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1mO KILLED OLD MM CASTEEL
. OSWALD WEST'S CHALLENGE UNANSWERED
Land Commissioner Oswald West to hi's thallenjre to the
X Evening Telegram" offering to contribute $500 to. H. M. Cake's campaign fund, if, on 'examination of the
records of the state land office it should be shown that Governor Chamberlains record in relation jp tne
f "state school lands can in any manner be impugned. i . . ? ;:v:
" Mr. West's challenge was submitted to the? Telegram yesterday afternoon, but publication was, re-.
X 'fused. It was then published in yesterday's JournaL -
; The challenge is still open. Here it is: '
"An article appeared in the Telegram of May 20 under the head of 'Chamberlain and Land Frauds
which, by, garbled letters, misstatements, of facts and innuendo, attempts to blacken the character of
X-Gorernof Chamberlain. .l' ' ?.:,-,
t f "I hereby agree to pay to W. M. Cake, chairman of the Republican state central committee, for the
use of his brother in his present campaign, $500' if, upon the submission of all the state" records having a
bearing on this case, to Mr. John F. Carroll, managing editor of the Evening Telegrani, he (Mr. Carroll)
does not admit that the course pursued by the governor was wise and commendable, actuated by the pur
est motives and for the best interests of the state, and that he would have done the same had he been
in Chamberlain's shoes. - OSWALD WEST.
"Salem, May 21, 1908." , ;
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(Salem Bureau of The Journal.) -.
Salem; Or., May 22.' That H. Mi
Cake, candidate tor united states
senator before the. people, and his
brother, W. M. Cake, did, everything
within their power to secure a full
pardon for one of the crueleet and
most heartless murderers that the
state's authorities have ever had to
deal with, Is shown by the records in
the chief executive's office at Salem.
The pardon, was asked for J. M. 01
berman, who shot and killed 1b cold
blood, February 24, 1898, in Douglas
county, Jasper Casteel, an aged man,
as he lay helpless In his bed. " 1
Th murdar la.atlll fresh In the minds
of the residenta - of Douglas county,
where It Is regarded as one of the mot
heinous crlmee ever committed In tb
hlatory of the state. Not only did H. M.
Cake and W. M. Cake ask once for tin
pardon of Qlberinanr but, they repeated
hli Monuti to both Governor T. T.
- Geer and to Governor Chamberlain. Geer
commuted the, death entence to a- sen
tence for life in 1$9, the day before
Olberman was' to 'have - been hanged
for the cruel murder, but not satisfied
Cake petitioned ' again for the pardon
of the murderer on March 1,' 1907.
'. The story of the- murder Is - a fa
miliar one to the cltUene of southern
Oregon.- The coolness and .deliberate
' neas of the murderer was a remarkable
feature of the deed. In a statement on
file In the governor's office at Salem
George M. Brown of Roseburgv prose
cuting attorney of the Second judicial,
dletrlct, describes the ; murder , In the
following words: i -y- t".s ; i
Cowardly. Murder.
'"Jasper Casteel and J. M. Olberman
)iad been partner for. about three years
In placer mining on Lee's creek, a trip- j
utary of Myrtle creek, in this county.
A few days previous to . the homicide,
Olberman brought an action against
Casteel. . On : the day previous, they
went to Myrtle Creek together to attend
the trial. After the trial was had be
tween them In the justice's court they
returned nearly the entire distance home
together in the same wagon and went
to the same house and took supper at
ine aame tame. ...
. "Casteel became intoxicated at Myrtle
Creek, and he made threats against Ol
berman, and after their lawsuit and
their return home together and after
dining together at the table of the dead
man's daughter, i Casteel used some
harsh language towards Olberman.
"Olberman went upstairs to bed about
9 o'clock at night. Casteel slept on a
lounge downstairs. About S oclock In
the morning Olberman came downstairs,
which seemed to have awakened Casteel,
who said. 'You are uo earlv this morn
ing, Mac.' The defendant went out of
doors. Soon afterwards he returned and
retired to his room upstairs. . .
"About three hours later, '' without
provocation, .without a word, he came
aownstairs again, ne advanced lowaras
the foot of the lounge upon which Cas
teel was 1 vine and drew the revolver
and fired at old man casteel, out missed.
casteel. surprised, raised uo ana ex
claimed, What is the matter for "what
does this mean f- and the only replv of
his assailant was to fire again, and as
his victim fell back upon the sofa
bleeding and dying, then Olberman fired
the third shot. Then,' as the defendant
told the witness , Duncan, 'he waa still.'
' Act of Brute. -"In
the presence of witness Duncan
and others Olberman told them to wash
the body and prepare it for burial. He
led the wav to the house-and showed
them the body of his victim and raised
rrom the- need or tne corpse an oil
cloth slicker he had covered it with, and
then stooped over and peered down Into
the bloody face of poor old man Casteel
and remarked, 1 am sorry, that I shot
wits V1U 111.., ,1, IIIUU Uli '
"H lhi took tht dead jma.n T.v tha
legs and said: 'I'll straighten him' out
so that he wjll go In- the coffin.' - Every
ptsrwjii ufr win uear wiineii 10 ins
fact that-J. M. Olberman, who is seek
ing executive clemency, was the coolest
and most collected or the group gath-
(Contlnued on Page Three.)
RQSEBURG ROSES
BY THE CARLOAD
.Ladies' Auxiliary of Com
. lhercial Club Will Bis
tribute Pretty Poses, , :
f ;
" " " (SpmUI Dispatch te Th JoarnaH r - '
Roseburg. Or.. May ,SJ. -The ladies'
auxiliary of the Roseburg Commercial
club will send a Carload of - rosea from
Roseburg to the Rose Festival in Port
land, June 1 to . ' They' will have tbem
neatly packed in boxes, so that they can
be distributed and handed out in bou
quets, with the card attached showing
that they came from Roseburg. These
roses are to be given away as a remind
er that there i are some of the finest
roses grown in the Umpqua valley , to
be found anywhere. Many of the ex
cursionists that top in thl elty ask
if the tciwn was named Roseburg from
the magnificent rosea that grow here.
While this is no special feature to be
mentioned in the great parade at the
festival. It will add materially 4o the
festival in that the supply of roses will
not be so great as was expected on ac
count of the warm weather being lacer
than usual and of the plants not-blooming
so fully as usual. It will also he a
food advertisement for the Rose (Show
hat is held annually in this city.
The date of-this year's tiliow has not
yet been fixed, but It will be held some
time in June. .
FAIRBANKS OUT :
FOR REELECTION
Vice-President ;Decides Sec
ond Place on Ticket Will-,
Be Good Enough for Him.
1 rttalted Press' teased Wire.) " " r
Washington, May 22. Vlce-Prssldent
Fairbanks is ' now a candidate for -the
second place on the Republican .ticket;
having abandoned.' his ' fight ' for - the
presidential : nomination. This Is the
first definite break In the.' forces of
the "allies", as those opposing the as
pirations of William vlt . Taft are
known. No one In the. Fairbanks camp
now gttempts to conceal the move
ment.. " ' ' ' -.
The word comes from Chicago that
Mr.. Keallng, , the Fairbanks .manager,
who "opened up headquarters for the
vice-president in Chicago more than a
week ago, is bending every effort now
to getting delegates lined p for Fair
banks for second place on the ticket.
The significance of the action of the
Fairbanks managers la that Taft will
be the nominee. The allied candidates
decline to discuss the action of the
Fairbanks managers, but they are con
vinced that Taft and Fairbanks will
be the nominees. . i
S SPENDS
HE ; WEEPING
Mail Accused of Killing Mrs.
Aldrkh Shows Signs
;u . of Breakdown, i '
. (Special DUotteh to Tbe Toarnat)
Walla Walla, Wash., May 22. An af;
fectlng scene occurred at the county
jail yesterday afternoon, when Mrs.
Bud Barnes called on her husband, who
Is accused of murdering Mrs. Anna
Aldrlch. Although Barnes has been in
Jail nearly a month, yesterday was the
nrst time . his wife , has visited him.
Barnes was visibly affected when his
wife was ushered into a private room by
Sheriff Ha vl land and after affectionately
embracing her he broke down and cried
like a child. The wife's sobs, mingled
with those of her husband." brought
tears to the eyes of the officials. Barnes
has been showing signs of breaking
down for several daya Much of his
time is spent weeping in his cell and
he does not mingle with the other orls-
oners as much as formerly.
- Plans for bringing Barnes to trial
June .8 are being, rapidly formulated
and both sides will be represented by a
great array of legal talent. The prose
oution will be represented by Prose
cutor' Otto Rupd. Deputies McDonald
and Bryson and the firm of Gose ' A
uose. v- '.. ..-
Barnes will be defended bv Cain and
Rurspool and the Arm of Garrecht. Ev
ans & Dunphy. Forty witnesses .for the
prosecution have been subpoenaed and a
special venire of 150 jurymen has been
ordered by the court. , . .
HEART DISEASE
KILLS GOVERNOR
SPEIDS HIS
GOLD COIN
Li?ed at the Portland Hotel
and Ended Wild Career
Here With Big Party to
His Many Dupes Repeat
ed Tricks in Chicago.
Sold Books to Prominent
People Who Found That
Friendship for Gay One
Was an Exceedingly Ex
pensive Experiment.
Chicago book lovers have suf-
fared tor the tune of. $e,009
through Fred Brlggs, book agent,
who made hla headQuafters at
the Portland , botel about 19 i
months' ago. Brlggs , swindled
many prominent people of Port- , 4
land and through its Chicago
correspondent The Journal, 'haa
been able to practically', identity
Brlggs as the man whojsot away
with a fortune of Chicago money.
Brlggs' career In Portland, It
was learned today, was certainly
a wild one and expensive to
those wo trusted him.
OREGON. MAM WILL BRIM
, SQUADRON TO '.PORILAND
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During tbe Rose Carnival.
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Sparks of Nevada Passes
at Eeno After Al
ness of Five Months.
Away
(United Press Leutd Wfe.
Reno, . Nev., May , 21. Governor
Sparks, after an Illness of .five months
died at. 8:30 this morning. Neuralgia
of the heart was .the Immediate cause
of death:
Lieutenant-Governor Don & Dicker-
son sucoeeds to the governorship.'
Dlckerson Is 34 years old, being the
youngest governor Nevada ever had.
Governor. Sparks .was 65 years old
and one of the state's wealthiest men.
Governor Starka began . to sink at
1:10 'o'clock this - morning and his
physician was hastily summoned, but
nothing could be done for the patient
and at ;!0 he passed away. His wife.
sen and daughter were, at the bedside!
Governor Soarka became III soon after
the federal troops were sent to Gold
field last December to prevent an ex
pected; outbreak by' striking minors.
The worry caused- bv the situation In
Goldfleld, and the criticism heaped upon
him for asking President Roosevelt to
send federal troops" to the mining camp
caused Governor Sparks to take to his
bed. but ha recovered after a few tfava,
Early in January Governor Sparks
was caught in a "heavy rainstorm . and
neuralgia' and nervous complaint fol
lowed. He sought treatment in San
Francisco,- but failed to benefit by It
and returned to Reno. r
-Jovernor Sparks was born in Missis
sippi. Early In life hla parents tnoK
him to Arkansas, then to Texas. Soon
after attaining his v majority he en
gaged la rattle-re Islng on an. extensive
scale in TTtah,- Nevada and Idaho and
while still a "very , young ' man was
known as a cattle king. In the winter
of 188S, however, he . lost his entire
fortune, but with r indomitable courage
retrieved It. Finally he was ; elected
governor of Nevada by a large majority.
He was reelected in 1(06. - .. ?
H served In the Apache war with
credit, . i. . ". . , , .. .. i. . .
Flzs water by the tub, automobiles at
all hours of the day and night, f 20 gold
pieces handed as if with a scoop shovel,
such is the general memory held by
numerous people in . Portland of Fred
A. Brlggs, the high-rolling book agent
who; appears to have repeated his Port
land experiences In Chicago. But others
In this cltv would like to meet the fes
tive distributor of limited editions at
four times their value and have a little
confidential talk with him regarding a
few small, very small, matters in the
way of unpaid bills and bad checks.
After the San Francisco fire a Jovial,
well-dressed, smooth-talking chap en
gaged quarters with his wife in the
Portland hotel. Within, a . week he had
acquired the reputation of being a
"spender," and the pace he set is still
used as a measuring stick when lesser
lights are mentioned. .
- Xla Sngae-lnr Ways. ;
His eneaalnar wavs. his outside nollsh.
his freedom with ready cash soon gave
this prince or dook sellers tne latcn
key to doors of many wealthy people
In. this city. No-ringing' the door bell
for Mr. Brlggs and then asking for the
lady of the house. Hardly. It was the
whole family for an automobile ride, a
dinner or two. or half a'dosen. It real
ly did not matter, then tbe sale of "lim
ited editions." .
Of course when the suave gentleman
Incidentally mentioned that the price
waa only a couple of thousand dollars
no one dreamed of disputing him, or
even of looking up the matter to find
out. They paid. Then Brlggs would
have- a la ps of memory that, somehow
resulted In the money getting to Clare
mont, the automobile dealers. - the wine
agents and elsewhere less mentlonable
Instead of going to the publishers in
the' east. .
Many were bitten by the hand that
fed them, so to' speak. . One gentleman
In this city loaned about ' 11.100 to
Brlggs. He also bought' books at ' sev
eral .times their value. - v
Brigits was the soul of genial accom
modation, "JUst sign this note," if the
money was not . convenient. Then
Brlggs promptly raised money on the
notes, there was another golden whirl
wind with showers of champagne to
allay 'the dust' In all the throats In
the room, and Brlggs forgot to remit
the proceeds of the .sale to . the east.
' Gave Biff Party.
Finally the end came, A roaring
party in one' of .the-. leading hotels and
things were as gay as ever, but next
day there was a vast' silence where
Brlggs had ? held forth, - Uts office in
the Conoord building was deeeHed ex
cept for a mob of collectors with a fair
sprinkling of police officers. Two hun
dred and flftv dollars was hung up as
a reward for the presence In Portland of
one Fred A, Brlggs. Short checks came
back from the banks and an uglytem-
fiered representative of the eastern publ
isher wanted to see Mr. Brlggs for a
moment to find out why something like
14.000 entrusted ,to him had dlsap-
feared. Nothing more was heard of
he gentleman till the news came from
Chicago yesterday .uat a certain book
agent - (no name gives) had repeated
the Portland game in the Windy City
to the , tune of about 1 50,000. v
i John A. Patten of Evanaton. Tlllnole,
one of the keesest members of the Chi
cago board of trade, wants to' see the
gentlfman. Because of a smooth tongua
Mrs. Patten gave the agent a check for
tZ.S50.and signed - notes for $20,000.
These -notes . were promptly 'used' to
raise money fen high rolling ooeratlone
at ras lfeht conducted bv said smooth)
kn. V a...., A -At Kr , millions I f-'a
was tricked Into aiming note for 149.
000. which her delishted husband bought
back for sio.eitu in coia rasn, even in
these hard times,
In each rase the game was the same.
If the aaent could -enlV ret ft note
signed the ruhllher would bind. seme
verv expensive nooks in a-wy that
SAILORS ViORRY
JUI: SOCIETY
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Honolulu Belles Divided on
Question of Dancing With
the Enlisted Men.
(United Press Lciud Wirt.)
Honolulu, May 22. Society here Is
divided against Itself today on the ques
tion of whether Mr. Jack Tar of the
Atlantio - fleet of - the ' American navy
la a suitable dancing partner for the
ladles of the upper crust., . The trouble
has grown out of the plana for a big
ball for all the sailors of the fleet to
which the leaders of society were ex
pected to come and weloome the blue
jackets witn open arms. .
"The ; society women of Honolulu,
will never attend a -ball at which thev
are expected to dance with the sailors.
said -ueorge-w. mitn. -editor -of -the
Advertiser. "It would be better to
give a ball to the officers." '
This suggestion caused a storm of
protest at the suggestion " of drawing
tines nwiui i ii consequent airxl
culty In determining -lust what mm.
bers of Honolulu society would be elig
ible to attend such a f unction.
- Some of .the women, of society, how
ever, -say they would be delighted to
meet "Mr. Tar." Mrs. George R. Car
ter, wife of the ex-governor, today said:
"I should have no - hesitancy In atteud-
mg uia dbiu ine American sailor is
good enough for any society In any
country In th wirM .'
HjDfAffS-LIQUOR;
DAGGERS, DEATH
.?:;.' .-. '-' assssBBassBfcissaisssss
Kewt Sutton Supplies Drink
;f and Eooney Stabs Him
4 . and Ira Strong.
K (Special DUpatcb to The loarsil.) , ,
Toledo, Or., May 22. Newt Sutton, an
Indian, came to Toledo yesterday and
got a supply of whiskey. On his re
turn home he was met at the Silett
river by Ira Strong and Stewart Roo
ney. The three turned back and went
to W. M. Metealfs house, where they
engaged in a brawl. Rooney fatally
tabbed both Strong and Sutton several
clmes. Strong and Sutton are about 20
years old. Rooney li about 85. No
arrests have yet been.made.
IMUDIK STORY
OF COWIDEIi
' When the cruiser fleet sails up the
Columbia there will be particular re
Joiclng In two Oregon families and It
will : be enthusiastically received
First, because Percy Olmstead who
came from the John Day country
and to whose father pretty nearly
every boy of any consequence In east
ern Oregon went to school, Is going
to fly the vice-admiral's flag as com
mander of the flagship Charleston,
and second because John L. Martin
Is coming as chief engineer ; of the
Charleston and that's a long story
and a true one.
Charles M. Mullen, who lives at East
Ninth and East Davis streets, and who
conceived the water, power tunnel, cut
off of the Snake river, lived when he
was a young roan In Portland, . Maine.
And he had freckles that overlapped.
When he had grown up and his freckles
had ceased to show his mother grew
lonesome.- "MOtner, i Deiievs yuu eou
some one to bring In the wood and to
have about the house that you can scold
in my place, ne torn ner. -"Yes.
I do." aareed Mrs. Mullen, "but
I want a freckle-faced boy." Mr. Mul
len pondered over it for awhile and the
nest dav went to Boston and told the
head of the Boys' Orphan asylum there
that he wanted to adopt a . boy. . They
marshaled the TO odd little mites out
for his Inspection and away downy at
the end of the line was a freckle-faced
boy. . r. . .. ,..-....-
"I watched him." said Mr. Mullen,
'land when I walked up close I saw
that hla eves were brlsht. ha carried
his head well and best of all he had
freckles that overlapped.
Weloomed at Boston.
"I told them directly that be was the
one I wanted. Hut you can't have him,'
they said. 'His sister Is livlnr and there
are reasons why we don't want him to
leave tne asylum.' i insisted. However,
and at last had my way. All the way
home from Boston the little fellow
was frightened and I had a hard time
making friends.. But when we got In
the -house be saw my mother and ran
up to her and threw his arms about
ner nectt. - There never was any trou
ble after that. , . ; , ; '
That was 15 years - ago. The day
he came I gave him a $20 gold piece
and told him that if he carried the wood
In and got the water every day there
would be another for him at the end of
the year. He lived with us seven years
and then, it became necessary for me
to be away from home most of the time
end we sold' our place. I had seen
John trying to pound a horseshoe In the
blacksmith shoo and knew that he bad
a hand for mechanics. Therefore -1
took him down to the Portland. Maine,
'(Continued on Page Eighteen.)
PROHIBITION PARSON 4
' ARGUES WITH BRASS
KNUCKLES; PAYS FINE
(Continued on Page Three.)
(Special CI' pa tea t the JoanuLV'
. Enterprise Or, May. 22. Because , to
began his prohibition campaign ; with
nls fists and a pair of brass knuckles,
Rev. ijoore. pastor f the Presbyterian
church at , Wallowa wa force! to eon
tribute 210 to the public treasury today.
M. .Wltherell of Wallowa, the recipient
of the love taps from the ardvnt. antlv
snloon worker, appeared as -complaining
wltneaa . . , . , '
Two month-usgo Rev. Moore entered a
dispute with Wiiherell over th liquor
: ' --..-'.. x
Question. Their ideas on .the subject
were -different and the advocate of pro
hibition - proceeded to decorate his ep
ponent's .face with sundry cuts and
bruises... v - ? . . ,.
Wlthereil started ' an investigation
Into the. cause of the minister's eativ
victory and learned that a pair of brasn by tile wontern rn i : a
knuckles had been - used. . Ha reported i ered In some. quo n. .f th
tne errnir to inegrna jury ana had
Moor Indlottfd.
The cafe was called before JiKltT
Crawfird l;i llin circuit ro-.irt. J!rire
enterci 4 l-lej of (guaty and was lineU
no. (
IIEIlEy 111 HOT
FREE ABE RUEF
Prosecutor Declares He Will
Camp on Trail of Ex-Boss -
' Till Convicted.
(United Pren leased Wire.)
San, Francisco, May , Jl. "We shall
continue to prosecute 'Abe Ruef until
the law ts vindicated. There will be no
let up. We are not so disheartened over
m oiMgrmiuunt lout w - wiu lay
down."
Francis J. Heney, . assistant -district
attorney, paused long enough today In
the midst of work he Is already carry
ing on for the retrial of the ex-boss, to
make this statement. If he is thorough
ly discouraged , over - the- work of the
Jury, which was discharged Thursday
night because it could not reach a ver-
UB1UI UUb UUUrH. IllH J KI'IHL
expression did not Indicate it. The final
vote of the Jury was six for acaulttal
and six for conviction.
"Of course," added Heney, "I am of
the firm conviction that the vote of the
jury Is not a fair index of the honesty,
lntelllger.ee and cood cltlxenahln of the
community, . but the blame should ' be
placed where it belongs on those su
perior court Judges who furnished such
a large proportion of bad citlxenship
from whloh to select our lurora- Thn
efficiency of the Jury system is on trial
in San Francisco and is beings put to
a very hard test. I shall continue this
battle until Jiuef gets what . he deserves."-
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GRAFTED FROM
C
G i
"U"
Secretary of Big: College Ac-
cuscdof Embezzling Ten
Thousand ITollars.
- (Ualted Praas Leased Wire.) .
Lansing, Mich., May Jl-After hold
ing the position of secretary of the
University of Michigan for 25 years.
James H. Wade is confronted by n
charge, of having, embezxled between
15.000 and SlO.OOu of the funds of the
Institution. .
Further disgrace is said to be in store
for him for Attomey-Oeneral Bird will
demand that the university regonts dis
miss Aim and will Insist upon the "'
retary reimbursing the state In full.
In addition to this the attorney-general
will lay, what facts he has gathered in
his Investigation before the Vashtnaw
county prosecuting attorney for action..
It Is said mat waue pracucaiiy auinirM
that he has been grafting for many
vears. On account of the thefts hav
ing been so flagrant it Is believed that
no Immunity will be granted Wade.
EAILKOADS CUT WAGES
. TO F0BCE HIGH KATE
(Unltr4 Vrm IjrnfA Wlre.J
Chicago, May 22. A general
wages of all section m anl in
llorers has bepn ordere.1 hy t:
roads extenamg wot rr ni , i
evcral thousnnd tnen r erf.-.-
This Is the first wage r- i.
cut !'i
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