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GOOD MORNING
, J; THE WEATHER.
Yesterday
Was
Fair; variable wind.
PORTLAND. OREGON, "SUNDAY lORNING. DECEMBER
1905. FOUR SECTIONS FORTY-FOUR PACES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
yOL. II. NO. 39
LH BY FOR
' PUTER AND
10.
a $?;oo,ooo SWIND
SERIES .m
LAID AT DOOROF
;WPKINLE
Kay M'Kay Arrested in Seattle; G. J. Hibbard
in Portland on Charges; Made by Hiram
Goddardi-a Wisconsin Banker. . .'
LIST OF SALES OF 1 00,000 ACRES
GIVEN BY M'KINLEY TO HIBBARD
Latter Released, as Authorities ; Believe Him
Innocent Tool---Vast Sales of Oregon
School Lands on Forged Certificates, i
' Trouble U again brewing for 'B.X- D.
Puter and Horace - McKInley. of land
fraud fame, and two arrests have been
made within the paat 3 hour of per
sona charged with complicity with tbem
in forcing deeds a,nd certificates of
state school lands. . " ' ,, ' . .
Ktjr- McKay was taken into custody
yesterday by the police of Seattle on s
warrant sworn out by by Hiram God
. 4ard of Im Cre,'Wtconln, charglng
' him with forgery, and George J. Hibbard
of this city .was arrested Friday-night
on the same chargre but was released
yesterday morning, the authorities haying-
become convinced that he. was at
most only , the Innocent tool of the
smooth swindlers who were the moving
spirits in the frauds. ' -" ' ,
umi'Hflii aw out tar I'uter. jjctUn'UT.'
' H." H. Biggs and two -other members ot
the gang whose Identity Is h!ddn under
the names of "John Doe" -and '"Richard
Roe." Hiram Qoddard, lumberman and
banker of La Crosse, Wisconsin, swore
' to the complaints and his losses through
the operations of the gang are placed a
high a 1200,000. v ;
Cans-fat by Forgeries. y?
By means of forged deeds purporting
to convey from the state of Oregon '7,000
acres of valuable , timber lands, he; was
parted from his money. . Qoddard has
invoked the aid of the, state laws of
Wisconsin to punish -the men who swin
dled him and if .developments - should
warrant it, the government will doubt
less take a hand in the proceeding. '
Evidence has been placed In the hands
of Bute Land A-eni Weat which will
CURTAIN DOWN ON
Mrs. Eldredge, Who Began Stage
Career With Joseph Jeff er- 1
son, Is Dead. '
Sperll Dlpetch by LeeMd Wire to Tbe Joarnsl)
New, fork, Deo. a. Mrs, Louise Eld
redge, a well-known actresa of long
ago, but tip to tbe last day of her 111
neea, beginning two weeks ago, a friend
tof actresses of today, by whom and by
' all the world beside she wsa known as
"Aunt Louisa," hasgone to her long
sleep. She died at t o'clock thla morn
ing of BrlKht's disease, at the flat. No.
"142 East t Thirteenth street, where she
has lived for the paat 8 years.
Te old. lady, -whose later years have
been devoted to helping the children
and women of the stage, had reached
the ripe age of 76. She sank gradually
slnoa,ier illness developed. and paased
away1 peacefully in the arms of her
on. Press Eldredge, a vaudeville actor.
"Aunt Louisa." as an actress, will
not be remembered"by.any of the pres
ent generation. If was in her fifteenth
year, ln1844, that she made her debut
In Philadelphia as Clementine in "Rob
ert Macalre." ' ' ' , ; -
She- had .chosen' the" stage name of
Louisa Jefferson, as her father opposed
her going on the stag. -Curiously
enough, In the same company, at the
time wks k young aisn named' Jeseph
Jefferson, the great ,"Rlp Van Winkle"
of our dey. ' She outlived him by . a
little more than six months. He JMig
gested'thitt she use the name of Mor
timer, which she did. '
By those- who remember "Aunt
Louisa" and her stage career at all,
he Is recalled by her hit as Crasy
Agnes in -the -Drunkard,' a play of
the older time. In this msd scene she
made up like Ophelia. Afterward she
played with the elder Booth In "Richard
111" and later was successful with In
gentle roles and smaller character part.
. But It will not bes an .actress that
Aunt Louisa" will be remembered. It
will be the orgnnlser-of the snntteT
, Thrlslmns festival for the stage, chil
dren at Pastor's theatre, with her own
Unique way of distributing Christmas
gifts to the yotina-sters. that she will
, le trin!nrel In the hpnrts of old folk
and nli'o fir hfln to youi'is womnn of
tho ntnsn, when th'-y have twen In hard
liv k.
AUNT
LOUISA
play an important part In the proeeediags
when the defendants are placed On' trial.
George J. Hibbard has turned : over .a
number-of. letters which passe J between
himself and McKInley. a well as -cor-reepondence
with two Seattle attorneys
E. O. Rognon and E. K. Hawkins who
were retained by JIcKinley and whose
written opinions, were useful aids In
forwarding his schemes.' y
'. A asaaitng pit. '
A remarkable feature of tba eorrespond
enc Is a list of references which. HcJCln.
ley gave to Hibbard in August of this
year, as evidence of uis own Integrity
and .trustworthiness. McKInley wrote
that he had sold about 100.000 acres of
lnnria In Oreann and referred Hlbbsrd
to the buyers, whom he named. WSTfiTT
was as follows: . . -. . , ,
t ,' " Acres.
H. H, Wlthee, La Crosse, Wlsconstn.15.00f
H. A. 8alser, La Croaee, Wisconsin. .14.827
George Caller, Minneapolis 7,000
Frederick A. Krlbs, Portland 7.000
8 T. Hyde. La Crosse tl.400
Plnley Morrison (Canfleld estate).... I.OuO
Hyde Thompson. Cascade Locks.. 4.000
Levi. Wlthee, La Crosse , 4.000
Abner Glle eaUte, La roee 4,000
J. C. Storey. Monahan. Washington. J.0O0
John Paul. Watertown, Florida t.000
R. H. Paul, Watertown, Florida .... Z.000
Hiram Goddard. La Crosse ....w 1,000
James Vincent, La Crosse 40t
Frank Tiffany, Milwaukee .......... t0
" In addiyon to all these .persons who
(Continued, on Page Five.)
CALIFORNIA SWEPT
BV IVIND STORM
Many Buildings Are Unroofed
High Waves on Salton Sea '
, Tie Up Traffic. ,. '
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Jos rail)
Kedlands, CaL, Deo. . Reports
reaching Kedlands through an authentic
source tonight-tell . of great havoc
played by- the storm today at Banning,
Belmony and San Jacinto. The wind
velocity, was reported at (5 miles .an
hour and several houses vere unroofed
bjr- the storm.
A row" of. Mexican houses along the
Southern Pacific track were swept from
.their foundations, while others ' were
caved in. One of the Inmates suffered
a. broken arm, but.no further Injuries
could be ascertained this evening. .
Seven bouses were- reported as being
unroofed. Th large trees used ae
wind brakes to shield the town bent and
stayed before the mighty force and
many of them were uprooted. ' Tbe tele
phonic communication was put out of
commission for the day and all outside
work was suspended.
In San Jacinto county dosens of the
Urge cottonwood trees that surround
the town were uprooted and others were
torn and split to pieces. It is re
ported that the Southern Pacific shee
ny around , the Salton.. sea has '. been
washed out. and that ail - trains are
stalled.' . '..''
Waves . on the Sea are said t have
been II feet high. . Seuthern Pacific
local trains were also stalled near 'Col-
ton by the piles of sand blown onto the
rails by the. high wind.
A . wireless dispatch from Avalon,
Santa Catallna Island, state that the
worst storm in years has been raging
there since dusk lsat night, cotpmunlca,
tlon with the mainland having been
entirely out off except by wireless.
The steamer Cabrlllo was unable to
land when she. arrived today. She went
around tho Island to., Catallna harbor,
hoping. the storm would abate, but was
obliged to return to San Pedro with her
passengers,- Three launches - anchored
In the bay were ewsmped, and four
glass-bottom boats demolished. ,
' The family occupying the Aquarium
was obliged to abandon the premises.
The bnthhouse was partially , demnl
tHhed. The wind la Increasing tnrrljtht,
and the prospects are for a heavy" gale
and blgh sea before moraine. y -
STANDARD
FOUNDLING LEFT IN
HALLWAY v
Ballplayer : McLean y Finds
Strange Visitor in His Apart'
ment House;
V
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On a lounge In the hallway of ' his
apartment' house at Twentieth and
Washington streets, Lawrence McLean,
ball ; player, 'found a two weeks old
child ; last night The child was rei
moved .to the Good Samaritan hospital,
and detectives -are searching for- its
mother.' ''.',- ... '
At the hospital it la said that the
child's mother Is. Mrs. Bsrrlngton,.'who
topped at the : .Kingston apartment
bouse, Third and-Taylor streeta.. . Two
weeks ago she was taken to the hospital
where the child was born. Yesterday
she left -the Institution, and -tried to,
prevail upon . the nurses there to take
the child. Her request was denied.
Persons who. were walking . along
Washington street near Twentieth last
night --noticed the singular actions -of
two women, one of whom was carrying
a baby.. The child was wrapped in a
red ' blanket. The women passed the
child from one to . the other -several
times. ' -
'Shortly before 10 O'clock Larry Mo
Lean heard an Infant's voice In the hall
way of his spartment house. He In
vestigated, and found a Jaby wrapped
In a red blanket bearing the flood Sa
maritan hospital laundry mark. ' Mrs.
McLean at -once notified the .hospital
and thn police headquarters. At' the
hospital ishe was referred to Dr. Louis
Buck, who had attended the woman. He
arranged tor It to be taken to the hospital.-
. - .-. -.
. Policemen Evans and Xpaakson were
dotatle-1 on tbe case, and removed .the
child to the flood Samaritan hospital,
where the nurses agreed to keep it en
til this morning, when It wtll be sent to
the Baby home. Acting Detective Hell
yer and Station Officer Oolts were de
tailed to Investigate the case and to lo
cate the mother of the child. -
TAC0MA B0Y KILLED
WHILE STEALING RIDE
X
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Rtrtelal Dlraatek te The JoeraaM
Tscoms, Wash- Dec. . Instant death
was the penalty paid today, by Claire
Waldrlp, . aged 14, for stealing a ride
on - the cars. The boy was beheaded
nar South Tacoma by a Northern Pa
cific freight train. Inward bound. Three
boy companions were with him, but they
fled precipitately upon seeing tbe awful
sc cident, - Coroner Stewart- cannot find
them and details are lacking. However,
It is known that Waldrlp was riding
between tw care-en -loet-hls holiL In
tbk fall his head fell on the rail and
cut off. -
rhe practice of catching 4 moving
ina has been common among boys
In, that neighborhood. The victim was
tli son f Elmer Wsldrlp, now m
plj.yed at Lewlstnn, Idaho. HIS mother
7?
s here and la prostrated ay f ner.
rss . . : j. ' . '
'The Modern Monte Cristo: "Two!"
OIL
Trust agnates Schema to
Elect Rockefeller Man as ,
"t : Successor to McCurdy.
TRUESDALE AND FISH ARE
: ', CANDIDATES FOR PLACE
Chairman of ' House-Cleaning Com
. mittee la .Extremely Friendly to
;. Octopua Ryan , Wanted to -.. Be
- Forced to Squeal on Harriman..
(Bpeelal Dispatch by Leaead Wire te The Jearaal
: 1. New - York, Dec 9. Friends; of
Thomas F. Ryan and-a H. Harriman
today declared that : there had ' been a
settlement of difficulties between, the
two financiers and that Ryan's, refusal
to tell the" Armstrong - committee
whether Harriman had , threatened him
with legislative Investigation as the
price of a refusal to let him in on the
purchase of the Hyde .Equitable, stock
was only feigned. .
- - Ryan. It was said, was ready to dis
close the secret terms .held out' to him
aa the price of peace with . Harriman
and the legislature,' but he wanted to
be forced to make these revelations, so
that he would not be in the position of
a "squealer." On the other hand. Har
riman's friends declared that Ryan's si
lence was made, more for self-preservation
than out of any feeling of friendship
for Harriman. -
The coming week will be-one-ef ut
most importance in the insurance world,
so far as. both legislative revelations
and the inside workings of the big com
panies are concerned. It . was stated
today that at the weekly meeting of
the Mutual Life trustees to be held
Wednesday, the election of a new prest
dent to aucceed Richard A. McCurdy
would be finally settled. The Mutual's
committee of five of ."No nomination
and conciliation'.' met today and agreed
upon two names which will be presented
to tho trustees op Wednesday.
.'''.' Vrneedaie ei Fish. , ' ' ' " '
: It is now the.- general belief that
Charles A. Peabody, the recognised
candidate of .the Standard OH Interests,
has been eliminated from consideration,
and that the choice lies between W. H.
Truesdale, president of the Lackawanna
railroad' and chairman of -the , Mutual's
'bouse cleaning committee,", and Stuy
vesant Fish, president of- the Illinois
Central railroad. ,, -..
Of these Mr. Truesdsle la declared te
be the most likely to be chosen. Though
not openly recognized' ss such he Is
known to be extremely friendly to the
Standard Oil interests. Mr. Fish is a
strong Independent and is already too
powerful a magnate to be Intrusted with
the management of the huge Mutual
assets. . .
Tbe Standard OH arguments against
Mr. Fish Is that In control of the
$400,000,000 assets, of the, company h
would become a power , In Wall street,
and If he wielded his power In an un
friendly way would greatly menace 'the
hold which v the Rockefellers rfow have
upon the finances of the company,
V '. Would Control Fonda. ' )
On the other hand, with Mr."Trues
dhle In charge of the Mutual, the finan
ciers at tt Broadway, the 4 Ronktfellei
Continued en Page Two-i
TRIES
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From the Chicago Tribune.
TO GET
T1THAT TIFF
PASTOR IS OUSTED
FOR FRANKNESS :
Preacher Says That Insurance
". Grafters Should Be In Hades
and Loses Job.
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wire te The ioaraal)
Stamford. Conn., Dec, . If the Rev.
Oeorge C. Richmond, eurate of St. John's
Episcopal church, has hia way. the pop
ulation of Hades will eventually be
vastly Increased by Insurance magnates
and grafters now under investigation
in New York city. -By reason of his
wholesale condemnation of rich sinners,
the parishioners of St. John's Intend to
dispense with Dr. Richmond's services.
There are many very wealthy families
In the congregation and they object to
any radical selection of their future
abodes by a eurate who was supposed
to guide them gently In the proper
psth.
The particular sermon to which the
parishioners of St. John's object was de
livered last Sunday at the memorial
service of the Elks. - In effect. Dr.
Richmond said that any business man
who received a salary of 126,000 was a
thief. Richmond said today:
"'I did not realise that I was saying
anything to cause commotion or com
ments - I am- not sorry nor afraid and I
have nothing to take back. I should
like, however, to ampllfjr the remarks
I made to some extent. Its meaning
should be brought out more fully.
"I remember that when I was assist
ant in Holy Trinity church of New Tork
bthere waa a young man In the church
who was employed by Uie Kquitaoie xne
at tlt.SO a week. I officiated at his
marriage. , Two months later It was
discovered that be bed stolen $50 from
the company and he was sent to prison.
Now. who la the greater sinner, that
young man or HydeT
"I.teli you, Hyde will be In hell for
eternity as compared with . the teian,.
that ypung man should spend there.
"In ray remarks I made, last Sunday
I did not. mean that people were delib
erately and purposely breaking tho ten
commandments; I meant that they
were results of an evil System. But,
you know,- we are using plain terms
nowadays, and practically, they are
thieves who take that : which doee not
belong to them and which they do not
earn." - .' - - ' ' -
EIGHT CENTS APIECE
FOR C0RVALLIS EGGS
t ("pMlal Ptapatrh to The Joanal.l
Corvallla, Or.. Deo. . F. U Miller,
owner of tbe largest chicken ranch In
Mils section, has closed a deal with an
Oakland, California, man to furnish
t.000 Buff Orpington eggs st I cents
apleo. .The shipments are te be made
during December. January and Febru
ary. This means 180 a month for Miller
from tbe sale of eggs alone.
On bis 10 -acre poultry ranch Miller
this year raised 1.000 chickens. Ills
Ruff Orpingtons have carried Oft prises
at all tbe poultry shows.
TRY TO AVERT
A
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Schwab Plead With President
Corey of Steel Trust to
Forsake Actress.
say:social OSTRACISM
WILL FOLLOW DIVORCE
Magnmte It Told That Ctrnegfe WU1
Demand Hia Retirement If He De
serts the ' Woman Who Stood by
Him In Hia Daya of Poverty Out
come of Visit Not Made Public
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to Tba Yoaraal)
New York. Dec . Mr. - and Mrs.
Charles M. Schwab aeld an earnest con
sultatlon today with William E. Corey
at the Waldorf Astoria and undertook
to effect a reconcllatlon between the
president of the steel trust and his wife.
whose recent separation naa oeen at'
trlbuted to Corey's alleged fondness tor
Miss Mabelle Glllman.' the actress.
Tbe Schwabs came from I .ttaburg by
appointment with Mr. Corey, It Is- un
derstood. , On tbelr arrival they were
immediately ushered up Into Mr. Corey's
apartments, wfiere tbey remained tor a
little over an hour.- "Then Mr. Schwab
withdrew leaving hie wife to continue
the- effort to persuade Mr. Corey that
to rejoin' hia wife and prevent the scan
dal tbat would ensue- ' rrom me ex
pected dlvoroe proceedings, was not only
most desirable, but absolutely neces
sary. Mrs. Schwab and Mrs. Corey have
been close friends for many years.
Yrfrrc- saswflflhatahy Waa, JTefltrtADt., flt .thfl
(Corporation and Mr. Corey his chief as
sistant ineir wives wer an mm muai
Intimate and friendly terms and a deep
and lasting attachment was formed be
tween the two "families.
Avert Bomeetle Tragedy.
Tt u for this reason, it Is under
stood, that' Mrs. Schwab induced her
husband to come here for the purpose
of persuading Mr. Corey to avert what
they regaraea as a uoraesuo
The result of the conference could not
be ascertained. Neither the Schwabs
nor Mr. Corey would eiscuss tne bud
lect That Mr. and Mrs. Schwab were
unsuccessful up to the time Mr. Schwab
(Continued on Page Five.)
FAMOUS COLLEGE ATHLETE ARRESTED
WITH HOBOS AND LODGED IN JAIL
Ralph L. Rose.. Champion Shot-Putter, of the World, Found In
- Boxcar With Gang of Tramps and Placed In Cal-
' ifornla Bastile. ; ; -
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Joeraal)
Modesto, Cat. Deo. t. Ralph W. Rose,
champion shotputter of the world and
famous for his atbletle feats at the A.
A. tk meets at Berkeley, at the Univer
sity of Michigan and at various athletic
contests throughout the United States,
ie In the Stanislaus eounty jail, pending
an .Investigation as to whether or not he
is connected with the breaking Into a
Southern Pacific freight car at Newman.
The charge agalnat his name on tha
Jail book is that of defrauding a rail
road. He was arrested aa a hobo, with
a number of tramps.
According to the story of Rose's ar
rest as a tramp told to local people by
Constable Newsome, who arrested Rose,
the big athlete came to Newman fn com
pany with a bunch ef hoboes, who were
beating their way south on the Owl, and
ae Is his custom when' the train stops
at Newman, the first atop south of
Tracy,, the officer arrested aa many of
-the rlde-stealrrs ' as could be caught
They were taken before- Justice walden
the next day and given a floater.' The
constable knew nothing more of the men
until he-wee called upon by the train
men to assist In arresting some tramps
who had broken into a car of merchan
dise. . The car waa raided and among
the men arrested waa thla huge prisoner
of the day before. ,
See Many TlsUors,
Friday the men were taken before the
Justice of the peace and snt to the
county Jail on a misdemeanor charge.
pending an Investigation by the author'
Itles, aa a charge or breaking into a
railway car and disturbing the contents
Is a felony. Attorney-Waldo Itawklna
of this olty was a achoolmste of Rose's
at the University of Michigan, and he
has Interested himself In the case i,t
his college mate. The yotin athlete has
had a number of visitors today from lo
cal people who knew hjm or his fumtlv.
Over six feet four Inches. In hflntit
and lars-e In pmportlon. Ross looms
far above the rest of the lnmts of lh
Jell. According; to the stoiy told hr
Rose, his srr-st is due to a rn,'' i
He Stated thit on his return v. '
fornla Xroin l'oitliuid s x ie - i r "
TUESDAY DATE
OFF
Senator Mitchell Will Be Laid
to Rest "by Elks, and Odd
t Fellows Day After
T - Tomorrow '
BODY IN STATE AT.
CITY HALL FOUR HOURS
V
John H. Mitchell, Jr., and W. O.
Chapman, Late r Senator's Son-ln-Law,
the Only Clou Relativea Able
to Attend the Funerals-Estate la
Small.
Senator 'John H, Mitchell will be
burled In Portland, the home city during
the last fS years ef his life. Tuesday
tbe body will lie In state In the council
chamber of the city hall for four hours.
Services trtere will be under the direc
tion of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. At the Rlvervlew ceme
tery, where the body is to be interred,
the Independent Order of. Odd Fellows
will officiate, i
' Final arrangements for the funeral
were completed yesterday afternoon by
Judge W. O. Chapman, son-in-law, and
Colonel David M. Dunne, a , lifelong .
friend. 'Pall-bearers from all parts of
the state have been, chosen, the list
Including fn errand have been associated .
with the dead statesman in many en
terprises and political battles. From
11 parts of the state are expected a
throng of ' people, who are inquiring
after funeral details. Adherents of the
senator who have been faithful to him
In built imispiillj and iiiwih owie"
to pay their tribute. Regardless ot
party or factional affiliations, the people
at large, who cherish the work accom
plished by Senator Mitchell, will also
attend. ' "r'
Kayos Jm Cordial.
Mayor Ins waa quick to place the
city hall at the disposal of friends, for
the body to lie In state, and as a place
for the funeral service. Senator Mitch
ell .has not maintained a residence In
Portland for some time, and the mayor's
thought was to offer the city home as
the last resting place for the body be
fore Interment. The same quick appre
ciation waa expressed by the mayor In
(Continued on Page Five.)
he decided to come to this eounty and
work on some land owned-by bis father
In the vicinity of Turlock. At Tracy
be took the Owl. instead of the train
down this side of the river, and got off
the train at Newman, and before he
had time to leave the side of the train
he was placed under arrest by Constable
Newsome, on a charge ot beating hie
way.
- Offloet Took sje Stock tn Story. - '
Rosa claims he was kept In the New
man lall for two daya without e bear
ing, and then turned loose and told to '
leave town at once, - Aa the of fleer
took no stock In hia story. Rose de
cided t- leave town, and climbed Into
a boxcar through-a rear door. Intending
to gu south on a freight train that was
soon to leave Newman. He was Joined
later by three hobos, who went into
the car through the same entrance, but
not without being seen by some of the
trainmen, who notified the officers. The
officers - and the trainmen opened the
side door of th ear and placed the
quartet under arrest on a charge of
having broken into a sealed car. Ac
cording to Rose, they were taken to the"
Newman bast lie -and later brought to
Modesto pending an investigation of the
contents of the car.
, ' reels YosiUoa Keenly.
Rose regrets very much the notoriety
which he will gain from bis arrest. He
refuses to glvs any details of his trip
to Newman, stating that publication
of the affair would hurt his s'hletio
standing, should he wish to reenter
college. When asked why he was trav
eling by the underground route he
stnted that he had pevrn'xed to wrlle
articles for an eastsrn mii!ni on
htM I'fe in Celifo.nio. rd hd
this H-"in..to geii-'n-e'li -II'.' dMH "f
the ups and dostis of lh "urn .! '
fraternity.
Rose f-ls
the TNrtf tr.
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