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; ;.':. ni Issue of . :;. . Journal Circulation , The Sunday Journal ",'.'.. , Comprises , . . ' , 5 Sections 54 Pages 9.S48 Yesterday f .1 ' Was .p-.Tha .Weather- Sunday, iair and warmer; northwest wlnds 'X VOL.-IV. NO. 11. . ;: -,v Portland; Oregon, sunday .morning. - may 26. -1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i mm II Nil n V" tl iC i R B 0 Prominent Realty Deal ers Accused of Cor ruption by the Frisco Grand Jury , Twenty-Eight Indictments for Bribery Returned Against the Parkside ami San Francisco Gas & Electrio Companies Jury Adjourns for Two Weeks. THE vMENAGE WHICH THREATENS PORTLAND sH ... ail rr 3h (Bnt Nwt br toucMt Emm4 Wlr.) San Francisco. Mar 15. Twenty eight Indictments for bribery were brought today . by the grand Jury In the case against the Parkside Real' ty company and the" San Francisco Gas ft Electric company. The grand jury then adjourned until June 10 In the Parkside case the indicted "'are: ... ; . 0. H. Umbsen. real estate dealer Joseph K. Green, reat estate dealer capitalist'-' '4' .'.V''.-' Attorney W. I. Brobeck, of the law firm of Morrison, 'Cope ft Brobeck. Abraham Ruef. .They are charged la 14. Joint In' dlctments with offering a bribe of $1,000 each to' 14 e uperrlsort : for the passing of an ordinance granting , the electrical ., railroad ; franchise through the . Parkside . tract.. The bribe sum raised. by the Parkside company was $40,000, of which sum $15,000 " was paid to hnef by Umbsen. '"il- 'm ' In the gas company case the ln- ; dieted are: Directors Eugene De ..gabla, John Martin and' Frank G. Drum; Abraham Ruef and Mayor ; ' Eugene Schmlts. They are charged : la, 14 Joint Indictments of glrlng a bribe of $750 to each of, 14. superi , Tlsors to Tote for the establishing of . sa 85-cent gae rate Instead of the "li-blt". union labor party platform plank on which they were' elected (Oontinuea en P&C TblrtMn.) Like some huge and hateful spider, the political machine Is striving to compass the city within its posonoua clutch. TILTON'S LIFE RUINED BY BEECHER SCANDAL American Editor Who Won Notoriety by Suing Celebrated Preach- err Dead in Paris, Where He " Spent Last Twenty-Five Years of His Life in Exile -History of Famous Case Which Won Attention Throughout the Wortct Sued for targe Sum. r (Hnnt Kw bj LongMt LmnI Wlr.) Parl, Mar 25. Theodor Tllton. the former Amerloan editor and poet whoae suit acalnst Henry Ward Beecher wna the toplo of conversation on two conti nents, died here today. The eauae vt his death was pneumonia. He paeeed 1aat nlfbt sleeping Intermittently, but growing weaken Hla spirits were good, though he knew the end was not far distant, and he at times displayed all of his old-time humor. ; Tllton spent, the last 14 'years of his life tn Parts. . . ' 1 He exiled himself to ISM because he could hot endure the discredit brought upon him by the. revelations in connec tion with and Incidental to his cele brated suit against Beecher. Tllton was bom tn New Tor City In October, 1S8S. Hls'flrst work was with the New York Churchman In I486. He turned naturally to things religious, as he bad been brought up In a belief in Htiget Beast Breaks From Cage and Kills Child Before Brave Man Shoots Animal With Revolver Oeatet ITews by Immft XeaieS Wb.) -i-Twln Falls, Idaho, May-J5-During the afternoon performance of .the Bella Kioto olrcus In Twin' Falls today a huge Bengal tiger broke from his cage in tne menagerie ' tent and charged Into the crowd, killing a 4-year-old glrL a Shet land pony, and mauling several, other spectators and ponies before it was shot and killed by a man In the audience. - The . tiger sprang'''' upon , Mrs. 8. IE. Bosell and her little daughter, Ruth, 4 years old. Mrs. Kosell was not seri ously injured, but the child was so torn and mangled that she died two hours later.. Many .of the women In the crowd fainted and men were stricken with panlO. " .-. v.-',-,;-, J. BelL a Twin Falls blacksmith, waa .beside Mrs. Rosell when she attacked. Hla wife and children were wrth him and at the mercy of the beast. Brushing his. family aside,' Bell drew a ll-callber revolver and opened re on 'the tiger. : ,: ;-'-, . When' the first bullet struck the ani mal behind the shoulders, he winced and opened his Jaws. The second, bullet caused him to release Mrs. Rosell and her daughter and the third put him on the run. Bell followed, firing three more bullets Into the fleeing tiger as It ran ouisiae , me leni. it wae eoreiy wounded, but managed to crawl some distance before collapsing. Recovering its strength for an instant the beast turned and started back toward . the stampeding : spectators, Bell, was wait. lng for. the attack with his revolver re- 1- MM ... rUl- A. ' M a. ' rolled ovr and bltlnc at bis wound, x pir4 tn a few minutta FRIENDS CRUSHED AS THEY, WEEP AT FUNERAL OF GIRL i (f BtiWrtete frew by gpeelal Leased Wire.) . New Tork, - May 15 A catastrophe was added to the tragedy of Uttle Amelia Btaffeldt,. when a score of per sons were Injured by the collapse of a porch at the Staffeldt homestead ' St ' Elmhurat- while . attendlna-: the funeral of the 15-year-old g(rl who was mur dered Wednesday. Fifty people 'Were bliried beneath, the splintered boards and supports of the porch when It collapsed . under the weight of humanity. A panto resulted, but policemen arrived -..before . anyone was trampeled. on, , but . several . were severely . hurt..,' ti.-' The .craah came'tn the midst of the service, and Interrupted It for over half an hour.. .'..,- ',....... . The police are 1 confident now that Henry Becker either" was directly con cerned: in the murder or was a wit ness to It v i : . . the strict doctrine of Calvinism. He was with the New Tork Observer for a time and then with the Independent He was with the Independent from 1S56 until 1JT1, and was editor of the Brook. Iyn Union In the last few months sfter his connection ' with the Independent Afterward he founded a weekly paper wmcn he called the Golden i Age. It was thlv paper whloh was the medium through which money waa paid to Tll ton by Beecher in . the first year of tne trouble between r them. Beecher raised 15,000 on a mortgage on his house. The SB.000 was turned over to the Golden age ostensibly to keep that Insolvent paper on Its feet, but actually to provide funds for Tllton' s liveli hood. Friends Denied Story. " Friends of Mr. Beecher denied that he paid this money and other money In order to prevent Tllton from exposing the scandal that had been kept hidden for many months. They asserted and still assert that Mr. Beeoher took that means of giving money to put food Into the mouths of Tllton's wife and chil dren. Tllton married Elisabeth M. Richards In 1855. He and Beeoher became Inti mate friends after Mr. Beecher became eonected. with the Independent In 1180. Through all this period the Beecher fam ily and the Tllton family were very Intimate, . Mr. Beecher was a frequent oaller at the Tllton home. He and Mrs. I Tllton, were- openly very friendly toward each other, but there was . never any gossip connecting the - two until about three years before the Tllton suit In fact, their friendship ceased in 18,. a year after It was alleged to have begun. There waa a period of almost two years in which the alleged scandal was kept ; fairly- well ' hidden.- In -the -first flush of his anger -Tllton wanted to '.'expose" Beecher. but he waa persuaded to let the matter drop. " Scandal Beoomes Public r ' Despite the efforts of the peacemak ers, the scandal became pubiio property in 187J. - Naturally such a story con cerning the most famous minister In all the land created a igreat sensation. DROWNED BEFORE EYES OF MAIDEN Harry George of Astoria, a Stan- - ford Student, Knocked Over- ' board While Sailing m Youngs River and Perishes In Stream. (Continued on Page Twelve.) (Special Dtepatcfe te The Jeml.) Astoria, Or., May 25. While sailing In a small sailboat on Young river with Mlse Winnie Hlgglns this after noon, Harry George of this city was knocked overboard by the boom of the boat Despite the frantlo efforts of the young woman to save him, and her piercing screams for help, he sank and was drowned before assistance ar rived. The body baa not been reoovered. though tne river bed for quite a dis tance has been dragged. Boats of vari ous kinds are patrolling the river In the hope that the body may rise, and aearohlng parties will continue their ef forts until It is recovered. . Znooked Ore by San. The accident wai one of the saddest that has ever happened here. Taung George and Mlaa Hlgglns wnt for a sail this afternoon and were enjoying the sport when without warning the boom ' of the boat swung suddenly around, striking the young man and knocking him overboard. Brldgetender St ran aaw the accident but before he waa able to lower a boat the body of the young man sank. The young woman tried heroically to rescue him, but failed. The young man was a great favor ite with a large circle of friends and relatives, ana me arr&lr has cast a ! gloom, over the dty. He was the only cnno or Mr. ana Mrs. oeorge H. George. His father is manager of the Columbia River Packers' association. H. O. Van Dusen, fleh warden, and Captain Thomas H. Crank are hla uncles. ' Waa Stamford Student. 'Toung George " was born : in" Astoria and would have been 30 years of age In August A few days ago ' he re turned from Stanford ! university, where . he waa a student during the past' year. Miss Hlgglns, the young woman who accompanied him on the fatal voyage. Is a daughter ot, JrE. Hlgglns.' oashler of the Astoria National, bank. She . Is In quite a precarious condition as a re sult of her sad experience. PORTLANDER IS HEIR TO VAST ENGLISH ESTATE Oliver H. Hall, a Local Teamster and Direct Descendant of Sir Francis Drake, Will Share- In Division of tatter's Fortune, Amounting to Twenty Millions of Dollars Money Now In Bank of England Attorneys Establish Hall's Relationship. GET OUT OF Farmers Grow Ignor ant to Escape Ser vice inHaywood Trial, -Wearisome-Delays. Witnesses Known to Everybody Register Mysteriously Undei Assumed Names That Deceive) Nobody- Eastern Visitors Art Astounded at Indifference. Out of the wealth of romanoe and gold that fills the old English chancery there has come across the sea and land to Portland both wealth and a romance. The romance is already here and the gold Is. soon to arrive. Both the essentials were founded by Sir Francis Drake, the great English admiral, and the - first English navi gator to discover the Oregon coast. And, strangely enough. It is highly probsble that a large portion of the vast estates left by him will settle upon one ef his descendants who lives In Portland, near the coast which the famous navigator discovered. Portland Itsa Xelr. The descendant of the great English sea fighter living In Portland Is Oliver H. Hall, a teamster In the employ of the. Van Horn Transfer company, 208 Stark street Hall claims direct lineage from the destroyer of the Spanish Armada and the first mariner in the history of the world to circumnavigate the. globe. He, further claims that he will participate to the extent of 8850, 000 In the estate left by Sir Francis. Indeed, the teamster has good reason to advance his claims. For years an uncle by the name of Drake has been endeavoring to establish the right to participate In the fortune, but only re oentlv suoceeded. Through the efforts of attorneys In Ixmaon ana in ntw Tork the . relationship Is said to have been completely confirmed. At any rate Hall received assuranoes during tne past week- from the attorneys that there Is no doubt but that he wm snare gen erouslv In . the vast sums that after years In chancery, are awaiting dlstrt button. 1 Twenty SXUUos o IMvtde. There are several heirs to the estate In America. Attorneys for. these heirs claim td have succeeded In preparing tne estate for distribution, and they also olalra that each American heir will re ceive about 88 50.000. The total estate amounts to more than $20,000,000, It Is aid. Hall first learned of his Intereat In that vast sum through his grandmother, who died recently. Many years ago she told him of his great ancestor ana or the fortune that was left by him and was about to be distributed. The for tune consists of money in the. Bank of England, and property Interest In Soot- land. The grandmother came to this coun try from England with her parents. They bore the name of Drake and are said to. have brought to this country with them documentary evldenoe of their right to claim relationship to the famous admiral The daughter married a second cousin, also bearing the name of Drake and also a descendant of the acmirai. Her descendants are conse quently doubly sure of the success of their claims. Fortune Ooes to Teamster. Later she and her husband emigrated to the northwest Two sons and three daughters wore born to them. Oliver Hall, the grandson, who Is now a team ster In this city, waa born at Kalama. He has a brother at Castle Rock, Wash ington, and a sister at Kelso, Washing ton. Each will participate Jnthe for tune of Sir Francis, if the assurances of their attorneys materialise. By Hngb -O'Neill, Special Commit. sloner for Denver Post and Oregon. .: Journal. Boise, Idaho, May 35. The drift lng lights and shadows of life come) and go quickly In the dreary progress of this case. And like all the colore of this western state, in dawn, of noonday, or erenlng, the lights Sr, glaring white and the shadows are dead black. There are no middle 'T tones. TheT comedy is . all broad farce. 1 The drama is all melancholy- : tragedy. Ton can laugh or weepy But you cannot preserve an erea In difference. : A reasonable - middle) course seems impossible. The deteo- ;. tires, saving perhaps only McPar land, are .sleuths, moving silently fa ' the shadows. , peering mysteriously; -under half closed eyes." . U . 7 ' -AH the witnesses are known to :. everybody In the least concerned la this case, yet they all register under, assumed names that deceive nobody One ingenuous maiden from Denver did happen to register at the hotel under her own name and "well-in formed persons" at once - assumed that she was somebody else and not -herself at all. It caused her some embarrassment and kept " quite 'si number of people sitting up all , night, speculating. " As ; soon as stranger appears whose business , unknown he is put down as a "spy for the defense." . . And", spies of. course, are naturally not popular eten in Boise;'- Eastern.,; visitors are Invariably. astounded at the "quietness" of the (Continued on Page Twelve.) (Continued on Page Twelve.) w I Where Does It Come From ? Thomas C Devlin. Sir Yon are seeking the highest office in the gift of the people of this city, an office which no man can rightly admin ister unless he Is absolutely free from obligations to any but the whole people. To secure this office, you are expending - huge soma of money... Your expenses in. the primaries alone are estimated at $10,000, and you yourself have admitted them to be more than $2,000. This lavish expenditure of money con tinues and increases from day to day.' The people of Portland . want to know and have a right to know who pours 'out this money and what for, who gives it to you and what they expect " from you for it Why don't you-tell them? Mr. Devlin, Where Did You Get It? m 4 eeveeeeeMeeeeemw nil Terrible Cyclone Sweeps Across State De molishing Houses and Leaving a ; Trail of Death . . (Pobllsben' Pre by Special Leased Wire.) Dallas. Texas. May 26. A special to the Times-Herald from Will's Point 50 miles east., says: A cyclone struck this place at 6:20 p. m4 and demolished 25 residences of the town. Three peo ple were killed.,, and some 18 or 20 In jured. "'''' The dead are: -r,' Mrs. Tom Douglass, blown 200 yards. Jesse Douglass, aged 8. blown 200 yards; body found Jn a pool of water. Lowering clouds and a murky atmos phere presaged some sort of a disturb ance, and shortly after o'clock the cy-1 clone cloud was seen approaching front ' the southwest, apparently some three miles distant when first noticed. .The destruction was complete, the buildings being entirely demolished. V Twenty or 80 homes were wrecked,' two children killed and many" others hurt's three fa tally, by a tornado at Orlbble Springs,: IS miles sooth' of here; late tonight. The dead are: Harold and Jennie Mo ClOSky. i -'"''V;: ';:;.?. t Fatally Injured; James McClosky. Jo tie Tumpla,- Une Jackson. . . The tornado swept one of the best section of the country through a strip, two miles wide and 800 miles long, r DECLARE DOUMA IS ) DOOMED TO DIE BY . DEFT. DISSOLUTION (Hearst Rewt by tautest Leased Wtre.) 8t Petersburg, May 26. The douma is doomed. It may last another month, two months, or even six months, but the reactionaries have triumphed.' They have made It plain that the douma will be dissolved on ita first serious con flict with the government So far the douma has passed no lawa, but It baa now ready and will pass within , the next ; few weeks radical measures insuring the liberty of the subject These measures the govern ment will not accept, and when the douma sees Its proposals flouts ant finds that Its good manners avail u nothing,. !t will alopt the nHaUo- methods of the first douma and t dissolved at once. , The reactionists rr1!ct units " -that a third douma be J ist as 1 to deal with the flrit twot therefore, no' tl.ttd c,uc-. cei t vokei ' , - j