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GOHPELiEXE ILUIS ' r ; HE WEATHER, y, - , "Pill tonight and Tuesday; easterly i winds. '; v"-. '( ?fVirf JournaTCircuisUoa Sunday Was VOL; JV.'lNO.' 2S8. PORTLAND, OREGON, 1. MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 5, 1900. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ' EM22i3lrfin, MWU CoveHt:ttack:ionUfr 22,212 OF ' ATTEMPT TO OUST BHSTOL mm W)::JS;BE!H1I1MMIAK IS NOT APPARENT Statement Is Made From Washirigton:That the President Will With- . draw Nomination.of Portland Manand - 4 Conferred With Detractors : Say Bristol . Wrofefo - Coos Bay Land Company Asking : rPay to Influence Action of Clients Who Intended to Buy Land " There This the District. Attorney :Jlatly Denies. , ; (Wstfclvtoa Boreas of The JoarasL) Washington, D. C, Feb. .The noml nation ef W. C. Bristol for dlstriot at torney, of Oregon will not be confirmed - and hl name probably will be with drawn by the president. . The undoing of Bristol la a letter which he Is alleged to hare written In 10I to the Coos Bay BTJsagassj- ' gsa, -rg wsajsarg eje rwniiv wntjww j ssj pay to Influence the action of one of his clients who was contemplating the pur chase of land from the company. The client was Page t Co., who wished to buy lands for which $40,000 was asked. Bristol wrote to the Coos Bay company, stating " that as attorney for Page be would be able to Influence him toward 'paying the erioe' named and offered to do this If paid. As a reply the Coos Bay company was compelled to offer Bristol 1S00 to help along the sals. r . Bristol's letter was - sent - to - Pulton, ..wba referred It to the. department-of Justice and the senate Judiciary cora- tnittee. The facts set forth wore fully substantiated, and . the committee has ' been ready for -several weeks to report ' unfavorably kupoo the .'nomination. ''but this -action was (deferred on request -of fffTUSllT FllH"l " parmlf WrtfltOl "f- fer his defense. Bristol's defense is not satisfactory, and should the president not withdraw the nomination the Judiciary commit tee probably will report It unfavorably. 'The facts have been placed before the - president, and It Is believed that he will withdraw the nomination. Z'.''7i V' tJeorsal (pedal Sertfae.) i ' Washington, Feb. 6. Senator Fulton of Oregon called on the president this morning to talk over the case of United States District Attorney W. C. Bristol, against ' whom .charges have been pre ferred. . After the conference. Fultoo said that Bristol would have to go, ' Extraordinary mystery surrounds the effort to remove William C Bristol from the office of .United States district at torney. Not ' an Intimation has been allowed to reach him through official l channels as to the nature of the charges BAPTIZED HP ICY WATERS Preacher Braaks" Ice for Each Convert but Most of Them ' t to Their Homes ' V (Jeeraal gpeeial Berries.) ' i ' ". Anderson. lnd.,-Feb, (.When 0 con verts of the First Methodist Episcopal and Oospel Mission church - braved a snowstorm and went to White river to be baptised at 4 6'clork yesterday after- noon 2,000 people'' followed. Rev. C Cissel cleared a space for the' baptUm "ceremonies In the f reeling' river by breaking through the Ice with his. own weight, each time going down In four feet of water. ' " ' Hundreds bf men anJTjoyiTnootea and yelled when the minister broke through the Ice and floundered in the Icy water. The first man, Raymond Scofield, could not stand the water and broke away from the minister and ran away without being immersed. . Five women and three fnenwerebaptised when It was disco v red that tho otherk of the 111 CUiiveris . had fled hpme,'- -v v. . . '., ; HYAQl IGHT AMERICAN -TEAMSTERS ' (Journal special Service.) El ' Paso, Tex., Frb. . News was received hereUoday that Taqtil Indians bad attacked, killed and .robbed eight American teamaters twar . Ran Mla-tiel. 'ono'ra7ngescapWrwlthtfieiF. booty. f t - 8K Balasf art Bsalgna. ; ;r ' '--j ,- v " 1 IJooraal pelal Srrlr. . -New -York, Feb. B. Bev. Dr. William 0. ' Ralnsford, rector of St. George's Protestant Episcopal church for the last 3S years, has ' resigned. ' B-v. Hugh Blrckhead. who has been assistant rec tor for several years, has been elected ns Succeascr. .'. '...--, v .. . - . : BUvet JubUee Observed. , ' , (l"neelal DKpeldi ti Tke Jonrnal.y ' -Aberdeen, Wash., Feb.. . The silver Jubilee of the Christian Kndemvor so- t clety was' suitably -observed by union meetings held here lat njglit. Fine pro grams were rendered and decorations and music were of the highest order. Him -on Subject Says preferred against him. No copy of the papers has been sent him. No oppor tunity has been given blm to make reply." Ufa request to the attorney- general that he be Informed -of the na ture of the charges wss met with tne response that none were on file in that department. , . : ' -,. When the foregoing dispatch was shewn Mr; Bristol he . declared in the most emphatlo terms that there had been no such transaction between him self and the Coos Bay Land Invest ment company, nor was there the slight est basis for the charge that he had been guilty of such, unprofessional eon duct .as Is alleged.. i r f ; - Not until the morning of January, Si, when the Oregonian published a state gient that - charges- of unprofessional conduct had been presented against him for the purpose of preventing the con, flrmation by the senate. of his appoint- meat as district attorney,, bad Mr. Bris tol received the slightest Intimation that his character and standing bad beea called In -question, ' ; ' The broadside was fired by the dis appearing, guns, of. an unseen .foe. The Identity of the sponsor for the charges I... Iin.n ..artfully ljddeniA It the ef the name of bis aoouser have' thus far been. fruitless. Only a few were in the secret of the conspiracy and they have observed -.the closest secrecy. The In spired dispatch which was published In the Oregonian on January 23 was - the first Intimation to the publlo .of the scheme which was on -foot. V V After the publication of the Oregon ian article Mr. Bristol wired to Attorney-General Moody ' asking for full In formation as to the 'nature of the charges and requesting .that copies of the papers .be sent' him. To this the attorney-general replied by - wire, Jan uary SO, saying: ' ; "No charges of unprofessional .con duct are pending before this ; depart ment". .' :, r " . . When shown the foregoing Washing ton . dispatches, Mr. Bristol made the following statements" -. .. ' j KILIS rllHSELF "TO n filVE FAI1Y UAHGE ' :"V"'"''.- ' t.' j ! - ' v ' :, H. E. West, Railroad Man of La Grande, Takes Morphine , ' at Baker City, r ' . (gpeeial Dispatch to Tbe JeenaL) s. Baker City,, Or,, Feb. . H. EL West. SO years of age, a railroad man of La Orande who had been at Baker City the past few days out Of work, became despondent last night . and committed suicide at the Crabill hotel In this city by taking an overdose of morphine. He had a wife and family living at La Orande. - West left a letter for his wife stating that he had nothing to live for and his dying would help the family by leaving Insurance money to them. His wife arrived at Baker City this morning, prostrated by the shock. It is said their married life bad always been of the most pleasant character. The coroner's Jury at nooa today returned a verdict of death by .committing suicide, from an overdose of morphine. V. . . O , LA GRANDE COURT HAS - - MANY CASES TO TRY "."' (ftptetat mapatea'te Tee Joenul l La Orande, 'Or., Feb. 6. Circuit court opened in La Orande this morning for the February term. The docket is un usually large. Among the Important eases are two damage suits. One Is that of -o. H. Lmdaay against, the O rand Rende Lumber company. Lindsay claims aa.OOO damages for injuries .ausUlnouV at a logging chute. The' other case Is that of W. A. Uassett agslnst the O. R. eV N. Co. Oassett was a passenger from Pleessnt Valley to Portland and claims to have received permanent In juries In a, - wreck and asks $7,000 damages. ' ''-', --. W0LFHUNTER NOWirJATElT - FOR OKLAHOMA MARSHAL Jmrttt Saaeiat Berries.), Washington, Feh.' S. The president today' ' nominated John Abernathy, -a noted V wolfhuater' and cattleman. - to be -United Slataa marelialof Ok U heme and F. 1. Hoetwlck to be postmsster at Laton, California, 4 ., ( . Sertormilton - Wh Bristol Must Go. "I have never represented Page r Co. in any transaction such as de scribed. I never' had , any - transactldn with the Coos Bay , Land ae Improve ment company. No one ever paid me any money for securing the purchase of land 'from them. I never received any money for Influencing) such a sale as Is described, either from the Coos Bay any one else. I never had a client who was contemplating the purchase of land rrom tnat company. "This dispatch states that my defense to the charges Is . not satisfactory. I have had no opportunity to make any defense, for I do not even fihow what the charges are If Indeed there are any. 1 never had an Intimation that any charges had been made until I read it In the Oregonian of January IS,, and since ' then,; although prosecuting dill dent Inquiry, both here and in Wash ington, I save not been ablest- -asoer tain the . nature of the purported aee nations,' , ,r . ."That' article In the Oregonian stated that charges based on certain letters and documents 'had been- presented ; to the Judiciary--committee of the senate. Every effort was made by myself and my received absolutely no Information from any official source which might shed any light upon the exact character of same. In fact, the attorney-general ad vised me on January 13th, In reply to my telegraphic request- for Information on the matter, that no charges of un professional conduct' were pending be fore the department of Justice." - . James H. Page, s member of the Arm of Page eV Son, fully confirms Mr. Bris tol's statement that . no .such trans action with the Coos Bar Land eV Im provement company occurred. We never negotiated with the Coos bay oompany for any such purchase of land," said Mr. Page. "Mr. Bristol did not act for -us. in any such purchase. There has been some mistake. If such charges are made against him Ibey are entirely wrong, i ney must nave eon- founded him with some other man." KERVOUS WRECKS THREATEHl FUTURE OF-EIUD Breakdown of System Becoming a National Calamity All v '"' V Classes Victims. 7 'if (Joeraal. Special flervlee.) , London, Feb. (.Breakdown of the nervous system Is no more 4 society erase, which It is fashionable to suffer from, but Is becoming a national calam ity which bids fair to rob our descend ants of many of those qualities which have done so much to make thla emplrj what it is. ...;.,..,- .- .This prognostication forms a striking passage in an article in the Contempo rary Reyiew by Dr. Guthrie Rankin a London, physician.-. Up to the present a large proportion of the patients who suffer from functional disorders of the nervous system spring from, among the opulent classes. t -. . li.. , "The day Is rapidly coming,'', said Rankin, "when 'every class will .suffer, the rich, because they are In too aasy circumstances and too self-indulgent and the poor becauserthey are Insuffi ciently fed and are .utterly regardless orverjrTndtmentary law of heaitn, and the great mldoUa- claases beoause they break themselves down in unceasing endeavors to outstrip their neighbors. ' GAMBLING DEN IN v'i:'' BAKER CITY IS RAIDED (Special Dispatch to Tbe Josraal.) '. ,: Baker Clty.-Or., Fb. L .At a. iale hour' last night Sheriff Harvey K. Brown, lately announced candidate for the governorship, accompanied by bis deputies, raided the ' Pierce gambling Joint and arrested the proprietor and dealers and ' some ' SO players, among them several prominent , oaker - City business men. - The place raided l up stairs over Fierce' saloon, Indica tions are that gambling has been car ried on for some tlme. ,,.. .'. V Brown. also tried to raid other saloons on account of (he Sunday ' closing law, but all were notified In advance and the lights - ware out and the doors lucked. Tbere-lSTnuch excitement on account of the prominence ef tbe play er. arrested. y: .;,:,,,;, t VSIaT CBdrtpV". Urtei;Statea Pbtri;t 5rne for Org'g qS;, IVILLi r" LJIIII ll.l I l ' lllilll . Illl.ir.1 I III . 1 eUTPs ef the qiiesti MIII1UU III LUUHL IIUUI IIIILU Frank ian, Who Died of Consumption- in Ariiona, Makes Be quest fQr Care of Those Less Fortunate .Than Him t't:. :", .."i 'self Leaves Stock" Paying! Dividends. IT - By .the terms , of . his will the late Frank Zan left bequests to both St. Vin cent's and Good Samaritan hospitals for the establishment of tuberculosis jsards In which sufferers may be treated and cared for free of oharge. He left $I,t50 to each Institution. Tbe bequests -con sist of stocks , which are paying good dividends and the. returns from these stocks are to-be used by. the hospitals under the direction of the executors of bis estate, John Kelly and F, Dresser. Mr. Zan died of tuberculosis, his de mise taking place in Arisona soma two weeks ago. . Ths suffering which he bore during the last stages of tke Incurable PAY $100,000 FOR BOXES AT Umm THEATRE Site Is Purchased for, Proposed Building for Three Quarters 1 . 1 'mi- of a Million - J '.'a 1 i: Joarrut Spsctsl Serriee.) ' "? Hew York. Feb. 6. A site for the Na tional theatre, which will also be 'used as an opera house, was acquired today It Is bounded by Broadway and Central arlr on the west and takes up the whole lock' between Sixty-second and Sixty- third streets. The title was formally transferred by the Unity Realty cor poration to Charles T. Barney, acting as a representative, , The) price paid was 1760,000. ' Conrled will be at the heaa or tne enter prise, and the theatre will be called the NatfonaUheatre. Tbe plays presentee, wn be of the highest standard of art and win fepTWWIl-the best of all nations. In the theatre will be 0 boxes arranged In the shape of a horseshoe. The owner of each box will pay $100,000 for it and It Will be the property of the buyers in perpetuity. At the price of 25 cents at each performance, 600 sests wtll be reserved for students. " ' ' T T W0TR A I N M EN - A R E- KILLED IN WRECK; '' '",''' Unarm I Ppeeial Serriee.) ' " Rait lJke. t'tah,- Fer-. Conductor Myers' and Brakeman Engles, both of Blackfoot, Idaho, were killed In a rear end wreck on the Salt lake route at Beryl, Utah, today. The last section of a freight train-crashed Into a caboose In'a-dense fog.'"..' '.- .y . . j .,'.- - SawaUaa Saga HIU fcnrnA ! '-:' Joanl Special Serriee.) " ' ' Honolulu, Feb. ' ft. The Onomoa mill On. Iiawalt,burned totha- ground lewt night and over S.000 bags of sugar were destroyed. , The. damage Is estimated at 1800,000. ',..' .' -ti.i .. i FOR TUBERCULOSIS disease, and the realisation of the fact that - many ,who are afflicted with the malady. are not able to. have-the care and attention that - waa hla during his last days,- moved him to bequeath a por tion of .the .fortune.-which be had ac cumulated during his lifetime to- the hos pitals of hla home city to be used in the care of those' less- blessed with- the world's goods, than himself, i . '.. The details of the will have nptbeef mads public . as yet,, the executors and attorneys not desiring to divulge Its con tents in full before It Is filed for pro bata The document will probably be filed In the probata court tomorrow or the next day. -. . ' . . i SPENDING A FORTUNE. : TO REPAIR TRANSPORT , . -, p- ; ' '' ' tfoomal Special Serriee.') ' 4 Washington, -Feb. t. The navy de partment will spend 1 100,000. In repair ing; the United States steamer Solace, now at the Mare Island navy yard, and it is estimated that 'the work will take just 100 days to complete. . While 1,00J a day Is being spent on the ship the Lawton will serve aa a' transport. ' .The Lawton Is aald to be very fit In every way as the-result -of $10,000-worth of repairs recently placed ..upon ' her. Proof Jhat TheJourhal Leads in - Circulation in Portland- - ' , ' There- waa nothing 'printed In Portland' yesterday which attracted such widespread attention and comment . as the map showing the carrier circulation of The Journal, Telegram and Oregonian In thla city and suburbs. It is extremely dlffloult for some people to realise that -the Oregonian. which has held the field for to yeaie, for over 4t exclusively, should be outclassed In circulation in Itf own community by a rival which can boast ef less 4 than four years of existence. But the facts and figures spoke for themselves and so loudly as to claim the at--tentlon of the newspaper ffHrljng pnhllc . ..;.'.," v ( When. Itjs demonstrated bjhBesres-that the circulation or Tbe Journal Is Z, greater than that ef Telegram anoT I.JtfVreater Tlian that Of the Oreg'SfilgfTnieninreTtsrTB-TgmuT known, for soma time that The Journal could boast the largest paid circulation In the city and Its suburbs, v- but nons of them were prepared to learn that lq-circulation the Oregonian ranked not second but , third, , that it took second place even to Its evening appendix which It so coptemptuotmly usee aa an overflow - sewer for those things which even. its. stout stomach rejects. And yet it is not difficult to demonstrate tt la a general way.- ' In the first place the large mass of readers prefer an evening to a morning newspaper. But this aside, taka the case as It Is presented in Portland. -There are one morning and two evening papers printed here. . One evening paper ; Is simply an annex of the. morning paper. If there are Ave people who desire to-take a paper the chances are that at least two out, of the five will ake The Journal as representing more nearly than sny other- the general sentiment of the communltv. Of the remainlna three thev must ba divided hetwMn the. ln nther na nr ainleaa X'efcbatice tno srmscribar-lsraMff'td ss representing the two aides or public questions. if the jive are newcomers to Portland they will almost In variably take The Journal because In appearance, methods and enterprise It mora nearly represents what they , have been used to In their eastern homes. Besides all this Tbe Journal haa the moat powerful single influence la ' starting and maintaining the reform movements which have done so mucn. to elevate the standards la this city and state. This has given It a clientele and backing peculiarly Us awn and which haa served to greatly Increase 'the number of its friends,, admirers and subscribers . , , . The Journal gives this Information In. perfect good faith. It Ja even willing to- submit to a joint eaav , If Its contemporaries or anybody have any reason to doubt these figures, two members of the canve- T tee to be selected by the parties in Interest and the third member by the two selected, and the- ' :' another canvass to further prove that The Journal la correct in Its contention of having tv- In the city. The Journal'- confidence la so unquestionable that It Is w, .ng to pey the i canvass If It falls down, provided the newspaper twins will bear t'ht a ,wr.--s If The J "shown to exreed their' Ih other words, -The Journal is tn favor of a canvass of new- ;land and suburbs, the paper proven, to have the smallest rlrce tlon by carrier to canvass. 1 Street sales, news stands end office ssles are r-t I 1 In these t - price of The Journal on ths rtreets Its sales are lar;sr t ,i . r f t Urn eontet ,.The Journal's eupremacy In the circulation, , , t . , .' tit :t: : : iSSs -Bff Patterson Hurls Bomb In Demo Tcratic'Camp by Resolution' .That Caucus Decree Shall Not Bind Senator. SAYS IT IS COERCION i AND RANK INJUSTICE Colleagues Astonished and Indignant Tillman Crabs Pitchfork' and It ' Ready for the Frav Kefuaeg to Be . Silenced and Objects to Its Consid erationMatter Postponed, " (Joaraal Spatial Ser.lee.1 Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. Rcpre- rvenor will pfopoae" ant amendment to the Hepburn bill provld Ing that no county officer or employe shall be Interested In the business of furnishing material to a railroad. Senator Patterson introduced a reso lution Into the senate providing that a caucus decree shall not bind any sena tor ' in the consideration of the Santo Domingo treaty. - The resolution ... de olared that such action aa the caucus proposed would be an act of coercion. which, if permitted to prevail, might de prive the state pf.ils proper represent-, tlon in the senate and tend to force' a senator to- .violate bis oats, te support the constitution. i , , v ,,' .' i Patterson's - Democratle -colleagues were astonished and Indignant. Tillman tried to get recognition. He was de nied it, but refused to be" silenced and grasped his-pitchfork, ready for the fight.. With a blood-red face be de manded to know . the parliamentary. on. The vice-presi dent said It waa a resolution TTtlmas shouted his objection to its considera tion. ; . Patterson remained cool and said that he did not want Immediate considera tion and asked that it go over until to morrow. ' It was 'so ordered. Patterson then left the chamber. ; Chler vVlikle or tne secret service de partment declares absurd ' the report that he conducted a system of eeplonsge over members of congress for ths presi dent - He says ths chsrge Is without foundation and the whole story a fabri cation.!-.... , 1 -; FREIGHT IS WRECKED EAST OF CENTRALIA iCSneelal Dispatch te Tb JearaaL) Centiallsv Wash..-re b. t.-A o'clock this morning a wreck occurred at Tel m, a station 2$ miles east of here, caused by the truck breaking down on a car In an eastbounfi freight, compell ing them to divert passenger train No. 4 via Olympia. The wreck was cleared so as to let trains by at noon. - No one was hurt. Two or three cars were bad ly damaged and the track alightly torn "P- '',;"' ' ;"'''"' CHARGES GARFIELD'S LETTERS WERE ALTERED : (Joeroal Special Serriee.) '. Chicago, Feb. . Attorney Morrieon in the packers', rase today charged that officials of ths Fairbanks Canning com pany had altered lettsi which the com pany received from Commissioner Garfield.-Moodv and Wllkie1 attended the session of court, today. take two paper.'tn which case be VIH - Anna Could Institutes Proceed- ' Ings" for Separation " From Count de . Castellane, Her Spendthrift : Spouse. ' IS GIVEN PROVISIONAL CHARGE OF CHILDREN American Millionaires ' Continue to Pay Off Nobleman's Old Debts but Will Refuse to Cash Up for New Ones Goulds Tire of Hearing of . Treatment of Countess. (Jonnti gpeeial Serriee.V Paris. Feb. I. Countess ' da Caatel- l,ne' ""e A una O on tct, commenced a " for divorce today froniuCount Bont de Castellane,. aad a decree was issued au thorising her to take provisional charge of the children. . From reliable sources It Is learned that the Gould family will carry out Its or Iglnal agreement to pay off the count's debts that were contracted prior to the time he was sued by European art deal ers and other creditors. - -' It is authoritatively stated., however, that the Goulds will refuse. td shoulder the responsibility for debts contracted by Castellane srnca That time.- Thrs de termination, is based on the fact that Count Bont arrived at a distinct under standing with George J, Gould that he would live within the 1250,000 Income that remained to his wife after the set- .' tlement with the creditors reduced it to that amount from' over $000,000 a 'year. Oeorge J. Gould, head of the Gould family, stated today at his town house at . Fifth avenue- and ' Sixty-seventh street that he had advised a separation. ' '. Advise Separation, ' The reluctance of Mr. Gould to dis cuss the reported troubles between his sister and Count Bonl Is accounted for by the fact that be has always acted ' as the mediator In their marital differ ence. The fact that the countess baa : not Informed her brother of her pres ent troublea Indicates to, many friends of the family that the domestic difficul ties In the Castellane family are beyond arbitration. , ; , , . , Miss Helen Gould, sister of the countess. Is at Lyndhuret. her country place at Irvlngton-on-Hudson. , Howarh and Edwin Gould said they had not heard directly - from their sister. In ' ' spite of the lack of Information in re gard to their slater's, affairs asserted by tbe , Goulds, a close .friend of tba . family said: .. , ' - conrngss. instead of betnr urged by her family to patch up the breach, la being encouraged to legalise her sep aration from the count The Goulds are tired efhearing of the treatment of the " countess, and it Is tbe unanimous wish of the family that It cease now and for ever." ,.r,.4 -. The Countess Anna has consulted Ed- -mond Kelly, a distinguished American lawyer here, and be haa associated with him Maltre Cruppl, a celebrated advo- ' cate. - , "... . ; . v JPTerlOus ariseomdacrt. : ; One of the occasions when the count- : ess condoned apparent misconduct on the part of her huaband was the inci dent on the Castellane yacht. Near a ' Mediterranean port-by the orders of Countess Bonl, one of her guests, a womsn of title, was - suddenly sent ' . ashore with her baggage. It waa then . that , the countess , read , her strongest (Continued on Page Two.) eeeei e take the Oregonian and The Journal