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VOL. III. NO. iSO,
PORTLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING," JANUARY 8. 1903. FOURTEEN PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
EKODEiBOIBS
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THE
CZAR
BE
SASSINiTED
UPON THE
STREETS
OF LIB AU
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StrikmiMScIdiers licet
Death in Bloody Fight
, in M
STRIKE S EXTENDING -
To.; - THROUGHOUT RUSSIA
.,jt:
r Men Quit Work sitHeval, Riga,
"AfiliMf':Tuluv-ilntheUra
- nA Alnntr th: Baltic ";.
Urara -
ISWhile Riot Occur t::
1, ' ' , . V'-'-.-
:'.v. '.,' JoonuJ BpwHll fcrW.)
; . locow,-Jan. (Bulletla) A tel
rrm from Xlbau atatea that thatar-
7 ; rorlt hare exploded two bomba on th
' Btryets, .tcaualna a " sreat .;panlo. The
y v-amount of damasa'la unknown. -
Tha Moacow atrikora today mada W
I ndetarmtned ffort to deatroytha cat
werka. i Tha Coasacka flnallr repulaed
thm. :; , ' -y s;:
i-U-J; UaarMl-kaadai a '' !
Moacpw, Jan. JL nht laat nlnt
' betwaen atrikera and aoldlera reaulted in"
I t bernona beln killed. The atrikera at-
' tempted to aaaeatbia " in. ,.Kea nquare.
Tha Coaaacka attai keil thenv.wltb whlpa
and the 11a v of thair aworda; - Tha atrlk-
ara thaa fired n tha Coaaaoka, who ra-
,-,Iledv Th atrikera r4rete,, leavinr
their dead ana wounaea. .
Tha Kremlin haa bean equipped M
fortreaa and -made the-headquartera of
the, governor-general. -', -? .
At Rival tha atrikera lant- nlcht at-
tempted to flrer aevera.1 bultdlnga and
- were - reatated - by-thafiiwnanji nay
lao tried to wreuk-the prlaon and other
bulldlnsa. , AU ahopa are cloned today, i 1
At Riga tha pollca have aneartnea -
miantlty of revolutionary proclamations.,
q'hera are now 20.00 men out on atrlka.
V Troona are cuardlng the ' CtOrteT-Juet j
-TTvtlB-la-oilngfT,bo--troubl Ma ;
---feard.;r Utat nignr waa a, xuromani on,
i. i n iH 'in ti wniiniltnv of
many atrifevra. -' v. . -J. '. " : ; - t ". ; .7 1
a revolt occurred at Ekaterlncburg. tn
; the-Uret tMmntainayodayr-rTnaber-
: attacked tha polloe.' Killing, an omoer.
Troopa finally dtaperaad th mobt Many
ha va tMMn' arreated. -- " - ' -;.At
Vllna tha atrlk conttnuea today,
but haa not-yet become- general. The
largeat factorle are at 111 working.
' At Tulu a atrike haa been proclaimed,
'"and .00e workers", have" qalt. Tula 4a
tha Birmingham of Russia. --In
several Baltio provinces there have
boon, violent dtaordera. ' eepecUlly at
.Unlalngfora.. peraons .being Injured
. lliorv .- .
continue to march th street ahouting
- MillHlMI ,V-i .-l-Vi-P-- . -
t "A dispatch from lds. Poland, atates
that th police ahot a Boclaliat .leader
upon- the atreet and. In reullatlon tha
revolutionists dynamited buildings and
' threw bomba among the pollca, the fight
continuing four days snd a total ot 100
.being killed. " '
SAYS, CRISIS IS PAST.
Trapoff, Ooreraor-aeaeral, Seelarae Vh
City la at ce. '"Ty-;- V
..' - 1J6drtil tfrtM Service.)! r : 1 -
" Bf.'- Peteraburr. ' " Jaw." 16. A report
again IS "current ' that Father Oopon,
leader of the strikers mob, Is lying
wounded In s, hospital v here. Trepof f.
It la said, ordered him. carried there and
carefully nnrsed, ae h purnoeee - to
make a publlo , example of the prleat
When he recovers. ;, v . -v
In an tartervlew today Trepoff, gor--ernor-generaL
of 'St Petersburg. ., ex
pressed the opinion that the crlaia was
over. He declared there had been on
arreats alnoe he assumed the governor
generalship. He added:- -"Tha
aovernment cannot permit con-
i splrators ,to. piet and agitata aa 'they
lrba. city la. quiets and there le no In
dication of tne recurrenco oi inrewm
disorders.',:"',".'',.' : J.t '.V 9t"J ..T.. 7, .
" MANY. PROCLAMATIONS, i
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Beaaads em One Bids, Promisee es the
k . Othee mooa fceeele..-.'-
' ' (Joaraat Special' SrVlM. " '"'
; "t- Petersburg,-Jan. General Tre
pof f haa Issued a proclamation, paclf Ic
. In character; requesting the atrlkers to
return to work and to truet to tha csar
lorlght their wronga. The proclama
tion la' paternal. In tone and promises a
revision of tha aeneral lawa ao aa td re-
' etrlct tha hours of labor, the Institution
of m state Insurance and tha granting or
other demand. ' Tha proclamation con
eludes as follpws: " T.T T .
, "Workmen ehould asalat the govern
' merit In- Its tranqullllslng task In hvhalf
ol the battel mailt ct-tbetrrcondnton.
Thht they can accnmnllBh only by hold-
Ilig themselves aloof from fomeftters of
disturbance, who era alien to the work
men's true Interest snd to the country's
I welfare tor thenr terorii WTbeir-BraTi
nary labor, which la aa needful for tha
country as for -themselves, for without tt
they, their wives snd children must euf
jr distress, and, returning to work, let
(Continued en Pege Eight).
RUSH FOR . OREGON WHEAT
:-- rti-jy"f '',:; .. : ... ;;:..;:M;g;
"That there la an extreme ahorlage In the auppllaa of milling wheat1 in
"the United States Is easily seen by
' stocks by the great milling center
-from pieces whijh formerly sent their
, This aaason there nave already
n wneat resota oy suropean owyers o nn ior muinv -ac , . nnuiui
profit after paying duty on the other side as well as in coming home., -'
During the last 24 hour the demand from the east haa shown won
' derful expansion. . Millere and grain dealers report the salea during that
period by local people to eastern and
00 bushel or waua .waua wheat,
buehel of wheat not now ground. ,
T Tha calF for flour from tki 'far
heavy, and .the number of Inquiries
flour miller and' Jobbera U showing
X ., In the .laat' Z hour millers report
.flour to the south, but say that they nave order for over io.ooo barrel,
-provlftlnThTy" will hade their quotation fronf th present. flgure.u.-.x
: With new demand now sprhjgJng up from South Africa, local nrlllr'
-'men are not keeping awake nights to
net.
l - l 1 IXI rS I"
nAtv Effect7 ofs Pprtiand Man Who Killed l Himself J and
C s Woman at Sani; Frneftcq'. 8r)ow'' .Hl.w'vta HaveT-;'-'
Been Cay
(Special tMepatrb "to" The Jooriil. -i-,:'
San Prauciaco, Jan. 21. When Edward
Tldoombe of Portland ahot "himself laat
Tuesday, after killing Georgia Nelson,
with whom h waallvlnavjinder a prom
ise" of marriage, he avenged the wrongs
of - four Mother- women, two of .them at
least well known in Portland." Another,
who -writes from Spokane on the letter
head of TV. Bailey, an attorney of Jew
laton, Idaho, aignlng heraelf "Jean. Is
else evidently a woman of education and
refinement--nr letters-of. the other
give little elue to her Identity ot station
in life. Letters found In his effect
how be had loved too promiscuously for
four years preceding his 'suicide. Why
Tldcombe kept these letters there la
nothing to Indicate. '" " J ; '
. "Jfmn- wrote him: V-." V '
'"Kd, my own dear boy for what more
could a. girl wish than for that which
you have "offered to me-r-aJl irour love.
your care and your efforts. - I do not de"
serve--it, -darling. Erer since you hsve
been away from me, dear, -i have thought
of you, not Just aa of Ed, the boy I loved,
but aa my own deaf, dear bushand. 'Ton
fold me one night that you were, don't
you- remember.. ,. .-
This letter fell lhte the hand of
HALF A MILLION
FOR GELILO CANAL
. ' WaUlBfto Bareaa f The (oaraaLl
JWaBhlngton, D. C. -Jan. ".-Repre-
sentatlve Williamson was advised todarl
that there is in unexpended balance of
1171,000 -on hand remaining from pre
vious appropriations for the Celilo canal.
This, added to the 1300.40 authorised by
the river and harbor bill, will give nearly
1500.000 to commence construction. - Ae-
eordlng to this estimate, tht 1 suffi
cient to construct tbe first lock, all but
EPIDEMIC OF YELLOW
. FEVER QN THE BOSTON
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- - - , (Joaraal Special Service.)-
Washington,- .Jan. . 2. A dispatch
from Consul Gudger of Panama report'
n outbreak . pf yellow fever on the
cruiser Boston, wnlcn arrived there at
2 'o'clock yeeterday morning. - A- Japan
ese messman died yesterdsy. Paymaster
Beckett" LleutenanT Lealiy - - and Dr.
Kohlhas have mild - cases. - Two other
Jspanese and 'Private Lafferty have the
fever but have been removed to A neon.
Three new caaea are reported.
- The Boston, hss been ordered to pro
ceed Immediately ' to 8an Francisco or
Bremerton. Wsshi ?. . ' -J- ;":. M
CONDUCTOR RECOVERS
:f GRIP AND. VALUABLES
r-(apaHal Wapatckle Tbe Jeoroal.)
La Grande, Or., Jan. PassengerJ
Conductor Martin Anoeraon haa recov
ered hi grip, overcoat and ether valu
able art Idea stolen a few. days ago' near
Huntington by "m paaaenger, R. Leslie,
who pulled the beli, stopped the train
and -dropped off with the artlolea. In
Bakar City Leslie appeared before tbe
circuit court He I an eid brakeman on
the road, ana- aald that he thought he
could find sufficient ef value to keep
him and a friend -during the winter.
FIFTEEN FAMILIES MADE .
.. HOMELESS BY.FLAMES
. V t ilJourtial Special Srrviee.) .
I , yew Tork. Jan. 1. f te -t his- mern-
tng destroyed Is frame houses on Cauld
wll avenue In the Bronx, and rendered
more than 100 person homeless. Many
suffered bitterly from th told, a Loss,
I m,000; i...-, . . ,, '. .;:
-r- - sVASmSI CA2UCTT JasWXOSrB. .-. ;
,' (Jeeraal Sperlal Sevric.)'
Madrid, Jan, 2 The Bpanlah cabinet
resigned today. Thq reason 1 unknown.
the heavy demand being made for
of the east and middle west for stocks
"surplus "supplies to foreign coun-
bsen three full cargoes or waua waua
middle west firm aggregate 10,-' X
wnue tnere t a oemana iot every
" " ' " . "'
aouth - 7Alabama nd Georgia 1. vejy.
from ..that aectlon received by local
a vast Increase jlurlng tha. paat-day
the aale of more than 7.000 barrel ef
find way to sell their surplus prod- Z
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MANY WOMEN
Lothario. ?r
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Georgie' Nelson a fid she sent it back with
thii warning: ". . -y, J. '.-
' Jean Bailey: while looking through
some things of Ed'r I came acroas a
letter from you to him and I read it
Ed and 1 have been-engsged to be mar
ried quite a long time, and would have
been married before this time had "not
had Vvery .severe "Illness. .," 1 see that
ye bave truated hira equally a much
a 1 did, but ha has deceived both of us
torrtbly.t '-f9;-'myvJ
T-But-befor Jean received this and sent
It -to Tldoombe she ' had -sent him this,
the postscript to. a long epistle:. ,
Ed. I lust want to tell you 'one little
"thing oh,--so , badly , l-wnt
to itut my arms, a round your dear week
and whleper it In your -ear, though, can
you guess -what l ls. . . I suess my prido
has deserted me." - ,. . - - -
Bern tee and Mabel write In much the
same strain. In other letters, that, too,
evidently fell In Georgia "'Nelson's
hands.' "Mabel' la Identified partially
as the daughter of a. wealthy family of
Portland, and spoke of the end of . her
treacberyv-T Another letter from - jean
Indicates that she had knowledge .of his
treatment and-the-belief ia that he
urged him to be constant to the latter.
if?y..t?
the gates..
It seema probable tsonsUueU
I tion will begin next summer.
RepreeefiUtlves -Williamson and -Oil-
lett had a conference with Speaker Can
non of the house of representatives to
day and obtained his consent to call up
tthe blir permitting tbe us ot Klamath
And other .lakes. In southern Oregon and
California, In connection with the Kla
math Irrigation project' The.bll may
come up next ifeelc - . f
SOLDI VW Ja202rWAT2CAjr. -
Colfax, Wash... Jan. . 2. Electrician
Chapman held Off- foolpad by having
a gun, which he -pointed, at: the would
be robber when he wa ordered to bold
up hi hands.'. The footpad ran.- . No
clu. r ' T : .'?
TO MAKE FOOTBALL
: FELONY IN NEBRASKA
Representative Cunningham In
V. eludes Its Votaries Among
ii : Criminals In His Bill.
r. Woorssl Speelat Sr?ke.V
' Lincoln, Nob., Jan. 20. RepresentaUvs
Cunningham yesterday Introduced In the
bouse a bill designed to make the play
ing of a game of football a. felony, the
second offense of which provides a fin
ranging from 150 to 1100, and the first
time Imprisonment In the equtity Jail
from 20 to to day. No effort is mad
to discriminate between . the different
forms of the rams. . -....j,.,...
The bill is sweeping In its terms, and
Includes the actual players as wsll as
those who aid and abet them In getting
tip TtameT which" Includee the referees
and umpires. -
' Chancellor Andrews snd othsr mem.
ber of the faculty of th univeralty are
opposed to the measure. There Is much
sentiment 'agalriitt the bill" among' the
members ef the house, despite the claim
of Cunningham that he will have a ma
jority with htm In the right The farm-,
er member are counted on to aid him.
while the young representative era
gainst the measure -. j
THREE CURIOUS STORED
mm
TefroristsTightingOrgan
tioirCoiKfcmnslra REBELLION CRUSHED :
.rvlfj RUSSIA'S CAPITAL
Violent Crowds of Starving Strik-
ere -. Marching Through St. '
tereburg Forcing thelj
Workmen to QuitTTJ3
v .-'..,- '.?' -' ,V" ' "' !'-. .-..t'-1-.,
(Joaraal Special Service.) rl rT
Btr Petersburg Jan. -26. The Boye
vaya; the' fighting organisation : of the
terrorist . party-,' has ust-endemnd the
esaf. to death. After 'the death ' of
Minister TIehve. " which .was due to this
organisation, the- party Informed tha
csar that he was not aimed at'....' --..:.
. The change In the organisation's pur-posejls-due
to the cser action-in;, hav
ing allowed the people to be ahot when
they belUtved they -were ", going to a J
peaceful meeting. ' ' " , - r '. i
Beven students, leaders of the revolu
tionary "movement in the .VaasUl island
d is trlct.wreJ J put JHo-Jleath Jy.. the
atrikera, who suspected the students of
treachery. The students were strangled
hi a secret subterranean meeting place.
' It later transpired that the atudenta
were liftiocent
" Trepoff has Increased the grip, on the
district of the government-- All the pub
llo -buildings - are closely guarded. - A
watchful, eye is kept on every . move
ment of the strikers.? who are walking
tne streets mis morning. i
wTlie official bulletin-thle - morning
ays that there waa no disorder yester
day and .that' work haa been- resumed tn
some factoriea y ? . -v 1 'r-
Owing lo falling funds,' thousands- of
the strikers are" on the -verge or starya
tton. . Provisions are scarce and. price
high.- The strikers!' committee Is unable
to supply the relief heeded.-giving the
men 15 cents a day and 1Q cent extra
for each member of the iamllyy :f-jL-
The. employer -meet today i to discuss
the advisability of conceding to Jh de
mands ot .the .striker .-I 1
. . . BWbeUloa Crnahed. , -.
'.. Tit leant thousand troooe continue to
guard the approaches to Tsarakoe Belo,
and the indication are that -the rebellion
Is completely crushed for the present.
---Troop were x withdrawn from the
streets during the night Several news
paper have reappeared. The authorities
tnring to persuade shopkeepers to
open mir piwv vL'HvustiicBs, gMfri suit
ing them agalnat. looting. -
A violent crowd of strikers sre maroh'f
tng through town forcing the -workmen
to quit .' The strikers nave-partially destroyed-telegraph
communication,
ON TRIAL AS SLAYER
- -OF MRS. SCHAEFFER
. ' (Jovrsal Special Service.)
i Bedford. Ind., Jan. 2. The prelimi
nary hearing ef Frank Evans and Elmer
Browning, charged-wttbJhe Murder 'of
8arah- flchaef far,, was begun this morn
ing. - -More than 100 witnesses . are
called, and an Immense crowd I in at-tendance.-.
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LILLIAN RUSSELL RAPS
MRS. STUYVESANT FISH
Refuses' to Play TtheV Clowrv at
: New York Society Leader's
Home' for ' $2,000 .'"--l
" v ' (Joaraal Sperlal Servlc.) -
New York, Jan. 2. Without mincing
matter, Lillian Russell has announced
that. "undsr.no clrcumstsnces," would
he' appear mt Mrs.-Btuyvesant Fish's
party Friday night with th J'Lsdy Tea
sis" company. Miss Russell said; ,
"it 'should refuse., to appear at any,
one's horn 'as a paid performer
rlown to amuse th guests after a
dinner, It would place me In menial
position, which 1 can avoid by refusing
to go to MraTlah' house. '
"I hsvbeen entertalnedJ!oLj(onie..ot
"quite as' 'much Importance , ae Mrs.
Flah'a It la ?ne matter to perform on
the atage of a theatre and another to
appear in private
W henM rs. lah. ji greed, to paylil Ottl.Vhsw vtt.
Tor the transfer of "Lady Teasle" from
tha Csslno to her heme, no mention was
msde to Miss Russell of , tha matter.
Mrs. Fish, when told of Miss Russell's
rVlews about appearing, replied: -
"I am not aware that Mis Russell
ha been asked to ing for my. guests."
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ORANGE CROP OF
Frost Nips the Trees of the 'Southern Peninsula Ships AshbreT
- ; .. or Atlantic ,C0ast- Whole of the East Is i.rt pjj
m Crasp-: of Fur lour Bjiiiard;""-'TV"V'
' BELOW EE BO,
ntiiiuarrk, Ji. V...
I'slro. Ilt-.i....
Dodce. KB t.....
rriy,F.Rv OB ABOVE.
24Portlui4 ....,......
relBnffilo ...A.-.-iT.i.-,. e
, siniarleeton,-U. 8.,.1
Ktiiuonton. ,Ai ,,.,..iinniciro
KlklllB. W. Vs. ... ainetn.lt
Jturon. B. D.-.....-..MiriaslrfI
K.uil Clt . .....lOIMnuitU.-
Arl. ......lb
Moorneaa. midb .v.zaiuiiie nnra.
Ark
Omah
.r.
...IKINhw-York
Ht. Lottie
St. Paul
- lnilifleinDia
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4 Bereatesr fsVr
"Xt Wseultilton
'.rt
" tJoaroal 8peeiaj8ervlre.) j:- , r
Washlngtoj D. C Jan. J Accord
ing to the reportk reoelved by the
Westher Bureau,' the 5 entire - growing
orange- crop" of northern 1orida has
been destroyed by. the cold wve which
wept through -that atata last night .ana
the trees themselves are. seriously af
fected and many will probably be lost
The temperature et Jacksonville waa I
and - st Tsmpa, 22 the lowest . known
since' the big f reese of 10 yea, ago. that
destroyed -all OTChasda-in the state. t
Heavy gales continue, to sweep flis
Atlantic coast and reports are received
of. many stranded and-wreckeit;Vessela
Two vessels are eshore off Cape- Hat
ters and four schooners were arrven
ashore at Caps Cod during the nignt " .
- As an Indirect result of the storm the
Pan-Amerlcanvbapk a-Ghlcago closed
Its doors todaV- The -"Institution had .a
capltal .of $500,000. - President Hunt Is
stalled on a snow-bound New Tork Cen.
tral train and cannot be reached. - -V :
- The cold wave continues to hold the
WILL INVESTIGATE
M' MAH ON'S BLU FF
'" (Special blapatek t Tie ioanial.l' - "
Salem. ' Or., Jan. - 2. Anotheract
waa begun -this- morning In -the legis
lative Investigation of state instttutions.
The senate ha taken up the charges of
malfeasance made by L. it McMahon
agntnat the; superintendent of the state
penitentiary, and adopted this morning
a resolution appointing a Joint investi
gating committee, with the usual "cler
ical" aid: Brownell was the author of
the resolution. . -
McMahon'a charges have been aired
repeatedly for. a. year past. ' He " has
sought to get the court to take-oognl-sance
or them, and tried unsuccessfully
to get the grand Jury to Indict the two
FINDS A FORTUNE" ,
- FLOATING IN BAY
Man Out of. Work Seeking Drift
:ryfpodpr Fuel f Finds
V V1 ; Ambergris, 'f . 'sxi:
(Journal. 'Special Srloe.)
'Ssn Francisco, Jan. 2. Out' of a Job
and depending on the flotsam of tha bay
for fuel, and It deeps for fish, with
which to warm and feed hi patient
wife at home,, and then to pick up a
$12,100 lump of ambergris,' Is the ex
perience of Willlsm V. Getchell ot 1271
Goss street Oakland. ' V , --
Qetchell la a painter out ef a-Job..'. He
secured a leaky eld boat -a few hooks
and lines and took to the bay. fishing
snd keeping a weather eye open for
driftwood. . In company with Charles
Ackerman, a . neighbor, he started to
Qoat ialaad Sunday morning.
- Neaf the Island Qetchell sighted an
sh-grsy colored masa bobbing about on
Jaodama n w ould have
passed It without a second look. Getchell
poked sn car st the grrasy object, a
moment later' the slimy, atlnklng mana
wss pulled Into the ' host which was
nearly swsmped In the ope ration. -
Ambergris Is worth 220 sn onunce,
nd 1 used In making perfume.
VrfrLUUF31 ON TK3
entire company from the'Ttocklea to the
Atlantic lo Its icy grasp. Railroads sre
blockaded, coasts are lined with wrecked
Vessels, telegraph wires are prostrated
and - muchsuffering - ia occasioned
through all the cltlea.
ork l completly:.now-bound.
the city belne covered by a blanket a
foot deep on the level ahd-several feet
In depth In the drirts. - Trolley- erylce
..i -..T.., i,,i,, m.A ' ' r.
The entire coast line from the Caro-
tlnaa north' has experienced a ,terrflc
garerTrceompanled -by a heavy" fall' df
snow and -on Intensity of cold seldom
be-!5 ."U'J"14- mZ""1 'Hind In the duel that followed JO shot
ported stranded or wrecked. ,. ... ' , h,h
, At Bofton the bllssard. is tUl rag
ing. At Baltlrhore nearly a foot of snow
ha-falln. At- Philadelphia the : aame
condition exists," and Virginia and Mary
land report s the heaviest showf all - IqJ
mnny years. "?"- --; 1
The middle west li suffering from In
tense Cold, as well as from the heavy
snows, BUssarda are raging everywhere
and traffic la universally tied up. At St.
Louis the- thermometer Is 10 below, at
Iulsville it Is ( below, at St. Psul It Is
IS below, st Huron 27 below, st Kansas
City 42 below, and at Chicago below.
.i . coiimi AaKOBT - -v' ,
.i '," ' . (Journal Special Servlrt .)""''."' V""IT..
-Woodsliole, Maaa, Jan. J. The big
collier- Georgetown Is eshore' off Nam
tucket Island, tn a dangerous position. -
officials.-. The whole thfng. I declared
to be. malicious and springing -solely
from persona h animosity s gatnat Bu per
intendent Jatnea, ,.iKmm-t, w
- Tbe resolution adop ted-by the senate
recite McMahon' allegation that Super
intendent' James and Warden Curtis
misappropriated 12.000 of the peniten
tiary betterment fund for the purchase
of furniture for quarters occupied by
them; thst a bookkeeper was allowed to
keep one or two horses at state expense;
that the superintended socepted a valu
able present from tbe mother of a con
vict and then gave the latter unusual
privileges, and that the .matron has not
attended to her Official duties.-
The resolution declares that If - the
charges are -true, the management of
the penitentiary-la corrupt and incom
petent ..-.. - - -'
' Politics I sajd to be back of the sen
ate's action in taking up McMahon'
charge:"" Superintendent James- Is rtlis
only. bead, ef acetate institution ap
pointed by the governor. .The acts
charged - against .h(m. can - be - charged
with equal truth' against the heads of
the'fnsans asylum, blind school deaf
mute school and other Institutions. All
live, at th laaUtutUxi-tOfWhloh- ttey be
long. In quarters urnlahM by thd state.
learning of the action -to-be taken In
the senate, Uohbln Introduced a brief
resolution In the house referring the
matter . to tha existing committee. It
did not-salt McMahon. who tried to get
Dobbin to present a duplicate ef Brown
sir resolution, but Dobbin refused. The
house will act oh the Dobbin resolution
tomorrow. .: ! . ..
GERSHON MARX IS -;..
HANGED FOR MURDER
(Jownaf Special Bervlcel) '..''
Hartford, Conn.., Jsn. 26. Qershon
Marx, who I to be hanged today at tlie
state prison at Wethersfteld. la the hrst
Hebrew to be executed In Connecticut.
Marx' la 7 years old.- He was convicted
at New London ef the murder of his
farm bench- Pave-Rodecki.-btst spring;
The stste tn prosecuting Msrx elslmed
jthat he killed Rqdtckl rather than pay
him six montrnf-wsges wnicn were one,
and he afterward cnt up the body,
sewed It-tn a bag and buried-tt-lmm
old cellar. The sams manner of de
posing of the body of a second t,'
hand was follnwed, and evl-'-
brought to I'-" f t ! "
Mars was gui
II of (he V
farm.
X.9
Nelson i Walkerl Lie: t et
GraYVsIIcathFrifiiy
HIT ON HEAD AT THE "
; DOOR 0F.HIS, OWN H0r.E
Pistol Duel orv Madison t Street
Bridge Betweeti L7 D. Keyzer
::rnd . Young ..Reader of .-!.'.
"Pirgrim's Progress." . '
A th result ef two sensational hold
upe-irt Portland last highf on VictlnJ
Is lying at death's door, with his assail
ant' at liberty, and one highwayman I
In JaU. with hi plucky would-be victim
very much alive.- ' z.i ':
A he was sbout to enter , his home,
2il Montgomery, at ll:Jo, young Nelson
Walker waa struck down' from behind. '
He-made an ojitcry as ha fell and the
unknown sscapeo. WsHserjls atlU un-.
conscious. "-. -... , , . .;..:;' -,-...'
, Jack O. Drummond, It year old. sat ;
In hi room . reading -Pilgrim's Prog- -ress"
.uniiL. 2:20 last evening. VThen be .
atartedx.out n a highway robberjrpll
grlmage. ' Tlie Jlrst insn he met wa ,
L-D. Keyser. who-was walking along
the east. .approach -st the- Maateen- street -
bridge.. At the command .of . ''Hold up - -
your hands. "-Jleyser erew- a ; revolver.
were' exchanged, none of which resultsd
seriously, t The young bandit was-cap- :
tured. ..'. ..; - jj. , l". "'r.?.,'..-; '
'7 . T::"AttaksarBll'rtie
"Felled'by a" blow delivered from "he-"
hind by-a highwayman; Nelson Walker -has
been lying hi anunoonsclous condl
tlon at hi home, 254 Montgomery street. ,
since-J l:J 01 o'clock, last night-- -- ! v - .-
About that time Walker, who le 22
years of sge.' was returning home from
a cell on friends, lie had Just started
up the step leading to the fronLdoor. .
when the thug ran up fro-a, behind "and
struck th 'young man several blow oar -the
right aide of th head. With, cry
Walker fell to-the-pavement.
His aged-parents were - awakened , by
the noise, and hurried down the atalra, ..
frightening the "robber away before he
had an opportunity to search hi vie- :
tlm pockets. Neighbor were also
roused by Walker's outcry, and saw th
highwayman running west on Montgom-' "
ery street
The apparently, lifeless f orm f WaN ".
ker was carried Into the house and Dr.
C W. .Cornelius, who. live - near., waa, t;
called. Dr.. Ernest Barton, wa. lo In
attendance. -" -i-
All bight long and up wntlj a late
hour Ihle morning - Walker lay -nncon- -aclous-rolling
upon his bed ss If In
great. agony, and. muttering unlntelllgt- .
bly. Only once did he regain conscious-.
neaa, and then be whispered, 'Hello, -
mama.-"-. ---' - --,"-...... .
Mother Heard Xlm' Cry.' .T -
"About 11:20 1 hesrd a cry in front
of the house,' said Mrs. N. N. Walker
this morning, . "and looking out of the
window saw my boy lying on th walk. .
My husband and I rushed down -and -brought
Nelson In the house, but how we
did It I do not know. At first we thought .
he was dead. . Although . I looked out
ss soon aa I heard the cry. I saw no
ons sxceptlng my j son. This morning '
I was told thst some friend who live,
near by ssld thty saw a man. running
up the street after they heard tbe -cry
The .boy -waa holding hla keys In hi
hand when. we found him. -I do, net.,
think anything wa taken, from him. the -robber-tre
doubt becoming frightened
when Ne'son groaned .so loudly. We
could, not find the weapon with, whlcte
,h was hit" ' '
Dr. Cornelius ststed this morning that "
Walker was suffering from a concussion
of the brain.-caused by a ,biow from a
Want -wes pott. 'p '" ,"' '.1 ; T ". :
Nelson.. Walker ts engaged in business .
with hi fstber. Nelson N. Walker, ot
th , firm of .Walker Langford. ,.con ,
tractors for"the poet office Jviildjng, "
'"' ;ettl esTih Bridge. ; - - ,
In a cell at the CM prlaoh'ls J. R.
Brook, alias Jack O. Drummond. a I
Innocent-looking lad ' It years of age.
charged with assault with intent to nU
He was captured last night after a iH-a-Derate
pistol duel with - U D. Keyser, -who-refused
to submit to the highway. -man's
command to ,lhrow up hla hands. "
-. Th capture waa made by Auatln Ma- -loner,
ex-polloe officer and lender of the .
Madison street bridgs. He hesrd the
firing and captured the man a he dashed
across the bridge.
' L. D. Keyser, a conductor on th's Os
wego branch of .the Southern' Pscliio
railway,. wti U at -Hoily etreet,
wss crossing the Mndleon street brUi
t lZMS O'clock laat nlgl.t ott l i
home. As he approached f
of the brW-s a man w" '
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