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. . . . if ' ymm:mymm The C.iX" ! Cf Thr.J-rr.rl , " ; Tonight, cloudy; Saturday, pcob .... .- ably how era; winds gwtlwuttrty. VOL. IV. NO. 41 PORTLAND.., OSSGON.'! FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL UCJ,---SiXTEBN FAGEST Kild FIV3 r 1 y v.- 2 ill "'4 'v.r.-A mm vas m: r. r -y.,A : ....... -r. - Jt .- Afl Ad , of -iMraadmg Oregon in Scibol v to Part; of; Property Illegally Transf erfed '-Cyy Jearest tUtt . Salem, April 21. I nvestlgatlon of the ' lUU school land frauds-was brought to a close by tba Marlon, county grand jury uu afternoon, when the jury pra . aantad Ita raport to Judga Burnatt and . ratnrnad (our lndlctmanta. Tba . I den- tlty of tha paraona indicted ia cara- - fully eoaoealed and will not ba mada kaown an til tbey baro been placed un- . aer arrest, but among tboaa who nava . obaerrad tba eaora of tba grand Jury's inquisition, tbara 1s no uaoertainty as ' '' to. tha aaaies of tba defendants. . ' It ia wall knows that tha operations of B. A. 1. Putsr. A. T. Kalleber and : Prank W. Jawett,. principals In "many larca transactions in school lands, have r bean oeoupytns . tha attention of .the '. arand Jury, and H. H. Tunwr, the 3a . lam notary who was Kellehar'a tool 'and aooompllca, .- has been - deeply involved. . Many other persons micbt bava bean In r dieted if the trsnd Jury bad attempted ' to brtnr to Justice all tba minor crim inals, but this was not dona, vlt was deemed sufficient to Indict the . rtnf , leaders, for tba Jury had other enda in1 :. view besides tba punishment . o the, gTiUty. - ,, . :.;4',; ,; 'i Bvan more important perhaps to the ;' pubHe than tba. indictments returned, rJ' are the recomnjendations of the - Jury l U aa to tba steps to be taken for tha re ' V oavary of soma portion t tba Wnds of wkloh the tae, baa beea defrauded. " Not content with etecynT.JJa thlYs. tha Jxiry'haa' under la eo to point the ? way for tba raoavery of tba stolen prop erty. - .-' 'I ' , ; v., Jn las report the . grand Jury states ". that about vOMOO acres of School land - " which have been sold by tha states are .. still undeeded. the purchasers boldlns only certificates. Of these lands about lOO.OO acres are believed to bava been acquired by fraud, and tba report elves . ailet of these holding. The Jury reo . ommends tba immediate cancellation by ' tba state land board fit ail outstanding certificates that "are tainted with, fraud. Of the amount of land fraudulently ac- sond recovery. . .timii It attempted, out u is . known ta reach millions of acres. -,. State May aapa MMKOOO Aores. v The Importance of this recommenda FITZHUGII LEE IN J ORAYE CONDITION Noted ' Virginian Stricken With ATexyWJiileTravelrng En Route to Capital. ENTIRE LEFT IS COMPLETELY PARALYZED - General It Taken From Train to ; HoartalFeart of Recov-. . ' - fry Are Ejtpresaed. (Jenraal Special Servle.i ; , f " ' ; -Washington. April St. -General FIU t hugh Lee was stricken with a-severe attack of apoplexy while en route to ' this city from Boston last night on the Pennsylvania train. He arrived here st J o'clock this morning and was glyev ... Immediate medical attention. Ha Waa taken talha Providence hospital Jt is stated that his entire left slds Id par alysed, and his coodltlon Is mast eirave. - A eonsultallorl of several physicians has - been called. It is feared that there has been a bemorrhage. of the braiii.' .' , Oenaral Im has been-devoting his . r energies recently toward'the' celebration to commemorate? the settlement of Jamestown to be held next-yeir, Fltxhurb Lee was bom Novetnber It, 1 ' 1131. the 1 son of Commodore! Sldney-i Smith Lee, UvS. N. He Is a niphew of f- tha late General Robert E. . Lee, and graduated from "West : Point Maitary .academy In KM, being commlsslonsd second lieutenant of tba second (cavalry. He was severely wounded " lit fight ' with Indians after being commissioned, and was appointed Instructor of cavalry at West Point In 1M0. ' I -v-jt At the outbreak of tba civil war he ra- signed hie commission and was sp . ' pointed v adjutant-general of ' Klwell's " brigade, -3eeifaderata-army.na. ftr w.ni jnitw coionei or inf. w irs - Vir ginia esvahry. He contended tlid whole cavalry of Lee's srmy st the wsr's close. ' Cteneral Lee was elected governor of Virginia In ltM. In ISM, he was ap pointed by President Cleveland as United States consul to' Havana; occu pying the posfiintll the declaration of war with Bpaln forced Ms return to tha Vnlted States, - when hs Wss . oommls- L. sloned a msJor-genenU of ths itjnlted States aroionteers and placed Id -rotn-mand of ths Tenth srmy corps. ,; Afler the war ha was made military governor of Havana and r'vei a commission in t-v 1 - ' . ... tion to the people of state can scarcely be- exaggerated. If the state land board acts' in accordance with tha k grand Jury's suggestion, probably 600,- o acres or land which bava been. sold to the land' thieves wilt be revested In the state. , This land is worth from SI. to $19 an acre, and by cancelling (tbe fraudulent sales which, have been made tb land will agaln .be open to .purchase by legitimate settlers. Tha result will be advantageous net only to such hon est purchasers but.' to the' school fund, which will be enriched by nearly halt a million dollars. i - Thm grand Jury calm attention to the fact that many of the frauds were com mitted . outside of Marlon county - ami are therefore beyond tba grand Jury's Jurisdiction."' Multnomah county es pecially has been fruitful of frauds is connection with school land operations. Many . of tha speculators made their headquarters in Portland, and it waa there . that the fraudulent applications f for school lands were executed and sworn to. A -mass of information upon this - subject has been gathered and will be turned over to District Attorney John Manning or to tba next grand Jury Of Multnomah county. -"7- La methods 6n tha part of the state land board, under, former .administra tions, are' the ' subject of some severe comment .by tha grand Jury. The sys tem followed In the past was a direct encouragement to fraud ..and .little or no attempt, was ntde to eafeiruard. the public 'douiailt nun Wf pTOjK.'Wn, were preying upon It. - . 1, , . , Mow ' gtat .Wad Sobbed. ' Tha report of the grand Jury sketches briefly tba system by 'which ths state was robbed of.. its lands.' .The amount of- school land which .may be purchased by a single person is limited toy law to 110 acres. The purchaser must make affidavit that he ia buying tha land for his own use and benefit and not for speculative purposes. ' and ; that he has made- no contract, express or-ImpUeff. for ths sale of. tha land. . 'School lands were originally sold by she slats st.lha BnitemjBrJfeOV an acre, but they were worth much mora than this, aa base, ta tha specu- v (Continued on Page Two.) LOEB LEFT TEDDY 1R GOOD HEALTH Rumors' That lll-Heatth Caused President -to- Shorten-Trip--V --; Pronounced False." ROOSEVELT IS 'AWARE OF 'V CHARGES AGAINST L00MIS Generally Supposed That Vene zuelan Question Causes an p .: ftfacly Return to Capital. ' t v.- (Journal Special Service.) - -4 Glenwoda Springs, Cot, April J . Sec retary Loeb, who left . the president's camp yesterday morning; to ride, to New castle, says that tba statement that tha tneeideht indisposed Is not true. The story wss occasioned by the announced shortening of . th bunting trip. The president Is In the best Kf spirits and hugely enjoying hlmslf. ; ' - Secretary Loeb announces that publla affairs have made It necessary for the president to curtail ffts trip and shorten his vacation by a week! He will start for Washington. May I, making stop at Denver and Chicago. . ' Secretary . Loeb said that the presi dent was familiar - with the charges made agalnet Secretary Loomls In con' nectlon with the Venezuelan situation. It Is generally supposed that this Is the cause , of the president shortening his visit. ' . f Clubfoot, a gtissly that has been, a terror to ranchers' for a number 'of years, 1 was killed last bight by Fred Collin,1 a member of - tha . president's party. - ' .: f . J- - 'v r; ARARlAM InJCIIRnPnJTfi r CAPTURE' ACAPITiti: A- ' PnenaTlpcisr Bervlea) . Constantinople, April St. -A dispatch received here states that 8haa, capital of Tmea province. Arabia, surrendered to the Insurgents April 10. Tie town of Menskaba with Its garrison Is now be- IJeeraai Bseelsl gsi lire. . - i! Wsshlngton. April l It Is an nounced todsy that the French govern- Vietit has designated M. Onersrd ss the Krtrtch member of tha Fa name, board cf consulting sag Inters, i " 5 , . ; ; -. 1 o- s ... :. ... " .. ... n 1 Preiident Kootevelt Taken In His His 'Hunting -Trip. , Reproduced "SALTED" CHICKENS " WITH COLD NUGGETS v:. : h y. ...... ' . '.v r'ft Sold ; the Rest at Rve Dollars "Apiece to Speculative Neigh r ; bor Who Cot Nothing.7 r ' K.' " ""' ij I: ' 'l : ' (Jesrasl' Speetsl Servks.) "' ' i 8anni3srnardlno, CaU'i April Charles Ashmead, a miner, accuses John Berry of being the -author of on of the moot original fllnvflsm games on record. Berry has a homestead In Apple valley, seven miles from Victor, ard the other day Ashmead stopped at Berry's to rest over night. Ths morning after Ash mead's-arrival Berry killed j two owls snd Ashmead watched him dress them. Ia tha crop of th fowl war found nuggets Of gold- valued In th neighborhood, wf dvuajs.i-C T J Both men were surprised ana looxea In vain fot th place rbara.iha.chicktis had picked up the gold, and then merely ss a speculation, explslns Ashmead. hf bought the flv remslnlng chickens nt Berry for IS each, and paid Berry 13 for permission to dress the chfekens on his ranch. ' Berry insisted' on payment In advsnce and wbea ths fowls had been killed and their crops had failed to show up ths least suggestion f ' gold. Ashmead began to scant a Job. - He de clares thst Berry fed tha fret two fowls gold whrte they were cooped up, Intending to deceive and defraud Mm. Berry ' denied ; that ; be 'Halted" the chckena Ashmead says ,lt Is SO' old gam at Berry's, . .. ,..v.vi. ' ; ' Tent, and a Snapshot of tht -Last Crowd ' by ' Special'; Permission -of - Underwood HYPNOTIZED SISTERS i; PRONOUNCED INSANE One Woman Completely Under Control (of the; Other z1 and r Both Declared Crazy. ; v t I'". (Jearnsl feelal'Ssrvies.)'., ? 'f; 'Chicago, '.April J S. Mary and . Ann ValsBtlne,;- sisters, ' were yesterday found Insane. They were sent to Dun ning." fT. Davis, superintendent of the detention-..Institution, said the ease is one of the "most remarkable that svsr cams under his observation. ' . ,'iCome stand by me, Anna! now keep your eyes open. It Is our only way to escape," said MafTTand Anna was per mitted to step forwsrd and stand by the side of the witness chair, while Mary testified. Mary apparently had some In fluence over lb yuunger slster, - who is IS years old. . . , ".r wha-lhat- Influence ia X -dat know," ssld Dr. Davis. "It may, be hypnotic. One. thing. Is tsars, she has complete control of her sister." Mary Is vsry talkave, but Ahna la to the same degree secretive snd would not sneak until1 she received the sanction of her older sister. Vn . t "Mary, why did yod ask your sister to step to your sldef asked Dr. Davla. 'WpII; there ft some one who has hyp notised us. ' It Is persecution. We must stand together for protection," replied Mary.' '', . , . A Both yobng women have been known ss ' nnromaionlxx'tirlght. but givsw to dabbling in "ccultlsra." , ' ; a . , V Ha Addressed Before Beginning: & Underwood. LEAVES HIS FORTUNE " . TO DESERTED FAMILY Rich Land Owner. Who Left His , Folks Forty Years Ago,'. Has i :'rK Death-Bed Repentance. ;p . (Jeorsal Special Semee.) ' ' Pittsburg, April It. According to a story printed here, David James, a rich land-owner who died of enncer, mads a wilt" confessing his rest nameiwea David "amotion, thst be abandoned .Ills wife and three- sons in Brooklyn 40' yssrs ago. Th name of his sons sr given ss David, Wilson and Joseph, and the testator directs the executors.' to And tbm. lis leaves them his entire' estate. Wilson Jameison of Brooklya,- how ever. Is the only on living. He la -40 year eld, apd Is employee as an engi neer In tha home for . the aged at a salary, of tl a week, v He Uvea in a tenement- Wlth-.hl. wlf. There Is do doubt aa to hla identity. Alexander Ray, a brother-ln-lew of th elder Jameison, who- hss Just died. Is ' greatly -pleased to learn thst the father decided ta- do the right thing by his children before he died. ' No reason Is offered .for Jsmalton-s desertion of his. wife and children. His wife has been dead for some time. , ' sisurr ooss to ooz.oxsza. (Jabrnal Special aerrtes.l : Washington, April I. It la reported that John Barrett will be sppointed min ister to ColembU whes bis present office ss minister to Panama is sbsorbed by Governor Msgostv - ' --- . ..-. ' '' ' ' ' t If ' tr t a I e Komsaai issues a Sweeping Order Against Chicago Teamsters. BIG DEPARTMENT STORES ii AT MERCY OF UNIONISTS Controversy TtirealenlTtdnvorvI r Ail Drivers In City Negroes r as Strike - Breakers - J Riotous Scenes.' . . Uoaraal Vnectal Servlee.) ' Chicago, April II With 1,009 team sters on strike and 10,000 other em employes Immediately affected, Chicago this morning is facing on of the most serious labor struggles in her history, tiight big State street department stores are already at the mercy of the striker and other big concerns are being rapidly drawn InU the controversy, which by Monday threatens to , Involve SI, 00 drivers. - Klve hundred policemen, the sams number of private detectives and armed guard on sxpress wagons are making an effort tojpreserve peace and protect property. " United StatesCircuit Judge Kohlaaat this morning, upon - presentation of a request by . the . Kmployergv Teaming company, a West Virginia corporation, granted a ' temporary . Injunction re straining the strikers from Interfering with the company's business. . 1 Ths teaming company Is a corpora tion formed for. the purpose of deliv ering good for firms against which the strike Is In effect. The order is -temporary, but doubtless will be mad per manent as soon as evidence can be pre sented to the court. It is the most sweeping Injunction ever " Issued In a local strike. The order enjoins Presi dent Doid of the Chicago federation of Labor. President Shea of the Interna tlonal Teamsters and all officers and members of the union engaged In strike against the-epmpany from picketing or Intimidation, ano inierTereuce in any form Is sbsolutely forbidden. Forty-five union teamsters of tha Seise Sobwab Shoe Co. Joined the strik ers this morning when ntis of their number wss discharged for refusing to deliver goods to the Marshall Field Co, 'A large number of case of violence Is reported. H. K. Brown, a non-union teamster, wss beaten until unconscious on West Monroe street. He wss driving a wagon for the Forbes Cartage com pany. One hundred ana ten arivers or the Pea body coal company rerusea io go to work this morning, addlsg to ths rospect or a coal famine. snlhlii tssmsues "SI llantgnmi (Continued on Page Two.) JAPANESE FIRM TO DO BUSINESS HERE One of the Worid's Wealthiest ..; Firml Will Open Branch . in Portland.' MITSUI CO. HAS TENTH OF FOREICfv TRADE : y-r: Will Establish Uneof Bg Steam ert'Between This Port : and Japan. Vr:-;1 Tt r .' ..,.)' .: ' Mitsui Co. Of Japan, ene f ths wealthiest commerclsl firms In ths world; will open a branch office at. Part land on May 1, which will ba In charge of T. S. McRath Co. Tha attention of those who look after th Interests of the locsl house will be devoted to the shipping business, v On the start It will Import, cement. sulphur, -cosl, rloe and matting,-snd ex port whest, fleur, lumber. Iron and steel products.. It bss slready reserved spnes for a shipment of flour to xiongaong on ths steamer Nleomsdla, scheduled to sail next month. When the business sxpands T. S. MoRsth ssys there is a probability thst th company will oper ate a fleet of steamers from this port, stopping on ths- outward voysge al Seattle, wher a branch office will also ba estsbllshsd. . , ' . Pig Iron will be pnrchaeed In Eng land snd sent to the Columbia river In lllng vessel It will , be shipped In bond end on its arrival twill be trans ferred to the steamers bound for Chlite and Japsn. By pursuing this method' It will not be-necessary to par a tariff on the product, and th firm will be In a position to compete with the English end Oerman manufacturer who ship the goods direct to the far east . ' The eompairy owtia svee ateessera of a gross tonnage sggregaung mor than JO. 000 Ions. They sr slmost exclu sively engaged for th transportation of the company's own merchandise to snd from ' Shanghai, Hongkong, the Phlllp plnee. Ksngnon, Java snd other eastern points. They are the Taumglsan mam. tllkosan maru; Kachldats mam. Artists maru, Fnjlssn msru, tAtexocmi t 'i and Asosan mam. "' , In the course of a1 )Nnr 17" 1 trsnssrted by the Mn-; r t i mates O.OOO.ano yen. t" representing TO " 1 r ' to one v JSSKJ, Affidavit Says $5,0 Was Sent toRcelb by one Ccpcny. ? : MESSENGER BOY SAW IT AND READ.THE LETTEP llrtcTAttoTneyWoSnTng Charges Against' Councilman Are of Such Character He . ' " Will Call the Grand Jury. "JT. If. Thatcher, district manager fo thePacirio States Telephone Tele graph company, wrote a letter to Charles H. Humelln,. councilman from the first ward, about a year and a half agt thanking him for hta services In defeat ing tha franchise ssked by the Loa An -geiea telephone company, and enclosing a cheW-for 11,900 aa compensation therefor, la the sworn statement that-, " hss been mad to the district attorney, by a witness who -was called to-testify In the Investigation bow In progress and to continue which a grand Jury WlU probably be called. "The Thatcher letter was written ott stationery of ths telephone company, en. cloeed with the check In an, envelope Which Inadvertently was left unsealed, and a messenger boy waa called to carry. It to Rumelln's office. The messenger boy, possessed of tha. usual Irtqulsltlveness, opened the en velope and read the letter. Then ha de ' llvered It . to the councilman, and tha check was cashed: Humelln retained tha money as his persnnai reward for hav- Ing carried through tht plan to defeat the franciilae." - ' ' i This charge Is based on tha under ' standing that. If ths allegations' ha true that have been lodged with the' district attorney, - Humelln jsas the 'Boaa" r Tweed, the Croker, who In the past three year has handled tba cash In corrupting the ally council..... . . .,; . Mow the Wrk Was Soas. The assertion is made that Manage' 't Stow, of th IOS Angslcs' Telephone company, came to Portland ' about II months ago to secure a franchise, against' the granting nf which tha Pa rlflo States company fought vigorously. Kfforte-to secure the passsge of th franchise ordlnsnce met with organised opposition. . According t the evidence, Humelln was in chargs of tie plan to defrtnt it before the council, . - When tha matter was brought fa the -attention of th council, th new mm- ' pany wss Informed that the business men Of Portland did not want two tele r""" eowruintss. t.ft fUj TTf liril'fmS , f (Continued on Page Two.) SMITH'S SHORTAGE FOOTS llP-vW- y VBBTSSBBBBBaBSkBBaBBSSlBSBaBSS' Missing San Francisco Tax Ccl lector Proved to Be Forge ' as Well as Defaulter. FRAUDULENTLY SIGNED MANY SALARY WARRANTO Further Investigation Results in ; Discovery of Many New ' Defalcations. . " (Josrnsl Sseelal Ber.lre.) .' Ban Francisco, April fg. The crime of iprgery has been added id thst of stealing publla funds in the further In vestlgatloH today of the tangled af fairs of Tax Collector Smith. ' Mem ber af tha grand Jury and experts dl- covered today a large number of aalsrf demands In the treasurer's office, thai had come from' the tax collectors de partment, and which have boon prop erly paid, but were the rankeel forgeries. The demands. ' which ran l, from I e to HOOwer forged by Smkj himself. - ,, .... : , Simultaneous with this discovery t Was found that Smith had pocketed tha additional 14.900 paid as tax on rel properly,; bringing his defalcation bp t Ist.ioa - -rn , , SmMhr disappeared April 1, sat'-v that he waa going on a vacation; to t t southern rt of. the state. No a tlon waa pntd to his departure t last Wednesday, when his brother, la cashier of the office, discovered the tax collector had made s way a IH9.S09 'payment f Ihe Homhern . olflo company for" taxes and given i credit On the books tb the enmpsr Tha money had been paid personally Smith. ' . Expert were at one put. lipid 1 books by the mayor and grand t and a corps of clerks are busr ohe up-the at'coiitits, w '' H slr-lr the total sho - a i .- ..... y : oloe to II . Two wet- Hilt II ' from tv cf hs r - .. I 1 !l 1,1