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Si The Circulation-: Of The Journal i . Yesterday Was -C ' VOU III. NO. 298.. PORTLAND,; OREGON. 'THURSDAY ' .EVENING,' FEBRUARY 16, 190 FOURTEENTAGESTT PRICE FIVE CENTS. - -IT The WeUieiv- -fe:i-.t , r ri,v' V I i f 1 I i i l f I v v - - ril II. II I sA I i President Orders Ijavestl gation iyiRaefeB ler's Methods: ASKED FOR BY KANSAS' BUT WILL UUiAJilHbK Prompt-Aetion-on TProposaffey Congress That Competition . Ki ling-r" Tactics Be:;z Looked Into. -frr Jorl Spadal flerrlea.) i ' Wmhlnilon. h 1 Tha rrMe'fit -Ctoday ordered a egeclal Jnveetlgmtlon" nf j th 'Blandard DU. by bureatr-Qfcor- poratlone of. the department of com- merce and- labor, with particular rafr- enca- to the company' recent operation ' in Kanaaa, The order follows a call -at Ithe WhlteJIouae -by . Repreentatlre CampbelLjst Kana,; whd proenred jrea '; daythe paaaace the houi e( ,1 reaolutlon. provMiaf forthe lnreatiraj . , tlon. . ' -j :f - .-' ' . ' - The Inquiry will be beRun and preased rapiaijr a. poiwioi oy commissioner ; Garf ieM. It wlirextend lromtTl7Kaa fWld te the other targe piwlucing- lo -Ultle- hrougkoat the country where I destruuttve tactics air employed by the oomblna. i;- ;- .;,. '.;. vj;';T-l-'.?',ir " The president haa. received a telegraiB help 1n"thg " Undertaking of ibe 'legls laturef Kansas to protect the oil Indus try of the stale from the oppression of . , the Standard Oil .trust. The telegram 'v - "Because tha Jegtslatura vresumes :to -'exercise a natural functlod of govern mcnt by legislating for the welfare and (protection of Industries within the bor- ' ders of the state against the oppression of all monopolies, and because the leg.. . ilslatura proposes to tfy the ezperlmeat of a publlo-oil rflnecy aa a mrani of preserving and making vjf Itable the oil Induatry. the general muMger of the ' (standard Oil company haa declared v a "(boycott UPQir Kanaaa oil,-and ana of, his ; subordinates haa Insulted our ppople by ' expreaalng In the public prints a ground less fear that they will destroy the com ijpanya property. The. president is asked -not to renew the lease to the Htandard bit- company of fh rt.up. Indian rem k includes a rich reservoir of petroleum. iim ., jThe lease is nominally- held by "straw imn. but An "really the property' of th 1 . trust, and the ' secretary of the Interior ..ls aaked tft-iwfuaa tlK appllcttllon of its extension. It is stated that unless the - .government, state and nation refuse to "'confer-upon-the- trust -additional rights .-.-and franchisee -and - legislate for the people a whlre,jthepllndjatrr.Jf Kan. Ruined. " HOCH WON'T TALK; ; . Won oa BeflalnJr SHt " (Jooraal gpcelal Serslee.) if Topeka,' Kan., Feb.- It. , Governor tHoch today again declined to forecast " Ma action "on . the' state ' refinery bill. "Personally he fa opposed- to the refinery, - but it la believed, that ha will sign the . bill oil account of the strong public sentiment favoring it " Never before has public opinion been so aroused over a atter'ancT the sentiment for the re finery is, overwhelming. JOY IN KANSAS. ." Beaeral Xabllatioa Over ' Hawfl That Jreeiden Xaa Ordered XnyestlgaUoa. ' ' - (Journal Bperlal Df !) . ; Chanute. Ksn.t .'Feb; 1. The new "'.that Roosevelt haa personally ordered anjnvestlgatlnn of the Standard's meth- oda In the Kansas oil' fields haa caused . a general Jubilation here. Oil producers 'say they hava a mass of testimony to submit to the agents of the government. STAGE COACH PLUNGES . H A OVER CLIFF INTO SEA - (Joarnal BparUi ertlet.V"" rT . Monterey, Cel., Keb.J l.-The ,' mall - stage running between this city and a post SO miles south, plunged over a high grade at RadcllfTe, and the entire out fit, horses and vehicle, were swallowed np.4n the. angry seas thsl beaf agalnat thetirockibound shore 390 feet below. ' -The Brlver. Arthur Bptta h4. a remark , able escape from deaths as -the frantlo horses and vehicle rolled down the de cline to the sea, where-they were liter-J . siiy- pounaea into rragments by the breakers.' ' ' i Th only passenger. James' 8terret(. . Jumped aa the stage toppled over the precipice and saved hlmaeif. Mr. Betts fW terribly bruised, but. wilt -recover. . oAe-pouncn of local mall waa saved, bqt "-"tVrtlfV Fargw- V f 'o-'a box was lost, ss well s all. the baggage. t The disaster was, due to a. washout on the road oc- coaloned by the receat beavy rain.- r. ri r. ; ; In Jdint-Session leglsla- iitnre Substitutes Jv: C. Ainsworth.1 LEGAL MOVE AGAINST -A wTHOWAS EXPECTED NottinarrrRoalii$t3 THe Calls underhand Prdceed Ingv But Is, Overridden Ignore. M6tion. frOL Joaraiti BtirrTiiiuuiteLV I Biicm( or, meo.. c. Alpewortn, bank, wa 'elected today Jn a joint aea ion of the senate and the house to auc rrfd Paptaln sBoeooer, ehoee offlee aa member of therorf of Portland' com mlsalon waa declared vacant. No at tempt waa mad' to oust O. B. Tbomas, hbue the plaa.lt la aald. la to brine local proceeding afainat him on the basis, -of the recent charges of offlctal corrupt loo. The aciietne-waa sv cler jplece of strategy -.-and..', waa adroitly carried t hrouglui T he detatla weral careful I y kpianned ana all knowledge, or what was aoming haitbeea kept from the bppo- slUeu. Whea- Nottingham-fr entered a, vehe ment protest - against ' taking "snap" judgment , without giving r the slightest cnanca xor - consiueraiion . aeoaiev President- Kuykendall declared . him - out or.urder When- tno. , Muitnnmah man persisted in denouncing; the proceedings aa "vnderhaaded" he waa .summarily orders? to take -hie sekL' . r ,( Smith - of Umatilla repeatedly moved a n adjournment before - the vote waa taken,--but Kuykendall refused - . to recognise .him. ' v' u..X- Kuykendall put the question to a viva voce vote, . declared, the motion carried. Nn one called fof division. -- The first intimation that -something unusual waa about to, happen came scfew Hntnutes before 12 ' o'clock, shen the aergeant-at-arms of the house began ar ranging seats .for the senators In the front of the chamber. Speaker Mill in formed the house that the senators were coming in for a Joint assembly, adding with, a- amlle, ."they have a little some thing to say to you." r . . A few minutes later the senators filed id and President Kuykendall ascending fJrcuto the speaker's desk, took the gavel. ITueie was no toll call, aw ea to bo without precedent -In the records of joint assemblies in this state.- . -Mr. Kuykendall said: "It is made tfeeVrduiy-ef -tha joint ai a. boatman at Astoria. We will proceed to on uib one.- . , - Senator T.uttle nominated James Keat ing',: the present incumbent, liepresenta tlve laiws seconded the nomination and Hodaon moved that, ths miminatlona-baJ f losed. Keating waa elected unanlmoua-y.- The boatman la a subordinate of the health officer stationed 'at Astoria, and as the latter omce has-been .abolished at this seaalon the boatman will have nothing to do but draw his salary ol $4 a month. . " ' Senator Smith of v ' Umatilla moved an ' adjournment, ' but - waa not recognised " by Kuykendall. Bai ley secured the floor and said: "I wish to place in nomination for the vacant position on the Port of Portland commis sion Hon. J. C Alnswortn or Portland. I move that the chief clerk be Instructed to cast the ballot of the Joint assembly for his election, Nottlnchttm arose to Inaulre wnether the- leglsJature-hs'J-ny-rtght-o-flll va- canclea on the commission, and whether. in fact, any vacancy existed. , -"The law clearly provides." aald Kuy kendall, "that the vacancies may be tem porarily filled by the beard until the legislature meetsandthla body shall then elect. "This proceeding Is a snap Judgment," protested Nottingham, indignantly. "Tlin s"s"r ' -nt of order," snapped Kuykendall.. ; . ' "This shows the extremities to which these gentlemen are driven-when they resort to such small and underhanded methods." continued Nottingham., "The senator from Multnomah la out of order, 'and he will, take his seat," ahout&d Kuykendall. 4- , -. , - Smith, of Umatilla sprang to his feet directly In front of the speaker's desk and moved aa. adjournment. Kuykendall Ignored him: ' Again - Smith . demanded recognition, but In Vain, , -All those In favor of a motion ,ln stnictlng the chief clerk to cast Its ballot for J. C. Ainsworth to fill a va cancy on the Port of Portland commis sion wtll signify It by saying aye." said Kuykendall. "Those opposed. The mo tion Is carried." The Joint assembly then adjourned. ' . . sTottinrham Wroth.' "I think a mnn, unfair advantage wa taken." aeld Mr. Nottingham, after trie proceedings were over. 'The sctlonJ.MichlganP lie closed out the Interests of President Kuykendall in refusing to entertain- Smith's motion to adjourn was raw and rank. These people accused Thomas of crime and wanted the legis lature to sit In Judgment and .convict htm. but. found honorable men wrhe - - -(Continued en Page Eight) , INSANITY OF BLUEBEARD : -' ". - -.-''' , - v. V..-..-, . ,,-v . '. (Joarnal Bpeelal gervW.) '' -Chiea'- Feb. -1 -Kortv-three wtvea are now credited by. the police to Johann Hoch. the modern bluebeard. Of these ?JL.dmjtamarrylna:J Ilea are confident that they, will "sweat" further admissions from him and prob- aMy-run thti UiifJtoiO. j - . - Inaaalty wlll. In U .ilKeJISooairbe Hoch's defense. Buggestfons along this Una a.ra malt hV tha DfiSOOer himself and also by hla attorney And even 4he stata-adattg.that U la the only togicsj defense. wH-MwiHam aa asansad and non- chalant spectator both at the inquest and at tha recognitions by wcenen whom he-lias deceivcdV:rTvwoonen riaiied him thla morning and Identified him. as k.i hn.hatwt and were received by broad grtnsv ' Their torrents of vltupe-- etion did not disturb mi umy air. : r-,.,.- , r i-' i. , , i. , r Evyri Carnpbn,: Whose Picture I Shown in ihe Center. TracedLJohgnn L--irl'l-Ll''- 'S T? J " O Vf-Hochjjwt- the Right TTutVf Mrk Mary EASTERN CAPITAL -BUYS-OREGON LINE Becomes Owner of Railroad luch-TJmber, PORTLAND PEOPLE ARE ---INTERESTED IN DEAL Coble, 1 Nehalem & Pacific Rail way and ColumblaTTImber - Company Sold. : ,Wllllanf Reld, a Michigan lumberman, has purchased the Qoble,- -NohaJem - 4 Pacific railway and .the Columbia Tim ber company from Robert Smith, P. S. Stanley, vY- 6. Jwlnnell and ,1 C 8 tan ley, at a price stated to be approximate ly $200,000. It Is the JntenUon Ot Mr. Reld to form a new company embracing the entire property, and probably aaso clati iUavld C Pelton of Portland, and event ually extending the railroad Into tha Nehalem valley, -i- , v. . The deal, waa closed today. . The prop erty transferred Includes about seven miles of railway from Goble, on the Co- lumbtaTTtver, to point In the red-fir "timber district of Columbia county, and a tract of about 7,000 acres of red fir. to whlrh Ull. wa hel.1 by ths r?nlnmht Timber company. These properties were owned by- W. B.-Dwlnnell of Jflin- nea polls, L 8. Stanley of Chippewa Fallal Robert Smith and t 0. Stanley of port land. The railroad waa 'promoted about four years ago by Edward Cannon and R-.C-Belt, who planned to build from Goble Into tha Nehalem river valley. They bad not sufficient timber holdings tot: carry" tha -enterpriser forward, and after they had built four miles the bond holders foreclosed and the road was sold to the four men named, who had already acquired the Columbia Timber company. The purchasers extended the road, three miles, and had planned $n continue eft tension thla year. The- price offered by Mr. Reld waa sufficient to, chsnge their-plans. -and their have-disposed of the properties with a view to going Into banking. They hsve already estsbllshed a bank at Hood River. - William Reld, the lateat purchat. has for 2 years been engaged In the timber and lumber mill business - In of himself and Mr. Peltnn there a year ago end earn to Portland. He Is a prao Ileal logger and mlllman. and It la his Intention to develop the boalnesw In Co lumbia county to Its fullest extent. . He raid i ' . .",:'''..'.' -' -' " ; (Continued on Page Two.). WILL , Hoch Indignantly denies the charge that ha waa) a pupil and 'former tm ploy ot the lata ' notorious . IV lit Holmes., or that he worked in the 1st- tor's 'castle.- Holmea was an adept at ;-to NAN PATTERSON cused "of .'. Murdering t CaesarYoUhgT" TOMBS COSY COMPARED -WITH BRITISH JAILS l Hopethe Outcome Will: Be T". Better for You Than- It r.r-z! Was for. Miyr"-r: ii v.; . z ::" ; (Joarnal Bpeelal tt1c. ) ; New York. Feb. Mrs. Florence IX 1 ' mm , .'-' A . T - . - I . -.il-, tor his metKods Maybrlck. who was recenUy releaaedi'tory Is behind the levering bill which from an English- prison after serving It year after conviction for the murder of her husband, visited the Tombs and saw Nan Patterson. They greeted each other warmly,. Mrs. Maybrlck claftpVng both of Nan's hand. ! - Toujbava ' my " deepest sympathy." Mrs. Maybrlck said. "I sincerely hope the outcome for you Is better than.it waa for me." Tears came to Nan' eyaand she re plied choklfsjly, ;athank. yottyef:o. much." - , - . Mrs. Maybrlck told Warden Flynn that- the Tombs wl a nnir "home ron pared to. KngllsBrprlspns. .She has been visiting .Auburn and .other prisons, of mis couniryi. When I saw the women in large, airy rooms, cheerfully. engaged in work, talk ing to one another, I thought of my own miserable condition while working at Aylesbury where-1 was ro solitary con finement for the first four months of my Incarceration.",. . , SPAIN PLANNING TO -F ,, BUILD A NEW NAVY . ' (Jovssl Special Srrrlra.) t., ,.. Madrid, r eb. 1. The minister of ma rine prepared a scheme for the construc tion of eight ironclads. 10 first class cruisers and to, amaller vessels at a cost of a half ' billion pesetas. It Is Understood the work on the new vessels will be divided -batween Spanish, Eng lish and --Italian contractors r . sncoaTD no: txgusxxxo. (Jseraal' SrcUI Servlee.) Waahlngton. - , Feb. !.- Henry P. Pimond of California. Indicted, tor land f ran its, has ' appealed to the United States supreme court, to prevent -his extradition - to Washington for u-laL mmmmmmmmm poisoning and Hochv hag Men accused of being his protege,' -. h Hoch aald this-morning: "I never knew Holmea and bad no connection with him. I admit that I - have eom- Hoch to His Hiding Place irNew Yorlu "The Picture on the Left Is One Hendricks, One of Hi' Numerong Wives. . t 'v iv;;l;:.-'v.:,iy.; BOLL WEEVIL TO SEND UP COHON struclie-Pest4n-Scnrthern Plantations. OBJECT JQlBOOM RATE ON COTTON EXCHANGE Representative-- Lovering Cot Wind of he Scheme and Pror duced twNew Bill.- - " (Joornal Rpsrial B ,tua.) . Washington.. Feb.- H.--An Interesting waa reported by the bouse eonimtttee on agriculture yesterday, the', mam.pro- f visions being, that any person who aends through the malls any reptile or "lnsecr!lnLcers-lttUeTethey. broke into tha o- k ,i-Krr i e tic nnn I bank of Sheridan, the bank of Forest maybe-punlshed "by a fine of IS.000 or Imprisonment for five years. The main feature Of tna story la that a Texas cotton planter , proposed to a New York cotton house to '"distribute boll weevils next year throughout - the south, thns destroying the cotton crop largely, create a bull market and. make a fortune. The agricultural, department haa investigated and finds thaCthe man ftrVfno means a crank. Representative Lovering, the author of the bill, received a letter from a New York firm of cotton brokers. Mr. Covering--took the New York firm's letter to the president, who advised Mr. Lovering to introduce a bill making it a crime of the worat kind to scatter' boll weevil and to prevent It being carried by any rail road In. the country- i . . The southern correptndent's letter to the New York firm reads something like this: "If jou wilt back me financially. I will Send cotton boll weevil Into, every cotton producing state of the country in the south, you. myself and boll weevil will bull the cotton market. ' AM I ask is f-lhat you firm and myself divide the re sult of the resultant- nigh pticea." - PARCEL POST SYSTEM - WITH FOREIGN LANDS - (Joarnal gperlsl tmlw.) "' ' . " ' - New York. Feb. 1. Second Assistant Postmaster Oeneral . Shellenberger ar rived from Europe today, where he went on postal matters. He la said to nave succeeded in establishing a parcel post system and to have made a tentative agreement with Great Britain for a sea-poet" system to - Include the Wb'ta tftar, American and Cunard JUhe. - ml t ted bigamy, but this Is tha-, worst that can be charged against m, 1 am In - no way to ; blame for the sndden death of my wives. It merely happened this way. man- Is not to Mama for the "decrees ' of providence, . I never poisoned any of them. ' ; rThearaenlo. found-in- my- possess low when I was arrested was bought by. mdi wltB the intention or committing stll CldrrJ,:kew that 1 was suspected and Intended to make way , with myselT if circumstances got too hot.- - "I admit having been married IS times and am II tlmea a bigamist, but lnever married . any iO women and I am simply being uwda 'UlB gBttUgpaToT by every woman in the.countn'who.hag been decei ved by any one - in tha last few years. , ' "I wlsh-tev repeat agaU .tnat I never knew- Holmea or. waa In bis castle and have hiiiteiT lift fnirlall--1'1- 91 . . Been Practically Traced to ' ( Their Door. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ' STOLEN IN FEW MONTHS Methodfff-WortrearTyhbw That One 'Head Directed . . ' Numerous Burglaries. Evidence 1 acountulatlng i lhat . the Lebanon bank robbers ara to be charged with at least eight important bank robberies or , pbstofflce burglaries, and perhaps 14 such crimes may be traced to them.- Postofflce Inspectors are now Interesting themselves in the case. Grove, the bank of New berg, the post office at Rainier, Colombia county, the Southern Pacific Jefferson street depot In. Portland and the of flee of the Acme Lumber company at St. Johns, and the belief .'has recently been strengthened that they are the same men that held up the Oregon Railroad V Navigation romnanrt train - en' tna east-aids. In (Portland a few weeks sgo. In addition to these robberies there Is tome -reason to- believe that -the- same- gang are responsible for burglaries at HUlaboro, Centralis, Wash., Hood River. Amity and Arlcta. ' Certainly not less than 120.000 has been secured, while It Is not Improbable that as much aa 130, 00O has been taken by hero. - l The conclusion that' the first eight crimes were committed by the same gang is reached by comparing the meth ods that were employed In opening the safes and vaults, and from the fact, now definitely established, that the men who are . suspected' invar iablyHapie red from their rendesvous In Portland Just before each burglary, and returned to their usual resort soon after the -deed was- done. . The Vancouver postofflce robberjC.on January IQ, waa done by a gang that operated by different methods. In that Instance the aafe waa opened by drffllng into the lock and using powerful appli ances with which to wrench - open the door. The other vaults and safes were first drilled and -then powder was ex ploded. At - each of the places grain sacks, chlttim bark or sacked grain, or vegetables were Invariably plied about the safes or vaults to deaden the noise of the esploslon. ' It was announced today tha. the Plnkerton agency had dropped the case KINCSLEY S GA(iG . ARE DANGEROUS MEN jlCuntlnutd on Page Twa) : " TT-"5.. .4..-. .J. RIavHVhMt Is SnM atl lejaV -iava WF , v w - w a, $1.21 1-2 on Chicago Board Today. zi ; . V MANIPUUTI0N PUIN T0 FORCE THE ADVANCE) uxner upuons rveax ana Lower i. m . . -j .s n r 1 s . sMT a t .awe. .. . 1 rtecorH ui neriuu isars . , . When the Wheat Pit Was ,-' -a. Maehitrom. ' '.4 . (SpecUl Diapetea. to Tee JeansX? Chicago, Feb. 1. Jt waa plain to all that Jbe wheat market today waa ma nlpulated. The fact that the May option showed a' heavy advance at the close. while Jhe other options were weak and , lower, adds strength to his belief., ' ' It waa again a very sensational sea. sion and there were wild scene on the j floor of tha wheat pit. The market fori May '"' option - openad-- strong 1: on tha strength shown by the closing of yes terday L and an early advance waa shown r "bjTprlcea Then a spirit of depression I t" In r"- the - market went - down by r degrees until tha price for May touched I the low mark at 1.1. - From the low level there waa a eulck response to the heavy covering- of shorts t and the buying from the outside, and the I priee-begaji to seek new records. The! m . . v . r mnnniiM it. HrHnnn nn i , , n n very closing gong, and the closing at' 11.214 was but an eighth cent under the'. -very-nop,flgure of the session- The advance shown by May option toaay waa 14 centa. ;. - , ' - U - I In other options nothing but weak- ness was shown at the close of tha ses sion. The first of the session showed r a very small advance from the opening j figure, but thla waa all loaf and morej too before the session closed. At the. nd of today's 'business the Jury waa! -showing a decline ot cent, while the ) oepiemoer was uvwu tb vw. . . - Today s prices ln the wheat -market are the highest for S years, or since, the famous Letter . operation In !!, when wheat struck the high point .at, The high, price In the wheat market j In various years and the months they 1 were) reached, are:ji I Year. Prloe,-.: Montn.. . 1S......3.00 September 18S2 , 1.40 ' Pf'L MH 1881 . 1.43. ...... .October. 187. ....... 1.1C ...... ..ApnL 1877 L7H . . - , flay. . , 187 1 2V ,.tcembea 1875.J.VS-.V l 0Vi UK"U l74.i7H.J. 1.2S April. , 1873........ 1.4 ......July. . 1872. ....... l.l , August. .. 1 , 1 b-Anis8nl i7o.::n::: . 1861 2-47 ......August. ; 18S.. ...... ......July. lUln.i)' May. . ' 18. ....... 1.0s ........uvpniucck 186. i . ..... 1.66 January. ; . - LIEU LAND LAW IS 1 - STILL UNREPEALED; South to Be Well Represented ln the Inausrural Parade by j Governors. '' (Journal Bpeelal Bsrvtce.) .- -Washington. Feb. II. The senate pub-; lie. lands committee has recalled thai bill which It recently reported repealing the Ilea-land law and providing for thej purchase of private holdings -within; forest reserves. ' The bill' haa been re ferred to a sub-committee, which prob- ably mean no action this session. , The south will be well -represented lti the Inaugural parade. Governor Blanch-1 ard ot Louisiana, Governor-1 arfleld oti Maryland. - Governor - Montague of VIr- glnia and tire governor of Alabama an-1 North .Carolina, will all be present head-l log-regiments from the militia ot the. various states. ' ' I Senator Foster haa offered an amende ment to the river and harbor bill appro priating lUS.m for the dredging of a water way 'tn Tacoma harbor. Other. amendment provide for the surveys of, Anacortea harbor, Roche harbor arl Belllngham bay, - ; ; . - Postmasters appointed: Oregon Barron. Jackson county. - James H. Cook, vice Martha A," Barron, resigned. -. - v. . . I Washington Fel Ida. -. Clark eourrtv' Ray Nash. Vice Owen Taylor," resigned; . Hobart, King county, Samuel B. OJerda, vice William Bldebotham, resigned. . vaxsoo cmxxr trSTrv. , Jaaraal 8iwlil -' ) San Francisco, K . 1 ' of the recent s 1 ! partment In ro ?hlef of Pi " ' suspend 1 senior r t- . - - 3