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Newspaper Page Textm city seusatii caused fii HDBTEHL JSSOITII Dodgers Bitterly Criticising City and County Officials Deslg. nates City as "Stink ftperaflo CI large Madn Jadge Smith Charged With Drinking IWore Hiraliiff of Harvey In County Jail Accuses Judge ftia Pmttrrm f 111 Trial Hoys and Street of City at AO Hour Of on ttoadara Pollceniaa Caught Baker City, Or., Jan. IT. A an satlon uch aa tiaa not bn enjoyed In eastera Oregon atnoa th ihiuI nation of Harvey Brown, waa sprung lata y terday forenoon whan a dod ger laavad by th Ministerial associ ation of thla city was circulated, bit terly criticising officials of city and county. Tha circular charged Baker City with being a "stink pot of corrup tion." Among the specific charge are the: That Judge Smith of tha cir cuit oourt and Mayor Johna were aean drinking before aaloon bar four and one-half minute prior to tha opening of tha Harvey Brown memorial service. That a prisoner In tha county Jail oouaea Judge Smith of bring intox icated during tha pro free of bit trial. That boye and glrla are allowed to DELAY BOOKED 111 ES i MALL-MAYS CASE EXPECT- r ED TO CLOSE FRIDAY. lienor Want to Get Back to San VYnaotecoJndga Hunt Desire to Return to Montana and Attorney Becker Want Time) to Familiarise Himself. With Testimony F. P. Maya on Stand Today But Telia Nothing of Material Importance. Portland, Jan. '37. Following the Hall-IIays case, which will probably loe Friday, another postponement In the land fraud cases is expctd! Judge Hunt announced today. that a conference between Honey, Becker and himself on that subject . would then occur. Heney wishes to get to Bnn Francisco and 'Judge Hunt de sires to return to Montana. Attorney Becker has been here but a short time and would like more time to be come familiar with the Oregon .pro? cedure. """,..' , i The next case on the docket Is the" Herman land fraud Indictment. Her mann's attorneys are in Washington at present and might not be able, to reach this coast within the next 10 days. - - i Today Frank P. Mays resumed his testimony, but told nothing of ma terial Interest It waa merely a de tailed resume of his legal reftttlons with Btelwer. ' Following Mays. Heney attempted to put Henry Meldrum on the stand, but owing to the fact that Meldrum Is now a convicted felon and serving a sentence for land fraudlng, his eli gibility, as a witness was objected Xo and Judge Hunt took the motteJ un der advisement. , FIVE MILLION FOIt RAILWAYS. Gnllxmn Returns to San Frunolsoo After Successfully Floating j Big Bond Deal. , San Francisco, Jan- 87. Patrick Calhoun, accompanied by Mrs. Cal houn and a nloce, have returned and his return means the expenditure of 18,000,000 for the sfteet railway Im provement j : Calhoun confirmed the statement that he had negotiated the sale of 13,500,000 preferred Stock which, with $1,500,000 already disposed Of, makes a total of 16, 000,000 at once available. ,- , .. . Latham Is Still Missing, f. San. Francisco, Jan. 27. Alec Latham, Ruef's chauffeur,, whose testimony Is badly wanted byi the prosecution,' has not yet been found and the motion to have a commission appointed to take his. deposition was withdrawn this morning by the state. Ruef asserts he hns no knowledge) of the whereabouts of Latham, . 1." : - r' --' ' Vumlcrbllt O.lrl Is Now ft Countess. , New York, Jan. 17. At high noon today Gladys VanderblU became ' the. Wife 'of Count" LnszTo 'SsecheliVl, the Hungarian nobleman. " The ocremony( was characterised by . elegant sim plicity and was performed by Man ager La, Velio. The pope ; sent an apostolic benediction- through Arch bishop Farley. . . Standard Oil Cme Set for Healing. Chicago, Jan. 27. The hearing In ' the Standard Oil case Involving the Chicago . & Alton haB been set for February 8. . ..-,-. -,..,:'- LAND FRAUD GAS Pot of CorruptioruM of Circuit Court, and Msyor John Saloon Bar Four ami One-Half Mlit. Itrown Memorial Services manner lit. With toting Intoxicated During Cilrl Allowed to Wander About Ifae KlgMt-auUirig lUnka Am Open Gambling la (iambling Deu. wander about tha city at all h-mrs of tha night That tha ikatlng rink are allowed to open on Hundaya. That on of the members of the elvlo purity commute one -found a policeman In a gambling den gam bling. Doea Not Deny the Charge. Baker City, Jan. 17. Mayor John today refused to deny tbat ha had been seen drinking and playing tha lot machine four and a half minutes after the Harvey Brown memorial service last October. Thla was charged tn a circular got ten out by the Ministerial associa tion yesterday. Apparently tha may or la not greatly exercised over the charge of tha ministers. . . Judge Smith, who was accused of being with the mayor In tha barroom at tha Mm. Is out of town. JAP SPIES TRY TO PURLOin MAPS BI'LLETS FIRED BY SEN. , TRIES FRUSTRATE ATTEMPT. Second Attempt Within U Hours Hours Made to Enter Armory of National Guard at San Francisco Where Valuable Military Maps of State Defense) Are Kept Fustlade Of Shot) Stop Would-be Burglars. San Francisco, Jan. 17. Bullets fired by the sentries guarding the ar mory of national guards here frus trated ft second attempt within tt hours to enter tha big building In which are kept the valuable military maps of Ban Francisco's defense. The attack on the building was not made by ordinary burglars. Tht persistency of the mysterious visit ors makes this apparent. . Early Saturday morning and again Sunday morning two men tried to gain entrance to the. building. Fear ing another attempt the sentries were doubled Sunday night From the descriptions furnlshsd the officers by the soldiers, tt Is be llevsd that the two men were Jap anese spies. During ft fusllade of hots Saturday the hat of one of the burglars was shot off. IMPORT MENTAL EXPERTS. " Physicians from Europe Testify In Trial on Condition of Thaw's Mind, New York, Jan. 17. When the trial of Harry Thaw was resumed this horning, Dr. Charfcs ,F. Bing ham, of Pittsburg, was called to the stand. ' The purpose of his testimony waa to show the .state of mentality at different stages of the defend ant's lfe. - He testified that while a child Thaw was nervous and appeared ir rational In the Tombs. .. Dr. Sidney RudUell Wells of Lon don, was the next witness. He testi fied that In 1899 he examined Thaw at Clarldges, London, and found him suffering from a mental dis turbance of some kind. ' At 10:86 the defense had all the direct evidence . In and Littleton be gan reading the hypothetical - ques tion to three experts for the defense. Dr. Wells and an Insanity expert testified that Thaw's condition was one of recurrent -Insanity. Miss Lil lian McBrrde, who nursed Thaw at the Devonshire hospital, took the stand and corroborated Dr. Wells concerning Thaw's mental' condition. 1 Dr. Frederick J. Burton Brown of London, testified that he attended Thaw In Rome and that he was Irra tional. , . ' ". SCIENTISTS MEET AT CAPITAL. Practical Breeders of v Plants and . Animal Gather at Washington, '.'Washington, Jan. 8. With Sec retary of Agriculture . Jmes Wlljon presiding,- the . American Breeders' association convened In fourth an nual session tn the National Rifles' armory at 10 o'clock this morning. Delegates -are In attendance from all seotlons 06 the country, ' Including many practical breeders of animals and plants as well as scientists and theoretical students of heredity and breeding. The association was or ganized at St. Louts tn 1903, and since then' sessions have ' been held in Champaign, 111., Lincoln,- Neb., and Columbus, O. At the Initial session today reports were presented by the committee on animal and ' plant Introduction, an -mat hybridising, breeding for dairy production, breeding hybrid cattle, breeding for meet production' and co-operstlv work In plant and aril ml breeding. On of lh feature of the day waa the presentation of the report of the committee on eu-grnk-s, or the sc'entlfto culture of the human animal. In which the re ults of the labors of the commission headed by Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford univer sity, were set forth. Tha committee on theoretical research lh heredity also reported today. Addresses were made by several prominent breeders snd scientific Investigator. The American Carnation society I noming an exhibition In connection with the convention of the plant breeders' section of th association and will meet In Its annual business seslon tonight CAPTAIN AND 10 MEN SATED. Foil ie. an American ftalllnv Vmi leiet tn Oprn Oman Off Honolu lu. Honolulu, Jan. II. A ship's boat containing Captain Larsen and 10 members of the crew of th Eclipse, are reported to have arrived at the inland of MauL . The Eclipse, an American sailing vessel, went down In the open sea 900 miles north of Honolulu. Th men took to the boats. Three died utter from exposure and privation. LANCDON SCORED IN COURT. CallHran's Attorney Accuse District Attorney of Breach of Faith. flan Francisco, Jan. 18. District Attorney Langdon waa given ft ter rific scoring today by A. A. Moore, attorney for Patrick Calhoun, of th United Railroads, because of th fail ure of Langdon to set Calhoun's case for trial. He accused Langdon of breaking faith with him In delaying the trial and said that tha Ruef trial was merely a club to hold over Calhoun and delay the magnate's trial. Langdon' face flushed with an ger but he said nothing in reply save to deny Moore's charge. , Calhoun was in the court room during Moore's speech. Ruef was given a continu ance until Thursday In order to await th arrival of Attorney Ach from Los Angeles. WIU Not Apply for Reliearing. San Francisco, Jan. 18. The dfs- trtct attorney's office will not apply for ft rehearing In the appeal of Eu gene Sohmlta In which the Judg ment of the lower court was dismiss ed. Langdon announced this today. He will not say whether he will take the matter up before the supreme court or not . DDI! BOLTERS LOSE SKIRMISH VERRA8KAN HOLDS TO IDEA . THAT HE IS MAN FOR PLACE Delegation Headed by Col. Harvey of Harper's Mftgaaliie, Confer With With Peerless One In Regard to His Withdrawing from Race ami Ad mit That They Were Defeated in Their Project Plan of New York Democrats for New Man ma Ieailcr Has Fallen Ftat Washington, - D. C, Jan. 28. The end of the fight against the nomina tion of Bryan by the democrats rep resenting the old Cleveland-Parker wing of the party, la generally, sup posed to have been reached yester day when the delegation of demo crats, headed by Col. Harvey, editor of Harper's Magaxlne, came to Wash ington to confer with him In regard to his withdrawing from the race. They failed to convince the Ne- braskan that he was not the most available man in the party. Follow ing the meeting Colonel Harvey ad mitted defeat. . - "We lost out." he aald, "Bryan is certain to be nominated. The por Ject advanced by the New York dem ocrats for a new man as leader has fallen flat" PoitMloiit) IncrcaHe $7,000,000, Washington, Jan. " 28. Represen tative Ke'fer of Ohio, chairman of the sub-committee on . pensions of the house committee on ' appropria tions, has announced informally that the committee has agreed to recom mend a pension roll ot $150,000,0.00 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1909. This will be about $7,000,000 In excess of the pension roll of the present fiscal year. The Increase Is largely due to the provisions of the McCumber bill, effective In Febru ary, 1907. by which the enlargement of pensions In , accordance with age and the abolishment ot physical ex amination as a prerequisite to the es tablishment of pension claims on ac count of physical disability, were1 brought out . - v Sell Naval Dry Dock. -L . - . I .THDittu.un, Mail. o. -Uliuur IQB hammer of the auctioneer, the gov ernment today disposed of the old na val dry dock at Port Royal, S. C. The dissolution of the naval dock there has been slow but sure, and for all practicable purposes tt was abandon, ed some time ago. Today's sale at publlo auction marks Its end as a government dock. - - . - . - Torpedo Flotilla Warmly Received. Buenos Ayres, Jan. 88.' The torpe do boat flotilla was warmly received here today. ; CHARGE AGAINST IS Government Fails to Make Case Against Co-Defendant of Hall. AKGI MKNT TO DISMISS ' HALL CASE THIS AITEIt.VOON 1 Intey Make Motion at Openlug ot Morning KeMon to Ask Judge Hum to Instruct tha Jury to Find Mays Not Guilty Argument In Hall's Favor on Grounds That No Evi dence Has Been Introdoaed Kl low ing Hall Guilty of Acta Charged. Portland, , Jan. It. Edwin M. Maya, co-defendant with John Halt, and on trial with Hall at tht time, charged with conspiring with Hail and certain officers of the Butt Creek Land A Livestock Co. to de feat Justice and defraud the govern ment of Its publlo domain, was dis charged this morning by Judge Hunt on a motfon made by Attorney Wit- son, Mays' attorney, on the grounds that no evidence had been submitted by the government which tended to connect Maya with tha alleged con' aplracy aa charged In the Indictment Heney opened the morning's ses sion by asking Judge Hunt to Instruct the Jury to find Mays not guilty as tn government had been unable to connect with the charge filed against him. , Attorney Wilson then amended Ho ney's motion by asking Hunt to dis charge th defendant Thla wa don. Thla afternoon Attorney Web ster for Hall wias argue a motion di recting Judge Hunt to Instruct the Jury to bring In ft verdict of acquit tal in Hall's case on the grounds that no evidence has been Introduced showing that Hall waa guilty of any of the acts charged. Heney will contest this motion. SUMMING IT WILL BEGIN TOMORROW MORNING Second Trial of Murderer of Stanford White Will End Before the Clone of Another Day Witnesses Testi fy Today That Thaw Was Rational Hummel' Clerk Fails to Identi fy Photograph, of Evelyn's Gruel ty Affidavit. New York, Jan. it The state" be gan the Introduction of evidence In rebuttal today in the Thaw case. R. E, Llngley, g public accountant, who waa In Madison Square Garden the night Harry Thaw shot and killed White, was the first witness ot the day. He declared Thaw appeared rational enough to him. Mayer Cohen, a music publisher. also saw Thaw In the garden that night and he, too, thought him ra tional. Paul Brune and Warner Pax ton, the foreman and engineer sta tioned In the garden, say the tragedy and testified that Thaw ahowed no signs ot insanity. District Attorney Jerome has de cided not to sail any medical experts In rebuttal. During the morning ses sion he called ft number of witnesses who testified they always thought Thaw normal mentally. Abraham Snydecker, clerk of Abe Hummel, who witnessed Evelyn Nes- blt's signature to the affidavit al leging Thaw'a cruelty, was not able to Identify the photograph ot the af fidavit this morning. Tha state rested In the Thaw case at I o'clock this afternoon. . The de fense will put In their sur-rebuttal this afternoon and tomorrow morn ing and the Jury should have the fate of Harry Thaw,. In their hands by early tomorrow afternoon. The sum ming up should begin at 10 tomor row. The defense rested at 1:15 this af ternoon, introducing no evidence tn surrebuttal. " , Many to Hear Taft Cleveland, O., Jan. 28. It Is ex pected that the presidential stock of Secretary Taft will be given another decided boom tomorrow night, when he will deliver an address on the po litical Issues ot the day before the Tippecanoe club. Republican non- Meal leaders from all over the Ohio will gather around the banquet board to cheer the utterances of SecretArv Taft, and he will be given an enthu siastic greeting aa "the next presi dent of the United States." 1 Lightning Flros Oil Tanks. San Luis Obispo, Cal., Jan. 88. A flash of lightning Ignited five oil tanks here late last night, causing a Iobs of 1150,009. ... - Blackleg Among Cattle. i Blackleg has again made Its ap pearance among the cattle In north ern Grant for the first time In several years. W. B. Jenks has lost 18 head; H, I Herse, about eight head; the Johnson Brds, are ' Out about SO head, and it Is said that Douglas Flynn. of Rltter, Is out several head. All the stock that have died from tho disease so far have been calves. Tha stockmen that have got the dis ease among their cattle are vaccinat ing the animals and It is hoped that the disease can soon be done away with. Monument Enterprise. Mrs. Mary Frances Rellly, who Is said to have been, woed by and re jected Abraham Lincoln, died at her home In Sioux City la,, aged S3. Ml'LJIOLLAND CREDITORS. SHI lenient of Affair of Disciple of High Finance Who Hit the Walt St. Louis, Jan. it. Creditors of John MulholUnd, the spectsculsr ft nancler of th middle west, held tbelr first meeting today to discuss plan for a settlement of affairs of th bankrupt broker. In his volun tary pet'tlon In bankruptcy Mulhol Und gav hi assets a II. 011.1(8. t and bis liabilities as fl.90t,8tl. Cms thousand or more creditors, scatter ed in eight states, are affected. In his list of assets MulholUnd ached uled everything from railroads to private libraries and personal be longing. Th creditor meeting wa held In East St Louise MulholUnd began hi career ' of high finance a few years ago with working capital of scarcely noth ing. HI flrat brokerage offle) was established In thla city, and later branches were operated In New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, De troit, Buffalo and Kansas City, in each of the cities he opened ela- onraie offices, Incorporating under the laws of the Mate, bonding his companies and signing th paper himself. It la believed that' little can be realised on the 18,009,000 cneauled as assets. ' Peaceable Settlement Say HayaabL - Toklo, Jan. tt. Replying to an In terpellation In parliament today. For eign Minister Hiruhl deoUraA that the recall of Ambassador Aokl will nave no effect on the negotiations with the United States in regard to the Immigration treaty which he said would be settled tn a manner satis factory to th Japanese. Death Penalty for Assault on Women jacason, Mia., Jan. . As a cur for lynching, the house passed ft bill yesterday making- It the death em. ally for th attempt to assault on women. Schnebel Appointment Mwldered. Washington, Jan. tt.' The sub committee of the ludlclarv commit tee of which Senator Fulton Is chair man, met tonight to consider th matter of the Schuebel appointment Reitman .Cleared of Riot Charge, Chicago, Jan. it. Ben Reltman, charged with inciting a riot last week when he lead the unemployed In a parade was acquitted today. He ays that he Intends to go to Califor nia at one. Archbishop of Paris la Dead. Paris, Jan. 18. Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris, died today, a victim ot congestion of the lungs. He was 88 years old. Steal Revolvers at BeRingham. Belllngham, Wash., Jan. 87. Thieves entered the armory her Sun day and stole ftO worth of revolvers. THREE CITIES ARE VISITED BY FIRE THREE CITIES VISITED DTJR- " ISO NIGHT BY FLAMES. Standard Oil Tanks at Baltimore Still Burning and Beyond Control Portland, Me, Has Another $800,000 Blase Within Week From Recent Big Fire Big Printing Es tablishment at Chicago Consumed With Loss ot 50O,OO0 Flames Spread to Big Hotel. , - Chicago, Jan. 27. Three disastrous fires, causing a property loss ot over a million and a half dollars, occurred In this country between midnight and morning today. - One is still beyond control. The Standard OH tanks at Baltimore caught fire early this morning and, fanned by ft gale, the blaxe is still raging. One man has been reported dead. At Portland, Me., the second big fire within a week occurred, a fire In the business section of the city caus ing a loss of almost 8800,000. By 8:45 a. m. It was under control and was confined to one block. At Chicago one fireman was killed and three Injured and property to the value of 8500,000 destroyed In fire In the .printing establishment of W. P. Dunn & Co. ' The flames spread to the Florence hotel and drovo the oo cupants into the street in scanty gar ments. The magnificent new corn exchange . building was damaged. Twenty persons were Injured. : At noon the fire was still raging, the flames leaping 00 feet In the air. It Is estimated that 600,000 gallons of oil have been consumed so far. Praise for Ne Perce and Camas ..,' ...:'" Prairie. .' A. A. Scldon, representing Morrow & CUell, dairy supplies, of Portland, was among the passengers yesterday afternoon en route to La Grande, Ore. Mr. Sheldon has Just returned from an extensive trip through the prairie country. He states that he has visit ed many of the best grain producing sections of the east and aUo In the best, but says that the Nes PeWe and Camas prairies are far ahead of any thing that he hps seen. He also states that the prairie country Is well adapted to the- dairy business and predicts that this Industry will .be one of the principal sources of income to the farmers of that section within a few years. Lewlston Tribune. New York Is soon to have th first Chinese Y. M. C. A, building In the united states. DESTRUCTIVE ; FIRES III EAST Largest City in Maine Almost Wiped From the Map by a Big Blaze. FIVE FIREMEN LOSE . . LIVES IV BALTIMORE. Flames Eat Way Through PortlandV He, Driven by Howling Northwest Wind Loe Will Reach Over MJE SaTrd Baltimore VMted by B Conflagration - live Killed andl tt Injured by Falling Walls. PortUnd, M., Jan. It. Tha entlrv ...i. ui.iiii., vj uija vtij v Dune Ing and the town may be entirely wiped out by the flames antes sid speedlly arrives from Bath and Lew bvton to which telegrams asking aa lstanc have been sent The city hall has already been de stroyed.. A howling northeast wind Is raging which I driving the flame from th center of the city down av steep Incline towards tha water front. Portland Is a town of (0.145 Inhab itants by the last census, the largest city In Maine, and one of the oldest in New England. It principal In dustries ftr shipbuilding and tbev mannfactnre of locomotives, and Iron work. - Large warehouses on tha water front care for the West Indlaaw and European trade. Although the fire was under can--. trol by 10 o'clock this morning the 8800,000 city hall was destroyed. All those of the treasurer and city clerk. It is estimated that the fir caused ft loss of $1,000,900. It a the worst that has visited this cits since 18f. No lives Lent That no one was killed Is remark able. One of the greatest losses la -that of the complete destruction ejC ' the Greenleaf law library, valued at . f 10,000. Although the property loss la utW - mated at 81.000,000. this does not cover the almost Irreparable damage - to property holders in th loss of deeds and documents. In a hall nearby 700 people wre dancing at ft Knights ot Pythias balL All were taken out safely Chief En gineer Melville Eldrldge is among: those seriously Injured. . - Firemen Lose Uvea in Baltimore. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 14. Flva- firemen are dead and 22 others were) injured and property to the value et ' 8500,000 destroyed this morning aa the result of the most disastrous fir that has occurred here since the fir of 1904. The tire started In the bras works and spread with remarkable rapidity. " George Horton, chief of the lira department. Is among those though' to be fatally injured. The Identified dead are: Lieutenant Fred Harmaa and. Fireman W, B. Pugh. Starting shortly after midnight tha tire spread so rapidly that a general alarm was sent In. A gale from tha northwest spread the flames andl cold weather made the work of the. fire fighters difficult LATHAM WANTS TO LEAVE CITY:. Testimony of RneTs Chaffauer Will' - Be Taken by Deposition. San Francisco, Jan. 24. District Attorney Langdon has filed notice with Ruefs attorneys that tomorrow he will ask Judge Lawlor to appoint a commission to take the deposition of Artie Latham, formerly Ruefs chaffauer, who is supposed to know the details of the passing of the briber money in the United Railroads case from Tirey I Ford to Ruet The motion Is based on affidavits from Detective Burns and others, to the effect that Latham is very anx ious to leave the city and that his t stlmony is of the utmost importance to the prosecution. The defense will resist this move as they allege that the prosecution has ulterior motives In having Latham's testimony taken at this time Instead of directly at tha time of the trial. Will Wed Wealthy Woman. San Francisco, . Jan. . 24. District. Attorney William H. Langdon, known, throughout the land as the prosecutor of San Francisco's gratters, has fame, health and ft good' name. To these desirable possessions he will shortly add wealth and ft wife, when he takes as his bride Mrs. Myrtle McHenry, ft young widow of great riches and greater beauty. Mrs. McHenry Is the widow of a Modesto banker and ft graduate of Stanford university. Mail Pouch Robbed. ; A United States mail pouch waa cut open and robbed ot a number of valuable packages at North Powder on Wednesday night. The sack had. been thrown oft the train on the de pot platform and a few moments later, was found near the water tank," some - n nrc tr rlit nnAn nnri rifled. U10lt&Il''V "VI There la "no clew to the robbers. . Salt Lake Newspapers Combined". Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 24 Two Important nwspaper combma tlons were consummated today. Trio Salt Lake Herald was ' purchased from ex-Senator W. A. Clark . by Samuel Newhause and Col. - E. A. Wall, and the Evening Telegram was taken over by the. Salt Lake Tribune.