The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 30, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text-XH AAA LA A r A GOOD' EVE III HG " l THE WEATHER. " "i" . ' ..V. ' '.' '. " : - , . Kain' tonight r' Sunday : rain and cooler; fusty south to west winds. ' Journal Circulation t VOL. IV. NO. 257. TTOMAS, M LAWS EVEilFiAUGI "3 Am Beneath the Jam Where the Weight Is I Getting Unbearable,' He; Wires, Con- . 'AAA ; cerning His Present Situation. " rm-x. ; ; . ; , ; . v . . : -, : ; : v v : .... . AT 'EM AGAIN ' WtiEN FIMRAL'S; J OVER IF SYSTtEM WINS HE SAYS Hopes to Stay With the i Fight Uptil the New Year Holiday -bives a Kespite inanjcier : Sends Wofdlo H& Oregon Friends. ; In answer to a. message asking how he had come out, pf the jam-in-Wall street, Thomas W. .- to The Journal. . ',, i Owing to the difference in time it was received too late fojf publication -yesterday. But here jt is today, for it is well worth 1 whiler' ' ; - -- 'V ' ' . . Boston, Mass., Dec. 29.To the Editor of The Journal-Thanks for your .kind telegram.'- No, I did not come out of the jam safely. ; I am beneath it where the weight is getting unbearable. I am still , alive, but unless the boom breaks soon I am afraid I'll ride' the falls Tell' my good friends of Oregon while I thank them from the ' ' bottom of my heart I need no sympathy. I rode to the jam with my ' r eyes open to' demonstrate the principle that 'the people's torrent , cannot be stemmed with the artificial boom logs of frenzied finance. n Rogers, Rockefeller and the "System have done it so far -and may .continue to long enough to make . salmon; but make no mistake whether"! ride the falliTon pr under the. "System's" logs, when the people will know more of how booms are made, how they are held I t and what the result of the making and holding of them is than ever ' 'before. ; ) ; , ' ' :N - i-rFrankly, I am sorry that It is them this knowledge, but what ; ; If I had listened to judgment I might have reversed my position and . sneaked to safe water, but I would have been a cur had I done so. Say to my good Oregon friends I hope to stay with, the fight V oyer tomorrow and if 1 do, as New Year's day is a holiday, I shall "have a lease of life up to Tuesday, stood on its Jiead inless time than that. Anyway, they may rest ; assured I will give the "Wall second, and even then 111 be up and at em again as soon as tne :" funeral is over.. ;. . :.' ; iV:' I.'; .- Now I have answered your telegram, I will be mean enough to try to get a bit of free advertising, for as things are going it looks as though that.will be the only kind IH get for some time. ; Here goest'v. " : ? ' ' '. . ?':J: X ' ' -'VV" '' I have just finished my last chapter on "Frenzied Finance, and I give you my word Sor it. It is my best. .Tell your people not to 1 miss it and that after this chapter comesThe Remedy.: ' - : - , . . THOMAS W. LAWSON.-"- WORST STORM OF YEAR RAGING -Wild Gale on Oregon" Coast and 4 . Reports of -Wreckf .Are ' ; Expected Hourly. f ' v Storm warning wr dlsrlftiyed last - ftlchl all along the coaat In this district - and soon torwm one of . tha worst Ka lot of 'the year began to howl.. 'The North Hend atatlon Is out of commit alon and It la Impossible to 1mm the exact velocity of the wind. But from the movements of the atorm at other points along the coast the weather bu reau men are convinced that It Is of un usual severity. The storm Is moving eastward and has made the liver at Portland sq rough that it la Impossible to move. any. of the ships In ths harbor, The barkentlne John Palmar, which arrived thla morn ing from San Pedro,, had to drop both anchors to keep .her - from drifting. It was even feared for a time that these would prove insufficient to bold Jwr" In place. She Is, rocking' back and forth . on tha ohoppy wavea off the Banf leld dock. . ... . -' , . . . Tugboats, went'dowri in the lower har bor thin morning to move the British ,hlpa K.knaonl.. Mlltonburn and Van . ituura to other docks, where arrange ; menta had been made to Joad them with ' grain. At the requeKt of tha captains of the aquare-rlggera the plan waa aban doned. however, on account of the atrong wind and rough water. -J 'At interval, during the day strong gusts of, wind came sweeping down the valley ami made It diyigeroue for even 'the river steamers to venture out from thelt flock. Theae blows were ususlly accompanied ' by heavy ralna. which (Continued on Page Two.) , if IN THE Lawsonaent a characteristic reply v .-.. . ' X - me look like a last year's pkkled present boom breaks the American j''?" '? J1""4: ''TT'"V necessary for me ttf-pay for getting will be my loss will be their gain. and I have seen the stock world street gang" battle up to the last lUSURAHGE PROBE IDLE AT LAST Committee Ends Pour Months' Session and Will Make Re- i I port tof Legislature. V , Uoeraal SpeeUl Serrlea.) -New York, Dec 10. The Armatrong legislative Investigating committee that haa been probing into tne affaire of the big life Insurance companies .of New Tork ended Its seeslons this afternoon. The committee haa been' In session four months, and the volume of testimony taken aggregates more than two million Words. The report of the committee will be 'put In shape- and presented, to the legislature after the holiduyw Little waa -done In the way of taking testimony today. . Joet O. Vanclse, ac tuary of the Equitable, waa on the wit ness stand this morning. He. testified that once Henr-A R. Hyde wanted tn make the dividends on deferred dividend policies larger- than he thought they ought to be, so he went to Alexander with the matter and the latter per. suaded Hyde that the request was dan gerous. ' - - ' j. - I 1 . ';: Tw Big itaaka Consolidate. (Jmml Htkerlal SerTlce.l NW Tork. Deo. JO. The Metropoli tan bank will within a short time absorb the National Shoe A Leather bank, the letter becoming a branch Of the former. This will give the Metropolitan, a capi tal and surpjus of $.7IO.OOO. -,. . r , Bomb Exploded la Chamh. . ' (Joeraal gpeelal eervlee. " ' ' Rome, lec. S. A bomb waa exploded nt the church f fit Agatha at Poggla this , murnlng and aeveral- ' persons lightly Injured. A secret society I etipposed to-be responsible for the out- .... i PORTLAND, . OREGON, SATURDAY ; EVENING, ; DECEMBER 30, 1905. SIXTEEN . PAGES. Er V .1 . - . I ' V--' '. ... 4: . ! 51 , i;, in ."T'!., a. ,i . . - - .- '; v'-- - ;' ;S:r-:-x;x.:ty:-r . .'rvi ,. . Mmxxxmmx"Xin:::m I " ', .,1" - . -'. xmxx :ix'X A rxX (zm?-', V?'V 4. x Thomas W. Lawson. 1 1 T.1 . COILS OF. DESPOT EHCIRCLING THE Moscow Rebels Losing Ground tion to Quelling Baltic Uprisings Rojestvensky -to X. (JToarnal apeclal Renira.l 'C V ' -' Lpsdon. Uec. ao. All communication by cable with Bussta beyond Nystad and Llbau waa cut off thla morning. Late advices from fit. Petersburg state that-telegrams received there by the government officials from, all, parts of the empire ahow that there baa been a general resumption of railway, business and that1 ..the fires of the revolution. while, breaking' Out intermittently at different ilacee, are befhg gradually brought under the control of the gov ernment In the different provinces. ' . it was announced today that Aykmori had been appointed minleter of JusUoe to succeed Manukhln. - ' t According to a private "telegram re ceived In Berlin, the caar has ordered thar.tHe minister of marine take Imme diate step to prosetute AdmtralRoJeat- vensky oa chargea of negligence and In: efficiency In causing the loaa of the Russian fleet. Admiral Rojeatvensky aaked for a public heating and the caar haa granted his appeal.. j " ' : : Happy New Year From - That meana from all Its staff, the moat brilliant that contributes to a Sunday newananer In tha narthweat.' - . ' , . . -"-Frederick Opper, Hirwarth Swltinerton. -Qua "Dirks, , Bunny and all ' Z ine rest or tne cartoonists emtio their merriest lor the KihHdren whom they have amused for many years.-tYou will find their newest pictures In the only eolor section issued by a Portland paper on Sunday."' -. . ... There can be no happier New Tear than that of the young man who ..reads the .Workers' Magaxlne and pref 1 ta by j the stories of men who have risen ,tn success: In bustnesaV ,- . - To the women,' Mrs. Byrnes and Mrs. Osborne offer their beat wishes and furnish a list of fashion suggestions and beauty .hints that are not equaled in the country. - '. -. . -. , . . , . There'a no better NewN Year's resolution , you can make than to buy The Journal ' Anrn . Ih. Mmlar v.. r Tnu wtll ..I I Via n... m mmm i . , .without blaa to-serve any man'a political ends, you will get the benefit ( or tne only special leased wire service In the city and you. will get the i up-to-date newspaper of Portland. The Journal has always been first In every improvement, and It'a keeping Its gait. f '. : (, , ' X .". A Don't Miss the New Year's Calcn dar x:. THE-DEATfi - ....... . 1 - ' 'H. . .,..'4 f Wx: 1 'X , i s fxM'prl J ' f j ' 'f ' :-Mry r:VA ARE GRADUALLY REVOLUTIONISTS and .Government .Turning . Atten - The advices from St. Petersburg con tained the Information that the rebellion is crushed and that' the rebels are be ginning to realise . the utter hopelesa ness of the. struggle and are fast be coming disorganised. With the brighter outlook in aloeeow the government la taking "steps for 'quick action- In tha Baltic provincea and are preparing to strike a rapid succession of blows to quell the Insurrection, in .the different localities that '.have broken out during the Moscow massacres of the last week. ' The cabinet la now hopeful that quiet haa been' reatored to ,auch an extent that 'the douma election Is asaured. and IC la the preeent .Intention of trie gov ernment .to at once try and satisfy the demajjds' of the peasants so far aa the land question Is concerned that a gen eral uprising will be prevented In the Warsaw advices ataTe that IT revolu tionists have issued . a proclamation .'(Continued on Page Two.) ' The SunaayioMal : President Criticized for Mis Plan 4 of Railroad Legislation as' v : in the Townsend . BilL '. ELK1NS BILL CLAIMED -TO BE SUFFICIENT Rr T; Newcomba,. the Corporarlon Lawyer. Says Statements pf Inter state Commerce Commission Are Misleading and All Evils Can Be Corrected Under Present Law. ' ' -'flooraal Special 8rvtee. New Orleans. Dec. 80. In an address today. Before tha American Association for the Advancement of Science, R. T. Newoombe, the well-known corporation lawyer of Washington, scathingly ar raigned President Roosevelt's plan of railroad legislation as embodied In the Eacb-Townsend bill. ' Mr. .Newoombe also crltlclaed the Interstate? commerce commission, declaring that . Ita state ments were misleading, as they had been framed to obscure the public's vlalon. , I-, - 4- . Mr. Newcombe defended tha Elklns law, aaylng it was broad, comprehen sive, prompt and efficacious and would have - been benef icial bad the commis sion .seen fit to use It - He also aaserted mat mere is no genuine instance or In Juatlce in the Interstate railway ratea that cannot be remedied under the D res ent law., , . 'r- f . ,. ALASKA'S GOLD OUTPUT, Sstlmaasd That Sthlpmeata .SUve . In- otiassfl SeOO,000 fat rat Tea ' (Joaraal Bpeetal Rervlee.) . Washington, IX CULee. 39. Consul li Randall, at Dawson, eatlmatea tha out put of gold from Alaska for tha pas' season will exceed $14.09,00. . Lasi year 19.000,000, waa produced. The big increase la due to finds in Tannna val ley. The eonsul . believe ' that ' the Alaska Yukon exposition at Seattle will 4- mark the beginning -.of a new 'era in Alaska' affaire.. .He aaya the' Alaska gold crop exceeds the value of the ftab- erlesoutput. r ' ; PRESIDENT TO FITZ mooeevelVs Ztaer to Fuglllat Waa a , . t - Ohrlstaaaa Crreetlng. : v ' ' (Joeraal Speetal Service.) ' Washington. Deo. 10. According to competent authorities here, the contents of .the letter the president sent to Flta slmmons waa a Christmas greeting and an Invitation from the president to call on him should the pugilist's wanderings ever" bring him to the capital. . It la said It contained not a word about the prixering or Fltaslmmons' ' recent defeat or the victories yet In etqre.,-.- cXrter wins point ' ecwree riedgea of Aid In Xrrig atiaf ' Oreat Tract Is Horn teas. - -." (Special Dispatch to Tbe Jearnal.) "s- Helena. '. Mont., Dee. 10. A special from ' Waahingtbn aaya: , Ths Washing ton Post publishes the following: ' "When Senator, Carter of Montana goea after a thing he usually geta it," and adds that his latest achievement, accomplished In eplte of the opposition of the secretary - of the Interior, la promise for construction work thst will Irrigate and redeem more than 100,000 acres of public domain, in the state of Montana and create newJtotnea to which settlers will be Invited: Director Wol- cott haa a plan that will realise this fulfillment. . Senator Carter hopea, with reference to the St. Mary's Iske project, that without approaching the Canadian border, connection may be made between the lake and Milk river on its return flow: after entering the United Statea, there ta divide the water. He proposes to cut a canal through thes hills and divert the waters of 8L Mary'a and make alt thla natural atorage water available for Irrigation. It la estimated that thla can be done within the original figure nameo... 1 , - AdjaJral Belts for waahiBfton. "" fjoarnal SimcUI Servtpa.1 - Washington. - Deo. SO. Rear-Admlral Relter, coraanandlng the Phlllpplnea, has been detached and assigned to Wash ington for duty. Captain Dayton, presi dent of the board of Inspection, suoceeds Admiral Relter, with the rank of ad miral. CHICAGO SAVED FROM k - BEING JRIPLETLESS J -. siVamnul gneelal aerlre.- : Chicago Dec. SO Seventeen pounds of bablea,'1ylded ta Caeear aald "all flsslil Siataut e a ls U u.. . . ' anvu tu arw( iiiiw a, 1 1 rvTT ; gyaariam, formed the unique gift, whleb Mrs. Tetta Vosbrand prepared aa a present to her husband On Christmaa, but :tha! Individual did not 'wait around to re ceive the loving wlfe'a offering.- Two aeta of twins bad already called him papa, and he promptly- vanished. The first mite of humanity weighed aeven pounds, including a fine pair of lungs. The second bore the scales down at Ave pounds ouncee. It, too, wee equlp'ptd with a aet of vocal Instruments. The (hlrd end last bundle, when opened dia played a midget calliope. Ita weight four pounds and alx ounces. All three were girls . Mrs. Vosbrand, to whom Chicago owes Its salvation from falling under the stigma of being trlpletlesa for 10S, haa served her country well, ac cording tb tha -standard of Roosevelt (Granting the Christmas eve triplets she now haa eight children living. -- - PRICE TWO J. Allen . Harrison; Ordered to Jfhrow Up His Hands Throws . Aside Highwayman's Re- ' volvef Instead. IN STRUGGLE THE GUN GOES OFF BUT MISSES Then"-Mr.' Harrison's Brother Comes Up Robber' Manages to Get Shot at Him, But Misses Again The Two, With"Aid of a third. Finally Overpower the Thug. :e '. '. ',- : . ' ' . " Meeting ; with . vigorous resistanoa while attempting to rob J. Allen Harri son, -agent ef the Vancouver tt Lew la River Transportation company' on the dock af the foot of Taylor street, about o'clock laat night,' Mike Martin tried to murder him with a revolver and also shot at M. B. Harrlaon. a brother of hla Intended victim, who rushed to his assistance. The attempted holdup, aa recounted by Harrlaon, . was one of the boldest known to the local police. It la likely. J. A. Harrison. that' Martin took a longer chance than would. otherwise have been the case oa account of taking a number of drinks previously to give him courage. He waa held a prisoner after being disarmed and the police notified. Patrolman L K. Evans and. Patrol Driver Isaacs placed him under arrest and took him to the city prison. . . In ' the police ' court thla morning Harrison swore to a complaint charging Martin with asaault with , a deadly weapon, with Intent to robs." Hla pre liminary examination waa aet for Janu ary I and he la held under a bond of S750. He denies that he Intended com. mining a. crime and .save he waa so a run at tne time tne arrair occurred ie haa only a confused recollection 'of the clrcumstancea. . - , , . Asks Ahont Arrival of Soate. "It waa dusk when-this man ap proached me and aeked me about the time of arrival of certain boaia.", said Harrlaon. "I gave him the Information he desired and turned to walk into the office.- As I did so he started to fol low me, when I wheeled and aaked him if he wanteu to know anything else.. ' " 'No,' he answered, and then whipping out a revolver pointed it at- me and aald: - Throw up your hands!' He re peated the order three tteees, slowly ad vancing aa ha did. so, until finally the mussle of the revolver was - pressed agalnat my , breast. . tip to' this time I had not moved, being rather daaed by the man'a action, though the predomlnaat Idea In my mind waa that he waa plr lng a practical Joke on me. When the gun touched me, however, this and the determination of 'hla tones, end the agly light flashing from his eyes showed me he waa in deadly earnest.. t "Before I hardly knew what I waa doing I grabbed the wrist pt hla right hand. In which be held the weapon, and threw It Up. Aa I did ao he pulled the (Continued on Page Two.) FATHER TIME'S -HEAVY "BURDEN NOW CAST ASIDE - . (Jmraal gpeelal SttW.1 . va .. New York. Dec (0. When the chlmea of Trinity peal forth at. , midnight 'tomorrow night Fattier .Time may well hobble oat with 4 shoulders stooped nd hla gait broken., lor 10J haa been the heavleet burden he has had to . bear in many, many years. , a The year Just closing haa had (I Sundaya. Including tomorrow, - d a' circumstance that will never occur again diiri'ng tha Uvea of w persons now living, aa t la estl- mated, that 110 years will pais w be-fore this remarkable arrange- d ment of the calendar Is again observed. The explanation of 0 the phenomenon la simple. J"he a year begsa on a Sunday and will ' end on Sunday, thla throwing In . e' an extra day or worship, giving the pnnple of the earth one HhI- 4 .bath In iif the number of -working weeks. . 4. o 9 CENTS. lJlP ctTTJ Miss Minerva Monteith Bitterly ' Scolres Oregonian Editorial ; , "Which Stealthily Accuses ,. Her of Murder, . - " ONCE MORE SHE TELL ' STORY OF THE TRAGEDY She and Mn. Van Dran Went Down . Street. Met.; JCaspar J. Van,'Dran,-., Then Returned Home, Where Mrs. -Van Dran Poured Out Ginger Ale ". and Drank It ..' V ' r i Profound amaaement and Indignation are expressed by persons familiar with. family over an editorial published thla Morning In the Oregonian.. which virtu ally cbargea Miss Minerva MontelOrwtUa the '"murder of her eistejMrs. Minnie B. Van Dran, whose death from no leonine occurrsaV- August 11 of thut year. Mlaa Monteith waa almoat over come when informed of the accusation thus laid at her door. "It la horrible It la cruel." aha ex claimed, aa tha te era welled to her eyes. "How can any one aay auch a thlngf My sister was dearer to me than any one else In the world: Ask any one . that ahe w.as everything to me and ' more like a mother then a alater. And now Mr. Van, Dran Is dead, too It ta too horrible!"- : ; - Tbe shock of Keeper ' Van Dren'e suicide had recalled Vividly to the mind or jmiss Moment .tne ternoie circum stances ef her sister's death less than - five ' months prevloua. ' Bhe waa alone with . Mrs. Van- Dran when ' the latter swallowed tbe fatal draft which caused her 'almoet Instant death. , . arlaf Oanaad. staleteVa. . ' "It waa aorrow for Minnie's death that caused Kasoar Van Dran to take '. poison," continued Mies Monteith. -"A , know it has prfcyvd upon htm and be waa alwaya thinking of her. I have not seen hfm for twA nnnh K.I . nnru ah , bU. he telephoned tc- me and occasionally I heard of blm throogh friends who hed met him. , The laat time he telephoned it was to ask me about putting cement . over' M re. Van Dran'a grave at Albany, because the grass does not grow over It. That was about two weeks ago." ' Miss Monteith commented with bitter indignation on the Oregonlan'a editorial. "Whoever wrote that efther did not know tbe facta or elaa he purposely misstated them." she declared. "It la cowardly and, cruel to charge me with my sister's death. I -would gladly have died for her.- '-u. ' In a voice choked with emotion Mlaa -Monteith told once more the story of waa nrecleelv tha same itnrv avan tn the minutest details, told by her at tha time, of the ' tragedy . and repeatedly since. It was the same story which eonvlnoed the detectivea. . tbe dlatrfct: attorney s on ice ana every one eiee wno Intelligently endeavored to solve the mystery that Miss Monteith was abeo lutely Innocent of even the', remotest responsibility for tbe crime. . . The Orefoalaa SditorlaL . The Oregonian editorial gives a pre. tended history of tbe events connected with Mrs., Van Dran'a death, laying - - . wm .uw III., Ml.. MVII- telth waa the only person with her when tbe poison waa swallowed. While disclaiming any intention t charge Minn Monteith with the murder of : her sister, the article eunnlngly maasea the alleged facta In auch a man ner as to leave the imnraaalon- that aha and she only could have committed the ' . crime. ' According to the Oregonian. the - ginger sae which Mrs. van Dran drank: could not have been poisoned before It was brought to the houee; the poison could not have been placed In the bottle by any person who gained access to the. house In Mr. Van. Dran'a absence: the poison could not even have been put in the ginger ale until the liquid waa actually poured Into the glaseea. when ao one waa preeent but Mrs. Van Dran - aula urn .icvi, auiimuii What Uorlal Means. ' 'Taking thla and many, other smart circumstances Into account. It Is murh more probable lhat the ale whs poisoned after Mr.-Vanr Dran opened' the bottle than before," aaya the Oregonian. In ' plain English ths Oregonlan'a charge la that Mies Monteith, standing beside her slater, riroppad-Into the glsssee the deadly poison and then stood by In eold blood while Mra. Van Dran drank tha fatal draft. The editorial then proceeds with an attempt to reconcile the known farte with the theory, of Miss Monteith e guilt, and. In conclusion, aa If to es cape . the consequences of Its ewi chargea, the Oregonian says that In the absence of any known motive .for surh ' crime the circumstantial evidence cannot overcome, her atory. ' Mlew-Montelth's story, told again thla morning, and the earns In all particular aa her etatemente to the detectives and the district attorney Immediately afier the death oC Mra. Van Dran, Is aa fo. low: , Klsa Koatetth'e Hory. "Mv'slster and I bad been for s wlk downtown. We had railed f'r Mr. Vn Dran at the Washington rafe. 'arid he walked a few bloa-ke with u and f;""i when we etarted Wk we l-ft him t the cafe, rhre he hud some nr t. . do. He did .not go wlih n t' " " as the renlan W n downtown Mrs Van Pun 1 .. i -n , of bring very tlilr.lv, Iml ei I 1 . had some ginger' sla al li-.n.- t. 1 : aeked me to g. Imine 1 ) I r "I did not nr f r l , hut h e-i' t ' ' I 1 olive "d " ' ' ' ' - " '