.V. ' ZIrX I.' The Circulation; jf AO -O OOD EVENING. . . '.: The Circulation Of The journal - L7 it M T" H X ; Of The Journal i- 1 III I Ths" Weather.. 4 Fartl-v-rloudv with alinwtri to- Jlm-emJ -Jl ji ... erly.. , . ursaay, ,, winav i.i-- :VbL.;iv.r NO 80? Premier Michaekon NORVAY 1WDEPEWDEWT fei!giiSpi C6unBFEi Gov s ernmeht Pending New RefusaJ of Osdr to WitM ConsularTBilltXausS :Sepmtiqn Jing " ; " r Hakes Formal Protest : " (loamit SpccUl lovlw.f Chrlstianla. Jun 1. Th. torthln N today declared th union btwn Nor vr 'wajr and Bwdn under .ona.Jclnc dla- Bolred and that King Oaear ceaa to act -.- aa klnc f -Norwa, " Tha atorthlog ' empowered tha preaent atate council to aqt aa the Rovernment-of Norway.- -An addreee to the kins waa adffpted dBrJartnthat--1 feeling la-anter alnd agalnat him. hie dynasty or tbe 4ih nation and asklna him to oo operate-In- the aelectlon of a , young royal houae of Hwedmllooqgupyth throne of Norway. It Is currently reported upon good au--thortty that-Sweden ha -JndlreeUy-a aured Norway that no forcible meur will be employed to. hold her within the bonds of the preaent nnlon. ' ; . ; SeolaxaUom of In-epeaAetMie. At the "opening the goyernment' In formed the atorthlng that it relinquished office from today.. The storthing thereupon unanlmoualy adopted the toV- lowing reaolutlonv '.': . Whereas. All members of the eounotl of sute. have-laid dowa their offices, ; and. ' . "Whereas. His majesty, the king, has declared hlmaelf unable to eatabllsh. w government for the country, and 'hereaaConitltutlonal MgaX Jiower thus becomes inoperative, . - - "Therefore. Be it resolved, thst the storthing hereby authorises tbe members of the council of atate who retired to day to exercise until further notice, aa the .Norwegian- government,, tha power appertaining to the king. In accordance with Norway'a conatltutlon and extatlng Uwa, with the chanea necessitated by the fact that the union with Sweden un der one king Is dissolved, in conse . quence of the king having ceased to act - aa s Norwegian king." Mlchaelaon. the retiring premier, ae- . eepted on behalf of he government tlfe storthing will Issue the proclamation to .el the people. ""' . - Premier Mlchaelson has received s trie (r rem- f r Klng-Oaoar-oe follewsi "I have received. the communication or the council of atate and record a. most decided protest against the method and action of the government. r . BEEF TRUST. PROBE L : AGAIN IS BUSY Grand Jury Reassembles in Chi cago and is Expected to Re r . turn Indictments Soon. - " (Joorasl ipsclsl servlee.) V '.- Chicago, June 7.-!-Tia. federal grand . Jury Investigating the-packlng Industry resumed wprkjthls. morning aiier a re- cess of pearly ajoiitb--CirwlWudsTS0ilton and Chicago, now at Mare lsland.4 Humphrey, who charged tne jury. is r on the bench. The jury adjourned until thla afternoon owing to the abaence of . Vnlted Statea Attorney Morrison. It is believed Indictments will be Returned when Morrison resches here frdm Waah lngtoni where he went to consult Attorney-General lfonr. Senator Cullom, who recently conferred with the preal . dent ' regarding the ; beef Investigation, called on Judge Humphrey this morn . lng.' He denied that-his presence bas Jany bearing on the beef cases., , POPE THANKS THE u i . EMPEROR OF JAPAN (Jottreal Bperlsl Berrlre.) Rome, June 7. The- pope today' ad' dressed an autograph letter to- the em-J , reror of Japan thanking him ror tne liberty grafted the' Catholic ; mission - arles In allowing them to enter the ter--Tltory conquered. bythe.JPnee and helping them to establish heir house. ALFONSO IS GUEST- , OF CITY OF LONDON ' (Joarne.1 IperUl ftsrvlre.) London, June J. -King , Alfonso was tha guest of the city of London today. He was received by the tnrd mayor and corporations si Guildhall. The route ' to the hall was lined with troops and ' he king met with a hearty reception from the crowds. i ' , ii..' -j,, . s j -a ' a- ji.ii. - ii. ii'iv .......-..., ; " - -iaaasmxE va 1 ' "v i i a i j i i- i ir- i ww i i i i. u. m vs. and Present State TTia resolutions" doptfdJoday meal the dethronement of King Oscsr an4 was a parliamentary srep necessary be fore dissolution between ' Norway and Sweden could - be r.aooompllshed.. The Norweglana maintain that the king by opposing the wishes of the country is. vetoing he law for separate conaulal representation and also by his absence from Norway has suspended his. rights and duties as-kmsr'f' Norway, v-. Under the constitution article XIII provldeaT that la the absence of the king ur Ills leaiuval the storthing shall in staH responsible government--whteh will govern In the king's name. A spe- olL -commission . wJU prtba.blxrbe P pointed to notify' the- powers of ' the eventual changes in the. censtltutlonal situation.. ' r By tha itpfaken today "Kforwat constitutionally '. severs Its connection with ' Sweden. '. She must now -either elect a king as successor to Oscar or aa Is equally probable, become a repub lic. Popular feeling 4s running high In favor - of tha . latter course and It la probable the conatltutlon anigoyernr ment will be adopted 'based upon the lines of the Swiss confederacy.. The moat probable candidate for the' presi dency Is Dr. Nansen, the Arctio ex plorer . , The house of Beraadotte. from, which s probabto successor to the throne of Norway will be aelected, was founded by Marshal Bernadotte, one of Napo leon's of f lcera, who waa elected heir apparent, to the Hewn of Sweden In Ills through Napoleon's Influence and became king In ISIS. The preaent king of Sweden, Oscar II, Is a grandson of Marshal Bernadotte, He married-In 1857 the Princess Sophia of Nassau and has had four sons, the eldeeit of whom Is the Crown Prince Oustavus, born In 1S5I, who has three sons born In 1882, 1884 and 188 respectively. The king's 'other sons ' are Prince prax, hornl85, who married one of ma mower s maias or nonor uuu rnn qulshed his right to the throne; Prince Carl, bom In 181, married In 1817 to ths-Prlnoees Ingeborgr-daughUr-of the crown ' prince of Denmark, and the Prince Eugene, born In 1866. If a king Is -chosen it will be from among the grandsons of Oscar. ' - : WARSHIP SAILS FOR THE WILLAMETTE Marblehead Leaves San Fran cisco, and Chicago and Bos- . ton Will Follow at Once. At ( o'clock thla morning the United Slates cruiser Marblehead sailed from Ban Francisco for-Portland and Is ex pected . here Saturday.,' The cruisers will shortly sail for thla port.. The rea sels belong to ths Pacific aquadron and will be In command of . Rear Admiral Goodrich. It Is probable that they will remain In the harbor until the close of the exposition. . Ths Marblehead is well known at this port, as she waa here a couple of weeks last summer and took pert In tha cele bration of the Fourth' of Julyj 1 She la of J.08J tons Register and one of the finest craft In the aervlce. ' ; Preparattona are being made by the felr eommltt for he ewtertainment of the officers snd crews In an elaborate manner. The men will be provided with season tickets to the exposition grounds and everything will be done to make their visit In port as- pleasant as pos-alble.- r Bourse Vepressad. ..;.- '- j- (Journal Bpseiat. arele.) - rarls. June T. The bourse Is de pressed todsy ss a result of the eulcldj f Banker a-nsgiy. a weal my spscuutor. Enggly Is said to have been prominently bearlah on Japanese stocks, the rise of which, caused tig ruin. .... -t, t ,' . v - , Money for. Collars. ' -. . '. (Journal Ipeclal Servtes. Colorado Springs. Col.r-'Junet T.-i President Blocum of Colorado college today snnounced contributions of 1170 pOO toward the 1600,000 endowment fund had ben ! received. - 'Among the contributors are Oeneral Palmer f Colorado Springs, f 100,040; Andrew Car negie, J50(000. ! ..'. x 11 V V I l-I I II 7 1 II II II II -C JP f S. N J W lUUi 4 i iW, li kja lr- L I I -V. Br , I 1 1 I 1 I kail V . 1 I II. ' aasawasa.. A T r l. . M " ' -, ' V W ae"-v aW W - -JL V aT "V -af ar I - ' T. II PORTLAND, OREGON ,WEDNE$DA,Y; EVENING, 7 JUNE . . h vi WB r 4-J. J-w - -Trr., r i v 'Uv I ' ,f i. it , i '1 ' 'wV J T'"i",,-,J' X ' ct;v-.-- - si- - Ffi lr 1 s Photograph of Crown Prince William -of Mecklenburg-Schwerin whom he married yesterday. This is the pho tograph which decorates half the homes in Germany today. - . RUSSIA INDIGNANT AT UNITED STATES rActlon of Roosevelt Relative to " motion Trepoff. Begins Campaign Against EdCica-" '. - , ,.: -tionAmbassadori Is Received by Czar. r (Joeraal Special Service.)- - St. Petersburg, June 7. Novoe Vremya today publishes a bitter attack on Presi dent Roosevelt for ordering the Russian warships at .-Manila to leave or dis mantle. In naval circles great Indignation Is also expressed- against the president for this action, and many of the officials are Inclined to assume a threatening at titude. - ' ' i ' ! Governor-General Trepoff has begun a campaign aralnst education on the grounds that It opens the eyes of tha people to evil conditions and weakens the gutnorlty of the government -.He todsy summoned the principals of tbs St.. Petersburg high schools smd urged them to unite In demanding that the tuition of all universities be raised te 100 rubles a year. The rsar haa Issued a proclamation to peasants requesting them to co operate with a commission headed by M. Boullgan. minister of tha Interior, in working out the details of a representa tive assembly. - The proclamation bears the date of last Saturday. . t " Ambaasador Meyer had an interview SECOND STORM , SWEEPS WISCONSIN Damage to, Michigan and Her t Sister State Estimated at r Three Million Dollars. . ... ' (Joors.l Bpeelal Serrtee.) Milwaukee,- June 7. Another storm swept the middle section of ths stite laat alght. flooding thousands of acres and causing more damage to crops. At Menaaha all mills are closed down. -The Woodenwarei company thla morning lost s raft of 10,000 feet of lumber. Reports of damage from different aectlona of the atate are conatsntli growing. It Is est!-, msted thst the damage - wilt exceed 11.000.000 ia Mkhlran and Wisconsin b Mis storm of esierOax a4 lQuA -4 - of Germiny arid hia bride Cecilie4 Warships at Manila Causes XJom- with Foreign Minister Lansdorf at- 11 o'clock laat night, and today hs went to Tsarskoe Belo, where he was received la special audience by the emperor. It Is believed his visit Is of unususl sig nificance In view of the report that the war party la weakening and the csar's advisors are unanimous for peace. . Unievitob, Grows Bold." " (Journal Special Barries.) Gunshu Pass. June. 7. General Llnle vltoh states that he Is. for war to the bitter end and believes that the Man cburian army, ta strong enotigh to as sume .the aggressive. He states that he consldera himself not only strong enough to hold his ground, but even to advance, and ts confident that hs will defest the Japanese In Manchuria, : 1. . . . :. Psed aubmarlnes, , , 4..: (Joornal Special Serrlce.) VToklo. June 7. It Is officially stated that during the bottle in the Korean straits submarines wers used success fully In the destruction of ths Russian battleships, - - ATTEMPT TO MORDER- - FAIRBANKS REPORTED (Joarnal Special Ssrrlee.) A Detroit" June 7.A report - from Flint. Michigan. 'says that an attempt was made to assas-- slnate Vice-President Fair- !e) banks there this afternoon. The- " tumor has not been confirmed. - 4 e ANOTHER CUP OFFERED ; YACHTS BY THE KAISER . ' . Journal SparUtSarviee.V w .' ' -Cowes, Isle of Wight, June 7.The -yachts Atlantln, Apache, Utowana and) vsinana-have been - entered In a faoe front Dover tiO' HellKoland for another oup offered by the kaiser. They will starV.oa juoa 17. . 7. t90gFpURTEEN PAGES LAflD TORIII $598- : A SQUARE FOOT Ne brtrXItvRear'Estate , k Brings j. Highest-Price in World's History. PROPERTY OPPOSITE , Li . TRINITY CATHEDRAL Most Valuable Plot ron Western Hemisphere Sold to St. . rr"touis Concern. . , ' Jonnal Socclal Ssrrlee.) VorV 1 Tun. R.tabllahlns a naw hla-h reeord'for' the sausre foot of fcew York City . real - eatatejr-S98.20 jtllj a .in miilhraat corner or Wall -street and Broadway. opooSTTe" TrTntn?r1inrenrconsisilng-of a fot-S0 feet on Broadway by 1 reel on van -t..., ... hHn anM for 1700.000. .It haa - long been regarded as the- most valuable plot on the western hemisphere. The purchase of the property marka an entrance Into the New York realty mar ket of a St Louis corporation, the rep resentative or wnicn, ijorauao ju. son. negotiated the Bale. Benjamin D. Sllllman. wno oiea xour years sgo, sged 7 years, waa curing most of bis life the owner of the prop- . .i.m frnm tha Batata.. The re- . I l J I ' TT wwau -' -. - gard in which Sllllman held the prop erty can beat oe aeen inrouu ma wuvw dent which ooourred- Almost 40 years sge.- At that tlmCOeorge K. ea, a young man Juat entering on nia as a real estate broker, desired to sell a large property and finally elngled out this plot - He went to Sllllman and asked him u he wouia sen. ; ,"Yes" replied tne owner. . i n sen. "For how much!" ssked Read. wii niuiman aald. "you cover H with dollars and you can hava It" . n jk M ... knw munh STlflCa M. Silver Ar.u nd"i., " . - dollar would occupy and then how many dollars would cover yie io- n unu a buyer at the price computed and re turned to SllMmsn to close , the desL Ths aged lawyer heard the price oriereo and laughingly asked how Read obtained .mk riaurea. After Read explained Sllllman remarked: ' " "But I forgot to tell you lo sianu the dollars on edge." n- ...... ha ranifated the terms at-whleh- he would, .sell but satd thes trtst goio ooiiars inwiu lars would havs tor be used. - ' " J MAUD ADAMS SLOWLY, P RECOVERING HEALTH (Journal Special Bervlee.) r- New Tork. June 7. Msud Adams, the actress, after being dangoroualy. Ill as a result of an operation for appendicitis, i.. kav-hnma at Tak. Roa- kokontar Long Island. Miss Adams was operated on In a private nospnai in mn city In May. She did not rally from the operation as quickly aa ths doctors be lleved "he should and 1 for more then a week was at the point of death. Grad v.. wit.iit. rammed . - Thereafter l u.Jtj n.i . ....... - -- - ther recovery wag rapid , and eioma days ago she waa.movea rrom ins private hospltsl to hsr summer home. .. .. -v.--For the, past twft or ttfree years Miss Adams-has een In frail health. Sev eral times she has been obliged to cancel heeoasftmsnta,'. ,. ',.,.' : PRICE TWO, VUgly RumoYs" Concern ing Prospective Land Fraud Jury. LORD AND THURSTON IT ' ASK T0 SEE IT DRAWN Heney to Argue Before Judge " De Haven Next Monday Mitchell Won't Be Tried ,1 Before June Ninteenth. : Like the first patter of tbe skirmish ers' bullets, preceding a .great bsttls Ik. nnMlntl thla mnrnlntf In the federal court whsn Senator John H. Mltchett' and his counsel. Benaior jonn M. Thurston appeared before Judge Gil bert in relation . to ths former's- Indict ment for .complicity in the land frauds. The -proceedings were Drier out signin cant and seero to foreshadow a plan of ... wi.k 1 1 1 .k.Il.H.. - .tan W II IV 11 Will a.ll.ll.. ' In the gofernment's prosecution .of the case. In behalf of his client Senator Thurs- m.f ..1 H .1 . y. .... . . . - - - ton asVcd the court to perTSUi hint W l present srnen. me pana is uuu wnk-h will he selected tin li Jurors who-wlU-try-Sonator Mitchell. Buch S request . Is - extraordinary and ' It waa taken under consideration by Judge Gil bert who., silglvs his decision tomor row morning. , After court had adjourned' Judge Gil bert atated that the panel would not be drawn until " after 'next Monday,' when Judge DrUaren-ef Ban Francisco Is to bear argumenta on the demurrer, to Senator- Mitchell's ' Indictment. If the demurrer ahould be overrule an order mrlit than ha made for the drawing of the panel. Probably a week, or more would then elapse before the case could come on for Irlatr aa Urn must b r lowed for the jurors to arrange their affairs snd resch Portland., The. panel Is drawn from the entire state. - ITot aefore eTnata. It l Is evident -therefore that Senator Mitchell's-trial - will not . begin before June It, at earliest United 8tatesls. frixt AMnrnrv Francis J. Henev Is ex oected to arrive from San ' Franclaco .... Siinil,. mnrnlne and will ararus against tha demurrer of. the defense on Monday. Charles F. Lord, who Is. tinder Indlo ment for oonsplrscy"gslnst District Attorney Heney, was also in court this tuui inna . . v. . " " . queat which ' Waa afterward made by BfimlUI' BIIUIHII a mam n nsn j inisa 61 thort Inquired whether-thc re we rt . any ex parte motions, Mi Lord ssld: "Msy.lt please the court. In the case of United States against ' myself, Inasmuch aa I understand that the panel Is soon to- be drawn. snd ss ugly rumors have been afloat on the streets ss to the manner In which i Is to bs done. I ask that I. tnay-be-tu-eaent when the draw ing of the panel' Is done. I ssk that the order msy fix the time and place when the panel Is to be drawn snd thst the clerk-and the marshal and the Jury commissioner be Instructed -that I be allowed to be present" -. ,. lord's TfiT mMs-ora." "li know nothing of the rumors 'to which you - allude." replied Judge Gil bert "but I will take your request under consideration. -No order for drawing the Jury will be made today." Senator Thuraton then addressed the court. ... - "In behalf of Mr.' Mitchell' I Join In the requeat that has been made ana ass that the persons Interested be permitted to be present when tbe panel Is drawn," ha said. - 7 - Judge Gilbert said that hs would an nounce hla decision tomorrow morning, snd court was then adjourned. After ad journment Senator Thurston wss asked whether the request that had been made signified any apprehension on" bis part that ths Jury would not be fairly drawn. - "Not -at -all,"- he-replied. - "l merely want te prevent any suspicion of Irregu larity In the proceedings. In a case of such moment It Is highly Important that there should be no occasion for any sub sequent crltldlsm ta td-ths manner-IB whtch the case was conductsd.'? The panel will be drawn by United Statea Jury Commissioner A. Bush of Salem, assisted by United Statee Mar shal C. J. Reed . and Captain Bladen, clerk of the court. ' Ds Kavea to Be Hers BC oaday. ' Next Monday Judge De Haven of San FranOlsoo, who hss been assigned to heart the land fraud cases, will hold court hsr and will hear argument on the demurrer Hied ttt-behalf of Senator MltohelL Government offlolals ere confident-that tha "demurrers-will ba over ruled and la that event no other ob stacle will remain to prevent the trial of the first Indictments sgainat Senator Mitchell. He is to be tried first on the charge of having received feee fqr urg ing the patenting of land claims, while United States senator, which la con trary to the federal laws. The demurrer was orllnally to be argued by briefs and bo' a the proeecu- Contlnu t i i CENTS. UAStT'hn dSJC Judge Sears Sentences C. HcGinty, Wife-Beater, to Be Flogged. ' THEIVICTIM TELLS HER STORY IN COURT Twenty , Strokes, Limitl of the Lawrthe t Dose : Admin- v " ,-lstejred by Jailer Grafton r-tvc:. in Jail Corridor. Charles McGlnty la the first 'wifa- ; beater .: Idl Oregon to -ba whipped under -the law passed by the-last legislature providing -that; punishment for wlfe beaters. Judge Bears of the state c1r- cult court this morning sentenced Mo Glnty - to receive, 20 ,.lahes across his bare back. The whipping was adminis tered by Jailer Grafton In the corridor of tha county Jail this afternoon.. -' "When McGlnty was taken . from hla cell and-marched to the Improvised whippingpost- tn-tha-rjalt corridor a gieal truwd tif cuunty effielats i atss abooC- -. '- v -. . , Jallsr Orsfton. wltfc'lhe aid of tw- deputy, sheriffs rentoved McQInty's shirt and' raised MoGlnty'a bands hlgh . aboVs his head and fastened them with handcuffs to a cell . door. Assistant. . County Physician C C McCornack exam- laed McGlnty and pronounced him la fit -condition to undergo the punlahment ; " The Whipping. ' Jailer Graftotr-took- msost-itehtitd and slightly to one side of the. prisoner and grasped the handle of a whip made of four braided leather thongs. - ' With a preliminary swish of .tha whip tha Jailer swung back. Then tha lashes spreading like a fan descended on tha shoulders of the victim who "shrank. groaned -a little and then squared his shoulders with a resolute shake of his head. A gain thefour- fangs -of tha - quirt -descended, and this time four long, real -welts showed on the white skin, a third ' and the welts grew more angry, and aa the fourth and - fifth strokes fell the . tortured skin" began to oose blood and the writhing maa pulled- at the steel -mahaclea and clanked them In despera- -tlon against tha Iron door. v . Counting tha Strokes. ' Ths doctor stood beside McGlnty ' watching for the first . trace of real '. injury, and as the whip whistled Its notes of paln Sheriff Word counted, "tmf,1 twd. tRrM.w"Inyl6mIttttheJ egttlng-blows: ; ; Jailer Grafton, had no pleasure in big work; 1t was ths most unpleasant task - hs .had, ever performed, but before her took out the whip and bared hla arm for the work ho announced that ho wanted . to make the whippmg.-aw object lesson snd did not denjre to have to perform i the task for MeGInty' again. He per-, formed hla task in the same spirit and not a blow was a weak one; not once did he falter. -- Possibly some memory of the little, frail woman who had near ly fainted when telling the judge of her husband's brutality in court that morn ing may have steeled, his arm. Yet no lack of , consideration waa shown - the culprit and the merely . ' ourious were not admitted. Tha whip fell with good honest force, but it wsa not drawn' back over tbs flesh to leave a wound. ' " i "When the last stroke had been .given McQInty's Hands Were unlocked from . the manacles that bound him and with slight assistance he was sble to walk to the receiving room of th Jail whence he later emerged, the law having dona with hint. . Story of tke a eating. The MoGlnty ease attracted, consider - able attention while on trial In tha lower courts, and when tbe defendant-:: entered a plea of guilty before Circuit .. Judge Sears this morning ths room waa -crowded with witnesses. Prior to the sentence . Mrs. McGlnty, a frail little woman, weighing leea than 100 pounds, had, In a voice scarcely above a whisper, told her pitiful story to tha Judge. "The " story wss short: "I wouldn't give Mm money that t had earned and he blackened . ray eye '. snd bruised my body." . "Had he ever struck you . before queried Judge Sears. "Several times." . Aadh thla concluded her story. . . . ; . . . When MeOlnta was brought before the Judge ha told a rambling story of how he had asked for 'money, received it came back for more and had beeav refuaed. He told of the struggle,' ad mitted be loet bis temper and struck hla wife, Bift said:"' ' " "1 did not Intend to get disagrees!, la, your honor." Judge Sears was. however, somer' t disagreeable hlmseli, . fl cent Imsglne a r contemptible act" e ' ' . ' Hashing, "that for a b t i yjou to strike a w t wife. Yoa r