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; r ...jod .nv::.:;z:iG Journd Circs!':.:' Till! wATI3 ' . Showers and cooler tonight ; Sun-' day iho -n; southerly winds. vcl.iv.uo. . FOR FEES 4- Attorney States That Ex-Bailiff -i Sent Him Some Cases,. Then Dunned Him for One Third v -? - of the Profits. - DEMAND SPURNED. AS ' VERY IMPERTINENT Intimation Made That in Causes Be- fore' Judge Webster, and fat Which y ' Upton Was Interested, Proper Care Was Not Taken of interests ' of Heirs or Incompetent Persona. John F.. Logan., .the. attorney,- fur ton. who resigned ea bailiff - of the ..county oourt yesterday, .used, his posi tion to try to force attorneys to pay .hint s part of the fees they collected In esses which, he procured .for them. District Attorney Manning . says ' hf has had the mm of I'pton under Inves tigation 'for several 'days; and' that he WIU continue' t&e '. Inquiry until 'he ' h'aef . learned all . thai .fats, .after . Which yh: will determine, -what action ebould.be 'taken. ; vv-." ''' ,-. Upton made no personal statement to the county court when -be submitted hie written reaianation. . He sent , letter, which st-forth that by the re .rentr events la connection with the Ru dolph Jansen .case, he. was. placed la 'a false light,, .and therefor .desired to be relieved from the office of oainrT. -.- I .That hla resignation was' accepted and' he waa allowed to leave the .office under fire. - and with specific ; charsea "rorlsVI", m rffi' general Charges Against BaaUlff. ; V The - allegation against Uptonare that he abuaed the confidence, of , th -county judse. aaed his office and, the know led ae aaJned sa the personal ad' viaer of Judse Webster, to his own "profit, and in many othet. respects waS unworthy, tne truai imi waa npam in-hlm." V ,-. r It was expected that the' court would refuse to accept the resignation until final disposition had been made Of the caae by .the . atata's- attorneys., . . "Whew Jay -Upton. was'' appointed bailiff of the county court In 1(03." said John P.. Logan, "Robert Galloway," now - law librarian, waa .instrumental in pro curing the pohlh"' for him. After Up ton began . his duties. ;-OaUoway , sug gested that he remember me when eases arone in which lawyers .were needed. : : 'The lawyer under the Oregon-statute swears thart he will accept aH casea that come to him In which the litigants are ' needy and have no money with which to .pay feee. ..-. -,...'- . , ..-'-.;' i-, t "In the first few months three caaea . were given by Upton to me and from them I collected 4S feee. OaJloway waa ' my law partner. . One day Upton aaked Oalloway what amount of fees I secured tn those three caaee and-waa Informed .-that they amounted t $45.- Upton then sent me' a statement : demanding one third of .the fees or. (IS. ... . Bald Demand Was Zmperttaeat. . - ent Bt onoa' to n)m Md tojj nin that he was riot a partner of mine and Jt was Impertinent end astonishing for lhlm to send such a demand. - ; i .. 'From that time no more cases worth anything came to me; they were given to H. 1L Rtddell, with th exception of small cases .and a number . Involving the Interests of persons who were needy and had no money. , All of these I ac cepted and attended to them as any lawyer would' who did hla duty,' -a Since that .time,, so. the reoorda show ' and many persons, about the eourthouae know, Rlddell haa been ' worklnjr ' With ", XTPt0h- 1"h statement of Mr tiognn lenda still further color of trutho the aaserTIon' of County Commlaalonek W. I Llghtner, that Upton admitted to Iilm - that ho and Rlddell . were partners. - ' Yesterday Tha Journal printed a atate? ment of the settlement of the estate of . J. H. Londlah, deceaaed, of which R. O. Scott was administrator and H. H. Rld dell eounael. Scott la a brother-in-law f Upton. In this ease William efundy, .a nurse, signed the petition for the ap? (ConUnued . en- rPaga .Kleven.) . ' T e First of th. series of modern snort Journal, is a feature of the rainbow Barr Is the author. Hla name tells or not. -n '",-.. -f n ;:i-..3 t.i 11 you tninlt it a worm cents co.near ins cnnaren isugn you anouid -buy .tomorrow's Journal. ; .The .Katsenjsmmer kids play a brand-new Joke on unde; . but. 'retribution lands In. ths midst of the fun. Maud ' has soothes turn wtth ths elrcus shd tws won't spoil your enjoyment f the other four by hinting-what they ar. ' 1 - ? --trj.. - . '. As- or the news well. The Journal continues to have a monopoly of the only apecfal' leased wire-In Portland, and If you have compared the newspapers here you have certainly ..found that you had missed .someining if :yu hsd : not read - ; S ... r C0L1LEIE A Few Minor Points Remain to Be Adjusted but Instrument ' . Is Ready for Inspection . , ' ; by the Envoys.' NO WORD FROM MIKADO r FOR PAST FIVE DAYS Drawing of an ArmlsticeTWas Done by the Japanese Plenipotentiaries on Their Own f R es pons ibility Witts Accepts Invitation to Visit Chicago and New Yort'. t , : - . (Joaraal Bpeetal gertleat- TO'6FWmolCrSepCTX.iTh first d'rsft of the peace treaty haa been completed. B.B, Russ of the state .department. John Sullivan of the poatof flee depart m en 17 s ni ved th ta momi h g toworlt on engrossinf the treaty.' They say If the treaty doee not exceed 10 pages it ean be engrossed In two days, by them work ing sixteen . hours -each. While the tresty consists of lk articles It Is un darstood that some sre-very grief. . ' Witt has accepted the Invitation of the Metropolitan .club to attend a ban quet during his stay In Nsw York. He will r-afterwards go . to - Chicago ' via Kiagara -and Buffalo. . r- v - ' The meeting of the envoys called for thia afternoon, a-th hotel. Is to be a mere formality. They W1U probably sign the protocol of last Tuesday's meeting. Th - meeting of the treaty-f ramars adjourned at IZ;C3 o:oloca. , Dettnlson aaya that a" few minor : points . remain to be adjusted, but that the treaty has been practically' completed for th In- spectlon f . th envojrsatthis. afterUtlve notmnrTneetTBt" wlieh. Vt . understood, the. divergent views as to phraseology will be' .harmonised.--.-, ' . ' , . , At. 1 o'clock Dennison announced. I In response to Sn inquiry.. that no, message had been received from the emperor: of Japan for five daysv 'He admitted that the.v drawing of the .armistice Friday was taken by the Japanese envoys on their own responsibility. ' -' ; '. ': . At a conference last night an agree ment waa .reached .by Wltte and Komura on the points of difference in phrase ology relating to' articles on Sakhalin and evacuation pf Manchurta.'.; A time Is fixed by the envoys lor th evacua tion -of Manchuria. The details will be left to ' th-eommanders In -the. field; Both nations are prohibited "from erect ing fortifications on ths island - of Sakhalin. . , , i NEWS REACHES ARMIES. T Arrange Ventral Sons readiag Mf . ysreal of Troops la th SPleld. , ; --- A V. (Jesraal. Bpaelal serrlea) ' ;'-; Qunshu Pass, Sept. S. The flrafintl matlon of an agreement between the "peace plenipotentiaries waa - printed . in todays Issue of. the army organ. Ar rangements will be msde for a, neutral sone between the' armies pending dis persal. . Foreign military attaches ere arranging formal leave-takings of com' msnders,. expecting -their recalls. PEACE. IS . MISTAKE. rhyslciaa metoraed from the' Stoat Says n la Only a rroloiurea Armiatloe. - ' (Jenraal Special Serrlea.1 '". X New Tork, Sept. I. Dr. Louis L. Sea. man, speclsllst on contagious dlsesses and expert on army sanitation,- who has jusi reiurnaa aner an" aDsence or two years, witsr the Japanese end Russian armies st the front In' Manchuria,' had something to, say today at hla home "The ao-cansd peace of Portsmouth." said Dr., Seaman, "will In my . opinion pme to 1 be regarded - as-one of the great mistakes or the century. - That wmcn is causa peace will D ln-mv opinion only - a prolonged armistice. Russia, who Is sUll one of the greatest nations on earth,, will never consent to" be bottled up. and will never ba satis- fled until ah haa regained the preatigt and territory she lost In this war. "Trad will puah her. on and when ahe (Continued.' on Page Eleven.) . m 1 1 " ' X. 'A 11 eee r.-.; atones which .will appearln Th section of tomorrow's laaue. RoheVt you whether you want -to read It I t .. - w X . -y; r - w 1 )uriday J ourngl r ; PORTLAND, '- OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1805. SIXTEEN 'AGES.! Wreck of the O.'R. F E AllOfficers of Mutual, Equitable; New York and Other Con- . Lr cerns Subpoenaed. FORTY COMPANIES WILL . , UNDERGO INVESTIGATION Legislative Inquiry, to Be Thorough One and All Suspicious Tranaac tionav te. Be - Brought Into Lime ''"' ligh-Ba Risks'. TaJtenV' '54 "(Jearasi. BpecUl gerWea.) Kew Tork, Sept. l.r-It Is learned that sabpoenas 'to' appear, before the ; legls- Senator -William Armstrong. Is chair man, have been served on nesrly all the officers of , the Equitable, . New Tork Life. Mutual. . Metronolitan and- Mutual Reserve. This . Is. merely -a beginning. There' are 49 Insurance oompanles doing business In the state, according to a Statement made bv ' ana 'at the investi gating committee, and all will probably be' called before the committee before the 'inquiry. lo.nded.v ; v rs ' :. The committee pursuing ths . inquiry does not intend to tske up th examina tion of each company separately Wit nesses will be , called from th com' panies .;. Indiscriminately to testify 're garding certain general subjects snd specific faets. ' :r . '.'.. J . The Ktl.000 blind loan account of the Equitable supposed to have been -used In paring -lobbying fees, campaign con tributions and 'other 'Improper expenses is to . be looked Into - thoroughly. The Depew losn Is to be Investigated despite its psyment. ' v ..-.- Evidence of extensive ' fraud In - the writing of. life Insurance. on risks known to be bad haa been brought to the -at tention of the committee. It Is asserted thst in this class of fraud there has been collusion between the officers and agents of the companies of high Stsnd- lng. "t Subpoenas summoning the medical ex aminers -of some of the big companies to appear before the committee have been prepared..- They -will- also - be re quested to have ready for the committee the medical records of th 'companies for the last 'few years, to, be used as exhibits In caae they are required. All the medical . examiners - probably will be called for th same day. ; . V CUPID SHOOTS DANO SGHOOLr.IAR1.1S' HEARTS Forty - Old-Maid Teachers . to : Make' Twoscore of Homes ' X Happy in Chicago. . -' - ' (Joaraal SpecUl Strrtc.) ' Chicago, Sept. I. Dan Cupid -wrouaht - havoo In the ranka- of has the teachers la the public schools. At least 40 have been led to the sltar during the last " stimmerr!WeSrir'air wrrrrdrsake pedagogy for' matrimonial happiness. These - twoscore lemaie pedagogues will make twosoore of homes bright. Daniel haa Shown-himself kind. : Prone to launch shafts .st blushing girls - In their teens, this year for work in thia field he- has selected those of more mature charms. Of ths total number or tears, era ; ensnared 1 0 . per cent Xnteas M years ranging from Sf te 49. . . - It Is expected by. tne time met ecnooi opene next week the number of brides to b will be considerably augmented snd probably ?( schoolrooms suffer the loss of their rulers. . -.t ' V . .. " 11 1 ' V - .-- . 2 Vaekers Plead Tuesday. " ' ' (Jearaat Sperlal Ssrrlra) ' 'i ; ; Chicago, Sept.' t Officers and law yers of .the packing Industries umtaf indictment on a charge of consprrsey tot rlolstlon of . tbs arUt-truat laws 1 hare been ordered to appear' In th federal diatrlct court at Springfield to plead up Tuesday, September e t ., . 1 , SEARCH FOR MUD IUSURAUC ft Company a Dock Whicb Was 9 . Fireboat George H. Williams,. That EASTERfe CAPITAL FOR PORTLAND Empire Steamship Company, With Ten Million . Dollars .Capital, Organizing to Take Care of Trade in What Is Canfi- :, St dently Predicted Will Be k Another steamship line from Portland to- the orient le the latest great bus! ness undertaking1 for the - development of the Pacific northwest. ' Ths Empirs Steamship company,!-, with" a' capital stock of . 110,000,000 paid up, is, being organised fn New Tork7 by American snd' British capitalists, snd, will be in corporated within a. few days in New Jersey;, to. build snd operate a number of. ateamshlps ; between : Portland and porta of China,' Japan and. the Philip pines. - :; . :.?- : The company haa plans for three. to be named "Oregon." . Washington" and. "Idaho.; Each , vessel will be 00 feet' long, with gross-tonnage of 1.800 tons., and of the - most modern design for carrying freight and pasaengera. . A party of engineers, quartered In a houneboat.on the Oregon shore near, the Vancouver, ferry., have for the last two weeks r been-, surveying and' taking soundings for docks. -These will be 1,200 feet long, and will be located With a view to the most advantageous facil ities In connection- with traf flo com lng ver the brldg to be built by the Northern r. Pacific - Kaltroad - company across th Columbia, river at Vancouver, and also a connection with the Oregon Railroad - - Navigation company a 8L Johns trackage. t Is saldtheplans show three piers, each 1 00 fee t,, wide. rWrtti"soa-'feet "eif- eaiei""ejeee lictseeu each pier. - ' . J e"0elayla Bhlpmeav . . ' , . Location of these docks on the Colum bia river. Just outside the environs of Portland, la said to indicate that 'the route of all through freight trafflo will follow the water grade,, and that cargoes transferred to and from Oriental liners will- pass without being subjected to In terfereno or delay fry passengeis-traffic in -and out of the oity. Ultimately all heavy shipping will. It la said.' be -don from Columbia docks for tonnage to or from t be east and th Orient, and th uptown docks on th Willamette wlltl be need v only for coastwise snd river traffic. :..' j " ; - 1 ' There Is no longer any doubt ' fn the minds of well-informed people thst great developments are In 1 th near future for rortland, TS faet that; the- CoVerm bla river tty Is deepening the chan nel soros the bar, and soon will en sM the largest ships to enter this har bor, and that the government-haa-, de. - - - -;' - ' , ' ; V Swept by Pire yesterday; - fri. Saved Hundreds of Thousands of -Dollara' 1 Worth .of Property During the! TO BUILD - ORIEriT TRADE Coast's Greatest City. llberately -entered ' upon the- tssk ' of opening-the Columbia -river at -Celllo and bringing Jthia port Into direct con nection ' with ; the greal inland country from Lewlston tp; the British Colurobis boundary... 1: at .list being' sccepfed as a great business-making fact by, men'' of roresight and capital. Portlaad the Coast BaXlway Caster. '- These men are preparing.. . Is said, te take, advantage of opportunities' thst will be 'offered . ss .the development of river end transcontinental - lines pro ceeds. . It Is declared by those on the inside that Portland is to be ths great railway center of the" Pselflo' eopst."" II has t tbs natural , advantage of location. commanding 'th basin of the Colum bis rivsr,: whoee- tributaries furnish water grades for every railroad line ndw being built from the east .toward, ths Pacific seaboard. ' The great 'ocean transportation, docks' of th future, will. It i - said, be on the ' Columbia-, river, close to th- mouth? of' th .Willamette and Portland will be the New York of this coast, with ,Vsncouver ss Its Jer sey City. There ere certain, hard.-un yielding conditions existing her tn the form -of advsntages for Portland that rev possessed by. no other city on ths coaat, and no amount of talk tp- ths - keasoaa os City's Sapremacy "They uuliil to thtrfrssti water hi the great productive' country back, of Portland, the inland water transporta tion courses, and ths numerous prelimi nary surveys over which railroad com. pan lea th Northern Pacific... the .Mil waukee.' the Northwestern, th 1 Gould people, the Rock - Island and th Grand Trunk are projecting main line te Portland. - " 'i -'.'.' - V , '. .. When the -obstacle : presented by the Columbia river bar . Is mentioned, they laugh it to scorn snd predict that it will a a thing of th past within th next few, years. .The outer harbor of New Tork 'Otty has si wave required dredging; and whil thsr la 40 feet of water at toW tide in th main channel, a silt bar In forming off Sandy Honk and tha government prepariig-to'piant s Jetty In the form of a half cirri to pre vent more s"rious trmihle. . It Is said Portland Is not - the only grwit freah STEAr.lERS : ' WCETWO"'"CB i : i : FOUR KILLED JN WRECK : ' ON IRON MOUNTAIN LINE e ee ''eT'eV ..-,v, .':.,.e .;' (Jonrnat Special Serrkse.) e e5 8t. Loula. Vo, Sept. 1 In a e) head-on 'collision on . the Iron Mountain railroad near Valller. Arkansas, this morning four pee--e pie are. reported to. have been 4 Hied and a score injured. The e north and south bound passenger e trains met on a curve while go- e- ln at It miles en hour. ' The e ' fireman of ' the - northbound and - the engineer of the southbound e e ' were kUled and other members e T of th crew Injured. The en- gineer of tne nortnnouna aave 'himself, by- lumping. Both loco- . e - motives v were completely "ae-. e mollshed. as were the1 baggage e) and mail care on each train.' . . The baggageman and a tramp e) era also reported dead. A nuro-, ber-of the passenger coaches e were derailed and a amoker. over- e .turned. Injuring many - paasen- , e gera. Traffic la blocked, on the , e system. -. " ' . STRIKE ever Known mm - 1.1 -V"" ' ru Social Democratic Labor Party of Russia . Preparing for . . " Gigantic Walkout. r . , TWENTY MILLIONS WILL - . ' PROTEST NEW ASSEMBLY Working-People of Gear's Empire Pronounce Douma as Merest Cari-.:- cature of s National Gathering-. "Want Universal Ballot."" T""" p ,Jorl SpUl Serrlce.) New York. SepCi J. The New Tork section' of ths Boclal'Dem'ocratlo" party has received a manifesto Issued by- the central .committee of" the Social Demo cratic Jabor- party of Russia; stating that l)t Is. making . prepsratlona for' th greatest strike ever known, afore than 10,000,000, working people are . Involved. ' The. strike will- go Into effect at the time of the general election in Russia when representatives , to . the national assembly will be chosen. The new douma fs denounced .by ths ' working people ss ths merest .caricature) of a national- assembly.- Ths party manifesto Is addressed "to sit thoe who. are robbed of their right".Tb strike, is agaloatth plan to restrict suirrsge. Tne striKerS will ngnTTor am hi versai tati STRIKEBREAKERS, UFtlM ; ORGANIZED IN CHICAGO f: ..... 'fr " (Joersal Sneelal Bsrtrtca.k . .. . " Chicsgo, Sept. J, Special deputy ahr- If fs snd specisl policemen who have been engaged in. strikebreaking held a meeting yesterday "and organised a Strikebreakers' union. A scale of wsges of not less than IS' a day, and l if it csn b seVured. was fixed. Charles K. Tura. a discharged - policeman. was elected president. Tre I r"-s t- ry State. 'I -I ' - 1 r-a.-- - i According to the i 1 n nnltnn of Massa- U ' t pa- - !?ion ' tf'( , 11 , 1 ; state ct chuset' t shows - H yp ill, t iEATESI ;Jj II mm oiSfo . . . ... . , ' .... 1 " '.. Detectives Believe' Flames That Swept the Waterfront Yester- " day Were Started by FIri - bug and Are After Hirrj. ; BOY'S STORY GIVES ' . "THE OFFICIALS A CLUE Says He Saw , Under ' Dock a If an . -, With Paper and . Matches ' Who Drove Him Away a Few Minutes Before' Flarftee Burst Out on O. i R. 'ft N. Company'a ' Property. ; Officials snd detectives of the Oregon Railroad aV Navigation company Insist that It war an incendiary Are that yes terday swept -th- waterfront' entailing loss of approximately tlEO.000 and threatening the destruction of the ex position buildings. - Ona, street was ..... made, but for want of Identification the suspect- wss-released. :,r . Th entire detective fore of the O. R. A N. has been assigned, to the esse and Is following various clues. In vestigation,'- It Is said, has exploded th theory that th fir waS ' started by sparks from a passing locomotive. ' The statement of a lt-y ear-old boy who lives with - his. mother, in Albln is th most definite clue that, ha been obtained by th detectives. The lad '' was on the dock gathering wood shortly, before the fir. - wm-w - He declares that he went beneath the, dock and there saw a man who had , a large bundle of paper and some matchi j In his hands. The boy wss driven away by the man asd a short time later tfa-e- - fire waa discovered. The lad went home and told his mother of the occurrence and as soon as th fir was discovered she notified O. R. A N. officials. The, lad was closely. questioned. ' '; "He tells a perfectly straight story." said sn O. R. A N. . official, "which has sll th elements of truth,- ,H de scribed- . the man aa ' well as a boy coUld and told his mother of ' haVing been driven from under the' dock be fore he knew any thing about th fir. Other crues lead us to beleve th fir was of lncnd1aryV origin. ' We cannot give out the facts and theories on which we baa our opinion at present. The de tectives, however, are following every clue that will likely result in th arrest of tha firebug." r, . . v '- . Insurance men, say the losses hsve been exaggerated, that they were fully covered by Insurance and that no cm will suffer. Conservative estimates of the- losses approximate 1 1.60.000. Th Albln O. R. A N. dock was to tally destroyed with Its contents; the building sws Insured for 160.000 In the Union Pacific Insurance .company. Th . contents are estimated ' to hsve been worth 130,000,1-fully covered by Insurance!.:.-.. 1 The O. R. A N. company also owned the dock- of Ahe Pacific Coast Elevator warehouse and x landing. The . Isndlng waa ssved. but the warehouse wss ?e- : stroyed. , Th ,ioa la estimated at 171. 000, " which waa covered by - $7 9,000 of Insurance. j . . s - The superstructure, of the dock, where the fir started waa owned by th Pacific Coast Elevator Company, and was totally destroyed. Th loss la es timated at $40,000,. fujly covered by In-. surance. t ;.- s y -f ' 1 Th Eastern sod Western Lumber company carries Insurance ' to tha amount Of I2S0.000, ! It loss .Is esti mated at 1 3.000, while the Banfleld Veysey Fuel eorapany. - whose propert y Is slso heavily InsuredT suffered a loss ef about. 1500. - --,-. -. 17AY"K FLAII TO CET QF AQlluI . ' Precautions Taken by Expreca Company Cause Robbers to 4 Cive i Up Attempt. ' ',''" IJesraal gpedsl Sorvit.) Omaha. Bent 1. Templed by 5ls. I sew in gold carried" fYwro'Me fluiseseasw- mine In th Black Hills, s bass or train- f TObteTs-tor twr-pssr-three- days in threatened ths eastbound wortnwesier trains south of Omshs.t To ward o th robbers all train have gnn und a guard ef II heavily armed sien w Instructions to shuot to kill. Inforr. tlon wss grven the nolle several r", ago' that holdup would occur bet this City snd Logan. Iowa. JO mile Twlc each month th great got ' ' sends its bullion to Kew York. handled br the Amerlran K.r pany os the Northwestern rr wss to ge h's fortune the contemplated f -idnwr stop trains whi. .ever press s " s ' th csr or l,r e t '- ' ' r-pn a '- 1 rU t 1 ere f e 1 r- r w t jlContlnucd on r Eleven.) -'.v .-. -;''kN.,