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-.. --. i' " .M-.THE OREGON SUNDAY- JOURNA'v PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY, 8, 1808: y.t. II THE ENTIRE SUIT STOGICif nnihFrt iftrivV tk W. & IS! wmm FOR A J0IF3T HOUSE 'V i' " V "." '".'. ,i. ;"" iV" ' r4"'" " v rnn idc 111! s is- -m a - Assistant District Attorney 5 Will File; Papers Against ; Bank Tinkerers in Circuit . Court Xo Charges Filed Against Steel. . . - Four , Indictments each have bean drawn against J. Thorburn Ro. T. T, Burkhart, George II. Hill and John E. Aitchlson, Officials and director of the defunct Title Guarantee Trust eom- pany, by Deputy District Attorney Bert E. Haney and Judge Martin U Pipes, which documents will be filed In the 5 'circuit ; court Monday morning when . . court opens for the resumption of busl- ' nens -after Its lone period of holiday. ' Three Indictments have been drawn gainst each of the four officials charg ing them with larceny under the Oregon statutes, and one against each of the defendants charging the receipt of de posits when tbey knew the Title Guar antee 6 Trust company to be insolvent ' and unstable. It is probable that not . all of the indictments will be filed at once, as the, three larceny Indictments against each of the men cover the same , crime, though brought upon the basis of entirely different offenses. -No indictment has been drawn against Rtate Treasurer steel though it is proo able that on Will be prepared within , a short time charging him with having , loaned school money of the state to the Title Guarantee Trust company, or of r having been a party of knowledge to tne - loans of school moneys deposited by htm with the wrecked institution, air, ' Steel called ugon the district- attorney yesterday and held an extended comer ence with him at which time it Is un- derstood he made statements .in regard to the deals of the Title Guarantee A Trust company and Its officials which may be or use to tne prosecution wnen the Indictments against the officials are brought to trial. : ladd Settlement. Wo new developments materialised nsterday In regard -to the settlement tween W, M. Ladd, the Depositors' association and the American Surety company. Mr. Ledd's attorneys were busy all during the day preparing a ' statement to be presented to the Denes i tors' association setting out the atti tude and oners or Mr. uvaa. b. is. un thlcum, who has charge of Mr. Ladd's interests, is preparing the new state-, ment after a careful consideration oT the statement issued to r. jjiaa or me executive committee of the Depositors' association. ' In - this new document which is a long and detailed statement of Mr. Ladd's position in regard to his acceptance of the suabilities of the bank and payment of the depositors, Mr. J.lnthlcum is setting , out clearly upon what basis Mr. Ladd. will assume the r obligations proposed by him. It is probable, thai the statement will have been finished by tomorrow and made ready for submission to the representa tives of the depositors. '. . So far there have been no definite negotiations between the representatives of Mr. Ladd and Mr. Bristol, attorney for the , American Surety company, though the situation has been discussed tentatively. Mr. Ltnthleumi stated last nle-ht that he believed it would be pos sible to arrive at a satisfactory agree ment with Mr. Bristol as soon as the matter tould be taken up with him. as he had found Mr. Bristol very reason able in his consideration of the sub ject, v". -' , - ., The tentative negotiations between Mr. Linthicum and Mr. Bristol, how Real Estate Agent Held by Conductor While Motor- man Strikes Him on Head With Controller Car Em ployes Arrested. M. D. White, agent for the Oregon Real Estate company, was brutally beaten by the conductor and motorman of1 a Waverly-Woodstock car last eve ning while he was on his way to his home, 07 East Sixth street. According to the facts as related oy him to the police, he boarded a wavor-ly-Woodstock car down town and did not notice It was a through car until he had reached a point on Grand ave nue nearest Ills home Me asked the conductor to stop the car but was told that his request couia not De compueu with. White explained his mistaxe in laitinc the csr and asked that he be not taken to the end of the road where he would be forced to wait for a long time be fore he could get a local car for the return trip. f inding nis pieaa leu on utn ran White stepped out on the back platform end applied the hand-brake, bringing h. omr aimnat to a standstill, Me men lumped off and walked back toward his noma. nu sajrv u.v iiiinvi !. stopped the car and jumped off. followed by the conductor. The conductor ran up behind White and grasped him- about the arms, while at the same, time- and when he was powerless to defend him' if tha motorman struck him across the face twice with the heavy controller bar he had brought from the front, of the car. A passing cltlsen witnessed tha as sault and at this point Interfered and put a stop to tha encounter. The con ductor and motorman then- threw Whltn'H hat over the fence into an ad Joining yard, boarded their car and re sumed their run. When the matter wss reported to the police the' superintendent of the road was communicated with and agreed to have the accused men sur render1 themselves as eoon , as their car came to the barn. He stated that the men had no right to leave the car on any pretext, but as he knew noth ing of the facts refused to discuss tne case further The , conductor and motorman, , who gave their names as J. o. Farr 'and j. F Kevett, surrendered at the police station at 10 o'clock and were booked on a charge of assault and battery. They were released on depositing toO ball each. They refused to discuss the alleged assault White's face was badly cut where he had been struck with the heavy con troller bar. He expressed an Intention to press the charges against his assail Spumed by 17-Ycar:01d Girl, Hart Rappleye Sends Bui let Into Brain- Enacted in "the Woman's Home. edy Young Declaring that Martha Edllng, a 17- year-old girl who is visiting here from Astoria, is "the sweetest little girl M ever knew," Hart Rappleye, who was formerly engaged in the grocery busi ness on the east side, fatally shot him self In the right temple last evening about 6 o'clock, after the girl, who was in the adjoining room, had refused to see him. , Rappleye died at the Good Samaritan hospital at t:J0 o'clock. The tragedy took place in -a rooming- house over the Model grocery store at the corner of Larrabee and Halsey streets, where Rappleye had arrived about IS minutes before. It was wit County arid City Officials and Representatives" I of Charitable .. Institutions Will Take Up Problem at 3Ieeting Tuesday . ;'-:'',--'-M(Vv'V'r,;wt ' . : '' ' F.vrrv Rnir r' ,We are euttlnr tha life, out Of our entire ' stock .s of "jewelry left over f from the holiday rush. OUR LEASE concerted action toward - securing n Joint city and county workhouse will i be started Tuesday when a conference will be, held -by officials of the county court, members ot; the committee on health and police of the city council and representatives from state, county, and city charitable associations, to outline a plan for semiring the institution. The committee from the charitable organisations Is composed of William fi .Woodward, chairman, and Dr. C. H. I Chapman of the Prisoners' Aid society. Rabbi Wise and Mrs. Millie R. Trum bull of the State Conference for Chari ties and Corrictlon, and I.,NV Flelschner nessed by Knute Nystrom nd Krnest and W. R. Walpole of tpe Associated Johnson, Miss Edlfcng being on a visit Charities. ; ever, have been progressing t ayorably, and as soon as 'the depositors' settle ment question Is ' out of the way the Surety company negotiations w4Il - be "brought down to brass tacks" by the ..two attorneys..' ..a v,--- . , ,.- ; .i :-' -.... MX. Bristol SeoUaea., . , 3ln Bristol, the attorney for the sur ety company, does not accept the prop osition made- for his company to reo resentatlves of Mr. Ladd by District Attorney Manning. Manning wants to put the Surety company's claim In for settlement by Mr. Ladd on the same basis as all other general liabilities of deposits."; Mr. Bristol contends. . how ever that the . state ; funds ? were trust funds, that the state treasurer had no right to place them in the bank as he did. and that the sovereignty of the state entitles It to priority of right in the settlement of the liabilities of the bank. : He therefore will stand upon these premises in negotiating with Mr. Ladd, since the surety company, under the terms of its agreement made with Governor Chamberlain, was put in the same position -in regard to .the- settle ment with the bank that the state held before being reimbursed by the surety company for Mr. Steers losses Mr. Bristol, representing the surety company, and the . state by special ap pointment under the agreement with the surety company, held a conference with Governor . Chamberlain yesterdav. Mi.wuii-n uiv vurvi-jr vuiupaiijr m position was gone over and Mr. Bristol's stand wss approved by the governor. Final negotiations will be begun tomorrow. with the family of the first named. According to Nystrom and Johnson, Rappleye was intoxicated when he came to the former's room. He sat down nnd talked, asking several times to see Mar tha Edllng, who sent word from the other room that she did not wish to see him... With her in the kitchen at the time of the shooting were Mra Nystrom and IMels Nelson, a brother-in-law of Nystrom. . rires ratal Shot. Johnson says he had just started to leave the room to go to his own when Rappleye said to him. "Ton don't need to be going yet" Johnson says he aused and Rappleye asked him to call artba, as he wished to speak to her. Johnson declined, as hs says he did not want to mix In the affair, and a moment later Rappleye, who was sitting in a rocking chair, drew a blue-steel H2 calibre revolver. Once he clicked it, and it failed to discharge. Then followed a shot, which the wit nesses say they think was fired to test tne gun, men anotner, wim me mux sle pointed unerringly to -the right tem ple. Nystrom and Johnson fled from the room in fear, and when the agon ised mother of RaDDleye. who was sum moned a few minutes later, arrived, her. boy was alone In the room with the blood streaming down his head. ut. M. a. Marreiius was summoned and pronounced the wound fatal. . An ambulance was called and Rappleye was taken to the uood Bamarttan nospitai. where an operation was performed as a last resort Tamily Boonts Iiovesickness. - - Rappleye's motherland sisters scout Canaries Steamship Pets. From the Boston Herald. Few and far between are the steam ships entering the port of Boston that cannot boast of a canary. No matter how battered 'and rusty the craft may be one la pretty sure to find the canary somewhere in the rooms, of the officers or crew. Its cage, as a rule,, is a won derful creation of brass wire and lace, and the canary himself usually is . a singer whose trill and whistle are of the best The little songsters appear to enlov life on the ocean.' Seldom are they inconvenienced by' the motion of the vessel and the more the cage swirjs i rum lis noon me more mey warbie. Bailors win ten you a canary is a mascot no tnat as it may, the can a ries are great pets. Frequently one may see a sailor on the waterfront lugging nis oira ana cage to some new berth. the Idea that Rappleye was Infatuated with Miss Edllng. They say that he met her in Astoria some time last year. and was entertained at the home of her parents. - who are respected residents of that city. He had frequently spoken of Mra Editor's hospitality, they say. and he corresponded with the girl for a snort time, but they deny that he ever Kept company with her. "My son is 27 years old. and Miss Edjing is a mere girl of 17, ' Bald Mra Rappleye last flight "He tord me he did not care for her, for she was only a little girl to him. When Mra Edling and her daughter came here to visit, about a week ago, he 'said he would go up to see them because of Mrs. Ed llng s kindness to him. Idle Ones Increase. With the STOwth of the . city. In creased numbers of idle men have been thrown UDon the various charitable or ganisations for support Because of the manner in which funds are obtained by the societies only a limited amount of help can be given and the purposes or the work cannot be carried out. At present only temporary relief can be afforded.: , Men apply for aid and are requtred to do an hour's work for a meal or lodging. This does not allow them to return to a normal condition If they have been under the influence of liquor nor does it give them more than passing relief. A workhouse would keep them in good surroundings, where they would be required to work snd earn their llvlnar under good con ditions and at the same time Improve' tiitm physically. . Women thrown into Jail at present have nothing to do while Incarcerated and leave without navmg enjoyea me benefits of better influences. The ob ject of the workhouse is to place men and women at some labor wnere they can earn their living under clean and healthy surroundings. ' Yorosd to Steal Members of the committee heartily indorse Mayor Lane's idea' in calling a conference of mayors from leading cities of the coast to adopt some remedy 1 for the tramp evil. They agree with the. mayor that no improvement can i be expected from a man who la arrested for vagrancy and' ordered out of the city. The man la passed from one city to another and eventually la practically forced to steal for a living. Reports show that one railroad sys tem spends between $18,000,000 - and $25,000,000 a year in handling the tramp problem. This amount is used in po licing the light, of -way,-paying death losses and other expenses incurred by men who steal their way on freight train a Because of the widespread growth of tne evil, tne movement to remedy pres ent condition's has become national and .it is urged that Portland Is far behind other cities in doing its share.- Nearly every munlcl-allty of any. else in the country has a workhouse where idle men -can be put to work and mad to earn a living. More than 150 men were alven meals by the Associated Charities Friday, in Every suit except the blacks and blues included in . Expires March J, and as we are unable to get a? , renewal we must sell our entire stock of fine jewelry in less than 60 , days. ,x . s "rlf-:l OUR NAME OUR .GUARANTEE We are one of the old est y and most reliable : establishments In Port land and when we ad vertise to sell goods at 15 to. 60 per cent dis count on regular prices we do It The sacrifice will be - tremendous but . the goods ' must be sold. . Well selected line of . ' Ebony and Sterling Silver Goods 33Js Per Cent Discount .TOILET SETS and an other good 25 to 50 Per Cent - t Discount sxoprnro baos 50 Per Cent Off Our large stock of dia monds and Standard watches will be sold at this sale at unprecedent ed prlcea ABENDR0TH BROS. m Washington St PARSON JILTED BY JBJUKE Eev. Walter Clapp Waiting at Church for Leader of Toledo Social Set. . -rr. r-; this mighty CLEARANCE ALE to, reduce the stocky-7 3j$f and . to;,ckrr7 dispose ot tydoilit'$jf; ; Worth of goodtf "during the season: for which th'eyiwel ;KiboughtV $22.30 SALE PRICE Bear in mind that there is absolutely no reserve; ' , every .suit in our stock, except the blacks and blues, of the famous CAMBRIDGE CORRECT CLOTHES. -Portland's : exclusive ' representatives of - the , finest ; ready-to-wear, clothing manufactured in. the world- : r a magnificent collection for you to chodse from., Swell i styles and novelties; choose as you will ; it is the one opportunity of a -lifetime.'- ' ! ;.:17i.' n- . . 'J" Black and; Blue Suits 25 Pe Off Regular Marked Price Overcoats, Cravenettes 20 Sale Price $15.50 $25-Sale Price . f 18.751 $30 Sale Price $22.50 $35Sale Pf ice $26.50 $40 Sale . Price $30.00 . Paragon Trousers $ 5.00Sale Price $4.25 $ 6.00 Sale Price $5.00 $ 7.00 Sale Price $5.75 $ 8.00 Sale Price $8.50 $10.00 Sale Pripe 87.25 $12.00 Sale Price $8.50 ....... Big Reduction on All Men's Furnishings AU goods purchased during the sale absolutely cash. 289 and 291 Washington Street, Perkins Hotel He did go up to see them, snd Sun- I return for which the men were required r nirht mi EMUnr nmm nt h.r ' to work an hour each in the Citv Park. An equal number were accommodated yesterday, and It is expected that a large number will 'nave to be cared for throughout i:je winter. HOT WATER CISTERNS. The Fall River Textile council and the manufacturers have agreed to con tinue the wage-establishment agreement for another six months. day night Miss Edllng and some of her friends stopped at our house on ' the way to church. The girl wanted Hart to go with them, but he would not so, He told me later that he did not want to be seen with that lot of Swedes." Pride Was Wounded. Mrs. Rappleye also denied that her son was intoxicated last night . She says he left home about 20 minutes be fore the shooting, haying eaten an early dinner.- m started down the street. As he ;eft she gave him a parting ad monition to be a good boy and be care ful of his money. Twenty minutes later sne was summoned to the side of her wounded boy. the Rappleye home being only one block away, at the cor ner or fiaisty ana Benton streets. Kappleye is said to have been a mad of great pride, and apparently the In cident mat turned nis mina to seir-fle structlon took place last Thursday night According to members of his family, the friends of Miss Bdling sent word to him at that time that Mrs. Edllng wanted to see him. . He knew that the girVs mother was about to return to Astoria, they say, but when he went to the rooming-house the girl came into the room and said:! "I don't want to go with you any more; I've found a fellow I like better." He told of this on his returning home and It could be seen that his pride was hurt. Friday evening his mother saw him pass along the street without en tering the house, and when he did come later, she spoke to him about It, saying that she thought It was either him or his ghost. Contemplated Suicide. "You may see my ghost before long", was his grim reply, which appears to have found interpretation in last night's trasredv. Rappleye sold hls grocery business on the East Side several years asro and since that time had not been steadily ciuiiiuywi. xie naa oeen living-at tne nome or nis parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rappleye. his father being shipping utcift ivr r ipinvuncr Mayer Ol . com pany. He told members of the family that he would not work at all If he had to wonc xor otners, and seemed to grow more and more despondent as time passed. Last year he drank to excess, but within the last year or so is said to have mended in that respect. Recently no naa Deen nanuung gram ana mend Ing sacks along the .docks, and yestcr-, umjt uv i:u rmurutu irum wurK oniy a short time before he left on his fatal errana. rtTolted frtss Leased Wire. J . 'Toledo, O., Jan. 4. After coming here from the Philippines to wed Miss Alice Thorns, daughter of Dr. S. a Thorns, and prominent in local society. Rev. Walter Clapp was lilted almost at thel altar toaay. xne coupie naa renearsea the marriage ceremony when the match was declared off by the bride-elect The couple had planned a trip to the I islands next week and had made elabe- Natnral Curiosity on the Plains Near! rate preparations for a reception at the 4 YOU WIN every time vyou get a pair of SELZ V ROYAL BLUE Shoes; they're made to succeed and they do it every time. U . ; ' t , ' .They satisfy the man who wears them; they're guar- anteed to do.it; fit,tyle, service, aj! as good as you can get. F $3.50; $4.00 OR 5.00 any pair of the SELZ v-ROYAL BLUE will.be worth more than it costs. - ' Let us show you your size. TTST OAT BOtH. x..tr"f used oar AStXt OUJs SSOfifl . COR. SEyENTH AND WASHINGTON STS.V (Foirnerjy J49 Third St) t ..- C ; , . PARTRIDGES SCARCE. From the Springfield Republican. The following opinion of T. S. Skilton, a learned nimrod residing here, as JtO why partridges have been scarce the last season ought to Interest hunters in New York. Massachusetts and Con necticut, where at Dsesent there is much agitation in favor of .prohibiting tne taxing oi tne oira ror a lew years. "Every 25 or 30 years partridges seem to become possessed of a sort of migratory instinct or. craze," he says "and for no apparent reason whatever tney appear ducing. the summer and rail, to travel continually from place to place and from cover to cover, and so far as my observation goes they do not get settieo or estaoiisnea in any par ticular locality till late in December. . This is one of their misrratorv years. This freak in tha partridge nature - has never been- fully explained, and I am unable to advance any tenable theory explaining the fact excepting possibly the- recurrence' of ancestral mfeTatorv instinct; at any rate it is not for want of food or better location. - Up- to - the middle, of December in 1880 Winsted sportsmen were getting no more than one or two partridges a day. and often none at alL In fact there wer verv: many less birds In the covers that year! man, mere nave men mis, yet tne last two weeks of December of that year found' partridges in their- usual abundance- and many gooa bags were made; They will eome back now- as before, only I doubt; If "they are as plenty the nrst ox tni January as they were the Heber Cltr, Utah. ' From the Kansas' Citv Star. Of ever increasing Interest to natural curiosity seekers are tha Hot Pots, about three miles from Heber City, This region Is a level plain, upon the surface of which arise In strange con fusion numbers - of conical shaped -cis terns, the largest of them being all of SO feet In height 100 feet In diameter at the top and twice that at the base' and containing in their dark depths im mense -volumes or .water heated. to a high temperature in the furnaces of the eartn. une waters contain the. usual chemical properties of thermal springs and are used for bathing and drinking. These . pots evidentlv ' have been formed by the slow deposition through countless centuries of the silica and soda which enter into the composition of the waters. They grow - in height steadily with years and Dresent a most interesting spectacle or nature g strange creative methods. -The Hot -Pots are found In the midst of cultivated fields and thriving orchards, notwithstanding tne peculiar rocx-iixe son composition. ' One of the marked peculiarities of the region Is the hollow rumbling sound caused by carriages and horses as they move over tne roaaways ror miles around. "Is there an enormous cavern iust below the surface, and will It ever cave tnr" is tne anjcious inquiry of every visitor aiarmea i me strange under ground sound. i i,:'' FLEES FROM ENEMIES. 0c bride's horn ; today. DEPOSED OFFICER'S SUPPORTERS RALLY j Eyeri 3IcKinney,s ,Foes Ad- mit( Plot Theory Big Petition Rolls Up. I . rcrtect I Can a rl 1 i i mem t1 W&J aev- J : Yxi'Ji, hi n.r t ' J. 4 , f - -fc i . . . ' .. ; -( 'r., 't'r f''' V, 1 v, , J (Special DUpetch to Tht Journal.) Hoqulam, Wash., Jan. 4. The friends of Marshal McKlnney of this place, who offered his resignation at a snecial meeting of the city council the first of the week, have rallied to his support and are circulating a petition xor nis reinstatement. It is expected he will be given back his star. The petition had over 1,000 signatures at noon, and many more names were expected. Even enemies of McKlnney say they have no doubt Regan received a large sum or money irom tne liquor interests to carry out a plot It is known that Res-an and his wire have made ud. nnd It is alleged they have divided the spoils. Mayor Mclntyre Is said to have re marked In regard to McKlnney, "If the city loses McKlnney as an officer, it I wiu lose tne oest orriciai it ever had. Ha naa been an efficient man. and I be lieve there was a plot to put him down and out." The prospect is, however, that even if he is reinstated the right against him will not ds- ended OPIUM PIPES BURNED. Celebration of the Prohibition of the Drag In China. ' From the New Tork Sun. The Chinese take their form nf nrn. hibition festively. At the great fall celebration in Hanchow. the canltal of the province of Tseklang,' alj the opium pipes In the city were solemnly de stroyed. The occasion was the decree of the imperial government forbidding tne use or opium in vjnina. All the opium Joints had been closed some time previously and all the anna- ratus carefully collected and nreserved at tne neaaquarters or the provincial treasurer. Owners of - private layouts were invitea 10 sena mem in before the festival.! and a great number did so. On the dav set for the feast a TVast crowd . gathered in the square in front or tne treasurers yamen. un two raised spaces, visible from all parts of the city, the pipes and tools for cooking tne arug were neauy duue into pyres. - The pipes alone made a block seven feet high, and six feet square. There were 10,000 of them neatly tied . In bundles. - ' AU around the hear were flas'staffa from which scarlet festival banners fluttered, and when the ceremonv was n I about to begin the uniformed students V lougnu Ian assftiis? Mrs,Etta Ekaterioa" Balnnlnst, ofht c,ty rched into the-square uu avwiums iuo. fiuuuuonuu uninrat music. iasi or an oame the officials at Ellis Island, New York, is the most beautiful Russian refu gee; who ever entered this- country. She ; came to America f a ; fugUlre from Russia. The country was. no lpnger safe for her, after She -had performed to conjure away the devils, become v known j tnrougb. Russia ' and S?,!L!!!ia--?'HiiVl?."i' mandarins In gala costume.' carriad in seaan cnairs. xnen many Dales of ' straw ; were Drougni in ana puea up WTth tne Instru ments of the prohibited Indulgence, and many gallons of , kerosene was poured over all until the straw was saturated with It Then many Incantations were .. i..7.i.. . mv5uai na iiuiiMwii n i ira , . bus wren wan aypiiTO 10 in. iwo piles. s- A MADE-TO-MEASURfe Suit, bur VERY BEST work, with choice of fabrics that .have sold, all season at $25 to $28, reduced now, for our winter clearance sale, to , i With An Extra Pair of Trousers Absolutely WITH Just think of it! You" cannot afford to buy even ready- 4 made garments when-you have such an extraordinary, op-. portunity as this." "We're simply1 overstocked backward season warm weather financial flurry all combining to upset our expectations for the winter's business ; It's impossible" to bank, on the wjeathei", however, so we sim ply take our "medicine" with good grace. And our patrons get the benefit. Better look this up before you tie your clothing money up anywhere else. Better see us tomorrow. ; GRANT pHEGLEY, Manager 5 Elk Bunding, Seventh arid Stark Streets 1 ' ; tlllenr was fliWbO andg playe noisiest eeiecuons ana tn eo.ooo ape e4 4hei ec- tators aU over tha city bowled like demons. , la .half an hour ; there -; was only- a pailful of blackened ashes left. On thama night the square before tne yamen was Illuminated with : the lamps 'that had been used' to cook the , opium, . hung In-Tanqlfui design on the fronts of thVpubliQ buildings, ! . . . ': '. .. J - : : 7" -