The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 19, 1906, Image 1

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;EVEMING AffiQlfjjtll
Journal Circulation
Yesterday iR)
25,416
Fair and warmer tonight and
. Wednesday; northerly winds. .
Was
VOL. V NO. 80.
PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1906.- FOURTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS. 8M5MPfi33
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VACANCY- CANNOT
UNTIL THURSDAY BUT WORK WILL BE CONTINUED
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BE FILLED
URY
FOR EM1UI TEN
WITNESSES T0WI0RR0W
Morning Is - Spent in
; Consultation With the
District Attorney John
Sellwoodffidavits Will Be In
. spected - First and Affairs in
Other Precincts Will Be In
vestigated at Length After
This Work Is Concluded.
A resignation reduced the grand Jury
- thi -morning - from seven membere to
!x. Olaf Akeyson, who Jlvealn Ball
wood precinct and eat an affidavit
jfcoie there at tha laat election, decided
to retire, and hla requoat to be excuaed
J waa granted by Judge Sears. The .va-
cancy will not be filled before Thurs
day, but In the meantime " the six re
m'alning Jurora are going on with : the
. work of investigating the .1 election
frauds. " .'.-,.. . . , - .
Foreman W.-M. Cake Sr. and Jurora
- John Prideux, John CorkUh, Qeorge 8.
.(. Allen. William Barnes and J. U. Cheever
. discussed the situation with District
Attorney ' Jean- Manning' ' this morning.
Aa a reault of their deliberations , It
- waa decided to subpoena 1 witnesses to
" appear before the Jury tomorrow morn-
- Ing. The. namea ef . the witneeaea are
withheld, but It la understood that they
are the men who can throw conalderable
light on the election day doings In Sell-
wood, tv i
Will Xaapeot Affldavita.
- Another thing of Importance-waa a
decision to lnapect the Bell wood affl-
, davlta before going further. County
. Clerk Fields waa called upon to produce
. , all the affidavit returned from the pre
cinct in question. These records, 114
In number, ware taken from the vault
where they have been kept since Sell-
Md Hnt In ita returns,-and are-now
' . being examined by the Jurora. When'
this work la completed It will be known
.. Just where to probe further to find out
who la responsible for . most of the
groaa frauda In that precinct. After
Bellwood ha been thoroughly Investi
gated, other precincts are to.be taken
up. and It la expected that ajlosenpr
more will be given the aearehTight TreaCT
ment. . - ' - '.--!,. k
Akeyson Za Stxeuaed. " , ;
The excualng of Juror Akeyaon oc
curred early'ln the day. He waa iura
moned .from the Jury-room by Judge
Bears, who took him into bla 'chambere
and explained to him that while he
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WOMAN MURDERS HER RIVAL
Crime Deliberately Committed in a Manner
Vorthy-of Strong Nerves . of a Man. t
Stole Husband's Love From Wife
t . Joeraal Special ServicO
.,' Ballda, Col., June II. Maddened by
Jealousy, Mre. Harold Hutchinson yea
r tarda y shot and killed Mre. Carl Bode,
. whom aha declared waa a auccessful
rival In the alTectlona of her husband.
The murder waa deliberately committed
In a manner worthy of the strong
. nervea of a desperate man. Mrs. Bode
was standing in tha yard of her borne
talking to a neighbor, when Mra Hutch
- Inson walked up to her and, when only
a few pacea away, opened ' ilre. She
"a-ave no warning of her Intention and
her victim had no chanoe to escape. The
first shot missed fire, tha second ..went
wild, but tha third, directed with oare
. , ful aim, pierced the vlctim'e throat,
' aavered the Jugular vein and caused
death within a few mlnutea
NOBLEMAN
PRETTY
" (Journal Special Service.)
"t ' Aehvllle, N. C, June II. It haa been
eatabliahed that "Lord" Douglaa, who
posed aa i wealthy " English nobleman
,'and married Miss Josephine' Hood,
'daughter Of Mr. and Mra B. II. Hood of
thla city, a beautiful society girl, aged
,11 yeara. whose whereabout haa beem
ml mystery alnoe - her marriage 'five
' months ago, la a well-known bigamist.
Ha married a ' number, of wsll-knvwn
TO CALL
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; Olaf Akeyaon. drawn as a s
4member of the grand Jury which -
is Investigating the Bellwood s)
: election frauda. -. waa excuaed
" this mortilng' from further sery
d Ice, for the reaaon that he waa 4
s one of the 114 voters who voted s
e In that precinct . by T affldavlt
The remaining members of the d
d grand Jury entered at once upon d
- a rigid inquiry-jn4o-vthe- frauda d
4 and 10 witnesses have been sub- -4
4 tfoenaed to - appear, tqmorrow . 4
4 .morning. .The ... affldavlta by 4
4 . whlch colonised Vetera were d
0 voted are being examined today.
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Yellow Journalist and His Editor
- Arthur Brisbane Decline lnZ
' " -' vitations to Welcome
' Nebraskan. , '.
(Joaraal Special ScrrUe.) L.v
New York, June II. Tnoee who ara
making the arrangements for the pro
posed monster . reception In honor of
W. J. Bryan when he arrives from., his
tour of the world have announced that
W. R. Hearst and hla frlenda will not
take part In tke affair. "They had In
vlted Hearst and hla editor, Arthur
Brisbane, to aerve on the committee on
plan and acope. Hearat, who haa gone
to California, ignored hla Invitation and
Brisbane haa declined to aerverc
The reception managera announce that
states will be- represented by special
delegations at the reception. ' They aay
ten special trains will be run from Mis
souri to bring Democrats from that
state who want to Join in the welcome
to Bryan. " ,
CONTRACTOR KILLED : 'i
trrBYYAQUMNDIANS
. (Joaraal Special Service.) . .
in Paso, June II. W. U BUnkard. a
railroad contractor prominent in the
southwest, waa killed by Taqula in
Bonora while working on -an -extension
of the Cananea, Taqul River Pacific
road -near Guaymaa. ' No detalla have
been aecured. v . -
. Mra Hutchinson then walked to the
police atatlon and delivered herself over
to Juattee. ' -
Mra Hutchinson Is the wife of a
Rio Grande switchman. Mra. Bode waa
the wife of Carl Bode, an engineer In
Mrs. Bode waa a woman more than or
dinarily attractive. All the partlaa
were about 10 yeara of age.
The preference of Hutchinson - for
Mra Bode, to the neglect, of hla wife,
la aald to have been noticed for several
months, and Mra Boda la aald to hava
looked upon Hutchlnson'a advancea with
more than klndnesa
Mra. .Hutchinson purchased the re
volver,' telephoned to the railroad of
fleea and ascertained that Mr. Bode was
not at home. She then went to her
riral'e home and killed her..
SEE BRYAN
POSED AS
TO MARRY
YOUNG GIRL
eocl' y women and la wanted by, the
police of several countrlea..- Douglaa
married Mlaa Hood under the name of
Caventiah. " . , ", : "
Hla -other aliases are Duncan - and
Rhoadea. Among . the women tohom
Douglaa married were Mlsa Hobba of
V'rglnla. Mlaa Anderson of Fort Worth)
Texas,' and Miss Jennie Franks . of Hot
Springs, Arkansas. He U ' known to
have at leaet alx wlvea, w
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-r -J. M. Cheever, William Barnea,
: . ManninK.
r BAY CITY
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President Approves Proposal to
- Deposit Government Money r
on Security of San Fran- ; !
. cisco Bonds. . ' ,
(Joornal Special SefTlce.)
' Washington, June II. The president
haa agreed to the proposition of the San
Francisco delegation, headed by Franklin
K. Lane, ' to . which , Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw hsa given approval, that
the-government place. 1 11,00ft, 000 on de
posit, ln'San Franclaoo banks on the se
curity of San Francisco city bond a
The term of yeara during whloh the de
posits may remain la not determined,
but Shaw haa given asaurance they will
not be called in until the treaaury needs
the deposits. , t .v .- ,.
The delegation called at the White
House thla morning and made the above
announcement after ita departure. ;
. Shaw rromlses Self.
Secretary Bhaw ' discussed .with the
senate finance committee the financial
aituatlon in Ban Francisco. Bhaw
promised that he -would afford all' the
relief possible In depositing government
funda , t
. .Thla plan necessitates the caeaaaa of
a resolution by congress providing for
tne acposii or. tha .money for the time
specified, and the California senator's
believe such authorisation could be ob
tained.. The Idea commended itself to
the president, who la anxious that some
tangible aid be given the people of San
Francisco by the government. The se
curity of the government would be per
fectly aound and the making of the
proposition effective would mean aim
ply the extension for a. term ef . yeara
uf the gmejuiuent deposits now with
the banka , .
.-), ' Market for Sonde. '
.'The plan arranges for deposits of
government money in national banka,
secured by 112,000,000 unsold munici
pal bonda. There seems to be sufficient
law-for thla at present because stat
utes provide . for such deposits to be
made In national banka on the security
of- United Statea bonda and otherwise.
1 The secretary of the treaaury . ran
withdraw the money at any time. In
cidentally a good -purpose 'would' be
served by giving San Francisco a mar
ket for IH per cent bonds, which under
the law cannot be aold for less than
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BABE NEARLY BURNED
TO DEATH IN CRADLE
' Speell W'Pttch to Tae JoernaL) "
Pendleton. Or., June II. The new
farm residence of Martin Marke
aon, near thl cltJ-V waa deatroyed by
fire yesterday with Ita entire contenta
The orlxin of the blaxela unknown." 'An
infant which was aslo"p In a cradle In
the bedroom hod a narrow escape from
death, the cradle having been burned.
The baby's face waa badly bunted -before
It waa reacued. s . 1
' ' There waa no Insurance on the prop
erty and the loss was several thousand
dollars, '....,' , j . -
IS SURRENDERED TODAY
FUHDSTOAID WmMm
GRAND JURY NOW INVESTIGATING ELECTION FRAUDS.
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Picture! Are aa Follows: First Row-ljohn Prideuat, W.. M. Cake Sr. (Foreman), John Corldah. -Second Row
Olaf Akeyaon, George S. AlleiuThe Two in the Hear Are Bailiff A. H. McCurtain and District Attorney John
Companion of S
Is Under Conviction tor Defraud-
Ing the: Government of Public!
Land, 7sr Given
Mrs. Emma I Watson, the. former
mistresa and aeeompllce of 8. A. D.
Puter, and who waa convicted In De
cember, 1104, with, other' members of
the ' Oregon , land fraud gang, arrived
thla morning from Ban Francisco In
custody Of a United Btatea officer. Later
In the day aha waa. formally eurrehdered
to the court . - ' ' ' ' '
.. The, bringing of .Mrs. . Wataon"here
was brought about- by her bondsmen,
Ben Sweet and L... F. Puter," the latter
being a brother, of the king of the'land
fraud operators. - .The Instigation came
from - Sweet. . who . became apprehensive
that the woman would Jump . her' ball
and that- he -would have' to . pay the
fiddler. Sweet is a wealthy timber man
L with '.whom Puter . formerly had . large
dealings. Tne - woman was out unaer
11,000 bonda, one surety of 12,000 being
required Immediately after her convic
tion and the one of $4,000 being ( re
quired aubaequent to that time, on the
occasion of later Indictments. '
Xaa Sees Gone a Tear.
'Mra W'atson left Portland somewhat
over a year ago. going first to British
Columbia with Puter, who was also out
on . ball. She traveled eaat with her
companion, but later returned to the
coaat and waa thought to have been- In
Ban Francisco at the time of Filter's
arrest' In Boston. It waa through
shadowing her that the secret ' aervlce
men finally learned of the whereabout a
of Puter after his sensational eacape
GIRL TUMBLES OVER CLIFF
Falls a Distance of. Hundred and
Twenty-Seven Feet Over i
a Precipice." . 4 ; -
(Journal Special Servlre.) '
, Rockford; 111., June ll.-Mlas Edna
Brown, 'daughter -of . former Mayor E.
W., Brown; fell, from the top of a bluff
overlooking Bock River to the rocks
below, a distance of 127 feet, and es
caped serious injury. Mlaa Brown, who
waa a student at Stanford , unlveralty
When the school suffered the' big earth
quake, haa beeq entertaining weatern
frlenda since her return from the west
.With a party of frlenda she attended
a-'plcnla -on- the-eummlt of , the high
bluff. While arranging the luncheon
she approached too clcae to the edge,
the. rock crumbled and precipitated her
to -the rock-below.--A small -tree-Jut-trng
out half the distance down caught
her clothing and broke' her fall some
what. .Still farther down a aioall shrub
caught one of her alliners and tote it
from her' foot, thua breaking -the force
of the fall. She WM badly brulaed and
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scratched, but so bonea were broken, -
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A. D Puter, Who
Up to Marshal.
In Boston, and through Puters attempt I
Cisco several weeks ago waa accom
plished. -. MYa Watson evidently ' waa at aea re
garding me nature or me proceeaings i
as brought ' before District I
uui uuiT.i iuu .ins uiurniD. micr
being. " formally aurrendered by Ben
Sweet and L. F. Puter through their at
torney, J. N. Polph, ' the woman tnade
a statement to the court, declaring that
eho saw no reason . why she should be
brought here; that she bad alwaya been
ready -to appear upon due notice.-. She
was not: represented by an attorney. ;
. . Onalrdad by Deputies.
Mra. Watson spent the day In the
office of United States Marshal Reed,
where she- waa questioned thla after
noon by United Statea District Attor
ney Bristol. At noon she waa taken to
a restaurant for lunch, closely guarded
by . two deputy 1 marshal a Reporters
were .denied an Interview with the
woman. Reed explaining that "things
are-, not' settled." A statement could
therefore not be obtained from her.
Tnlms Mrs. Watson can as cure bonds
men . she will have to go to JalL She
will probably derive little comfort from
the -fact that . while there aha will be
housed In the same building with her
former companion. ..Mrs. Watson took
an- active part in the land frauds, hav
ing forged many of the names of spuri
ous entrymen. T " " f ' ;, 7
HUNTING FOR DIAMONDS ;IN
C AL1 FORN I A FIELD S
South African Expert Arrives to
- Make Thorough Search of"
''. ' ' Territory. ..' ; ' ;
.- (Joaraal SpeeUl Service.! '
Orovllle, Cel., June II. M. E. Cooney,
a diamond expert. from South Africa,
has come here -to Investigate the' re
ported ' existence of a diamond field.
Cooney haa a world-wide reputation as
an authority ' on - dlamondlferoua soil.
Part f hla time-la being apent In
Cherokee, where several dtamonda have
been found. Cooney will make a .thor
ough examination or the territory where
the Cherokee diamonds were found.
In the laat 10 yeara 10 diamonds have
been found in the Cherokee mine, the
moat ' valuable-one being worth 11.100,
the othera. ranging In value from IH to
1200. i Moot: of -the stones were ef m
light yellow tinge, although, some pura
white ones were found. .
V' Feicea to Be StlmUrter.
. ' iJnaraal Saselsl Berries, t
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Washington, June II. Herbert H. D.
"aelrreif Maaaachuaetta haa been no ml-
a 'V' a -'-' HVI
iTu4. for mlnUUrto Norwajr. -
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Measure Calling for Government
to Expend Three Millions a
Y8J" Inspecting Meat ..'
COSS- ThrOUith.'
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w..hir.-tnn t .-1
Wadsworth . reported the agricultural
appropriation' bill containing the meat
Inspection provision aa approved by the
president. It' was referred to the com
mittee , of the whole on state of . the
union. - The k bill paaaed the house.-this
morning.
Senator Beverldge and the president
conferred on the beef bill this morning.
Beverldge afterward aald: 'The house
put back all the teeth of my bill. One
tooth waa filled, but is still serviceable
to do good work."
- The bill authorises an annual appro
priation of 12,000,000 to pay the cost of
inspection and contains no provision
for the levy of assessments to make up
deficiencies, as urged by the ' president
The court review provision Is dropped
from the bill. - The words, 'In the Judg-
ment or the- secretary-of -agriculture,?-!
are omitted.
The section waiving the civil service
law for one year in the selection of In
spectors Is cut out. . Packagea of meat
will not be dated, though the president
demanded It - ; --.
ROOSEVELT WILL GET
TRAVELING EXPENSES
- ' (Joaraal Srecial Serrlre.)
Washington. June 19. The house
committee on interstate and ' f6relgn
commerce haa 7 authorised' a favorable
report on the bill authorising Bt. Loula
to baud a free bridge over the Missis
sippi. The house paaaed the militia
bill appropriating $2,000,000,- of which
$1,000,000 waa mostly for rifle practloe.
The committee authorised a favorable
report on 12.100 to pay the president's
traveling expenses.
MIZNER AND
OttL BILL
AS ON WEDDING DAY
( Journal Special Service.) ' .
' San Franolsco, June II. With bag
gage enough for a . stags atar ' and a
valet , to attend to hla wants, Wilson
Mlaner, the young husband of the rich
widow of Charlea T. Terkea, the trac
tion magnate, haa arrived. He lamented
the ruin of hla old haunta in the tender
loin and then said: j
"I left Mra Mlanar la Chicago, where
she has much business to attend to. Of
course I know people have beard all
kinds of stories about my marriage to
Mrs. Terkea, and they have bear4, how.
Secret Service Agents
Seize Literature in
House Located on
Morris Street ,
Alleged r Band of Anarchists -.
Come in for Investigation on .1
U Part of Government Officers .
Pamphiets Seized Will B
Translated at Once.
Government secret eervtso agents
have begun a thorough lnveatlgatlon of "
the band of anarchists whloh Is be
lieved to Infest- thla city. -Inspector
Foster of tha secret service department'
la In charge of the Investigation and,
under telegraphic instructions from
Washington, City Inspector Barbour of "
the Immigration bureau la to render
every assistance possible.
With City Detective Mearav Inspector
Foster last night visited a residence at
62 Morris street, said to be the
desvous of numbers of the local colony
of reds, and seised large quantities of
literature and propaganda believed to
be an Inflammatory characters Pem-
Ing the translation of tha various panv '
phleta and documents that were seised
by the government the suspects will be
kept under close espionage. , ---r-
- OovenuaeaVs XTrompt Aotloa. - - '
The prompt action of the government
In Inaugurating the lnveatlgatlon has re-
lleved the police department ot the em
barrassment of disposing of a case that
waa accidentally thrust upon them. The
alleged-existence of the society of an
archists became known through tha teg
tlmony of one who claimed to have been .
a victim of their hatred. A number ot
the alleged followers of the red organ
isation were subsequently arrested on
the charge of assault and battery and'
their cases are now pending p the mu
nicipal court. Efforts will likely be
made by government officials to have -
the disposition of the oases postponed '
until more definite progress baa been
made In the Investigation.
A family of Polea lives at IS Morris
street. There were a number of visit-,
ors when Inspector Foster and Detec
tive Mears arrived laat night, but there)
was no confusion and apparent alarm
when, they announced themaeiveev They r "
were granted ready acceaa. They .
aearched the place and found, large
quantitlea of printed pamphlets, which -were
believed to be of interest . In C0nI".
nectlon with the Investigation.
ramphleta In Polish.'
The pamphlets were printed in the
Polish language and are now In the -hands
of a translator. Officers claim
that it is known that they contain
teachings of either the anarchist sect or
of the nihilists, who are also said to -be
affiliated with the local red colony. -
In conducting the Investigation thai
officers will have no assistance by re
course to the law. The Immigration.'
laws prohibit the admission Into this
country of anarchists, but are silent aa
to their removal. In order to- cause
their deportation It must be shown that
they '"era anarchists on entering. , the
country and that their admission waa
accordingly .secured by 'fraud; Such;
showing must be made within three -yeara
from the entrance of the suspect,
Ths Immigration laws and regulations
of - the treaaury department of - the
United Btatea provide for the exclnsion
from admission In the United Statea
anarchists or persons who believe in or
advocate the overthrow by force of the
government of the United Statea, or of
alt government or of all forms of law
of ths assassination of publto officials.
anamhlst Is Peaaed.
of an anarchist: --. -
"That no person who disbelieves In of
who is opposed to all organised govern'
ment, or who la a member of or afftU
lated with an organisation entertain
Ing and teaching such disbelief in or op
position to all organised movement, or -
(Continued an Piga Two.)
BRIDE AS
TO EACH OTHER
we separated and how we came to
gether again, and all about the fero
cloua btmer who guarded the home wit
tfce marble steps in New York.
. "Now, all these rumors and report
are entirely without foundation. We
have never had any disagreements, an.f
all of theee report were niiule up by
the fanciful mind of some one who
wanted to make up a good story.
."There is absolutely nothing In i.if
of I he reports about sny content)' i '
sny kind between my wif sml t
We ere Jut aa denr to t h ott 4
war the dav we war l ' "
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