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VOL, VI. NO. S00.
. PORTLAND OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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! NEARLY ONE HUNDRED GREAT- ILLINOIS
5 CORPORATIONS AFFECTED BY:
DECISION
SPIES GET
i ; " i fE, IL Harriman won a treat victoryrovcr Stuyvcsant Fish1 tljis morning -when the' ques-"
! tion of control ofthe. Illinois Central railroad vvas determined in; his favor.' Harriman will"
be allowed to vote1 the, entire amount of stock directly and indirectly under his i control.
Jvv' ' ; Nearly 100 Corporations in the state of Illinois will be affected by, the findings which.
;. were returned by Judge Ball of the superior court The decision v bumped .Illinois Central
' block, wiucn siumnca rapiaiy,. du union x aciuc- oucngmencu consiacraDiy iwnen'inc news.
i was received in '.Wall street,; ;'r;.:-;V'vV;:v.-; ;v. -;'::; v'r V;
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CANNON BOOM WELCOME TO
: "FIGHTING BOBS" WARSHIPS
r
ALL STOCK
Illinois Central 1 Railroad
fWill Not Be Dominated by
: Stuyvcsant Fish Case In-
, voWng: -Millions , .Settled
by Judge BalL
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Chicago; Feb.1 20. The ; long,
bitterly fought, contest between
E. H. Harnman and . Stuyvesant
Fish, former president of the im-
nois Central railroad for- posses
sion, of that immensely -wealthy,
corporation was this'mOrning de-
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Ciaea in . iavor oi iiarnman u
Tudee'Ball of the superior court.
The decision, which favors the
Union Pacific railroad, a Harri
man enterprise' upholds the right j
' of corporations outside erf Illinois a
,10'Conxroi ana vote siock .m.iui-i
s nois ' corporations 'in ' sustaining!
Sthe right of the New Jersey hoM-
iing company ot the Union Fa
CifiC r 'V ; : :;.,r;,M
Judge Ball dissolved the tem
porary injunction granted Fish,v f
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rrmvnTinrr ; i lip nxrr mxn inirr.
in the road at the annual elec
tion, which has been postponed
from time to' time on account of
the controversy. The ruling of J street-IN LIMA'. PERU.
the court anects nearly luu Dig
corporations doing business in
Illinois. :. - 'V -,
$ " The COUrt held that the Fish-Iim- nrOBBntlna- a maraf f toAt.t marine
i?arnman coniroversy aia not re- sDectaclev : Rear TAdmirai Krana-
itsemble . the Northern Securities fleet of battleships attamedilntd
I comotnv. which was' knocked out Caflao port f this Smdrning. Thou
.of existence by a Judicial" blow, nd : ' - people i lined the shores.
r.hiraiis tin mnnnnnlv ia invnTvrl I cuwriug i" "
ifindlfc because ; no offense ' against j
jitne ' iederar statuses - was com
Southern' Pacific, Salt lake
i arid Santa- Fe; Bailroad
l ernment Men working: in
Their Offices,!.
Officers Found Employment
and Secured Copies of
V Agreements t to Favor
Shippers With Low Hates.
. t' (Unlit Pnm Lim4 Wirt.) '
Lob Angelea, Cai reb. 20. The pro-
eeeijlngs pendin against the Southern
pacific., Brt lAke and Santa ,F Rail-
rwa companies in , in leaerai court
here are , regarded ',br railway, men ai
the moat eerloua more yet made by the
department- of 'Justice agalnet dlshon
ety. In railway management v . r
The' reason for ; this ! that, the rll-
I way managers ( and attorney! do not
know the full extent of the Videno
agalnat them now In the hands of the
tJnlted BUtes dlatrtct attomeya tn this
Uvea have been In the paaaenger an.l
rreignt orncea aa trusted empioya, and
I mora Important than all there has been
one in the auditor's office of each rail
' way. They have secured copies of im'
portant letters and rulings by; the gen
eral agents relating to rebates and fa
vored shippers, which they have placed
j In the hands ot the prosecuting offi
cials. . : . i "
Railway attorneys are desorlbed as
being seriously embarrassed In prepar
ing their pleadings, as they can only
guess at the full extent of the facts
showing their clients' misdeeds which
will be introduced as 'evidence.
WIFE OF SLOGUM CAPTAIN
- MAKES APPEAL FOR PARDON
J
MORGAN
SCARED
THE AMERICAN NAVAL7 OFFICERS
WILL BE ELABORATELY ENTERTAINED IN THAT CITY.
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The Journey' from Callao to Lima oc-
inan an nour.
1
munuflii
BIB BLACK HAND
' tUDHfO .ran MUfU J
? Lima, rem, eu. zo. in, single
It
approached. .s-'Jm f C'-. -
Salutes , were fired by the Peru
vian warships in the harbor, Evans'
hlp;Mplytag'ifat:-';-'-''''
A holiday has been declared and
festivities of all sorts in honor ol
I In that battle of million against mil
p' lionsC 'of lndpendeint ownership against
Jiex-presldent of the Illinois Central, had I visitors are being held;.
isssociaiea wiin mmmii ex-otmaior n,a
,'munds of Vermont, John A. Kasson of
,Iowa, tix-mlnlster to Austria, and Wll-
' oun or reuttoa. :
The uetltlon charged' an 'unlawful
scheme of the Union . Pacific Railway
company to control the commerce of the
United States by buying large blocks of
stock in me prominent transportation
companies. It set forth the names o
corporations whose stock, it is alleged,
the Union Pacific had" bought, among
. U .Via fUinnirn Jtr lUnn 111 Inrtl. Pan.
ra) Chicaao. Milwaukee & St. Paul and
the Chicago Jt Northwestern, it charged
I that tnearour companies ownea ana
operated' parallel and competing lines,
hotn In and outside-of the state of Il
linois, and that it was. unlawful for the
Union Pasiflo company to own and vote
I stock in such, parallel and competing
.lines. f-.- ..-vw ' , i
4 It was further charged that in the ef
fort to iret a large percentage or the
atnr1r of the Illinois Central ' the ITnlnri
llPaclfic" violated its charter by buying
the stock of the Railroad' Securities
j company oi new jcroy, wmcn neia as
.its-only' asset 95,000 shares of IUlnols
' Central- stock.-. The . cha rg-e was made
that 15,000 chares of Illinois Central
I stock belonging to the Railroad Securl
i ties company wr transferred a few
' days before the Illinois Central books
H. Harriman and;. 18 officials; of the
Union facuio ana liunois -cenirai, wno
were under the control or Mr. .Harri
man. , - i . ' .
(Continued on Page Two,)'
TtnAnt aAvtfrm Mpelvd here tell of
elaborate' arrangements being made by
the government -ana people oi c i-eru
for the entertainment of the American
of f lrm- nl - bluelacketa. . No country
yet visited. by the American ;tleet offer;
sucn t soenic oeauties or IS -eurrounaeu
with rnore historic Interest than the
land of the Incaa, .the scene of the gol
den conauests of Plsarro and bis fol
lowers. :.J - ' -.t; W -. ,- '-
'While the a fleet Is anchored ,4n the
harbor of Callao the Americans, will
be taken, to the capital city of Lima,
where they will be officially received by
President Pardo - and entertained on a
grand scale. The Americans will, find
little or special interest in Callao, that
City resembling in most respects the
other ports along the western coast of
Houtn. America, it is a comparatively
small -seaDort. with the usual ouays and
wharves, warehouses and terminals. The
residential part of the town is biylt la
tne old Spanish etvie. L.iaa most sea
ports, : Callao . is filled ' With : merchants
and traders of all-natlonalitle8 and con
tains colonies of Germans, Spanish,
Italians, English and- Americans. There
is some manufacturing done there", but
the shipping is the chief industry of the
mnaoitants. . x na most . or " me moaera
terminals and transportation facilities
have been built with English, and Amer
ican' capital. '. . '
, 5he Americans twiU find in -the capi
tal cltv f Lima - many characteristics
which t he v-have heretofore met. It is
one of the most historlo and picturesque
cities on tna, continent.
AOKL
! TRYING
1- JAPS' AGREEMENT
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. Toklo, Feb. 20. The continued axlst
j'ence of the1 present ' cabinet depends
I largely on the success' Of;th Jmmigra
jtlon . steamship companies which', are
trying- to create an opposition strong
enough to overthrow ' ths Japariese
Amerlcaa agreement.- . :r".,- :.
A resolution Censuring the men' who
are behind this movement Is expected
to be introduced in the diet. Although
the defeat of. the ' opposition is 'prac
tically assured, its methoda aire causing
the government mucn worry The min
istry is anaefed at the attitude of AokL
former Japanese embassador to Amer
ica, who is accused of leading the anti
agreement party.-..v- .-"!.
cupies less
two railway lines connecting the cities.
one. English, and the other American.
The route extends through-a fertile val
ley on the slope of the Andes. .Beyond
Lima the line rises' to a height greater
than, that attained, by any other railway
line la the world. s - v
: llma is picturesquely situated on the
banks of the Rimac a mountain torrent,
at'theend of a valley whose Inclosing
hills rise on one side of the town. The
heart of the city's activities Is the
Plara Mayor, or public square, on two
sides of which are the principal ar
cades and Bjiops of the city, while the
iww maes are laaen up witn tne
historic cathedral and the residences
of tne archbishop and the government
buildings 'and Official nuldnnn -of th
presiaeni or tne republic.
The residence of the president, called
the Casa .Verde, is a low building,
painted dark green, with white facings,
and occupies one entire , side of the
square ft is chiefly-Interesting from
the fact that it was the home of the old
Spanish viceroys and it was in ont of
its rooms that the great Captain Plsarro
was assassinated.: " :.
xne catriedral. which is a most tm
posing eairice,' is a very large end cur
ious building of grand proportions. It
Is approaphed by a areat flight of stone
miv,v mnu is rianaea Dy- two large tow
ers, of the. Spanish Jesuit type. The
catnearai, ; like nearly everything else
1.1?? rllaJa uma, Is a reflection
-0,3 sA"a'n- ' The entire city, in fact,
affords tho best example of a sixteenth
E . .irjr. oPn'n town, to be found in
While it is of great historic Interest
tne cltv of Lima mumih a -hi.
ircturni raenis. . Many of its finest
ouuaings and monuments were either
uBw-oyoQ -or damaged beyond repair by
the victorious ,r)inh - .hi - .
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...v.. 1 ,.v incaae or ine catnearai
IS Oltted With bullet .tinlM 4 manv
prominent buildings, bear the marks of
President Jose Parrin ' whn viu Ka iv
central -figure , among ! the entertain
ers of tho American naVal officers, r Is
one or the most intitinM M...An.iiiA.
In South America, He , is the ' embodi
ment of the nrnarreaalvo anirlt hinh
In the past years has done wonders in
developing the natural . resources of
;eru and placing it abreast of the tlmee.
"e warm admirer of thejUpited
States and has lent th iiH e hi. in
fluence In makina- Jt possible for Amerl-'
can capital to find a safe investment
In Peravian riilvnv nn. .......i..
and in the rich mines which are unex
celled in -any part of the world. Presi
dent Pard was elected ln l904 and his
term of office.wui eiplra this falL .
Stock Brokers" Afraid Bomb
Will Be Hurled Into
Exchange,
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Feb. JO. On the heels of
the report that "black hand" threats
have been made against- J. P. Morgan,
and closely following the closing of the
stock exchange visitors' gallery because
of a rumored blackmailing threat that a
bomh would be hurled onto the. floor.
Commissioner Bingham has made public
the action he contemplates on an in
flammatory circular advocating the
"slaughter . of financiers and advising
the worklngmen to march in force upon
Wall street Squads of detectives have
been sent to trace . the 'circular to its
source and maka arrests.'
The placard which is. headed "Work
lngmen, Help Yourselves," Is the climax
of reputed threats launched against
Wall street within H hours.
The circular calls tor the wholesale
destruction of the capitalists and finan
ciers without regard to their prominence
or standing in' the community. It urges
the working-man to kill Indiscriminately,
so long- as bis victim la a weaitny man.
GETS $80 FOR
BEING; FINED
Autoist Pays Court $20 for
Speeding and Gets Rare
Coin in Cliange.' ,
Judge Charles G.V: Richie,
Once Candidate . for, Gov-
; ernor a oi jventucKj Ar-
. j rested : for; Passing Bogus
Check for $10; : : r:
i Highly, Esteemed Citizen, at
One Time a Power in Xa-
, tioiml Politics, ! Defrauds
Friends ; of Several ;Hun
- dred Dollars. 1 r ' -;
X.
(United rreaj tMied Wtra) j
Oakland. Cat, Teb. iO.Judge Charles
O. "Rlche. formerly of the surrogate
court, Kentucky,-and, once candlate for
governor'of that state was arraigned In
police court ' today on the charge of
passing- a bogus check for $10.' During
the hearing he sat with his face hlddea
behind, Ma hat. ) , . .. . i, -f
Richie's fall Is a puzxla to his friends.
He was highly esteemed at his home in
Berkeley,, temperate and of bright mind.
Since his arrest It has been found, tt la
claimed, that he had defrauded friendd
of about GV. He refuaea.4e-.lalk, and
refused to see his wife in JalL.
Judge Rlche Is- connected with ths
best families of Kentucky. During his
(TJslted Piew 'Leased Wire.)
New York, Febj t0. The bealth'of'qaptaln Van Schaick' of the J lll-fated
steamer 81ocum is falling rapidly. The -appellate court recently decided that
the captain must serve out his prison sentence. ; Mrs. Van Schaick la still
fighting loyally for. her husband's pardon', and as he Is a very old man and
growing .more. feeble,. she haej a, chance, to. succeed in? her efforts! - v'
political career he was a powerful fac
tor in naiionai pontics, a close iriend
of Orover Cleveland and an .organiser
VETERAN BURNED TO , I '
DJtiATHiiN, iCAilFORNIA
iV-.:.;VBlte4 ress ' teased-' Wire.)
Santa-? Monica, CaU f Feb - 2d-wil-
Ham - B. " Mudge civil war veteran, a
member of the Sawtelle. Soldiers' home.
age4 6o, was burned to death last night
The fire originated from an. exploding
lamp. The only known i-elativa nt
Mudge is Mrs. Alice Roosevelt of Casa-J
noviH, w lurn, wiie or a cousin of
President . Roosevelt. , . , -. . . ,
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TAHAKA LEAVES v
WITH HIS WIFE
White ,. Girl and Japanese
Vouched for' hy; Rev. j
Thompson of Sellwood. '
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) - l(
Vancouver, Washi,, Feb. i JO.lt1' has
developed that the witness' who. swore
to the application of klntaro .Tanaka, a
Japanese, to Ved , Miss Anna Johnson
(Bergmann), is Rev. D. 'A. Thompsoru
faator of a church at Sellwood, Oregon,
t Is understood, from Information re
ceived through the authorities here that
the reverend gentleman acted as a sort
of a match-maker, having been in, cor
respondence" wftlf 'thV Japaifese an4 Miss
Bergmann for some time relative to the
marriage. Although the bride-gave her
noma as .aergmana wnen Derore Auditor
Kles in this city, her right name is said
to do jonnson, sne oeing a step daugh
ter of C Beramann of San Jose. Call
fornla, from whom Sheriff Sappington
mceivea a telegram yesterday.
Sheriff SaDDlnaton vesterdav
Mr. and Mrs. Tanaka in Portland and
arter much persuasion, succeeded
SOLVES SsTERY
Andiangpolis' Official-Shot
' for Burglar and Dies in
Attic From Wound.
with-whom all big political' leaders had
to reckon. ' - .,-
I OrIt ona reason ranr-ba'asslaned fo
the Judge's downfall, and that Is that
his mind has become deranged. . '-
IIElHREffl FOR
ARBlTRATIOf;
English : and United States
GoTerihnents Arc Trying
to Reach Agreement; ;t'
(United Press taaed Wirt.)
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 20. Richard
S. Eskrldge of Seattle, arreated for
speeding his automobile, was fined 120
and made money out or tne transac
tion.
Eskrldge arrived nere we rirst or
th week in a huge auto, yesterday
he drove out Alhambra way and passed
beneatu tne oenamg jepper trees at
rate - or speed - wnicn , aisturoea tne
classic shades of the valley. An un
tutored marshal arrested him on the
charge of running hta automobile above
70 miles an hour and haled the Seattle
man .into court. Judge Ruth Imposed
a fine of 20 which Eskridge promptly
paid. . . ., , f.:. -
Among- his change Was a f 10 gold
piece. when he later . attempted to
spend the coin, he was informed that
lt was i one or very rsre gold . coins
minted In California In 1849 and that its
value to any collector was so. sK-I
ridge paid for his purchase
ana - msrsnea . dsck
triumpn.
getting them to start for San Josa. Th
sheriff scted as their guide and helped
inem purcnase. a tiCKet ror tne Uall
fornla city, to make sure of their de
parture. A telegram was then sent Mr.
Bergmann advising him: of what had
been done. The couple were married at
the Methodist church by Rev. Robert
xeatman, pastor or tne Baptist- church.
The couple made application to be mar.
rled by Rev. Mr. Brooks, pastor of the
Methodist
the time.
church, who was absent at
in Silver I hell."
VALENTINE CREATES .
LOS ANGELES SCANDAL
Hospital 'Matront Suspected
of Sending Insulting
Screed to Physician.
(United - Press Leased Wfre.)
Los Angeles. Cal.. Feb. 20.A valen
tine sent to Louis Sentous, president of
the' French -hospital her . and leader of
the' French colony, has created a merry
scandal and among other things has re
sultedln the resignation of Mrs. Peter
Clos," matron ; of . the hospital and the
withdrawal of several nursea .f'.,;
Sentous accused Mrs. Clos with, send
ing the valentine, but. she denied that
she had anything to do with it and then
resigned.- .The valentine -wishes Sentous
all sorts of bad luck. . It says:
"Curses upon- you and may you e-row
meaner and meaner until you land lit
:k to . his , hotel la I iThar .has been trou
- . .... , ICloa and bentat for
ouble between Mrs,
sums nme, ,
(Cnttea Prera Leased Wire.)
i' Mdlanapolis, Ind., Feb. 20. Blood
soaking," through, the ceiling from the
attio of the cottage of William Reich.
ert this morning led to the discovery
or tne bOdy' of William F. Barrows.
city official, and a prominent Shrtner
and Oddfellow, croucned In one corner
of the small space above the ll vine-
.wins ut ui. xveiciierta. ' ,
Barrows, went. to the house of Mrs.
xteicneri to kui her, lt Is reported,
but was mistaken for a buralar and
shflt. bya-'Tieighbor.-, It is supposed that
ne crawiea to tne attic, where he died.
It was thought that burglary .had been
oouy
attempted
loaay.
until his
was found
RAILROAD COMMISSION
v UPHELD BY ' COURT
(Special Dispatcb'to Tha Jonrnal.)
Olynipia, Wash., Feb. 20. The su
perior court of this county has upheld
tho . constitutionality of the railroad
commission law in conferring the power
to -make rates upon the railroad com
mission. The decision upholds the rea
sonableness or tne loint rate on wheat
and the, order requiring the railroads to
Install physical track connections at
Junction points.
The Joint rate on potatoes, oats and
barley Is set aside on the ground that
it was made arbitrarily. The railroad
commission gave ' notice of appeal In
open court-on this point of the decision.
ROCK ISLAND TRAIN -.
BLOCKADE RAISED
(United Frwa Leaned Wire.)" .
Lincoln. Neb., Feb.- 20. -The blockade
on the main line of the Chicago & Rock
Island railroad, between Chicago- and
Denver, caused by severe bllizards in
the middle west, was raised today, after
stalling trains for 48 hours.. Six trains
had been blocked between the Rocky
mountains and the Missouri river. - -
(United j Press Leased Wire.)
London, Feb.. 10,- The house of com
mons was informed by, the government
today that negotiations looking; to an
arbitration : treaty with, the United
States are in progress. vu , '
Further thsn this there was nothing
said on the subject as the government
thought a full discussion of the matter
at this time would be prematura,
SEllE TO VOTE
Oil ESPEE SUITS
Fulton Will Force, Land
Grant Controversy to
Issue Immediately. .
Washington, D. ' C, Feb. 20. Fulton
declared toda that he-will forca a vote
In the senate on his resolution pror'ding
that the department of Justice prosecute
u ovuurem racuiff una grand suits.
"I shall ask . unanimous consent to
morrow,'.1 he said. "If any senator ob
jects I will move that the resolutions be
immediately considered, and if there 's
opposition I shall ask for a roll-call.M "
FARMERS DIG PATH
v FOR AMERICAN AUTO
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, ', (United Press Leased Wire.) ; V
Ligonler, Ind, Feb. , SO. Tha Amer
ican car, followed closely by one of the r
French make, reached- Kendall vllle, In
diana early this morning In the New '
York to Paris automobile run.
Farmers alons- the route made patha
lnthesnow for the American car. but
refused to turn a shovel for the for
eigners in the other machine.-
S35.000.000 BONDS
ARETO BE FLOATED
UNON PACIFIC
(United Pros teased Wire.).,
New; York. Feb. '20. Directors of the
Unlon4 FacifUs railroad have .decided to
sell at once, according to a well-founded
report, not less than I3R nil nml r. v.a
to pay off floating debts,
: It is aald that the bonds will be se
cured by . m trt mortgage on l.Suo
miles of lines in Mlfsouri. low .
sas, Nebraska and Culurailo. 'l
already a mortrnge un th mnin
the railroad secured In l'.sJ. mi
time the 1.S00 nills of hratif-h ii,
be, mortsafd now '( -nri ' -
The Uist annual rrrt av
roal' lont. and lu.is fiyij',4 s,
to 6i,(yo.;;o. -