THE 3IORNING OREGONIAN, JULY 3, 1905.
GHMIICET BEPEW
IS IN DISREPUTE
Equitable Investigation Shows
Him . Practically as a High
Priced Lobbyist.
MAY LOSE SENATORSHIP
With Xo Standing as a Lawyer, Ho
Received $20,000 Yearly From
Big Insurance Company
for "Legal Services.'
NEW YORK. July 2. (Special.)-"If
Chauncey M. Depcw wore a candidate
for United States Senator tomorrow he
would not get-a dozen votes."
This public statement was made by
State Senator Edgar Brackctt, of Sara
toga, who was one of those who aided to
re-elect the Senator last 'January.
Mr. Brackett does not say that because
he 'Is an enemy of Depcw. In fact, they
are personal friends. But he realizes that
the Senator Is so deeply tarred with the
Equitable brush that his usefullncss in
politics is practically gone.
In fact, a movement is on foot to re
quest Senator Depew to resign. During
the present special session of the Legis
lature many bitter comments have been
made, and several strong membors of the
Republican party say that the famous after-dinner
speaker should get out of office
gracefully, on the ostensible plea of
"business," but really because he Is a
detriment to his associates.
This is all because of the fact that the
report of Francis Hendricks, Superinten
dent of Insurance, reveals that for 25
years, Chauncey M. Depew has regularly
drawn 520,000 a year for "legal services"
rendered the Equitable.
Xot Known as a Lawyer.
Hardly anybody remembers that Chaun
cey is a lawyer, because as far back as
the memory of man runneth he has been
an active figure in railroad work. He
has not had a law ofllce, never practiced j
at the bar, does not belong to the bar as
sociation, and probably not one lawyer
out of 500 In New York City knows that
the Junior United States Senator Is a
member of the profession.
And yet he has annually drawn from
one insurance company as much as two j
Justices of the United States ' Supreme
Court, the highest judicial tribunal In the
United States, receive!
The question that is being asked, and
which as yet remains unanswered is,
-Why?
Good Tiling Out of Equitable.
In addition to this pay, he was a. mem
ber of the Equitable's executive commit
tee, and received ?25 every time a meet
ing was held. All in all, he made a
"very good thing out of the Equitable.
Assemblyman Otto Foolker, of Brook
lyn, is one of the men who voted for Sen
ator Depew who is not afraid to voice
his sentiments now.
"For years I have listened to Chaun
cey's speeches," he says, "and he al
ways advised young men to be merry
and happy; to face the world with a
smile, to defy trouble, and invariably be
the gayest of the gay.
"Personally I used to wonder at his
unvarying cheerfulness, but it isn't any
mystery to me now. If I knew where I
could locate $20,000 a year, without In
terfering with my regular business, I'd
laughand be happy, too. I'm afraid De
pew Is a fraud."
Senator Depew s enemies say that in
return for his comfortable salary, he
took friendly Interest in Insurance leg
islation. Introduced at Albany, and waa
strong enough to prevent any unpleas
ant measures from becoming law.
Weil-Paid Insurance Lobbyist.
In fact they Intimate that the venerable
Senator was simply a well paid Insurance
lobbyist, to which accusation his friends
hold up their hands in horrified astonish
ment. But it cannot be denied that for 25
years he has drawn $20,000 a year, while
all the time he was dally employed by
the New" York Central Railroad In various
positions of responsibility.
District Attorney Jerome and Attorney-
General Mayer are .working day and
night on the Equitable matter.
Mayer Is planning ways and means to
compel the directors guilty of "lrreg
ularitlen" (to put it mildly) to disgorge
their illegal profits, while the district
attornej is endeavoring to discover if
it is possible to put anybody In Jail
Paul Morton's Reforms.
In the mean time Paul Morton, who
is the controlling spirit under the new
regime, is pulling through a number of
reforms. He has cut off all fees hereto
fore enjoyed by officers who were dl
rectors, it having heretofore been the
custom to pay each of them $25 for
every meeting he attended.
Mr. Morton takes the ground that the
generous salaries paid officials should en
title the society to all their time. He
has also mado a ruling that non-offlce
holding directors shall only be paid for
the meetings they attend, it having here
tofore been the custom to pay them for
every meeting called, whether they
showed up or not.
Despite all this, the general public is
not showing any undue excitement on
the matter of taking out insurance, and
agents are at their wits' end.
The prevailing distrust 1? deepened by
the fact that everyone agrees the Hen
dricks report, drastic though it was.
only scratched the surface so far as the
crookedness in the Equitable Is- con
cerned.
It Is common report that two bankers.
directors for years In the society, have
sold the Equitable bonds for which they
wore underwriters, although this Is strict
ly forbidden by the laws of the state.
Jerome Has His Eyes on Them.
District Attorney Jerome has his eyes
on these two bankers both of whom arc
big figures in the world of finance, and
he hopes to indict them.
One is a particular friend of Republican
StateChairman Odell, and it would bo a
big leather in Jerome's cap, if he could
indict and convict this individual, for
election, is only a few months away.
The indications are that something will
be doing very won.
LETTER
CONVICTS
FATHER
Organized Companies to Profit at
Expense of Policy-Holders.
SYRACUSE. X. Y., July 2. Before
leaving for the West to Join Secretary
Taft's party to the Philippines. Congress
man Drlscoll, who was the investigating
attorney for Superintendent of Insurance
Hendricks in the Equitable investiga
tion, made a statement on a letter of
James H. Hyde to the board of directors
several days ago. In which he says:
"Hyde's protest against the . reflection
on his father's memory is quite natural
and if his arguments were based on facts
and common sense it would appeal very
strongly to human sympathy and even
prejudice, but according to my opinion
his defense In the form of fecial plead
ing only verifies and strengthens the
charges preferred In the Hendricks re
port. Out of his own mouth he con
victs his father of reaping large profits
during many 3ears at the expense of the
society which It was his solemn obliga
tion to protect. His father inaugurated
the system of subsidiary or affiliated
companies, by which he and his friends
continued to milk the society."
Congressman Drlscoll. speaking of the
Mercantile Trust Company and the Mer
cantile Safe Deposit Company quotes Mr.
Hyde as saying the society, in 1S72. pur
chased a controlling Interest In the Mer
cantile Trust Company and Increased its
capital stock from $500,000 to $2,000,000.
A part of the business of the Mercantile
Trust Company In about the year 1S7S
was a safe depoplt business, but In that
year it was determined that the Mercan
tile Trust Company sell out the safe de
posit business to another company. The
Mercantile Safe Desopit Company was
organized with a stock of $300,003. Mr.
Drlscoll continues:
He rai that other did not take the ock
very promptly and that Ms father looic most
of It and paid 200.0oA In cah to the Mer
cantile Trust Company for lis leaae of the
nafe deposit company's vault, and the rt
malnlnf? $100,000 was paid Into the treasury
of the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company.
IVhy was it that $200."00 In earti w paid
to the Mercantile Trut Company for the
leaoe like the present one? Why was nurh
a one-elded lease made by the KxjultaWc to
the Mercantile Trurt Company? Stmpty be
rause Mr. Henry IS. Hyde dominated the
Kqultable Society abeolutcly ad made a
jug-handled leaw with the Mercantile Safe
Deposit Company. In which he had rtock and
could profit thereby. But why was this proflt
able leare fald for $200,000 In ca.'h? Decau!e
the Equitable .clety owned a majority of the
ftork f the Mercantile Trust Corapaaj awl
would Indirectly receive a large part or the
profltn of this leae. That waa m profitable
enough to Henry B. Hyde. He therefore cre
ated the new organization and named the
Mercantile Safe Depoolt Company, got all the
rtock and therefore all the profit, and the
society suffered all the Jans.
Again, he Faya that hi father rubficquently
offered thlo stork to the Kqultable at cert to
him, and this offer was declined and It was
decided for the bent Interests of the society
instead of purchasing thin stock to continue
the lease, which If now criticised.
Think of thlH argument. His father, as
owner of all the stock in tho Mercantile Safe
Deposit Company, offered it to the Kqultable,
which his father absolutely dominated, and
becaus-e the society declined this offer he has
the nerve to euggeet that that was fair deal
ing with the policy-holders.
Again he states that the committee recom
mended that the Equitable Safe Deposit Com
pany should be reorganized on a bart of a
capital of $200,000. and In order to make the
cafe deposit companyVi vault more attractive,
the society should rent the building adjoining
Its own and devote a portion of the rented
building to the accommodation of the safe
deposit company. Henry B. Hyde, a the
Equitable Society, rented another building In
St. Louis. Mo,, as the Equitable building.
How did It come to own It. I heard, but
am not sure of this fact, that the Equitable
Society had a mortgage on It. Tho mort
gage was foreclosed and the Mercantile Trust
Company, instead of the society, bid it In.
But when the Mercantile Trust Company
sold this property to the Equitable It re
served the right to lease the safe-deposi
vaults In said building, should such vaults b
built. They wre built. "Who built them ?
The Equitable. By whose money? The
policy-holders. For what puruose? In order
that a lease might be made to the new
Safe Deposit Company of which Henry B.
Hyde owned practically all the stock.
Since 1S76 to the present time Henrr It-
Hyde ana associates during his life term
and after nl death. Jame H. Hyde at.
association, have ben realizing anywhere i
from $23,710 to $40,535 a year, alt at a loss
to the Kqultable Soclty. through the Mercan
tile safe Deposit Company. Since the yea?
1877 they have realized J4G8.2S5 through the
Security Safe Deposit Company, all at the j
expense of the society, and from th time
the lease was made with the Missouri Safe !
received about $20,000 a year for the rtoS
of the Safe Deposit Company has been
paylnjc 10 per cent on $200,000.
Thin 1b one of the ways by which James
H. Hyde has been making money out of
the society Mnce his father's death.
PASSING OF THE CHATEAUX
World's Palaces Coming More Into
Public Ownership.
July Century.
The great royal chateaux, not of
Touraine only, but of the world, are
all nearng' their appointed end of pub
lic ownership. Kings build: peoples in
herit; the palacfc In Its usos broadens
slowly; down to the multitude. The
smaller houses sometimes fall by pur
chase to the middle class; but that is
only the change In one of its stages.
The larger ones soon roach their ultl
mit iMtin nf , mKcaum i
pleasure ground; and this even in
countries nnd at times that are not
distinctively republican, lxiul's XIV. j
built Versailles: who holds it now?
Thc caretaker for the man in the
,tP.M Th T.r.r (. CA. .j.'
Tuillerles has gone to make way for a
garden. Kensington Palace Is now
nmcng the sights of London. "Windsor
Castle is not much more. And latoly,
when there happened to be no music
for the visitors to the castle on a pub
lic holiday, the royal band, "to prevent
disappointment." was hastily recalled
from a distant scene. The Tower of
London, once ii palace, now holds thc
regalia that serve as a toy for tho
crowd. Potsdam and Sans Souci are,
for all and several, in the same sense:
so is the huge Eseurial. The Kremlin
of the Czara is no better: and even the
Hermitage, which, strictly spenklng, is
one of the halls of the Winter Palace
at St. Petersburg, is a picture gallery
to which nil could find their waj until
the nihilists threatened Its Integrity.
So passes the glory of the world.
But that glory. In the chateaux of old.
was often so closely allied with shame
and misery and- corruption that tnelr
last state, as playgrounds "fjy the tour
ist, may still be better than the flrst-
Court Milked thc Cow
Sioux City Correspondence St.
Paul
Dispatch.
'The court will proceed to milk this
cow and judicial notice of those facts
which to him as an expert milker will
tend to determine whether she has
been fresh for a long or short time."
So announced Judge John F. Oliver to
day from the bench after hearing wit
nesses dispute for an hour concerning
thc Identity of a Jersey cow. Both
sides claimed her. But one side con
tended that she had been fresh only
three months, while the other alleged
that she had been fresh for nearly a
year. The court adjourned to a stable
near by where his honor proceeded to
milk the cow In true farmer fnsnion.
'The verdict of the court is thatthe
cow has not been fresh over three
months; therefore she goes to the
plaintiff," was the announcement from
the bench, after the court had solemmly
led the procession back to the Court
house. Women, from their sedentary habits, are
often subject to headache and constipa
tion. These are quickly removed by Car
ter's Little Liver Pills.
SACRIFICE PIANO SALE
A Slaughter of Organs and Piano Players Also Numerous
Used Pianos for a Mere Song Eighty Specially Designed
Exposition Pianos Also Included.
"The Pomracr Ellers Music Company, of I
San Francisco, has made application be- I
fore Judge William P. Lawler, of the Su- !
perlor Court of San Francisco, for i
change of firm name. It is proposed to
drop th name Pommer from the title, and
arrangements to this effect will, no doubt,
be completed during July."
The above Is taken from the June 24
Issue of one of the music trade papers,
and explains Itself
The consummation of this deal will re
quire some heavy settlements to complete
the buying out of the Interests formerly
associated with us there In California.
Furthermore, we are now occupying
temporary quarters In San Francisco, con
siderably out of the regular retail section
of the city, pending the erection of a
modern skyscraper building on our old lo
cation. We have, therefore, token at
Portland quite a number of fine pianos
that were contracted for and intended to
supply our California trade. In addition
to this, we have now here over eighty of
the choicest specially designed and finished
Instruments of the various highest-grade
manufacturers, iqcludlng Webers, Chlck
erings. Stecks. Kimball. Hazlctons. eta,
etc, that were originally ordered for a
very extensive Fair exhibition, which.
owing to the Immense amount of space
that would have becri required properly
to display all of them, we decided to show
at our down-town salesrooms. For this
purpose flx'e new showrooms have just
been completed at 351 Washington street.
Fast Piano Selling Necessary
Under these circumstances, we are com
pelled to do some very rapid piano-selling.
The only way to sell pianos In double-quick
time is to ci; price. There are
occasions In the career of any business
where it pays to sacrifice prefK. and even
part of cost. In order to make a quick
turn. This occasion confronts us now.
We realize that only the most desperate
efforts will accomplish our purpose at
this tlmo. Every pXino. therefore, and
every organ that Is Included In this sale
will be offered commencing this (Monday)
morning for sale at actual wholesale factors-
price, with frelgnt added.
It is not a question of making a profit
here now. but simply a matter of dispos
ing of some two hundred of the very
finest and most costly of highest-grade
Instruments quickly.
It will be Impossible to quote here the
astounding low prices t which we are
prepared to sell these Instruments this
morning, for it would hurt the standing
of these pianos with dealers elsowhcro
who are compelled to get regular retail
prices for them.
A Few Sample Figures.
Suffice it to say. then, that among the
pianos offered this morning will be found
nine strictly first-class cabinet grand up
right pianos standing four feet eight
Inches high, with full-length duet music
desk, Boston fall-beard and three pedals,
the third a soft or practice pedal, for $237,
and the plainer styles for $236, which is
almost half price.
Seventeen regular $275 and $300 styles for
JIGS, and $157. and $146.
Terms on these should not be less than
$2 down and $10 a month at these cost
ptices. but for an additional 4 per cent
and simple interest, any instruments be
EILERS PIANO HOUSE-
3 51 Washington St.
Portland, Ore.
CZAHINU MKY STAY
Steamer Bringing Passengers
From San ' Francisco.
II1QT OFF POOQ RAY RUN
J UO I Uri UUUO Ort I IIUI
If Owners Decide to Keep Her on
the Route, the California-Columbia
Fleet Will Sec
Another Addition.
With a full list of passengers the
steamer Czarina is on hor way to Port
land."" Her arrival here will mean the
addition of another steamer to the fleet
nlroady running to the Columbia Irom
San Francisco.
rne i.zanna may stay on tne run me
" "" "
rest Ot IRC Bumraor. ji is wpreieo uiui:
she will make several trips here at least. tnnt many of the cxp?ess drIvers w6uld
This time she Is bringing pasngera j ap , to thc cxpresa companies tomor
alonc. and will probably find a load to rQvr Qr worlc
take down also, as all the south-bound . f
steamers are busy.
Heretofore the Czarina has been run- ' Iajsc Great and Jttst Friend,
nlng from San Francisco to Coos Bay. TnK-in T , , ..-., n. ty,a , ,. -ct,
ta ,.-t, w t r snr-ottou Urn TOKIO. Jul 2. News of the -death of
r . " , c'Z ., i .,
& Co., of San Francisco, and is consigned
to Willis Potter. She will land at the
Oak-street dock. The Czarina was
formerly the British steamship Black
Prince, but has been flying the Spreckela
pennant for .-omc time. She is slightly
arscr than the F. A. Kilburn. As she
loft S" Frnnc!co Saturday she should
reach the Columbia today.
J
CRUISER PROVES ATTRACTION
Growds Visit Itnllnn "War Vessel
"Now in the River.
Proud Italian residents of Portland
considered yesterday incomplete without
a visit to the cruiser I'mbrin. All after
noon tho cruiser's decks swarmed with
visitors, hundreds of others than Italians
being curilfus to sec a foreign war ves
sel. Harbormaster Blglin obtained the free
use of the large scow for th visitors, so
thc launches ami rowboats were not
charged for the landing privilege, as they
wore at the Chicago and Boston. Many
of the larger launches sought business
elsewhere, but thc Fox and the steamer
Canby made regular trips all afternoon.
The sailors on the Umbrla compare
very favorably physically with the men
ori the American cruisers. With scarcely
an exception they give the appearance
of groat muscular development. The
Umbrla'.s decks seem cramped and
crowdod. for she Is fairly bristling with
guns. Visitors were admitted to nearly
every part of tho vessel and found the
men always ready to explain, even If the
sign language had to be resorted to
sometimes.
"Marine Notes.
The steam schooner Cascade, which will
arrive In Portland this morning from
San Francisco, will discharge a small
cargo here, and then leave down to take
on a lumber cargo at Columbia River
mills. She will" discharge at thc Oak
street dock.
Early today the British bark PInmore,
which left up from Astoria In tow yes
terday afternoon, should arrive. As soon
as iitr vans" la uui sue iu icmu luraoer
for Australia. The greater part of her
cargo was discharged at San Francisco.
The Oriental liner Arabia got away
down 'the river early yesterday morning,
and loft out from Astoria early in the
afternoon.
Domestic ami. Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. Or.. July 2. Arrived down at 3
A. M. and railed at 10&0 A. M. Steamer Ro
anoke, for Port Los AoBdes and way port.
low J3M in value mar be had on navments
of ax little 33 $5 or $5 down and $3 or $S I
monthly.
Please bear In mind that this Rtock Is
the choicest and very latest. Just out of
tho. factories, and of the very finest and
highest grade manufactured in America.
This sale Includes every catalogue style
of the three greatest American piano
makers, besides those of a dozen of me
dium, grade, and we are now offering each
and every piano and organ for sale for
less money than regular dealers ordinarily
buy them for cash.
Quite a FeV Used Ones
Tou will find here now some fine square
JQavls,' Emerson, burand, Fischer. and
other makes, for sale at ws. 157 and $&
respectively: strlctlv "UD-to-date snuares.
worth $100. $110 and Jlfi respectively, at '
the lowest estimate. Several second-hand t
upngnts. ana useu organs ior a mere
song. The pianos now marked $145 are
beautiful, brand-new $275 uprights, of
well-known New York make, that have
never been sold East or here in the West,
for less than $233. And other. Instruments
will go for still less money, though all
are good, reliable pianos.
"Wo offer U strictly high-grade, fancy
seven and one-third octave nSanos. full
swinging duct music desk, revolving lock- 1
board, with three pedals, the third a soft
or practice pedal, for $212. which is less
than half price. A fancy figured Brazilian .
mahogany case for 24 more money.
Largest cabinet grand size, thoroughly J
reliable, fully warranted upright pianos,
In mahogany or oak, standing four feet
nine inches high, with latest duet desk.
rolling rail-board, and tnrce pedals. In
struments that we guarantee cannot be
bought In Chicago or at the Xew York
factory for less than $325 each, will go
during this sale for $173. Rosewood cases
for $22 still less money.
With the exception of three highest
priced styles, the cost of which slightly
exceeds 350. and on which terms of pay
ment will not be made less than $o0 down
and 120 a month, all pianos are for sale
on payment of $13. 20 or $23 down, and
at the rite of $. $S and $10 a month, ac
cording to make, style and design.
Since all prices are based on the actual
cash cost, those taking advangtae of the
above-named easy terms will pay interest
on deferred payments at the rate of S
per cent per annum.
Every piano and organ sold will be ac
companied by the respective manufac
turers' five years warranty, duly counter
signed by us. thus fully protecting the cus
tomer in ever" way.
AVe personally guarantee the price nnd
quality of every Instrument in this sale,
and any used piano bought of us at this
time may be returned to us within two
years, and we will allow the full amount
paid toward -any new Kimball or Weber
or Chickcring piano.
This sale commences this morning at
351 Washington street. "In our new Music
Block, and if you have any possible use
for a piano or an organ, come at once,
and do not delay, for times are prosperous
now. many will take advantage of this op
portunity at this time of yiar. At these
prices and terms we shall convert this
stock Into money or paper within a very
few days. Store open day and night (to
morrow until noon) till stock Is closed out.
Wholesalers and Retailers
I Arrived down at 3 A. M. and mlled at noon
Steamer Aurella. for San Franclico. Left
up at noon British bark Fin more. Arrived
at '7:30 and left up at 8:15 Steamer Cascade,
from San Francisco. Sailed at 1:30 P. M.
German steamer Arabia, for Hongkong and
way porta. Condition of the bar at B P. M..
smooth; wind, northwest; weather, clear.
San FmncLsco, July 2. Sailed Schooner
Rosamond, for Puget Sound: schooner Se
quoia, for Astoria. Arrived Brig Lurllne.
from Portland: schooner A. M. Baxter, from
Belllncham.
Xew York. July 2. Arrived Vtnbrts, from
Liverpool and Queenstown; Blucher. from!
Hamburg and Boloener Piedmont, from Ge
noa and Naples; Romania, from Naples and
Ponta del Gada; La Ganrogne, from Havre.
Ivmdon. June 2. Sailed Xrxo. for Ham
burg and San Francisco, via South and Central
American rorts.
STRIKE FUND EXHAUSTED
Teamsters Call Meeting to Propose
Line of Action.
CHICAGO. July 2. Because of a lack
of funds and confronted with seces
sions from. the ranks of the strikers, the
teamsters council has called a special
meeting of that body for tomorrow
night to decide whether the strike shall
; be continued. V
Strike benefits for 2003 of the railway
express drivers were due today but
l nere was no money l nt
there was no moncv I nthe trensurv of
the -union. As ii result It nrHli.l
Secretary Hay was received here with
universal regret. Hundreds of expressions
of sorrow from prominent ofilccrs and
others are reaching American Minister
Grlscom. Secretary Hay's prominence In
Oriental diplomacy In recent years has
made his name familiar to those people
who have high confidence In his fairness.
A prominent Japanese said to the Asso
ciated Press today: '
"The people of the Far East have lost
, a great and just friend."
Skirmishes at the Front.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 2. The Em
porer has received the following telegram
from General IJnevltch:
"On the morning of June 23 our posts
retreated before a vigorous advance on
Belhe, btA on the arrival of our rein
forcements the enemy retired.
"On the same morning the Jnpancse ad
vanced from Nanshan Chensl to Loguchan
and from Julantsi to Wanheku."
Son-In-Lav Joins tho Party.
ALBANY. X. Y.. July 2. The body of
Secretary Hay pawed through Albany
this evening at 7:40. Assemblyman
Wadsworth. of Gencse, who is a son-ln-law
of Mr. Hay, Joined the party In thU
city.
Confessions of Gaston.
Topeka Qapltal.
I have noticed that after a man boards
round a while he takes a few matches out
of every box he passes.
I have made up my mind that at the
next art exhibit f shall enter one of our
cook's cherry pies.
Occasionally I s-till meet a man whose
Idea of a good time U a quart bottle of
whisky In each hip pocket.
I And It pretty cay to pick out the
shiftless man In a crowd. He's the one
who wears a est and no coat.
I have noticed that the parents ne.rer
take the trouble to get out "cards" an
nouncing the birth of the second babj.
I have figured it out and find that for
every fish caught 225 worms are sacri
ficed. It is my theory that chin whisker look
j as badly with a standing collar as they
i jo on a bicycle.
Sovenup is a good game, but I have
noticed that it has never been able to get
Into society.
If I wanted to start a scandal In a
country town I'd circulate the story that
the principal of the schools smoked.
The British Army Council has solemnly j
utciufu inai nercaner inc nan in ine Bar
rack mophead need not be handed Into store
when a uied-up mop Is exchanged for a
new one.
THIS STORE CLOSED ALL DAY TOMORROW JULY FOURTH
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Today's Bargain Bulletin
Buy All Needed Articles Today Store Closed Tomorrow.
$2.50 White Lawn Waists $1.48
Silk Shirtwaist Suits $15.00
$6.50 Silk Petticoats $3.98
White Walking Skirts $1.50
Tan Linen Walking Skirts $1 .75
White Linenette Goats $6.50
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"UINTAH INDIAN RESERVATION
SOON TO BE OPENED.
Letter Sent Out That Speaks or
'Connections Formed In thc
Land Office.'
SALT LAKE. Utah. July 2,-lSpecIal.)
Gentiles who desire to secure good homes
on the Uintah Indian reservation, to be
opened next September, will bo offered
special Inducements to take pnrt in the
drawing for lands on the reservation, an
organization of non-Mormons having been
formed for the purpose of defeating a
Mormon Church scheme to seize all the.
desirable sites in the reservation
A letter hns been sent out under di
rection of the church leaders. It Is un
derstood, though signed by the Wasatch
state presidency nnd the other oHlclals of
the church. Instructing them to organize
all the young Mormons In various wards
for the purpose of getting hold of ':he
reservation before the Gentiles come in.
The letter rends:
Inasmuch as the Uintah Indian reserva
tion territory Is nenrly all within the con
tines of Wasatch County, and over which
our ecclesiastical jurisdiction extends, It
Is de3'red by the first presidency that we
use our good offices In behalf of our peo
ple who may wish to settle there.
It Is presumed that the opportunity for
registering will commence July 1. when all
contemplating procuring kind upon the
reservation will be required to register In
person, after which a time will bo desig
nated when the drawing will commence.
While the manner of drawing will he
such that each person will starid an equal
show, and we. therefore, cannot assist In
procuring certain pieces of land for Indi
viduals, ret we are acquainting ourselves
with tract3 of land which we feel are
most desirable for settlement, and which,
through land office connections being
formed by us, can be chosen by those who
may be in touch with us.
The publication of a copy of this letter
here today aroused the Gentiles, who are
preparing to open an information bureau
Box Coats $4.50
J and begin a regular colonization propa
' ganda In opposition to the Mormon plan.
President Roosevelt will be asked to Issue
"Instructions that will make difficult the
; carrying out of the Mormon plan, while
the non-Mormons will endeavor to induce
Gentiles to take part in the drawing.
The reservation contains about 2.2SO.0O0
acres of land, most of It good agricultural
land, and the remainder rich In coal. Iron,
osphaltum, gold, silver, lead and copper.
It would easily support a population of
100,000 persons. The addition of 0,000 non
Mormons to Utah's population would be
sufficient to wrest the state from the con
trol of the Mormon Church, so that Gen
tiles would be enabled to compete with
Mormons In business on equal terms,
which Is not at present the case.
According to the present arrangements,
the drawing for lands in the reservation
will take place at the Vernal Land Office,
recently established through the efforts
of Senator Smoot. This Land Office Is a
long distance from the railroad and diffi
cult of access. It Is believed to have been
thus located In furtherance of the Mor
mon scheme to keep the Gentiles out.
Don B. Colton. a Mormon, Is Receiver,
and Charles Demolsy. a non-Mormon., Is
Register.
Though nominally a Gentile. Demolsy
Is fully under control of the Mormon
Church. He comes from Smoot's home
town of Provo and Is one of the apostle
Senator's most slavish advocates. De
molsy and Colton are the "Land Oftice
connections" referred to In the Mormon
letter. The officials of the -Western Fed
eration of Miners have taken the matter
up. actuated In part by the fact that the
Mormon Church Is an unrelenting foe to
organized labor, and in part by a desire
to get their members established In a
rich mining field.
The reservation Is close to the Colorado
line, nnd It Is believed large numbers of
miners from Colorado will endeavor to
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