AT-5a COPY-EOR A "fi"0"0'DEYEHTNlS- Journal Circulation Yesterday :tr wind, " '. ' . ; ;,-' VQU V. ; NO. 67.; PORTLAND, ' OREGON, WEDNESD AY EVENING, MAY ;.23, .1906. SIXTEEN PAGES. . Wtnr fxrr rMTe - ow mm ayd nwt lii : . .- " .. , After Criminal's Government PowerfMtqrneyrom imsand Attach BankFunds --When-Stephen A. D.-Puter mad hi j n sallonaE. scg p f rotn .6cr re t JBafglcittflgWl j"tTtl Be' Agent Burns In Boilm two months ago, he forced to leave behind him ' - thousands of dollars of his Ill-cot rains -- and within ii hours4 the money was at tached by wealthy easterners who had ... ..heeg -the victim nCJU swindles. Btrrn lcrnthat-1tiler had- placed al" large lum In k--Boston safety deposit vault - and ls flrcrt act gfter the escape of his prisoner was to wire to some of the . letter's - victims. . Instructing- them to g;e him power--of attorney-to-attach .' the funda - They, lost no time Jnzsend , ing the desired authority, and when the safety deposit company opened for buel nesa the. following moraine" Burns was , ' on hand with the attachments. Stripped. : : of - the fruits Li hlifrauds--utep "dropped OUt f ifhfr- fnr )w" ' hs nlnrttl lillTHfini-rTi only to run Into -thotr bands at- last-at -San -Franolseo.- " . The a lory ot ,howPuter.l.was sepa-; - r rated TrOnt Tiln stolen'r funds, rnow -pub--4IIshed for-e-'nst-tlme. Is one of the ' i most- Interesting features of his des- BMtJjLifl:o.rJL.towM . , his crimes. Ha: had amassed a large . : sum 'of money by he eperatlons In ' s forced school land .certificates aad the -bulk of his plunder had been "cached," In a .Boston safety deposit- box. -X-- t - Beeelved attM-va . ttafji - swlndltnit ' operations within the last year ara known, to hav' netted TThtm verf larse sum." He and his ron- - federates, of whom Horace O. McKlnley was chief, are known to have secured , about f 150.000' from.. wealthy t eaatern Board of Regents of - lege Requested Dr. Z; 7 to H is Work rtttlTan supporters of James Withy combe refer to his record ss an open boolt. Here are a couple of pages which may have been gummed together when they made, their last Inspection On July Is.rtoaTdrerTegents nf thaBtate Agricultural colleire had before thenj the following -resolutionei wnereas. it is a seir-eviaent ract mat the Interests of the"WteAgrlcwltural college and the United States experiment ststion are and must, always be para--mviHtnT to the interests of any individual. - and L'Wheteaa, It is a matter of public notoriety-that-James WilliynUfflDer"!! rfctnrofth station- and professor of agriculture ; tn -her-college, several . months aince did announce himself as a . candidate for an Important political of . fire and has continually and systematic , rally worked to advance hta political Interests to the neglect and great detri- ment of tha college farm, the classes' In agriculture and Investigations r of the " ex,-rlment station, and -. -4----"Whereas, Such action ' and tneglect upon tha part of James Withycombe Is entirely Incompatible with the duties pertaining to his position in the college - end station,- la eubvarslvs of the edu cational intereats and welfare of the Institution.-hence violation- of -r the moral obligations due the- board of LEAVES SIX-HUNDRED DOLLARS IN A WALLET , UNDER HOTEL PILLOW When GeorK R". Simmons of Denver. : purchasing agent for the DenVer eV Rio 1 Grande railroad, retired for the- night - at the Oregon hotel on Monday he care fully slipped his wallet under the pil low of his bed. The wallet contained ! 100 In bills and the well-known rail road mai did not Intend to let so much money wander far from his1, person. Tneedar morning he awoke late and dressed hurriedly to avoid missing sn appointment. He forgot all about the . wallet and Its t00 burden In bis anx iety to be on time. - An hour later a startled ' chamber ma li stood staring at an Immense wal let that" dropped out of the pillow and fell at her feet. Its ' slse frightened her and she rang ijulckly for Chief Clerk McRae. McRae came and took the purse. Slmmona sat talking business tn the lobby. McRae . approached him and naked for some papers. Simmons felt In an Inside pocket "for-the wallet. . iparched. anxiously for It and theu Flight in Boston, Officers Secure tlmbermen and capitaliata by mesns-of much of this money stuck to Puter's (Infers and how much-he had lo clve up to his confederates no one knows, but Puter undoubtedly ; appropriated- the lion's share, McKlnlr athe.;.chlet Instrument in swindling: Henry A. falser of L CrdsserTWiseonslnTwho was mulcted to the tune of 1110, 000, and in this Instance McKlnley may have taken the bulk of the money.- In another In stance a brother of Puter's Js known to have received about I. 000. and waa ar rested in Chicago for disorderly conduct with moat of. the money on his person.: But Steve Puter, the originator of the scheme of counterfeiting the school land certificates and the moving spirit In the game. undoubtedly realised more than an of Ills asBwilalts fiuui tlie fisuus. How much he had left when' he reached Boston is nor known,- nor has any Infor mation been obtainable as to the exact tttn-that 4les In the vaulted the safety deposit company... For the attachments are still -pending and the money has not jMlJoeen. juveredlor Puter s jyctlms. r...v. ,xf.0t of ruds. When Puter was convicted in this City In December, U04, he had reached the end or his . financial resources. Gambling, high living, the expense: of his trlnl and the Incessant demand . of .accomplices who had-knowledge of his rraods,- nad abaorhrd sll he had made out of his operations In government Jandi But -after his conviction Puter (Continued on Page Two.) State - Agricultural Col Withycombe to Tend Or to ; Resign regents and the Ute of Oregon there fore, be it - - "Resolved, That aaid James Wlthv- combe Is hereby given the alternative of either withdrawing his ..candidacy-for a political onii slrnlhathe Dosltlon he- now holds in the college and station: and be It further ' - tesolvd.-That lf "the sald - James Withycomb.hasjiotactedjut therein Indicated within a period of JO days from and after the data hereof, his position shall become vacant at that time without further-action -of-th!s board."- The resolution failed to! carry," but received four votes out of eleven. J. K. and J. D,.Dajfyecretary .of the board.. favored the resolution. With them stood Walter M. Pierce - and W. P. Keady. Partisanship cut no figure In the vote, the resolution being supported by two Republicans and two Democrats. Two of the seven who opposed the reso lution, were frequent callers at the Withycombe home and ' may possibly have been Inspired by persons! friend ship. Another '.of the,-negative votea waa cast by .an.,ofllclal' who waa then busily engaged in canvassing for a re nominstlon. Thus -was James Withy combe saved from censure;; for neglect of fluty.-.--v - - tnTn4-ld-when--he--reajrsedthtirt wss gone. He started on the run for the elevator, when Clerk McRae pro duced the wallet, and brought Jiim back, j Blmmgns led the procession to the cafe. ' Now he keeps his money In the hotel rafe. - - , . i . AGED PEDESTRIAN ON NINETY-MILE JOURNEY - tJwwsal Special Karrlc Trenton, N. J . May IJ Edward Pay son Weston, who Jeft Philadelphia at midnight on walk to New Tork, passed through here at a, m., having walked 19 miles In leas than hours.- He wss walking t a speed of four miles an hour, Weston Is years of sge and Is endeavoring to equal his awn, record, made " 4 years ago. A physician accom panies him. He expects to reach New y ark by mldnlghu f . , , ,.,.-.'. 1 1. 0 .'. ii .-..--X , .' ... ,t - K V WilMam J. Burns,' -Through Insane Man Secur :;L: ing Telegraph Key for . a Few Minutes. Huntington. Ind., Mny 2S. Everett Kellanvatv insane crack telegraph oper ator, secured possession of the Wabash rail way wire for a few" minutes today iindinrh.atjLiisfltiea vv. i the great sya-1 tern for hundreds of miles and stopped traffic In every direction. 1 Wtth'exTreme ' rapidity fie' dashed off orders to divpatchers at many-polnLa, ordering trains on to aidlngs. Dli: patchers at other points were unable to break In upon Kellam to ask about the conflicting orders and one dispatcher finally grounded the wire over which the crasy men sages were coming. The dispatcher at Huntington stepped out to get .luncheon. Kellam had been adjudged Insane and arrangements were being made to send him to the asylum. He was sitting in the station when the agent went out and he immediately took possession of the key. When the dis patcher returned It required .the efforts of three men to overpower Kellam and drag him from the inatruments. . VESSEL AGROUND AND - . ' COMMANDER ON TRIAL ' " (Journal Special Ser1e.) Washington. May 23. The navy de partment hsa rdered Captain Pery Garat, commander- of --- he-- e wiee-n ip Rhode Island, to be courtmartlaled te-CaTisw- of -the recent geowndlng of -the vessel. The coiirt meets next Monday with Lleutenhnt-Commander Snowden as judgcadvivate end Rear-Admiral Slgs- bet ti president. MANY TEMBLORS FELT AT CLEVELAND, OHIO ' ' . (Joe real SpecUl Service ) Cleveland. O.. May 23 Father 0 Den- bach's seismograph today registered tha fifty-second earthquake shock since JAprll . , . SPAIN EXPERIENCES ' TERRIBLE CYCLONE ' ' (jMirsal Soeclal erir. - MadrluV May 23. A terrible cyclone has devested the province of Soller, causing an enormous amount of damage.-: .t.,i; j , .-i-;s. - - - - " t - -i : - i r , . ' . iBSBBwas-MMwBSMM t - I s s .. I C m Ai Vv n U Cti4AM OnmnimA I pAMawwaa. HiU Q KM r --rivA I I T. J - "S" sssjaaaaaai Secret Service Agent. Revealed by Death of Wealthy . ; Politician Will to Be jConteslecL New York. May 23. A romance and death-bed marrlagthatntay lead to a will contest, was revealed today, in the passing away of Robert TrTayne, fpr- mer Brooklyn Republican leader, lawyer and member of the one-time famous anti-McLaughlin ring In the board of OS education. 'ayne. Hltvt In the old Payne home at Fort Mlller.i near Saratoga, New - Tork. At the bedside was his bride of two weeks, formerly Miss Bertha Melleson of Brooklyn. herself an heiress and granddaughter of tha late John Faron, chief engineer in the I'nited ; States navy. Payne waa himself a descendant of John Treat, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. ' - When Payne waa fatally stricken by his old enemy, tuberculosis, he . sum moned Miss Melleson by telegraph and tho marriage took place soon, after her arrival. Payne being propped up In bed by pillows and being hardly able to make responses to tho clergyman's questions. Payne left two grown daugh ters, born to his first wife, who was a daughter of Thomas' KlnsclU founder and former editor of the Brooklyn Ragle, and from whom the lawyer and political leader waa divorced. NANCE O'NEIL, ACTRESS, -TAKES PAUPER'SOATH (Journal Special aVrrtce.) " Boston, May 23. Miss Nance O'NeiU the actress, has taken, the poor debtor' oath at.Pemberton square courthouse, being heavily Involved In financial dif ficulties. She lost JieavTly In the San Francisco fire, - nearly everything -she owned in the way of costly scenery, cos tumes -and - Stage effects being de stroyed. Her action today ' was abso lutely unavoidable, she says. Mlas O'Neil was given a big benefit last night to -recuperate her losses at which she gave scene from her most successful play... , , WIDOW OF CONFEDERACY . ; IN SERIOUS ILLNESS New Tork, May ' 21. Physicians In charge announce that the condition Of Mrs." Jefferson - Davis Is-. exceedingly grave today, f. Her recovery 1 not ex pected, i . .. : l; r. , . .1 . . . . t. ...... j ) m t I m t w rresDvi enans isrmzz:::f::r'"':':" Decatur, III., Mdy. 23 Judge Johns today refused absolutely Zto'r: issue the injunction sought by disaffected members of the i Cumberland Presbyterian church to restrain the union of all branches of the Presbyterian churches, ;, v The court saidtx-lThis action is without precedents No court: everiyet. enjoined an ec clesiastical body from considering what action it should take." - The court held, that the equity of courts does hot permitJthemjta passor .ters and ItTafsuclfsubJe selves. - - Judge Johns' decision clears the atmosphere and permits the with their plans for consolidation that have been approved by bodies. Thrinjunctlonqwas'sought on the gr ound thatpropertydheldytheumbeiTand brancfr could not be conveyed to the consolidated church without violating the intentf6nsSf the donors. ; .' ! V". t:' eeeeeeeeeeeeeee4 Colonel Mott Says Impecunious FarwH fin Wall In OrAgnn ..That Men of Means Ar -7 --Following,- :rrTH qayrThetmpectrnlopg Imtnl- grant in the northwest Is drawing to a close. A new - era of Immigration ts dawning. A new and better class of home and fortune seekers has already begun to stream Into Oregon And the states of the north Pacific coast dis trict. The- man who, in earlier days spent the last remnant of his shattered finances for railroad fare to get Into thla land of promise and possibilities, ls-faeng replaced now by-the- man -of some mean who cornea, no with the mere aim ot securing a competence, but of building up great fortunes and ac complishing greater results than he has accoropllsbed elsewhere. The man with no mean came and demonstrated that he could build up -a- fortune- -out f the resource and product of the country. Now the man of mean a. seeing what has been- accomplished by , hi poorer brother Is. comingwttb hls money to develop the country on a greater scale and make-greater-fortunes, To this effect are the- statements of Colonel C. W. Mott, general immigra tion agent of the Northern Pacific rail way, who Is In Portland today on a general tour of the northwestern states touched by his rosl Colonel Mott has leeirTTenufled with the immigration da- partment of the road for years and ha made a careful study of conditions throughout, the country He-has given especial attention to immigration Into the northwestern states. VMxS crimmlfrttloi. : -Colonel Mott declares, that the north west Is entering upon an era of Immi gration such as has not been- witnessed ln the-history-of -thls-sectlontrfTthe country lntht It I ar different and more helprul class than has ever Derore flowed In this direction. The success of the poorer class -of immigrants- has brought the country to the attention of Ihewbrtorrrrdhvrnclfignrnafifi! r" "Thls year." said Colonel Mott. "the Indus of Immigrants- Is - greater - than last year, greater than It ever has been before. This - is Jdue partially . to the successful manner tn which the Lewi and Clark' fair brought the country to the attention of the world, but princi pally to the success of the early-day Immigrants who-came here with prac tically nothing and have built up for tunes. " It is the history of all immigra- (Continued on Page Three.) ; ?PpBHHip HENRI K I BS EN PASSES AWAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS IN HIS NORWEGIAN HOME (Joaraal Special gerviea.) '. nrlt Ibeen, Norwegian poet and dramatist, died at r:10p. mnoday, fter a long period ef UI health. . With the passing of this noted writer, whose publications-have probably cre ated more general discussion the world over than those of any other author in the contemporaneous field, the realm of literature loses a remarkably gifted man. ' He was TI year of age. Henrik Ibsen ws born March So 1118, at Sklen, Norway, the eon of ex tremely poor parents. At 1 he be came apprenticed to a fharmadat and later took up the study of medicine, which he abandoned In turn and. in 1841 after several unsuccessful literary at tempta. In which, however, he mad the acquaintance of BJornson. he waa ap pointed by Ole Buli director ef the Na Mortal theatre at Bergen. Hla attention was thus turned to dramatic writing. He later became director of the Nor. weglan theatre In Chrlatlanta, 1IS7-J In MM he went to Rome and remained absent-front fal native country, tot ten Mmtmmm - - - - ; - - " ' eeeeeeeeeeeeMeeee iimmmmm AlfTI I n I IT financial- Institutions sumoBusinessUnhamperedibyClearing House Restrictions Long Lines of Good (Matured PeoplqWithdraw or Deposit Money - J (Jesnialliseelirservlee.T " " San Frsnclsco, May 23. This morn ing at o'clock tha commercial banks opened their door for tha transaction of regular business. unhamperedby clearing house restrictions. Gold In plenty filled the vaulta and there Is as much- money- in the banks today as ever in the history of Ban Francisco. The stability of the financial situation' is such that there is not the slightest evi dence of a money panic, every bank in the.elty now being in a position to meet alh-obtlgatlons without undue strain. While the official data set for the formal opening of savings banks Is next Monday, many savings Institutions opened this morning. The Mutual Sav ings bank Opened for unrestricted bual ness with t20.000.000 In money and active- securities - in the - vaults. TUe California Safe Deposit-A-Trust com pany opened In Its old quarters at the corner of California and .Montgomery streets. . Tha bank is one of tha first tn have2jtsMempqrarygnartersj6omplrted. zr: .-zzrXbaT 'luroranoeT Cola. .The Humboldt bank' opens tomorrow morning. About to per cent of the Humboldt's loans were In, the. burned district and the bank announced that 44 rowers for rebuilding purposes. With no more rush or excitement than was usually attendant before the fire, the Hlbernla bank. - the city's largest slgstnutlon7fhrewpen"ils doors at- oVlock, this morning. Every- took, every action of the hundreds In line be fore the doors opened . betokened con fidence. The line began to' form at :4S o'clock and at -o'clock It extended down Jones street and then down Golden Gate as far aa Market and back again toward Jones street. - Old women, young clerks, be grimed teamsters and . pretty stenog raphers were there, all as cheerful aa a crowd of theatre-goers waiting their turn at the box office. Famous Author, Poet -and -Dramatist Dead. His Career One of Marked Ability years, visiting it only at Intervals for IS years, owing to hi resentment at its Inaction - when the sister kingdom, Denmark, waa attacked by Germany. v lnsen nrst drama, "Calallna," wss written while he Was a druggist' clerk. Poems produced currently had no mar ket and the young author waa com pelled to sell there for almost nothing Ills drama waa finally sold for IIS, an other like sum io be paid when the first 400 copies had been sold. -The publishing bouse failed, however, and . . ' - .,. '. " r-. , ... --'- iocMnaljrnalL rcbs-thein-i two churches to go ahead popular majorities in - both SIGHIPIIC- of Saa. Francisco Re- A young "fellow In working clothes -atepped out of the line to give hta place to an aged 'Woman in a. shawl, who tightly hugged to her breaat her little yellow-covered box. Other followed. suit and soon the woman waa far np the line. Many brought lunches and atool prepared for a long wait. When the doors opened the first 19 persons toled off were allowed to enter. Two ' paying tellers, : their money benches heaped - with gold,-' - quickly passed out the coin - to the few who withdrew their total deposits. A few large withdrawals - were made, but mostly by persons who needed funds for building purposes. Most of the de positors merely wanted the money to meet the present pressing needs. Mran. time two receiving tellers were taking , care of those-who wished to- make -deposits. Officials of the bank predict that -business will resume normal conditions by tomorrow. .... , , :. i M0VEMENT-TO REPORT- BALTIMORE ANARCHISTS (Jeersat Special garrlea.1 -'- Washington, Mav IS. Warrants for5 -THearrest'of seven anarchists will soon be Issued in Baltimore looking toward -their deportation. Commissioner of Im migration, Sargent has consulted with the Baltimore officials, who diacove the- headquarters of the leaders, who . were planning an anarchists' interna tional congress, ' . THREE KILLED IN CLASH AT WARSAW .... . "J -7 (Journal SrxeUl SarV. - - - Warsaw. May 21. Parties of revolu tionaries and Cossacks clashed today at Putaway. Three were killed. Many, revolutionaries bar, been arrested, r . the money was never . received. His later works published In Copenhagen reached 14 editions, some having been Issued In lots of 10.000. . Ability re marked could' not f recognised He not only produced many plays, . but designed the settings and costume .for . certain ones, some of which are still preserved. It was during this period' that he met pastor Thnve son's daughter, Buranne, whom he after ward married.. - - - - Biographers have characterised' Ibsen as a man of surly and disagreeable, presence, who found few friends and was repellant to those she knew h?m most Intimately. "In his old age." says ene writer, "he move about alone and almost ancsred fr, savs ' by 1 curious travelers who hunt htm np ssl one of the sights of Norway." His Important works have been trans lated Into Kngllah and have bl lr- sales in sll KngHah-apeaklng roup Among his Biotl popular wrlflnf., , "The Xill House." "OhoKtu," " Master RMnder," "Nors," "l." ler.v "Peer Gynt," 'XlttU i. his pros poem L