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C - ' r GOOD iiVEITIII i ft y t t Jcurnnl CItc::Mia THE WEATHER. Showers tonight and Friday; south 1 west wind, ' ' ' . Yestcnby "On?""'' P' v; -sea VOL. V. . NO. 164. ; PORTLAND, , OREGON, THURSDAY . EVENING. SEPTEMBER 13, 18C3. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. J SKV.' D'A ii :l ' i - T2 TQ) TQlH)"' i mmm. Mm tlasterly Work' of Francis J. Heney. Re suits in Quick Verdict Finding Defeh ddnts Guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States Government Big Crowd Hears Closing Arguments " : 'r-Ouilty as charged lo Km th verdict against Franklin PI ere Mar. 'WUlard N. Jonas and Georire Borenson. defendants la th Blua mountain caae, . It took the Jury lasa than two houra to decide that all thre war- guilty- of .conspiracy- to defraud tha Unit ad Btataa out of publlo lands. and although thra ballots war neoes sary, at no tima was thera mora than on rot for acquittal. Acrment cam without recommendation of maroy. Tha verdict was recorded in tha federal i oourt this morning and Mays, Jonas and , BorenBon now fac th xtrn penalty i of two yaars In prison and a tin of I1V.OOV. Not sine th trial ' of TJolted BUtstlnat prosecutor Heney had mad a pas- 1 Senator John H. Mitchell, has a land -fraud eta attracted so much attention or been as bitterly contested as th on thai, has Just been decided. . Th Blue v mountain conspiracy Involved Senator - Mitchell. Congressman Btnger Hermann ;, and Congressman J..N. .Williamson, and Uhongh on had died and th other two ; wer not brought to trial. Francis J. Heney. special assistant to th United States attorney general, throw himself heart and- soul Into tn ease, believing ' Aiot only In th guilt of th defendants fat th bar. but that a verdict arainut them would- be accepted by-th publlo as proof or th charges .against th men of higher ' position' whoa names - were linked with -theirs In - the - indictment. 'United Btates Attorney William G Bristol ably seconded th efforts of th . special prosecutor. Together they fought the battlf and together they won the t victory. v ' ' SUoorda of Pefendaat. ' -, , . ,' . - Two of th three oonvlctad man bay . atood high In the opinion of their fal .' lows, ' Franklin Ptarc May - was ' one United State attorney for Oregon, and - Is -now state senator from Multnomah .county. WUlard.N.. Jonas served In the , last assembly atf a representative from L Multnomah. . As foe Sorenson. - bw la Just plain George, hustler for votes for 7 political candidates and tool of th land ' swindlers. . . - . BE iriVESTIGATED Commercs Commission to Probe Charges of Discrimination and ; Combination Made by Com peting Linet Who Allege Effort Is Made o Monopolixe Trade (. -... . ..v! (Jlaorsat Special Sarrlea.) ' - - . ....Washington. Sept. II. At the hearing In Chicago on September II on th waiv ing of th 10 days' notte of ohang In th xport and Import rates, th Inter tat commerce commission- will probe th controversy btwn th Harrlman ' Hill lines and competing roads -tn trans , continental bualnsss.. ; Th Union and Southern Pacific the ' Northern Paclflo, Oreat Northern, Burl . Ington and allied lines," th Hill and Harrlman staamahip lines In th Pacific re charged by competitor with having . formed a bug pool to control trans- continental (sport and Import business and Pactfo shipping. - ", A loopnol hss ben discovered by which th Standard Oil company may gat free transportation over - th rail roads and it Is the only corporation . which can. The rate bill provides that common carrier may giv and accept free transportation among themselves. Th amendmert to th bill by Lodg ' declare th Standard I a common car - rler, It poaeeaalng a pip line, y CHILEAN VOLCANO IN FULL ERUPTION l . " (Jnapaal RHal arvlc.l IIAIilliniLL CONTROVERSYTO New Tork, Sept II. A cabl to th Sun from Santiago do Chll says; Th Chilean volcano I In full eruption and a new crater ha been formed. The i rrlffe'l populace wanted to camp In th pnhllc aro, but th authorities '-refused' to enow them, . The last night of the casa found pub lic Interest at a fever beat; Th crowd that Sought to gain admission to th federal oourt -would have filled tha larg est 'hall in Portland. ' Society women. business, man. attorneys, .clerks, ..arti sans, "laborers everybody wanted to hear Francis J. Heney .say th final word in argument. - It had gon abroad that during' the afternoon W. D. Fen- ton, chief counsel for Mays, had de nounced the - special prosecutor artd charged that -the indictment was found ed in th enmity that Secretary Hitch cock of the interior department bears for Blnger Hermann. Everybody khew elonato- -reply.' giving .-bade -personality for personality. They also knew that Prosecutor Heney had not finished, and it was ten mat draw in erowa. . Owtioom Is Crowded. 'Icons' befor Y:1S o'clock, the time set for the beginning of th evening session,"! the seats were filled, a hundred extra chair had ' occupants ' and th alalea war , Jammed. ' And still . th people came. - Th hall filled, men and women gathered on th stairs until United States Marshal Reed In fear of disaster, forced them to desist, and then hundreds who could not wedge their way into th mass of ' humanity in tn - ball wer turned away. When Prosecutor Heney appeared la th courtroom ther. was a burst of applause.' It was-quickly checked., but a precedent bad been broken. No on had ver before dared to applaud - In Oregon's federal court. r Judge Hunt cam In aocorapanled by two brother Juriata of th federal bench. Circuit Judge W. W. Morrow of San Francisco and District JuWg C, B. Wol vertcn. whose place Judge Hunt took for th trial- of the- land fraud cases.. , Xn7 Make erect Speech. Prosecutor Heney did not disappoint th crowd. His was' a masterly speeoh. (Continued on Pare Two.) REBELS PREPARE FOR ATTACK Oil CUBAd. CAPITAL Conditions Approaching Chaos in Island Five " Thousand .Troops u Ready to ; Be Sent rom America on Short Notice -Ihsurgents i! Captorf Trains. . . . 4Joural tpaelal Servte. - x Waahington, Sept. II. The UU de partment has advices today- that Indi cate an a tuck upon Havana la Immi nent Sleepers' dispatches ar under stood to fully confirm press reports of conditions approaching chaos... No ap prehension I felt here, as th govern ment la fully able to quickly rector order if forse Is ndd. Fir a thousand regulars ar encamped at Chlckamsuga and could be embarked at Tampa within II hours. Others to be followed quickly by many ships of war ar within a few houra' sail. , . .... .. , , . Dlspstches ' from Clanfuegos stst that th Insurgents have captured a train, burned and ' destroyed telegraph Instruments, burned a bridge and took th cash from th city treasury at Cruees. American property is being seised. ; --- - ' - - In a flgV near Ranohoelo, Captain Noy led a machet oharg against th rebels and scattered th enemy, killing three and taking aeven prisoner. To day th rebels ignited . tha bride at Calabaxar, but wer driven awar b- for they destroyed I, , n-juci. .r. in swarms II miles out OT Havana. Four hundred rlnforcementa bav been brought In to protect th city. , - ' Peasaatsj Setrtroy BnUre City. Odessa, Sept II. Practloally th n tir population of th Jewiah vfllara of Cooprftg In th dlatriot of Krments was murdered by pessants, who burned th pla to th ground. Th bodies wr raaltretd, - .- li nnn n rnif . Illlie HI I 1 1 r f , -1--:- ARRAIGfJED : j ';. v. ; - - i!" -'i. , ft i BernardvWelguth Is Accorded Privileges Usually Denied to; All Other. Prisoners Isl Late . at ;Arrafgnment and Keeps Face Hidden but Is Not - Reprimanded -- Jailer Does Not Put Him In Cell--A Youth With Molasses Hair. Bernard 0. Velguth, th 1 19-a-month olerk who oould not ooatrlvo to live n less than ITS a' day, was arraigned In oourt this morning. Afterwards ho spent several hours In Jail, 1 waiting" for his widowed mother to skirmish around aad find bondsmen ' .to guarantee th In creased ball Imposed by Circuit Judg Soars. ' . -. But veigutn old- not mind. Kverybody treated him nicely. When arrai-rned he was not compelled to bold up his head and face th court, but was allowed to huddle between his brother Arthur and th deputy diatrlcr attorney, all th whll holding a big bandana to hi fac as If tn desperate efforts to choke off thd moat copious nasal homorrhaga that ever flowed. Later, beputy -Sheriffs Proebstel and Beatti accommodatingly let bun- sit in th sheriffs orlvsta of. fic for a whll, than spirited him 'away tbrough trie tax collector: rooms to th Jail, where, instead , of being given an ordinary cell like an - ordinary : pick pocket, h was accorded th prlvllece of sitting in an e&ay chair in th library of mat insutuuon. - . -t Dodgo . tk Oaaaorar Velguth, did not- have a noso-bld this ' morning. In holding th handker chief to hi fac ho was merely anjoying a llttlo flirtation with th photograph. ors and artists who had gathered to se cure aa Impression of his likeness for th benefit of th public Th picture mer were all ranged along th west wall and so fearful was b that they might reproduce th part 'of his yellow hair or th curv of bis smooth chin that Velguth used th whole handkerchief to cover th right aid of hi fac,' Notic ing this, Th Journal's sketcher slipped around to th other wall and bad th youthful ombesmlarY profile- on,, paper befor th latter was put oa his guard by his ever-watchful brother. Bernard O. Velguth Is a tall, slender young man, smooth shaven and wear ing molasses-colored hair. His fao la what Is vulgarly termed aa th "Ussl boy" type. ' Th lines ar soft, unmaa culln, . th Jaw timid and th mouth weak and vacillating. , Th man la th sort which goes mad oyer chorus girls. whoa bead is turned by flattery, to whom display la everything th "cor- 1 set-man.'' la brief. . " V; Smjoya lb sTotortety. From ' his actions so far, Velguth rather enjoys th notoriety his exposure baa . brought him. H attracted added attention to himself and at th sam tlm showed hia contempt for the Mult nomah county circuit court by being 15 minutes late at bis arraignment. Judg. attorneys and spectators sub mitted to a long Wait,- but whan th gas thlaf arrived he was not reprimanded. He - waa accompanied by . bla brother, Arthur Velguth, and. was quickly dis tinguished by th crowd by th kerchief mask which ho held over bis fao. . Vl guth stood Just lnsld th railing, hud dling behind now one and bow another of th attorneya until he was ordered to com forward to be arraigned. Ho took two Steps forward, still clinging to his mask. - Deputy District. Attorney Haney then turned, and. with his back to th oourt, read th Information to th pris oner, j Previous to this Attorney W. W. Banks had asked that th reading of th Information he postponed for 10 days, but th motion waa denied. - - Th - information " charged 'Velguth with th mbsilmnt of 11,100 from th Portland Oaa company. Haney ex plained that ha -believed Investigation would develop that at least four times th stated amount had been stolen., H aaked that th prisoner b turned over to th sheriff until such a tlm as he should put up 11,000 ball. Banks ob jected, sayins that the ball required In th lower court would b sufficient to hold th prisoner. - Honey's motion or. v ailed and th defendant was given un til September II to plead or move. This 11,000 la In addition to ths l,000 re quired In th pollc court, making th total bail 110.000. .Velguth waa placed In th car of tho sheriff to stay until th added amount Is eourd. . - Th alon of tho oourt was Short. Deputy Sharif fa Proebstel and BeatUe then' took possession of th prisoner and solicitously cared ty him until he waa comfortably installed In - tho Jail library. - . . After th adjournment of court It waa arranged that Judge Sears and a clerk should go to th - Velguth resi dence at 414 Bast Fifteenth street north, wer Mrs. Velguth, mother of th accused, would sign th necessary papers to soeUft temporary liberty tot fee aoav ',;;',:; "'. ' mmr Ww if! - - 111 ; ,' (j. , fi n - t ) I a .-- -- Bernard Velguth, Harriman Tries to ' Purchase' Mrs.. Oelrichs1 11 San Francisco Property - For : Another 1 S . Bay x City i Jeanal RpeHal servtae.)- ' San FTajicleco, . Sept -. it. Primarily th purpose of Mrs. Oelrlchs western trip whloh waa contemplated befor her husband's death la to confer with local people regarding a big realty deal with which It la reported tnat EL H. Hani man of th Southern Pacific, 1 deeply oonoerned. - It la th sale of 10 blocks of property on tho northern boundary of tn city, commanding one- of -th .most valuable piece of water frontage en th SHOUTS FOR LIBERTY . ' UPON THE GALLOWS ea44 4 , '" (Jtmraal, SpocUl Imfce.) ' 4 St Petersburg, Sept. 11. Bx pressing loyalty to the cans of 4 tho revolution to which she gav 4 , her life, . Zonald onplinl 4 kovo, th girl assassin of Oeneral d Mln, was executed this morn 4 Ing. After tho rope had' been placed about her neek she ex- -4 . elatmod:. i. . ' q ' "Long liv th, social revolu Uon for land and liberty I" and e awung into eternity befor the 4 echoes of her vole died out. . A -a---.v..- V Arv a.-.. -nr - A - - -tin- 4'i - PROTECTION OF V . MILLIONAIRES ; :':' That ' the ekjaet of a ehib that kas jMt sea etartl. Tke pme rlr have two nade tb vl.tlma ot eaacrapoloae art de.lra - en long tbat J. riarDoat Macxaa haa ni laM an Internatloaal arprrattoB to aetmt .: : e pUns -t tha pr-datorv phor. Too caa r.d all about It m TBS gCrTDAZ JOURNAL. . v.. ... , , , . THE TRAGEDY OF A PRINCE .. What tK life ef the sraBdaea ef the kakwr will be, tee aroiitary o cnlMheo. th. rMtrtctloM of youth, the wnrrte t i ataWcraft. aad tke l.T.l.aa aiarrlace for , .rouona of state la a weadmrally atrenf . atory wrlttn br a apwlal enrrMpondnit for th leader ef TUB 8UNDAX JOURNAL, . A BORN PEDESTRIAN : . Who would rather walk thaa eat er aleap, who tikM 10-nlla trloS to mt hliriMlf. eed wb dnaa aot ear (ar sxat, talka of a vary plmast jannt ke siade te OatUaa Hrar is an MicrOTIM? abart t(m. te Uia readers of TBS 8U.NDAT JOURNAL. CENERAL' BADEN-PQWELL Tke hare ef the Bm war, hi s eralptn ef ramarkahl ahtllty, aad the hut of Captain Joha Smith, whk-h be oi.rt. and praa.nl to th Jaaeatnwa Bxpoaltlaa, will ba ahowa, with a atnrv of tba f allant pknaor'a, life, tn THS 8UNDAT JOUENAU THE FUNNIES ' ' - Wfcleh are a wlcom aa ftoavra hi .print to yon n and oM. will alao ha amohf th. Biaaj f.aturta jrnMod tat tha Inatntrtlna tn, pl....ir of the readers e THA) Ut AX JVlfUUi. i ( Sketched in Court. bay and forming- a key to th transpor- tauon situation, tnat will bo or Incal culable advantage to Harriman in bis coming battles with Oould and Ripley, and possibly Hill for future supremacy on th San Francisco peninsula. Mrs. Oelrlchs haa received an offer of 11.100,000 for this piece of property, which la her only remaining larg hold ing of toe original Pair estate. It Is said Mrs. Oelrlchs has been advised by friends that th property Is worth near er tt.EOO.000 .than , tho figure offered her. Th -10 blocks of property along th waterfront, taking In an are between th gas works on tho oast and tho Fulton Iron works , on ' tho -west. wher It adjoins th government reser vation. :-'- .. -'. . ---.. Laying bla wires for tho acquirement of tho Fair property, Harriman baa In view a plan for another railroad gate way . Into San Franclaco, and one that will more quickly- reach the bualnes portion of now San Francisco and Im prove hla position against competition In securing tho bulk of tho government business) emanating at rreaiaio. .-Ho plans to roach this property on th extreme northern lino of' tho city by bridging or tunneling Golden Gate Park. Possession of this property will also af ford Harriman an Ideal terminal for a new coast line to Portland. ; It to under stood Mrs. Oelrlchs -Is not disposed to let tho halfway secure th property for tho small prlco offered, ',' - HIBERNIA BANK RUN : V ' - IS BECOMING SERIOUS 1 ' ; (Jooraal Spaelal aarvlce.t " San Franclsoo, fcept. H. Ths run oa th Htbarnla Savings bank : continue Tb lln of depositors seeking to with draw their' fund) was two blocks long this morning., -. ' ' . : - f ho polio arrested a man giving th nam of Carroll, claiming to bo - from Tenness,. who wae urging women to stay In Una and get their money, as the bank would close Its doors this evening. Acting Seoretary Tobln of th Hlber nla says If tha run continues rauoh longer It will assum a., serious aspect and -is likely to affeot other . Institu tions. ,' 4 .... .V , CONSUMPTIVE CAMPS ACCOMPLISHING MUCH - Unarael Bpaelal SarHoa.) Springfield, 111., Sept II. Th state board of eharltle report thst after thre months trial much good com, from ths state's consumptive eami x. where the moat advanced stages ir. kept In tents far from noise or coni. with other patients. , After gtttn; i patients, able . to sleep ' and eat. I' condition - I , improved and rco probabl ' ' Sir Engineer of 0. R. & N. Passenger Throws Throttle Wide Open to Save 'Lives r VNTild Freight Finally Runs Him Down and Causes Wreck, but 7 No One - Is Injured Except 1 Fireman Who Jumped When Locomotives Crashed. ' ; ' ' r,r'"'-' "" " " f ' "'T (Sarefal Piapatet t The Joareatl - ' -Baker City, Or., Sept. II. O. R. N. pasengr train No. . 1, westbound, duo to arrive in Portland at i:2l o'clock this afternoon, waa wrecked at daybreak this morning about, three miles west of Durkee, si small station II miles west of Huntington. - Fireman Mitchell .of th axtra train, that oaused tho wreck, was seriously Injured ' in jumping from his engine. No other Injuries are reported. - When- Engineer Ferguson of No. - 1 pulled out of Durkee with his long train of human freight bo aouced tnat a bloc signal Was not acting right, and ho suspected that something was wrong up the line. Ahead or him roa a long, heavy grade, ascending from Pleasant Valley, and b had not worked up much speed when, thre miles out. he descried th approaching freight train. .- v -- No. 101, aa extra freight. Mat-bound, pulled by Engineer Baucom, with Con ductor Staoey In charge of tho train, waa coming down tho grade at tremen dous speed, and apparently disregarding th signals of tho passenger angina. It required but an instant for Engineer Ferguson tO realls - thattha freight train was running wild and beyond control . of tha men In tho locomotive cab. ; ' ; :v'- '" ' '" "' -; ; WH4 maoo With Seata. . Cloelng tho throttle and rveraing his engine, FOrgusoa began backing his train, with th hop of getting It under way sufficiently to decrease th fore, of the coming eolllalon. . In thi he part ly succeeded. , Tb passenger train waa moving backward at tho rate of about tt miles aa hour whan ths wild freight overtook It and tho two . locomotives crashed together. ' Th pilot and front frama Of th pass ongr locomotive ware broken, tho n- ( Continued on Pago Two.) STEHSLAND PAID HOUSE A! LOT IFOR lil'S WIFE Defaulted Broke- Up r Home - of Chicago Baker and Then Pur chased Hie Spoue-T"Receipt for" Traneaction .Found , In Papere Left by Fugitive. ; CJearaal Bpaeiat Sarvlee.) -' Chicago, Sept 13 T-Ouatave Oulllksen. bead bookkeeper of tbo Mllwaukeo Ave nue 8Ut bank, told -th story yesterday bow Paul Stenaland broke up th bom of rillpo Votava. a baker living In Irv ing Park, and gave tb baker a bouse and lot la exchange for tho lor of bis wife. Tb recelat for tb money Btens- landr paid was found in an envelope among th banker's., effects marked Nobody's Business." Votava secured a divorce. i "Tou cannot kill persona, who should bo killed for social crimes In this coun try," ho said when found today. ; ; Btniand must nav pursued my wlf In heer wantonness.. Bho was not tho atyl of woman Btnsland aoaght as a mis. ! bad my-children to look out for, and, much against my will, I agreed to accept th settlement." . Votava produced a typewritten docu ment which purports lo be an agree ment between bimeelf and wife. - Boa Bxoaerate Path, (Joaraal Bpwl.l RrW, ) Chicago, Sept, 1. Thodor Stane and today declaree falae all lnslnua- t'.-i.; I' t he blraV..1 hie fathar II. . t 'i l'i filter la not a thief and i i a ' w',1 covar all ahortait.a; if I tha real culprit. a v that the t"iTik w - ! 1 I ' 0 ' r f J . , , ! ; RATES ARE 111 THIS STATE FreightTariffson Lines : Bossed by; Harriman Almost Exhbrbitantto Local Points Average Is Almost One Hundred Per Cent Higher Than LocsJ - Rater In Same Classifications to Non-Competitive Points crt Railroads of Middle West. A Freight . rates under . which the bulk of Oregon tonnage is moved, foe distribution ;f to non-competitiv points on the ' Harriman railroad lines, and to points similarly located from 60 to 100 per cent higher than the local rates in the same classifica tion to non-competitive points on railroad in the middle west It is generally admitted thst tha far west-f ern rsidroals are justified in. charge ing slightly. higher rates than are re ceived on eastern lines that enjoy a much larger volume of business but should they charge double? Oregon business men hare been asking this question a long time, but they have kept silent, in the hope that by long enduring they would be rewarded, and that railroad builders would extend the state's railway mile age and help to open and build up tha country. The existing railroad lines in Oregon hava pursued a policy of waiting until forced by-the energy of prospective competitors, who would uuuu luiiiycuug kuo uhu ma scare. It the threatened competition could not , be. throttled, ,the existing com-. Daniel nave - reluctantly decided re build extensions into the bottled up fields. ' - Meanwhile a system of freieht rate has been and still' is, in vogue that in many instances is unreason ably burdensome on shipper and pro ducer. When to this burden is added the hardships of repeated and well-nigh continuous car shortages. (Continued on Pag BU.) filAKIE ELECTION RESULT CLAIL1ED TO BE IN DOUBT Democratic Candidate for Cove . emor Claime That Hie Party Controls the Next Legislature) and Will Elect a United States Senator to Succeed Frye. ' WatervQle, He., Boot It. Th Morn ing Sentinel, owned . by Ron. Cyrus W, Davis, Pemoc ratio candidate for gov ernor, published today, th following dispatch from th stst capital at Augusta: i . "That Main election la still in doubt. Ther Is a great prospect thst th Democrats will not only control the next Maine house of representatives, but on Joint ballot win have a majority of the entire legislature and aleot a felted ' States senator to succeed Mr. Fry. As a sample of what Is being done, it may bo mentioned that the lnveetlgatlon ef tho returns already shows the electing . ef thre Democratic representative li place of; four th Republicans claiml to b winners. . "Information Is -at band which Indi cates that thee thra may he manr time multiplied, in fact, enouth to l sur th control ef the leslalatiir." In addition to th dlspatcrr, th U ntl nel says editorially: "The Democratic "candidate fir ern or, Hon. Cyrus W. Iav)s of this ci'r, was sean by the Watarvllla Mwr' Sentinel laat nlsht r ir1 i i i shove and he MM: this slectlon will gated snd It la 1 Hon will be selv.a If r-- of r- ' '
