LEASH f CLAMS . . ' DO I .1 . r' VOTE WITH WITH THE PEOPLE THE TIMBER GRABBERS? HIS WAS OR VICTIM rt- WE AGGRESSOmm : -u v v im nnmi Ilia If im SMOF Although Heavily Armed the fugitive Made no Attempt at Resistances-Divorced " wife Aided the Officers. Captain of Detectives Sim mons.and Posse -of Police Of ficers Effected the Arrest Leasia Had Been Shot. When Examined This Morning He Told His Story Without Hesitation and Said His Wife Went Willingly, THS CAPTURE. At 4:30 o'olook this morning, after e base of more than 40 hours, X. T. Leasia, who oa Sunday morning kills hla father-la-law, Ferdinand X. Drews m captured by e posse of polio two Um tnt of too Vancouver ferry land tng, on the Columbia Bitot road. Tot rlbly exhausted, but unharmed, hla cap- Mve and forms wtf a was with htm. Tho two wsrs la a barn, oa tho farm of O. O. Paula en. , . Leasia offered, ao reslstanoe whoa taken, althong-h ho had two re volvers la hla possession and was for soma time awaxs tho offlosrs wore ftp pro aching. Soared speechless, bat la pito of hor fear determined to prevent harm to bar rescuers, if aood b at tho sacrifice of hor owa life, Paulino Lea to grasped the right ana of her for mer husband and thns prevented - hla ahootlng as Captain of Detectives Sim mono approached whsra tho fugitive and hla prisoner lay la the darkness npoa tho straw. Leasia ana his wire were at oaoo brought to Portland and are bow at tho city Jail. f 'i v ; fit-, . 4 ' t V. - 5 , J 'II LIFE FOR OTHERS Fatal Tenement House Fire In New-York Results in the Death of BVave Rescuer of Terrified Jnrrtates, J Five Police-officers at Early Morning Blaze tnter DUiid ing and Carry Shrieking Peo ple to Street. When Firemen Arrive They Find Fjve Policemen on Third Floor of Burning Struc ture in Great Danger, 8TATZHE1TT OP LEASIA. "My father-in-law, Perdlaaad K. Drews, fired on me first. His bullet en tered my side. Until that time I had ao thought of dolnr him Injury, bat whoa X felt tho hot blood spurting- from tho wound x loat control of my actions and shot him whsro ho stood oa tho atop of hla honss, trying- to enter tho door. Ke stag-grered and oriod for help, clutch ing tho fonoo for support. Then X Jump ed forward and shot him again, thrust ing my pistol almost against hla head. The trouble came about through hla re fusing me permission to see my wife and little ones boforo X woat away. X wh anKmuna ester (no nouse. HO nun." That la tho statement of Murderer M. V. Leasia, made at 10 o'olook this morning; to D lot riot Attorney Majuuar, Ho said his wife kissed him after tho murder and willingly accompanied him u aia uifni. i From a photograph taken recently In Portlead. KBS. PAXTLXsTX XBASXA. STATEMENT OP MBS. LEASIA. Mrs. Leasia's story of hor terrible ex perience of 48 honrs with hor fugitive husband, shows how sheer will power, aroused to abnormal strength by tho hope of seeing hor babes again, enabled a weak woman to endure great hardship and to live through one of tho most thrilling oplsodea In the criminal hla- ' tory of tho Worth west. , . In her statement to The Journal, Pau line Leasia tells of now, after killing hor father, her husband prepsngsd to sacrifice tho lives of their two babies -to his passion for blood- how, abandon ing this Intention, ho forced hor to go with him into tho woods. She tells of their dodging of tho officers, of tho all- ijrht vigil In a hju-n and of tho desner- te threats nor ojaptor made to frighten ler from any purpose of raising an alarm. Her tale of tho terrible hoars with hor husband, while aho waa of constant fear lest his murderous pistol bo turned against herself, is a remarkable nar rative, indeed. Half fainting and in a hysterical con dition, Paulina Leasia reached the cljy prison at an early hour this morning and was turned over to the matron of the female 'department. She was .sadly in need of ca. ., Wet -to "the skin and shivering- though she was, tho poor woman appeared to be conscious of but one feeling that of thankfulness for her rescue from the clutches of her murderous husband. But when the first excitement of feel ing that she was once more In the hands of friends had in a measure passed, there came the reaction. Sobbing and wringing her hands, the woman who was lor hours the companion or a fugitive murderer and 'exposed to all the hardships incident to his flight from the law, commenced to recount, broken and almost incoherently, her terrible experiences. . ; 'Hush!'' , said . the kindly. , matron; "Wait until you- are rested a little." Then Mrs. Leasia was given , a hot bath, dry, clean clothing, and put to bed in the matron's room. Once in the cljean, warm bed, with its soft pillows, tired nature claimed her tribute of rest, and Paulino Leasia slept like a little tired child. Even the officers of the law, anxious as they were for her version of the ter rible ' tragedy at Peninsula, refrained from breaking in on that rest. They waited until later in the day when the warmth and the food' and the kindly faces around her had restored her to something like her normal condition. The"n Assistant " District Attorney Spencer put into operation the machin ery which may place a hempen noose around the neck of the man who tor tured this woman. -. Twice during tho recital the little wo man fainted. Mrs.' Leasia's statement to the officers appears in full-elsewhere. - . "Oh, 1 am so thankful that I am safe!" A thin-faced, bright-eyed little wo man, with clear complexion and dark. abundant hair, turned her head on the pillow in the matron's room at the city prison and turned grateful eyes to Cap tain. Simmons and his wife. Then, simply but cleary, remembering the smallest details, this little woman who had passed two days and a night of horror in the custody of a fleeing assas sin, related to The' Journal her startling experiences as the unwilling companion of Martin V. Leasia. "IWthing but my will power prevented me from-falling "down and dying," said j Pauline Leasia. "I knew that If I fal of. fright, to say nothing of the cold, the awful cold, when I was wet through that made it so much' worse, you know; and I was sick, too. "Hunger ugh! I can understand now what It means to die of starvation. The feeling ia something that can't be told. I had nothing to eat from Saturday night last, when I ate a light supper, until Monday night, about 9 o'clock:, when we bad something at the Paulsen house. ' ,' By that time I was tired; oh, so tired (Journal Special Service". ) NEW YORK. May 26 A four-story apartment house on Fulton street was destroyed by tiro .this morning. One policeman waa fatally and two others seriously burned while engaged in rescue work. ' . Fifteen Inmates of the building, i including - many children, were rescued wltl. the greatest diffi culty, The fatal fire started in, the WelleFargo express office on the ground floor. 'Wften first discovered five policemen brokeJn the doors and started to rencue- Ahe' shrieking persons but were cut off tby the flames. The officers had made -many brave rescues before the firemen came upon the scene and when help Anally arrived the five policemen were found in the third story with a woman and .three children, whom they were trying to lead to win dows. Terribly Bnrned. At thlH time the smoke was dense to a blackness and the officers were almost overcome. The little children were being carried inthettarms. On of the rescuers was terribly burned about the' face and ' two' others were nearly exhausted from burns- they had received. As a window was reached ' ''' V- ' 1 ' t ' ft" J ' i i5':-?;v, ,-'.:';.:.,v-.:': :; . .iffif.X ;u A -V 'Il -ziJi MARTIN T. LEASIA. Who Killed His Tather-ln-Law and Then Compelled His Former Wife to Tie With Him. Captured By Detective Simmons and Officers This Morning. and faint that I could eat scarcely any- tne policeman, who was the most seri- UUBIJI uurneu it'll iiikj mo Bt hid ui iw. tered I should be killed and well. wanted to see my babies, and I Just couldn't give up as long as I had any hope left of seeing them alive again. The Cold. Awful Wight. "But I wonder now that I did not" die NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE JOURNAL Today The Journal adds another improvement to those that will gradually be Shown In the paper during-tha. next three months. ' One. tf the .new tynotype machines has been provided with matrices for tho very lateBt style of headlines, and a better typographies! effect is pro tfuea& -. ".'A, ,' i' - . . - Within a short time The Journal will give its readers the benefit of . (several Of the best features of one of the largest newspapers of the Atlantic Coast, tho matter-tappwr' simultaneously wnn Its publication' 'In the 'newspaper mentioned. - ,' thing. "Yes, I shot my husband," and the lit tle woman smiled 'when some one re marked that only a rib had saved him from- death at her hands. "Asked Por Mamma, Too," "After the shots were fired outside, rah to 'the window with a small pis tol. I saw the curtain raise and a bfg revolver was thrust into my face. I don't remember of being afraid. I Just put my pistol forward -and fired. Then Van grabbed me and took the pistol away. "Then he said, 'I'm going to kill the babies and put them out of the way.' He asked for mamma, too, and 1 think he wanted to kill her. I pleaded with him not to kill the children, and he finally yielded this point. "When we went to the house where tho babies wre lett Van told me If I ut tered a 'word he would shoot me dead. He had a pistol in h.l stae coat pocket, and he said he would keep this pointed at me all the time. "I was almost paralyzed with fright, not knowing what minute hewould kill me. 'Ha Felt He Worse." ' "Then this than who had been my hus band forced me to go with him into the timber. He acted all the time as though we. were on, a plcnjc.withput much Jfun in It, or excitement. After he had killed papa he seemed to feel no worse than If he had killed a chicken. One 5 he sug gested that it-would be a good thing to stick a knife in the babies' throats, '"It won't hurt them, he said. "It was raining while we were in the woods, and I got wet to the skin all over. I wanted to scream ; I wanted to run away; I wanted to do anything that would bring the terrible suspense to an end. "But I thought of my babies; I thought: . If I give up I shall never see them again. Then I'd grit my teeth and keep on. "Always Van, kept close, to me, adding to my terror by suggestlonsVf what h Intended to do with me. .... . . . ., 10 saia i ne tnougnt it would be. a good scheme to take me to the Colum bia, tie big stones to my. feet and throw me into tho river. "We walked a long distance.' in a roundabout way. ' Van kept telling me to hurry, and urging me to walk fast tT4 'J think some one is coming', he would say. of tan, and 'then hurry me into the brush-.-.' 1 - ""Wa finally came to ttso barn VnerS the police found us. "There we remained firemen. ' in hl arms he held a little girl. Scaling ladders were run up and the brave men were taken to the ground below. All but ono-waa -un'ronsrclouB when an ambulance reached the scene. When the fire was ' discovered It was very dark and no persons were about. Old followers of fires say that no braver work waa ever done than that of the police officers, who alone and unaided carried bodily from the fiercely burning tenement house all the inmates except the four In whose efforts to save the officers would surely have lost their own lives. RELIANCE OUTSAILED FORMER DEFENDERS In a Stormy Breeze the New Defender Demonstrated Her Superiority GLENCOVK. May 26. The Reliance outsailed the Constitution and Columbia today, finishing far In the lead of the Columbia, and beating the Constitution 2 minutes and 21 seconds, actual sail ing time. Tho course was 15 miles, the wind being a 10-knot gale. The. start ing" gitn boomed at 12:15 and the Re liance crosHed the line three seconds later, the Columbia eight, and the Con stitution 28. Shortly afterwards the Constitution passed the Columbia work ing well" to windward. The Reliance rounded the first mark, which is six and a half miles out, at 12:43, the Constitu tion 23 seconds later, and the Columbia 1 minutes later. The Reliance's crew were slow In breaking out ballooner and the Constitution drew up closer. Llpton's Farewell. . GLASGOW, May 26. Sir Thomas Lip ton entertained the City Council of Gourock at luncheon today. It was the farewell before crossing the Atlantic, and Sir Thomas hinted broadly that It would be his. last attempt, and expressed great hope that he would lift the cup. HERMANN'S RECORD ROSEBITRG, Ore., May 26. Here is Hermann's record as It is known here: Briefly Stated. He' bolted the Republican party after being dismissed In 1S73 by President Grant for acquiring public lands; ran as an Independent candidate for Stato Senator In 1874. the regular Republican nominees being George Colvlg and James Applegate, and tho Demporats Thomas Hutchinson and Mike Dean, and supported .Samuel J. Tlldon, Democratic presidential nominee, against Hayes. The story of the latter Incident Is what has been the latest subject of com ment and reminiscence by' old settlers. . Hayes' Election Was in the Balance. It will be remembered that the election of Rutherford B. Hayes hung in the balance, and that the vote of the one doubtful Oregon elector In tho national electoral college decided the tlnal result. It was this unusual situation that centered all' eyes upon, the decision con cerning the Oregon electors, and created an Issue of wide Importance to- the people of the entire country. Governor L. F. Orover, Democratic, had issued a certificate of election to Crowen, as a Tllden elector, In place. of Watts, who, It was alleged, was ineli gible because he held another office. The eleotion of Crowen aa a presidential lector would have decided the election ajalnst Hayes. '...... , lirovex came to Roseburg during those strenuous old times In 1876, to ex plain why he Issued the certificate to Crowen Instead of to Watts. He was taken from the stugo to a carriage, driven to the hotel,' where he was to be In troduced to the peoplo by some citizen. " - Hermann Waa Angry. -.It was arranged that Mr. Hermann should Introduce Grover, he having been openly working as a supporter of Tilden during the entire campaign. As such an earnest supporter of Tllden. some of his newly found political asso ciates desired to force him to the front, and secured the honor of having the young man selected to Introduce Grover. ochor I'Omocrats thought Hermann was getting Into the- Democratic party too rapidly, and uttered exactly the same arguments as were uttered last spring by the Republican associates of W. J. Furnish, who had only four years previously been absent from active participation In Democratic party politics. ' This protest won over the insistence of the Hermann Democrats' demand for recognition ot their ' recent convert, and Herrmann was not permitted to Introduce Grover. Hermann was iiulifcmJ i, and voiced his resentment In the presence of many who yet live here ;;; who rpmember the incident. ASTOWISHMEWT IS MARKED ON THE FACES OF MAZTY PERSONS WHO LISTEJT TO PROFESSIONS OF HOSTILITY OH HERMANN'S FART AGAINST FOREST RESERVES, WHEN II' IS KNOWN THAT EDWARD BENDER, HERMANN'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, AS A SPECIAL AOENT OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, REPORTED FAVORABLT UPON THE RESERVE THAT HAS NOW BEEN SET ASIDE IN COOS, CURRY, JOSEPH INE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, AND THAT HERMANN APPROVED TH23 PETITIONS THEREFOR THAT WERE SENT TO WASHINGTON- TERRIBLE WORK OF NEBRASKA CYCLONE TRUSTS OREGON The Issue That the Citizens of the First District Feel That They Are Confronted With at the Present Time. . : Hermann's Corporation - Carrw paign Committee Struggles to Overcome Difficulties That ' Stand In Binger's Way.. - Democrats and Republicans Make Inquiry Regarding the .Fitness of Reames and Find He is Not Wanting. EUGENE, Ore., May 2G; Adviccn i .- pouring Into the Democratic head' 'i ters here from many directions thai 1' Hermann speakers are taking a new tacU "i in the last few days. Uofer, of Sal.!;, . unwisely incorporated In his speech flic , assertion that, .If elected. Herm'-" would go to Washington to corr.'il!!'1 with the other Oregon delegation ,. - make It warm forHltchcock. V '. Before Hofer could be pulled off t stump, Reames took hp the gauntlet an! challenged the Hermann., people U- ov- r. the district to stand upon that ground, if they dared, arid tho result was shown , in one important respect, ' that Roose velt refused to speak words from the -rear end of the train at Salem, . even after Mitchell and others had brought pressure through the national Repub lican organization. '! - ' ;:', Now the Hermann people, worsted on , all matters' pertaining to record, are un able to refute the oharges anent tho Roseburg Land Office. The Hermann backers aay the! r-man-laT-, friend of the people. This claim is made in tne face of, the fact. v HERMANN'S NOMINATION MAHA GER WAS SENATOR R. A. BOOTS, HEAD OF THS BOOTK-XELLT LUM- , ' BER COMPANY, WHO IS ALSO OXOSH TO THE HARRIMAN Ra.TT.BOaP ' MERGER BT REASON OF DEPEND ING ON IT FOR BUSINESS AND TRAFFIC CONCESSIONS, - ' W, ' Mitchell has been known f or many years as friendly to the Southern Pa cific, and Fulton is quite peradba grata, to the same concern. All -are backing! -Hermann, and aa is well known every , person controlled by the railroad, com pany is supporting Hermann. v' " ' SOME HISTORY NOT .: , REPEATING ITSELF CHAPELLETO BE CARDINAL (Continued on Page Four.) , ROME, May 25 The Pope, speaking today of the future cardinals, said the Americana may get two ' additional places in the Sacred College, and inti mated that this preference be Shown because of the Cuban and Philippine conditions. It is believed that Arch bishop Chapelle will be one of those dis tinguished, because of his work In Cuba and Porto Rico. CHALLENGER IS COMING. v ; r-. . .- . GLASGOW.: May5.-J3lr Thomas Llpton's- Shamrock will sail for Amer-i lea -en. Thursday ef this -week This was announced Immediately after -a f conference : this morning over which I at Pauline that eye-witnesses say had Sir Thomas presided,. ( tho Victims seen its approach,., they .. tSi? ff"ssiaaaaft Pea" .- . . A . t .a. (Journal Special Service.) DES MOINES, Iowa. May 2. The cy clone struck the Home of the Fccblc Mlnded at Glenwood last niht. The roof of the girls' dormitory whs broken in and a number of inmates were crushed beneath the debris. Two young girls are dead and ten others are seri ously Injured, but will recover. Wires are all down and additional parflculurs are unobtainable. OSKALOOSA, May 26.A cyclone struck Buxton, la., last night, destroy ing two dwellings and several light buildings. Two were killed, and thirty more or less Injured. OMAHA, Neb., May. 26. Reports from various portions of the state, especi ally the eastern sections, show that all day yesterday small twisters and heavy. rains - marked tho phenomenal aimo pheric conditions of Nebraska. The total loss of life, so far reported from the cy clones, are two. At Springfield the rain was so heavy that Turtle Creek over' flowed in two hours and until the houses were flooded in four feet of wa ter. An icehouse was washed away and the .Fair Grounds destroyed. Tha main storm was divided Into five cyclones, which traveled simultaneously. Funnel-shaped twisters of terrific forco We the result. Many persons were crushed to a pulp. The Mumma farm house, near Pauline, was carried three miles, where it was scattered. The larg est piece picked was the bottom of a chair. Of six persons who were -at tho supper table at tha time, all were hor ribly mangled. Mrs. Mumma'"KMy, nude and disemboweled, was found. A string : of beads about . tho peck, and a pair of ahoes were the only articles left on. "tiro body; " i-v v-J Tha path of the storm waa ao narrow could have taken a. few steps and es caped. The storm culminated this morning in a veritable cloudburst in the eastern portion of the state. It reached cyclonic proportions again at Lancaster County, and reports received this f orenoWn say that In the town of Archer six houses were demolished and seven persona were killed. (Bulletin.) OMAHA, Neb., May 26. It Is report ed that the same cyclone which killed seven peoplo at Archer this moaning has, destroyed the towns of Valjparlso i and Raymond, both north of Lincoln, .and i many persons aro reported killed. AH, wires are down. Including the Archer casualties tho death roll due to the terrible cyclones up i to noon today show a 'list of 33 dead, j Reports .of a. low barometer In the i Transmisslssippl Valley continue to be received by tho Weather Bureau. Hurricane Swept Lincoln. LINCOLN, Nob,. May 2t. A terrific hurricane swept over Lincoln at 6:30 o'clock this morning. No lives "were lost, but iUti.QOQ jumage waa done. Broken, twisted trees, telegraph poles and other debris makes the streets In muny places Impassable. The trolltj'y system is completely stopped. Many buildings are unroofed and smoke stacks ,are down. The wholesale' district suf fered the most and railways aro almost at a standstill, communication with the outside world is practically cut oft FULTOW AT O RANTS PASS. ' (Journal Special' Service.)'' GRANTS .PASS. May 28. Senator Ftrtton spokotttr a small stid select audi ence of Republicans at the opera house. He handled : his subject very well ' but awoke no enthusiasm, ... (Journal Special Service.) EUGENE, Ore., May 28. Recent alia gatlons by persons and papers that op- posed Hermann's nomination at tha Eugene convention of April 9 havo re called statements that were made, open ly here at that convention, Tho fight against Hermann made by the supports era of Percey R. Kelley of Albany, W. I, Vawter of Medford. Claud Gatch of -Salem, and B. L. Eddy of Tillamook waa based upon the positive assertion that Hermann was In bad- odor in Washing- ton, and that only, by sufferance would he be tolerated if elected. The allegations were made upon the flqbr of the convention Jtoll, an4 circu lated in the lobby of the Smeedo Hotel, where the various delegations had their ' headquarters. Just as the delegates left the hotel to proceed to tho convention hall, to answer the call to order by Chairman T, W. Harris, the " report waa spread . broadcast that certain very aerieua Charges would come to, light, and lajtb. event Hermann was nominated, they would be niado part and parcel of the campaign of tho opposition. The argument was used by the anti Hermann people that it might . be Inn possible to defer action by the" authori ties In Washington, even for party rea sons. THE IS WA&NXNO BROWNE LL TO RESCUE. -Nominate Hermann," eald they, "an you Invite the issuance of statement j indisputable that cannot be met except ing by mere denial. We will have to fight a defenalve campaign. .We will bo embarrassed by living to explain mtd vindicate,' and that Is a weak poa' . tion for any candidate." "Tell the delegates that if ail v riKht," replied the Hermann people, , "They'll have to believe it" .',.-, "Who can be found t make such e sertions?" asked the- other fellows. "Nono other than tho Honorable .-George C. Brownell. of Clackamas Coon- tv. So that, "according to program, -Senator Brownell rose before the 'Mr ventlon and assured them of the warn ;. admiration entertained In Washington for the Honorable Binger Hermann,.- , whom they awaited anyimisrjr to he , sent Baek . TRIED TO MA KB HITCHCOCK TALK, ' , Jit Is- known that the Hermann people then began a persistent campaign to curt" expression from Waahington tf prove MR., Hermann' etPityg . wan , good even though he had beon cmpf-M! i to resign eftflf 0laing t mivrl j .' " tC6anBUdwriSoe(H4 I'V.). ' f i 1 --j i v. . .v t , f '-... ," " V1 " -. " , .-.