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VOL. VI. NO. 60.
PORTLANp,1 OREGON, - WEDNESDAY , EVENING, - MAY t 15, 1807. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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Boss Changes His Plea
" Admits Extortion arid
Throws Himself Upon
Mercy ot the Court
lawyers Try to , Dissuade Him,
- but He Remains Firm in De
cision Reads Statement and
; Falls in Collapse Beaten in
Legal Battle for Postponement
" (JoerMl anaeial Barrtee.) i ( -
flan Franclsoo, May IS. -After on of
the most desperate legal V battle to
avoid punlahment for crime In the his
tory of California. Abraham Ruef to-
day entered a plea of guilty to tno . In
dictment charging him wltfi extorting
money from the French t restaurants
upon pain of having- their liquor liccnaea
revoked. The plea came an a thunder
clap and followed the iefeet of the de
fense In the last stand of the effort to
. secure a ohange 'Of venue. V"':
When the motion denied, the de-
' fanae sought a continuance,, which waa
- denied.' Kuef then asked time in-which
to hold a conference with his attorneys.
, Thla wae granted. At the expiration of
.) half an hour Kuef and hla counsel, who
had withdrawn to the Judge's chamber.
' reappeared , As soon as the court rapped
jor order, Attorneys,, Acn, enortnag-e
and Falrall .in turn announced . their
. withdrawal from tho oajsa.'.'. ..'il.v'A-
Attorney Murphy then arose.' stating
that Ja seriously disagreed with the ac
tion that his client was about to take,
, and declared that he would stay with
him. The same action was taken by At
torney Falrall- ; ' v ...'; '.
After the attorneys had concluded
their sUtements. the prisoner. hollow
eyed, pale and trembling, arose, with
manuscript la hand. He Appeared hard-
: ly able to stand, and whllo reading from
his manuscript, his voice faltered, his
face twitched frequently and he hrok
down completely. He drank eup after
cup of water, and spoks' very slowly.
His statement was a lengthy one, and
began with an. apology to, hla attorneys
for what he was about) to do. He closed
' with a plea of guilty !rr
. : After concuding the reading of the
staiement iteui, ,n a -voice nmraiy to ae
heard, threw himself upon the mercy of
the court and fell Into his chair In a
' state of almost complete collapse.
AUTHOR OF NICK CARTER
IS ADJUDGED, INSANE
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Iola,KKan., May 18. Sad Cox, known
as the write of ''Nick Carter" novels,
, was adjudged Insane here. He has been
turning out on the average of on novel
per week for some time, and overwork
. caused Insanity, , t.
PRPAPHPRQ Wnill D NOT ' ,
GUILTY
CIS
(UARRY GRASSlWIDOWS
' Chicago, May 15. A number of Con
gregatlonal ministers are trying to get
the Congregational association to adopt
rules forbidding Congregational preach
ers from marrying divorcees. The cru
sade ras caused 1 y the notoriety of the
Corey-OHtnan ; wedding. y,, '
Every Wholesale and
INDICT:
Pacific Coast Who . Is Member: of Asso-i
; cialion to Be Caught in , Federal ? Net r I
Every furniture dealer of the Paclflo
nat. whether wholesale or retail, who
Is 8iffember of the various associations
formed will be Indicted by the federal
grand Jury which Is In session in iort-
Thls Is the statement of Assistant
. - United States Attorney James Cole,
who commenced yesterday afternoon to
' lay bare the methods of the furniture
' dealers and Jobbers who are alleged to
- have combined to restrain trada and to
'"'restrict sales in violation of the Sher-
man anU-trust law of July J, 1889.
. This wholesale campaign- against, the
M furniture dealers will include In the net
-which Mr? Cols-has thrown-out; 'a very
- dealer a the eoaat wth- tha axeepUon
of about four wholesalers and Jobbers,
and a few retail -dealers, who have re
yueed to enter Into tho combine.
There are three or four- retail asso-
clatlons on : the coast and', one large
v Jobbers' associations The scheme fol
lowed by the dealers was that all mem
. hers of the retail dealers associations
BRIDE AS POSED
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Photograph, never before, publlghed' of Mrs. William E CQrey, nee
Mabelle 'Oilman Uken last week
lyn wesDii Tnaw, ror some oi ner
FREE I'J
FRO n
Judge V Cleland .' Decides That
Wagnon "Amendment Need
Not Be Placed on Ballots t In
June Election.', , "-',
Presiding Judge' Cleland In the cir
cuit court, this.: morning decided -that
the Wagnoa free .water amendment
need not be placed upon , the city bal
lots for 'the coming election and" de
clined to allow - a permanent writ of
mandamus directing City : Auditor Dev
lin to place, tha -proposed - amendment
on the '.ballot -, A demurrer " to thel al
ternative writ previously Issued was
sustained and -the writ dissolved.
-The Judge ield that the. city oounotl
(Continued on Page Two.)
Retail; Dealer on the
would purchase vthelr1' furniture : from
members ot the - Jobbers' - association
only, while' the wholesalers were bound
by an agreement' whereby they refused
to sell to anv retailer who' waa ot
member of any of the, retailers' ssso-
dauons., - . ,-,v. .
sTH XS gpread Wide.
So wide- sweeping Is the work Which
the grand ' Jury will have . before- It
that nearly a week ; Is expected to be
required to finish the grist probably,
100 Indictments will .'. ba , returned
against the -dealers ln - various parts
of the coast, although the exact num-berilsiuhknownr-TheTerarsrtbout
4S
dealers In Portland and about as many
more ; In - Oregon alone. Included In
this Ust are men of great business rep
utation ; who are ; known all along' tha
COaSt, . '
Orvllle O, Hodson, a furniture deal
er bf . McMinnvUle, was the first wlt
mess against- the combination.' . He ap-
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BALLOT
FURrJITURE WT
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BY STEEL KINO
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jbhotographer who posed Mrs.' Eve
mosi arusuo pictures. :
Disturbance Alleged to Be Due
to EfforWof ' Pinkertons: to
Create Unfavorable Sentiment
' Shbaf Writes of Trial. '
By Oaorge H. Bhoaf, fltaff , Correspond
4;vMa; i " nt 'Appeal ..to -Reason. ,
Boise, IdaJMay lJ.WTwo men eUlm
Ing to-be Socialists were vigorously as
saulted by one of the courtroom guards
yesterday while the crowd was leaving
the scene of the ' Haywood tMat ? ' The
guard who dld the -assaulting la one of
several assigned to sUnd at the door
leading Into the courtroom where the
trial Js -taking plmce. U r "
The. two men assaulted claim that
they were Just preparing to go to tha
assistance of Mi's, Haywood,' wife of the
defendant, ' when the , " guard pounced
upon them' and gave them . a aevere
shaking up. Mrs. Haywood." who Is an
Invalid, has to ba, helped up. and down
(Continued on' Page Two.)
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AIM JMDE
WAYN
PLEADS
TO POSTO F F I G E
Gang Brought Before Court
Anderson Proclaims j. His ln-
. nocence Trial Begins ,
Friday, i
Frank Wayne, safe blower, buslnesa-man-burglar.
leader of fthe gang ?of
thugs who terrorised Portland last win
ter and were finally ; run aown hy the
covarnment apthorities for robbing tha
SeUwood and St, Johns postof flees, ap
peared befqre Judge Charles B. ,Wolver
ton laJhe-Dnltad-State- district oourt
thla morning and pleaded guilty to rob
bing tha SeUwood postoffloe and will be
sentenced.: tomorrow, morning. . Charles
Anderson, a. confederate and typical
holdup man. pleaded not guilty, and Wil
liam Carter, another of the gang, was
granted until tomorrow to enter a plea.
Wayne s plea la consiaerea ;tne Dread
ing up . of the gang. For months the
members have maintained alienee aa to
their crimes, with tha exoepUoa af
POUD
WELCOIS
City Today Is Turned
Over , to Fouf Hun
dred Members of the
Masonic Order
Prominent Points Are Visited by
Delegations Returning Home
From Los Angeles--Speclal
; Cars and Autos Are Placed at
-.. Guests' Disposal.
Portland Is ths host of nearly 400
Bhriners and families on tho way home
from Los Angeles today, and despite the
fact that no formal program la being
carried out, th visitors are having an
enjoyable time riding about , the elty,
viewing the sights ana visiting wun
local members. . ,: -.'.-'..
Beoause of tha terrible ; wreoa at
Honda. In which so many Shrlners
were .killed, the reception oommlttee
canceled the lavish entertainment they
had prepared for tha returning 4elegap
tlons. . '"'2i'':
' Four tralnloada of the visitors had ar
rived In Portland by U o'clock and
soon left the- coaches to run about the
city.' Special streetcars, all the auto
mobiles for hire la tha elty, and tally
ho were plaeed at tha disposal of the
8hrlners and their wives, and they were
soon gaily driving about the olty wav
ing." flowers, banners ana nats . at pe
destrians to show they were having
good time and liked Portland's manner
of . entertaining. W't-Wk) V""?-;
Medlnah temple of Chicago, the larg
est temple In tha EWorld In point of
membership, represented by. .nearly 100
members and headed by Illustrious Po-
tenUte Dr. J. B. McFatrlch. swarmed
Into the PorUand hotel, where they were
made to feel at home t tne committee.
Captain George B. Eddy, leader of -the
famous Arab Fatroi. was present wun
his officers and men, as were many
members of the band which tha famous
teniDle brought with them on the trip.
Because of the desire of many , of ths
Bhrlnere to linger at varloua points
along ia way, none of the organjiay
tlona mads an attempt at a display.
JA. 10 o'clock four special streetcars
were brought to the hotel and the Shrln
ers from Meainan ' tempie were soon
whlrlina toward PorUand. Heights and
Council Crest to view tne city.. . jtjow-
era were furnished ths women of the
pan. and a glorious time was reported
by tha visitors, ,. who left for Puget
sound at no "th v& T-
.-..':.i-;.:-:.;.. Speav Xay Sara. -'
Other visitors were ' accorded the
same hearty reception upon their ar
rival in the olty and ,:tha last train
load will not leave Portland until mid
night. One tratnload brought mem
bers from Mississippi, another- from
Connecticut, while the fourth section
hailed from Burlington. Iowa, and-wae
filled With Shrlners from all over the
middle west, representing North and
South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois and Mis
souri. ' ' '' ' '
All of tha entertainments for the vis
itors were Informal and It was almply
a case of turning the elty over to the
membera and their families. . A recep
tion will be held - at the Portland ho
tel tonight for the Shrlners, but no
set program has been arranged aave
to make the tourists - feel as much at
home as possible. All have expressed
themselves as having one of the most
enjoyable visits on the coast In Port
land, and remarked upon the beautiful
(Continued on Page Thrse.)
GUILTY
l rBAKX WATMB. ! .
CBM.M ANDBESON. :
Toots" ' Bryant, Louis v W. " ' Smith and
Archie iTurnbull, locali, men. Who were
Inveigled into the crimes by acting aa
fences to dispose of tha stolen property.
If Wayne tells Assistant united states
Attorney James Cole all he knowa it
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E. H." HARRIM AN
SCHOOL BOARD
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Contractor Penalized on Account
: of Poorly-Constructed Work
' on . City's Buildings--Suit , Is
Likely to Result j
Contractor 'J. EL Bennett was penal
ised $8,000 by ' the achool .board , at a
special , meeting of .the ' directors held
In kthe city hall . yesterday . afternoon.
The fine was Imposed because ot unsat
isfactory work, performed' on contracts
awarded to . Mr.-- Bennett by the board
to - build,.' additions and make , Improve
ments 'on the Sunnyslde, Holraan and
East .Twenty-eighth street schoola -In.
determining ; tho ' adjustment of
claims . that have, come in against the
contractor from. ' different : sources it
waa found, by the board that the claims
amounted to about $1,000 mora -than
the , amount i due Mr. Bennett on tha
contracts. -. The claims presented so far
have reached the sum of $11,000, while
the amount . due Mr. Bennett to but
111.000. '.. - . . . ti ' I
. Considerable difficulty has , ' existed
between the school hoard and the con
tractor . aver since the , contract was
awarded and It Is .aUeged that In sev
eral .Instances the work performed was
so . unsatisfactory , that ' It .had to be
torn away , and reconstructed. : It . is
likely, that , action In the courts will . be
brought by. the contractor to, regain
the flna, but .tha board. Is determined, to
learn., if the- clause, providing , for- tha
action, taken Jbr them in this Instance
is of any practicable use- and proteo-
tlon. r i
' The line, will ba retained. . from the
claims , presented. Ths directors will
pay about 75 per cent of . tha claims
hlch win, leave .me. amount. ot.xns
fine,' ts.ooo.
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ROBB ERY
""wnxiuf caaTBau,
may be the meana of lightening hla sen
tenoe.. He was Indicted oo four counts
and could be sent to McNeils Island for
a- long term: Ha - Is an expert aafe-
Continued aa Page Three.) s
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Sensational Report Said to Have Issued by
y Investigators - Laws Demanded to Pre
vent RepistitiorHof Combination SoPower-
Jul That All Competition. Is Prevented.
Should Stop Bad Practices by Statute; v
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- - ( journal special service.)
' ' New Yorlc, May 15. The Evening Telegram todAj( publishes
what it says is an abstract of the findings of the interstate bommeree
commission during its investigation of the Harriman railroads The
Telegram calls-.the report the most sensational that the commission
ever Issued, xlt states that the commission found that railroad coffe
petitidn had been choked off entirely in an area equal to a third 6i
the United States and that in this area Harriman is absolute mas
ter; that Ifarriman's contract with the Rock, Island, Southern Pa
cific, Santa Fe, Illinois Central and San Pedro railroads- was in vio
lation of the anti-trust laws, andV recommends that the attorney
general proceed against them;;that the purchase of the shares of
one road by another was a bad practice and should be stopped, and
that the profits of the great roads of the west were being used to
buy stock and control systems in the east instead of developing the
west"- " ' -. ' v
The report tails the Harriman
remarkable cases of manipulation
and demands laws to prevent repetition. The report concludes wtthl
the statement that Harriman is absolute master of the Illinois Cen
tral, so powerful in the Santa He as to prevent competition with'
his roads ; that the combination
Pacific is so powerful as to suppress all competition and prevent
the building of the San Pedro & Los Angeles. ;t
" The government will institute many great suits upon the report
to dissolve the merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
and. other suits based upon the
Tha commission held hearings In New
Tork. Chicago, Seattle, poruana, - Ban
Francisco and Loa Angeles. '
The resolution under which the in
vestigation was held authorised tha com
mission to Inquire not only into tne
Southern Paoltio deal but , Into all of
Mr, Harrlman's purchases of atoca or
other roads with a view of ascertaining
what affect thla had on interstate com
merce. - Tho result ox tne investigation
has been to show that the Union Paclflo
and Oregon Short Line, which may ba
virtually treated aa one concern, are -no
longer railroads but a tremendous bank
ing system. An idea of what the size
of this banking system has become may
ba gained from tha evidence that since
1SSS .the system, has purchased $lJ.-
Efforts Made to Get
Registered Is Move
' ; , Auditor s:
V Tha north, and la being urged to regla
ter so that It; can vote when .the polla
arc opened June I ror tne municipal
election That district haa been In the
past and is at tha present opposed to
tha adm'nistraUon of Mayor Lane, and
tt la Weil known that the effort to get
tha north end vote registered la made in
tha lnteresi.ff Thomak C. Devlin, i -
Placards have' been posted in different
saloons and ' Iodging-nuses ana otner
resorts in the north end district calling
attention to the registration and urging
that every one get hla- name upon the
books aa provided by the : registration
laws. '- By the' exercise or soms magio
touch the pictures of City Auditor Dev
lin, which have adorned the walla and,
bars of tho most frequented plaoea In
the tenderloin district for the past sev
eral weeks, have disappeared and are no
longer to be seen. They were taken
down at about the same time mat tne
admonitions to register were put up.
; ' y : Bosses Disappointed.
So far the registration has been a
disappointment to tha Republican man
agers, according to many statements.
Tha reglstraon baa been fairly heavy,
but with it all haa come a larger ratio
of Democratic and . Independent voters
than was expected. In other words, the
machine seems to have fallen , down
somewhat In- Its effort to rouml up a
big vote.' A representative of t'
Liquor Deal ra s -'-- y- itlen c
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a el M a e
reorganization one of the most
and stock-watering ever known'
of the Union Pacific and Southern
manipulation of western roads.
000,000 more securities than it has sold
and has outstanding- more than J $183.-.
000,000 of obligations. -
...While tha development of thla enor
mous banking system, founded upon si
railroad system. Is of Interest In itself.
It baa been tha effect it haa had on,
rates and competition between the great
carriers of the country that tha govern-
ment haa been Interested in. .
Competition Abolished.'
' Competition between tho Southern Pa
cific and Union Paclflo, two great rail
road systems across the continent, al
leged to be parallel, has been entirely;
wiped out As a result of the purchase
(Continued on Pago Three.)
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Voters in Tenderloin
in Interest ot City
Campaign
this luornlng that It would ba about am
even breaL.
'County Clerk Fields, who- perhaps
knows more of the rote that will come
from tha registration than any other
one man la Portland, haa stated that In
his opinion the Republicans made a
mistake In urging that the hooka bo
opened because, of the fact that a
larger ratio of. Lane men were regis
tered than was expected, i-
, Testerday 1,170 voters ' were regis
tered, making a total of 1,113 for the.
two days. Of the number regtHterc i
yesterday S7 T were new. 47 were 1
publicans, 17t were -Democrats and I.",?
were Independents or -'misollanei n.
There were 191 changes in registrsiti i
made on account ot changes In r,-
denca. .
.-." rbeava Suglse to Xegister. 1
v The rush today is not so heavy j
the line of voters Is still futrty I
Mora hitherto unknown resl Jci.t .
coming In now, perhars as ono r
of the cards poated in the rtrn
The books will be closed thin a :
at o'clock.
An amusing IncMpnt "
day afternoon wti'-n a
engine st ; r. 1 r-i I
site the r - ir
Southern !'-;
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