-THE " OREGON-DAILY - JOURNArFPOUl lU;ir'i v4JJAY - LVi:riIIiO,-MARCH--T"
BRIGGS TESTIFIES THAT
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PUZZLES JUDGE "ByiUfcTiJIIEflRUilIIl
7. STRUCK PRISOHER WITH FIST
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EOLUURII-UriOOIOGJIIIU
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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. -. ,
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