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"In
GOOD EvniniiG
Journd- Circulztlcn ;
y,K THE WEATHER.-'- 5
Ycslcrdzy
. Was
Showers tonight, and Saturday;
southerly winda. V
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Steamer f F. A. - Wlburn, ' With
Sixty-Five-- Passengers r on a.
Board, Wrecked Near r '
Marthfield,; . ; ; ,
STRIKES A SUBMERGED r
A J : ,V ROCK IN DARKNESS
Pace to " Beach, 'Two Milea Away,
aiid f Coast Ouardsmea " Help to
Rescue 'All . Aboard Captain
" Blames. Silence of Fog Siren Cor.
--tha'Accident.-" ' tV-f-'r '"'
-(Special Dispatch to Tee )ml)
. - Marshfleld. Or.. Sept. I. Just she
r had crossed Coos bay this t morning
t at I o'clock, bound for thla port, the
. steamer F. A. Kllburn struck rock.
' tearing awsy - the starhoardguard TiiJ
printing a leak. . Tbe vessel 'made a
7 rue for ths' shore, almost ' two miles
distant wh.rt ahe was beached, .' No
.. one was lost or hurt - . ('-..,.-;..
She ley there until .Uao'clocav whea
abe wit taken to North "Bend by-the
tufboat Columbia. " . To -enable her to
make this .move the hole in her bull
waa temporarily patched. , Her cargo
.will be discharged In order? to make a
. full estimate of the damage ; ahe ' re
ceived., i If aha Is badly. Injured the
steamer 'will be taken to Portland for
welra, V: . v I";--;,.,
- '" Tog Slxea ejiieirt.;--.
The acldent occurred at the south aide
of the bay, near the entrance to the bar.
The -, passengers say that the 'weather
was thick and - foggy, - but Capum
bother in the Jeaatlllle aeeerta the tthel
m noiniwin ofcnm um nm if um nut
log siren, at the entrance to the Dar was
- v.. When she etrucjc, the Kllburn kept
' her whistle blowins In the hone of at
tracting the ttentton of the lite-svlnUe who-.wljl have chances to marry
" crew. She waa heard by the latter and
- search was immediately Instituted for
Vrthe'atetne. 4 Uembere of the . crew.
. Jiowevr aay that the fog was ee thick
; that it was Impossible for them te see
. " the dlatreaaed eraXU ' ' ' ., ., .
aeees4-eii tU Abed. .-(U
' There were -! nassengera on' the KI1
. burn, but nearly 1 all of them - were in
bed end they . knew . nothing ..of Tltelr
' danger until the reseel was nearlng the
. shore. The majority , of tbem . were
f Innally . '- nroueed - by the eonatant
' whistling. It Is. said-they behaved ad
i mlrably and gave the officers but little
trouble.. All remained on board while
. the-veeoel was towed to North Bend, al
though they were invited to go ashore
x If they felt so disposed. -
The point at which the steamer struck
': is known as Shag rock. The portion of
this obstruction which extended above
the surface of the water was broken
off last winter and fell Into the bay.
No mark has been placed there and as
the submerged rock Is located near the
main channel it 1s dangerous to navlga-
s tlon. . '
The r. 'A. kllburn ealled from Port
I land Wednesday night- for San Fran
I ' clsco and- way porta with a full list .of
i passengers. 0O ton wneajt ana
quantity or general mercnanaiae. one
has been on the Portland-SanXTranelsoo
. . A K . waav if Ann n II
Cooe bay and Eureka. -The steamer
.h- e..tMt m tha coaat and
one of tbe fastest on tne coast ana
bas S Mceeded tn maintaining regular
fachedule. Formerly she waa owned by
ueeell - Rogers.-but about three
months sgo she waa purchased by the
iWatsonvlllo Transportation company.
She was built at Eureka in 1864. The
- steamer ' Is of T2S tons capaolty. Ill
feet long. It feet s wide and IS feet
.' depth of held. -' . "
ELOPERS ARE MARRIED h
IN COURTHOUSE DOME
-'' : ' , (Jearaal Special SerrtWt '
' Fresno, Cat.' Sept. S. When Bnt
MessengeV. and Miss Mollis Carringer
presented themselves la the county
clerk's office .and requested a marriage
- license., they were - waited - upon, with
(' alacrity, aa they were assuredly of legal
1 age. but when the ' prospective bride
glanced out of the window and saw
"per angry father coming to head off the
marriage, she waa thrown into 4 panic.
At the critical .moment, however, the
, deputy clerk came to the rescue of tbe
', pair and saved the day. Quickly calling
, ' Superior Judge Auattn. the clerlChustled
the party up four flights of-eatra to the
' dome of the courthouse, locking the
upper door behind him. : There, the cer
emony. wae performed. . ..
Oregoalans to "bewleSon. - .
I ' : Twiaton- Idaho. Sept ;' t. Lewlston
normal wHl --receive aboutaa uragoni
pupils at the beginning ox in, term next
: ., Monday. . - . " ' '
GIRL HEROINE-GIVES HER LIFE : ,
'''- ePa.eatsafftlVtafV', tMfan I . at IMK .". TaWaTV W a ' fNtae
';: IN KbbCUlINU
1 ".
- .t ,' . (Joeraal Special ferrke.) . f
Rene. Nev.', Sept v Lottie Over
'street II years old,, gave her Hfe.et
Lovelock In a brave effoH. save her
helpless baby sister. ' Tbe lamp la the
, Overstreet home exploded. - The parents
.'Were out at the. time and Lottie was
the only one near. She saw the flames
-PTd.-alrnew-hey-bebr sister w
lying in. int nq. . naaiiaing ihi hivii
ectlon wae necessary., she rushed
Into
the burning building and caught up her
ilL"
Judge Cleland Gives Separations
: -to Nineteen Couples in Two
Hours and i Half .Thia ; ;
Z V.. .Morning. .-. ''
THIS ESTABLISHES A V ;
:high-water record
t .i
. T,. t . .", ..V
Twelve Decrees ; Wera
Granted for
. Desertion and.' Five for Cruelty,
, Whpe Charges of Attempted Mur
der and Constant Inhumanity Fail
"to Hurt Defendanta.
.Another record i wae broken today,
when Judge. Cleland in two hours. and
a half freed IS people from matrimonial
ond. Thlaj waa an average-of .eight
minutes, to .a divorce. 1 Few ministers
could have married the'eoqplea In. this
remarkably short time. It Is customary
for preachers to charge ti for marrying
people; ' had Judge . Cleland been ' the
joiner inatead of the separator ha would
have made, tiii- all he got or -the morn
ing's undoing was his salary. Desertion
was charged In. .IS cases; cruelty in
four. - Six men .were granted- decrees.
Few of the 'people were natives of Port,
land: they came from all parts of the
compass. . - , "-' . ' . -'
By granting IS divorcee this fore
noon Circuit ' Judge Cleland estab
lished a new. record for Portland. .
- While the mill waa grinding out sepa
rations few tears were shed, but smiles
were as plentiful, aa petals under , a
rosebush.-'" , ' ''- -. . -' ...
The courtroom had a bright? jfay
ICaster appearance. Nearly every aeet
wee occupied by a woman; ihe."sUnd
Ing room only? sign applied to the men.
There- were old women and young
women, who showed eigne of hard work,
and others -who 'were like the i Uly.
again and men well along In years were
plaintiffs and defendants before the
coarW. la.eplte of "the" memories that
were reoalled by attorneys quest Ions,
and despite the tact that family skele
tons rattled their bonee before the
crowds of strangers, not one it the
plaintiffs 'ahed a tear.--s -r- '
Judge Cleland began 1 hearing test!-
monv at S:4S o'clock this mornlnr.
witnin 11 minutes inree aivorcea naa
been granted, all to women. By 1J:I0
o'clock the IS caaeo had been disposed
of '.- . . '. -'.-
Veraia waa granted a divorce from
Harry Beatty and her maiden name of
Brown restored.- She alleged desertion.
. Sarah L alleged inhuman treatment
and proved it to the aatlafactlon of the
court.' who gave her a divorce from
Frank E. Osfleld. A 11-year-old apn
test 1 Ted that his father had gone home
drunk and had whipped his mother,
rotsoa, Meets, sad Attempted Valuer.
Eva m. was granted a divorce from
Samuel !.' Irish.- They - were married
II years age and-three children -are-llv-Ing.
.. Desertion-was the. cauaa of. the
complaint. . ,.,-? '
Tales of .poison- smashed dishes and
doors, and letters received from other
men figured in the testimony of W. W.
wis well, wtvo was- granted a divorce
from Hattle May Wlawell. 4--- r-
At one time." atated WlawelL "my
f iLiu n J Vti 5 -
1 .bedstead, an attempted to hit me on
the head wltht it. Another . time ahe
threw all the dishes me. 8everal times
she demolished the doors of our apart
ments and threatened to take my life."
cruel treatment - was alleged . by
Bertha 'Workman; who was divorced
from George W. Workman. .
"I can't take care of a sick woman"
is the statement . that Myrtle Howard
said her husband made to her when ahe
waa ill. She eald she was often forced
to go to her parents in order to obtain
enough to eat They "were "married
February It. list., She obtained a de
cree. ,. - ; . , .
J. W. Webster, said, his .wife. Mollis
U, deserted him at Helena. Montana. In
1IS; deoree granted. , - ,-,v , ( ,
Free Wastes for Tale IMvoroe. '
John A. Whan 'waa granted, a divorce
from Georgia Whan: this was the rec
ord case, and It occupied the court's at
tention juet five minutes.' t. . v
Nornla A. Kindred of Llnnton waa
granted a divorce from John X It waa
alleged that one winter h' purchased
only ST. 71 worth of groceries and then
left her, - .; ""' """ " ; -
Ada P. Nash atated that C. E. Nash
went home one night packed his clothes
and never brought tbem beck; this with
out cause i or -. provocation. She was
granted her- maiden name, Coaper...' .
. It was stated that Qeerge Lewis
deserted Maud Ltssie, and she was at
Jowed her freedom from the absent one.
. Desertion waa. the ground on which
Margaret. J. Wlnter was-freed from
u B, winterer
(Continued ' on Page Three.)
ipirAN I rKUIl
sister, -rhose clothes were ablaae. and
carried1 her to the opan Sir. . -
By thta time her ewn clothing was a
mass of- flames. Though screaming
with pain, the girl rushed to a watering
trough, threw the baby In the water
and then plunged In herself. Soon af
terward . the parents arrived on the
scsne, too late to render much aid.
Th. k.K Waa talk1 t... r
frr - wttbt-. ;-M hourLo ttlT 111.
gered In agony until the afternoon; when
ahe passed away. The house was burned
to tne ground.; .
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IN JAPAN
1-
I
Uttie Browri Men Wld With In
dignation Over Treaty As
- sault Police and Troops
ITHOUSANDS-ARRESTC
EIGHT. OF MOB KILLED
Martial Law Proclaimed Throughout
the Empire Bitter Feelirfg of Re
sentment Is Shown Towards Amer
icans on Account of Peace, I ( "
) ...
4 Uearaal SpeeUI Servlce.1 ( '
Toklo, Sept I Rioting was resumed
throughout the country last night and
this morning The vengeance of the Jan-
anese has beep, largely turned- toward
Americans who are blamed for the peace
treaty. Missions sad schools. that es
caped the vengeance of 4 he nob In pre
vious - atiaras sufxered last night add
several were destroyed. . Moba swarm
tbe streets of this and other oltles and
It requires the utmost efforts-of the
pelleo and troops to prevent dee true
tlon upon a large scale. Several hun
dreds of wounded police are In the bos
pitala Here injured. in conflicts with
rioters. , - . ( . -
The rioters . are emeciatlr . blttar
against Peace Envoy Komura. . :'
Martial -. law ' baa ,t been rT.r
throughout Japan 'and the army 'la be
ing freely used to quell the riots that
are - hourly Increasing .in vinlnn.
threatening tbe Mutsuhlto dynasty: All
government buildings are guarded by
troopg and. a cordon of s61dlers surround
the foreign quarter "holdlna- th mnh
from further ravages. . "
Thirteen cars and one railway .kloah
were .' destroyed by rioters'' last nleht.
Crowds swarmed about the central pel
lice lUtton, hooting and threatening.
Three newspapers, the Mlvado, tha
Yurosu and Ntroku. have-been susnend.
ed on account of their radical utter
awes encouraging he. rioters. , r . v '
im municipal council naa, passed a
resolution denouncing the neaca terma
and demanding' the abandonment ef the
peace treaty.-, v- .;.,. ,-. .$,:
There have -been -elrht deaths-and
100 arrests. . ' . .
WHAT IT COSTS TO KEEP 0;
. , CONVICTS JN PRISON
1
(Special Dlspateb te Tae Jearaal.) w
Salem. Sept. S. The- report of Buner-
Intendent James of the penitentiary for
ins raonuL oi Lusuai; .wMcttwas. Sled
mth tne goveesor tiwla;
governor today; shuns tint
the svsrsge cost tier capita, perd tern whs
IS.SSIf. . Tnis includes both officers and
convicts and la a remarkably low per
eaplta cost'- This sum also includes the
amount paid discharged .convict as well
as bills for fuel, light telephone, pay
roll. etc ' . v
The system of : having th superin
tendent make a detailed report eaoh
month was . Instituted by Governor
Chamberlain. ? '".;. .
! 1 . - , . . .- .
, Is SJUtod By oy.
' (Jooraal SokUI Sarrla.i( . ' ' ' '
St. Louis, Mo.. Sept S.-K-Mrs. Sdphi
Erllnger Is dead of 'paralysis brought , on
by Jo& over her son's .return from the
Portland expoeltloni' where he - played
in Innes" band.. . J
1 -
Ial OaUes.
(Jaerael gpeelet Serrlca.) '
WaspTngtohjr"R C: SepC I.ena.lor
Pllee has recommended, the. appointment
of I. N, Allen of Olymplk aa recetvsr ef
the land offlok, . .. ., . . , k. .
RIOTIUG RESUuED
: .v.-jf-i-
ii-iX'
Komura.
JILTS FlilllCEE TO
I'JED OLD LOVE
DaujrhtsrT of Montana -. Mins-
- Owner Summon, a Former
Sweetheartto Marry Her.
BETROTHEO-44AS-TO-BE-
: PLACED UNDER RESTRAINT
Parents Broke -Engagement but Girl
, Finally GeW the Man She Wants
,,One Aspirant for Her, Hand Goes
Violently Insane." ; , ' " . ' " !
, f. f (learaal SptUl Serrtse.) .
,ButU. Mont, Sept., S. Dr. James T.
Jelks of Hot Springs. .Arkansas, and
Miss Belle McKeakle of Pony. Montana,
have been married here In tha most sen
sational' manner. Miss McKaskle is
handsome and attractive, tl -years -of
age, and the only' daughter of William
C McKaskle. a wealthy mlneowner. She
met Dr.. Jells 'three? years ago atTHot
match -was broken, oil w account or
the opposition of . the glrrs parents
Lter she became - engaged to Adolph
viHellbronner, assistant manager of Sen-
ator
Clark'e' street, railroad systera-la.
Butte.
. For two week She ' has been' visiting
friends In Butte. , Th(s morning Jelks
appeared on tbe scene in response to an
urgent telegram from Miss McKaskle,
and, the twowere married within- an
hour.. Judge Bourquln being called from
tbe bench during the trial of a case to
nerform the ceremony. , "
A -few moment , later Hellbronner
heard of th marriage, and for the nest
three or four hour th whole city was
upset' Tbe' actions pt . the young man
Justified placing him. under reetrflnt.
elks and his bride kept in hiding -until
i o'clock wberv they.JeftforLHot
Springs , -'.
Last June a young man named Morrle
of lrglnla,' Nevada, prepared for wed
ding . Mlaa . McKaakle. , but she refused
htm. .His mind became unbalanced. ne
cessitating bib detention in an asylum.
C0RP0RAL'TANNER-r
COMMANDER OF G. A. R;
'
-.. -
(Joamal Saertal Aerrlre.) i 4
- ' Denver, Cokfc, Sept. Corporal -
e -James .Tanner was todaV elected e
t. commander-in-chief of the Grand ; e
TArmy of the -Repnbltc forf-th'
ensuing" year. 1 '' - ''d
q.. The new commander Is SI
4 years eld end- a native, of New e
e "York. He served a a - private e
e and corporal tn the. ' Eighty- - e
d Seventh New York-, volunteer , e
S 'and loot both leg In th second e
4 battle ef Bull Ran.' He waa. e
4k underkeeper - of ' the - New Tork d
q aseembjy and clerk In the war d
q department He studied law and e
S was appointed to a position-tn e
e- the. New Tdrk customs bouse.' r 4
d ' ' . He took a prominent part In q
q the organisation of the O. A. ft. e
and bad- never before . sought . e)
d office, though he ha served ss 4)
qV deputy' commander of . tbe New q
t 'Vork organlsatlofl. 1 e)
' He bas played an active part )
4 In politic and waa I'nited State
e - commies loner ef penaioaa under q
Harrison. Since then he-. haa.q
reelded ln"Washlngon ss pension" q
q. attorney., . ..... y " e
e . ' ",-v' ' e
347 (ILLED IH
Four Towns .and Many Villages
1 Destroyed .1 in : Calabria,...
. , -Province of South-' .
em Italy.
FLORENCE ROCKED BY
r THE FEARFUL SHOCK
Walls of Jail Crash Down on Help
less Prisoners, Crushing Them in
a Pen. of Death People Buried in
the Ruins of Almost Every House
in StefaconL - -. : ' !
. (Joaraal Jpwdal aerrk. ''
Rome, Sept. 8. ReporUrrecerved here
tell of a great earthquake .last night
throughoutJUly. resulting In the de
struction of entire villages Is southern
Italy. Th casualties are enormous
. All along ih, coast of Italy, south of
Naples, there hav been frequent; seis
mic disturbances for the past week,
culminating tn last night's earthquake.
It was most violent In Calabria, where
hundreds havs lost their lives and four
towns destroyed.
. The prison at-Monteleons dl Calabria
collapsed last night In a violent earth
quake and seven of th inmate and
guard were killed.- A scan of th wild
cat oonfusion followed, as-the crashing
masonry of ha ancient structure fell,
many prisoner escaping In. th panic
Th . greatest damage ' was don - at
Btefaconl, a near .a can be learned.
Th people were burled in the ruin
of almost every bouse of the town. The
village of Piscoplo . and Triparnl were
also completely destroyed. - - -
TflLthepreenttlme I47 deed have
been recovered, from th ruins and thou
sands are reported injured, many of
whom will die. ' -
Report are coming In hourly of the
destruction of other villa gea and scat
tered hamlets. -Many villages -were
totally deatreyed. Th shock last night
was Suit In both Naples and Florence.--'
Calabria is the southern province f
Italy. Th region effected Is that bor
dering on-the Oulft of ffhifemls on th
eatrn coast oppoeH th volcano.
Stromboli, which Is still In violent erup
tion. . -i
v'BABE ON LONG JOURNEY
v . '
..Stockton, CaL. Sept a. Fearing that
trainmen . would taka the body from
her, Mrs. Ab Coutier conceled- th fact
of the desth of her youngest child, a
babe ,14 month old. and carried the
remain In her arm from Reno, Nevada,
through Stockton to . Carters. . She end
three - chlldrenweee on the way from
Wisconsin to Join lbs father at Carters.
The father, did not know of th child's
death until th mother laid th body on
the bed at the new home and sobbed out
tne pitirui story.
PRESIDENTS THANKED
BYrTHE S OPTTEATENteh
" (Joamal Special Srrlc.t
-Oyster Bay. Bept S. '
e emperor of I
China. has sent congratulations, thank
ing in president ror securing pesce, ac
companied by a note from the empress
dowager.
Vice-president Fairbanke lunched at
Sagamore Hill today. It hnrtrnounced
that Penfield has gon to Braxll to re
port on commercial relation of this
country wiin noutb America. i
SAN FRANCISCO JAPS TO
PROTEST PEACE TREATY
earaal Speeial Service.)
"San Franclaco. Sent I. a a th t.l
anea of thla city are planning a mon
ster mas meeting next week to pro
tect against th action of their govern
ment In sanctioning the Portsmouth
treaty, th police Intend to keep a do
watch on the proceedings. ' It Is feared
that apeeches will be delivered thst
might stir , the little brown men to do
something desperate.' . ,
JEROME'S CAMPAIGN
BLOCKED BY ILLNESS
" (Jooraal Special Serrtra.)
lew Tork. Sept S. District Attorney
Jerom I in bed with bronchial trouble.
H will be taken to hi country horn
In LakavUte, ConneclTcur Snd mast re
main there a month. Thla prevents his
contemplated .whirlwind campaign .for
reelection. , '
INVESTIGATE GRAFT
" IN SUPPLY DEPOT
' (Jearaal Special Service.) :
' Waahlngton, - Sept t. Morris Busch
has been ordered criminally prosecuted
by th war department for alleged Ir
regularities tn connection with fur
nishing caps and gloves to th army.
He must also complete contracts or. be
ued in th civil courts ' 1
Investigation, of th supply depot n
Seattle. Ban Francisco snd ether places
Is ordered on act-on nt df th revelation
In graft at the Schuylkill arsenal at
Philadelphia. , '
.-'; Bwraed a Jh Vtaka.
- f (Jvaraai Bixetal S,ri..
Wetahatchle TeS;, Sept. t Steer
Pavla. s negro, aed J(l,waa Wrni'a' f
th stake last night bv a mob- of S.S0O
people.- He had - eoufessed asaaultlng
Mrs, 8 P. Norria 5 i
PRICE TWO
TWO
ft! 2 P.I
Dr. Van Cesner and C. ; Sam
Smith,.' Sheriff il'lpf J' Crook .
'"ft County, Accused of Intlm- ,
.' : ' (dating Witnesses
ELLIOTT AND WATKINS -JHE
MEN APPROACHED
Trial of Williamaon, ' Gesner and
, Biggs, Who Is Well Enough to
Appear la Begun on Same Charges
Twke Previously Heard in Federal
. Court, ' , . ... , :
Dr. Vsn Gesner snd C" Sam Smith,
eherlff . ef Crook county, were indicted
this . sf ternoon bytlie federal grand
jury on the charge of conspiring to In
timidate government witnesses and
thereby prevent them from testifying in
the pending trial of Williamson, Gea
ner and Blgga. ' , ,'..""' -
Sheriff Smith cam W Portland about
Auauat 14 and remained here until yes
terday, when li is said that he received
an intimation that the grand jury was
(bout to indict him snd left hastily for
Prinevllle. On his way home h mat
Deputy Marshal Henderson, to whom he
stated that he bad heard that be was
to be Indicted. Smith wUl be "brought
back to answer to the grave charges
made against him by th grand Jury.
Smith haa been closely silled with
Congressman Williamson snd took ' an
active Interest in the pending trial,
being outspoken In his denunciations of
ths prosecution.
..Th two witnesses who testimony
Smith and Gesner are alleged to have
attempted to Influence. sre, Lerk Elliott
and John 8. Watklna. both of whom tes
tified for the government on the formVr
trials of Congressman- Williamson and
his eodefendants.', , '" ' :
The Charge ! Detail."
The indie latent recite that both El
Hot! and ' WatJUa , were, sabpesnaed.
August ' S, ' to appear In Portland on
August SI, when tha prsaent-'grahd Jury
was first . convened. ' Threats and . per
tuaalon are alleged to have) been em
ployed by Gesner and Smith t indue
th two witnesses -to Terrain from glv
Ins testimony thst would" be prejudicial
'to teHef eriaXfttS In thd 'VHUtatnson
case, r' .- i ' ' ' : ' '' . "
Lark flliott is awaiting trial In
Prlnevtll on two Indictments returned
by the local grand jury charging-him
with larceny of a calf and a horse. This
fact Is said to bar been used to Intlmi
date him.
"If you don't go down there (to Port
land) and do the right thing they'll
cinch you eurer than hall up here,"
Sheriff Smith I said to have told El
liott at Prinevllle. -, Tou know damned
well that I can handle thla Jury here,
and I am th only man who can. I
don't want yon to think that I am try
ing to buy you up for Van Geaner."
r West Q sense ls.voive4.- -1-
Tbe Indictment slao seta forth atate-
I mtt, mi1. tA V.l Hrtt t trv Van fleaMr.
lout of your trouble.'
Threata were also mad against John
S. Watklns. according to th htdiot-
ment. wno was inia mat li n xesiinea
agartnat th land fraud defendanta Smith
and Geaner would destroy hi reputa
tion for veracity, injure him in buslneas
and "get eves, with him."
8herlnT"8m1th came to Portland Im
mediately after thconvenlng of th
grand Jury and it la said that hla pur
pose . in coming . was to intimidate and
Influence witness : who might other
wise glv damaging evidence against
Williamson and his fellow-defendants.
The Indictment sets forth conversations
alleged to hav occurred at th Perkln
hotel In the presence' of Douglas Law
son and Campbell Duncan, in which
Smith vehemently : denounced 4he men
who had testified - against ' Williamson
snd declared that he ."could buy any of
them for six bits." '
The presentation of the . indictment
came aa a sudden, though not wholly
unexpected Interruption of . th third
trial of Congressman Williamaon. - Dr.
Gesner and Marlon R. Biggs. A hint of
surprise in store wss given yesterday
afternoon when Mr. Heney Informed the
court that he wa preparing aa Indict
ment which would b presented today.
All three of the defendant in th land
fraud case were In court thla morning.
Marion R. Bigg having so far recovered
a to. be able to be present Th Jury
hsd been completed yesterdsy afternoon
by the acceptance of John E. Bailey of
Forest Grove. .
: . . : . .' Trial te er. j:.J .
When eonrt -opened thla morning the
district attorney . entered immediately
Continuity on Psge Thfee.y"
FARMER AND WIFE BOTH INSANE .
FROM LONELY LIFE ON PilM:
(Jearaal Speoiil Berrlea) j '
Chicago,. Sept I. A pitiful caa came
to light today when Joseph and Annie
Holdobler, husband and wife, were' de
clared Insane and committed to the
Dunning asylum. The mental break
down, was due to the lonely llf and
dsudgery .of f arm llf at Wakefield.
Nebraa-. .',. -
Th c " r .to thla country from
G . -rr i TT-init stsrrad
t" 1 i i th Nebrss.'.s nral-
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stasi., rrta c-...
Romance of Wealthy and Gallant
Federal Sailor. Ends in Squalor -on.
Pauper's . Bed at ;V
, ..Poor Farm. :
CAPTAIN DARE FLED
FROM BIGAMY CHARGE
Aged Commander : of Transport In
Civil War Gives Deeds to Valuable)
Tracta of Land in Teaaa, .Inclnding
Part of Dallaa, . to 'Woman, JWho
Will Begin Suit for Recovery.
Captain David A. Dare, masted of the .
i .... HIS LIFE
United Bute transport Foot during .
tha ciyllwardledl tithe county ho-
pltal yesterday evening at th age of .
11 years, on th eve of what promised . '
to be a great - legal battl to recover '
property at Dallaa, Texaav-worth bun.
drd of thousands of dollars, of which - '
he claimed he waa tn-rightful owner.
It is probe bis -that- his' relattvsa wtll """
carry on the contest , looking; to th '
restorstlon of th property.
The negotlatlona for th ' litigation -
have been carried on secretly in order
mai persons in poeeession or tn prop
erty, a great deaf of which 1 located -in
th business eente.-or Dallas, might
not know "of th Impending suits in
tim to destroy evidenc or take other .
means of making' th cod teat difficult
for those who alleg they are the right-.
ful heirs as possible. , 1
Captain Dare' hlatory read Ilk a
romance. It la, a story of th atrenuou
llf from' early manhood almost te th
grave. Bigamy play a prominent part '
In the drama, and It was owing to this
that Captain Dar wa separated from .
hts possessions. - Disease, partly clouded
th mind of the man, so that for years, ,
until taken to th county . hospital bar.,
he did not recover the u ef hi
faculties sufficiently - ttry t -secure
what he atoutly maintained en the bed .
of death belonged to him. . '
" - turn. Brans en jnads the HeseUrt. J
Some tim ago Mrs. Joseph Brandon, -who
nv arih 'corner of Mora anJ
Durham streets. Wood lawn, became
ewar . that Captain Dare was at the ,
poor farm, a ward of the county. ' She
visited him several times, sad dlacover
InrihaAMJiaettJMlaalUwu posing of his landed IntereMa. became
keenly Interested In hla case, -and in
duced fihw to glv her a - deed to th
property b said was his. - She then took
u matter up with a .lawyer, . who has
written to Dallaa te secure additional
information' Mrs. Brandon worked for
Captain Dar at Dallas, "and says that ,
tnougn n died a pauper h wss to ' -reality
a wealthy man. Thar -1 con-
iderabl doubt aa to whether th deed
h gave her la worth anything, a he
ha relatives living in th eaat and it
la said was not tn full possession ef his
faculties when he died. ,
Shortly bef or he died he gav a brief
story , of his life to a Journal represen
tative. ,. ii wss frequently troubled
with lap of memory and wrinkted hie
brow and triad hard to recall salient in
cidents. , .
I cannot remember today," he would
rsmsik. easing piufniij at" ills iiiuitu--
gator. -Thar seem something drawn -acroa
my mind that I cant tear away."
a. iw minui aiterwasd, fcewevar. hi
face would brighten and be would auS-
denly exclaim: "Oh, now I- remember I"
Then be would talk until his mind again .
began to wander. Piece by . piece his
history wa elicited, and va tha bare
account show that it would form the
groundwork for a striking play.
atlstoTT ef the See, Jtesv
"I was born at Philadelohls, Jul li.
HU." ha said. "Ther Is nothing inter- -sting
t tell regarding my early llf.
From 1K1 until iscg I was caputs-of
th. army t ran a port Foot, plying be
tween New Orleans and Waahlngton. -"When
I left th servlc I west te
IHtnols and engaged -hi farming. I sold
thst farm, bought another and traded
it for a third, which I exchanged for a :
loon at Grafton, Illinois. . Ther 1
was., burned out . and everything I
poueaaad went np In moke. '' The I
west back to Philadelphia and from
ther to Texas. . I forget the year, but -I
think It wss a short tim. after th
Centennial exposition, .
"I acquired 141 acra of land near
Dallaa. about two miles from there. I
also bought a good deal ef land hi the
heart of tbe city, and owned th prop
erty on which I conducted a saloon .
and restaurant; Mrs. Brandon worked ',
for me tn the restaurant Her husband
was then a locomotlv engineer. -,
"My wlf stayed In Phtladelphe when
i lef t Jheresnd. jefusedio go toTexa
with me. I concluded that 1 had to go
where I could do best end let her star
in Philadelphia, .After I had got wall
(Conilnusd-on Pigs Teny
It wa dumb.' Th mother, whose re-
on was already tottering secauee of I.
Isolated life, broke down complete -under
this sew sjlafortun.
Th father, worried by the dumb
snd Ineans wife, plodded- a'orv '
one dar h threw no hla Y t
gan g
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