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THE OREGON DAILY jOURNAlA PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1C07.
STEUNENBERG MURDER :
ONCE MORE DESCRIBED
Orchard Goes Over the Story
of Assassination Without
Tripping: in Testimony.1
KIT TRUNK WITH BOMB
. IN PETTIBONE'S STORE
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Mrs. Adams Says That Murderer Lied
Wheu He Stated That He Gave
' He nnsband Monejr-Attexnpta
to Kill General Sherman Bell.
, . ' By John Nevlns.
. (Journal 8p-cll Bervlce.)
, Boise, June 1 J. "Orchard lies when
he says we had lots of money In Den
ver .In the winter of 1904 and 1905. We
nearly starved to death. . He lived with
is, but didn't rive us a penny." . In the
shore words Mrs. Steve Adams declared
this morning that Orchard was not tell
ing the truth when he asserted on the
tend that herself and husband , lived
comfortably with everything they want
ed. She will take the stand for the Je
feme. 8 he absolutely asserts that she
never accompanied her husband and
Orchard when they tried to blow up
Judge Gabbert ; . . V
for an hour today Klchsrdson vainly
attempted to confuse Orchard relative
to his story of the attempts to assas
sinate Governor Peabody but he stuck
, to his original tale and declared that
the attempts were Inspired by Haywood
end Mover. He had heard both say
that-If Peabody was "dumped off there
were 1.000 more, just as bad, to take
his place, but Insisted that he should
be put out of theway for his past per
secution of union men. , . ,
:",,: Dogs Saved Saeraaa XelL
Orchard declared that Moyer and
Haywood went to Chicago In the sum-
' mer of 1905, the purpose being to form
a new organization to take the place
of the Western Federation of Miners.
When they came back Pettibone sug
gested killing Sherman Belli - He ex
plained .that the reason he did not shoot
. hell waa that the latter had bad dogs, i
which made It Impossible to approach
his house. He said that Pettibone was
with him all the times when he went
hunting for Bell. The cross-examina
tion was monotonous and long drawn
out. - It Is unlikely that Orchard will
complete hjs testimony , before Satur-
day. ' : '
- An Instar-ee of the consumption of
, time Is ehown In that It took 64 minutes
snd 4,000 words to bring out the facts
connected with the purchase of a horse
and buggy by Pettibone, which Orchard
alleges was given him to get away with
' after klllfng Bel I.
This afternoon Richardson expected to
try to show by Orchard that the killing
of -Steunenberg was suggested by Jack
, Slmpklns, because the latter had been
' 111 uaed In the Couer d' Alone troubles,
having been thrown Into a bull . pen
and bayonetted by negro troops. - -,
To XIII Steuseaborr.
This afternoon Orchard swore abso
lutely that both Moyer and Haywood
told htm that he must kill Frank 8teu-
' nenberg. He said that he had already
sent Baston, McCarthy, Adams 'and
Minster to kill him, but that they had
failed, and the time had come when the
job must be done right, Pettibone, he
' said, declared tt would be a hard job
to pull orr in a -little country town and
thought It better to get some of their
enemies in Denver first.
" Haywood, the witness swore, wss most
bitter against Steunenberg. He declared
that ne ana &a uryce naa. aeciaea mat
be must be put out of the way, as an
example to all who opposed the federa
tion. He said that as soon ss the job
wss pulled orr, orchard munt go to Pat
' eraon. New Jersey, and write bitter let
ters to Bell. Peabody, Ooddard, Gabbext
and a number of leaders of the mine
owners' association, warning them that
their time would com, and that soon, -To
Threaten Officials.
' Orchard swore that all hands agreed
that these threats would leave these
v men in such a state of terror that they
would probably move . to some other
section of the country and no longer
oppose the federation.
Orchard was moat positive In his ss-
. sertions and stuck closely to nis story,
- under the severest grilling be has been
subjected to. v;
He told minutely about his experl
' ments with bombs. He made a number
--of hand bombs and went out on the
prairie to try them to see how they
. worked. '- .
Orchard said that before leaving he
asked for and got $800, which was for
expenses, i He was warned not to com
municate with headquarters, but when
he needed money 1 ne was to sena to
, Pettibone for It. Haywood later gave
him 20, then later $40 more, and finally
$240. He thought the money was given
him either in Pettlbone's store or at
headquarters, i v'-
; ataxia on Harder lOssloa.
' During this examination Haywood sat
- X? Is Via wAmnn . mnA frailian 1 1 V
whispered suggestions in his ear. When
- Orchard started, he bought a round trip
' ticket to Portland and Seattle snd got
a reduced rate because the Portland fair
was on at the time. He wanted to see
. the fair and go to Seattle to buy a
ranch. He told Pettibone that It was
about time that he quit murdering; that
ha was tired and wanted a rest He
was going to see Arthur Parker, whom
. be formerly knew at. Cripple Creek, who
had a ten-acre farm, which was a good
.. one. ' "" ' '
Richardson, tried hard to get Orchard
to admit that bis trip was simplv to
look over a ranch he himself wanted,
that he had no Intention of killing either
Steunenberg or Neville, but Orchard
.stuck to the original story In Its en
tirety. The fact that Ms trunk was In
: Pettlbone's store and had been there
' since March, waa developed. It was
Sacked before leaving, witn a wrapped
orob In a blanket, placed In the center
of the trunk. The bomb . weighed be
tween $S and -40 pounds. , ,
When Orchard finally got to Idaho he
; called '"Bill Easterly, wno was tnen
working at Silver City, on. the phone
-'from Nampa and asked him If he would
'coma over to help!lm kill Steunenberg.
He swore positively that ha had not
: written nor aaked Easterly to help him
' write hail Insurance. . He stayed t
Nempa only a few days In order to get
a line on Steunenberg' s hablta before
going to Caldwell.- ,
He told how - Steunenberg had been
pointed out to him in Boiee. He went
to the Idanha hotel and found he was
Registered there so got a room on the
same floor. When the governor was but
be went to the room and opened the
door with a skeleton key in order to
see If it was a good place to plant a
bomb. : Ha expected to make the at- i
tempt that night as ha had a bomb at
Nampa. ..- ,i , ,
Would Have Wrecked XoteL
The bomb had enough explosive in It
to demolish the entire-' hoteL He
Planned to set it ore with a clock, hut
Anally decided It waa better not to do
tne job at that time and left that day
for Portland. . .. .i - . -y
He aave no reason aa to whv ha
should not have killed Steunenberg at
tnia time other than he reared he might
be suspected aa he had only been In
town a snort time.
He had a rood time at Portland for a
few days and went to Seattle, where he
spent a week. He did not look any of
ms icquaintancea up, out devoted ail
his time in Sesttle In looking- for a
ranch close to the Brltiah Una He
could not And one to suit him.
, . Implicates . Save Coates. .'
He left there In Seotember for Coeur
d'Alene to see Jack Slmpkins about a
kidnaping proposition suggested to him
by former Lieutenant-Governor -Dave
Coates of Colorado. He had aeen Coates
after the latter returned from Chicago,
wnere ne aided in organising the Indus
trial Workers of the World.
Coates. Orchard a wore, told- him that
August rauison had two Children whom
he thought a lot of, and If he would
Kidnap them he could make $50,000
easy, .. Paulson was formerly a mining
partner of Orchard's.
coates. lie swore, told him the cart
he would take in the job would be to
"take the ' money." -. He had ' promised
he would do the Job as soon as hs could
get around to It.
orchard met Slmpkins at Wardner and
got him to go with him to Wallace,
where he saw Coates. They met Coates
at his office that night, talked the mat
ter over, but couldn't decide on a defi
nite plan of procedure
He went over to nee Paulson, who
was very friendly and wanted him to
have Sunday djnner with him. He did
so. He saw Mra Paulson and both chil
dren there. He drank and played cards
great deal and soon went bsoke,
He denied try In a: to borrow moner
from Paulson. When asked If it was
not a fact that , he went to Coates and
told illm be would like to kldnan tha
child, and the latter told him If fere did
he would denounce him and mm him
sent to the penitentiary, he said no.
He sMd It was not a fact that Simpklns
had been sejit to wsrn Paulson that he
was trylna to kldnan the child, and d.
ciarao. ne gave up tne plan just because
it upan to snow naro. : -
He said that two men namad Pnnnlnr.
ham and McCluskev .asked him to a-iva
inrra nomo to vi in tne Tiger-poor
man mine and kill 100 acoha. Ha ,4a.
niea ne nao made this proposition him
self, but said Cunningham was intro
duced to mm py Himpkins- and Vincent
St. John and that he finally, gave Mm
y Bomb Was Old. .
He admitted there wss no trouble in
the district at that time. He said ha
told Cunningham if he did not use the
bomb soon to throw , it away, as the
powoer was very old and it was dan
gerous to keep it long. -,..-..
He pawned all his valuables to get
money to keep him going and finally
mu iv lauuun ana Borrowed five xrom
him to get away. He also borrowed
from Coates. Farrow, Murphy and a
number of other persons.
He broke into the depot and stole a
irunn ana rooDea tnt cash register st
Burke. He denied stealing jewelry at
Mullen or of robbing a general store.
He thought he was stealing a trunk full
of jewelry but got the wrong trunk,
whtchi waa, .filled with boots all fop the
left foot and useless to him. 'He
pouian t explain wny, although he waa
crone, ne never wired to Uenver for
money. He had tried to borrow 15,000
from Paulson to start an ice plant at
Salt Lake. He whs still on this line
wnen court adjourned.
mSIOLTO TALK
li
Will Speak as Private Citi
zen Before Denver Con- -vention
Next )Veek. ;
United States' District Attorney Wil
liam C Bristol received his commission
this morning from Governor Chamber
lain as a delegate to the public lands
convention which meets in Denver, June
18. for a three days' session. Mr. Bris
tol will leave next Saturday1 night and
expects to be absent for a week or 10
days. The list of delegates Includes
besides Mr. Bristol! Mayor Lane. ex-
Congressman Malcolm A. Moddy, of The
Laues, and it others rrom roruana ana
other portions of the state. , .
Mr. Bristol stated this morning that
ne would attend tne convention as a
private cltlsen and not in the capacity
ROOSEVELT urjLocic door
mot tiiiiwii: 10 BOB GUES
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uui iiuiimiiL
i
George P. 4 Angcll Declares
President's Education Is
Burglars Steal, Jewelry o
Miss Blanche Day in the
Portland Hotel.
Wild Animal Life.
mala, feela bitter., toward 'President
of a federal official, but In View Of hlJ I Pnna.vall horanu t4 tha lattara attack
SJSU)v.Vk " "natu" 'akers,- and ' especially his
other
years.
nterest
will rive before the convention.
"My remarks win be stronxiy in sup.
nort of tha administration and tha ad
ministration's policies," he said this
morning. "As a private cltlsen I shall
urae the furtherance of the govern
ment policies wnn respect to tno puo-
Burglars entered the suit of rooms
j v ' j I occupied by ti. u wy and family at
JUeilClCni ana WUeSllOnS the Portland hotel while the members
m . .. " . I were at dinner last Saturday night
Trutn or nis'Ktones 01 ? na 1?..a..
belonging to Miss Blanche Day. The
articles were lying on a dresser and
the theft was not discovered until some
time after the family had returned
from tha dining-room. . Nothing else of
vaiue was taaen. - -.-,,
Before aolna - downstairs to dinner
Saturday avenlnr-the doors to the suite
of rooms occupied by. the Days on the
second noor, were securely locked and
It waa during the hour that the family
sat at ' the dtnlna-tabl that buralars
aiiecied an entrance to tne apartments.
A skeleton key - was ussd to unlock
the door Into the narlor of the suite.
Into which th other rooms open and
access to the sleeping-rooms, where the
.was made without dim-
onah mm' Athai valuabla
"If Sn his boyhood Roosevelt had been I articles were within easy reach, nothing
JootbiI Siiecial Service.) " '
Boston, . J una 1 2. George P. Angell,
president of the Massachusetts Society
for" the Prevention of Cruelty; to Anl-
n land ' grabW..' the" Trusts.-and "" " i"0? '
law vlolaters during the past two criticism of Dr. Long. ' In the next issue f?0,
It Is expected that considerable 0f Our Dumb Animals, Angell will say; f Vitai
it will attach to the addresses he , nnn--v.i t,a kaM :
humanely educated, probably he would
have written differently about tha starv.
Ing cattle on the western ranges and the
shooting oi animais simpiy zor tne run
of wounding and killing them.- -
"There can be no doubt or Kooseveit s
Ho lands, forestry nrotectlon and devel- eouraare to lead a BaJaklava charae of
opment,. reclamation of the arid lands. 600, . but -we cannot help thinking of
better enforcement of the land laws and I him as a powder mill liable at any. time
kindred matters. ' I to explode and do vast damage. -
Mr. Bristol's commlssMtt rrom tne 1 "One has only to read tbs books of
governor came as a surprise, but he Is the two men to determine upon which
willing to leave nis accumulation or side the scales lie In tbs veracity con.
but tha watch snd opera glasses were
the rooms In order snd closed end locked
the door through which they had coma
after stealing the valuables.
Mr. Day and the members Of tha fam
ily returned to their apartmenta early
practical standpoint, and In view of his Iness practically unarmed, bent on tha
succeasful fights here his convention I atudv of anlmala'
'Roosevelt went into the: field armed
to the teeth. - His books are steeped In
blood of wanton slaughter. Far from
being the foremost authority on Amer
ican, animais. itooseveit nas written
himself down as being not even a true
In the evening, but did not discover the
theft until some, time later when. Miss
Day's watch waa found missing from
tne oresser wnera sna nao leri it.
The buralarv was reported to notice
headquarters and Captain Bruin and two
detectives nave since neon vying to
ret trace of tha tnissmg articles. Bo
ar their efforts have proved futile.
Mr. Layand nis tamiiy nsve been
FLORISTS OUSY
Oil EVERY Hill
Graduation Exercises Tax
Dealers and Home Gar-
f- f.pn Tills Week.
TO
ElADE 11
,.
This Is the florists' busy week and the
orders ere rushing In as rapidly as If
It were' Christmas or soma prominent
personage were dead. Tha only fact that
safes them from a' complete sell-out is
that this is the season of 1 roses and
many find their floral gifta in their own
yarda. ; . This la also the season of the
girl and, boy graduate. For tha past
three weeks social actlvltlea have cen
tered around them exclusively-and so
ciety matrons and full-blown society
buds have atenned .into the background.
Commencement is at hand. - , . :
Tl Oraanated, ,V",
This ' morning Columbia , university
aloonmen" Besiege District
Attorney Manning's Office
' in Effort to Arrange Satis
factory Compromise With
- Sunday Closing Mandate.
Ssloonmen of . Portland are stilt)
searching for a knothole in John' Mara
hlng's Sunday closing lid large enough
for them to orawl through into an open
town. .Hotel men and restaurant pro
graduated flv ' young men and J. P. prletort are jotningn the search, but
Kavanauah delivered-the address .and 1 r Uiai.i i. i . ..n. n v..
Archbishop Christie swarded the diplo-1 torm and It is a-iven out that Mult-
xne graduates were ueorgenocne nomah county Is closed to stay oloaed
mas
of The Locks; Washington, and Edward
Irving Brogan Of Seattle.1 Washington,
who will carry away dlDlomas from the
scientific department, and William C.
Jensen and Frank Slnnott of Portland
and John J. Qulnn of Boise. Idaho,
This evening Hill Military academy
111 hold ita commencement exercises
and competitive medal drills at the
academy. . Among the cadets entered for
during the remainder of the Manning
administration.
It is now being argued by the liquor
Interests that the -enforcement of tha
Sunday closing law will put SO saloons
out of business 4n Portland alone, while
the number may be greatly increased
throughout the county. "
It is stated by members - of tha
Wholesale Liquor Dealers' association
i5?.,?-m.tJl?1n :Th 0'Ah,mo"t tn there are .60 saloons, if not more,
MIXERS PREPARE
Federation Funds Will Be Drawn
; -. Without Notice.
(Journal Special Service.)
Denver. June 12. The convantlnn nt
miners today decided to take Drecau-
tion against damage auits likely to
irrow out oi orchard's confaaalnn hi
making arrangements to draw the feder
ation's funds out of the bank without
notice. The funds amount to $1,000,000.
The miners fear attach mneta to tie up
their funds. The convention wrangled
ell day over the question of "open ses-
2l?.nV 3JPe fear the Pinkertons will
fill the hill and start a riot.. . ,
EAGLE'S SU1
IS IUIIED IIP
The sports committee of the Fourth
of July celebration has arranged the
following partial program for- the two
days' celebration: On the morning of
tne sra. , athletic games and foot races
on Multnomah field; afternoon of Jrd,
automobile races at Irvlngton park and
rri-Clty league baseball at Vaughn
street grounds. Evening of $rd, grand
fantastic narade: start at a nvinok
be followed by band concert In piaxai
block. - -,.
Morning of Fourth :S0 to 11 o'clock,
rowing races between different boat
uium ui cuy, aiso Doat races by crews
"", warship, races by motor-boats,
, kjj jutm uiuun, sailing racea
Afternoon of Fourth Baseball at
muiiuoman nolo DPtween M A. A. C.
and university of Washington; Vaughn
street grounds, game between Frakes
and Woodburn.
Evening of Fourth Fireworks at
twis ana jiara rair grounds; music ty
ARGUMENTS NOT YET
CLOSED AT MOSCOW
address will hold closest attention.
The list of delegates from Oregon In
udes United States District Attorney
'. u. Bristol, Mayor Lane, js. v. Khei-
don, L. Qerllnger, A. H. Devers. K M.
Brannlck. Portland: Malcolm A. Moody.
The Dalies; Dan P. Smyth, J. N. Bur- sportsman.''
Bingham, L. S. Hill, Eugene: F. W.
Steusloff, Salem: E. R. Lake,1 Corvallls;
J. T. Barton, W. E.' Grace, Baker City;
J. H. Dobbin, Joseph; Fred J. Holmes,
Wallowa; C. V. . Galloway, McMlnnvllle,
and to. ju miin.,-riooa Kiver. '
to oeoy
BY AMPUTATION
ITJTERLOCUTOR
guests of ihs Portland for many months
past Their home is in Lewlston, Idaho,
and ne is one or tno weatuuest lumoer
men in the state .
Mrs. Morris Gross, a guest of ' the
Portland hotel, reported the loss or i
pearl horseshoe pin valued at $100 thi
morning. Mra Gross tm ; the wife of
Morris Gross, a wealthy retired mer
chant of Troy. New York, and the two
are in Portland completing a tour or tne
world on which they have been for 11
months. ' Mra Gross believes she
dropped tha pin in tha corridors of the
noteL ,
(Jon null Special Servles.)
Los Angeles, -June 12. Reformation
by amputation is the unusual method' to
Again the Elks announce a high jinks
and stag social to take place tomorrow
evening at the Elks' ball and clubrooms.
What will' happen la a matter of con
jecture. When it ; ia .over Ihera will
Still probably be much uncertainty as
to what happened.
At any rate all the prominent Elks
KEEPING AFTER
..... ; .
DEB HIGHER UP
(Special Ditpateh to Tne JoarnL)
Boise, Ida.. June . II. The federal
In the- state wIU contribute to tha pro- Urand which took a recess here
m appueu lo usria oarnii, an incorng- I " " - i ,, , . . , .. . , .
ible Ocean Park boy of eight years, and Governor George E. Chamber- AprU ". to meet again Junen. has
the youngest offender who ever stood In
tha city , recorder's court or . juvenile
court .here. Time and again the lad has
run away from home, purloined property
belonging to hhn parents and dona every
thing bad that could enter the mind of
one of his sge. Dr. C Bariitt, his step
father,
lain vll1 Via 1nt1w.utA fstfc m mtnltral I been discharged by notice to its mem.
show which promises to be of an un-lbers served by United States Marshal
usually nign oroer. cxaued ituier ar nu.n Rounds.
TJ lr,l will t.. IIK "Ut" iWUUUS.
Dr. Harry McKay or Henry D. Griffin This action comes aa a great aur-
will hold down the other end. Judge prise here, because of tha oft repeated
ro?ncout"e"y-n -OnU0 tth'1tn8" ""n0' that upon reconvening June 17
Pantasea exeellent bunch- Of enter! teps would be taken to reconsider some
ii b 1 1 nnn. r r a u a w i n .1. n 1 1 iib uui 11 iinnii 1 1 111. nil namiiai nrum.
controlling him by . ordinary means, which will be "IvanhoeV. with his comiolnnt men of Idaho In . timber fraud
Alter a consuusuon witn pnysicians songs. James wuson -will operate "JsT' - - . , , M,
and surgeons he has decided to save I under, the lime liaht of the nictura ma-1 . t The notice from Marshal Rounds dis-
him from a dissolute life by using the chine and elng his illustrated songs,
knlft. , - ; Le. Malre and Co Malre.. comedians, will
Adenoid growths In the upper cham- be- there, v The whole i Pantagea or-
ber of the nose which are said to be chestra has been enaaaed. .
pressing on the child's brain will be re-l Ethel Thompson of Hager's theatre,
moved because it is believed that they Vancouver, 4s also on the program and
are responsible for his precocity for I so are Raymond Whittaker of the Star
evil doing snd inordinate desire to rove, land others rrom Doth the star and the
ne is a Drigni. youngster oui a puzzie i urana. Alter n ociock memDers or
nobody has been able to solve, except' on I the San Francisco . ODera . comDanv will
the adenoid growth theory. Experts In be on hsnd to add to the entertainment
such matters say the operation may kill and during the entire evening refresh-
or cure snd mat ir not cured ne were ments win pe served in tne manner and
better dead.
style known only to Elks. .
(Special fUpiteh to The Jaareal.)
Moscow. Idaho, June 12. Counsel for
the defense in the land-fraud cases are
still before the Jury in argument. They
divided their work so that Moore an
swered the district attorney s scathing
uenunciauon oi me defendants by a
similar attack upon the methods of the
prosecution. Tannehlli reviewed the
evidence and Forney submitted law
points. The latter will conclude this
afternoon,-after which District Attorney
Rulck will dose the case for: the prose
cution. He Is expected So speak several
hours and tt will require a night session
to complete the court's Instructions and
pass the case to the jury's hands. The
record in this case is more voluminous
than in the Williamson case in Oregon,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS
; OBJECT TO TREATMENT RECEIVED
It seeking hew quarters and aa spon
as found-will tnoya from its present I9
cution on the second floor of tha Cham
ber of Commerce building.
The decieion to move from the Cham
ber of Commerce building has been
caused largely by the restrictions placed
upon the organisation: by. the owners,
or the agent, of the building. A recent
order to the effect that no lights could
be turned on 1n the Chamber of Com
roero hall unless the engineer was
-vad wiib a written notice to hst ef-
' . V-
feet by the agent 6f the building wss
the straw which broke the camel's
back.- Last night the committee plan
ning for the Fourth of July celebration
was forced to seek the hospitality of
the Commercial club because the engi
neer refused to allow the lights to be
turned on. ; ''..f---.'.- "
Officers of th 'chamber are looking
for ground floor space large enough to
allow of the advantageous placing . of
the exhibit owned by the organisation
snd sUo including a hall for meetings
snd room for headquarters for 'the officers.-
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BRITISH SUBJECTS IN
CHAINS AS SLAVES
(Special DliMtcta to The joaraal.1
Victoria. B. C. June 12. The British
slooD-of-war Shearwater has retutned
from the GalaDaaos Island, where the
alleged slavery of British subjects was
investigated. The governor of the la-
land, who was a 'general of Ecuador,
when the Shearwater approached fled,
and could not be found. It Is believed
he left on a steamer, fearing the conse
quence. ' .
West Indians who were British sub
jects had been brought to the island to
wort on a railway, rinajiy their pay
was stoDDed and tne men were treated
brutally. - t.
When the Shearwater reached the is
lands one man was found in irons. The
West Indians went on their knees and
begged to be taken away. Captain All
good of the Shearwater has reported the
situation and it is .expected, the British
government will require that the men
oa sent dsck to tne west indies..
PROPERTYOWHERS
TIRED OF EXCUSE
SALTY DOSE FOR
NEGRESS WHO STOLE
Three years in the penitentiary is
the sentence imposed upon Beatrice
Lewis, a colored woman . by Judge
Fraser in the circuit court this morn-
week wlthGrace Reed, also colored, of J f making this sacriiice
In order to compel tha Portland Light
ft Power company to lay heavier rails
snd Improve the space between Ita rails
on First street every property owner
on the street but one has signed a peti
tion to pave the thoroughfare with
bithulitio pavement. This , action ia
taken despite the fact that three years
ago the property owners paved the
street witn wooo diocks and tne city nas
since kept i both sides .of the track in
good repair.
General . Manager Fuller of the rail
way company is still putting the nroo-
erty owners oft with various excuses, but
things are expected to reach climax at
tne meeting of the executive board next
Thursday. As soon aa the permit is
aranted and a waiver secured the Droo.
erty owners .nope 10 get 10 wora. . Ten
days' from Thursday will see men at
work on the street tearing up the wood
blocks in preparation for laying the hard
surface pavement. Ten thousand dol
lars will be required to pave the seven
uiocks necessary, out tne property own-
in order
stealing $500 .from 'Andrew Johnson in
a Flanders street house In April. She
was lead 1 from the court - room by
deputy sheriff, sobbing as she realized
that the penitentiary faced her. .
Grace Reed, the other woman who
was convicted of the same offense, took
advantage of being at liberty on $I,90
bail, and disappeared before she . was
sentenced. The officers have not yet
Been aoie to rind ner. wnen tne rteea
woman left, - her companion .was com
mitted to jail at once,- and no oppor
tunity 10 leave tne city was given ner.
BAKER AT HEAD OF
R0SEBURG SCHOOLS
... 1.1 ' I" . . .. . V
iSoecial TMiDStcs to The JootstL
Rosebura. Or.. June 12. The Rosebursr
school board hes elected as superin
tendent of schools Prof L. L. Baker of
Albany, Oregon. Professor Baker was
formerly of -New York and has had
charge of several high schools in the
east The. board has succeeded In fill
ing vacancies in four . of the primary
arades with efficient teachers and the
schools this year promise more efficient
work than ever before.
FASSER OF BAD CHECKS
, IS BUSY IN THE CITY
E. B. Miller of the Portland hotel hab
erdashery reported to the police this
afternoon that a party giving the name
of Samuel Claus had passed a bad check
on the former for the sum of $10.60.
H. M. R. Bertrand.73l union1 avenue
north, also reported that a man bearing
the same description. - but' aMnsr the
name of N. E. Allerton. passed a bad
check upon him this, morning for $37. ...
. Lane's Deputy, Prosecutor. ,
Eugene, Or., June It. G. F. Skip
worth of .s city has been appointed
deputy prosecuting attorney for this
county by W. 8. McFadden, the newly
appointed prosecuting attorney for this
district. Mr. Skipworth is a prominent
young attorney of Eugene. The office
carries a salary of $600 a year. He will
at once assume his dutiea , t i
.. '
that the street will not be a disgrace to
tne city. - ,,:-. ,
Down the center of the street between
the two rails planks have been laid. '.
Charles K. Henry, one of the prime
workers xor tne movement to compel
the street railway company to improve
its roadbed, stated that he had a letter
from General Manager Fuller offering
various Kinas or excuses. tor tne com
pany's delay. Henry asserts that these
excuses have been offered for over three
years. v" ""
"At first tney seemed plausible," said
Mr. Henry, "but the Inaction of the company-
has goaded property - owner to
desperation, and should the company
uui uBBm : w jjiiprvve xia iraeaa coinci
dent with the repaying of the street, I
will myself enter suit to compel . the
street railway company to commence
work at once. :
GOVERNMENT FILES
; SUIT AGAINST TRUST
.' (Journal ' Special Service.) .' ;
Philadelphia. June. 12. The govern
ment's suit to smash the anthracite coal
railroads trust was filed In court todav.
Final action regarding the ' oroceedlnas
against Harriman will be postponed un
til. Bonaparte studies the Interstate
commerce- commission a reporu
A0KI POSTPONES HIS
. PACIFIC COAST VISIT
. (Journal Soedal Service.l .
Washinaton. June 12. On account nt
tne present agitation - on the Pacific
coast, Aoki, . ambassador from : Japan,
has indefinitely postponed his San Fran
cisco, visit, saying ir ne manes the trip
now his motives will be misconstrued
snd undue significance be attached to
the visit. " . . t
charging the jury closes the account,
cinches the indictments returned here
and verifies the sensational statement
made by United States 'Attorney Rulck
in tae . timber fraud cases at Moscow
Monday to the effect thr- tha nawaidnnt
or tne united states waa DacK or mm
In his efforts to apprehend and nunlsh
conspicuous characters who hai. besyi
the real criminals in these oases, rather
man actual entrymen.
y
ARCHBISHOP CHRISTIE
GIVES THE DIPLOMAS
- Commencement exercises , took place
at Columbia university this v morning
and tha class poem waa read by Edward
Irving Brogan of Seattle, and the vale
dictory by Gcorfee Francis Roche of
Cascade Locks. Hon. J. P. JCavanaugb
delivered the oration and Archbishop
Christie .presented the diplomas. Mr.
Roche and Mr. Brogan were graduated
In the scientific - course and William
Carl Janzen of Portland, John Joseph
Qulnn of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, and
Francis Mat hew Slnnot of Portland in
the commercial -course.
The musical program ' included an
Overture by the Columbia university or
chestra; two selections by the university
alee club: nlano solo bv Harrv Coullard:
a duet by Edward Wilkinson and Harrv
Coullard, and a violin solo by Edward"
wonoon. - - - . .. i
Scholarship medals were presented as
follows: Gold medal for improvement
in penmanship given by Rev. B. P. Cur-
ley, awarded to Alphonse William Aya
01 juugene; goio meoaj in oegmnera
Latin riven bv Rev. J. C. Huarheav
awarded to Harold Bracier Godfrey of
Victoria, British Columbia; gold medal
rrom ev. w. a. uaiy, on tne tesi Eng
lish essay. Paul Eldred Smith, Port
land: gold medal from Rev. - Edwin
O'Hara, in algebra, Mayrice Conway.
Portland; gold , medal presented , by
Knights of Columbus, in history. Harold
Godfrey; gold medal presented by Arch
bishop Christie for general excellence of
work, Paul Eldredge Smith. v
ALL FUNDS LOOKED .
ALIKE TO RIPLINGER
vi4ivioiu uiuicio vi itiiw mnt.Jkf sasi
Cadet Captains .Thompson and Holmes,
Cadet Lieutenants Wursweller, Carson
nd Wiley. Cadet Beraeants White. Gra
ham, Stoddard. Loom Is, Brlggs, Kruse,
Surgett end Le Mon. Cadets FlereL
fiTnaan Kv7 YtrMnlUmnA'nrnm ot rct Ineom-, -The Sunday clos-
-n-y Ki0'!; "l.rnrT 1 lw will add the laat straw byVcut.
hi fiaHAn.i Z .a t. " . gross, receipts some 20 per
will biVio.. Tlnd . VISa - cent and force tha proprietors into other
lit Portland at tha .Drwnt timm nnt.rv
Makln a aa a.. tHMM. a It All
aawavsitfj tuvif limn m 1101 iiivuiuv Ui I1VV
a month. The adoption of th $800
liquor liceniie ordinance which ha a Jutt
f waaw a nx,v-ua UIU V
argument, cut this $100 down To 174 a
H ieien s nan will noid US com- auuer. m pumnri oi me associauon
mencement exercises this evening In the are solicitous concerning tha loss which,
new gymnasium on Ford street.. The the city will -emstaln. According to
class numbers It: two In the music de- their arguments If the 50 saloons are
partment. Miss Ada West and Miss Flor- forced to close It will mean , the loss of
ence Carlisle, 11 In the academlo de- 60 annual licenses of IsOO or a total
partment. Miss Evelyn Wilson, Miss or 40,(oo or public revenue a yesr.
- Commanoement Tonight.
Helen's hall will hold Ita corn-
lines of buslneas.
Besides the loss the ssloonmen will ,
suffer, the members of Hhe association
Mary Hewitt, Miss June Sterling, Miss
Hasel Tlchner, Miss Marguerite Crosby,
miss nasei ooo, miss Merceoes sims.
Miss Jessie Hale, Miss Hilda Hagedorn,
Miss Louise Emmons, Miss Hasel Fer
ris:, and six in tne kinderasrten train
ing department. Miss Helen Boot, Miss
Helen Caldwell.. Miss Antoinette Shell.
District Attorney Mannlna has bean
besieged during the past two days with
committees of 'liquor-selling businesa
men who have been seeking a com
promise with tha law. It has been urged
by the hotel men that tha strict en
forcement of the statute against tha
hotels and restaurants would mean
Miss Josephlne-'Bhell, Miss Beulah Bun- heavy loss and Interference with tha
liberty of .the people to eat and drink
what they pleased when and where they
aenireo. .
When Manning is asked what ha In
tends to do about it. he reiteratea his
first statement snd says:
. "The people want the saloons closed
and the law enforced. - The district
attorney's office will follow their
wishes. . , .- - . .
While Mr. Manning has made no fur
ther statement it la given out that ha
hss turned down the entreaties' of tha
hotel and restaurant committees sna
t i ..iii a.. x a i
Kk af imi Xftn H1T1 1 rriTTT-T! f ,m" awven mm uiumBium w i uwk
ACTIVE FEATURE that he intends to enforce the law to
I lh. 1 mt f Imvlnnlnv n.vl flnnl.v anil
s " r (continuing to tha last day of his ad
ministration. . ;
comb and Miss Mary Mcintosh.
Blshoo Scaddlna will arlve- tha ad.
dress and present tha diplomas and the I
exercises win, as usual, oe oi a religious
nature. -
Allen Preparatory school will hold Its
exercises tomorrow night, Portland
academy Friday night and St Mary's
college next " Monday. The . publio
schools- snd high schools have theirs
next week. t
RESIDENCE PROPERTY
Transfers of realty aggregating $59,-
074 were filed for record yesterday. The
largest single transaction reported was
the sale of a house and lot on Willam
ette Heights for $5,600.
Two residences in Caruthers addition.
South Portland, changed hands; one on
Fifth street, between - Lincoln and
Grant, was purchased by C. L. Rybke
from Philip F. Dwyer for $4,850, and
the other was three lots at Front and
Pennoyer, sold by Sarah N. Campbell to
Mary M. Gillette for $8,000. - . .
Zlata Rlcen haa nurchased from - the
Scottish-American Investment company
a house and lot on Thurman street.
Willamette Heignts, ror ss.suo.
Joseph H. 8mlth hss purchased from
C. J. Pennicard a house and lot at tho
corner of OUnton and Habersham
streets, Richmond, for $3,IbO.
GRAVE FJ3ABS FOR
3I1SSIXO AGED MAJT
PflMMITTCC
UUI
10
llllll II LL 10
AFTER BIG GAME
(Specif 1 Dispatch to The Joe rail.)
Seattle. : Wash., June 1$. -The ex
perts investigating the account's of John
Rlpllnger, former city comptroller . of
Seattle, have learned that Rlpllngers
defalcations will amount to more than
$30,000. The total may reach $60,000
but it Is not believed It will be so large
It has been developed that Rlpllnger
did not -confine his thefts to any par
ticular fund nor to the special funds
of which he was sole custodian. ; In
some instances, the checks show, he was
paid money which could not be credited
to any particular fund. The final din-
fiosltlon of this monev is what is mak
ng the work of1 checking up the books
so siow. xne worn nas been 19 prog
ress for about five weeks and the end la
not yet in sight ,
AMERICANS CONDUCT;
-TRAFFIC IN GIRLS
v , Property Appraised. ;
M. A. Zollinger, " W. A. Munly and
John E. Altchison, appraisers of the es
tate of Minnie C Nichols, this -morning
filed in the county court a report
showing .that the estate has property
worth $2,000. " , ;
(Journal Special Service.) V
Chicago. .' June 12. Municipal Judge
Newcomer says .'that International girl
sieve trafflo is Conducted In thjs coun
try. Berlin, Paris, ?ew york and Chi
cae-o belnr the nrinclDal points of dls
trlbutlon. He says thousands of French
f irls are shipped annually from country
o country and that in one district of
Chicago sou ' men were round 111 ine
service of those heading the - trafflo.
Newcomer has evidence to prove his
assertions.'-". .-...:.. v .;f.v ;v.-i,-::
LACK OF MONEY IS '
. - CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
(Jonnial Special - Service.)
Los Angeles, June II. Frank Edson,
aged 60, -murdered his wife while she
slept by his side last night, shooting
her through the bead With a revolver.
and then killed himself with the same
weanon. Financial trouble' waa , the
cause of the double tragedy.
. - - r--- V rJ 1..' 1- - ' 'v ' ' 1 '
The promoters of the Country club
and Livestock association are out after
big game today and expect to be able to
bring in a full sack before, the after
noon is over. f A meeting of the special
committee composed of J. G Alnsworth,
Julius Meier, W. P. Olds, Ben Selling
and Adolph Wolfe was held In the par
lors of tha Commercial club this morn
ing at $:30 o'clock. - "
- This committee had been appointed by
the general committee to make a 'spe
cial canvass of all ths large Interests
of the eity and see what each would do
-Howard -subscribing stock for the coun
try club project When the meeting was
called to order it waa reported that al
ready several offers of stock subscrip
tions had been made to" different mem
bers of the committee.
After planning the campaign to be fol
lowed .out the committee adjourned to
meet acraln this afternoon and take uo
the active work of calling upon the dif
ferent corporations and large Dusiness
nouses ior ineir aiu. ji is ins expecta
tion of the' committee to raise practical
ly all tha block necessary to float the
I rojeci oetveen me present ana ine aate
of the final meeting a week from Thurs
day. .. : . . - .. . :- .
NO MOVE TO TAKE -
LUNATICS TO PEN
' (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Tacoma, Wash4 1 June 12. Today is
the date on which, f according to the
new Graves' law, all the criminally in
sane in tha state shall be taken from
asylums and' jails and Incarcerated in
the 'state penitentiary at Walla "Walla.
No move has vet been made at the Stell-
acoom asylum to' comply with tha law,
and at the Pierce county Jail here,
where Chester Thompson is confined, no.
plans for removing him " have - been
Pater 1 De GrooU an aged man, who
left the home of his son at Snohomish,
Washington, June 8, to visit his daugh
ter, , Mrs. E. Vandet-mast, living near
Vancouver, is mleelng. He did -not arrive-In
Portland -im the traln upon
which, his son placed him at Snohomish.
urave tears are reu ror tne missing man
both by his relatives at Vancouver and
at Snohomish. - .
Peter te Groot came from Des
Molnet, Iowa, a year ago last March to
make his home with his children, all of
whom lived In the west He was 81
years old and rather a ' large man,
weighing easily 200 pounds.
It le nine aya since he left Sno
homish and It has been reported by -
friends that Mr. De Groot was Barely
fut on board the train as it went
hrough Seattle. Mr. Vandermast met
the train at the Union depot in this city
and carefully scrutinised each mtasen
ger, but failed to find his grandparent
The only solution for the mysterious
disappearance is that he may have de
cided to return to Iowa without the
knowledge of his children. However, it
is hot known he had any large sum of
money on his person, -which further
more dispels the theory that he may
nave Deen assaulted, jhis destination
was Rldgevllle, Clarke county,' near
where his daughter, Mrs. Vandermast,
resides on a. f aim. '
VICTORIA SLIGHT IS
MILD OF TONGUE
Mra Victoria Slight Of 488 Kearney
street, who waa arrested Monday on '
complaint of James DrlscolL janitor at
the Couch school, who accused her'of
continually creating a disturbance In tha
neighborhood and of habitual In temper- '
ance, waa before Judge Cameron this
morning on a charge of disorderly con
duct. Drlscoll, who resides at 194
Fourteenth street, Immediately in tha .
rear of Mrs. Slight's home, and several
other witnesses were called to .testify '
to the, conduct of the defendant. .:
. Mrs. Slight, who belles her name as
aa .I..I.H..I1.I. 4a Irmk IK.
. u . na afviiuiyum .1 i.viiv.vii .u .uvn v. . i. lg
stand In her own behalf and dented alArfr
of the allegations. She admitted taking; I
a drink once in a while, but maintained I
mat tne strongest cuss word ever used
by her was "dog gone it"
1 Judge Cameron after hearing the He
tails of- the case found Mrs. - Slight
guilty and placed her under a $50 bond
to keep the peace. , . .
SPURNED BY WOMAN
' MAN HAS HYSTERIA
' Said ' to have been spumed by tha
woman ' he loved. Richard Falrchlld '
hired a room in the Golden West hotel.
Seventh and Everett streets, last night
and proceeded, to drown, his- sorrows In
bad whiskey, l'u Upon ' reaching : tha
melancholy stage in his "jag', Falrchlld.
to frighten his Inamorata, announced
that he had taken poison. Dr. Ziegler
waa fall A,i , . a nil HlnimniMl th, oa. aa
r . . ; a ... 01 i xr 1- tt i ---r---.
neara ot 07 i jih y one -0 aiconoiic nyatena. .'.
the t law. tha removal of the criminally I :- . . .,,
y . trlvK i? SPRINGFIELD MAYOR
IS expected nerv iiiai. vukh auicr xi tun
ell, .who is confined' at the Stellacoom
asylum, and Chester Thompson, will be
amonr the first taken" to Walla. Walla.
From expressions made by the- state
board or control . 11 is noi anticipated
DIES WHILE FISHING
GrtrSf!
:: (Joaraiil Special ' Serrtce.)
Snrinafleld. 11L. June 1 2. David
that? those-incarcerated 4R, the insane I flths, who was elected mayor of this
wards will be forced to wear' prison I city in April, was drowned at noon in a
stripes, "ji-f.-f-.-.-jiv-s,:;. -i;? W,. j..; jcieek iear here. He ; was fishing. and
. 1 tv aa Hcuuenuiiiy lumwu into av aiouati.
DELAY OF DOLPHIN " T
N PAUSES UNEASINESS
i. :''. fmmal HrMsHal Rrll 1 a -' 1
VJfaaKlMafntl Jfn- 1 a- A slh PrJert .W? COUHty. . VSlUSd 8t
j,buo, in addition
waa received bv tha navy ; department
at- 2:30 o'clock fth(s afternoon from SecT
retary Metcalf dated Fort Monroe, rela
tive to routine business and did not
mention a mishap of any kind. , '
The yacht Dolphin, with Attorney-
General Bonaparte, Secretary Metcalf.
his wife and son, ' Postmaster-General
Ma ver and wife and Georae Vanderbllt
and wife aboard, is long overdue from
.ames town, which it left last night
Fears were felt for the safety of the
part until the dispatch was received.
Prledlaeoder .WlU Filed. .
: The 'will orSIegmund Fried laehder,
who died in New York on June 80, 1H00, '
was filed In the. county court for prot
uuio inia morning, : una euii nas
to valuahla. nrrtn.
erty in New York. - The widow and5
daughter are tha beneficiaries under the
Willi i" (? r ..!.,:,a.i',.l.-,:,f';vAT'!,a ?'".'
' r.
Probate Stenime Will. , i
( The wllLf Edward Stemme was ad- I
mitted to probate in , the county court
this morning, - disposing of property
valued at $6,000. The beneficiaries are
Mrs. Eva- Stemme mother of the de
ceased, Mra A. A. M cRoberts and Emma
P. Stemme. sisters, and Willi am u.
Stemme, a brother, v y . -.