would be barred, thos '
which tend to incriminatejjr degrade th
witness. -' , ':"-.vv'.'i::';'''.i,:"'i:'.
WON'T REINSTATE ,
DISCHARGED HER
The firm of Meier & Frank Company.
department stqre of' this city, has not re
Instated the president of th Driver
Union nor th secretary of th earn as
sociation. Some days ago the coin pan
had difficulty with Its employes Who
drive the delivery wagons of th concern
and the president and secretary of th
union, who' were'employed by Meier
Frank Company!1- wr . discharged. Ap
plication was mad for reinstatement,
but thjaewaa not granted. r.
CLARK MAY GET PLACE
- WASHINGTON,- - tri-h 2S.r I
has been i semt-offlc tally announcml
that President Roosevelt has under con
sUleratlon the. appointment of F. J. Claris
of Cedar Rapids aa Assistant 8crtr
of Commerce and Ijibor. Clars a posiwun
the hend of the Hallway CondkKK.r
and hi notably good work on th Antura-
cit Commission mak ul xtiecuva al
most certain. V
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