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THE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAU PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 17. .1900. . -.i WRANGLING ABOUT LAND GRAFTERS TO TRUflK DIG EriOUGII p J) - ) yf h r Ijr1 KJ UU 1K 1-1 " ' ( RATE BILL BE TO HOLD f,II Railroad Interests Show Unex Government Preparing , to Go Engineer Wltnes . In : LeDoux pected Strength In Confer- - After Beneon arid Hyde Both .,- v Criminally and. Civilly. Murder Trial Teetifiea Re- -( garding Death " Box. r ' SUFFICIENT BREATHING ence at Critical Time. , EVERYTHING for the HOME and EVERYTHING' for CREDIT Not only rockers and chairs and tobies but kitchen ware, crockery, silverware, draper y goods, bed linens and every 'fur nishing that goes to complete a home.' . SLEEPING CAR COMPANY TWO CASES BEGUN TO i V TO ESCAPE REGULATION SET ASIDE PATENTS SPACE TO SUSTAIN LIFE ' " s' 'Anti-Paw Bill It to Be Recast and It -Merely Prohibition Against Passes " ' for Public Otflcsrs. . " itSpeelsl Diepatrh by IM W1n Tbs Jeers! Washington, June 16.TThe rata ooti- frreee met sain at 1 o'clock tola after ' noon, ' their session exciting more In- T7"'-terntthH -aavr-prevtoee-'etie"' because '" bf the circumstantial reports that they ! renched the etltlcal poii.t tpr tha legislation and that the railroad Inter- eeta have shown unexpected power, In ".the conference. ' " , . Tb!a afternoon a determined effort was made to take out tha provision that a hearing, -after fire days' notice, must be given by a court before and order or regulation of the commission shalj be suspended. The phrase "fairly reroun oratlva," which waa Used by tha house . ,as part of the description of he "lust, .' reasonable, and fairly - remunerative" r rate- that the .commission might fix, waa cut out by tha senate. The con ' .Terence is going to restore that phrase If ' certain members . can have their way. J-f-j' '.-". r ."' It 1 conceded that there! a no chance for tha sleeping-car companies to be .,- .V brought, under the -control .'of the oom . mission unless the ' situation greatly 4. chan area. The anti-pass measure la to be recast and tha bast Information la that A , It. probably will oome from conference with merely a prohibition of free in i'. jterstats passes for federal, stats or county officers, i ' ' Ail these and some ether 'proposed 'alterations of - the measure are "yet ""wader discussion and everything la.ten- - tatlve ' and provisional. The one fact -. -that - la emphasised, by such meager . details aa escape the secrecy of the con ; ferenoe ehamber is that Representative , . .. Hepburn and Representative - Sherman and Senator Elklna stand for number ' , of modifications. , This elves a major- - tlty of the bouse - conference " Senator Klkins is aald to stand with them. .'-'Senator CuUom holds the decisive vote, 'Mlf- he atanda firmly on all propositions with Senator - Tillman -and Represents. '. i tlve Richardson, . the', conference . will , be evenly divided and a report will be . delayed indefinitely. ' -1' . -"FIGHT FOR CONGRESS . OPENS ' IN "SPOKANE ' (Special (Hspeteh te Tbe esraal.) Spokane. .Wash., June It. The Bpo , 'fcane county Republican convention this 'morning adopted a resolution that the " state be districted, into congressional ; ,'dlstrtots, and that instructed repre sentatives at the next session of the ' legislature work and' votef or the en -actment and passage of proper legists .-tlon subdividing tbe state into eon ' cresalonal districts. This marks ths 'beginning, of a Ions; fight for naming 'the national representative from this -city. T;- D. Rockwell, chairman of tha 'committee, Js father of tbe resolution, ' which Is taken as an indication that 'the fight may be made on Wesley L. Jones, representative from thle district. ; While the fight la not expected to start at the coming convention, the resolu ; tlon Is supposed to be - the - entering sredge for two years hence. .'. i Nominations made today are: For . sheriff, Howard B. Doak; - for county clerk. Robert A. Koonts: for prosecut , tng attorney, R. U. Barnhart; for i county treasurer, E. K. Erwln; for au--Sltor, F. "P. Greene; for coroner, F.P. t Witter, and for assessor, K. p. Osl- br<h. ' -JOHNNY ROCKS HANDS COLORADO HARD JOLT !CTpe1ai Ptopttcti br.JtsH Wirt te The Joorul) , i Florence. CoL, June 16. The business i--men-of Florence received another Jolt -from John D. Rockefeller, the oil trust j despot, through tbe Continental Oil com i pany today, when notice was served on i them ef an advance of 6 centa per gal. i Ion in the price of gasoline, from II cents to Id centa The notice bf ad , vance came without the least warning. -vWben protests were made not the slight ,st attention v.-as paid by the agents. , The raise is attrlbutsd to an attempt -..to play even on the money spent in r , throttrrng the Independent producers of Xanaaa ;NEW EVIDENCE SECURED ;' ' -r (Continued from Page One.) " : the Information contained in the various affidavits. Falling in the morning to get what be wanted from the chlet deputy" County clerk he. called oh County ' Clerk Fields In the afternoon and asked for a certified copy of all the affidavits. He was told that hs would have to pay - for tbe work arid that as the task would , be a hard one the cost would be about 00. Thla staggered Lord a bit, but he rallted' and. aald he would send some one , tip to copy the names, v "you csn't do that," ssl4 Fields. "No one can Inspect those sffldavlts while they are in my custody." y- Lord grew Indignant aiW! said: "Til rbave you up in court for this.'? . Fields -TSmlTed Shd rrepnedT- "An "right, go i ahead," and tha Incident ended. Lord has not "JL-eril f-fun slmie. Sntbnstasts of ths Automobile Snonld tavestlgass 0Jr" AUTO -GOGGLES Vhew are the latest improved, are the are laatlag. OOBJTXS TBiaB KsatsMbaitasr 'ewelera. SO EASY Vrs Jast as their same Impllsa. The t .'to tneig proper reaaatoa te Claimed Defendants Corrupted Public -Officials to Secure .Property Jfffe gaily Heney and Devlla to Take Charge of. Suits, v (Special Dlspatek by Leased Wire ts The Jearnal) - Sacramento, gal., June n.ine gov ernment is preparing to. prosecute the criminal charge pending against - John A3enoa and -Frederick. A. Hyde for, Illegally acquiring. publlo land and. has also begun a number or suits or a civu nature to have the patents set aside where ths lsnd has been illegally ac quired. - - ' United Btatee District Attorney Rob ert T. Devlin, while in thla city today told of tha two suits ha had begun In tha United States olroult court against Benson, Hyde, Walker and others to set aside land patents. ' Ths civil oases will be tried in this state by Devlin, while the criminal eases will be prose cuted in Washington. District of Co lumbia, by Pranols J. Heney. It la claimed In the complaints that the men accused of land frauds cor rupted publlcfflclals and used a num ber of persona aa tools in securing the property, Woodford D. Harlan and Wil liam, E. vallc, formerly omcers or. the general land office, are ssld to have accepted bribes from Benson and -Hyde. Benjamin - F. -Allen, a- forest superin tendent, and Grant I. Taggart of Califor nia, forest supervisor, are also accused of having accepted bribes of ths- two men under Indictment Crawford W. Clark, a local capitalist. who Is named aa a defendant for having acquired some of ths land In question, denies that he located any of the prop erty, merely advancing the money to Benson and Hyde for them to purchase It from the locators, holding the title himself until be got his money. The land Involved is principally in Lassen and Shasta counties.- Clark claims that Benson and Hyde have located the land according to law and, in taking .up the property at I1.B0 an acre bare done tbe publlo a great benefit. TWO OREGON BOYS CAPTURE DEGREES AT YALE . . oster Harry Rockwell and Ken--:. neth Scott Latouretle Get t ilZ Bachelor, eft Arts." ": (Special Dispatch te The geareaLt -New Haven, Conn., June' IS. Among the successful candidates for tha bach elor of arts degree to bo conferred by Tale university, June .17, are Foster Foster Harry Rockwall Harry Rockwell af. Portland, Oregon, tha we.ll-known football player and former 'varsity quarterback, and Ken neth Scott Latourelle of Oregon City. Latourelle holds a B. A. from South western university, 105. Money Centex Diatarbed. (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The losmtl) NewJork. JuneJB. The. situation Jn Russia has .greatly dlsturbsd European financial centers. The local market is fres wtsd sad dvurt proeecSocs and i , i) u: f--;i i- j--.'.f I I v mm ) mm li) ($mft ajto WASsrararosT rmzaT. ' OpMeUns. Diamond ImpnrSees. EYEGLASS MOUNTINGS rigid bridge aii ths each stbae at all tUaes., Large Crowds Attend Trial and efendarr Who Continues to Be Center of Public Interest. tttvclmt DIsnateh b Leased Wire ts Taa Jaaraal) Stockton. CaL. Juns 11 In front of the Jury in tha 'LeDoux murder trial sits a big new trunk, crossed wttn , macs iron bnds and leathe straps, VI th iron clamps at the oornsrs and fastened with tron..clasps and a lock. This trunk Is large and deep enough to coffin a man. In this trunk was found the body of Albert Newton MeVlcar on tha morning of Saturday, March K The trunk stands half way between the table at wnicn sils ths district attorney and the table of the court reporter. The prisoner at tha bar and - the - audience cannot - see we sag trunk; the attorney tor tha defense can not see It. but be stands by the trunk when Witness O. A. Atherton is called. Atherton had been asked to give the exact sue of tha trunk, He to a civil engineer and surveyor. Dropping upon one knee and taking a two-foot role from hie pocket bs proceeds to do so. He finds that ths trunk to large enough to hold the body of a man six feet high and..' weighing ASS pounds.,- Atherton, by diagrams and figures, aeraonsiraisa ins Mc Vicar bad sufficient breathing space in the trunk to sustain life. This was tha one dramatla Incident ef the day. An intense sllenee pervaded the courtroom and ths Jury craned for ward to watch every motion of the wlt ness while the prisoner, unable to see, busied herself with adJusUng her hair and kept her fan moving with monoto nous regularity. .....-.. It was- another . day of many wit nesses, a having testified;- also another day. of objections, the defense having objected 7 times and overruled e) times, while the prosecution - found fault U times and was overruled U. The prosecution announced at the'eon- chialon of ths day's proceedings that it wouia close on - auonasjr morning. Tbe evident aim of the prosecution all day was to prove that at the time that the defendant waa calling Mc Vicar busband in bis presence aha was writing lovelettera to Eugene LsDoux and wir ing her mother of her expected return borne, aa if she bad already laid her plans to do away with him. But Mrs. Xmma LeDoux, and not her trial for the murder of A. N. McVlear, cOTtlunes-to-be-the-esmerftoterest WEALTHY JEWELER'S SON IS KIDNAPED FOR RANSOM Scores ' of Detectives Seeking Man Who Stole Child From .. Rich Philadelphiar,,1 (Special btspateh by Leased Wire te Tbe Teatsat) New Tork, June It. Vigorously the de tectives of New Tork and Philadelphia bureaus, augmented by scores of private detectives, are engagsd In hunting- for tbe kidnapers of little Fred Mutn, son or Charles Muth, the wealthy Philadelphia Jeweler. The name of the kidnaper Is known to the police of both cities and there is every reason to believe that the kidnaped boy is being held In captivity either in New Tork or Philadelphia, pending the perfection of the plan to obtain ransom monsy. The kidnaper has not as . yet announced the amount of his demand, but Mr. Muth has stated that he would pay any-reasonable sum for the recovery -of hie child. Renewed interest la given the ease that bids ftlr to parallel the kidnaping of Charley Ross, on account of the publicity ot the threat that has been made to kid nap John" Huhne. son-Tjf 8am-uelr.P; Huhna, a banker with offices in ths and Title building. Only a few days before the disappear ance of the Muth boy Mr. Huhne re ceived a letter demanding a large sum of money. In default of which his son, the letter said, would be kidnaped. The Huhnes were much ' frightened and tbe police were notified. -J Persistently since the Muth boy disap peared on Tuesday last tho 100- de tectives under Captain Donahue of the Philadelphia detective bureau have been working on the case and they have dis covered much evidence tending to show that ths boy was brought to New Tork City. .. . . TAC0MA SWEDE DOPED" AND THROWN INTO BAY (Special TMvpetcs ts Tbe Joornsl.) T acorn a, Wash., June It. Coroner Stewart -believes that Oscar Carlson, a middle aged 8 weds . planerman, waa doped - about . three weeks ago and pltohed into the bay. The body of ths man was found In the water this even ing with about $100 which he bad when last seen gone. He disappeared - from his boarding bouse three weeks ago tonight and though his friends made persistent search for htm, no trace of him could ba found.--He had no relatives here and the search was eventually ' dropped. The finding of the body wag by acci deht""HIs friends claim be was a very sober,' thoughtful man and declare be would never have committed suicide or gotten drunk and fallen Into ths bay. GRAND CHAPTER UNITES - WITH GENERAL LODGE rr (Special Tnspatcb te The ronraaLt Spokane, Wash., June It. Tbe grand chapter of Washington of the Order of Eastern Star today resolved to affiliate with the general grand chapter, which embraces every subordinate grand chapter In ths world. The work of tha communication concluded this even ing. - ; - -,- - -- - --- Fendlsrton KU1 to sjtsxt.. ' (Special pwpatch te Tse InorsaL) Pendleton, - Or., June It. Monday morning the Pendleton woolen mill will be started full blast and Will be run constantly under the direction of J. Shearman Si SonV who have leased I'M planUrShe. operation of ths mlUwtll be under the direction of Charles Bhep ard aa , superintendent. -The famous Pendleton Indian blankets will aaalo. bs maaufaotarsd bore. Parlor Set $13.95 The three pleoes sofa, chair and armchair mahogany finish, ' spring construction, eovered with a good ' grade of valour, in red and green. This, set is very good value at our regular price of f 11.10, and we make- thla -offer te induce yon to visit ths new parlor floor we bare added to : our ahowfooma. m QiiiiiiM fir PORTLANDERS CROWD STREETS - UNTIL EARLY The town of Portland took to the streets last night Washington street waa aa crowded with people aa a piece of flypaper with files, and the attrac tion seemed almost a binding. At Fourth street a number' of peculiar looking, men held earnest and vigorous concourse with a horde of scoffers. The general theme appeared to be socialism, though religion and a few other things came in for attention. - . ' The most spectacular of the orators waa a man with lbhr hair and a fiw- lesque pTlnce Albert who wore a Bnf- I falo BUI whisker and a sparkling stone In. his shirt bosom ss large as a hick ory nut. Some one had declared that BABES COULD HOT AWAKEN . SLEEPING AUNTIE AfteryRemainlng With Corpse for Days They Seek Aid of lI Neighbors.. ! (ftpeeUl pupates to The JenrsaL) Boise, k Ida - June It. Mabel Bur roughs, a young woman : living ken a claim In Oregon, across the Snake river, was found dead In her cabin by her neighbors this morning. Living with her were two 11 tale girls, aged S and I years, ths children of a dead sister of Miss Burroughs. They appeared at a neigh bor's house a mile away this morning saying: "We've come to 11 vs with you. Auntie has been asleep a long tlms; we can't wake her up." An investigation developed that Miss Burroughs had died of heart failure four or five days before, unattended. The children remained with her until the food was all gone, when . .til.. Ana I eia nlmtm flie sagebrush a mile toTFe nearest neigh- bors. Tbe younger child te blind. . KISHINEFF BUTCHERY ' (Con tinned from Page On a) To make matters worse, peasants from tha surrounding country, wrought to a -frensy- by race hatred and the thirst for. pillage, are crowding into town and are Joining in the work of destruction. Jews have- been dragged from passing trains snd murdered, while others hsvo been driven into the fields snd woods, where they wander shelter less end without food. The - governor Of Q rod no has tele graphed thst for two or three days at leest there can be no ' stopping , the butchery )n Blalystok. . -., ( - paaio la Xlshlneff. In Klshlneff there la almost a psnle Owing to. reports of a threatened mas sacre. Ths Jews there hastily closed and barricaded their bouses and stores st noon snd ths town is now patrolled by cavalry, while . pickets of . Infantry are stationed at strategic points. Mes sages from JaUssbtehgrad and Krsm Handsome Rocker , $3.45 Weathered -4ak finish, beauti fully gralnei ! .A rocker ot slm - pis yet pleasing design, -and one yeull find afoujid town sailing at. double the money. ' 'H I feet wide. T feet lone. Tou kno w -T? , -la twice-Ji -V- Lace Curtains ; 63c Pair A good quality of Notting ham lace, S yards long and I Inches wide, In a pleasing pat- . tern, that Is good value at the regular prloe of 11.00. ' MORNING HOURS there were si million 'people on Mars and that Ood ruled them. The man with the hickory-nut shirt stud thought the proposition of ruling the earth and the heavens too big for one Deity. But the crowd was agalpst him, and bs sputtered bad grammar in vain. Up ths street half a block an enter prising billposter. was sticking, signs onto billboards In front of a building excavation. He bad a crowd of specta tors At Fifth and Morrison streets Thompson, the blind man, wheeaed out on his accordion ths strains of J3hsre'a No-oh Place Like Home," but no one heeded. To Portland it seemed that down town was a lot better than borne. entchug report that anti-Hebrew out breaks are also apprehended there.' In Warsaw two police sergeants werrf shot and killed and another policeman was wounded by terrorists and a po liceman who pursued the assassin was shot and Instantly killed, by. a passing woman. Alarming reports come from Klefl, Kharkoff and Rostoff, where there are fears of risings agalnfet the Jews, who are in dread of a fate similar to that of their kindred In Blalystok, - Unconfirmed rumors are in circulation to the -effeqt that - anti-Hebrew . out breaks have, occurred in Brest, Litovsk and Vllna. In government circles there Is a dis tinct feeling of alarm. Even the most able and far-sighted of the oner's ad risers admit that they cannot see ths end Of the present trouble. - On the Bourse there Is a feeling which verges on psnlo. Merchants In many nlaoes are facing ruin In Moscow, . where a general atriks has been proclaimed, agitators are fan ning the revolutionary sentiment and the city Is like a smoldering volcano. Violent outbreaks are expected and may not be delayed another day. The lower house or parliament as sembled in this city has practically de- fled tbe csar- and- sr-dlctatorehlp 4 pos sible. - If parliament. Jsdlssolved aa threatened mud' lutlon ie declared certain. In the meantime all ayes are centered In the lower houss, whose attitude re mains one of unbending opposition to tne suiooraxa. - INSPECTION BILL (Continued from" Psge One) qualified criticism to the presldenUand pointed' out that ths latter evidently had not read the measure be had so strongly condemned. Now the prssl- dent says Senator Beverldge - is to blame for getting him to blunder on details of the MIL '-- - - - Tha conditions sro not conducive to harmonious action between tha several interests, legislative : and ooramerclal that are involved - in this, most im portant question of cleaif meats, and soma of the 1 principal statesmen are so irritated that they will not , talk about it except to castigate elper the presi dent or the packers Theamorning, as was expected. President Roosevelt Is sued a statement In reply to Chairman Wadsworth's letter- bf last evening. -?he president discussed tbs meat la- Arm Chair $30 It matches ths rocker opposite and It equally as comfortable. Weathered oak finish- and well ' built, it's a chair that is In no way to be compared to the aver- ; ago bargain counter article. , . . . without telling that tbe regular prios cents.. , . Sfcreens 95c Three panels, polished oak frames, draped with - ore tonne; usual price is ILte. As we only have a few, it would be ' advisable for those desiring- them to " coma early. " . ; spectlon matter with several, of hie callers today. Be said that be bad fully -expressed his, views to Repre sentative Wadsworth and had conferred In ths afternoon with Representative Adams as to soms of ths features to the pending propositions. Some of tbe presldsnt's callers today expressed-the opinion that , the meat controversy would prolong tbs session of congress. Representative Curtis of Kansas said today: . "I would not be eurprieed to see con gress here until along In July, as the situation looks to me. The Fourth of July la almost sura to -find congress still at work, tbs way ths things look to me now." '. ' After the president had 'mads publlo' his second letter to Mr. Wadsworth to day bs had a long conference with Sen ator Beverldge. Senator Beverldge is still confident that. ths senate will stand by bis bill. - - Stand by Wadsworth. ' . The friends of Representative Wads worth In tbe house are firmly standing by him In bis controversy with the president over ths meat Inspection amendment The president's letters to Wadsworth critiolslng the substltnts measure as passed by tha committee on J agriculture got some mighty T hard 'or Dtylc and Them Ills . v w . . . . .. i ... " MULTNOM AH " It I .' fi . 1 -'- i a l e w . .. i ,.. B AUthsV Latest Styles in notb Soft, Derby . and j Straw -Hats' Sam'l RosentWtt & HATTERS Princess Dresser $17.50 Made of beautifully grainsd oak. swelled front top drawer, with heavy brass trimmings. Ths mir ror is a heavy French plate ltzto lnohea. Oood finish and careful cabinet work make it 17 crt an excellent -value at. ,T v knocks around the capital today. It waa spoksn of ss , most hasty. Ill advised, unjust and uncalled for, and by some members oven stronger terms than thsse were used. , - ',-, On ths other hand. Mr. Wadsworth's reply to Jhe president's letters of oriti- elsm received general commendation. From ths speaker down thsrs is appar ent today jtn intense feeling of resent ment against ths chief executive and tbs manner in which the White House has actively entered Into this particu lar piece of pending, legislation.: Of course, there are no Republicans eonr agsoua enough to permit themselves to be quoted aa denouncing Mr. Roosevelt, but they resent his ooursa as an at-. J tempt to boss things, not only around tha White House, but under the dome ss well. . - ! One thing le certain, the committee will not amend the substitute in any important particular, but will send it before ths houss In practically Its pre, ent form. After that it doesn't ears what happens, being satisfied from tbs most recent developments that ' tbe bouse membership Is behind It and win aup port tbe committee substitute. , , .' The Sunday Journal U a great aswsi paper. If yom want it, phono Msia soo. KJi A -V. . 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