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THE LiaUOR DEALERS ORGAN SUFFERS SOME ALLTHE TIME DECAUS . ,v . GOOD ''.EVENING ' Journal Circulation . -jSvnday l ' Was THE WEATHER. Fair tonight; Tuesday fair ' and' : wanner; northwest winds. .".".: " VOL. V. Nq. 65. Portland; oregon,'. Monday evening, may 21; twelve pages. : - r " T ERS UNDO mm Through Shadowing Mrs. Emma Watson Officers Capture King of Land Fraud Swindlers in Alameda as He Was Going to See Mrs. McKinley's Sister. . ...X.-C- "TT - - (Special Dispatch to Tbs Journal.). San Francisco, - May il. Assistant United States Attorney Black stated .Jhlsmornlng that JB A. V. Putr, who "was apprehended in Alameda yesterday for alleged complicity In the -Oregon land frauds, will be taken mn 1 si 11 win in uei htm. "- - . Pwter-wss' raptured wrwnrtwq blocks of the city prison, and womsn proved his undoing. When arrested. Puter. wss about, to koap, his Appolouaen. Ub iin, fred" Ware, sister-in-law of Mrs, Horace McKlhley of this city; Puter wss n 'resigned to his fata when the officers .. clapped Mm on the shoulder snd asked him to surrender. - In a moment be had drawn, his heavy . Colt's-revolver from ; his belt and was menacing hie captors. "- Tough rery ' Mora, ; . -Remembering the desperate methods '.he employed seversn months ago to es cape from Secret Service Agent "W. J. Burns, Puter again attempted to fight eoramyrner "-ever.- threatened - him with -a, club and . "other! covered him. wlth-thelr suns. ' Even then Puter fought every step of - - the distance) to the police - station and tried at every turn to break from the nold-of the officers.- The five men' who . succeeded la taking Puter prisoner were . R. H. Perry, D. F. , Cecil and Robert Hpauldlng. In the employ of William 3. t-Chlof of fpllca rnnjadsad.Lc4.ty "PoHcemanWobmnth. " whowererasked by the government detectives, to aid In . 19 e, capture. v ADMiieit Wit at Vmtev. It " waa x learned Sunday from - Mrs. ' McKlnley that 'her. sister 'had ah ap- - pointment to meet Puter at S' p. m., but Puter missed the car on which aha - orar-tnd started to walk to th cpr ' ner where he expected the ear to stop. " It was while he walked this short distance' that . the secret , service men - gave a sign to two officers who 1m- RussianFAssassinate Stoesset and Nebogatoff Sentenced to Death---Douma " (Joil SpeHal Serrlee.) 8t.-PetersbwvMsy 2l,-.WIITBt art! "theA merJoan-v lc-6ulr at Batoum. T was assassinated at It o'clock last night Ho was an Englishman, and was appointed : ltv iayr HQ ?Ils alaryr paid 1n Bluart "was engaged In business. He was murdered In his country resi dence. DlasattaMed workmen are ac cused of the crime. At Kalism," Poland." an attempt '- was made today to kill Count Keller by ' a bomb. The horse he waa riding was , killed and Keller wit wounded. It is rumored that In the- military court Investigating the surrender of Port Arthur has - condemned to death Lieutenant-General Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, commander of on of Rojestvensky's squadrons. . A military plot has been discovered against the douma, which waa recently elaborated at large meetings of the of fl- FORTY-YEAR SENTENCE - FOR MASONIC BURGLAR (Joarnat Special 8r?le. . New York. May 1 1. -Thomas Metelnkt. "known sa the "Masonto-burglar,V was sentenced today to (0 years In ths state penitentiary at Sing Sing as an habitual criminal. SOV OF MILLIONAIRE RUNS AWAY AVD VVE-DS . . SERVANT OF MOTHER (Jniksal SfieeUl Service. . - Pittsburg, May . !1. John . Alston. .Mxtoli MnornhoU son of John Moore lieml, the millionaire Iron manufacturer "iiud. former, member of the Yale foot tin ft team, lias caused a- tremendous f imntlon here . by eloping with his - mother's Frem-h maid. Mr. Muorehead, fere, who Is the head of Jlttubuig's . nrtl . family, has " dlalnherlted his son snd the. young man will be obliged to - htft for lilmaelf and his bride,. ' . - Moorehead Is a huaky young msn 51 yners old. Jle- has never applied htm velf tn buslrteaS pursuits and' has shown "illrdnltt fo clrrle-V of society In which his parents wlnli.-d him to move. The brl'le In the ctiso" I supposed to f i , ' ' ' J CAPTURES --.-..irT':-.T--, -r'- mediately stepped forward and took the man Into custody, . . "-'- Burns'' men by shadowing- Mrs. E. I' Watson, residing at 117s Fifth avenue, Kset- Oak lewd, discovered, where, Fntex lived and all about his movements. lie came here from New York three ""I" theTin lodnlng.houy In thla city. Batu mi aauliisl say Klein i.i alum sis wife st 16 Spruce street, Berkeley. - He. remained with her several hours and then-returned to his lodgings inthts city, When captured and senurely16cked"rn A4wlk Peraavately'lnfOTmsd that-detectives that he had already engaged P" IT Tn TT " China and honed I , to leave for that country In a few days. He had taken the name - of James William. Barr and traveled -onder that alia sine leaving New York. r V - , Boos Wsa BmaU Arseaal. v ; lls room resembled an arsenal. H had secured his safety with a Winches ter rifle, which hung over the bed and had In a' drawer another-' heavy, re volver. ' ' .. .! f ffiatTunTWy" morning he boldly walked mr BireeTs ox jitinvau carrying av nin cheater. The detective who were responsible for Puter's capture left as soon as they saw the vrisoner safely locked up. for SanFranelsoo to; wire7 lhelrreportto W. j.: Burns, who followed Puter untir ingly ell over the country from city to Buf ni1sreIn way bere, having left New York when he learned that Puter had-cords , to the Pacini joaaC .Burns la expected her in a day or mo. The capture of ' Puter In the -main part of the city was made .so cleverly that no one in Alameda outside of the police were aware of it." : . .. . - The polio are taking every precau tion to keep .Puter safely behind ,the bars, because they fear he may have ac complices who would "not hesitate te make an attempt to break Into the Jail. W, H. Stuart at Batoum Refuses to Fight" cer of four regiments. - The eonspir- ators proposed to surround -tha-Taurld palace, where-1 he-t dmimev-meetay a rreat the deputies and proclaim General Trep off mllltsry director of.Rtissia. " -They-woul tnen deal with the Csar. tn whose'nai they would -claly thy bad been acting. They would then deal with the csar. csar's challenge to fight when Mouromt seff reported that the douma') reply must be presented to the ministry, and proceeded with the order of the day. Radicals denounced the resolution ami Insisted -upon representatives , person- ally addressing the csar. President Mouromtaeff yesterday, re ceived a note from the emperor at Pe- terhof containing the Information that the csar will refuse to receive the dele gation from the douma bearing the ad dress of the delegates and stating that the address must be presentcdthropgh the-mtntBtryof the court. POSTPONEMENT OF VOTE ; , ON REED SM00T CASE (ioarnal Mperlal Serrlre.) ' ' Wsshington, . May 21. The senate committee haa postponed Indefinitely the Question of voting on the Smoot ease on account of Senatpr Burrowr Indispo sition. . bear the name 6f Frances Voire. She la considered a beautiful woman and was -much admired for Her (harming manners. . She was brought to this country Six -months sgo to act as maid In- the Moorehead household. ' Shortly sfterwsrd the young scion of the' fam ily. arrived borne and .straightway fell In love wlth the French miss. Their marriage took place In' New York last Sunday and the Moorehead family received ward ef It last week. Th bride, and groom are presumably nt the summer home of Horses Moor head on Long Island. Ths groom Is a nephew of Dr. J. W. Holland, curator of the Carnegie museum. The family Is wen a-nown in New York and other east- irn cities. v ( -i.-.f'Messri.-Barktey-and 'Hofer, elecYed;to-thelcpsbture; froni Mariori county as Republicans; but who bolted the Republican Caucus to vote against Dolph, were accdrded an ovation by, the Populists of 'Marion county Saturday. So were Burke, and 7 Cole, the Multnomah county Republicans, whq deserved theirt party to follow JONATHAN BOURNE -into the Populist camp. .' This is quite "as it. should be1.' "These men are no longer;Republicans.-"They-are Populists.They tnust look to that party-for -iellowKhin aniiurrrtrthgrea.ftgr- NJ1ITH.FR TTTF.V'MnR ANY nFTITF.TR KIND Ot TfilTT FVFR TO GET INTO THE . . ' ' ; - . ; ' l ; : ; ; - X-AJ I H ta. .:'.-. 1 .lA.rj I '-fc"V- '.-'-.. , lllLl m f-.w mm -:m m L A - - SKA-X . A J :. V :,' iv-.-v 11--.'' " " t Si At fosttr.'KSit Pin of Land Fraud-Swindler. j Mrs.-Hortce McKihlfev;. Formerly Isire , Ware; 'Who Aided in Capture. mmm mmm . I Supreme Court Decides Against I- Otto.of Bavaria, Once Idol of His .Kansas Senator Convicted I Subjects, Near Death ' of Crafting and He It I-- - 2 ' Catmt and HollovvT-Cooke - Barred From Office. ' - a Living Skeleton.' ' - - ' : ' -- -..:--: 1 -. : . 'Zj " " "' '- ' 1 - ' - '.' t I ' - : ..."-;...'. . - . . '. r ' . . : : l-IJ. vjutr' I IB 1 :Jgnrm1-"gnectiil SerHce. Washington, May i 1-T States; supreme court today decided the case sgalnst Senator J. P. Burton of Kansas. Burton - waa convicted of ao- partments of the federaT" gove'rrim'enl while a tTnlted States senator. In the case of the. Rlalto Grain company of Str LoulSr from whom be drew a salary for procuring the release of the con cerh'a mail,' which had been held up by a fraud Order. Burton, "was Twrcc6nvIcTdburee- cured a new trial on technical grounds the first time. He must serve six months In Jail and ' pay $3,000 fine on -one count, $500 fine and six months tn jail on the second count. . . The statute Under which he was con victed, la. the srim e asthat .underjrhiub, the lata senator Mitchell waa convicted, and prohibits Burton from ever holding office of trust or profit under the gov ernment. -Burton -ccasca to- be a sna tor when sentence begins. , x . Burton was given (0 days to. file a motion for a rehearing. Judgment was suspended until the. motion can be heard. . '..',: BALLOON CONTEST FROM i QUAKER CITY -TO GOTHAM . ; . fror Spct Service r " w Philadelphia. May .11. ' Wind permit ting, there will be a balloon race from rhiladelphlffnoT Nrw York ,on ' Saturday next. The race will celebrate, the for. mutton of the Philadelphia Aero club, which has grown, out of the successful trip tn the balloon "Initial-, made last Week by-Ar N.-Chandler. -r- .--- EDM0NS POSTMASTER-- ! 1 AT BAKERSFIELD . r (Journal Special Service.) l , . i Wsshington. May 21. Reuben A. Ed mons f Bakersflcld. Cel.. haa been- an- nolntnd postmaster at that place by th president. . , ". ' . , ' . ; ' ; HOUSE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER RATE BILL ' (invraal Special Servle.) ' " - Washington. May 21. The hone commute will tontsjht consider th rat bill' passed by th senate BOVRNEAfTmTOmmMlSMRM From thVOregonian, January 29, 1895. ' " - ' t i r i ; :r.,. i i i herwltai ' " f I I I - I I Y'S-f .. I ' ' m -,-.' ...r.. .,-n i ..... .,, ,.j T .... . . , M -rtiiSri -si-rssi h.iii mmm I . ' SBSBSS3 ECSSa aBBs c3 Mrs. Emma L. Watson,, Through the Shadowing, of .Whom Puter Was ''r'zz:-; .Located. . -j -: ri-j1-' ; BRITISH ADMIRAL'S SON IS " ENLISTED AS MARINE - Rnarlat S Norfolk. Va.'.'May 21. One of the newly recruited marines Just come her from th west Is a son of Vlce-Admlral Kemper, of. the British navy,. Young Kemper served In the Boer war snd was attached to the naval brigade that as sisted in the. relief of.Ladysmlth and Mafaklns. lttr he came -to America, became a naturalised cltlien and en listed In the ma rlnu corps. ; - , , . .' 'J Admiral Kemper Is a personal friend Of -severol officers now on' this station and whort -the young son of 'th distin guished BrIMsh officer wss a private at th barracks, they ' made him . wel come. Neverthelene young Kemper fares .In no wise-differently from any other private of marines stationed here. He occupies his 'rot In barracks In the Section assigned to his company, tskes his turn at gttrtreT duty, gets his liberty at the same Intervals as others. - Young AUTOMOBILE IS A REGULAR HOTEL ON WHEELS (Joraal Sserlal, ServiM.) t Parts,. May It. Of all the -automobile ever turned out. by French manu factories, on lately ordered by Captain Lars Anderson of Boston aeiems entitled to the prise for-originality.. -It Is a hug machine, fitted up for loeg tours, and In- point of speed equals -any present-day-touring afgf--i" Wm--mw The. Anderson-car Is -fitted out with reversibe .furniture. There Is a com bination . bed and, bureau, a ; rook stove and dining table arrangement that. can be hauled out at, a moment's notice. The whole machine,-' In . fajct, la a kind of miniature ,hote on wheels, with accom modations for eating. .sleeping, working or idling, acrerdlng. to the fancy of Its owner. or hla. guests. - Kemper like 'America, admires the navy and la ansious to make his mark In it ; ' - - - - v ' , ""t Jearaal Sneetal- Saeetea.t . '"Munich, Bavaria,' May, 21. After" 50 year-t -forced seol uslon- in the- depths of a forest, insane. King Otto, one th idol of hi subjects, seems st the age of - is, fast nearing his end". - He Is wIMlnnUti f-"fan n r.nfl t-s a -IffVi ust, with long, tangled gray hair, matted beard and mournful eyes, sunk deep In dark -pocket. A living skeleton, he Bita tn tattered" clothing moping Tn dark corners. Food lies on his table . for hours untAsted. When he Is sur no on Is looking he msy eat. His sleep, taken' at odd Intervals," Is always broken and uneasy. - Only by strategy csn he be Induced to take fresh air. When he Is enticed Into the garden he sits down on the first seat and stares vacantly at th clouds. unly the servsnts and a few officials ver ace him, seiif s..them.bLtha cheeks and gas with contracted brows as If straining bis memory to recall them. When he succeeds In recalling on, satisfied smile flits over his face, to be succeeded by Impenetrable gloom. Fine Prizes for - Whose is the prettiest babe in Oregon and Washiig ton? ;- Of course, all you mothers know, but does every one else know the same? - --r The Journal- Believes- in-providing: for- thc-futurc;- and - X - -.u u . ..t..' t ....... ,t,:t.t rs,... . .t liiuuii it vaniiui idnc laic ui ctsijr vnuu in uituii uu Wa8hinforr,-it4s poinprto give every child the sam chance to be taken cace of. The prettiest baby iff the two states is to be selected by a committee of disinterested and com petent judges and the prizes that The Sunday Journal offers will be worth winning.. To the credit of the winning child a deposit of $20 will be placed in a Portland savings bank to f' draw interest till the babe - . . -.. - tne next tnree win ue given nanasome snvrr mugs, ' Any child under 6 years of age is eligible to enter this contest. The awards will be made from pHotographs, which must be clearly .printed. All must be sent to the liaby Con test Editor, Sunday-Journal, Portland, with the name, a;;: ' and sex of the child and address of the parent arcomj' ty ing. No pictures received after June 30 will be oitisidrr 1 and the awards will bt made as soon after tlsat 'd itc a.i j sible. . t .- . 'w:t::::ttteaeweeawwwttttst:t : . nniRininiii--. vrR u rAL ! -BeilS-JOB Drops-Cup;V Smashes Dishes j-BeatsWife; Stabbed by Daughter; .Resigns; Flees-- - Prof essorTEdgarAr MiTnerrAfter - " 7 Domestic War,- Resigns and . : Prepares to Leave Portland -With Twenty-Five Dollars Wife-""- Gives Him to Depart. Profsssor Edgar JUMIlnrr4o several years principal of Wood lawn school, haa resigned ' his J poeft Jon ' as Tn reiuir of a domestto war that oocurreS Satusday night at th Mllner home, Alnsworth d j nloi' 4iV4nuo0t i Th!wW"pilsifo4ptt," wss stabbed In the back by Cedl WH- Ham son, bis 17-year-old stepdaughter, and bruised about th fac by Arthur Williamson, bis lt-y ear-old stepson. H will be temporarily succeeded aa prln- . - clpal by Professor T. J. Newbill, whoa appointment will likely be made perma nent. - -fThough wounded and without funds. the stipulation that be leave the city at once; Professor Mllner held a lops; con versatlon with Patrolman Circle early this morning as the latter went out with th- day relief.'--Circle- and -Mllner- have been friends for-everat yeara. - He ln- formed the policeman that he bad packed all -of bis betonglnaj and wa to .. 1 leave ..Portland, on the .train eaat this morning. He attributed his sudden" and inglorious downfall to the use of liquor. ' r. "Tr-'..Mj'ef Tew' SjtjurM .lt-"' -'The" fight V which - precipitated the; eclipse ot Professor-Mllner 's career. In Portland started directly as th result of the overturning of a cup of tea. at the dinner table Saturday nigbL Pro fessor Mllner lived with his wife and two stepchildren In flat above a gro- ' eery store at Alnsworth and Union ave nues.- He had been drinking heavily of late, it 1 said. . ' - On Saturday,' ir I claimed. ' drinks came swiftly and steadily throughout th day. until by dinner time th pro fessor had acquired a quantity, of the st uff - that ht red- that - might .bay floated a battleship. His nerves were consequently unsteady and when he at tenipted ' to raise a uup of tea H fell, spilling the fluid on the tablecloth -and causing Considerable commotion among1 th members of th household who were seated about him.' " . Smash tt Plaa . Th sot Irritated the professor, who seised a number of dlshea a ad sent them crashing to the floor and against th wall. In an instant the Disc wss the ben ofWild oonfuaion. Hls-wlf r monstrated. which caused the enraged man to become even more furious. He assaulted her... according to Mrs.. C. J. Buxton, who lives In the lower flats ami witnessed, the affair, and called her vile - 1 names.-- : v Both " ehndren fushM to the : aid of ' , their mother and--In th encounter-that ' followed Cecil Williamson. Mrs. M Oner's daughter, seised a butcher knife and plunged It Into the back of her mother's : asssrHairfc While Mrs. Mllner claws? desperateTyio the man, trying" toplnlon pis arms and prevent the blows which he attempted to rain upon her, Arthur Williamson, her son. beat th professor. about the face, discoloring his y and bruising him to a considerable extent. ' . Polio Ar Called. Mr. Buxton,' who was an unwitting" witness to the affray, called Policeman Pax ton. On the arrival', of th officer the participants bad subsided and Pro fessor Mllner wss preparing to leave th bouse.- Blood waa flowing freely from th wound In his back. H re fused te explain the occurrnc-to tha officer, as did his wife and the two) children. They were all .removed to the central station, where they were (Continued on Pag Two.) Lucky readies marriageable age.Ta . . '