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THE MOftNINfr .qBEffOffJAN,--1 FBIPAY, OCTOBER 5, 1900. IME TO CONSIDER Assessor Greenleaf to- Give Answer Next Monday. LETTER TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Hnye Tlxey Hls&t to ZBdext Iscreu lns Cost of Malting the Annual Military Roll by Assessor. Assessor Greenleaf yesterday morning bad a conference "with the Board of Coun ty Commissioners concerning the order lor him to deliver over the Index to the assessment rolL The Assessor did not think the BoaTd had treated him quite courteously In the matter, hut he mani fested no disposition to be obstinate, and was given until Monday to look into and consider the subject. The Commissioners .asked for a written acknowledgment of the receipt of the order by the Assessor and a statement as to when he would act definitely In the matter. This the Assessor prepared and sent to the Board yesterday afternoon. It is as follows: "Office of Assessor, Multnomah County, Oregon Portland, Oit. 5 To the Honora ble Board of County Commissioners Mult nomah County, Stat of Oregon Gentle men: The order made by your honorable body stopping work on the index to the assessment Toll for 1900 was received by me October 1. The work on the Index was stopped immediately upon receipt of your order, and the two clerks who were working on the Index discharged. "Your order requesting me to turn over to your honorable body the index as far as completed, together with the cards, memoranda, eta, I .have not as yet com piled with, for the reason that there is considerable data connected with this in dex .that has to be used in correcting and "perfecting the assessment roll. Owing to the fact that I had engagements that re quired my absence from the city for a few days, I was obliged to lay this mat ter over until my return. As soon as I bave gone over the memoranda and cards to see what I will require for the assess ment roll I will be prepared to carry out the order of your honorable body, provid ed, of course, that you have the right to take the work out of my office and turn it over to those whom you may select. I will be prepared to make a final answer to this matter next Monday. "Yours respectfully, "JR. S. GREDNLEAF "Assessor." The Commissioners said this was satis factory; they had no desire to worry the Assessor or to reject reasonable requests. They expressed the opinion that the au thority of the Commissioners over this particular work would be conceded, and that the whole difficulty would soon be adjusted. "There is no use talking about going into court to get me to turn over that index," said Assessor Greenleaf to a re porter. "If I find that the Commission era have a right to take it I will interpose no objection. .Responsibility rests upon me as well as upon the Board of Com missioners, and I want to be satisfied that it is the proper thing to do before I sur render the index. That's all there is in this delay. Military Roll Expensive, Too. "The Commissioners got the idea that this index was costing too much by lump ing the military roll expense with the cost of making the index. About Septem ber 1 I made a statement that the cost of the index to that time was about $890. Since then all the work that has been done -ondt has been by the two girls that were discharged, and they worked on it Only four or five days in September. So the expense of making the index has not grown so rapidly. However, about $750 has ibeen spent on the military roll, which -is practically completed. The two to gether make it seem pretty expensive." "Is that the usual cost of making the military roll?" "No, that's more than it usually costs. But it is entirely useless, a relic of the past that has no significance at all now, and I have tried at two sessions of the legislature to have It done away with. I have been unsuccessful in this, and, since the law says the Assessor shall compile it, I have gone ahead with it. Formerly it was done under contract for ?S0 or $100, and it was merely copying 8000 to 9000 names. "Now we take the registration lists and the school census lists and get all the men between the ages of 18 and 45. This makes a very complete list. It constitutes a very reliable directory of the county, and is the bes possible guide to the col lection of poll tax. This list will include about 20,000 names. The total cost this year will not be far from $800." "What did It cost last year?" "About SGOO. In the previous years It was done In connection with other work, and I did not ask any extra pay for it, except one year, when I made a dupli cate copy for the Clerk." EAST SIDE. AFFAIRS. Stephens School Library Other Blatters. The action of the School Board in pro viding for the sale of one lot of the Stephens Addition property to provide a library for the Stephens School, is very gratifying to the teachers and pupils. There are 10 lots in the land donated by James B. Stephens, and the property is considered valuable. The price of one lot will probably provide almost as good a library as the Thompson buiiaing in Cen tral Alblna has. Professor Draper, of the Stephens .School, says the library Is need ed very much. So .far there has been no selection of books, and nothing will be done in that direction until the lot has boon sold. The library of the Thompson School was selected with great care, and has proved a great boon to that school and neighborhood. The principal reports that there is constant demand for the books on the part of the pupils. Now that Stephens School is to be pro vided for, the people sending their chil dren to Brooklyn School, on Milwaukle street, think the board could as well sell another lot and provide that building with a library. Until the past year there was not even supplementary reading in the Brooklyn building, but through the efforts of the principal, teachers and pu pils, a fair supply has been secured. Here the school has "helped Itself, and if a good library were placed in the build ing, by the sale of another lot, it will be carrying out the wishes of James B. Stephens, the donor of the property. The land donated is not regarded as suitable for school buildings, but may be sold for the benefit of the Portland schoola Funeral of William Copeland. The funeral of William Copeland, of .Falrview. who died Tuesday, took place Wednesday from the Smith Memorial Church. The deceased had been a resi dent of Falrview and was 28 years old. His health had been failing for some time 1 and he traveled widely, but without fa vorablo result. Rev. W. T. Scott con ducted the services, and the remains were "buried in the Hall cemetery. A mother, two sisters and two brothers survive him. Home From Davrson. Archie Turnbull arrived this week from Dawson, where he went two and a half years ago, and, like many other Alaska argonauts, he thinks there is no place like home. He says affairs have settled down to hardpan at Dawson and .sur roundings, although a discovery was made on Stewart River while he was on his way out. Among Portland men "he met recently was J. I. Sperry, who has been shipping hay to Dawson. H. H. Wend ling, an BastrSIdeirwho-wentr to-Dawson several years ago, Mr. Turnbull says he had been heard of, but had not seen for some time. East Side Notes. W R, Insley, of Sunnyside, left yester day for Seattle, to take' part in the Ep worth League rally. He is on 'the programme and will represent Portland at this gathering. He will also make an' effort to induce Amanda Smith, the fa. mous colored woman, who will be at the rally, to come to Portland. J. D. McCully, now a prominent busi ness man of "Wallowa, was on the East Side yesterday with his wife, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Dunning. They left for their home last evening. Mr. McCully has been in poor health, but had about recovered. The Ipworth .League officers of Centen ary Methodist Church met last evening at the home of L. E. Mays, the new presi- uroi, ana maae pians lor wonc tnis win ter. There was a full attendance. Dr. Guo was present, and aggressive work waa outlined. The league is made up of young people. Great difficulty fs experienced In hiring ( men or boys to store wood in house base ments, and great plies of wood remain out of doors for weeks before any one can be hired to move them. Many house holders have given up finding an idle man to do this work and have handled the" wood themselves. It is hinted that this is McKinley prosperity, and the way to get men to carry in wood is to vote foe Bryan, The Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church tendered Rev. G. A. Blair an offer of the place of synodicai missionary for this state, but he has not accepted at present. Mr. Blair has ac cepted a temporary call to the Walla "Walla church, and will remain there this Winter. Eventually he may accept the place, as the presbytery is very desirous that he should undertake the work. Mrs. Moore has opened Btylieh dress making parlors at 153 Russell street, Al bina, Dr. Wise, room 614, The Dekum. "QUO.VADIS?" LAST NIGHT, Strong Flay "Well Presented at the Marquam. "Quo Vadls?" was very strongly pre sented last night at the Marquam Grand Theater by Whitney & Knowles' pow erful company. The audience, though large, Vas not such as the really fine presentation deserved. From the rising of the curtain until its fall spectacular scene .followed spectacular scene very rapidly. Thrilling climaxes and heroic measures were handled in a masterly way by the manly-looking actors. There were highly-colored stage pictures, strictly classic in character, and stage settings rarely surpassed forbeauty. The com pany present a more connected dramati zation of the famous novel than any that has heretofore appeared In this city. Other pleasing features introduced and worthy of more than passing note are tht music and dancing. A chorus of good voices sings bacchanalian songs at Nero's revels and also sacrificial hymns in the last act. Eunice's Grecian dance was a graceful innovation in the third act. Mason Mitchell's Impersonation of Pe tronius, the exquisite, "but -withal, manly, arbiter, stands out as the best histrionic work of the play. A magnificent -physique, a handsome, expressive face, ana an easy, confident bearing, constitute In him an IdealBxunan nobleman. Following closely came Marcus Ford's characteriza tion of "Vlnlclus, the tribune. Strong, rugged and impulsive, in the earlier r acts Mr. Ford was indeed the picturesque soldier, while in the latter part, under the ' softening influence of the sweet Lygia, "he was perhaps more strong as the lover and defender of the faithful. Nero was portrayed by Joseph Callahan, nnfl fntn tYa phflranfM, irfVi In mflVmtn and in acting, he threw all the repulsive factors so strongly brought out "in the story. His work was qlever and consist ent. Willard Newell made the worst or the thankless part of Ghllo, the deceitful Greek. Theodore Marstln's Herculean physique fitted the part of "FJrsus admi rably. Lygia, the Christian hostage, was portrayed by Mary Emerson in a sweetly artistic manner. Elsie Esmond, as Eu nice, the Greek slave, and Winnifred Bonnewltz, as Poppaea, the Empress, did excellent work in their respective roles. The minor parts were In sufficiently ca pable hands to complete a well-balanced company Curtain calls were numerous and spon taneous, and were a good indication ot the appreciation of the critical audience of a really first-class performance. "Quo Vadls?" will be presented again tonight, the engagement closing with the matinee Saturday afternoon. COMING ATTRACTIONS, "Wang" at Cordray's Sunday. The special contract which gives Colonel Thompson the exclusive right to produce "Wang" assures the public a perfect per formance during the engagement in this city at the Cordray for the" first four nights of next week and Saturday mati nee. There will be positively nothing omitted In this great production; every detail will be strictly adhered to In .the same careful cnanner which was accorded it in its New York City run with De Wolf Hopper as "Wang." The immensely popular banjo scene, which is usually omitted by traveling companies produc ing this opera, and the superb gavotte Jn the second act will be both retained. These are the most pleasing features, and should never be cut. They are omitted by other companies on account of the ex pense of banjos and the teaching to play the instrument. There need be no fear but that they both will be seen in the Boston Lyric production. "A Night In Town. Eddie Foy and a fine company of come dy playera will appear at the Marquam Grand, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 9 and 10, in an entirely new comedy, en titled "A Night in Town." That is to say, entirely new to this country, for It has already been produced in London, under the title of "In Town" where It met with great success, and ran for over a year. The piece Is a translation of an Italian comedy and is strictly of the .legitimate sort, depending entirely for its success upon its lines and situations. It Is a much more ambitious effort than any in which Foy has been formerly engaged, and affords this comedian a particularly good chance to display his rather remark able talents. All his admirers will be de lighted to hear that he has launched forth into the legitimate field. He will be sup ported by a first-class organization. The sale of seats will begin tomorrow morn ing. Accepted Cut in Wages. BLOOMSBURG, Pa., Oct. 4. The em ployes of the Reading Iron Company have agreed to accept the 25 per cent cut in their wages. Their action this time is final as the men have already returned to work. The Danville rolling mills have also resumed work after an idleness of several months. Dally Treasnry Statement. WASHINGTON, Oct 4. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances in the gen eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold in reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance 4126,281,203 Gold 83,901,103 t Benjamin U. Campbell Dead. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Oct 4. Ben. jamln B, Campbell, a well-known attor ney of Pittsburg, is dead in this city, aged 73 years. "Judge" Campbell sank the first oil well put down In the United States. A daughter, Mrs. Margaret De land, the authoress, survives him. VEHICLE TAX CONTEST ARGUMENTS BEGUN BEFORSTJVDGE S- - ;k. '"V GLEIiAND. t W. D. Featon Conducts ICwse for Plaintiffs and City Attorney for the City. In the suit of William Gadsby andi oth ers disputing the legality of the license ordinance, City Attorney Long argued before Judge Cleland yesterday that the Legislature has provided the city with two- methods to raise revenue. Tho first is the direct tax; not to exceed S mills, on all real and .personal property, and tho second by a license- tax. That the char ter -contemplates that a tax be raised by assessment ad .valorem on all property; and applied to certain funds, and be not otherwise used, and that the rest.of the revenue required to .conduct the affairs of the city be obtained from a license tax, to be used in all of the funds when ever the Common Council deems it neces- sary. Each fund should have its stated" DEATH OF WELL-KHOWN BAST SIDE MAN i t i . . Henry B. Battln, a well-known and formerly prominent business man of Portland, died at his home on the Base Line road, near Wiberg-, Lane, yesterday morning' at about 2 o'clock, after an illness of nearly one year. Mr? Battln was born In Chester County, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1847, and waa a veteran of the Civil 'War, having served as a private In tho One Hundred and Ninety-second, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company M. Ho first come to Son Francisco, and thence to -.Portland, about 20 years ago, and em barked In the commission business on Front and Alder streets, the name of the firm being- H. B Battln & Co. Ho became Identified with Portland affairs, and was chairman, of the committee that conducted the first campaign and movement, that ijiado W.' S. Mason Mayor, and also was prominent In, the Independent movement that placed C. F. Beebe in nqmlnatlon for Mayor. He has aSwayo been a Republican, but was Independent in action. May 20, 1898, Mr., Battln was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue at Skagway by Colonel D. M. Dunne, and he entered on that work. He nt once became prominent at Skagway. Ho was elected Mayor oi that place, and while in that position the outlaws of Skasrway wero driven out of town.1 While he was Mayor of Skaeway he succeeded In es tablishing- order, and his administration as His neaitn Tailing-, jot. .tsaran went xo-vjaiiiomia, naving neen guen a vacation, hut, not recovering; he resigned the Collectorshlp, and returned to his home on the East Side. For" tho past three months Mr. Battln had been cdnflned to his home almost constantly, and ho felt that death might come at any time, but he viewed the inevitable with calmness and resignation During his business carerr atNPortlond he established a name for lpteglrty, encouraged the growth ot tho city, and lent' his Influence In the development of the mines of the state." Ho was a member of George Wright Post,' G. A R., and Industry Lodge, No. 8, A O. U. W. A widow, but no children, survive the deceased. J. W. Battln, living on the Base Line road, Is a brother. Tho,runeral will tako place Sunday, but the'bour has not yet been fixed. . proportions of the direct tax and-as much in addition as the Council shall' find is needed. The charter provides that the 8 mill tax levy shall be distributed into funds as follows: Street lighting, 1 mills; ifire depart ment, 2 mills; police department, 1 mills; street repairs, mill; and to pay interest on bonded Indebtedness, 2 mills. The charter provides further: "Andjhat no part of the said funds so specially appropriated shall, be used for any other purpose, nor shall said1 funds so appropriated be a part of the general fund of the city, against which fund warrants may be drawn for any other than the maintenance of the specific de partments for which the fund is so ap propriated. And no other or greater sum shall be appropriated for the purpose above set forth." W. D. Fenton, attorney for the plaintiff, construes the charter on these points in an opposite manner than the Olty Attor ney. Mr. Fenton argued' to the court that It does not make any difference if there Is a deficit inany of the funds or not. The city by the charter is limited to 8 mills. "Jt cannot," he said, "collect $320,000 from a direct tax and then col lect $320,000 more by means of an occupa tion tax. The object and meaning of the limitation of an 8-mill tax. is to keep the 'expenditures of the city within that bounds. There is a" constant temptation on the part of the Council and city gov ernment to spend more than the amount of money on hand, and this restriction was- placed to stop the practice. It meant you shall have so much and no more." Counsel referred to the fact that the assessed valuation of the city property at that time was $40,000,000, and-said if' the Assessor had power to reduce or In crease the valuation for city purposes the charter waB at fault, that was all. "If he reduced the yaluatlon to $io,wo, 000," he'sald, "so there would be hardly any money for anything, could you All up those five funds by an occupation tax?" Other points made by Mr. Fenton, were that the license canont be more than is reasonably necessary to defray the ex pense of issuing the license and such po. lice supervision as may be reasonably necessary. - He said: "The plaintiffs are the own ers of vehicles necessarily used in connection with or Incident to' their business, which business is subject to revenue license tax un der subdivision 3, section 33, and the ordinance Is void In this that the power to Impose a revenue tax uppn the busi ness of plaintiffs excludes the right to ex ercise alike power upon any instrumental ity of such business." The subdivision of the charter referred to reads: "Subdivision 3.To license, tax "add regulate livery and boarding '. stables, hacks, cabs, wagons, carts, trucks, drays, etc, used for the transportation of per sons or passengers, or goods, wares or merchandise, earth, rock, ballast, building material or other articles, with or with out hire, and to prescribe the rate( toba charged for such transportation' ' "A license tax to be valid must"' be lald upon the business and cannot be laid" upon the vehicles, . or owners, as such,, and this ordinance is an attempt to create'' a revenue tax not upon the owners' or' upon the business, but upon the vehicles themselves. "The court will review the question, whether or not an ordinance is unreason able as a matter 'of law as well as' a question of fact. "The charter contains no "power to le- dare -a violation of anyA city ordinance attempting lo impose revenue "license taxes a misdemeanor and to attemp't to collect the enforcement fif any. tax by fine or imprisonment t "The power to license or regulate under 'the- police power being conceded, the amount of .such -'license Is. to be deter mined from the nature and character of the business sought to be licensed. IT the -business is 'lawful without such li cense; or if it is one that is not peculiar ly subject to -police regulation, then the amount of such license fee cannot do fixed beyond a reasonable sum for com pensation for issuance olr the same, al though" indirectly It 'adds to the revenue of. the city. If the license fee is imposed for the purpose of-revenue and is Imposed upon an occupation, it then must be imposed so as. to be uniform and equal, and the classification- must be reasonable. "When license taxation is invoked, this power is subject to the restrictions of the constitution, and where a business is sought to be taxed, the rule-of the con stitution as to equality and uniformity must.be followed, even though tho tax is graduated according to the volume of business." City Attorney Long argued at length In, favor of the license .ordinance, "and read many authorities favoring his position. He frequently referred to the following H. E.-BATTIN DIES AFTER A LONG, ILLNESS. deputy Collector received high commendation. sectlon of the charter as conclusive au thority: "Section S3. To license, tax and "regu late for the purpose of city revenue all such- business, callings, trades and em ployments "as the Common Council may require to be licensed, and as are not prohibited by the laws of the state. "To appropriate money to pay tho debts, liabilities and .expenditures of the city or any part or item thereof." " The' argument will be concluded today. "--' 0-6 Q Q -e-6-6. V THE MEN WHO FOUGHT Civil War veterans and Spanish War veterans will Join hands lq indorsing President McKinley,s policy at tho meeting Monday .evening". M M M M M t M t 0 H A GOOD SPEECH APPRECIATED They' Couldn't Do Better Than Get Judge Willinms.- PORTIiAND, OctTli 1900. (To the Ed itorSuggestion is made that Judge Williams repeat his Hillsboro speech at a' mass-meeting to be held in Portland. It is conceded that Oregon is safe for McKinley. Indiana is, as usual dp.ubtful. 4 If there Is gain to a ticket through public discussion of Issues involved In a campaign, why not have such men as Judge Williams in Indiana and New York? The writer doubts' If there will be during the whole campaign a more lucid presentation of the issues: than that of the speech referred to. While it is well to have Fairbanks, of Indiana, and Carr, of Illinois, In Oregon, would it not be wise for the National committee to secure, If possible, so much of the service of Judge Williams as his strength will permit, at points where the enemy is preparing for especial onslaught? If advocacy of Re publicanism by any one man could save a state to the party, Indiana or New York. or any other doubtful state, it would be safe with Judge Williams on the stump within its borders. Pregon would be highly honored-in send ing greetings to the Republicans of the "East through bo distinguished a citizen, the committee would have no abler rep resentative, and his convincing argu ments, his characteristic manner fexclu- L slvely his own), his personal experience in long ana distinguished public service, his sincerity of purpose, his vigorous ex pression and his supejrb oratory, would not only convince but-captivate the peo ple who were fortunate enough to hoar him. 33 YEARS A READER. Ixist Mnle Transport. CHICAGO, Oct 4. A. special to the Record from New Orleans says: The Britfsh Army headquarters in this city are to be closed within the next few days. Since the English officers were sent here in Aygust, 1899, to purchase supplies, 05,000 horsed and 42,000 mules have been shipped from this port to Cape Town, as well, .as large quantities, of forage and other supplies the pay- thus far being about $10,000,000 in. English' gold. Several thousand Americans shipped as voluri-i teers on the transports for South Africa, .and. many of them joined the English Army. The sailing last night of the big transport- Montezuma with horses and mules for Cape Town has practically ter minated the work of the headquarters. UNDID MOLLY M'GUIRES HOW JAMES McPARLAND BROKE UP COALMINE- CUT-THROATS. Detective Who Is Visiting- la, Port land Once Made HJstory In Pennsylvania. Not many persons in Portland are aware that the scene of the present, peaceful anthracite coal strike in Penn sylvania was the home of the famous Molly McGuire organization. And fewer people of this city know that James Mo Parland, now a guest here, is the one individual who terminated the bloody reign of those wanton murderers. Detec tive novels were surpassed by the cool courage and perseverance of this one man, and. a chapter in American history was written that bequeaths to posterity the name of James JlcParland as a bene factor to his race. Perhaps no other in dividual in the Nation ever did more for law and order and the preservation oc human lives than the detective who ruined the Molly McGulres. Certainly very few men can say that to their In dividual effort 23 atrocious murderers were hung and 42 accomplices given pen itentiary sentences for varying periods of their lives. In Scribner's history of the United States, recently published, James-McPar-land's work of running down the Molly McGulres is narrated in detail. A picture of the great detective, together with that of Franklin B. Gowan, president of the railroad that- bore his expenses, is pub lished with the account. After the close Of the year's trial, during which so many wero sentenced, George McDonough dramatized the scene from life, under the caption of "Molly McGulres and the De tective." The, playwright made a fortune in presenting that play. It had a con tinuous run of four-months in Chicago, Mr. McParland's home, in the Dearborn Theater. 'Newspapers of the United States were filled with stories of Mr. Mc Parland's adventures and work. Dozens of plays were ..patterned after Mr. Mc-' Donough's, and even the fame of Major Allah Plnkerton, founder of the Plnker- I ton Detective Agency, and Mr. McPar- Iand's employer, was dimmed by the lat ters work. Mr. McParland is now superintendent of the" Western division of the Plnkerton Deteotlve Agency, with headquarters at Denver. He Is now In Portland on one of his regular inspection trips over the 'West, and will leave south Saturday evening. He would not be taken for a detective. His appearance Is that of a business man. Conversation about the 'Molly IcGulre work is not pleasing to him, ""as he is very modest over his suc cess. When asked about his work, he In quired which piece was referred to, and insisted that Molly McGulres were ancient history. When Coal Regions Were Terrorized. From 1865 the anthracite coal regions, comprising Schuylkill, Carbon, Luzern, Columbia and Northumberland Counties (Lackawanna has since been cut out of LuzerneX were infested by a gang of murderers. A deep mystery attached to each of the many cases. That the mur ders were being committed by some of the coal miners wa3 believed, but for what purpose or by whom was Insoluble. Mining bosses and owners, railway super intendents and officials and others over the miners were found dead. Only once did it appear that robbery was the mo tive. Alexander W Ray was murderea in 1868, when it was believed he was taking to his colliery $30,000 to pay the men. As It happened, he had sept .his clerk on with the money and 'followed without valuables about the Usual time of his trip, and the murderers got noth- lng. This was the only case Where rob bery seemed to actuate the murders. Other outrages were common, such as burning the breakers, each of which might host from $200,000 to $300,000, and the destruction of other valuable prop erty. In this, as In the murdr3, a spirit of revenge seemed to rule. Molly McGulres Snapected. A general belief prevailed that the worn was being done by a secret organization, by some called the Molly McGulres, by others the Modocs, and by still others tho Buck Shots. Mr. Gowan, then presi dent of he 'Philadelphia & Reading Rail road Company and the Reading Coal'& Iron Company, practically the same of ganlzatlon, had tried in every way to bring the offenders to justice. His ca reer commenced as Prosecuting Attorney of Schuylkill County, where he had lived in the early sixties. None knew the char acter of the miners better than he, for ho had coped with them in criminal affairs many times. But despite his knowledge tho consummate secresy of the Molly Mc Gulres foiled all his efforts. Conjectures were numerous. He and others believed the Molly McGulres were doing the work, but there was absolutely no proof. In 1873 Mr. Gowan sent for Major Allan Plnkerton, whose office- was in Chicago. The result of the conference was that Mr. Gowan gave Major Plnkerton carte blanche to hunt the murderers, but urged that 12 or 13 detectives be put to work on the case. Major Plnkerton repllea that he had one man who would do the work, and would not consent: to placing more than one man there. Placing this one man was with the understanding that he was to be unknown to Gowan, or to any man in the coal region, not excepting the employes of the agenoy that might be used to guard property. Major Plnker ton also Insisted that after this one man had succeeded In running down the guilty men his Identity should still be kept a secret, and he should not be required to appear on the witness stand in the prose, cutlon, as his life would probably be" taken by 'friends of the convicted. To this latter conditions Gowan was quick to assent, as his knowledge of the men to be dealt with apprised him of the danger. McParland Set to Worlc Major Plnkerton returned to Chicago and explained the case to Mrt McParland, but would not ask him to take it unless he felt disposed to do so. The latter frankly said, upon hearing the Major's statements, that he would undertake the work, but so far as there being an, organ ization In this country or In any other portion of the civilized globe, whose sole object was to commit murder, he did not believe it. Mr. McParland reminded the Major of the political conditions there, the five Congressional dVstrlcts, the Im pressionability of the miners, their dis position to drink heavily on pay day and broils. These, he thought would account for the deaths, and was a case that the regularly constituted officers should at tend to. But Major Plnkerton said he had argued thus with Mr. Gowan, and the latter, from greater knowledge. Insisted that there was anr organization doing the murdering. Mr. Gowan said he would be glad of proof to the contrary, but could not be convinced without much was ad duced to overcome his observations. So with this skepticism, Mr. McParland went to the home of the Molly McGulres. Speaking of his work there, he said, last evening: Story of the Detective. "It was Just 27 years ago tomorrow that I left Chicago on this mission. I had ex perience as a miner. After reaching Schuylkill County disguised -as a laborer, I started to-work as a miner. I very-soon discovered that the beliefs of Mr. Gowan were not only correct, but the murderous organization was a great deal worse 'than even he Imagined. Inside of six months I became a member of the Molly McGuire organization. - My principal recommenda tion for membership was the fact that I carelessly imparted to persons whom I believed to be members that I was a .fugi tive from justice for murder. I also let it become known that my case was so desperate that I was almost ready to da anything. In nine months X became sec retary of the Schuylkill County organiza tion of the Mollies. Holding that position, I had all the records ot the organization, and had free access to any and all Molly McGuire lodges in the anthracite coal re gion. Thl3 privilege was something no ordinary member could get. For three years I worked in the mines and traveled over these five counties, closely observing everything that was done, and gathering evidence with ceaseless secresy. I discov ered the organization, had among Its mem bers County Commissioners, Justices of the Peace, constables and burgesses, which office corresponds to that of Mayor here. 'T also learned that the Molly McGulres had a membership of 3250, and that the few men who committed the murders and other outrages were unknown to the oth er members. They were known, as mem bers, but not as those who did the work. Only a few of the total membership were asked to kill and burn. Only one member of a lodge to which a murderer belonged knew he was the man who did a given piece of work. This man was the body master, or president, of the lodge. The modus operandi was as follows: How the Mollies Worked. "Suppose there was one lodge here and another at Oregon City. The body-master at Oregon City found a man whom he wanted assassinated. The body-masters were the ones who Judged whether or not to impose the decree of death. The Ore gon City body-master would call on the body-master of Portland and tell him what was wanted. The Portland body master would pick out a couple of his men to go to Oregon City, to meet the body-master there. Complete arrange ments were made in Oregon City to keep the presence of these men very quiet, and in case of an emergency, complete plans were laid to prove they were working all the time they were In Oregon City, thus establishing an alibi. Nothing was said to these two men at all about committing murder. When they met the body-master in Oregon City he placed them in a .room, or sometlmbes an old barn which had a window. He then, had a confidential man, who appeared In front of the window where these two men were placed, and turned around that they might see him well. Then the confidential man walked away. After that the body-master saw the two men, to know they were thor oughly armed, which they usually were. Then, he directed them to a certain col liery, towards which they were to proceed until they saw the man that had appeared before the window, but under no circum stances were they to come within- 1C0 yards of him. The confidential man was placed at an appropriate spot where the man to be killed next morning would pas3. Then, the two men were to pick out a "way to escape from the spot after the work was done, as they would not want to go back the way they had come. The body-master Informed them at what hour of the morning the Intended victim would pass the spot Indicated before, and In structed them to observe the confidential man, who would be near. When they saw the confidential man lift his hat they were to make a clean job of the first man that parsed. "Instructions were always carried out. The men who committed the murder did not know the man whom they had mur dered, nor even the name of the confiden tial man. They effected their escape with out ever having spoken to any except the body-master. Until they read their pa pers the following week, it was impossi ble for them to know who had been killed. Arrests Made In Two Days. "As a result ot my labors, when we had everything finished and ready for the stroke, in two days we arrested the lead ers of this big organization in five coun ties, and the murderers, with the excep tion of a couple who got away before we were ready to 'begin. We subsequently brought some of tho murderers from Can ada arid placed them on trial. After the arrests were made, it became apparent to me that conviction would be well-nigh Im possible unless I took the stand. Major Plnkerton would not ask me to do this, or reveal my identity, but I told him I would do It to rid the community of the terrible gang. We tried, convicted and hanged 23 murderers, and tried and con victed some 43 for such crime" as conspir acy to kill, accessory after the fact, and sentenced them from five to 22 years each In the penitentiary, thus effectually destroying the organization. It took a lit tle over a year to prosecute all, thus stretching my work to the period of four years. "Had I not appeared as a witness In the case, we could not have convicted the members of the gang. But I knew that as soon as I appeared, being familiar with all their secrets and possessing writ ten, records, there would be any amount of 'squealers' to furnish convicting evi dence. And It was so." Several attempts were made on Mr. Mc- Parland's life after the trial closed, but. he eluded the assassins. Many of the Molly McGulres, who were not charged with complicity, hastened to leave the state. He says that he meets some of them now in tne mines of Colorado, espe cially, and other sections of the country. The best of friendship prevails between the detective and the old ex-members when they meet today. PERSONAL MENTION, E. P. McCornack, a Salem attorney, is registered at the Imperials James Flnlayson, a prominent citizen of Astoria, Is at the Perkins. Thomas Carstens, a Seattle cattle-dealer, is registered at the Perkins. J. T. Graham, a Marshland logger, la at the St. Charles, with his wife. J. T. Bridges, a business man of Rose burg, Is registered at the Imperial. D. W. Eaves, a business man of Lewia ton, Idaho, is at the St. Charles. John Dysons, a timber man of Kelso, Wash., is registered at the St. Charles. Julius D. Haas, of San Francisco, form erly a Portland contractor, is at the Im perial. Ex-United States Senator John B. Allen registered at the Portland yesterday from Seattle: Captain C. F. Leavenworth, & well known business man of Olympla, Wa3h., Is seriously 111 at the Imperial. Misses Ella Hill and Rose Gilbert, with Bert Hart and H. Stanley, of the "Quo Vadls?" company, are at the Perkins. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. Northwestern peo ple registered at New York hotels today as follows: P. M. Blyth, of Portland, at the Hoffman: J. Lain, of Port Angeles. Wash., at the Broadway Central; E. Nelllson, of Seattle, at the Cosmopolitan; E. O. Graves, of Seattle, at the Manhat tan; L, S. Miller, ot Seattle, at the Mur ray Hill; W. G. Carpenter and wife, of Seattle, at the Criterion. Not on the Programme. PARIS, Oct. 4. There was a serious ac cident today in, the menagerie of the county fair near Prlvas, in the depart ment of Aroleche. A large audience gath ered to witness a local butcher enter tho lion's cage, play a game of card3 with the Hontamer and drink a bottle of cham pagne. The performance was successful until the butcher foolishly, and without warning to the trainer, approached the Hon and held a glass of champagne under his nose, whereupon the Hon bounded upon the butcher, ground his shoulders with his jaws and mauled his body fearful.y. When the butcher was removed he was almost dead. In the meanwhile the audience was panic-stricken, and in the stampede to escape from the menagerlo, many persons were trampled upon and badly injured. Cathartic or purgative pills do more harm than good. Carter's Little Liver Pills do only good; but a large amount of that. Only one pill a dose. IN THE SEVERAL-COURTS COTJUSE OST THE DEFSXSS1 I?T THD. DXON CASE. Will Probably Assert That Dlxo "Was Victimized Probate Mat ters Court Notes. The course pursued, by counsel for5 George Dixon Indicates that the defense will be that Dixon was the victim of Mat tie Fro3tr and took no part In the ded forgeries. The evidence submitted by the prosecution yesterday was merely cumu lative regarding minor features of the transaction, with the exception of the testimony of J. M. Hodson, upon whora the scheme was worked. He told how he happened to become the purchaser of the property and of various meetings which he had with the defendant. Mr. "Hodson stated that Mark Schlussel col lected his rents, and one day when he called at his office on business, Schlussel remarked that he knew of a piece of property close in on the East Side for" sale cheap, and asked witness it he would like to buy it and build some more houses. Mr. Hodson said they went over and looked at the property. The price asked was $2400, but considering some street Im provements, sewer-work, etc., which was necesaary, he thought $2000 was a fan? price. He closed the deal for $2125. The witness told of receiving the deed and abstract at Schlussel's office. Dixon said he had a piece of property to sell. Schlus sel said he thought it was a very straight abstract, and the witness stated that his recollection was that Dixon said he thought it was a good abstract. W. J. White, who made the Henry Ack erman seal used on the Henry Wilson deed, testified that the order came by tel ephone. He was told a lady would call for it. It was delivered to a messenger boy. J. Curtain and Paul Hutter, messenger boys, who took deeds from the Recorder's office, testified. Dixon, they said, sent a note for his deed, signed Emma Gil lette. Recorder Beach testified concerning the filing of the deeds for record, and that they were returned the same day by re Quest, being recorded at once. Chief McLauchlan testified regarding' statements made by Dixon at the time of his arrest, but In none of these did Dix on admit the crime. The cross-examination of Mattie Frost was completed yesterday, and the defense asked variousquestlons as to her conduct. She admitted going Into a saloon with two men, and going to her residence with a man who accosted her on the street. SAYS NOTICE WAS NOT SERVED. James Gleason Arouses the Wrath, ot Opposing Lavryers. James Gleason, attorney, appears to have aroused the ire of Claude Straton and J. H. Murphy, brother members of the bar, by filing -a motion to have a no tice of appeal dismissed after the case on appeal has been heard and taken under advisement by Judge Frazer. The ground stated In the motion Is that the notice was never served upon him. The opposing counsel yesterday filed af fidavits stating that the notice was served June 14 at Mr. Gleason's office, on Mr. Thomas G. Thornton, who, it is said, stated that he had authority to receive it. and accepted service by signing the name of Gleason to the acceptance, which It is asserted the court records show. The affidavits further state that Mr. Thornton has occupied the office Jointly with Mr. Gleason for seven years, and tho under standing ot the bar has been that Thorn ton has authority to accept service for his associate; also, that Mr. Gleason tried the case, and in that manner recognized the validity of the service. The matter referred to is Frainey and Riley, claimants, against the Michael McMahon estate, appealed from the Coun ty .Court. This Is not nearly as bad aa the case where an attorney challenged the suffi ciency of a complaint after the case had been tried "over a half a dozen times, beginning in the Justice Court. Counsel for the defendant, after numerous Jurle3 had disagreed, finally lost the case, and then made the point that the complaint was fatally defective, and Judge Shat tuck sanctioned the objection. Pleads Fourteenth. Amendment. E. B. Seabrook. attorney, yesterday ar gued in Judge Sears court that the labor Hen law is contrary to the 14th amend ment of the United States Constitution, because no service of summons or no per sonal notice 13 provided for. The case at bar was that of John Maxwell and others against the boat Klickitat, of the Cen tral Navigation & Construction Company. Maxwell holds labor claims amounting to about $2400.j He was awarded Judgment recently, and this was accompanied by an order that the Sheriff be directed to sell the boat to satisfy the Hen. James Glea son, who represents Maxwell, delayed forcing the matter, with the understand ing that the judgment would be paid, and yesterday Mr. Seabrook asked to have the Judgment set aside on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the law as stated. The court will render a decision today. Forthcoming Decisions.. Judge Seara will decide the following cases this morning at 9:30 o'cldck. Maxwell vs. boat Klickitat; motion to set aside judgment. Smith vs. Brainard; motion to disallow costs. Central Americans in Nerr Orleans. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. A special to tha Record from New Orleans says: Senor Luis A. Corea, the Nicaraguaa Minister to Washington, bringing import ant information relative to the proposed Nicaragua Canal system; Benjamin V1J aurre, the NIcaraguan Consul for New Orleans, and other prominent Central Americans, arrived here today on the steamship Esther, after five days' deten tion at quarantine. Of affairs in Nicar agua. Minister Corea said: "The country is entirely peaceful, all the recent revolutionary talk has sub sided. President Zelaya has organized a very strong and popular government, which 13 meeting with general commen dation." Sugar-Beet Premiums. The premiums for sugar-beet exhibits at the State Fair have been awarded as followst a H. Chapman, ot Salem, first; Mrs. J. V. Taylor, of Salem, second. The only other exhibitor was J. R. Douglas, of Linn County. The awards were made as the result or a chemical test for the purpose of determining the per cent "ot saccharine matter. The winning exhibit showB the following test: Average welgnt, 2 pounds and 5 ounces; total solids, 18.03 per cent; sugar In juice, 12.85; sugar in beet, 1126; solids not sugar, 4.18; purity of juices, 73,30. The tests were made by Professor Knlsely, of the Oregon Agricul tural College. 9 SUNDAY TRIPS TO BONNEVILLE The Sunday trips to BonnevIUe still con tlnue popular, many people taking ad vantage of the low rate and splendid train service to spend Sunday under the plnea and along the banks of the Columbia. The train leaves Union depot Sunday morning at 9 o'clock; returning train reaches Port land at 4:30 P. M. Fare is only SO centa for the round trip. J ' One Crop Does Not Fail Him. Tacoma Ledger. Bryan seems to haye raised nothing on his farm but a crop pi paramount Is sues. '" f The "Eatey" organ Wiley B Anea Co.