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THE MORNING OKEGONIA3S ' FRIDAY-DECEMBER 23, 1904 It' ANSWER F. P. MAYS F. J. Heney and Grand' Jury Make Statements, NO PROMISE MADE TO MAYS Assistant Dlstrjct Attorney Denies He Prevented Grand Jury From Hearing Him, and That Body Verifies the Assertion. Francis J. Heney, Assistant District At torney, and the Federal grand Jury have answered Franklin Pierce Mays, who was indicted yesterday and made a statement in which he alleged that. Heney had not granted him the privilege usually shown to one whose "case is being considered pre vious to indictment. Mr. Mays was very bitter In his attack and alleged that he is the victim of re venge on the part of those ol the defend ants in the first trial whom he refused to befriend when they asked him to go upon their bonds as security for their appear ance in court. Mr. Heney-in his state ment issued yesterday morning says: It U true that I eubpenaed F. P. Maya to PPr before the grand Jury, Jiut as 1 ub penaetl every man against whom accusations bj made, and whom I expect the prand iury to investigate. I did this for the purppso ci holding these men here until the grand Jury had actd upon their cases. Eotae day before the grand Jury met, I Invited Mr. F. P. Mays to make a full state ment of hU connection with the matters un der investigation, and he came to my room !n the hotel and made a statement to Secret Service Agent TV. J. Burns and myself, and ""e then and there told him that the state ment cUd 'not. in our opinion, satisfactorily exrlain h! connection with those matters. "" then proposed that he should see us again the next day. and we offered to see him at his own office, or at my rooms in the hotel, as fce preferred. He stated that he thought he would prefer to see us at his own office, but that fc would telephone me the next day and let me know at what hour he would see us. Wanted to Examine Letters. We euggested that his office was preferable, because we would like to examine his letter boots in regard to certain letters of which we had knowledge, and which he stated he could not recollect having written. Thtvse letters related to the accusation against him which was under Investigation. He promised to look through his letter books and to ehow ua the pre copies of letters if he found them. I heard nothing further from Mr. Mays until the morning preceding hb indictment. I then met him on the street and he stopped me and stated that he was Just coming from the Courthouse, where he had reported In anewer to his subpena. and asked If I would telephone him at his office If I wanted him, so that he need not remain In attendance at the Court house. I told him that. If 1 wanted him, I would telephone for him. I. at no time, told Mr. Mays that I would call him before the grand Jury, and he at no time asked me to permit him to appear before the grand Jury. The statement that I prevent ed the grand Jury from permitting him to ap-' pear before them Is utterly without foundation. I was not In the grand Jury room when Mr. Mays letter was presented to the foreman, and I did not reach thereuntil after It had been acted upon by them. United States District Attorney Hall was presenting another case to the .grand jury at the time Mr. Hays' letter wag received. Subsequently. I entered the grand Jury room and. learning that the mat ter of Mr. Mays' letter was under discussion. I declined to remain, and left the room after first telling the grand Jurors that the matter rested entirely with them. Attempt to Create Prejudice. I make this statement on account of the ap parent attempt on thepart of Mr. Mays to create a. public prejudice against me as a prosecutor in these cases, and because I think it le due to the grand Jury to state that I have absolute confidence In that body, and do not believe It is under the control of any man or set of men, and that I do bellee that the present grand Jury Is composed of high-minded citizens, who are determined to perform their duty Impartially, regardless of the offi cial position or Influence of any person against whom any accusation may be made. Grand Jury Exonerates Mr. Heney. The grand jury also makes a atement in which it exonerates Mr. Heney of all blame in not having called Mr. Mays be fore that body to testify in his own be half. The letter issued by the, jury is as follows: We, the individual members of the grand Jury, desire to exprewi, and do hereby express our unqualified confidence in the fairness of Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney a a prosecutor; and we do this voluntarily. In Justice to him, by reason of the statement by Franklin Pierce Mays, which appeared In this morning's Oregonlan, and trf which he saye. among other things: "Heney prevented the grand Jury from hearing me." And we hereby unanimously denounce that statement as incorrect and untrue. Mr. Heney was not present In the grand Jury room when the let ter from Mr. Mays was received arid acted upon. United States Attorney John H. Hall was present when the letter xvm received, and advised the grand Jury, as Judge Bellinger had previously Instructed them that It rested entirely with them to determine whether Mr. Mays would be permitted to appear before them or not. Mr. Heney had previously told the grand Jury the jsamc thing, and voluntarily absented himself from the grand Jury room during all of the discussions upon this ques tion: and we would further like to say that action was taken on the ca?e at 11 A. II., and that Mr. Maya' letter was handed to the foreman of the grand Jury at 2 o'clock P. M., although Mr. Heney paid that, personally, he would not call Mr. Mays. We have requested our foreman to give this ttatement to all of the newspapers. (Signed.) GEO. D. FEEBLER. JOHX SHAW, F. 3. BOLTER. L. A. VOGEU V. W. ROBXETT. F. G. B.UFFUM. FOSTER ADAMS. W. " H. JH. WADE. A. BETTliGER. a CHRISTENSEN. L. M. HERREX. J. R. HATS. A S PARSONS. JOHN W. JORY. WM. SHEPHERD. JpSEPH FETZXER. 1 W. P. DUTTON. JOSEPH" ESENER. CARD PHELPS. but the hydrants on the other side of the river were few and, far "between and we are very glad now that both sides of the river are fairly well supplied with water facilities. "The installation of these hydrants gives the department a state of efficiency such as was never known before in Its history and come what may, in the matter of fires, we will take them and hold them within control. The outlying districts of the city are now under good water pres sure. Such a circumstance makes the Fire Department chiefs very hopeful and the,yfeel that the work now accomplished is but the beginning of many Improve ments which will serve materially to put the department in position to compare fa vorably with any city of the same size as Portland, or even larger." Concerning the fire apparatus, he said: "We have three engines which are lar ger, better and more powerful than any engines in use on the Pacific Coast. All the apparatus is In very good condition. The fireboat, although It was Bpeclally constructed, for fresh-water work and would be useless in salt water, inasmuch as it is without condensers, contains many .features such as are embraced In no other lireboat in the world. For Instance, the tower Is an Ingeniously constructed de vice any may be controlled by. one man. The mere turning of a valve will raise the tower to a height of at least 40 feet above the pilothouse deck, and another valve, on being opened, will throw a two Inch stream from the nozzle. In addition to that, we can throw 14 streams from the boat at once. "All we wish for now are practice tow ers, and as they may be constructed quite reasonably wc have hopes of seeing them under course of erection in the very neaf future. At present wo are training the men on buildings about the city, giving them instruction In making couplings with hydrants, ladder-climbing and fire-escape work. We also put them through a course of making connections with the stand pipes." BEATEN BY A DIVEKEEPEE. John Murphy Is Assaulted by Jed Hart. John Murphy was nearly killed in the Green Front, a dive on North Third street, in a fight with Jed Hart, the proprietor. The trouble -occurred at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Murphy was struck over the head and face with a heavy stove cover. His rlose and Jaw were broken. f Patrolman Roberts went to the dive in response to a call from people who had heard the noise and din and had seen the- fight In progress. He arrested Hart and took hlni to the central po lice station, where he was locked in a cell, charged with assault with a dan gerous weapon. His bail was set at 5500 by Captain Moore. This he could not raise, and he was obliged to spend, the night behind the bars. Murphy was' promptly bailed out by friends and went home. He is an old man and in a fight with Jed Hart stood no show whutever. Murphy says he went Into the saloon to get a drink, and that an effort was made to rob him. He had $64.75 arid sas that several men and women sur rounded him and attempted to take it away. He protested, and Jed Hart at tacked him with tlje stove cover. Be fore he could get out, he was felled to the floor by the repeated blows of Hart. Hart has frequently been in trouble. He has been fined repeatedly for va grancy, disorderly conduct, receiving money from dissolute women, keeping his dive open after hours and 'numerous other charges. He once beat a woman So hard that she later went into a box of the dive and shot herself. Hart never closed Jils dive, however, but al lowed the carousals in progress to con tinue uninterrupted. " EXPOSED HIS WARDROBE. And Attorney PJggott Says It Pained . Him $2000 Worth. C. H. Piggott, an attorney, has instituted-suit against J. H. McClung, owner and J. H. Weatherby and Thomas Mc Namee, lessees of the Golden "West Ho tel, for $2589 damages for humiliation and personal suffering caused from the fact that his stock of wearing apparel was subjected to the rude gaze of the general public. He desires $589 dam ages for the Injury to his garments and also requests damages to the amount of $2000 for his mental and bodily suf fering. The suit grows Out of the recent ejectment proceedings, when the hotel -was known as the Tremont House. When McClung began ejectment pro ceedings against McPherson. Piggott and the other lodgers in the building, their personal effects were removed to the street by Constables. In his suit Piggott alleges that these men were rowdies, hobos and whisky bums, and that they converted a part of the prop erty to their own use. The remainder, he alleges, was subjected to the rude gaze of a vulgar public thereby caus ing the complainant untold misery and grief, likewise humiliation and dis grace. Piggott considers that by these overt acts his reputation and feelings were damaged $2000 worth, and he wants the money. The defendants promise to fight the case and show that the injury did not amount to that figure. HEE-HYDEAKTS INSTALLED. To Have Better Protection From Fire In Outskirts. The work of installing the 100 new hy drants, furnished the Fire Department by the Water Department, is practically com pleted. For the past six months three forces of workmen have been kept busy Installing these hydrants in different sec tions of the city, designated by the Fire Department Chief as being In dire need of water facilities. The completion of the work recalls the Fire Department's advocacy for new hy drants more than a year ago. In speak ing of the matter yesterday an official ot the department said: "The work has been done principally .in those parts of the city recently settled or where new residences are either under "cours of construction or their erection Is contemplated. Our water facilities have always been to a certain extent limited, and a year ago we wished to install more hydrants, but were forced to do without them owing to the fact that we lacked the necessary funds. - "However, the Wafer Department in formed us that they had a surplus which they would willingly devote to furnishing hydrants, and they accordingly ordered 100 hydrf nts, which have been installed In the Jast six months under our sujer vlslon. Three gangs, of men have been kept at work, one on the East Side, one here and one at Alblna. The East Side has in all probability received more attention tfian the Alblna district and this one, ONE NIGHT WAS ENOUGH. John La"pdlgan Gets Enough of the City Bastlle. After spending one night in the City Jail, with an alleged forger -for a bed fellow and amid the howlings of the numerous and eternal "drunks," John Landigan. who was fined $10 in the Municipal Court for refusing- to comply with the plumbing ordinance, paid the remainder of his fine and walked out a free man. One night in jail was suffi cient to change Landigan's mind, and when he emerged from the bastile he announced that ho was still in the ring for the purpose of flghtlhg- the plumb ers trust, but that he had been cured of the Idea or doing it by remaining in jail Instead of paying a fine. He said. upon his release, that his night in jail was the most miserable night he had ever spent in his lire. He intends try ing to appeal the case and fight it to a bitter end. DOING THE BUSINESS. Selllng-Out Sale of the B. B. Rich Curlp Store. The best place to shop is at the B. 2. Rlc Curio Store. Having sold the lease and fixtures to Mr. Gansl. the goods must De sold, sucn as carved Ivories. Mexican drawnwork, Navajo blankets, Bohemian art glass Benares brass, carved and burnt leather, leather pillows. OUR CLAIM. We do not claim to be a cheap store, but we do claim tnat, quality and .'style con sidercd. our prices are the most reason able. Over a million cigars, to choose irom. siu. aicHBLi & CO., 92 Third Street. Agents Mi Hogar and Garcia Cigars. Old Guns for Historical Society. Four interesting old guns have recently been eecureel 'by George H. Hlmes, assist ant secretary of the Oregon Historical Society, to aaa to the accumulations al ready lh the custody ot the society. An old Kentucky rifle s from P. I Brfstow, Pleasant Hill, lane County, and was Woodard, Clarke & Co., importers A good store to shop In pjenty of room, a full force of skilled, polite salespeople and absolutely the finest and largest-display s of Holiday Lines ever shown In Portland. LARGE SHIPMENT OF ART SKINS JUST ARRIVED, ALL COLORS, 65c, 85c AND SI.OO FINE FRENCH PERFUMES Our display of Perfumes is absolutely complete. All well-known makes are rep resented by their latest and beat creations. The perfumers art has changed greatly daring the past decade; delicate, lasting Perfumes have replaced the strong, persist ent Pomade extracts of earlier days. Our exhibit of holiday packages in CUT GLASS, Bohemian "Ware, ' Austrian Court Boxes, Swfs Baskets, is well worth seeing. All our Perfumes sold at popular prices. Direct - , importations from N- : the celebrated -perfumers. ROGER k GALLET NEW ODORS Bouquet Eargilliere, Armoris, Feodalis, Yencedor, Santalia, . Reve Fleuri Andromeda. ED PINAUD'S Bouquet Parthenis, Velleda, Laurianne. FIVER'S ' Ambre Ducal, Sofrano, Gui Nouveau, Le Trefle, Violet (Vee-OrLay), Au Kadsura, Bouquet Parnese, Ambre Royal. SACHETS Delicate, lasting, fragrant Sairanor, Ambre Royal, Le Trefle, Wood Violets, Indian Hay. Pocket Electric Lamps Absolutely safe, every one should have one. ' $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. PERPETUATED PALMS Never fade or look old. Always fresh and beautiful. Every one potted and delivered without extra charge. Compare those prices with, the greenhouse plants which need constant care. Our palms are all potted. Prices Two feet high v 50 Three feet high . 75 .Forty-five inches high 90 Tree Palms, from $3 up to $12 WISE PARENTS Who have the-best welfare of their children in mind agree with us that Photography makes for bright boys and girls. It's a-liberal edu cation. The boy with a camera is never a cigarette fiend; his inter est is along higher line3. The child who loves to picture beauties of nature and life is not going to go had very far that's been our ob servation during 40 years of camera-selling, and we see all sides of it. GOOD CAMERAS are eheap; we've made them popular. BABY ANSCO NO. 1, $1, -And the No. 2 for $200, are best suited for children under 10 years. Above this age select the ANSCO HAND CAMERA No. 1, $5.00, or -the No. 2 for $6.50 No. 3 $7.50 This is the TRIPLICATE MIRRORS A comfort and pleasure to every woman. Reasonable in price, beau tiful and durable. Heavy bevel French plate oak and ebony frames, $3.75, $5, $8, $12. In plain frames, 90, $1.25, $1.85. PLAYING CARDS. With Oregon, Washington Alaska Views. and SAFETY RAZORS. The latest and. hest, warranted and sold on approval, $2.00, $2.75, $4.50, $5.00. Gold Fish and Aquaria 25c SOc Gold Fish Food, box 10 MANICURE SETS. Fine razor steel fittings, hand some pearl and ivory finish leather and ebony cases, $3.50, $6.00, $3.50. - SHAVING SETS. In ebony, celluloid and leather stag, at $1.65. ANSCO FOLDING No. 4. . . .$13 And , No. 5 for $17 JUST FIT THE POCKET. All these Cameras make perfect photographs. Any child can use them, and we always develop the first film free, giving every in struction without charge. Come in and let us show you, or if you are xtdo. busy we'll send you our "Ansco" Booklet, which tells you all about our Cameras. REMEMBER We-do expert de veloping and printing no sloppy machine work. Send us your films and plates. PHOTO ALBUMS TROM 15 UP TO $5.00 New ideas, new colors, new bindings. PHOTO ANNUALS FOR 1905, 15 t Beautifully illustrated. 1905 PHOTO CALENDARS Ready for the unmounted print, 200 different designs. SOUVENIR POSTALS. Burnt Leather and Oregon Woods, or the Lewis and Clark Fair. PHOTO ALBUMS. Not the old, time-honored devices, but new, attractive, up-to-date designs, from the tiny Stamp 1 Album, at 15 to $4.75 We burn your name on leather albums FREE. FINE STATIONERY We have some of the handsomest Box Papers eTer shown. Bvery.pwkaga . a work of art. The boxes, when empty, make appropriate -ecllaahacdker- chief and cuff boxes. Oreftn View Papoterise Each envelope and notehead bears a photogravure of Oregon scenery. Box for - WV Cut lilass At Special Prices This 8-inch Bowl, Venus design; special v. $S;69 Rich designs, exclusive patterns; each piece a-crystalbefiuty. Our-prioas put it in every one's reach. SALTS AND PEPPERS. Sterling silver tops, full cub, exquisite designs pair. ...-.4N Set of 6 Finger Bowls, regular $7.50 ; special ..." . , $5.43 This Cut Glass took gold medal at St. Louis. m A C For the Man whp Travels Suit Cases, Traveling Bags, Dress ing Sets and Rollups. OUR DISPLAY OF FINE LEATHER GOODS MILITARY BRUSH SETS. Ebony, solid back Brushes, in leather cases and plain; $1.2o pair Up to $6.00 STERLING SILVER NOVELTIES. We are closing out at a nominal price our entire selection. A mul titude of pretty and useful pieces. Is a revelation. It comprises thou sands of useful articles of praotioal value to everyone. Glance down the list. The newest and most de sirable Bhades and designs. Bill Books, Card Oases, Cigar Cases, Suit Oases, Dressing Cases, Toilet Sets, Medicine Oases, Music Boll. We stamp any name FREE in gold while you wait. FINE STEREOSCOPE And one dozen views, 75. Make your own selection. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS In valuable time are wasted, every day by the senseless dip, dip, dip of a pen in the inkwell. A good Fountain Pen should be in every hand that can write and we have them. Every one warranted per fect. Money back if not satisfac tory. Pens bought now can be ex changed after Xmss. Prices, $1, 32, $2.50, $3.50, $5. JARDINIERES PYRO GRAPHIC OUTFITS Just received $2.50, $3.50, $5. RAFFIA AND RATTAN. New lot just received. The Famous Itouwelsa Ware, Benares, Brass Trays, Plaques, Candlesticks and Vases. AMERICAN WATCHES Each one warranted to be good timekeeper. Gun Metal, $1.25. Nickel Finish, $1.00. ORMOLU WATCHES Perfeat timekeepers, new and artistic designs, SI. 65, S2.75, e $3.50, $5.00. TOILET CASES AND SETS. Infinite in variety no old. VAOOnAf?n PI ARk'F X rf. Canadian money taken at full value. Free delivery to all parts of the city. J 2 W xJxJt-JrWxhJm V ir l i CI (X VU Complete Tel. Ex. No. 11, wtth direct connection to every department of our store. . . i i WE RENT INVALIDS' CHAIRS AND CRUTCHES brought to Orcgoo by his uncle from Illi nois, in 1E52. It had a place 1n the early Indian wars of the country. Two more guns were secured from the same source, one a United States rifle, or yagor, which carried a half-ounce bul let. The other was an old Springfield musket, formerly a flintlock, but which was converted into a percussion lock soon after the Mexican "War. The latter gun, when In active use, was of the type car ried by the editor-in-chief of The Ore gonlan for nine months in the Puget Sound region during the Indian war of 1S55-5S, and It was a "kicker." The last gun is a Sharp's cavalry car bine of the 1S52 pattern, and wasu .present ed by Dr. Xey Churchman, of this city. It was carried into the battle of Gettys burg, July 2-3, 1S64, and bears the marks of rough usage. ATTACKED BY A MADMAN. City Jailer HasxNarroW Escape From Insane Negro. Jailer Ltllls had. a narrow escape from serious injurs In an encounter with P. A. Phillips "at the Police Station, last night, but escaped with only a heavy blow on the side of his head. Phillips slashed his wife and sister-in-law with a razor early last Sunday morning and was arrested by Policeman Hammersley shortly afterwards. He lias since been confined in the City Jail. For two days he has been Insane, and very violent. last night he began beating the walls of his cell with a heavy stool that had been given him. He became so demonstrative that It was necessary for Jailer Llllls to take away the stool. Llllls went down the corridor to the cell occupied by Phillips. "When he un locked the cell door the prisoner ap peared calm and asked for a drink of water. Llllls replied he would give him the drink, but that he wanted the stool. He stooped to get it. when Phillips grasped him by the neck and attempted to choke him. A hard struggle ensued, Llllls freeing himself, but the Insane man laid hold of the stool and made for .his enemj-. Taken at a decided disadvantage, LiUls ran down the corridor and Into the main room. Two "trusties" who had been In the corridor deserted Llllls, but one of them had sufficient presence of mind to pull the iron door shut before the en raged negro could strike Llllls with the stool. By careful tactics, Phillips was returned to his cell and locked up. TWO N TEN MINUTES. away to' the Jail. Veterinary Surgeon Davis, who was called to testify as to the condition of the horse, stated that the animal was not able to work and was suffering- from complication of ills of such a nature that -the animal should be put out of its misery. The order of the court followed this testimony. Open. Large- Creamery. WALLA "WALLA, Wash.. Dec. 22. (Special.) The Hazelwood Company, of Portland and Spokane, will shortly open a large branch creamery in this city. A branch store located in the business dis trict is also In the plans of the company. The installation of the plant will, occur as soon as a suitable site can be selected and the machinery movdd in. Transactions Amounting to Nearly $600 Made in Less Than Ten I Minutes at Eiiers Piano House Yesterday. The statement will probably be doubted by many. but. it is an actual fact that Ellera Piano House without any previous solicitation sold yesterday in less than ten minutes twolnstruments which ln.thc ag gregate amounted to nearly JSOO. The first was a beautiful Chickerlng baby upright, one of the special holiday styles. The name Chickerlng on tho fallboard was sufficient guarantee of the merit of the ' instrument to Mr. and Mrs. Lumsden, of ; C3 Washington street and the case so ex- actly suited them, they decided upon It without looking further, their name going j on the sales report before they had been : In the store five minutes. ! The other sale was one of the dainty little miniature pianos, which was pur chased by a prominent Portland citizen for his little girl, but as It Is Intended for a Christmas present the name cannot be given. The pretty little piano, which had becnj In the window less ihan a day, caught the eye of the gentleman as he assed the store. He came in, priced the piano and ordered Itent roThis home without any hesitation. The entire trans action consuming at the utmost three jiuuuicM. xnese are simpiy aaaiuonai Illustrations of the fact that the instru- J ments Eiiers Piano House is offering the t people this season are what the people of Portland want. Store 351 Washington St. ; " t Will Sample the Jail. E. Shank, a junk dealer, rather than pay a fine of 525 imposed upon him In the Municipal Court, went into the City Jail yesterday to serve a term of 12 days. The fine was imposed because Shank persisted In hiring out his horse when it wits unfit for service. After being- sentenced Shank heard the court order Humane Officer Resins 'to see that, the horse was" killed- With tears "In his eyes the Old man was led. STEWART EDWARD WHITE'S SVu "Book of Travel and cAdventure THE MOUNTAINS "Such a vigorous, true, wholesomfe book is the next best thing to out-of-doors itself." The Bookman. "His words paint pictures, tremendous, luminous. They inter pret the call of the mountain heights, they, bring something of the Great Spirit of the wilderness down to those who cannot climb for themselves . . . one of the great books of the year." San Francisco Bulletin. 2d Printing. Clotn, largs J2mo., Illustrated. 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