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DON T MISS THE SECOND FREE MUSIC LESSON IN NEXT SUNDAY'S POPULAR JO1 y OOD EVENING. THE CIRCULATION OF THE JOURNAL YESTERDAY WAS 16.920 VJT - Tonight and Saturday, rain; southeasterly winds. ' i PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1904 SIXTEEN PAGES. VOL. III. NO. 887. PRICE FIVE CENTS. . " ' . . .' . . . BJF. ; i . . ,- : i . , . (L HERMANN'S ATTEMPT TO SHIFT THE BLAME FOR LAND ' FRAUDS BRINGS COMMISSIONER RICHARDS TO PORTLAND ' FARMS ON PRECIPICES Rocks, Snow Covered in June. Taken as "Ag ricultural Land." FLAGRANT FRAUD IN FILING IS CONFIRMED R. G." Pierce Corroborates Evi dence Given at to Nature of Staking Made by Mrs. Porter. Surely and mercilessly the govern ment le piling up the evidence of tho fraudulent character of the homestead entries by which the defendants In the land fraud case are accused of conspir ing to acquire public lands Illegally. The testimony' given yesterday by A W. Barber In the federal court was relri forced and corroborated today by the evidence of Robert O. Pierce, another fc. n.rtv that scaled the rocky precipices and waded through the midsummer snows where pretended set tlers hast declared under oath that their homes war located. Township 11-7 Is familiar ground to Robert C. Pierce, ror 10 years ne was an actual resident of the township-, and he had traversed almost every por tion of It that was accessible to man. He knew the names of every actual settler In the township and from the witness stand he gave their nana. It was because of his thorough knowledge of the township and his long experi ence as a woodsman and a mountaineer, that he wss selected to accompany Mr. Barber upon the Investigating trip made laat June. Momesteads for Goats. Pierce Is an old man, hard of hear ing and of quiet speech, but his simple narrative of the exploration of the gov ernment party was followed by Jury, by counsel and by defendants with clos est attention. In svery particular he corroborated the evidence given yes terday by Barber. Not a sign of habi tation was found upon any of the claims describe by the pretended Bat tlers as their homes. Instead of osav lns. barns, cultivated fields, fruit orch ards and graslng land stocked with cat tle, the witness and his companions found only craggy mountain sides, often Impassable for anything but a mountain goat, barren wastes of rooky slides, virgin forest and snow that even in the middle of June lay In drifts four or five feet deep. The photographs offered yesterday by the prosecution and Identified by Bar ber were again Identified by Pierce. -t" v. ni.lm, of K m m Porter whom the prosecution purposes to show was really Emma Watson, on of the de fendants; of Frank H. Walgamot, an other defendant, and of Maud Witt, wars examined by the witness with especial care. Even the warmth of June sun shine had not sufficed to melt the snow which overspread them, and whan the arty awoke after camping for a night upon one of these claims, thsy found their bedding covered with half an Inch of snow, that had fallen while they slept, The cross-examination of a. W. Bar ber occupied a few minutes at the open ing of today'a session, before Pierce waa placed on the stand. Mr. Barber stated in answer to questions by Judge Pipes that the examination of the claims Involved In this case occupied altogether six days, Including the tuna spent In reaching the claims and In pho tographing them. He visited altogether IS different quarter sections. "How many acre would that BeT" asked Judge Pipes. "There would be 8.200 acres In the IS claims," replied the witness. "Were there no improvements In .the township'.'" Ten. there had been settlements In (Continued on Page Two.) SIBERIAN PEASANTS KILL 1,000 NATIVES (Jeeraal Special Servtot.t t Petersburg. Nov. II An uprising Is reported from the province of Altai, In Siberia, which resulted In a pitched battle between peasaata and natives of the Kalmuck tribe In which nearly 1,000 of the latter were killed. The report says the tribesmen went en a freitsled religious chase to whleh they wars stirred by their high priest The authorities feared a wholesale roas aaere as the Kalmucks are one of the moat intractable of the Siberian trlbee tars were sent tag tnoesmen to i their fanatical war dances, bat the were disregarded and seat with IBS WA. RICHARDS, commissioner of the general land office, is to be placed on the witness stand in the land fraud cases for the purpose of refuting the testimony given by Binger Hermann and Of 'showing that Hermann was directly and per sonally responsible for the issuing of patents to Pater and hie confederates. Commissioner Richards left Washington last evening for Portland, bringing with him documentary evidence that Binger Hermann, while commissioner of the gen eral land office, personally paaaed the. fraudulent entries to patent. The commissioner comes In response to a telegram from Assistant United States Attorney-General Heney to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock stating that Her ataxia I mm- asxsessi Wjfl II' 'sSTbskwHb' BBBiMy .sal S . jSJwsx w esSTwSSWMnf SBa.b.. """SSk XeXBBBflfilp Adolph Weber, Accused of the Murder of His Father, Mother, Brother and Sister at Auburn, Cal. He is Only so Years Old. FRESH MYSTERY IN WEBER CASE (Jeersal Special Service.) Auburn, Nov. St. New evidence of the greatest Importance, which the authorities say will prove that Adolph Weber killed hia entire family, waa dlacovered laat night by Sheriff Keena. The evidence Is so Important that the officers here refuse to even hint at the nature Dr. J. F. White, an Auburn chemist was called from hla bed at 3 o'clock this morning. He left Immedi ately for the sheriffs office He waa gone about an hour. It is stated that evidence of the greatest Importance has been dlacovered. The officers decline to give out sny Information as to what the evidence first sign of sn outbreak was followed by a general attack on the part of the peasants, who killed, according to re port 1,000 of the tribesmen before the battle ended and with but small loea to their own numbers. The government has ordered an In vestigation, but this will doubtless end In nothing additional, aa the known char acter of the natives was such that the sympathy of the people In general has been diverted against them. The tribes men in thst district have for years been troublesome and murderous, but the gov. eminent policy of., preventing peasants from owning or having In their pos session weapons of sny kind has hither to prevented the latter from protecting W. A. RICHARDS TO ANSWER HERMANN ON WITNESS brought to light Is, but It Is believed that more of the blood-ataaned clothing which was presumably worn by younx Adolph Weber on the night of tho murder has been dlacovered and is be ing subjected to analysis. The fragments of his trousers which he rolled up and threw through the window Into the burning Weber house on the night of tho crime, furnished some fragments of evidence, but were so badly burned that the state's ease would be greatly fortified in the finding of other and more Irrefutable evidence of a similar character. Toung Weber retain, his Impertur able, cynical and eareleea attitude He doea not essoelate with other prisoners In the Jail, holding himself aloof aa a superior. He glarea at any of them who make audible comments regarding him, and so far has declined to even answer questions entirely foreign to the ease which have been addressed him by his cell mate It seems Impossible to in any wise find him off his customary guard of coolness. Public expectation Is st the highest pitch owing to the latest discoveries. DELIRIOUS MAN DROPS DEAD WHEN ACCOSTED (Jeeraal Special Ssrrlee.), Chicago, Nov. II. Sydney Olesson. who had been 111 the paat four months, while delirious earry this morning, evaded hla brother, who waa watching at his bedside, end made bis way to the street clothed only la his underwear. While walking up Third street the sick man was hailed tap James Hogart who took him for a somnambulist. Oleason started, aa though hit e h'sv mann, while on the witness stand Wednesday afternoon, testified that Richer, waa responsible for die favorable action of the department concerning the fraudulent titles involved in the present suit. Francis J. Heney stated last night that he was greatly surprised when Hermann went back on what he had told him a short time previous to taking the stand. He said that on Wednesday morning Hermann had gone over the letters and other evidence relating to Senator Mitchells introduction of Puter and request for the ex pediting of the fraudulent claims, and that the ex -commissioner had then told Heney that he recollected all the circumstances of the transaction, and had personally directed the issuance of patents. "He read that press copy of the letter I banded him YOUTH PARALYZED BY BRUTAL HAZING Studsnt of Mark Hopkins In stitute of Art Is the Victim. NEARLY ELECTROCUTED BY UPPER CLASS MEN Losss Uss of His Body from His Hips Down as Result of Cruel Treatment. Ban Franc lr co. Nov. 26. Almost totally paralysed from his hlpe down, Albert T. de Kome, a student fn the school of design' gt the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art now drags his feet along the ground and supports his body with a carte aa the result or a brutal hailng which he Underwent Friday noon at the hands of a'half score of upper Clans men. ine nasina wm urm in musty, vile smelling attic at 011 Clay street. De Rome refused to do some prescribed stunts snd waa finally beaten on the back with a strap. He was then stripped and bound naked to a chair with a metal seat. In imitation of the electro cution Instruments at Sing Blng. Hla body was fly papered and painted and queer masks were put upon him. The laugh rang loud and free. Then an electric current was turned on the chair. The sheck caused De Rome to writhe The laugh rang louder and freer. But the electric shock came near killing Albert de Rome. As the victim's legs quivered and he kicked and worked convulsively shrieks of merriment broke from his Inquisitors. The current was repeatedly turned on and off to see him Jump. Finally, after his long torture de Rome was released. It waa then found that his legs were nearly useless. After the drat two shocks de Rome ceased to feel pain In hla legs, although they worked under the deadly current with an automatic movement such aa Is seen in the limbs of a dead frog when touched by two poles of an electric battery. The doctors say it la a peculiar case of paralysis, and his oomplete recovery la doubtful. RUSSIAN COMBINE TO FIGHT STANDARD OIL (Jeeraal Special Servlee.) St. Petersburg, Nov. tl. Russian pe troleum companies which control to per cent of the petroleum exported via Datcum have formed a new trust In op position to the Standard Oil promotere The new organisation urges the Russian government to support the combination, whleh. with the Austrian, Roumanian and German compaalee will fight the American combine (Jaornal Special Servlee.) Birmingham, Ala., Nov. II. Prank Duncan, the notorious aaf a robber, who took the lives of several officers, wee hanged in the Jail yard today. SIXTEEN PERSONS HURT IN RAILWAY COLLISION e (Joarsal Special Servlee.) e 0 Cleveland. u Nov. II. The fast e Pennsylvania railway train, east- e bound, struck sn Akron. Bedford a e Cleveland trolley car at 8:20 e o'clock this morning near this city, d. Injuring II passengers, of whom e three will probably die The fa- O tally injured ars: Arthur Brtggs d of Akron snd William Phrone snd O 0 Oustavus Richards of Cleveland. e e Nine others of thoee injured were e O brought here on a special train and e e placed in a hospital. , e The trolley oar left this elty but a d a short time before the accident o e end was heavily loaded. The e e brakes failed to work as the car e approached a creasing end the O a "flyer" wss down upon It before O e It could clear the track, striking a O the rear end with terrific force O e and hurling the broken car and a e portion or the passengers far out I e ahead. e e The first reports received here e were to the effort that seversl per- -e S sons had been killed outright e not two hours before taking the stand," aaid Mr. Heney, "and positively' identified all the circumstances con nected with its contents.'' This is the letter that Mr. Heney withdrew after of fering it In evidence. It is the same epistle that aroused considerable discussion during the progress of Her mann's examination, and was referred to by Judge Pipes as a "trap" to catch the ex-land commissioner, which imputation Attorney Heney indignantly denied. With the coming of Richards some sensations de velopments are expected, and the order of Secretary ' Hitchcock, directing the commissioner to report at once to Heney is looked upon as the first important step in the direction of associating some high officials with the conspiracy to loot the public domain. im mm U HsfilXS HI Mrs. Stoessel. Wife of the Commander at Port Arthur. She is in Charge of the Ambulance Corps in the Beleaguered City. GUNS BATTERING STOESSEL'S FORT (Joerasl Special Servlee ) Washington, Nov. II. (Bulletin ) Unofficial advices received from what la believed to be a trustworthy source. Is to the effect that the Japanese are to day making a supreme effort to capture Port Arthur under orders from Toklo. (Jearaal Special Service.) Toklo, NOV. II. Japanese guns are shelling the parapets on Rlhlung snd Punshu mountains and inflicting heavy damage The defensive works outside the parapets have already been taken by the Japanese and occupation of the forts Is expected shortly. Their capture la like ly to be followed by the fell of the fortress. A report Is in circulation here thst the fortress Is expected to fall within the next few days snd possibly within few hours, as all Japan's efforts hsve been bent toward Its reduction since the fighting at Mukden became less stren uous. Troops. It is said, have even been with drawn from Oyama'a foroee to Join the army attacking the Russian stronghold, so thst the final attempt may not fall through laek of men. The heavy can nonade that has heretofore been turned on the fortress hss been doubled In In tensity as heavy siege gana. which have hitherto remained silent are now being turned with terrtflo power on the .Rus sian walls. It Is expected thst Btoesset will re tire to hla last possible retreat aa soon aa the works on Rlhlung and Bunehu mountains sr taken. Everything indicates that the supreme effort of the campaign st this point Is on tne eve or neing mane. STAND i nounced that alnce the affair between outposts south of Shakhe Tuesday all hss been qulst FRANCE APPROVES. General Policy Will Be to Uphold Ac tion for (Journal Speetal Service.) Paris, Nov. II. Replying to a ques tion in the chamber today. Minister of Foreign Affairs Delcaaee announced that the general policy of France la to (Continued on Page Two.) NAN PATTERSON HAS OFFERS OF MARRIAGE (Jearaal Special Servlee.) New Tork. Nov. it . Nan Patterson will not need for another husband should her trial end In the acquittal of the charge of murdering Caesar Toung. the bookmaker. She is being flooded with letters containing suggestions for rut ii re courtships and also In the bunch are four offers of marriage outright Two of these are from farmers who profess to be highly Interested ia her case and the other two sorters claim to be young and heedeoeae business men. who have been attracted by the beauty of her Cms. as sees la the sssjsglsaisata or of WILLIAMS DILATORY Mayor Refuses to Take Action Toward Removal of City Engineer. WILL WAIT RESULT OF OTHER INVESTIGATIONS Assistant Scoggin and Inspector Caywood Will Not Bs Dis turbed as Long as Elliott Remains in Office. Mayor Williams refuses to take Im mediate action toward the removal bf City Engineer Elliott from office on chsrges of negligence and incompe tency, preferred in the report on the Tanner creek sewer scandal, adopted by the city-council. He is playing for time, and evidently thinks the Council haa been too hasty in accepting the fe- ot its special committee of inves tigation. He haa decided to await the result of the Investigation of the sewer scan da! By the grand Jury. He says he will not tske any action until the In vestigation of the "work on Morrison street bridge, First-street bridge over Marquam gulch and the bridge over Belch gulch has been completed by the special council committee appointed last Wednesday. "As long as the council has ap pointed a special committee to Inves tigate other work which Is being done under the supervision of City Engineer Elliott," ssld the mayor today, "and as that body has asked the grand Jury to look Into the Tanner creek sewer matter,- I have decided to await the out come of these Inquiries. I will take no action toward the removal of Mr. Elliott until I learn the result." Unless Mayor Williams is forced into taking action by the city council be fore these reports are completed by the special committee and the grand Jury, City Engineer Elliott will not be mo lested for some time It Is stated that the grand Jury will not take up the Investigation for sev eral days, as it has other important matters on Its bands at present which demand immediate attention. Juat when the special council commit tee will begin its Investigation of the Morrtaon-atreet bridge end the other structures Is not known. A special en gineer will have to be employed and perhaps a committee of experts wilt also be asked to go over the work. Ia 11 probability this committee will not be able to report to the council before two weeks, Tji, As long aa City Engineer Elliott re mains In office George Scoggin, his chief assistant end Inspector J. M Caywood are ssfe Although they, sa well as their superior, are held responsible by the council for the faulty construction of the sewer, there is no way of reach ing them on any charge but through the city engineer. They hold their posi tions under the civil service commis sion, snd all charges agalnat men In thla department have to be mede by the city engineer. If anybody files charges sgalnat any one in this de partment of which Mr. Elliott dees not approve, he does not have to discharge the man and prefer charges against him before the commission. In such a case he uses his own Judgment In this In stance It is not at all likely that Scog gin and Caywood will lose their posi tions unless Elliott leeves the office. City Engineer Elliott still refuses to discuss the charge against htm. but aeye he will do so "when the proper time comes." He is fully convinced, however, that he has been made a scapegoat to further the political aspi rations of others. K W. Riner, the contractor, says other developments will tske place regarding the sewer. Me still affirms that he and his father have been "Jobbed." He said that the grand Jury would learn soma Interesting facte, he thought. Today was a quiet and restful one for Miss Patterson, the Tombs admit ting visitors only en her request She ia much Improved In pNyslcel condition aad nerve, and approaches the trial of tomorrow In better spirits. Her father called upon her this morning soothed snd petted utea. after ease with A the be far seese sia- jl fHP5L;C . i l&laSaiasalsaaa I New, ana dropped