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PROSECUTOR F. J. HENEY
.' ; : ANNOUNCES HIS:PLAN
Will Insist ort Promptly Disposing
lipi
r ot case and will See the
v Ai, c Deck Cleared Before
; v"'-f'::v.-l-'lWt Goes Away'.-iv(-r
Fraireis J. Heney returned to Portland
- - last rnng, prepared to rasnme wlUi
vigor th prosecution of the land frauds.
Ths first buslaeaa that win ensaga hU
,- Huninii wiu . p in rtnewu or tn ia.
vestlgatloo. by tha federal grand Jury,
; which I t reeouren tomorrow mora
Ins. ' Preparation la also to be made
' ' for . tha' trials In' Jane, when Senator
Jobs - H. r Mitchell. ' ContTeaamen - Bar-,
' maaa and 1 William eon and other who
, were Indicted for complicity tn the Jan
frauds, will appear tn Judge BelUngrs
. court to answer to tn charge against
. '.then. 'ZV. : - - ;
Senator bi,tcheH .will b1 ths fl,rt of
,71he defendant to be placed on trial, and
tje two congressmen -will follow. Dlla
- tory tactic on th part of . the defend
.'. ant will b rigorously opposed, for Mr.
' v lleney 1 determined to bring tb easea
; 't :arir trlal--;vi
'A protracted eonfurenc was beld by
Mr. Heney today with W. J. Burn of
th secret service, and VS. B. Neahauaeii,
and he-lna-erranmenta--were aaade
for the reaumptlon of the Inveatication
before tb grand Jury. "Although non
. -of th government offlclala will disci tern
their plana, It t behoved that tb trana
i . action of th Booth-Kelly lumber com
pany will be th ehief-jubject of tb
- Jury" Inqulrlea, rand Important indict
ment are expected, to result.
. Www 9mmt:9wtf i;?J t
Th lif .of (be present grand Jury
', explrea with the end of thl term of th
district court, the last day being next
Saturday..: Rumors have been current
- that owing to th shortness of the time
iand th Impossibility of presenting ail
' tha evidence which th government has
accumulatedTaholher grand Jury might
.' be called Immediately, to begin Ita ae-
o caueq immeaiaieiy, w aegin iia see-i ,,t-i.-. ss,.. airmin anl
...w Th., wmTnf aaaaas It-T"1"! Waketteld saw Furey stain ana
ion next wee Thee twluorg PPw i-.7ii .Viijniiailia converse-
- ta tui w1 1 h aii t f mmriat tnn
. "I tblnkr th public want to see some
oonvietlon before many ' more Indict
. menu are returned." said llf' Haney slg
' nlflcanUy this .morning, and he -added
sv plain Intimation that be would not re
quest tha calling of another grand Jury
until after th June trials. v , ,
'. When naked this morning what ess
would b th first to b tried. Mr. Heney
repliad: ! .". : '.' . s ,
"In view of th fact - that Senator
Mitchell 1 one of Oregon'r two repre
sentatives In th upper bouse of con
gress, and of th great Interest In th
case which la felt by all th people of
th - state, who are directly concerned
' la th outcom of th charge against
th senator who represent them. I eon
elder It la due to th public as well aa to
Senator Mitchell that he should bar an
early trlaL Hie request for . aa early
trial I In my optnlon not only reason
' able one, but th' peopl of Oregon hav
th right to aspect that It will be
sranted. Furthermore Senator Mitchell's
position chairman of .th senate com
mlttee on tn istnmiaa ,canu max it or
tb highest Importance that, U Innocent,
h ahould return to Washington aa soon
as possible.
on--o bar fur
aentatlon In congress, and neither Sen
tor Mitchell nor Congressman William
son have taken any part In congressional
proceedlpg lnc they wer Indicted.
. Th interest of tb tt demand that
' this stat of things should not oontlnu
gay longer than oaa be helped. - Th peo
pl of Oregf n are, therefor, concerned
la baring Senator Mitchell's case tried
aa early aa polbl. " ' '
"Th congressmen ought to b triad
Bast," Mr. Hney added. "The people
bar a right to know whether these peo-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
SENATO R STEWART M
BEGINSn
; v ' (tonal ipeetal rrlas.)v
Washington. -Aprils I. Bx-United
States Senator ' Stewart of Nevada la
goins to Tooopah t asUbllsh a law Of
fice. He I 7)year of Sgt but seems
hale and hearty. He went to California
wbniuTil"witgtlliyovrd na began
work with a pick and shovel. ' I s ac
cumulated a fortune arl j t "y
ha been regarded as a .
syppTty, kotrt-
CMHil
"I"
JohnColeraan, Slayer of
:EdnapoffD3n; Xols
Airortt'tteliM!!.
ADMITS KILLING WOMAN . .
; HERE LAST SATURDAY
Recognized by Charles Wakefield
on Northbound Train at Che
' halis,' Is Taken Into Cus- '
3 today and Attempts Life. ,
. (8pUl Dwpsteh tha Je?a-al
Cb balls. Waab, ' April' -Jdha' 'T.
Coleman, 'who- murdered Jdn Hoffman
la Portland Saturday night, waa cap
tured hr this morning. .SJLghl. . Mar
shal George ' Stmonds, assisted by
Charles Wakefield, a Chehsil; business
made ..v tb capture. Although
searched by four men. no dangerous
weapon wer found. A Taaor, however,
waa cleverly concealed In hla aboe. On
driving up la front of the courtbous
Coleman alighted from th- wagon and
began. slashing ax nis nroai.wiia ma
raaor. ' Before be we secured he bad
cashed half a dosea times, severing hi
wind, nlna and aliaoat. ouUlna tb Jugu
lar Vein, ana waa mucn viunnv rum
loss of blood. Whan an effort waa made
to find tha weapon ba pointed whr
in mm-iaiii and. In renlr to a query
from th marshal, mumbled "yea" to a
question as to whether ne aiuea me
woman In-Portland. A Sheet of paper
waa secured sad he scrawled, ."Send my
clothe to Spokane." An attempt was
also mad to writ Til name, but It was
ni.ihi The end of tb rasor bad a
piece out,of th blattertSlit-whether don
when be cut nis or iai vvb- "
U unknown. ' ' s "
. v t mad Basa th Maa JMfot.
'Wakefield' connection with th affair
ta interesting- H I a wu-anowa
Chehalla business man and th past
wak waa In . Portland oa buslneea.
'Thursday Bight b was, In th Midway
saloon on North rounn auwe wama
with J. Purer: the manarer. wnea uoie-
msa anterad. Furey pointed, him out to
Wakefield a a bad actor receQUy from
Spokane, who bad thratned to kill a
woman and rursy lmunaiea n b w
afraid of him. ' Wakefield alaed tnia
low an but nothing waa said.. Yesterday
Hon, etatlng that ' the man ne naa
pointed out waa tb murderer of Edna
Hoffman. Purer bad been warned by or
fleers to ana himself and shoot Coleman
oa sight, a th latter waa after mm.
Last night Wakefield boarded tbe train
to return borne and kept a lookout for
Coleman. . At Kalama Coleman entered
the amoklna ' ear. . Wakefield told the
conductor and the latter told him the
fellow bad only 0 cent and be ex
pected to put him off at Kelso. After
Wakefield' Information h agreed that
h would tell Coleman h could rid to
Seattle, where he wanted to go. - coie
maa went to sleep, covering his head
with hi overcoat. It was Impossible to
wire th officers at Chehalla .until Wln
loojc waa reached and - a messags to
Sheriff Urquhart reached bar too late
for th aberlff to reacn th train,
mapeata Attempt oa Mis Xdf.
Marshal Blntond was tbr and de
cided to make th arrest. H boarded
tha train aa It Dulled into Central la and
Colemaa was take in. . Ha mad llttl
reslstsnc.. On hi return her Coleman
attempted ' to commit sulolde at half
paat ( o'clock. He Is lying at Kennlcott
hospital carefully guarded by Deputy
Sheriff SchHttler. ' He ta conscious, and,
th
bandagea from his throat and complete
hi wort of self-ceatructlon. on,coi
man were found a gold watch and chain,
a Canadian stamp book and an unpaid
bill from firm at Ferguson. B.C a
receipt for revenue tax there, a card
bearing the nam of Walter Ott, Rath
drum, th picture of a woman, a card
of th Vendom hotel. Bpokane, and th
RoyaK hotel. Portland. . - - "
Detective Jack Kerrigan ef Portland la
her and will return' to that city with
tb prisoner . tbla afternoon.- ' Coleman
(Continued en Page Two.)
LIFE ANEW
nntB It I now necessary for hint to re
sume th practice of law. He hopes to
profit by th nw gold and silver dis
coveries. .
Stewart aerved 10 yaara la th oenata
HI term expired March S. Moving to
Tonopah -to begin llf anes . Senator
Stewart la cheerful and hopeful. He ha
had many hard knocks and believes he I
-He n stand a t "W more and bel levee
ti " ' - i him is lug f -
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I! PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL
ms -J f '""T"Ajf w " rtrT
POLICE HUNTING
3weet Faced Sophie Beck" Crui-
Ing v ln 1 English : Waterji f
Aboard a yacht.
,-1 -i
FLED WITH MILLION OF r; - i
; i CET-RICH-PVICrC' ASSETS
-::;. :---. -'t-T
Romantic Story of Absconding
' H; Typewrite Who ' Success
i'J . : fully Cujled Public'. : J
?Ur- ... , ( ; ..f','
.' ' '' (Jearaal Special aerruw!) ; '' ' .
Philadelphia. .' April. t. Bewitching
Sophie Beck, the, beautiful stenographer
who fld th country -with '1 1.000,000
plunder of a .got-rlch-qulck oonoern, la
being anxiously searched for la all- ng
liah seaport cities. Sh I supposed to
be beatlna- about the harbors near uver
naol andeavOrlns; to reach London. " '
A message receirea irom - iirerpooi
state "Susolclou yacht, mysterious
men and woman on board, berleved to be
crowd wanted in Philadelphia outside
Liverpool. Watching." ,
Th Inspectors believe that' Sophie
Beck, her husband, Richard Graham, and
a comber of missing men wno are re
sponsible for tha -rue (and fall-or -t as
Storey Cotton -company, and the Provi
dent Investment bureau, sr aboard a
yacht from Now Torkought: by, tb
Beck woman with' the money, of the
dupe. - She la thought to have planned
tb escape of bar ednfaderat, mapped
our her own flight and gathered together
tbe loot- V ' - J' '
The sweet-faced girl became manager
of -the Storey company, which waa, la It
general working, an ordinary get-rich-
anick concern. - It pretended to al in
cotton, but never bought or sold a bale.
even on margins. Th rorioent mreai
mnt company pretended to deal In
wheat "Handsome. Hsrry" Latimer,
Stanley Francis. KTank Marin and Sophie
nark are believed to bar plundered the
public of upward of 11.000.000. Frand
la now under arrest; but tha real' sensa
tion was caused when It was found that
th lovely Bopbl and 11.000,00 or as
sets wr son.
uviUM threw rwm wmxru.
(Joeraal Rpeelal Se-rle.) 'T',X".'
IjmAan. Anrll t. rlt Is announced to
day thai ths Prince of Wales has under
gone a sliaht operation, th nature of
which Is 'St tate - . '
SWITIDLERSLO
DEATH SUMMONS
DR. H ; W. CARDWELL
;.r .
Eminent Physician and Brave Soldier Succumbs to Typhoid Fever
M y -T-Repeated Attacks; of .Crip Weakened Him---Officer .
.1 Speak Warmly of His' Brilliant Record.' - .;
Dr. Herbert . W. Cardwell ' died early
thl morning at hi bom at 101 North
Twenty-fourth street of typhoid fever.
He ' had been HI three weeks, but had
been confined to. his bed only a short
time. Two . attack of th grip in th
paat .winter left hlra very weak. , .
Bora and reared in thl city,. Dr. Card-
well was one of the best known aa well
aa on - of the most popular of local
physician. He was th son of on of
Portland' beat known pioneer famlll,
Mr. and Mrs. Byron p. cardwell. r .
He ' was perhaps beat known by the
military record mad in the Philippine
during the Spanish and Filipino wars.
He was-considered by th offloera, both
regular nd volunteers, who fought ln
th islands from S to '01. being
on of tb yery best. If not ths ' best,
field" surgeori that followed, the boy In
blue through th jungle and across tb
morasses. Several time promoted for
merit, hi last . recommendation was
written by Gen. IIvW,Lawton Just be
fore tlfat famous warrior was killed, '
When tb war - with Spain waa de
clared. Dr. Cardwell waa serving -k
surgeotl-general of tb stat with th
rank of colonel oa tb taff of Governor
W. P. Lord. - - -
plradld Wag SMrl
He at one volunteered to go. to tb
fronC and waa assigned to th Second
Oregon. United State volunteers, ar
riving at Manila a ssslstant surgeon of
th regiment .with th rank of captain.
Soon afterward he waa promoted to
surgeon wltb th rank of major, and
waa assigned to tb ataff of Gen. T. W.
Anderson, who waa In command of tb
first -division-of th eight errny corps,
nis Work on the battle field waa quickly
noticed by various commanding officer.
When Oeneral Lawton began his famous
campaign,, which ended with hi death,
h asked that Major Cardwell b aa-3-V
(.'., ;.;A.i v"y -
3, 1905 FOURTEEN PAGES,
President Names New Isth
J mlah Commission to;
Dig Panama Candev;
BIG'SAlimES eiVEN T0?i
. CHAIRMAN AND ENGINEER
Work Is Divided Into. Three Oe-
Tpartments, One Headed by
nil Shont, Oneby .Walker " y.
-' and One by Wallace. ;
S ' ' (Jesraal Bpteial aerW)
' ;Waabrngtor4 D. C "April S.
tary Taft thl. morning mad publia tb
Droont of th new iathmlan canal
commission, as follo-r: - Theodore P.
Sbont. president of tb Clover Ief.
chairman and member of tbe commis
sion: Charles Magoon. -law - department
of 'tb - war depaj-tinent, member "-and
governor of th canal son; John V.
Wallace, now la charge of tb engineer
ing work on th canal son, member and
chief engineer. Other member . are
Rear Admiral Mordecal ' T. Bndlcott,
ttrlc.Clan. Peter C Ham, and Col.
Oswald H. Ernst and Benjamin M. Har-
rlod, who waa the only present member
t be reappointed. " Prof. William H.
Burr. William Barclay Parsons, who are
present members. . will ' be appointed
member of tb eonsujlns board of sn
giBra 4!
Th smlari. of th member will be
tei0 ' par annum and x traveling , ex-
penses. . i The Chairman .. is ., iu , rscai vs
(Continued on" Pag Fir.)
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,W
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Dr." Herbert W. CardwelL
signed to his taff; General Lawton'
request waa granted. . Later Dr. ' Card
well was detached from bis staff poal-
. jLConUstid on Pag Flv,),
Fgrce of Explosidn
Timbers Thrown J High in Aii
I 1 SEarth Cracked for Rods." ;J M
Smoke and Ham
tially ; Cutting '; Olf
? Whether Disaster
r
(Jearsal Bperlal Ssrrleal
Zls1a- TIL. anrll 1 An axBlosdoa of
wmm nr-upMrf t T .el f e mine t hla mA-B,
ln at :4 o'clock,' Just after tb men
bad been lowered to work in tn lower
levels. At least 14 men were entombed
IV v luj -eiA taajagguga, siu asiss-a - w
entertained that many of them are alive.
Oil report Slates Uiai zw oeaa oavna
have bean recovered. 'and It injured SMI
have been taken out.
Tha explosion threw timbers, rauroaa
tie and debris 300 feet Into tb air. Th
earth for rods from tb mine 1 cracked
aa though by an earthquake, Smoke
and flames rushed .from tb shaft and
through th breaker. Only OB man In
th air shaft escaped, and tha rescuer
are kept back from in mourn. 01
shaft by ths extras- heat, .
,k. .kn it, lain la nnlllnr
From th mouth' of the shaft and tun
nels jet of flame are shooting -with
dense volume of amok. It I rldent
that th coal bed r .on fire, and, tb
nlna must he flooded before th flam
can be extinguished. - .''
. Th dead number between Ift and 0
miners wbq ara entombed tn the shaft.
They wr employed, on tn nay aaiit.
n. . 1 j hav ,eeand.
X3 U ,111 WW miw w .
Two of these are o badly Injured that
probably they wlU dl. At 11 o'clock
two more miner wer rescued through
th air haft but'Wrlbly burned. At
tempts to rescue the other are useless
on account of th flame from th burn-,
lng mine. All entrances to tha under
ground works are blocked by debris It
la not, tnougnt possioie uni mar uw
entombed miner are alive. Smoke and
the eraeka in tha earth Indi
cate that all of thffn have bead burned
to death or uffocata. . i .
It I reported, though th report is
not confirmed, that th dlsaater la th
result of a plot among Jormerworkers.
ThereIs nothing," however, a to show
whether te dlsasUr la the , result ef
accident s plofe- V """V
For nine months a atrlke has been .In
progress at tb mine. During most of
GRAND JURY CHOSEN
TO INVESTIGATE FRAUDS
: ' (Joaraal Sperial Ber-ice.) -
Salem, or, apnt . ' w
umrtn avxintr "arand larr. called.
to Investigate tb fraud In tb
school lands of Oregon was
drawn today, the following be-
i- xhnsen-. , William Kraus.
farmer: O. W. Needham. barber;
John A. Smith, farmer N. Miller. - e
laborer; ' Andrew "Cone, hop
mimr' w. J. Weld, farmer: W. -
H. Grabenhorst. farmer. .
MORE TURKISH TROOPS
WILL GARRISON CRETE
' ' IJesraal SpecUt Sarvlea) iv: ;
Constantinople, April . Owing to
disturbances la 1 Crete, th power ar
sending reinforcement to Join tb gar
rison which has been established there.
-l.C: worn XsTQirtJiT.' ;
' (Jearasl Spaelal Service.);, ' '
London, April . The Catholio Her
ald lates that th pop ba appointed a
commission of prelaw to proceed to
America and report on th atatu of
Polish Catholic In that -country. -
SPURNS TITLES' TO
- WED A PARSOr.'
' (Jm-hI tatrlil fcrrlev)
Bostoa April .. An heiress to 110.
000,000. Mis Daorh Bay lea, tb daugh
ter of Frederick S. Baylea, the late cot
ton king Of Rhod Island, has spurned
two Italian noblemen for th lor of
Bar. Frederick B. Hill, assistant paster
of the CongresatlonaJ church, In which
th Beyle family hold a membership.
The wedding I to be in June, and It la
Sid that In addition to bringing dlt-'v
to th Jtslians. ths ceremony will tt
heart paci J,. Its KW lork t.
Sunday Jsm
Vestardiy
Wa 1 1
PRICE FIVE CZNTC
EscapeRot I Known
Is Accident or Plot
this time th union . men hav beet
campad soms distance from tb mlae,
which Is operated mostly by negro
strikebreakers. On account of the effsc
Ursaeaa of tb boycott, Letter recently
announced hla Intention 'of abandonin-r
tb mine, and th men bad bean noti
fied aooordlngiy.
It Is estimated that Jo Letter, mo
ot tb tat Chicago millionaire, he
spent 12.000. 0 In fighting tbe TJaitsvi
MlQO Worker of America. At a coat
ofMLwOMM b buUt th' model mlnlnx
town of Zeigler, stockaded It. guarded it
with aa armed force, mounted rapid
fir gun and ran live- lctrio w tr
around th stockade. ... Th anion mine- 1
and- their families were victd frc ,
the town aad their place taken by ne
gro n from Slanama. .,, .
, Tb stockade enclose 11H squ- 1
mUee. and Lsltsr has ruled. It as t -feudal
barons. In medieval day ru. ,
their eastleav All tbe miners oauf it I
today's explosion' , ar employe c
Loiter, and all the persons Sow llvi -In
Zelgler are employe or members t
tbe. families of men oa. the payroll c'
Joseph Letter. ' .
: Opposed to "Letter are 10,000 anlo t
miner tn southern Illinois Seld. Llr
declared that he will permit no dictation
from th union, nor would ba arbltrat
about"the wage to b paid, and Inalau i
on makkos hla own seals of wagoa ani
employing whom b pleased. -.
- Before a spade waa struck to eart
or a nail driven bom. Zeigltr existed o
pap as It is today. Streets wer lail
out, altea located for stores, ehurcbes.
.company offices and dwellings for min
ers. Shafts wer sunk and ararytnti T
ready for the season of real mining to
begin Uat July.
On July-?, Letter announced to tit
miner his proposed scale. It was 1 J
ceniI6wFlnanrlnn . union acai for .
Willlsmson county, which Is the low-it
la th state. Th miner were idl la
next day and Letter immediately ousted
all union man f rom-the town. . 1
LEGAL BATTLE OVER
SMITH'S EXTRADITICII
Part of Papers for Removal Lost
i r. Necessitating Postpone- ;
;V '". '" ment of Case. .-J'
, " (Joaraal Special service.).' ' ' ' -
Cincinnati. April t. The legal battl
for th extradition of i. Morgaa Smith
and hla wife to New Tors? In connection
wltb th Nan Patterson case was begun
In Judg Spelgel'a court this morning. .
with arguments on th habeas corpus
writ) returnable today. . Attorney Shay
represented the Smiths, , while County
Prosecutor Rullson and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Gargan of New York ar
gued against th Issuance of tb writ.
Prosecutor Rullson declared that be felt
certain, there was. no ehano for ths
Smiths; to escape extradition. - Th pris
oners looked worn and tired when they
ntered th Court. -
Judge Spelgel continued th case ntn
Wednesday at 1 o'clock p. m. 01 the
statement of Prosecutor Rullson that It ;
waa necessary, tut part or the extradi
tion papers had been lost between Colum
bus and Cincinnati. . Th prisoners wer
returned to JalL -"-
Thar la no doubt that a strenuous ef
fort will be made to prevent the Smiths
from bains taken to New York. Tbe let
ter which ar said to Incriminate Naa
Patterson are still kept secret,. '-
wealtb. who wer fasdaateS by V'
Sayl wit and buty last sut -r '
Europe. '
Two year ago ' " i r 1 '1
fthr of her J
preacher. T 1 '
Sayl,
abro I
girl v
of t
f ,
I
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