The Oregon daily journal., May 24, 1905, Image 1

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7VoL. IV. . NO. 8.
Crazed by I llness and Burl
iness Worry San Rafael;
Man Runs Amuck, i-
SHOOTS HIS FAMILY
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
Two of His Surviving Wouh'ded
Children Not ; Expected
s. to Live Ranch Hand
- - Also Shot At.,
San Rafael, Cal.. May 24. Craxed by
Illness and business troubles. J. C.
Stephens, ft rancher, near Kenlfleld, a
' suburb tf r'", ihtinraln hot
and killed his wife and three .children,
'fatally wounded two other children and
a hot I wire at John Sumsaerfield a -ranch
.t, hand, and ttisa killed himself, MUpiiam
has been, -showing signs ot Insanity -for
"tnt t'tr. neighbors having . notlned
that he cted queerlybut he gave .nS
.Indication that his dementia would re-
suit tn'todny's horrible tragedy. He al
ways haa been rather peculiar, aim ,ii
pending foreclosure-Of ft mortgage .
lila ranch unhinged Ma mini -
- Stepheffs -sroae 'Shortly - before- 4),
o'clock thla morning and quietly secur-d
Ing a gun started on hla Bloody aeain
Tsslini." Ula (list victim waa hia wire.
.She-and hahlldren w 1i bed when
slaughtered, four-of them- being ta oa
Wltn me mniner ana uw iuir
. crib, beside .(ha b4 Th-llotthat:
killed ,the mother arouses tne cnuoran.
r but unmoved by- their re.- the nruT
, Oerrr continued the shooting, placing
the revolver r-'w ttwut of cte ot
- hla tittle viotlbta ku
unrlni
-j. ' . After , the fourth hlld was shot, he
. turned io the cribmfted the baby out,
placed It on the floor, and placing hia
- revolver 'tn its face, .fired, t tearing Its
head to ptecea.
Frensled by. h sight ot blood.
- Btephena raged through the house like
' it madman.
Two. of the children e neaped Instant
death, but all will die. The other three
- were. shot dead-1 All sf tliem bear the
"black powder iriarka upon their little
"pfacea," showing that the gnirwas prob
' ably shoved against their heads.
After firing bullet Into the laat child
Stephens ran down the road. A ahort
distance from the houae hs encountered
"""John BiVmmerfleld, workman employed
t upon the ranch, who had been attracted
. to the houae by the shots. Stephens
' was running wildly down the road when
. he first saw Suramexfleld. .- Without
stopptng to take aim Stephens fired
twice at Summerfleld as he ran, and the
'latter fell to the ground to feign Injury,
but wae not hurt. .
After running a few yarda farther
jUphrn TP'lii ft"1 ""'i
placed the revolver to his -own head,
fired, and dropped dead. - ' -
Pasaera by found Stephens' corpse in
thc.toad. Neighbors were notified and
the wounded brought to thla city and
placed in ft hospital, where they were
r-glven .medical assistance, -Ths eoroner
.r.ftt noe took hargs-of tha--corpae -and
. empaneled . a -Jury for the Inquest.
Btephena was formerljra .bonltTigeirrfn
the employ of a Ban Franclaco houses
YUKON GOLD FIELDS
v MAY BE GIVING OUT
' ' (7oums1Rpeell Berries.)
Washington, May 24. Yukgn gold
. fields show signs of giving Out. A rt
port from Consul Smith of Victoria
tells of a big decline In the production
of-old in that territory laat year. The
value of the gold output fell .off laat
-ver narlr il,9,vO sa-ompred with
ho pracedlng yearr the production- being
. 10.700,000 .comparen wun fiz.ivii.uuv
-'""In 1903. lryness of the season is given
f as one reason for the poor showing.--The
-steady reduction In the gold"
product has had a depressing effect on
the business of that Jgloiu Consul
Smith ssys thst mining In a small way
,-Vln Dawson vicinity is no longer profit
able. Operations on ft large scsle give
more promise of success. However, in
1904, receipts of Canadian offices for
miners' certificates. - placer grants,
" rsntsls. etc., show a decline as compared
with receipts of loa and 1902.-
PAUL MORTON TO BECOME
7 BANKER IN WALL STREET
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- - (Jenrsal ftpeclal gorrlce.)
Chicago, Ma 24. Closs rfrtends-wf
- Paul Morton, sepfetsry of the tressury.
aspress ths conviction that the vlce-
president -of the Santa Fe wlli go lnt
1hs bsnklng business when he retires
" from the cabinet, flanking and finance
are said to have a (peculiar fascination I
for Morton, Oosslp says that JieJbiis '
been offered the presidency of oue of
the Isrgest trust companies In New I
' Tork Ctty and that .he Is -Inclined, io
eccept It .In preference to offers made
him by various railroad eompanlea
:'. that he even prefers It to the presidency
. of the Qould system of roads, where his
, executive' ability, would, find' wide op-"T'portunlty.""-
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Js-Rir 90T0SX0A AT ooio.
(Jifttrott Kprrlil Srr1r.) (
Panama. May' 14. Charles Magood,
"ths new governor of the ransl tone, ar
rived today.' Hs was fecetvsA hya rep
resentative ot President Obaldla at Co
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Taft Outlines Policy of
; Administration Tow-
: ards Railroads. -
PLEADS FOR REDUCTION T
l OF TARIFF SCHEDULES
Republicans bl 4 Ohio Meet-'in
State Convention and Noml-
nate Kerrick for" Governor "
Dick In. Control.-
(Jmarnti gpertif JgerrlctJ,
jrColuinbuft,Ohln..May 24. With Sen
ator Dick and his followers In complete
control, the Rapuhllran state conveaUoa
met here today to name candidates for
governor and " tleutenant-goveririor- anJ
to adopt ft party platform. About 1,209
delegates wereJn thelr seatswhen the
convention -wss calledrto order by Sec
retary, of - Wa r ' Tat t, the .temporary
chairman. .- ' .' .
After thsroll call and the disposal
of 6ther preliminaries, the temporary or-
fgntzgtlon was -made permanent. Ths
address of Secretary Taft was the feat
ure of the session.- Regarding the tariff,
railroad rate legislation ana. other im
portant lsauea.. Secretary Taft. waa. be
lieved to voice the views of tha national
administration and hla address was con
tention. His remttrtcr"wer frequently
Interrupted by-applauss-.. ,
, Sncretary Taft. talked or Kooaeveira
railroad rate polloj'. and the treasury de-
rtoieBtty. ana na r-ninppiaes, ana tne
bla
s tick. ' w Tail- hoped that rungrejis.
would respond ' te. the popular demandJ
:forrftte leglelMlen,t- w. -Jr: Bryan, .he
said, -wae now formulating a plan of
campaign" based on government owner
shin, of railroads, against which', p ropo-
-sitlon -the apeaker -was confident tha Re
publican party would set. Us facs like a
flint., lie counseled -the party to.taka all
reasonable steps to remedy the evils of
railroad rates. . V,
Tha secretary pleaded for the reduc
tion of the tariff on goods coming to
tha states from tha Philippines, and ex
pressed confidence that congress -would
mete out "this measure of Justice at
the coming session. He ssfcd that we
would hold the Philippines certainly for
generation and that we must not
maintain a high tariff wall betwtea the
United States and the Islsnds.
rollowtng the conclusion of his ad
dress tha necessary committees were ap
pointed and an adjournment taken un
til tomorrow when tha convention will
reassemble to receive the reports of the
committees on nominations and resolu
tions. There is no opposition to the renoml
natlon of Oovemor Herrick, and he will
be chosen to head ths ticket by acclama
tion Several namea are mpnUonrdfprH
lieutenant governor. According to tnt
beat Information obtainable ths plat
form will declare agalnat tariff revlaloit,
and will be non-committal on tne.Mll
lnmiiiiiimirin although In general trrma
I approVfhg -'raldant Roosevelt a -oppo-
H ton-toran way discrimination1
STrPAUUrOGIVA
- NEWS TO NEWSPAPERS
, (Juoraal gperisl ftrrvlce.) ' ;
Chicago, May 14. r. A. Miller,-general
paaaenger agent of the St. Paul
roadhas Issued a circular addressed to
all agents In which he requests them to
strive to give all news possible to news
papers. Miller takea a practical view
of tho subject, for hs states it is good
advertising. ' .
"Nswspspera want news," declarts
the circular. "There are many Items of
news -that-ean-eonslstently-b- given
them. t Th praetjea-of -.giving -auch
itsms will result in calla upon you for
them. We wlah to do all wa earn for
the nerspapers, and In return wa be
lieve they will be friendly .and. fair to
us. Will you bear thla in mind when
you come In contact with newspaper
men?"
Jn contrast to this liberal policy, a
large number of railroads Issue orders
prohibiting agents. from doing what
Miller urges agents to do. 1
TEMPLARS CELEBRATE : .' :
CENTENNIAL' IN BOSTON
(Jotirnl BpeHal gWrlee.)
Boston, May 14. To ths martial music
of 40 bands and edecked in their bril
liant, uniform a, T.000 Knights Templar,
representing- 40 commanderlea. paraded
through Boston's prlnclpsl streets todsy
In Celebration of the centennial of the
order. In . Massachusetts and Rhode
ftlsnd. This afternoon centennial exer
cises were held In tha Masonic temple,
and -the celebration- will conclude" ro
nlght with ft banquet at tha Hotel
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ALFONSO OF SPAIN WILl
VISIT (ING OF ENGLAND
' . V:-t'etraaT Sperisl 'gervles.'t ' T ' '
London, Msy 14. Ths king of tpsln.
It is now deflnltely arranged, wfll arrive
Lin London one week from next Monday.
and will be tha guest of King Kdward
and Queen Alexandra, for five days. ; Tha
royal guest will reside at York hsuse,
St.' Jsmsa'- palaca, during his stay.
King Edwstd Is to sand ths roysl yac'ht
Victoria : and" Albsrt to Cherbourg to
bring King AHonsa across th baanai.
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TH NnFRRfll T FROM
IIIVIjlLIIUVbl I I1VIII
HEAVEN CURED HER
Young Mother Lying at Point of
DeathFrotTrTyphoidamt-
Bloodpoisoning Saved.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
MIRACULOUSLY-HEALED
Physicians State That Electrical
Fluid Worked a Change and
Started Recovery.'
' (Journal Special Sorle.) '
"Chicago. May- 24. A thunderbolt
front the heavens directed bp .divine
agency, ia.belleved by members HT the
8cond Presbyterlsn church of Rvans
ton to be responsible for ths slmost
marvelous recovery of Mrs. Warren H.
Williams, who waa suffering from ty
phoid fever, compllcatsd jtliitilQol poi
soning. " ' i - I Vi. '
"There Is no doubt In my mind," ssld
her physician. Dr. O. Wi Kaufman, "but
that tha electric fluid worked a-change
and sent Mrs. Williamson tha high road
to ' recovery.-. i; '.
"It wss on Msi-ch JO that, a baby girl
came, into . the Williams family. The
mother, "who Is scarcely 1 20 yesra old,
waa left in a precarious condition, ty
phoid fever attacking her within a fort
night, and la ter blood poisoning set in,
making hsr esse one that worried three
of the. best physicians of tha country.
."On May 11 a violent, thunderstorm
be'aan.' Bttdrienly there cam ft crash.
the house rocked and from tha corner of
the house there rsma a blinding flash of
light, ft thunderbolt struck ths chimney
and traveled Into tho room In which the
young -aaot her Isri - la a. jnoment the
room wait on fire. Mr. Williams, wno
was in ths room, snatched his wife from
her bed and hurried with her to a,
neighbor's. "
' "Front ths vry moment ahs fcsgan to
improve and will probably be, well In
a week mora. . '
fMxmcm vmiu tablet. '' ':
'1 r (Josrnsl RpecUI gerrlee l - . '
London, May.' 24. Ths Prince' 'Tot
Wales today attended "lha unveiling of
a tablet erected' in Ht. raul's rsthedral
In memory of tha colonial officers and
men who JeU-4uc!nf tbs Soutb African
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SPEAKING OF QUARTETTES
SANDY RIVER IS
VALUABLE PRIZE
WataoU-ocated for Plant toRun
RaWroadfionviPortland---
to Salem.'- ' J
C. W. MILLER'S RIGHT
HAS ALMOST. EXPIRED
Others Ready to Step in, but Or
iginal Locator Ready to
- ' Begin Work.
Posting a notice of appropriation of a
Valuable water right and canal right of
way on the Bandy river, photographing
the tree and notice, and filing a copy of
the- photograph with" the papers Incite
siais tana aepanmsnt at ttaiem, U. w.
Miller,, an attorney for tha Mount Hood
Electrlp, company and the Portland
Southern Railway companyr placed-hls
compahtes in a position to become per
manently possessed of-mll rights In the
property by '"beginning -r development
work 'Within sit months. - The posted
notice has disappeared, the six montha'
time has 'nearly expired, and other par
ties have . taken , possession of tha
ground, in ignorance ot the rights held
by previous locators. But ths photo
graph on file, at Salem is depended on
io prove beyond any question thst the
companies-first in pesssaslon-ara Isgally
entitled to remain until ths stplrstton of
ths six months' tlras limit, which will
end June 14. : i . .
"pn or befors June It our companies
will begin the deveinpmenti work re
quired by lew," ssld Mr. Miller, who re.
turneda few-aays"agorotn -tho -fast,
where he completed arrangements for
flnsnelng ths construction .of icjaj-ga L
electric Jjiower plant on the Bandy river
sad construction of ths Portland South
ern electric railway from this city to
Bslem. i '. ' i ;
Tha Randy ' river water power is a
pVlse that a number of others are Just
now looking at with envious eyes, and
should tha original locators of' ths
sower stte and.csml route abandon it
the ground will immediately fall' lnt
possession of a syndtcste of local men
for whom a survsy -and some rrs.
ntinlhary work is being done by Engi
neer A. B. Frame. Ths .proposed canal
will take water from the JSandy. which
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WHATS THE MATTER WITH'A
GIVEN NO CREDENCE
Str- Petersburg-Official -Circles
Deem Cutting of Railroad
V . ' Impossible..
BATTLE ON BIG SCALE
MOMENTARILY-EXPECTED
Warsaw- Revolutionist Hurls
Bomb Wounding Twenty
' " ' i Five Persons. T
TJoiirniT gneclil BerTlee.T
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- London,1' May 24. A St. Petersburg
dlspstch says, tliat there la. no confirma
tion in official, circles there ..of thel re
port from Losdon to the- effect- that
tha Japanasa have cut-tha railroad to
Vladivostok. It Is iconaldered ioipossl
bis that a.aufflclent force of Japanese
should b -ftbls-ft reach the. rail road J
which - la i sei-urely guarded by ' Strong
Russian skirmish .lines. .
" Ounshu Clng sdvlces state that the
situation here la very tens snd that a
name on a large scats seems iiKeiy.
Both, commanders are keeping close
watch on tho movement of the enemy's
forces. -Oysma haa msds - no ..decisive
movs. . A bold reconnaisance by General
Kennenkampf's troops met with, a loss
ot several killed ndwounded.i.
A Toklo offlulal report front field
headquarters ssys that ft Ruaslan bat
tallon of Infantry and Six squadrons of
cavalry, at 2 o'clock 'Sunday, afternoon.
attacked, the heights north of Chenysge
Po, but -were repulsed. Another Itus-
sU force sdvsnosorow CbUflr Chen- Tsu
Monday, but was driven off. The Rus
sian caYftlnfon..tha-lht-ank of Ths
Xiao Monday morning began a retreat
and- at o clock in the afternoon nad
reached a point south of Ta Luen, 17
miles west of Fakomsn. . ''' :,
Togo's fleet- in. reported still orr
MasampQ,,southeaetern Korea. A rumor
la current that tha fleet haa auatatned
disaster, which may refer to the loss of
ths battleship-Miksss.
Warsaw advices ststsrthst ft report
from Slediece states that ft rsvolutlon-
ry hurled a bomb at ths chief of police,
who- wss returning from sn entertsln
msnt. at midnight isst night. Twenty
fnur persons were Injured.. Including ths
chief. Five victims are Iq ft serious
condition, i ' , . . '. , . r
LONDON REPORT IS C11ICAG0-LUMBER--4
fki t js :w ulvjan i a. mi
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SUPPLY TIED UP
Eleven - Additional Yards - Added
toT-TsrorStriJAffected
, Ones. ' ;
LITTLE INDICATIONS .
OF.PEACE ARE. SHOWN
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President Shea ' Defiant and
Prospects of Martial
;. , LawApparent. -.
. . (oorosl gpeclsl Berries.)
Chicago. May 24. Tha lumber supply
of Chicsgo-waa practically tied up early
today when 11 additional firms wsre
added, to the list of tho -strike affected
yarda. The Lumbermen's sssoclation
hsa .aifillated-"Wlth ths Chicago : ,Em.-
ployeis' association and ia debating
the question of turning over its hauling
to ths Employers'-Teaming company.
The coal companies lira placing non
union linen on : the 'wagons.-.. .Secretary
Hooper qt the lumbermen .'isald todsy
that per rent of the lumber business
In Chlcsgo Is crippled, snd that it will
be only--mafter. of, a short time until
the, shortage of lumber k will .stop ths
building 'Industries and tie up the fac
tories. i'. - , r " -
The- strike situation thla morning
showed llttisJrwllPa Uon- that either
teamsters or employers are making con
cessions which would lead to pesce.
. president Shea of, "the Teamsters'
union Is defiant today. Irt the facs of it he
continued spread of the lumber drivers',
strike, and the prospect of martial law
in Chicago-
"We Intend to fluht this thins out to
iKS end. he ssld.; "It is only the em
ployers who can extend nfts strike.
Teamsters sirs not extending It. except
as tho amploysrs forc,a it."
Shea said that ha would welcome the
troops, ss, they, would keep peace, and
would not, be The sort of bunglers tha
police r. ( , -
Attorney 'Msyer, representing tha Em
ployers' association and express com
panies. In ft statement Issued , today.
said:', -',
All demands, of 4 he unions, nsrtlcu.
lsrlv rf the Vrpreeamen'a loos la. bavs
been permanently and finally rejected."
Ijibor leaders declare that t'nlted
Continued on rag Two.
TBAin -An
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Rumcl!n,s-lawyeriCalIsj
to Court's Notice Tales;
of Bought Juror.
ASKS INVESTIGATION BE
MADE OF THE CHARGES
Judge - Says Nothing peton
Court but District Attorney.
Manning Aasertsiie Will Be rT"
- Pleased to Investigate,
nted bribery of one)
of the Rumelln trjal Jurors will b In
vastlgated by tha grand Jury. Thla waft
stated by District-Attorney Manning ba
fore thefrcuit'WJurt-today;
- Rumors that have been circulated for
severat daya-hava been taken Into con ...
slderation by the grand jury. They-wilt-;
be sllfed to ths bottom, and will not ba
dropJlA until all evidence bearing -oa -the
allegations haa been adduced.- z
'It'was asserted that before ex-City
Engineer Elliott gave tola teatlmony
sgalnst Councilman Rumellrt,. alleging
that the latter offered him ft brlba to re
port adversely on the J. J. Maney blA--for
ths Front street brldgacontraot sf
forts were made .to. corrupt tha Jury.
In tha'lntereat of the defendant coun -----
cllman. - - .v '."' - . i' Ijl-- '-i
' DiatrlctAttorney Manning was que
ilnnsd 'y r- rairardlss the 1 matter.
and waa asked-for tha names of thosa
who were accused of attempting to ' '
reach the Rumelln trial Jury. He re
fused to- give the deslrsd Information. -and
stated that he had been absorbed ;
In tha conduct of the trial and had no -knowledge
of what had happened in tha '
grand Jnry room whila'tharUU waa in
progress. 4 .w - " .
It waft learned front other sources,
however, that tha subject bad bean con
sidered by tha grand Jurymen, and that
It would be further looked Into.. h . ;
1 Called to Oonrt'a Attention.
This morning, when the circuit court
convehed, and ex parte matters wera
ready for hearing, Colanel C. E. S. Wood,
chief counsel for Councilman Rumelln, .
Bddrssyed Judge Cleland, who, in tha
absence of Judge rraxerr is presiding
Judga of the court, staling that there
was ft matter which he believed should
be called to tha court's attention. Ha
read tha statement printed in -yester-day's
Journal, which set forth ' thst
there were reports of attempted bribery "
of the Rumelln Juryman, and that it waa
underatood that -evidence had been of
fered that at loast one of the trial Jury- 7
men had been approached. ; -
"Of this statement the court should .
take Judicial notice." said Colonel Wood. .
"The Imputation that there have been .
attempta to Influence tha trial Jury ara
malicloua - falsehoods, and - thla . court
Should- look into ths mstter refarred-lo
In this newspaper artlcls. It Is a re'- ,
flection on my honor as a. lawyer, and
upon the honor of my client whom I
represented In the trisl Just con
cluded." i '
TilS' ' et..i...,i ...-.-.a th.t hr
wss nothing before the court, so tar
as b,eknew.
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Colonel Wood then stated that an
other paper had said thla morning thst
Judge Hears had called the reports ta ,
tha attention of the grand Jury. Judga .
Seara Interjected that Judge Cleland.
he was sure, hsd no knowledge of tha .
affair,- and that ha himself also wss ig
norant, of ftpythlng.ntt6ra-4han that,a
street rumor had reached, him. and that
he had taken absolutely no action In tha -premises.
.
'In caaes such ss that to which Mr.' "
Wood refers.'" ssld Judge Sears, "there
Is a way provided by statute in which. ,
to bring It to the attention of tha court.r
It may be on tho initiative of the court, '
by the district attornay or by any law
yer at tha bar.- At thla time, however.. -there
, is nothing Judicially before tha
court, and. until it -shall -have been,,
brought to the court's attention tn tha .
manner provided-by the statute, 1 can .. .
see ppthing for the court to do." -.
At the-tltne- Colonel Wood waa apeak- -Ing.
District Attorney Msnning sntsrsd -the
court, room, and heard a part of hla
remarks. He then addresswf-ths- rwtil,
saying:
"It seems to me that the remarks ot
Colonel Wood call for a statdment iCPna .
me." " '.
. Judge Cleland Intervened with the r-
mark that there was nothing before tha
court. ' -
"While thst Is true," said Mr. Man
ning, "I think thalt a' false impression
hss been created. .Do I understand,
Colonel WoodJto say that be wanta .
full and complete Investigation no thla
matter r " . .
r-.I certainly do." answetd CTI?nl
Wood. . , - .
"Then you. will most", certslnly have
it." replied tha district attorney, snd
tha incident clossd -lor, tha time belnav -"Thars
is no Jury how to try the'
Rumelln bribery-sasa agsuvl jgl4wJls- ,
trlct Attorney Msaning today, "ao tha"-
trial will have to lie put off .until the
next term , of coifrtj, Then It 'Will he
brought up and .pushed vigorously, '
There will be, no wVlkilng- tn thw-wst
tar and politics will cut ni).Jtgure." .
BtmsxAK tzb Toirir.
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' St. Prtershurg. Msy 21. LlnlsrltrH
reports thst ths Rtissuins hsvs ovpil
Khshetss snd s detsctiment under tits
command of Oenersl Truhetekoy firt-1
tho Jspanesa Io evs'nat Hhlnisff snd
then marched gdutit mr-i set firs t J -1-0una,
t