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-THE " OREGON-DAILY - JOURNArFPOUl lU;ir'i v4JJAY - LVi:riIIiO,-MARCH--T" BRIGGS TESTIFIES THAT BANKRUPTCVLCASE PLEA FOR ARIZONA IIIIU filEU ill CIK GIRL IS P0LICEL11U F0000 PUZZLES JUDGE "ByiUfcTiJIIEflRUilIIl 7. STRUCK PRISOHER WITH FIST .t EOLUURII-UriOOIOGJIIIU .w. Says ' that Guard Shackled Charles Stewart tj Post and "Shook Him seveTelyl' "' 1 USED HAMMER HANDLE KN-ANOTHER-V4CTIM But Fellow Guard ' Declare! , That Johnson Never Wh in Any Way Brutal to Those in me Charge Knocked Prisoner Down. ;i On the witness stand this morning f Guard A. Brlggs nr tha county-chain gang teatlfied that Guard Jamee John "Boa hadahackled prlaoner-Oiarl ' Kte wert to a post. and shaken him ee- vet-el, that ho had alrurk ona inaji with jils lRtjhad uacd a tiammerjiandle on another member of tha gang, and that be frequently shook prlaonera roughly ' a punishment for not working properly. lie denied, however, that Johnaon had been brutal . In anything ha had aeen ; him do. v - '; .. - - ' During a receaa of tha court Brtggs admitted to a Journal reporter that ha himself chained Francis Feeney up by r: tha hands- e punishment - for ahlrklng Ms work. He admitted that ha put tha ahacklea on Feeney's handa, took hlra - outside the, stockade .Into an old shop and chained him up ao ha could not ait or lie down. , Ha declared, however,- that the. prisoner's handa were not pulted - above hi, - head and that, ha waa , not 7 atrung up ao' ha could not get his feet on the ground nor could touch only hla : toes. He asserted that the ' prisoner ' -waa chained up only ao ha would hare toatand up. t -; r : l.. ; . - Save to Tie tkna Bp. J-'-.: -iTluJse-'dope' : fiends." aald Brigge, '"avsni in lninl a. farm nlmn anil K0.,tn -sloep. You hava to do something le make-tlic.m work It Is. true that the 't-thcy ieTbuT hava to be tied up once In a while. no nun wsi ever strong up ao ha had - to atand on hla toe. I took Keener out , In tha ahed and fastened htm up ao ha could not Me or alt dowr:-That's all , , there la to "It. When Brigga took tha witness-stand the court failed to ask him anything about the Feeney matter and hla eon- feeslon on thla - mat tar-baa not been "r brought officially.- Brigga awora--4hat aome of the prlaonera were-, hard to handle and It required great firmness to control them. Ha declared, how- ' everrthat ha had never aeen Johnaon - r exhibit any brutality. -t- - , ' "Ha handcuffed Stewart to a post ba- cause the prisoner refused to work and ' argued with him for aome time." aald the wltneaa. Then he' grabbed him by ' the chin with hla hand and ahook'hlm --..-iilte-eeverely-Hedia not strike him. that I saw. I never saw him strike ' but one man. that waa Nelson, whom - he kind of punched In tha aide because ( he waa ahlrklng work. I saw mm awitch Gumbert with a hammer handle - . " . . ..... . I... ,- , . . n . i eootir inroo veea iwnsf mm mnmm . f . the boy hard enough to hurt him. . i Shook Several Prisoners). --Brigga ' admitted on crosa-examina- tion that he had aeen Johnaon ahake . ' '" 1 several prlaonera and had aeen htm tear t one mail's sweater. . He denied having ' .. told a man by tba name of Dlckerson ' v that tha chargea agalnat Johnaon wera . i true. Dlckerson took the atand later and ' swore that Brigga made auch a state r ment to him. but asked him not to tell i - anything that would reflect on him. .-' Charles Nelaon swors he had aeen Johnaon atrlng up a prlaonar by the . name of Kelly, tlelng a rope to hla hand' - cuffs and drawing htm up over a beam until hla toea Just barely touched the - ground, and leaving him In thatposltlon .' for houra. He declared also that 'Brians hmA treated Feener In the same manner. Velrtnn claimed onnson knock a prisoner down by hitting him In the head with a rock. Guard Burke aald be had aeen Kellv Btandlng by a poat with hla handa up about .even with hla bead, but ba couldn't see his feet an didn't know what he was standing there for. half dnten prisoners teanriea in and Stewart and othera who claim to hava been brutally treated. The court adiourned at noon In definitely. The caae '-may be resumed tomorrow morning or at a later time. Chained Vp by Kande. Trembllna, violently, pale and ema ciated from tha long-continued use of morphine, Francla Feeney, one of the countr . chaingang. took the wltneaa stand yeeterday afternoon and told a senmtlfnal atory of naving oeen - chained tip by the handa on two occa sions. Ho awore that Guard Brigga atrung him up, but declared It waa by the ordcra of Johnson, ha believed. "It waa last October. I believe." aald "The" prlMnr,"thar Jt happened. I -waa ; ao weak that I could not work feat, and Brigga put tha cuffa on one arm and v pulled me outside the yard. He hand cuffed mt to a hundred-pound log chain which waa hung through a hole In tha ' roof of an old ahed. Ha atrung ma up ao that I could Just barely touch my T " toea to the ground. - The weight of my body . pulling upon my wrista cut the cuffa Into them until they bled. I waa chained up before noon and at noon they took me down and took me Inside , the yards to get something to eat In the afurnoon I waa taken back to the ' - ahack and again strung tip. I waa left , , there most of the afternoon, but Anally ..' managed to pull an old table over to .word me with one foot and got some reat lor one. leg at a time on Jt. Tha next day the. performance waa repeat- ' 1, and I waa atrung' up again. I aup pose I would have been' treated in tha manner tha third-day but -I -was la such a condition that the doctor made, ma lay In for awhile." . " Oa Johaeott'e Orders. " ; Feeney declared that while Brigga had done the actual atrtnglng-up. It waa done by Johnson'a orders, he believed. He aseerted that be had seen "Chicago Kd' BytTe. now In the Salem penlten tlary. and a man bF the name of Kel ley, who" Is now at rafge, strung up In the aama manner at the rock quarry by the guard. 'fw nwyi'Msied on-the-wltneaa etand differs from that told tha day of tha mutiny. The statement given out then was that Feeney had been Torced to slanJTip on a blocSTwhile his hands were cuffed together over a 1 beam, ana Xben . the block, waa . kicked from tinder him and he waa left to awing. Thla fctory was told by White, as spokesman for tha prisoners. White telated It In the preeence of . Feeney, who confirmed and corroborated the former'e statements In detail. . . Several wtlneasea testified that Keener had been handcaf fed and taken ouUdde the yards and kept there most 4f tha day on tha two occasions ha aaya ha w.ie atrong up. but hone aald he had aeen him bung. Tbey couldot aea oiit Jdn of tho- arl. ..- ' Charlea Htewart waa th flrat WIN neaa ea tha atand when the Inquiry waa rnmM in the afternoon. II la tha prisoner said to hava been chained to I aai Sjiataa) U the eee byjehwei Hit Kin U tha Paoe. VJohnaaw not do my work to ault hlra," aald tha wit nesa. "and ' told Brigga to throw him down, the handcuffs. Ha put one -wrist in the cuffs and. dragged ma to a post In the quarry, then cuffed my handa inr.ihf. ... .....inj . 4ha.i post. , Tbew . lie called me vlie naeaea and hit me three timea In the face, telling ma he guessed I would be a good dog now.' He. out my mouth, loosened ona of my teeth, and when ha struck tha laat blow I waa bleeding profusely. I didn't aay any TBTng-racit. to mm pccauarTTtneinhat would go still harder with me. 80 I almply had to aubmtt and aay nothing." . Alfred. Nelaon claimed to hava been struck In tha face and on tha body by jonnaoi Hyman Gumbert, a 1 T-year-o!d lad, claimed to have been struck over the hack .three times , with a pick handle which J6hnson used aa a 'cane. ; "I was working aa hard aa 1 could,? aaid ha lad, -"but ha told -me-that tf -I didn't pound harder he would pound me with hla atlrk. ' Ha did. He atruck ma three or four times across tha .back, and I haven't entirely recovered from the effects of tha blowa yat.-. . ' . - Other-wltneaaea claimed to have. aeen Oumbert .. atruck. - TKomts Kennedy swore he taw Johnson make a man by the name of Martin run up and down the quarry with a loaded wheelbarrow until he foamed at. the ' mouth, then saw him hit the mm.: C'harlea H. White. .W". P. Martin and one or two othera teatlfied In a general way that Johnaon waa brutal lrt the treatment of hla men and waa given to abusing and cursing them by-calling them all the vile names he could lay hla tongue to. , , 1 : Will Work Tomorrow. Road'. Supervisor Hoffmatrcelled at the count y Ja thla aflernnon and In. formed tha prlaonera that he, together with Guards Brigga and Burke would cell for them tomorrow morning to take tlieni back to work. The prtnoiiera aald that they were perfectly willing to go out to the rcpneirVoKnBon 'waa'"nof upon Mr. HolTman. though, that If any attempt wera made to put Johnaon over them aa guard after they wera got out i ine iurrjt -tuey- would almuly-re-. f-fuao to work until he waa removed. Mr. Johnson, it la understood, will not be permitted to go out. with the pris oners until the inveetlgatkm Is com pleted and tha court makea e finding. LAZARUS DECLARES HIS n BUILDING IS ALL RIGHT E. M. Jaaarua takes exceptions to Chief Campbell's report that ha haa not been complying with tha building ordi nances In the construction of hla build ing --at -Fourteenth and Washington streets. He aald today, that he had been ordered by Building. Inepector Mann to 'change tha light court wall to meet requlrementa of tha ordinance and that these changea had been made at a tW"tof'fS".AIthougB'6nry aT-Tour-' story structure, he declared, that tha walla , wera of aufflclent thickness .to carry Ave atorlea. - : . "Tha hallways In the building are also continuous," aald. be, "except a hallway which, atrlkee a .room occupied by ar kitchen and a doorway-will- be ut la order that servants working in - that room may hava an exit In case of lira. "Tha front of tha building, will re main unchanged. It la being constructed In accordance with tha ordinances. Tha Fourteenth street wlndowa will hava metal-beam fireproof protection, which Is practically the aama aa la used In the new buildings In Baltimore. - "Tha chief must ba mistaken, for we aredoIng everything which the build- ing ordinances require and"whlch "thTVh.Tlight; He roturnei building Inspector . has naked of in." AFFECTIONATE FIREMAN : GIVES UP HIS JOB Becauao he feared he would be aub iected to a heavy fine or suspension from the -department for holding worn. n . on his knees In tha company house, F.-Vyaa, howraan of hoae com pany No. 1 of tha Portland fire depart men,t tendered hla resignation to Chief Campbell. The resignation waa ao cepted last night at the meeting of the lira commute. . . .. Beporta from Captain D. C. Shaw and Battalion Chief Young ahow that Vyee haa appeared unruly on several occa sions and persisted in having his own way even In violation of tha rulea of the department. - Ona of the reports Is to the effect that at 11:1 o'clock on the night or March z. Captain Shaw found Vyse, who was on watch, sitting In tha headquarters with a girl on hla lap. ' i At another time, according la. reportalliha- declared that aha did -not. Ilka tha while Vyse was on watch he left the headquarters and when ha returned he waa eating . cookies.- . lis waa aJao charged with failure to make proper entries of matters relating to his du ties in the Journal of the company. LETTER TO ROOSEVELT COSTS WRITER BIG SUM (Special Dlepatefe to Tee Joornal.) Seattle, Wash., March . It cost F. M. Bpinnlng. .proprietor of a -bicycle re pair shop. Just f 225 to write a letter to President Roosevelt, accualng E. I Moore, a aergeant In tha United States signal service, of dlshoneat practicea. Tha letter was written several months ago, and after tha authorities had vin dicated, blra. Moors .. .commenced . . suit Ml'f' pinnlng-ln-lheaupTtne enustt, charging him with llbel..ajvl asklnfor tK.UvO damagea. Tha caae came up to trial yesterday- before Br Jury and a fief being out, lees than ona hour tha jury returned a verdict for Zs. A dispute over a repair bill for a motorcycle had caused a falling out between Spinning and Moore. .1 ' , CANT FIND HUSBAND TO ANNOUNCE WIFE'S DEATH (Kpedal Dispatch te The Journal.) Spokane, Wash. March , . Mrs. Thomea T. Kerl of Spokane died In a hospital here Monday under an- anaes thetic admlniatered preparatory to aa operation. . The wbereabouta of her hus band, who la In Oregon on a it dayr trip, is unknown. ' " - J. R. WALSH RESIGNS . FROM DIRECTORATES - Joaral Special tervlre,) - , Chicago, Marcb ' . The announce ment la made today that John R. Walsh has. resigned from tha directorates of the Norh Shore railway, Rlectrlo rail way of Illinois and tha Millars' Na tional Insurance company. ''-'.' George Antone, .Assyrian, Has "Pled to tfte LarJ"of OfleMaT jgs and I Figs NOW CREDITORS DECLARE . -THAT HE CHEATED.THEM Alleged That He -Shipped Thouaand Dollar' Worth of Good j to Cumiliyincn - Judgy Decides Servlca Can BeSeetiredT in ' the ' federal court thla - morning judge Wolverron - reopened iha .bank ruptcy case of George Antone, wno was discharged almost a year ago. In ao dotna.' undee the peculiar existing cir cumstances, tha Judge raised a point of law that Is not provided for In amy or the bankruptcy-acts, nor has-lt-haen passed up. aa far aa tha record snow. by any other federal -court In tha coun try, or. by tba United Statea supreme court. .It Involves thejrtgnt or a juoge to reopen a' case, 4 where . fraud is charged.,-, where the bankrupt haa left tha country and there are no visible asseta and peraonal servlca can not. be secured, upon the defendant. For a number of yeara Antona waa a Front.- atreet merchant. Ills native country la' Assyria, where he now la. Ha failed and filed a petition In bankrupt cy. He waa discharged In due course of time, and left the United Statea for hla native homo. Under tha bankruptcy creditors have a year after dJa- Charga has been entered In which to make allegations of fraud and ask for a reopening of tha caae. i It-la now alleged that four montha prior to hla failure, Antona BhTppedTto a fellow countryman In Oregon a large consignment. of gooda from his store, aim llml lliiiMiaii the iiianlpalatlaa ml promlKsory notes creditors wera de- eel ved ere nre now no tangible aaaets, and the defendant haa left the count'ryTP'PWaT5'!' att'of the aapliTrttoni-and How-to get service In the opening of tha case la tha point of law which has no equal in a voluntary- bankruptcy-! caae. .Judge Wolvertorrhas temporarily decided that service can ba secured through' the attorneys who represented Antone,. and enterd an ordcrtothat effect,. Attorney JW. JL Fowler, through tha reopening of tha caae, hopea to se cure fcr eastern' and other creditors almost . 110,000. . It waa only a ahort time ago that the credltora secured any evidence of fraud In tba Antona proceedings, although Attorney Fowler aald this morning they had been suspicious from tha start. One nf tha fellow countrymen of Antone bad a falling out with ona of tha per sons who helped Antone to Illegally dis pose of his credits," m aald, an r told of the deal. DEATH FINDS DODSON, r , CIGARETTE IN HAND dripping the butt of a cigarette be tween bla fingers,: aa If loath to yield possession of It even in death, Edward Dodaonr a confirmed smoker, -waa found cold and stiff In bed at tha New' lodging-house. Front and Couch streets, this morning. 1- Acting Coroner Arthur L. FInley was notified by tha proprietor,' and made an Investigation, leading him to tha con elusion that the demise resulted from a natural cause, probably heart disease, An autopay will take place, but no in quest is to be held, , several days ago and took a room for eah night and paid for It tha follow lrig rnornlng. Nothing is known of him beyond the fact that a day before rent ing the room he was discharged from the. city prison, where he waa held a night for drunkenness, and that ha was never seen without a cigarette. ..When, .the' clothing of Dodson waa searched only 16 centa waa found. He waa. aged about. 27 years. WOMAN SAYS PICTUR AGENT ASSAULTED HER D. E. Loom Is waa arrested last night by Deputy Sheriffs Sam Lowney and Holly ' Holllngsworth on the charge of assault and battery. . Downey had been looking for the man since last Tuesday afternoon. - Iomls la an agent of a picture enlarging Arm and la charged with having assaulted Mrs. C. Flltcraft of St. Johna last Tuesday. Mrs. Flltcraft informed. Downey that ljoomla called at her home last Tues I day afternoon with an enlarged picture. picture, whereupon Loomls Is said to hava grabbed her and pushed her against the wall. . Then ahe pried for help. Her father, a Mr. Peterson, aged 71 years, declares that he rushed In to hla daughter's aid. Mr. Peterson says that Loom I a told him not to Interfere or' he. 'would kill him. Mra. Flltcraft continued her cries, .ft Is said, until the sgent became frightened and ran away. , Loomla has been released on ball. He stoutly denies Jibe charges made against him. ' . .- ! . i YAMHILL DEMOCRATS TO : MEET AT. M'MINNVILLE Democrats of Yamhill county will meet In mass meet In a- at McMlnnvllle on Saturday, March 17. for the purpose of ratlfrlnr the aoUoTToflha state as- aemhlv harfl ' shla week in Portland. Governor" George E. Chamberlain and Justice T, G. Halley have been Invited to be present and have signified their Intention of ao doing. Charlea V. Gal loway, candidate for tha Democratic nomination ' for congressman from the first district, will alao ba among the speakers. A banquet In the evening will, follow the exerciees of the day Democratic enthusiasm Tias oeeiTatrong' ly aroused in Yamhill county and 1 a large .attendance la expected. OFFICERS CHOSEN BY YT:4rlrT-AT-mVERSIDE . (Joanoal Special Service.) Riverside, Cal.. March . More than ISO delegates are attending the twenty fifth annual convention of the Young Men's Christian A asocial Ion. The fol lowing offlcera for the enaulng year were elected thla morning: President, Dr. B. E. Kelley, Kan Franclsoo; vlce preeldents, 1. W. Maraton, Man Dtago; J. Q. Anderson, Fresno; H. H. Herrick. Klveraide, end J. Ross Mark, ' ts An geles; se;retary, N. A. llolabaugh. Red lands; assistant secretaries, K. K. Ed son, Ran Francisco, and T. I. Caldwell, Occidental college Tonight the annual banquet will be held at Glerrwood Inn. Oregon Senator Makes Spirited )d Bill. SHOULD HEED WISHES . 0F.PE0PL1AEECIED DecUrea That He Will Never by Hia Vote Sanction" Wronf Against Any' People Swell aa la Propoaed tJHder PreseffrMeiiurt.' " ' ' " Waahlngton. March I. (Bulletin.) Foraker s amendment to the atatehood bill allowing the people of New Mexico and Arlsona to. vote.aeparately on the queation or admission, was adopted, 41 to S9. . - ' - ' Uoaraal gpedal Berrice4 Washington, March . The senate be- fore adjournment thla afternoon will take a Anal vote on the: statehood bill. Voting on tha amendments began at 4 orioca. . . , Senator Beverldge' of IndTaftarspoke for an hour thla morning In support of tha statehood bill and against the Foraker amendment, which allows each territory to vote aeparately on the ques tion of making the three territories into a single state.' Beverldge held that It waa unjuat to keep Arlsona and New Mexico out of the union as one atate though they were not prepared for sep arata atatehood..' He contended ..that atatehood waa not a matter upon which the people of tne. territories affected ahould ba alone consulted, but was t matter for - the people of - the entire country to determine. He stated that the (0,000 people In Arlsona -to thwart tha will of tha 260,000 In both terrl- In the closing debate Fulton made an eameat .Dlea against forcing upon the people of Arlsona an alliance wholly hopes of her people. He alluded to the years In whfch tha people of Arlsona iave looked forward . to '.. Independent statehood, and declared 4t the duty of congress to pay heed to their wiahea in bringing tliem Into the union. For him self. Fulton' declared he never. would hyhls -vote sanction the -wrong against anyTierrplerpToposed bjrthe joint state hood proposition.' - " WAREHOUSE SITES ON EAST SIOE IN DEMAND Two Tracts Sold at Good Figure to Corporations Whose Ideh- , ... j'ty.l3 Not Disclosed. " " In consideration of a sum approxi mating 480,000 Frank Klernan has pur chased two adjoining tracts of land on the east .bank of the Willamette river. Including MOO feet of water frontage. Tha purchase was made In tha Interest of two corporations whose Identity Mr. Klernan refuses to disclose. . . ' The land was secured from some hslf dosen Individuals, including H. B. Nobis and others. ' It Is situated Just above the plant of -- the mills and will be used for tha erection of docks and warehouses. It Is said. Deeds conveying the land to Mr, Kler nan were Aled yesterday. mlnal-pwchaaer of the two tracts," said Mr. Klernan, "though I am only acting In the Interest of two TCDrporatlong-ln"Tha"pTitmse. I am not at liberty to disclose tha Identity of tha real purchasers, and I . cannot say what their object was in acquiring the land. , "The land comprises two . separate tracta. Including 1.600 feet of water front property. It la regarded aa extremely Valuable for warehouse purposes or for s However. I do not know to whutl uaes It will be put A deal Involving the purchase of 10 by 100-foot piece of property on the northeast corner of Fourth and Taylor atreets for 135,000 was closed this morning by Goldsmith A Co. The pur chase pnoa was made by Loewenaon Hros. from the owner,. R. B. Lamaon. The price at which tha corner was se cured Is considered very low for prop erty ln that vicinity, especially in view of the Improvements that have been made and are contemplated there. The new owners of the property propose to improve it at once. STEALS CLOTHES FROM UNDER OWNER'S. NOSE "By George, old man, I'm aorry for you. its tough to have your things niched from . under your very noes. said a Janitor at the Mohawk building. Third and Morrlaon streets, last night to 1 Charles Hastings, another Janitor, from whom ' an overcoat and clothing and a suitcase containing- clothing had been stolen. V '' Five minutes later the man who of fered the consolation waa using stronger language. Having discovered that the same thief bad taken a pair of shoes belonging to him. . The burglar walked out of the door of the building while Hastings stood there talking to a Plnkerton watchman. He (thought the overcoat hung over the arm of the thief looked familiar and went to hla room to see If he had lost anything. He discovered the coat and suitcase gone snd gave chase to the thief, but fatted to Und hltm ' ; A. LYON STRICKEN - WITH PARALYSIS Ar Lyon; who lias been a pawnhryivnr In Portland for many years, was stricken with paralyals this morning. He was It is feared that Mr; Lyon will not to- cover from the afreets or the shock owing to his advanced aga Twenty or ment . on Flrat atreet More recently Mr. Lyon waa engaged In the same bus! nesa on Washington, near sixth street MRS. BERTHA GORDON- WINS FIRST BLOOD (Special tnapatch te Tbe Joornal.) . San Francisco, March . The charge of defrauding an Innkeeper, lodged against Mra. Bertha Gordon, waa dis missed by Police Judge Shortall today. The offense waa committed two years previous to the Issuing of the warrant and tbe court haa no Jurisdiction, ''; . -."'! '-', ' W. W. Cotton and J. P. O'Brien "Tte-rtd by invitation and ';1' " " " :rT alk on Diidge. '.' 1 WANT BOTH RAILROADS Q. USE STEEL-Bf Mr. Cottoa Argues ; That Another Bridge .Would Be an Impedimenr to mores, and Telle What-O-R.4 A W: lsolnirror PdrtUnct- W. W. Cotton, general attorney, and Jk-P...O'Brlea..Tgeneral:inanageroflhe Harrlman railroad lines, appeared be fore. the Fort. of Portland commission. on Invitation, at I o'clock thla afternoon. to make a statement on behalf of the Uarrlman lines regarding the bridge which-the Hill -lines- propose te- build across the Willamette river at the dry- dock slta . : The position of the Harrlman lines. as stated by Mr. Cotton, was thai both companies could use the steel bridge and avoid further obstruction of the harbdirandthat.aJl lines would be un der equal dlfflculUea getting in or out! or cno city with their trains. The at torney said that another brlde-e would be soms Impediment to navigation; that the Harrlman lines were Interested In some steamships and steamboats navl gating the Willamette river . and were transDortlna- wheat to the (.-It v of Port land,-and In order to protect Ita busi ness had been compelled to state that it would, out of its railway charges, as sume the differential of about SO centa per tort li ship charters existing against ihla port and in favorifPuet,aound; steamship er river bualnesa out of thla port; that tholr future Intentions In that r buainca. nnt of thla isnxiti and also what thny prepese t do In tha matter of-dollverlng wheat, at Portland ' unknown. ThriraTfTman lilies. Mr. Cotton said: hava a road out of Portland to' the south, ona to the east, and will hava one to the sound, and all three will cross the steel bridge. The Hill lines win have two roada Into Portland. All must cross the Willamette river. Tha proposed - Portland ' & Beattlebrldg would, presumably, be buUt under a provlaion that it could be used by all other lines, therefore It would be open to the Harrlman lines. To avoid hav- ng another bridge In the harbor, the Harrlman lines hava offered to allow the Portland ft Seattle to use tba steel bridge and any of the tracks to reach that and has offered to - enter Into . any scheme of reconstruction of tracks or approachaa to the bridge. The O. R. ft N. Co. la noV by Its -objections to an otfi erTuldga,-' seek In g roTr e vertr-VKi Portland Seattle from . entering the city, but la undertaking to facilitate auch entrance and at tha aama time at tempting to protect the Interests of the UiOj Portland, a. - ehlniln ndrtJ - Vair for All. - Mr. Cotton admitted that from a rail road operating standpoint no arrange ment that could be made wtth reference to the steel bridge would be as -con venient for- the -Portland Seattle aa Its own bridge would ba But he con tended that tba proposed bridge would be equally as convenient for the Har rlman lines, '-In running a train from Ban Francisco to the sound it could pass into Portland over the steel bridge and go out over tha new bridge and avoid Portland - Flourlrigtt0!1ibl,"oma turn,n ln th awitch yards. bridge, tbe - inconvenience would rail with equal weight upon all coriTpxnteav and the Southern PaclAc would be ad- ditto0"-!1 taeonvenl. obliged to operate over the Steel bridge between San Francisco and., the sound. HeKaJdT-r : "The Harrlman Unas are willing to subject themselves to any Inconvenience connected with the steel bridge. Jointly with- the Portland Seattle, and are willing to 'make any fair arrangement 'regarding tracks and approaches An other bridge-Will be a detriment to the harbor and an Injury to its commerce. We leave It to the-futurer-tir determine which company in good raun is trying. to benefit Itself alone, or which com pany is willing to sacrifice something for tha interests or tne city.- ------ i C H. Carey, attorney for the North- -larn Pacific- and C M. Levey, prealdent of thaPortland A Seattle, were Inter ested lratenera-to. the argument by the Harrlman , repreaentatr EIGHTY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT AT-MARTINIQUE Mount Pelee Quiet Seismic Disturbances Caused by Set tling of Base of Sea. (Jeornal Special Bervlce.t ... Ill New fork. March . A cable to the Herald from Fort de Franco (Mar tinique) says: "A message by telephone from the government obeervatory ad jacent to Mount Pelee. states that Pro fessor Hellpiin of the University of Pennsylvania aays he mads the- ascent to the crater of the volcano. He found It quiet and la assured It has been quiet, , "Despite reports to the contrary there were Jto sla-ns of a renewal of ac tivity Februarynrwhen "Martinique austalned a violent shock. Several houaes at Fort de France fell. Many othera were damaged and condemned. Btnes thenthere have been0-shocka felt tn-the city. They are diminishing In vIolenceTbut are frequent . ' Hellprln Is pVslttve - the earthquake shocks hava no connection with the vol cano. . He aays they are due to the slow settling of- the base of. the Car port assuring him the Colombian, earth quake was exaggerated. He refuses to whether any-other volcemo uU,"r" r T1'"1" ?,nr?,1IL ! sequence of tha abnormal shocks and says It la impossible to prognosticate ,MtahaJLJnayhapperi, ; ' Draggla ftaed for am Selling. -. (Rprrtat Dlepstrlr te Tbe Journal. y- La Grande,- Or., Maroh . City Re corder I. It Snooks, who has had the caae -of F.--C- Forbes,.- ths drugglat charged with Selling' liquor without a license, haa rendered a decision finding ths defendant guilty and Imposing a flna of 50. . -, v, .. . i ii i ii m . .i i O. A. O. , ICetsors Bo. Corvallls, Or, March . The O. A. V. men won tha basket . ball game last night at the Armory over the Chicago Meteors by a score of J to 20. O. A. C. plays Ashland tonight Takes Witness Stand and Tells r y Mow Shi Jung-forHer Life; SHOWS WHERE KNIFE HRUSTS-CUTrDRESS Gives Precise Description of Death of Mah . Sue, for Whose1 Murder Jung -J--Being Tried - in Ore -Courtr Jen Teng, a comely Chinese girl, oc cupied the .witness . stand, this morning curing tne murder trial or Lee Jung, that la being heard' before Judae Sears. and told In a moat dramatic manner of the death of Mah Sua and of tha at tempt made upon her Ufa on February fihe was dressed in the clothing aha aeciares tnet she wore that night and snowed the blood stains on tha garments made when she was wounded. The girl took the revolver with which It Is said Mah waa murdered and demon strated how- the aaeatlant had attempted to shoot her and -how gh wrestled with mm to gain possession or tha weapon. A Juror held the revolver while the girl went through tha struggle that she did ths night she waa fighting for her Ufa A long dirk .was then shown - her which she said was the One -with which Lea had attacked her after he had re leased his hold upon the revolver. She placed the knife ln the rents In her gar ments and. explained In every detail the stabbing. The knife flrat waa thrust through the sleeve, but she' warded off the blow. . Another thruat was made at her body,' and she quickly gathered her tnicK garments apoui ina long nisaw anri 1 -"--.uu prvBraL.ng a laiai wouna. In avery ..detail the woman waa quick and cool rharkable strength Tor or7raTT figure. After having apent nearly two fhours in exiatnift1r"tWeasuTra made f upon har,- asked by Thomas O'Day, who was conducting the exam ination tor the atate, - !Ia thla the man that a tabbed your . Quickly arising ln her chair, the girl poinien ) 4 jjma; and yelled r "That is the man who killed Mah Sue, and that la the man who tried to kill me " - - '- - She -repeated the remark several times and continued to ahake her Anger In the prlaoner'a face. V Jung tried to smile and moved restlessly In his chair, but would not look the girl In the face. . Before explaining the aasault : upon her, the witness stated that on the evening of February S aha had gone to Mah Sue's, room and had been there but 10 minutes when Lee Jung entered. HThe girl said that Mah bffered the Via, itor a cup of tea, which ho aet on the table; the host then offered hie guest a cigar, which tha latter promptly put In hla pocket. Then Lee Is said to have demanded S160. declaring that he had oefisenT'&yTTnesl'aocIeF'o'' coHeot' that aum. Upon being refused, Lee Is said to have killed his host LOWELL A CANDIDATE T. F0RU.,S; SENATOR Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendle ton filed his petition today at Salem as a Republican candidate for United States senator.. Judge Lowell's entrance Into the senatorial contest has .been foreshadowed- for eotne-tlme peat although on a reoent visit to Portland he ejmoat. persuaded to forgo h'e aiOTcyr Bepubllcantsm bounded on equality or right must guarantee equality of prlvelege" Is ths epitomised platform which will appear after-JudgeLPweirs name on the primary ballot His views are set forth more at length In his peti tion, which saya: .. : . Tf I am nominated and sleeted. I will. during my term of office, support with full recognition of legal rights, such meaaurea as will end corporate domlna- tlon In politics and legislation; Insure I I such publicity and. regulation of eorpor-4 atlona aa public good may require; re store government to the plain people and enthrone political decency; maintain Chlneae exduslonr sound currency and a stable standard, the principle of pro tection to American Industries with colonial free-trade; assure early Isth mian canal completion,' comprehensive river and harbor Improvements, federal control of Interstate insurance, popular L election of senators, parcel post prompt and Impartial law' enforcement land laws which will minimise fraud and avert the menace of ultimate landlord ism." . . .. M0R0 OUTLAWS LIKE- INDIANS. SAYS C0RBIN ' (".pedal tM patch to le Jooraal.) San Francisco, March . General Cor bin when interviewed about the recent outbreak In Jolo said today: "I place no significance upon the out break., because It haa nothing to do with the Philippine situation. These outlaws ara like the. American Indiana. They love to fight and when they can't at tack each other they will combine against the common foe. There was no Indication of the uprising when I left the Philippines, nor do I think that any further trouble la Imminent The In stigators of the skirmish yesterday are merely a band of fanatics." General - Cor bin leaves - for the - east tonight i ' ' C0MST0CK THRASHED"1 BY H. GORDON MILLER (Jnoraal Special Service.) New York, March . Anthony Corn stock while testifying before the United States - commissioner - this - sfternoorrl called Hughes Gordon Miller a "liar." Miller hit Comstock three terrific i blows p. the ifaea, . . , , i , REVOLUTIONISTS AFTER B ANKER MENPELTOM . (Journal. JiKclal SerrlctA- 8t. Petersburg, March . Herr Men delsohn, the German banker, who la here negotiating a loan to the govern ment. Is constantly .menaced by revolu tionists. Bishop Beater to Confirm. . The Right Rev. Frederick -W. Keator, bishop of Olympla, will visit St Steph en's church, corner Thirteenth and Clay atreets, this evening at t 7:10 o'clock, preach and administer the rite of con firmation to a class presented by the priest In charge.' Bishop Morris will lso be present but owing to Infirmities-has designated Blaiiop Keator te act tn bla a tea .' 4 Captain Stover Makes B. P, Mo and Tools. CALLS HIM DISCRACE -. O-THr-DEPARTMENT" Patrolman Spends Night in Cell, and on Chiefs Orders Sends for Civilian dfl Only Fifteen ' Years OldT r " Give me your revolver. , an.your , tools. -. Ton are a disgrace to the police department"-aald rollce Captain Slovet laat night to Patrolman B. P. McGlnnls, whom he and Inspector Rruln detected In a flagrant. breach of duty. . ' Aj.chargeet contributory negligence under the Juvenile delinquency law waa filed agalnat McQlnnla thla afternoon ' by - District Attorney : Manning, the nntnes of Brum; and Slover being ap pended ea complainants. , McGlnnls - waa- lodged - last -night . lit -the-clty- prison. Chlef-Orltamscher or . dered him to send for a suit of civilian clothing this morning, declaring that ho did not want such a man to wear the garb of a police officer. The clothing arrived and the change waa effected In McGlnnls celt For several days Captain Slover has known ..that some policeman , had . been -aeea at night ln the company of a girt ' en - Portland - Heights. Laat evening, ; about duak, he and Inspector Bruin went to the Heights and for an hour and a half kept a strict lookout. They saw ' MoOlnnta meet Kittle Moore, a It-year - oidglrt The policeman waa dum- founded. He was formerly a conductor on the East Ankeny car line and there hecame araualnted wh; the S'rl, TMrJ relatione. ara aald tonave existed slnoe then. ' . . - - . The girl fled when lnspeel6rBniln ( and -taptain fllover appeared, but wae arrested. . McGlnnls will not be arraigned until tomorrow. He haa a wife and -three children and lives at It Eaat Thlrty-nrst street The girl has for soma time not known the care of a mother and haa lived-with her father in-the rear of a I building at Chapman and Jefferson streets. She has been given Into the custody of retecUva Hawley of - the Juvenile court MR. BARST0V7 TELLS WHY OFFER IS LIBERAL Gives Seven Reasons Why City Should Give Franchise to ' .t Tfaotiotv-Company Mr. Baratow of tha Willamette Valley ' Traction -co jn pan y gives the following succinct reaaona - why hla - company should be given a Portland franchise: - . "1 Gives city. $50, 000 compensation In St yeara - ,: . . J Gives city Front street line (coat (60,000). . 1 Under lease with city Tot Front street 11ns will pay city II for each and every car owned by itself or other par ties passing over this line, the company -to ba limited to a charge of tl.60same lTniiii wiii.ivi "4 -Offers to sell "to city lines south of Jefferson to eityilmlte at end of-four yeara for coat - . in order to prove no effort can , or wTO be made" to Txittle up' entrance to Front atreet line. Inserts elause of charter which gives all railroads right to use the ling. - v r-,- "g In order to protect South Fort- land ahlppera - and ahow that low chargea on Front ' street Una will not be made up anywhere else, company : agreea to haul all freight cara on Ita lines south of Jefferson 1 at coat and - 10 per cent of coat 1 "7 Agrees to build to Salem 1n two yeara or forfeit IS0.000. " "The amount whlch-the -city- will re- -- celve will be: 150,000 ln 25 years; $60,- 000 value of Front street ine; $456,000 In 25 years, 100 per cent on present traffic;. $566,000 ln 25 yeara.. . ., - - 'The other company does not agree to hold- to any -aennita-termtnaloMt will - pay only $160,000 during 25 yeara te the city; It does not agree to give Front street line to city, but requires city. If ' city desires It after five yeara topay -handsomely for it; It asks for twice the ' mileage of streets and gives only about one fourth the compensation . to the etty. , 1 LOS ANGELES MAN PRAISES PORTLAND Harry Chandler, general manager of the Los Angeles Times, Is In Portland today, en route from the east to South ern California. It Is his first visit to Portland and Mr. Chandler was much In- terested In the evidences of the city's growth snd development EK-en1 his loyalty to Los Angeles was not .proof against the admiration excited by ths wonderful panorama which he saw front, Portland Heights, and he exclaimed en thusiastically. "That's a damslte better than anything we've got In eouthern California. . f Mr. Chandler has been one of ths chief faetorsln making tha - Los Angeles - TlmrthsgTest-newspaper--t hat-it la. His connection with the Times began , when he waa a boy. "carried a route" and" hla " energy and1duitry Sdort at tracted attention. He worked his way steadily upward until now he haa entire charge of the business management of the paper. General Harrison Gray Otis. " the editor and largest stockholder of the Times, Is Mr. Chandler'a father-in-law, The- growth- of the Times has beem BTflraoTaTfraTy' awa til uiuiiiw m psm advertising which It carries l said to be greater than that of any otnet mwi na tins ., la. America.. rPlirlng ,- 1 HOt , the-; Times printed over 47,000 columns of paid advertisements. - WILtSDAUGHTER DOLLAR" :. . w WITH STRING TO IT (Jonreal Special IWtW I - Is Angeles. March . The will of Dennls-Iduc filed this morning leaves an estate of $100,000 to Lucille Isabel Hells, professionally known as "Isabella Gilbert." Leduo was formerly chief en gineer of the Canadian Pad fie and founder of Ihe Canadian Society of Civil Engineer. The will cuts off hie only daughter, .Mrs. Robert KUIott of Den ver, with It and provides if she contests that the dollar goea to the Salvation army. -. , - I