j. : ....V:A. V-, , " ....-... ... . ., .. . , , J,-: - .7., K.J . . . 7X'y.jHJ4,,, .7- ... - -
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vVvoiL n. iiOr r.vV - Portland or on. cunday. morning, april . i8, lees tiirse: cncTibN's--FORTYi pagesJ:; ' vv J -7" : -prics ;.five cents.--
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Mil
iUnion Pacific.
PadAllSto:OvnedinNorthe
securities:
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Hew liastt- Renders Unhecessarv: Const:
S - v ? irpbrtedBoyinf
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I (IpMiI DUMtck tIXiMd Wtr to b ImmuI)
,lHw Tfork. April . Ji. Announcement
' of tb Atatla la tit greet Union Pacific
. merger today etlrred "Weir etreet ee it
'Aim not feeea stirred for jreere. -Union
Peclflo wee dealt in kit dey on e ex
' Change by an ezolted jcrowd. pt broken
who at rua-ied to get the atock. T.b.
-price of Northern Securttlee kept mount-
: ing point by point until, in tne aany
' afternoon. It. touched 180, a rise of
polnta for the day. Certificate of both
i Northern SecurlUea and Union: Paelfle
: war difficult' to eeenre. aa-lt appear
hey are being taken from tha atreet
and atoeked Hp. Real wiera- of theae
etooka ar taking no ' chaneee buying
" abort eon tract on which etock cannot
be delivered. ' t .V. T v. V !'
Union Faoine touonea wuion w
tha hlgheet price at which It baa aold
aiaoa the break a mentn ago.
.. It w&a eald todar br the Tloo-preal
dent 4 an of the - important- raHread
of the . northweet . thai . Union .Pacific
ha made a contract to turn 6ve to the
- St Paul nil Xh Northern- pacuio atock
it WIU reo fronr the Northern Becv-
Mtiea treasury. . 'ni win iodv.
Paul control Af a through Una to th
eoaat and will make it unneoeaeary; for
Aha Ayatam -to build It own. tracka.tz
1 estimated that 171.000,00 of atock
In It trekeury may b toaued' ta" pay
for tha Northern Pacific. This will
'turn a large volum of caah Into the
Union Pacific treasury, aa Northern Pa
elf lo atock Is now selling at. about 1171,
. C M. Van Tassel, a curb broker, caught
in the aqueese of the Northern Securities
and who bad suetelned a loss of 110,001
was forced today to suspend for. a tlrn.
Friends aam to hi rescue, however,
before the oloae of tha market and
. bought stock for him .to cover hi short
ales. , ... ' - ,
Van Tassel l on of tne many broker
. wka have gone short af Northern Securi
TOST
IS LEACU'S VIEW
gent -Cuotd - ar Arriaied. by
'f- WathingtoiTTIrnbr Land
l , ' L V- - ' ." J ,
'ALLEGED .ASSERTION t LI
- A
I m CALLED IN QUESTION
H. K. Lov Is Sent to Alaska to
r . Look Into: Foiblic - Land
3 i
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Tae'aooratL)
: (Washlactoa ef
Washington, April isj Special Ageoi
A P. Leach, who I representing the
general land office tn the auta.of
Washington, will be given an opportu.
nlty by hi "superior officer to xpl:n
the alleged Interview given by him to
tha public pre and printed as a special
dispatch yesterday In New (Tor k . and
' other eaatra newspaper , ! .
In ' th : reported Interview tAach Is
quoted a saying that tha results of his
Investigations In Washington so far ar
astonishing, and reveal a' atat of af
fair that aeem worse than tn any part
of th country. If Lach has been re
ported correctly, hla attention will be
called t the fact that hla report to the
department do not bear Out tb conclu
Ion t forth In hi statement to tb
newspapera.
H. K. Love, spaclal agent of the land
office- stationed at Salt LAke City, was
today ordered transferred to Alaska.
where he will have -charge of all laveatU
xaiion or publlo land entries. Love was
appointed to the aervlc from New Mex-
loo. and eerved . with Colonel Roosevelt
In Cuba. He haa mad a good record In
the public land, service, and hla assign
ment to Alaaka la regarded aa a proino-
': tiim. :; ... ,
nooaro STonii bomajtob.
(gpedal Masatea by Leeerf Wire to Tse learml)
Nw Tork. April II. Miss Plorsne
-Brook Chatfleld of Brooklyn w mar
ried thla afternoon to James Stokes. -lb
wealthy aoclety nfan and uncle to J. O.
Phelps Stokes, whoa engagement lo
Miss Rose Harriet Pastor ws reoently
announc . ...
rami
"J :..
Turn Over:td :St
tompany.
1
k . . . v
.v '.?!.:::
Union Pacif
ties and are being mercilessly mi
now by tha long Interesta.
Securities ' mad a new high
ra tof
word was received hern today t
the London shorts had-settledVat 10.
Tha New Torkera who were eavglraqkAva
got until Monday to pay. It la aa!4j v
more naa -t,v,v wui o invoivaa
this settlement. -. -r : . . r---.
OCX
It was stated on good autEomjIuflTiji
Wall street In exnlahstlon of Mmmm1"
rise In Union Paclflo t.. t mf
And, hi friend. bajnv-during the bvU.
ill month, accumulated locydosbarea
of the oommon, stock X. thVVn
elflo . railroad. . IfTb hi-yX
Union Paclflo ,ns,bS e
of
ofr Mr. HtU, i,th.
terrea siock oy
sk by-r..
PjVln-c'
. If sur-aaW
and .Union
explained.
the Union Fsssho mam
rang thetan
atock inrMcbaV J2C
be- able tn-'rejartrv'
pany deaptteydi "
tha etd .aMrSk. y J
Ji. There is outah""
stock tto.ieTrroo; r
Stock aiis.ito.soo. i t ti n rk
110,000.000 par 'Vi
ally -outvote the Wrma'i Itereate, lAf,
na'ia.i,
Vl ,edvt.
the MWnln eneetl
hg Arovl ,dvTke entire 1
capitml atoek Is votefl. Ifclertrjoiight Jwff
t that there la f pfhllltfrf'
-Morgan lnwes4s J ,hldintJ fj
look tq block toe'proposvHoni'r
wall atreet
the- Hill
enough . stock
to increase the preferred atock by lleff.-
000.000. .If Mr. HU1 can. vote T0.0QI
shares against tha plan, he can de
feat It. - y M
There were rumors toatf Ot dlssen!
aiena m tn tiarnmsn ran a a, ana it was
ven aald that Jajnea Btlllman and the
Rockefeller have formed an alliance
wlUi .Mr.. HI1U .Jt was Impoaalbl. to
verify any of these reports. - . ,
OF NAVAL BATTLE
Hongkong Advices Manila Stats
J Rssts-HavsMstNsar ths J
- ;:'h: Palawan Islands.' .
ALSO SAID TO HAVE
; j MET: OFF YIPEI HOALS
Toklo News Suggests Delay, in
Conflict and That Togo Is Waft
ing Till Fleet Is in Japan Sea. '
"... ' i '. ' I1- ; ;.'
(Ceprrlcbt, Betnt ;Hew Srtce, by Letssd
, i , Wire to The '4?oarBSl.)- . ;
Hongkong, April 1.A cable dispatch
naa been received 'here from - Manila
ssying that gghtlng ha begun between
tli Russian and Japsneee fleets near
tha Palawan Islanda, part of tha Philip
pine -(roup, . . . . I .
- Tb dispatch do not go Into detail,
and whll It to believed by naval men
here that there la a possibility of truth
in It, It la hot'supposed that tha heavy
battleships of either, fleet have been
engaged. . The -fighting, if any haa oc
curred, will probably prove to have bean
between aoouttng cruisers i of th 'two
fleet, x . - ;- . : 4 , ..,- ...
. Japanese scants have been alghted In
that locality within, th last few days,
and 1a fact lenda soms color to th
report, as It Is generally believed that
tha Russian fleet has anchored tempor
arily In noma harbor in Jhat vicinity in
order -to eosl up and make other prep
aration before proceeding farther north.
A sot her report la that th fleet met
off Viper Shoals. - Japanese cruiser are
known to be near that point Th Toklo
New received here suggest a delay In
th conflict. .- A semi-official statement
la made that Togo will not fight until
he hn th Russian fleet In tha, Sea of
Japan. : - - t-wr.' .- ",f
RUSSIA IN DARKNESS.
Bxrpeet News Proas tb Proat Vntn
r , ... BattI Za Iwagk. - V ' ,
spelal Blepatei by Leased Wire to Tbe Jearaal)
M. Peteraburg, April IS, li:J p, ra
With th depMtur of the hospital ship
RENEVED
, fWHM4 M,IMIMMMIMMMMMMMMWtMWIMMMHMAv .
ROOSEVELT BEGINS WITH A BE
J" NtlJ V'nl. - Anrif, 1 "
He wm brought down with one shnt with a, rtfleioi tha aiiiH type, four'
skin tonicrht.iA stretched . In front'ofl th weiidehtV. cdbB iakdi lack Frye.
ve th&.'artn and.tb wmb,
tf
1 .
1 V
r i- t l ,i
" i t df ' s upon
', ho t y. Art
. vjue tf 1 3.0J).
. p.ciares : by Titian,
and - other master
.hvt-1'. dea'-r who
wer,c .
ocked v
i ....r "at-
-i.
-i
i j - r'
y co
Ot
l of
anaddcnJ'P4
to
j t.i
r- to
1 v .
l it)
' t
a ; -
i
' treat
T,"& n"t f
celved. in 1
trt. .
Taormlna "thr-bv,
'Ought - t mmvim t . , -,
ly .Asfflfv r 4AirrlIpra 'r.
i , 1 '' J" '"
T(ML VJCTI!! tQ-
ersaU
"uirlee
jr.Tlie-'-
jrtWa -
lama
' . (ring
Jrei
f lea,
t - 4 If t.. a ...ent snd
I,
. i f aMiil. tiiat no ex-
or u raj t I i aula Be spared
tha v-.n a : t. ' ; : ?
M. .Maachlite. who l. in r h View
av ntwriear 1 ...ri i lytiug In the
4cr' bosprtal. In .a cr'Mcal condition,
errlght -Arna n l l. trvn. ser Ankte
frAcsnreC' andterri'j.y. bruised ' All wet
hsad aod yfeody Mr, Morse xr-
softagy eportd thi ecldrn Jto the
Jamaica cAllce'Btatlpri.and, lateri .called
at tha' hoi
1 Rear Admiral B. D. Evans. Flht
Ing , Bob," commanding tha North At
lantic -squadron. , will . lead - an assault -upon
the . defenses, of tha Chesapeake,
comprising the fortification of Hamp
ton?, roads. Baltimore and on tha Poto
mad beldw Washington. The fighting ,
admiral- la to command th attackers in
th Jun maneuver of. th army and v
navy. ' . - ' - - .
Th defense will be conducted by Rear
Admiral Bands and Brigadier Gen. Fred
erick D. Grant' commander of th da-'
partment of the , east Besldee tb
scores of dummy mines, .tb attacking
fleet will hav to pass. It must face a
fleet comprising, th battleship .'Tessa
and tha monitor Arkansas, Nevada and
Florida (sister ship of th monitor
Wyoming that visited Portland harbor
Rear-AdmiraJ Robley D. Evan and
f S fhiiui ihnnt wrl milM"( bf aftor t to i trr VrttliOUC D. mr.. .. b i 1- r f i if f S?, Bi t'J . 1 1 1 '!T
"J tA - PresiJent iJtpHnit and lrt' Li'.Qotf Vt VtH behind .jtt,W pUxgtfAitltAi T
' ' IwVJTVotnrht' theAimai Vb.ne- 'rowhvwithv - t. it through the honldtf and lpgt -ftM rtt.l tiierily.;, X
irfclm.i U'rtitv'i .ncli as reached atr.5T).m.V-.'. : " :rL? yt-'iS'uJl'll-llt.i l hi't :--'Z
kff.h- Vhtf j vret rej ia ,ht Qverlhe iucc bf the- f "t-dayla hunt n from t tie tact that theweather
wTaKM' taf sn th eon kinaperfect tofi t!?e . poT f jaxe toran , ia ,tonigni ne,Kuew wnere nr nra sijy x
, V'- fX v r v 1 l l ewxa le :. morning--mi ;u qu:s. in ut timcm , mu wi iui-ji a
.PtTi Yhe ' n . tni u irr ' q on tlve pht.'orrri uiliia attfekfug feet, to respond tdl 4
i: irimmm mmmi
'MM Tore
V 1 '
. v . I
crnwif
r?HgK
New oi J.'
' ,,- n
"FIGHTING BOB"
i".'v.-;---.ji :.:ri r s :
PriHnt TrnnavItvhas killed his ! first
paC,winour - - 'J - '. was Minieasnea.1 f.igno(K
' T'jto lead a caged bear out aeyear mile Vnd tbtn let him loose lor the j 1
;.cV wh'a err;hatically; tol4 t . committee he did not Lke that kind 4
:h:::Hvo
. J L.-J
C rniifM fs
... 4 I t to . I U kviiwwkw
V. ,-- . -:;.r '
t" "(rffll rScjeteh by Leeard Wire toTBe Joernal)
CI "eaffo. April IS. Dr. panlel K. Pear
sons, - the . millionaire philanthropist.
who generosity hss. enrlcheJ scores
of fi-esh-wster "colleges, celebrated hla
I 'H tlrthdsy today and said hs would
devots the remainder of his year giving
away the balance of hi fortune.- -i
F-ir. years the doctor hue marked hl
t i .A3av by giving a Ur e donation to
i...n educational Institution, and today
he ' said -the annual contribution wouid
ro to ' t t- 'jntaln - srfiols of Ken
l ky. lei .. and Virginia'
-1 herty In sr"e of bis yeara.
t-t. ft, ... arrived at his rn.iJei.i9
I - v ,t night from a sojourn at
. V !. In a-njt interesting
; tne I Imown phllsnturtplat today,
i 1 ti?i : jasure In ll.e wo riv
al i b . to the defer)- of John
Poc .r in a spirited att. k on hi
..Mj.i"'-.''My meaey it no b tnr than
John D. Rockefeller," ' aald octo-
geuanaiu s . . .. Vi
FAMOUS' YACHT WILL
carry-gospel tid:::gs
, i- v - ; ',-. i V
(gptcUl Dtapatd by Lease .Wire Is Tae Jeersa)
,New Tork,. AprU ll.r-Two remarkable
ha0porlihga .'werx reveAled' yestei-Ly
when the crack schooner-yacht .Coronet;
(Me of the fastest arid best yachta on the
Atiactte. and a craft' that All, yachts
meruexpeated ,to see entered In .the kul-
see
cup raee, sailed from Brooklyn to
be tised ss'a goper-hlp by the. Holy
Ghostand U society. At the same time
mariners learned i that the ' Wanderer,
onoe a . famous craft, carrying on of
tha proudest yacht flag In .b country)
and later converted Into a slave-ship," Is
already being used by thai Holy Ghost
er to carry their teaching abroad.'
On these crafts tha gospel will be car
ried to. tha dwjellera ot tha South' Sea
Island and Into1 other ar-away heathen
IN JUNE
Soma of th War Veaaela H Command
- bear.' - Daul. J twri.fA
hour afoeT'Ithe ht!tt I - .W 1 le
will have tho chcitett X.r .....J A
eeeeci
k L.I . -j i .iIk.L .'..-'
C.ii.3 i" r!...J I..ZANE
A Wire to TseiWaalf
1. Th lgJrllC
Spcll r" bf Lt4wd
Fresno. C U. April
glous revival whli p recently Alossd, bar
has driven Alfred J. Hnmett Insane at
least so ssys his wUe,- -Elh Burnett,
who Wednesday betrao suit for sllvoroe.
lira. Eernett begs for .a, divorce on. the
ground -ot cruel treatment aa 'A result
of hallucination, loduced-'byv -rellgloua
excitement : .df jgt'.W
Larne.t. who Is ti mail earHar, nf htly
attended th revival . meeting and to
war tbelr close announced he had been
savfej. Mrs.. Barnett allege that atnr
that time her husband has .beaten and
cursed her in his attempt td oompel hr
to. pray, and at .one tiro he, kept- her
on her kneee for fou" hmm , nnr
threats of great bodily .harm. "Woman; V
a mm wiiro upon , TP
10
to
day
tha brlfeVof. n ot
ifeVoC. kn of b rd' chosen
minis
rtiTt""' . -e.
-Jl .1 A.v..5
r8erfl t - hbyl. 1 reUTto leorai
wew' io.i,!J liJtf 11 I '.!
gone frc-a a. V atrset lt p nee
woicn naa ooi. ated th ay . narket
tor-two generations t , But
hi -money I there yet. working Jwst
hard mad Just a pi-o.'tably as when Its
masier nimseir Stood tr th ticker. Mr
eases- Dusin t nas - Len so ay sterna-Used-
that- he needs nothlnr mora w.
honeet, clerk to mav the ngura which
hla years !oJ experience proves -1. be f
safe.. - -. . . I ... . 'iv',
Mr.gage lanbw K but aside from, tb T
weeknese thAt Naturally come from'wge
uw nuruui.i m n my alter ntmoet
perauaalon of M wife that be aareed tn
abandon ,WaU rt.4 Me ha flttod p
hi summer homei a t l.wrence, tA-r
mnu .wm spena m njra. them tblSiSum.
MANEUVERS
last summer), aastated by a large flo
tilla of torpedo craft and ubmarine.
Tha moat powerful fleet ever aaaem-
, bled under th atara and atrlpea will be
commanded by Admiral Evan. His
. fleet la to consist of the battleship
Main. . Missouri. Alabama. Illinois,
Kearaarge. Kentucky. Iowa, -Sassaenu-etta.
Georgia, New Jersey. Hhod Island
and Virginia, and tb armored rrplser
New York, Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Colorado and Maryland. total
of II battleships and six cruisers for
tn armored portion of th fleet Thl
fleet la armed with 3(4 Iieavy gum
. in their main batteries. To make a plain
comparison, .this fleet ' !a about three
' time aa powerful a tb entire armored
fleet of Japan... . .,
aa Head of the North Atlantic
icainc u wuo. toe aaicr i
preaiihnd -you- have
gey.out or. aer,r e; is . alleged
ha va aald si the brmkfni t .m.'
iasV week iTai nwl frit
- a i n ii i i i i vi ii ii . .
Bfl I IDIILJIJ V IN if! III! '
1 U I U C U1I11T1II 11 1 tiLi .
Imitation Suicide; :
Lpube-Wagner
While Weeping Family
Docir She. Slips Away and Is .Reapttired
nly After Two
f Ii
ff
After two weJf"ot-iuncesslng effort
Detective Hawletu-otAhb Boy and Girl
Aid aoclaty. ' swetejaaa. auoceeded in
locating LouIse..'Wagejer. a. l-y ear-old
girl, who' escaped 'from, hsr home on
1UI Sixth street after placing a dummy
in her hJ,,Auntatren th gas. and
causing very-.neAa believe fori tljn
that sjis kAJ4ivnjitted eulclde.
l&a giv- w abound a Jinn noun
five mile r omireeham yesterday
aftefriaonJBhe saw the detective aa he
approached inS - buggy and tried to
ecse.Shvl.ockBd herself in aa out
building. ut was finally captured. .
trhe girl ihad a- prevlou runaway es
capade.) but was ... found by Detective
Hawley. ; In- order .U give her a chance
to reform without commitment to. tne
home of tha ociety, h was given into
-the,' af a family on East Sixth
areet Bhe was weu tree-teo. out ner
enaar. u -wanoer wa irresistioie. ,
Twoyafeek ago ah disappeared. Hey
yaratlons were elaborate and unique,
gha ifully arranged A dummy, which
Uekdxm arkahl y like a person lying
lnbd. ffhn ah turned an th jeu
jnttha, atova In her room, and tha gas
UaeVfor lighting purpoae,- locked th
doevwM'thr'ew th key away. Taking
a ("tindlg-Bf- clothing, aha ralaed tha win
flow leptfl ifrom the second story and
1UrTnewad 1
-he.-faUy
In -th night
was aroused by the amen
ROT:
DE POT Oil STAND
Neither Prosecution Nor Defense
Will Use Nan Patterson's
' ' Relatives.
COURT, ORDERS LETTERS
" RESTORED TO OWNERS
Florodoro Cjrl's Third Trial Be
; gins Monday and Both '
- . v Sides Are Ready. ;
I I fUneetol Dlapeteh by Leued Whs to The Journal)
iT New Tork, Aprtl 15. Nan Patterson
will be placed on trial Monday for the
third time for the murder of Caar
Toung. Tha prosecutor and defendant's
oounael ar- ready. - No acue will be
offered for a further; delay.
Supreme Court- Justice Qaynor of
Brooklyn, late thla afternoon, signed a
preemptory order commanding District
Attorney Jerome and his assistant, ' O's
trlct Attorney Rand, to i deliver to 3.
Morgan Smith all the letter and 'Other
property now In their possession seised
in Cincinnati after th arrest of the
Smiths.'- .." ' V ' - :
Tha term of th order ar ancn that
the property must be delivered and there
la no provision for th offe.-lni of ex
cuses for it detention. ' Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Rand, aald tonight ; he
would consider the provision ot any su
preme court order when It had been of-
flr'ally served upon mm. tie naa not
Hard of the order and would defer de
ciding aa to tha action to be tiken to
nnet tne siivaiion unui n ria -n i
Mr Jsroms and Mr. Rani art further
before hlrp Monday next af flushing. L.
I., and show cause why Bmitn should
not be permitted to permanently be al
lowed to rstsln his own property. -Assistant
District Attorney Rand be
lieved - that some, ot the Smith letters
will b of service in certain phases of4
th prosecution of Nan. but even Without
these, he aald. the prosecution win not
b weakened. .--'
The latest move en the board was given
by Mr. Levy In th announcement that
J. Morgan Smith wtll not ba called as
a witness, nor hi wife for the defense.
Mr.wRand hs already declared that
tb Smith will-not be ussd for witnesses
of or for th prosecution.
Mr. Rand' - decision to keep the
Smith off th witness tand unle
something unforaee should art, la
based largely upon the us which Mr.
Rand la expected to make of th Utter
written by Mr. Smith to Toung when he
was living at th Hotel Imperial. .
Thl . letter was anticipated Just on
month before the killing and th part
SJIITHS YILL
ACoaUnu4 aa Paa Jsn.
Gives 1 5Year-01d
Time -to Escape
Batters 7botm Loded
Weeks Chasew
of escaping gas.' . Investigation noon re-
vealed tha fact that tha fumes earn
from tha girl's room, but sf forts . to
gain entranoe were futile, , t , .
Tha police war telephone for and an
officer waa despatched to th place at
onoe. Meanwhile they continued their
efforts to tenter Loulee' room. By .
means of a atrong board they pried tha
lock from It place and forced open .
the door. - , i.
Onvthe bed" lay a nulet form. Gaa
was pouring out of tha five open Jets;
It was plainly a caae of aulclde. What
motive tha child could hav had for uch
a desperate act no on could surmise. '
They turned off tha gas. and weeplngly
awaited the arrival of tha officer. .
Presently a stalwart blue-coat rushed
panting to tha place. - and women
aobblngly told him how tha girl had
taken her own life by turning on the
gaa. - H w ushered into th room,
which was a tiu a It death actually
held possession, v.
Hla duties render a police officer
somewhat caliou. and he 1 not
reserved In the presence of death aa
othere are. 8o he stalked boldly over
to th bed and threw back th covers.
Detective . Hawley also . captured
Louis Bcrlber yesterdsy. Bh la a It-yar-old
girl who ran away from her
home in Peninsula Mondsy. Shs ' waa
found near Lests.
VOULD DE CUT
IMSOIJLYSTOLER
Prince Nicholas E. Savlne Was
I Well Known In Portland ,
-t Some Years Ago. f "
CAPTAIN BAILEY TELLS -
t HOW HE MET HIM
An Italian Shot at Him With
- Good Intent But Shock-.-Ingly"
Poor Aim.
Trine" Nicholas B. Savin, eount ef
Toulouse-Lautrec, the- International
windier, who one stood on the tep
of .a thron and who was arrested at
Bremen last Saturday by Ruaslsn of-
nclala for reasons of state, left a rec
ord In Portland mor daring and exclt-
ing than a Baffles could have left, it tha
memory of certain police officer ot thla
city-1 correct. , , - ,
"Prince" Savlne waa In Portland lx
yeara ago, and .almost-lost hi life a
one result ot a elever swindle -which ha
perr ed an an Italian. The "Prince,"
hm tloo and hla narrow escape
fro i . -jtih In thla city are distinctly
remembered by George H. Bailey, at
that tint a police officer on duty at th
Union station. Since then th officer ha '
risen teethe rank of captain because of
meritorious conduct. i i
v "Prince-- Savlne. according to Captain
Bailey, was a man of prepossessing ap
pearance, large, handsome and of ausve
and .polished manners, He was fastid
ious In his tsstes. elegant In hi autre, .
extremely courteous, entertaining tn
conversation.' and spoke several Ian -gusgea
fluently. . ,
Ordaa Verladls Stem. 1
When h came to Portland he repre
sented himself to be an emissary of tha
csaXi Ht wa In America, he announced,
for the purpose -of '. purchasing steam
boats and locomotives for his govern
ment, -And although a representative of
the government, he had lars private
Interests. - Among them was a mJn lo
cated In Siberia, 1 which promised to
startle' the world by its productions.
-I A prominent Italian cttlsen of Pert
tend became Interested, nd purohssed
11.100 worth of stock In th b-berlxa
mine Of marvelou prospective wsalt s.
For that sum he was given what pur
ported to ba Ita equivalent In ttx
He took th atock to a lawyer w- '
nounced It valueless. The Ita: .
that tha Rust n "prl-ica" t i t
leava th city at once, i
Officer Pa! -v ws on d 'y t f v r
tlon at 1 1 e . r t
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