, - 1, ink -irhpositi .. , : IN TVENTY-EOUR' GOOD EVENING THE WfeA'THKR. -u . .I m0BtlX norther 4 ,U VOL., IV. NO 17lJ A f hYai7saiildTulzbcitcifl AdmitfXonspirihg jTpgether , to . . 15 Illegally Secure f1' Samuel ' WeiL rVice-Prcsidmt. ; Fined : $10,000; Beth S. Cosey.:V. D. 'a r : loao iraiiic managers, j,uuu cacm , r: Y. ;' Chlcasob 8pt : 11. Th Urt of th h raiulted In Ik victory for tb .or . rnmant, and four mmtwra of th pck lnc firm of SohwarsachUd' A Sulaberger ,.re In th custody of th United Btate I af tar havlnc pleaded cuUty to acceptinc naranai. Mminora tu nr mTi rebates . from rallroaaa,. i ne cumbm are . not IdeaUf led with thoee for violations of the Bherman act In forming- a com. ! bine In restraint of trade. -, i. -In the United State district court this morning. Judge Bethea presiding-, before crowded (courtroom. Samuel Well. vJce-nrealdent of Bchwaraachtld ' Sulsberger; Beth 8. Cusey. traffic , managerr Vance D. 8klpworth and . Charles K. Todd, assistant traffic maiuv i aers. were arraigned"' for -conspiring, combining, confederating' end ' agreeing I -'together, with divers other persons, to commit the offense of soliciting, ac cepting and receiving rebates" from va rious railroads between July 2, 10I, and March . 10. - Bach mead OaUty. A plea of guilty as charged was re turned by each T or "the defendants. The court sentenced Welrtd pay a fine of . f 10,000. and Cusey. Bkipworth and Todd to nav fines of 5.00aeh. Ah oosta.to b distrtboted proportionately.', V . AU AM VeieV , . Well gave the clerk of the'eourt a ; check covering the lines and costs. The -government spent $1.7I lmpenelllng and' keeplusT -the grand vjurjr which -ln ' dlcated the fins, walch aggregnted .' 000 and eost $. '-The governmehrtoday r filed a demurrer to the pie of abate ment of the other packers who alleged that the Indictments were improperly returned.. , ' Well la Ct year of ago and In poor health. His family fear the result of : the trials.' v - ' . . .. ; 3 . Moody telegraphed his congratulation . te Dlstrtot Attorney i Meirtaon In secur- Ing a conviction and aald that these caaes were the opening wedge for the prosecution of all offenders under th law prohibiting rebates. ' , It I rumored that the district attor ney has found evidence : ft more viola tions and that' there will be other In. , dlctments when the present cases are ! finished. , Morrison expeci to have the ease of the packer under Indictment for violations of the Sherman anti-trust law brought to a final hearing- by Octo ber 1. He experts to get dilatory pleas tit ef the .cnurt.by,. thit-Hroc. - The-Indictment waa seturned by the federal grand Jury that Investigated the packing business on July 1 of the pres-. ent year. -Weil has Juat returned from Europe. Cusey Is slso under Indictment for alleged Interfering with government witnesses before 1 the grand Jury. ' All of the men ar connected with the traf fic department of Schwarsschtld sc 8ula berger. which Is the largest; packing - firm outside -of the alleged beef trust ' " The Indictments state that the rebates .'vex 'secured- from the railroads by , compulsion, th defendant threatening to deprive, and sometime temporarily depriving, such common carriers , as . should refuse to make rebates of theli shsr of the business. The following lines are named as having- granted re bates: Michigan" Central, Chicago, Rock Island aV Pacific, Grand Trunk Western. Lehigh .. Valley Boston t Main and Mobile Ohio. ' v - ) Compelled mebatea. , ' -A long list of specific Instance were cited showing the manner In which the v rebate wer secured. In one of them CONFESSES. DISUOIIOS TO SAVE MAII WHO OlfCE lOVEO HER . Mrs. Minnie Bowen Secures Pardon of S. V. Dicks Who Killed . ' - I Rival He Found With Her and Kept Her Repu- . ' ' - ' tation'at Price , -f ' ..... (Jaersel IpeeUI BarrletX ;-l Denver, Sept' 21. Spencer V. Dick today walked out of the state peniten tiary after having Served five year a. of ,'a sentence of ! year for the killing of -O. R. Minor, near Oreenland, Colorad'A. In order that he might go free. Mrs. . Minnie Bowen of i Florence, : Colorado ' confessed . her dishonor and established - the fact that Dick was not gullty.if , coldblooded murder. . . , ... ..... When th murder, ws committed Mr. r BoweV. then illas Mlnni Hutchinson, . waa Dicks' fiancee. Bhe lived In Oreen land, Colorado. Dicks waa employed on .' a ranch. - After he won her promise of i. marriage, Orvlll Minor-appeared, Mia . or and th girl became friendly., -. . ' Dick waa grave, earnest fellow, : whe aald little. Minor was Jolly, an.1 hi llvellneim attrected the girl's at- .tertlon. X: ' t l 'not seem to mind DAYOV " ' ..... Skipwortb and C D. Casey 1 accused of unlawfully present ing, on January St. 10. to th Michi gan Cenlraiaclalnv for- I3.004.1I for supposed loss and damage on a cattle shipment, th claim being- a. veil for the rebate demanded. - Th Indictment ' recites that May 1. 1901; Cusey -unlawfully did deposit or eauae to be deposited' In th .poetojflce of -the aald United gtatea, at Chicago aforesaid, for mailing and delivery to T. W. Blrchett, assistant general freight agent of ' the : Mobile Ohio Railway company,' the following' letter: "F. : W.' Blrchett, A, O. F. A M. 4k a Railroad, City: ? Dear 81r--I wrote you April 20 in regard-to. our claim No.-742 your F. C A. No. fl.tvl; no reply.. I have diverted what business, "wshave been giving your Una until . we receive com j consideration from you. . Tour truly , . J B. 8. CUSET. ( Another letter,' which It I cbargeu waa depoalted unlawfully In th post office of th United States. 4 this t time at New York City, reads a follows;. . V-vV -r!" WtthaeU Bml .. -'.'.', mi. t. f. jarvia. jr. T. M., v. I rUllroad.Hr-Cortlandt streCMyt Dear Sir- About March 4 we shipped I V. car No. 11,112, containing 10 pounds I nitrate of soda. to.Chlcagv. .. I anv.Just 1 T our Chicago- peoples that the Nickel flat have preaented them with an expense bill based, on rat -of to oeata. they claiming that th content of the car la saltpeter, instead. I would like Ao have youtk -tne - matter' up and arranje for 'the correct rate .of if cents per weight to apply.- ' T do not understand why the 'Nickel Flat takes such action, a bill' of lad' Ing, which- we hold, shows plainly th content of th barrel to be nitrate of soaa. 1 ."Pleas let me hear from you prompt ly. .Tour truly, "8CHWARZ8CHILD ' SULSBERGS COMPANY. . 'r V. D. 8klpworth.- The Indictment ends with th charge that t Bchwarsaohlld A Sutsberger p re cent ed a olalm to th Boaton Main Railroad company for I SI. St for sup posed overcharge of freight on a car of lard from Boaton ' to Kansas City, shipped In September, 1202. , . THREE ARE INJURED BY . OVERTURNING OF STAGE Klamath Falls, Or, Sept. 21. The hrakebeam of the stage for Pokewama broke a It was descending- th steen nui ac in Dnare neii-th dam below spencers yesterday morning-, ai.d the heavy wagon, with seven passena-ers. overtumedat the sharp curve, injuring: miss zaua uurry. Mr. Bchulman and T. W. Reynolds, the sure driver, who sus tained a fractured skull. Th doctor think he wUrtecovftjtThe four horses with the front trucks -'ran about 40u yards, one of them being severely ln- jurea. ' The stare company 1 doing ewryrning- in Its power lor th relief or the, injured,'. v v. - INSANE MAN BURNS WIFE 1 AND CHILDREN TO DEATH (Jowael Spc:U erviee.) " "., . Madison, Ind Sept. 21. Oeorre Ford. a farmer, apparently Insane, ignited his house this morning and burned Ms wife sna tnree children to death. . ' . :VV.' of His' Liberty. : " the two being together so Ion as Minor did not take, the lrl any place. : One evening-, however. Minor and Mli Hutchinson got into a buggy in front of her home while friend were visiting her parents, and started for. short ride. Minor mad Improper advance and ahfl yielded. Dick discovered them as the were riding horn. He killed Minor and shot at Mia Hutchinson, but the bul let struck her corset and glanced. - She grabbed ,tb" lines and drove horn. . 'At Dicks trial he waa sentenced to 3 years, for wha waa regarded at the time aa a coldblooded murder due to Jealouay, Th aged mother Of Dlcka recently ap pealed to Mrs. Bowen to tell the truth. The Utter s conscience tortured hr an-f she told her husband, who' forgave her. She signed an affidavit, which was pre sented to th stat board of bardona anil tricks waa released."- - t 17 12E. .-LETCHO .VIUD CLAHI PORTLAND, 1 0REGON. THURSDAY- EVENING, SEPTEMBER mmsmmm . M NOTED UOIIEY .FOHCilLi -r-r Rootevelt and Republican Lead- ers Purpose to JRef use, Contri butions From Corporations . v a v. INSURANCE; INQUIRY ; C ' ' CAUSES THE ACTION n fi- Tt-.-:j Return; of., Policy-Holders' Money Given by Xnrurnce Companiei to Aid in His glecVjan. w ' ,' - (Journal Special Servtee.1 . Oyster Bay; Sept.-21. 'A th result of a conference lsst night, at 8agamore Hill between the president. Secretary of State Root,' Poetmaater-Qenerar Cortel you,' Senator Henry C. Lodre ' and Jo seph H. Choate. former' ambaaaador to Oitrat Britain, plana war, laid for th elimination tf contribution to future campaign fund by all corporation af fected by national legislation; ' ' There Is a' report that Roosevelt in- alated upon the return of the campaign contribution made by the life Insurance companies to the last .Republican na tional campaign committee, and that hla wishes will be carried out.v -' . v Radical and - fa-reachln;maaurei wer determined upon by the president. following disclosures of the contribu tion of policy-holders' money to th Roosevelt campaign as brought out by the legislative life Insurance Investiga tion committee. The conference was the most, important ever., held, at .the. presi dent's summer home, and It Is likely will reeult-In political sensations. The. Insurance situation, .'.was. . thor oughly discussed with a view to recom mendations to be msde In the president's annual- message upon whloh he Is now engaged. . '','". - FAMOUS WASHINGTON. : ELM RAPIDLY DYING ............ . . . . i , - (Jeans! ipedel aervtes. '".' i . 1 Cambridge, Maaa. Sept. 21. The fem- eua waanington eim, a una oia,tree, under ' which General Washington took command. of the American army on July 2, 177. Is doomed. . Th tree, the age of which is estimated at 250 years, is rsduallr decaying and it la feared by theambiidge park commissioners that It will soon have to n removed to pre vent accldenta. . During the paati sum mer several branches broke' off and had to be removed. and the- question I seriously considered -of (cutting down the tree and planting a young on in It Calif ornia Wta Frlss. ' '.- 1 (Jeersal SpecUl ame.) ' ' ' - Philadelphia;: 4Spt. 2l.nh Califor nia drill corps won the first prise of 2200 for the beet appearance In th pa rade of th Q rand Lodge .of Odd FellOvs PAIGNS EAST (MINI IMPROIIEUEIIT HOT : TO BE LOflG DELAYED- Ordinance, Providing, for, FJIHnsij , ,. consiaerea at, Next council Meeting ana-Keuet Given Congested Traffic:" V : r . C; The- Improvement lot Kast Morrison street Is in a' fair ' way. to- be puahed through.." Cltyt Engineer D.-iW. 'Taylor aald today that before- the' council at Its next-meeting' will (be- an ordinance pro- Ivldlnr for, filling '.-and .planking the , .-feveryon - concerned the paoperty- owners, the executive department , of the city,, the common' council, - the Portland Consolidated Railway company and the Pacific ; Brldracompany-w-hava asked for this Improvement ' for more than a year. past. .The elevated roadway. has been falling to pieces, the planking haa broken--and these . holes - have ' remained untouched' for daya at a time. Occa sionally a- man from th city hall would come around and patch up the opening, and yet more than 1 months have passed and this busy street has not been Improved permanently. - ,-i All the property owners, according to report,' have been anxious- for 'the work to be don for a long time; 'some of them were seen - and each ' on aald he very much wished it. About a. year ago agreements Were FOR A GRAIN EXCHANGE " !H PORTLAND - : Klaber. Leads Movement to Es tablish Market Men's Clear-1 V Ing House Here ' Z If the- work, of Tacoma and Portland grain men la successful both this city and T aco ma will have at no .distant date a grain or produce exchange. r Several efforts have In the past been msde to .open an exchange In this city, but each. trial waa defeated for the rea- aon that the principal grain men In th business did not believe that the trad would Justify auch an Institution. ( The latest move-In this direction 1 by Herman Klaber, a - Tacfoma hop dealer.'. According to Information re ceived In this city th Tacoma man has become interested In the matter of pro viding an exchange for hla home city as well as a connecting one In' Portland. These two exchangea would close th gsp in the wheat producing sections of the country ss far ae-regular quotations are ooncerneg, la ell sections where grata .la largely . grown or dealt In. ex changee have been established, except on the Pacific coast. - Baa Francisco haa an exchange but that Institution does not represent this section.'' Moat of -the It best .being, use .at or shipped .from Cell f ornia points romea rom 'the Pa cific northwest, . -., . As proposetl the' exchange In this city 11) , trade not alone In grain, but in provision and general produce. ion 21, 1905a FOURTEEN PAGES. and Plankinj-. of - Street :to? Be ; reached for -the filling of the street by th Pacific ' Bridge.- company and the manager, George - - Slmonds, -was ' in structed to procar signatures to defi nite . contracts. He went, from one to another and was Z'L: gnjaetgnduc to afflxlfielr - sTgnatuxea. It, . private contract; hence I , trr-tlrtnt waa , to be every owner of property must obligate himself, for It would notj be a 'lien on his property otherwise. .. . . .-Mr Slmonds .said-' todaythat Cha re port was untrue that he had .had In his pocket for a year contract for th work. , ...;.., . "There .never' were" any fontracta,! aald he, "only verbal agreements which were not put In writing." i ' The ' wish of the Portland. Consoli dated Railway 'company as 'expressed by Manager F. I. Fuller waa that the street ahould-sjot be torn up until after the exposition travel had - ended.' This wish, ' no doubt, was largely Influential In. delaying, the work. ; Manager Fuller aald that he had expressed 'such 'a wish - (Continued on Page Two.) BOY CARRIED 30 MILES IN BAUO Passes Above Clouds but Makes T Proper1 Use of Escape Valve : and Lands Unharmed: :. (Jooraal SpecUl brrta.) . Blnghamton, N. T.. Sept. 21. Floyd Wallace, 1 yeara old. of Eaat OneOnta, at Oneonta fair went up In a captive bal loon. It had been pulled back within 206 feet of the ground when the rone broke and the balloon and boy shot sky ward and were blown rapidly toward th northeast.. Th balloon- contained 12,4 09 -cubic, feet of hydrogen gas. Phillips A Burke, owners, said that unless the boy knew enough to open the valve the balloon would not come down In less than 24 hours, by which time, at the rate it was traveling. H would be In northeastern New England or Canada. When It disappeared In th clouds the boy. and balloon war two mile high. But Wallace, as soon as he had par tially recovered from fright, reached for the valve ' rope and began to let out gaa. Finding that the balloon .'dVsoended. he car fully worked the valve and an hour after ! left Oneonta made a safe land. Ing, himself - end balloon- unharmed, ai the sum nit of ' Bchohali county, 20 mile from Oneonta. t - . ' . . , ' , . " . ..'Ai'J. ' Alfoa fti-B -rreaty. .." (Jaarasl spend garvtes.) h . .Madrid. Sept. 21. King Alfonso today signed the .'trenty nrovldlng general a?-, bit rat ion. between Spain and Belgium.. v WILL CLOSE.. PRICE TWO SHEEP TAX LAW IS Judge " Ellis at Pendleton -Tariff Upon Imported Sheep Unconstitutional. HOLDS STATUTE TAKES ; Ti ; PROPERTY ILLEGALLY Not Uniform, I -Per Capita: - .. "... -1. . and . Not a Valuation Tariff De- ciaion-Given in Case ,- of W. P. Reecer yal Umatilla County. " -' (Speclel Dlepateb'te TUe JoeraaL) Pendleton, Or.. Sept. 1 21. In a de cision' today "Circuit Judge Ellis held unconstitutional the law paased at-the last aeasion ot the leglitlature, imposing ata"x-upoh sheep brought' Into the state from'outside points. The decision wss given In thVcase of W. P. Reecer va. Umatilla caunty, which has been pend ing since laat .fall. After he had paid the Ux imposed by the stock deputy Mr. Reecer - brought suit to recover . the amount on the ground that th law waa unconstitutional.- . - . In Ita decision the court holds the law invalid -because the tax Is not uni form, and because it Is a per capita tax and not a valuation tax.- and also be cause. It provides for taking property without due proceaa of lawr '-y: WIHS ANOTHER'S WIFE, BUT LOSES HIS FORTUNE '-... - - ' t - . , . . . , , ''...'.,:'. Col: Roger Morgan, Successful , in Love, Makes a Failure . , . - In Business. ' ; r . r ' (Joaraal ItMctel terries.) New Tors, 8ept.- 21. Colonel Roger Morgan, once a multl-milllonalre,- aon of the late Ellsha Morgan, founder of the envelope trust, who emulated the example of Sir John Mlllala by wedding a woman whom her husband freed to permit the nuptials, astonished hla finan cial friends, today when he filed a volun tary petition In bankruptcy... II' give his liabilities aa 2SM18 and his assets ss 22.HO. - .... .... - Morgan' "wife was Mrs. Bud I Ptpp, wife ot the baseball player. When PI pp ascertained mat Morgan had won Mra. Plppa affection he offered to give her up. Mrs. rtpp went to California in 100 and waa grants divorce on the ground of non-support. She waa wedded to Colonel Morgan In December of the same year. , '-., Colonel ' Morgan at . the death of his father was regarded aa one of the very richest men In the country, . "s Tlirli ZAeC 21. M. Wlte vl r f -ur I , t run It. r- - 02: Journal Crrcuhtica ' 7 ; CENTS. , SStFhtrZSZ .:.'.'.!,'...' Vice-President Tells of Trans .J . actions Between New York - Life and - J. P.- Mor- -gan A Co. M'CALL REAFFIRMS HIS CONTRIBUTIONS STORY State That While Parker Did Not Ask' for Gifts Himself, His Cam- ' pafgn ' Managers Did,, and That' Candidate Took ThemTWEen , tf Was Chairman of State Committee. . "'" -.' - :. ).::- .:' ' Uoarsal Bseelal Sarviea.2 . ' New Tork, Sept. 21. President Per kins of the New. Tork . Ufe Insuranc company waa recalled to th atand this ' morning in th legislative Investigation . of Insurance affairs, John F.: McCul--laghy typewriter In the Albany office of : Andrew Hamilton, testified preceding Perkins. McCullagh waa - questioned about the' checks handled by Hamilton from-the New York fjtfe, bat a pparenUie . knew little about them and was not able to supply much information. ' - ' , - Perklna testified at length regarding ' the "Joint"- account tranaactlona f th New Tork' XJfe aitcl the tirm f J. V. ' Morgan Co. Moat of hla testimony was a repetition of facts previously , brought out He stated that the' trans actions were mado by President McCall 1 and himself, without reference to th board of directors or finance committee. - President McCall' stated this morning that he did not mean that Judge Par ker appeared in person last yesr to aak for contributions, but he reiterated th . sUtementJhat Parker's campaign man agers frequently asked him for money for the campaign. . He also reiterated his statement that Judge Parker, whll Chairman of the Democratic state com- ;o,-.afnrnlaA. proffered gift from th New Tork lAlo Insursno company. JUDGE PARKER'S DENIAL. Oemecratlo Caadldaa Says TTast X 814 Slot Solicit Oampaigm Oontrlbatioaa. (Joaraal SpeeUI Bervlea.) . - ' Newi Tork. Sept. 21. Judge Alton B. Parker; Democratic candidate for presi dent in 104. make th following atate- ment regarding ine lasiimony oi iTesi dent . McCall. of th New Tork Life, relative to the aol letting of campaign funds by the Democrats: ' "Mr atrbntton haa been called to cer- tain testimony aald to have been given -by. John A. McCall,. while witness be. fore : the Insurance Investigation com- ' ml t tee. in replytto Mr. Hughes' ques tion whether he thought that in 104 the Interests of the policy-holder wer so seriously endangered that the cona- pany ought to contribute. . - , "It la evident that Mr. McCall waa .. laboring under great excitement in mak ing hla reply, for it la very Incoherent. But if hla answer 1 intended to convey the impression that In th campaign ot 104 I. either directly or indirectly. sought from him-or his corporation, or any other eorporatlona, any money or . contribution, hla statement la absolute ly. fale. ' "On the contrary. I repeat now what I said before the election, that I ex presaly notified and directed the chair man of the executive committee of the . national committee that .no money ahould . be received from corporations." William F. Bhcehan stated: . : T was chairman of the executive committee -of the Democratic national committee. There waa - not a slngt man connected With the Democratic na tional campaign that solicited a dollar from Mr. McCall. If any auch person msde any auch solicitation, Mr. McCall should nam hlra." " President McCalL when shown th above, aald: "The meaning I ' Intended . to convey when I mentioned Judge Par ker wo . thst, when a candidate for president lsst' year he did not personal- - ly aak me for campaign funds, but friend of hi did so repeatedly. "Judge Parker, as chairman of th state Democratic committee several yeara ago. did. however, 'accept prof fered contributions to Jbe campaign' fund." . ,.. '."'. READ THE STORY OF : f HALLELUJAH'S COfiVEHT ... .- ' . . ...' ' . If, you overiooa lournii i series- of skort atorle you are , mlKalng the cream ef, mo- , Action. "Little Itailelujah's C -vert" Is neat Sunday story One ef the beet ef a good tlon. If you h-ve read ' t that have prec know what t- mr, f. -' short story it r 0 C ' '