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YEARS'
OF FIVE
OF OREGON IS 000UED
TO PI THE PEIIW
Prisoner A wompaniedj byf HisoiFand His
1 Attorney, ' Faces; Judge ;:W6lyertori and i Is
Sentenced;Aftr.V-.U
WStrorig??
: . Freedom : to Confer;
i Htnrjr- Haldrum. , formrljr ' Unlttd
utea aunrayor sanaraJ for Orm. jnuat
pvnd thraa cars at bard, labor on Me
Nell a Inland and par flnaa aggrgatin
tS.160 in addition to tha eoata of bia
r ttiaL - Buoh " aa -tha aantenea -paaafd
I - upon blm thla -anornlna- by Judy Wol
eourt aa tha sanalty for forcinc land
affidavit and publlahlna; forg-d affl-
. Tba" prlaonar appeared In court, ao-
. companies by bia aon, Don. If eld mm of
.-Oraa-on City, and Ma attorney. Richard
; . W. Montrua, r Whan.akdUf ha bad
anything to aay why aantanoa aheuld
not.ba paaaad upon blm, Meldrum ra-
plied that It waa hla daalra that bia
attorney (bould apaak (aw word in
hla bahalf. ' , ' rv
. - Mr. Montagua mada an aloquant ap
peal for mercy. Ha dwelt on tha hlsh
oharaetar of tha offender's family -eon-Dec
tl one and bis., public aerrice . bef ora
ha wandered from ; tha path of doty, j
hhe eourt waa . Informed that at -an
early age Meldrum bad beooma addicted
to tha use of Intoxicating liquors, that
thla habit brad a reckleaaneas foreign
to bjs . nature and that the wrongful
thing a ha did were dona not aa a. oon
splratnr with atbera but alona and while
he ' waBtnJls cupa.' No great crtmi
, hadT'oeen committed; pleaded Mr. Mon
tague; no man had lost anything by
' Meldrum's' offeaeea;'. tha ; goyarnment
had lost nothing. Ha had aided In build
ing up tha atato and time would ahow
the frulta of hla work. ' " '
. V Brtstot Als sjpaaks. ..
- United BUtts District Attorney W. C.
Bristol then spoke for the govern
- menu . It was deplorable.- ha said, that
. a gorernrnent official should forget his
. oath so far aa to go outalde tha law,
but congress had provided for tha pun;
Ishment of just, such of f enars and -the
public good demanded that tha penalty
" should be , severe enough ' In the case
at Isaue to deter others from following
Melrtrum's example. As ths, represent.
tlvs of tlio government the district at-I
.torney suggested a penalty of Q days'
Imprisonment on each count, and added
that If - Meldrum had " been convicted
KOREAN EMPEROR PRUR
Japanese Troops Refuse All Lib.
-X ii't rty to Oriental Po-jA;
-i-v-i ;-vtentate. y'iVliM)
(Jearsal gpecisl gervies.1 . .
T Naw Tork, July . A -cable to the
un from Seoul says: . .; :',
- Ths - Japanaaa , have virtually im
prisoned ths emperor of Korea within
htn palace. They have established spe
cial guards and henceforth no ons will
be sllowad to enter or leave tha palace
Without an official order.
' Tha Japanessssy the atep was neces
. Sltated by ths emperor's constant inter
eat and attempts to invoke foreign aid
against tho- Japanese snseralnty. v
i Tha emperor has steadily rsfuaed
from the outset to surrender his inde
pendence. Lately he ha a vainly aaked
to be allowed to take refuge in , the
Amsclcan legation. : - ).y
CHOLERA IN PHILIPPINES -
CLAIMING MANY VICTIMS
;
...
(JeaBsl IdmU1 tervlet.1 -
Manila, July I. During ths tt hours
sndlng at t o'clock thla morning there
have been- It eases snd tS deaths of
cholera" 1rT this" t1ty.aTtrthr- pt ovlnoes
It eases and five deaths are reported.
FORCE TEACHERS TO ..
: REMAIN UNMARRIED
DURING SCHOOL YEAR
Jearat! SpeHel Servtee.f '
Wllkesbarre, Pa July t. To prevent
' disorganisation and embarrassment .f of
the public schools by ths marriage of
teachera during their terms of employ
ment ths board of sducatlon has taken
the unuaual atep of requiring alj .teach
era when not already married to abstain
from matrimony until the end of tr-e
' he school year, ' A great majority pt
L
With Attorney ? v :
on only me count the government would
have aufgested a fins of H0. .-
Judge Wolverton spoke of tha pasa
Ing of sentence on Meldrum as an un
pleasant duty. To familiarise himself
with all phases of tha case he had gone
through the records carefully. Thla In
vestigation bad oonvineed htm that the
Jury waa Justified In bringing in the
verdict it did. He had not presided at
tha trial and this would have a bearing
en tha aeitstnee Imposed. Tha fact that
tha offender had rendered .valuable
service and waa a man of good charac
ter prior to hla downfaH-would also be
taken Into eoneideration. -v
Beaaanoe Is Tmpsssd. - . . .
There; were X oounte In' all. and aen-
tance - waa imposed as follows Sixty
daya' lmDrlsonment at hard labor on
McNeil's tslsnd and. tUO fine on sash of
the II forgery counts; fits fine on each
of the three counts of filing forged affl
c7et a ol
davits. In addltloa to these penalties the
drum, v J..-VJ!..' ..F.?T,:i n j
Attorney- Montague asked-that rths
prisoner be allowed to go at .liberty on
bis preaent bail until next Monday. The
reason given for the request waa that
the defense dealred time 'to decide
whether it would file a writ of error.
Judge Wolverton consented to make tha
dealred order and Meldrum waa tempo
rarily released.
Prior to- this the prisoner had mads
Use of a pencil and paper to figure out
bowmuchba .owed tha, government-gad
how long he would be a resident of
McNeil's island - The totals show 16,259
In fines and l.OtO days' Imprisonment.
Juat It days short Of three years. v
Meldrum waa convicted November 17,
1104. In the court of Judge Bellinger,
now deceased. On ths plea that only
the Judge who tried the case could pass
upon a motion for a new trial, tha de
fense recently made a determined effort
to make all previous achlevemeote of
the prosecution worthless, but District
Attorney .Bristol mat th . contention 1
with a long list of weighty authorities I
and scored a decisive victory.- Judge
Wolverton decided that ths point urged
had no merit.
SWINDLER OF WOMEN KILLS
'.1SEIF BEFORFTRH
Frank D. Callan, Head .-of Chi
' cago Realty Firm, Escapes J
r Answering for Frauds. -
Chicago. July 5. Frank TV Callan,
tha . head of a large real estate firm.
committed . suicide this morning to
escape, it Is alleged, prosecution on a
dosen .criminal charges; ' A case filed
against blm by " Miss - Nellie Alpine,
charging him with misappropriation of
funda Intrusted for investment, wae set
tor trial a few hours aftsr he died to
day. - - r --v ' .-
' The claims against Callan aggregate
1100,000. It Is alleged that hla vioUms
were -women wage earners, the largest
claimant being $7,400. ;... . i
Callan first tried to end his life by
asphyxiation, but the family prevented
htm and called i a physician. - Callan
thep shot himself dead, while . the
doctor was preparing medicine.!- He
broke bis leg two months ago while.
reaving ths eovrt room, his other leg
having previously been amputated. -
X Old Soldiers aQlar Up Stakes. , ;
Meeetal Dtecetf te Tee JoutmI.) '
Foreet Oroye. Or., July I. The old
soldiers are) pblllng np stakea and leav
ing today. - On Tueaday to make camp
Mfe TeiiBtttrthjf-wetit on' a foraging
expedition snd secured many provlalons.
the teachera are young women and soms
of them are confessedly engaged. , There
waa a. strong protest against the new
order, but the board waa firm, believing
the beat Interests of the schools Justi
fied them In sxaotlng the pledge.,
The wmbarraaalng feature of the order
is . that . It bet rare - some sweet-secrets
prematurely, refusal to sign the pledge
being taken to mean there Is an engage
ment. - - ,--- ' - -. -.
Julius as a Mascot.
FIFUgl
Bjeggar In Ufe, People Who Sup
ported Him Will Bury;Hirh,
All Because He Made
'M ; Them Laugh, Vv
A beggar In life, old Julias Caesar,
dead la to .be burled with all honor.
Tomorrow will see a funeral seldom
squalled in any city. ; A drunksa darkey
will be burled at the. expense, of the
men who knew him for years, who gave
him money, who accepted hla presence
unquestionably. And why? Simply be-
"T" "
'2J" . vnw
no doubt that Julius Caesar
was known by sight to mors people in
Portland than, any other, maji Gover
nor Chamberlain, Mayor Lne,' Judge
Willlama and a host of others are not
excepted. -.
The sloucby "old. negro seemed to be
long to the town. And the town will
wthat hsjs dead
r'Tho news that Jullue Caesar bad bean
found dead on the dock at the foot
of . Aldet streeupread. rapldly.ovet, Jhs
elty yesterday afternoon. It waa.the
most Interesting .'piece ofnewe of ths
dsy. '
' Death Xoaestly lCouraed. v . -; .
- "Poor old Julius, ao he's- dead -at
last," waa tha general, comment . And
hla death waa. really - and honaatly
mourned by hundreds of man' la every
(Continued on. Page Three.)
i t ,
Fair Instructor 'SaysThat . Her
Superior Almost Squeexed the
Jl Breath Out of Her When 'Sur
reptitiously He Put His Arms
'-. About Uu-rxXX':- jtXtr
. .- i (Joarasl aprelal eervW.)
; New Tork. July .No end of a com
motion haa -been cauaed by the' now
famous hug Principal Oeorge M. Lassell
of the Rtdgefleld Park school Is alleged
to have given Mlas Ollvs King,, one of
the "-pretty -school teeehersv - Many
stormy seaalons have been held by the
board, but a report hag been adopted
whitewashing - the superintendent . snd
increasing. the salary of ths teacher.
Before the board Miss King told the
story of ths surreptttlous bug. ' -
"Miss King, we do. not believe you
Know" wftaT'e, htlgMs. 'Xludly descilbe
Mr. Lasaell's bug," said a member of
the board.
"He hugged me ao hard that ha al
most squeesed ' the breath out of my
body.", replied Mlsa King.
"I propose to return to the school In
ths fan." said Miss King, "If for no
' Calif ernias Feaad Bead.
tJoemsl Special Servke.t ) 1
NewTork, July I. Antonio Tovlch
of .California, . who , waa en , rouie' to
fOurope. waa . found dead 'this morning
rt a rhalr In hla room la ths Interna
tional hotel. , ' C w.. A A , 1 ; , ,'
PRINCIPAL HUGS PRETTY TEACHER
F. J: IIOEV
:VV:.'.v. :.-.'r--'-':-' r"A
x; x . ., ... - X '
Says; He Doesn't Know
Which; Land Fraud
Case Will Be Tried
First
In Conduct 'ot Coming T Trials
Heney Will Work, in Conjunc
tlonWIth Bristol, Whose Reap
pointment by President Roose
yeJt Was Announced Today.
'Frsncis: J. Heney, forfnar United
States, dlstrtot Attorney for Oregon and
noted . prosecutor of land thtevee. - ar
rived in Portland- shortly,, before- 1
o'clock todsy on the belated inorning
train from California. He came alonet
and wae met by United- States District
Attorney W. C. Bristol, with whom ha
will be associated In the prosecution of
land fraud casea yet to be tried.
Heney declined to make any extended
statement - Ha said that he had com
to town to take part in the work still
to be done In the land fraud cases, but
whea asked whst: rase' Would be "Tried
first he answered. "I don't know." Other
Suestluiia BieTWtth th T response, "I
haven t anything to say."' -'
Xermaaa Fro sahly Ttm.' ' .'.
When Informed that Henry Meldrum
had been sentenced, Heney asked aa to
ths penalty Imposed, but made no com
ment. On leaving the railway, station
no went direct to the Portland hotel.
his usual abiding ' place . while - In the
City.,:"-' . 4 -r-
It Is the general belief that the case
of Oongteeamaa Dlugar Haiuiana will
be the first of the pending1 land fraud
seek to be tried, but no admission to
thla affect baa yet been made by any
one in' authority.' A month ago It waa
predicted that the series of trials would
be under way at thla time, but it la not
likely that a beginning will be made for
14 daya or more. Judge Hunt, who is
to preside, la still in Montana, but Is
expected to arrive before the week enda,
TWia Work Wtth Bristol. -
In the conduct of the coming trial!
andlnthe presentation of new land
fraud cases to the federal grand Jury,
which ' is soon to be convened, Heney
will work in conjunction with United
States District Attorney Bristol, whose
reappointment by the president was an.
nounced this morning. Newa of Bris
tol's reappointment haa been expected
ever since eongrese adjourned last Bat-
ro-oonflrm hie original -appointment,: bis
term of office expired with the adjourn
aaant. , President Reesevett- made-known
soms time ago his Intention to reap
point Bristol In ths event that he was
not confirmed. ,:'
It Is the evident purpose of the presi
dent to retain hls appointee In office
during the - land fraud - prosecutions.
Numerous Indictments have - been se
oored sines Bristol took offloe and hla
v(Contlnud on Pin Two.)
Miss Olive Klnf and DUgrsln Show-
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Mrs, Mary O. Hartjs
TO
CarmnaLErjoseU
; dal Defense Ready; to . Produce Not ;
- ' (Jooraal Special Service.) -.
Pittsburg. July I. There was no holi
day yesterday lor ths- district attorney
of Allegheny oounty and the attorneys
Ths district , attorney la busy
arranging for. criminal proeeevtioaa
against certain parties concerned in the
case for conspiracy, perjury-and' subor
nation or perjury,
John B. Robot first aslatant district
attorney, who has charge of -develop
ment in the Hartje case, aald:
it U f vldenjLJreJiagbeejrLAIgAnJ
ugjivu.!.!; u uwv, ; .
ths guilty- parties-- are cannot be - told
now, but It Is evident to every unpre
judiced person that certain thlnga have
been done which demand -the attention
Of the pubtto prosecutor.
- - Fyoto 'sWtters Forgeries.
John Freeman, one of Mrs. Hartje's
oounsel. said: 'TV"e are prepared to
prove the letters submitted to tho court
as having paaaed between Mrs. Hartje
and Tom Madine, her coachman, are
forgeries. At - the proper moment we
Board White-Washes V Superln
X tendent and - Rehfres Teacher
With aj Raise ' in Salary She
"" Will RTtum to Show That Men
Should Be Careful in Hugging.
v
t
other reason than ' to ahow that man
that . he should be very.'- very careful
about hugging young women teachera
of hla ' school. Sentiment la with me
and I really believe that the matter will
end with the resignation trf Mr.
TJiasalt'"','w",,'T'Tr'
,Ths wonderful procedure of ths
school board alnoe the hugging eptaode
first arose waa' further accentuated at
the meeting by the pasaage of a Teeo
lotlon after the vote sustaining Lagaell
had been taken that the testimony of
Miss Edith Meh-rhof- tha only eye-
TVKnesa erTFeliug7be?aken end made
a part of the record. . This Is an- en
tirely new wrinkle In . the taking of
testimony and - It Is now - altogether
probable that there win be suite ( for
defainandii 'Of ehiractar and that "wit
nesses who have hitherto held off will
be subpoenaed. ' , '
. - Alton Case Fostooaea. '
fJeersal Speclel hnm.) ' '
Chicago... July - L-The. Alton ' rebate
case and Dowle eaae were poatnoned to
day oa account of the sudden deati of
a cousin of Judge Landla, ,, ,,
. v. , v ''- '. :
and Her Two Children,
GET A
E
will present evidence which win settle
this beyond a doubt . We are allowing
the other side all the latitude - it : de
sires In. ths queatlonlng of wltneasea
The -more -the attorney a queatlon. the
mors they bring out." ; -
The defense la understood to be pre
pared not only to prove the letters were
forged, but to produce the forger and
give evidence to show the circumstances
under which ths forgeries were made.
All Pittsburg is ' Interested ' in the
divorce auit of Millionaire Augustus
n.bl... .. . w -
coachman, Thomas Medina Numerous
UUeradeetartng -tmdymg- affection. pur
ported to have been .wrtteen by Mra
Hartje- to 'her hired man have ' been
offered In evidence by the huaband.
They are pronounced forgeries- by ths
wife, who asserta that Mr. Hartje paid
Madine Jf 5,000 to perjure himself, and
that the entire story Is a fabrication.
Ths husband, on the witneaa stand,
dented emphatically that' he had offered
a' bribe of 15,000 to Coachman Thomae
Madine If he would testify In tha trial
that he bad aeen- Mra Hartje in the
same room with another man. Medina,
who waa In the courtroom, shook hla
head reproachfully at' his former employer.-'
' - ..... - ,
- Mrs. Hartje's testimony caused much
humiliation to Mr. Hartje and his at
tomeya They were laughed at by the
audience because of the revelation by
Mra Hartje concerning the manner tn
which the . deteetlvea - had . been , duped,
reporting to Mr. Hartje things that
mads him gnash his etteh. when In fact
they had all ths time been following
Miss Hslen Scott Mra Hartje's pretty
sister..- ' i-..4',' ....j
LONGWORTH AND BRIDE - i
0EF FOR SUNNY FRANCE
(Journal Bpeelel gervtes.) -
' Ixndnn. July . Congressman and
Mrs. . Nlcholae Ixngwortti- left thla
morning for Parle. Tho leading Filipino
residents of London intended '"giving
them a banquet but the short sojourn
of the couple caused theae pirns to fall.
LOVE CAUSES GIRL
TOLEAP-313-FEET-TO -
DEATH IN GORC..1
Oesraal SveeUl sVvlee.1
Akron, Ohio. July . Dtaap pointed In
a love affair, Alice runs, aged 12. wro
came here a year ago from W coster,
Ohio, stepped from a streetcar between
the Akron and Cuyahoga falls itoday and
climbing to the railing of a bhdge over
tho I4tUo Cuyahoga' river , Jumped Into
the gorge lift set below... Death was!
WILL FILE
ii 00,000
U t. Loss Lompany to,
'Place Approved B.ond
in : Hands; of . Mayor
f Lane Before "Night
Ik-x:
Purchasers of "United Railways
Comoanv Had ' Not Reached
vomprumis9 iin w. imnyie
; Evans This Afternoon Settle
ment Is Expected Soon. : f : j
-- Bef ore tha day closes, -the C SL t-oas
company oi roruana ana eaa jrraaciaco
will file with ths mavor an ennrovxl .
bond In tha sum of 1 100,000 to seoure
me construction or the jrront street
railway and the entire aystem in ac
cordance with the term of the United
uauwaye- company- iraocniee,- unieae
such a bond is filed., tna franohlae over
which, the city counoll and many cor
poration repreaentatlvea have wrestled
for monfha will lapae with ths closing
of ths day's bualneaa at the city ball. - It
la poaltlvely sUted that the bond will
w siijt .... . . . .. .
Up to 1 o'clock thla afternoon the pur-'
Chasers, of ths United RaUwaya atock
had not reached a compremiae with J.
Whyte Bvans, prealdant of the ' com
pany, and John B. Yeon, who la aaao-
though Mr. Bvaas haa receded material
ly - from hla terms as neld out for at
the beginning of the we, the purchas
ing syndicate has not agreed to take over
his stock. j. ,r . -.-... ; f
ri'-jn sttn atoidg & tna. ' . V . :
' Aa a result he is stlU holding the title
to the Chamber of Commerce building.
and under advice of hla attorneya will
(uee- to join with the majority stock
holders In turning, over ithe stock and
property to the Loss syndicate until
they make terms with him or until suf
ficient time elapaea for them to depose
him- aa secretary and fight a lawsuit
to dispossess him of the property. Con
ferences were held today in the Cham,
ber of Commerce building, and a final
meeting Is in progreaa thla afternoon at
which it Is aald ths xoaa syndicate rep-
reaentauvea ana tne majority stockhold
er of tha United Railways company will
decide finally on the policy they are te
pursue toward the minority stockholders.
It la said statementa have been made
that give rtae to mtaapprehenelon of the
facts in ths preaent peculiar situation
regarding the Front street franchise.
The terms or tne orainanoe muat be oar-
ana uie caty a price- lor the- rranohlae
must be paid by whatever ' Interest
Pnra.l In mnjt fiirnlMha th rl t 1 ia
carry the project forward. 1 There is said
to be no truth in the statera ant. that the
stockholders who are disposing of their
franchise for when all the facta are '
known- it will be found that they still
retain their Interest in. the United RaU
waya company.' :
WD Bsoosa aoadboldstw.
Ths Only difference will be. It la aald.
Inatead of atock In the enterprise. . It la
believed they bate no Intention of aev
erlng their connection with Portland,
nor ia it believed that the men who
originated and carried the project to ita
preaent stage came here with the inten
tion of eecurlng a franchlae and barter
ing It away, y --.'
An unuaual v series of sventa. it Is.
elri. - Amp - whlfth t hav naA ma MMtnit
a - brought about a neeeeelty for
change of their relatlonahlp to the en
terprise. Theae events, covering a
nrivu vi iuiw wniu. iiiv: i uumi ma
Chamber of Commerce . building . fire,
tho destruction of Saa Francisco, and
complications In New Tork Incidental
to an attsmpt to flnanoe the oompany's
plan there, where it met with deter
mined oppoeltton of Intarea-ts that were
closely related to the railway situation
la Portland. . '
Ths Loss - company will. It te said.
elose the deal for tho United Railways
company's stock this afternon and go
forward within the next, 10 days with
construction of the eystsm. A strong
(Continued oa Page Two.)
Instantaneous. The young
plunged Into a foot of water a.'
me.
M
Ing over in the air three t' -".
" 'Whan, the body was ren- 1 f
stream irwaa seen that .-
both arms were broken. 1 .
girl assert the aot was c.
Hctnua gossip whl-b lln
with that of a marrlet r 1 .
the bouse where sue L ,
. . . .