Weekly Journal-Miner, 1908-11-18

CHICAGO REAL ESTATE MAN ARRESTED, INDICTED AND CONVICTED UNDER TOUR HOURS Uy Amoclnteil I'rrss. CHICAGO, Nov. 10,-Peter Von Vlissinger, a real estate dealer, for years classed among the first of Chi Chicago's - cago's Chicago's prosperous and reputable busi business - ness business men, confessed today of having obtained through forged deeds and notes more than $700,000, a few hours after his nrrest, and at his own urgent nppeal will be punished nnd sentenced to the 'penitentiary. The arrest, in indictment, - dictment, indictment, confession and sentence oc occupied - cupied occupied less than four hours. Vim Vlissingen, n venerable looking man, confessed that for eighteen t" twenty years he had been obtaining money through the sale of forged doc documents, - uments, documents, though he bought many forg forged - ed forged documents without detection. At least twenty-five persons lose in ag aggregate - gregate aggregate more than $700,000 through paper not yet redeemed. Throughout his nrrest nnd sentence he made no effort nt defence, only lio requested that tho punishment be speedy. The term is an indeterminate one, from one to fourteen years. Vlissingen is forty-five years old, married, and a distant relative to the president. The jipecinl charge leading to the ar arrest - rest arrest wns made by two men who bought forged notes. GOVERNOR HiaaiNS MARRIES. l'AWTPCKHT, II. I., Nov. Kl.-On ly a smnll circle of relatives and inti intimate - mate intimate friends will be present at tho St. Joseph Catholic church, when Govern Governor - or Governor .lames II. lliggius and Miss Kllen V, Mnguire, daughter of Mrlla Mil Mrs. John T. Mnguire, of tliM city, will be married tomorrow. RUEF'S LAWYERS OF VENUE FAMOUS TRIAL IS RSHUMXD WITH EXCEPTIONAL DISPLAY or polios, snsRirra AND OUARDS y Attltltlfl T 0BJ SAN IFRANC1BCO, Nov. lfl.-With Judge Lawlcr's courtroom thronged with policemen, special detective, deputy sheriffs, nnd other peace offic ers, while the etreeta about the build build-ing - ing build-ing were guarded by mounted polleo, and ninny patrolmen, the trial of Abra ham Huef was resumed today. As expected the defense asked for n change of venue, and presented clip clippings - pings clippings of papers to support the claim. Judge Lawler granted the prosecu prosecution - tion prosecution a continuance in order to prepare counter affidavits. Bvery passerby on the streets as tho hour of the court arrived was subject ed to closes scrutiny, nnd no one wns allowed to enter the court room with out proving his right to do so. ASUER BREAXS ANKLE. Morris Ashor, whose left nnkle was broken by falling into a garage pit in Phoenix Saturday morning, I rest Ing easy in his home in this city. The The injured lmb is in n piaster of paris cast. He nrwed home on yes terdny morning's train. When assist ed from the Pullman he forgot to have the shoe of the lame foot removed from the cnr. The shoe was returned to him on the southbound train last night, having been carried to Atb

NEWS OF DEATH OF EMPRESS Poor People Frightened Start Panic With Run On Native Banks FEAR REVOLUTIONISTS MAY MAKE AN OUTBREAK PRINCE CHUN, REOENT, KERFS SOLDIERY IN READINESS TO HOLD REFORMERS IN CHECK By Associated Prs. PF.KIN, Nov. 1 -.-China is begin ning to rrnlir.c the Hmperor nnd Dow nger Hmpress are dcn.d.. Prince I hun, regent of the Hmnir. in fear of the increasing excltcmeat and revolutionary movements, kaa taken a firm grip mi nffnirs and adopt ed stringent measures thnt will remit 111 mnliitcniint'o of pence for n tima at least. At noon six thousand gendarmes guarded thu streets with military forces held in readiness for nny even tuality. Hvery precaution wns taken to prevent the recurrence of the revo lutionary tactics of April and May, which were marked by widespread in cendiarism. The foreign legations nro under guard of special detachments of Chi Chinese - nese Chinese troops keeping watch nt nil ap proaches. Any incurrences todny may lend to n sinister nspect of affairs. Humors are current nt the time that the new dowager, Ye Hon All, and Yuan Hhi Kai, the grand councillor, one of the mot powerful men of tba empire, have committed suicide. Though there is up truth in these re ports, thev went far toward disturbing Chinese and foreigners alike. Serious runs on the banks occurr4 yesterday and todny, nnd fourteen na tive banks closed. The crowd waa wild with excitement, und toward tka close of the day the police interva4 and drove them back. One foralf concern, the Yokohama Hpecle Hank, suffered a big ruu on lein Tsin netaa, but Hritish, German and, Husilaa In Institutions - stitutions Institutions were not affeele'd. It I probable u number of other native banks will close tomorrow nnd it Is be believed - lieved believed the government will step in ai4 endeavor to stop the financial paaie among the poor elawes. As yet the rause of the death of tha Hmperor or Downger has not beta made public. There Is no reasonable nridenre to show either death was not from natural uue. The government entertains ffara of Keh Nlng Ting, reformers, who are reported to be assembling with a view of taking advantage of the disturbed rendition. There are reports of diatlfactlaa among the adherents of half a doaea candidates for the throne. It In con tended by some that the eldest Pit, that Is P11 Lull, Is the legitimate em emperor, - peror, emperor, therefore th eeetion of Vu Yl is another of the Dowager's illegal acts. It is the general belief that P11 Lua will eventually become president of the Hoard of Foreign Affairs. The regent, although only twenty six, Is opf n minded and ready for re reform, - form, reform, but is not considered a strong man. Few rulers have jtasied away no generally hated and blasphemed at the Dowager. Humors among revolution tsts eny some nf their leaders are about to return to Pekiti. Cofiiea of the U. H. a ad A risen min mining - ing mining law, S5e, at office of the Journal-

IN MURDER TRIAL OF L WITNESS PRODUCES LETTERS IN WHICH MRS. OUNNESS REFERS TO THE DEFENDANT Uy AssoclatVil Tress. I,A POHTK, Nov. 10. Prosecutor Smith played another trump card Mo Mo-lay - lay Mo-lay when with A. If. Ilelgclsin, of Aberdeen, H. I),, on the stnnd ho offer- ed in evidence nnd read to the inrv opios of three letters written hv Mrs. Delia (lunnc's to the witness "ilurinL' March and April of this year in which lie refetreil to "that ernzy I.nin- phere." JAP REVIEW POSTPONED. KOltH, Nov. 17.-Tho review of the Japanese navy by the F.tnporor, scheduled for today (Tnesdav) for which thirty battleship and numerous torpedo boats have assembled in the harbor, is postponed. SILVER MARKET. NKW YORK, Nov. Kl.-Hllver 50'.; Mexican dollars 45. DOWAGER DEATH HITS TOKIO IN CASE OF TROUBLE IN DEALINO WITH CHINA JAPAN WILL LOOK TO US FOR ADVICE Dy Associated Press. TOKIO, Nov. 17. - Announcement mado in Pekiu of thu death of both thn F.tnporor and the Dowager Hmpress euused a heavy fall in the stock mar market - ket market nt Tokio, but official views are op optimistic. - timistic. optimistic. It is generally believed the Hmperor died after tho Dowager. Homo papers oxprcss tills opinion, and others as assign - sign assign sinister causes to the Hmpernr's death. The semi-oflicinl Kokumin, in an editorial, says Japan's policy must be maintenance by every means thu itn tus quo of China, with the ndhurenco in concert of the powers. Among well informed persons it is believed the Dowager has been dead at least many days. The death of tho Downger before thut of the Kmperor would have left him free to advocate a tevirnl of the reform movement which was drastical ly vetoed by her; therefore the Kmper or's death is regarded opportune by conservatives. Tbero is every indication Japan is fully prepared for eventualities in China should a repetition of history oc occur, - cur, occur, but it I" believed she expects the advice and cooperation of America. BALLOON SAILS EASTWARD Aircraft Sighted at Baratow Making Ita Way Over Desert BAN HBHNARDINO, Nov. lfl.The ballooon "United States" which as ascended - cended ascended from Los Angeles at 12:30 o'clock today, wa aightcd above Hqulrrel Inn, on the top of Han Her Her-nardlno - nardlno Her-nardlno Range, at 7t45 o'clock to tonight. - night. tonight. It crossed the ridge at a point six thousand feet above the sea level, making good time in a northrnsterly direction. A telephone messago from Seeley Hats, in the Summit mountains, say the balloon is on the desert above Vie. torville nnd Harstow, going east, ROYALTY VISITS. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. Ifl, The king and queen of Sweden, eomn to Knsland as the guests of King Edward, landed hare thla afternoon and took the train

GOMPERS ASSERTS HE IS NOT A DEMOCRAT, HAS NEVER BEEN ONE AND NEVER WILL BE lly An.'oclalcd I'rrsi DIINVMR, Nov. It!.-President (Join- pers, In the convention of tho AinorU can IVderntlon of Labor, today declar ed that if ho was found guilty and Illicit in the contempt proceedings now pending against him in Washington ho would go to jiiil before lu would ,iay the line, or allow the Federation to pay it for him. I he report of tho committee on .tho treasurer's report brought on n polit political - ical political discussion, in which several mem members - bers members declared themselves in favor of the formation of an independent po litical party. I he committee recommended imme diately following the adjournment of the convention 1111 executive council to take up tho proposition of placing the funds where they might be removed from the danger of attachment. Treasurer Lennon said ho had dis cussed tho safeguarding of funds with attorneys, ami nil ngrecit that It wns impossible without resorting sometime to perjury. Homo persons took the lloor mid made several suggestions, onn that tho funds be deposited in Cnundn, and an other that certificates nf deposit might be taken out in some other nnmo than the treasurer's. During tlio iliseussiou of the labor position, (lumpers dcclnred: "I do not love tho Democratic par ty; second, I am not n Democrat, nnd third, 1 nm confident I shall never be 11 Democrat. I owe allegiance to no party. I am n trade unionist. May trade unionists always bo right, but, wiTMher right or wrong, I nm with the trades unionists." The declaration received cheers. FIRE MENACES L LOB ANOELSS HAS DOWNTOWN CONFLAGRATION THAT DOSS CONSIDERABLE DAMAOE By AtxiaUl Pmu. I.OS ANflBliKS. Nor. lfl.-Tb over flowing of nn oil heater caused a Are this nftcrnoon that destroyed the en entire - tire entire interior of the Los Angeles Pacific Railway building, In West Fourth street, and for nn hour threatened the Hroadway Department Store, one of the largest rntull business houses in the city. Durlnir the nrocress of tho fire the smoke drove hundreds of clerks from the store into the streets. A scoro or more of women employes of 4ho railway offices were rescued from the second nnd third atory win windows - dows windows by firemen, and n boy driven to thn roof was taken from there by tho firefighters. The Is Angeles Pacific Railway loss is 75,000, and the Hroadway depart department - ment department story was very large. 4. 4,,l, ,H PRESCOTT WBATHSR. November 16 Reported Daily for tha Jaurnal Jaurnal-Miner - Miner Jaurnal-Miner by John W. FHm, Ualt Ualt-ed - ed Ualt-ed States Weather Obwmr. Maximum temperature 03; mini minimum - mum minimum 23; precipitation none. Sunshine Maximum. JU

Uy AiHoclatcd rreao. liKU'Sir, Nov. 1(1. A defeated liti litigant - gant litigant in the supremo civil tribunal of Loipsic, today drew 11 revolver and opened lire on Hcrr Maennrr, presid presiding - ing presiding judc, and the court clerk. The clerk shot is doiul, and tho jud;o dangerously wounded. The nsssassin was named (Jrosser, and suicided after firing ton shots before he was over overpowered. - powered. overpowered. POSTHUMOUS CHILD BORN. XI-JW VOIMC, Nov. HI.-A cable cablegram - gram cablegram from Theodore Shorts from i'nris today announced a son had been born to his daughter, Ducheis DuChniil DuChniil-nes. - nes. DuChniil-nes. COPPER MARKET. NBW YORK, Nov. l.-Coper, lake 14i (if 14'j; electrolytic, llfi; IP,; casting, li(H)U. OK TARIFF'S FHEE LIST COMMITTEE MAY RECOMMEND THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT Or SUGAR BE LET IN FREE Hv Associated Tress. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1(!.-Allcga-(Ions that the so called Sngnr Trust controls tho price paid to growers and the price charged to the consumer, the secretary of war putting himself on record as a champion of tho freo en entry - try entry of Philippine sugar, and a general "htnnd pat" attitude of beet sugar growern who appeared before the ways and means committee of tho house, wero tho features of today's hearing of the rovislon of the tariff ai it af affects - fects affects sugar. Wright said the production of sugar in the Philippine1! would not nffect the .Iptiinml in this country, as it could not supply the yearly Increase of the demand. I!ivnc indicated thr los- tlnn of tho committee would be to recommend n certain amount of sugar should bo admitted freo eoob vrtr. nnd the present tariff would be imposed on any amounts above that amount. Wright said the productions of the sugar islands would not increase to any extent. Treaxnrer. A. J. Herndon (D) John S. Kcilly (R) Herndon 's plurality, 25. Marcus A. Hmlth (D) ... Joseph I). Cannon (H) .. William II. Cleary (I) ... .1. W. Stewart (H.I) .... H. Roy Sibley (Pro) .... Cnmcron'H plurality, "Ofl Councilman M. 0. Hums (I)) Geo. II. Young () Ed. Miller (H) Representatives Oeorgo 1). Morris (I)) ... (Jorhnin A. Hrny (U) ... Perry Hall (l) A. A. Moore (D) 0. K. McKinley (K) -.. Thos. J. Laird (R) Philip Haley (H) K. K. Hreed (H) V. Murphy (H) Sheriff Jas. W. Smith (H) .1422 .130" . 132(1 . 332 . is . 1 . 23 .1380 .133S . .150 .1445 .1307 .1341 .1311 .1251 .1240 . 353 . .140 . 340 .1500 Wm. M. Neaglfi (I) ... 1370 293