Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1910)
VOL. L,. NO. 15,357. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GLAVIS DEFINES HIS BALLINGER CHARGE No Corruption; Miscon duct, He Says. HEARING BEGINS TO BRISTLE Applause for Accuser Brings Threat to Clear House. GLAVIS BECOMES ANGRY When He Learns His Box in Seattle Has Been Broken Open and Let ters of Land Department Found, Cries "Frame-Up." WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. The Ballin-ger-Pinchot congressional Inquiry be gan to bristle with Interest today when John J. Vertrees. counsel for Secretary BalllnRer, undertook the cross-examination of Louis R. Glavls, principal wit ness for the "prosecution." A climax was reached late in the aft ernoon, when Mr. Vertrees announced that a box belonging to Mr. Glavls and left with the grand Jury at Seattle had been broken open a few days ago, and that a number of letters missing from the files of the land office in Seattle, copies of which have recently been published in a weekly paper, were found therein. Gluvis Angrily Cries "Frame-Up. Glavls angrily declared that if any found in his belong letters had been ings "a frame up" had been prepared for him. Mis denunciation of Federal officials who would stoop to such a trick to win favor with their superiors railed out a demonstration of applause from the spectators. Chairman kelson announced that a repetition of the outburst would result in the room being cleared. Through out the hearings the sympathies of the spectators, a great many of whom were women, have clearly been with Glavls. and they have laughed with satisfaction as he had made points against the questioners. Christiansen to Be Called. Mr. Vertrees announced that A. Christiansen, Glavls' successor as chief of the field division, will be called to testify to the finding of the letters. He offered in evidence a letter from Christiansen giving the details of the alleged discovery. This caused a long wrangle as to whether the letter should be received in evidence at this time. The matter was put over for consideration In executive session. At the morning session Mr. Vertrees drew from the witness the fact that he had made no charges of corruption against anyone in the land office or In the Department of the Interior. Glavls declared that If he had found evidence of corruption he would have taken the matter to a grand Jury in stead of to the President. He said he thought the facts warranted the opin ion that Mr. Balllnger and Mr. Dennett . had acted improperly and he charged them with official misconduct. Balllnger and Dennett Accused. Through a process of ell-njnation the witness cleared all the other principals of wilful wrongdoing. He said he was fully convinced that the facts he had offered in evidence warranted the judg ment that neither Secretary Balllnger nor Commissioner Dennett was fit to hold an office of public trust. As to Assistant Secretary of the In terior Pierce, Glavls declaretl he had rendered an erroneous interpretation of the coal land law of May, 1908, and that this decision, while not an act of wrongdoing, indicated that he was not tit to till the office he now hold-s. Den nett. Glavls declared, was nothing more than a "tool" for Balllnger. and "would do anything Balllnger said." Specific Charjrcs Named. At the afternoon session. Glavis, In response to a question by Mr. Vertrees, ummed up the specific acts of wrog rloing which he charged against Secre tary Kulllnger. His statement was a 'ong one. but was listened to with In tense Interest, and really for the first '.imp gave a definite statement of the prosecution's" case. Mr. Vertrees indicated today that his cross-examination will be a thor " "ugh one. The inquiry' will proceed :omorrow morning. Daily scssiors will o held. Krrors Arc Corrected. A large part of the morning was spent In correcting the record of the witness' testimony. Because of Glavts'-drawl and lisp many errors had crept in. It was 12 o'clock when Mr. Vertrees took up the cross-examination. The Cunningham claims. Glavis said, covered but a small part of the coal areas of Alaska, about 30 claims out of 900. Mr. Vertrees drew from the witness that the Cunningham claimants were the first of the Alaska claimants to pay up on their claims and that in numerical order they were entitled to first consideration in any investigation that was to be made. "You made a report to the President in September. 1909?" asked Mr. Ver trees. "Yes. sir." "And on November 3 there appeared an article In a weekly paper entitled (Conchliied on rje 2.) MARTIANS FINISH CANAL ON PLANET MARS IRRIGATION SCHEME SEEN TO WORK WONDERS. Professor Percival Lowell, of Flag staff, A. T., Says He's Photo graphed Redeemed Desert- CHICAGO. Feb. 14. (Special.) An announcement of final proof that the planet Mars is inhabited was made by Professor Percival Lowell, the famous Martian expert and director of the observatory of Flagstaff, A. T., to Chi cago astronomers as he passed through the city today. Professor Lowell announced that he had seen a new canal spring into be ing last Summer, showing, he declared, that it had been Just completed by the Martians. Water had Just been turned into it, and vegetation had Just sprung up in an hitherto uninhabitable part of the great desert which comprises most of the planet's surface. Not only did he see the new canal, but he photographed it. Previous photo graphs of this region, made as late aa last May. failed to show any trace of the new canal. The fact that it developed between May and September, when it was first observed. Professor Lowell regarded as positive proof that it was artificial, and therefore that living beings exist on the planet. The new canal is 1000 miles long and the strip of vegetation on Its banks, revealing its presence to the eye and earners is about 20 miles wide. CELL COSTS HAMILTON $5 Filing Fee Due on Dismissal of Ap peal Reaches That Sum. OLTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 14. It will cost ex-Adjutant-General Ortis Ham ilton $5 cash to permit him to be sent to the penitentiary, according to a ruling of the State Supreme Court today. Pursuant to a recent agreement between the defense and prosecution. a petition was presented to the State Supreme Court this morning, signed by Hamilton and his attorney, asking that his appeal from the conviction and sen tence rendered in the local Superior Court January 4, 1910, be dismissed, and the Supreme Court has an order drawn ready to file directing the dis missal. In the local Superior Court this morning, alaiting action by Judge Mitchell, who is on the bench on other matters, are orders at the application of Prosecuting Attorney 'Wilson, dis missing the other criminal informa tions against Hamilton, in which he was to have been tried this month. Clerk Reinhart, of the Supreme Court, holds that the petition for dismissal of appeal will not be filed. The de fendant pays filing fee of $5, and it is said the defense will refuse to pay such fee. WOUNDED MAN IS BETTER Stage-Driver Assailant AVill Be Ac cused or Modified Charge. PRIN'EVirLE. Or.', Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Though he may be only charged with assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill, the case of Jack Johnson, the stagedriver, lodged in jail here for shooting George A. Russell, of Taconia, on Saturday last, will be heard some time tomorrow. Russell, who is a well-to-do horse buyer and breeder, is recovering1 and is' able to walk about the hotel here. He will attempt to travel to his home in Tacoma, where his wife and family are, as soon after the hearing tomorrow as possible. Johnson has recovered from his hi larious feeling of Lincoln's birthday, and, though he repents his rash deed, he is probably getting off easily in not having to face a murder charge instead of just assault. , - GHOST RETURNS FOR COIN Indiana Kace Track Clubhouse Has S nook M jrster y . COLUMBUS, Ind., Feb. 14. In East Columbus, a suburb, there was once a racetrack and the clubhouse, which was near the track, still stands. I'ntil re cently the clubhouse was occupied by a family, but now it is vacant and some of the people who live in the neighbor hood believe it Is haunted. The timid say that although the win dows may be bolted tight at night, the same windows will be found open the next morning, with all the doors locked. Strange noises are heard in the house at all times of the night, and It is said that a light is seen moving from room to room. Attorney Roy W. Emlg says that sev eral years ago a man was killed in a fight there over a $10 bill, and several residents are certain his spirit returns nightly to regain the cash. MINING CONGRESS CALLED Meeting Next Fall Will Be Held in I. s Angeles. DENVER. Feb. 14. The directors of the American Mining Congress announced this afternoon that the 13th annual con vention of that body would be held in Ijos Angeles some time next Fall. . A movement to unify all the mining and mineral land laws will be one' of the results of the congress and ee-veral new statutes for the regulation of mine in spection the use of safety appliances and the diminishing of the loss of life in mining will be advocated. ITO'S ASSASSIN TO DIE Corean. Murderer Acting: for Secret Body Is Sentenced. PORT ARTHUR. Manchuria, Feb. 14. Inchan Angan, the Corean who as sassinated Prince Ito. former Japanese Resident-General of Corea at Harbin, October 26. 1909. was convicted today and sentenced to death. Angan was formerly an editor and was alleged to be a member of a Co rean secret organization, the purpose of which was tie assassination of Prince It BUT ONE OF JURY IS FOR 1 1 Deliberators Would Convict Him. HENEY'S POOR HEARING BLAMED Prosecutor Left Man With Opinion in the Box. GEO. SELKIRK HOLDS OUT Reports of Jury Conversations to Be InvestigatedDozen Discharged Though They Expected Final Agreement. Unable to agree, the Hermann Jury was discharged yesterday morning at II o'clock, the panel standing 11 to 1 for conviction. George Selkirk, a Port lander, the lone Hermann advocate among the dozen deliberators, admitted under examination as to his qualifica tions as a Juryman, that he harbored an opinion as to Hermann's Innocence or guilt. Attorney Heney did not hear the response and left Selkirk in the Jury box unchallenged. Attorney Heney takes the result phil osophically, but at first showed cha grin. Later rumors were heard in the Federal building that the graft prosecutor had begun investigation of actions of the jurymen who were kept under Government ' surveillance for more than five weeks. Wife Visited Juror Orten. "Juror Selkirk talked to his wife almost every evening," said Marshal Reed, "and she called on him at the home of Mrs. Hamilton, on Alder street, where the Jury was quartered, more than any other person. I do not know that any information from the outside reached the jury In any other way. I do know that Selkirk was advised of the visit of a delegation of Roseburg citizens, about ten days ago, and that Selkirk told other members of the panel of Its arrival. If Selkirk received other information from the outside I know nothing of it. I do know that after the jury was locked up for deliberation no information of any character was allowed to reach It." When the Jurors were questioned by Judge Wolverton as to the possibility of reaching a verdict, Selkirk asked permission to submit a written ques tion. The note declared he was pre venting an agreement and that he had a "conscientious conwictlon" in the case. He sought the advice of. the court as to what a juror should do in such circumstances. - Judge Wolverton did not advise him, but instead, dis persed the jury. A few moments later the talesmen were assembled in the office of the United States Marshal and despite the warnings of Foreman Myers, Juror Pearson, of Portland, refused to main tain silence as to which one of the Jurymen was the stubborn one of the dozen. In anger, he pointed to Selkirk. Stubborn Juror Named. "There he Is," said Pearson, shak ing his finger at Selkirk, who was leaning over the desk signing a receipt (Concluded on Page 14.) THE DEMON HERMANN INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTRRDAT'S Maximum temperature, degrees; minimum, xs.z oerrtea. TODAY'S Occasional rain; south, to rweaC wmas. Korean. Madriz begins bombardment of Matagalpa from heights. Page 3. National. Glavls states definitely bis charges against Calling-er. Pago 1. Speaker Cannon speaks In House In support of rivers and harbors bia. Pace 3. Domestic Seven of crew of torpednboat-destroyer Hawkins scalded when boiler tube ex plodes; two may die. Page 2. Tounr singer sue man who paid for her training for $100,000 breach of promise Page 2. Dr. Hyde's lawyer subpenas Swope caae wit nesses. Page 1. Irrigation canal just completed on Mara, says noted Arizona scientist. Pag 1. Sports. Faat boys to box at Tracey's smoker Friday night. Page 7. John U.' Sullivan, off for England, tells how ho kept marriage secret. Paxe T. M. A. A. C. and Willamette T'niverslty to play basketball for championship tonight. Page 7. Portland ball squad to play first practice game of season at Santa Maria, Cal.. " February 27. Page 7. O. A. C. greatly surprised at Oregon Vnl versltys action in Washington "U" caae - for division of receipts in athletic games. Page 7. Powell suddenly becomes favorite over Mcm ic. 10 to7. when San Francisco money boosts pugilist. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. New liquor law of Britten Columbia most stringent. Page 6. Army engineers favor $1,000,000 appropria tion for Grays Harbor improvement. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Foreign lumber shipments for. first half of February set new record. Page 3 8. Demand for good oranges not hurt by sales of frosted fruit. Page 19. Chicago wheat market stronger on crop damage reports. Page 1. Ltght offerings of stocks sustain prices. Page 19. Portland, and Vicinity. Mayor Simon teats streetcar step and agrees with women that It Is tod high for com fort. Page 13. United Railways car kills boy, motorman held blameless. Page 12. Census Supervisor Beach will favor men enumerators in preference to women. Page 13. Plan on foot to throw open Warm Springs Indian Reservation to settlement. Page 9. Rev. D. I Rader stricken with paralysis while preaching. Page 20. Standard of measurement is chief issue be fore lumbermen's convention. Pago 8. Property-owners In wholesale district op pose street improvement. Page 9. Oregon State C. E. Union heglna three-day session here today. Page 9. Secretary of War notifies Mn.vor final ac tion in open-draw issue has been sus pended. Page 20. Payment of Oregon Trust claimants pro ceeds slowly, many of the larger depos itors not appearing. Page 20. Seventh Day Adventlsts pass resolutions pro testing against Sunday law legislation. Page 12. Near-clash between physician and Trout dale School Board reveals defect in Oregon school laws. Page 20. Testimony as to peed of car that hurt Miss Ada Blue differs. Page IS. Oregon's, sunshine, rain and snow appear utuLi enmpareo wit n severe weather of other states. Page 8. Hermann jury dfsaKrees, H for convtctloa, one holding out for acquittal.' Page 1... Multnomah-CIackama Annexation a tlon appoints committee to raise funds J.O conduct a campaign. Page 14. OHIO GRAFTER OWNS UP State Printers Partner Admits Part In $13,700 Steal. COLUMBUS. O.. Feb. 14 Chairman Bemay, of the legislative graft probe committee, appointed through the in sistence of Governor Harmon, announced that J. E. Brelsford, of Dayton, once partner of Marx Slater, former Super visor of State Printing, had confessed to him wholesale grafting in the Depart ment of Printing- at the time Mr. Slater was in charge. According to the confes sion of Brelsford, from whom Slater bought goods, ne and Slater divided J13, 700 received from the State Treasury on vouchers lor the payment of stock never delivered to the State Printing Depart ment. Brelsford said ho received S5000 for his share, and Slater made a 'clean up" of the remainder. According- to the confession, all the stock; sold b'y Brelsford to Slater, which stands on the books for something over $16,000. was purchased by Brelsford in Cincinnati for $1700. and was sold to Slater for $2300. This was the only bona fide transaction, and upon it was based the fictitious transaction in which the two secured $17,500. "WELL, IF BILL'S AGIN ME, THERE'S HOPE." BOMBARDMENT OF MATAGALPA BEGUN Heavy Guns Turned on Revolutionists. HEIGHTS ARE VANTAGE POINT American Consul Protests at Action of Madriz. PEACE IS AGAIN SUED FOR General Cliamorro Asks American Consul to Ask Madriz if He Will Consent to Cessation of Blood -- shed Managua Tense. MANAGUA, Feb. 14. Heavy field guns, posted on the hills toy the Madriz forces, yesterday began a bombardment of Matagalpa. which, on February 10. vas taken by the revolutionists under General Chamorro. The American Consul protested against the bombardment. The Madriz troops, about 3000 men, were tinder command of General Lara, with General Chavarria and General Porto Oarrero supporting him. SubeeQuently the attack upon the city was abandoned but it tis likely to be resumed at any moment. The bombard ment lasted several hours. Situation Tense in Nicaragua. The situation in Managua Is tensw and no one can say what is likely to happen in the next few days. Captain Conetano Saen, who was in command of the firing" squad at the death of the two Americans, Groce and Cannon, was shot to death in the streets this afternoon by a Xlcaraguan soldier. A large number of political arrests have been made American Vice-Consul Caldera has received this message from General Cliamorro: Peace Again Asked. . "You know of the battles fought in the last few days by my command In 9a gal and San Ramona and the taking by my troops of Matagalpa and Jinotega and also the six-hour battle of the 11th, in which so much precious blood was shed on both sides. Being anxious to stop fur ther bloodshed, I authorize you to convey to Madriz. my readiness to reopen peace negotiations. If he accepts, notify me and I will notify General Estrada." Rear-Admiral Kimball has notified the belligerents on both aides that they will be held responsible for the persons and property of neutrals in Matagalpa. The American Consul at Managua, Jose OHvares, arrived today at Metapa, 12 miles from Matagalpa. The consul is accompanying a courier who came here recently and appealed to him to prevent the destruction of American property. ROOSEVELT TO HUNT POLE Antarctic Expedition to Have Noted Leader, Says Scientist. PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 14. Ex-President Roosevelt may lead the Antarctic expedition to be sent from the United States, was the statement made today by Professor Donald McMillan, of Peary's North Pole party. HYDE USES GRAND JURY TESTIMONY BWOPE CASE 'WTTXESSES ARE AT OXCE SIBPEXAED. Lawyer Prosecuting; Slander Suit Learns All That Is Known by Opposite Side. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 14. All wit nesses who tell their stories to the grand Jury that today began investigating the Swope mystery may have to repeat them before Frank P. Walsh, the attorney who is prosecuting Dr. B. C. Hyde's suit for alleged slander: "What transpires in the grand jury room may be kept a secret, but immediately after witnesses finish thtelr testimony they will be subpenaed to give their de positions before Mr. "Walsh. James Aylward, one of Mr. Walsh's as sociates, stationed himself near the en trance to tile, grand Jury room today and as the witnesses appeared to testify he served them with subpenas. Miss Pearl Kellar. the nurse who at tended Colonel Thomas H. Swope In his last illness, was commanded to appear in Mr. Walsh's office tomorrow morning. T. J. Mastin, an attorney for the Swope estate, called Virgil Conkling, County Prosecutor, from the juryroom, and com plained of this action. 'Mr. Conkling requested Judge Latshaw. of the Criminal Court, to instruct the subpena server not to summon the grand Jury witnesses, but the judge declined to grant the request. TAUBE'S DEATH MYSTERY Trouble Over Alaska Property Re sults In Another Tragedy. SEATTLE, Feb. 14. The dead body of Peter Taube, of this city, president of the American Marble Company, was found on the company's property on Fox Island, Alaska, last Friday. The cause of death has not been learned. The company has had much trouble over Its property. Five years ago Wil liam Deppey, a stockholder, was shot and killed on the company's land by Robert Ball, a disbarred Michigan at torney, who had gained control of a majority of the stock. Rail whs sen tenced to 12 years in prison and is now in the National" Hospital for the In sane in Washington, D. C. . R. L. Fox. who, with Deppey and Taube, was opposed to Ball, lately laid claim to the property and sold it to the Vermont Marble' Company, a tale wnicn was contested by other stock holders, who sent Taube norcn in De cember to look after the property. RACE TO SAVE FORSAKEN Chilean Cruiser OfT to Rescue 88 I -oft on Board Illfated Lima, ANCUD. Chile. Feb. 14. The Chilean cruiser Ministro Zenteno and live steam ers of the Pacific Navigation Company are racing south today, in the desperate hope that they may save the 88 persons who, when test reported, were clining to the stem of- the BGritish steamer Lima as the vessel was pounding herself to pieces on a reef in the Huamblin pass age, in the Strait of Magellan. Two hundred and five persons were taken from the wreck by the British steamer Hatumet, under difficulties which finally compelled the Hatumet to aban don the work of rescue. Four of the Hat umefs crew sacrificed their lives before the captain commanded his crew to cease their efforts. STATE SHOULD CONTROL Mondell Would Incorporate thorlty In Power Grants. Au- OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. 14. Representative Mon dell today introduced a bill amending: the present law granting rights of way across public lands for irrigation and power purposes, so that direct recogni tion will be given the1 authority of the state to control In every way the operation of ditch and power com panies. The measure makes such recognition a part of the grant, so that there can be no question that all power develop ments will be fully under the control of the communities in which they are established. PROTEST WITHOUT EFFECT Prussian Socialists Get Nothing for Trouble but Broken Heads. BERLIN. Feb. 14. Except for a band aged head to be seen here and there in the East Side streets and a few cases In the hospitals suffering- from sabre wounds, no effect of the demonstration against the proposed Prussian franchise reform measure was to be observed here today. The Socialist papers protest bit terly against what they term the unne cessary and provocative violence of the police. Reports from the provincial .cities indi cate more serious collision between the police and the people. Official f igures from Halle. Saxony, give the number of wounded there as 102. BROTHERS MARRY SISTERS Judge Bryson Officiates at Double Wedding in Eugene. EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) A double wedding was solemnized at the, Matlock rooming-house, at the cor ner of Eighth and Willamette streets this afternoon, when Police Judge Bry son adjusted the nuptial tie which bound William Hebert and Miss Nellie R. Holt, and Charles E. Hebert and Miss Eugenie Holt. The grooms are brothers and the brides are sisters. All the parties are well known in the Upper Willamette Valley. OTHERS IN BURKE HOSPITAL WATCHED Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder. NOW OUT ON $20,000 BOND Dynamite Believed to Have Been Got at Mine. TWO MORE ARRESTS LIKELY Girl Whose Baby Is Said to Be Pr. Burke's, Suspected Him, His Brother and Brother's Wife ol Wishing- to Do Him Harm. SANTA ROSA. Cal. 14. (Special) XHs trict Attorney Lea and Sheriff Smith are engaged today on secret investigations concerning the evidence which they are collecting in an effort to substantiate the charge of attempting to kill Luella Smith and her baoy by dynamite, lodged yester day against Dr. William P. Burke, head of the Burke Sanitarium. "There are certain phases of the- case which it has been impossible for us to make public up to the present time." de clared Assistant District Hoyle today. "We have been pursuing investigations along certain lines which demanded the utmost secrecy. For ttis reason Mr. Lie a. has been forced to conceal his movements to a certain extent." Burke Out on Bail. Dr. Burke is now at liberty on 120.000 bail, charged with having attempted to murder with dynamite Miss Luella. Smith, the woman who swears that he is the father of her prattling baby boy, for whom she says she would not take the riches of the whole world. The baby was asleep with its mother in a tent at the time of the explosion. Alfred Burke, brother of Dr. Burke; his wife, Aggie Burke, and Miss Sarah Lennox, head nurse of the sanitarium institution, are being closely watched. The arrest of two more persons at Other Arrests Expected, the sanitarium is momentarily expect ed. One of them may be a woman. Sheriff Smith says he is certain that Dr. Burke procured the dynamite used in blowing up Miss Smith from his mine near Oroville. It was to procure evidence against others implicated in tbe plot to put Luella Smith out of the way that took District Attorney Lea out of town this morning. Four days ago Miss Smith told the au thorities that she believed one of three people touched off the dynamite which blew her up, or that all three knew of the plot and actively participated in it. "Who are three you suspect?" she was asked. . , "Dr. Burke, his brother, Alfred, and his brother's wife, Aggie." she returned quickly. Brother's Wife Hostile. "Mrs. Aggie Burke and her husband did not like me around the place," she continued. "She did not like what I said about Dr. Burke being the fathet of my child." District Attorney Lea said this morn ing he had a complete case against Burke, and strongly intimated that be fore he had completed his investigation, others would be enmeshed in the plot to kill. "While I don't like to say that I am going to convict any man." said Lea, "I believe I had a sufficient case against Dr. Burke before Sheriff Smith ascertained where Burke got the dyna mite with which we believe we will be able to show he attempted to murder Luella Smith and her child." . To everything that the men said Dr. Burke listened most attentively and in order that there could be no mistake had the men prepare and touch oft a charge for him. Dr. Burke visited his mine at Kanaka Peak on February 1 and at that time told the men. in response to their questions, that he touched oft the dyna mite under the boulder and that It had been completely shattered. The last Unit in the evidence against Dr. Burke was secured by Sheriff J. M. Chubbuck, of Butte County, assisted by Sheriff Smith, of Sonoma County. It was thought at first that the explosive was secured at the Phoenix mine at Hirleton. but the officers denied this yesterday, saying Dr. Burke had gone to his Kanaka Peak property, which was in a remote section and which em ploys fewer men. PIONEER IS 80 YEARS OLD Mrs. M. D. Griffin Celebrates Anni versary In Dufur Home. DUFUR. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Mrs. M. D. Griffin, one of the pioneers ol Eastern Oregon, celebrated her 80th birthday at the home of her son. Wilbur Hendrix. ..ere today. Mrs. Griffin wa born in Russell County, Virginia, Feb ruary 14, 1830, she crossed the plains in an ox wagon with her parents In 1843 and settled near the present city of Du fur and has lived here ever since. At the anniversary celebrated here to day there were four generations present, two sons, seven grand children and two great grand children.