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.VoL. IV. NO." 153.
5EGRE1
Marion , R, Biggsr Accused -of
Land, Frauds, May Have to
" "Undergo an - Op
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HIS CODEFENDANTS MAY- '
- BE TRIED WITHOUT HIM
Sudden 1 Sickness . of ' Man z Accused
' With Williamson : and. -Gesncr of
Subornation' of Perjury Compli
cates Matter at Third Hearing of
Famous Case. '
An unforaoen Interruption . has : oe
currd in the tmra trial or Congressman
WlllUmson, Dr. Van Oeanar and JKarton
K Bices In Vtha- fedarat court.-:' The
audden and pomitbly aertoua lllnaaa of
the defendant,'-Biggs, compelled an ad'
Journment until tonforrow morning,
when the attending physician axpeeta to
determine .whether be . will be able to
appear In court. :; - :. :- :
It there should be no Improvement lax.
Biggs condition by tomorrow It la prob
able that-the. government will demand
' thst the' trial L )f Williamson andjOea-
tier proceea at once, postponing; me trial
Of . their oodatendanL. tiaiU aonev, later 1
date. "The consequences er sucn. a
change are hard to foresee. . Some of
4 tn evidence mtfoaircedT at the former
trials would, probably be lnadmuudbie t(
Vllllamson and -Gesner alone 'were be
ing tried, and, on- the ether hand. Biggs
would not be on hand to' testify for the
defense; as he-did In both the prerkma
-When the caae waa called In the fed
eral court this morning the attorneys
for "the-defense; atated 'that Biggs had
been taken 111 and waa unable to ap-
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GREAT SEA STORY IS
NEXT SUNDAY'S FEATURE
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e ' "The" Rollcall of the : fceef, -e
1 one of the best sea stories ever d
written, la - the feature of nut
, e : Sunday's magaalne section. It d
e is by A. T. Qulller-Couch, which' e
4 ; Is pretty nearly all the recom- '
mendatlon It requires, - "Q." aa
everybody who reada modern fle-
tlon knowa him. la one of the
foremost la the rants of writers
e of today. His brilliant diction,' e
marvel of the critics. The fact 4
e . that his waa the distinction of e
completing "St. Ives," the un-
e finished . work of Robert Louis . e
e mcntarjr on his style. :
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ITE JEPIIEVJ
Lieutenant Khotinsky of Imperial,
Fifth' Bro&f"8
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Circumstances Had Brilliant Future Predicted.'
1- '; : A. ' V (Jearssl , SseeJal efvfca.V'-:-' r T l, ' '
MoiceWrRuasia,-' 8ept.-S-Lleuteont
Ivholnsky of , the Imperial dregoana a
nephew of 'jJsdaroe ;W4tte, - wife- Of (the
Russian peace envoy, i tdday . shot . his
sweetheart,-a young girl, and then com
mitted, eilcide.-.u - I'V' ?-r.-V V
There la something remarkable in the
fate which haa followed the Khotlnnky
f am 11 y, you n g. Kbotlnsky' being tbe fifth
member, to commit suicide after haying
killed , a . woman, v four . of his, .brothers
having died under slroUar-Wrcunjstancea.
. Khotlnsky ,wa engaged to La beauti
ful young girl about 11 years of ago, a
daughter of a worthy merchant, whom
Be i haa '.beCn'psylftg rattentlon tov for
some, months. The vounr of fleer was
-at an intensely Jealous disposition and
resented any one even talking; to " ma
flaneee. Thls morning be 1 met ber In
conversation with a brother officer and
a t once accompanied ' hr " to ' her", bome,
upbraiding-her sharply. , , f ' r-,
; The. girl ' resented the treatment and
informed htm that' the engagement was
WHITE CHIPS COST
Captains of Industry Indulge In
r PokVr for1; Bijf ; Stakesr-
',.' Aboard Steamer
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New York. '8epL'S. Stories of one 6f
the biggest trana-Atlantle poker games
played In many years are. told by pas
sengers of the North German Lloyd liner
Kaless Wllhalm TI nn their airlraIharelinLiiiegeA-Jm
from Bremen. According to the atorleajelong. The marchers were bombarded
from Bremen. According to the stories.
an almoat contlnuoua session took place
behind the locked" doors of a certain
stateroom, 'during - -which several bun-
hired .thousand dollars changed' hands. -
At the table were three financiers.
representing between $3,000,000 and f 4.
000,000. The ante -waa a white , chip
worth 100. No one purchased less than
110,000 worth of chips at a time.' 'The
limit to the betting represented ' the
stateroom celling. It Is said one of the
group lost ateadily from the. start, and
at the final ending of the game, which
laated late at night, left the table more
than 19.000 loser- V, -. -
ttll -the passengers were ' talking'- of
the ' game except the alleged ' particl
pants. and they seemed to be the only
ones who bad not heard.. Among the
passengers on .the Wllhelm II were P.
A. B. WldenOr, tlie railroad magnate of
Philadelphia; H. C Frlck of Pittsburg,
Qeorger. Westlnghouse- and - Samuel H
Cramp. ' , . ..
Tin Bagtag U Xwia Oouaty,
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Oiympla, .Wash., Sept. . The McCor
mtck. Jl Ul. company . report . a fire , In
Uvir county whlcbr ha destroyed 'an
Immense amount" of -timber and la now
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PORTLAND,', OREGON, "WEDNESDAY', EVENING. SEPTEMBER 6, 1805 FOURTEEN
OF L1ADAUE IV1TTE
Dragoons yictim of Jealousy ,
at ai end. 'Thfsr- apparently n raged
Khotlnekyr for-he loimedlately-draw -his
revolver 'and; shot ' the girl . through the
head, 'killing , her' Instantly. .', Throwing
himself on br body1 he kissed the bloody
forehead, and when .he found life, was
efcHnct "piit "the . muIe of the "weapon
Idto h'ls moil th" and flredekpirlng within
a' few minutes on the body of his dead
Jove. SKX .X V " -'n YV
Zh -ahQta' aronsed'otlieV members' of
the family who .came running In ' time
to.:: aee -the young ..officer ' breather his
laat; 'x Tha .affair ihaa , created'; a : freat t
Cflpaiiun in .will ana army virviva, mn
both young people were extremely popu
lar! and -'had j an. J extended circle .of
friends. xThey were to have been mar
ried at Christmas time.' The girl's par
ents 'are - prostrated, whllo Madame
Wit te aunt of the young man, la deeply
grieved, as v the lieutenant was 'her
firvorlre nephew. He-was also -in- the
good gracea of i M.-Wltte and had been
marked' for rapid -advancement and- a
career of great promise. .
SN017DALLS GREET
I THE VETERAriS
Fifty Thousand - Heroes of the
Civil War In LlMarchlnexS
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" Denver. Sept. S.--More than SS.OOO
vetersnl of the Civil war marched thla
morning. : Two, hundred thousand people
tnronged tne aides .or, toe streets, cneer-
with mountain and hothouse rlowers and
snowballs, each containing a- rose, the
snow having been brought . from - the
mountains for the' occasion. : . - j ,
' The weather waa 5 Ideal, , the brecse
blowing from th snow-capped -mountains
tempering the brilliant sunshine.
At the ending of the parade the old sol
diers gave themselves up to-the politics
of the situation.. Tanner and General
Brown of Ohio are . the leading 'candi
date) for commander-ln-chlef. '' :f - i
- Mrs. Kate K. Jones of New York ap
pears to be the leading candidate -for
the national president ef the Women's
Relief corps, although Mrs. O. E. Friable
of San Franclaco and several others are
making strong fights. . g 4 . J , ;
JOKESMITHS GUESTS OF ' i
: JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
(Joeraal Special Berrlc-) ;
Cleveland. Sept. . John - D. - Rocke
feller today opened the gates of Forest
hill to the American - press humorists.
end personally conduoted them about the
place for hew an nour, 1 ne-jogeemuns
had the freedom of the place. Thla la
the first time a convention or the public
haa been admitted. .
DELEGATES TG THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER-CARRIERS NOW IN SESSION IN THIS
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lbe Young . Says : He Aimed the
U Bullets That" Almost KiHecf;
-Van Dran; In"? DefenseT.. -
of His Home.
HIS ATTORNEYS CALL THE
WOUNDED MAN MONSTER
Defendant : Sc.eks to I Justify -Attack
on One Who Was His -Friend and
i Lawyers , Ask , Jury - to ' Give ' Him
Vl-iberty as. Man Who Upheld the
"Right to Protect Family Honor.;
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Kaapar Van-Dran aat alone ' In ' the
circuit courtroom thla morning, the ob
ject of one of the severest denunciations
ever: received . by a man .In .a" local hall
of Juatice.W.'- -v, . , i
Joseph, Toung. ; accused of t shooting
Van Dran on- the early morning of
May 2, sat beside his wife with the ex
ception ' of - few- minutes - which he
spent on the witness-stand.
Van Dran winced under the verbal
lashing - given htm by Attorneys Mc
Qarry ' and Idleman.: He turned crlm
son, then paled, and hfa fingers twitched
nervously. Once or twice be smiled.
but there waa no one in the courtroom
who returned the smile.
Young, was not as nervous as. he was
yesterday. He .paid very, close, atten
tion to all that was amid by Van Dran
on .the wttnesa-atand and by . the -at
torneys. 'Mra Toung waa pale. '. '- , i
When Judge" Cleland Opened" court
where-the Young-Van Dran trial la held
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a large crowd had already ' gathered to
heenggtlonai
charges of attorneys promised for to
day,. Young was the' first witneas, and
one of the first questions aeked him
Was:',. ',- .',.!--' ...
' Tou' went Into the Washington' eafe
with the intention of killing "Van Dran,
did' yojrof y,
' Waated to Protect Xla WUe. ..'
"No, I went In there to protect 'my
wife! waa tbe reply. ' ' , . i
, Toung stated that he did not know
whether there ' was a furnished room
over Van Dran's saloon or not. 1 He bad
aeen men .and women come out of the
place at all hours of the night and aa
lata aa . S . o'clock In the -mornings and
he had aeen things . there within two
months of the "accident,'' as the shoot
ing was referred to at this time, that
had caused blm to believe that It was
no place for hla wife.
- Patrolman Ogg waa to have testified
that .lira.' Toung - waa near the - place
where her husband waa arrested, but as
Ogg
uty District -Attorney Moeer admitted
that Mra. Toung was there soon after
ward, thia evidence waa passed. "
Attorney J. M. Long testified that
Mrs.' Toting-and Van-Dran had visited
hla office together, and that Mra. Young
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COOKED TO DEATII
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Miss Fannie Wicks, of : Washington, -" While ' Watching Spouting
r Water,.Steps I3acjcyarfi,' SJipsfand. Is UteraJI Boiled v!
' " y-V ) I v . t -' Alive' Before - Parents' iEy es.' S '
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St- t VIJeeraal Seerlal Servke.)
t Butte..Mont., Septi-S.Telegraphle ad
vices ' received from Livingston tell v of
tho horrible- death of -Mies iKannia
Wicka. of ' Washington, District of Co
lumbia, who waa literally boiled alive
inone of thehot sprlnga in Yellow
stone, park, and expired ere she could be
taken from the seething; liquid.
.Miss Wicks was touring tbe pgrkr with
her family and with them was' watching
tho geyser. As' It started to spout the
young womsn. stepped backward and fell
Into the scalding spring.' where she waa
cooked to death, the -flesh hanging In
shreds from her walat down.' '. " ".'
.The party Jiad vlalted: the Rainbow
and other 'geysers 'and - spent several
days' In the park without mishap.' Yes
terday the members started out early to
see a group-of geysers, that la seldom
visited, by tourists, situated at some dis
tance' from' the "hotel. 'One - of -the
geyaers was in operation when the party
arrived 'and theyrwere stsndlng-in a
clrclei watching lt.-v when'--one of the
bubbling mud volcanoes within - a yew
feet of the girl started" to spout. "The
SWORDAUDT
Reign' of Terror Exists", in . the
iCaucasusrrStreet fightingtr
W-"It ",'at 'Kishineffi V : .'
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; St. Petersburg. Sept., s.-etreet fight
ing in Klshlneff contlnuee. ' It Is re
ported that lo ' soldiers ' were killed to-
jday. - ",7 - - v -"Or - V' '
r - .VlaTSeaninnnie-B district are" Iff
creasing In fury. The-factory quarter 4a
aflame and troops are kept on the move
putting out fires. . Armed rioters at
tacked the oil wella yesterday and' af tet
a battle forced the troops to retire, when
they .applied the torch to the huge oil
tanks, which have , neen . burning . since,
ruining the oil Industry. ' '
Famine la adding lta terrors to the
situation. Many , cottage , and farm
houses have - been. . abandoned. Tartar
bands are scouring the country murder-'
Ing and robbing farmers.. Moaf than 00
houses have been destroyed. .
The whole eastern part. or the Cau
casus Is being terrorised by revolution
ists from Baku, ' Kllsabethpol and the
Shuaha district. The revolt In the Cau
casus - ls growing .and troops seem
powerless to hold In check the fighting
Armenians and Tartars. .
RELATIVES REFUSE TO
Al l WEALTHY-MAN
(Jesraal Bpselsl errlea.t J . "
. Kenoaha, Wis., Sept. t. Peter Achton,
the wealthy Chlcagoan, wh4-le-aeeueed
of attempting to kill hla son, cannot get
bail. .Relatives refuse aid.' -The son is
improving....:' - "'
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RUSSIA
PACES. ,
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in BOILHlG lVATER
other-- membera of the party, made thelf
escape out of reach of the boiling liquid,
but ' In . atepplne- back' the girl slipped
and' rolled down ' Into the steaming
vapors.- -Others ; immediately - tried to
rescuer' her. but were unable on account
of the , slippery . surface 5 to ' approach
near ennuah to aave her.
!. Tbe mud around the edges of the pool
waa so hot that it burned through the
shoes, while, tbe steam from ihe spout
Ing geyser blew directly across tbe pool
suffocating the rescuers. Finally a-rope.
carried by one of the guides, waa thrown
over the rounc woman and after sev
eral efforts" aha 7 waa iJullad" forth,, but
expired wit hln a- lewmlni
. The upper portion -of her body -waa
burnt by the steam, but from her waist
down tbe flesh was cooked.- V . : " .; ';
Miss- Wicks waa a . young woman or
20 years .of age. of .remarkable beauty
and will, be greately mourned by a large
circle of friends. Her-gaiety and good
spirits was the life oc the touring party.
Thla la the first accident of this char
acter .reported for'-many years-in the
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UV FATHER
Wealthy Chicagoan, Beats .Wife
x'f atf 1 Party arid;Fatally:y
' '""'TX Wounds Young Soru" '
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Sept. After stabbing and
probably fatally wounding hla son. who
Interfered to save his mother from vhim.
Peter A. Achten. a business' man of Chl-
cagQ. led the infuriated -crowd which
witneaaea tne - aiaoDing a wua cnase
from, hla summer house at Camp Lake,
and waa -captured . only after he had
emptied - hla revolver at his pursuers.
He was taken to Kenosha today, where
he waa arraigned before Juatlce George
McCarron, who continued the rase 10
days. . He waa placed In Jail, Tailing, to
prooure bonds.- ,-. . f-,,..- -
' - Young Achten is In a critical con
dition from a a tab wound In the arm and
another Just above the heart. The fight
occurred Sunday night during a bouse
party Achten waa giving some -. Chl
cagoans, about ?0 In number, at . hla
Camp Lake house, where they live dur
ing the summer, -. v .. : '-J " ' I. '
Achten : and hla wife engaged in a
quarrel, it being alleged- that be struck
her with hla ' flat In tbe preaence of
guests and knocked, her down. Young
Achten - went . to the assistance of bis
mother, and aa he did so the elder man
turned upon mm. gtaooing.nim twice, i
Without a word, Achten left the houae
elubv of Chlcagoana.- which adjoins his
property, and attempted, to hide there,
Membera of the club hurried., to the
houae and made an effort to capture
htmv bat Achten whtppedtmt a -revolver
and fired two shots. . Achten wss cap
tured later by the. sheriffwho pursued
him to the woods,' where he had hidden.
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Russia! and CerrriariylNe;ct:ii
'Agreement.; Regarding 1 Far':
fv;East Which Will Result .'toT
Z Oriental Activity. Z;; ;
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AMERICA AND BRITAIN
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Kations to- Make :. Suggestions
fof
-1 Regalation. of Trade' in Uanchuria
' -Kaiser f Dreads 1 Yellow "Perifc-
Caar Requested : William to- Ask
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Birmingham, ' England.; Sept. i f.-Tha
London correspondent of the Poet say -
mat ne . la inrormen mat tne . uniian)
foreign office has learned that a secret
treaty, haa been negotiated and la prob
ably; now signed - between , Russia and
Oermanf." The - terms- of the treaty are
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unknown,- beyond the fact that It almost
wholly concerns the far east.' The .treaty .''
may be regarded aa. a. reply to that- be-,
tween England and Japan. ' The corre
spondent expects that the result will
be an explosive development of German
activity Mn the Tangtea regloa.
. The Post say that as a sequel to the
peace treaty, the American and British
goacanments, trpott ri-th Initiative of "
America, .will lay . before the Chinese
and Japanese governments, suggestions
for the better regulation of American
and . British .commerce lit; China, es
pecially In Manchuria, and Korea, apd
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MAKING G00-G00 EYES ;
FORBIDDEN IN HOUSTON
:' (Joeraal Special .Service.) e
' " Houston. .'Tex., Sept. . The. e
city council nas saoptea uie rot- ,e
lowing ordinance:' t j .-j e
" "Section -1.' Hereafter any e
male person In the city of Houe- 'd
ton who ahall stare at or make- e
what : 'la commonly called 'goo- . e
goo' eyea at, or in any other
manner look at or make remarks a
to or concerning, or cough or ' 'e
whiatle et, or- do any other act '
to attract ,the attention of any 'e
woman, or female person, upon e
or traveling the streets of Hon- o
ton, with intent er in manner
d. calculated to" annoy, or attempt 4
to flirt with any such woman or
female person, shall be- deemed . .
4 ' guilty-of a mlademeanor, and 4
4 upon conviction thereof tn the
4 ' corporation court of the city of 4
i Houatun ahalt be fined any-anm: ;
i not exceeding tI00. ' e'
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