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PORTLAND, ' OREGON, WEDNESD AY EVENING, MAY ;.23, .1906. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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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
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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 . , ,
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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
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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
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Cleveland. O.. May 23 Father 0 Den-
bach's seismograph today registered tha
fifty-second earthquake shock since
JAprll . , .
SPAIN EXPERIENCES
' TERRIBLE CYCLONE
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MadrluV May 23. A terrible cyclone
has devested the province of Soller,
causing an enormous amount of damage.-:
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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
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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
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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.)
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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
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AlfTI I n I IT
financial- Institutions
sumoBusinessUnhamperedibyClearing
House Restrictions Long Lines of Good
(Matured PeoplqWithdraw or Deposit Money
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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
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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
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(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
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