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1 OOD EVENING. THE CIRCULATION OF THE JOURNAL YESTERDAY WAS m The Weatneri . Tonight, showers; Wednesday, probably fair; brisk to high west erly winds, diminishing tonight ( 4?. .vol. in. no. ii. PORTLAND, OREGON, , TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1904. PRICE FIVE ' CENTS, tfHERN PACIFIC : WILL GIVE FREE RELINQUISHMENT TO 01ES OF BONA FIDE OVERLAP SETTLERS IN WASHINGTON NOf H HOErlES ARE SAFE IV Northern: Pacific Will , Clear Title to Over lap Farms. GIVES LIBERAL TERMS Legal Department Prepares Circulars to Settlers None Who Settled Prior to 1893 Will Be Disturbed'. -Procedure Is Clear. Nearly 1,000 settlers upon the over lapping grants of the Northern Pacifio . In Clarke, Cowlits and Skamania coun ties, in the state of Washington, whose title to the lands they are occupying has been In litigation for a dozen years ' or more, are at last"' to be established in' the full and undisputed ownership . of their homes. ' C. E. Moulton, attorney for the land department of the Northern Pacifio rail way, with headquarters at Tacoma, who arrived In this city yesterday, is au thority for the statement that the com pany proposes to allow every bona-flde " settler, upon - thevoverlap' lands to. re ' tain tits holdings without any charge or Interference by the company,; not. ' Withstanding the fact that the North em Pacific was declared by the recent derision of the ' United States ftupreme court to be the legal 6ner of all the territory involved, , Settlers raced Xnin. , When the news of that decision was made public a month ago there was deep dismay -among the; settlers who saw ruin staring . them in the face. The stern decree of the highest Judicial tri bunal , In the land had stripped them of every vestige of . title to their farms, their orchards,, their hopflet&s and their homes, In many cuBes the product of half a lifetime of toil and industry. Many of the settlers had attained a considerable degree of competence, their lands being among the most productive in the state of Washington. The one dark shadow upon their prosperity was the uncertainty as to the legality ofthe title to the lands they were occupying, And about 12 years ago they began the suits which were expected to remove this cloud. ' Banded together in a protective as sociation, they carried on the expensive litigation, until at last the issues were :f. submitted to the supreme court of the Ignited States. The cause of 'the set tlers was ably presented, one -of ihelr attorneys being C 15. 8. Wood of this city. The contention made in their be half was that the railroad had forfeited ..it 11 claims to the lands In controversy, and this was supported by the rulings of the department of the interior. But the supreme court did not take this view,, and by a decision handed down a month ago it was held that the railroad was the absolute owner of all the odd-numbered sections within tHe overlapping grants.- and that the settlers had no title whatever. Eviction con ... fronted them ' unless the Northern Pa- clfic should see fit to waive its claims and under the terms of the Wilson act of 1898 accept lieu lands elsewhere In place of -those awarded to it by the su preme court's decree. Bailroad'a Broad Policy. Happily for the settlers, the railroad company has decided upon a policy of , broad liberality and lias decided that no ,-, bona-flde settler who acquired his hold ings prior to the passage of the Wilson ' act and still occupies them shall be dis turbed In his possession, but shall be at liberty to obtain full title from the government It will be necessary for t, him to follow the procedure required In every case where - government land is taken up, but beyond this there will be no obstacle to perfecting ftltle. , Mere speculators, who 'have acquired color of title, without actual occupancy of the land, and settlers who have en- : tered since" the Wilson act was passed, will receive less consideration, though - even with them the railroad proposes to deal generously. They will hate op portunity to buy. from the railroad at prices based upon a valuation of the land as unimproved and without reference it to any improvements that may have been placed upon it. Have JTothlng to rear. The policy of the Northern Pacific toward the settlers upon the overlap lands was discussed yesterday by Mr. ' Moulton as follows: ' "The bona-flde settlers upon the lands within the overlapping grants who are still living upon their lands have noth- 4 ing to fear from the railroad. All such, settlers will be left undisturbed and the railroad will' take lieu lands elsewhet as soon, as the matter can be arranged - with the 'land department. - The settlers will be enabled to perfect their titles under, the homestead. ; law, ', for ' the ; re linquishment of., the railroad's rights '; does not operate as a conveyance to the settlers, but merely clears the way for 'them to go ahead and make title. They niunt'ftle an election under the Wilson act and the government must act upon It. The government then invites,. the . railroad ' to relinquish its rights and take other lands elsewhere, and as soon (Continued on Page Three.) RUSSIAN CRUISER NOYIK IN A SINGLE-HANDED ' , From a photograph taken at -the moment CHIEF SETS FREE v HIGHWAY ROBBER L" , , , - 7 - - " t , V t H . ' 1 : r fr ' - By His Free and Easy System Hunt Releases a Negro Registered as "Robber" Mistaking , Him for Another Clashes with Detectives W. C. Goode, positively identified last night as the negro who snatched a purse containing $76 from Miss Jennie Hart man, was released from the city jail this -morning by. Chief of Police Hunt, Goode lined up with the men who were ordered released at the morning session of the chief's kangaroo court,' signed a receipt for the things taken from him when he was arrested last night by De tectives t)ay and Welner, and left. Goode, was released about 8:30 o'clock this morning, and quickly disappeared. Shortly after 8 o'clock Detective Day arrived at 'the station and began to tell the chief about the arrest of the purse snatcher, after he (Day) and .Detective Welner had wArked hrfrd on the case for two days.. The chief then Informed Day that the -negro had been released some time before. Upon the receipt of this startling bit of information Dny was for . a minute dumbfounded. Then followed one of the most brilliant displays of verbal spyro technics that has ever been heard -in the local police station. ' ' Detective and. Chief Tilt. "Why, that man was positively iden tified last 'night by Miss Hartman as the negro who took ' her purse!" said Day. ' s "The two girls were here this morn ing and said he was not, the man, and so I turned him loose," replied the chief. Then followed a rapid-fire exchange. Day dld not use his words sparingly; neither did the chief." . i s The chief then told the detective that two girls who .said that a purse had been snatched from one of them some time ago had seen Goode and had said that he was not the man who took their money. It was then learned .that the two girls who had given this informs-, tlon to the head of the police depart ment were Misses Bessie' and Ethel Abrahams, 1 who had reported that a purse had been, snatched from them ,10 days ago. The women who positively identified the negro- were' Miss Jennie Hartman and her sister.'' ' Miss Hart man's purse was snatched' out of her hand about 11:30 .last Saturday .night near the : corner of West Park and Stark streets while they werS on their way home accompanied by a, woman friend. The, Misses Hartman had - a good look at', the. negro at' the-time .the purse was snatched. ' "Beoord Says "Bobbery." ' On the police station record is writ ten the name of W. C. Goode, and the crime charged against him Is robbery. It la shown that he was arrested last night by Detectives Day and Welner, and that the complaining witness is Miss Hartman.i. 'The name of v Misa Abrahams does not appear on the rec ord at all, ,' Chief Hunt looked over the station record this morning, He talked with the girls who were waiting to see the negro. 8ild an officer: "If the chief had asked the names of the girls . who : were . waiting . this morning and who Informed him Goode was not the man who took their purse, he might have; easily found out. that they . were ' not , the persons who . had' mad the complaint against Goods. But this point he seems to have over looked." - - 1 When' the real news of the blunder made was told the chief, he grew veryttlme-honored phrase.' "I am very sorry much excited. He said jnany times that he was sorry , the man had been released by his orders. Detective' Day said vigorously that it was" a strange way of, running a. police station when a manv was released by the chief a or- i - . 1 . . ' " . . . . . . . ders without a consultation . with the officer making -the arrest. ... Detective Welner was as wroth as Day, t, ,.- Chief Hunt's Statement.' In a written statement Chief Hunt said. ' "If the officers had filled out one of the printed forms of reports that are furnished the ' officers for the purpose of Informing the chief about ' matters pertaining to" police work, the chief would have received it with other re ports the following morning, Then he would have known that the second party had ljrtl ntifled this man." , "InHhe first .place," ' said the. chief today, "Goode was arrested ' on the charge - of purse-snatching. I : knew there were parties to come to. identify hlra. .'At; 10 o'clock last night' when I left the station I was .Informed . that some women were coming down to .Iden tify him. 'Thls morning when I came to the, station Captain Bailey told me that there . were two ladles waiting to see the man arrested for purse-snatching. I brought Goode. out .and . let him sit down before them. They looked at him and then said that they were sure lie was not the man.: Then . I ordered him released, as I will not keep an innocent man -locked up a minute if I know he is not guilty ; of the crime wit'i which he is charged. No report was made to me about the man's being Identified last night, so I just supposed that the women this morning who said that he was not the man were the parties who . were to have come last night. ' "If an officer had simply, taken a few minutes' time to write out. a report so that I could have known about the Identification,. the man would never have been released. .' I have told the men time after tlme to , use the report blanks. "I am always careful about holding men who have been identified, but I will not hold them if they are not. No one regrets the release of Goode more keenly than I , do, but- the lack . of a written report was. the cause." Day's Sid of It. '"Write out a report,"' said Detective Day,-1 "great grief t Wasn't it plain as day on the station record that the man was arrested for a serious -crime and that the complaint was made by Miss Hartman? Why in the world could not the chief have waited until the arrest ing officer appeared-and he could have found out all about the eae7 - When a man spends two days hunting for a rob ber, catches him end has him identi fied as the man wanted, and then finds him released a few hours after the ar rest 1 has been made, makes an officer feel well, it makes him hot." "Why, what on earth is the matter," exclaimed Detective Welner, when the news of Goode's release was told to him. "He was the man we had been hunting for for soma time, and now ho nan been let drift away just when we had him solid. ,, Oh my, my!", . " Appeared to Testify. - . About, 11 o'clock this morning Miss Jennie Hartman and her sister appeared at the police station expecttngto be called as witnesses when Goods was arraigned . before Municipal Judge. Hogue. The' clhef broke the news to them and repeated the now that the mistake was made," to the ladles many times. ''I am sure that Goode' was the man who took my purse," said Miss Jennie . (Continued on Fags Three.), , " v . i ; '"; 5 & , ENGAGEMENT WITH THE JAPANESE SQUADRON of the cruiser's maneuvering for the delivery 6f her broadside at the attacking LAMORNA MAY. HAVE HAD MUTINY ABOARD . - . '. , . 4 ' ; 8pwUl ninpatcti to The' Journal.) : 4 San Francisco, March 29. A 4 distressing story is reported from ; Port Blakely;-' Waeh.', today by 4 Captain Walker of the German 4 ship Artemis; which Just arrived there. It is to the effect ' that he sighted the missing ship La- morna 120 miles-off Cape Flat- tery, and from all observance 4 he "believed that there was mut- -4 lny aboard. 1 - Captain Walker tells a graphjc story as follows: "Late lnthe afternoon of March 2 Iwas steer- ' lng northward and observed the La morna a short distance 'ahead steering badly, , but in the same ' course. 'Probably a mile and a half separated us and I called, 4 but the Lamorna refused to an- 4 swer my signal, . neither - would she display, any. . ' "She was sailing contrary to 4 4 her natural course, and as Ihe 4 gap between us grew greater I 4 observed men running about the 4 deck In a heedless manner. -. Two 4 were aloft, but were doing noth- 4 ing. V "I; asked several times for a fc4 reply to my .signals, but ( re- celved none. ' As we parted the Lamorna was steering so .badly that I now believe, that no one 4 was at the helm. The vessel 4 rode well before the easy sea then '' 4 running, and I knew, that no 4 damage had 'befallen her.' 4 "I .am under the. opinion .that 4 the ill-fated craft lies wrecked -4 somewhere on , the ..Vancouver . 4 4 Island coast," , 4 ' 4 IRR11 , (Special DUpatch to Ihe Journal.) 1' - Chicago, March 29. B. H.,Harrlman will - go i into the ,i courts to t fight - the plans of J.' J. Hill and J. P. Morgan for distributing-the stocks held by the Northern Securities company. '' ; According to private .advices received In Chicago 1 yesterday, Harrlman .has told . his , business associates :; that he positively will appeal to the courts and In case of t an adverse decision will carry the appeal - to the court of last resort for what he 'believes the right of the Union ' Pacifio ' stockholders to receive Northern Pacific stock in re turn for Northern Securities company stock held , by the Union Pacifio sys tem. . Hill Is apparently , as determined as ever . that thei e shall .; be a pro rata distribution of Great Northern r and Northern Pacific stock... .Within the past few days he has sent to St. Paul circular: letters and unsigned proxies which he desires to' use when the final test of voting strength Is made. His circulars, are said to make clear state ments of the holdings at the Northern Securities company, and give explana tions of the proposed basis of settle ment which he desires to effect. DXLXi V08TMASTZB WAMXOi WON'T QUIT '(WaKtilnxtno Bureau ot The Journal.) ' Washington,' March J9, Charles E. Boswell has been appointed postmaster at Deu. t. : ;","- i - SANTA FE . TAP. PORTLAND Vice-President Kenna in an Interview Says His Company Will -Have a : Complete System on the Pacific Coast , i (Special Slipatcb to The Journal.) . San Francisco, March 29. Vice President ' Kenna of the Snnta Fe and Ms party will leave this city tomorrow for Eureka, California, and inspect the Santa Fe properties there. While the Santa Fe officials will not acknowledge the ownership of the North Shore railroad, It is well-known that that company has control of the latter and that Mr. Kenna's trip means tha the wbrk of conecting Eureka with this city will rapidly advance. From inside sources comes the more Important news that " the ; law depart ments , will soon be at work in efforts brought by the Santa Fe to c'.ear a right ofc way , to points further North, with the ultimate object of reaching . Port land. - - - r When interviewed this morning Vice President Kenna said: "My company, is desirous -of having a complete system SARAFOFF DEFERS : BALKAN REVOLUTION (Journal Special Service.) , Sofia, March 29. Boris Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader, today stated that the Macedonian insurgents - had decided not to raise a, rebellion in-the spring. The delay is for the purpose of giving, the powers an opportunity to carry out the proposed reforms, ;. Sarafoff says ' this decision was reached. on the advice. of friends In the capitals of countries, interested in the Balkans all of whom have given assur ances, that, the powers are anxious to prevent further bloodshed and are earn estly endeavoring to see- that . the re forms promised are fulfilled to tha let ter. . . 1 GEN.; HORBECK IS DROWNED IN A CANAL ' (Journal Special HerTlee.) , Berlin, .March 29. Gen. Lettow Hor beck, the . well-known military writer, while riding on. the. towpnth near Olden burg . today, fell into the canal and was drowned. It Is supposed he suffered a stroke- of apoplexy which rendered him Incapable of either retaining his seat or swimming to safety after bis fall, WEISER CIGAR MAN HAS DISAPPEARED ' (Special DUpatch to The Journal.) --Weiser, Idaho, March 29. F. J. Brandt, a widely known Weiser cigar manufacturer, has disappeared. Ho came to Weiser four months ago from Grand Island, Neb., where he Is said to have a brother in the -cigar business. Brandt sold one-half interest. In his business last - week for f 400, and the stock has been Invoiced since at 1760. He paid all his bills before leaving. There is no known reason for his dis appearance. Brandt is a man about 25 years! of age. He told friends he was going to look up trade in surrounding towns,, but he has been gone some time and Inquiries fall to elicit any informa tion,' -",". , r'-v -'V: I Is OUTSIDE PORT ARTHUR. fleet. WILL on the coast and it will have , it. "This is all I am at liberty to say at present." A complete story of the growing Im portance of the Santa Fe to the Pa cific coast wfxuld fill large space when taking into consideration those , things contemplated. At present it operates an oriental line of steamers from San Diego, and -intends to extend the serv ice north to Portland, and . with its new railroad line tap the rich districts in western and southern Oregon; Officials of the Santa Fe have long considered Portland, the next port of Importance on thef Pacific - coast, San Francisco being first. . Particularly is this opinion given when the Columbia river-waterway is taken into account. What' water traffic extensions the company officials intend to make, when Portland is a terminus "of the road, can not be learned here, even 'by con jecture. BRYAN'S APPEAL IN WILL CASE. IS. HEARD (Journal Special SerTlce.) - New , Haven, Conn., March 89. The trial on the appeal of,. William Jennings Bryan, from the decision requiring the probate of a sealed letter designation of $50,000 of the estate of Bennett was begun. before i Judge Gager in the su perior court at 10 o'clock this morning. Beside Bryan sat Charles Towne, Henry Newton and Harrison Hewitt,' his coun sel, 't '', Mrs., Grace Bennett, the widow in the case, sat among a score of witnesses. There were many women spectators. The jury was readily selected when the clerk of. the probate court, Blake, produced the. will and sealed letters and identified them. Counsel for Mrs. Bennett objected to. the introduction of the sealed letter. A recess, was taken at 1 o'clock. , WILL SOON RESUME WORK ON POSTOFFICE (Waatilna-ton Bureau of The Journal.) Wnshlngion, March 29. Work on the Portland postofflce building will be re sumed in a month is the opinion of Su pervising Architect Taylor of the treas ury department, who suys the plans are completed. " ; The reason for the halt In building Is . that Judge Bellinger decided on a change of original plans which placed his court in the new addition. He de cided that the old section was better suited for all - purposes. This occa sioned new plans to be drawn and many alterations on the' upper floors of the building. The elevator shaft will take a slightly changed position, which will cut ff a small portion of the proposed registry department of the postofflce. Aside from this the alterations will be confined practically to the upper story. In order to begin work the new plans will have to be forwarded to Langford & Walker, the local contractors, who will be required to submit supplement ary bids, and these will be transmltt.d to Washington for '.approval and re turned, when work will be resumed. Mr. Taylor Is of the opinion that this will require about a month's lime, and that the building HI be r .-.;!' for oc cupancy. y Juai 19 vs. - ' , JAPS USE DYNAMITE Report in St. Petersburg, That Troop Tram Is Attacked. BLAST IS INEFFECTUAL Czar Orders His Private Wine Cellar Opened for the Benefit of Those Wounded at Port Arthur financial Stress. . (Journal Special Service.) . -a .- St Petersburg, March 29. A report is current here this afternoon that aa attempt has been made' by the Japanese to blow up a troop train, through tha use of .dynamite, near Tatariskya, in Siberia. The story as circulated Is to the effect that for a considerable distance th track had been undermined, but , that the explosion was rendered ineffectual by being premature. , The locomotive had - barely touched tha outer edge of the mined section when a deafening ex plosion occurred, hurling the - engine from the track and backward with such, violence that the entire train came to a standstill without serious wrecking." No official confirmation has yet been given. The czar has ordered that 100 bottles of choice wine from his private cellar shall 'be -sent to Port - Arthur hospitals; ' for the benefit of ;th wounded. - Today's papers comment at . length on the alleged recommendation of the director of martial customs to the Chi nese government that it create a Eu ropean trained a my by levying a uni versal land tax. The Novoe Vremya, says every - one - is very ' simple . if he thinks China would be able to create an army insid. of 80 or 30 months which, the war will last. The financial situation in many Bus elan cities is - becoming alarming and . the , rise in the price of food is causing; great distress. XTJSSIAV WAS 1COTXXXVT. Ranadroa Vow at Monta : of Amur - Troops Leave Hajrbln. ' ... , (Journal Special Service.) Rome, March 29. The Agensla Liberal, reports that a portion of the Vladivostok squadron has arrived at 1 Nlkolaiewsk, Siberia at the mouth of the Amur river. The Russian army corps has left Harbin' for Chang Chun. t One of the first acta of General Kouro patkin on his arrival at Mukden was to) seek an interview with General Ma, com manding the Chinese troops. General Ma refused to be interviewed , or to have any conference with the Rus sian" commander." The latter, disgusted and affronted by the obstinacy of uis Chinese general, finally retired with dfe lomatio nonchalance, but is said to have made a full and complete report of the 1 treatment accorded him to Alexlefl. mtu iiTiu nmnrzvT. Chinese Junk Briars JTews That XeadsJ "to Fredlction of Bpeedy Sag afsment. ,. (Journal Special Berri.) Wei Hal Wei, March 29. Evidently there Is a big naval battle imminent be tween the fleets of Japan and Russia. A Chinese Junk arrived here yesterday afternoon with information that she sighted in the morning 11 Russian sea worthy vessels maneuvering in the vi cinity and that the Japanese squadron was also maneuvering. Thus far no sounds of an engagement . have beenj heard here. . SEIT98 CO&OXXLS XOKX. Xoturopatkla Strips reathwm from Ta- rorites in Xls XeorgaBisatloa. 1 (Journal Special Servlee,)i . Berlin, March 2. Der Tag state that General Kouropatkln has sent back: to Russia from Harbin Colonels Tschlscl and Monajelt, declaring them Incom petent. ' A general shaking up and reorganisa tion of troops is said to be in progress since Kouropatkln' arrival and favorites are finding themselves compelled ta stand upon merit alone. WAST TO BOMOW. New York. March 29. Reports have been received here which say that an attempt is to be made to place a large Japanese loan in America. ' XXTOBT BTSSXAH SZrXAT. ,! London. March 29. Rufttthin Imperlnl fours declined a half today on Peoul re ports of a Rumtan defeat by Japanes between Anju and (.'hong Ju. TAMXZn tntiOT.StO, ' (Journal f.- l S. r! Oneida. N. Y.. M ir. i : . -county Demon's ' l" 1 i'i' dny and lins 1"' 4 t convention at A '',-, . 1 urinlmi)iii fi'l-'j -1 i '