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SCHUEBEL V : BELIEVEdOHDOyi DEAD
Magnificent City Hal
t City-Records Lost
Persons Have Narrow
Averted by Unknown Hero.
Destroyed
All
Seven Hundred
Panic
Escape
Three Portland Law Firms,
Acting Under Instruc
tions From Washington,
Are Investigating Ap-'
pomtee's Fitness.
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il-. - Portland, Me., Jan. 24i- Fire which cauaed a property damage of
$1,000,000 destroyed 'the 'city ball and police building shortly after
; midnight and endangered the lives of more than 700 persons. Al
though known a the city hall, the building destroyed was divided
between the city and 'county offices, while the police building shel
tered the supreme Judicial and municipal courts in addition to the
police department.
. 'The fire was the worst in the state since the i great Portland con
flagration of I860. That there were no fatalities is remarkable, as
. there were more than 7$Q persons attending the . Knights of Pythias'
jubilee In the auditorfam when the flames were discovered. Only a
' few ; persons were hurt. Chief Engineer Melville Eld ridge being the
. only; one known 'to be' seriously Injured. V
. The. financial loss is estimated -at $1,000,000, but this will not
cover the' loss of papers and documents la the registry of deeds, where
everything was destroyed. ' Other city, departments 'were swept clear of
everything by the flames. ' with the exception of the city clerk's and
city treasurer's offices, money, and securities in the Jatter being Relieved .
to be Intact, although It will be almost ImposBlble to ascertain defi
nitely until the vaults have cooled sufficiently, for an examination to be
made.- . ..,-.,.--,....---
' , - one of the most valuable libraries la the state, the Greenleaf law
collection, was destroyed, with a loss estimated at $10,000."
Of
Is
Senator Bourne Back
Move When Report
Made Matter of SchuebeFs
Confirmation Will Be
Forced to an Issue.
SltFFtfS
SCHUEBEL
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Intercession of Muckraker
on Behalf of U'Een's Law
Partner Caused President
to Place His Name Before
the Senate.
JACK LONDON. WHOSE 'ROUND
WORLT EXPEDITION IS MISS
ING.
3Iagazine Writer's Plea Im
pelled Roosevelt to Take
Action Before Arrival of
Fulton and Ellis at Na
tional Capital.
Chris Schuebel, Senator Bourne's
choice for United States district attor
ney. Is' being Investigated "for qualifl
cation and ability to hold the office'
for which he has been recommended, by
three prominent legal ' firms of Port
(Unltrd Pratt LmmA Wlrs.l
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 24. Supposedly
because Its officers have been unable to
find any trace of Jack London, the
noted author, who began a tour of the
world la his rrall oralL the.Bnark. and
me rear that lie has met disaster some
where in the South Seas, the Central
bank has recorded a. mortgage against
London's home in Twenty-seventh
, Breaking oat shortly before . midnight
the firs was not under control until
10 o'clock" this morning. The flames
were fanned by. a bowling northeast
wind and the entire town was threat
ened with destruction.
News ,. of the J( conflagration was
flashed to neighboring cities, all of
which sent, flrsv fighters -to, aid in
quenching the flames. ' Nearly the
whole department of Lewiston came to
the rescue and apparatus from Bath
and Biddeford were used to advantage.
Chief Engineer Eldrldge waa in the j
most dangerous places all through the
early morning hours, directing his men
and using his apparatus to the best ad.
vantage, lie was rewarded for his er.
ions Dy receiving ourne wnicn may
prove fatal, being anocaea - into ue
flames by a falling timber.
Loss of life st the auditorium would
have -been terrlflo had It .not been for
the presence of mind of a few brave
men. These leaders oaimea me excuea
dancers and caused them to beat an or
derly, retreat Xroja the flaming, building.
There were signs of a panic, but this
spirit was soon quenched by the men
who had taken upon themselves the task
of emptying the hall without loss of
life.- ,
tops Cry of "rira.'
When the fire was first discovered, a
man whose name could not be learned.
report on the ability and- integrity and
general qualification of Schuebel for the
office desired by him.
The identity of the person who sent
the telegrams has not been made' pub
lic, but It is Intimated that they came
irara van or me mcmoers or the Judi
ciary committee of the United States
became badly frightened and began toM who 1 lia not the f tTnrt ThMini
scream "fire." One- of the cool-Beaded wa?mth fo? Renator t,wS.,
men in the crowd promptly stepped up JKPtSJ
(Speeltl Dlspttch to Tb Journal.)
Washington, Jan. 24. Christian
Schuebel owes his nomination for
United States district attorney' for
Oregon to the direct Intercession of
land at the reauest of some mv.trfnu. street, near Telegraph avenue, which I Wncoltt J. Steffens, the. fftmOUi
member of the ludiiMar rnmmiti.. was drawn last April. - . I "muckr
: ... Th tniar Hd mim r vM hv th . 5
the United .States senate. ' f venturous writer td obtain funds with
According to the story which Is float- which to outfit his craft and carry out
in- about telerrams were sent to thr ! project of ealUng around the world.
, n..i . . : A. 1 The negotiations were carried out se-l"'0 "c umuv
law Iirms Or Portland a Short time ago. I rrnfl at tha time and vldenr nt ha narannal IntArxAndnn vlth fh. nnul.
of the firm forward to Washington . mortgage was flled. I n Schuebel s benalf, and with
notolnVfrom h?m hey att.nSptel W is recommendation
throutn various sources to gam some
information concerning him, but were
unable to do so.
mucKraker, wnose magazine ar
ticles have thrown a flood of light
upon grafters and corrupttonlsts al
over the country, Steffens made
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CROSS EXAMINATION
Witness Slowly But Carefully Led Up to
Interesting Climax in Testimony.
Definite Point Not Reached But Prose
cufor May Have Surprise in Store
Francis J. Heney this morning slowly but obviously paved; the
way to a climax in his Intimations regarding Senator Fulton. la the
land fraud trials Mr. Heney laid the foundation for evidence-which
may show that Fulton Induced Hall to put aside any intention of
criminal prosecution against Steiwer, but this fact was not definitely,
established, although It may be later. .-"r '.
to the' frightened one and with a awl
blow in the face effectually silenced
him. Turning udou the crowd the self-
appointed' rescuer announced that the
same fata .would befall the next person
who attempted to stampede the crowd.
The threat was effective, and the audi
torium was emptied In a remarkably
short time. .
' Portland, Maine, had 60.145 inhabi
tants at the I ant census. It Is the larg
est city in Maine and one of the oldest
In New England. The principal Indus
tries are shipbuilding, the manufacture
of locomotives, and iron works of various
kinds. There are also large warehouses
on tne waterrront which care for the
West Indian and European trade.
III6UT 017LS
; ARE IHSAFJE
Dr. Pettijohn Says People
Who Walk the Streets Are
Candidates for Asylum.
Chicago. IU.. Jan. 34. Thousands of
persons are insane In hospitals and san
atoriuma and many others are .walking
the streets on the .verge or insanity
because of loss vf sleep, according to
IDr. Elmer 8. Pettijohn, a specialist on
nervous diseases, who spoke at the Re
formed EdIscodsJ church before severs!
lunared rouowers or uisnop allows
nd vnristian jrsycnoiogy."
Twel ve years experience In aanator I
ims at Kankakee has taught him that
most Incurable raving : maniacs are
"night owls ' sleeping only rive to six
mum eacn nitrni. "juvery aay.r ne mia.
fl meet people on the public streets
who are Just as Insane as ' hundred
no . are lorcioiy uemuieu m unuma.
M-0 BUSINESS FAB
' : EXCEEDS; SEATTLE'S
t The money order business ' at 4
the Portland postoffioe for 1907
exceeded' that of the Seattle of-
efiee by more than 100,000.,,
r In the detailed accounts of the . 4
transactions Seattle exceeded e
Portland in but one item that i
of the International money orders ,
paid. . For Seattle thia amounted
to $41,145.50..' Portland paid 110.-
207.8s. i " f " -
All told ; Portland's postal . e
order business amounted to $11.-
0H.174.9J. while Seattle's total , 4
aggregates but I9.950.S40.65. Thia
makes the . Portland ' business is4
$2,0a,8'34.?7 in excess of that '
done at the Seattle offlce.:
..rpr the arae year $4,809,000
was remitted to the Chicago sub. 4
"treasury from, the Portland .of?.e
flee, - while Seattle sent but -
itS.964.78J.':v.R:?-'f;r?vS.s;.S?;;fe e i
SUHSHiriE HERE:
raise hopes for the rejection of Schue-
dci s nomination.
It is the belief of thou mhn knnw f I
the occurrence that It comes from the
line diplomacy or senator Bourne.
Whether or not the political inclina
tions of the firms were known to the
juaiciary committeeman who sent the
telegYams Is uncertain, but the fact re
mains mat neitner oi tne three are
litlcal companions of Senator Fnitnn.
It Is taken for granted therefore that
mo report sent oacic regarding Mr.
Scheubel's fitness for the office will
not be any more cheering to Senator
Fulton's hopes of blocking the nomina
tion than is reasonably consistent with
the facts.
The identity of the three firm. I.
being guarded closely bv those who rnl
know, but It is the general belief that made
as soon as tneir reports have been re
ceived In Washington the matter of
Schnebel's confirmation will be forced
to issue by Senator Bourne.
BEATIFY GIRL
IN MALE ATTIRE;
without waiting for the Oregon del
egatlon to agree upon a candidate.
Steffens spent a number of weeks In
Oregon last year,, studying the history
of the land fraud prosecutions. While
there be became acquainted with W. 8.
U'Ren, 8cnuebel's law partner. Stef
fens became Imbued with a deep admiral
tion for Francis J. Heney and followed
him to San Francisco in order to study
the disclosures In the prosecution' of
Schmlta and Ruef. ,
Schuebel became a candidate for Bris
tol's position as United States district
It Believed Boyertown Victim SEEKS. T.p'WfS
on. I iir nrj. t-ii t j- I Francisco and while there discussed his
was oi iieauy uresseu
nartner's candidacy with Steffens. Con
vinced that Schuebel was an incipient
Abraham Lincoln, Steffens became
much interested in his candidacy. Stif
fens returned to New York and shortly
afterward Bristol's nomination was sud
denly withdrawn from the senate and
Bourne began besieging the president
with demands for the appointment of
Schuebel.
When the senate adjourned for the
T-v, jt i mi.v. 1 1iinBiniM nunutiyn. u wu ins unuer-
xw "- standin among the Oregon delegation
in Man's Clothing;
(Special DUpitch to The Journal.)
Philadelphia, Jan. 24. Lamentations
over a headless fragment of a
corpse buried as that of 14-year-old
SHOW AT GOTHAM END OF TROUBLE
AT WILLAfilETTE
New York Tenement Dwell
ers Freezing c in First
Blizzard of Season.
(Special Dispatch to TJia JonruaL)
Salem, Or., Jan. 24. The slumbering
volcano underlying the management of
Willamette university has been given a
slight vent without any explosion by the
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York. Jan. 24. New York is in
the grip of the first bllszard of the win. I departure of President Coleman for the
ter. Snow fell steadily all night and eaat. where he will probably be made a
thia morning more than four inches cov. bishop of the Methodist church. The
ered the .ground. , ,Late at night a se- "TSflil LSii "SKX n I?.
II - - m I uiiicicm ce .lias, ucstji ictris oiui iiik
muean-hour gale developed and whipped the board of trustees to, the depths
mo snow inrougn me streets in hllnil. wm imrnionisea.
Ing clouds. '
Traffic; Voajf the' aurface asd levai ed
streetcars was earlv in
" "1 "8"1 lat oy noon today traffic
on these lines will be completely tied
sn.ow 1" badly and all
through and suburhnn train, an. h.ji.
i T-
Ik tenement district on 'the east
side the jpoor began , to suffer from the
effects of the storm Immediately owing
to,a shortage of fuel. Jy""u
LAWYERS MIX UP
4 AND BLOOD FLOWS
The police' court la to be ' made the
theatre, for -the .presentation of -the
sequel f a mora or V less sensational
personal encounter, which' occurred yes
terday afternoon ltt the office of Henry
"and, 229 Ablngton building. The case
was set lown tot heartSg this morning,
but by consent .of the defendant. Rand.
.lie cQmDiamAnu. Artom.va.jn
ueittna jnenaerson ana 11. II. Kidaeu, a
continuance was granted until Monday.
Henderson lives at Hood River, and
besides being an attorney . of some
prominence, he is well known as an
amateur swimmer , of mnn ihin 1Lr.al
fame. Yesterday afternoon, accom
panied by Rlddell, he went to Rand's
offices to lnauire as to tha authnrahin
of an anonymous letter he had received
and .which he claims was written by
Rand. In the controversy that ensued
Rlddell --received t black eve and. Han.
derson m bloody nose and bruised mouth.
Rand was later arrested on a charge
of assault and . battery. He waa re
1"a?et fop euetod u desoalUag 60
It Is an open secret amona the student
body that Dean Boyer and President
Coleman have been living at swords
points for some time. High words have
passed between them at times that re
sounded in the assembly, and while
Boyer has gained steadily In the affec
tion of the student body, there has been
no disposition to throw off on Cole
man. He has done a great work for -the
Institution, and Boyer has developed ex
ecutive ability of a high order. It Is
expected - the elevation of Coleman to
the vacant bishopric at Baltimore will
solve a problem that has presented an-
gular aspects. . .
when the girl's parents discovered that
they had Interred the wrong body and
that: the . mysterious woman dressed In
man's clothing and burned in the Boyer
town Are really was. their daugnter.
Identification was made absolute by
finding on the finger of the mysterious
corpse Rose Diamond's signet ring, her
Draceret, aiamono- earrings anu yean
necklace. '
The trunk that was buried in the Jew
ish nemeterv at Frankford with Jewish
rites will be disinterred and the body of
the girl will take its place.
The coroner and other officials, who
have been pussllng their brains over the
question "Why did the mysterious
woman don -mans .clothing to attend
such, a i performance as . that In the
burred playhouse?" have -reached the
conclusion that Rose Diamond ' never
donned the coat and. trousers which ap
parently, were upon her body.
They now believe the garments are
tnose or unaries Mess, wno was Durnea
to death in the holocaust. They argue
that he was close to the girl in the
awful crush that preceded .their death
and that the firemen did not note that
the charred clothing covered portions
or two Doaies instead or one.
Other searchers still are of the opin
ion that the woman really Waa dressed
In man's clothing. J -
WARD IS APPOINTED
COLORADO PROSECUTOR
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(United Prase Leased Wire.)
. Washington. Jan. 24. President Roose
velt has decided to appoint Thomas
Ward Jr. as district attorney for Colo
rado to succeed s Earl Cranston.
that no name would be sent to the
(Continued on Page Two.)
Wlnlock W. Steiwer, former state
senator and self-confessedly guilty of
conspiracy to fence government land,
faced the crowd of spectators and the
jury in the Hall-Mays case today and
told the story of his connection with the
conspiracy to which he has pleaded
guilty and for which John H. HaU and
Edwin M. Mays are now on trial. It
was not an easy task for the gray
haired ex-senator and he twisted in the
witness chair reluctant to meet tne gajse
of the BDectators or the cruel cross.
questioning of Judge Webster, attorney
for the defense.
After it was all over, however, not
much of direct import had been gleaned
from this, the testimony or tne govern
ment's most prominent witness, for,
while his story left openings of rich
promise for the cause of the govern
ment. it did not alone and unsuDDortec
point a finger of guilt toward the de
fense.
Into the story Mr. Heney dragged the
ghosts of past political battles which
bad raged about the senatorial elections
of 1901 and 1903.- The names of cor.
bett, Scott Oeer and Fulton, together
with reference to their senatorial as-
itratlons, were brought rortn. rassmg
'rom this phase of the examination the
irosecutor for the government sought
o show that Hall had exerted, or at
tempted to exert, the threat of prosecu
tion for Illegal fencing to change or
direct the vote of . Steiwer for United
States senator.
Later Mr. Heney laid the foundation
for evidence which may show that Sena
tor Fulton personalty induced Han to
out aside any intention of criminal
prosecution against Steiwer and his
company and to delay the civil suit
filed against the fencers. The evidence
was brought out that Senator Fulton
wrote to Steiwer telling of his visit
to Hall and of his having been author,
lsed by Hall to Inform Steiwer that no
criminal prosecution - would be com
menced. Absolute evidence In this con
nection was not Introduced because th
letter written by Fulton to Steiwar Ki
been called back by the senator and
kept by him since the filing 6f the
Indictment against the men now either
on trial or appearing as government
witnesses. ...... ,
Unannounced Witnesses. v
What curs the government will por
jue to bring the testimony of Steiwer
home to the defendant la not known.
ULi! vJdent that Mr. Heney hai
witnesses yet unannounced by which he
expects to draw torethr th
connected endsof his case and bind
them fast to the defense. The story
tteiw' was robbed of much of its
vitality by the statement made in an
swer to Judge Webster's cross-examination
in which the witness said h
did not conaidar tmt u.n
nVJLafmpt t0 lnuence his vota
lor united States senator. -. .
Stel war's evident wan i.
strenuous objection and lengthy argu
ment as to ita MmUdhllll. k.j ?"
made by the defense 7 ,T? , '
h il d'"erenc arose over a question
by Mr. Henav aalrlnv .1. I; ?
1.1 1 1 T." manner in tell
ing him that tha fnwu
down should Putnam secure i liwyer t"
PJeSe..nl" S.oniPJlnts. ,Webster con
tended It to ba iinliiBt a . .1.-
fense to re.l : under" testimonrof "what
Steiwer mia-ht hnv. ..tiuiH.kf if? :
rason that the witness could have put
any inference he might have desired on
wu'hh1 ViftemeBV vJud Huntheld
with the government, however, and Mr.
Steiwer was allowed to testify.
Steiwer said that he had met Hall in
the summer of 1900, when he had com
to Portland to gee the: district attorney
(Continued on Paga Two.)
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COLLEGE EDITOR
GETS VACATION
Edward Cunha Suspended
From Stanford for Incit
ing Riot at Palo Alto.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Stanford University, Cal., Jan. 24.
Tor Inciting and participating in a
dlorder In a public hall in Palo Alto,"
Edward A. Cunha, managing editor of
the Daily Palo Alto has been suspended
from the Institution for the remainder
Of the academic year. This action cf
the faculty is the most drastic since
the suspension of B. S. Allen, a former
eauor or the Dally Falo Alto, and it
cause-was the disturbance precipitated
last week when E. P. E. Troy, an at
torney of San Francisco, demanded an
Investigation of the affairs of the town
officials, and the students responding
to an Invitation issued by the officials
became involved In a riot.
Cunha took Dart In the affair first
when he posted in Enclna hall a notice
purporting to come from Mayor Parkin
son, in which the students were asked
to attend the meeting, and secondly
because of the prominent part he after
ward clayed In the riot in the vestibule
of the hall. He was clubbed at this time
by one of the town officials. '-
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LAW'S CLUTCHES
Astoria Man Who Raised
Draft Captured at Jack- '
son ville, Florida.
(United Press teased Wire.) J ;
Chicago, Jan. 24. Turle Nordstrom.
son of the cashier of the Scandinavian
American bank of Astoria," who secured
$15,000 on a raised draft drawn on th
First National bank. of Astoria, throns-ii
a Chicago bank, has been arrested lit
Jacksonville, Florida. , 'Nordstrom was
nest oOhe National Bankers' associa
tion. ' v. : -( ... ... ,-.
Nordstrom, while in Astoria! bought a
small draft nayable at the First Na
tional bank of that city., , He then rala.H
th Pap tOt H5,000 and as he carrio.I
with it a letter, of recommendation tn
the Chicago bank he was able to casii
the bogus draft.'- ft. . t ; j .
LINCOLN STEFFENS.
Full Account of the Great Conflagration in Portland, July 4, 1866.
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TIL OF THAW
(Talted Press Leased Wire.)
Utw Tork, Jan. 24. When court con
vened this morning Attorney Littleton
asked that further proceedings in . the
murder trial of Harry Thaw o ;tver
until Monday, giving as his reason that
the steamer Adriatic, carrying three of
hi most - valuable witnesses . from
Europe, is anchored off Sandy - Hock
and cannot possibly reach the city to
day on account of the storm . that la
raging. - : -
As an additional reason for delay
Littleton said that Dr. Blgaman, another
defense . witness, . has not fully, "recov
ered from an attack of pneumonia. Dis
trict , Attorney Jerome idld not . oppose
thai motion, and : the court granted a
Special Oregon
Sunday-Journal
Announcement
Seldom has a more thrilling story
of the whaler's life in the Arctic
been furnished than that written
expressly for next SundayVjourna!
by . well-known newspaper man
who - made: a special investigation
of V condition s'ln the la n d of. the
"Great White Silence." .
The, article points to the ineffi
ciency of . the government ncrvice
in certain quarters and the trr.-,? ! ' i
abuses inflicted by brute nut a . ' !
captains, the facts are hrottgM '
rect ta public attention by one v ' . ,
served in a semi-official
for ihc United State.
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