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WIDOW ASKS SIGLER MAKES ASSESSMENT
SI 00,000 HIT FIFTEEN MILLS
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Another Sensation In Steel Trust
' -Lawyer Gibson Packer Is
Sued for Breach of Prom- '
; v ise to Marry.
WOMAN DECLARES WILL
FIGHT CASE TO FINISH
-Another ol Mxi- Carnegie's . Proteges
Hero in Scandal Went With
;' " Pretty Mrs. Matty Vetter for Eight
f" Yean, and, la ; Alleged to Have
Asked Her to BeHU Wife.
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Joarnal)
Pittsburg, Dec 16. Following closely
upon the heels of the William E. Corey
' family troubles comes another aenaa-
tlon In the United States Steel corpora
tion circles. This time' It Is Gibson
Packer, on of Andrew Carnegla'e young
J business associates, who, like plenty of
others, became a millionaire when the
Carnegie Steel company was taken over
. by the stee trust. Ho baa been sued
by Mrs. Matty Vetter. , a bandsome
young widow 'of this city, for $100,000
?' damages for alleged breach of promise
- to marry.'-' ---.-, . . ' '-' '
Every effort was mad by potent and
Influential steel men to keep th Vetter-
......Packer sensation a secret . It was con
sidered that enough publicity waa given
to some of the scandals-of other men
whom Carnegie had boosted up th lad
der of success . and It waa regarded
aomethlng of a blow when th marital
troubles of th Coreys wr let out a
month or ao ago, but th suit of Mrs.
' Vetter Is not overshadowed In sensa.
tlonal details by the scandals thaj. have
previously emanated from steel circles.
Defendant a KtUlonalr.
Mr. Packer, who" waa former office
counsel tor th Carnegie Steel company,
who la' reputed to bav mads a fortune
of $1,000,000 when th Carnegie company
. ., was taken over by the United States
Steel corporation, is la New fork, where
ha' went to attend th annua! dinner
given by Mr. Carnegl to bis former
young business partnera. Mrs. Vetter la
at the Hotel Lincoln, suffering from
nervous prostration, and, although . In
V too' nervous a condition to- speak at
length about her suit, declares she will
fight th case to a finish In th courts.
There ' are about 150 letters, written by
; Mr. Packer to Mrs. Vetter, which figure
In th case. . .
- It Is alleged that th promise of mar
riage, waa made when Packer and Mra.
Vetter .were on on of their tripe east
In Philadelphia about two yeara ago and
that Mr. Packer Tef used to fulfill th
' contract last February. Mr. Packer de
nies everything regarding th promise of
.marriage In hi anawer to Mra. Vetter' a
"though" Mra. Vetter filed her salt
against Mr.. Packer nearly thre month
. ago, through th efforts of bis attorney
nd by carrying on th proceedings aa
secretly aa possible.- th cas baa been
-kept from the public. The record in
th prothonetary'e offlc in th court
houae show that th ummona in th
cas waa issued on September 9 last.
' and that th aummone waa served on
Attorney Thomaa Marshall, who la coun
ael for Mr. Packer, on August 1
Promise to Wed er.
-.. 'a statement of claims as filed by the
..... unmhr IE. and an aflRda-
vlt of th defense, waa filed by Mr.
Packer on December 1. In th papera
filed by Mrs. Vetter. the story of th
alleged promise of marriage end lta sub
sequent breaking' briefly told. 'Mm.
Vetter became acquainted with Packer
about eight yeara ago. and ,lt la alleged
' that be had been paying attentiona to
her from that tlm until last February.
It la also alleged that Mr. Packer fitted
" up a palatial bom fo r Mrs. Vetter on
Homr atreet. East End. and called on
' hVr frueTtly., Being .ollcltor of th.
Carnegl Steel 'company, Mr. Packera
busl-"as often took him east, and on
' many of these trips Mra. Vetter was
Ws companion. It Is alleged that two
TMrt wMr. Packer mad the proposal
of marriage to her whet, i they were In
Phllndelnhla. She accepted, but no defl
- rTtta f datS w.,aet for th marriage to
UTh defn'lt aaid. also hss mad
u ikSJn that It wfll assail th character
of n Vettsr when th. eultr comes lo
' trial. Allegations of a sensational and
rrav. nature have been made, and If
anv effort 1 'made at establishing them
fn court, th trial will b. replete with
, sensation. . . . V
,, . racket's Care.
, Mr. Packer, who Is an attorney at .the
Allegheny county bar. was born In Cen
ter county In 185. Ater a general law
prS. of .Vye.rr he becam solicitor
' for th Carnegie Steel company I 111 ,
a position which h held until th Car-
negle Steel company waa taken vr py
tha ateel corporation. '
Mr. Carnegie'a attention waa directed
to Mr Packer. It is said, on account of
-.hi ability aa a lawyer, and It Is said
th steel master paved th way for Mr.
Packer to make nearly $1,000,000 When
the United States Steol corporation took
over the Carneglawmpany. -Mr. Packer
Is a jnrmber of the Carnegl Veteran
.....lollnii m w, A w . npa nf th uest at
the annuel tfrtr a-iverr bv Mr: Camegt
-It nis new Torsi noma r naay m"w -Unexpectedly
to her friends In Pltts-
i, burg. Mrs. Vetter oam. her last Friday.
king apartment, at th Lincoln hotel.
Her visit, however, baa no relation to
her suit against Mr. Packer, she stating
she had merely come her. to spend the
holiday, with friends. She hs. been
under a physician's car. slnco h.r r-
v- riv.l at the Ltnonln, suffering from
nervous prostration and tonsllltls.
Assessor Declares Five-Mill Levy for All City
Purposes Is PlentyGives Figures to Prove
; Revenue Is More Than That of 1905.
Portland. Dec IS. To th. Editor of
Th. Journal Aa th assessment for
thla county la about completed and th
roll ready for extension, I desire again
to announce my conviction that tha lvy
for thla year should not. exceed It
mills. Jt Is not my desire to encroach
on the prerogativea or Interfere with the
dutlea of any other official: or attempt
ven indirectly to eontrofthelr aeons,
but alnc I was th pioneer. In this
county In making an assessment1 based
on aqtual valu.a I feel that I bav a
right to be heard upon th ub)eot.
While It waa my duty to mak an as
sessment In th manner I did I dis
cussed th matter before doing ao with
practically all the tax levying bodies In
thla county and received assurancea
that If my plan of a aaaeaament waa
adopted th tax levy would b In ac
cordance therewith.
While th responsibility of levying
th taxes does not rest upon me I take
a profound interest in tha outcome, aa
It la of immense Importance not only
to th city but to the. entire. state. If
th. principle-of assessing property "at
true cash value la to be followed by in
creased expendlturea It will' put back
the movement for reform In taxation In
thla atata for yeara . ' "
. . Taxpayer Figure la Money.
Th tax levying odlea. should under
stand that those who pay th taxes will
not measure them In mills, but will
measure them In dollars and It will b
a matter of indifference to them If ths
mlllag la low compared with last year,
but so high that It requires the pay
ment of considerably mora money. In
other worda. If the taxpayer paya flSO
thla year on the same piece of property
that ha paid 1100 on last year he will
understand that fact and th statement
that a low levy baa been jaade In mills
Will b buf cold comfort.
Th assessed valuation, of th property
In the city of Portlar for thla year Is
approximately tltl.000,000 aa against
about $61,000,000 last year. Th .rev
enue produced by a levy of .25 mill.
HEW GOMPAHY
Papers Prepared in Butte for the
Chicago,' Milwaukee ;ahd
St Paul of Montana.,
SURVEYORS CLASH OVER
RIGHTS AT LOLO PASS
Engineers From Unknown Line
Fight With Pacific Railway's Jlen
Over Right of WayStruggle to
Secure First Survey. :
v ' (Special Dispatch to Tbe Joarnal.) -'
Butt. Mont.; Doc 16. Articles of th
Incorporation of tbe Chicago, Milwau
kee aV St Paul Railroad company ofJ
Montana were prepared In thla elty to
day for filing with the aeoretary of
stat la furtherance of the plan of the
Milwaukee road . to push through to
Portland and tha Pacific coast.
Clashes between transcontinental rail
roads for possession of a mountain pass
In Montana ar reported., according to
a Missoula special, which saya that a
number of th member, of tn. survey
ing party which haa been In th. Lolo
district for several wtsks in th inter
est of th. Pacific Railway company,
which bas charge of th proposed ex
tension of the Chicago, Milwaukee A
St. Paul road, returned today.
Th anow in th mountains is deeper
than It haa been, in years, and th work,
of surveying a route Is being carried
on under the greatest difficulties. Th
weather haa been ao cold that tha mem
bers of the party have undergone th
greatest kind of hardships. '
Considerable surprise waa occasioned
when It waa learned from a number of
th returning members today that there
la another party of englneera In that
vicinity' .for aom other road. Both
crewa cam. across each other In th
Iao district, and It la reported that
there' have been aeveral fights between
them for th possession of the right
of way. , -
Whose representative th others ar
la not known, and there la a greak-deel
of speculation at th present time as
to whether or not another railroad
company has-tol.n.a march on the
Milwaukee people and sent men Into
that - aection to get first preliminary
survey.
PRESIDENT M'CURDY ;"
SUFFERS A RELAPSE
V.--, . i ,
(Special pupates tr Lease: Wire to Tbe Joarnal)
New Tork, Dec. 16 Richard A. Mc
Curdy. former president of the Mutual
tyfeV- bi reported to- be- very ttt" at'hla
bom In Morrlstown, North Dakota. On
advic of his physlclsn, he Is seeing
only members of his Immediate family
and a few Intimate friends. He Is said
to b mortally afraid of seeing strangers,
having been In an enfeebled condition
sine he underwent th. crosaex a ml na
tion at the haflds of Attorney Hughes.
Although he Intended! to leave for th.
south last week,- b was not able to
mak th trip. - ; .
laat year In round number, was $48,000;
a levy of S mills for thla year will pro
duce $8(6,000. After th. city depart
ment's estimates for 10( were aub
mltted and published I examined the
same very carefully and waa confirmed
In my belief that a S-mlll levy for city
purposes, including th money required
for th bridge fund, would be sufficient
and .thla opinion waa confirmed on dis
cussing the matter with city officials
well qualified to Judge,
Total of riftoaa MUla limit. '
In view- of the fact that th. assess
ment this year waa mad. upon a true
cash valuation it la a certainty that th.
expenditure, will be carefully scanned,
and It la tha opinion of the taxpayers
generally that on th aa.essed valua
tion th total levy ahould under no cir
cumstances exceed IS mills. Eyen at
tha risk of being criticised for making
these suggestions at this tlm I present
them for the consideration of th tax
levying bodies Of this county and city
and for tha ' taxpayers generally.' Aa
an estimate of what would be produced
by a 16-mlll levy-and what was pro
duced by a 40-mllt levy laat year -I sub
mit th. following table:
. , ' 190B- .
Levy, mllla.
Stat. 1.4
Stat acbool ....... S
Revenue.
$ $00,200
$86,000
428,000
111.200
' 855,000
. 868,800
County S
Port of Portland.... .8
City of Portland.... 6 ,
School district No. 1. 2.1
IS
. i05.
Levy, mllla
Stat 6.8
State school ...... i . 6
$2,048,200
Revenue.
$ $72,421
282,145
490.806
141.177
488.898
$66,466
County 8.87B
Port of Portland... t 2.7
City' of Portland;... S.625
School district Ho. 1 . 7.2
-.' 40
$2,188,92$
B. D. SIQLER,
Assessor,
SHOT JO DEATH III
REVOLVER DUEL
In Fierce Encounter in 'Bullfrog
Gambling Den Two Young
Men Kill Each Other.
DRUNKEN QUARREL ENDS
FATALLY FOR PRINCIPALS
Winebibbef Insults Bartender, Who
Returns With Gun and Fusilade
Ensues When Pistols Are Empty
Both Clinch. '
(Snsrlsl msDatrh by Leased Wire to The Joarna!)
Rullfror Nev.. Deo. 16. In one of
th fiercest revolver duels that haa
occurred in thfa part of th country slno
th passing of th professions! desperado
with hi. .Ix-shooter forever leaping
from lta bolster, .'J. 3. Sullivsn and F.
C. Clayton, both young, and both mar
ried, ahot each other to death laat night
In a crowded Rhyollte gambling hell. ,
Though th. cause of their quarrel wee
trivial and du. to th. wild talk and
reckless bravado of win. bibbing rather
than to unforgivable Insult, th. battle
which ensued, ending only when both
men lay bleeding Ilk butchered cattle,
waa fought in bitter bat. Th men
emptying their revolver into each
other's bodies clinched and, died locked
toe-ether on the floor,
Last night It wss plain to th loungers
tn Bevl. 4k Turpln's that Clayton was
looklns: for trouble from the moment
whin h. lurched up to the bar and
boaraely demanded the worst drink the
house could put up, till the moment
when ha a-lared un at Sullivan, "'two
hours later, and poured forth a torrent
of Drofane abuse that no white man
could listen to unmoved. -
Th. bartender listened to this tirade
for almost a minute. Then h. turned
abruptly on hla heel and went Into the
saloon office, while every oruooaer neia
hl breath In ln.tinctiv. apprehenslbn
of what waa "to coma It cam very
quickly. Sullivan returned to. th gam
bling room, bearing a 45-callbr revoi.
ver,- Without Speaking he took deliber
ate aim at Clayton and '-fired.
Clayton reeled back In hla chair.
rruixKf at his breast and barking
curs. tTut-swinging bis own revolver
over th. tabl. top with surprising
quickness. In another Instant both men
were shooting aa fast as flngera could
null triaa-era. while all around thara
arose th uproar f panto. - One of the
spectators, a ."cook: Max Rosenberg,
threw htm self on th floor to escape the
fusllado and waa Immediately wounded
In th shoulder. Th rest, fearing a
similar mischance, mad a wild, break
forth doors -and window.
Nine shot had been fired befor th
revolvers of Clayton and Sullivan wer
finally .mptled. Th. former had a dui
let In both lungs and th Istter had i
gaping hoi In hla right aide. Both
wer. drenched with blood and stagger
ing from weakness. Yet In. fury they
grappleu, rwayed and fell la a cursing
heap. And. when they werr pried apart,
not long afterward, both wer atone
dead. r. , ... ;.
Congressman Will Continue New
York Mayoralty Contest for
Years to - Bring About '
Needed Reforms.
CARES NOT FOR OFFICE-
WANTS HONEST ELECTION
Editor States That the "Fight Hss
Only . Just Begun The Longer
Tammany Battles, the More Crook
Will Be Sent to Jail Not Dis
couraged by Decisions. . : . "
(Special Dispatch by Leases Wire to Tae Joarnal)
Santa Barbara, Cat, Dec 16. Con
gressman W. R. Hearst aaid In an Inter
view today, concerning th mayoralty
fight In. New Tork: .. .
Thla la only th beginning of th
fight. I went, into It on principle
and i' Intend to atay. with It to a finish.
I am not especially desirous of being
mayor of New Tork. I declined the
nomination at first and accepted It only
when everybody else had refused to
take it after th fight had been made
for an Independent ticket by the Munici
pal Ownership league, with which -I
was "connected aa chairman of th execu
tive committee. Having accepted the
nomination. I felt after the election
and atlll feel that my friends who had
voted for me had th right to hav their
votea counted. For that reason and tha
principle which la Involved tn l I am
a-olnz to fight aa hard for that mayor
alty office as though it wer th only
thing In th world I desired. '
. Keens Xnoa Worry.
'Aa a matter of fact th. offlo. la
on. which, if properly conducted, means
a good deal or worx ana worry lor in.
incumbent, but I waa. and am, ready
to give th best that la in me If I am
elected to the offloe,. and that I waa
1 acted X moat, certainly balleva. -Ths
nolnt I wlah to mak la that I am-ot
looking at- thla matter from the attl
tud of a man who wants to get ths of
Acs, but aa a cltlxen who beltevea that
hla fellow-citisens are entitled to a
fair count of their ballots.
spT am -making this fight for honest
politics. Of course there ar , many
phaaea to thla contest W have already
sent 11 men to Sing Sing aa th. result
of th. .lection and w. bav. only just
begun that phase of It. Thar, ar 60
Indictmenta which have been found by
th grand jury and there are surprises
in store for certain people within th. next
few weeks or I am greatly mistaken. - At
far as this decision which haa been ren
dered bv th. court of appeala la con
cerned that la only another phase of it
We expect to bring quo warranto pro
ceeding, aa soon aa Mr. McClellaa takes
hla seat."
BUI for a jBaoounS,
- At this point Mr. Hesrst's attention
waa called to tha fact that, hla counsel
In New Tork had stated that an appeal
would be mad to th legislature for the
enactment of a bill providing specifically
for a recount of all the ballot, cast In
ths recent election. - Mr. Hearst w
aaked If ha approved of that action,
"I approve of It to thla extent," was
ths reply. "I hav given inatructions
to my counsel to take such step. a.
may seem best to them and with ths
urn. determination aa If, a. I hav. said
before, thla office w.r. th. only object
I desired on earth."
"According to th. dispatch, your
supporters apparently bad a rough time
of It at tha pons," ventured xn. inter
viewer. 1
Tea.' waa th. reply. "Soma of my
frland. wer. pretty .everely handled.
In fact. It was something like the
Santiago campaign, when they were
bringing the wounded to the rear. Of
course, th. election waa carried on ac
cording to th. well-known T.mmflnr
method., only intensified because they
wer. In a deaperate ease.
'The cltlxen. of New Tork had plainly
manifested their resentment - of the
manner In which affair, had been con
ducted aeveral weeka befor. th. elec
tron. Th. bosses of th. two partie.
had. joined In making a team, and under
these circumstance, there wa. nothing
to do but get out an Independent ticket
Tbe ftrat tlm there waa an attempt
at fusion with the' nomination of Qott
and Oaynoa. "but that fell through, and
an tndenehdent candidate waa tha nnlv
resource. I am quite truthful In saying
that I did not want It. but. a. I have
aid before, I took th. nomination
through a sense, of duty.
Desperation of
"Aa the election drew toward a close
It becam. evilent that the resentment
of the people against boa. rjile was ao
Intenae that Tammany . waa' certain af
defeat, and unuer those, circumstances
they resorted to their most vicious
methods to prevent 1U- Repeaters were
brought In from all th surrounding
state, and wot. voted many times, soma
of them 10 or 16 time.. Then.' after
all that they did not - obtain a m
jorlty and had to resort "to- a false
count Of course, w. cannot go back
to th. repeated voto, but we can get at
tha boxea sooner or later, and thla decis
ion will not prevent us. Five of th.
boxea have htm opened and In these IT
votea wer. counted for McClellan that
ahould have been counted for our ticket
and 61 votea . counted for McClellan
which, under the decision of Judge
Glegerlch. should have been thrown out
" "If that proportion prevailed Through
out -th. other boxea there would have
bean a change of from 10.000 to 11.000
votea In ir favor. - That -would, of
course, hav. Insured not only my elec
tion, but the election of Mr. Stokes
president of th board of aldermen, and
Mr. Ford, aa controller. Aa It Is, the
tmmedlst. opening of th. boxea Is pre
vented by this decision. I think, how.
Continued on rag Four.J,
Two Masked Men Dynamite the Local and
Through Safes, Wrecking Car and Es
cape With Posses in Pursuit.
(Special Dtopstrh to Ths Journal.) .
North Yakima. Wash., Dec. 16. At 1
o'clock tonight tha North Coast Limited
No. 1, westbound, waa held " up and
robbed by two masked men, who boarded
the train St. Hillside station. 15 miles
westof Jth.city Both the local and
througa eafes were blown open by ex
plosives, but tha amount of . plunder
taken la unknown. - I
Two men did tha job. On. waa aeao
climbing over tn. tender and ha cov
ered Engineer George W. How. with a
revolver. The train crew, which was
In charge of Cinduotor Jess Hux table.
waa covered by th. bandits, who were
masked and haavlly armed.
Th engineer waa ordered to proceed
a half mil west from Hillside with the
locomotive,-matt, express and baggag
cars. Then, while one man covered tha
crew, the other applied explosives to
the express car. Both safe, were shat
tered, as waa also the car.
Th. robber, helped themselves to th.
plunder and then hastened off in tha di
rection of North Yakima! Aa far as
can be learned there waa no ahootlng
and no on wa. Injured. Th. expre.a
car waa shattered almost to pieces.
Th. sheriffs of Yakima and Kittitas
eountle. hav. - organised posse, and
stsrted In hot pursuit within a short
Ume.aA fair description of the men waa
secured. They wer. of medium height
and wor overalla, one having been bad
ly torn. - 1 -Officials
of th company state they do
not know how much money waa secqred.
in. content, oi me inrougn saia are
known only at tha end of th. Una and
what waa in tha local safe could not be
learned. No passengers were molested.
Tha train had just left .th Hillside
station, where tb. bandlta evidently
boarded It when th. two man crawledjtlon of them wa. obtained. Th. robber.
over th. tender and confronted th. engi
neer and fireman with drawn revolvere.
Obeying their commands, th engineer
slowed down th. train, finally bringing
MY HURT
Giant Powder Magazine of War
Eagle and Center Star at
Rossland Blows Up.
EVERY PANE OF GLASS
IN TOWN SHATTERED
Score Missing, Several of Whom Are
Thought, to Be Dead and Others
Seriously Injured Damage
Amounts to Severs! Thousand.
(Special Dispatch to The Jeornal.) -Rossland,
B. C. Dec" 16. By an ex
plosion of the giant powder magaxlne of
th. War Eagle and Center Star mine,
at S o'clock today one man waa killed,
another seriously Injured and IS to 20
others are missing, some of whom are
thought to be killed or badly Injured.
Th explosion wrecked two small hor
tels near by and th. force knocked Sown
many people on th. streot Every pan.
of glaaa In the town waa broken-and
tha property damage amounts to several
thousand dollars.
- Tha body of John S. Ingram, former
chief of police, who was in charge of
tha magaxlne, I th only on recov
ered so far, but-lfr -peopl ata-mlaaing.
aoma of whom may be in th ruin of
th. wrecked building. Th caaualty list
will probably not reach mora than nve,
while the Hat of seriously or painfully
Injured will probably number It. The
shock of tha explosion waa terrific. Th.
minea ara about half a mile out of tha
city and. tha powder magailne waa lo
cated on the aurface near the mine
building.. Th. causa la unknown.
LAWSON'S SON TO WED
SEELEY'S FORMER WIFE
(Special Plspateh by Leased Wire to Ths Joarnal)
New York, Dec. 16. Arnold Lawson,
aon of Thomaa W. Lawson of Boston,
la to wed tha divorced wife of Herbert
Barnum Seeley, who was th. grandson
of P. T. Barnum and who was mad.
famoua by th. Seeloy dinner of eight
yeara ago, Th. former Mra Beeley waa
Mi.. Lucie Mitchell Mclntyre, daughter
of Mr. and Mra T. A. Mclntyr of No.
66 Ea.t Fortieth street this city. After
her divorce ah assumed tha name of
Mra Lucia Mitchell and It la under that
name that her engagement to young
Mr. Lawson was announced tonight by
her parents.
, A p:ullar feature of th. p.rty to
night st tha Mclntyr residence, at
which tha engagement waa made public,
waa that the elder Mr. Law son was not
there. Young Mr. Arnold was, how
ever. babavlngrached NewYorkto
day from Vera Crua, Mexico, where Tie"
had been on buslnesa . .
Patrick laves folsonsr.'
(SpeHal Dtptea by Leased Wire to The Jaarn.n
- Newt-York. Dec 16. Albert I'nirl.'k
hss prevented th execution Mnmbiy f
fellow condemned man, John Jolinron,
.reused of wife murder, fatrlrk r-
Lfet-led an appeal after Johnson a lit-
ONE KILLED" AND
It to a stop. Th. conductor hastened
forward to see what the matter waa and
found himself looking down tha barrel
of a gun. H. was commanded to throw
up hta hap.de, aa were the brakemen and
other members of the train crew. They
were then ordered to uncouple th. smok
er and passenger carw While on ban
dit covered th. trainmen, th. other stood
guard over the engineer and hia assist
ant Aa soon a. tbe cars had been un
coupled, th. robbera boarded the engine
ana ordered th. engineer to .tart un.
wnen may. naa proceeded about half a
mile we.t th engineer was. ordered to
nan. .
Th men on th engine wer then
stood up alongside the track and or.
dered to keep their hands un. One robv
ber watched them while th other used
nitro-giycerin on the express car. - Th.
explosion that followed waa terrific.
Tin car door waa ahattered and the
fragment. Mattered all about. The
aarea were both blown up and the
booty aecured, how much la not known.
Th. messenger had been ordered to re
main with th passenger care, aa had
tha conductor,. brakemen and others of
ths .crew, wxcept tha fireman and en
gineer. Tb axpreaa company refuses to stat
th amount of booty secured, but it I.
said to total a large .urn. In addition
to tha money taken a large auantltv of
Christmas gifts waa destroyed. Tha
wreck of tha express ear delayed traf-
fio for aeveral boura.
Much excitement followed among the
passengers when It waa learned that the
train waa being robbed. Th nola of
th explosion waa plainly heard by them.
yew or tnem knew what waa the mat
ter until the engine bad been uncoupled.
No effort waa'made to rob ths passen
gers. Although' It waa. dark, and both ban
dit, wor. masks, ' an excellent descrlp-
were both on foot and hastsned off In
the dark. Th. country la an open one.
and It 1. believed that both, will b. lo
cated oy aayoreaav
morgan mm
BACK OF RYAN
Open Warfare --Between f Wall
Street Magnates Follows In
surance Investigations.
HARRIMAN CAMPING ON
TRAIL OF HIS RIVAL
Both Fighters' Powers in Financial
World About Even Gould an Ally
of Ryan's Attacks on Union P
cific Expected. ..
(Sparlsl nispstea by Leased Wtre to Th Joaraal)
New, York. Dec 16. "Have you taken
any step, to thwart Thomaa F. Ryan'a
plans?"
"Not yet"
Wall street look, upon this brief
answer msde by E. U. Harriman to th.
questions put to him aa one of th. most
awful threat, ever uttered In Wall
street It 1. accepted aa Indicating such
determination to csrop on Ryan'a trail
aad to engage him In battle at th. first
opportunity. Ryan', friend, ara .x
pected to b none the less anxlou. to
find aom. weak point. In th. Harriman
atructure. for attack. The affair, of
both ara so extensive that opportunity
forwarfara will be frequent
In viowof thaaevia blow, already
exchanged alnce Ryan purchased control
of the Equitable, against Harrlman's
wishes, some faint idea may be gleaned
of th war tha dispute will amount -to
when Harriman decldea that it la time
to make real battle against Ryan, for
"aa yet" he baa dona nothing. '
Both fighters' powers In the financial
world are almost equal. Harriman has
been more of a powe'than Ryan in
iim past, but he Is being gradually shorn
of much of hta strength through quar
rela which be bas picked with numer
ous financiers. Cleorge Gould was the
first . Important person he quarreled
with and alnc then ha haa had falling
outa with even th Rockefellers.
As a result of these quarrel his In
fluence haa been reduced, to .nothing In
the companle. which they control, and
he haa the Union Pacific aa hia only re
source. Even her. ha is being attack-d
by tb. Morgan forces and there 1.
well defined suspicion In th. financial
world that Ryan la inspiring these at
tack. , - .
Byan'a Oreat Strength.'
Ryan'a great element of atrangth la
In th local traction and gaa trusts. Al
though .working under th different
namea of th Consolidated Oas company,
th Brooklyn Union Oas company and
th Nw York City Railway emit pony,
It la really all one Interest, tlnrrlman
In thla field as director of th. Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company la In a position
.talntrfer with the plans of Ryan.
Soma inajderi oftfi-nrrwtrtyn
Transit already ar. beginning to dis
tribute their stock to th public, and
for that purpoe tmv started a-great
bull campaign, ,
Tney b.-ltev that while the Brooklyn,
Rnplil Transit company may nevr suf
fer ultlmatoly, It may have to go
through sume sever, slock market bst-
w on Toge Thirteen )
Notorious windier Was Sure
rendered by His Bondsmen ; :
but Released Without .
Giving New Bond. ,
FOLLOWED HENEY'S
ORDERS, SAYS REED
Lawyers Say -That - Even- If T Putef
and McKinley Are Caught They
Cannot Be Sentenced Under Con
viction Obtained Last YearNew;
Trial Necessary.
-- 6V A. D. - Puter. king of Jh crook ;
who hav figured In th Oregon land
frauds, waa surrendered by,, his bonds
men to United Bute. Marshal C. J.
Reed laat June 21. Without authorisa
tion of any kind from tbe federal court
Marshal Reed at once set th. notorioua
swindler at liberty and within two
months Puter had pulled off one of hla
biggest hauls, fleecing H. A. Salser of
Chicago to tha tuna of 136,000.
Marshal Reed Justifies bi. action In
releasing Puter by the statement that
h waa following th. Instruction, of
Francis J. Haney, then United State,
district attorney. When asked bow ha
could accept such Instructions from
any on but tb district judge th mar-,
shal replied:
That'a up to Mr. Heney. I did aa b.
told ma"
are Bona Tlslbl.
Marshal Reed says that he doe not
even know whether Puter gave a new
bond. Nona can be found in tha files
of tha district court so that tha gov
ernment appears to b without a dollar
of aecurlty to guarantee truer s ap
pearance, either for sentence und.r ths
conviction obtained a year ago or for
tha trial under tha Indictmenta atlll ,
pending agalnat him.
What make tha release of Puter
th more remarkable la th fact that
at that tlm there waa no United States
district Judge to autborlse such action.
a 'a """y the federal hanch-
eaused by Judge Belllnger'a death waa
still unfilled. -
When Puter was convicted a year ago '
be gav bond In the sum of 64.000,
with tha United State. Fidelity &
Guaranty company aa hla aurety. II.
waa obliged to glv. tha company In
demnlty In th form of securities, which
wer. deposited with th. company's
Portland agents, Hartman, Thompson A .
Pow.ra - After hi. conviction Puter
made a full confession of hla fraud
against th. gov.rnment and aupplied
Heney and Burns with much Informa
tion of Importance concerning other
persons thea under investigation. Mc
Kinley also turned over much Important
Information to tha gov.rnm.nt offi
cials, and It. waa tacitly if not ex- .
presafy understood that both be and
Puter would recelv Immunity. They
had been convicted In December, 1904.
but th month passed without th Im
position of sentence, and. when Judg
Bellinger died In May of thla year th
defendants wer. still unaentenced.
Puter formally Stuueudered.
Apparently Puter became anxious to
get back tha securities which h. had
deposited with th. Fidelity Guaranty
company, and . to enable blm to do thla
an arrangement seems to have been
mad. with Mr. Heney. Accompanied by
Mr. Hartman, representing th. Fidelity
company, Puter went to th. offic. of
Marshal Reed. There Mr. Hartman for
mally surrendered Puter to tbe marshal
and received a receipt for th. prisoner.
Reed says ha cannot remember whether-
Puter gav a new bond, but Hartman
says that he did. According to th lat
ter, the bond wa signed by resident
of California and bad been brought to
Portland by Puter, who had Just coma
back from California The new sureties
wer not present when th bond was
delivered, and It la certain that they did '
not Justify before th clerk of th dis
trict court or th local United State
commissioners. Nevertheless Puter waa
immediately release-and th--marshal,
accordlng to hi own atatement, did not
even know that there had been a pre
tense of giving a new bond.
Tha securities tn tha hands of tha Fi
delity & Guaranty company war turned
over to Puter. and probably served to
supply him with funds for th new
campaign of fraud on which he immedi
ately . entered. Tha substitute bond
which he la supposed to hav gtven ap
parently remained In tha hands of He
ney, for It wss not filed with th clerk
of tb district court. Its value la prob
lematical, for th giving of the bond
waa no'i sanctioned by tha tourt, nor
wag It aver approved.
, Que Xigal Twist.
..Ths government officials are now ant
loua to discover. Puter's whereabouts,
yet even If be should be brought buck
to Portland, it is extremely doubtful
whether sentence could now be Imposed
on him -under the conviction obtained '
last year. Th usual mot Ion 'for a new
trial waa mad In behalf of the defend
ants, and before sentence could b im
posed this motion would hav to h
overruled. But prominent attorneys say '
that no judge other than tha on who
presided at th first trial weuld be com
petent to deny a motion for a new trial.
Consequently. aa Judr" ltelUngor ls
dead, sentence cannot be pron-inre1
under the conviction that ws obtin.l
and the verdict rendered asxiriKi l,''"t'
and his wtfedrafe Is vlilim" s".-
rmlleit. This flew ct Id lw I
be sustained by dwmlni ''r """
It presents a n-w '!
of -the "voh,mi"i! i" '- '
fUt'-X-M.-Klul' v " e
tbesn an It .!' ' ' I 1 ' '
flnli'1'i ri'-i-f ' ' 1
i if,
f..r
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y.rs and given up,
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