The Oregon Daily Journal from Portland, Oregon • Page 1

in, vuisu. i t- le 'SgcoRd (jilioo' Tsnltht and Wadneaosy, fair, with Bnlwkl llirbt irvita toalshu WMt ts nait winds, i on uiaily ounial p8 PORTLAND, I OHEQON, TUESDAY EVENING, 3f AltCII 3ir 1903. VOL. II. NO.

18. PRICE FIVE v.CENTS. WAR WILL BE WAGED BY THE SENATOR AND THE PRESIDENT STRANGE 4 Roosevelt Will Explain Why He-Did STORY OF Not Keep His, Promise in the Matter of Dresser. Henry WInsIovv Corbett died at 6:45 this morning. Heart failure was the immediate cause of his death.

Jj 'V v-1 i At midnight it became necessary to send for the family physician, Dr. Nichols. He remained with Miv Corbett unti A WOMAN Mr Corbett was at his office for a few hours yesterday, and appeared to pe in his usual gooa health. In the afternoon he tendered his resignation as President of the Lewis and Clark Fair, Wilfully Untrue Story merely saying he was not Jphjfsfcalty able to discharge the duties of the office. His death Is untimely and a great shock to all Portland.

The city, mourns. -t Published in Morning Newspaper Claims Perfect Knowl- 0 edge of Portland Firebug Valuable; Lif of the Oregon's Sterling Gtizen Senator Simon Reiterates; TliB UATq- CORBI3TT, Called Suddenly; to- jy Great Man' of Oregon Statement About the President Says She Is Held by Him Eternity Under Hypnotic Spell, ies Peacefully, Sur if" Always Prominent in the Affairs of the State rounded by Members of His Family. That a partially demented sad com pletely hypnotized woman and a who has her under his power are thm la-dlTldaals responsible for the numerous Incendiary Bras in Portland of lata, is the sensational theory npoa wbioh the polio are bow working. A well-known professional woman, whose nam The Journal withholds, has mak startling revelations to the polio that may even He Seemed to Have Realized ThattheEnd Was Near Kind and Gentle of Dis-position and Be-; loved JbjrAlL tually lead to th arrest of the neans (Journal Special Service,) WASHINGTON, D. March Ik President Roosevelt intends to take cog nixance of the charge made against him in an interview by former Senator Simon of Oregon to the effect that he has broken, his political pledges in refusing to appoint O.

A. Steel to a place in the land office at Oregon City. President Roosevelt Is particularly Incensed baoause Mr. Simon states that hs has been turned down politically by President Roosevelt on account of being a Jew. and upon the President's coming visit to Oregon he will take pains to ax-plain personally to the political loaders there th entire matter.

When th program of the President's trip was announced last Saturday sad it was found that he had mentioned by name only four men who could entertain him on bis entire trip of 14.000 miles, and that one of these was Senator 'Ankeny of Washington, it was known- that there was some sort of political significance' to that announcement President Roosevelt friends declare that he is prepared to show that ha turned down th recommendations of othor Senators right and left, partly or even fully agreeing to jnake the they desired. He turned dawn the New York Senators In the matter of' appointing the Assistant United State Treasurer at NewTotk only recently, although they kicked pretty hard against It, -and he has Just turned down Senator McComas of Maryland with a bang that could be heard all over that staos. Three weeks ago he turned down Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, and two months ago he turned down the entire Republican party of California when they asked that a certain man be appointed naval offlor at San Francisco In' place of Col. John P. Irish.

In each of the case th President's friends explain that something wss found In the applicants for offloe-that did not sutt President Roosevelt and they-say that Senator Simon Is supersensitive As to his own religion. When The Journal correspondent showed Mr. Simon's statement to Senator' Mitchell at his hotel this morning he declared that he had never heard ijwmt. who devilish work is menacing th 'v property intartsts of Portland. To Th Journal, as well as to the police, the woman referred to above 5 -v made her statement feel sure that my suspicions are ''4 1 correct and that this woman is either setting the fires herself, or she Is under To dl to aleep 4.

No more; auU lr a w.e Tli but to die. 11a but to renture on that common baurd. the Influence of the man who does. She heart's ncba. and the tnouaana uauirui uyn.

Which many a time lie battle I lime run has been in the insane asylum at Salem a cuuiuuimmiuo TU but tu do. wtint. at tne aery uiuuiuut. wice and it has been but two months Xbat blr to tu llTuiiH) to be wWhi-il. Iu mauy uatloua of tba peuiila eerlb, A tbuunaud aud a thuuaand shall du wlib ui.

sluce her last release. Insane Woman's Story, writer who seeks to portray the 'Yesterday afternoon this woman came to my house to see me on busi Tuen he adriaii ine mailer ueiurw, wmcn was pruuauiy a aeucaa ncuon. a delicate Action. ness. She was tuborlng under great life and advancement of a pouple no matter how far he may be under tin-control of theory pointing Otherwise must at last come to tho Individual und seek his best material lo the lives and records of thosa--by-wmoot the works be would describe have been performed.

mental and physical strain and was very i ne am noi uemn wouiu uo proper tot mm io aisouss it jor publication. a sad silence reigns in the late residence of Henry W- Corbett today. A Silence such as death In the midst of life can only bring. Yesterday the head of the household wad apparently well end strong. He had attended hi" business appointments at his bank, and returned home feeling well except for trifling weariness, of which he cotnplaln- man TnUM riMa.

UUI VU' WIID WU M1V about the. tires that have been in Portland recently, and went on to say In sn DbVlous effort to relieve Presi TICLD5 A POHIT Oil dent Roosevelt from tha odium of hav that she had known of the Dokum and Victoria dock fires before they occurred. She said stie was present at botli flres, and knew the man who kindled them. Thus biography becomes not merely a side light to history. butUhe very essence and vitality of historic itself.

In the story of the man of affairs you tell that of his times as well. Viewed thus, ing proken hi explicit, promise te appoint O. A. Steel to tha office of Register ru. it turn The last of, eight brothers and sister Because of her enforced obedience to the of the Land Office at Oregon City, a Hvlio have beeen called Deiore nim.

actual she said, sbe. cpyld.iio.t Ex-Senator Corbett was tue youngesi newspaper published this" 'morning a dispatch', from its correspond avota neing a witness to ooin ooniagra- on of a family of nine Drotners ano Bisters. He married, early in life. Miss Cmra. JuKer.

of Albany. N. and to iions. "'There will be more fires, too, Sir1 the woman to me. 'You Just wait and ent, in which it is.

alleged that Senator Simon, to whom the promise was given, released the Presidents rom performing tha counla were' born two sons, Henry see if what I tell you Is not true. You'll it does not need be said that the true story of Portland cannot be told without proper reference to. the man whosie varied lines of effort itave touched almost every material Interest of the city as well as many reaching far beyond its boundaries. Conspicuous among the men who have influenced the current of public events, who have shaped the destiny and made the City of Portland the commercial and financial metropolis' of is Henry Corbett and Hamilton P. Corbett The latter died of consumption at Colorado It The correspondent also asserts that Senator Simon could hav secured th Ond out that I know wnat I'm talking about.

One of the newspapers said the police came pretty nearly capturing- the Borings in 1884, and the termer or tne I Hearr Wlnslow.Oortett was bora at Westborongh, rebrnarr 18, f.i--'?' keame to ortland, "around the Horn," oa March 4, 1851. He was elected Tnlted States Senator from Oregon la He was the original promotsr of the Lewi and Clark Fair, from the presidency of Iks Boarp of Directors of which he resigned but yesterday. He died at Bi46 o'olook this morning, March 31, 1903. Hs was A pioneer la settlement, in. progress and la charity sad was a friend aU namklad.

ama disease In California In 1894 man who has been setting the fires, and appointment of Steel at any time after ttiat promise was given If he had chosen that his narrowest escape was the other Three grandsons survive Ex-Senator Corbett THey are Henry Ladd. Elliott R. and Hamilton F. Corbett The pros to urge it but that 'lie never again mentioned the matter to the President, either morning under the Washington-street doc. But they do not know anything about It I saw him last night and he Winslow Csfbett.

-During more than 60 ent Mrs. foroetl was miss amna ju. Rursrles of Massachusetts. By this In person or by letter." years he was Sn Important factor in the Seattle Electric Has Sub marriaaa no children were born. These statements Senator Simon told me the police were away off the track, and that he would burn more big characterizes as untrue and a wilful mis i In the -beautiful home at Fifth and Yamhill streets, where lies the body of buildings before they caught him.

development which has been steadily going on in the Pacific Northwest and It is but simple justice that a faithful record of the part he has borne In this great work should be preserved as an representation of the facts. tha dead, there weeDS today the Immedl Last Wight's Pire. I repeat what I hare said before," ols said this "Early In last October," Mr. Corbett was attacked with a severe form of la grippe, and for several weeks wss confined to his home and much of the time ate relatives. Now and then a sort of aid Senator Simon this morning, "that The Journal's informant, In speaking mitted Revised Terms to the Men clan again vielted the patient and advised" that retire and rest until today.

The Instructions, were followed, and Mrs, was constantly the bedside: Dr. Nichols remained tho Cot bett residence the entire night and adminlstereed regularly knock at the door ts heard, and a life I had President Roosevelt's positive of the fire in the Alblna Warehouse last night, said dolence, or nilnglo tears with those who promise that he would appoint Mr, Steel, that I repeatedly and continuously urged that the appointment be made, and that "I boarded a car to go to a religious meeting. On tho car was this woman are mourning, for example for the guidance and emulation of coming generations. He was born in Wcstborough, on February 18, 1827, and was the, youngest son of a family or elght--slx of whom reached maturity. His parents were Elijah and Mellnda (Forbush) Cor- medicines, Mr.

Corbett slept with ap to his bed. His strong constitution, however, assisted by an Indomitable will force, defeated the ravages of the malady, and a few weeks before the holidays he waivable to resume his duties th President's promise was not kept thing which who had told me earlier In the day that she knew all about the fires. She pretended not to see me, but I know she "Peath, so called, is a makes men ween." What appears in a paper this morning is undoubtedly the work of the young parent comfort, until -eft, o'clock this morning! when he awoke and called for nourishment iHoj ate .,1 sparingly and man who serve as th Washington cor Henry Wlnslow Corbett, ex-Cnlted who settled in seventeenth cen- did. for she cast furtive glances toward me when she thought I was not looking in me nusmess woriu. i nave en In fbett: His" ancestors, almost daily nt tendance upon him since Massachusetts in the Again relapsed.

Into slumber. respondent of the Oregonian, and who. for reasons no doubt satisfactory to him at her Shortly daybreak, this morning the Nichols, reporting States Senator, and one of the most prominent cltisens of Ptortland and the Northwest passed suddenly away at his self, but unknown to me, has undertaken "The woman was not dressed as she was wnen she called at my house, in the at all times to belittle me and to mis octooer until ieath came this morning, not becauso there wes genuine reason for alarm, rather because' It waa noticeable that Mr. Corbett had not regained his full strength. more hope- represent th fact wherever they would reidence In this city at ciock tnis morning.

At the time of his death Mr. Corbett was 78 years 1 month and 13 tend to my advantage. day time, but Instead wore a large, heavy cape whlcu covered her shoulder and her waist. She appeared, judging from (Journal Special Bervlo.) IATTXB, March 31. fielding to tfc terrlbl pressor brought by th bush ness community, tne Saattl KhwtrU: Company has givea way to some extent ad a sstUatasois of th disastrous strife now ems probable, Th conciliation committee is still Is session.

Th company has submitted proposition to th strikers, agr lag to refer the Taxed ustd of tortty to arbitration, pseirlded th ax return to work Immediately. Soosavelt Xaows th to him that tle patient pulse was very Weak. Ori arriving at the sick man's bedside it was apparent that a great change had Hardly a pulsation was noticeable. were aff-mlnistered. without effect and at 14 minutes to 7 o'clock Henry, Corbett died.

In tha death chamber were Mrs. Cor of age, days tury, were Norman, and traced their doscent from Roger Corbett, who was a military leader under William in the conquest of England, gaining distinction and lands for the part he bore in th struggle. William, the eldest son of Roger, was seated at Wattesborough, while his second son, Sir Robert Corbett, had for his -inheritance the castle and estate of Caus, with a large part of hi father's domain. The letter's son. also named Robert, accompanied Rich I am charitable enough to state that Surrounded by the Immediate mem- I do not believe the President ever au of his family, the end or a long ana strious Jlfe came peaceably and al- ll" thorized any such statement as appears in the newspapers article this morning.

wlthout warning. her actions, to have something underneath her cape. "When the conductor came along she handed htm a nlckle, and I heard her ask him for an Alblna transfer, which, of course, he gave her. This morning 'I read of the lire at Alblna, and, recalling her words of yesterday, resolved that in bett, Mr. and Mrs.

H. W. Mason, the physician and, the nurse, Mrs. Corbett YWterday morning Mr. Corbett at knows that there is absolutely no foundation for any part of it except that tended to his customary duties at tha First Kational Bank, of which he was resident.

He returned home a- few when the President determined to ap iui ana cneerrui patient, have never treated, and so late as early this morning I expected no serious results of yesterday's complaint. "I visited the patient at noon yes? terday," continued Dr. Nichols, observed nothing unusual in his condition, except a desire to sleep. He had intended to go driving in the afternoon, but I advised him to retire and gety good rest, which was badly needed. I oalled upon him at 6 e'clock ln the and while conversing1 he dropped into a- slumber.

He eoon retired to his qhamber, and, calling his I gave instructions concerning certain medi point Mr. Blbee Receiver of. the Oregon and her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Mason, had-' been summoned by Dr.

Nichols only a few minutes before the end came. Death was due to the general breaking down or the nervous (Journal Special Gervice.) SEATTLE, March out at mtnutea- before noon and appeared much City Land Office I urged him as strenu ously as I could to appoint Mr. Steel at the same time." System, wt)lph caused weakness of the heart Senator Simon -picked up a copy of the th wall of ileace that ha heretofort hidden the Seattle Electric- Company li Its fight against the union street car- men, there has come a proposition thai paper and began to read from the article ard I to the siege of Acre, bearing on his 'Coat of arms two which have since been the crest of nig descendants. It Is not the purpose to traoe In this sketch the geneaology of the family from-its ancient; source. Suffice It to say that many achieved distinction In politics, the church and in the (earned professions, while one of the descendants on the maternal side, Is a member of Parliament at the present time.

The Corbetts In America are lineal descendants of this ancient and honorable fam in question. Death Was Vawpeotsd. all probability she knew it was to be kindled. I thought that she either knew who set It or that she did It herself." Claims She Is Bypnotlaed. The insane woman, whose name is for the present withheld, declares that she IS under the influence of a hypnotist It was the desire of the woman to whom she made the above statements to ascertain the name of the man under whose evil guidance she claimed to be laboring, However, she would not tell that most Important portion of her story.

is interpreted to mean a partial sur xess. Durtng the afternoon -he conversed with members of his family with usual Spirit, but contrary to his custom he at -intervals "would relapse Into short A. S. Nichols, the attending physician, called between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon and discovered no; alarming symptoms. At 6 the physl- It is not true.

He said with emphasis, cines to be administered during the i that 'In a fit of temper I toloMhe Presi Kings snd-mlshtieit potntte must die, For tast It the end. of nnmaa Bilery, night continued at the house through Before th conciliation that Is in ses dent that to appoint Steel after the appointment at Bibee would be an Insult to the night, and at 3 o'clock this, morn Reviewing the last six 'months of tha (Continued on Second. Page.) sion behind closed, doors this aftemoo-the company has made an amende life of Henry W. Corbett. Dr.

A. S. NIoh- me and that 1 did not want the appoint ment if It came to me in that way Noth ing akin to tltat waa ever said nor could proposition to the strikers, This in Itself is a concession that th comsanv, the President assume anything of that nature from any conversation I ever had with him. dominated by Jacob Furth, should mak any proposition at all. But rtlie text -Of the proposal is.

of vital moment. Foi 1 this new deal, proposed bv, tha KeaitU As to the accusation that he had virtually abandoned his efforts in Steel's Also -vHvcff and the police are still, a measure. In the dark. In tolling her story th woman who claims to be hypnotised said: "My husband thinks I am not hypnotised, and gives me no sympathy. He thinks what I say about It Is all foolishness, but I'll show him whether It Is true or not.

He thinks what I say about the nee is something liave Imagined. ily, as the family record at Mendon, clearly indicates. The father of Henry Corbett was a mechanic, and at West i.o rough established the first edged-tool manufactory In that part of Massachusetts." He subsequently removed to Washington where he continued hi manufacturing-Cosiness until forced to abandon it on account of failinsj healthy He then settled in Cambridge, "in the same county, and engaged in the hotel business and in farming until his death, in 1848. He was a man of progressive Electrlo Company, is likely 1 to end tluK disastrous strike that ha paralysed ness and knocked the commerce -of tlu it i i 'v i r1 a i i of a 3 city. do wnward by -more then-a -quarter mution uoiiars.

The strike situation" la otherwise' un, but I tell you I do know all about the fires, and there will be more, too." changed this morning. The peace om mlttee, after remaining in. session un. Woman Undoubtedly Daft, It la the opinion of The Journal's in til late yesterday afternoofL adtournai without action. strikers were- un able to accept tlur proposition submittel ideas and possessed much moobanloal Ingenuity.

Both he and his wife were consistent Christians and by precept and example, exerted a most wholesome Influence over the lives and character of their ohlldren. behalf. Senator Simon said: "I persistently urged the Steel appointment and at no time wavered in my efforts to induce the President to make Itr The 'Impression Is" sought tob "given out that after securing the President's letter promising the appointment I abandoned all effort to get him to send in Steel's name, and never again called hi attention to the matter. Indeed, the correspondent makes the direct assertion that this was the fact Has Proof of His Statements. "The truth of the matter is exactly the reverse.

Fortunately I am quite sure that 1 can, by reference to my letter press copy book, ascertain not all, but many of the dates when I tailed upon the President to urge fulfillment of his promise to appoint Mr, Steel. I would usually write, to Mr. Steel advising him of the" result of each interview with the President, though did not always oy tne electric company.) on. account the seniority clause, under which thi El company; agrees to take 'them back." The business men of the city met thll morning with. President Futth of th formant that the woman Is The fact that she has served two terms in the insane asylum already bears proof that she is of feeble mind.

The woman's husband is said to be a hard working man, who has always provided well for- his wife. While the pollde refuse point blank to give out any Information whatever of their plans. The Journal has learned that they believe they have at last a clue which will lead to the arrest 6T the The Boyhood of company and argued earnestly with hi it to take some immediate steps ti end tht strike. The conference, it is alleged, wal without decisive ireeult The eleotrb company is now preparing to submit an other proposition In. lieu of that offered yesterday.

Prospects are not good or at early agreement, though charge ma take place at any time. Anions' thi hivHm''') Max v. Henry W. Corbett Tit yoouf uur die, but the old must The boyhood of H. W.

Corbett was fire fiend, and possibly It will prove the woman in the case is as guilty as the man to whom she refers. The police are shadowing the woman, passed in Washington County, N. where, until he reached the age of IS. MASONS TO MEEr. he recti ved an ordinary common school education.

At the age named he began trikers on air of expectimcy reign. F. T. Miller was run over on Pilci street this morning by a car la cbargt of a new-and incompetent motorman Miller was crossing the track and th motorman made no effort to stop, tin this. "Another circumstance In this connection which is worthy of note is that Just before th adjournment of Congress last June I called to pay my respects to the President and to renew my oft-repeated requests for the appointment, of Steel, and I asked a a special favor to me that he make the appointment before left Washington.

He said to me that he would write a letter to Senator Mitch 11 and ask him tu at the Him House, and that he (the President) would his business career in a store in Cambridge, where tie remained two years, and during that time attended (he Cambridge Academy- lie then returned heme, and after a short term of school, secured a clerkship in a store at Salem, th county seat At the end of a year motorman waa put on tho ear thi morn Ing. snd is said; by th strikers to hav -no knowledge of the business. Millar fcj The grand council, Royal and Select Master of the State of Oregon Will hold Its annual session In this city on Wednesday, April 1, at 1 o'clock p. m. The meetings will be held.

In Masonic HaUv fcurkhardt Building. East Side. In the evening the grand council will be tha guests of Washington CouneU. No. at th ssjn hail.

iw.rtaii 4 badly hurt and may' die. A crowd sup sounded th car and the polEro hn.i vi ozTzira th oA9 KAjn?" xo aurrosuAaT wso has tvt qvx xxs oa. (Continued on Second Pag.) (Continued OA6oon2 (Continued onTPag1fwlv.).