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Charge Recalls His Career as 1 Bohemian, Playwright 4 and, Amthor, (Cntteil PrM teased Wire.) , Los' Angeles,' Jun lO.Judson JC. , Brusie, secretary of th' stat board of railroad commlasloners, who w ar rested la this olty ' on Bunday . last, charged with the embezzlement of fund belonging;, to the. Metropolitan Bonding and Surety company, of which he was the San Franclaco representative, died at T o'clbck thia morning at tne an fnmlar hosnltftl. where he wae teken last night from the -Police hoepital, ot Sowing his release on bonds.' s ,( f In..u'i rtooth was due to heart' fail- Vure and nervous t trouble. Which, is' aid a hv been brought on by stimulants. Immediately following his arrest on - " Sunday, Brusie coUapaed,. and 'hia con. """dltlon became so eerioue that he was ' placed In the prisoner's ward at ; the . ; police atatlon. ' He had So far Improved ' that it was deemed safe to remove him . to the California hospital, - bonds hav . log been furnished .by hia f rlenda. - - Although known Uo be very slok ' man, Bruele's death- was unexpected. . Jiarlr this morning he rapidly grew . tintll ' ha -.died. : "-..V -The specific charge on which Brusie was 'arrested was .the, embMilment of 1 $600 Of the fund of the Metropolitan Bonding , Surety company .. of New .; Brusie admitted using some of the money, belonging. to the company, .but maintained that he took only what was ' duo him as cornmisslona. ,NJudson C Brusie had been prominent " for a number of years In San Francisco . as a speaker, fc. playwright and man . bout-town."cHle friends here remained loyal to htn i the face of the charges ' -brought esalnut hinv end subscribed a ' bond of $lS.6t on which his release was gained, and U was possible. for him to be ' released f com the Iios " Angeles JalL - -'-'-.v. j '- Wrftta "Inesbiaa Towa." He was the author of the famous rlay, '"Lonesoma Town." .which made a tremendous hit when It was first pro educed in coast towns, and since has been sen In many eaatern ' American . cities. When "California night" waa , given In New Tork recently by the comedians , Kolb and Dill, they chose "Lonesome Town" . as . the production, '' and Ita revival 'was greeted with great applause on Broadway. ' The play was " the story of a California boom town of : 16 years ago, and was a most amusing ; picture of conditions that prevailed at that time. . . . Of a 'different and more important character, however, were Brusle's plays, V "The Hills of CaHfonla,,., and "Damon ..-vMJ Pythlaa." These were dramaa that . have been produced to critical audl-t- anceswho saw In. them the, work-of: f enltia. "The Hills' of California" par Icularly was a striking play relating a it did to the events of. the golden days, ... "The days. of ,4.f. . . ..,. '.! Author af "Waok Oat" . . f The "Black Cat," a sketch produced on the Orpheum circuit and many other mailer playa- were written by Brdsie. He was also tha author -of "t O. V" a Brusla was well known as an after ' dinner speaker, as well aa a campaign ' 'orator. He made addresses' In many : auctions of tha country In the McKinley 4- and Roosevelt campaigns. Ha practiced . lawfn Amador county. Cal., and was sent ,to the assembly from there.. He " later' went to Sacramento to live and wu sent to the assembly- from that oitv two terms. He waa- appointed sec- retary of the state. railroad commission. Brusie arranged bonds for Mayor Srhmits and 'others arrested tnr rrrt. lng in San Franclaco. ... , . REPORT CAUSE OF EXPLOSION Board of Inquiry Sends Re sult' of Tennessee Invest!-; . gation to .Washington, ' . (United Press Leased Wire.) San Pedro, Cal., June 10. It waa an nounced today that tha report of the board of Inquiry, appointed by 'Admlral . Dayton to investigate the cause of the explosion on tha cruiser Tennessee, has ' aent Its report to Washington. Nothing can be learned aa to tha con- . tents of the report, the , officers here saying that it must be made publio in Washington. .. - " . It . has been decided ' to subject the boilers of the cruiser to a severe speed test after the inspection has been com pleted. Captain Howard. Admiral 8e bree and other officers of the ship will watch the action of the boilers during the spee ZZ3 lL'' Y Y FACING' b.ifc toirnont; ,Vho iedU Earljr ,To- Jf empsjad, " Jm li ' j '.' 'l-'iJi f (Dotted PrM Lmm4 Wire.). - , ., " Hempstead;-1.' ; J.." June I0.r-Oliver H. P. Belmont: died ; of,, f appendicitis and perlfonltis at. hia .country home here at :40 o'clock this morning; Hope' for: his recovery-was abandoned last, nleht end the family, remained at the bedsiae until the end." - , - . . ! - O. H. P. 'Belmont, a prominent mem ber ofthe family .of millionaires,: had wide financial interests. and was -one of the leading financiers In New York. -He aave much time to SDorts. - was the owner of fine horses was the patron of clubs and parka. . both- in this country and ; abroad,' where .outdoor games are piayeo. ie was stricKen suddenly with an acute - development of the disease which is BUDDOsed to have been of Ion standing; and waa operated . on : a wee! Mr. Heimont surrered a vreat shock In the death', by das- asphyxiation of his only child. Mrs. Natlca. Rives Bur den, on February 21, 1808, at ber borne on Fifth avenue. New York.v -: t. The Belmonts were DreDarim to leave for Europe when Mr. Belmont was at tacked by appendicitis. ' it was at first thought, that - an operation could - be avoided, but the oourse or the disease called for radical' measures. Dr. W; T. Bull and Dr. A. J. McCosh of New Tork, and Dr. Iakeheart f of Mlneola . per formed the operation. , i -. t Oliver Hogard Perry Belmont waa the youngest, son or tne late August- Bel mont, tha banker. He waa born in 1868. His first wife, who was Sarah Swan Whitney, divorced him and then ' mar ried. Georae Li..Klves. on January-ll. 1876, Mr, Belmont married Mrs. (Alva smith vanaeroiit, wuo, in isvo, naa oo- talned jl -divorce rrom wiuiara x. van- derbllt Sr. -Mr. r Belmont -was. in 'con gress 1901-3, and .was a delegate to 'the Democratic national .convention in 1900. The funeral services will ne held Sat urday at- the Church' of- the Incarnation at Garden City. Bishop Burglsh will officiate. 1 , v, , ; - - In society Mr. Belmont waa always aq eccentric character, and was. noted for hia freak 'entertainments gotten up with a view to .furnishing something out of the. usual, class of amusement sort by the idle . rich. It was Belmont who at Newport gave an elaborate luncheon and had -as one of hia guests a remarkably Intelligent chimpaniee borrowed for the occasion from Coney Island. The animal Is said to have - behaved himself ad mirably and was an 'astonishing suc cess as ' an entertainer, setting the guests in to. an uproar of laughter. Re port had it that the chlmpansee refused to drink champagne and It wasn't neces sary to send hi ra home In. a hack. - r 1 ! DEATH OVERTAKES;. 0. II. P. BELIJOIII n 4S ' " I 6 1 I 5. 1 ' i I p' -' - - li t ' ' vmiMmi I " . ""I : - ' . 'i i : i1 i L 3 miK I K mm mum l)ll)FPTniP akes: Uh 2UU iwtii OVERFLOWS Al WtUUIHt, pin pit :.' rr-":- ' ' ' Brartf Mine Foreman Enters .Blazing Powder Magazine and Extinguishes Flames - in Time to Prevent Ex plosion of Dynamite. ' (United Press leased Wire.) ; ? ; Butte, Mont, June 10-Bravely an tering a biasing powder magasine 100 feet below the aurfaco of the earth, last night Mike Dunn, foreman of the Lex ington copper and allver mine, extin guished the flames Just in time to pre vent tha explosion of ' 1,260 pounds . of dynamite, saving the lives of 200 men and preventing tha total destruction of the mine. Duun is the hero of the camp today, v'..1.''"' ''' ' - ;,,-Y. Dunn was making his regular round of tha workings last night when he smelted smoke. Investigation showed the fire to be on' the 300 loot level, wnere" tne powdar magasine la located. - There waa still .Dlenty of time for the plucky fore man to nave saved himself, but he rushed to the rescue of the men under his command. - Fearing he-would create ?. panlo by giving the alarm ana know, nsr , the danger of wasted time. Dunn rushed to : the magasine,- and - unaided rough i me names, wnicn were axreaa Snawing- at tne wooaen - cases in- wmc ift'dviiamlte' was tmcked. - . pounds of dynamite each,- in the maga sine at the time, and an explosion meant complete destruction or the entire mine. Dunn broke a water-pipe, and within a zew moments had nooued toe maga sine, and all danger was past. Then he continued hia round of inspection. - The miners did -not .discover their narrow, escape from death, and the heroism of their boss until tha shifts were changed at midnight.. .'- --, The fire originated by the crossing of two electr to-Wires connected with heat era on the 100 foot level The Lexing ton is Augustus: Heiase's rich property. . i ' mt n in. ETAFT Veterans Declare Secretary's .Remarks at Grant's Tomh Were Very 111 Advised. (Cnited Preaa leased Wire.) - .; j. - BIrmingham,4UJL, June 10. "Untime ly" and 111 advised" are the words used by "many confederate veterans to day In characterlslnghe memorial .day Speech of Secretary Taft in which ref erence -waa made , to General - Qrant drinking heavily. , . General W. L. Cabell of Dallas, Gen eral Clement Li. Evans of Atlanta and General Georae L. Gordon are the three aspirants to the position of commander In chief to succeed General Stephen D. Lee, who died recently. All, these men held ' the rank -of - brigadier general In tne confederate army. . - - The United Confederate '-Choirs of America Vegan lta general , convention POLICE HUNTING FOR DAYLIGHT ROBBER (United Prase Leased Wire.) Dluao. Cal.. June 10. Thrf nnllre end aetectiva rorce are conducting a vain search today for a clue to. the daring daylight robber who broke Into tne no me or t. en ton, city recorder -of Coronado late i yesterday and secured Jewelry valued at 16,000, besides a sum of money' said, to be 12,000: There were fourteen pieces', in . - ins? list or gems ken, including a necklace of. rare earla and of topass They were hetr ooms of great aare brouaht from Em. iana oy tne r eiHonn the head of the family, being retired London mcr- cnant. CONFEDERATES SR .Group of Oregon Pioneers Who Took Flats West of City Filled With Water and People . Forced to Flee for Their . LivesMissouri Is Still Rising. (United Press teaaed Wire.) Kansas City, June 10. Today this city lg fighting the rlverg. Every available man Is in the west side lowlands battling with the worst flood that has Inundated this sec tion of, MlBsourf-Blnee 1S03. -.. The Kaw river ran over Its banks, tore away the levies, carried farm houses before It and brought the, Missouri river waters up so high that there Is no telling where the damage will end. ..... - Thousands of patrols guarded the Kaw river dykes during the night ana as many tnousands ' more re lieved them this morning, but the efforts of the workers were of mo avail ; M was thought that if ; the levies could be.' made to hold , that the$ower part of the city would be saved, but the. first break came, just at daylight and 2,000 men working with desperation 'could not fill the washout. - ' 1 With a , terrific roar tha water earn through the gap and rushed' upon the lower town. Man were sent In advance of tha flood to warn residents of the district and people seised what valu ables they might and started for the high ground on the east bluffs. Every wagon In the city waa n Into service to remove household goods and merchandise. In the flooded sec tions are many wholesale houses and manufacturing plants, including the lm mense Armour and Swift Dacklna con cerns. There were many thousands of head or livestock In the yarda and these were drowned. There eeems to be little rrostect of tne water going oown ana there are many homeless people whom the charitable-societies and the police are trying to care for. Tha M labour 1 Is still rising and a flood from that source is Immi nent . , -- . '..- . GOULD GIVES UP HAR11AII FIGHT ;4 c asBSBaBBaassajsBBBssB ;i Magnate Abandons Efforts to Complete Transconti S nental Railroad Line." (Unlted Press Leased Wire.) i New York, June 10.- Tha chief .topic in Wall street today la tha reported amicable adjustment of .tha differences between Gould and Harrlman. It Is understood that the ' agreement - waa ef fected Just before George J. Gould's de parture for Europe, and oovera all of the disputed questions between the Gould and Harrlman Interests in - the west - ', . - . , Gould retains possession ' of his prop erties west of Pittsburg and will con tinue the building of the Western -Pacific, but It will be operated In harmony with tha Harrlman lines. d-, : Under the agreement however Gould will not be able to carry out his plan of a great transcontinental Gould sys tem, ' for it provides that ha must not cross tha Alleghertlee with his western connection to Join bis western Mary land line.. .. . i-"" . t ft I i Tart In the Winning of the West and Joe: Leiter's Bride Wears Sheaf Gown When Mar ried Today in Parents' Apartments .Washington Society Taken by Surprise (United Frees Leaaed Wire.) Washington, June 10. The dlrectolre gown made Its first appearance at the altar today when Miss Juliette Williams, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. John R. Williams, waa married to JoseDh Letter. the Chicago- millionaire, at one of the most fashionable' wedding - ceremonies ever held In the national capital. The brlde'a gown, which attracted so much attention and soon became the topic of conversation In society circles all over the city, waa made or heavy white satin in a modified dlrectolre mode and is tha creation of a Washington modiste. colonel Williams is one or tne weaitni- est men in the United States army and his daughter is one of the most popular members of Washington's younger so cial set ' Mrs. Letter presented her son with tha Letter mansion In Dupont Circle, all Its works of art. and other furnishings, together with the Letter silver, china and Jewels and he transferred them all too ay after tne weaaing as a cut to aim bride,--;.- . '';,,.-' -'..',,5."'.." ; '. ' Washington. D. C.t June' 10. The mar- riaare of Miss Juliette Williams, daugh ter of Colonel and Mra. John R. Wil liams to Joseph . Letter of ; Chicago and Washington took place today at nnnn mt t Vi flk iniftm.nt nf thtk hride'S parents In the Connecticut - Owlnr .to recent .deaths in the fam ilies -of both the contracting parties tha wedding waa celebrated with the great est simplicity, less than a score of people witnessing tha ceremony, which waa performed by an- uncle of the bride. '(Continued on Page Two, J 110 BOOZE FOR IIAVAIHEROES Veterans of Many Banquets to Have Dry Time .While Visiting Honolulu. - - : (Catted Pleas Leased Wire.)': v -Honolulu, June 10. With Intoxicating liquors officers' entertainments and hula dances. absolutely eliminated from tha plans for the reception of the At lantic fleet when it touches at this port next month, the "cruise of tha banquet era" -will be somewhat checked, ; The . official committee that baa the reception in hand voted today to elim inate intoxicating liquor from the list of expenditure and to taboo the nuia dance. - Thla will ba tha first fete given her at which the famoua native hula dance - has not played . a conspicuous part in tha program. xne committee win lane no official recognition of such -a thing as a hula aanea. :v ' - No money is to be expended by the committee for entertainment hat is not the. nature of a . publio fete. Th means that all diversions and balls for officers of -, the : fleet ar , to . be ellm- ALLEGED MURDERER ARRESTED AT CHICAGO ':'- V".-' -. i -,.';.: ir " (United Prase Leased WlreJ ' k Chicago, June 10. George Thoumaa, Greek, charged with having killed George Founcotos, another - Greek, at Standpoint, Washington, a year ago. Is under arrest here. Chief of Police Ben H. Rice Of Spokane has wired the' au thorities nere to noia tne prisoner pena-lng- further orders. : . , ... . . a 1 1 rr j i I! Who Attended Today's Convention., BMEMEB VETERANS WARS IN Mrs. Crawford, New" York's' Woman City Surgeon. First (Special Dispatch to TDe JoornaL) New York, June 10. Mra. Mary. M. Crawford, New York's first woman surgeon In the city's employ, Is going to become a prohibitionist Mrs. Craw ford waa assts-ned to -duty In the Wll Itamsburs hosoital and the first case she was called upon to attend waa that of a man surrering with delirium tre mens. The patient carried on in such a manner that Mrs. Crawford had to shout for help, and aha said hia breath waa like the breese from a boose fac tory. That setU'd It now - it's anti- saloon lor Mrs. Crawford. EMPRESS FALLS FROM HORSE; SLIGHTLY HURT - malted Preaa Leased Wire.) Potsdam, Prussia, June 10. Her royal highness, th Empress -Augusta Vic toria, fell from her horse while riding In the park today and la reported to have been oaaiy injurea. Sh was taken to her apartments and Is confined to, her bed. Her Her physicians were summoned hurriedly. It Is not thought her life is In danger. PAY INSPECTOR m T , RYANTN SUSPENSE -.' - : . Banta Barbara. 'CaL, June 10. It was learned today - that - the court-martial that . has been, investiaatina ' charaes against Pay Inspector E. D. Ryan of the Pacific fleet has sent a sealed ver dict in the case to Washington, and it Is believed that the officer has been exonerated,, s -.-.-:.. . . . - . 0 I vv W 1 i DRUIJKEfl mEH ARE IIERABOHIIIATIOII 4 o y .- .- '.-., . OF INDIAN CONVENTION WISH HAYES BILL PASSED Measure Will Put Men -Who Fought . the Redskins in Early Days on an Equality With .the Veterans of . Other Wars , There are 400 survivors of the Indian wars left Although tha official count baa not yet bean made,' It waa figured that there were fully that many gath ered In tha convention hall of , the veterans'-association at th annual meeting this morntog. . . , , ".Considering the fact that scarcely a man in attendance upon the convention Is under 70 years of age,-the number of survivbrs and their general health is a remarkable testimonial to the strength and hardihood of the early pioneer and the healthfulness of the North Pacltld coast country. Oonveattoa Opna. Headquarters of 'the Society of Indian War Veterans of the North Pacific Coast the official title of the organization were opened In the W. O. W. bulldina, 128 Eleventh street this morning and the society will hold Its convention to day and this evening, with the election, of officers for the coming year sched uled for tonight. . , , This morning th veterans devoted most of their lime to a discussion of the Hayes pension bill putting Indian war veterans on a footing with those of the Civil war. Thla noon the dele gates with their wlvea and the widows of Indian - war soldiers were given an elaborate luncheon by the Bona and Daughters of Indian war veterans. The afternoon session will be devoted to reminscence while the hard work of the ' convention will be postponed until the cool of tha evening.. -Want Xayes Bill passed. There were Present, of the officer of the society, Grand Commander A. G. Lloyd, Senior Grand Commander A. B. Stuart Grand Adjutant Otto Klee mann. Grand Marshal Can tain Pat Mo loney. Captain of the Guard John Storan. Grand Chaplain W. D. Ewmav Those missing were Junior Vice-Commander Ed Rosa and - Grand Commissary-Sergeant Charles Caambreau. - -. ; . What the members of the snoletv nr. working for Is the passage of the Hayes bill. This bill was presented to con fess by Congressman Hayes of Cali ornla in the Interests of the veterans and widows of veterans. Under the present law th survivors of that war receive but $8 month, and they are anxious to have this raised to the aame amount as that ariven other rwnalnn.n Chaplain Ewlng opened the meetina; with fn rayer, ana men the business of bring- g th Hayes bill before the senators id representatives was taken nn. i i. exander Coffee, Grand Commander Lloyd and others spoke on the bill, and It Waa decided that, evervnna . Should constitute himself a committee of one -to show senators and i-nnsr,.,. men how necessary and Justifiable la the out.. ... - woos. Homumt Planned, '' The treasurer renorted bn tin v.j been collected for next year's conven- iun ana mat mere was on; hand 840 towards the erection of a monument to F. A. Wood. It Is believed that pnmt.h money will hav been raised bv next year to warrant the ; erection Jot the monument then. , , '-,'- - But If resolutions -.and'. . Jthtaga- ?were being , given inside thn naiL thv real business or th. oonyention waa going on outside in th walk , before th building or in somj of, the anterooms, wher a doaen Uttift groups were recounting tho storif of ihS, war- Thero was Comrade G. H R MUler or Oregpn . City. , who has bee In New Tdrk for two years but who came out to Portland this time so. as !?-. the changes. Mr. MlUer found Ultra, too. i . When I went away w wer .ii gray, he said, "and now the line nf (Continued on Page Two.) FEW LEADER AT CIIICIO Colonel John F. Finci I y, Who Led Raid on Can h in Sixties, Passes' Away. V (UalteJ Preas Letivd Tl !r.) Chicago, - June 10. Colonel J .' n ; , Plnerty, one of the bet kni:i I - Amerlcans In the country, enl r as a leader of the IVmIho ran , . da In the lure '.), !;,-. i i-'niv t Colonel Finwrty whh . -. . was born and e'luetvt. i in I - Is father was w t-.t- .,r t ., , 'indicator, a nation . .-,t . .... When 1 veirs '.i,i i n t lea. In !'.! o t.. t i , , rm C!i'tt'. i- i. -i pp.-or and I-!-.. j v . ; . Jt:ti,i3 1;) I'll' r ... : Irli.ii i? , s . "I
