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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND SUNDAY MORNINO, OCTbSSH 8. 1ZZ3. EHATOR FULTON GOnESLtrniE WAY FOULLY LIHERED FROn iVASillNGTOn TO TESTIFY FOR L10I1EY OYAL I V A L , i -' - ..... ... - Have Ym:' w if i 1 ( V f I ! v Will ; Explain ; Hi Connection " With Securing Patents for , : vOld Soldier. jf GOVERNMENT WILL END CASE TUESDAY Jones and Potter Encountered Strong ! Opposition in Scrmmble for - Rich Timber' Mndt end Other Specula i ton Beat Them at Their Own Game. " Senator C. W. Fulton will errlv to- . day from Washington for th purpos tf testifying la th land fraud proaecu tW In Uia Mtnl court i Hi testl raony is required In Order to throw light on the circumstances under which hs tlsed hit innuence to secure the patent lhg f the homestead claim taken up trri old soldiers at the instigation of the defendants. ,W.' N.. 'ne"d TbT. deus 8. Potter. Senator Fulton Will probably take the" witness stand tomor row or next day. a It if the expectation of the district attorney that the-government's case wUl be "concluded by Tues- ;day afternoon. ' . -: i "'"' tU Oompetltlo. t X-d .In the general Teramble for the rich timber land of the SUets reserve, Jones and Potter encountered keen competi tion. Other speculators, equally eager, were juick to discover the methods to which the Portland men had resorted and to take advantage of their vulner able position. Uttle by little the testi mony in the pending trial la bringing ,to light the details o the unscrupulous warfare ' that wa waged between the . j-iral -ttobennen. Itwaa . a game or holdup, and Jones and Potter proved ' cksy victim. The palpable frauds prao- tieti by the old aoiaiers woum hired to take p claim soon became known. B. B. Montague of Albany. Sow- notorious through his connection With the Puter-McKlnley ring of land grabbers, seems to hnv been the first to try to snatch some of the claims by offering the entrymen higher prices than they were to receive from Jones. Nine of them sold to Montague, giving Jones the "double cross.", '., ". ' wmu rfciBieste neL i 'Ai T . Al I. I other apecuiaaora iw vmuuv w Jump the claims of the Jones brigade of did po-ldlere, and ; numerous contests lere filed in the .land office." alleging fiat the original entries were fraudu lent ' Jones was between two fires. Ills competitors were determined to -shake him down" or to have, the tim ber, and fhe man was not in a position ' to fight Indeed the struggle had at tracted already the attention of the land ' department and Inveslgatlons were be gun which eventually resulted In the cancellation of three quarter of the entries. . Out of the three doaen home steads entered, by old soldiers or sol diers' widows with money supplied by -Jones, only nine went to patent and of these four wera gobbled up hy Mon- Jones Is supposed to have been acting a sgent for Edward C Wetmore. wealthy Pennny Iranian, to : whom the five claims finally secured by Jones 'were conreyed- Thm claims 'were lo cated advantageously - near creeks of rlvera and the , timber . waa equal to any in the state. Each claim la said to have been worth . several thousand dol lars, so the Stake for which the specula tors were playing waa a rich one.,, , , . . Xotel Senator Mutilated. . . Testimony' offered . yesterday ' after noon lent color to the district attorney's charge that the defendant . Ira Wade has endeavored ' to destroy evidence which might prove damaging to himself and his codefendant. The register of the. Toledo hotel which has been placed In evidence shows plain alteration In the addresses of some of the old sol 'dlers sent down to the Bllets by Jonea and Potter. They originally registered as from Portland, but -the address had been ohanged to Boots, the fillets poet office, apparently to .conform to; the bomeetead proofs. ' . . ICR. Ellsworth, the proprietor 'of the Bote), and Mlsa Ethel Parrtsh. an em ploye, testified that Wade came to the . hotel about September 11 of this year and borrowed the register, saying 1 he wanted It for use ' on the trial. Ells worth did not make the alterations In addresses and did not Know Who was . fenponslbie for them, but it transpired fhat the register was in Wade's posse f ton up to the eve of the trial. 4 The proceedings yesterday were - en . livened by a touch of humor when Tom Johnson, who has long been a familiar sight on Portland streets as a, vendor of puttons and pins, took the stand. . John set Is a veteran of tbe navy and "served In the sloop of war Portsmouth with Farragut" Like so many of the old soldiers who have already testified he was Induced to take up a homestead claim In the Bllets, and he made three " trip to the claim. (' When Mr. Heney began reading the trial proofs subscribed and sworn to by he old sailor, his surprise became mani fest . ) That's my signature all right, but I roust have signed the paper without reading It," he cried. The district attorney read from the proofs the description of the alleged Im provements. . "Why, I couldn't have said that It wasn't true,, said Johnson with some . Indignation. . - The next statement read was 16 the effect that' Johnson and his wife .had lived continuously on the claim for two years. -. .. ' . . . "Whoever put that down must have been dreaming. I didn't live mere con tlnuously and my wife waa never, there,' said Johnson. v.';; ' Sow Xls Xante Waa Changed. When naked -whethtnr-htBT true name waa . Tom Johnson the old sailor promptly acknowledged that his right name was Henry Toemans. uiougn no is commonly known by the former appeua tlon. .. Hla explanation of the alias brought a smile to tbe faces Of his audi tors. When he enlisted in the navy and went on board the Portsmouth he found that his name had been listed as Tom Johnson. - - "I wouldn't answer to that name when the roll was called aqd I got seven days or blackness. Arter that I thought it was better -to "take the nam they had given me. He added that On hla pen sion paper hla name waa given aa Henry Yeomans. alias .Thomas Johnson. - - ' H. L. Slsler, formerly a resident, of this city but. now at Seattle, testified that at the request of Jones, with whom he was on terma of cordial friendship, he consented to act as tbe medium for conveying the title, of some of the tim ber' claim a Four claims : were con' veyed to him and he In turn conveyed them - to Edward D. Wetmore, - Slsler had no interest In" the transaction, and as Mr. Heney stated, was In no way In volved in tbe alleged frauda... . Menso 3 j- Morse, another of the band of old soldiers who entered homestead claims, was the-last witness of the day. His testimony was in the main merely cumulative... " THOUSAND MADE HOMELLSS BY TENEMENT BLAZE NeworkVUttl-nra t Fire- Fireman Injured and .v ; Horses Burned. . (Spec's! Mspatek ky Lee ted Wire te The Jearsal) ' New York. ' Oct T. The fire which swept the two blocka bounded by First avenue and the East river and One Hun dred and Sixth and One Hundred and Eighth atreeta early -, today . rendered 1,000 persons hcmetess.areat gas tanks were threatened. many i horses were burned and panlo reigned 'in tbe local ity known as Little Italy. - Several fire men were overcome and one will die. - The fire started In a ragshop opposite the premises Of the Hygeira Ice com pany. 143 Eaat One Hundred and Sixth street Soon several gaa plants and sev eral apartments were threatened. The fire biased through Into the livery stable of Ruden Smith, .which was next door to Centres! rum shop.- In the stables were SI horses and the fire men made haste to rescue them. The old building was a mass of flame and the men were driven out before half of the ' animals wer saved. It ls thought that a dosen are dead In the ruins. Occupants of the tenements poured out of the buildings, many being overcome in the crush. In the mean time -the block became a sea of flames, especially as the lumber yards of J. Reebera' Bona -were reached. A back draft caught ' the firemen but - they escaped badly singed. . t At a doaen different points along the waterfront sparks fired wharves and shipping. The fireboat . MoClellan, to gether with a dosen tugs, had a busy time of, It extinguishing the flamea on Ice barges, lighters and piers. SHORTAGE OF CARS FORGES MANY HILLS TO CLOSE Western Washington Shingle Makers Are Facing a Most .' ' Serious Situation. , v fsped! Mepatck to Tbe Journal.) Seattle. Wash.. Oct T. More than 10 lumber and shingle mills, principally ine tatter, in HKagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties have been cloaed down within the last week owing, to tbe car shortage and prevailing wet weather. Advices o this effect have been received by local lumbermen, who, in consequence, look for a continued strengthening In the shingle market. - Accordlns? to advices nmlml from 40 mlllsv there la a ahortage at their planta alone of 1.000 cars, and, taking mis as ,a- Daaia lor.ngurmg, it Is ea tlmated that there Is a car ahortage at the lumber and ahtngle mills of western Washington amounting to about 10,000. Unless a change 'occurs within a week, and traffio men for all lines see no relief ahead. It la stated bv ths mill Interest that . the local market will be flooded with orders, the mill yards to capacity with cut stock and shipments at a standstill. . r Begin Work. Brew Boad. - (Special Dispatch to The Journal.! v , Drain, Or., Oct 7. The Southern Pa cific company has commenced issuing checks for right-of-way for the Drain Coos Bay railroad and It Is thought grading will commence soon. , A tele gram waa received a day or two ago to make yardage room for the new rails. which were ordered in the east some Coroner's Jury Finds That W. 4 Oliver, Son of Montana , : J ' Man, ,Was Slain. KILLED BY A BLOW AND - v BURIED TWO WEEKS AGO Assassin Then Burned the Wagon, Sold 'the Remnants fo Rancher, v and Left for, Parts. Unknown Good Description of Him Obtained. ' : (Special DUpetea to The JoaraaLt Helena, Mont, Oct 7. That Wesson J. Oliver, son of a prominent resident of Beaver Head county, was foully mur dered In Prickly Pear canyon," near Wolf creek, for his money, admits of . no doubts In the minds of the jury sum moned today by Coroner B. 8. . Bennett to determine the cause of hla death. The Jury returned' a verdict to thla ef fect ascribing the crime to some un known . person oor - persona It waa brought out at tbe inquest that young Oliver had a considerable sum of money; gold watch and a splendid Outfit of horses, wagon and. camp equipment It waa shown that Oliver and an unknown Frenchman in his' company was camped a few miles north of .Wolf creek Sunday afternoon, while the out fit passesd through town at IS o'clock that night Next day the wagon was burned. The Frenchman, ' representing himself as Oliver, ; disposed of ; the remnants to neighboring ranchers and started toward Helena. ; The crime waa committed with blunt club, which - broke the victim's nose and crushed In his right temple. The body was found In a shallow grave sl"Vhe" flrsfcaniplng place, mora than IS miles from where, the wagon waa burned. It was shipped to Dillon to night for burial. The murder was com' mltted Just two week ago today. A splendid description of - the alleged slayer ha been obtained, and it 1 be lieved he will soon be captured. PRESIDENT LEARiJS OUill OF SAHTO D0r.TlrtG0P.EBT Prof. Hollander Returns From Visit to Island and Europe With Report. time ago. MiiraiffliMiai m oil I F I Fill TO CURE ANY CANCER OR TUMOR - ei sww k rtsen veep UtMMOt r iUMtwt Baste. W RITE 01 Hit, 10 HI m CD3ED. ua jlai oa oiuea siuml A Pacino Island shrub or plant makes the .eures the most wonderful disoorerjoa earth T- 3000 CAMCtRJ cured o people ean sea and talk wita. AMY TUMOR. .vejr un vn on we up, isc or anj wkare sir months la. nearly aJwavt. Cancer. Poor eared free If cancer is very small en face. r ANY LOIII WOMAN'S BREASTIS GANGER ajBSPBBjBBj a rpfjsjel sWI DMtl a mil SMrrin paasn vurm, mrm h wwier! f ALWATn pot- - in das (UmmU U th vrmp(t, thn H kt o!Vhi too imf vrxl till pm jId. lfpiathfihmtM'r-r YaVUMl '.a .jar-fvo. tirwtain. InMmnl bereenrMl more eeneeni thee any other pnrtarltvlnc. S BST BMILITCUIHIITEK I VVKKTI. RE SURE TO KT MY ISO-PACK HHK. end tsstlmealale of theesenrle eured, and vHie to tbrm. (Rpeelal Dtapateb by Leased Wire te The Joeraal) Washington, Oct. 7. The president was today put in poasesslon of a full report from Professor Hollander, his special agent as , to the financial situation In Santo Domingo, with comparisons of ths situation of that republlo with West In dian colonies generally. Professor Hollander made a trip to Europe and there determined the exact value of the claims of all nations against Banto Domingo, v r- The mission of ' Professor Hollander to, Europe and to Santo Domingo had reference principally to the treaty with Santo Domingo Which th aenate refused to ratify last year. It Is expected that the report will be sent to the senate and will aid In having the treaty ratified this time. ' In the meanwhile the finances of Santo Domingo are being taken care of by international agreement with the United States. - Ons of the principal values of Profes sor Hollander's report is that the presi dent will know precisely what, la the real debt of Banto Domingo to any foreign nation and that there can be no exag gerations in order to Justify foreign In terference. Bucn interference was threatened last year but the United States stepped in and suggested that it take care of the customs till congress met. No funds, collected In Santo Do mingo by United States agent have been distributed as yet. "SWIFTVATER BILL" BUYS A FEW SHALL BOTTLES Meets Wife and Makes Explana ' tlons, Saying Story of Third .. Marriage Is Rot. (Special Dispatch te Tbe Jonmal.) - Seattle, Wash., Oct. 7. "Swlftwatet Bill" Gates will not be, forced to defend a 1 100,000 divorce ault brought by hla wife, Beatrice Gates. In connection with which a warrant for Bill's arrest was awaiting him on his return from the north yesterday with his third fortune of three Quarters of a million dollars. Bill, who escaped the officers with the warrant by lumping from the Ohio to a vessel -lying alongslds the dock, was found by th sheriff at midnight at a local hotel. He deoiared be was not trying to avoid arrest, aa the f 2.22S de posit required of him aa attorneya fees and costs In the proceedings waa a email Item. He first asked' that hla wife's at torneys be sent for, and when they' ar rived with the sheriff a conference was held. BUI declared it waa all 4 mis take, and Mrs. Spates, learning Of the turn things had taken, put in an ap pearance. There were explanations. Bill turned over the money and after buying a few bottles a a reminder of tbe old days took a room at the hotel. BUI says the story of his third mar rlags at Fairbanks is rot, and that the woman who came down on the same boat with htm waa simply a friend, who had gone east. - a nna rtn uimi trv A tn ftMHh IsRsMs "1 . e e ei nwi ens wnm w w w t i wijwwmi j a ) r"VO 28 THIRD ST., Wtaaj MARKET ST., SAN -FRANCISCO. I ' -flEISE SEO TCi3 TO S011E OXE WITH CiNCER. DISGUSTING BRUTALITY SHOWN IN FOOTBALL (Special DUptB hr Uuj Wire te Tke Jaeresll New Torit. Oct. 7. The COIumbla- Wesleyan football game this -evening Was marred by one of the most, dis graceful outbreaks of ruffianism ever seen on a football field In thla .city, After an atrocious piece of brutality by Right Halfback Bailey of Wesleyan by Jumping feet first on the back of Arm strong of Columbia, ths two teama got Into a general fhlxup. The -officials could have handled the situation and were rapidly pulling the men apart when" Coach Morley, of Co lumbia, rushed at Bailey, shoved him ! behind the goal posts sad struck him a terrific blow between the eyes. Bailey fell back In the arms of one of his team maies, tne blood spurting from his fsce. The police had hard work res tor Ins order. olloe had ha ' i: ' Wc have HEATERS in aU shap aizc and styles and" in prices from l2;50 Up. They are all splendidly made of tbe best materials and make your fuel bill small ; NGE In different styles and shapes from $23.00. , They are built on fuel savins; lines, and are made for coal or wood. ; If you have never used a Royal Rival Range you do not know what a money saver it is. ; House Furnishers that are here "With the Goods' Everything You Need From Basement to Garret and, at Prices That Are the .Very Bottom. 7 &?$y Us CROWE LEAVES TO FACE TRIAL; Handcuffed to a Detective then Notorious Kidnaper Starts for. Omaha. IS DRESSED MODISHLY ' JOKES ON DEPARTURE Given Suit of Clothes by Merchant AdmkerThanks ' Butto Of fleers for Their Courteous Treatment Lays . Arrest to Drink, . . : . , , ., (Special Dispatch te The Joernal.) Butte. Mont Oct 7. Heavily hand cuffed to Detectlye Henry Heltfeldt and guarded by Chief of Detectives W. H. Dunn. Pat Crow boarded the south bound Oregon Short Line train this even, lng and began the Journey back to Oma ha, where he will answer to the cnarge of shooting Policeman Alfred Jackson with Intent to kUl. and perhaps the charge of kidnaping Eddie Cudahy, the lS-year-old son of Edward A. Cudahy, th millionaire ' packing-house man of Omaha. With the same happy smile that he has worn continually since his arrest. Crowe shook hands with hla- fellow-prisoners at. the county Jail thanked the officers for their courteous treatment and bade each one farewell. 'When the goodbyes had been spoken.- Chief of Detect! vea Dunn produced a pair of handouffs and In a trice had snapped one about Crows s right wrist. Detective Heltfeldt fa. tened tbe remaining cuff about hla left wrist, and the trio climbed Into a car riage and started for tbe depot. Jokes With Dsaeottvea. , "We were In the harness together years ago, Heltfeldt," said Crowe to the detective, - "and here we are hooked up again. The detective and kidnaper for merly worked together in South Omaha. Quite a -crowd was assembled mt the depot when Crow and the detective clambered from the train. But for the fact that the picture of trie notorious kldnapsr had been published and circu lated so widely, many of the curious spectators would have believed that Crowe wa th officer and th detective hi prisoner. The kidnaper .walked with a SDrlnnr step, held his head high and apparently was the least concerned of the two, . . - - Crowe presented a smart appearance. Just before leaving he had been pre sented with a brand new overcoat and hat by D. J. Hennassy, a merchant, who sent on of hi tailor to Crow to measure him. Crowe gave his old clothes to a fellow-prisoner who wished to look well at hi trial. Afraid of IMakertoms. Crow wa visited today by Mayor John Maoulnnlas, to whom he declared that he -waa hardly anxious to be ar-4 rested becauas ef the-threats made to him by the Plnkertons that they would send him up for life, because Crowe said they had enough Influence with the American Bankers' association and he express companies to do aa they lata. : . - "When I got to drinking I did not car and wa introduced around under my own name." Crowe told Mayor MacQlnnlas that he felt "dead safe" when he- told a policeman that he was Pat Crowe, as they always thought he waa Joking. Policeman McOarvey of this city told Crowe to go away, when the latter, a week before hi street, revealed hi identity to th officer. JUDGE SAYS PICKETING CAH'T BE PEACEFUL Chicago Officer Declares Himself in Fining Union Men for, V Violating Injunction. (SpeHsl Dlspatea by teased Wire t The Jemtl) Chicago, Oct.. ?.t-'Ther I no sura thing aa peaceful, polite and gentle. Amaniy, picketing, an mora .than there tyuitht May's Big Specials! THIRD and BURNSIDE STS. THIRD , - and BURNSIDE Vhen Is a Ddzen and 18? One-half Less Than .When you trade at The Hub. There is a grand salcof $18; Suits and Overcoats a $12. Tomorrow will be a banner day here, for we have added several hundred more elegant lines to thealready vast display Men's Is $18 in buy ing power. This sale of fers a grand opportunity in the very choicest of fall fash ions single and double breasted sack, in black, blue, serges, worsteds cheviots; also fancy mixtures, stripeSjChecks, ovcrplaids and grays. Overcoate arid m OA mm V y w - SSw' -aaa w ew w For, choice .of 300 fell - and: winter 2 weights, grays, gray mixed, : black, blue, tan and . fancy effects., - They are grand specimens of high dass $18 values. THE HUB "WiU cdebrite tlie Ut ;weck ,of the Lewis ' and Oark Fair by sending out some of the ' grandest bargains ever seen in this great city. ;;; 'i. . c 1 - ' - can be chaste, polite and gentlemanly vulgarity or peaceful mobbing, or .lawful lynching." Thla .was th comment '. of - Justice Smith of the appellate court In an opinion handed down against, Franklin union, No. . 4, .aod. three of i It mem- W. who were fined - $104 each and sentenced to thirty days Imprisonment, In th superior court, for violation of n Injunction secured by th Chicago Typothetae. "Certainly, If a 'union man hs the ttoioa behind him and a picket lln t support htm," said Justice Smith, "h will prbtnptly. endeavor to extermtnaU th scab' .at eight. - This Is 'a well known to the public as It Is to' counsel. -It Idls to talk of picketing fojr a law Cut persuasiv pttrpos, Z " ..... t -5 A