THE: OREGON. a . . .'-'-"'"-: 1 . tf-rfB im rr nu mm mm mm mm, mm m my i.j m , w' ;g;VOL.I'ji:yO;69 .PORTLAND, OBEGON, FI11DAY EVEKING; -MAY 29, 1903. PEICE FIVE CENTS. - ' - -1 ,- JOUKNAL "7tt "D !2L0f t"',T': 1 1 UFcllA At 1 41 fts, ft CU .. ... .. - .. ..... . ..it 1 r i - i. -v v . i - . M anH YttMrFv'iHpnrA Muni. 7 'nv X.i Shirkingjs Coming to Light. v; A II f J 1 ,r Special Counsel Employed and -the - Battle For the Recovery of Cash Paid For Fraudulent Warrants: Begins,;, The Imposition That Was Prac ticed Upon the Public Be comes More, Palpable as the . Investigation Progresses. M The aid of the court' hi been In- yoked to recover aseett . of Multnomah County which were aacrlflced under the administration of a' previous county !r, Suit was commenced yesterday af ternoon in behhir or the county aaatnst the First National Bank to recover the.) value of the tax sale cert incatea amounting to over 17,000,. which were. tha..raerty of the eonny, but we' turned .over to the bank W echne lor a- oil no le or worrniesa. roaa warrania. knowh At the time to be absolutely null and void. The bank had been-, enjoined by decree of court from presenting these road Warrants "for payment and the county bad been enjoined from pay ing: them. . " v The present suit Is brought by Dis trict Attorney Manning, aeeisted by C. H. Carey, as special counsel, and 1 the outcome of the investigation made by ..iha preat boasd-CiMVBty ii4ga, Webster assisted In the preparation of the. complaint, 'which is a. voluminous document A victory for the county in this suit is expected to pave the way for the recovery of a large . part of the public funds lost through the ex traordinary compromises, and settle ments effected under previous admin istrations. b tory of ths BsaJL The details of the transaction which forms the basis of the present' suit have been published repeatedly in The Journal. The First' National Bank was the owner of road warrants amounting to I4.0SS.TS, which had been Judicially lixlarHt ta be tainted -with fraud end therefore-illegal and void. By decree of the Circuit Court, entered February 16. 1897. the bank was strictly enjoined -from . presenting the warrants to the unty for payment, from' demanding or receiving any payment inereior, ana from instituting suit to compel the pay ment by the county. The decree " also enjoined the , county from paying the warrants. The effect of this decree was to make these warrants of no more Value than o much waste paper, and the. records of the "settlement' subsequently ef fected show that both the bank and the commissioners were fully aware of this fsct. Four years after, this decree waa entered, in defiance of the Injunction which It imposed upon "both the bank and 'the county, a deal was consum mated whereby the- warrants were un loaded upon the. county, which gave In exchange for them tax sale certificates whose face valne was nearly twice that of the warrants, and whose actual value wss In all probability, even more than their face. ' County Oot a Oold Brick. "Tin " other words.r by ' this transaction tax sale certificates a face value of 17,218.42, and prob- ly actually 1 worth even more than hat, while the, county got In exchange for the certificates a package of waste paper. The complaint filed yesterday In be half of , the county brings out some remarkable features of this singular ex. change. After reciting the decree en Joining payment: of the warrants, the record of the proceedings of the county board la 'quoted at considerable length. The bank presented Its petition asking permission to exchange the warrants for tax certificates ort J-une 6, 1801. Tlie petition after setting fo&th that the .warrants were issued upon forged time checks, proceeds' as follows: "Tour petitioner represents and shows to the court Ithat there are a laTga number of certificates of tax sales, Is sued to tha County of Multnomah In - HiifiitiaMAA a1k 4" aa 1 npnruof i mads by the sheriff of said county for delinquent taxes, which tax esrtlfloatas hay ao commercial yalu and an of no speolal as or benefit to Multnomah Oonaty. That your petitioner would be willing to ' accept certificates for tax sales made to Multnomah County In ex change for the aforesaid warrants held by it 4oUav fdf doUar." . - . The petition then, prays that tax sale CORA 1 Miss Cora Oliver, the wlfe'-fo-be. of Joseph Bodge 'Choat. ..Jr.. 1' New -Tork-society girl famous for tier beauty and a900mpllshments. She has great fame as a crack golfer.- -She ! said to ba a, great favorite with her distinguished father-in-law' to 'be..,, ....... 4 - - . - . . ........ .) ,.; -, . ,' , j . ; '''- ' ( a ' i ' ' fmm mm mm In 1894 road warrants, based upon, forged time checks, were Issued -v. ' . ' ' " by the 'Cojunty Clerk of Multnomah County, and these warrants, to tho amount of i $4,063.76, xcame Into the possession Of the : First National Bank. ' . . . ' ,' - Owing- fo'thelr fraudulent ' character, payment of these warrants: was refused by the. countyand 'in 1897 a decree was entered, by the Clr cult Court enjoining the county - from paying then, and the bank fronv presenting them ' for . payment. - - On June ' $, 1901, notwithstanding thla decrevthe bank ,preaented a.' petition to. the . County Board, asking that it b permitted to exchange these worthless warrants for tax sale, certificates belonging to fgj county, ' the exchange to be made dollar for dollar. In.suport of this request the petition alleged that' the tax sale certificates which the bank desired toi - take Over were of "no commercial vaJue, and of special use or benefit to Multnomah County.'.' " 1 ' , J - On the day following, June 6, 1901, the County, Board not only con " sented to sn exchange of the .county's property, for the bank's worth less warrants." but' ordered the transfer of &x eeitlflcates to the bank to the amount "of 17,818.48, or nearly awloa th amooa of tha warrants anxo r dared . . With fly day after this order was entered the bank had realised' -.-. . on and presented for cancellation tax sale certificate to the. amount of 6,057.09, despite ;the representation-that they were of ""no commercial 1 viiiia and of - n Iultnomah County,'1 At sub- - sequent dates others of these certificates were -presented and cancelled ' to the Jtmbunt of 1653.64 more,' leaving a residue In the bank's possession of :nnly 07.8.r ' V' Assuming ; that -the bank realised no mor. than the face of these tax certificates, which 5 were -presented for cancellation (certainly a very conservative a.ssumptton). It made out of - the .transaction . $6,(10.54, in addition to, .the "certincate's Vhlch ; it still holds. The county lost, exactly;. what the bank made.', .. , In October ' of ' last ?year an ' expert, waa employed to. Investigate thl' ' . .' 'I ,'. .1 '.'-A"- - ..' '-.: - ' ' and other transactlons'byi former county "t ofnclals, ..-'Hls'l report was filed two months ago,andjThe Journal, made ' known ; to t("'-people of,: Mult- Hundreds 'of Families Suffer Privations arid Loss Homes u Are Abandoned by Those . Able-to Get. Away, Excitement Prevails Through out City Parents and Chil dren Cling to Roofs of Float ing Habitations, Night of Terror Experienced by. Many umoriunaies uries or Help Frequently HeardLoss Not Known; v STILL ANOTHER TRUST IS SUPPORTING H I Mi Thef Local Newspaper Gombinet After Abusing Hermann and nouncing, Him Dishonest Would Send Him -to Congress, ! (Journal Special Service.) TOPEKA,' May. 2 1. The Kay Itlver is rising an inch an h6ur nd left its banks this morning, thereby flooding 00 houses. The street railway bridge is down at one end, and Will probably be swept away. Many families are moving their effects in boats.- Others are los- lnar avervthlnsr.. '. An mllla 'snd napV'ni houses In "the dlatritt'.JU-e antler water, and immense damac la being done. The current of the river runs-like a mill race, carrying on its) surfaee debris of every description. Intense excitement prevails In the city, andlt I- not tmcoittttiiSn' to see ' a house floating down a Ptreft in the flooded district with father, in. "--- and little children clinging to the roofs. List night was one of. Uvr,i' for many people. Not being fully convinced that their homes would be flooded, they remained Jn them untJiLlt .was. tc JateJ to leave. Many cries ror iri ver heard coming from Isolated homes and many families who remained in tn-.r flooded houses, making use of tables on which they climbed In order to keep from' the waters which . covered the floors, were without food, and particu larly did little children and women suf fer for lack of it. It cannot be ascer tained If any lives are lost here. The Kaw River In Its great rise has cut through a farm west of North To- peka, thus making a channel Into Sold ler Creek, and leaving' North Topeka with 6,000 inhabitants on an island which promises to be permanent. Flood reporta from about the state are ser ious. Mora, than 60 towns are flooded and famlllea had to be rescued from submerged houses. lint :JA! ,Nr V ' ' ': M fit 'j .VvivH ' r 'Sl , : li x ; 1 v "vi A Uh N V- ' ,t In a Sarcastic EditoriaMt Stated That the President Had ;DisV missed the Candidate 'Frorti' the Land Office, ...'r V'. rlUsh Colonial Secrrtary, Who Will Way IMS War With the , World. ENGLAND MAY WAGS r v KANSAS CITT. May 19. The Mis souri and Kaw-Rivers continue to rise at rapid strides. The Rock Island and Union Pacific service between here and Topeka has been abandoned. Residents of Argentine, Armourdale and Kanias City, Kan.- continue to vacate their en dangered houses. PRINCE FERDINAND CAREFULLY GUARDED ,..,un ,in. zainsi.ine;preseni iouniy 00a ra, entered; an ; orfler -yajat- !ng -afid . annulling; this 'transaction, witn , tnaDanit.' yesterday suit was"' ieom menced ! In the ' name ' of i the cou nty , to, recover,' from', the bank the vaJue' of the ' tax saht certificates i made over to it two years ago. 'UA., c.rtlflcates H turned over to. it' "qual ,uia : of Sha bank petltt6n was ,1a amount to tha warraata now: bald k,.v, ,.' -.n.r-iv by your petitioner." v - .- eclipsed. b.ftna,open handed. generosity mallreadeo. Thronrh tha Oonaty Board, of the , equity, board.. .Notcoptent .with - With remarkable celerity ihe'eounty granting an axohanga dollar: for dollar.- board acted upon the petition the fol- 1 a the petition. had repeated,, the board .lowing day, June . 1S01. biiort limeJ ordered the transfer to the was required for deliberation. But the J sii certlflcatea. amounting A1" r a . i' A or'tsfieVjTforalthantheibank had asked.. The order " recites -thatHhe tax certificates "are of no value."- ; With' the'; same' unusual' hast which had characterised - the' action of the .board., the Order , seems ' to have boen BERLIN, May 29. So many threaten ing letter have been received by Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria that, according to the-Poat, there are grave fears of a de termlned plot to assassinate him being carried out. The guard at the palace has been doubled and every precaution is being taken to prevent any suspicious characters getting near him. Every article of food is tested" before he takes a meal, a It Is feared poison may be employed . to carry out the threats. No parcels are delivered to him until the contents are thoroughly examined. Secret service agents are working on clues which It Is expected will Involve prominent government officials In an. at tempt to do away. with him, not only for political reason, out on account or to late trouble In the Royal household. POSTAL MAN IN COURT WASHINGTON. May It. D. Croft. who, with his brother, was arrested yes terday. In connection with the postofflce scandal, appeared before Commissioner Taylor thla morning: . He renewed his bond of 110,000, and the preliminary hearing was set - for June . A , postmaster-General Payne today said he had not completed the Investigation of the free delivery system or other di visions. There win ne no omissions, he declared. Journal Sprlal S'rvlre. 1 LONDON. May 29. -The sole topic 'hpre" today Is Cham be rlain's'colo nlaj project- ;', .dlscnrsed'-'and- debited In Parliament yestcfaaj-.- As 40 per cent 'of . Anterlca'a "exports come to Eagl&nd the .plan f',clrpl.ttodly means a -comr.u-ivlal wi..w.lth Anif.rlca.', MjlaKhM:9.Sf!t& ' toaa'J'VrlnrftgirfpV'trivlttnK .' ComSivrcial' "camVaHin. I'roviiictai "papers, on the other hand, are strouRly opposed. The quest ion Is exciting the public more than anything' has do ie since the lioor v'ar. If Parliament drlerminrs to project a commercial war the old free) trade policy of Englnnd wfll bo B.onw. probably forever.' - It I believed here that -when the Houses reconvene on. June 8 a policy of protection will be adopted which will mean the beginning of the greatest commercial war In the history of the world. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain Proposes to Pro tect Britain s Industries-Powerful Debate In Parliament Wins Ministers to His Cause. - G. A. R, ELECTIONS , : ' :.L SPOKANE. Waah.. May II. Tha alao- ttons of officials for the coming year In the O. AT K. and subordinate orders re sulted as follows. Thomas H. Cavan augh. of Seattle, department commander of the a. A. R., Jfl. fnui is uarieton..or Spokane, commander Woman's Relief bank of 00-ra 'P'?".'"'" ,o ,ii.vg p"1 cffrpt: '" John-F.Xoyt.' of Spokane, LTh ootnmencament proper ,wM ba helv A";!':j-i$?:; ' LONDON. May; 29,-s-Jntertse Interest followed the debate ln the House of Parliament yesterday on the advantages or preferential traae ior threat ornain. If carried 'out. It will be an entire re versal of this country's fiscal posltton as a world power. Not so much Interest has been felt on any question since the menacing days of the Boer War. Colonial Secrtary Chamberlain proved: again th.at he Is the strong arm' of the Cabinet, and In his debate carried the members with him. He converted the Ministry. Premier Balfour, although hesitating to, accept the doctrine of Mr. Chamber lain, said that something must be done, and some scheme devised, or. else the Empire could not progress. ' Mr. Balfour did not believe that It was light, or e rood policy to tax- raw material, and he knew the traditional objection of the working clas to pay taxes on food supplies. After much argument, pro ana con, with the Liberals passively Inactive la the debate, Secretary Chamberlain took the floor, and in a speech argumentative and strong he said In part: "I do not advocate taxation on raw materi.!," hut-in. f ofld auffs-J-have no. fear of the attacks of the working peo ple of this great country. If I can go into their homes and prove to them that by protecting our industries wages will com higher much higher than the corresponding cost or living, then I will ie able to show them that they will be able to Irve. better and live happier. If food stuffs are taxed it will give Impetus to thf ..agriculturist to 'more fully develop Iris holdings. This would enable ,. the. country to deal with Ger many in defense of Canada. Not that I invite a tariff war, but I would say to Germany, 'If you do not rrfoet us on this commodity I wljl have to charg you on this other one.' " Mr. Chamberlain said In conclusion that he would fight that the full matter might be understood by every English man, and until they, as a mighty nation, could touch the pocket of Germany. ' The House then adjourned until after Whitsuntide, or until June 8. NEW YORK. May 29. Wall street and the Produce Exchange has been dis cussing nothing else today than .the threatened war ' of tariffs which will surely come about with Great Britain If Secretary Chamberlain succeeds - with his protective policy. "Mr. Chamberlain Is a man of successes," is a common expression here today. . , Those on the Inside, of the tariff aues' lions "cj!:rtlifl .world" say contemplated would not affect Germany so much as the Vhl ted. States, for the reason that this country sends prao tlcally 40 per cent of ber exports to Great Britain. . OHIO COUNCIL, U, C. T. (Journal Special Service.) CINCINNATI, O., May Cincinnati I entertaining the annual state con vention of the United Commercial Trav eler. Large delegations, many of,thm accompanied by bands, are here from Toledo Dayton, Cleveland. Columbus and othir cities of tbe State. The two dy .program arranged for the gather ing lncludea . receptlone. a river excur sion, banquet and otner interesting jw- turea, of 'entertainment. The Business sessions will be devoted to routine mat ters connected with " the affairs of the order. The reports of the various offi cers show that the organisation. is In a flourishing condition. . ,. UNION-COLLEGE EXERCISES (Journai Special Service.) , . UABBOURVILLE, KjCi May alany-laitora'ars- hete-fer-tha- annual comttenint'eercie of, Union rCol-lea-a, -which commence, th evening and edsxlnu four days. Sunday tha annual sermon -will t delivered In th coliega chapel Dy :dk.- vaiain,-OT --wjiis"- A SPY DETECTIVE IN CONVENTION s (jyo DENVER, in the while I Tralnnfen man' mam faced fwH was. lhtbe Ageniy the (f n inar-fce l-nal Special. Service.) May 29, A apy was caught Uery-of-the Col Isevm, yesterday ha Brotherhood; of Railway war m .secret session. Th la B.- L. Welnant, and when h the' charge admitted that he employ of -Thlera rDatectfya of Chicago. He wa. attending vent ion as a delegate, one hav en a railroad - maiu Great .' x- olterfient-prevailed in the halt , when th mai waa apprehended, and cries of "klflhhn"j were heard, on awry side. After Grand ' Maaterf Morrlsey had qui eted the - delegates. 'Welnant waa lad troni the hall by a policeman," and at one 7 lafjr th c city, walking 1 toa v in; burban station In order- to get a - train. ,'V -V: J ' KAKJ -drug' ho.; mornirr. Service), si. The Illly M.by.flre th! "H)S. tio-- His Offense, the Paper Deciar-" ed, Was That He Used , His Offico to -Further 'Interests-off His Political , Friends, . , ; : v . '-..'. .. 'The sort of a man, B to ger (Jnnatuxl can easily be Judged -by th foOdwtaal letters that th candidate fur rungnssj dictated on two different ocessjions. " ' The letters, whloh The Jenrnal emag prove, and one of which waa in its session. ' not only show : that created tbe Cascade forest rater, .traajj that he afterwards resorted to daUherV . ate falsehood to cover hla tsaoka, , ,' ; In a letter published In' th Cwgori 8tate Journal of Eugena tn IIMiBsM, v mann said; . :. '-v;f:' j .';.';' ' "WASHINGTON, .If lUirU,AniU : C Editor Oregon Btrt?oimAVtmm'.A'" deny Weatherf ord's assactfon that , If favored reserving Mount -, Hood - aaa ' Crater Lake. I protested to Paesaflan ' Harrison and prevented him from 'Us4 -lng his proclamation, tbn. I earnewtlyl opposed Cleveland' proclamation, Laasj week I had the Bohemia Coaoty-r4 stored, as can b any: other '.lands. Low . properly withdrawn. .1 ' 1 ' BINGEBrHERMAWN." r The following in his own haadwrltlnja ' proves how he turned falalflr; , "HOUSES OP REPRESSTNTATTVES U. &. WASHINGTON,- IX - C Oot Jl 1898 My Dear Friend: Tours just it hand. "I bav raqueatad descriptor list! of Cascade forest' reserve . with mapa.' . I do not tjilrdkjytoy'.w ' " "Will send "if iHr r taplai ITheri are, however. Just as yov and I-traced them out with Secretary Noble, , "It -fa. yet too soon to gwt optnlont " as to'how 'th reserve Is to be, protacted. i We are now endeaivorlng to"gt aa lJlr propria tion to pay ror aervices of anperH lntendent If not too mnoh cheesa pai lng economy w may suooaed. Tawa friend. . BINGER HERMANN."" "j The reserve takes tn B of Mount! Hood. Crater Lake and intervening Caa' cade range.' N , :J. '- In a letter to th Secretary oftba-lW terlor on July , itoim ariaaaa.MMt ' "The proved afflctataar' of a &mm system in proteotlnf and admlnlatrlc;c the reserves that hav ' been set apart, leavea no room t doubt tha-adyiablllty of extending auch a systaxn' aawUl tect all our forest lands. ."In the face of th known fact r, spectlng the waste frdni flr and plllasM and other sources that ara rapidly r- duclng our forest area." there should bat -no delay In. authority for withdrawal, of silch timbered regions as the Bortanr , should deem proper. In laying 'syaeiaU emphasis upon thla subject la my la! report I urged the fotlowlngr reason W support of my reoommendatlons.'etaJ etc. j . , ..... t ' If the policy of the morning edksMf of the newspaper trust of Portland lal to be accepted as a atndatd of thai sort of politics the leaders of th HeJ publican party manager la th TiMtB District, then th maxim of th . timwj : . berltea must be "elect a - man noml-j nated by us whether ha b hanqast'ogl dishonest." , . . - . j The morning edition of the .trust ha come to the reaoaa of Mr. Hermannl ' '' fter abusing th candidate and dclar- lng . that- he wav unfit-- to - holdJ offlc under, tlhio Government. - The newspaper mentioned 'wa th( ' ' first of the Oregon publlcatlona to ' taok Hermann, and its effort to boo" ' tbe gentleman into a position of publio Iruat is certainly indicative 'that thai, paper does not believe what It saya la 7; its own (Column and Just prints things' for the sake of seeing Itself In type." 1 or that it ia absolutely dlshonorabl 1 when . a little cheap polities In Its 'in- Utcst can be reported to, , Th following editorial appeared ; UU , the columns 'of th Oregonian ln . A'prl last: . "",,--' "Mr. JReamea aaya ha ,apot to ha ay -(UicUd. But the Orogontan baa fUl , fattn that the national admlatotratjo " wUl not ba rebuked bjr failure tff nti Mr. Hermann back to WaaMngtoo .16 la true that Mr. Hermann wa let out of offlc at Washington by ;th yrwtU . dent; but that wa baoauaa tbe fratH dertt wanted him returnod ta CongrasaJ Mr. Reame and hla frlandaara maktiuf a great . mistake. , Their aaalt to dmewLat subtla, buhjihairotars of thai lrt District will sea through itJ They will stand not only hy Mr. Mw j mann. but by the adm!iUtrafton, Thai i eonventlon Indorsed- both Mr. jari mann and the admlnistrMtoTj; Wit t mak It. perfectly olesr t ' ! oughti ta-haye glve-i t , . ministration fr l-! -r out of, th L r, i i so h eouKi ' ' from Ore- silence 1 "1,t A..