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VOL. IV. NO. 248.
GAMBLERS SEEK THROUG!
' COUNCIL REVENGE ON I
Raid on Milwaukie Club Shown to Have In
spired Investigation of Bruin's Appoint
- ment to the Portland Police Force.'
CHIEF INQUISITOR
Testimony Shows Why Malarkey Is Interested
; i n the Prosecution and How-Lawmakers
Are Subservient to Lawbreakers. '
When Captain Bruin said yesterday
before the council committee which la.
investigating the civil service commis
sion that all the uproar over' his ap.
polntment to the police force "started
with the raid on the Milwaukie club"
be hit the nail on the head.
Mayor Lane's attempt to enforce the
provisions of the charter prohibiting
gambling- within four miles of the city
limits waa the signal for a concerted
attack on his administration by all of
- f the elements which have been oppos
ing him since he took office. The
amblers, the peanut politicians, the pro
fessional office-holders, the -heelers of
the Republican machine, and Its news
paper, organs,: all Joined hands In one
more effort, to bring, discredit and re-
' proach on the mayor'e administration, -
The ' conspiracy haa proved an Igno
minious failure. The pretended investi
gation Of -the civil' service commission
by the council has resulted only In is
tabllshing beyond cavil that the com
mission baa acted strictly In accordance
with the provisions of the charter and
: with an eye singly to the city's in-
tercets -end the welfare of the public
, : service. -
All Kinds of Svldenee. v
' '' "The dragnet ' of the Inquisitors baa
' Mrrta: In. BYfrr. f j,""v,,hla circum
stance which could gTvS-BUtW to the
charges of the conspirators', rumors.
SHOUTS MAY LOSE
OFFICIAL HEAD
Senators Declare Canal Boss
Must Change Methods or
' Quit His Place.
BISHOP IS APPOINTED
. ON CANAL COMMISSION
A
Press Agent It Promoted by Presi
dent Railroad Connections f
Shonts Hamper Hit Usefulness in
Dealings With Congress.
(Jeorsal Special Serrtce.1
" Washington. Dec. SO. It ia learned
On high Republican authority that Sec
retary Joseph B. Blshnp Is not the only
Panama canal official threatened with
serious trouble. According to this au
thority, either Shonts' methods will have
to be changed radically or he wUt be
In Imminent dangor of losing his head.
Before the session Is much older. It Is
stated, there will be a general overhaul-'
Ing of the ennal administration. '
No doubt la expressed of the capabil
ity of Shonts, but there is a free as
sertion of opinion that his railroad
training and connection have deprived
him of that broader experience with
the government way of doing things
which would be of great asslstanco to
him In his necessary dealings with con
gress. .-. , '
A statement by Slionta pob'lshel to
day gives his version of the agreement
between htm and those who asked him
to enter the government service.
Shonts says the proposition was made
to him by Senator Hale, Secretary Mor-
-'. ton. Speaker Cannon and others during
a cruise In the West Indies. He want
ad to remain an -official In connection
with the Clover Tenf road, and a plan
-was -devised whereby he should continue
aa president, the actual work being
done by Second Vice-President George
II. Rosa,,, except In large matters of
policy. v
It la understood that Senator Hale
' does not admit that he consented to
any such plan. . It Is learned that Shonts
bas 12,000,000 Invested In Clover Leaf
stock. -,..! ;x :'
President Roosevelt is not disposed
to take any action, but In the event de
termined opposition develops In congress
. to Shonts continuance in a dual connec
tion with the railroad und the commis
sion the president will be compelled to
aak him to aever bla relations with one
or the -other.
The president today appointed Joseph
Buckley Bishop, who has been press
agsnt for-the canal commission, a mem
ber of the commission, Bishop's ap
pointment as press agent waa severely
criticised In congress snd the emergency
appropriation bill was only passed when
the president agreed to abolish the of
fice. - 1 ' 1
ThO 4tifw eommlssloner will receive a
salary of I7.B00 m srtrrttlon-to-U0Qa
recording secretary of the commission.
WAS ALSO
gossip, hearsay, Imaginings, have been
presented solemnly snd paraded before
the publlo as evidence, and witnesses
have even been called to testify to
statements made by persons whose
names are 'unknown. ' Oarbled versions
of the testimony bave been given to the
publlo through the. columns of the ring
papers in order to disguise , the utter
failure of the Investigation.
All that could be done by a shrewd
and cunning attorney to bring forth evi
dence Injurious to the mayor's admin
istration haa been done. Untrammeled by
any regard for the rules of evidence or
the declared purpose' of the Investiga
tion he has dragged in a mass of Ir
relevant ' circumstances without the
slightest effort on the part of the coun
cil committee to confine- hi Inquiry- to
its legitimate bounds. The taxpayers
will have to foot the lawyer's bill when
the farce Is ended.
AH Mxed Beforehand.
It waa the common report when the
Investigation began that , (he council
committee i was to report adversely to
the civil service commission, no muttet
what th evidence might be. The mem
bers of the, committee were said to have
been selected with that' Intention. But
the evidence adduced haa been so flimsy
ana nss railed ao-utterly to sustain the
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DEATHBED VISIONS
ARE ILLUSIONS
Dr. William Osier Says That Sta
tistics Show That People Die
as Jhey Have Lived.
DYING MEN UN'NrLUENCED
BY THOUGHTS OF FUTURE
Great Majority Give No Sign One
. Way or the Other Like Births
Their Deaths Are a Sleep and u
Forgetting.
(Joornsl Special Service.) .
Baltimore, Md., Deo. 20. Dr. William
Osier, .the man who wants the aged
hustled to the graveyard. Is out with a
really Important and Interesting declar
ation. In his latest book he says that
the "deathbed" visions believed In by
thoussnds and of which there are acor
of supposed authentic records are pla'i:
nonsense. Moreover, he supports hie
declaration by hundreds of' deathbed
observations, which he believes . prove
absolutely that such reported visions
are untrue. In all these cases there
was suffering, fear and. other emotions,
but no thought of the future.
"As a rule man dies as he lived, un
influenced practically by .thought of
future life. I have careful records of
S00 deaths, studied particularly to view
the modes of death and the sensation
of the dying. Ninety suffered bodily
pain or distress of some sort or other,
11 showed mental apprehension, .two
positive, terror, one expressed spiritual
exaltation, one bitter remorse.
"The great majority gave no slgMn
way or the other. Like births, their
deaths were sleep and forgetting. . In
this matter man hath no pre-eminence
over1 beast, 'As one dleth, so dleth -the
other-'l :
FOUR-MASTED VESSEL IN
DISTRESS OFF CARMANAH
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(Jisirnal Special Sanieef)
Victoria. B. C, Iec . SO. A four
masted schooner ' was lata last night
burning 'distress signals snd signaling
for a tug about seven miles southwest
of Carmnnah lighthouse at the entrance
to the Straits of San Jusn. She ap
peared tj be in bad shape and to have
much difficulty .in. keeping .off the
ahorevr . r". :
BURLINGTON REBATING
Y INVESTIGATED BY JURY
(Jnnrnal Speial Sarrlee.) T
Chicago, Dec. SO. Investigation : of
the alleged practice of' rebates by the
Chicago, Furl Ing ton tt Qulnry. railroad
commenced today by the federal grand
Jury. The agents of number of ship
pers "appeared -as witnaases. ,
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY ' EVENING, " DECEMBER 20, 1905. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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GOUNGILMEN HAVOELIVERED M
MAY YOHE APPLIES
FOR-A DIVORCE-
Actress Petitions Berlin Courts
for Separation From Put- ;
nam Bradlee Strong.
(Jooraal Special Service.)
- New York, Dec 20. A cable -fron?
Berlin announces that May Yohe, the
actress, formerly Lady Francis -Hope,
has brought suit In the Berlin courts
for divorce against ' Major Putnam
Bradlee' Strong, son of the late Mayor
Strong of this city. The actress re
mained In Berlin three daya attending
to the details of the suit She left
today for Monte Carlo, where it la an
nounced she will await the result of
her divorce proceedings.
This promised end . of the Tone-
Strong scandal. . which completely
blighted the brilliant prospects of tha
young man,, does not come as a com
plete surprise. He and Miss Yohe have
quarreled many times since be suf
fered social oatraolam. loss of posltloq
In the army and the friendship of prom
inent men, to marry her, after their open
association while she was tha wife of
Lord Francis Hope, which caused Mm
to be barred from New York clubs.
ARMY OFFICER ON TRIAL FOR
CUTTING HIS THROAT
Lieutenant McClelland, Who At
tempted to Commit Sujcide,
Is Courtmartialed.
(Special rUspatck to' The JonrnaL)
" Spokane,- Wash. Deo, 30. The court
martial called- to try First Lieutenant
Donald C McClelland of Company E,
Tenth United States infantry, at Fort
Wright, convened yesterday. ..
Lieutenant -McClelland waa ' placed
under arrest after sn alleged misappro
priation of funds of his company. This
sum. however, was shortly returned by
his wife, and It Is said that this Is not
the charge on which he will be tried.
While under arrest the lieutenant at
tempted to commit suicide by cuttlag
hts throat and wrist with the rasor
while shaving, and this la said to be the
chief charge brought against htm.
It Is claimed that the officer has five
bullet wounds on his body received In
the battle of Santiago.
JURY F11MDS CRAWFORD
: GUILTY OF SWINDLING
(Jearnal Special Barries.)
Washington, Dec. 20. The Jury last
night returned a verdict of guilty In
the case , of William O. Crawford, ex
deputy auditor for- the postofflce de
partment. Crawford was Indicted with
August WJHchen and George E. Lnr
ens, on a charge of conspiracy to de
fraud . the I'nlted States In connection
with a contract for supplying the post
office departmene Wjith lener-carrlars'
satchel. He was released 'on. ball pend
ing. appUcaUoaf pts, jaw trial.
Happens to Drop in on the Council's ' Vaudeville Performance at the
- l City Hall. - -v.. LZZti: '.Z... .. .. : '. ..
Members Keep Promise t Made
When Red Ticket Campaign"
Was Waged. .
COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL
HAVE JUGGLED WITH IT
Original Ordinance, Declared Legal
by Courts, Is Repealed, and Then
Came Succession of Attempts to
Pass Substitute Which Fail.
Portland's saloon box ordinance, en-
acted In response to the pressure of pre
ponderating sentiment. Is dead.
Portland's city council haa delivered
the goods. . .i
The last days of May. 1005. on the
eve of the municipal election, the Whole
sale Liquor Dealers association Issued
thousands of "red Ink" tickets, whereon
were printed the names of certain can
didates for the municipal legislature.
with advice that all owing allegiance
to that organisation must support these
candidates for - the reason that they
were "all right.". ,
As the campaign progressed, the Issue
was sharply defined and the much
feared dominance of the open town
forces was brought to the attention of
the voters by The Journal. ,
While that campaign was going on-,
those who attend to the political end of
the open town matters were arranging
for the killing of the bos ordinance.
The Journal sounded the warning at the
time, saying plainly that. If the present
councllmen, with a few exceptlone, were
elected, the box ordinance was doomed.
This prediction haa been proved true
by the council's unkept promises to do
something to remedy the present condi
tions. The council has delivered the
goods It contracted to deliver when the
108 city campaign waa being fought
Bos Ordinance Bead.' -
The box ordinance Is dead,' killed by
the men elected to represent the cltlsens
of Portland in the chambers -of the mu
nicipal legislature.
Up to June 2, 1904. conditions In Poet-
land were bad In respect to the selling
of liquor In saloon and restaurant boxes.
Hundreds of girls were - to-be - found
nightly drinking In these pitfalls and
the proprietors of the less respectable
places had grown so bold that there
were elaborate systems of bars, boxes
and rooming-houses In connection' and
lists of habitues, so that debauchery
ran riot and the cltlsens arose en masse
and demanded that the councllmen do
something. 1 The facts were set forth
(Continued on Page Two.)
FOREST RESERVE TAKES
CLACKAMAS LANDS
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(Journal Spec4al SerTlre.)
Washington, Dee. Jo. Secre
tary of the Interior Hitchcock
today ordered the withdrawal ef
40.000 - acres In Clackamas
county, Oregon, to be added to
the forest reeerve.
These lands are: Section-It.
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township 1 south, range east;
all of township t south, range w
east; sections 13 to 20, north - 4)
half of section tt, all of sections - 4
14, IS and 30 In township t 4
South, range T east, and the west 4
half of township I south, range 4
7 east, . . , 4)
.ANE
Nearly Six Hundred Females
Saved by Convicts at Black
well's Island.
(Jearnal Special Sarrlee.)
New Tork. Dec, 20. Fire In the wom
an's section of the workhouse at Black
well's island this morning, came near
ending fatally. The roof of the place
fell Just as the laat of the 1,000 persona
left. . .
The origin of the 'fire Is a mystery,
but Is supposed to have been occa
sioned by crossed electric wires. When
the alarm spunded the fire drill was
formed and tha women started to file
out The flumes shut off a large num
ber from the exit and they were saved
by the male prisoners.
When It was seen that the' building
was doomed to destruction the male
prisoners were put upon their honor and
martlalnd by their keepers into fire
brigades. Heroic work waa done by
the prisoners In rescuing victims from
the flames. Altogether 694 women were
saved from Incineration by the malt
prisoners.
GRIP DROPPED BONE TO
GRASP SHADOW '
Made Mistake of Claiming to
Represent Both Norway
and Sweden.
(Waahlnstoa Bnreaa of Th Journal.)
Washington, D. C Dec. 20 Mr. Grip.
erstwhile minister . from Swede'n and
Norway, Is sulking In New Tork. This
gentleman furnished an Impressive ob
ject lesson In the danger-of dropping
the bone tQ grasp the shadow. He first
loudly proclaimed his allegiance to his
native land, Norway. This he followed
by hastening to Stockholm and offering
his services to King Osoarv- They were
accepted and he returned to Washing
ton this 'autumn, after an Incidental
sojourn or two at Welsbaden and the
Oerman 8 pas.
But when he returned to -his post he
made the mistake of claiming to repre
sent both governments aa usual, much
to the embarrassment of the state de-partmentn-Jtnleed,
not until Mr. Chris
thin Hauge was formally appointed
minister from Norway ' and protested
against the use of his country's name
by a Swedish minister, did Mr. Grip
retire from the field. It la doubtful
whether he will continue m the service
of Hweden. Diplomats think that It
would he wiser for King Oscar to start
out 'anew. :"
Mr. Grip does not take kindly to his
divided power and the new minister,
who never got elorfg with him as Prat
secretary of the dual legntlon, will pre
cede him In rank, since Mr.-Hauge has
already gotten his appointment as min
ister from Norway,- and - that - of Mr.
Grip is still to eome. Mrs. Hauge bas
been making duty-rails all the month.
and she la prepared to raise the new
legation .into -a nrst-clnsa social pewer.
no matter what may be its rating pullt-
PR SO O S
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PRICE TWO
20Q,0QQ ARMED PEASANTS IN
ImperiarAuthoritCeases'to Exist in Baltic
Provinces Riga Made Capital of the
- Lettish Republic.
FORTRESSES MANNED TO RESIST
rlNVASIONIMPERIAUTROOPS
All Able Bodied Males Ordered to Take Up
Arms - Against Russian Government -
General Strike Ordered in Empire. - -
(Journal Special Sarvlee.
Bt Petersburg. Deo. 20. (Bulletin)
The general strike began at noon at
Moscow. All railways are Involved.
(Jearaal Special SerTlre. 1 -St
Petersburg, Dec, 20. The number
Of armed 'peasants now " In revolt IS
estimated at 200,000 and the number is
hourly tncreaalng. The -disaffection of
the peasants is the most serious blow
to the autocracy that haa yet fallen, aa
tt was considered Impossible to organise
them on account of their ignorance and
prejudice, and the fact that loyalty to
the csar was bred In them.
The caar's -authority has entirely
ceased to exist In the Baltic provinces,
where a republic haa been fully organ
ised. Fifteen hundred delegates have
been elected to the Pan-Lettish congress,
and Riga has been selected as the capi
tal of the Lettish republic . Orders
have been Issued fpr forming an army
comprised of all able-bodied malea, to
join the forces and resist the Imperial
troops. The order Issued to pay no
taxes and obey no orders from the csar's
government Ms being generally obeyed.
Fortresses are being manned for de-
Lfense sgalnst the Invading army, bridges
have all been blown up and railroad
tracks destroyed.
It Is feared at the capital that the
troops sent to crush the insurrection will
prove disloyal and join-the revolution-
TWO NEW DOCKS TO BE BUILT HERE
EOR HARRIMAH-BOATS
New Device Will Enable Loading; of Ships Direct From Railway
Cars R. P. Schwerin Says That the Chinese Boy-
cott Is Not a Joke.
Two new modern docks fitted up with
every modern convenience for the rapid
handling of freight will be built at
Portland by the Harrlman Interests aa
soon as the engineers have completed
the drawings on which they are now at
work. One of them will be situated on
the site of the Alaska dock and will be
used exclusively by the river boats and
the Han Francisco steamers. The other
will be at the point where the Alblna
dock now stands. At this point the ori
ental liners will receive and discharge
their freight
Referring to the proposed improve?
ments this morning, R. P. Schwerin,
vice-president and general manager of
the steamship lines, said that the dock
for the San Francisco- steamers will be
extended back to a point on a level with
the street This will give It an ap
proximate width of 320 feet, as against
120 feet now. It will also be given an
additional length of TOO feet, making it
1,200 feet from end to end. A spur of a
railroad track ywlll be built alongside of
Its outer edge parallel with the- street
so that by meana of electrlo conveyors
freight can be sent from cars through
the dock to ships waiting to receive It.
On the other hand, cargoes may be sent
by the same arrangement from the ves.
sels to the cars. . The dock will be pro
vided with only one floor, instead of
being a double decker as are the ma
jority of the Portland docks. The floor
will be above the high water mark.
ro Oriental Uaera. .
The same style of dock will be built
where the Alblna wharf now stands for
the oriental liners. It also will be ex
tended In length, but will not be made
wider on account of a lack of apace. It
already la built back to the railroad and
when fitted op. with, electric conveyora
It Is held that the ships can be given at
least twice as quick dispatch as now Is
possible. In erecting the new buildings
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CENTS. ' SSSflnP cemiI
1 CZAR
lets. The destruction of the railroad
and bridges "greatly hampers the move
ments of the invading 'army, making the
sea the only practical route for landing
troops, and the disaffection of the navy
renders it Impractical at the present
time to utilise th'ls mode to any extent '
Reports from Tukuro state that th
troops killed 000 peaaanta and 400 of
the Inhabitants opposing them. The'
rebels killed tt of the 40 dragoons who
were defending- the town before rein
forcements arrived. The troops shelled
the place and charged a mob of peas
ants, who surrendered or dispersed.
More than 300- soldiers are reported te
bave been slain In the attack.
A" call for a general strike to begin
tomorrow at noon has been Issued by
the union of unions, the union of peas
ants, the Railway union and the Council
of Workmen at St. Petersburg and
Moscow, Many workmen at Bt Peters
burg opposed the plan of a general
strike but the order is expected to be
generally obeyed throughout Russia.
The unlona declare, their ability to tie
up every train in Russia. Some diffi
culty in enforcing a general walkout
on the eve of the Chrtatmas . holidays
is expected-ad delegates from distant
provinces state that Is will be January
before they are ready for a strike. The .
printers of Moscow went out today and
(Continued on Page Four.)
th old structures will be utilised aa
much aa possible, but It Is thought that
but little of the material will be of any
service.
While Mr. Schwerin ia In favor of a
fast fleet of dispatch boats being placed
on the San Francisco route to supplant
thoae now In commission, and says ho.
intends to use his every effort to have .
this matter attended to, he explains
that he can make no further definite
statement on the subject - But he ex
pressed the belief that he would bo
successful in having new modern
coasters put on the route.
Oriental Trade rroepeota.
With a more liberal Interpretation of
the Immigration laws on the part of the
government officials he declares that it
would be possible to build up a greater
volume of trade, with the orient He
spent several months in China and
Japan the past summer and says there
Is scarcely a limit to the possibilities
of commerce tf the Chinese are treated
with more deference by Americana.
"There Is no question," he said, "that
the Chinese people are- thoroughly
aroused to a national spirit of an
tagonism against the people of this
country, due entirely to the fact that
they are the only proscribed nation. The
Chinese government at first declined to
participate In . the St Louis fair. It
was only after repeated persuasion that
It finally consented. The Chinese were
asked -to establish villa gee. - The diffi
culty, however, waa that the superin
tendents of construction of the build
ings, ss well aa business men and aril-'
sans from other countries, were gladly
welcomed toSt Louis while those, roni
China were denied 'admission. -Treated
Zika Msoaara.
"But finally certain Chinese were al
lowed to come and erect the villages.
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