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PBICE FIVE CENTS.
JUGGLERY WITH COUNTY
Piiiiiiiuii
s ASSETS " iyi AECES TAXPAYERS
UNEASY
COURT
FAVORS.
MERGER
Trust Permitted To Pay
Dividends; Despite
Former Order.
Decree Against Combine
Amended Jby U S.
Judge
AND SWIFT IS CUP
DEFENDER, YACHT: RELIANCE
Action Not Final But
Taken Pending An
Expected Appeal
(Journal Special Service)
IT, PAVL, April 80-Tbs TTnlted
tat Court of Appeals has modified
the iter against th Vorthm Paciflo
Merger and now p.rmlts th Seearitlse
Company to pay dividends on It stock
la May.
Th news had a marked effect oa
tooka oa Wall street. Th decision
oraatad a great nrprlae.
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ST. PAUL. April 20. Judy. Sanborn
of the United States Court of Appeals,
after heaving argument, ruled that th
Northern Securities might pay May dividends-
May 1, holding that the Federal
Court by injunction prevented the
ilerger from voting stock of the North
ern tactile
The Great Northern has a sufficient
Bold on the concern.
It la held that the injunction against
the dividend was auxiliary and could
be modified by the Court.
The -decree permits th. stockholders
of the Northern Securities to exchange
its mock for the stock of railways for
which It was issued. If the UupSeme
Court affirms thla decree the stock
holders In the Securities Company can
make an exchange and draw dividends
from the companies. If the Supreme
Court reverse the decree, the parties
can draw from the Securities Company.
Retention of dividends by the railway
companies while the appeal Is pending
would not enhance or speed the enforce
ment of any legal right of the United
States, while it might Inflict unneces
sary loss and Injury upon stockholders
who are Justly entitled to receive these
dividends as soon as earned.
Immediately after the decision the
Northern Securities Company filed an
appeal, and following an order of the
court, gave bonds of 160,000. Every
point made by the railway attorneys was
ustained.-
Judg-e Explains.
Judge 8anbyva,ji-n)ateil his position
at length. HeWrf the defendants had
not street tne court to suspend the en
tire Injunction, but only- the portion
Which restrained the payment of divi
dends pending an appeal, Inasmuch
such dividends do not belong to the
United States, which brought suit.
"The purpose of the goverrfVent was
to eniorce tne law against an illegal
oomoinatton in restraint of trade. Dur
Inr lha iunnaiuv r9 th. . i
eminent Is protected by that portion of
w injunction wmcn forbids acquisition
or young or any stock of these two rail
way companies. The appeal In this case
Will probably be determined by the 8u
preme Court about November.
It la not perceived how the retention
r payment or dividends during the pend
ancy of the appeal can Injuriously affect
any right of. the United States in this
litigation, and the only question la whe
ther the dividends shall be piled up In
the treasuries of the railway companies
r paid the stockholders to whom they
legally belong, and who must ultimately
receive them, which ever way the final
decision In the case may be.
Effect la Wall Street.
NSW TORK. April 20. Securities
Stock Jumped from H to 19 tmmedl-
Hly when news of the St. Paul suspen-
'on of injunction permitting Msy dlvl-
nHsl was nnnnunxurl Wall m nw
surprised.
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WRECK
Trains Pile Up Causing
Frightful Disaster
vi in NewYork, "
IJIore Than a Score Are
Seriously Injured
in Collision.
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No prettier yacht was ever launched In A me r loan waters than tlie' new cup defprntef. Reliance. r Her builders
and the men who are to. operate the yacht In the races for the America's au?. are confident that she is the swift
est thing that ever toyed with the wind and sped over water to be -victor in a race. . ' r.;;'-7-
Sir: Thomas ' Llpton may succeed In his ambition to gain the-America's cup, but New 'York, yachtsmen who
have studied the new defender are as confident in the merits of the Reliance as they were two years ago In those
of the Columbia, ' Vi-M? '
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Passenger Crashed Into
Rear End of Freight
Train.
NUT 1(115
ms opinions
Manufacturer Again At
tacks Unionism.
(Journal Special Service.)
INDIANAPOLIS. April 20. President
Parry Of the Manufacturers' Association,
arrived . here yesterday, lie says:
"We do not propose to have the
United States placed In the clutches of
the- dreary, obstinate and vicious sort
of trades union Um which has England
by the throat. Hanna certainly made a
true expression when he said the trades
unionists of this country need Ameri
canising. "The movement in this country to
day." continued Parry, "is in the hands
of foreigners of strong Socialistic and
anarchistic tendencies, and their lead
ers are doing everything in their power
to start a rebellion against the United
States government."
"11" Bill
Notorious Imposter Is
Nabbed in London.
(Journal Special Service.)
LONDON, April 20. The self-styled
"Prince Athrobold Stuart de Modena,"
who on December 17 last married former
Countess Russell, was today arrested
charged with assuming a false name.
His real name, the police allege. Is
William Brown. He created a furore
when he first arrived In London, and
was considered a - great matrimonial
catch. He lived with his' bride twelve
days and then disappeared.
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No Excuse Given Men by
Coal Operators. .
LAD WES III FLAME.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. Albert
Foster, a nine-year-old boy. was-burned
to death last night. He took matches
to bed with him to play with, and the
fatality resulted.
LEATHER STRIKE OVER.
S0UBREIIE MbSUiG.
(Journal Special Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. The
great strike of the leather workers of
California has come to a conclusion after
more than a year of fighting. The work
ers secured an additional raise in wages.
STRANGE RELIGIOUS
FRENZY OF OLSON
Claiming to be possessed of the spirit of Ood, John Peter Olson, one
of Rev. A, Ik Wilson's Pentecostal converts, ran shouting through the
streets of Alblna for more than an hour yesterday evening. The man
kept up his strange demonstrations until weariness of the flesh deprived
aim of power to continue. Several hundred people witnessed the man's
strange behavior. . J
When Olson became exhausted and retired, i Rev. Wilson harangued
the crowd, declaring him to be possessed of the Holy Spirit and claim
ing the event as a direct manifestation of Divine WilL JJti ring Rev. Wil
son's remarks, Olson, gasping and trembling, stood- by and continued to
shout at intervals. s--'r -
- John Peter Olson Is a Swede laborer who several weeks ago became
a convert, but not until yesterday did religious frensytnake Itself" fully
manifest. Rev. Wilson is a well known Portland evangelist. He- belongs
to no denomination, simply speaking in the interests of Christianity,
preaching the second coming of Christ and eternal "fire for the wicked. He
is conducting services at the Pentecostal Mimion In Alblna and It was
In front of this that yesterday's demonstration' occurred. J
. During the period of his strange alleged association with the spirit
world Olson rah about from place to place, pawing, the' earth like a wild
animal; tossing his. arms; shouting unintelligible words; frothing at the
mouth, and tearing his hair. Perspiration rolled from him in tiny streams.
No etort was made to restrain htm. . .. ..v. 7..
(Journal Special Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20: Miss
Claudia Rodgers. the pretty and dashing
souhrette with the Republio Theatre, has
disappeared and neither her mother nor
the theatre management know of her
Whereabouts. -
Miss Rodgers has met with great suc
cess during the last few years, and she
would be a. great loss ' o the theatrical
profession. She was formerly connected
with. Fisher's Theatre, and when the
Republio Theatre was opened . and the
management was bringing together
strong cast, Miss Rodgers was picked
from a large number or applicants.
CRAMPS EMBARRASSED.
(Journal Special Service.)
MAHONING CITY. Pa., April 20. As
a sequel to the refu.mil of the men to
work nine hours on Saturday last a
lockout was Inaugurated this mornlni
and threatens to develop Into another
general anthracite coal strike.
Thirty thousand men and boys are
Idle today as a result of the new order,
which went lnfb effect this morning.
The mines involved are those of the
Philadelphia & Reading.
- No explanation accompanied theorder.
The men were simply told "There is no
work for-you."
And with this they were forced to be
content.
(Journal Special Service.)
NEW YORK. April 20. Seven lives
were crushed out ami more than a score
of persons were seriously Injured In a
train smashup on the lirle road this
morning near Kedhouse.
A passenger train running at full
speed crashed Into the rear end of a
freight train. The freight had been de
layed In making a siding and It Is said
that the usual slgnnlH were not dis
played lrl time to warn the oncoming
passenger train of Its danger.
The disaster occurred at I o'clock this
morning, and the engineer could not see
the obstacle In the path of the train un
til he found his locomotive plowing Its.
way through the freight.
The cars were piled up In an Inde
scribable mass of wood and Iron. Many
of . the passengers were pinioned In the
wreckage and died before surgical aid
could reach them.
.Two sleeping cars caught fire and sev
eral of the passengers were burned alive
In the cars.
Tax Certificates Given Away in Ex
change" for Paper Known To Be ,
Absolutely Worthless. "
Over $7,000 of the County's Assets
Sacrificed in One Transaction with-; .-.
out Receiving Any Consideration.
Extraordinary Illustration of the Meth-:
ods Which Prevailed in the Board
of Commissioners.
BARREL MYSTERY
PARTLY SOLVED
Victim Is Identified as a Resident
of Buffalo.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 20. The
famous shipbuilding firm of Cramp &
8on - was recently near to bankruptcy.
The- house was involved in a fight with
the newly formed trust, and In this
contest were worsted. Finances were
forthcoming, however, and the firm has
been reorganised.
GOOD FOR KANSAS.
(Journal Special Service.)
TOPEKA. Kan.. April JO. If the
State Board of Agriculture's predictions
as contained in its report today come
true. aM records for' s wheat crop will
be eclipsed. The heaviest acreage ever
planted In the state Is due Jhls year.
ROYALTY IS NERVOUS.
PARIS. April 10 A dispatch from
Servia today says the bodyguard of the
Royal Palace at Belgrade ha been
strongly re-lnforced as 4k coup de main
is feared. J
S. P. GETS CONTRACT;
SAN ' FRANCISCO, April ' ; 20. The
Southern Pacific has secured the contract
for the. transportation of uroope fey-rail
over a number of oompetlng lines. -
CONVICTS FIGHT FATAL DU&
(Journal Special Service.)
SALT LAKE. April 20. 1C. W. Ham
llton and Will Brown, convicts in the
Utah state prinon. fought a. battle to the
death inside the penitentiary walls this
morning. One was armed with an iron
bar and the other with a knife. Hamll
ton was stabbed In the side and Brown's
head was spilt open. Both will die.
SILVER MINE IN MARYLAND
(Journal Special Service.)
CUMBERLAND, Md.. April 20. While
workmen were opening fireclay banks
sliver In considerable quantities was
unearthed here. Assays which have been
made declare the mineral to be a rich
vein. The mine is In the heart of the
coal regions.
GLASGOW FAVORS FRANCE
(Journal Special Service.)
GLASGOW. April The Chamber of
Commerce this morning adopted enthus
iastic resolutions favoring a' Commercial
treaty of peace between Great Britain
and France. This action is significant
as indicating the pronouncedf change in
public sentiment towurd France.
PASSENGER DIES SUDDENLY
(Journal Special Service.)
DUN8MUIR. April 20 N. Nebricht a
passenger on the Oregon Express, left
the train at this point yesterday' and
disappeared. His dead body was subse
quently! found In the rlver.Thsrs is no
clue to the. manner of hls death, ' '
HOWARD CROSS-EXAMINED.
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Ky.. April 20. Howard
was 'cross-examined this morning, i but
nothing was discovered beyond what he
bad slrsadjr told. '
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NEW YORK. April 20 The mystery
connected with the finding of an un
known man. murdered, In a barrel on a
business street of this city last week Is
pnrtly cleared up. The victim has been
Identified, but the police are still at a
loss to account for the tragedy or to
name the crlmlnnl.
This morning Inspector McCloskey an
nounced that the victim had been iden
tified as Manduenla Benedltto, of Buf
falo, N. Y.
The remains were fully Identified by
the man's brother-in-law. He was aged
43 years. He was married and his
wife had been at a loss to account for
his disappearance. How he got to New
York and why, and the manner of his
death are as deep mysteries as ever.
The victim's brother-in-law Is serving
time In Sing Sing for counterfeiting.
An Italian detective went to the prison
yesterday and showed him a photograph
of the murdered man, which was In
stantly recognized by the convict.
ADVANCE ENTRIES
AT OAKLAND
OAKLAND RACK TRACK. April 20. The
orer-nlgbt atrle. for tomorrow's race. .r.
follow ;
Flrt r.oe. Futurity t'ourae, tellliif, maiden
I-j-nr-oldn:
Wl Turrlsao KW14S7 Mow 10S
Wi Tbe Owl 115 44X7 MoroVnte 10S
KMX) Tawm 114M4 Maud Muller .. Wt
M79 W'lulfred W .. 99 1 4ft 11 Vounu Marlow.112
51W Br.uuu 1U 4242 fhllaerauH KM
4.(0 Theodore L ...1O4 4I20 SumiMoa P loa
4024 Alu U Iltii367 Kelu del T...H'4
4424 Medwan 112! Sherry loe
ijecond race, half mile, purw, 2-jear-olda:
4330 Will t4! Louis Ue 101
4023 8t. tteorse. Jr.U2 45M Lilible Candid. 41o4
4U1T Forvat Hre ..1U1'40U6 Toltvc 104
!. lr. Howell . . . . 1 12 4!k7 ( apt. Foraee ..107
('. Max net loi ;Kiz Lour Laurl. ,.H
4S Ouasw UU-I 1OH 4017 Strlre. 109
4S92 8. U frank ,.10lt423 Soflta 104
Third race, one nille, Belling:
422 YelW)Wtone.. .107'4Jo8 Mlasloa 104
IVi.ttijy Muntia 109
1o3 4."iM2 I'lrate Maid 107
10.T4.V.' Hoadatroiif ...".103
10S'4IB!U Kondo 109
10,4()O4 Melkartb 103
101) 4026 K.ilrnCor tf
l2;4tU2 Albert Knrifht.lua
Fourth rare, three quurteri, handicap:
4007 E. M. Brattalo. 97 4664 The Major 92
462S Assie Mx ... 02 4.'o Sad Sam lot
Headwater llW 42a Kemiwurth 122
1025 Moeufito K6 4340 Urruuu Kom...1o4
4!9 Hoal Kogue ..106:4621 Tb. Kretter ...103
Fifth rac. thirteen alxteentu., aelllnft: -i
4620 Bvroota 1134610 Fatado ..109
tuw 0v. Dewey.... 1U9 4AM8 sir ..liia
4620 Windward . . . 1 1 !-. I Maxim ..luS
4612 Nuzst Ill 4iz ttukin Hill ....113
4023 Pat Morrimy.llT4Wtl M. F. Tarpy..lutt
4Mil uu C!lewdra.l';4usc imnn w inn
4589 6. W. TraBrn.l03i Baawnat loM
462T Spindle 1US4378 Ln FUh.rmaa.lll
Sixth twee, sails sad MnDty yard. selUng:
4614 Tlaooa 10 Ira. 91
4614 Sloping Child. 1"2 53 Salver 86
4S1T Uontau. P .... 96 427 Ada H ........102
4613 Kan Lutioo ..i 97;4iT Mnlesaa 90
4664 Uudaoa ) Lodeatar lul
lctUoa WeaUM' etoody, track faat . . ,
4AU8 llalustta
4867 Bob iUuor
4589 Kalul'f
4610 H.iutwr ...
4671 Urand 8 .
4589 Alloxan ...
4622 Wllaa .
The publication In these columns on
Saturday of a summary of, the report
of the expert who has been Investigat
ing the books of the County Clerk's
office, was necessarily incomplete. Nu
merous cases were then presented lllus
trative of the extraordinary mlsman
agement of the county's affairs diglng
the six years covered by the expert's
report, but many transactions noted by
him were omitted. One of these was
so remarkable that It deserves the at
tention of every taxpayer In the county.
Already the taxpayers are growing un
easy over the disclosures.
Ample evidence has already been pre
sented to show that the'eounty's assets
were recklessly sacrificed In the settle
ments of delinquent taxes, but all of
these transactions are cast In the shade
by tht action of the County Commis
sioners In June. 1901, recorded In vol
ume 22 of their journal, page I6.
The Commiasloaers first entered into an
agreement to exchange about $4,000 of
tax sale eertinostea, owned by tke
county, for aa equal amount of war
rants waloh wore known to bs abso
lutely worthless and had been declared
Invalid by decree of court. And then,
as If this were not bad enough, aa addi
tional $3,000 of tax sals sertifloatee wars
surrendered to tke holds ef tne worth
lees warrants, in 'excess of the amount
originally agreed upon, and without any
consideration waatever.
Gave Away County's Assets.
There Is nothing in the records or In
the expert's report to indicate that the
slightest fraud or imposition was prac
ticed upon the commissioners in this
truly remarkable transaction. On the
contrary the worthless character of the
warrants was set forth In the very pe
tition upon which the action of the
Board was based. The Commissioners
simply gave away $4,000 of tax salo
certificates standing In the name of
Multnomah County In exchange for a
lot of waste paper, and then in a second
upasm of generosity added $3,000 more
of certificates to their original sift.
Inasmuch as the county had pre
viously expended over 9M0O to estab
lish the la validity of these warrants,
the total loss to the taxpayers by the
whole transaction was over $8,000.
History of the Case.
The details of this case are given
briefly In the expert s report. During
the year ls4 the then County Clerk
issued about $6,000 of rood warrants
based on forged time checks. The
forgeries were discovered, one of the
men implicated was sent to the state
penitentiary for five years, and by de
cree of the Circuit Court entered Feb
ruary 16, 1897, the warrants were de
clared Invalid.
This decree was the result of a suit
brought by A. H. Maegley to enjoin pay
ment of the warrants, the county having
entered Into a contract with him
whereby he was to receive payments
equivalent to $0 per .cent of all the
forged warrants which he caused to be
jiu (rendered, or adjudged Invalid. The
Circuit Court declared that these war
rants to the amount of $4,068.75 were
Invalid, and Maegley was accordingly
Jl.2lJ.12.
That appeared to end the matter. The
county had been swindled into Issuing
the warrants upon forged time checks,
but at an expense of twelve hundred
dollars the warrants had been Judicially
declared void, and those of the tax
payers who paid any attention to the
matter doubtless supposed that it was
closed.
Worthless Warrants Beappear.
But. the warrants, though thus pro
nounced Invalid, were still outstanding; -and
after a lapse of four years the
holder presented a petition to the Coun
ty Commissioners asking that he bs
' permitted to unload his worthless seourl
ties upon the oounty, and that the scanty .
give him In exchange aa equal amount. .
dollar for dollar, of tax sals oerttltoaUS
which It owned. -
The motto of (he Commissioners la
dealing with all petitioners was appar
ently, "Ask and ye shall receive." Tbs
petition was granted and an order wss
entered directing that tax certificates '
to the amount of $4,062.74 be assigned
to the petitioner, upon surrender of the
warrants. The certificates were to bs .
assigned at their face value, without the
addition of any penalties.
But when It came to carrying the or
der into effect, even Its liberal terms
were exceeded. Tax sale certificates to
the amount of $7,218.42. or $1.14.7 In
excess of the amount agreed upon, and 1
in excess of the warrants surrendered,
were generously turned over to the ps- '
tit loner.
This transaction was consummated
during the term of office of W. ML Oaks, ,
as County Judge, and William Bnowers '
and 3. Ch Mack, as County Commission .
ers. Multnomah County acquired by1
the exchange a lot of waste paper, whicn
could not have been unloaded en an
other buyer In the country. . , ,f;,rt
laTlnor Irregularities. . -
The expert notes as a minor feature of
this case the fact that soma of the tax
certificates turned over by the oounty
were for taxes for 189$ and lttt, which
Included tbe city levy and should not
have been applied on any Indebtedness of
the county, but this was Ignored by ths
officials.
The expert observes In the concluding
portion of his report that, "Section 81811
of Bellinger St Cotton's Cods provide,
for the redemption of property bought in
by counties at tax sales, but no provis
ion is made for the assignment of cer
tificates. This matter was referred 19
special counsel, who rendered an opin
ion that the law did not provide for ths
assignment of certificates by the eounty. '
but that they were Jo be held subject ti
redemption."
The expert found that' In a number
of cases certificates of sals owned by
Multnomah County had been assigned
for less than their face value. In soma
cases, where taxes were delinquent for.
prior years, the certificates of sals' were
assigned, thereby barring the county"!
claim for such prior years' taxes. ,
ax nxa xa onr a xsomnorai
Officials Importuned Taxpayers.
In summarising In Saturday's Issus oC ; .
The Journal the expert's report upon the ,
methods that prevailed In the settlement -of
delinquent taxes, mention should -have
been made of his statement that ' '
"It Is generally known that taxpayers
were importuned by officials with a wlsw
to filing petitions and having taxes as
duoed sa snggeeted or oonooetad trreg ...
ularitles of assessment or sals, for s . .
consideration. Also that petitions were
drawn by officials In this office, a'pra.
tlce which. It Is needless to say, ought
to be prohibited." v
The expert's report gives many IUus'
tratlons of the looseness with - whlaa
the books and records of the county "
have been kept, and ho notes one strik
ing instance whereby the omission of
cipher In the assessment roll of 18tt
the assessment of the Portland Railway ;
Company dropped from $0,000, the val
uation of the previous year, to- $8,000, ' '"
mistake of $54,000 against the oounty.
Carelessness and laxity la alerlcal '
work are a natural concomitant of th r
prodigal wastefulness which marksd th 'v
conduct of the county's business,
TIRED OF LIFE AN AGED
MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Tired of life, with, its cares and
irou' Us. Caspnr Ucnkle, an cseJ man.
Jumped 0 feet from the steel bridge on
Burnslde street into the Icy waters of
the Willamette at 8:80 o'clock this morn
ing. Only the gallant efforts of Walter
Matthewson, second mate of the steamer
Vulcan, and Richard L. Wilson, a deck
hand, intervened to pluck him from the
laws of death. Even as the brave men
lifted his almost lifeless' form from a
watery grave HenkJe begged, pitifully to
be permitted to die. . He muttered that
he was tired of life, and his one desire
was death. When being pulled forth
from the water he did his best to break
away from his rescuers, .His head was
Injured by contact with a floating plank
In the river. - . - -v,-.
After placing the wouia-b suicide on
a barge st the Atnsworth tf.cn-. where fas
was partially resuscitated by th efforts
of his rescuers, he was removed to th
police station in th patrol wtfon xA .
physician was summoned. It was over
an hour, however, before Assistant City ,:
Physician Slocum arrived to lend assist
ance to the sufferer, and only through ,
the persistent and determined work ot
th station officers wss th spark of lif -
kept up until medical aid oould be 4
ministered. . 7 ; : v, :,-!r -.ft i- iA7::
Whil th officers wars working rr
his form the man kept moaning;, Iet
me diet let me die!" All effort to bti
his nam wore, fruitless, snd it was vt -dent
that be intended keeping it secret,
as not a scrap of paper et any deserts-
tlon was found upon his person to iden
tify him. ; j.i;w ' -.-:
In th event of his death It Is W hy
th- officers at th police station that It
could largely be attributed to the fxct
that for more than an hour he lay t'i a
bare, bench in the city Jail. s-'""- x ;
great pain from th cold and wt
has two sons living on th 1 iti t .
i