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THE OREGON , DAILY JOTJBJTAIi. PORTLAND, TUESDAY ETENING, 31 ARCH 8. 1904. MRS. WELDON HOLDS "SnppoM yon don't enter this eaotMt. and when you see pnbllahed the wlnnar namber dls eover that your somber was erea Bearer the light one, bow would you feel J" , $1.50; Sewing-Tables for Only 8 MEET IN SOUTH TO HER STATEMENT SPECIAL PRICES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY AT MAST 701TB DEAD AND VASTY RUSHING TRAINS 5c Iii Face of District :. nial Declares That ; to. Call at - Notwithstanding; the denial of District Attorney Manning. Mrs. " Lydia Marks , Weldon, from whose millinery store at 313 Third street Robert Xucas stole a hat early last November.-reiterated to day her statement made to The Journal yesterday, that a man representing- nun , self to be from Manning's ofilce not only railed on her at her home, 674 East ' Sixteenth street, hot left a slip of paper on which w written request for her to appear-that day at ilannlng'e of- Itci .Lum was released from a year's term in tJt vxsr.lv Jail upon represen tation fey the district attorney's office that lis wvarrsiisg witnesses were out ef t& iiy. " -l Sek 'vbrn the man rang the . beit a " I at first thought him an . scefct. - ) waft r down stairs," said ilr. tKMa. !t waa either Monday ";fc .we .f wr two week ago, . that he ?;a,i , H raag the bell very peratsteht ln aw ai5y I came... down. Aa I rearmed the front door I saw a "Hp Of paper uoder ft, which I picked up and react It said; 'Come to Manning's of fice In the Chamber of. Commerce build ing Monday. V;. "'- "As 'I opened the door to admit the man he had turned to go, Upon ad dressing me he said he was from Dis- trlct Attorney Manning's office and asked If there was any show to get Lucas out of . the county Jail. I. replied that J thought Lucas was where he belonged, and desired to see him remain there. The man then went.away. "The man was between 25 and SO years of age was smooth shaven, about - feet 10 Inches tall, of dark complexion, had brown eyes and was attired In dark clothes. Karnes la the Directory. "When he left he gave me no Intima tion that Lucas was to be turned loose and I was therefore, very much aur- prised when I read In The Journal of that fact and more so to see that Man ning said the witnesses could not be found, as he must have known they were In the city. Our names are all In the city directory, and mine appears In the telephone book also. "The morning after the release I called up Mr. Manning and expressed surprise and regret over the. matter. Manning replied that he was sorry, but it was too late to do anything.. "When I took him to task for stating !n the paper that the witnesses were not here, he Bald ha was very sorry, but ' there was nothing that could be done; that Lucas was released, and that set tled it "I will say that had the proper ' methods been used, and had I been no tified and asked about the matter; and had It been a case where a young man was serving his first term and had never been ' In trouble before, t would have given mjr consent to his release,' But I knew -that Lucas had served time In .1 penitentiary: that ha had been In vari ous scrapes here and I wanted to see him prosecuted:.' He should have served uui ma nine, i , .. '. : ." " The Court's View. . " ' ' "I never heard of a case before where ' a prisoner was released and apparent facts developed as In this case," said , John B. Cleland, presiding Judge of the . state circuit court "The district at . torney appeared and moved the dls , charge of the prisoner, and the court had no other alternative than to dls . charge him. Of course,-the court could not know of the presenoe of witnesses, and In all such eases the word of the ; district attorney Is taken. If. the wit nesses were In the city, as stated In The Journal last night it la clearly the bus iness of the district attorney to know it before a case Is dismissed." "The case against Lucas was so strong and his record so black that I ; favored the filing of a felony charge against . him," . said Municipal Judge Kogue. "But he had been put In Jeop ardy before I was aware of the facts in the case,- and then - the - misdemeanor ' charge could not be changed to a felony .Information. The facts were so strong that I had no hesitancy in giving the defendant the limit inasmuch aa he bad escaped the felony charge." Robert Lucas is a Portland boy .and was a member of the Goose Hollow ' gang. "Chick" Houghton was Its leader , for a long time and several of its mem . bers have been Imprisoned for various . crimes. Lucas hlmselv served a term In vthe Idaho penitentiary together with Fred Love, another Portland resident ' for robbery. He also served in the Vancouver county Jail for vagrancy and for carrying concealed weapons. Lucas was seen in the north end last bight by Detective Lou Hart man. Herman Schneider, chief office clerk for Sheriff Storey, said: "This office Always Remember- tbs Foil I IExauve fry-Qiao fyor CnrcS Cold b One Day, Ck-tpta 2 Worth Consideration OUR WEEKLY and MONTHLY PAYMENT SYSTEM WHICH ENABLES ANT ONE TO SECURE ARTICLES BOTH . VALUABLE AND USEFUL WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE OUT LAY OR PAYING ANY MORE THAN THOSE PAYING CASH, AND AT LESS THAN AT AJY JEWELER IN THE CITY. M h ' '"X:,.. J FACTS (t y L , , , , I WE ARE TALKING FACTS AND KNOW THE VALUE PF WHAT WE SAY. WE WANT YOU TO REALIZE THE TRUTH ' OF OUR STATEMENTS, AND THE ADVANTAGE OF COM ING TO US FOR ' Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry The Portland DAN MARX, Prop. Attorney Manning's De- She Received. -Word. His Office.- ; . , A J 'f ROBERT LUCAS. has troubles enough of its own. We are willing to stand for any .errors we make- ourselves, but we are 'not going to try to carry the district attorney on our shoulders. In the case of this fel low, Bob Lucas, not a single original subpoena has ever been placed in the hands of anybody In the sheriff's office. I have taken the trouble to ask each of the boys personally, though it was unnecessary, as I handle every subpoena that comes into the office, no matter who serves it Nor is it true that any deputy irom tne aneritrs otnce ever torn dis trict Attorney Manning the two women wanted aa witnesses could not be found. It would be absurd for any deputy to make sach a report when he bad never tried tot serve a subpoena." ' "I caused the release of Robert Lucas because I thought he had been punished enough, and because I knew the wit nesses against him were unwilling to proseoute," said District Attorney John M. Manning relative to the release. "There were no. subpoenas issued for the witnesses, and no effort was made by this office to locate them, because of the fact that the woman did not want to prosecute." -, This bears out the statement of Chief Deputy Office Clerk Herman Schnieder of the sheriff's office, who declares that Manning never caused any action to be taken through the sheriff's office. i "When the case first came up in the municipal court my deputy, Mr. Adams, had to threaten to hold the witnesses in Jail before they would agree to prose. cute Lucas, and all through the, trial they were, unwilling. And since the' re. lease one of them telephoned to me that she did not want to prosecute, but said she wanted to see Lucas serve out his ..term Of one year in the county Jail. "To my knowledge, persistent efforts were made to locate the witnesses in the case. Within the last 10 days ef forts were made, but they could not be found," said Deputy District Attorney Adams. 'They must have been out of the way somewhere, for the party who went to find them failed." t Deputy Adams explained that when the appeal was taken, and the witnesses could not be located, the only step to take was to xeleaaslhe prisoner. ENTIRE FAMILY CHOOSES DEATH . .(Journal Special Service.)- ,: , Berlin, March 8. Lieutenant Beseke, retired, with his wife, daughter, and two sons, all living in a fashionable villa in Wllhelmstrasse, was found dead from poison today. The .unsatisfactory state of family affairs is believed to have driven the family to suicide. NEW COMPLICATIONS IN THE FAR EAST (Journal Special Service.) Berlin. March 8. The Morgenpost reports that Albanian rebels have anni hilated a Turkish battalion of 600 men at Dlaakovo, Central Albania . . entvery Ikxc 25c Loan Office . 74 Third Street , I"? - A una jj rrtf r SZBIOtrS&T XBTJTTJUI9 AS XESTT&T Or COUJSXOBT BITWISE EX- JTBE8S AJTD MEIOHT ITXAX BZSM Z2TQSAK. ... 1 LU-iiLL (Journal Special 8rTie,) ' Birmingham, v Ala., March S. -The southbound Limited express on the Queen & Crescent road from Cincinnati running at 60 miles an hour collided head-on at t o'clock this morning with a northbound Southern railway freight on the Joint track of the two roads near Kewakee, Miss. The known dead are Engineer Lark in and Fireman Bank of the Limited and mail clerks Rlggs and Nicholson. The Missing are baggage master Hinds, mail weigher, name un known. . The fatally injured are Engi neer Casey and the fireman of . the freight. Express messenger Hinds is badly hurt The mall, the baggage and the coach and the entire freight train were burned. The mail clerks' were cremated. The officials assert that no passengers were killed.1 A big force of surgeons is on the scene. , SPARRING FOR TIME ContInued from Page One.) until 9 o'clock every evening this week. Next Monday will be the last . day for registering before the primaries, and at 6 o'clock that afternoon tthe Iwoks will close for voters llvlrig in the city and wtu not reopen until after the primaries are over. There will be no Interruption in the registering ' of voters from the country precincts, but as it Is not nec essary for them -to register before the primaries the county clerk Is desirous that they should postpone registering until after the primaries are over. .By so doing they will lessen the work of the office and at the same time will avoid the delay Incident to registering now. After the primaries are over vot ers will still have two months In which to enroll their names for the purpose or voting at "the June election, for registration does not finally close until Mar. IB. Matthews at Headquarters. Ever since the campaign begani the Mitchell Republicans have been earn estly striving to combat the general be lief that Jack Matthews, the ex-boss. Is one of the directing spirits in the councils of that faction. His political methods have brought him into such disrepute that it was essential to the success of the Mitchell cause to keep him absolutely in the background. In a published address. to the voters. Judge Carey goes so far as to say that "the many hundred Republicans who have visited the Republican headquarters at 220 Sherlock building during the cam paign are able to testify that Mr. Mat thews has never been present there, and that he has taken no part In the contest now before our people." The Mitchell headquarters in the Sherlock building consist of two rooms, an outer office, which i room 220, and an inner office occupied by Judge Carey, which is room 2J1. jWhlle Jack Mat thews may hot have visited room 220, he has visited room 221, as those who have seen him there "are able to tes tify,; :, . . . , , POLYGAMY THE RULE (Continued from Page One.) service. The witness said he lived with both wives who had separate homes in Richmond, Utah. At the time of the second marriage his home was with his mother, bis father was on- "under ground," that is. In hiding because of persecutions going on for polygamy. So far as he knew his father did not know he had a wife already -when he was married by him to the woman he calls his legal wife. His father had six wives, he had 20 brother and 17 slaters. He did not know how many nephews and nieces he had, probably 100. Three of his brothers had married plural wives, two sisters had married into polygamous familiea His father lives with bis first wife and comes to the home of his mother once a month. "Father Is a, very busy man," -he added. Charles Merrill, son of an apostle, testified he was the son of his father's third plural wife and himself a polyga mlst He was first married in 1887, .to V. wife who died in 188. In 1891 he married Chloe Hendricks by whom he had five children. In 1888 he married Anna Stoddard by whom he had four children and was living with her when he married Chloe Hendricks, whom he called his legal wife. Merrill said he now .has two wives and is cohabiting with both. He denied that the woman he married in 1888 is his legal wife, explaining that when he married in 1888 he had a wife living and that he under stood that under the laws that mar riage is now legal. Therefore his mar riage in 1891 after the death of his first wife In 1889 made the last marriage legal. ' APPROPRIATIONS GROW IN SIZE (Journal Special Serrlea.) Washington, March 8. Senator Per kins from the committee on appropria tions reported today the fortifications bill. The total amount appropriated 14 87.637)192, an increase of $500,000 over the house bill. In the house Gilbert, Democrat Ky., amid, applause withdrew the charge made by him in a recent speech that General Davis, recently nominated to the Isthmian commission, sold rice to the natives of the Philippines to his own profit ' DE YOUNG'S NEPHEW KILLS HIMSELF . (Journal Special SerTlce.) Ban .. Francisco, March 8. Pierre Jacobs, nephew of M. H. De Young, pro prietor of the Chronicle, committed sui cide last night by inhaling Illuminating gas. . . ' ' . He was despondent over financial trou bles. TOM AKZOABLB BETTT.BM1! JTT. . The riggers' - and liners' union will hold a special meeting tonight and mem bers of the organisation believe that a settlement of th difficulty on the French bark Armen wMl be satisfactorily ad justed. .,';-,, .'.i-i.V. AvOUAKA, STEED CTJBB TOM FILES. Itrblng, Blind, Bleeding of Protrudlnc Pile. Tonr drulat will refund money If PaZO OINT KENT falla to tufa rixijnt to 1 day. f0c ; Coos river Is now coming up. Coast Mall. Also going - down. ' v - j . The End Is Near; The Free Piano Contest Closes March 15th Everybody Enter I Every piano has a number, the same as every watch baa Your old organ or piano has a number, if it's an organ you will find the num-, ber in or on its back. If It is a, square piano lift the whole lid and hunt around and under the strings, and the number will readily be found. Put the number- and name of your old instrument on a card and mall or bring it to our store. In our east window we have placed a new XIITOSBVBT upright piano. We have pasted a slit? of "paper : over Its number. On March 15 we will remove the slip and the owner of the old piano or organ bearing ! the number nearest to that of the , new upright can trade the told one for the brand-new one Without one dollar of additional cost, no matter ! how old or dilapidated the instru ment turned in may b. - Should : the winning number be entered by more than one contestant the first one entering the contest will ba de- ' clared the winner. It costs noth ing to- enter, so look up the num ber of your old piano or organ and bring or send It in. . JUleo i! dilberf-Pdoiaher (o. . Oldest," largest, Strongest. COR. SIXTH AND MORRISON STS. Opposite Vostofflea, ' FOR MISSING WIFE BATAZXiO KirrtLIO SAYB SB WTU. om $so ro zmroxjcATiosT as TO TXB WSBBBABOTTTS OT BXTBT AWAT SPOUSB ABO BCAJT MS TXHTX8 WSST WITSC XCEBV Rafaelo Mantello today offered a re ward of 160 for information that may lead to the discovery of the whereabout of his wife, Rosina, and Frank Patestlo, with whom he believes she has eloped, Mrs. Mantello and a boarder fled from her, home yesterday, as published In The Journal, leaving her lS-months'-old baby. At the same, time Frank Patestlo who, with his nephew Joseph, has been boarding with the Mantellos, at . 187 Lincoln street, also vanished, together with I486 of Mantello's savings. Joseph Patestlo, the younger man who left the Mantello home at the same time with his uncle, was seen yesterday after noon by Joseph Morale, who is in search of the runaway wife. Patestlo denied that be knew where his uncle and Mrs. Mantello were. . He refused to tell where he himself Is staying. He has not been seen since. "I believe that Frank Patestlo and Mrs. Mantello are still in the city," said Joseph Morak today. "I have taken the precaution, however, . to telegraph ; de scriptions of both all over the state, and expect to have no 'trouble In locating them. There la no one to care for Man tello' baby, and we shall probably send it to the Pattpn home." BETTER SERVICE , FOR JACKSONVILLE (Washington Boreas of The Journal.) ' Washington, March 8. On the recom mendation of Senator Mitchell the post office department has ordered the estab lishment at an early date of a star route service between Med ford and Jackson ville, in addition to the railroad serv ice - The new service will Insure the delivery of mall from night trains Into Jacksonville by 8 a. m., aa advance of four hours over the present arrange ment MUCH ACTIVITY IN ROSEBURG POLITICS (Joarsal Special Service.) " Roseburg, Or., March 8. The Demo cratic i county central oommittee met here today. It was decided to have the county convention meet April 16,' and the .primaries one week earlier. The Re publican county - central committee meets March 12. Diamond Rings If you want to' see a beautiful line, this Is the 'store to make your Mecca . On stock pf these gems is not surpassed toy any la the city. The price needn't bother you, , REWARD OFFERED This little table is 18 inches wide and 37 inches long, is made measure and is nicely finished. A regular $1.50 table, EVERY " Roll Top Desks, reduced prices, the lowest in the city, the best of cabinet work; best polished finish. Do not fail to see them: 1 ' From, $20 to $80 ' :rj y. 7t a lJUJk. MlUia $50.00 REWARD For information leading to the arreat of Rtaina Kantello and Tnna Fotoatio, who lopnd together from tha former's bonm in Portlaod, Bnnday eTenlDS. March 'fl. 1004. Addrttm. foaeph Horak, 884 Firat Street, Portland, Or. METES OUT SIFT (Journal Special Serrlce.) . Springfield. Ohio, March 8. A mob of 1,000 cltisena took the negro Richard Dixon, who killed Officer Collins Sunday, from the jail here last night and shot him In the Jail yard. Later the body was hung on a telegraph pole and rid dled with bullets, the mob using the body as a target for half an hour or. J more.. ' ..'.; . Officer Collins was killed by Dixon at the latter's room. The negro fired at Anna Corbln, a woman he had been in trouble with before, and when the officer endeavored to arrest him the negro fa ally wounded him, i ;, . The mob gathered through the. af ternoon and the general opinion ex pressed on the street was that the negro would escape with a light sentence, as he had before. ' The crowd Increased through fhe evening and by 11 o'clock was ready for blood. A rush was made on the 'jajl by 1,000 men and boys and the authori ties, who had begun to believe that no . sa-sssa. " ' ' x- ..... - '.-:' I IB JUSTICE Most . well-dressed men now-a-days wear ready-made clothe'-the "New Kind." 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