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EX-TREASURER
WARD TESTIFIES
He Cliiims to Ik the Victim of a Div
honest I'urtncr.
now i l l. un: ki:ai. on icial
hard (laly a Clerk It Ike More aid tloliQ
Notklig t. D. Vita Itaidliaq
leeitv Hoicjr.
I'tir.tiaiil t dloiirumrnt, '.lie lrl.il l II 1-
Ward, ei-roiinly trea.i irr. we roiilliiu d In
the, iri uli court yratrrday at .e tn liedira
lare and Infreateil anill. nte. 1 uder Hie
pirthiua rtillnn. o( Hie e un the rni-rtile 1 "he
'uiitoul d.r tliv a'ate ware eliletly dlra led to
Ilia ul.je. 1 1, uvIdi not merely i.rrltlr a lnl
ruhver.lnn of e unty fund, by the ei-trraaurcr,
l.ut aUo hla knowledise of the entire tian.
tluiii c. hie ufflre from the heiilni.liu of hi. t)rt
f-riti In law. The defci.ae, i n the rimtrary.
t retiu, mil y denied either hla prtl',l;atiin lu
he e neraloM nf county tunU to the um- of
he (trm of Unwell A W aid. or hla knowledge
l.nt mch Itimla had Iwn ao c uirar'i 1 untl:
ml (irhir to the diaeovtiy nf their mlaMro
nation ly Wad a htiduiru. The deleiid-
anl 1 1 oiiuarl apoanr Ut real their rutlie raw
Uni the pruNii'ou lint eery duller ol ehott
air lu the tieaiuie a acrouula, ei-e,tl' the
mm o( Mt. which wai ii-ext t'f Mr W.ifd uer
auna ly In the dlechatie of a (inn oh; tlou
lua the la e hanking home of I W. I aw, waa
euuvert'd ht klr. Ward a fanner, W. li, How"
ell, wl hout the cnimeiit or kuowledne of the
a-trv.i.urcr Aa t . the I ) ntt I. t aae
he acek to evade illiul..a irr; nalliillt) m
he irronnd that that aisvuiit .irrv-'l.
,j
1 1. W. ( ac after In. hai k had i. cm' '. 'u
rti-hli ration of I ii ri Ua.c aud 'a;mvtll ()
W atd nf the reinalnder of a ilein.lt of cnw?it
ml., aii.nu: t li( to uhcut
1 he Ural witnra. caPel wa ti. W ii gilc, who
aaeiaiulnrd hy Mr. Cketuti a Mlo.
I lH lii-e uiu arc one of the bond. men of
Mr. II I.. Ward, who t formerly inunty
treaanrer of Dalanp roittilyf I believe ao.
Ye. lr
Have you ever had any mvirailon w ith
Mr. Ward In nicartt to hla ahortane with
Clutao county allnr that fact became known,
or Jn.t prior to the time It became kiiowu to
I he public? Yea air.
Will you relate that roll verkat Ion as near aa
y 011 can remember? Yea air.
Tell any couventatlon and all cinvcrMitl.ini.
that you have had with Mr. Wurd In nitard
to thla nintler.
Mr Kulton-Wc iilijccl to thla tetliniiiiy for
the reaanii that the alatc inttat Drat how that
atieh atntenicnta were volitntnry, and the
burden la on llim to thuw It.
The t ourt--The objection la auaiulucd.
Mr. t'liTlon Were the alateiiienta he made
tu you frcu and volunluryT Certainly. It
waa aotue tlmealKitit the tlrat of June. Waul
caiiieto nie and wanted me to ralae some
money for the linn, and I aaked him how
much It waa lie wanted to rube, lie auld
about fi.ftw or u little over, If I nn'ollivt
rltihl wihl that Howell told Mm that
tin y were that much behind with the county.
Of I'ourac 1 waa thuuderatrui'k and aaked
hi 111 how It occurred, lie wild hv did not
know, but It waa ao, na Howell had told blm.
I naked ti tin why It occurred mid how much
II probably waa. lie auld Howell kept (he
hooka and ran that art of the buxlucaa alto
gcllier. 1 tried to borrow the amount for
them on real eatate, but could not do It.
Kventually, I believe, It waa done by Mm.
Hmtollrt. About m,l waa nilaed.
ltd n't he conic to you first and want to
borrow f l,a), Yin, t believe lie did.
And then a day or two afterward, before
Ihcmoiioy had becu obtulucd, he came to
you and wanted to borrow tn.Cka.? Yea; that
la right.
,luat luto what conversation y0n had with
i I in then III regard to hla Drat naklng lor
i,ti, and llicii ci iiiliig and inking for Sti.cxv.
lie Mild at tlrat il.OOU. Howell told him that.
He aflerwarila auld the auiotiut had 111
creaiid toJ'.'iiHi or 11 little over, lie auld lie
did not know, but lie atippou'd lie waa telling
the truth about It now.
When did till conversation occur? It op.
,-uned In June.
Before Hie nubile knew of It genornlly?
Yea. air.
rill ISSEXAMIXATION.
Mr. Knlton That wn the June before the
:ird of July? Yea; a couple of weeks before
that time.
Now, 011 the .trd of July you had a further
conversation, didn't you, on the amiie ob
ject. Well, what waa that?
Mr. t'lecton Wo object.
The Court The objection la austulncd.
Mr. Knlton We will save an exception and
call the wltneaa hereafter. That la all.
Mr. t'lecton That It all.
Min' heavy fleeced uii'l'-nmir, now
.' (-Kill yu;h.
Mon' Vicuna wool undorwear, nn V,
rent ea'li.
Mn' extta tinvy rmtura all wool un.
(Ii'rwfr, tkw II 00 each.
Men's licivy all wool s-WKalers, blnck
or navy, 11.15 each.
A fier reiHliinn .Inline limy ami other it-
lie.U'11 eonierilllill Mini- lif the flU'te "lee
id III the tentlni'Miy lntneiiri1 'ill Tiien
dny, the aiate then en! I'd to the Maud
( uuiity (.'oiiiiiilwlonera I'e'erami mid 1-wla
and ra-Ci, luminal, mer WimmIpii, who rorrote
united Judj(e limy aa Ut the rre jiieril and
iitteiit deiimnda tnitUe un Mr nurd for Hie re
leiiiillini of riulaliindliiK eoiinly warruiita
(ruiii (uiida ii.e.. d to he In lila liunda, and
reiiioiiatrttiirin with him oier lila r eiit,
d'lii) a In nilliK aeinl annual atMlementa n
miulred ( him h law, ciu-ndliiK baek
ihroiiKli lila entire iidinlnlalratliiii t't the
Mine of lila flrat elwtloii, H nd lh- IntrfMltirtloii
ul evldeiu e r,Ml in.-l from the fli f the
eoiinly rlerk'a urtl'-e. Mr. ( lie I, mi uiiiiounr.xj
tile alule'a eaae reaLi-il.
A Ionic and earneat couaiiltitluii Iheu'en.
aiie t Let ween cimiiim'I for the ill f.-iiM., at the
rloac nf which Mr. I'. W. Fulton anlioiuired
tluit tliey would InlriKline ua their Aral wit
ilea. Judge f. J. Taylor, who waa ohllgcd Ut
eae the city on an llnrli lit liualnrM en
guifcitient, out of the order arranged for hla
tc.tiinouy.
Judifi Taylor te.tlfl.il a to lil long ac.
4mlntaiire with the dvfeiidiinl.il. I.. Ward,
and that he had alwaya Ixirua a good reputia
tlnii In the community for term'lly and
j prolilty.
Die atnte had no i ue t lon to auk Judge
i Taylor, and Mr. Fulton then auld: 't all the
defendant."
Mr, Ward, direct eiatulnatlon waa con
ducted by l. W. Kulloii, aa follow ..
Mr. Ward, )uu are the defendant In Ihil ac
tion Y'ei air.
How 1 Id ara jog, IleuT 1 aa SI
Hi w loug bane vi u rc.llid In thii counly
I do not rrniem'ier exactly, I tnluk It waa in
7i w lieu w came here, about that.
t heu ynu 1 auie hatl' Y ea lr.
Arc you a niau of fauil!) Ym air
It la charged here agallut you that you bare
u.c.i a. .I approuriatad to your own uae a large
amount f county moii- y, ir,v63.'J. Now, I
ant ynu tneiplaln In ihla Jury, what. If any
JUi you have uwil of Ih a niooey. Did you uae
any of II" No nr, 1 h .y int. That li to my
owj 11 a.
Have uii ued any of it for prieate purpoae".
You, your.elf I did once, when I. W Caa
ma le an avilgi metit or failed We had depos
ited ) lueeti llxu aiol II j0. I thii k It laaliout
that, aniuew lierv In that n Ighlairhoi-d, The
day he made the a.aignmei.t I went over there
and 1 apokc to bim about our luouay In tharv
and he laid thai it it waa county money and
th' I and my boud.men would be reaponalble
for It: that he would puy 1: all but the atnoULt
l..i. firm waao.vlng to him.
Mr. Kitl on (Joou. Hen.
And he told rue to come In again and get it
paid, about the time the bank doling.
The nex day. I think It waa. I went over Into
the hank and he paid me tlax) aud aomething;
the dlfT. retice whatever It w aa, but held out
.)
Thiat'on that they have ri talking aliout.
The entry In Mr. t'ae 1 b iok. Thai l you atip
K.e Y'cst'r. 1 supiKiac 1.
ll d you draw any rhri k for It, or did he hold
It i n I inn tibCer the Iraprcasion that I
drew a check for it but 1 do n t remember.
What business waa Mr. Case In at that
time? lu the bunking business.
You bud deosltcil that money there
county treasurer? Y'ca. sir.
And he told you thut he would pay you
this on the aide Hillside of the uisslgnmciit?
llelng public money he staled lie would py
It If we would allow him to retain thla
Why did you do It? 1 thought luyaclf mid
bondsmen were reaponalble for the whole
amount, And after he fulled I did not know
w hether he wou d ui,v .V) cents oil the dollar or
the whole, ami I considered It a business
proposition to tageull I could get.
Mr Allen Interposed an objection to wlt
neaa being led.
Sow, Hen, who kept your accounts nd
actually acted as treasurer? Mr. How, II.
Why? I did not understand bookkeeping.
I waa iievcreducatcd.
Mr. Alleii1 object tonny testimony on be.
half of the defense that Mr. Howell neted as
treasurer.
The Court The objection la overruled.
Mr. Fullou tio on, Ben. I did uot uuder
atund bookkeeping and knew I waa not qual
ified to keep the books aud Mr. Howell did.
ami I appointed him as deputy to take charge
ot the books and do the business.
Sow, were you and he associated In busi
ness ut the time yon tlrat went luto oltlcc?
Yea, air, unci up to the hcginnlngor last July,
(in the ,Hrd, I think, of July.
Hid you have confidence In him? Yea, air.
As to hla Integrity 1 had. I trusted hiiii.
Now did you have anything ut all to do
with the keeping of the books or accounts
either of your atore or ua treasurer? Th.
only book I ever did any writing In, among
the treasurer's hiaiks, was a register. When
Howell waa out I would write In thut laaik
If a man brought In uny warrants to be reg
istered .
Now, when did you first discover that lie
hnd misappropriated any of the fluids, If you
did discover It? It was some time In May.
Of what year? The present veer.
Xxplain to the Jury, ilowell cal ed aae luto
the uftU'e one day and said they hid heard of
me mouey lu the firm be'onglng to theoou ity
Men's iloiiblo rolnforc-sd S'tutidernd Ml
shirts, V) rutin wh.
Man's heavy Jersey knli .wcrshlrts, now
M en Is each .
Men's cottnsada or Joe-n pant, now (0
cants pair.
Men's all -oo print, extra huvy, now
12.75 pair.
ami that we would have to make 11 ii) and 'bai
we would have n borrow It and male It up. I
went (.ii- and ap, ke to Mr. Wlngale lf.,wei
(If.t .aid ll w.a ff'tn, hut lb next mon big he
told n.e It vu In the neighborhood of t"0.
What did you aay? I asld 'Yn. had no right
to ute that money and abuuldb't have dune It,"
or worda lo th it effect.
What did he aay? II aald It wai ned In the
hiialneaa and he thought it could he paid back.
I'M you make any effort to borrow lh!t mon
ey I did. I went to Mr. Wlugate iud George
Kiavel and the banks.
He told you then It aUut Wi d'd be?
Yea air.
Now, waa that the drat time you knew any
thing about HT Yet air. Except the Cue
moiie.
Now. did you afteiwtrda rtlte iver that It waa
more than the lrtr? Yea air. But I did not
dlacover It until you came lu Ihe at re. When
we fled to borrow the mouey here and old 1 ot
aueceed, How, 11 went to Portland. I believe
Mr. Wilful, w.nt with blm. He did not get
the won.)' there and next merulni when he
came tack I tried to get It la another way. He
thought he could got Mrs P.adolltt to advance
IDA aud taae Ihe atore aud tall we woild
have m .re thau enough to pay the county up
and can have ti e proi erty that la over.
Well, w hat did you do: Mrs, BadnUet clung' d
her mlr d and did not take the Here, hut ihe
borrowed VaaM on a lot On aome aecurity ihe
gave lo him to put up, I got tluO fiem Mrs.
Morriaou aud I au poted thlt left a bt tace ol
a'sjut iJO'Jihoriarfr.
When did you dlacoier that It wa cUlnird
to Ih- more? In the flrat part of Julj, when,
you came Into th. atore aud spoke lo me
about It. I came lu the atore, ilowell called
me lu the udice aud you catn Is right after
me
Sow, Mr. Ward, they have introduced a
mortgage her., which you algued, and which
alatce that money had been used for the firm
of Howell A Ward la their business. Ex
plalu why did you subacrlbe to any state
ment of that kind that the money had been
wld Into the firm of Howell it M ard.
Mr. Allen I object 011 the ground that the
mortgage apt-aka fur Itself.
When I fouud out that Howell had used
the money, I wUhed to aecure the houdJUicn.
Why did you aubsorlbe to thla ataleinent?
On Howell a acknowledgement and your go
ing around to the banks and getting their
suiieinenu.
Hid you huve auy knowledge of lu being
ued lu the store, further than tuat Ilowell
tol I you. I dtd not. I tok his atatemcut
tin una nil right, but 1 do uot now beheve It
Waa iucd lu the stole.
What did you do In the store generally?
What was your place? I was clerk, selling
gooda In the atore. That was all. That is. It
was my principal business.
here were you brought up. In your boy
hood, Hen? Uu a farm.
Living on a furm here lu Clatsop? Y'es.
After you left the farm what business did
you go iulo? I was In the express or livery
business somewhere about two years aud I
sold out and waa selling and buying real es
tate for about e.glit mouths or a year, aud
tin 11 I went lu with Mr. Howell.
Mr. Welch testified this morning that you
acknowledged In my othce thut day that this
money was used lu the firm business. 1H
you remember hearing that statement? I
remember hearing blm make that state
ment. lo you remember anything about that?
About how the money was used. Well. I
don't remember, exactly. I remember Mr.
Howell said It iu u ed lu the store and 1
auld I guess it must lie if lie says so, or words
to that effect.
You did not mean to state us to your 1 wu
knowledge?
Mr. Allen-I think the Jury is the best
Judge as to 1I111L
The Court The objection Is overruled.
Now, 1 think there are some checks here.
I do not know how many, on the bauk A
small proportion of them ure drawn by you.
1 don't remember what proportion of the
whole, but there apieiir to be checks here
drawn by you 011 the bauk, as county treas
urer, at different times. For what purpose?
Kor the paying of warranto and school or-
d;rs und the eouuty appropriations. As a
rule Howell drew them. Mr. Howell drew
them when he was in the store, lirew them
as a rule.
Mr. Fultou That Is all, I think, at the
present, your honor. If I iiu.e ove-looked
anything, I will recall the witness,
Mr. Ward was subjected to 11 long und
pressing cross-cxnmlnutlon by Mr. Clecton,
without doveloplng uny new facts or nia
teriully Impairing the force of the statement
iiinile by I1I111 In the direct examination.
DOLLAR WHEAT.
New York, Oct. J7. Expectations that
December wheat would so to (1 waa al
most realised today aa the market in the
lust hour 'touched 99 ccnta, about 1 cents
a buthcl above last night's closing price.
Scattered eelllng by early purchasers.
however, finally stoppeul the advance
Statl.stlin at home svnd abroad and re
ports of large export demands at the
Reabourd and Interior points, were fac
tors. Rumors today of a December ma.
nlpulatlon and a possible reduction in
the French duty aJrw helped th. ad.
vance.
Men' all wont mx, 15 cents, J oenta an l
2T. e.ril pair.
Mnn'a FMrm hf. a rrtit lanrnJn. 75
cwta.
Men' felt hniU, W orrt.
Mcn'n cper riveted I ot donlm overall, xiist ONLT STORE
ttrei.tarir.
SPAIN'S PLAN OF
CUBAN AUTONOMY
Outliied for I'uhlkatioi by the Col
onial Minister.
"LfK'.AL INTERESTS" OF CUBA
V'ill Be left to the Ulitd t. Legislate tpoi
- Tk. Hrtae. of rarliantit
iaters Keapoaaible to It. ,
N-w York, October T.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says:
8nor Morery y Pn.-mlergajt, the new
colorruU mlnivter. hua outlined for the
Herald hist plan for Cuban reform as
Mfows:
The autonomy which the cabinet of
Be nor Sduata purposes to bestow on the
Island of Cuiaa and Porto Rico In fuL
flllmK of the mank-ato of June 11, la a
special autonomy founded on th aspira
tion suloffted In the platform of the
Antilrtan autonomaaaa and not Identical
with the other colonial oonstrturione. It
is clear -that rn lu eaaential prlndptes
the futuns constitutions of Cuba and
Porto Rico aree with those colonial
conwtltutJoris ".hat start from self govern
ment as the capital steal-self legisla
tion, responsible to the government, su.
premacy of the governor who either un
der that name or that of viceroy, snail
represnt he mother country, and who
shall chaos the mlntUwra who shnil be
executive In that colony.
Starring from the above basis, the pro
ject of the Spanish government contains
the first partition of those matters and
co.icsirns that belong to the colonial par
liament and to the Imperial parliament,
that is to the national cortes. The par
tition to founded on a careful dlscrlmlna.
tJon between what interests the Islands
themeslves have in a local sense and
what Is of nuUonil Importance. The pro
ject in operation win lmerpret the most
generous manner the phrase, "local tn.
terests." since It will only grant to the
cotonlsna complete control of all that re
hires to education, charity, etc, but it
also tntrusts to reprenentacjvea of the
local government the right of drawing
upon their customs tariff without any
Itmtt-altlona beyond those mutually ar
ranged.
With the metropolis to co-ordinate In
their respwtive merchantile and com
mercial inrtereets, the above functions
will te performed by an lnular chamber
totuily electoral In nature without re
strictions as to subsequent to subdivis
ions liAo two similar chamben that Is,
the house of representatives and the
members of 'this purlaimenc shall be
elejted by the same eufTrage system as
that whl:h rtguliites ihe elections in the
peninsula. The same legislative body
sltoll reprekrent Cuba in the Imperial pur-
kimeirti. Only this assembly has been
constituted. The governor-general as the
representative of the central power shall
choose the ministers who are, to be the
executive body responsible to the Insular
purttament thus completing the reorgani
sation of the parlianwm ea Ids govern
ment and endowing ft Ta-ith that degree
of responsibility charaeterastlc of every
colony dmlnistered on the prnciides of
self government. The ministers shall be
respoaTBlhle to the colonial parliament
and every' enactment of the governor-
general, as representative of the execu
tive power In all that touches the local
government shall be treated In the coun.
oil. Of these ministerial functions re
served 10 the metropolis are: First,
those thnt concern International rela
tions: second, militury and naval matters
third, organlsntlon of the law courts
fourth, those ilepositfonB thut under the
name of patronage really regulate rela
tlons be-ween church and state.
At the same time the new constitution
shall grant to the CubUn people, the use
of and the protection afforded by the
civil and political rghw sanctioned by
the Spanish constitution in such manner
as shlill obtain In ail Its Integrity in
the colonies, while bcsiuVs there shall
be eatabllishod such as in the United
States, necessary business positions to
prevent the colonial parliament from les
senlng, dowlng or to delimitate the rlehts
of cktlaenshlp thlat are set forth In the
national constitution.
Shanahan
Bros.
xjtxT gELL8 CBtXP.
GOVERNOR ROGERS
TO THE PRESIDENT
Wints the Alaska Military Reserve
tioa Order Rescinded.
TACO.MA CITIZENS PROTEST
All B.ines-, it Ike Hotlk of tbe TtkM
Vill Be Stopped, Except by tbe
Two rriviltfjed Coapasies.
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. V A special to
th. Ledger from Oiympia, WasuV, ajys;
Governor Rogers cut from th Taoom
ld-er an editorial on "Bayonets Be
hind a Monopoly" on the operations of
P. B. Wears. In the proposed establish,
ment of a military reservaitlon kn Alaska)
which would have the effect of barring
out cltixena of this state who might
wish to engage in business there. He
also clipped a communication from th.
Oregonlan from a United States army
officer In wrhdeb th. Injurious charxctsr
of such an order waa fully set forth.
The governor Inclosed these In a letter
and accompanied it by th. following com
munictvtion to the president:
"Hon. William McKlnley, President of
the United States, Washington, D. C:
"Honored Sir As governor of the state
of Washington I have the honor to in
quest that you will cause the complaint
made tn the accompanying clipping, tak
en from the Tacome Ledger of October
27, 1897, to be Investigated. It to a mac
;er of common report and general opin
ion tn this state that the allejranlons
here made rest upon stolid foundation.
"May I ask you. my dear sir, that If
these statements are found to be true;,
you wtll take such action as will pro
vent the carrying out of this Iniquitous)
and unjust policy?
"I am, my dear sir. yours sincerely.
"J. R. ROGERS. Governor."
A meeting of the citliens of Tacoma
was held today to enter a protest
against the establishment of a military
reservation at St. Michae's aa the pro
posed limits will embrace the mouth of
the Tukon and be practically prohibi
tory to the construction of boats and
steamers there or any other business
enterprise. The annexed telegram was
sent to Secretary Alger. Copies were
a'.so telegraphed to Senator Wilson anxl
to S. A. Perkins, private secretary of
Senator Hanna:
"We ask for the reconsideration of
your order seKing apart a military res
ervation at St. richaels. believing that
should it stand, it must work to the
detriment of thousands of our cltixena
and give a monopoly to two companies
now located there."
PORTO RICO'S DEMAND.
New York, October 27. A dispatch to
the Herald from San Juan, Porto Rico,
says:
The autonomists tn Porto Rico have
iued a manifesto In Which they dV-mand
of Spain the same radical1 reforms as
those Which have been promised to Cubs,
by the new liberal ministry.
DEPOSIT FOR THE SALE.
New Tork, October 27. In anticipation
of the sule of the Union Padflo under
foreclosure, a check for 6.000.000 was de
posited today for the reorganisation com
mittee with Special Master Cornish. Th.
check repersents ten per cent of th sum
to be paid for the road.
Royal snakes the food pur. .
wholesome aad dallcleti.
Fovozn
Absolutely Puro
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