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TOE OllEGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, .'.EYEOTNG, - SEPTEMBER 1 3,1903.-:
IV
OONEY AND MAIL
NOT DELIVERED
cbdeb shictcd against the
F ACETIC MEBCAJTTII.B COMPAHT
; abbtteb abd zs jwohwii rtrT
XHTO " POKCB BY P08TMASTEB
, BAHCBOrT THIS MOBHTHO.
PORTLAND HARBOR I!N
NEED OF DREDGING
Postmaster - General Payne's Baling
BuktA XTp B7 tli Opinion and Sap
' port of the Attorney-Cenerays Offlos
' ComnanT li Declared " Palse and
Praudnlont Concern" Money Orders
- and Letters Will Be Beturned.
Postmaster Bancroft wns formally no-
tifled this mornlnfr from Washington,
. . D. C to withhold from delivery all
. costal money orders and first-class mail
. matter made payable and addressed to
the Pacific Mercantile company. ine
order la signed by Postmaster-General
1L C. Payne and accompanied by in
structlons, to which the signature of
s Edwin W. Lawrence, acting assistant
'. attorney-general for the postofnee de
partment. Is affixed. The order from
the postmaster-general is dated August
2Sth ult., and the annexed direction
from the acting assistant attorney-gen
eral on. August 27. The letter was ae
layedjn transit one day by the Kansas
floods.
The order is directed against the com-
Jany, its officers and agents in Port
land, Seattle. Spokane, Tacoma and Ban
Francisco. It reads In part that the
-company is fen gaged In conducting a
' scheme or device for obtaining money
through the malls by means of false and
fraudulent pretennea and promises, and
for the distribution of prises by lot or
chance, in violation of the- act of Con
gress entitled "An act to amend certain
- sections of tbe revised statutes relat
ing to lotteries" etc.
-' Instructions are given' the postmas
ter to stamp the word "Fraudulent
across the face of the mall matter di
rected to the Pacific Mercantile Com
- pany, and return It to the sender. If
: Tio address Is given so that the letters
cannot be returned to' the sender, Post
master Bancroft la directed to send
It to -the dead letter office at Washing
ton. All money orders sent to the com
pany will be repaid the Sender by the
postofflce department under Its rules arid
regulations. -
The letter from Acting Assistant Attorney-General
Lawrence Is simply ex-
, tilanatory and corroborative.
The order went. Into effect Immedi
ately, and no letters were delivered to
the company's office in the Oregonian
building this morning.
- Manager F. M, Schwartz has not yet
returned to , the office,, although he is
; dally expected from the East The
young woman stenographer in charge
of Jthe office here sent her regular
weekly report to President Fred Came,
Jr.. and to tho, treasurer, H. D. Smith,!
at Seattle, last Monday. She also for
warded, her resignation at the. same
time, but has not heard a word from
any of the officers of the company since.
rOVAT UXTAX QTSOTATXOHS.
New Tork, Bapt Today's metal
quotations are! -
Silver, bar, London, S-lfid under yes
terday. The market has a steady tone
at H. , ,
Tin spot, m.3mri.w.
.. Copper Lake, 13.7513.87.
According to Pilots It Xs la Worse- Con
ditio Than Byer Before Known
Below Portland the Hirer Xs
la fine Condition.
Last evening the river - pilots com
pleted taking their annual soundings of
the river between Astoria and Port
land. They have been occupied at this
work for the past 10 days, utilising the
government steamer Lincoln for the oc
casion. "Compared with thesoundings of for
mer years," said Captain Harry Emp
klns this morning, "we found the river
to be In extraordinarily good condition.
In the low water period we estimate
that there will be an average depth
of 22 1-1 feet, but at present it will be
safe for vessels to load down to .25
feet.
"The shoalest places we fould are
right here in the harbor. It is 'in the
worst condition I ever saw it. This
is largely accounted for by the fact
that all .kinds of refuse matter Is
dumped Into the river from both banks.
At certain localities It has been filled In
with mud, rocks, brickbats, tin cans and
almost every other ' conceivable article.
The harbor is badly in need of a thor
ough dredging. It has .been neglected
too long.
BARRIERS MUST :
NOT BE BROKEN
BBXDOES AITS 8TBEBTS DAWGEB
0X79 TO TBAPPIC MXJ8T BXUAX2
CLOSED PEBSOWS WHO BBBAX
DOWN THE BARRICADES WILL BE
ARBESTED AND PIWED.
WILL BE ACCUSED
AS A
FIREBUG
IMflO FEETfllOOD : RECEPTION TO
IN AN AUTOMOBILE NAVAL OFFICERS
Hew Ordinance to This Effeot to Be In'
troduoed In the City Counoil at Its
Best Meeting by Councilman Slmmer-
man as Result of an Investigation
City Has More Than Enough Damage
Suits How on Hand.
An ordinance providing for barriers
sufficiently strong to prevent them
being torn down or removed from
bridges and streets which the city of
fir In Is have declared closed up, will be
Introduced at the next city council
meeting by Councilman Zimmerman. .
"There has been some complaint
lately," said Mr. Zimmerman today,
"and I for one intend to see that when
once a street or bridge is cloned it shall
remain closed against all trafflo yntil
permanent repairs are made. The city
The bottom oV the river Is about 60 damage suits on its hands
very much like the. floor ' of a large " nave more lr tne people
building. It has to be swept at regular foollshljr persist In traveling dangerous
Intervals or will become full of accumu
lations of various kinds.
"In front of the Weldler dock there
is only about IS feet of water; at the
lower end of the Oceanic, 16 feet; near
the coal bunkers, IT feet; at the Alblna,
IB feet in low water; at Columbia No. 1,
16 feet; Montgomery No. 2, 17 feet;
Columbia No. 2, 21 feet Considerable
dredging should be done before ships
load at any of these docks.
"The shoalest places on the river are
at Martin's island and near Reeder's
and Knapp's crossing. The government
dredges are at work there, however, and
will soon have them in good shape. They
are below Portland about 18 and 34
miles respectivejy."
LOVE UNRETURNED
SHE KILLED A WIFE
Mrs.
Theodore Bret Called to Boor of
Her Horns and Boot by Jeal
ous Woman Mentally
Unsound.
streets and elevated roadways.'
The councilman's resolution regarding
the construction of the barriers will
read as follows:
"All barriers or barricades erected at
points on streets and bridges which
have been closed to traffic shall be con
structed in the following manner: The
posts to be six Inches square, set in the
ground two feet and to extend above
the surface four feet; posts to be set
three feet apart and bolted at the top
with boards two inches thick and six
inches In width.
"When these provisions are carried
out," continued the originator of the
resolution, "it ia extremely unlikely that
the barricades will be torn down.
Offenders will be arrested and fined.
Disregard of the -council's action closing
up bad thoroughfares must Btop, and
stop Immediately. When this city ooun
cll closes a street we want it distinctly
understood that the street it means is
to be closed, and to stay closed.
It is only recently that the attention
of the city officials has been called to
the fact that certain barricades erected
on streets which have been ordered
closed up as dangerous, had been torn
down again, and trafflo resumed over the
dangerous portions. An investigation
was made, but the names of the guilty
persons could not be learned.
(Journal Special Service.)
Denver, Sept. 3. Mrs. Theodore Krets
was called to the door of her home this
morning by Mrs. Kane Flaherty Mehter,
who shot and killed her. Mrs. Menler
was enamored with the murdered wom
an's husband and the affection was not
reciprocated. It is believed she la men
tally unsound.
WANTS DIVORCE; SAYS
"SHE KISSED OTHERS"
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN
SENT TO AN ASYLUM
Confectioner Charles B. Taylor Asserts
that His Wife Made Home Unhappy
Also by Pits of Sulks She's
Going Back to Hood River.
JOHH AMBEBSDH, ARRESTED XJT AX,-
bxba por.i.owijra tbb bubhxho
OP TWO ABD THB PARTXAX. DE
STRUCTION OP A THIRD COT
TAGE, CHDEB SUSPICION.
J. B. KEXtXiT TRAVELS TO WITHIN
8,000 PBET" 07 THB SHOW XlNB
AND XB POSTTITB THAT HE COTCUD)
KATB COVERED THAT STRETCH
XH MACHXNB.
ISHOUXBEB STRAPS ABP STABBI BIGHT
ELEVEN ACCUSED , i
OF BREAKING LAW
Or , BAXOONKEXfrXBS TO
XRONC WARSHIPS CONCORD AND I
MABBX.BHBAB TO XB GIVEN A BE-
CErTXOH'' BT - rBOMXHBBT CTTX
BEN8 TOMORROW NIGHT."
X.XAVB THEXB BARS OPBN APTEB
1. A. M., PBOVXDBD THBT ABBOT
HO OTTBTOMSXa, WtLX. Bl' TRIED
nroouBT.
Deputy District Attorney Spencer. Will rint to Make the Asotn ia a Machine 1 Offloers Xntertalned targe Number
Pile aa Information Against Kim To
morrow Prisoner Will Make Ho State
ment Partner Than to Deny His' Guilt
Bald to Hare Been Been With Bundle
of Kay Under His Arm.
-X Xieft Portland Saturday and Be-
turned Monday In Tims for Dinner
Brake Gay Way, Compelling Him to
Use Great Caution In Descending
Aa Eventful Trip.
of
Inxlted Guests Aboard the Noted
Warships This Afternoon Both Af
fairs Quits Informal, with luncheon,
Musto, a Pew Speeches and Abund
ant Hospitality. ' .
Portland Club, the . , Blasters', BoyaJ,
Jewel, Mass. Pullman, Aloha, De Mar
tin! and Priti' Saloons Aooused on
Warrants Sworn Out by Chief of Po
lios Hunt of Violating the Closing
Ordinance.
As published by The Journal yester
day, the police have a firebug suspect
in custody in the person of John Amber
son, a man 44 years old, who is said to
have been seen acting suspiciously in
Alblna, where two small cottages were
destroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing, and a third badly damaged.
The case was laid before Deputy Dis
trict Attorney A. C. Spencer this morn
ing by Captain of Detectives Simmons.
Tomorrow Mr. Spencer will file an ln-
J. B. Kelly climbed 8.000 feet up Mt.
Hood in an automobile and Is certain
that he could have made a further as
cent of 2,000 feet to the snow line. , He
is the first, "bubbler" to make the as
cent. '
'I could hardly expect to reach the
summit," said Mr. Kelly when he re
turned from his trip yesterday after
noon, "but I can tell you that an auto
mobile will bring a man within 2.000
feet of the notch. With the machine it Darlors of the Commercial ciuo tomor-
formatlon in the circuit court charging hs possible for a man to leave Portland row night by that club, the chamber of
Amberson with arson. The complaint
IS J. P. Westlund, the owner of one of
the burned Rouses.
Amberson Makes Denial.
Captain Simmons has been quietly
pursuing his Investigations for two days
and now he believes that the mystery
on a Saturday morning, ride 10,000 feet
up Hood's slope, walk to the summit
and be home In time for dinner Mon
Mr. Kelly made the trip to Mt. Hood
In a slngle-Beated automobile last Sat
urday. He left -Portland at 11 o'clock
surrounding many of the recent fires of jn the morning to carry provisions to completed by the' committee in charge,
suspicious origin hav-teen cleared up. his ramny and the family of Dr. Rich-, which consists of Mayor ..Williams,
Amberson. who is a prisoner at the mono neiiy, wno are camping ai tne i chairman:' and Messrs. Zimmerman,
city Jail, refuses to make any state- or the mountain, and he arrived Beebe, Boise, Connell. Goddard, Devlin
ment except to deny his guilt. The of- destination In Ave hours, running and Beach. The mayor "will preside at
fleers, sav-.that the susntcion against time, .although often all four wheels h ntlnn wtilMi In ha an Informal
him is made stronger since he has denied were up to the hub in mud in the road affalr There will be no set program.1
Electro tl3.62(ffll 75.
Cattng-li.37H13.50.
(Journal Special Service.)
Mineola, Xong Island. Sept 8. Henry
i Welnbrenner. the would-be assassin of
J President Roosevelt, was today formally I the great humiliation of the plaintiff;
Charles E. Taylor, a well-kftown con
fectioner, filed suit for divorce from
Ethel Taylor this morning on the ground
of infidelity. The complaint alleges
that the defendant was in the .habit of
"making dates" with other men and al
lowed herself to be kissed by them, "to
I committed to
I asylum.
the King Park Insane
ANOTHER BRAZEN
STEAL LAID BARE
also that she had frequent fits of sulks
and forced the plaintiff to seek comfort
outside of his home.
Mrs. Taylor belongs to a well-known
Hood River family. She said she in
tended to leave. for her old home today
to attend her mother, who recently sus
tained a fracture of the leg, and Wbuld
engage no attorney until she returned.
The Taylors were married In Port
land March 8, J 901. ,
The investigation of the boodling that
. formerly prevailed- In the county clerk's
office has brought to light another in
v stance of embesslement and falsifica
tion of-the records. The case Is remark-
able for the barefaced manner in which
the fraud was perpetrated, those con
cerned in it seeming utterly ' indifferent
, to ths' risk of detection, although the
. most cursory examination of the books
must have disclosed the theft.
The amount secured by - the boodlers
la this, transaction was $126.86. They
covered the steal by false entries on
(. the bopks in the county clerk's office.
W. O. Stlmpson appears to have been
v the principal la the fraud, but there are
circumstances which point strongly to
the conclusion that he was not alone
ia it
Put Taxes Into His Pocket.
" March , 1901, J. C. Bayer went to
. the courthouse to pay a delinquent tax
.'upon property which he owned. He
.found Stlmpson in the county clerk's
office and to him Mr. Bayer paid the
amount due, $126.86, in cash. Stlmpson
grave him a receipt which Mr. Bayer
still holds. The receipt acknowledges
' payment of the sum named "in full for
. the redemption of the following de
: scribed real" property sold for delin
quent taxes for the year 1894, and costs,
v to Multnomah county, to-wlt: Caruth-
tors, lots 1 and 2, block 87." The re
ceipt is slgned 'H It 'Jflolmes, Clerk
. Of the County Court of Multnomah
County, by W. Q. Stlmpson, Deputy."
Bo far as Mr. Bayer was concerned
'the transaction- was perfectly regular.
He had paid the full amount due, the
payment was made to a deputy of the
county clerk, and at the latter's office,
; and hi had received a receipt which was
apparently in the usual form.
An Entry Erased,
i It 18 possible that Stlmpson, after re
ceiving the money, made an entry of the
payment on the alias writ But if so, he
repented of his honesty, and. the entry
' was erased with chemical fluid: Over ;
the erasure he made the following new
entry:
"Canceled by order of Board C C
I-1M990."
Cancellation Not Asked Por.
' : The -meaning of this entry was that
the taxes ia question had been cancelled.
As a matter ' of fact, Mr. Bayer had
never asked for a cancellation of his
taxes and the proceedings of the county
beard for March 12. 100. contain no
reference to hit property. In other
cases where the boodlers appropriated
money paid for taxes, they made forged
entries . in the "commissioners' journal
as well' vas on the alias writ, thereby
making' detection much more difficult.
)ut apparently secure in the confidence
that, there . was pone to expose them,
thoy made no ffort in the transaction to
Insert anything .ia th commissioners
ournal. and the, entry on the alias writ
lands forth like an index finger, point-;
ns to A ha fraud Which was committed.
The receipt given Mr. Bayer by St'lmp-
son was fn a printed frm, but was
y-t j&ucu 'a' is commonly used la ac-
'-.j
WILL HELP AWARD
IRRIGATION PRIZES
knowledglng tax payments. There was
no stub and therefore no evidence of
the payment appeared on the county
clerk's books. All that the boodlers
had to do in order to appropriate the
monev wae tn mnlcA It nnnaAi that th
tax had been satisfied, arid this was ac- f Co1- Henry Dosch has been appointed
compllshed by the false entry reciting - member of the committee which wll
that the tax Had been cancelled. Not a " l-ujh,
, v, ., ,, gold medals and numerous cash pr
...,,. at the National Irrigation Congress
I which meets in Ogden September- 15 to
xa Bengstake'g Hand. I ix inclusive. The other members who
Both the receipt and the entry recit- will act as Judges are Hon. Frederick
ing cancellation are in the handwriting v, Taylor, chairman chief department
of Stlmpson. But Immediately below of agriculture of the St Louis World's
that entrv aDnears a memorandum of Fair: Hon. A.. McPherson. fruit inspector
the description of the property, and this of Idaho and the agricultural editor of
is in the handwriting of Cord Seng- the Chicago Tribune.
stake. It was apparently written in The colonel has also received an invi
for the purpose of showing that the tatlon to lecture before the congress on
pretended order of cancellation applied the subject "Fungus Growths of Fruit
to this particular property, and not to Trees," and In all probability will do
otner property also ownea ty Mr. Mayer
facts known to them to be true.
Amberson recently moved Into Alblna.
He had been working as a carpenter on a
new house being erected within a block
of Wednesday morning's disastrous
blase at Rodney avenue and Fargo
street. It is rumored that in the neigh
borbood in which he formerly lived
there have been numerous incendiary
fires, and this re port is now being in
vestlgated by' Detective Simmons.
A .Woman's Intuition.
Suspicion was first directed toward
Amberson last Tuesday night when he
was seen walking up Williams avenue
with a bundle of hay under his arm,
Mrs. M. Bather, wife of M. O. Bather, of
the grocery firm of Bather Bros., 72
Williams avenue, noticed the man. Fear
lng that he intended to fire the grocery
store, she watched him for a time, but
the man disappeared. This was shortly
before 10 O'clock. At 10:10 hj appeared
In a s.vloon in the neighborhood, but
soon went out.
Still fearing that the man's intentions
were incendiary, Mrs. Bather set her
alarm clock, for midnight upon retiring,
but when it went off everything .was
quiet in the neighborhood. About 1
m. the firebell rang and the Bathers
woke up again. .
Mrs. Bather explained her . experience
to her husband. He went to the fire,
where the flames were devouring the
three dwellings. She described the sus
pect and Mr. Bather readily picked him
out among the few spectators. He en
gaged the man In conversation, and says
that he acted very nervously and could
not answer his questions intelligibly.
Identified By His Walk.
Yesterday, the suspicions of the neigh
borhood were reported to the police and
Captain Simmons arid Mounted Patrol
man Croxford arrested Amberson .dur
ing the day. He was readily identified
because he had a crippled leg and a
peculiar walk, which attracted Mrs.
Sather's attention at first
east of Pleasant Home. The ascent of
the mountain is best told In Mr. Kelly's
own words:
"The grade." he said this morning.
"was steep, and the front wheels would
often fly off the road and spth in the
air. The run was exciting and exhlliar
atlng and, never thinking of danger, I
turned the power, on full. The brake
gave way, but relying upon the engine,
t kept moving up the trail that IS trav
eled by saddle horses and occasionally
by teams. Every onoe in ' a while I
would stick in the bogs and would have
A private reception was tendered the . Whether a saloonkeeper has ths right
members of the Commercial club and to keep his place open after hours. If he
other prominent citlsei)' by sthe officers ,joeg not permit new customers to enter
of the two ,'. warships, Marblehead aiyj aftep 1 m Ja to be decided in the
Concord, this afternoon from I until 8 poce cburt when n cases against pfo-
o'ciock. ' - prletors of liquor establishments are
The affair was quite informal, consist-
ing of a general, handshaking and tbe heard next Tuesday,
serving of light refreshments. . A sensatlo was caused last night
The officers of the two warships "will when warrants sworn to By Charles H.
be given a reception in turn , in the I Hunt, chief of police, were served. Each
of the saloonkeepers mentioned is al
leged .to have violated ordinance 10,904
which Axes ths hours at which business
must cease for the night.
It Is said that this action was taken
by the police department after the-ofn-oers
had been quietly Instructed to se
cure evidence of violations against the
saloons on their respective beats. . What
they found they told the chief, wno
maintains that saloons will not be per
mitted to keep open all night, although .
it has been an open secret that certain
saloons, where business warrants It,
never close their doors. - In several cases
tried recently in the municipal court
the testimony. Of witnesses showed that
some establishments were open after
1 a.-m.
The proprietors arrested and their
places of business are: Nate Solomon,
Portland ClUb; the proprietor of the
Aloha cafe, 808 Yamhill street; Royal
cafe Keys & Weaver, proprietors, 2 66 ft
Btark street; Jewel cafe, Fifth street,
between Alder and Morrison streets;
Albert Shapiro, Mase cafe. Third street;
Pullman cafe, Fifth street, between
commerce and city officials.
The reception will be given. la .the
spacious parlors of ths commercial club
I and there will be. about 700 invited
guests. t
Plana Are An Complete.
The plans for the reception are all
other than the usual pleasantries and
unconventional greetings.
The invitations are out and so far
there have been no declinations. The.
list Includes members of the CommerJ
clal club, the city council, the executive
board, the county officials, state and
federal officials, the officers at Van
couver barracks, members of the cham
ber of commerce and other prominent
people.
Luncheon, Punch and Music
The committee has planned to receive whinrnn nd Airir re niuisr rtwm
to drive forward to make a track, then I the honored guests of the evening at 8 I mii amna streets? Fred Writ
run back and then forward again in o'clock. Then introductions will follow, ond and Burnslde streets; J. Blaster,
order to force my way through. The and after a short, period or lmormai i jrjrst street near Madison; A. DeMartlnl,
trip up to the height of 8.000 feet was conversation, a light luncheon, with tmrst street.
a delightful one, and I believe I could punch and cigars on the side, will be Tn8 ftccu8ed men wera- before Judge
have gone to the snow line. I had not served. At the luncheon Mayor Wll- Hogue this morning and entered pleas
time to make it, however, as I had to Hams will preside and will extend the Cf not guilty. The cases were continued
return xo me camp ana Dnng my wife hospitality and good will or -oruana 10 untu next Tuesday.
and children back to town. Coming
home, we ran slowly, on account of the
broken brake, but arrived in six hours.
TURNED ON CAS AND
WROTE UNDERTAKER
the 'ylsitors. There will be musid by an
orchestra.
The committee appointed by the
chamber of commerce to co-operate
with the Commercial club in the re
ception, comprises R. Livingstone W.
F. Woodward. H. W. Ooode,1 Alfred
AH the warrants, to which Chief Hunt
swore, were Issued against John Doe,
that mysterious villain. They were
served by Patrolmen B. F. Smith, Ed.
Qassett and Thompson,-on whose beats
the saloons in question are located.
According" to Chief Hunt some of the
Mrs? Xt. Petsoh of Baa rraaoisoo leaves
Money to pay Her P antral Ex
penses Pound Dead in
Boom.
Tucker, W. H. Corbett, A. F. Lily, R. L. J saloons under the ban were found open
Durham, J. F. Watson, E. M. Brannlck, after t and 3 o'clock in the morning. It
W. E. Coman. F. O. Btiffum, Sol. Blu- is claimed that some of the proprietors
maur, Samuel Connell, H. W. Goddard will claim the right to keep open after
and L. Zimmerman. hours if they close their doors snd per
sist of Beoeption Committee. ml no one to enter after 1 o'clock.
The reception committee appointed by ln, BOra in-ances this was true of the
President H. M. Cake of the Commercial ?al.oonB whose proprietors were arrested.
rlnh oAmnrliiH John H. Hall. W. H. "ul nornju mat me siae
(Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco,- Sept. 8. Mrs. L.
Petsch, 70 years, of age, wrote a letter
to an undertaker, mailed Jt and then
connected a rubber tube to a gas Jet
and placed one end in her mouth. A
week ago she1 called on the undertaker
to get his rates on cremation and also
visited the coroner and asked his fee.
Coman. Noah Llvy, W, A. Clelsnd, 3en.
O. Summers, Dr. 8. Whiting, Ben
Neudstadter, R. L. Durham, George
Hoyt, F. A. Nitehey, R. F. praei, h..
Gerllnger.J. C. Moreland, H. C. Ecken
berg, Col. George Hazen, Big Slchel, A.
L,. Craig. W. W. Cotton, Jr H.- jj Bryan,
W. H. Chapln, W. B. Olafke. Prof.
Pratt, Henry Roe, Wi H. Wymsn. C.
M. Idleman, J. Frank Watson, Ralph
Hoyt. . E. Henry McCracken, George
entrances were open long after the legal '
closing hour.
Last week two. saloon men were lined
921 each by Judge Hogue for being, open '
after I a. m. Both were technical viola-.'
tlons and the court imposed tha mini
mum fine. At that time. Chief Hunt
said that he would not permit saloons)
to remain open all night
$1
and appearing on. the preceding lines
of the alias writ
The question at once arises, how did
Sengstake know that only this partic
ular property was involved? He could
not have known fitom the order, for no
order existed. He could scarcely have
accepted information on such a point
from any other source, for the obvious
and natural thing for him to do was to
consult the commissioners' Journal of
the date named. If he did this he should
have seen at once that the entry made
by Stlmpson was false.
Sengstake Can't Explain,
Sengstake was asked to explain how
he came to make this entry that appears
ln his handwriting, but he was unable
to do so satisfactorily. He says he can.
not remember, where he got the infor
mation that the pretended order covered
these particular lots, He professes to
be entirely Ignorant of the fraud and
disclaims having received any part of
the money that was stolen.
It is reasonably certain, however, that
but for the entry made by Sengstake
the steal would have been discovered
within a few weeks after it was accom
plished. A roll of delinquent taxes,
commonly known ln the county clerk's
onlce as the "Junk roll," was compiled
in the summer Of 1901. All property
appearing as delinquent was transferred
to this new roll. The clerks engaged ln
making this transfer would necessarily
so. The indications are that the
eleventh congress will be the most suc
cessful ever attempted arm all of the
16 arid or seml-artd states will send
delegates.
President Roosevelt has signified his
willingness to -attend and has also prom
ised that the -leading scientists and ex
perts of the government will attend.
IS CONGRATULATED
ON NARROW ESCAPE
(Journal Special Service.) -
OYSTER BAY, Bept 8. President
Roosevelt received a large batch "of tele
grams this morning1 congratulating him
on his escape from the attack of Henry
Welnbrenner. One important result of
the attempted assassination will be the
Immediate increase of secret service
guards about Sagamore Hill.
KELLER WJLL STAND
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
ither's attention at first V" 'J. 'T' -' "' Hyland. Adolph Wolfe, I. Long. . Ed
When put in the "sweat box" Amber- u w.nf Khrm(ln. Ata- jr. vm. r. t. Darrow.
son denied all knowledge of the tire, but '" .u,. . 1 A. H. Devers, John E. Lathrop, B. H.
Trumbull, H. W, Goddard. F. W. A rigs,
Dr. B. E. Miller, Col. B. C. Spencer, H.
Wittenberg,. Dr. C. H" Wheeler, Walter
Holt, Fred Rothschild, Capt A. B. pra
ham, R. H. Wallace, E. Lazarus; -M.
Rinesteln. A. F. Biles, H. L. Slsler, . C.
J. Owen, W. H. Grindstaff, Ed Lyons,
A D. Diamond, L. R. Fields, Charles L.
Msatick, R. L. Stevens.
ULTIMATUM SENT BY
TURK TO BULGARIA
SERIOUS
WARFARE
the police say his statements were con
tradictory and in some respects so ab
solutely false as to confirm the suspic
ion that he knows something about the
fire,
Mr. Westlund and Captain Simmons
called at the district attorney's office
today and submitted the evidence to
Mr. Spencer. After he interviews the
other witnesses the information will be
filed ln the circuit court, and there will
be no preliminary examination.
The Polios Peel Confident.
The houses destroyed, which were in
oiirse of erection, belonged to J. P.
Westlund and A- S. Paulson. Wallace
Hadley's house, adjoining, was badly
damaged. The total loss was about $4,
000. Incendiarism was suspected, as
the fire started on the outside of the
Paulson house without apparent cause.
There is no known motive Tor the
firebug's nefarious work except that he
has a mania for destroying property.
The police believe that with Amberson
in Jail the work of the firebug will
cease.
WOODS HUTCHINSON
CREATES SENSATION
Please call up at the third floor at
781 Folsom, room 27. after 8 o'clock.
Respectfuly. Mrs. L. PETSCH."
He called and found the old lady dead
tt.v,. ..lie HVIQ .JJUM, IICIM,. : ' I T .
"Thursday morning at 2 o'clock ,4 got ' . , ,
no rest. uooa-Dye. I leave 864: 858
ror tne undertaker; IB for the coronor;
1 for the gas." a
FOLSOM CONVICT A
CHICAGO SUSPECT
WOULD BE RESULT
ABSTRACT XV THB ALASKA BOVBDo
AB DI8PTTTB MADB FUBIJO TO
DAY, WHICH OOHTAXHS BOMS
BTABTU3TO DXBCXiQBTJHZB Or XV
TEBE8T. "
Beads a Paper Before Washington State
Bfedicsl Booiety Advocating Over
feeding and rresh Air as
Consumption Cure.
(Journal Special Service.)
Spokane, Sept. 3. Dr. WoodB Hutch
inson of Portland created a sensation
in the State Medical society, now ln ses
sion here, by reading a paper advocat
lrig over-feeding and fresh air as a cure
for consumption. He said to pay no at
tention to the lungs and gorge the pa
tient with be,ef and eggs. (
NEW TELEPHONE CO.
IS TURNED DOWN
(Journal 8peclal Service.)
Chicago, Bept. 8. The photograph in
the rogues' gallery here of Richard Gor
don, one of the convicts escaped from
Folsom, is the exact likeness of one of
the men seen loitering about the Chicago
city railway car barns the morning the
two employes were killed, and $3,400
stolen. Mrs. Harry Dupree, who lives
near tne barns, made the identification
and declares the photograph to be an
exact likeness:j,pf one of the men sho
saw.. "
Makes Yigorona Demand, the Pnlflllment
of WMoh Xs Expected Tonight
Dispatch Xs Alarming, Bays
Germany. ; ).
1",
Denies That Canada's Statement x True
and That tha Tnited States XCnew of
the X.ynn Canal Claim at the Tints of
ths Purchase of the Territory of
Alaska from the Government of ths
Csar ia 1868.
MINISTER FAILED IN
SELF DESTRUCTION
(Journal Special Service.)
Berlin. Bept S. The Lokal Anseiger
states that Turkey has addressed an I
ultimatum to Bulgaria making various
demands, the fulfillment of which is ex
pected tonight..
(Journal Special Serviced
Washington, Sept 8. The abstract of
the United States argument in the Alas-
If the ultimatum Is re- kn boundary dispute was mads public
Jected Turkey will invade Bulgaria with today. It goes over the ground minute-
an army tomorrow. The paper says lr nisiory snowing tne con
the German foreign office regard! the troversy which nearly resulted in war
(Journal Special Service.)
Spokane, Sept. 8. Rev. C. D. Nickel-
sen, a Methedist minister, after a con
ference with Bishop Hamilton today, for
mally withdrew from his pastorate and
dispatch as altogether too alarming. The
United States has no Information in
corroboration of the. report
Sultan Breaks Precedent.
with Great Britain. The document de
clares that 'the British commissioners
contention that Canada's claim to the
territory at the head of Lynn canal Was
at the time of the purchase in 18(8 well
Constantinople, Sept. $. Replying, to known to the United States, is false."
a speech of congratulations onerea on continuing, it says: "This Is a gratuit-
th church Xkiin rX ! a"d behalf of heads of a religious com- ous assertion, and there" is no proof to
"o nSJ fhaj!r !?Unlty who had received an audience LU8taln lt If the Canallan gov nt
(Journal Special Service.)
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 8. James Kel-
!ap rro irtant nf tha TJatlnnol A osAnla.
have, consulted the commissioners' Jour- tlon of Letter-carriers, now in conven-
imi, uiry reaunea ine nayer prop-i tiri hll v... .
of having some connection with the de
feat of Congressman Loud of Califor
nia, and it is now understood he will run
for president this election. He would
not state his intention until the exon
eration was maoe.
WOMAN IS KILLED;
THREE OTHERS HURT
erty, In order to learn the scope of. the
order of cancellation. Five minutes'
search would have shown them that the
record was a forgery and that the taxes
had been Stolen.
But such reference to the. commis
sioners' Journal was forestalled by Seng
stake's memorandum on the alias' writ.
His handrltlng was well known to the
other deputies, and when "they found
the entry he had made it was accepted
as sufficient evidence of the scope of the
order qf cancellation. But for Seng
Stake's memorandum, therefore, discov
ery would have been prompt and inevita
ble, I (Journal Special Service.)
If Sengstake was ignorant of the Masnath. N: Y.. SeDt.. 8. One woman
fraud, his intelligence was certainly was killed and three others seriously
greatly at rault Ail the circumstances, injured, one small boy badly burned and
proclaimed that .theft and forgery had I threes men-severely cut In an explosion
been committed, And but for Sengstnke's In a small building this afternoon. The
memorandum discovery would have re-1 victims were engaged In the manufac
suited while Stlmpson was still alive Mure of . bombs to be used in celehra-
and within the reach of human- justice. I tlons,.
The olty council turned down the Em
pire Construction Company's petition
for a telephone franchise yesterday by
a vote of six for and two against, and
it seems likely that the movement for
a second telephone ,company Is dead
for some time at least. The' members
of the council who Opposed the peti
tion expressed themselves as.' satisfied
with the service given .by' the corpora
tion now occupying the field, a
Councilman Flegel spoke -in favor of
appointing a committee of three to in
vestigate the Empire Construction Com
pany's proposition and ascertain
whether Che people back of lt are financ
ially able to carry out- their promises,
but the proposition was defeated and
later the petitions were likewise turned
down."
The Sanitary Free Drinking Fountain
Cfbmpany was granted permission to
erect thirty of their fountains at vari
ous places in the public atreets. They
are to be maintained without expense
to the city. The company reserves the
right to hava "ads""ori the stdes-trf the
fountains. The scheme was Criticised
by several members of the counoil as
primitive, out of ..date, and worthy only
of a country village....-
days ago to commit ulcfdev with Mrs.
Dunbar of North Yakima, and they
Jumped off a bridge, Mrs. D,unbar made
good her attempt, and Nlckelsen failed.
FRENCH SOLDIERS
FIGHT AMERICANS
Tuesday on the anniversary of the ac
. cession of the sultan, he established the
.precedent by addressing his visitors.
Speaking at some length he said: "All
my desire is for the welfare of the
government
had instructed British vessels to disre
gard the regulations of the ports of
Lynn there would be grave danger of
serious collision. There undoubtedly
population, without distinction of race would, be collision Just as certainly as
or religion. I call God to witness the If they had been instructed to disregard
sincerity of my. declaration and that all
my aspirations and work are for the
welfare and prosperity of all my sub2-Jects."
the regulations
York." V
of the port of New
(Journal Special Service.)
- London, Sept. 3. A Pekln dispatch
states 'that an encounter occurred today
between French and American soldiers.
Fifteen Frenohmenyere hurt and four
Americans sustained , -injuries. The
cause of the quarrel is not stated.
MIND UNBALANCED,
SHE SHOT HERSELF
PERUVIANS GRANT
RAILWAY CONCESSIONS
WXUU GO BACH TO PBXBOH.
Detective Frank Snow, through whose
efforts John Seymour, an escaped con
vict from the , Salem penitentiary was
arrested at Tacoma Tuesday, will not
go to that '.city , for the prisoner.
Seymour will be brought-back to Ore
gon by. the Warden of the Salem Institu
tion and will be- compelled to serve the
remainder of his 'time, He was sent to
the prison for 18 months, after having
robbed tne Reliable Loan office at Third
and Pins streets last November. Last
Saturday morning ..the loan shop wa
robbed in a similar manner and Detec
tive Snow concluded that from the na
ture of the work and the fact that Bey-
! Mrs. Bephore Cohn, Wife of Betlred
Baa PrancisM Merchant, Put a
Bullet Through Hsr Brain
XtOft Hots.
. (Journal Special Service,) .
San Francisco, Sep. 3, Mrs. Bephore
Cohn, aged 43 years, wife of Nathan
Cohn, a retired . merchant, committed
suicide this morning, ; with a bullet
through her heart. The shot was heard
(Journal Special Service.)
Salt Lake, Sept. 8.-Alfred W. Me.
Cune; the mining' millionaire, was
granted a concession hy the Peruvian
government to build a road to navigable
water from the ; Asnason river to tha
Joint line he and J. K. Haggin are now
constructing between Oroyo and Cerro
de Pasco to develop copper mines. The
concession is a part of the trans
continental scheme lino from Lima to
ths Atlantic ocean.
TBAOKS&a 0 AHZXOtfB BEAT.
dead. It is said her mind, was unbal
anced. Mrs, Cohn left a note, saying:
"You are right, my dear Nathan, to
have found ma so Changed the. last few
mour had escaped three days before, he days. Pardon the immense sorrow .this i
was guilty. ! I will cause, you, with a thousand kisses,
from yout Sephoro."
"Oh, ' you naughty boys! Ston fight-1 . " "T
Ing!" I Don't miss hearing the Knox-Kantner i
We airt fight inV I'm T Jest showln' Concert Company
rreaaie what; j'n gain'
Jones next, time I see
Star. , - -
Th. Aa & BB.h... 1. ...... V- v
bZJe' .Ti,0fcW:.S taimg th TxamlnaS ?br
positions in the city schools finished
their work today,-and f orthe next week.
wljile the committee is passing upon
the papers, will be "on th anxious seat
as to whether they passed or not. Tho
examination have covered three days
and were held in the Park school, owing :
to repairs which were being made on
the High, school building,
l ms annual test is for those Ht
at Second Baptist
' to -do to Percy church, East Seventh and East Ankeny, teachers whose- certrncates have err.irJ '--htm.--St.L-:,!
Friday evening, September 4. General I 0r . who. tame lmSut
"Cr ln.ton SB cents. - , - ,'-'. flnatlon.. - - ' ,
r " T , - " -v , , - s - .