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3 GOOD EVE NiH G V- fair tonight and Sunday; northerly ' Journal Circulation Yesterday Was VOL'. IV. . NO., 287. Clerk of Chicago . Court Is In - dieted for Embezzling" Over a Hundred, Thousand Dollars " - From the County. , SEQUESTEREaFORTUNE: IN ORDER TO DEFRAUD John A. Linn Accused of Forgery Theft and Concealing Public Rtc- orde Astonishing Condition of Af 'fairs1 Shown in CourthouseFees " Diminish in Recent Years. 1- - (Joaraal special Service.) Chicago, Feb. 3. Tho Cook county grand jury today, returned 25 Indict ""ments against JohnrA.. Unn. a former ' clerK of the superior, court nd present ''clerk' of the circuit court, on charges "of embeaalement, forgery end conceal lag publlo records. - Among the pecifl charges' are - that Linn sequestered 1(0.000 of county funds, with Intent to defraud It la expected that Una's trial will uncover a hug system of . grafting in this city with many ramlfl cations. '-.. . - LJnn la accused of m-shortage as clerk .of . the superior court of . between . 3100.000 and 1160.000. '.' In the' revelations of graft-- made In the resort . . oreaented by, Professor ' ' Chalee J3, Merrtam to the City dub on ; , Chicago's revenues It Is shown that the ' ' fees collected In the various offices fett i ' off from 11.S21.000 In to tl.06,0M - tim llttf - Tlte greatest "decreases, ars no- uceaoin in .me -unices ..vwie vuuinr - clerk and her Iff. " It Is alleged that the county clerk has enjoyed a graft' by the use of In ' terest on the sum of 90,000 yearly : ' -culHroiew by tarn. Vr taa-eaje 'red ip " tlons and kept In the bank for months at a time; Another lucrative source ot Xjjnc6mawae enjoyed, by the clerk of the pTVDBtV VVUI I 111 , VI WV VM A 14 111 m helds In sacrow tor estates passing through JUa office. .-'' ", . ' J - , Graft has peen rife in the office of the probate court clerk and among the assistant -probate - Judges-floater - not one of the persons Implicated haa been discharged or -reprimanded, - although t the superior court Judges have officially .' called the attention- of the county board to the state- of affalra existing and to 'the law which demands that county of ficer keep minute account of all fees of their offices. - . Charges ' have also 7 been made that county payrolls - were padded and the names ' of persons - who - never worked inserted. Fictitious nsmes are also " aald to have been added In the assessor's nd other offices.. . The present-expose Is the result 'of the efforts of; the cltisens association. SPENDTHRIFT. NOBLEHAN IS DESERTED BY COUNTESS Anna Could Leaves Count Boni , ; de Castellane on Account , 1 V. -of Infidelity - .' (Journal Special ftervtee.) '. ' Paris, Feb. I.- The report that Anna Oould. Countesa of Castellans, haa left her husband and threatened to obtain - a divorcer" Is current' throughout the capital. The story Is denied at home, -but the facts: seem to be that the : countess left her mansion five days sgo - after an indignant scene with the count, in which she accused him of infidelity. The countess left accompanied by her maid, taking only her hand baggage. .-. For the last four deye the countess haa been stopping at the Hotel Bristol. "Count Bent has not beerrat "home since the countesa departed. Me Is stopping at his club. Intimate friends of the Castellane family said that the countess ; would return home, that Boni Is repent ant and that the domestic difference will , surely be patched up when she returns . In a few days. . A friend who saw the countess this . afternoon eieclared thst she had no In tention of going to New York. Even If ' the separation beoomee permanent, -he says, the countesa will continue' to re side In France. , ' : ' It Is known that the countess had de- : An Intimate friend of. the family, who last night saw both Count Boni and .the countess, said. .that. -the . family-was trying Its utmost to effect a recon clllatioiw --y. , 1 "'.'" MORE PRAISE THAN BLAME IN YOUNG'S REPRIMAND fjnaraal Rreelal SerHee.) Washington.. Feb.! I. The letter of ' reprimand sent to Luclen Toung, com mander of the Bennington, by Secretary v Bonaparte Is published today. The letter save: m - , . . , , . .. ' ."Laxity in the observance of reguls- - tlens Is, excusable, especially (n the caee of an officer with such a brilliant record for gallantry and efficiency, who Is re- -sgarded by the young members of the service as a type for their own guld- ' nc-" - ' : : ' , Sadlaaanella aiaee; (foerasl Seeelsl lertcl .. ' Indianapolis, Feb. I. fire destroyed I Have v Haven 4b tlediee ov-'l f - r 1 - - W. A. Cpx Says Travel to Pacific Northwest Next Summer Is v Likely to Exceed That of ; f Exposition Period, v PEOPJ-tWHO JCAME TO FAIR TOLD FRIENDS And Now Those Who Have Seen and Those -Who j Have Merely Heard Are Corning Railroads 'Soon .Will Announce Low Summer Rates to Pacing Coast. ' ' '. ' A bigger travel to the northwest thsn during the Lewis and Clark exposition year ' Is predicted for the summer by W, A. Cox. general agent of the Chicago at Northwestern railway,, who has Just returned from a business trip to Chi cago, New York, Philadelphia," Boston; Indianapolis -and other points. ' if the railroads put in summer rates- thst are now under consideration In the east, I positively believe-the travel to this coast this year will equal. If does not exceed,"' that of last lyaar In ' Port land," is the-way Mr. Cox. puts 1C This statement, coming seriously from one of the best-Informed railroad traf fic men, fresh from the middle west and eastern territory, from which - Oregon expects to draw , Investors, settlers and tourists . this year, wui surprise most people. It Is. said that fsw realise the immense travel that, will cone from the east to the, Pacific coast thla year, Mr, Cex closely observed .-Indications that came within his vWw on the, trip east,' and his opinion - is based , en per sonal knowledge- of -what he saw and beards He says the people, who came to .the Lewis and Clark fair bay a dans ImteOhslTasabunt of effective adver tising for the Paclflo northwest, and not only are many of the same, people coming pec a, put thousands or otners whom tney have told of the resource opportunities' -and ' general "j faVofabie oondltlons' heref, Mr. Cer said:. r . , The BavosWo JMt It. . 'Ths Lewis and Clark: exposition did more for the Paclflo - coast -than any other - expoeltioa has' ever .done for.s country. - The Louisiana Purchase expo sition was a great thing for 8t. Xuls. But it' benefited chiefly , the city, of Ht Louis. Ths oondltlons around that city did not allow of extensive results favor able to the oountry,i as it was already developed. . Oregon has all the wealth of resources of eaatern states, and then aomo more. The thing lacking la popu lation' and capital. The people of the east are at last seeing this fact. -The railroads are realising that the Pacific northwest Is really the only great re gion remaining for exploitation. . They are now giving it serious attention." - Mr. Cox added that announcements might soon be looked fort from the railroads giving low summer rate for round trips to the Pself la ooast, and that there-would, be an Immense travel besides ths colonist and tourist travel to this ooast. There will be large con ventions In California and a largo pro portion of the delegates wUl arrange their iris to come or return via the northern routes. - They want to see the country that ha been so much talked about in connection with the fair.- Old men who nave boys- are in vestigating here for the younger genera tion Ha met men of wealth who have no plana of their own for development but who are convinced ' that Oregon is the plaee for their sons. ' . Bailroad Advertlstag' affective, " . Eastern people who have been accus tomed to traveling abroad are beginning to. realise that there Is something to see In this wonderland the Pacific northwest. - The 'enormous volume of railroad advertising that has been done end Is still being carried on exploiting this part of the United Statea is bring ing actual results as all good advertis ing will. Men with capital to Invest ere seeking the openings that sre now known to exist here for matting large profits on Investments. Regarding the building Into this ter ritory by the Northwestern llne ' Mr. Cox say his officials have nothing to say, but adds that ths line he repre sents Is going farther than usual In the effort property to care for the Increase In North Paclflo coast traffic and that the officials are diligently seeking de tailed Information a to ths possibili ties .and natural advantages. . Mr. Cox has been Instructed by his people to ob tain promptly all statistical matter pos sible with regard to cropa and condl-l lions, - including : wneat, - parley, nax, frntt, hops, sugar beets. livestock, poul try and dairying, mining, fisheries, cli mate; etc- all for Incorporation tn a new booklet of extensive character on "The Paclflo Northwest' .b.-txA- --- , SEND DEATH WARNING TO SULTAN OF TURKEY IJeoraal Speetal gervve.t Conatsntinople, Feb. a. .The "Toung Turkish" party ha sent a telegram to the sultan warning him that he will be assassinated "by a' supposedly devoted servant."' Ths crown prince Is seriously lit - ' - -' . .,. . DIES WHILE SITTING ' . : . ' IN A SALOON 'CHAIR " Athena, Or., Feb. I. -Tassaud Morrla ette, aged Tl.' father ef Frank ami Va Morrleette, an' old reeldentiof -the-lima-tllla Indian reservation, died .last night ""v- " sitting In a chair PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1906, SIXTEEN PAGES. : V jiMii lt" y w r Jury at Pendleton After Eighteen Southern Pacific Men Roll Stone ; ; ! ; jL fWSa 'S "JSfJW" ' few - T' Hour deliberation Jleturiiai. Oowa oa.WorkmefrBuiiing; " fiA Im iw-V 0r& tK Sa-rTv - Verdict vAgalnst V Ex. ' ; New Western Pacific ; 1 -7 1 W A M.lfcWlT tutuwW TfewMT tw 'sfSfe.- ; ; DepBty Sheriff.' v ' Railroad .l,- Colonel Mann-of Town Topicg , J ly. Consideration. ' Cartoonist Qpper Pepicts Another Colonel JMiffiSB 1 .-. w s I S!,.f ' Representative V Gillespie i States That He Wilt Force S'outhi o.'-.r. J sr.t: . i i viii rouiiiw iiivuiiv 1 j--f ! DEMOCRATS DETERMINED I :to"coafterrailroap Sponsor of Penniylvania Resolution )yai Offer Similar Measure Againsj - Alleged Merjef Formed by ar. nman. ....- ' "; - - . - - --".r, ; " ) (Jearaal Bpectal Berries.) Washington, Feb.K . RepresenUtlve Gillespie of Texas, , who threw a bomb Into . the Pennsylvsnia - 'railroad' cams last , Mondsy by his resolution of in quiry as to the contror of the Baltimore Ohio and Chesapeake-A Ohio,'. sal today that If no other congressman was ready to ofTer.- a "resolution .concerning the Bouthern: Pacific' merger, hei would do eo.He denied -that there, was any Hreakenlng amon rT-the Democrats" In these matters and even intimated that more resolutions will be. forthcoming inquiring into -other alleged mergers. It is reported that the congressman is on the trail' of the. testimony given recently before the ,Cnited Statea com missioners In Bdston. New York. Chi cago," Denver, Bait Lake and San Fran cisco, which will .be, used in the. trial ot the-case Involving the bonds .of the Southern- Paclflo system.' Some testi mony - Is . said, to"; bear directly " upon th- allegation that-the Southern1 " Pa clflo of Kentucky Is' in fact a holding company of several railroad companies. Just as the Northern , Securities com pany controlled ' railroads that . would otherwise have been competitive. ' : The Southern . Paclflo lobbyists , sre greatly agitated over the. situation snd constantly x Interviewing v members .' of eongresa. . ,. Newsiest , For your Sunday reading .'you you. William" Jennings ryan writes 161 0(1 coropiisneu id -mvni ' rwuti '. nr, oiia nmm iirra .twn.i nvrm cwpt personal- eiuay ana wua . nv na to say .will be of. interest te every reader.;'-''.' '( , '.',"" T7. . -v '! '.' t The two , colored supplement; pages, snd. the only pages In a Sunday paper published In Portland Illus trated' In colors, wlll Interest the - women. One is aa - article - telling how many American dollars are in vested In foreign titles snd the other ' telle of the, cost 'of living up to society In New Tork. ' I Now thst the Wells-Fsrgo building Is under . way ' all-of Portland'ls .fnterejited In rts 'first skyscraper. In The Sunday Journal, will, appear an article by a,. competent engineer telling of the way of bulldlng a modern t office building., . -! .rw-';: i?'.;"r-;:--i-; "-: . ''''''', 1 . . v Clilna has began' army J reform and ftt wlirhave eventually .he largest army' Injthei worfd; commanded, by T-ofJloers grained Irt '.the kaiser's' army," What-is' being done "to make China a great mtlltary power Is' told In ;.?The S4nd.y Journal J Z Z;7"Zy'f.'' ' U : v...-.-.- '-. "Three Oregon. "Centenarians' Is a story of live interest, to-thlsstnte. for It , tells of - three remarkable' . persons who hsve passed-the' century 'mark,'. ,one of tbe'm belog . ill years 'old and, still' hale end hearty. - . ' Z These are only-a few of the features'. of Tha,' Sunday. Journal. If you get the' paper, you will read every t line. , There is plenty to Interest .the women, sod for the chlldrrr are the eVer-failtng-iaugh-provoklng . comlo . pictures., and. In tomorrow's Sunday journal' Opper-starts his new series, called "The Red nig-a-JIgs." . They . i - wllIV Interest: every hlfd end promise to become ss famous as ralmer ;Co's Brownies. ' Do not fall to get vTbs Sundny Journal. . Order It now ,v ' r ;,':.''; -.. .- . . . j (S ;-fr WA J&& V MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL - aii riven EsUblished n iImfnane List of Periohs Who Were to Receive Frienii-. ml;, mm Wiinam Smith, Sick Unto Death, V' Calls Policeman to Witness j; t77 i Dying, Bequest.! f ' FINDS CROESUS MN rr t -tr..4 rA'LODGIN A'LODCINC-HOUSE 1 a'jo -r ' I Patrolman; Hearing- of Man's Wealth, it Haa .Landlord - Send ' for Physician V: arid Lawyer Too ,'Sick ' to ' Be Re- .mcryed to' HospitaL ; '''"'' 1 i Sick- unto death,, with a malady long since past the curable stage, - William Smiths aged SI years, sent out for a po liceman last night to have him as a wit ness when he expressed his desire as to who should receive his-property after his demise. Partolman. Oolts went to the man's room and found him hardly abla to talk As soon as be learned that Smith la the owner of real estate worth 114,000 he Immediately-advised , the landlord to aend-4or-a. phyalciaa.and a. lawyer. JThls is done and the policeman left the house.. ' : . , - . : . The sick man has lived In Portland about six years. - He came here from Omaha, Nebraska, where ho has a half- sister living. She has been Informed of his condition. -He Is at the Red Front lodging-house, 2Stt North First street, his condition being such as to make it Impracticable to remove him te hospital. - Rooms at the Red Front rent, for from IK to 0 cents a night. , OILiREPLACES C0AI x - 'IN CASE OF STRIKE n7 ' ' '. ,' Kansas City. Mo., Feb. I. Immense supplies of foci oil are In storage, here and- the auoolv Is constantly Increasing. Managers of Industrial-' establishment of this district do-not , fear the coal strike. r The operators - display , more, gloom than the consumers or the miners. - - . ............... Sunday Paper Is The Journal should not miss The Sunday Journal, another delightful Jetter err" Japan.; Mann and His "Immunes. -' t LL.VW mmi re . JL.. -1 J I J Young Woman on Wedding Day : Shown Fiance's Picture in i" Rogues Callery :: ;; ENCAGED TO MARRY ON ; short acquaintance A: Dreaded 'Past Which. He Had En deavored ta Keep . Hidden; Over takes Louis C. Pillsbury Who Served Time in Oregon Prison.' (Joornl Sperltl Service.) ' San Francisco, Feb. . Discovering that' the. man to whom she had given her heart and hand was an -ex-convict. who' had served more thsn 10 years In the penitentiary, part of It In Oregon, Miss Lena Rtnaldo, 21 years old. daugh ter of reputable parents In Rocklln, Cal ifornia, shed bitter tears In the hall of Justice last' evening when shown her lovers picture In the- rogues' gallery. Heartbroken, the propectlve bride be wailed bt mad plight, and declared that she never would look upon the face of the man again. - ...-.- Accompanied by her mother, who ar rived In San Francisco yesterday to at tend the wedding which had been aet to take place In this .city at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the dejected woman secured temporary quarters st s hotel and de nied herself to all callers. -. -' . U.uls C . Pillsbury. alias H. A. Wil liams, alias- I C Prendergast, - paced nervously back and forth In a room at 121 Powell street for three hours snx- loiiely.a waiting tha-return-ot h la. affl. anccd, all unconscious thst his dreaded past, which ha had endeavored to keep buried. had. overtaken him. ' When in formed by friends that the engagement had been broken, tho man's grief wss pitiful. .. . Pillsbury said that he in the son of the former, assistant chief of police of , (Continued on Page Two.) for It Is full of things to Interest telling of what that nation has ac- T PRICE TWO Was Tried on Charge of Appropriat ing Large Sum of County Money While r Acting , Under ; Sheriffs Blakely and Taylor Case Excited JUiich. Interest, . .' (Special Ddpatck te The looraal) Ffcndleton, Or., Feb. 3. C P. Davis, for mtnjfi yeara a deputy sheriff of Umatilla county under the administra tions of Sheriff William Blakeley and T. C. Taylor, the present sheriff, was found by the jury of 13 guilty of embexsle ment in having appropriated to bia own use 34.200 of the county funds. ' The verdict was returned at 11:30 o'clock today, after the jury had been out JUet IS hours, during which time they . returned to tho courtroom - once for instructions. Ball -was 1 1 zed at S7.G00.1 Motion for a new trial was at once filed. . : I. . ... ,r The Davis case, which hss been on trial before- the Umatilla oireult 'court for .two weeks, went to the lury at t o'clock-last evening. Ex-Deputy Sheriff Davls waa charged - with embesallng from the county tn the sum of 34.300, whl- tinder Sheriff Blakeley ;and the present sheriff, T. C, Taylor. . -Front o'clnok. yesterday morning up to the- ttnte -.the oase- went to the iury he s circuit K-ourtroom. rng-wit(i Jb sttovweyeargunMnita. 'ahe as.' - For imi "hetrr- ind a-4mlr- after The-opening Si' uisueourt-' John .McCourt addressed the-Jury for. the state. ""After McCourt bad concluded his address he. was fol lowed by Judge Fee for the defense. The case has been an Interesting one from start to finish, and many' strong points of law "were brought up , , YOUNG GIRL CONFESSES TO ROBBERY AKD F0R6ERY San Francisco Police Puzzled by Mystery and Do Not Know What to Do With Maid. : ' (Journal Bperlit Srrke.) San Franciaco.. Feb. 3. There, is a 14-year-old. girl In the city prison who la a self-confessed forger and thief. She is May Marphy, an orphan. The police don't know what to do with her. No one will prosecute her, but all agree that she la a menace to society. As a last resort Judge Murasky of the Juve nile court will be asked to determine the case of the -young outlaw, who steals and declares - she doesn't know why she steals. Despite May Murphy's open confes sion of guilt, the child criminal is a deep mystery to the police. She has been questioned by Captain Of Detect lvea - Burnett and Postofftce - Inspector OConnell. but the officers fall to reach a satisfactory conclusion in her case The girl was employed by Mrs. Adelaide Hocker and her daughter, Mrs. David Simmons. She' stole Jewelry snd the money given her to buy provisions. She opened letters to members of the family containing money orders, ' forged the signatures and cashed them. During December she stole- a 3100 velvet dress f mm -' Mrs. Simmons and sold. It. for 31 During the same month she stole four pairs of shoes belonging to Mrs. Simmons and her husband and a coat belonging to Mrs. Simmons snd soWthem."' ' : t L. The girl calmly admits her crimes and gives details of her mlsdewds, but says she does not know why ahe committed the crimes. ' . DEMOCRATS CAUCUS ON FOREIGN POLICY (Jnttraal Special Berrlre.t Washington. Feb. 1. A Democratic caucus of ' senators waa - called thla morning to consider the action of the party 1 upon- the San - pMningrf'traaty. Some Democrats declsra that the presi dent's foreign policy la. assuming such ait' Imports nee Aaat.il must baaome -the- subject of partisan discussion. . Menator Patterson of Colorado rejected this view, declaring that while the country was Involved in every treaty convention- with a -foreign- net tow every aena tor should be - left free to follow the dictates of his own Judgment when It came to a question concerning the rati fication of a treaty. The debate on the Hepburn rate bill continued tnthe house today. , A reso lution' was adopted calling upon Secre tary Hitchcock to send the house a full report, of the land exchangea made in the San Francisco mountain reserve. WILL NOT OPEHATE . : UPON IDAHO SEf.ATC.1 fjaeraal SpeMsl See,!,. Washington. !. ('., Feb. . Hrrntor nevr' rr lisno, vo is ri r- i k-v-j CENTS. OW TaalVS avs im SXAsDa. mi CUTS, GOULD'S HARD TUSSLE IN INVADING-OAUFORNIrV Every Step of Progress Is Opposed by Railroad' Monopoly Electric - Company Organised , to Harass .: Construction Crewe Unique Meth ods to Head Off Opposition - . - . . .: v. -tioorsal Bpselal Service.') Orovllle, CaL, Feb. 3.--Tbe Southern , Pacific has opened real war against tho advancing forces of the Western Pa clflo with a bombardment of bowlders' from the. mountain aides. George i. -Oould had some, tough tussles In thC. east.' where be sought to Invade the Pennsylvania , railroad - territory . at Pittsburg and elsewhere but nothing -surpasses the fight the Southern Pad tie -la making against him In the mountain country around Orovllle, Butt county. --Mew- tactics of obstruction against -the Western Paclflo ware revealed In the Interference of the Southern -Pacific with the v ork of Gould's con tra c tore in the Feather . river " canyoa, ' where large rocks were hurled down the aide of the canyon., endangering the lives of the men engaged in oonstme tlon work. It la alleged that tho Oolden State Power company, believed to be an adjunct of Harruuan's line, was or--ganlsed for Ihe purpose of harassing the Oould -Intereets to . the, vicinity of , Orovllle. caused the attack on that Writ, ern Pacific laborers in the canyon and .. eoanfjeTrexI them '"otasw work.' " . This com panjr alleges that the Oould men .are . trespassing on its propertv -and Is using all , Its' effort to block their" work.' k. .-.... , CHILD OF SEVEN CATCHES THIEF WHO .'MM Eft- Little Boy Who Was Held Up Watches for. a Month and Finally Catches Burglar. : . IJoaraal Special tarries.) San . Francisco, Feb. 1. Utile Do mingo Camlecla, but seven years old, haa ahown rare detective ability. . Just after Christmas, proud in the trust con fided In him, the boy walked front hia home In Valiejo street to the corner gro cery at 4 o'clock one afternoon with 33.30 In silver clutched in his grimy fist to make purchases. He met ,a strange' man, who' clapped one hand over" the boy'a - mouth - and with the other wrenched the eoln from him and ran into the alley. Kver since Domingo has been on the lookout for tho robber. - He dreamed of him by night and watched for him by day,' spending his time Jn scrutinising pasaersby on the street. Now hia mind Is relieved, for- Joseph , Reed is behind the bars charged with' grand larceny. The boy saw bia man on Valiejo - street at 8:20 o'clock Thursday night and went for his father. After a long chaae, led by tho Boy,, the thief was caught and Identified as John Reed, an old offender. frIekds fuh::ish i:o:.:e fc!t f-imumm's ntR Society-Women - Club -Together. : to Aid Girl Who Eloped With . Father's Chauffeur , . . -','... ,,V , ;:. ....... , ...'.-" Jnraal Special SerrW New fork. Feb. 3 Society younr women, chums of Mrs. Edward. W, Sen ring, formerly Miss Grace Ball, a dangh-' ter of Thomas R. Ball, the millionaire, whose marriage to . her father's die. charged chauffeur created a seres t Ion have clubbed . together and furnished little flat In New York city, and within a few days the young bride, whose folks , have disowned her, will entertats npnn Cftonevr nctTc WnhTrTa'sndrf distance Vf her father's handsome home. : ' Sehrlng and his bride have Ween living " with Harry Doty on the saevmd floor of little two-family house-in Kast Orange, r New Jersey. - Doty in a traveling sales man, and his mother haa been teaching the young bride her duties as a house keeper. Mm. Sehrlng Is ntakink the bee of her position In life, and told her friends hat she Is happy. She has. It In understood, disposed ef some to. assist her husband la suiting in tlie -automobile business. - ' - ItaJI discharged . Sehrlng laet.July when lie caught him kissing Mia lia'i. vftvv4vrrvwmmHtmfMWMtw