The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 23, 1903, Page 1, Image 1

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VOL. II. NO. f0.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1903..
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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GOT THE
MALLET
Upon the Devoted Head of the
Once Beloved Walter F,
Matthews the Blows Rain
Thick and Fast,
Sudden Discovery by a News
paper that the Gentleman
Has Been Butting Into Politics
ad Lib,
JA Study In Political Evolution
ind Involution that Is Worthy
ot the Attention of All Good
Citizens,
HELLO" LINES MAY BE GROUNDED
Boston Wants Dr. Lorimer.
The politicians of Portland are smlP
Ing today.
The politicians of Washington, D.
C, are wondering- where they are at."
And it Is all because Walter F.
Matthews, sometimes known as "Jack,"
failed to entirely sever the string- that
attaches to his Job as chairman of the
State Central Committee of Oregon,
Not many months ago Jack Matthews
was reported to the Interior Depart
ment for offensive partisanship. He is
i a federal office-holder by grace of the
Mitchell faction of his party, and has
his finger In the municipal pie to a large
extent also. In some states people ob
jeot to offensive partisans and take
action to have them removed, but some
how the machine Republican govern
ment of Oregon has fooled the voters
Into believing that only saints have
positions with the administration and
that Jack Matthews Is one of those who
la supposed, to be above criticism.
Itut the evolution of a political ring
Is not very different from the evolu
tion of a molecule of protoplasm.
From a . harmless, radiating bit of
power to the well-developed creation Is
. not mere of a metamorphosis than the
change from one of the developing
"push" to the 'greedy animal at the
political trough,
Matthew has passed from the shell
form Into the hammer age and relics
of the weapons with which he Is set
ting some pretty hard kuocks can tlll
he found In the dark caves of the bnck
- room contingents.
This motnlng Matthews pepped over
the files of the morning newspaper and
discovered that he really Is chairman
of the Republican State Central Com-:
mittee In spite of the famous "string
resignation," held by somebody who
told somebody else that somebody holds
the ultimatum. When The Journal
found Matthews with his nose Into the
Postorflce Department Bnd detected
many trails of tobacco Juice leading
from the State Central Committee rooms
to the office of I'nited Stntes Marshal,
It said that government rules and regu
lations regarding "mixing up" In poli
ties were being violated. Three months
ago the morning newspaper trust
(erstwhile at peace with all the Repub
lican political world! commenced a
scientific research of Matthews' affairs
and shouted "Nay. nay, not Jack;
heeee's all right."
Today the trust has Its flint mallet
out and hammers John Into an un
recognizable mass. The paper says
that Matthews has been chairman of the
State Central Committee and that Frank
Baker will be made the chairman.
i!oe Jonathan, and adds that the prob
lem now is how to retire Matthews.
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PACIFIC
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Heads State Ticket of Ohio.
REVGEORGE
y Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer has been offered the highest salary ever
paid to an American preacher. Boston's Tremont Temple wants him so
badly that the trustees are said to have offered the famous divine a sal
ary of $20,000 a year, with the us of a $20,000 home and the privilege of
a yearly three-months' vacation. Dr. Lorimer also figures In the news by
his recent proposal to form a committee of 100 Americans to go to Russia
and protest to the Czar regarding Kishineff. -
ARE OUT
This Morning 3,000 Employes
of the Pacific States Tele
phone; Company Quit Work
as One Man,
Not a Wire Hand Working To
day for Company in Califor
nia, Arizona, Oregdti or
Washington, Except Seattle,
Asking for $3,50 Per Day of
Eight Hours Work for Jour
neymen, and Some ' Other
Minor Concessions.
STRANGLES FIVE
WOMEN TO DEATH
Alfred Knapp the Ohio Fiend Is
Now Being Tried for the Kill
ing of Ihree Wives and I wo
Other Persons,
Sits in the Court Room and
Seemingly Enjoys the Noto
riety1 He Is Creating Story
of His Crimes,
WHOLE FAMILY
MAY BE STARVED
B, Rowinsky Claims His Wife
and Ihree Children .Are
Without Food or a Proper
Amount of Clothing,
guessing at for some time and has dis
covered that at Washington the charges
brought against tho U. 8. Marshal were
eouolehed and that Senator Mitchell
was -the principal aqueleher. Roosevelt
Is looklnK for office again and a "ma
chine" Is a machine for a' that and a
that. See?
Then thpre is the local end of the
trouble Salem, senatorshlp, gold brick
and
Well that is the missing link In tho
chain of circumstantial evidence.
(Journal Special Service.)
HAMILTON, O., June 23. The trial
of Alfred Knapp, the confessed strangler
of five women and children, waa begun
In the Criminal Court here today. The
first murdea for which he Is to be tried
is that of his wife Hannah, committed
last December. . v
Knajjp sits unconcerned and. is appar
ently enjoying me iiuivnnjr iiw i-irico.
He Is nattily aftlred "and Is smooth
shaven. , with hair carefully cut and
combed. The ' courtroom is crowded
with the most interesting people.
The murderer's crimes were of the
most revolting character that have oc
curred in a century. He had married
four times and three of his unfortunate
wives died mysteriously. Two other wo
men suffered death at his hands, one
Because He Could Not Afford to
Feed It He Permitted His
Horse to Starve Until Killed
By Officers,
being a young girl whom he strangled In
. intislv lumber vard because he feared
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No money, no victuals a.nd no work
were told of this morning and the ques
tion of whether a man Is entitled, under
the law, to starve his horse and cattle
if himself and family go without fdtld
at the same tlme'ls before tho Municipal
Court in the case Of B. RowlnBky,
charged with cruel and Inhuman treat
ment of a dumb beast. Judge Hogue
has continued the trial until Friday and
Special officer Hawley has been detaUed
by the court to make full investigation.
A harrowing tale of want and starva
tion was related by Rowinsky when he
went upon the witness stand in his own
defense this morning. His wife was
demented, he said, and his three small
children were without food or proper
clothing and feeble through lack of
nourishment. His home is on Corson
Heights and he Invited the officers to
J-vlaltjl ti no tAu t-l na-tciUJipg-fci-aw
ANOTHER FATAL WRECK
J? allure to Give Proper Orders Besults
. in Collision and loss of
I.if e.
(Journal Special Service.)
ALBUQUERQUE. June 23. In a
head-end collision between a. fast freight
a work train on the Santa Fe, near
Cerrillos last night, the fireman of
freight was killed and the other
fireman fatally injured. The wreckage
wan ni i An nil reer n sn. j ne cause ui tue
accident was due to failure to give work
train orders to side track for the
freight.
TROOPS FOR STRIKERS
BARCELONA, June 23. Troops and
Gendarmes are today being concentrated
in anticipation of trouble arising from
the strike of 46 workingmen's societies
In Andalusia, whereby 30,000 men are
out. .
committed.' He attempted to kill his
last wife, but she escaped and has been
valuable in aiding the officers in work
ing up", their, cases against the fiend.
Knapp's plea will be insanity.
SEATTLE HAS VERY
DISASTROUS FIRE
Lumber Mill, Carriage Works
and Lodging House Burn
Loss $100,000;
(Journal Special Service.) '
SEATTLE, June 23.-r-Rohlfs & Schroed-
er's moulding mill and office building,
the Hoffman Carriage Works and the
Favorite Lodging House, all on the
waterfront, were destroyed by fire this
morning. The loss win aggregate $100,-
000. The: origin of the blaze waa In the
englneroom of the moulding mill.
tlons
Rowinsky was arrested yesterday on
complaint to the authorities that he had
In his possession a horse which was being
starved to death. How could he feed
the horse properly, he asked Judge
Hogue. when arraigned before -the
Municipal Court today, when he had no
money with which to purchase either
food or Clothing for his wife and child
ren. He could not get work, he could
not make money, he could not secure
food.
So strbrig an Impression did his story
make ifpon the court that proceedings
were delayed and an investigation was
instituted. '
It is reported to the police that at
Rowlnsky's home there are several cat
tle also suffering and In the last stages
of emaciation. - The horse which caused
its master's arrest was shot this morn
ing by the ofBcrjs, It being past hope of
earthly aid. Jr
Rowinsky aroes not appear physically
unable to work. "
DOUGAL FOUND GUILTY
(Journal Special Service.)
CHELMSFORD, Eng., June 23. The
.jury trying Samuel Doxigal for murder
ing Camilla Holland, in a meathouse, two
years ago. today brought" In a verdict of
guilty and the prisoner was sentenced
to death. .
LOVES A DESPERADO
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PERU, Ind., June 23. Officers today are pursuing Wlllard Herrlll, a
former convict and desperado who was just released from serving a term
for attempted murder, and who last 'night ran amuck, shooting at unof
fending citizens anil terrorizing the town of Bunker Hill. Herrlll Is a bad,
man, and it 'is believed he will give a fierce battle when apprehended.
The circumstances surrounding HerrlU's case are " sensational, and
while the man is desperate and degenerate, he possesses a good education,
and besides that the love of a girl who has stuck by him through all his"
trouble. She is a young lady school teacher, very pretty and refined, who
evidently knew the man In some town In the East and has followed him
here since hia release from the penitentiary. While , it is 'believed that
"WerriH care for the girl, he at the lame time has treated her shamefully
PILOTBOAT UNDER
ARTILLERY FIRE
Careless Gunners at San Fran
cisco Barely .Miss Inoffensive
Mariners Three Miles Away,
(Journal Special Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. During
target practice at the Presidio this
morning at a floating target about a
mile outside the heads, one shell struck
the water near the target and rlo
cheted. It went bounding over the sea
and came within 100 feet of the pilot
boat Pathfiinder, which was coming in,
three -miles out. 0
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WANT COMBES REMOVED
- (Journal Special Service.)
PARIS, June 23. Hawkers are on
the streets today selling leaflets ap
pealing to Loubet to demand Premier
Combes' resignation. . Dissatisfaction
against -the ministry Is rapidly growing.
In compliance with a prearranged
plan, all the linemen in the employ of
the Pacific Statts Telephone Company,
with the single exception of those at
Seattle, walked out this morning. The
headquarters of the company are at
San Francisco, and the states affected
are California, Arizona, Oregon and
Washington.
It 1k estimated that the strikers num
ber about 3.000 men. They are asking
for an Increase in wages and an eight
hour day. At present they are paid a
sliding scale ranging from $1.75 to $3.25.
and are asking $2.50 for apprentices and
$3.50 for Journeymen for eight hours'
work.
The reason Seattle is not affected is
owing to the fact that the linemen there
recently gained their demands after a
prolonged struggle, and now have a
written agreement with the company.
Local leaders of -the union, say that it
is contrary to fheir policy to break a
contract, and the men at the Puget
Sound metropolis will continue at work,
regardless of what the consequences
may be to the various other locals which
are engfiged In the light for Improved j
conditions.
Sntits of liinemen.
; The linemen are principally employed
at construction work that is. erecting
telephone poles and stringing wires.
Some of them are known as "trouble"
men. whose duty it Is to repair all
telephones when they get out of order.
Another cause of complaint on the part
of the linemen Ik that they are not In
frequently sent long distances Into the
country, and are forced to put up with
all sorts of Inconveniences. They state
that this also often puts them to addi
tional expense for which they are not al
lowed any compensation whatever. Then
another plea is that their occupation Is
dangerous In the extreme, and that they
should be paid accordingly. On the con
trary, however, they assert that their
services are not paid for at any higher
rate than are those of the ordinary
worklngman.
There are 75 men out at Portland,
among them being six or seven non
unlonlsts, who joined the strikers
when word came for the employes to
quit work. They received this word
last night In the form of a telegram
from. San Francisco. It -was from L. Xt.
Edwards, president of the Western Con
ference of the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, an organl-
men in the Pacific Coast States are affil
iated. Briefly stated, the purport of the
telegram was that the company had
stubbornly refused to grant the de
mands of the Los Angeles local, and
that a general strike would be declared
this morning.
X.o Angels Trouble,
Local union officers say that the
trouble at Los Angeles has been on for
some time past, and 'that a conference,
composed of delegates from nearly all
the unions on the Coast, was held there
last week for the purpose of settling
the difficulty without tho necessity of a
strike, if possible. Committees, they
state, repeatedly conferred with John I.
Sabln, president of the company, but he
consistently turned down every proposi
tion they submitted. Further negotia
tions for a settlement were then broken
off. and the iHbor representatives re
turned home, all agreeing that the only
solution of the problem lay In the call
ing of a general strike, The decision
of jihe conference, however, waa kept
quiet until yesterday. The local men.
therefore, say that the obstinate stand
taken by the head official of the com
pany precipitated the fight which, they
claim, the union men did everything
within their power to avert.
Uniform Bats.
The strikers say that it is the Inten
tion now to secure a uniform rate of
wages all along the Coast before the
tight will be abandoned. Before the
strike will be declared off they say that
every lineman Jn the four" affected
etates will have to receive the same
wage scale as Is paid ic Seattle. They
assert that they are masters of : the
situation at present and can see no
reason why thy will not remain so.
According to the manner in which
they have the matter slsed up there
will not be a particle of construction
or repair work done until their demands
are granted. All wires falling down or
telephones getting out of order will
have to remain in an unserviceable
f tate until such a time as the company
feels disposed to meet them half way.
There are very fewnon-union linemen,
they say, on the Pacific Coast, and they
believe it will be an utter Impossibility
to get. them here In sufficient numbers
to take their places.
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COURAGE
Latest Report from the Stricken
Town Brings Better Cheer
Than Could Be Expected Un
der Circumstances, .
Strict Regulations Now Being
Observed in Regard to Free
Meals, and Grafters Ara'
Greatly Put Out,
Heavy Property Owners and
Who Are Great Losers Mak
ing Preparations to Rebuild
the Demolished Houses,
Col. Myron T. Herrick m Republican gubernatorial candidate of Ohio.
He Is a man of magnetic personality and one of the most popular candidates
who has ever represented his party In the State of Ohio. His candidacy Is na
tionally Importnnt on account of the pro mlnent ' part Ohio plays In national
political affairs.
ISCIIEN OFFERS"
TO KILL HIMSELF
The Assassin of Queen Draga
Says He Will Commit Sui
cide if His Brother Officers
Desire Him To,
1RDERII
YOUNG
One of the First Acts of the New
King Will Be to Grant For
giveness to All Who Partici
pated in Massacre,
(Journal Special Service.)
VIENNA, June 23. It is reported
here that at a recent meeting of Servian
officers at Belgrade, Colonel Maschen,
the man who tt is said killed the Queen,
offered to commit suicide If his brother
officers thought best.
WES A PASTIME
Dougal Who Has Been Con
victed of Murder in England
rroves to Be a Veritable Blue
beard Must Hang,
Three Young and Beautiful
Women Disappear After Be
ing Married to Him a Short
Time His End Is Near,
BELGRADE, June 23 The British
Minister here in following the instrue-
tgnsgf his government, left the city
this mornfng'and" will remain away until
after King Peter's reception.
An official Is authority for the state
ment that one of the first bills to be
presented to King Peter will be one
granting amnesty to . all persons who
committed the late political offenses,
embracing the forgiveness of those con
nected directly or indirectly with the
late assassinations and also those now
In exile.
(Journal Special fctsrvlce.)
HALIFAX, , June 23. Dougal, who
today was convicted of the murder of
Holland, Is well known here and Is be
lieved to have been a veritable Blue
beard. When he came here he had a
wife and two children. The wife be
came ill and died suddenly. Dougal
then went to England and five weeks
later -returned with another young and
beautiful wife: She was reported to be
(Journal Special Service.)
HEPPNER. Jane 23. The conference
last night perfected a permanent plan
for carrying on further work of relief.
Workmen will hereafter be in three
companies headed by W. F. Matlock of
Pendleton. J, N. Davis of Portland and
C. C. Berkeley of Pendleton.
The sanitation department is placed
under Dr. F. B. Klstner of Heppner, who
Is entrusted with the work by Dr. C. J.
Smith of Pendleton, who came for that
State Board of Health. All free meals
hereafter will be given only to men -actually
working. Notice of this plan
caused many who had "grafted" off ths
suffering town to leave last night and
there will be none left here excepting
those who are aiding in the work.
Pendleton sent 80 men and 14 women
Saturday, all of whom worked up to
last night, and were paid off by Pendle
ton. Seventy of them remain on thai
pay-roll of the general committee. To
day the main street was cleared of th
last building that had floated Into thai
street by the flood. Cellars are being:
Cleaned, and djsbris cleared away, and
meanwhile the search for bodies goes
on. Even so late as this noon deep plies)
of hall were found by searchers, which,
in some instances, was three feet deep,
notwithstanding that the sun has shon
continuously for the whole week, ex
cepting yesterday.
Judge Hartman and Judge Ellis ot
Pendleton are added to the executive
committee, v George Conaer, cashier of
the First National Bank, was compelled
to resign from the committee, to at
tend to important duties in connection
with the bank. Conser faces the most
difficult task of any banker In the state.
Many persons who are dead have checks
and drafts against their accounts come
In, the probating of wills has already
begun, making . puzzling cases. Scores
or more of the most prominent cltisens
are drowned, whose business must pass
through the bank. Conser has an extra
force at work, and in addition to bank
lug duties, has accepted the administra
tion o( a dozen estates.
TH'e following persons have made "
known their Intention of rebuilding their
structures destroyed by the flood.
H. M. Tlmms. owner of the Henoner
Hotel; Gilliam &. Blsbee, Ben Matthews,
T. J. Matlock. Thomas quald. T. W.
Ayers. George Conser, Oscar Mfnor. R.
C. Wills. Alfred Ayers. William Ayers,
w nines & Meadows. Frank Gilliam and
Chris Borchers.
Heppner Is taking heart again, and
one hears much talk of the future of
the town. Discouragement nas all passed
away, and has been replaced with a
spirit of determination to- retrieve for-
weaitny Hnrrnaa an aounoance or ready
money. Fourteen days later she also
suddenly died. Soon after Dougal de
parted with another young Halifax
woman. Her. death In England caused
Dougpl's arrest and finally conviction.
ATHENS, June 23. King George of
Greece has ordered a fortnight's mourn
lng in respect to tho late Alexander of
Servla.
NON-UNIONISTS ARE
BEING BROUGHT IN
V
Expect to Win.
"We are -standing together as one
(Continued on Second Page.)
Freight Handlers in Chicago
May Be Replaced bom
pers Denounced,
(Journal Special Service.)
CHICAGO. June 23. Non-union
frelghthandlers are being Imported to
take the places of the unionists who
threaten to strike. The Freighthandlers'
I'nlon was today notified by the Team
sters' Union that the latter was opposed
to giving any assistance.
The Coopers' Union today adopted res
olutions criticising Gompers and de
claring he has been president too long
and should be -replaced by a younger
man. The resolutions further declare
his plans for the future of labor organi
zation are too Indefinite. The same reso
lution will be Introduced at the next
meeting of the Central Labor Union.
PART OF STORY
(Journal Special Service?)
MUNCIE. Ind., June 23. The story
that Perry Heath, for some mysterious
reason, transferred $50,000 worth of
property here to his young nephew
proves partially, at least, untrue. He
tin owns two business blocks, valued
at $50,000. although he gave , his nephew
a few shares of printing stock, w
FABULOUS RICHES OF
PARRELL, A MEXICAN
Four Years Ago Was Working
for 50 Cents a Day and Now
Can Pay Mexican Debt,
(Journal Special Service.1)
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23 The phe
nomenal richness of the Palmillo mine,
owned by Parrell, a Mexican, Is attract
ing the attention of the entire world.
Parrell discovered the mine four years
ago, when he was working for four bits
a day, but is now said to be the richest
man in the world. He offered to pay the
entire Mexican national debt, but the
honor was refused by the Government.
WEEKLY CROP REPORT
(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINGTON. V. C, June 23 The
United States Weather Bureau crop re
port for the past week says the yield In
the central portions of the winter
wheat belt will be disappointing, but an
Improvement has been noted In Oregon
and Washington. The crop will be
nearly average in California.
tones. iire" prroiciion-is Treery made
that Heppner will be a better town In a
material sense two years hence than
ever before. The reorganized relief com
mittee consists of Mayor Gilliam, E. M.
Shutt. W. R. Ellis, Q. a. Hartman. J.
A. Woolery, . J. P. Lucas. V. Crawford
Hiid'C. E. Wftodson. tn charge of is
Issuing meal tickets and sleeping ac
commodations.. I, E. Lathrop; The Dalles
relief quarters, Mrs. Mary K. Brltton.
J. N. Davis continues in charge of the
Portland crew. Davis, W. F. Matlock
and C. C. Berkley are in charge of the
three companies of workmen. Dr.- Klst
ner-ls In charge of sanitation. Bodies
recovered since Saturday noon are offi
cially: John L. Ayers. W. A. Fisher,
Andrew Peterson, Mrs. Robert Morgan,
Iva Ashbaugh, Mrs: Frank Harrym
and Mrs. Samuel McBrlde.
PORTLAND IS STILL . '
GIVING MUCH MONEY,
With more than $20,000 tn actual
cash already contributed, with the
theatrical benefit fund in plain sight and
with other sources still yielding money.
It Is estimated today that Portland's
contribution to the aid of suffering:
Heppner will total- bejfind the $it0,000
mark. ''From every, class, every section
and every nationality this money has.
come and is coming still. The latest
benefit decision comes from the Ameri
can born Chinese, who will carry out a ,
program and turn the proceeds into the
Heppner fund.
The Oregon National Guard Is plan
ning a sham battle for July 4. a 25-cent
(Continued on Second Fage.
THE SATURDAY JOURNAL
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Do you read the Saturday Journal If not. ask the newsboys for It.
The Saturday Journal Is the best Saturday afternoon newspaper ever is
sued in Portland, and contains 24 pages of bright, crisp, newsy, readable
matter. - ' ' .,?-;
Among the special writers for the children's section to Wait Me
Dougal, who has a world-wide reputation among the young readers.
The woman s page Is Illustrated with line drawings and half-Jons
cuts, edited by Marion Harland. The. latest fashions are! depicted ther.
The society section is complete and tells of the doings of "Pot tteod's
social cliques. ' ' . - . , '
The Saturday Journal has the most complete sporting page en the
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