7 ' y G OOD EVENING. s 011?! PEAKING OP i ' ' '".V CIRCULATION T "; Tbe Weatasri - . ' Tonight and Sunday, cloudy, with occasional rain; brisk east to south winds, . . HAVE YOU NOTICED LATELY THAT YOU SEE THE JOURNAL EVERYWHERE YOU OOf t ' vol. n. XO. 220. rORTLAyp, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28. 1003. PRICE ' FTTE CEN"Ta METEORIC WOOD 7S - - f " - . . - FALUNS EARTHWARD Mill States 'Emphatically, and Reiterates That Ore gonian Has lied. SCOTT'S QUEER APOLOGY Washfngtoa Correspondent Puts the Blame on Telegraph Company The Editor Wants "The Whole " Miserable Business Dropped." J- V ; SLOGAN GOES FREE; JUDGE HITS JURY Hated and denounced f v ff T TT ft, tt TSsswSrtAIso Tells Accused Indian He Believes Him Guilty of Grants Murder Remarkable Scene in United States Circuit Court The wire have been crossed between Harvey W. Bcott and Senator Mitchell. For a week the editor and the aenator hay been talking- at cross purposes,' and they are now Just beginning to under stand each other. Mr. Bcott. who ha been talking In the moat amiable and conciliatory manner at hie end of the line, has suddenly discovered that none of his remarks has been audible to Sen ator Mitchell, and that the Utter Is, In fact, real angry. Indeed, the air has been blue at the Washington end, where Oregon's senator has grown apoplectia In his efforts to make it plain that looks upon Mr. Scott's newspaper journalistic liar. Last night the began to work well once more, and when Mr. Scott took down his receiver the roar almost deafened him. . Two weeks ago the entire Oregon delegation In congress joined In a signed communication to District At torney John Hall in which they jointly and severally repudiated and denounced as untrue "recent ments published in respondence Of the Oregonlan, purport' Ing to state the view and beliefs of us, severally." The manufactured Inter views to which the delegation referred related to the Indictment of MaJoolm Moody and others by the federal grand jury, and all of these statements were emphatically declared- to be false. Mitch tU Says Be Zs Tired. This Is very plain talk, but Mr. Scott took no notice of it A few days later "long distance" informed the editor that Washington wanted to talk to him. it was Senator Mitchell who was at the ' Eastern end of the line. He had some thing particular to say. He wanted to tell Mr. Scott that his Washington cor respondent "Is not accurate" and he in timated very plainly that he was tired of being "the victim of misrepresenta tion, either expressly or by Innuendo." He bluntly accused the Oregonlan of habitually mis-stating facts, both in its dispatches and in Its editorial columns. Though not unaccustomed to such charges, Mr. Scott was a little nettled, and he shouted back that the senator "had-aYery slender basis on which to reaNjig colossal fabrlo of TnUrepre sentaTlon.' Innuendo,' etc." And to prove conclusively that the Oregonlan was better acquainted with Senator Mitchell's views and utterances thau the senator himself could possibly be, Mr. Scott added: "The Oregonlan is spending great sums of money every month to get all the facts before, the people of Oregon." Then there was wire trouble for sev eral days. Nothing more came from Washington and Mr. Scott began to think that after all It was nothing to get angry about, even if the Oregonlan had been called a liar. He might as well keep on good terms with Mitchell, for no one can tell yet what will happen at the primaries next spring. It couldn't do any harm to hand the senator a few bouquets. On Thanksgiving day, filled with an affability born of these consld rations and fostered by the mellowing influences of the day, the editor at tempted to resume communication with the national capital. Soott Trie to Smooth Things. The line wasn't working, but he didn't know it. After some preliminary remarks about the senator's "good work" for Oregon, and his "kindly na ture and ready address,--Mr. Scott de clared that "where there 16 such con stant urbanity and Interest in the wel fare of others, the nature behind the surface expression must Itself be kind and genial." Mr. Scott could not help thinking, as he spoke, that there had been no extraordinary "urbanity" In some of Senator Mitchell's recent com ments upon the Oregonlan, but when one Is laying on soft soap It must be laid on thlok. He congratulated the senator upon -"starting -out in the 68th congress with every prospect of useful and distinguished service to his state." and concluded with the observation that HA1A IS ASSURED President Says That He May Withdraw Wood's Nomination. RUNCIE IS IN TROUBLE If Spectacular General is Found Re sponsible for Denunciation of Brooks, Roosevelt Will End PromoMon. BRIGADIER GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. 'This has been a failure of Justice. Out of respect and feeling for the wife and little ones of the defendant you have been led to acquit this man. Such verdict as this must result disastrously to all residents of the Silets reserva tion." Judge Charles B. .Bellinger In the United States clrcutt court this morn ing broke forth against the jury when the verdict was returned finding Abe Logan not guilty of the murder xof U. S. Grant on the Silets Indian reserva tion. Albert Martin, another Indian, ac cused with Logan, was found guilty last Monday, of manslaughter. When the clerk of the court read the words, "not guilty," whiBpered exclama tions of surprise came from the specta tors. There was a moment of silence and then, looking straight at the Indian before him. Judge Bellinger began: "Logan, you are acquitted. But I think you are a , bad man and that you killed Grant The Jury gave you . the benefit of a reasonable doubt, but had I been on the Jury I would havte at least brought In a verdict of manslaughter.' The blood of Grant Is on your hands, and I give, you fair warning that your es cape from the punishment you no doubt deserve does not argue that you would get off a second time, and I advise you to keep out of this court." Then 'the Judge turned to the Jurymen who had begun to leave their seats. The 12 who had Just ireed the suspected murderer paused and stood or remained seated in silence while Judge Bellinger denounced their action. Mrs. Logan, wife of the acquitted man, occupied a bench In a corner of the. court room when the Jurymen filed in this morning.. Her three little boys gathered around her and she turned her black eyes upon the clerk while he read the verdict Not a change was notice able in her dark face when Logan's ac qulttal was announced, and she walked forth from the place with the outward unconcern of a disinterested spectator. Logan shook hands with a few friends as he left the room, but he showed no sign of the great Joy that evidently filled his breast The Jury retired at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The verdict of acquittal was arrived at at, about 10:30 o'clock 4aat night but the decision was not made known until court opened this morning. The men who served on the Jury are: Charles He gel e, Portland; J. H. Allen, Rlckreal, Polk county; EL L. Barnett, Athena. Umatilla , county; Charles N. Cable, St , Helens, Columbia county; J. H. Harvey, Portland; William Welch Seneca, Grant county; F. M. Gentry, Heppner, Morrow county; J. G. Parson, A. P. Caylor. T. B. Wilcox, Portland; W. L. Smith,' Wasco, Sherman county; A. L. Goff, Oakland. CHICAGO BANDITS CHAINED IN CELLS BLOODY OABEEB Or FOUB DUB- PEKAS0E8 WfCO KAYS FOX BKXE7 FEBJOD STASTXJED POUCE XJTM.- DEB AJTD BOBBEBT THXTB OOCV FATIOSr IK CUSTODY TODAY (Journal Special Senrlee.) Chicago, Nov.; 28. The three' murder ous bandits - who ; were captured after a desperate fight yesterday,, in which Brakeman T.- I. Sovea was shot dead and Joseph. Drlscoll, a. detective, mor tally wounded, were heavily chained and placed m separate cells this' mornlnir. "It is well for Oregon that at this time CJuaye Marx, the man arrested last ha ham an nxnerinnced and clever a ween, aner Killing a policeman, con diplomat In the senate." (lessen to the crime of robbing the car There was no response. Mr. Scott uul" w u waving ssmsiea in kiu rattled his 'phone, and made some re- ,nK two men at that time. Mar 1 re marks about central that were not ex- Plicated the men captured yesterday. He ntiv "kind and eenial." It was no use " " oe wun mose .mi evidently the line was dead. The hsW as his former companions. next day he tried again, with some This morning the red-handed teut- onmnltmnntarv comments uoon 1 uunnuunea a, iwiia inainerence. r - - . I iPh.w t.M..h V, . I -LI-.. . "the brilliant success or senator Mitcn-i m.uu8uv unmi iu i anu ell's banquet, given to promote the rwaieu me ueuiiis oi me oiooay T.fs and - Clark appropriation.' ButJ "Ie yesterday. They weuld have Franclti W. Stewart shot down with out warning. B. C. LaCross, murdered in his saloon on August -2. Policeman John Qulnn. killed Novem ber 21, while trying to arrest Marx J, Sovea, brakeman, killed yester- "lon distance" broke In with the . In formation that "Washington doesn't an swer," and the editor bung up; Yesterday afternoon communication was restored and a call came for Mr. Soott It was from Oregon's, "distln ' gulshed and clever diplomat" at Wash ington, and bis remarks which followed plainly showed that for the moment at io.t his "constant urbanity" bad en- tlrely deserted him. - "The purport of bis -very blunt and emnhatio statement was that the OreV -nnlan had again neen jymg ooui mm. ' ..'.. (h fnatnr'i nnlvfenr was Jl?jB ( Cll . t ' " V " " that he tnigbt not make his meaning nothing to say about the car barn mur der and said the time would yet come when they would get square with Marx ror giving them away. y. One ; was told that " he resembled Harry Tracy, the desperate outlaw., He replied with a proud smile that he bad been told that before. '' lst of Iburden. The number of murders . credited to the .desperate quartet during its brief career, is as follows: . - . . Otto Bauder, murdered during - a sa loon holdup on July 9. In a sa- Adolph Johnson, murdered loon robbery on August 2. - ; .James K. .Johnson, motorman, killed in robbery of : Chicago City-JRaUway T. day. Joseph Drlscoll, detective, now dying in a nuBjmai. ' ' Those Wounded. , The persons wourfded are: T.. . W. Lathrop, agent Chicago & North-Western railroad; shot during at tack on -Cliburn Junction station on July 3. Peter Gorskl, shot during an attack by the Tour men In his saloon on July 20. Henry Blehl, . clerk, injured in rob bery of car barns on August 30. William . B. j Edmund, clerk, shot and seriously. Injured during same robbery. Matthew.-Zlmmer, detective, wounded in fight 'yesterday. These crimes netted the highwaymen 12.240.. VT Lately they had planned to hold up railroad trains in Chicago, and had made a trip- to Cripple Creek, Colo., to obtain dynamite for use in the holdups. . The murderers' names are Neldermyer, Vandlne, Roeakl and Marx, j . - . x IKAIN XKEW HcLU FOR TRAIN WRECK Vibltitun Bnrraa of The Journal. Washington, Kov. 28. It Is reported today that President Roosevelt has as sured Senator Hanna that he will with draw Wood's nomination If It in proved that he was responsible for the attack on General Brooke In the North Ameri can Review magazine, and that Runcle, although retired, will be edurt-martlaled Wood's anxwer to Rathbone's charges were made public todav. and contains 65 closely typewritten, pages, each of wnicn Dears Woods' -signature. He de nies the charges of unfairness to Rath bone, and alBo denies positively that he influenced the article against Brooke. Referring to his expenses, he says every cent Is accounted for by vouchers which the committee is at liberty to ex amine, and says the expenses were nec essarily high on account of the position. wnicn compelled him as American reo- resentatlve to entertain foreign represen tatives. He said he could have charged the expense to his own salary account. as he was perfectly entitled to do, thus increasing his salary, but he preferred the government should know exactly how the money was expended, and says the employment of newspaper men on various work was advisatory and that many articles were published which were for the sole benefit of Cuba. Probably not In years has a military matter been watched with keener inter est than that of the senate investigation now in progress over the character of Brigadier-General Leonard Wood in re spect to his career s military governor of Cuba and the methods used In so suc cessfully advancing his own ambitions. He was appointed brigadier-general by the late President McKlnley. His re cent nomination for major-general has yet to be confirmed by congress. From a captain in the medical department of the army in 1898 Wood rose to a high rank, as no other officer in the history of the military service of the country ever did. He was advanced over the heads of veteran soldiers who had been tried In a score of battles. His spectacu lar career was not criticised outside of the army while the fever of patriotic excitement, burned during the brief war with Spain. Accounts of the wonders worked by Wood were published broad cast, and it Is now charged that his hand directed the penning of the panegyrics. Wood Is a young man comparatively, having only reached 43 years of age. he is confirmed as major-general he will reach a lieutenant-generalship as chle of staff, and barring death or disability will hold that high rank for 15 years before the age of retirement During that 15 years scores of officers who were in- the service with higher ranks than Wood many years before he was known to circumstantial fame will be retired for age limit, unable to reach a rank higher than colonel, or maybe brigadier general. It is announced here today that Ray Stannard Baker, who procured publica tion for Major Runcie's article in the North American Review, denouncing General Brooke, will be summoned be fore the senate committee on military affairs, and on his testimony will large ly depend the decision as to Wood s ell glbillty for higher office. It is believed at the capital by prob ably 99 out of 100 who have followed he Wood case that the man was his own advertising agent and worked his force of writers with the sole view to self-ag grand lzement GROVE R SAYS HE'S )V IMPOSSIBILITY n I tv'."-' EX-PRE8IDENT GROVER CLEVELAND. ASKS DIVORCE AND FIGHTS FOR LAND Mrs KL C Harrison Seeking Separation in San Francisco Attacks Attempts of Husband's , Firm to Foreclose on His Property - EMOH Clevelandites Must Cast About for Another Candidate. EX-PRESIDENT IS OUT Under No Circumstances Allow His Name to Come Before the National Convention for I ' ' Third Term. RUSSO-JAPANESE MATTER SETTLED (Journal 8pedl 6erlc.) Indianapolis, Nov. 28. Conductor Hastings of the Biir Four wreck train wnicn collided with a ireignt, Killing is and Injuring 14 others, was arrested at bis home, here this morning and taken to Pekln, UL The dispatches say the engineer, will also be arrested and both will be tried for responsibility of the wrek.: - J - (Journal Special 8err4ee.y Vienna, Nov. 28. A dispatch from St Petersburg today says that the Russo Japanese difficulty relative to Manchu ria has been tentatively settled by Japan agreeing to recognize Russia's dominant Interests there and not Interfere with theni for the present. SOUTH AMERICANS WILL NOT RESPOND QTTBT AT 8A2T DOKZVOO. (Jouzaal Special Selce.) Washington, Nov. .28. Advices from San Domingo 'say'. that all Is now quiet and the guards- have been withdrawn. The ex-president has gotae to Porto Rlco (Jottroal "pedal Bcrrlee.) Washington, Nov. 28. Semi-official information reached here thia morning from Caracas that Venezuela would notJ reply to Marrouquln's appeal on be half of Colombia to Central South Amer ican republics, except -in the way of a formal acknowledgment Venezuela re gards the Panama affair as solely be tween Colombia and the .United States. Motion to quash service, argued be fore Judge Cleland In the state circuit court this morning in a suit brought by the firm of M. C. Harrison & Co against M. C. and Inez E. Harrison, to foreclose a real estate mortgage, throws light on the marital troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, former well-known resi dents of Portland, and adds an Inter esting detail to the sensational divorce suit which Mrs. x Harrison has instituted In San Francisco, where the couple now reside. The corporation, M. C. Harrison & Co., is suing Harrison and his wife to fore close and secure possession of two lots In East Portland. The mortgage was given in September. 1899, to David Dal glelsh, and Mrs. Harrison's signature represented her dower interests in the property. The lots are valued at 2,&oo. and are mortgaged for about half .that sum. July 18, 1908. the firm of M. C. Har rison & Co. secured an assignment of Dalzleish's mortgage, and new seeks to foreclose. J. E. Boothe, counsel for M. C. Har rison & Co., says that Harrison does not control the corporation which bears his name, and resents an intimation that the firm is seeking to foreclose the mortgage to further M. C. Harrison's personal ends. Galloway & Logan are counsel for Mrs. Harrison in the mortgage suit and Stoney, Rouleau & money in her divorce suit in San irancisco. Mrs. Harrison's counsel assert that M. C. Harrison &. Co. did not Duy ana sud sequently attempt to foreclose the mort gage until it must have been known to Mr. Harrison that his wife contemplated leaving him; that, further, Harrison is in absolute control of the corporation which bears his name, and that he owns every share outside of enough to allow .the directors to qualify. There Is a lively Jilt over the motion to quasn me service oerore juage t ie land this morning. When the suit wn filed an affidavit was returned by J. F. Boothe, counsel for M. C. Harrison & Co., to the effect that Mrs. Harrison was not a resident of Oregon. In mailing a copy of the summons Mrs. Harrison was addressed merely In San Francisco, Cal., and the letter was returned to the sender. By the attorneys for Mrs. Harrison It is contended that M. C. Harrison & Co. knew that the simple address of San Francisco was Insufficient, and that they were aware that Mrs, Harrison was living with her husband at the Colonial hotel at the time. They further con tend that Mrs. Harrison was in Port land a few days after the suit was com menced, notwithstanding the opposing counsel's affidavit that she could not be found. On these grounds the motion to quash service was argued and taken under ad visement by the court. Should the case come to trial on its merits, an attempted fraud will probably be set up by Mrs. Harrison's counsel on the ground that Harrison is attempting to deprive her of her dower rights in the mortgaged property. , It is also likely that her attorneys Jn San Francisco will ask an injunction in the courts .there restraining M. C. Har rison or mT C. Harrison & Co. from at tempting to foreclose the mortgage. The firm of M. C. Harrison & vo 416 Chamber of Commerce building, does a eeneral marine insurance and adjust ing business, and Is one of the largest in the West. The business was estap- lished bv Mr. Harrison in Portland a number of years ago, but has now spread to the principal cities of the coast. The head offices are now in San Francisco. New York. Nov. 28. Ex-President Cleveland In an open letter to tbe Brook lyn Eagle, forever sets aside all possi bilities of the Democratic party nomi nating him for the presidency. While the announcement made by Mr. Cleve land and published last evening comes as a disappointment Jo his friends and tbe Cleveland faction of the party, it la looked upon here as the only rational course for the ex-prestdent to pursue. ' The following Is the text of the let-. ter: Princeton. N. JH Nov. 25. 1908. My Dear Mr. McKelway: I have wanted . for a long time to say something which think should be said to you before others. You can never know how grateful X am for the manifestation of kindly feel ing toward me on the part of my coun trymen which your Initiative has brought out Your advocacy In the Eagle of my nomination for the presi dency has come to me ss a great sur prise; and I have been seconded' in such manner by Democratic sentiment that conflicting thoughts of gratitude snST duty have caused me to hesitate as to the time and manner of a declaration on my part concerning the subject if f O0 a deolarailoa shall seem necessary or proper.., . ; . -., t 'In the midst of it all. and In full view of every consideration presented, X have not for a moment been able, nor am I now able to open my mind to the thought that In any circumstances or upoa any consideration I should ever again become the nominee of my party for the presidency. , "My determination not to do so is unalterable and conclusive. "This you at least ought to know from me, and I should be glad If the Eagle were made the medium of its con veyance to the public. Very sincerely yours, GROVER CLEVELAND," ' St. Clair McKelway, LL. D.: Brook lyn. N. Y." , The Brooklyn Eagle editorially an-v nounced that in view of the positive pot . sltlon taken by Mr. Cleveland, it will support Alton B. Parker of New York for nomination before the national Dem ocratlc convention. REYES DENIES HE CAVE WARLIKE TALK GIRL OF 12 DROPS FROM HIGH TRESTLE wmii soKPnro with a httobeb 07 F&AYMATES LEU TSAtrnTEB DXOPS TZXJtTY TEST 7KOM A BAIL WAY "STXUCTTJXB 8KB " MAY be nrTEXirAUY zxrnrsso. APPOnrTMEjrTfl-MSIGKATIOJrS. (Joarosl Special Seiriee.) u . .; X . Washington, Nov. 28. E. Lawrence Of Vermont was appointed today to suc ceed Assistant Attorney Chrlstlancy, re signed. R.- W. Webster of Kentucky is to succeed Daniel Miller, recently on Lena Trautner, 12 years of age, is confined to her home in Sheridan street. between Fourth and Fifth streetas, suf fering from injuries which may prove serious. Tbe girl yesterday fell 30 feet from the railroad bridge on Marquam gulch and miraculously escaped instant death because the place where she fell is rough and rocky, With several girl companions Lena was romping on the timbers of the high trestle. Another girl was In front of Lena, while the latter was making her way along the outside planflks. Sudden ly she became nervous, lost her balance J and ' fell backwards to the ground be low. A young man., returning home from work, was crossing the trestle at the time and saw the accident Rushing down the steep bank he picked up the Injured girl. Mr. John Martel of 641 Fourth street, was soon on the scene and took the child to ber home, where she was given care, ., The accident happened about 6:30 p. m. Mrs Trautner at the- tlme wss away from home, t but . Mrs, Martel acted as the- good 'Samaritan. scious, but was badly dazed. She was bleeding from the mouth, and appeared to be seriously hurt. However, she is somewhat better today. She complains of pain in her lower limbs and about her neck. ILL-HEALTH CAUSES KAISER TO WITHDRAW (Journal Special Service.) New York, Nov. 28. A Berlin dis patch today says that because of ill health the Kaiser has withdrawn his offer of a cup for a transatlantic yacht race In 1S04. Instead he has substi tuted the offer of a cup to be raced for during 1905. The dispatch caused gen eral regret among the yachtsmen. It is also said that tin. doctors will not as sume the responsibility to allow the Em peror to make his contemplated trip to the south in his present condition of health. They advise him to take as much rest as possible or he may be compelled to undergo another operation. (Journal Special Serriee.) ' Washington, Nov. 28. General Reyes of Colombia arrived this morning and was met at the train by Colombian Min ister Herran. He declined emphatically to discuss his mission and denied the warlike, ut terances attributed to him while en route from' New Orleans, and complains that over-sealous reporters published falsa interviews. - , - - General Reyes intends as soon as big trunks containing his uniforms" arrive," to visit the various legations of the South Central American republics In the hope, to induce them to Join with Colom bia in its protest against the .United States' action In Panama.' HARMONY IS REIGNING 1 IN COLUMBIAN BANK FEU 100 FEET. (Journal Special Service.) San Francisco, Nov. 28. William Rankin, foreman of the Iron works In the Merchants' Exchange building, fell 100 feet to the basement from tbe fifth story this morning, his body being crushed to a mass. . OBACXEB XfACTOBY ; DESTROYED. , (Journal Special Service.)" ' T." New Orleans, Nov. 28. A 'fire early today destroyed the plant f the Na tional Biscuit company and badly dam aged 'contiguous property t the (Journal Special Service.) ... San Francisco. Nov. 28. The quarrel between the officers of- the Columbian bank and the directors has apparently been fixed up on account of its doing Injury to the bank's business. The gen eral public regard the whole thing as simply a fight to gain control of the positions In the bank. President I. J. Truman, formerly treasurer - of thia county, a man of high standing, and Vice-President Turpln, a hotel-keeper, have withdrawn their "suits to retain their places In the bank, but will go on the board of directors, while J. E. Swift and Allen Griffiths will succeed thorn. GROCER MISTAKES BOY FOR BURGLAR (Journal Special Service.) Chicago, , Nov. 28. John Wheel!, a- groceryman, mistook 14vy ear-old, George Reynolds, who was passing bis store early this morning, for a burglar and shot and killed him. The boy is a son of a police captain of tit Louis and was expected to start for borne today. covbt coimjtMS appoit:txt;t. - Journal ftywiiil. rl. Philadelphia. : Nov. 2.--i ! f r-- court of appeals thf wwnim .- the sppoiTStnx'nt of -.mr ,: , ,, as r"-Hvf-r of tfis Cuv-l. r.,i n . '."- iCoiitlaued on Jx.oJ ... i -i. ' - - .-V--. V r, si , -