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Newspaper Page Text- ...... . . . . . . ' - ,t - . T 1 e CCD EVZHIKQ. . . . 'II JL s The Circulation : , ; Of The journal . TU 7t-;r. , Generally fair tonight, and tfed- aesday;, variable wind. . .'.'. YttUrizy Was . I , ...,.:.. i VOL. lit NO; 803. " POKTtAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENINO, FEBRUARY 28, 1905.-I-SIXTEEN . PAGES. PRICE FIVE ' CENTS. J-. CATCHES FIRE! :&T SEi (TV i STEAilER OREGON BUT HE ADS. AT iErraimiiTLi;: Fire Discovered in theHoy ester day iMorm v rialed and Mose Aboard Save! -'V,c.-..v::vv Burning : Ship Hakes tITl ' TV ' Olftf "tv2"ij rrnere, rire Jim Rages-rvrcai rresencc oi :r ; Hind SHown by Officers and Crew '4 1 -taraL.8Mdal Berric.) ' . U.Crmcmt .Clin Ci, Keb. 18. Oret prene ot mua on u parr us io 01 flocra prarentadVa. fearful dlaaater when the steamship Oregon of the Ban Fran-cit6-Portland line took' Ore at aea off " Crescent City, CaL, yesterday morjuns. All of the paaeenffera, manxfwhoni '' were from Portland, were safely landed .at. Creaoaot City this -morning. No one ;' . was injured. . v ' The burning steamer was sighted off this eltjr last night. During the night the Teasel crept nearer port and early ' this anornlng seemed to be In an-eaay . , position. The ere ooold be seen fight- Ing the flames,, but the fire continued to v'VwiaJM headway. All the passengers were transferred to the steamer Del Norte, rt:,err tooiv by "the Oregon,- earry mst evening and safely leaded at Crescent CUT. , ' 7 '- ' ' -:. The boat "carried a .cargo chiefly of r llimben worth probably $80100.- :', ' The fire , waa dlscOTered '-yesterday morning In the after hold." The Tassel '. at that 1me was seTeral mile from . . Crescent City, but the tug Del. "Norte and' a eolUer were near by. y : ' - Captain Warner ordered full head ' ""of steam, while - the -crew .naased the , word among the paasejigert.-VtiatThere was no danger, at the ubMhm slg. tialtng to the- Del Norte-and the collier - for assistance and preparing to launch ;.': the lifeboats.". . - " ; ',' A great taass of smoke and flame was pouring from the hatches, which were quickly battened- down, allaying ; In a measure the fears ot the passengers. ' The male passengers and crew acted ' admirably and succeeded In pre renting , a panic among the women. The collier -' was the first to stand by, and all the passengers were transferred ; without ' trouble. A portion of the crew meantime was , sent to fight the fire and succeeded la - confining the flames to the hold, - When the Del Norte came alongside ' the "passengers were transferred to her by the collier and brought "to Crescent "City. The battle with the flames on the Oregon continued all night and early this morning the ' Teasel, with the fire still raging, came Into port. The Teasel left Ba .rranctooo fof Portland Sunday. Wm n riraen and Mlas B. Oreen. who ' were" passengers on the steamship' Ore ' gon, ars the wire and oaugmer ox j.jij. - Oreen of San Francisco. They were on - their way to Portland to Join Mr.' Oreen, who is now In Portland on a Tlslt. Q. DeFrles, another passenger, . la ' manager of the Davlee . photograph studio In Portland and was returning ': home from a buslnesstrip In Ban Fran- - dsco. ...... K. A. Burt, Included In. the list,. Is a telegraph operator with the Southern Padflo company of Portland. . i . PI B. Miller Is a Portland mining man with offices In the Ablngton, building who was returning from a business ' trip to the Bty City. . ' . ' PeopU Aboard TeseeL ' 'passengers on -the Oregon were Mrs. O. Perry. Mrs. (B. Perry, C DeFrles. C X Martin. A. Oibeault, H. C Col lins. H M. Hull. Miss .Cecil Com stock. W. H. Com stock,. H. a Schlenkel, Mrs. " Beaberg, Mrs. O. C. Maloney, B. A. Burt, Mrs. B. H. Germain. Mrs. F. Goldsmith, ,,R R Miller. K. W. Vansenden, O. P. Herri ck. Mrs. a P.' Herrlck. Mrs. a H. yMererum. W. Downing, J.' H. Cabrlskle, TC. O: Bchefer, 1. Janko witch, W. Becker, A.-W. Jrrreras. M. L. Moses, Mrs. M. 1. ; . Moses, Mrs. W. U Markls. Mr. W., 1 Markls, K. Halberg, R. C. Walten, Kob ert Harris, Williams Bummers, - Miss , lire Blclch. one Jspanese. R. Betlaent, O. Nichols, N. Curos. J. W.. Ferd, J. B. Harrtngtoa, two Chinese, H. M. Wilson, R. K. RusaeU. j. Black, one Italian, O. ' KW. Bcott, H. Arnold and X T. Bwayne, ;4 IS WELL KNOWN SHIP. The Oregon Was -Plaeed on. Isoo-PorUaad Ban la li ' The Oregon Is one of the best-known 'steamers on the coaah - Two months after the wreck of the Gsrat Republic i at the mouth of the Columbia river In ' 18T8 she was brought around from New Tork and placed on the Portland and San .Francisco route. .While coming from the Atlantic ooaat she called at Rio de , . Janeiro and Valparaiso, and - reached Portland on April 88, 1880, after a Toy ago ef S days and 4 hours. She was In , charge of Capt. Francis Conner and Chief Engineer J. C. Henderson. , . , . . . On herv second trip from San Francisco to Portland she carried 800 paasengers. and on her third 3B0. Conner was sun. eeeded in command by Edward Pohl 'auuvL .who remaiaed. la charge f the '1 4 I Harbor in Credent City - ' ;''l'li LJ . tiwmahi n th Portland rout until 1 1H, wtn thr Oregon m laid off. In 1811 she received I1J.600 salTage for towing the disabled steamship State of California Into the Columbia. In De. comber, 188; while eit route from Pore land to Astoria, in charge of River Pilot Pease, she ran down and sank the British ship Clan Mackenale, sustaining dam ages amounting to severer thousand dol lars. The Oregon Is ZS feet long, 87.8 feet across the. beam, and tl.8 depth of hold, "with . engines it dnd (0 by 84 Inches. " , . ' ' . " The Steamer was built at Chester. Pa., la 1(78, and U now owned by the WhiU Star Steamship- company . of 'Seattle. During recent years she has been, ply ing between, the latter city -Hind points In Alaska. It Is claimed by Siany that she earri led more gold hunters to the f rosea? sertM thasj otty ether eeel oa , thsomst. r".vr ' Vrf-,.- A year ago 'she was chartered by' the Oregon Railroad A NavigattoV company to ply between thls-clty and San Frkii Cisco In coBnectton. with the 'Columbia and Elder. - Although hatring' accommo dations for almost too passengers she was. used at 4hat ., time' nearly alto gether for carrying freights After be ing kept In commission for about four months au,Xb (route the steamer again returned north! and engaged in the Alaska, -trade,;, ,,, r .. ' . - When, the EIBer Sres wrecked In the Columbia on the morning . of January 11. five. weeks ago, the officials of Ihe LSan Francisco A Portland '- Steamship company began to oast about forv an other Teasel to taken her place.' They Anally closed a- deal) for the Oregon, chartering; her until next-May. She la In charge of Captain Warner- First Of ficer Bou tiller . and. Chief engineer Daniel Sutton. George Cooper lis stew ard and C F. Haywood 'purser. The Oregon Railroad A Navigation company sold the Oregon to the White Star Steamship company at the time of the northern - gold excitement for 80.- 000.. When taJtenjUr Puget sound 840.- 000 was spentSy-Mr owners in making repairs to the craft before she went out on her first trip tol Alaska. It la said that she more than paid for herself' oa too nrst two. trips. - , ' With -the OregonJ. .disabled the-San Franclscb. A Portland Steamship , com pany's fleet Is once more reduced to only one vessel the Columbia. The local officials of the line hare received no advices on- the subject from the head ofTtee at San Francisco, but it la presumed that, arrangements will be made at once to increase the service. The company recently purchased the steamship St. Paul, one of the finest craft on the coast, but as she la being converted into an oil burner and under going other alterations it la probable that she will not be available for plac ing In commission for six weeks or a couple of , months at. the least. It is supposed that the cargo will rep resent a loss of between 880,000 and 8100.000, and according to the price at which she was sold and the expenditures made on her by the owners, the steamer is worth 8100,000. . An advance Copy of her manifest sent to Portland shows that she bad on board tl tons of freight. The shipments comma this way are very valuable, as they are made, up almost wholly of general merchandise. .The local officials of the line' are authority for the statement that , the ' cargoes brought from San Francisco to Portland are almost twice as valuable as those taken from Portland' to the Bay City. The freight brought" OP the coast is largery-composed of - groceries, ,clothing and other goods which command' high prices, vv., ' ....', , TOO MANY ACCIDENTS. Belief 4towtt That Is Careless Shippers and the traveling publlo be lieve that there' are too many accidents occurring of late on the 'steamers ply ing Bp and down the ooaat. They be lieve that tbs mishap. to the Elder was due largely to carelessness on. the part of some one. The official Inquiry Into the accident concludes that it was due to the .steering gear getting out of re pair or a part of the apparatus becom ing jammed. It Is contended that it' is the daty of snows one In a responsible position to make sure 'the everything Is la good condition before leaving port, particularly when there, are so ' many lives at stake.. Had the .Elder slid oft tht rock on which she lodged it is be lieved that but very few of her pas sengers would have been able to make their escape. . .-' - -. ,-. 4 Continued oa Page Bix. ,..".. .f A,i;.5'"?i;.;;f, Steamghip Oregon, i Bf .Petersburg.7yb! Ifc--KaTpakil reports that 10 attack madiffy two Jap anese' hattabopsvand , cavalry at West Tan Bin Tons; have bein'repuiaed. The Japanese renewed the attack' February 17 and again wre repulsed, leaving 100 eorpees. -The Rooslans-lost siai"-.t. The .Jtusstana report -. that - the rJan aneae are in possession ; of ' Tallng; the gateway to Mukden.-' and also the pass between- Tallng . and KatoulinsL . The possession of Tallng threatens Fuaharnk. Tteptins; and - Hlaasswey. w The Jaaaaeae crossed the Bhakbe Bust day evening, having driven In the pickets Of the Russian vanguard. - , Only tbs right and center of Oyansm's army hare been engaged, and conditions are uncharged on, the left. Oyama is reported to have -reeffved orders to at tack the Russian, main position-bef ore the spring thaws, end the object of the present' advance"- is f the ' capture ,, of Mukden and the Isolation, of Vladivostok. It is reported that the Russians num bered 12.000 4n the fight. at Tsnkhat Chan February S3. Their loaees are as timet ed at 8,000. - The Japanese losses were slight. , . . , 1 nvornrcBS apt.' - , (loeraal SpeHal arviea.X... .. . ''Berlin, Feb. 28. .The neirspaper Tor warts today asserts that official reports of the strike movement In Russia con- MASHER SET AFIRE BY HORSE WHIPPING 'WY Lash , in Irate Husband's : Hand Ignites Match and Victim's 1 Y '.'Clothes Blaze,, :.,.;r : (Jearaal Special Serrlee.) ; Chicago, .Feb. .28. Leroy Bt evens, "21 years old, a masher., was unmercifully horsewhipped Saturday by Dr. 'Robert H. Harvey, a practicing south side phy sician." Saturday ho went to the rear of Harvey's residence, and summoned Mrs. Harvey to the door. , Just at this point Dr. .Harvey, who; was returning from a visit to a patient, turned into the alley. i saw "tbe man and, carrying his buggy 'whip, crawled unobserved along the waif leading to- the yard.' ; 'Suddenly Stevens felt the lash across his neck. Again and again it struck. Suddenly smoke began to curl around the body of Stevens, snd It was seen that his clothing was afire. In applying the lash Dr. Harvey bad Ignited a match In Stevens' pocket,, and In a few minutes, his clothes were ablase. Stev ens is painfully . but not '- .seriously burned, and ' today In Harrtson street police station wss sentenced .to . three months In the Bide well., r , V RirftRIAMR R'FP I II ft F TFN ' " ' m msaar bbsbbF sasBar mm: m m , -m- -mw m m. mmm: m mmmw i mmmm mmw. mmmm : m : mm m. mt eeeeeeieMeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeweeeeeew i WILL; PARDON PRISONERS TO RELIEVE CROWDED JAIL '. So crowded is the jail that care for all the prisoners. Two and three are in every cell, and at times more than a half doyen ' have -to share the same room. l: ' : :, . .'".''-.'.' . , ' - . In order to relieve the situation an ordinance will be introduced at the meeting of . the council tomorrow authorizing the mayor to grant pardons and commute and suspend sentences of prisoners after 'conviction in the municipal court for violation of the, city ordinances. , :; 'Before such pardon is granted, the ordinance gives the mayor the power to demand of the municipal judge, the chief of polio! or the city attorney the records of the prisoner and the proceedings of the triaL At the meeting following a pardon the mayor shall make a full re port of the proceedings to the city connciL , , ' L. - .,'".! ; . "Thii ordinance is desired, said Mayor Williams today,' "to , rid the city . of undesirable characters, such as tramps, .vagrants .and-- those who hang about the streets and will not work. IK they promise to leave the city and not return they may be pardoned. . If they should re turn after they had been given, their liberty they will be rearrested and kept in jail their full terms. ;I, believe this is the only way we can solve, the problem which confronts us at the city jail .today v ; ; . '1'.''': ';!";; "iV '', f ; y- . - v - vCH1' t. . ... fc ... Which Caught Fire Off Crescent City, ATTACKS OF Ceal ' grave situation. ports, that rebels la the,- provinces. o Baku, Kllsavetbpel, Tlflls,. Eutais and Dagfaestan have proclaimed their -independence and determtnatlpn to establish an independent state. ' - . ' Two hundred thousand workmen lire now-on strike tit' the province of JClef f, Kiierson, FDltari. Hodolla and Kharkoff. All railway connections in aoutheastera Jtussla are interrupted, ''and a thousand mUweef telegraph lino- basi- been de stroyed.' i ', - At Moscow 1T. swkmeii in the As. TvLAOIMIR IN TERROR f p- i .1 KThfUstS ,ST, ssss tuition Mas. Bean Postponed. ; , ' - (Jonraal Speelal servke.) : St Petersburg, Feb. 18. In a letter received-today from the group- of ter rorists which previously announced that he was Under sentence of death. Grand Duke i Vladimir was notified that his sentence has been temporarily suimend- ed , It is believed to be the intention of the revolutionists to give the a u toe nicy a breathing spell, as further assassina tions are likely to force the caar to dras tic meaaurea of repression. Since the assassination of flerxHna Vladimir has been so terrorliedthat he NEGROES GOING TO L i . im inrrm n nui IllAllUiJIlAL DULL No Color Line Drawn in the Sale - of Tickets to .the . Quadren-t nial State Function. v. (Joomal Speelal Bel ilea.) Washington, Feb. ZSjettMany1 negroes will attend the inauguration, ball. In disposing of ball tickets the color line has been obliterated and many tickets sold : to negro buyers. . Negresses - are making preparations to attend the balL A- few days ago a woman prominent In social circles was shopping In one of the largest department stores of the city. At an adjoining counter three no gr esses were purchasing gowns and giv ing directions . for certain alterations. They did not conceal the fact that they were going to the Inaugural ball, and so Informed the . clerk who, waited upon them. .; . "', -Members of the Inaugural ball com mittee ' in charge of the sale of ball tickets, when .questioned on the subject today, admitted that negroes were buy ing tickets for the ball. They asserted there was nq way to draw the color line on the sale of tickets. Many negroes are willing to pay IS for a ticket in an effort to cultivate social equality. , . J- it is becoming a serious problem Mowwvec, Ta His CL, Yesterday. JAPAN Is-: almost a complete. wreck. 'Hoping to shield his llfej the Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna Insists on accompanying him very time beentures abroad.. , . Upon the request "ot Maxim Gorky that, he be allowed to live at Riga, the authorities, last night banished him to that place. His preference of Crimea or Moscow was refused,' .Gorky took an af fectionate leave of his wife and Utxl son Maxim -at Station, 18. last, night. They will Join him at Riga shortly. ' The cxar baa decided to aooolnt ' the Grand Puke Constantino as minlatsr of education, to succeed M. Glasoi Con- suntine is me raosr uoeraj ana enngni ened of the grand dukes." The appoint ment la taken to Indicate that the ctar desires to reform this department. IBACKT0J1EJASS.: 1- i Xuopatkln sTotlfias Oaar That Xmmedl- . V ,ate 'Withdrawal Is Veoesaary. i. " (Joornal teecial Serrloe.) . London. Feb. 28. A dlSDatch ' Jrora St Petersburg this svenlng states' that both - the Ruasian center and right are engaged today, while heavy fighting on ine tert continued, it is reported on high authority that Kuropatkla has no- tided . the emperor that the immediate (Continued on Page Sis.) DEACON BARTENDER IN TOWN TAVERN - . ... . .. . ,' Rum-Seller Calls on Complain ing Church to Run His Sa . ' loon and It Does, (lenrsal Kpeeial. Serrle.) Gettysburg,' Pa Feb. S8. Bishop Pot- trH subway tavern is discounted In the Tillage of Hunters-town, where a Sunday school superintendent and Methodist Episcopal church deacon stands behind the bar of a tavern, mixing and drawing Deer use a veteran, 1 For a long time the saloon has been conducted in a manner unsatisfactory to me enurenraen . ot the 4 town. . Finally tno landlord. Franklin Thomas, told the critics they had better supply him with a bartender who could run things on an approved -Potter basis. His' offer was accepted, and George Llttla, the most prominent church worker- In the town wsi selected. . Z" . Deacon Little demurred, but at lensth his duty was made clear and fte donned a white apron'and went to work.' . One effect of the reform is said to be the presence In the barroom asr patrons or some very good churchmen who hlth erto gaye the tavern a wide berth. with the city officials how to t UPTOYi Councilman Flegel Gives Facts of Saloons' Yio- i Elation of Law.V ? r.''i L'' . EXCKANGt OF LtTTEflS THAT MAY DO CITY GOOD Commission Now; Has No Ex xusVfor FaifureSo Institute , ' Investigation Into Charge Against Chief Himt. : -j . , . , "7 ' ','-.,' Another exchange of pleasantries has taken place between' Councilman A,. F. Flegel and OnCharles F. Beebe of the police ' commiaalon, regarding the stats ments made by the former charging Chief of! Police Hunt with falling to en force the city ordinance requiring sa- loonm'lto close" between the hoars of' l'and 5 o'clock a. m,. .'' ; Councilman Flegel" is now prepared it present conclusive evidence, that the po lice officers allow saloons to engage in business- after closing hours, and he has placed the evidence before the 'etttii Blotters 4n such a manner ttfot they can. not do otherwise-than-tnaae-an Investi gation of the charges. 'f " Mr. Flegel. states' la a- communica tion to General Beebe that lie has re cently made, a personal Investigation of eopdittons, and baa round numerous In stances of violation of , the ordinance. In several saloons he says the barrooms ware, crowded with men and the boxes filled .with women aa late' as i o'clock In the morning. , . - ' . v . Oirrneral Beebe has ' taken exceptions to Councilman Flegel's recent letter, in which he states that he did not believe tbar the commissioners or the mayor would consider any accusations against the chief of police. '..,;. f-o Oeneral Beebe's letter. " In his reply a. this statement. Gen eral Beebe says: , . " A. F. Flegel t, -'V1' ' t ' '. '' i '-Bir: I have the honor to seknowl- r.' nSd note that the statements made by ydu at the meeting of the city coun cil to which I referred, were based upon information which you had received, but that you have no doubt that you could prove to any impartial board or to any court, that the chief of police Is aware that saloons are open during the pro hibited hours, snd that they remain open with bis consent, ana mat such was a matter of common knowledge and common consent on the part of the po lice department. -,. . , "This Is a very broad statement, and as a matter of fact would appear to eon stituto a poslUve statement, on yourcl,n to sustain thecharge la not cer- part that grave irregularities extaunn the administration: of the police depart ment which. If such be the case, should certainly be corrected. 1. '1 therefore request that you produce the proof, of these assertions, and feel that I am entirely warranted In assur ing you that, they will receive at the bands of the police committee the nromnt and Interested consideration to which they are certainly entitled, with a view of correcting the alleged abuses should these exist, and properly pun lahlne anr one connected wltn me de partment who. In the event of the cor rectness of your statements) woum iw so gravely at fault. "If the closing paragrapn or your Wtter Is Intended as an intimation that charges of the nature of those which you allege would not receive proper con sideration at the bands of the mayor or the nnllce committee, I desire to resent h affront io conveyed. "I cannot believe, however, tnat you Would be willing to have this construc tion, which certainly appears to in dicated, placed upon tnese remaraa. Very respectfully, - "CHAS. F. BEEBE, ' ' ' . "For Police Committee." . Piece- . Mr. Flecel's reply follows: "Char lea F. Beebe. Member of the Po lice Committee of tho Executive- Board, City of Portland My Dear Sir: Reply ing to your letter ox tne 11 at. rereiyea last Wednesday, as stated in my letter of the 20th, It is a matter of common knowleda-e that saloons are permitted by the police department of the city of Portland to remain open during the pro hibited hours. - "Tour letter was the first serious claim that such Is not the fact and in order to comply with your request and make specif lo charges of these 'grave ir regularities.' snd to be able to rurnisn proof In support thereof. If 00 So de sire, , I caused an lnve-tltfatlwi , o '-be made on Thursday snd 8aturday.-h1ghts Of last week, J- '" "On Thursday at 1 o'clork a. m. beer aa served from Ertrksnn's saloon, to the bawdy-house run-in connection with It known as tho Dewey; at about' the ne boor mti saioon, on numsuis street and the Mase, on Third 'street were running.' wltn a doorkeeper in charge, at 2:1 a. m.; Blasler'a, on First street was running, with a. doorkeeper, selling liquors to all customers, with It or SO men In the saloon aad the Es mond hotel bar' wss .open for business. Continued on Pag Twog ARE FILED Affidavits Accusing I). S. Marshal W. F. Matthews Sent to Washington. SIMON SUSPECTS-THAT : :k, LETTER? WERE OPENED One Sworn Statement Obtained Regarding This Alleged-Tarn ' C penng itri iMail- qther Charge Political Activity v : Like wildfire the news is traveling to i ."it . day. that W. F. Matthews Is to be re--.,,' moved, from his offloe of tThlted States marshal In consequence of charges , that. ' ' have been flled-sagalnst -Jilm at Wash-". ' Ington. ' Indeed It '.is said with post- ... tlveneas that, . foresee lag ills inevitable) ".v lmqval, he has already sent , in his 7 resignation, inougu Maittvews nimseif deateaTtbat this Is true. ,.',; , - !. r , ;. J-U'lsj known that afndav1ta.haVe. been' farwanded to Washington charging jf Matthews with serious offenses. That he has taken an? active part in partisan ' politics while holding federal offtee has', been, too clearly., established to admit ' otvoshtraditlon. Bufithla. isjtot the ontychafge, that'lh? sM meel. ' f whue wakthewe' ws:aBisrtB post- . tmaster Joseph. Simon was United; States Senator Simon and his fflohds that let Llersi-addressed-'to Jhim - from Portland , while be was 'in Washington .wero secretly opened In ?lhe Portland' postr of floe for the. purpose of obtaining 'In- formation that might be of value to aa- - other potftieal faction, It was, believed that theser-acta were at least done with - the knowledge of Matthew., whose pe . sltlon ' as assistant postmaster and'' whose bitter hostility to Senator Simon "i ' lent color to- the theory, 7- . I An affidavit was recently obtained and , sent to Washington ..tending to place 4 -the responsibility for-, tampering wltlt Senator Simon's mail.- The charge is s, grave one, for postofflce ofRciala are re quired to keep inviolate the mail "wlrtclrTTl passes through : their hands. In this - " 1 case -the offense would be regarded, a 1 ' especially serious, for the-reason that!,. ' It would bring home to Matthews with.-" peculiar force the charge of offenstvo partisanship. ' ?' . 2i" 4 v The I opposing faction , was at that . time dbing everything in Its power to undermine 8enator Simon and to defeat his political plans. A knowledge of the contents . qf Simon's correspondence would have been of Inestimable value to It. : Whether the evidence will prove sum- tain, for proof, Is naturally difficult Nevertheless, the story has received wide credence and Is expected by many to. result In the removal of Matthews from his present offlos. - Evidence has also been secured of Matthews 'active participation In tho' right over.. the organisation of the last legislature and certain of the "Insurg ents" who fought the machine's --program declare that they can produce affl- -davits In proof of this. ; - , assignation atefosed, Zt Zs Bald-V" V 'The story Is current that Matthews, seeing that his removal was but a ques tion, of time. : sent his resignation to . Wash ington, but that It was refused, tho ' ut-yariTHoni. preferring to investigate tno charge on the ground that If they were true he should not be permitted to es cape dlsmlsssl. by voluntary resigna tion. One of Matthews' friends tele- phoned to him this .morning and asked . if the story were true. Matthews re plied In most positive terms that it was not true and that he had no thought of tendering his resignation. It IS well known that United Stares District Attorney Heney has regarded Matthews with distrust, and that dur ing the . progress of the' land fraud trials there was more than one occasion when this, distrust found ezpresaslon. Matthews owes his present, office to Senator Mitchell, with whom his rela tions have been close, and the suspicion has naturally been aroused that. Mat thews would do what he could to shield his former chief. . - The government's experience In the Snrensen rase, when two of the Jurors are supposed to have been fixed In - the Interest of the do- , fendant has aroused a determination to 'take no chances In the still mors Important trials which are to come 111 June. It Is believed, therefore, thnt Matthews will be removed before those, cases come to triaL ' . rmtTOir snrrxs rr. (WaaMnstoa Rareas mt Tee JasreaL) , -Washington, IX C, Feb4 J.-Senator Fulton asserts that there Is to be no change so far as he is Informed In the office of t'nited 8etee marshal for Ore gon. Pulton called upon the attorney. general yesterday and was Informed that the removal of Marshal Matthews w- not contemplated, Fulton discredits reports which are being received1 t i Matthews has resigned or intends re signing. ' There s nothing la it 10 lit "I I know," said, - . .V ( ' i- -.. , - ( I t I "4 v t -s.