THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1903.
RETIRES FROM NAVY
Rear-Admiral Bowles to Head
Shipbuilding Firm.
PRESIDENT FILLS VACANCY
Chief of Bureau of Construction and
Repair Will Be L. W. Capps,
Now on Duty at New '
York.
FRANCIS TIFFANY BOWLES.
Born at Springfield, Mass.. October 7,
1808; craduated from United States
Naval Academy. 1870; associated with
the building of the new navr since Its
beginning.
Head of construction and repair In
mvv vards at Norfolk and New York.
Active in introduction of dvfl servicoy
reform In employment of labor"
navy yards.
Member of the Institute Naval Archi
tects, London. Phlnclpal organiser,
member of council, secretary and treas
urer of Society of Naval Architects of
New York.
Resigned, October 20, 1000.
WASHINGTON, Oct 26. Rear-Admiral
Francis Bowles, Chief of the Bureau of
Construction and Repair of the Navy De
partment, today tendered his resignation
as an officer in the United States Navy to
the President and requested It to take
place November 3. Constructor L. W.
Capps, now on duty at the New York
navy-yard, has been selected by the
President for the vacancy. .
Admiral Bowles Is leaving the naval ser
vice to accept the presidency of a private
shipbuilding company in Massachusetts.
He called on the President today, accom
panied by Secretary Moody, and verbally
tendered his resignation. This will be fol
lowed by a formal tender, when the ap
pointment of his successor will be official
ly announced.
Secretary Moody, is announcing the res
ignation of Admiral Bowles Just before
his departure for Massachusetts, late to
day, said it was received with profound
regret, not only by himself, but by the
President. The Admiral's private reasons,
said the Secretary, compelled acquiescence
in his desire.
Admiral Bowles, who was present In the
Secretary's office at the time of the an
nouncement, said that after 28 -years of
service, he regretted to leave the Navy
In which his duties had been so admirably
agreeable. The offer of the presidency of
a shipbuilding company which has been
made him, however, he added, presented
opportunities to continue his professional
work, and would permit him to live in his
native state, and he therefore thought he
must accept. The Admiral has had the
matter under consideration for several
days, but announcement of hLs Intention
"was withheld until his successor had been
determined on by the President and Sec
retary Moody. Admiral Bowles, as Chief
of the Bureau of Construction and Repair,
which position he had held since March,
4, HXH, was a member of a naval board on
construction.
Naval Constructor Capps entered the
eervice in 1SS0, and has been on duty at
the New York navy-yard since March,
190L Admiral Bowles expects to continue
actively on- duty until the date of his
relnqulshment of the administration of the
office of Chief Constructor.
OFFICE TO BE INVESTIGATED.
New York Will Be Visited by Postal
Inspectors at Once.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. A special in
vestigation of the New YorkPostofflce will
be begun within a few days by Inspectors
working under the direction of Fourth
Assistant Postmaster-General Brlstow.
The inquiry is supplemental to the general
postal Investigation recently concluded,
and is likely to occupy at least a month
and probably longer.
It is stated at the Postoffice Depart
ment that no charges are on file regard
ing the New York office, but there have
been many reports of laxity of admin
istration and extravagance and all these
will be looked Into. The President has
taken on interest in the New .York Post
office situation, and. it Is understood, has
talked the matter over with Postmaster
General Payne.
Postmaster-General Payne tonight said
the investigation had been contemplated
for a long time, and the only reason It
had not taken place before now was the
Inability to spare inspectors. He suggested
that other large offices likewise would be
Investigated. Mr. Brlstow declined to dis
cuss the matter in any way.
For New Extradition Treaty.
PARIS, Oct. 20. Carrying out instruc
tions received from Washington,' Ambas
sador Porter has begun negotiations for
an additional clause in the extradition
treaty between the United States and
M
mr T v
r 1
r ranee to cover oriDery. me iormallueslle
will take some weeks, but the lnformalrb
conferences indicate the willingness of
the French officials to make the desired
extension. It is doubtful, however.
whether they will be willing to make the
clause retroactive so as to include bribery
committed before the clause goes Into de
fect The Ambassador Is seeking to ex
pedite the negotiations, and the French
authorities are manifesting a desire to
meet fully the wishes of the United
States. .
Contracts for Battleship Armor.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2G. Secretary
Moody today decided the long-standing
question of the awards for furnishing
armor for the battleships Vermont, Kan
sas, Minnesota, Mississippi and Idaho.
The Mldvale Steel Company gets the
contracts for supplying COOO tons and the
Carnegie and Bethlehom Companies
contract for supplying 5000 tons each
The bids of the Carnegie and Bethlehem
Companies were identical namely, $6,
D99.O0O, the delivery to begin in nine
months, while the Mldvale Company's
ibid was $6,600,932, delivery to begin in
20 months.
Admiralty Has Jurisdiction.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Justice Brown.
of the United States Supreme Court, to
day delivered the opinion of the court in
the case of Clara Perry vs. Cornelius I
Haines, Involving the question as to
whether the admiralty Jurisdiction of the
Federal courts extends it to canals and
canal-boats. The court held that it did
Justices Brewer, Harlan, Peckham and
the Chief Justice dissented.
Corbin Assumes New Duties.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. H. C. Corbin, Ad
jutant-General of the Army, who was ap
pointed to relieve General Chaffee as
Commander of the Department of the
jSast, assumed his new duties today.
Freedmen Indian Case Advanced.
WASHINGTON, Oct 25. In the United
States Supreme Court the Solicitor-Gen
eral entered a motion today to advance
the hearing In the case of the Chickasaw
Freedmen vs. the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Nation, involving the question as to
"Whether the freedmen ore residents of
the "Chickasaw Nation and therefore en
titled to share the Chickasaw lands. The
case was decided against the Freedmen
by the Court of Claims.
Dietrich on Needs of Alaska.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 26. Senator
Charles H. Dietrich and his daughter. Miss
Gertrude, who have traveled 12,000 miles,
going as far north as Icy Cape, Alaska,
have returned home. The Senator's tour
was for the purpose of investigating con
ditions in Alaska. He recommends- the
establishment of a railroad from Valdes,
on the South Coast, to Eagle City, in
the Dawson neighborhood, in order that
an American city may be made the dis
tributing pqint, and he recommends Gov
ernment aid in this project.
Young Returns From Fort Riley.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2C Lieutenant
General Young, Chief of Staff, has re
turned to "Washington frpm Fort Riley.
Kan., where he inspected the troops en
gaged In the maneuvers. He says the
conduct of the troops, regular and state,
was highly creditable.
RABE ANTIQUES TO ORDER.
Expert French Artisans Turn Out
riginais" by the Thousands.
'London Leader.
h the stately home of many a xnultlxnll-
onalro there are costly antiques for
which there have been paid fabulous sums.
If the truth were known, it would show
they were manufactured by clever Paris
ian artisans, who grow prosperous on the
desire of the rich for curios.
How cleverly these artisans work may
be illustrated by one incident. An anti
quary sent one of them a block of marble
with Instructions to imitate an object
which he sent along. The artisan made
the imitation, and made it look more gen
uine than tho original.
As a Joke, he sent the imitation to the
antiquary as the original. Afterward he
carried back the original as the imitation.
The antiquary looked at tho original and
declared:
"It's a bit faulty. To be frank, it's a
botched copy. I hardly care to take it"
The artisan looked at him and said:
"Why, It's the piece you gave me to
copy."
And the antiquary became furious. As
soon as he could recover his composure,
he informed the artisan that of course,
he had known it all the time, and that he
had permitted the deception to be carried
on simply to see how far the artisan
"would go with his impudence."
This same artisan showed plainly what
craft Is employed to manufacture theso
imitations. He explained thus:
"With wood you can do what you please.
You can make it worm-eaten and put dry
rot into the carved parts. A chisel cannot
work on dry rot This defect can be used
as a certificate of authenticity. One of my
friends boifght a fcahut He paid three ex
perts to examine it and they certified it
to be genuine. Some time after he had it
taken down to shift it to another room.
In moving it a panel got broken, and he
sent it to Plckard to be repaired. 'Good
ness me!' cried Plckard, 'it Is- the bahut
that I made a few years ago The cab
inetmakers who work for antiquaries now
use the oak which had been employed in
the beams and rafters of old houses. For
tunes have been made by knowing people
who bought old tumble-down houses in
Orleans and other provincial towns. They
sold the rotten wood to manufacturers of
ancient furniture for more than the house
cost and had the ground for nothing. I
have another acquaintance who manufac
tures timepieces for an antiquary nt the
price of $lo,000 apiece.
"And for what does the dealer sell
them? He alone could say. Such things
are counted invaluable. Tho antiquaries
sell them to dealers, who sell them to
Park Lane millionaires and Americans.
There are now only these two classes of
purchasers. Here and there a French mil
lionaire springs up and wants to distin
guish himself as a collector. One should
leave to all such their illusions. The
forged thing is as good as the genuine.
Not long ago I took two pieces of furni
ture that one collector prides himself on
possessing for genuine things, until I be
came acqainted with the man who made
them. Marble, is the material that least
betrays the present day workman. I am
now making a marble fountain, which
will look, the product of a far-back time.
I give it patine by burning damp straw
under it and then I knock off a nose, or a
finger, or leaves of a wreath. It Is a great
trial to artistic workmen to be obliged
to mutilate their work in this way. We
feel awfully disgusted when we have dis
figured a statuette. But we can make
three times more money in working for
antiquaries than for moderns.
"Sometimes our profits are enormous;
we have to be so conscientious and so
attentive tp details. The antiquaries can
ask any prices they like. Their custom
ers want antique things to give the illu
sion of having ancestors who flourished in
far-back centuries. A present craze Is for
Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth
century marbles. They are ugly, but they
help to throw dust in the eyes of South
African gold kings settled in Paris and
American heiresses. The owner of the
chateau de Rochefort goes In for such
things. He paid dear to secure for his
chateau marbles that I dare say are gen
uine, but so Inferior in workmanship and
conception that I would not stoop to pick
them out of the mud, if by doing so I
could have them for nothing.
"Houdons are now the rage, and have
been for some time. Think of the prices
to which they ran up those spurious
graces on the timepiece bought by a
Frankforter at the double sale. The most
enviable Houdon Is now Le Balser.' Cop
ies of It are sold, everywhere by Italian
oys. The original at this moment In
Paris is worth $90,000. Well, there are
seven or eight 'originals' lying by quietly
to be brought out In due time."
The dealer who knows his "business
never parades his antiques in the front
shop. He keeps them in the back, mixed
up with the rubbish. The amateur after
a hunt among things conspicuously dis
played goes into the back shop to hunt
When he "discovers" the treasure he will
bring It out Tlym the dealer pretends
that he had not paid any attention to that
particular object and that he will have to
ascertain its value before he can part
with it
By this time the collector's desire for
possession is on edge, and he will pur
chase his "find" at almost any price.
Amateurs sometimes as a favor are per
mitted to go through the living rooms of
an antiquary- On every occasion they
will make a "find." One dealer made a
mint of money out of the Renalssanco bed
he slept on. He. gave the collectors a
chance to discover it Because he was
using it they thought he had not recog
nized its value.
Free Togs for the Booster.
Philadelphia Record.
The wine booster and the cigarette tout
are well known personages, but the fellow
who gets his clothes for nothing by talk-
ins up his tailor Is a new one. Yet it is
said that nearly all the fashionable tailors
now carry such adjuncts to their business.
In Philadelphia society there are lots of
impencunlous young men of good family
and high social standing who are not
averse to accepting their clothes gratis, as
a return for which they lose no oppor
tunity to boom the tailor who thus sup
. plies them. Of course these young men
must bo credited with reputations around
town as heavy dressers, else the trans
action would be a. dead loss to the tailor.
But there are sufficient quantities of them
with more blue blood than ready money
to make the practice worth while to the
honest tailor.
Well-Known Grain Broker.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct 26. Frederick
KrauE, aged CO years, a member of tho
Chamber of Commerce, and well known in
the grain and malting business through
out the country, died today.
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ACTIVE CHURCH WORKER
DR. THOMAS FRAZER DIES AT
HIS HOME AT OAKLAND.
Founded First Presbyterian Church
at Portland,and Hundreds of
Others In the Northwest.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28. Special.)
Rev. Thomas Frazer, D. D., the oldest
and best known worker In the Presby
terian Church on the Pacific Coast died
at his homo In Oakland yesterday at
the ago of S2 from pneumonia.
To tho last he was active In religious
affairs. He came to California in Octo
ber, 1SS9. He founded hundreds of
churches in the Northwest including the
First Presbyterian Church at Portland
and the First Church at Seattle.
In 1867 he was given the important
position of synodlcal missionary of the
Pacific His territory was all west of
the Rocky Mountains. During his 15
years of service Rev. Mr. Frazer estab
lished more than 100 'churches of the
Presbyterian denomination 'in California.
J. W. Stewart.
EUGENE; Oct 26. (Special.)-J. W.
Stewart one of the pioneers of this
county, was instantly killed at Spring
field this morning. The employes at the
flouring mill i went to open the gate in
the millrace and Mr. Stewart being near
volunteered his assistance. The gate is
operated by a wheel after the style of
an Inverted windlass. In some manner
Mn Stewart fell, releasing his hold and
tho weight of the gate caused tho wheel
to reverse quickly. Ono of the arms of
the wheel struck him on the head, crush
ing the skull and killing him Instantly.
Ho was a highly respected citizen, well
known throughout the Upper Willamette
Valley; and for nearly 20 years was en
gaged in the general merchandise busi
ness In Springfield, and was one of the
town's leading citizens. He was a brother
of Mrs. J. S. Luckey, Mrs. T. G. Hen
dricks and John Stewart of Eugene.
Death of a Recluse.
HILLSBORO, Oct 26. (Speclal.)-John
Parsons, a recluse bachelor, was today
found dead in his house In East HUls-
boro. Deceased had not been seen since
last Friday, and indications are that
death must have ensued some time Fri
day night Parsons came to Oregon In
1847, and crossed tho plains with the lato
George Slgler. He was about 75 years
of age, and had resided here continu
ously since coming to the Coast When
his neighbors failed to see him this
mornlngCalvln BriggB, who lives with a
daughter on an adjoining lot gave the
alarm. Investigation followed, and tho
doors were found locked. Parsons was
found in his kitchen, flat on his back. The
rats and mice had gnawed holes in his
face and throat and had eaten pieces
out of his hands. So far as can be de
termined there was no foul play.
Deaths at Walla Walla.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct 26. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. EL M. Leitch died last night
after a long Illness. Her son R. D. Leitch,
Is foreman at the John Stack establish
ment Mrs. Martha Buehlor, a native of Switz
erland, who has been in this country
since 1S54, died yesterday. Mrs. J. H.
Coyle, Mrs. John Miiell and George
Buehler, are her children living here. She
was aged 74.
CAUGHT IN ICE JAMS.
Steamers and Carroes Worth $2,000,-
000 Will Probably Be Lost.
SEATTLE, Oct 26. A special to the
Post-Intelligencer from Dawson says
steamers and cargoes valued at more than
$2,000,000 remain exposed vto the perils of
the Yukon ice and frost with little hope,
of being got to safe places for tho Win
ter. Nine steamers, six on the Upper
River, all bound for Dawson, are stranded
oh" bars and delayed by Ice Jams. Three
of the Upper River steamers have full
cargoes of perishable provisions, worth in
thoi aggregate $100,000. These perishables
are certain to be ruined by frost
The steamers Columbian, Victorian, Zea-
landlan and Bailey are stuck on bars
about 100 miles above Dawson. It is im
possible to send relief boats from here.
The Ice Jams may damage or ruin the
steamers and their perishable cargoes are j
sure to be a total loss.
A telegram from St Michael says the
big packet Will H. Isom, built at Seattle
at a cost of $205,000, Is caught on the bar
at the mQUth of the Yukon, and is in dan
ger of being crushed by the ice.
Tho cold-storage steamer Kerr, with "200
tons' of refrigerated meats, is stalled he-
low Eagle, and will not get through this
year. Her cargo is valued at $150,000. An
effort will probably be made to move the
meat by sleighs.
All the steamers bound up the Yukon
from White Horse got through the Ice
after a battle that continued for .ten days.
The last of them reached White Horse
today.
The gold output of the Klondike for the
past season is now figured at $10,400,000.
Fire broke out in the Orpheum Theater
last night practically destroying the
building and contents, entailing a loss of
$10,000. Six small stores in the building
were; damaged perhaps $5000 more.
ONE GUN KILLS TWO.
Murder and Suicide in a Seattle
Hotel.
SEATTLE. Oct 26.V-Crazed with the
knowledge that she had deserted him for
Thomas Bullene, a well-known mining
man of Nome, Claud N. Arbuckle, former
ly a floor-walker in a local dry-goods
house, tonight fired two shots into Gladys
Grey, formerly a variety actress at Nome,
in a room at the Hotel Cecil, and then
blew out his brains. The woman will die.
E. L. Robinson, a steamship purser, and
Miss Ollle Bennett were vlstlng Miss Grey
in her room when Arbuckle entered in re
sponse to a note from Miss Grey to call.
The two quarreled, and Arbuckle drew his
revolver and fired. The first bullet lodged
in the girl's lung, and the second shot,
fired with the muzzle of the gun pressed
against her back, set her clothing on
fire. Arbucklo then placed the muzzle of
the revolver in his mouth and blew off
the top of his head.
Not So Ready to Plead Guilty.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct 25. Clarence
Leonard, wanted in East Orange, N. J.,
for the aleged forgery of his employer's
name to a check for $10,876, and who, with
his wife, was arrested here yesterday at
the leading local hotel, was arraigned in
the Police Court this afternoon. Leon
ard pleaded guilty to the charge of hav
ing brought stolen money into Canada.
This plea he withdrew after he had heen
questioned by the magistrate as to wheth
er or not he had fully considered his
position, and the consequences of a
plea of guilty. The Magistrate Informed
Leonard that the maximum penalty for
the offense with which he is charged is
seven years' Imprisonment Upon tho
withdrawal of the plea the case was re
manded for one week. Mattie Miller,
Leonard's wife, when asked to plead af
ter Leonard's position had" been explained
to her said that she also would like a
remand. It was granted.
Believe the Children In a Trance.
k SALINAS, Cal., Oct 26. Mrs. Louis
Iverson, who killed three of her children
at Pacific Grove on Saturday, was today
examined as to her mental condition. To
the examining Justice she answered alV
questions In a rational mood, but when
asked about the tragedy her mind was a
blank. She asked the doctors to go to a
sanitarium where the children lay in a
trance, as they were sleeping too long.
Finally she stated that by order of the
Lord she had put them in a trance, and
cried bitterly for them to be brought -to
her presence. She did not realize that
they lay dead at the morgue.
Other evidence showed that Mrs. Iver
son had been ailing mentally for three
months. She was afraid she was becom
ing Irreligious, and was very solicitous
about her children's spiritual welfare.
She was committed to the Agnews Hos
pital for Insane, and sent there at once.
Her father, who was prostrated when he
heard of her crime, has nearly recovered,
but is very feeble.
Two Seeking Divorces.
OREGON CITY, Or., Oct 26. (Special.)
After three months of married life, Mel
vina Saum, who became the bride of
George Saum, Sr., at Portland, July 2L
last asks for a dissolution of tho marital
ties and for a division of tho property of
tho defendant, who is estimated to he
worth $3000. In her complaint nlcd today,
the plaintiff represents that her husband
compelled her to perform hard and severe
labor when she was physically unable xto
do so, and in addition called her many bad
names.
Fayette T. Blake, of Portland, desires a
divorce from. Grace P. Blake whom ho
married in Portland in November, 1893.
He claims that, she frequently left homo
without his consent and remained away
as long as her pleasure dictated. These
temporary absences, complains the hus
band, finally terminated in desertion.
Haynle Trial Postponed.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct 26. The trial ot
Harold Haynle, . the alleged highwayman
of Seattle, which was to have como up
In the Superior Court today, was contin
ued until Wednesday at the request of
the prosecution. Two other criminal
cases were given preference over the
Haynle case. Mra. Haynle was in court
as well as her parents, Mr. and Mra.
Hoffman, nnd Mr. Haynle, father of the
accused young man. The boy's mother
Is at present dangerously ill at her home
in Oregbn.
Haynie's attorney, Fred Dale Wood, ob
Jectcdvto the prosecution introducing any
more witnesses at this late date, but
Judge Bell allowed them to be heard.
The courtroom was filled with spectators
this afternoon waiting for tho trial to be
gin. Would Have Been Rich in a Month.
SEATTLE, Oct 28. Had Alexander Mor
rison lived another month he would have
received $25,000 as his share of an estate
left by his father when he died at Ox
ford, England, some years ago. This is
confirmed by letters from Morrison's sis
ter, found by Coroner Hoye among his
effects today. Morrison was tho cook at
the Apex Mining Company's camp, who,
on Friday night fell from, a hridge near
Berlin and.was killed. His body "still lies
at a local morgue pending word from
Oxford.
Eight Years for Highwaymen.
-TACOMA, Wash., Oct 26. John Mc
Donald and Mike Ross, the two young
highwaymen, 18 and 19 years of age, who
held up seven miners near. Fairfax and
later were captured in bed at Carbonado
with purses of $250 In gold in their stock
ings, were each sentenced by Judge Snell
today to eight years In the penitentiary.
Circuit Court at Albany.
ALBANY. Or., Oct 26. (Special.) De
partment No. 1, of the Circuit Court for
Linn County, was convened this morning
in Albany by Judge George H. Burnett
Work was commenced on a very light
docket containing but three criminal
cases, and the business of this department
will be completed soon.
REBELS TAKE SANTIAGO.
.-
Dominican Republican Outbreak Is
Feared.
CAPE HAYTIEN, Oct 26. The town
of Santiago, in the Dominican Republic,
was surrounded thismorning by insurg
ent troops under the command of Geh-
-cral Eplfanlo Rodriguez. After severe
fighting, which lasted for several hours,
and during which a number of men were
wounded, the revolutionists triumphed,
and Santiago fell into their hands.
The revolution, which has broken out in
the northern part of the- Republic of
Santo Domingo, and which has already
resulted in the establishment of a pro
visional government at Puerto Plata
under General Morales, was caused, ac
cording to advices received here, by the
numerous custom-house frauds and the
prevarications of the Ministers of War
and Foreign Office.
The signal for the outbreak of tho re
volt was given a 2 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon by three cannon shots. That
same evening all the partisans ot Presl-
den, Wos- y Gil at Puerto Plata were ar
rested. The inhabitants of Monte Christl,
La LIgne and Loca united and attacked
Santiago. Telegraphic communication be
tween Santiago and La Vega has been
severed.
The revolutionary outbreak Is extending.
and the general opinion is that the gov
ernment ot President Wos y Gil is out
President Deschamp has arrived here
in a small sailboat from Monte Christl.
He has abandoned the government
LAWYERS COME TO BLOWS.
One Nov Threatens to Tell Grand
Jury All He Knows of Boodllng.
ST. LOUIS,, Oct. 26. This afternoon the
grand Jury resumed its Investigation Into
tho charges made by James T. Roberts
against James L. Blair. Roberts was
among several witnesses summoned by the
body.
Judge J. A. Seddon, an ex-law; partner
of James L. Blair, who succeeded the lat
ter as general counsel of the World's Fair,
and Ralph C. Kann, an employe of Sed
don & Blair for many years, also appeared
in response to a summons.
There was a sensational encounter out
side the grand Jury room between Judge
Seddon and Roberts. The former had. It
was reported, repudiated an Interview at
trlbuted to him. This made Roberts an
gry, and he said:
"You have forsaken me. I'll go before
the grand Jury and tell all I know.
This afternoon one of the attendants
who came outside of "Stancote." the Blair
home, for a breath of freph air, stated
that Mr. Blair was in a critical condition;
that he was unconscious, and bo had never
fully regained consciousness since his falu
Killed by Explosion of Locomotive
LANCASTER, Pa., Oct 26. Two men
were killed and two fatally Injured by
the explosion today of a freight locomo
tlve on the Pennsylvania Railroad near
Rohrerstown. The dead:
Conductor James Rowman.
Fireman Leslie A. Helm.
Fatally Injured: Engineer Lutz, Brake-
man Swlngler.
Mrs. Burdick Is Given,' Estate.
BUFFALO. Oct. 26. Surrgate Marcas to
morrow will hand down a decision by
which Mrs. Burdick, widow of Edwin L.
Burdick, will gain full control of the
property left by her husband. The will
'was drawn after the divorce proceedings
were begun by Mr. Burdick. Under Its
provisions, Mrs. Buridck was cut off with
out a' cent
$50,000 Fire in Louisiana Town.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct 25. A $50,000 fire
at Amite City, La., today consumed 14
residence and business houses.
TO CURE A. COLD IX OXE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it falls to cure
E. W. Q rove's slcnaturo la on each box. 23c.
W. J. BRYAN HirtiARD
(Continued from First Page.)
prise at the course taken by your counsel,
your niece and yourself In regard to tho
money left you lnfttho trust. From the
conduct of your attorney, 1 am satisfied,
that being one of tho Gold Democrats who
left us In ISOe, and not at all In sym
pathy with the political views of your hus
band and myself, he is willing- to defeat Mr.
Bennett's purpose if It can bo done, no mat
ter how plainly that purpose Is net xortn.
Your niece's disappointment at Mr. - Ben
nett's failure to specifically remember his
namesake, together with the fact that your
niece and her mother received less than
was expected, seems to have influenced that
branch of the family to attempt to defeat
tho plans and long-standing plan of tho
testator. Disappointment can also account
for the half brother's willingness to defeat
tho will, but as my- proposed arrangement
gives you practically as much as you could,
secure by attacking the $50,000 I voluntar
ily offered you the Income on about $20,000
as long as" you needed It and I did not
and by defeating the will you would only
get absolutely $25,000, less lawyer's fees
and inheritance tax, as I say, you would
profit but little.
I am satisfied that your action is due to
the persuasion of a lawyer unfriendly to the
political views of Mr. Bennett and myself, and
to tho persuasion of relatives whose disap
pointment has made them indifferent to tho
wlches of their btnefactor.
Your expression of confidence In me and the
willingness of Judge ' Stoddard to defeat Mr.
Bennett's purpose has led me to reconsider my
decision on the executorship. I wish you would.
therefore, delay action until further notice. X
want to consider the matter further. I may
decide to serve until Mr. Sloans is ready- to
act, for I want a friend of Mr. Bennett con
nected with the administration of the estate.
If I rctlro In favor of any one. I think It
ought to be some one who sympathised with,
his views, or Mr. Sloane, who was designated
by him and who was his intimate associate.
I told you I would not, against your wish,
accept the sum Intended for me personally,
but knowing that he gave to his relatives all
be thought ho ought to, I am not willing that
they shalL defeat his purpose If I can help It
and I am unwilling that they should put In
my placo an executor who will go Into office
pledged to try to defeat the wilt
Just what I shall do In regard to the
executorship, 1 shall decldo before the day
set for the probate, but I thought I had bet
ter notify you, as I had told you I would
not serve at alt I cncloso a notice that
you can give to Judge Stoddard. You can
use your own Judgment about showing this
to" any one, or keep it as confidential. Please
write me as soon as you sea the sealed let
ters, as they might possibly clear up the
roattor. Wishing you health. I am, yours
truly, W. J. BRYAN.
After the letter had been read and ad
mitted, Mr. Stoddard asked Mr. Bryan:
"What conduct on the part of Mrs.
Bennett's attorney did you refer to in this
letter?''
A. "From, the first fcmo that I talked
with you I was convinced there was more
politics in It than-law. That covers the
ground."
Q- Have.you any other reason for writ
ing such a letter?
A. That is sufficient ,
Denunciation of Bryan.
Mr. Hewitt, associate counsel for Mr.
Bryan, then asked that the will be pro
bated, and as part thereof the latter writ
ten by Mr. Bennett to his wife and found
sealed up. Mr. Hewitt cited law in sup
port of the contention that the will as
found Is valid in law, and that other
forms called for by statute have been fol-
lowed.
Attorney Stoddard then began his argu
ment After reviewing Mr. Bryan's testi
mony given last week Mr. Stoddard re
ferred to Mrs. Bryan's training in law
and to the fact that both Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan are lawyers. HeVId in part:
-.air. uryan and nls wife, with Mr. Ben
nett arranged in Lincoln, Neb., a draft
of this provision and framed, this letter,
which disposed of $50,000 of Mr. Ben
nett'B money. No member of Mr. Ben
nett's family was present, nor notified
of the fact and no man associated with
Mr. Bennett In his business was present
or notified of the fact Mr. Bryan has
told your honor that Mr. Bennett wanted
to make a different disposition of
tho $50,000, to give it to him absolutely.
Mr. Bryan would not have it and the
reason is plain. Mr. Bryan Is a lawyer.
It has never been in this state, nor where
the law controls, that a lawyer can write
himself heir to a considerable fortune
in tho will of his friend which he pre
pares. To permit it would be a dis
grace in any system of Jurisprudence. The
common law says that when a lawyer
draws a will in which he obtains a bene
faction he must show that the influence
which he exerted was not undue.
Declares It Is Bryan's Will.
"Is It any wonder,, then, that when Mr.
Bryan found himself confronted with thl3
situation, when this matter came up be
tween himself and Mr. Bennett 'he would
not permit Mr. Bennett to make provi
sions directly to hl3 family. But this
sealed letter does not state Mr. Bennett's
will. It states Mr. Bryan's will. It was
Mr. Bryan's desires that Mr. Bennett
yielded to. Why, no man knows. That
sealed letter speaks falsely, for it does
not tell the truth of the" arrangement be
tween Mr. Bennett and. Mrs. and Mrs.
Bryan.
"A solemn letter addressed to the wife
of Mr. Bennett secretes from her the fact
that $10,000 was going to the wife of this
man. Why was it? Did it enter into
the calculations that Mrs. Bennett might
object? Mr. Bryan knew perfectly well
that the provisions of that section of tho
will are proscribed by law. In the shad
ow of her husband's' death Mr. Bryan
made an offer to Mrs. Bennett that when,
as trustee, she should pay to him the $50,
000 bequest he would do certain things
set forth In his letter to her, read in the
testimony a few days ago.
He said he did not attempt a contest
That- Is incredible In a lawyer writing
himself heir to $50,000 in a friend's will.
The letter which he wrote foreshadows
that he feared a contest That letter
introduced here tonight after the contest
had come, when it was apparent that
he was not going to get that money,
caused him to make one last despairing
effort to get that widow to permit him
to do 03 he pleases with the $50,000. Ex
cept I saw It under his own handwriting,
it would be incredible that any lawyer
could write such a letter as this-.
"What right has Mr. Bryan to intimate
that I am unfaithful to my client or
that I am unfair to my oath of office
because of some mlserablo difference In
political beliefs? Why does he go behind
my back and say this to my client? He
makes reference to attorneys' fees. To
my mind, it marks the morality of the
man. It shows how desperately ho was
driven in avarice to get this $50,000.
"Another branch of the case Is abso
lutely decisive, and that Is tho legal
phase of the question. This sealed let
ter, feature is a deviccy that brands the
whole transaction. It wjon't answer under
the law that Mr. Bryan did not ask for.
the 'gift"
Bryan in Reply.
2-. Bryah rose to his feet as Mr. Stod
dard concluded, and In a stillness that
was almost oppressive began speaking.
He said:
"It is Incumbent upon mo to resnand
to so 'mxch of the argument as comes
under theTieading of facts'. There- has
been nothing of the presentation of evi
dence to justify us in the expectation that
the will would bo attacked, on the ground
of undue faith. If It had been known
that that point would be presented, we
should have presented testimony on that
point There was no, such intimation In
the testimony. But I am not surprised
In the language used by Judge Stoddard,
nor surprised that he has sought to draw
such Inferences as he has. I wrote the
widow the letter that I did because I be
lieved In other causes than law.
"I am not surprised that he falls to
comprehend the Interest in my principles
which my friend Bennett felt There Is no
cause for secrecy in this will. Mr. Stod
dard seems to feel that everybody should
have been Invited In when it was written.
But that Is not the way wills are pre
pared. People don't publish them, nor
do they perform their kindnesses In that
manner.
"During the campaign men like counsel
for the contestants declared that I did not
know the law; that I was no lawyer at
all, but now he has just paid me the com
pliment of Baying that I am a lawyer.
Let him make every presumption that
can bo alleged against a lawyer In such a
situation. There is no evidence that Mr.
Bennett ever consulted me upon law
matters. Our friendship was personal,
political and m the way of business."
In the remainder of his speech Mr.
Bryan discussed Mr. Bennett's return to
New York, where he executed the will,
placed It in a safe deposit vault and left
it there without alteration for three years,
although he had every opportunity to
make such changes as he might have de
sired. He concluded his speech, of more than
an hour's length with a tribute to Mr.
Bennett's character and his memory.
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Negroes Ask for a Bishop.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26. The bishops
Baby's bright eyes, rosy
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limbs are the results of using
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You will be glad that you sent for a' sample
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Mr. Amos Kindred, of No. 82 Jacques
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of dioceses in the Southern States who
have been attending the Pan-American
conference of bishops of the Episcopal
Church conferred today with a delegation
of negro rectors and laymen regarding the
question of a negro bishop in the United
States. The meeting was executive, and"
no statement was given out. one bishop
stating, however, that the solution of tho
quetlon "is a long way oft"
Train and Street-Car Collide.
CLEVELAND, O., Oct 26.-A freight
train on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Rail
road and a street-car collided on a grade
crossing late this afternoon, resulting in
the street-car being wrecked and six or
eight passengers badly Injured.
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