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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
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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. 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-
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short story
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