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uu Issued Semi-Weekly J Iss u e d S e m i-We c k 1 y Tuesday and Friday 11 T lies day and Friday FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 10. SAT.TnVT. OREGON, TUESDAY MOSKIXO, DECEMBER 12, 1905. FIRST SECTION EIGHT TAOZS. v-Jf ..a." ' t ft - ' , U l' U f r HV , ' t III Ui III -II I I 1 lr ( I . I II I I II I I I I SIX NAMED AS DEFENDANTS VICTIM FILES CHARGES AGAINST TIMBER LAND OPERATORS. BOUGHT FORGED CERTIFICATES Wealthy La Crosse Lumberman Invest Money In Oregon Property and Is Swindled. Accused Men Are S. D. D. Pnter, H. H. Disss, George Hibbard, Kay McKay, John Doe and Richard Roe Action of West's Report. LA .CROSSE," Dee. 9. In an effort to prosecute the timber lanM r operators, whom he claims have swindled him out of Oregon lamia to the value of f 100, (sft, lliram Goddard a wealthy lumber man of this city,' today swore out a warrant for the arrest of six men. Those named in the warrant are 8. A. I. Pu ter, convicted for conspiracy to de fraud the government at the time the land fraud cases in the "seven-eleven" district of Oregon were tried; H. II. I'iggs, George Hibbard, Kay McKay, John Doe and Richard Roe. Word has been received here that fJeorge Hibbard is' already under ar rHt in Portland. Goddard is said to have purchased from the men named in the certificates for -7000 acres of timber land in Oregon. The certificates, he says, proved to be forgeries. Many in vestors in Wisconsin and Minnesota, especially in the vicinity of La Crosse, are itaid to have been caught in tne same manner. Believes nibbard Innocent. Portland, Dec. ff. George Hibbard of Grand Rapidn, Mich., van arrested here last evening at the request of the Ia Crosse, Wis,, authorities. An investiga tion by State Land Agent West has convinced him that nibbard has been unjustly accused, inquiry leading him to the belief that Hibbard was used as as a cat's-paw by Horace O. MeKinley, S. A. D. Puter, Kay McKay and oth ers to interest eastern investors in Ore gon lands. At the suggestion of West, the Wisconsin Authorities consented to the release of Hibbard on bis own recog nizance. It appears that Kay McKay is Hib bard ' uncle, and that througn him he beearae interested in land speculations PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE-, Powerful OF Christmas Goods Now on exhibition. Priced away down to insure quick sales. We have been "preparing for our great Xmas left no stone unturned in securing the grandest assortment of new, up-to-date goods that was ever shown in Salem. Everything sparkles with new- ness and priced so low that the humblest person can secure a grand as- sortment for little monev. We advise week we will be crowded all the time. for Christmas trading: FINE SILKS LADIES' COATS LADIES' SUITS FINE FURS SILK WAISTS ... SILK PETTICOATS WOOL WAISTS MERCERIZED PETTICOATS MILLINERY CHILDREN'S CAPS KXMONAS DRESSING SAQUES WRAPPERS WAI8TINGS BLANKETS . ' MEN'S CLOTHING MEN'S HATS MEN'S SHOES ' MEN'S UNDERWEAifc MEN'S NECKTIES MEN'S GLOVES MEN'S SILK HDKFS. MEN'S LINEN HDKFKS. MEN'S SLIPPERS LADIES' SHOES est Salem's Great McE and Corner Commercial VOY with McKinley, Wetr et aL, acting 1 somewhat in the capacity of a broker.! far Iff ...to. r . , , , were put in his possession and he in doeed eastern people to buy them. It Bow appears that - . these certificates were forged and, thousands of acres of land were disposed of in this manner, Hibbard claims never to have known Hiram Goddard and that he had no dealings whatever with him. It is sug gested that perhaps Goddard purchased the certificates from innocent victims of the land ring. . Hibbard came to this eoast two years ago in the interests of Wisconsin in vestors who had been induced to pur chase stock in the Pacific Land k Oil Company, organized at Seattle, Wash., by E. G.Rogdon and Horace McKinley. The company secured about forty thou sand acres by process of mineral loca tion in Jefferson county, Washington, and ' sold stock to the value of about sixty thousand dollars to develop the property. Wells were sunk and in all about $3000 was expended in develop ment work. What, if any, interest. Kay McKay had in this company cannot be learned but it is known that nothing was done in the way of oil development after a few thousand dollar had been spent in' unsuccessful efforts to extract oil in paying quantities from the ground. Kay McKay is believed to Dc in Se attle, Washington. ONTARIO WINTER FAIR. GIJELPH, Ont., Dec. 11. The twenty-second annual exhibition of the On tario provincial winter fair opened to day and will continue until the end of the week. The exhibits are more umer ous than at former exhibitions and are .pronounced by experts to be of the highest class. The livestock, swine, poultry and dairy departments are well filled. The railroads have granted re duced rates and a large attendance of visitors during the week are expected. KELLY VS. YOUNG MAHONEY. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 11. The In dianapolis Athletic club has arranged a promising card for its initial boxing show of the season tonight. The main event will bring together in a 10-round bout Young Mahoney of Milwaukee, and Hugo Keller, who has a decision over Philadelphia Jack O'Brien to his credit. Kelley and Mahoney fought a rattling 8-round draw in Milwaukee some time ago. CAPTURED GUNBOAT IN TRIM. PORTSMOUTH, N. II.. Dec. 11. The captured Spanish gunboat Don Juan de Austria was placed in commission at the Portsmouth navv yard with Com mander William Braunersrouther in command. The vessel will take the place of a ship of Rear Admiral Brand ford's fleet of Santo Domingo. Display trade for the past six mon ths, and ha' ave Christmas trading this week, as next The following departments are ready CHILDREN'S SHOES LADIES' SLIPPERS LADIES' SILK HDKFS. LADIES' LINEN HDKFS. SILK MUFFLERS WOOL GLOVES COMFORTS KID GLOVES UMBRELLAS ' JEWELRY LADIES' HAND BAGS LADIES' BELTS TOYS W ALL KINDS TABLE LINENS , , FINE TOWELS LINEN NAPKINS . RIBBONS FINE LACES LADLES' FANCY COLLARS LADLES UNDERWEAR LADLES', FINE HOSIERY CHILDREN'S HOSIERY LADIES' HOSE SUPPORTERS FANCY HALR COMBS Growing Store. BROS. Court Streets, Salem DISCUSS RATE LEGISLATION MEMBERS OF SENATE INDULGE IN SPIRITED DEBATE. THE SESSION LASTS FOUR HOURS Committee Assignments by Speaker Cannon Causes Confusion in Lower Branch. Minority Leader Williams and Repre sentative Lamar of Florida- Have a Lively Tilt Before House Adjourns Oregon and Washington Men Named. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. With spir ited debates on the subjects of railroad rate legislation arising through the in troduction of a bill by Tillman to au thorize the interstate commerce com mission to fix the maximum rates, and the Panama canal, due, to the contro versy, over the reference of the emer gency appropriation bill "to a commit tee, today's session of the senate con tinuously proved interesting for more than four hours. I 'Adjournment was taken without men tion of the late Senator Mitchell of Or gon, and so for the first time the death of a senator was permitted to pass un noticed by the senate. The erasure of Mitchell's name from the rolls follow ed. Chaplain Hale recalled the situa tion to midd in his prayer by referring pointedly to corruption and death and by praying that the members of the senate might be given strength to bear each other's burdens. The Panama bill was referred to the appropriation committee, by a vote of 40 to 23. Senator McCreary introduced a bill providing for unqualified free trade be tween the United States and the Phil ippines. Lively Time in House. Williams, the minority leader in the house, "stepped on the lid" today just in time to prevent revelations in the natnre of an open criticism of the com mi t tee assignments ef ' certain of his colleagues for which he is responsible, The incident followed the announce ment of the committees. Lamur of Florida, submitted a newspaper clip ping purporting to quote Williams to the effect that Lamar and Shackleford of Missouri had Wen left off the inter state and foreign commerce committee because thev failed to follow the Demo cratic caucus action last session on the railroad rate bill. Speaker Cannon sug gested that the statement read did not constitute a question of personal priv ilege which entitled Lamar to the floor. "The gentleman might proceed by unanimous consent," suggested Payne. "How much time does he want, an hour!" It was here that Williams strode for ward from his seat in the rear. He nailed the sjeaker with word and ges ture and when he got his eye he reserv ed his right to object only long enough to make this statement: "In the in terest of Oemoeratie harmony, fairness and of general good will, which cannot b promoted by washing Democratic lin en for the amusement of the Republi cans of the house, I object." Immediately the question became in teresting. Lamar faced Williams, who stood close to him and charged him with taking the matter into the news papers. Shackleford was on his feet vainly demanding to ask a question and many Democrats applauded the stand taken by Williams. Lamar- demanded that Williams call a Democratic caucus tomorrow or allow him to proceed. Speaker Cannon wield ed his gsvel vigorously and declared everybody ont of order and in the midst of the confusion recognized Payne for a movement to adjourn, which was declared carried and the session was over unfil Wednesday. Committee Assignments. Washington, Dec. 1L Among the ap pointees to the various committees an nounced today by Speaker Cannon are: Merchant marine and fisheries, Hum phrey, of Washington; elections No. 3, Humphrey, Washington; rivers and har bors, Jones and Humphrey, Washing ton; Indian affairs, Hermann, Oregon; mines and mining, Williamson, Oregon; education, Humphrey, Washington; pri vate land claims, Cushman, Washing ton; election of president, Hermann, Oregon; irrigation of arid lands, Wil liamson, Oregon. REFUGEES AT NEW YORK. Fire Hundred Russians Arrive at Me tropolis and TeU Graphic Stories . of Massacres. NEW YORK, Dec. 11 Five hundred Russian refugees, many of them wit nesses to the ; massacres in Odessa and other places, arrived here today. Some tell graphic stories of their .experiences and while recounting them the men of ten broke into tears. The riots began at the issuance of the, manifesto, shey say. They assert the hoodlums were led by disguised police. In some places the jails, were emptied of prisoners, who at tacked and stole from the Jews. The men from the province of Kovi no as sert that the police themselves read into the emperor's manifesto an order to kill all Jews.- According to the ref ugees, the mobs carried knives, stone slabs iron bars, revolvers and clubs. Small children were thrown alive from third .storv- windows, t Older children and grown-up were butchered first and then thrown into me streets. - SULTAN HAS YIELDED. Such Is News Sent Out by Con - stantinopl Correspondent r to London Paper. " LONDON, Dee, 11. A corre spondent to the Daily, News from Constantinople cables: "The sultan has yielded. He has ac cepted the scheme for the finan cial control of Macedonia as em bodied in the last collective note of 'the power." Constantinople, Dee. 11. The reply of the porte to the collec tive note regarding Macedonia presented by the powers on De cember 8 was communicated to the Austro-Hungarian ambassa dor this afternoon. . T 1 A QUEER WILL BY TERMS OF WILL OF VERMONT , MAN HEIRS LOSE MONEY IF THEY SWEAR. Executor Will Have Unenviable Task In Seeing That the Wishes of the Ec centric Man Are Carried Out Estate Valued at $10,000. 1 DENVER, Colo., Dec. 11. One of the oddest wills.that ever came before the courts in tbis state is that of Harmon J. Rood, which was offered for probate here today. Rood, who was a resident of Brookfield, Vt., died last May at Muskogee, I. T. Miss Gertrude La velle of Denver, adopted daughter of the deceased, knowing nothing of any will, and believing she was entitled to the estate, took charge of it. Subse quently two wills were discovered in an old ilietioikiry, and she relinquished the pro pert v. The estate is valued at $10,000. By the terms of the latest will Rood leaves $230 each to Sarah fRugg of Salem Wil lows, Mass., and ..(Nellie Gleason of Gloucester, Mass., provided they first save $250 of their own. Two nephews are given $500 each, but tbey also must save and lay aside a like amount before the terms of the will are carried out. He especially makes the condition that if either of his nieces and nephews use coffee they will lose $250. If they use liquor or tobacco fthey will lose $.nk) each, and if they so forget themselves as to become addicted to profanity they forfeit the entire amount. In this case the money reverts to the Vermont Domestil Missionary Society, which organization is to receive what ever amount remains after the provi sions of the will are carried out. Lu f-ins Rlodgett of Vermont is named as executor, and lawyers are of the opinion that he will have an unenviable -task in seeing that the wishes of the accentric Vermonter are observed. MANY' DIVORCES NEWPORT BECOMING A FASHION ABLE DIVORCE COLONY. MANY CASES. Among Wealthy Society People Seek ing Legal Separation are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armit and Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Stearns. , NEWPORT, R. I., Dec. 11. The term of the Rhode Island superior court now in session in this city is notable for the presence of a large nnmlxr of the wealthy or socially prominent persons who are seeking divorces. " The romance of Mrs. Robert Loes Armit, formerly Evelyn Braintree Adams, the daughter of "Al" Adams, the millionaire policy gambler, who re cently left Sing Siug, is. expected to end here this week, when, she will re ceive a final decree of .livorce. Her husband was a former mine owner in Guanajuato, Mexico. She left him in Mexico after a year of weJded life to go to her father in his trouble, it was reported, after her husband had toll her she must choose between himself and her father. Mrs. Armit and', her sister, Miss Ida Adams, came to .New port and rented an expensive cottage to establish a legal resi Jence of one year which would enable her to. file her suit for divorce. Non-support and de sertion are the charges, and Mrs. Armit asks for a final decree. Waldo H. Stearns and his wife, who was Miss Iconia Chesebrough, a sister of the former wife of Roland B. Moli neux, are to settle their marital trou bles at the present term of court afer a number of threats to .bring suits and withdrawals and reconciliations. Mr. Stearns is wealthv and he and his wife have, divided their time between the fashionable summer colonies an J ex pensive apartment hotels in New York city. They lately lived at a fine villa in Jamestown, just opposite this city, and entertained on a large scale.' Mr. Stearns still lives there. The present Suit is based on a charge of desertion. Another notable ease up for decision is that of Mrs. Pauline Onatavia.Town send, who, after a long estrangement, seks a final decree from her huslnnd, John R. Town sen. 1, the well known clubman, a nephew of Edward N. Tay lor and a cousin of T. Sufforn Taylor and Mrs. Robert B. Livingston. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend were married thir teen years ago, but separated soon af ter their honeymoon., Mrs. Townsend did not seek a divorce for many years, but now asks for a final decree on the grounds of intemperance and non-support and asks for the ctnsody of her 12-year-olJ son. , - RUSSIA FEARS MORE TROUBLE SITUATION IN STRICKEN COUN TRY EXCEEDINGLY OMINOUS. FUTURE SHOWS DARK PICTURE. Generally Believed Government Has Entered Upon. Fatal Path of Reaction. Indications Point to Doom of Witte's Ministry Workmen .and Railroad Employes Hold Meeting to Decide Question of a General Strike. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 10. It is learned on high authority that the gov ernment has finally decided against, uni versal suffrage and is practically in favor of the old project of twenty-one workmen representatives and the exten sion of the ballot to small rent payers, merchants and the educated classes. The railroad men claim they have been informed -that several sections of, the southwestern system have already re sponded to the appeal for a general strike. The cooler heads, however, are advising against a move to precipitate action which might result in failure and are urging a postponement of ac tion until the organization throughout the. country has been consulted. The situation is exceedingly ominous. Public opinion is practically unanimous that the government has entered upon the' fatal path of reaction and that Witte's ministry must fall. Reaction and revolution confront each other in the death struggle. Hoth Trepoff and General Count Ignatieff, according to popular impression, are being held ia reserve to execute the program for re pression, and it is again saiu the entire Cossack strength of 400,000 will be mob ilized in a supreme effort to crush tie revolutionary force. m General Parsenoff said: 1 i - "I think we are coming to the Tirers of blood in which the revolutionary party will lose their game and Russia her liberty." Certainly the appearance of St. Petersburg and the events here today seem to justify this black picture of the future. Remnants of the work men's council with delegates from the railroad men's union and other organ izations arc holding a meeting tonight to decide the question of a geiif-ral strike. If the government deliberately plans to challenge now, it has chosen its time well, as the funds of the or ganizations are low and many workmen are tired of the strike and starvation. Has Not Abandoned Hope. led London, Dec. 11. A correspondent to the Daily Mail at S. Persburg, in a dispatch dated December 10, sends an interview with Witte, in which the premier indicates that Russia is con fronted by the alternative of a revolu tion or violent coercion. Though the count has" not abandoned hope he is not sanguine and if forcible repression will become necessary he will, according to the correspondent, resign his task to other hands. MAYORALTY FIGHT. Boston's Municipal Campaign the Most Remarkable in History of the City. BOSTON, Dec. 11. The municipal campaign which closed today is in many respects the most remarkable in the history of Boston. The voters to morrow will have their choice among five candidates for mayor. Four of the number are regular party nominees, while the fifth is running on nomina tion papers. The regular Democratic candidate is John t . Fitzgerald and the regular Republican candidate, Louis A. Frothingham. Judge Henry 8. Dewey, who contested unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination but is running as the people's candidate. In addition tickets have been named by the mu nieiaal ownership and Socialist-labor SALEIVT parties. The Democrats are predicting the election of Fitzgerald by a plurality of at least 17,000, which is slightlv un der the normal Democratic pluraity. The campaign has been conducted on purely local issues and the chief inter est has arisen from the factional fights within the ranks of both the old parties. CENTENNIAL EXERCISES. V Historic FaneuU Hall Scene of Exer '' rises in Memory of William - Garrison BOSTON. Mass., Dec. 11. Historic Fanenil hall echoed today with the words of praise ami eulogy spoken in honor of the memory of William Lloyd Garrison, the noted abolitionist. The occasion was the conclusion of the two days" program of exercises in celebra tion of the Garrison centennial. The morning exercises were. conducted by colored veterans, James 'H. Wolff, commander of the G. A. R. for Mass achusetts, presiding. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was one of the speakers. The afternoon exercises were under the auspices of the Boston Suffrage League. The evening exercises were preceded by parade of the colored vet erans and other organizations along the route over which Garrison, was dragged by the "Broadcloth" mob in 1&33. REACH AGREEMENT. Railroads and Washington Railway Com mission Come Together on Joint i Rate Question. ! SEATTLE, Dec. 11. An agreement was reached tonight u-etween the state railway commission and the heads of the traffic departments of thei' Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Oregon Railway & Navigation Companies, whereby the railways accept the find ings of the commission on the jont rate question aud agree not to take the question into the courts on the new schedule of joint rates as establisned. The most important item in the agree ment for the new joint tariff is wheat. The railways would not. agree to a change in the present rate on wheat, and it was decided to allow that mat ter to pass for the present. TOD SLOAN NOW AN ACTOR. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. The sporting men and others hrho' frequent upper Broadway are -expected to turn out in full force at the Victoria theatre to night to witness the stage' debut of Tod Sloan, the once famous jockey. Sloan, realizing that his days as a jockey are over, has deeided to emulate the exam ple of various prizf fighters and others who have taken toj the boards to their own financial profH if not. to the edifi cation of the public. The program an nounces that Sloan will give a mono logue based on incidents in his racing career in different parts of. the world. " PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. PITTSBURG, Dec. 11 The profes sional hockey season which is scheduled to open tonight promises to be one of the most snccessful siace the sport was first introduced in Amlrrica. The cities embraced in the league are the Cana dian Soo, . American Soo. Calumet, Houghton and Pittisburg. The schedule provides for twenty-four games for each team. Hot h"! the American, arid Canadian teams arg stronger this season than last, and the enthusiasts expect tolsee a high grade of sport. PENNSYLVANIA STATE GRANGE. SrNBCRY, Pa., Dec. IT. Many delegates are arriving for the thirty third annual session of the Pennsyl vania State Grange, which will lc call ed to order in ihe armory here tomor row morning. The importance of the subjects slated for1 ..discussion, combined with the large and 'representr-tive at tendance, gives promise of one of the most notable meetings in the history of the state organ iazt ion. BIG STEEL PLANT RESUMES. " PITTSBCRO. Dec. 11. Ojrations were resumed today at the Monongahela plant -of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, a subsidary of the United States Steel Corporation. The plant has been idle for several months and the resumption affords employment to a large number of men. CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS SUIT OVERCOAT HAT 'V":- UNDERWEAR NECKWEAR BLANKETS SUIT CASE Christmas Bella will soon be ringing and tho oM problems cf "What shall 1 give him,' for Chrjstjn.is," will once more confront you. A ft ! .- n We have made a few suggestions above and, should you fail to findTa suitable item on the list, we would.be pleased to have you call and well !o all in our fbwer to assist you. A g' od rule to follow when selecting gifu for a Man is to buy what be would bo hot', to buy ; for himself. All our prices are moderate, and we are always at your service. " " WC?OLEN MILL STORE 3"C ACTION BRINGS RYAN TO TIME THREAT OF INSURANCE COMMIT TEE HAS DESIRED EFFECT. READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. Equitable Stockholder Willing to Di vulge Harriman Conversation With Reference to Company Control. Financier Realizes Change of Mind When Armstrong Committee Takes Steps to . Institute Proceedings to Have Him Punished. NEW YORK, Dec. llThe insurance investigating committee appeared to night. to have succeeded in its attempt to make Thomas F. Ryan divul je what K. H. Harriman said or threatened to do to influence him to divide the control of the Kquitable Life Assurance Society. District' Attorney Jerome. who was asked by the Committee to take steps to punish Ryan for refusing to. answer the questions about Harripun reported to the committee today that he had in formed Ryan's counsel that .Ryan ought to answer. Jerome also wrote the com mittee that he believes Ryan will an swer if brought before7 the committee again. Hughes declined to say when Ryan would be recalled, but presume I he would take the witness stand tomor row or the following day. Subsequent ly Guthrie, Cravath and "Henderson, counsel for Ryan, gave out the state ment that they have advised Ryan he should answer the questions and that he is prepared to do whenever lie is recalled by the investigating commit tee. 1 - . The committee was engaged for a part of the time today in inquiring into the affairs of the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York. Hughes, counsel for the committee, had brought out bv questioning President lScott of the. company that when Frank I. tladley of Aew Jiedronl, Alass se cured control of the company in lll, he borrowed $lG2,tM)0 from the eompany on bis collateral notes to pay up for Ftock of the insurance company. Scott testified that Hadley never repaid thV loans and the insurance company re alized only $3OO0n on the sale of his collateral. ' , : Scott testified that his four sons and a. nephew were employed by the com pany "of which he is president. Hughes read from the statement of legal expenses of the Provident Life a list of five payments made to Andrew Hamilton, the : legislative ngent of the New York Life. The witness said Ham ilton visited the insurance departments of Illinois and Kansas and pos-dldy some other states to sedire permission for the Provident Life to issue a. policy on the first of the year on which no reserve le required. The company got the permission. Hamilton, the witness said, also acted as counsel for the -com Panv in a test case in wnicw me com pany resisted the contention! state insurance department j York that the law imposing premiums was retroactive, pauy won the case. of the of New a fax on The coni- FOUR NEW CARDINALS. South America Given Her First Mem ber of Sacred College in History of tho Church. ROM K, Dee. 11. At today consistory South America was given her, first mem ler of the sacred college in the history of the church. The Stuth American prelate honored with' the red hat is Mgr. Joachim Arcoverdo de Albuquer que Cavalcanti. archbishop Ri Janeiro. The other cardinals name,! were three in nnmlier, as follows: Mgr. Cairaino de Azevedo, major doom of the Vatican; Archbishop Samasa, of Flau, -Hungary, and Archbishop Spinola of Seville. The patriarch of .Venice, it is understood, has been named cardinal in pec tore, that is to say, his nomination will not be published until a later date. . HOUSE COAT StjfcPErjLVEkS -HUFFLER UMBRELLA ; HOSIERY !l SHIRTS " GRIPS .33 17 n. r. K- i t I U 1- r f A f I Jl . , e 1 1 H t .1 e. a :t frJjsssissaswfcMi II .i . -jMsssawssajswsSMM