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Good Mbrnlnc: " CIRCULATION OF THB ; ;C AOA a Ths Weather Partly cloudy, with showers; .cooler; north to east winds. 'JOURNAL YESTERDAY IJ.UOU r ' VOL. Ill; ' NO. 30. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY - MORNING, APRIL ,10, :Il9d4THREEVsECTIONS-3e PAGES, PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 1 RGGKEEELEER REAGHESf MI i , AX JA B I 1 11 CLUIGH ENTIRE .fflOTRWK V YSTE1 '3, Mr John D. Rockefeller IJIas His Grasp MttieV- Northern Pacific. V ORDERSAN "INSPECTION Confidential Expert Earling Traverses Route and, Returns Jo: Make ' ' Report Errand Kept . vr; " Secret; ;""V:-' IB mm HOW JEFF MYERS DEFEATED . u v'j-i 'i;;''K:,- 'r , i, ,""fr' !:,,,! .f--'. ri t S ."si" i t J Prince Khilkoff Just Re- . turned From Seat of War So Declares. WINTER IS THEIR ALLY ; i ( Washlncton Bureau of Th Journal.) ;'Vi-'-.;' Waihtarloh; Dt CT," AprU f.Th tHitta that iom,' mysterious Influence had prevented the Lewis and Clark . exposition fronv receiving at the hands of th In dustrial arts and exposition committee of the house of representatives the Tecommendatlon. of a more liberal sum- rlt can now fee stated on the best authority that Jefferson.: Myers Is the party 'who Is responsible for . , ' ' : ' A the cut In the amount carried In the Senate P11L Lake' Baikal ; Ice 1 Railway - Has Been the , Means ; of v Transporting ;;, .Thousands' of , Freight y: p- . Cars. When Mr. Myers came to' Washington some time ago, Just after the house' committee took up the Lewis and Clark project,, his discerning; mind at once saw that ths statesmen .who were devoting: thelf time and thought for the purpose of assisting in the' laudable task of making this' exposition a success, would -find that the tlme.'would "pass pleasanter. and smoother If some 'nice perfects were furnished. . ' -v . ; .He at once "ordered an ample supply otiMgood cigars." from a local manufacturer, and when these came packed In tinfoil and th box artistically decorated with' Lewis and Clark Illustrations, etc., was presented to the chalnnaofhe commlttee to pass around, even Harvey Bcott melted to the extent of patting Jeff ., on the back and murmuring something-w r . . : -But In ths natural course of things' these cigars had J-o bs lit, and when they were, all hope of ths Ors- gonians ' who ' had presented the -cigars ' with; such eclat vanished. Each of . thejnembers of. tha housaxom- mtttee who had" dipped' in the hoir thereafter -passed Editor PcotV Jeff Myers. 'M.'tX In th corridors ; with j stony stares. ' and when the time, cams or fixing- the' amount to. ts appropriated,' It was cut one- half. H 1 " 1 - Some members of the committee. evert hinted that aonw of the cigars contained as much as three to four Inches, of rope, while others, declared that, if the responsibility could bs fixed for the cigars, the guilty t'partles'should becompelled to smoke' them. -:' I .. :; '.',,'v'-:-;J ,' ; -' ';';'.';.. '.:., ;; (SmcUI Dlnateh te The- iorpL) - Seattle, April . JohoD. JtookefaUer may soon controls the Northern Pacific , railway. If Harrlmah wins his suit to compel the distribution of the Northern FacUlo and Great Nortnern stocK as was held plor to the formation of ths -! merger, .the' HlU-Harrlman-Gould alii anee will hold majority of xhe North , era Pacific stock and the big Gould sys tern wUT have, an outlet to the Pacific Itcoaat throush the northwest- To tnvee A titrate the condition of the Northera fa clfio Mr. Beckefeller seat President A. J. Karllng, Of the Chicago. Milwaukee A Bt Paul, tu ths CMist, though It was not known until now why he came nor why he made such a careful investigation I ' the road's propertWa -j i V Two weeks ago Mr. Earllr.g left the east,' and -he la In a poaitloa to talk ..." Northern Paclflo to Mr ; Rockefeller --from 8t-Paul-to-Tortlandrtae-tnvestK gated every-phase of 6 the commercial situation, the Oriental trade outlook, the nniiu r fufiiitiea at neatiie ana. ts uuMr-and - th j. equipment of. thp joii d He came ostensibly on a pleasure, inn and, traveling quietly, waa able to so. cure his lurormation mucn m more ra rin v. : Ho aaw nO newspaper men. and he talked only about the affairs of hie own road to the business men wnora he met Waats Xis Btoek Baok. - When the. merger was formed, Hill " and Morgan secured control of the two northern transcontinental lines through an exchange of stock with the Hani man interests, which owned Urge blocks of Northern Pacific. Mr. warnman now wants this ' Stock returned to the original holders, and this wUl. give him a controlling interest in w wofiuw? - Pselfte-.-'.;' r--T . (Continued on Page Three.) FULL" DRESS HOB AT A DOG FIGHT gpeeiai .xiispatoa oy mmb w Wire to The JToumaL) - 4 Buffalo; N. April t. With more than a hundred members of several of Buffalo's most exclus. ? ive clubs crowded about the pit- side, some In full dress, the most J . ferocious' dog " fight , ever wit- nessed In this section of country was pulled ' off In a , suburban hotel last n!gtitr';V ' k And whOe the two buus battled t J5.000 was Wagered In bets. on 4 the outcome, while, the stake be- . tweens the. owners ? amounted to $1,600. ' . The struggle Tor su-A premacy was between the famous .- Buffalo bull ;'Bob.' and an ag- s rronatve bull from Erie. Pa.. - , known last night as Klng Bud.!' - - Tha ef ares was a.hotel man .of 4 Buffalo. yy?:,:M t w : The f'two brutes : had " xougnt moi'e ; than I minntes. . when "Bob'; sot a- neckhold and after ; choking the Erie animal for two inlnUtes morftT'was declared the 7 winner. " v'5-Vv. A.;i'?-.r,i:4 The battlet"ls the direct out- 4 come Of several minor struggles between these, two dogs. Both have won a ..number of nghta.J4 backers of both dogs have had w several arguments and finally the fight was' arranged. ' The word . was paused about among a select . f e w.. Ntf adm lesion waa -char gdV4 the spectators all being men of v standing. ...It was nearly mid-." night when the. two dogs faced ..'each other. - :.'x " The news ofv the debSuching spectacle has created a stir In the city that, may result In dras- . tie measures to stopethls course-. . of so-called sports and, in Jus- tice to the sporting class itself It must be said, the better ele- ' : ment is prone to assist the ' of- fleers in ' the crusade. The higher class of sporting men, of( . the city have been opposed to these exhibitions for years, but have never before been in the van to take steps against them.- (Copyrighted Meant Mews Barvloe . Xeaasd. Wire to Ths JonraaH ! : Bt,?-, Petersburg, ; April A high official off the war - office . said tonight that persistent rum- . . ors had been 'received .that the Port Arthur squadron had ap-. ' tured several Japanese trans- ' ports. Ths steamers were loaded ' with troops and ammunltiva and 1 were bound for Chemulpo fit. Petersburg, April Prlnoe Khll- Ikoff, the minister .of war and communl- H ERMANN . ACCUSED OP Iiiiii0iiiiill 1 ,-, - . . , f v (gpecUl Dttpatch to Tbt Journal ' : ' ' Washington, D.k Ci April' f.-r-lf JU- torney General Knox acta upon the re commendation made la a recent j report of Inspector A. H- Oreeh to' Secretary Hi tchoock, Blnger Hermann may be In dicted for complicity In the-: timber la4 frauds now : under Investigation by the Hmmann's acts while United States 1 Inspector!1 Green: ;iCharies' Which ' Defeat Ccniidate. I- i r Files land, eommtssloner. have been the sub ject ; of several investigations and . ra- eatlona. hu niturnad to th cnltal rt-r '" " t-v.. , yr . :. i 1 wno caused .nermann's removal from in i lMAMt on of. h Rlharlan rallrna A I .. . ..... . . .. ' . an 1 Inspection of the. Siberian 2 railroad fend' dlreotlng ths, construction ; of . the that of floe, by the revelations made In a report to the secretary of the Interior Baikal line. The prince, thanks to his 1, iioiThaicdntenU.'-of .thatfeDort American experience,-, oeiievea' in seeing 1 have always 'been kept from' the public snd doing vthings- himself. ,He was but a government official who has-read granted an audience by, the csar and I the naiier la anthorltv for the statement personally reported the condition of the I that 4f Us charges' should become known; railroad.. The csar-Js thoroughly satl-1 Hermann would ia forced to, resign hif iie wiu ine - program . 01 me . aniicuii 1 seat in oongresa r i ? -v,.-- englneering task of constructing the rail. road around Lake' Baikal. . - The . prince on Monday begins his return Journey to Baikal. t He said todayi 5 "The railroad j around the lake Is s difficult undertaking. Nevertheless It Powerful Dollucal influence1 .was 'brought to bear upon. President: Rooie velt and Secretary Hitohoock" to Induce them to refrain from making this'? re port public, and through their reluctant assent Hermann was able to re-enter will be ready before the time fixed. The 1 public life as one Of Oregon's congress winter Is really a friend, because the I men.'. It Is. well known that the prest temporary railroad across the Ise, al-1 dent looked upon his candidacy for con- though not used to convey troops.-has enabled us to transport 2.100 freight cars, 10 passenger coaches -and CS loco motives, which' will be usea on the other side of ths . lake on the roaa to the front. - . Amerioan TOperteass. gress with extreme disfavor, and tt was this which was chiefly responsible ' for the manner In whloh Hermann was Ig nored by Speaker Cannon In his distri bution of committee appointments. .;, Hew- Beport on- Hermann. ' . But areen's lnvestigatlons did not end "vnve thousand horses are working on when Hermann was summarily removed the lake conveying troops and military 1 fromthe ' office of land - commissioner, stores. ; The railroad around the i lake j Another report was forwarded, by him has been completed as far as Kultulclto Secretary Hitchcock about six' weeks and'T am hopeful the- entire trao will ago. In which he makes new and-more be working by the end of July. lou I definite accusations against 'Hermann, know I receive much of my practical I charging him directly with -complicity knowledge if ilroading"tn-Argeiitipa. -fin the Umber frauds, and recommending drove an engine, between Kosarie ami 1 that he be Jnaictea nermann aim. nas Cordova for three yea vs. 'Afterward I Influence enough to keep this report ni-nt veara In the' united States llmb-lfrom' publio knowieoge,. oui.,xne fact lng-41s--ddefreiw-fmraa!s-ft been elevated to a science. . imenaea oy too inspociur ia now mown. "The Siberian road U sound, v The ie-1 oecreiary tuicncoc mnia o nave norte that a thaw Will cause trouble on laia ine imiwr miure m miwrnwy boh the fine Is unfounded. A small portion of the track may be relald, but this Js unavoidable because of the great length of the line. The road is well built. It wilt be of tremendous commercial as aistance to the country. which is Men in minerals and agriculture. . ' . American Capital. " . "American 'capital, which always Js eager to discover good' opportunities for Investments, Will, you will see, speedily take advantage- of this unique ouportu nlty. I am In po position to discuss the question of conditions with other Asiatic lines, as I am not a political, but a prae. tlcal engineer, j I have no opportunity to trespass 4 on , the domain of -politics. The temporary track over Lak9 Ualkil, which1 cost sr million roubles, alreatty has been removed. "When the thaw begins the lc -break-. ers will .smash the Ice preparatory , to steamship : traffic. Most of ths dlffl culttes of the lines have been over come. -It will be . plain sailing hence forth. "X am sure .American railroaders Will appreciate - the , Baikal line .when they see-, it although they are accus tomed to ' great engineering, feats.!! !- Troops In Oood Health. 'All the troops .the prince saw, he says, were In the best of health 'And spirits. At th - commencement ; of the war there was a lack of cars and lo comotives In" thenar east. This la "now supplied .In Russia the importance, of thoroughly protecting the line is appre-. elated. ' The prince considers It Impoa slble'fot the Japanese to cut the ilne anywhere.' ' Nearly all the" v peasants along the Siberian road . are working for the government at good wages. . The prince enjoyed a long conversa tion with his old friend. General Kouro- patkln, who Intends .to take no chances, Kouropatkln Is slow and deliberate, but sure.?-Heavy fighting will probably be gin after the middle of June, The prince5 , considers the war likely to be prolonged owing to the Japanese adop tion of the Boer tactics of. fighting and running away. : - , Regarding the reports that Russia era!, but as yet no action has been taken. I Whether Knox donslders ths charges un founded or the evidence Insufficient to convict, or whether Hermann's powerful political friends have again come to hie rescue and succeeded in strangling the proceedings again, hinds upcertaln, Recent reports from Oregon Indicate that Hermann will probably bs , renoml- nftted,vand Iti has beem said '.that he is so distasteful to the president that the contents of the Oreeh; report a mayTpos. siblybe made public, in order to prevent- Hermann's' return to congreea The recent Investigations In the Bent son and Hyde cases placed Hermann in a damaging light. In a number of Other cases where fraudulent entries ' were made and which are the basis of Indict ments now pending In Oregon, the re cord of the land -of flee afford strong evioence against Hermann.- in man v Instances patents were Issued with ex traordinary celerity upon clalma which have since proved to be fraudulent. In some cases within a fortnight after the claims were -filed, while : legitimate claimants are obliged., to wait from 10 months ..towo ceive v meir patents, . secretary Hitch cock Is said Ao have stated that these claims , could not have been railroaded through the land office without the knowledge and authority of Hermann himself. The Homestead claims which led to the Indictment of Marie Ware, Horace Mo- Klnley, 8. A. D. Puter and Emma I Watson were all of them rushed through the land office - with extraordinary speed. Hermann' was 'then land com missioner. Patents were Issued upon some of these claims II days after the claims' were filed,, as 'appears from the following extract from , the . indictment in me rater case: - v- 1 x,t , "Thilt final proof "of said ailegeij homestead . claims of Robert, Simpson. Robert r. ' Tuproan, Frank IL Heme, Samuel I Carson, William H. ,Watkins andJ ames JE. Warwick ..were each ap proved by said register and receiver and wuiiout the knowledge of said eon spiracy and Intent - to . - defraud Said United States, and each Of said '.. final proofs were forwarded to the office of rlciyAT II PRISON if Salem penitentiary the Oblective Point c For"; !l Two Dynamiters. r mm Los: Angeles ' Editor Con- r Besses to Having; 'FourWives.S: Af, PLOT-. FRUSTRATED Violent Guards Intercept Ex-Convicts Fonnd Within the Walls Carrying ; What appears to have been a:' most jlarlng aad sensational at- - i tempt to assist convicts lmprls-' ! roned In the-Salem penitentiary . to gain .their liberty has,, it- 4s i said, Aeen frustrated almost by , accident." Dynamite was ' to play : an important part in the escape,' i I Some" of the statements In the fore going dispatch are corroborated by the evidence thaf has been brought forward in cases . now pendina: fn the . United Steteelreult-oort-4hllatr4cf th. general. Jand office In Waahlnxton. D.-C. and each of which said proofs were, approvea on the 7Ui Bay of No vember. , 1901. and that tharaaftar. an the 20th day of November, 1901 patents Simpson. Kooert T. Tunman.. Frank H Heme,, Samuel I Carson., William H. watklrts and James E. Warwick by the United States, through Its "Droner offu Cera, for.the lands hereinbefore describ ed in the several homestead applications, affidavits and proofs of, the said al leged parties." ' . When the defendants In these cases demurred to the Indictments on the ground that they failed to show that fraud could have been committed by the methods alleged. Judge Belllnaer ren dered an opinion overruling the demur rer, in wnics be said: -. , - Bvideaoes of Trend. " - Tt Is Idle to say. from this Indict ment the conspiracy could not succeed, when the indictments shows that it did succeed and that the success was phe nomenal In view of the fact that, while it ..is.cpmmpn.Jinowiedg. that, usually many months and sometimes years elapse after the approval of final proos in the general land office at Washing tion before patent issues, these fraud ulent cases seem to have been railroaded through that office, since patents were issuea on tne lstn. day after ecA,ap ' ... v. ., - Meal Claimants Had to Walt. In another batch of cases, now al leged to be. fraudulent, where pa tenta tratlon of the land office,, it appears from the records that only three days elapsed between the filing of the claims and the Issuing of the patents. The statement Imputed to Secretary Hitchcock that these claims could not have been rail (Continued on Page Two.) , VIEW OF NIU CHWANG WATER FRONT, -.v.:.'- (From -Photograph.) t- " - i 8Wll Ptapatch' The tomo.) t Salem. Or., ApriJ t. Officers of ths State penitentiary here are' wrought up to a high state of excitement over what they believe to have been a dastardly attempt to dynamite the prison. , 1 .Ths plan kwas .frustrated, by the .4111 gence of the officials of the prison,, who had - been - notified - by Southern - Paciflo workmen to be on their guard, j- " As matters stand totilght" It is , said that - the prison authorities . have , two packages of No. 1 dynamite which were taken from two ex-convicts-who-yeeter day and . today were in the penitentiary grounda . ' . . . v.' , ;.v'i Employes of the Southern , Pacific Railway, company are building a bridge on the- spur that runs into the prison grounds, and yesterday they noticed two suspicious looking characters . making their way into the grounds by the rail road approach. -t-fev.-i. Each carried a package tied In brows paper under his coat When their busl ness was asked by the bridge foreman they hurried, from the viclnltj of . the prison.: ' f"-. v-'j';'?'-''''''";?' .The authorities were at once notified and.the guards were given strict orders 10 searcn any person or persons mil might, be Seea iwUhln the" wslls o the Institution.':.- ic.rts, v w .--.. Again Appeared. ;j, s v A few minutes before the noon hour today the sasse men were seen 'crossing the. bridge. - They - were at once held up by guards and searched. Each suspect carried a package under his vest. - These, it is said,-' were taken-by-the guards who at the time did not suspect that the contentsof - the - bundles' was a deadl y explosive. While the guards were In the act of examining the suspicious looking pack ages, the men slowly drew away, from them, and ; gaining . a safe - distance, quickly disappeared down ths railroad track. . 'In' speaking of the matter tonight a high official of the prison said that, the guards had no right to shoot when the suspects ran, as at that timi they did not know the contents of the packages and even If they had such knowledge, all they could do wss to hold the men. , The . same official said . from the description of the fellows, it-Is be- belleved they are ex-convlcta who. were released from the penitentiary less than a year ago, and that It is evident that their intention was to pass the explosive to some desoerate convict or nonvirta In the prison for use In a future' break.7'' . The. names, of the suspects will- not be given out by tne officials : of ; the prison, 'as they say that it may Interfere with the - capture of the men now so earnestly desired. " ... , j For this reason no further details of the affair Would be given at the nenl tentlary.., , . , fj , ADMITS36ENGAGEMENTS While" Awaiting ; Trial.' For.' tyfrzy - Naively, ExpIoitsHIs Different ; ; Affairs ' of i the Heart; . ' ; ; Gives; Mcthoi:.;iu:;.: tSsectal Dispatch by Leased Wire Tae Joorait) . Los Angeles. April a In s,. signed con fession given to the Examiner this after-" noon Hastings Thomas Jo'nes-Batemsn lays bare the life he has lived in Loot Angeles slno 180.' He declares that tn that .time he has ..been .engaged to . 80 yonng' women.1 He , also says he was forced Into marriages with Florence Bird of .test- North Griffin 'avenue and. with Katherlne Quinn of : 'Pasadeoal' He . charges Captain of Detectives Bradlsh. with having compelled him to marry Miss Blr-by drawing revolver and saying that unless the marriage took , place Bradlsh would klU him. r.M 1 ; ' v . ' j Captain Bradlsh made an emphatic de nial of this statement... ; 5 i Tonjght Batemap-U alleges' that.. Miss Qulnn's brother-forced that rmarrtage. Hs says that Dr. Archibald-M. L. Trew, rec- ' tor .of ..the Episcopal. Church of the Epiphany,' prevented him from marrying - several other girls. . Dr. Trew was acquainted tonight with Batsman's statement and refused to dis cuss it. - Bateman's' confession Includes his receipt for lovemaklng and his decla ration that" When he" married his two wive he Imagined .that .he was. . doing them a favor.' Following la the Confes- sionr i."--.'.v;; Si. ;f ; v'i :. ." By ,! Hasting Thomas Joaes-Bstemasw "In the past M years I have' been en gaged to ' more 'than SO", young women right here. In Los Angeles. I was erf gaged to four at one time. I am now In the county Jail awaiting trial upon the - charge of bigamy, preferred against ma by Mrs. Bateman No. 1, She was Kath-, erlne Quinn of Pasadena and she had me arrested after she heard : that Mrs. Bateman No. 1. who was Florence Bird of 2653 North Griffin avenue, was in ex istence, r 'r? -. ' .:.: ;n ' ":- ,:v t a : .. "Believing" that what-1 may : have to say about myself and the young women to whom I have been engaged,, wilt be of , service to young women as well as to young men. who may go a-weeing those young : women, I have consented to tell my whole story through the Examiner. Before I begin the recital of the . facts whloh' 1 am Inclined to -think place my ' career a- bit outside-of-1 he-usual, i -want . . (Continued on Page; Two.) . $50.00 FOR , .; THE asking : IOWA DELEGATES IN- . ' FAVOR OF HEARST ,1 v. (special vupsica bs yds Journal. , Council Bluffs, la., April t. In a con vention where fully three-fourths of the delegates were In favor of Instructing for William R. Hearst, the Fottawal tomie i county Democrats today sent 1 a delegation to the Iowa state conven tion evenly divided, ten of them being Hearst men, while the remainder were Reorganise," but refused to say for whom they stood. This result was brought about through the - desire of the party for harmony on local issues, the Democrats Just having captured, the county offices in an election last week. Using this as a lever, the "reorganis ers", succeeded In -securing.' one-half of the , delegates to the state convention and preventing a rousing indorsement of William R. Hearst for the nominee "' On Saturday evening next." be tween tha nniira nf L. tttiit 7 - a man Just a plain, ordinary sort of a man will go up or probably down Washington street, between -i nira ana eixtn. wun: or xne Journal's money on his clothes. The first person ; who asks: him -ths question, "Have you The Jour nal's HorwiU he hailed ' with the i reply;v Havo '-, you f today's Journair Right then and there the exchange will be made $50 for a copy of The Journal If Easy. Isn't itt, .Remember' you must hava ' a t copy of Tha : Journal to effect the, exchange. 4 Remember, the man who. Is. to : carry , the money will not be distinctive in any respect; neither will he bean employ of The Journal. t but he may, be your neighbor or assocl- Ate,)J'Remember,!:,also,i"i.that you must have a copy of Tha Journal -oritj.atcriAiiK.r7yw ' won't have the opportunity of being tho lucky Individual. If you need the money, be on hand, Saturday ' evening promptly at S o'clock ask every man you meet between the blocks named. and your prospects will be good. Don't think for a minute that you will be the only one who will tto the asking: a few only a few others will make the effort, snl there may be some fun. - Men, women end chlWren will participate in t!i gwt an.! it will be- fair to 8 i. Begin pracl? Ini m """e "J" .!. -you The Jon". la t : ' ..... (Continued on Page Three.) , of the party. . . ... j 1'