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VOL. lY. j NO. 25,
PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY EVENINO, APRIL . 4, 1905, SIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE PIVE CENTS.
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HOW IT SECURED LAND .
, - IS QUESTION: RAISED
Suspicioh That Methods of Putw
' ;ln Using' Dummy. Locaters
; to'gstValuabls Tracts t
'r-'.wai Widespread '-.r-
.; ' Tb Booth-Kelly Iuinbr oompany la
:ndergolnf th field tnveatlfatlon of th
y fadaral graod jury,' which raoonVitned
; this moraine to resum tha tsak of prob
Ins; Into tb land frauds. . Important
tndlctmnti ara ezpactad to result. Tha
: Booth-Kally company has operatsd on
.a hura seal In timber lands In Oracon.
and within comparatively few years It
'has amassed treat wealth.
' The methods by which the company
; ' fccqutred K laada hava bn the subject
' of careful Investigation by the govern.
i ' ment, and .evidence has beenobtclned
rhlc fk ' rf(ar4ed ta .concluaLva ' that
f.roas frauds were practiced. . Vast tracts
. of ins moat valuable timber land In the
" northwest were aecured by tha-companr.
thsmaahs mployed being substantially
''..the aante ad by .the notorious Puter
McKlnlay rtng. . r -j.
8tate Senator R, A. Booth, the preal
v. dent of the company, and Oeorge. John
, : and- Abraham Kelly, his part oars, are
in . Portland In reaponse to subpoenas,
and are awaiting the action of the grand
J Jury. : A, small army of wltneases has
. been gathered "by the , secret service
agents, and' the lobby of the postofflos
. building has been crowded today. ,.
.-... V. Bfidfaa am tk Stand. " " '-
, United States District Attorney Heney .
' Is conducting the ekamlnatjon of wit
nesses before the grand Jury. J. T.
office, but now under suspension., was
" the first witness called. -He was fol
lowed by J. Wright of Ko burg and
by - Charles Barker of "Oak Creek. . The
first witness 'called at . the afternoon
s session was 8. 01 Bsrtram. supeiinteud
ent of tha Cascade forest reserve. ..- n
'was within this reserve that the Booth.
' Kelly ' company ' secured many of the
timber tracts which It owns. ' - " -
-No lndlctmenta are expected todsy, for
the evidence to be submitted Is volumtn.
' ous and the number of witnesses Is
large.. Many subpoenas have been Issued
and In the. crowd which filled the lobby
outalde of the- Jury room this morning
.were tnsny, well known, residents of
southern Oregon.
Among them were Judge Medley end
J. I. Jones of Cottngs Grove, U. E. Bean
of ICugena, J. t. Hamilton, Frank Alley
' and Robert Watson of Roseburg, i, T.
Bridges and J. H. Booth, the former of.
i ficlala of the Roaeburg land office. At
torney-Oeneral Crawf ord , was ' one of
those present and Stats' Land Agent
. Oawald West, who has recently brought
to light extensive frauds In the state
. school lands, came down from Salem to
give his testimony. . - . ,
rand Jnry Sasssmblss. :
- The members of the grand Jury assem
bled In Judge Bellinger's courtroom at 10
fi'cJock. Mr; Heney appeared a moment
later and the roll of the Jury was called.
Judge .Bellinger Informed the Jurora
briefly that they had been reconvened to
, conclude the work which they had left
. unfinished and make soms further tnves-
' tlgatlpns. ' Tha Jury thtm withdrew. '
. W. J., Burns Is directing the gathering
of the government's evldsnce and all
wltneases are questioned closely by him
before being taken before' the grand
Jury.None of 'the government officials
will' disclose the nature of the evidence
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THINK CHILD. SAW
gm EYOND TH E GRAVE
1 seeUI Setviea) 'l
' Alameda, CaL, April 4. while In a
state of catalepsy. Alberta Lake Russ.
' ths t-yesr-old dsughter of Mr. and Mrs,
A. tt. Russ, of 1244 Central avenue. Is
. said to havo been transported to the
portals of heaven, and there held con
verse with the angello host spirits of
- loved ones and with tha Lord.
Per soms wseks tbs child has been
hovering between life and death, as the
result of. an attack of meningitis, and
sbost a week sgo went Into a state it
, vatslepsy, lasting IT hours. In which
the miracle la aald to have occurred.
While she was In a comatose state tr.
' Maurice Brown could locate no sense of
-feeling. In her body. Flfteeit minutes
afteri shs recovered consciousness and
, made strange disclosures to her mother
. , and ssveral other women. She said:
1 am going to get better; toe lrd
Terrorists ; Begin Active
L Campaign by Attempt
7 M Assassinations.
SERIOUS RIOTING IN
-"rtNTERIOR OF RUSSIA
Disorders ' Continue Throughout
';. Empire - Sakaroff States
;; "Slavs Were Out-Gen-
Uesrssl Special larvles.) '
8C Petersburg. : April 4. Last nlsht
marked the beginning of the campaign
of asssssinatloB by terrorists, for which
they hays been preparing for g long
time. An attempt wss made last night
to assassinate Governor-General TrepoftL
but through accident the plot failed. A
second attempt was mads to assassinate
M. Mlsgala, asalatant prefect of police.
Three shots were fired af the' carriage tn
which, he was driving.: but .the horSaa
took fright at the first shot and hoiteiL
probably saving the offlcer'siiev (The
aaaauame eecspea. .
Tvnt. shots were fired todsr at Vir.
by a group of 'men t . Police In
specter - wanovesy as be ' walked the
streets .The--inspector wag wounded
twice, but his Inlurles are not danmw
ous.- ins wouta-oe aaaasalns escaped.
sa. naaonjii. tns assassin of M. Piahve,
minister of -the Interior. Is reoorted to
nsve escspea ;rom tns prison in the fort.
rsss in the prison of BL Peter and St
PauL c, : ' t . :, ., -j. t . - .
More outrages are exoected in the can.
Hal momentarily. - It Is, known that the
righting organisation - haer on Its con
oemnauon liat 10 persona headed bv
urana i'une Alexis and uovernor-Gen
era! Trepoff, but although wholesale ar.
rests nave been, made and manv- bus.
pects taken into custody ths nollca have
vwn cumpumj oariiea in tneir snorts
to discover the lntlslbls hand which is
directing the terrorist osmosis, j-
further internal tronbls la feared In
nussia. as nsws rrcm the interior is of
ths gravest character, and serious -rioting
occurred at Wsrsaw yesterday. In
which many were Injured. The authori
ties are unable to preserve order, and the
rioting continues. . . . . -
Reports - from Tlflls and tha ' Irani.
Caucasus state thst furtbsr rioting took
piece mere yeaieraay. The Baltlo prov
Inces are also reported to be agitated
and aa "outbreak la threatened.
The mayors of all cities in the south.
era industrial centers of Russia ars en
listing special pollre officers from
among the loyal classes fn order to have
a suitaDie guard to protect the govern
ment buildings on the eve of the Easter
xestivltles. Renewed rioting Is expected.
' In a statement- todsy. War Minister
Sakaroff declared that the men and ma
terial of the Russian army at the Bat
tie of. Mukden were equal to those of
the Japanese, forcing the reluctant con
clusion that the Japaneas generalship
was superior to thst of the Russians.
Sakaroff denied that be had ever In
trigued -agarhst Kuropstkln, affirming
that he gave the latter the most loysl
support He declared thst reports thst
Russia was countermanding orders for
wsr materials abroad were baseless, and
Insists that there has been no relaxation
in preparations to continue the war. .
Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia
enived st Tssrskoe Sele- this morning.
Ths princess will remain for some'tlme
and the prince will return, to Berlin
within a few days.- All attempts to give
the visit , of Prince Henry a political
character ; are scouted by the German
embaasy. 1 !,-'.. r .
' A dispatch from Harbin states thai
the report --of the explosion of a bomb
destroyed the ' artillery depot, .-causing
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told me so. I saw Ave angels Jncln,
cousin, grandma and another lady. - I
did not know her. Grandma aald. This
Is my dear little granddaughter.' Ail
looked so. happy and biighr and wore
beautiful robea. . ..
. "Other angels passed before me and
each repeated a sentence One said to
me: Oo back and teach the blind and
sick.' I cannot remember what they all
aald. and then the lord touched my
heart and aald: Ton will get better;
go thou back and. I. will call thse when
thou art older.' - :
The child is much Improved, and Dr.
Brown. Is of ths opinion she will re
cover. He does not place much credence
In the story of the miraculous, but says
ths little girl la possessed of a, hystsr.
leal i tsmpersment. Members of ths
family, however, fufly belle re the child
saw beyond the grave, .
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FATALLY WOUNDED
Yeee - Men Shoot Policeman
Down and Calmly fContihue
; 4 work: on1 trie ' sate.
INJURED MAN FOUND ; ; "
; V HALF AN HOUR LATER
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Approach of Daylight - Causes
.; Robbers to Flee With .
' ' butooty. : ' '
"" (gpedal Diapatek to Tee Joaraal. 1 i
Spokane, Waah, April 4. After fatally
shooting Policeman H. A, Stotko,' Tegg
men at an early hour this morning calm
ly proceeded to blow open the safe In
the office of Shlnn eV Co., wholesale
commission merchants of thla city.
After opening the outer doors with a
Charge of nltro glycerins the "robbers
were scared away by the approaching
daylight' and' left without securing any
booty. The safe contained only a small
amount of money 'but held a considerable
quantity of negotiable paper. . .
tbs policeman naa lust gone off duty
and was on his wsy homs when he was
shot down without warning aa he was
passing the1 office. It Is not known how
ths robbers recognised him aa an offi
cer as hs was wearing a black hat aajti
ngnt overcoat. ,Arter rirlng the fatal
shot one of the robbers sxclalmed, "let
him lie there, he's dead." The body of
the still conscious officer wss ' then
dragged from the pavement nearly to the
railroad track. He was stripped of his
gun and his star wss taken from hla coat
and pinned to the leg of his trousers.
.Ths robbery occurred about 4 o'clock
but the p fflcer wss sot found until hail"
aa hour . later,' when a member of the
merchants police: was attracted to the
spot by his groaning. He .was at one
removed to the Bsc red Heart hospital,
but little hope Is held out for his reoov
err. -
The bunet entered the neck ' of the
officer on the left aids and passed .out
through ths right shoulder slmost com
pletely paralysing him.. While si 111 con
scious, death will be only a matter of a
abort time. A reward of $40S has been
offered by Mayor Boyd for Information
leading to tha arrest of ths robbers. -
The wounded officer has been on the po
lice force since November, 11(1, Is mar-
lied and lives with his wife at 1JJ
Eleventh avenue. , 1 . , . , ,
J' ', (leerssl gpeclal Serelcsl '.,. X' .
EHkins, W. Vs.. April 4. Fire In. the
plant of the Elkins Tanning company
last night caused a loss of 2ITO,o,
KABLOFFICER ' HRECORD BREAKING
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Rev. Thomas . Needhafn, Evangelist,
at Forbes .. Presbyterian Church.' 1
, 'V ' Photograph by Auas. . . '
BELGIANS DEMAND -
CASH EVERY MONTH
Holders of. Dominican Bonds Re-
i & n : iL...x-.r;"
i - iki ri upusou rAiooiiiuui. .
With United States.
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- - (Joemsl ipeeUI Bxrrtce.) . r
' Antwerp, April 4. Ths Belgian com
mlttee of holders of Dominican bonds
refuses to have anything to .do with the
proposed . ' arrangement between ' San
Domingo and the United States and will
protest against the plan. The proposal
to deposit money from the customs col
lections In an 'American bank until a
definite arrangement has been completed
Is not satisfactory to Belgian holders,
who demand the payment of $17,000 a
.month due them In accordance with their
contract with the Dominican govern
ment instructions have been , sent to
the. committee's representative at .San
Domingo to oppose) the. agreement, h -
Of the total debt, of San Domingo.
Which . amounts to about 437,000,000.
over ons half Is due to Belgians, who
own 414.000.000. worth of Dominican
bond the accumulated and unpaid In
terest upon which brings ths amount to
PAPAL-SANCTION NOT .
; GIVEN TO ALFONSO
e ; (Joaraal Hpedal BarrlM.) '
e Roma. April 4. The pope to
e day received in private audience
e the Duke and Duchess of Con
e naught and their daughters, Pa
e i tiicta and Margaret. ; The report
e 'i that the pope has aanetiened the
e marriage of King . Alfonso . of
e Spain with the Princess Patricia,
e - is declared to be untrue..
Municipal. Ownership Contest
r Brings Out the Largest Bal
lot in City's History.
EACH SIDE CONFIDENTLY.
PREDICTS ITS SUCCESS
Question Is Whether City Shall
Co Into Municipal Owner-
ship on Large Scale.
' ' (Jasrsal Special Serrlea.)
Chicago, April 4. One of the hardest-
fought mayoralty battles tn the history
of Chiosgo is In progress today. Mu
nicipal ownership advocatea confidently
predict the election of Judgs Dunne, the
Democratic candidate, while the Republi
cans claim that Harlan will win by a
small majority. A record-breaking vote
la being polled, the clear, .cold weather
furnlahtng Ideal conditions to bring out
the vote. .
The Democratic candidate for mayor
is Judge Edward P. Dunne, of the circuit
court, and tee Republican, candidate John
M. n aria a. son oi mi uniiea ocaies su
preme court justice. The Social lata
have a ticket In the field, headed by John
Collins, as the mayoralty candidate, and
a fourth ticket has been put up by the
Prohibition Is tsk with Oliver M. Stewart
at its head.. - ''
CRy ownership of street railways la
the . question - that has figured most
promlnsntly In the campaign. - It can
hardly be said, however, to be an Issue
of the tight as both of the leading par
ties ars pledged In Its favor. The only
question wherein they differ Is aa to
how the desired result municipal own
ershlp Is to be brought about The
franchise of a number of the street rail
way lutes have expired or ars about to
expire. Tet many obstacles beset the
plans of those who dealre that the city
should own and operate thla great pub
lic utility. It is. therefore, a question
of ways and mean tnat forms tha chief
Issue. A certain element Is for, over
coming all obstacles at whatever coat
and assuming Immediate control of the
street railways. Others believe that the
only practicable plan Is to grant an ex
tension of franchise to the present oper
ating company" and arrange for the city
to gradually take over tbe lines.'
While Immediate municipal ownership
appears to be fundamentally and physi
cally impossible. ' yet tbe Democratic
platform declares tentatively for such
Immediate ownonhlp. ' although really
founded on the principle of steps to ob
tain municipal ownership as soon aa pos
sible.' ' The Republican platform, on the
other hand, seeks te convey tbe Idea
jtCootlaued o Paga TwaU
SOUTHERN
"Dec.IIghted,V Said Ken-
tucky to President
Roosevelt , . .
IN HIGH SPIRITS ALL
THE TIME IS TEDDY
Cheers the Confederate -and C.
A. R. Veterans and Shouts
"Comrades" .to Soldiers ..
of the Spanish War." : -
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fj.iil.ufll- VAMrff 1 Pm1ilM Wma
velt arrived on schedule time at I o'clock
this morning and was greeted by Clover
nor Beckham, acting Mayor Bareth, and
Chairman Murray of the reception com
mute. ., i.. . i
to greet the president. Around the sta
tion a ooraon or soiaisrs naa Dees sta
tioned, in addition to a roree or police.
After an Informal, reception at the s te
ll on tbe presidential party entered car
riages ana tae paraaa raovea te toe uait
house. - Third aveAus sad other thor
eeghTares through whtch the procession
passed were elaborately decorated and
were thronged with, cheering .crowds.
Tbe personal escort' of the president
consisted of the Oeorge B. Eastoa camp.
United. Confederate veterans. ',
The mala audience was at the Gait
bouse, where the president made a 14
minutes' address from a stand erected la
front of the main entrance of the hotel.
Tbe president was cheered at Inter
vals by a continuous line of people. At
Third street and Broadway confederate
veterans and members of ths O. A. R,
assembled. Ths president stood up la
his carriage as they passed. - i
"There are the boys for. me,"
shouted. .
, The Spanish war veterans came next.
These are my comradea,' said ths
pfes IdenC - - ...
At Fourth street and Broadway 1.400
school children sang "My Old Kentucky
Horn." The president saluted them.
- Twenty thousand people preaawu
around the reviewing stand to hear the
..m..i'. rui'M'h. . novernor Beckham
delivered a brief address of welcome and
the prealdent responded pneriy. i ne
parade then proceeded to the Louisville
t.n,.i where the nrealdent was presented
with a flask filled with water from the
spring on the-Lincoln farm and an Ink
stand made from a tree grown at Lin
coln's birthplace. -
. . h. Aver tha citv the
presidential party again boarded their
special train, end at 11 o'clock the train
left for St" Louis., - "
Ths president Is enjoying every do-
. tha iriL ail the war through
Ohio, early as 4 J o'clock this morning,
nni. -w.r un in crowds to see the
president's train. At every station i where
a stop was made the presioeni ."i""
and ahook bands. ' .' ' .
On entering Louisville the president s
salute was "red by the local militia
company. , Tha crowds here were te
mense. '. - ' .' .
John Sauer, a prominent merchant or
, ,--ii. . t.d while hurrying to
see the president's parade, slipped and
felL breaking his neck, and dying In
stantly. " .' - ' :";
TCDDITftDV FYCITFD.
, r i s-rri i wr .-" t
Tkrnn Ooaplu o Casok
Umpse ef President Tomorrow.
. . : (Journal Spreli'l triir-t -BLnnth
-Ural Inter. T T April 4. Presi
dent Roosevelt, en route to Teaas, la
slated to make two stops In the Indian
Territory tomorrow, and this entire sec
tion Is on edge In anticipation m tae
coming of the chief executive. Ths stops
wUl be made at Muskogee anaac-inis
(Continued ou- Page Two.) -.
.1 K
rescuers perish
IN ZEIGLER IVIIfl'E
(laerssl SasHd ' gsrrfae.) f
e.i. in Anrii 4-TnvMtls-alloas
are being' conducted to determine
whether the explosion In the Letter mine
yesterday was tns result ox a piu or u
accident, t Union men assert they had
nothing to do with It, but that It waa
merely the result of accumulated gases
or dust. Others hint that tt was tbe
result of dynamite. '
Thlrty-Ove? miners were lnstanCr
killed by the explosion and aa mar
more In J a red more or 'less serloue
some ef them fatally. . Rescue r"
worked all day yesterday and durl j
night but were unable to penetraie t
on account of the deadly raa.
Several of the reson- . were c
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Tcmonw Business T70
Cease and Master cd
Employe Will Pray.
FOUR
mass "meetings
in center of to;.::
List of Rrms Who Have Decided
To Shut Their Doors Be
tween - Eleven - Thirty
7 - and Two O'clock. ;
Tomorrow will witness tbe crtmsjc l
tbe evangcllstlo campaign, It will be a
day of prayer. .
Business will practically cease fat Port
land between ths hours of 11 3 1 a. m.
and t p. so- and at noon four great mass
meetings will be held in tha center of
town under the direction of tha evangel.
lists. . - .
The following assignments or spook
ars are announced for these events:
Marquam Orand theatre 1T, J. wa-
bnr Chapman.. ; - r-
. urana mesire ur, neary usuuis.
Baker theatre Dr. W. B. Blederwolf,
- Taylor Btreet Methodist, church Dfc"
R. A Walton.
Bololsta and the Chapman quartet win
attend aacbineating. A special invita
tion has been extended public ofOclaJs
and other prominent business men, and
the Indications re that the most noted .
audiences ever gathered together tat Port-
land will be present.
In tha morning the pastors of toe city
will meet their regular congregations for
brief services, but the great feature of
the day- will, of course, be the nooa
meetings. Under no circumstances will
any of these extend beyond 1 o'clock.
Ia each place visited by Dr. Chapman
and his associates a day of prayer has
been designated, and without exception
the cities have been thrilled from end to
end by the happenings of that day. I a
Minneapolis. Atlanta. Cincinnati. Den-
verTC01oTado Bprrng
buainess wss suspended not only for .
hours, but for a half day, and the whole
population swarmed to the meetings, -thouaands
being turned away for lack
of standing-room. There la every rea
son to believe that tomorrow will be no
less noteworthy In Portland. .
These Mouses TO Close. '
Aa aa indication of the popularity of
the movement and Its sweeping extent,
here are 174 names of business men and
houses that have signed cards agreeing
to close In honor of the occasion:
Olds. Wortmaa King. Meier Frank
company. Llpman, Wolfe tt Co., Honey
man Hardware company, Bea Belling,
A. B. Btelnbach. Roberta Bros.. McAllea
St McDonnell. Toll Olbbs, B. Sllverfield,
Famous Clothing company. Rosenthal's,
Scaly. Mason Co.. W. M. Kllllnrs worth.
Bell Co., Pacific Laundry company.
New Tork Life Insurance company
(Dept. C. M. Wood). J. B. Martin com
pany, Vincent's bakery. Drover aV Araoth,
Maxwell A Tllton. E. W. Pierce, W. K.
Blegner. Kirk Hoover. M. B. Godfrey,
Portland Safe company. The White Cor.
ner. Rasmussen Co.. Dayton Hardware
company. Equitable Savings 4b Loan as
sociation (P. McKsrcher. secretary).
Northwestern Muslo company. R yd man
Bros- Miller A . Murdoch. Newberg
Preened Brick company. M. E. Thorn peon.
H. Russell Albee K. QuacKentrash ls
vetment company. Knapp A Hart com.
pany. M. F. Coatee, Thomas Brand.
O'Bryaa tt CBryan. Erickson A Jirt
son. Townsend. Drigga te Co-, James T.
Work. Utility Mfg. Co., W. & Lauthne.
Alvtn 8. Hawk Co. R. E. Conn. Olseo A
Chrlstensen, I. R. Gllllhan, A. W. Bag
ley, Multnomah Electrical Works, O. H.
Scartum, O. W. B. Summons, A. K. Ales.
snder, (Albina Pharmacy.) W. N. Cron
dahU Oeorge H. Hlmee. (Oregon ITlstori.
cal society.) Dr. J. J. Wlgirlna, John Bet.
reth. David Klngery, Chrlstensen A Pe
terson, Robert J. Klrkwood. S. M. Dun.
lap. Dunlao Bros., c. P. wetxler. The
Gill Ges Engine Co.. F. V. Cstterllne. Z.
(Continued on Page Twa)
state mining. lnirpectoT, gad Manager'
John Graham died of gas Inhaled while
attempting rescues yesterday.
' The work of rescuing tbs bodies one.
tlnues, though It is slow and rendtr 1
difficult and dangerous by the t t
of the sir.- But two ef tine bo " . t
marks cf t e explon'"ie and li t
other t i r r . i tt ac
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