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)F GOOD EVENING Journal Circulation THE WEATHER. Yesterday Wu Occasional rain tonight and Wed ' nesday; southerly winds.' ' ; VOL. IV. NO. 247. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER ,19, 'r 1905. SIXTEEN PACES. PRICE TWO CENTS. SJJIC2 THE POOR OF LONDON. TAX LEVY PROSECUTED 24,0:2 nnn ipii mnmm, muro mm AAA Climax of Absurdity Reached When Patrol man Craddock Tells. About Mysterious ; Unknown Who Scared Him Off. WORD OF STRANGER CONVINCED HIM THAT HE HAD NO CHANCE At Once He Believed motion Because Examinations Were Un- - : fair" and Ceased Trying for Place;- The climax of abaurdlty was reached this morning In the city council's fare! cal Investigation-; Into th acts of the civil service eommiaalon. , In order to bolater up the contention that the civil service examinations were unfairly con. ducted, the prosecution gravely Intro duced testimony that a man, name un known, "smooth-faced and about Zo -years of age," met Patrolman Craddock .on a dark street corner one evening at :S0 o'clock and told him that the ex aminations were "all cut and dries)." - Craddock, who glibly told thla precious tale, had never seen the mysterious man before, nor has he ever set eyes on him since, yet he was' so profoundly Im pressed with the Information Imparted that he Instantly Abandoned his cher- thed mblt ..n to ga.ln promotion . In lheoTIceetKm"enlndVTOffkn-aP ready an applicant for examination for a captaincy, he decided to make -no further effort for the place. ' , ' Craddock's SabUme Palta. . -To thla utter stranger, jn the inti macy born1 of a chane encounter .oh the street corner while the mysterious un known was waiting for a streetcar, Craddock apnea re- to have poured forth --tha whole slorr Ofhls ambition! and his hopes, ho told or his snorts to secure promotion under the administra tion 4f Mayor. WJlllama and confided to his curbstone friend the reason why he had failed a reason so secret that he refused to.' divulge it on the Witness stand this morning. 'He told of the Im pending examination when at last his ambition might be realised and he might gain the coveted captaincy. Then In atv instant his hopes were dashed to the ground. "... v ' "It's no use," said the stranger, "the examlnationa are all cut and dried. " "I've been looking for that man ever since." testified Craddock. "I think I saw him once on the street, but I am not aura." ' , From one other source Patrolman Craddock received a flood of light as to the Iniquitous methods of the civil aervlce commission, though In this easel his Informant did not belong to the no name aeries. T. J.. Claeton told him that he would be lucky to hold hla posi tion without looking for promotion. . .. todgtnf Wot Admired. Thomas Q. Greene, of counael for the elvll aervlce commission, entered indig nant protest against the admission of testimony ao trivial and ridiculous 'as that riven by Craddock. "This Is the second witness who has BUTTE MOBS MAKE TOWN LIVELY FOR TWO OF ITS VISITORS One Stops Performance Which Advertised With posters Gro tesquely Cartooning Irishman Another ' Drives Out Sue- "pected"Citi2ens, Alliance Organizer With Threats. ""(Special Dispatch to The Jearsal.) Butte. Mont. Deo. "The Ohost ef Mickey Flannagan." a poater plotur - lng a baboon being led about by a burly egro, came near precipitating a riot at the Grand theatre in this city last night. At curtain time 1.000 ..Irish- American miners nao gainerea aooui the playhouse and threatened the mem bers of the Dreamland -burlesque with tar and feathers If they attempted their performance. The crowd blockaded Broadway between Main and Academy etreeta for mora than an hour and did not disperse until assured that the show would not go on. The trouble was precipitated several days ago when the objectionable pictures were posted, at tha instanee.-of the ad vance man of the burlesque company. A committee composed of ten bualness ' and .professional man of the city was sppolnted te hsye the posters torn down and prevent the company from beginning Its week's engagement here. - -When tha troupe arrived In thla city laat night a delegation of Irlah-Amerl-cans was on hand to meet It But th show .people had been apprised "of the welcome and were scattered through the train Inatead of occupying their special car. Completely terrorised, the actors made their way up town by twos and threes, ' hiding their Identity as far as possible. I The manager, frank Cslder, dechtre-i -the curtain would go up as usual, but one look st the mob In front of the theatre forced him to change his mind. . Warrants have been issued for the male members of the company and If a an attempt Is mart to give a perform ance tomorrow, arrests will follow. The police and county attorney agreed that this Is tha only way to prevent a riot The chorus flr1 were. frightened, alv He Couldn't Secure Pro- come In here and skulked behind an unknown person." fee declared. - "It Is time this was stopped. I.t Is not decent to present such stuff "as " evidence and It would not be tolerated In an Ar kansas backwoods Justice Shop. ' It is outrageous to permit witnesses to give the hearsay -talk, of persons whose nsmes the witnesses do not give whose nsmes they do not dare to give." ' Craddock is "one or the policemen re cently disciplined for violation of the rules of the police department. He was a witness earlier In the present Inves tigation and testified that the Oregonlan had manufactured Interviews with him. His testimony' this morning .was given with noticeable fluency when he- Woe describing his talk ' with the nameless individual, who flrat mada-iilm-awaxa fofhs-CTitan6r-wr-Tiature onw civil aervlce examlnationa. The wit ness excited some amusement 'when he said: "The man whom I met was a smooth' faced man- about 15, very much like that man there," pointing to J. B. Ryan, sec retary of the Democratlo eodnty central committee, who sat beside Mr. Greene. "But I don't think that Is the man," Craddock added.- - -. .r- v lie tssuned tuat lie met Ills aiiuiij mous Informant on ths corner of Second and Alder streets about :I0 In the even lng. just" before the time for, holding the examlnationa ; for police captain. The ' stranger said he had talked' with Mayor Lane about Bruin, of whom Crad dock had never before heard, but he did not say -whether he advocated or opposed Bruin's appointment.. .., It waa my talk. with this man-that led me to refuse to participate In the examination." aald Craddock.-, Mr. Greene's, cross-examination of tha witness developed the details of the al leged conversation: Tha "amooth-faced man waa' curious to know ' whether gambling was permitted In Chinatown and Craddock enlightened him on that and a number of other subjects. Includ ing- the patrolman a eager ambition to be a captain.. Craddock also related hla own personal opinion ef Mayor Lane, whom he profeaaed to be "In the habit of defending whenever he Is criticised. Police affairs came -up for discussion and then Craddock unbosomed himself to the stranger, telling of his intention to take the examination for captain. l Tllta Among Counsel. - There were several sharp tilts ' be tween counael during the testimony and (Continued on Page Two.) most Into hysterics by tha demonstra tion and refused to venture upon the streets. Manager Calder will meet with the mayor, chief of police, cosjnty attor ney and members of the committee to morrow and endeavor . to patch up the difficulty He cays that thr poster In question , waa a atock picture and did not belong to hla company. Irish-Americana to the number . of 4,100 have signed a declaration that they will not permit the ahow to be given under any circumstances. ' DRIVEN FROM BUTTE. V. tt Crowe Xsoorted Oat of Tows aa Clttsena' Alliance Organiser. . , - (Special nispatPk te The Jeoreal.) Butte. Mont.. Dec. II. Thomas C. Crowe, a well-known mine operator of Idaho Bprtngs, Colorado, was escorted from thla city late last night by a dele gation of armed miners. Tha charge made against Crowe was that ha had advocated a Citizens' alliance hero .and that he had aerved aa 'a captain In the Colorado National .guards during tha la bor troubles there several years ago. - Crowe was hit over the head with a gun and overpowered by alx men at Malrt and Broadway, leaa than 100 feet from the police etatlon, and forced Into s hnefc. - - lie waa driven -within a mile of Sil ver Bow, seven miles south of here, and allowed to go upon promising that he would leave Montana -at one and never set foot In this state again. '. lie was threatened with death If he re fused. ' . j " Crowe came to -Butte yesterday In the interests of a Denver aululng machinery company, , m "Work, Not POLICEMEN IN RAGS AMONG L0ND0N (Joaraal Special Service.) London. Deo, It. Though It la confi dently believed that auch scenes of riot and deatructlon aa have recently taken place In the Russian metropolis could never -bo enacted In London, the author- ttlea here are undeniably worried over was a strong, body of uniformed men tKepoasTCITlt,y that' threcriiwiffliritniauTr r racks In ranks or the unemployed may result in .disorderly- demonstrations now that the rigors 'of winter are felt. In evi DAY OF DISASTERS III THE EAST Explosion Opposite Waldorf-Astoria Hurls a Man to Top of Building Three Killed. ENTOMBED WORKMEN IN . DANCER OF DROWNINQ Wreckers Derail Santa Fe Train in Kansas, Throwing Train Over Em- ban km ent Debris .-Catches - Fire .L Messenger Incinerated- . - Unarm! SpeeUl flOTtee.1 New . York, Dec. . IS. Thla was a day of disasters both, in this city snd in many other parts of the country Three workmen were killed and at least 10 Injured by a premature explosion- of dy namite at Thirty-fourth atreet and Fifth avenue thla morning. The acene of the disaster la directly opposite , the Waldorf-Astoria dining' room, which waa filled with several hundred guests at the time. An Immense quantity of earth fell on top of- workmen and debris waa scat tered rn all directions, blocking trafflo on Fifth ' avenue for several hours. The workmen were -blown- In -all - direction. One. victim waa thrown on top of a neighboring building and others badly mangled. .One man waa thrown against the Waldorf-Astoria and fell to the side walk a mangled corpse.- r A cave-In In the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel at Long Island City ocourred this morning, catching a gang of work men In the tunnel. The entombed men are In danger of drowning aa the cave- In turned the waters of Newton creek Into the tunnel and is backing them up upon the workers. Tha mouth- of ,the sewer has also' been stopped 'and ita contents rare diverted Into-the tunnel. A large number of rescuers are work ing hard to releaae the entombed truVn. -Late thla afternoon a., diver reached and , released two entombed menr He could find no others. - i ,i ' " A dispatch . from - Topeka, Kansas, state that wreckers thla morning derailed- the , Santa .Fa train near Lang, causing the death of Elmer Derrick, the expreaa messenger, and Injuring five others seriously. This la the fifth time an attempt has been made to wreck the train, the other attempts resulting fa slight damage. Spikes, angle-bars and bolt a were removed from the raila on a curve and th train plunged down a 10- foot embankment Fir added horror to tha acene and the train waa partly consumed; The express" wwm burned. Derrick's body being consumed. Portland Finn a Contrast. (Seecial Olaeena te Th Joaraal.t ; Grants Paaa. Or.. Dec. 1. Josephine county court, after examining all bids submitted for the furnishing of the four steel cells for the new oounty Jail, awarded the contract to Glase Prud hesaaae el ferlland for t,l0r" Charity." -Prom - Judy. M0B FEARING-RI0T dence of this feeling of solicitude. It Is learned on good authority that more than toe policemen In ragged raiment war among the marchers rn the recent procession of the unemployed. In aM- dttlon to . fheaev.meav tt : la .aald, there ease of emergency. "Work; Not Char ity, la the most popular banner ar- rled by tha unemployed. HERMANN'S TRIAL Because of Illness of His Attor ney, Cately, Congressman ' Asks Postponement. PROSECUTOR HENEY -CONSENTS TO DELAY Charge of Destroying" Government Letter Books Will Not Be Heard UntiL the Second Month of the " .--..' . ' (Washlnrtoa Baresa .ef The Joaraal.).' Washington, Deo. It. The trial of th case against Representative Blnger Hermann In 'the District' of Columbia courta in which Hermann Is ' charred with destroying government letter- books havs been postponed until Febru ary. ..,., It waa th Intention of Special Prose cutor Heney to try this case prior to hla return to Oregon. He waa preparing to go on with It Immediately after the ar gument of. laat week. In the Hyde-Benson land fraud case. Hermann, however, asked for a .con tinuance .on account of tha lUnesa of his aon-ln-law, Gatejy, one of hla attomeya. and Heney acquleaced In th request FULTON INTRODUCES TWO BILLS IN SENATE (Within Buresa of The Joeraal.) Washington,: Dec 1. Senator Ful ton today Introduced bills to confer Jur isdiction upon the circuit court of the United Statea for the Ninth circuit to determine In equity the right of Ameri can cltlsena under ' the award of the Baring sea, arbitration of .Paris and to render Judgment thereon, alao for the relief of settlers and entrymen within the limits of th Northern Paclfta rail way land grant by providing for the ad justment of conflicting claims to lands within th grant . - BOSLER IS APPOINTED ASSISTANT TREASURER ' (Joeraai SperUl Service.) Washington, U lc. 1. Among the presidential nominations today, were th following: For assistant treasurer of th United Rtatea at Philadelphia. J OcMph fiWtW"tW scf ftf of CUfltOlllV at Eureka, California, Sterling A. Camp bell, reappointed. round Da4 la Chair. (Special Dtapateb te The Joaraal.) . .. Pilot Rock. Or., Dec. 1. Henry Shoe maker, aa old man living four . miles from Pilot Bock, waa foun.i dead In his chair yeeterday Death w.MiPpsxsnUx4 CaOIa T) hear I disease, ' FEBRUARY Assessor . Sigier Would, Have Council y Refuse to Adopt Ways and Means Com mittee's Schedule.- :- GIVES FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY MORE Five-Mill Assessment for . City Ex penses Would Raise Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Mors Than Was -Required Last Year, After Deduct ing Bridge Fund. . , Cwmty Assessor B. D. Blgler, with a multitude of other people In Portland today, deplores the prospect of th city absorbing all of th savings effected by economy In other tax branches and even making th total tax collections heavier than laat year. He said thla morning that th report of th ways and means committee of th council, formulated yesterday afternoon fixing th city tax levy at s.S mills merited th opposition of all local Interests and should not be adopted finally by tha oounelL - Assessor Blgler feels th attitude of th ways and. means committee of th council more 'keenly than perhaps sny other official. Whan he began th work of assessing Multnomah county at Us true cash value th burden of all opposition was that the .increased valu ation would be uaed as th avenue for heavier taxes. Last year the city taxea had been forced up to the maximum al- lowed by statute.'" Cltlsena y while th valuation waa th earn, aa they would be able to defeat any effort to raise th limit In th legislature. They met Assessor Blgler with auch statemepta when he sought to get val uations on a samv fair basis, . ' ... - Tlada Wo Bsasom for taereaae. "I told property-owners who protested against my policy of 'Valuations--that they must watch th tax-levying- offl- ulals. til same as thai had las sight to watoh tha assessor," said Mr. Blgler this morning. "I had 'hoped earnestly that there would b; too Increases In tax. After conferring with th various departments of city and county govern ment I found no reason why- there should be, and felt confident when I Increased valuations mat tner wouia be no Increase In expenditures. X had Intense Interest 'in this matter, to give taxpayers the opportunity to observe the working of the new policy. "Last year th city levied for an amount that realised $48,88. By th vote at th laat election, providing for a maximum levy of 1 mills for bridges. an Increase under this head waa ex pected. But .allowing for th $117,000 which I necessary for brldgea, the total, taking last year's expenaea aa the basis for thla year'a levy, would yet be but 1607,000. Five mine, with a property valuation In th city of $111,000,000, would rata $855,000, which la 148.000 more than th city required laat year, after deducting the $117,000 bridge fund. Thua the city would have received from direct taxation $4,000 a month more than laat year. Pour Hundred, Dollars a Saw More. "Under th proposed levy th city should receive $76,800, or $15$. 800 more than for laat year, after deducting the $117,000 bridge fund. Thla la an aver age of a little . more than $11,(00 in crease per month, or above $400 a day. I ask, Doea any taxpayer or official believe that It la necessary for legiti mate expenaea to have an Increaa of city expenditurea over laat year of more than $400 a day In the city of Portland? "The state tax will be leaa, th county tax leaa, while tha school tax, despite th rapidly growing attendance, will be approximately the same. If early Indi cations may be accepted. Yet, despite all of these economies, th lncreaae In the city tax will have the effect of tak ing the total tax above th total of laat year. In other words, th taxpayer will be required to pay more money than he did laat year, which I especially deplore In view of the trouble expert" encad In getting every one to accept a true cash valuation of property as the guide for all aaaeaaora." Tha situation I becoming more per plexing. -The city council la not held down to a fixed maximum, as laat year. when it reached the limit But there ar .free prophecies that If a tax of more than S milla la impoaed by the city this year, an effort will be mad at th next aeaaion of th legislature to lower th maximum for all city taxes to 4 or t milla, Inatead of and a fraction, aa at prant. . Th tax lew for cltr Purposes waa fixed at I.I mills by th ways . and mean committee of th dty council (Continued on Page Five.) ,.r WETTEST DAY THIS YEAR SOAKS CITY e Almost on 'and on half I e Inches of rain ha fallen at' Port- 4 land during the laat 14 hours. I - l'P to 1 o'clock thla morning th precipitation meaaured on and two hundredtha Inches, th hear- , lest continuous downpour record- 4 4 . ed this season. The rain la accom- S - panled. bj a- strong aouth wlnoVJ" 4 Storm warnlnga have been dls-. played along th Oregon coaat . S " Off th mouth of the Columbia.) - tnia -morning a aoutnweat wind waa blowing; at a velocity of SO miles an hour; at Cap Flattery- 4 It i waa- II miles. The weather e 4 man says the gale will diminish ' - tonight . , 4 American Marines ' From War ship Baltimore Protect For eigners From Rioting Bands of Coolies. GERMAN TROOPS HURRY TO-SCENE OF OUTRAGE All ' Business . Suspended in Chinese Port for ' Fear of Looting More British Soldiers Debark Cruisers Clesred for ActionUprising Like Boxer War Expected.' (Joarnal Special Service.) . Washington, Dee. 19. A cablegram was received from Shanghai this morn ing stating that asm oonaequeno of th rioting, by Coolies yeeterday In which two police atatlona were burned, $0 Chi ne wer killed and a number of for eigners Injured. Merchants today-are afraid to open their stores, fearing they will be looted by the moba . which are doting in several parta of the city ' The British cruiser Diadem landed 100 more marines today which ar protect ing th foreign population, reinforcing those landed yeeterday. German troops ar hurrying from Kalu Chau. I In response to appeals from, Consul General Rodgers at Shanghai, th crui ser Baltimore, commanded by Captain Nathan Sargeant, formerly aid to Ad- mlralDewer1arrlvd f rom Woo Buna thla morning aad-iaaded marine to pro tect the Americans and other foreigners. The trouble Is a result of the an-tl-forelgn feeling which has been growing rapidly throughout China recently and of which th American boycott la aim- ply a manifestation. Following a strike and a dispute growing out of some cases being tried before the sonaular.ourte. the rioting started. Th naval forces from' the British tim AlllSllusn unships sis luwdlua tha Street. All business h.. lien mZ pended and frequent aaaaulta are made upon foreigners. Warships ar cleared for action, but the situation . Is stated to be under control. The foreign population has armed and Is supporting the marines In their-efforts to maintain order. Th German consul was atoned and similar attempta made upon the American ..-vlce-conaul and other foreigners. ' Dispatches from Canton etat that a general uprising againat foreigner aim liar to that of the Boxers, is expected in the near future. Th different mis sions have recalled their men - from outer atatlona. - No on expects th boy cott will die down until th uprising occurs and la suppressed. WOLF SNATCHED-BREAD FROM HAND OF CHILD (Joaraal SpeeUl Strvka.) "Victor. Col., Dec. 1. Mabel, th 6- year-old daughter of Mr. K. B. Reiner, residing a mil east of Victor, near Little Bull hill, had a startling experi ence with a large gray wolf yesterday evening. Th little girl was aeated on th lower-atep of the back door of her horn eating a piece of broad and sugar when a gray wolf ran up and snatched th food from her hand, Th animal scaped. DEMANDS OF THE POWERS GRANTED BY THE SULTAN (Joaraal SpeeUl Swrtoe.) : Paris, Dc. IS. It waa announced at th cabinet meeting today that tha sul tan of Turkey has definitely agreed to th demands of th powers for th finan cial administration of Macedonia. .Th papers report that In an Albanian re volt Turkish officials ware murdered and th rebela ylctorloue over 1,000 Turkish troops. SPONGE-FACED KID IS ARRESTED FOR MURDER (Joarnal Sseelal Wallace, Idaho. Dm. !. C K. Lewis has been arrested bar on' suspicion of being th murderer of a young woman at Cripple Creek, Colorado. Lewla 1 known aa th "8ponge-Faced Kid," and hi arrest. It is believed, will unravel th murder mystery which has long puzzled Colorado authorities. ROBBERS BLOW UP BANK BUT ARE SCARED AWAY (Joaraal Special Serrtre.) - St Louis,. Mo.. Dec IS. Four robbers this mornlnavblaw up th safe in th bank of Baldwin. Illinois, but wer frightened away befbr they got much booty. They were attacked by rltlien and shots wer exchanged for half an hour. None were hurt OREGON ELOPERS ARE ' SENTENCED AT BOISE ("peril! PlseVtf "TW JnnwiTl Bole. Idaho, leo. IS. Fred MW end Mr. Annie Tarpln. formerly of Modfnrd, Oregon, pleaded grtHy to a atatatory charge In the (Harriot court today. Law was' sentenced w .vn mnnt h In the penitentiary and Mrs. Turpi" to five months In Hie county Jell. The t !4v IS the wit f en rrnB Tnre iww main The couple el'.i o,l lunt April ',t wr traced to ly the Injur. 1 Criminal Action Against Bank 7 Wrecker Will Probably Be T7; : Taken by Federal Gov I " eminent. ' ' MONEY SHIPPED IN AT ' kj NIGHT TO STEM ATTACK Large Amount of Gold Arrive to Pejrv'Olf Depositors Runs on Banks Continue nd Walsh's Bed ford Bank in Dsjnger KdcYtr Completing Investigation. - , .. ; f m - ' -ttoaraa! Special Service.) ' Chicago. Dec 1. Depositors of the) Chicago National and the Horn Saving banka which suspended operations yea-' terday gathered early thla morning, taking th police unawares. In th ex citement anauing great confualon re- .... suited. Applicants ar getting their money aa faat aa the' tellers can count It out Long atrlnga of depoaltora ax- tending for block In Jho atreet are awaiting their turna to withdraw their accounta. . As a result of th banks loaning large sums to their president, John R. Walah. on Insufficient security, criminal prose cution of Mr. Walsh wiU probably b undertaken for violation of th banking laws by th government This morning United States District ' Attorney Morrison said that he had re ceived no official notice aa yet of the J. leal t answer vet what- proper authorities would do and could, not Instigate action until he had received official notice from Controller Rldgley and Bank Examiner Boeworth." who is in charge of tha defunct Insti tution. He added that If any reputable citizen made th proper presentation be would talc cognisance of .-and "tttT probabl that the .stockholders of th bank will til complaints If th govern ment doe not take th snltlallve. TOV3r rtTr08UeUTOTaSTTi-V; state Attorney Healey. when asked not making an Investigation on his own account and had aa yet recelvedno com plaintaf ,o ' lfoaey Oome at !. Throughout th night money was ar riving, abtpped In by th various elty . banka to atem the'tide, pay off deposi tor and prevent runs on the other banks. Financiers ar confident that a general panio baa now been averted through the prompt action of th clear ing house. A run was started today on the Bed ford (Indiana) National bank at Bed ford, of which Walsh is president Th attack waa expected and morning found th bank prepared, money having ar rived throughout th night from Chicago. Nevertheless there Is panio among th depositors and th accounts ar being withdrawn as faat aa th tellers can . pay out th money. .. Controller Ridgley appeared at the) bank thla morning to complete his tn veatlgatlon and said that h waa near ly through and expects to complete hi report today when h will at one start for Washington. . ' Boekefeller the Oaaa. It developed today that John D. Rock efeller was largely - Instrumental la bringing about th financial collapse of Walah. For seven years Walsh ha been a competitor with th Standard Oil company In an attempt to control the) Ohio gas field. Th eon teat ha been a eoatly on to both aide, and Walsh's stubbornness led to RockefeIlera secret attacks upon hi railroad and other en terprises. For three years th competi tion has been so keen that th Walala company was compelled to practically glv gaa to. consumers In Akron and vicinity at about half th actual cost. The finance committee of th city council met this morning to eonalder " th condition of th tt.S00.90S In city funda on deposit with .th Chicago Na tional. It was decided not to withdraw the funds, as they wer safe and fully protected by the associated banks at Chicago, who bav placed all of their reaourcee back of the defunct Institu tions. Orao Tagrart'a Torta. Among ih developments of today waa) the discovery that Grace Taggart, the divorced wife of Captain Taggart. wh recently won notoriety rn her sensa tional dlvorc case, had 180.000. practi cally her entire fbrtun. In th Equitable Truat company, on of th failed coa carna. . John R. Walsh appeared at tha .bank at 10:80 o'clock thla morning. He alighted from his carriage half a block away and walked through th crowd unrecognised. lie refused to answer . questions and appeared calm. - He smiled with assurance when asked If h feared criminal prosecution. . He appears con fident that tha law was not violated, though ha refuses- to say word. . ; - Aaasts sad Liabilities. ' The liabilities of th Ihre institution - (Continued on Pag Two.) LAF0LLETTE RESIGNS AS GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN e ' Vmirnal flp-H.I ar-H.-.) Medlaon. Win.. !'. !. Il"b- A fft W "1JI -py'"' M i'it la MS . . run miMtlOM e-iv.rnor v W consln lit th I Close of II" noon, to 1 ' " ' romi'li '1' : ! ' " 1 .IV I. I t A
