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OOD EVENING. .ID You Notice That Evry Tonight and Tuesday, rain; southerly win da. VOL. III. NO. 241. LAI SON BATTERS LIST ALL DAY UNCEASINGLY Boston Broker Makes Good His Threat to "Knock the Bottom Out of Amal gamated' Which Loses $962. More Than 2,000,000. Shares Traded in Daring One of the Wildest Days on the New York Stock Exchange (Special Dlapatch to The Journal.) New York, Dec. .12. Thomaa Lawson of Boa ton waa again, too much for tha combined wealth of the Standard OH party. Today waa Iawaon day In faet on the exchange and almost every atock on the huge list la allowing- a aenaattonal slump from the closing of Saturday. Thla la tha day that Lawson aald he would do thlnga to the Standard Oil party and he certainly kept hia word. Speculators are now beginning to be lieve Lawson when he aaya a thing, for every time he haa aald he waa going td break the market he haa done so. There fore interesting developments are ex pected to transpire at the opening of the atock exchange tomorrow morning. The entire wealth of Standard Oil waa not aufflctent today to keep the marketlevel and try whichever plan It might the huge combination waa unable to hold back the tide which the man from Boaton had started. Wot Ob Recovery. As It waa generally believed that Law son would keep hia Word the market opened weak and lower thla morning and 1t never recovered for a single moment during the entire aeaalon. Thousands upon thousands of aharea of Amalga mated were dumped upon the market by the brokera, aa the selling orders from the outside began to come In by tele graph. In a few momenta after the ex change opened everybody waa Lawson mad and hia name ruled tha market along. , After a lower opening today Amalga mated Copper atock at 91, the market began its downward dracent and it waa but a few momenta before the ticker an nounced "Amal. 15." Then It went with a heavy movement to 14; then to 63 bark to (5 and on back to (S again. The market closed at tl, thus showing a decline from the previous day of I9.2H. All through the Hat today the decllnea were annaatlonal. Colorado Fuel ac Iron waa Intenaely weak and cloaed 16.50 lower at 42 H. Anaconda, closed at 102 and ahowed a decline from the previous day of IS. Atchison was weak and lost si.jd arier some severe fluctuations Soma of the Losses. Brooklyn Rapid Transit loat 16.26 and Chicago Northwestern at tha cloae waa off 14. Chicago, Milwaukee & Si. Paul loat 16.50. and Illinois Central at the closing was 14.25 off. The following were the losses shown at the closing: r Close Close Loss Today Today. Sat. 1 71 .102 107 .138 143 . 83 V 8 . 77V4 81 . 67 Va 2 . 17 100 . 2 36 . 88 86 .188 208 .186 172 .16 17 . 46 48 42 41 .128 111 Amalgamated . . . Anaconda Sugar Atchison Smelter Brooklyn Baltimore O. .. Rock Island, com. Rock Is., pref. . . . C. N. W. St. Paul Toledo Chea. A- Ohio . . . Col. Fuel Can. Paclflo Great Western . . Erie, com Illinois Cent Metropolitan Mexican Central . Katy Missouri Pac. ... N. Y. Central . . . Wabash, com. . . . Wahash, pref. . . . Ontario West. . Pennsylvania . . Pacific Mall People's Gas Reading, com. . . . So. Railway .... So. Pacific Tenn. Coal Union Pacific ... leather, com. ... Leather, pref. . . . Steal, com 0. uo 6.26 2.76 4.76 6.26 2.62 3.iz 2.26 4.00 6.50 2.26 2.60 1.60 2.87 1.50 1.26 4.25 4.25 1.87 1. 2 1.00 2.12 2.26 2.00 2.25 1.2B 1.60 1.76 4.00 til" 5.76 4.00 2.60 2.00 2.75 . 21 . 36 .160 .118 . 18 . 11 Steel, pref. 4.75 Pacific Mall, under very careful han dllng by Lawson. loat least on tha large lists, the decline today amounting to 11.60. Union Pacific was a very weak feature, and ahowed a net decline for the day of 14.00. I Today's alump In the stock market m : .ft .134 Hit II 107 . 16 . 10 26 8T RELATIVES THINK DEAD WOMAN ALIVE (Spariil Plapatrh to The Journal.! Seattle, Dec. 12. Mrs. Anna Horrer of Railroad avenue and Sloop street. In Ballard, died last Wednesday morning of septicaemia, That day the body was embalmed at Williams undertaking parlor and then conveyed to the home. Tha funeral waa to have taken place Saturday, but the remains still lie at the home, nil becauae the relatives have become convinced in their own minds that tha woman la not -dead, but Bleep ing, and refuse lo allow the body to be taken from the house. Coroner Iloye and the attending phyel elsn visited the home yesterday after noon and tried to convince the huahand and relatives that death had taken place and that tha body of the wife had been oocaalonal waa eausad by the appearance of anoth er advertisement by Lawson in the larg er' puffers of the eaat. He told even a more nourish story than aver, and every one wanted to get from under when tha market opened thla morning. Amal gamated waa dumped overboard on every aide by thoae who wanted to weather the atorm, and thoae who did not aell are very sorry. Lawson said today that h will give the Standard Oil party more of the same medl.:ln. and points proudly to his Immense follow ing. iT Aa a result of the bearish feeling on the New York stock exchange today Boaton Copper waa visibly affected, and aome heavy decllnea were noted. Greene Copper stocks, which la an In dependent concern, waa ve -y weak on the Boston exehange, and after opening at 27 it' slumped down to 22. a loaa of 16.60. It Went back later to 14. Tha loaa In Greene Copper la aald to be due to the selling and bearing of the Amalgamated people, who in forcing the other coppers down expect the various companies to aid it In the fight with Lawson. . Today on the New York exchange the total sales amounted to over 2,000.000 shares, and of these it is estimated that nearly one half of them were Amal gamated. MRS. DOUGLASS TRIES TO KILL MRS. MARTIN (Journal Special Service.) Salt Lake, Deo. IS. Mrs Jar Doug lass, wife of the former city paaaenger agent of the union Pacific here, thla morning pursued Mrs. Fannie Martin on the street and through a store,' firing a revolver at her. One ahot took effect In Mrs Martin s back, making a alight wound. When arreated Mrs. Douglaaa aa aerted that she had come down from Boise. Ma., for the purpose of killing the woman. Douglaaa waa recently dis charge! on account of a acandal. PATTERSON TRIAL MAY BE ENDED IN TEN DAYS k (Journal special Sendee. ) New Tftrk, Dec. 11. William Steam Jr.. was the first wltneaa in the Pat terson, trial thla morning. Ha told of aeelng Young In the oab after the ahot waa fired. He waa lying down with hia head on the woman's lap. The woman waa pale and excited.' Miss Pat terson waa dressed In black, aa usual She aeemed In a good humor today. Her counsel, Abe Levy, said this morning that the trial would probably be com pleted by December 12. KILLS TWO MEN IN A TRIFLING DISPUTE (Journal Special Herrlce.) Loa Angeles, Dec. 11. John McClure. aged SO years, in a dispute over a 25 cent halter this morning, killed J. Btifa end 8. psodlcorr, employes of a livery stable. He shot the latter and when the foreman grabbed him a des perate conflict ensued. Shea was stabbed 10 times with a dirk. The mur derer gave hlmaelf up to a policeman. mow ABBrraATiOH tbbatt. (Journal Special Srrrlee.) Washington, Dec. 12. Secretary of State Hay and Ambaaaador Durand thla morning formally signed an arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States. DO LIQUIDATES DEBT. (Journal Special Rerrlee.) Chicago, Dec. 12. John Alexander Dowle today liquidated hia debt on the Zlon City Industries, making tha final payment of 1140.000. ' and woman's brother claim to see signs of Ufa and will not allow the cold form to be moved until some sign of death Is apparent to their eyas. All the friends of the family were gathered In the homa Saturday after noon when the hour of the funeral ar rived. The hearse waa at the door, when the husband came rushing from the room In which the caaket lay and de clared his wife waa net' dead. The other relatives entered and emerged with tha same conviction, and orders for the fun eral were countermanded: . The aged mother la the most Incredulous of death She, like the huaband, can see signs of life. The officials will allow the body to remain In the houae for a time In the hope that the hallucination will pass PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER ' 1 i r BBBBBBBBBBBPSalBl ' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBw IB - I mm asaHjlH Horace G. McKinley, Convicted on One Charge of Conspiracy, Will Face Trial Tomorrow on Another. WHERE SOWNER OF PORTLAND CLUB? People Who Are Taking an Extraordinary Amount of Interest in the Poolroom Swore Edward Richardson Was Proprietor, but He Gives No Sign that He Is on Earth. . It la with perfect unconcern that the owner of the Portland club, fifth and Alder streets, permits an armed deputy sheriff to occupy the place. The depu ties have closed the aaloon, taken com plete poaaeaalon of the property, re moved all employea or attaches, and not a word of complaint haa been heard from the owner. "Pete" and "Jack" Grant and "Nate" Solomon, however, are taking a wonder ful amount of lntereat In the owner's bualneaa. It la they who are contesting tha right of the sheriff's deputies to occupy the place; It la they who attend the court proceedlnga In which the In terest of the club are In the leaat In volved; It was "Pete" Grant, It la aald, who took It upon himself to enter the building while It waa guarded by the armed deputy by climbing through a sliding window from the roof. But the real owner doesn't seem to care what happens. He has never been to court When a Portland club case was heard; he has filed no charges against the deputlea for occupying the place; he haa made no complaint whatever. In deed, he la dead, dumb or haa disap peared. Where la Richardson? The name of the owner of the Port land club la Edward Richardson, ao the Grants. Solomon and Sullivan swore on the witness stand. Mr. Richardson acquired possession June 21. The for mer proprietors are evidently acting In his Interests In the fight with the depu ties. This morning an -order was is sued directing the Portland General Electric company to remove the lights from the building. The order waa not aigned by Richardson. William Gorman, who claims to have been assaulted by the deputies when they regained possession of the club from the coroner, and who was arrested on the charge of burglary, appeared be fore Municipal Judge Ilogue this morn ing and swore to complaints against Deputies Mordcn, Holllngsworth and Cordano, churgtng them with assmlt and battery. Judge Hogue refused to sign the warrants. 'The, matter will likely be settled by the clroolt court," explained Judge Hogue, "and I refuae to become em- PANIC IN CHURCH CAUSED BY MANIAC Grand Rapids Man Marches Down Aisle Clad in Red Un dershirt Swinging an Axe. (Journal Special BerTte.) Grand Rapids. Mich., Dec, K A maniac, clad only In a red undershirt, swinging an axe viciously, strode down the aisles of the crowded Fifth Re formed church yesterday morning. smaahed the pew and chnncellerlea antl drove the worshipers In a panic from the sanctuary. A riot call wa aent to the pollen sta tion and seversl officers arrived Just as the maniac began to attack the pipe organ. Seeing the officer approach he Jumped on the Instrument, still swing ing his axe. Then he fell Inside and began demolishing the organ. Police man Slater wa caught by the frenaled man. pulled lnalde and hia thumb fiercely bitten. In the atruggla another policeman wa knocked unconscious with the axe, sustslning a gash six inches long. Several shots frighten tho delirious were nrnd to man and one i took effect In his eye. Then he was sub dued and taken to Jail, where ha tore the padding of hi call Into bit until chloroformed. Later it wa leirned hia name waa James Daloy, and that be was i broiled In the affair until T have made personal Investigation. Consequently I will not sign the warrants until that has been done. Deputies Mordcn, Holllngsworth and Cordano appeared before the coroner this morning and were placed under ar rest on the warrants Issued Saturday from Justice Reed's court. The pro ceeding was unique. In that the officers went to the coroner'a office and de clared their willingness to be arreated. Immediately after the arest two other deputies appeared- with the writs of habeas corpua iaaued by Judge George Saturday night and secured their release. Gorman Demands Money. On behalf of William 'Gorman, Attor neys Spencer and Mendnnhall began suits In Justice Reed's court this morn ing against Deputies Morden, Holllngs worth and Cordano. The suits are to recover the sum of 12S0 from each deputy on the ground that Gorman waa damaged In that amount as the result of the assault. The attorneys declare that they Will begin mandamus pro ceedings In case they are not stopped by the court and the deputies are not arrested. Pete Grant went with Gorman before Judge Hogue this morning when the re quest for warrants was made. In tha clerk's office he declared that the as aault upon Gorman was an outrage. "All I ask is that those three get mo In a room, lock the door and attempt to beat me up the way they beat that boy," he said. "I can whip the whole three, and If they ever try to punlah me as they did tha- boy there'll be 'something doing.' It would be all I could ask If I were placed In a similar poaltlon to Gorman, and the aame three should attempt to treat me aa they treated him The writs of habeas corpus that were Issued by Judge George Saturday night were made returnable at 2 o'clock this afternoon. At that time the deputlea appeared In court. When the caae was called It found that no return had been made on the writ, so It was agreed to postpone It until 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. CANAL AND LOCKS CAN BE ACQUIRED Engineers Declare Oregon City Manufacturing Will Not Be Interfered With. (Washington Bureau of The Journal.) Waahlngton, Dec. 12. The secretary of war today transmitted to congress the report of the board of engineers relative to the Willamette river lmprovementa. It I to the effect that the acquire ment of a canal and locks for the con struction of a new canal and lock for the purpose of supplying power elec tricity to factories will not Interfere with manufacturing enterprises. The proposed diversion wall to sepa rate navigation from the power canal It also aaya will not Interfere with other business. A report wa also transmitted from the department of Justice on the legal feature of constructing the canal and locks. It state that the damage to private Individuate would be only the value of, the landa taken and that the ! amount of the damages could readily be determined ty condemnation proceed ings. This It la believed will mak possible a disposition of the case satisfactory to Jfouimaf 12, 1904 FOURTEEN PAGES. SEEKS TO PREVENT LAND FRAUD TRIAL li I aHPC " ' jjB m mwumTaaw jI Lai !al aVlx aaa'sL-? 'bbbbbBP 3 mlti " '!ife ' bbsmbbbbsbbbbbbbi bbsL. Jm3m BSsnEa.. . a i tfaWil i TiiiTrBiMilsaiaaann S. A. D. Puter, One of the Four to Be Tried on a Charge of Swindling the Government by False Land Claims. REVOLUTION IS' RIPE IN RUSSIA Reservists Attacked by Regulars and Hundreds Wounded At tempt Is Made to Assassinate Chief of Odessa Police Hay ashi Has Report Showing Port Arthur's Condition. (Journal Special Bervlee.) St. Petersburg. Dec. 12. (Bulletin.) An attempt to aaaaaalnate Col. Klaljakow- skl, chief of police of Odessa, was made today. Ha was struck on the back of the head by a heavy Iron sUck and la now In a serious condition. Ills assailant escaped. (Journal Epfs-lal SerTlce.) St. Petersburg, Dec. 11. More than 100 arrest were made and 60 persons Injured In rioting which took place here yesterday. The socialist labor party had planned a big anti-government dem onatratlon and the police fearing trouble had Issued warnings to prevent congre gation of crowds. The newapapera also contained notices not to gather, and ap peal a were Issued In many form. Despite these notices, however, the crowds assembled until the Nevsky Prospect was black with demonstrators. as well as hundreds of curious but tnno- oent spectator. Not a mounted police man wa In sight, however, at 1 o'clock, when the red flag was hoisted as a signal. Instantly after hundreds of red emblems were flaunted and the crowd surged forward, singing the "Mar seilles." Mounted police and gendarmes then charged at a gallop and dispersed the crowd. The demonstrations con tinued In smaller groups throughout the day. Anti-war demonstration In the atrcet of the capital were prevented today. Se rious trouble was feared by many and the utmost precaution' ' were taken by the police to prevent the gathering of large crowd on the streets. Despite these efforts on their part, many per son -persisted In congregating In squads and several minor claahas occurred be fore they ware dlsperaed. The departure of the reservists for the war from Saratoff today waa the occa sion for serious rioting. The reservists refused to enter the cars but were forced to do so by the regular. The regulars then attacked the surrounding rioters, killing two and wounding 248. Thta action, while quelling the violent outward appearance of dlncontent, served to engender a more bitter feeling among thoae who sympathise with the reserv ists. While at a late hour today apparent quietude prevails, many fear that It la the omlnoua calm that preaagea a storm, that may at any moment break forth with unconquerable fury. SHELLING TOWN. Bepori Bars Bo Beceeclty for baidlag naval Bones. Journal Special Service.) Toklo. Dec. 11. The following report waa received today from the comman der of the Japanese naval land bat tery: "Four Ruaalan battleehlpa. two cruiser, on gunboat, one torpedo boat and one store ship are lying In Port Arthur harbor oftmpletely disabled. There I no further necessity for bom barding the Ruaalan naval force. The batteries are now engaged In shelling the town of Port Arthur, which Is be ing heavily damsged." Thla existing condition of affairs Is considered by those beat informed on the Port Arthur situation aa the be- D' patrol helpless, the alow but mire cut ting off of the necessities of life that Is being acoompllshedi by the cordon that Is being drawf felly closer by the keen-eyed watcher who command the Japanese cruisers off the coast from Port Arthur, and the almost continuous hall of shell, the weary garrison. It Is believed will soon be forced to a com plete capitulation. BURN ARSENAL. Golden Sill Wireless Station X D aged By Bombardment. (Journal Special Service.) London, Dec. 2. 3aron Hayashl re ports that the Port Arthur besiegers In a bombardment yesterday did consider able damaga to the wlreleaa station at Golden hill and set the arsenal on fire. It Is said that the report convey the Information that all Indication point to the surrender of the fortress In the near futuro. RUSSIANS OTT TOM CAPE OOLOSTT. fjiairnal Special Her. lee. ) Cape Colony, Africa, Dec. 12. The Runalan hospital ahlp "Orel" arrived here today. Two large Russian war ships passed Cape Point this morning. cruisers at era (Journal Special Service.) Suday Bay, Island Crete, Dec. 12. Tha Russian cruisers Dnelcher and OleguJ and the torpedo boat Groseny arrived here this morning. FERRY BOAT linrX BT XOB. (Journal Specie 1 Sendee ) Bellalre, Ohio, Dec. 12. The ferry boat Amelia while forcing her way through the Ice this morning sank in mid stream. Tan men who were aboard escaped by hanging to the edge of the Ice. Some were almost dead from expoaure when rescued. SMOOT IS AGAIN PUT ON THE RACK (Joarnsl Special Service.) Washington, D C . Dec. 12. -The cen ter of public Interest during the next few days promises to be the Smoot In quiry, which was resumed by the senate committee on privileges and election today. It I said that alt of the secret of the Mormon Endowment hou cere mony ar to be revealed at the present hearings. The opposition to Senator Smoot will attempt to show In these revelations that tho Mormon people In this ceremony renounce alleglanc to the United State. In addition, the robe of the ceremony will be exhibited to the committee, snd ao far aa possible there will be a repro duction of tha scenes in the Endowment house. Thoae who ate opposed to tha seating of Senator Smoot will produce wit thing of Interest Wat Printed in Yesterday's SUNDAY JOURNAL? PRICE FIVE CENTS. Q'Day Says That Tomor row's Charge Is Same as That Disposed of. GUY HUFF ARRAIGNED PLEADS NOT GUILTY Decision This Afternoon Whether Other Four Accused Have Been in Jeopardy Through Previous Trial. On the plea of a prior trial for tha same offense, tha attorney for defend ant In the land fraud eaae are mak ing an effort thla afternoon In tha United State district court to prevent the government from bringing to trial the caae set for tomorrow. The plea la being argued before Judge Bellinger. The defendant in the case to be tried tomorrow are S. A. D. Puter, Horace O. McKinley, Emma L Watson, Marie L. Ware and Ouy Huff. The plea 1 made In behalf of the first four only of the five defendants. Huff not having been a party to the former trial. Judge O'Day contends that the conspiracy charged in the second Indictment, which 1 the basis of the case set for tomorrow, la the same conspiracy for which they; were recently tried, and that they can not be placed In Jeopardy a aecond time for the same offense. - The government's attorney insist that there is no merit in tha plea and that the frauds covered by the aecond Indictment constitute a separata and distinct conspiracy. Guy BUST Pleads Bot Oullty. Guy Huff, accompanied by his wife, waa brought from the county Jail thla morning and arraigned before Judge Bellinger. Through his attorney, Judge O'Day, he entered a plea of not guilty. United State District Attorney John Hall desired to have his ball on this Indictment fixed st 14,000, but as tha defendant Is already under f4,000 bond to answer to an Indictment for forgery, which Is to be tried later this winter, the court decided that an additional bond of 12,000 would be aufflclent. The array of counsal for the defense will be smaller on the coming trial than on the one concluded last week. Neither Judge Pipe nor A. C. Wood cock of Eugene will appear In the sec ond cafe, which will be conducted by Judge--O'Day, C. A. Hardy and L. V. Puter. Disclosures quite aa sensational sa. thoae In the first trial are expected. The government I in posseealon of impor tant evidence showing the method of the defendants, and the identity of par sons with whom they did business. Mitchell and Hermann Refuse. In the hope of obtaining additional Information which would have been of great value both In this and in subse quent cases, the government's attorn neya subpoenaed Senator Mitchell and Congressman Hermann as witnesses, but both have refused to come. Both of them addressed telegram to Judge Bellinger In which they stated that, ow ing to the presaure of public bualneaa at Washington of great Importance to thla state, they would be unable to respond to the subpoenas. Congress will ad journ on December 21, fof the holiday recess, and It had been aupposed that both Mitchell and Hermann would be able to come west at this time without serious Interference with their duties at Washington. The telegrams received by Judge Bel linger are as follows: Hon. C. B. Bellinger, Judge United States District Court, Portland, Or. Subpoena having been served upon ma last night for attendance as a wltneaa for the Government before your court In- the land trial on Thursday morning next. I regret exceedingly that It la Im possible to attend. Urgent Oregon mat ter are now before tha commute of the house, snd among them the great river and harbor bill, containing many appropriations of vital Interest to our whole state. This measure. It Is under stood, will be reported for consideration before could possibly return. Absence for so long from this short session will prevent consideration of other interest of my constituent and Interfere with the performance of my public duty aa a representative In respect to national matters coming to a vote before tha holiday race. A few week ago I was In your court snd testified as a wltneaa for the government in a case aubstan- (Contlnued on Page Three.) It Is said that there are three of these witnesses who have been through tn endowment, one as late as I", and they have promised to reveal all of th secrets. 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