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Journal Circulation .VOL. IV. NO. 226. t , PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY.. EVENING, NOVEMBER 24. 1905. TWO, SECTIONS 20 li PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. OH TKAJHS HD WTWS STAND, , IWK Ci.!. GOOD EVEIMIIG - THE WEATHER. " . .-.Fair tonight, and Saturday; essu erly winds. . . .. ,..; ;! f Nv', 1.000 EXPRESS PAGKAGEIS STOLES AT Night Messenger Boyd ' Redner, . Who -Last Handled the Cur rency. Disappears With y remaie companions PINKERTONS FAILTO 'FIND MAN OR MONEY . . k ' V i ' : ' . . V ' ' : - . i . Theft -Just Discovered but Occurred Three Weeks ' Ago Missing Man Traced -Wallah Walla, - Where Trace ' Is Lost Af fair; Complicated byFact ManWas Not Bonded, . ' - (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal) . 4 'Pendleton, Or., -Nov. H. An express ' package containing 11,000 In - currency la missing -in the transfer of the Pa- i clflc expreas matter. Boyd Redner, who was night messenger at the time, and a - woman whom he had been keeping com ,' pany with are missing. No trace of the ' express package nor of these parties baa v. been found. ' Superintendent J. W. Rogers. Salt I.eke Inspector of the western dlvytlon . of '.the Pacific Express ' company, has been investigating the matter. ' The facts in the case show that about three weeks- ago an express package. contain ing 11,000 was delivered' to the night -.-'messenger of the Pendleton offices by I a tralnmesnrr of the -O. R. ' N. train No., (.. which paseaPendletoir-t 11 o'clock -at night - - - The receipt was given by the messen- - ger ' to the ' train, messenger and 'the ' transfer made ' In the regular manner, .-'tout -as the -package did not arrive at Ha destination, the theft has Just been -found out - The package was traced to this "city, ' where all record was lost . Boyd Red ner, who was night messenger at the - - time the ' package passed through, and 'a womnn from the tenderloin have dia- appeared from the city, going from here-l to waua. walla. . finaerton,- selective " have. lulled to locate, either of themt date. , ' . As the local-agent' or superintendent 'will make no statement, -it la not known Continued on 'Page- Two.)- EVERYBODY TO FREEZE t TO DEATH TOMORROW : ... ' ' Jnornal gpeHal gn-Hee. ' Lafayette. Ind, NoV.-. 4. 4 ,: Everybody Is- to fee rid 'of hla earthly cares tomorrow. for' the world Is to- come to an end. 8o says John CalHcot, the negro I prophet of this city, who, for the .' j last to years has been predict- Ing the mlllenlum. According to ' the prophet the sun will sink be- " luaj the liailsuumt nmw tsmns row, the earth will . grow ' cold and - everybody will perish. The negro population Has consider- able respect for the prophet and w his prophecies and will undoubti ' edly breathe easier when the , ' day has passed without dire cajamitlea. ' ..v.'- , - ? . . '..V PEkDLETOiI QUARTER'S IMTII this ti:je ' ., . ..-. ,'-'' ,' ': Prorrioters "of Admiration of Jap . .anesQ Art' Make Good,' In-' ; 1J- MoJderatiori.- ' i . -7 f , i -. J v PLATES,' OR PLATTERS, OR . I foolish Toys th rule t ; ' I r . J. . ', Holders' of 'Tickets Straggle "Out to . Fair; Grounds "'and ' Corne ;'Awaj i Itf ore Disgusted Than on ' Previous . --Occasion. ; ' - '' , : ? -f . : -' -V-V-l- ;-i : It was not like Portland day,' nor even opening day, - Each car - brought front one . to four 1 women, - and - generally on man. Tbey scanned the horison ' fur tltely air They ajlghted at Twenty-sixth and Cpabur streets, and then - made a bee-line for the 'Japanese Are Admirer's shop.. The' air was chilly, and the cold spirit ef Japanese, art worse, for th door was blocked, snd the only reception giving : the straggling visitors of the order - who had "made good" on - their lips, wss 'show - -your ticket,' please. 'There was no rush in numbers, but the solitary woman Inside who presided over several ' scorea-of neat - packages, . was rushing. When a ticket waa shown her, she knew that somewhere beneath some bundle was some' package which some Japanese -had.- estimated would recom pense. the gullible American puir.haset, snd ahe made a dive for that number. While she looked with sincere interest, holders of tickets waited ' on the cold outside. Stamping feet, clapping hands and with - good-natured - Joking they whlled the first half hour away, while the woman attendant' within searched.-1 Sometimes, a package" 'mostly platea, came out - through - the minute opening In the door. As a rule they were Japan. e porcelain ware of the plate or platter order, and which were sold at about II cents each on' the dosing days ef the fair.' Again the mysterious package con tained a- wee-wooden box worth to or 30 rents,- case or a toy. A a. the lottery hopefuls unfolded them. ..'peals? of laugh- ter broke the stillness of the dead ,fslr. , .Til -Jfraipe' J that, ; ; remartced T ,one get something for my 'money," said another triumphantly. t I wouran't open that in; the presence of company - for 'all ' the "world. said another, as she hid her package. , - Some were satisfied and others were not fwhen the' promotera'of the- Society of Japanese Art Admirers commenced to clear' themselves this morning of the taint of lottery..- "i. : These men. lhe-"wlly little orientals who hgve -been figuring In the court for some time past are accused of hav ing duped some of Portland s most dis tinguished ' rltiaens. , Sheriff Word In terfered with their scheme, but not until thv timA of severs! thousand tickets, each calling for jltpanpse art goods to the value of tl. Manifesting, as they - claimed, a desire to protect their patrons and show their good in tention, the - Japanese' announced yes terday ' that holders of tickets would today be given full-value for the amount Invested with the ' society. : The result (Continued on Page. Two.) ..!'; 1. A i t .; 'v. - . , ' . "'.? PanorsiTiic' Photograph of IEI RENTALS Equitable ! Life Gives FavAred 'Trust 'Company, In 'Which . ' Officials Are Interested, ' 'Cheap Rates. ':V!. , hVde'scompany given : all fire insurance Fifty-Two Millions on ' Equitable ' Buildings 'placed With Concern in Which' Hero of Cambon Dinrier Is director Auditor Not Informed of Squire and Other Accounts. . f '(Jearaal BpeUl SerrlM.) ' ' : New Tork.:Nov.. 2t Gerald R.' Brown of ' the Fkjultable Life., who has charge of the buildings -owned by, the society, was'recalled to the stand in the leg lnlatlve lnaurance investigation "this morning. He produced a list of the tenants of the Equitable building ' In this city ' and aald that - the Equitable Trust company pays $20,000 a year rent He said that $30,000 'would be an ade quate rental. ' Brown said that after' the committee completed , its -work something would undoubtedly be done to secure an ade quate sum from the trust company. He said that prebably all the other tenants paid' fair rentals. . '- - Hughes ' questioned him concerning other real estate matters -of, the Equit able and his testimony developed the TTil'l Mini IfiaiftVD.ftftO' nf ' flrn' Iniiuranrj! were carried and handled by the con tinental Fire Insurance company, at the direction of James H. Hydo, who is a director in the Continental. , - Francta ; W. Jackson, auditor of -the Equitable, testified that he had never, until the- investigation, heard of the "Qeorge B. ' Squire, ' trust ee,-'-account, nor of the. "James W.- Alexander No." 3" account,' because they were -not carried on tlie company's books, of which he was In eontrot , He told of the accounts of the foreign buildings. ' Wilnam 8. Manning, who la referred to In letters to Senator Bepew as "our cantankerous friend up- the river," com pleted his testimony before the com mittee. He stated that for many years (Continued on' Page Two.) w i a rrir nurn v r f nn ir h AWRY DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE" - .You "will find it as an annex to the handsome color supplement of next Sunday's Journal. . - '"Away Down South in Dixie" is the UttTe pet name' forgone of .the funniest-contrivances.? ? that ever made a' youngster-laugh. It's a novel cut-out mechanical toy. There's almost as Lin.uch.Jun In cuttingt out and putting it together as there is in working it. A little black pick- aninny eats a watermelon and rolls his eyes and keeps on 'eating, 'ihis is 6nly Ulie of a serieVf-r C of tut-out mechanical toys which The Journal will give away a 'J J. : ' .' , ' the" Insurance' Investigation,' Showing V .' , '. . . ' ' ' t ''"'' : I ' ... i ' - v ' ' . f v.. 'Premier Balfour., BALFOUR WILL- APPEAL TO VOTERS FOR. APPROVAL Suggestion That Cabinet Should : 1 Resign Is Unfavorably i t -. . ",: Received. - - (Jnuraal tperlal Rerrlee.) London. Nov.. 34. The cabinet .'as sembled at noon. All members except Lord Salisbury were present 'ItMs un derstood that the cabinet- reached a de cision to -appeal to; the country. The suggestion - that the cabinet resign was received unfavorably because of the at titude'of the Liberals. 1 Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bsnnerman, leader of 'the Liberal party, in a speech at Stirling last night openly advocated home rule Mr Ireland by giving the management ot domestic affairs ' to the Irish people themselves, and said that this waa the only way to heal the differences of the Irivh-govern-menrand tu nisjte-Ireland 'I'M . Autopsy on Kldshlpmaa. - :. . (Jeurnal Special gerrire.) --AnnapoliSi-Md., -Nov. 34. Just-after the prosecution of the Meriwether case rested this afternoon Liieutenant-Com-marker - Robinson, for 'the accused, moved that the court martial order the examination of the body of Branch. The Judge advoeate suggested that the per mission of the family be first obtained. There-was an- executive session to con sider1 the matter. Admiral Ramsay an nounced later that .the court had Je eMed to grant the requeat for an au topsy. The defense has asked that Naval Surgeons Ames and Catewood be present. The court consented. The au topsy will probably be held tomorrow. . 1 kAAAAAAAAAAAAAi WWW W W v-r'v-"! '1-,j Y,:. ;VS K''- '.r -f "- - i'i A. " j; ,1 i ' V-J It . -I . aj X I James- H. Hyde in the" Witness Chair B1KFJ TO J 0 LS tl Newton C. ' Dougherty, : Leading Pedagogue and Bank" Presi-'; ; dent'f Peoria, Given In- , 1 determinate Sentence. ...... v4,-.., ..',.,",. .a.;. - . PLEADED GUILTY TO i -; - EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE ' '";" ' -:- Former President of the National 'Educational Association Pecula tions' Amount to Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Waa Lead ing '.Light in Political 'Life.' ' Juml SpeeUl' BVrrlee.) . . Peoria, 111.,. Nov.- , 2t. Newton :- C. Dougherty, ex-president of the National Educational association, ex-presldent pf the First National- bank of Peoria, and ex-auperintendent of . public ' schools, pleaded guilty to embesslement ' this morning aiid waa given, in Indetermi nate sentence In Joliet prison. Over 100 indictments were ; returned against ' Dougherty by the grand Jury and his 7 defalcations extend over a period of' many years. On accmiht of his prominence and position he waa fiot auspected until two months ago. when a . discharged - clerk made . charges against him which resulted In the grand Jury Investigating. 'Stole fee "Twe I)eoadee. '':! -"The peculations were- carefully ""con cealed with a cleverness that defied de tection for two decades and tmul sev- 'Fraf .liiindied thoesand dulais. Yel'TT the time he ws. admired as a noted educational authority and he 'waa -ra-spected .a a man of Irreproachable In tegrity and loved for his winning man ner. ' . "" ' ' '-'!'-' It was his power to attract men and bend them to his uses that haa been his undoing. For IS years- he- has been a supreme figure as "a boss" in school politics. In the educational affairs' of hla home rwmmun-Mr be -was a dlctstor, in the state schoopollctes hla hand was ever seen snd in the natlpnal Held he waa one of a few leaders. The op portunity to handle school funds as hf pleased he gained by making the school board Itself subservient to his will. .. (Continued on Page Two.) Wvl inrn vr different" toy every week. ' ; v.'.-i . '.' -.' 1 I 'T :,' ..- 'V - ' - - " ? ' . -' ' t ' j, .- .. -. '' v ' ';?-'.' wi -' r, - ' v- on the Right, and Inquisitor Hughes fITIIIliS BURil REPRIEVE AT FOOT OF SCAFFOLD Condemned . Murderer. Secures Stay of Execution on -Brink If: - ' ' of Execution.' y DOOMED TQ DIE TODAY; ?:' FOR KILLING WIFE Papers Perfected In ' Malheur 'County - Reach 1 Salem Few4' Hours Before Time Set for Complying With Judgment of Court. ;.. T 'T... . (Sseetal Dtaeetefe to The. Jesraal) Salem, Or., Nov. '4. Holllater Megor dewt sentenced' to die on ' the gallows this morning at the atate penitentiary, eecured -a atay of execution from - the circuit court of Malheur county- where he was convicted, - last night - Prepara tions for hla -execution had been made and 1 the 'death sentence was to have been carried out at noon. . Megnrden, through his attorney,' per fected hi appeal to the supreme court and the papers, accompanied by the cir cuit Judge's stay, reached this city last night Megnrden -was convicted and sentenced to be 'hanged for the murder otyhts wife.,.- .. ' DESTITUTIO:! CAUSES SCIOII -0F li03!UTY TO STEAL" i Spent Money In; Having a' Good Time and Then Robs Store ' , v "7;' to Procure Food. '.: , IlnuMl Mtal SinW.I New Tork. Nov. $4. The plea that he la the scion of English nobility wss tne excuse given in an appeal for Judicial clemency today in the court of special sessions by a man aged about 30 years. The young-man gave, the name of Ar thur Wilson, and pleaded guilty to the theft of a set. of Flutaren-s uvea- vai I1t. an from a department store. The prisoner salofne at otif "Hi boVJkr because he Was absolutely destitute. WUaon was remanded. In explaining hla poverty he aald that he had arrived here with plenty of money, and started In to have-a good time all the way to the ! Pacific coast and back. -He' suc ceeded, but -then the money - gave out When he reached New York, returning from the west Wilson ald he nad in pounds. -This went -quickly when he en tertained the petty - of fioers of Prince Louis' flagship Drake at the Hotel Astor. MARSHALL FIELD, JR., HAS I ,CUANCEF0R RECOVERY JmrMl gpeelal Bi iire.1 -Chicago, Nov. t4. Doctors In attend ance updn Marshall Field. Jr-, who was accldentally-ahot-- yesterday, Issued . a bulletin at o'clock 'this morning aa follows: "Pulse " ,---tamnrature tlhkl chanw for recovery."- - . ' -. i V" -Ti :' -. '''. ',,(, t -.'.- -' - . rri- i . . '-. v.. v ... v . . .':....; . , : ' - Star ,? nEVOLT: IIJ1I1I1 Private Advices From Front.State That Rioting Soldiers Sack '.-'the City and Light ' r. . ' the Torch. PEASANTS' CONGRESS'TO ; STOP. PAYMENT OF TAXES Delegates Would Secure Granting ef 'All' Reforms Before Any ' More Revenues -Are Given fthe Car 'Zemstvo Congresa 'Demands -Pop ular Ballot as Price of Support.' ' (tarsal BpaeUi Servlee.) ' lIWarsaWt-Nov.. It. PerslsteaL rumors that the Manrhurlan army of Russia has revolted agnin are in circulation.- Private- dispatches received here state that the mutineers have completely burned Harbin after rioting and sacking tha place. The messages' Mr that the re volt has attained -widespread propor tions and-that soldiers ordered' to quell the rioters refused ' to fire upon their brethren In arms.; . . . ' The peasants' congress now In session here today .decided to appeal to - the people,- requesting thera not to pay any taxes until all damanrts for reform had been fully .granted. The effect -of the ... measure is to bring about a situation -similar to that which exlats In Hungary. . where all revenue has been cut off from the government ! Resolutions t were passed by tha eongreaa condemning thtt Je'wlsh iiissHiictt,- By -a -small nvajorltr in Zeiiistru- congress has -adopted -the 'program drafted by the executive .committee de- , daring the terms under which apport will , be rendered Wltte. The- resolu tions provide that the election of repre sentatives' shall be by direct, equal and secret ballot, and that the first douma be formally, granted the power to elab orate a constitution fr the empire.-The-I friends ' of Count Wltte wIk foua-ht agarnst the -direct ballot provision were defeated. Poland is In a state of turmoil and rebellious bands are ' burning . govern ment building and Mating, in many die- . trlcts euttlng down state, forests,, clos ing schools and sailing-' estates. Troops are," being poured - In - to reinforce . tha .. garrlsona. Ooverndr-Oeneml Scallen has sent,a ronfldentlal circular, to governors orderlng them toTtnoof dusii aliinnis . Continued on Page Two. ) WHAT YOU MUST PAY , . TO DINE'ON TURKEY Turkeys IS cents a pound. "This is the - retail ' price- tn-- - Portland todajt for fancy dressed .. stock. ' Quality - of . present1- ar- 4 ' rivals Is Unit rltajm there tlng e a much smaller amount ot culla'' e in lha i mnrVsf than Usual Chicken supplies are heavy . and ' prices- are not - quite so high. e Ducks and geeee. are rather plen- . tiful and are being talked of as e . a substitute for turkeys: , . , A 4 ' -- s
