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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 18C3.
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SEATTLE.
TACOMA
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PORTIOU OF RECORDS OF ST. JOHNS
COOnCll ORDERED EXPUNGED
Details of Charges Against and Impeachment of Former Mayor
King and Councilman Peterson Ordered Stricken From
the Minutes as Unjust to Vindicated Men.
Saat HA Depertmeat.
K significant action u taken lait
night by the city council of 8t Jobne
when part of the rerorda kept by a pre
rloui aeaalon of that body were ordered
expunged. The action grow out of an
Injustice found among: aome proceed
Inra enured Into by the city about IS
month ago airalnat two official of the
"Ity government at that time.
On Aurnat 20. 10S. cbarKa were
brought against Mayor W. H. King and
Councilman C J. Peteraon in the coun
cil and proceedings of impeachment
were begun against ' those' two city
officials. They -were charged with all
tnanaer of crimes, fraud and general
moral turpitude, and every effort was
made to attach opproblura to the names
of the alleged offenders.
The subsequent - proceedings were
Quite lengthy and detailed and ' every
part of the. investigation "s spread
upon the minutes, for the council .was
determined - to leave an after effect If
no grounds for prosecution were found.
The present council taken a very-dlf-femt
view of the matter and. passed
resolutions last night . agaJnnt the before-mentioned
action, ' The closing par
agraph of the resolutions runs as fol
lows: "Whereas, said article and11 charges
sra wholly unwarranted and unjust) fieri
either in sense or In laWT how, there
fore. It la hereby resolved by the count
ell of the city of Ht. Johns that the
pretended articles of Impeachment and
charges are without foundation and un
warranted either In law or fact, and the
am Is ordered dlsmleeed and stricken
from the' records of the city of8t.
Johns." .
Many councilman- waied .eloquent and
the council chamber rang whli praises
for the wronged officials and condem
nations of the actions of the former
council. The. opinion was expressed
that the charge arose from political
reasons merely and that the records
not remain on tba boons, w. II. King
was elected by a big majority last April
a f Iweo on Hn-wwiw! M waitmt.
114E the people were not neueving m
the charges and so again they ought
tor be araeed for this reason, i
Weald Seoar Dredges.
The Kast Sid Improvement associa
tion la contemplating a play, by wbu-n
It will aecura tha services of the
Seattle Dredge company for tha filling
of the blocks on tha east side all the
way from East Oak to Hawthorne ave
nue on the south, weat of Union avenue.
Other companies are making bids on
the work, but they were -not mentioned
last night. It will be aome weeks -yet
before anything definite can be an
pounced regarding this great improve
ment for the east side.
It was also reported last night that
plana are being laid for the construe
tlon .of a concrete dock to be built on
the east side and the intervening space
back of it and Kant Water street -would
bo built up and filled in with dredging
from tba river.
O. M. Beott. Joseph Buchtel, C. W. Pal
let and Ju. C. Hoover were" appointed a
special committee to look Into the project
of establishing a branch of the Portland
library on the central east aide. . Mr,
Scott announced that the library associa
tion waa willing to put up a building If a
suitable .location could be found and that
when the East Bide high school was
opened such a. library would be needed
badly. . ,. , .
J. M. Healy informed the association
that a movement was on foot to. erect
an Ice skating rink on Grand avenue and
that an option orrar half block had been
secured. i ,
. ast Side Motes. - I
The Mount ftcett district is much grat
ified over another recognition of their
needs. This time It Is the telephone
company. .Teaterday the Pacific states
Telephone company put a large numbes
of men to work In tha Mount Scott dis
trict removing all 10-party lines and sub
stituting four-parties. Consequently there
la great rejoicing in Mount Scott, and
tba Paciflo State la no longer a soul
less corporation.
Tha 13,500 residence of W. H. Smith at
Gray's crossing near Lents on tha Mount
Scott line waa burned to tha ground last
week. Nothing was saved from tha
bouse but a few articles of minor value.
Mr. .Smith and bis family were away
from home at tha time. In fact just re
turning from a visit with relatives In
Spokane. The house waa left in charge
of a man during tba absence of tha fam
ily, who, while walking through tha
house carrying a lamp, stumbled and
fell. The lamp broke and scattered oil
over tba house until It seemed that the
whole structure was in flames before
the man could do anything himself or
secure help. .-..'
Tha sawmill at Lents has shut down for
the holidays.
I. F. Coffman is remodeling bis Btort
front at Lenta
A; L. Xadderly, an east tide boalness
man, has just returned from a trip east.
Mr. Kaddorly attended the Trans-Mls-slMlppI
congress while In Kansas City.
The East Side Business Men's club
meets this evening at the bureau of In
formation, East Second and ' Morrison
streets.
The Brooklyn Republican club meats
tomorrow evening and wltl consider a
move to secure mora llghta for that
auburn.
WILL BE TRIED FOR
STEALING C0RDW00D
(Special DUpstrk t The Jnarnal.)
Eugene,. Or., Iec. 19. Russell Ood
ard. a youth living at Springfield, will
be tried before Justice . of . the Peace
Bryson Thursday on the charge of lar
ceny by bailee of eight cords of wood
belonging to George A. Dorr Is, a well
known hopgrower.
It waa charged that on December 12
young Godard waa entrusted with tha
wood to bring it to Eugene to dispose
of, but that be appropriated it for his
own ttse.
The effect of Scott' J Emu t J ion ort thin,
pale children is magicaL .
I makes them plump, rosy, active, happy.
' It contains Cod Lirer OiL HrDODhosrohites
jmdJycerinewio make fat, blood end -bone,-
and so put together that it is easily digested
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ALL DRUCOI6TS1 60o. AND.SI.OO.
HAU EXTRADITED
FOR MURDER
Professor of, Washington Uni
versity Taken to Germany
, Accused of Black Crime.
TRACED BY MEANS OF
FALSE WIG AND BEARD
Mother-in-Law Decoyed to Pot foffice
and Shot on StreetMotive Still
Mystery- Police of . Four Nations
interested in Case. . . ' ."
flonraal gnerijif RerM.
London, Dec. 10. The exWadltlon of
Professor Karl Hau of Ooorga Wash
ington university, Washington, District
of Columbia, to Germany, was, granted
today on the charge of tha murder, of
HIS moinsr-in-iaw, rn&u . juuiuor, i
Baden-Baden November i,
Professor Karl ilau la tha alleged
principal In an International - murder
mystery that Is worrying the law
sleuths . Of America, England. France
and Germany. There is little doubt of
Hau'a guilt, for be waa seen to fire the
fatal shot and waa followed from Baden-
Baden to London.
' Is a Brilliant SI sa
ltan Is a brilliant young-man, baroly
13 with degrees from universities at
Treves, Freiburg and Berlin. Ha la
well-knowir In Washington society, in
which he has been an agreeable figure
for the last eight years. A few years
ago he went bsck to Germany, where
his family resides, and when ha . re
turned it Was to bring with him a
pretty yotirt wife, refined and accom
plikhed, plainly of his own status In
society.
She wajt Prauleln Molltor, daughter
of a woman of wealth Frau Molltor
dwelling In Baden-Baden. They seemed
to be a happy couple. After a year and
a little more a child was bom to them.
-Tha-ehelwtenlng-wss quite--an-event-in-
the social set of which lyofeesor Hau
ainhls wife we)n part. . ' ,
. totae'r-ia-taw kuldired.
About a year sgo JVofessor Had and
his wife and child sailed for Europ to
visit their relatives. After that. Wash
ington heard no mora ef them until' the
startling news cams recently that Ftau
Molltor bad been murdered near tier
home In Baden-Baden and that her son-
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In-law, Professor Hau. had been ar
rested in London charged with tha
The motive of tha crime remains a
mystery. It is known, however, that
while Professor Hau posseaed little
more than his salary as a. untverslty
professor, his wife's mother was very
wealthy. It is assumed that her death
would greatly benefit her daughter.
wife of Professor Hau. The details
have not yet developed.
' Deep-laid, riot.
' That there was a deep-laid 'murder
plot was soon evident to tha police of
Paris, who were already engaged in er
forts to' fathom an attempt to bring
Frau Molltor to that city on falae pre
tenses. In fact, tha attempt waa suc
cessful, but through some miscarriage
of tha plotter's plana-the visit brought
no harm to her,
An urgent telegram from Paris had
reached her at Baden-Baden. It pur
ported to come from the bedsld of her
sick daughter. Mrs. Professor Hau. Bite
took the first train for the French capl
tai and went to the addreas given In the
telegram, only to find that her daughter
was not there, and bad not been there.
Traolag tha Xoax Telegram.
Being a woman of wealth and conae
quence, Frau Molltor was able to get
tha Paris police , so Interested, In the
case that when the news of her' mur
der In Baden-Baden reached them thoy
at once pounced upon the hoax telegram
which lured Frau Molltor to Paris aa an
Important bit of evidence against tha
criminal.
Then Fran Molltore constant atreet
companion, a huge St. Bernard dog, waa
mysteriously poisoned. The evening
that tha dog died Frau Molltor received
a call In a man's voice on tha phone
to ooma to tha postofflca fdr a valuable
package.
She dreese herself hurriedly Tar tha
street, and bidding her young, unmar
ried daughter to accompany her, set out
for the poetofflce. It waa to go to her
death.
Shot by a Mas la a False Beard.
It was now quite dark, and the quiet
street through which Fran Molltor and
her daughter approached tha postofflca
waa only dimly lighted. Suddenly there
was the sound of a pistol shot behind
them. Miss Molltor saw her mother
fall dead, shot through the back. The
assassln'a bullet had found her heart.
The place and the hour had been well
chosen, but nevertheleee there waa
witness of the deed. This witness a
tradesman, sitting at his window wait
ing, for his wlfe'a aummona to the even
ing7 meal had a good view of the man
who raised tha pistol and fired and then
hurried away down dark cross street
He-was of medium height, under middle
a-4uutaaUccby projecting jaws, and
wore a beard that was So"pirTrmey,taa
that this wUnM at once went out and
notified tha police. Ha waa traced ami
arrested In London at the Hotel Cecil.
Ho is now feigning insanity. .
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