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NEW EQUIPMENT
LOW TRICES
LINOTYPERS
LOWOPEN BANK
Gang of Robbers Make
Raid at Sheridan.
THEY GARRY AWAY $5000
Accomplish Their Work and
Escape in Fog,
MAYOR TAKES SHOT AT THEM
Bandits Force the Vault of Scroggin
SL Wortman's Bank With Nltro
Glycerinc and Borrowed Tools
No Trace of Them.
TOWN OF SHERIDAN.
Sheridan, a town of 1200 people, lies
In a pocket of rolling hills. To the
south between the town and Dallas
are knolls, heavily covered with oak
scrub. These furnish Ideal hiding
places in the daytime,. The country Is
generally open, however, and v Is criss
crossed with countless roads. The
town is 57 miles southwest of Port
land, and about 23 miles west of
Salem. Newberg, where a bank was
looted 'ast week, is 31 miles by rail
road from Sheridan.
SHERIDAN, Or., Oct 26. (Special.)
With nltro-glycerlne and borrowed tools,
three safe-crackers forced the vault of
the private bank of Scroggin & Wortman,
here early Monday morning, took $5000
in gold and silver and escaped without
leaving a clew, notwithstanding that J.
Z. Eakln, the Mayor of Sheridan, took
three riflo-shots at them .from close
range.
So similar were their methods to those
of the bandit gang who attempted to
rob the Newberg Bank on October V
that no doubt exists In thV minds of
Sheriff SItton, of Yamhill County, and
his deputies that the . robber bands are
Identicals - -
Tho robbers "tgcedtho bank by yry
ing open the front door7"A brick vault
with 'walls three feet thick were cut
through with tools borrowed from the
railroad tool-house at Ballston, four
miles away. The small safe Inside the
large vault was then drilled, nltro-glj-cerlne
was poured in and an explosion
occurred, which wrecked the safe, the
vault and the Interior of the bank, and
the plate glass windows In front. Pieces
of the safe were thrown through the
steel door of the Vault and Into the
P street
Mayor First on Scene.
The sound of the explosion alarmed
Mayor Eakln and other citizens. "With
bullets singing over their heads, the
robbers climbed into a buggy with .the
valuable contents of the bank as .freight,
and drove to the southward. Within half
an hour all Sheridan knew that the only
bank In town had been robbed. At first
there was talk of a clUzens' committee
taking charge of the remains, but the
cooler-headed clement decided that S. Ij.'
Scroggin, manager of the bank, should
not be interfered with.
The bank was only slightly crippled
financially, as most of the funds are kept
In Portland vaults. Had the robbery oc
curred a few weeks later, however, several
thousand dollars more would have been
the prize. The vault and safe have always
been considered absolutely burglar proof
by the management. Now the interior of
the bulldlpg, a small, one-story brick
structure. Is a ruin. A $10 gold piece bent
double by the explosion was picked up by
George H. Howe, who, with Mayor Eakln,
was asked by S. I. Scroggin to enter tho
bank with him.
The Identity of the safe rdbbers is as
much a mystery as their present location,
and It was the belief of Sheriff SItton that
2L J. IIAMXIN, ATTORNEY -
the gang who terrorized Newberg re
turned immediately to Portland. If this
holds true in the Sheridan robbery, the
move to the southward was merely a
blind.
Stole Their Tools.
Monday morning the gang procured their
tools in the same way as at Newberg.
Again was the nearest section toolhouse
broken Into and aclawbar, two picks and
a,sledge taken but left behind at the bank.
These were used to drill through the vault
wall.
Sheriff SItton and Deputy Sheriff Henry
reached here from McMinnvIlle at day
light. All tracks of the burglars' buggy
had long before been obliterated by the
excited and curious townspeople. After
riding several miles to the southward, the
Sheriff returned and passed the day In
communication with the Sheriffs of ad
jacent counties. Sheriff Ford, of. Polk
County, Is laid up by an Injury and can
not join In the search.
Mayor Eakln, a hardware merchant,
whose store and residence Is almost op
posite the bank, was the only man actual
ly to sco the forms of the retreating
bandits. He was awakened by the sound
of the explosion, and at once thought of
tho bank. Said Mr. Eakln:
Fired at the Robbers.
"I went through the store and got a
heavy Winchester rifle and began to load
it Then through the window I saw a
man moving along the sidewalk toward
the bank. I think that he was the look
out and heard me in the store and was
about to warn his companion. I opened
the front door and fired directly across
the street at him: ' It was. dark and
foggy, however, and he did not seem hurt
When I saw two others come from the
bank building I fired two more shots.
From the way they were bunched I am
sure they went off In a vehicle. They
ventHduthward and were lost In tho fog
In a minute. To attract attention I
yelled Are, but It seemed several minutes
before any one answered."
Some of those living on the same street
the main thoroughfare of the UtUe town,
believe there were two explosions, but
as they were timed very differently it
seems almost certain that one explosion
wrecked the safe, the vault and the in
terior of the bank. The time generally
given is 3 o'clock. Eakln saw the three
bandits leave the looted bank less than
five minutes after. So much, more ex
plosive was used than necessary that It
looks as If the safe crackers were not
expert In the use of high explosives, but
they certainly made Major Delmar time
in the get-away.
ALDERMEN SIDE WITH STRIKERS
Trouble With Messengers May Be
come a Political Issue.
V .
BOSTON. - iOct 26. Tho strike of the
Western Onion Telegraph Company's mes
senger boys threatens to become an issue
In the coming- wunlcircl. election. At a
meeting of the Board ''of Aldermen thla
tvedng.on. a rootlor of Alderman- Lo
mensy (Democrat), an order was passed
-providing that the Western Union Tele
graph Company be compelled to remove
all of the poles In the city limits within
the next CO days, and if the order is not
compiled with the poles are to be removed
by the Superintendent of Streets. The
vote on the passage of the order was 6
to 5.
The order now goes to Mayor Collins,
and he must place himself, on record as
be.ing either for or against It
COLD WEATHER IN THE EAST.
Buffalo Has Hail, but It Disappears
as Fast as It Falls.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct 26. Hall has
been falling here slnco daybreak, but dis
appears almost as fast as It falls. Snow
fell at a number of places In the State to
day. t The first of the season.
First Snow in New York.
NEW YORK. Oct 26. The first snow
fall of the season came, this afternoon
when flurries passed over Manhattan and
Brooklyn.
Light Snow at Pittsburg.
PITTSBUKG. Oct 26. The first snow of
the season fell today. Ught snow was
general In this district
Snow in New England.
BOSTON, Oct. 26. Snow fell for the
first time this season In many places -In
New England.
Congressman Sent to Prison.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 26. Ex-Congressman
Corona, who in a fit of rage shot and
killed Editor Yusua, some months ago,
was today found guilty of manslaughter
and sentenced to six years and also to pay
a fine of 520,000 to Senorlta Yusua as In
demnity for. the death of her husband.
CANDIDATES FOR REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION
GENERAL.
CHARLES
TALE 1
Dowie Not Son of Man
Whose Name He Bears.
MOTHER SINNED AGAINST
British Army Officer Robbed
Her of Virginity,
TRICKED INTO A MARRIAGE
Zionist Leader, With Tears Stream
ing Down His Cheek, Tells the
Tale of His Life to New
York Audience.
In answer to tho publication, of let
ters passing between himself and John
Murray Dowlc, of Essex, Iowa, John
Alexander Dowie, the Zionist leader,
has stated that he is not the son of
Dowie, but of a British army officer
of high family. Ho goes on to say
that his mother was tricked into her
first marriage. The parents of her
husband spirited him away, and then
to hide her shame she married- John
Murray Dowie, whom tho Zionist de
scribes as a base scoundrel, else he
would never have sold the letters
passing between them.
His father he refers to as a gallant
coldler, who died at the head of his
regiment
NEW YORK, Oct 26. In a broken voice
with tears streaming down his face, and
his body shaking with emotion, John
Alexander Dowie stood on the platform in
Madison-Square Garden tonight, before
an audience of 10,000 persons, and an
nounced that, in truth, he was not the
son of John Murray Dowie, of Essex,
la., from whom he takes his patrony
mic, but of a British army officer
of high family by a "Scotch mar
riage." He heaped vlllification and de
nunciation upon John Murray Dowie,
-whom, he declared, had made his mother
belieVe hex marrtoge to Dowie'a father was
shameful and, the arfny officer having
been taken away by his relatives, his
mother In tho first flush of her shame had
sought to give her son- a name by marry
ing John Murray Dowie.
The Revelation.
The revelation was made at the end of
an hour's tirade against the press of this
city, ltsv treatment of his work and him
self being styled a "conspiracy of false
hood," the reporters denounced as "yellow
dogs, poisonous reptiles who have wrecked
thousands of homes and broken thousands
of hearts."
He led up to the publication this morning
of extracts of letters passing between him
self and John Muray Dowie, indicating
Dowie's denunciation of he latter as a
parent and which were responsible for the
general overseer's partial exposition of
the great secret of his life.
Shouting at one moment in a fit of
violent rage at the newspapers, Mr. Dowie
would the next moment speak in the most
gentle voice of his mother and hl3 wife.
Tho great audience was moved by his
evident emotion. Women wept and at
times bursts of applause greeted his dec
larations. Dowie announced that just one year ago
he had addressed a meeting In Chicago,
In which he had told of an attempt af
blackmail by a man writing from Boston
who said ho possessed certain letters
which had passed between himself and
John Murray Dowie.
Attempt to Blackmail Him.
"That man wrote me," said Mr. Dowie.
"that the letters, if published, might cause
me annoyance, and In the generosity of
his heart said that for $1000 he would
turn them over to me Instead of a Chi
cago newspaper. Garbled extracts from
S. DENEEN.
these letters were published in a, paper in
thla city this morning. I challenge that
paper to produce the , original letters,
which, as printed, being only misrepre
sented extracts, distortions and largely
concotions obtained either from the man
who tried to blackmail me a year ago, got
from John Murray Dowie by him at Es
sex, la., or else John Murray Dowie,
poor, wicked man, so far lost to me as
to sell the letters of him whom he falsely
said was his son. These letters have come
either by robery, or In a much deeper and
more wicked way, the basest of all sin."
Mr. Dowie was becoming greatly .excited
and tramped the platform with nervous
steps, his frame quivering with the inten
sity of hl9 emotion.
Proof He Is Not His Father.
"The best proof that John Murray Dowie
was not my father is," he shouted, "that
he has given up my letters to him, rebuk
ing him for the most terrible sin a man
could ever commit in my judgment. Were
It all against myself, I would not care,
but there Is one, the dearest, sweetest,
purest woman that ever was, who Is now
ft years, thank God, in heaven my mother.
"I denounce the publication of these let
ters because they are false In many parts,
large extracts being omitted, thereby dis
torting the meaning of the rest"
Mr. Dowie, up to this point had told
the history of the letters from his
knowledge, and explained that he had laid
the matter a year ago, before some of
his high church officials. He called out
Overseer V. V. Barnes, formerly a Judge
in South Dakota, and now judicial arbi
trator of ZIon and general counsel, and
Charles J. Barnard, ZIon's fiscal agent.
"Have I told the truth, Elder Barnes?"
asked Dowie.
"You have stated the facts to my
knowledge," was the reply.
"Have I told the truth. Elder Barnard?"
he asked of the fiscal agent
"It's true, General Overseer; every word
is true," that elder replied.
Overseer Excell also verified the truth
of Dowie's statements.
Then with dramatic Intensity, the ZIon
leader began hl3 recital of the facts be
hind the letters.
"Now that this comes before the world,"
he said, "I had better tell the story. I
had determined long ago that If ever it
must come, wherever I was, no matter
what- the assemblage, I should, tell my
story.
Had No Sympathy for Him.
"My mother was a noble woman. She
was greatly beloved by the privates and
officers of one of the foremost regiments
of the British army. Our'home was near
the post of the regiment My people had
been connected with the army for cen
turies. I supposed I was the eon of John
Murray Dowie, who now lives In Essex,
Iowa, and I never ceased to wonder
how he could have been my father. He
was mean and hypocritical, and as years
rolled on he grew, worse. I had no
sympathy for him. For many years, I did
not see John Murray Dowie. Then evil
times .came upon him and at my ow.n
expense I brought him from Australia
and Esv;htraa. 'homo In my own house.
One day he became 111. He dared not call
upon God to save him, and as I was
passing his door he called me in. He
asked my help and I said:
" 'You will never recover, nor will God
over hear you, because your religion has
been a sham. Something Is on your con
science and you will have to confess.
Ho said, in a faltering voice:
"'John, that's true; but' I am so sick
I cannot tell you now; but I will if you
wait until I am better. Ask God to help
me.'
Prayed, and He Was Saved.
"I prayed, and John Dowie was saved.
One day later he gave me some papers
which explained everything. I knew that
I had been robbed of my birthright by
that villain lying in front of me. I knew
that I was not his son. I knew that
he had married my mother in March, and
I had been born in May. And, with the
knowledge that had come so strangely
to me, I saw al3o that my good, noble
mother had been tricked into a Scotch
marriage with a British army" officer of
high standing, whose relatives had hur
ried him out of the way, and that my
dear mother, to hide her shame, had mar
ried that vile scoundrel who sat there
before me, and had done that which, had
I known of It 20 S'ears before, would
have given me the right place in the
world. For there is no doubt that her
marriage to the scoundrel John Murray
Dowie was Invalid. And the Scotch mar
riage could not have been Invalidated,
and I was the rightful son of my father.
What that place might have been. Is
not for me to say. I shall never seek It
for If It carried with it the finest ducal
coronet in the United Kingdom, I would
not want to chango it for the office I
(Concluded on Page 7.)
OF ILLINOIS.'
COLONEL FRANK O. IOWDEN.
n t m
Honesty is Questioned
in Bennett Will Case.
LETTER MAKES TROUBLE
Writes Widow Her Attorney
is0fF-CoIor Politically.
LATTER THEN UNVEILS HIM
Last Testament of the New York
Man Declared Not His, but That
of the Boy Orator and
His Wife.
W. J. Bryan and his wife. In the
will of Phtlo S. Bennett, were be
queathed $50,000. Mrs. Bennett en
tered a protest against the payment.
Mr. Bryan, after the case had been
called, wrote Mrs. Bennett that she
had nothing to gain by contesting the
" will, and on account of hl3 being a
Gold Democrat would fight the case
to the bitter end for that reason, as
well as to rain his fee.
George Stoddard, the attorney at
tacked. In reply denied that politics
entered into the question, and that
Bryan's tactics showed howUeaperate
ly he was driven in avarice to gain
this ?30,000.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct 26. Argu
ments in the Phllo S. Bennett will case,
the testimony In which, Including the un
sealing of a letter in which a' bequest had
been made to William J. Bryan, was pre
sented last week, were heard by Judge
Cleveland In the Probate Court tonight
Judge Henry Stoddard, of this city, coun
sel for Mra. Bennett the widow: Mr.
Bryan, in his own behalf, and Henry G.
Newton, his cousin, addressed the court.
After Mr. Stoddard had asked the court
to disregard the so-called sealed letter,
and the paragraph in the will referring to
It, Judge Cleveland announced that he re
served his decision and adjourned court
it being midnight.
When court opened, counsel for Mra.
Bennett had several documents read so
that they might becom'e a part of the
records, Mr. Bryan identifying them as
they were In turn handed to him. Judge
Stoddard, Mrs. Bennett's counsel, then
handed him a letter written October 21t
1S03, at Chicago.
Letter Written by Bryan.
Mr. Bryan acknowledged It was his and
that his signature was subscribed to it
The letter -says:
I have not yet recovered from my sur-
(Concluded on Page 6.)
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Domestic.
Dowie tells New York audience that man
whose name he bears Is not his father, and
that bis mother was sinned against Page 1.
Honesty of W. J. Bryan Is attacked In the
Bennett will case.1 Page 1.
Foreign.
Russo-Japanese convention for peace is ap
proved by the Czar. Page 2.
Polish Countess on trial for producing a child
not her own to gain an estate. Page 3.
Turkish Ministers advise' Porto to reject por
tions of Macedonian reform plan of Russia
and Austria. Page 3.
Political.
Eleven states will hold elections next Tuesday;
New York and San Francisco municipal
contests warmest In years. Page 3.
Probable falling out between Senators Ankeny
and Foster over patronage. Page 4.
Perry Heath Is to go as secretary of, Republic
can national committee. Page 3.
National.
Congressman Hermann la placed la a bad
light in Oregon land frauds. Page 2.
Receiver -isa B. Thomson, of La. Grande, may
be removed as result of Indictment by Fed-,
eral Grand Jury. Page 16.
Rear Admiral Bowles, Chief of Construction
and Repair, resigns to become head of ship
building company. Page 6.
Sports.
Dan Patch, the pacer, will go against his rec
ord today. Page 7.
Portland Baseball Club to meet and elect
president: Coast League may hold annual
meeting here. Pago 7.
Line-up of Multnomah football team which
will go to California. Page 7.
Los Angeles defeats Seattle, 7-5. Page 7.
Pacific Coast
Burglars rob a private bank at Sheridan oC
$5000. Page 1.
Heinz make's counter proposition to Butte
miners' offer. Page 3;
Saul Sllverfleld wins his high fence suit
against Slgmund Frank. Page 5.
State Treasurer Moore favora eelllng'lClamatu
Marsh in a lump. Page 4.
Sensational arrest of three Clancys at Seattle.
Page 4.
Death of Rev. Dr. Thomas Frazer at Oak
land. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Big bull movement In coffee. Page 15.
Australia shipping wheat. Page 15.
General advance in stocks at New York.
Page 15.
San Francisco produce quotations. Page 15.
Two German vessels arrive at Astoria. Page 14.
No demand for grain ships. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Receiver Thomson of La Grande Land Otfice
lndlcted on charge of asking brlbe3. Page 16.
W. E. Splcer withdraws his suit against Dr.
Gibson. Page 11.
"White & Smith run sailor boarding house in
defiance of law. Page 14.
Brother testifies against sister in Munson di
vorce suit Page 11.
Policemen's petition for Increase of pay not
likely to be granted. Page IS.
Judge Bellinger criticises national Immigra
tion laws. Page 10.
Price of milk advances November 1. Page 13,
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