TIIE BrORXIXG OREGOJflAJT, ITRTDAT, STAY IDOfl. 13 GIVES FREELY OF HIS MONEY How Fortune of D. K. Abrams Has Been Dissipated Is Told. SUIT OF HIS GUARDIAN Kffort Is Made to Have Deed to the Pacific University Set Aside, and Evidence Is Sub mitted to Court. Additional evidence was submitted In Judge Clfland's court yesterday in the suit of George W. Stapleton, guardian of li. K. Abrams, to set aside a. deed to the Pacific University, tending to show how easily Mr. Abrams was influenced to part with his money and his slight knowledge of careful business methods. Mr. Abrams owned stock In the firm of J. K. Jlaseltlne & Co.. which was after wards incorporated. The interest each held In the firm held good as stock In the corporation, and Mr. Abrams also ac--unlred stock in the corporation by deed . ing to it valuable wharf front property on the East 31de. This was testified to by J. E. Haseltine. The par value of the Haseltine & Co. stock was J100 a Bhare. Evidence was given that Mr. Abrams sur rendered 70 shares of stock to J. A. Ha seltine to cancel notes which Mr. Abrams had Issued in favor of Ezra Durand, who once conducted the Durand Organ Company, swindled his creditors, forged , notes and finally landed In the peniten tiary. Mr. Haseltine held these Durand Organ Company notes. Ed Campbell obtained a judgment against Mr. Abrams in Columbia County for 12428 on account of money lent. Addi son A. Llndslcy then represented Mr. Abrams as guardian. Mr. L.lndIey Is a brother-in-law of J. Thorburn Ross, manager of the Title Guarantee & Trust Co., which company holds the trust deed for the property given by Mr. Abrams to the Pacific University: Mr. Campbell aused an execution to be issued upon his . Indtrment and lew was made on 656 shares of stock of the Weatherly Cream ery Company, supposed to be worth about $8000, and 70 shares of stock ln J. E. Ha seltine & Co. The Creamery Company stock was bid in by Mr. Campbell for $6iS a share, and the Haseltine & Co. stock by J. Ambrose Haseltine for $1100 . par value 10O a share. This was in Sep tember, 1903. Mr. Llndsley -was soon afterwards re moved as guardian, said to hai'e been done at the Instigation of those opposed to the university deed, the Title Guar antee & Trust Company, the trustee, and Mr. UndRley, because he was the brother-in-law of J. Thorburn Ross. J. A. Haseltine testified that deeds were obtained from Mr. Abrams to his undi vided one-half Interest In 1300 acres and 1600 acres of land to secure Haseltine & Co. for $13,000 advanced to Abrams and represented by a judgment in the State Circuit Court in Columbia County. J. E. Haseltine sold nine acres of land for Mr. Abrams, and a mortgage for part of the purchase price, amounting to $7000. was collected. This was credited on the Ha seltine & Co. books on the $13,000 judg ment held against Mr. Abrams and the. $7000 '-was deposited' in the Trust National Bank as a credit against $36,000 indebted ness against Haseltine Co., for which Mr. Abrams and A. A. Knox were sure ties. J. E. Haseltine on Wednesday ad mitted that he owed this money, and deposited the deeds given by Mr. Abrams in the bank at the request of A. L.. Mills, who wanted additional security because Mr. Abrams was transferring all of his property. Milton W. Smith, attorney for the university, asked J. A. Haseltine to produce a statement of the account of $13,000 testified as owing by Mr. Abrams to Haseltine & Co. This Judgment was obtained by default. Service was made on . Mr. Abrams and afterwards on his guardian. Mr. L.indsley. The matter of the account has' not yet been disposed of George W. .Stapleton, the present guardian- In, Multnomah County, .testified that lie had not moved In the courts against the Campbell and Haseltine & Co. judg ments on the ground that they were ob tained at a time when Mr. Abrams was incompetent. He was not satisfied that he could legally do so. He thus testified In answer to questions by Milton W. Smith, who called his attention to a statute providing for the opening of a Judgment for irregularity within a year. William M. Cake testified that he in formed J. B. Haseltine when he obtained the Abrams deeds that lie did not think they were good If Mr. Abrams was in competent at the time of their execu tion. Mr. Cake appears as attorney for Mr. Haseltine. A. A. Knox, the partner of D. K. Abrams for 42 years, during which time, except three years, they have lived to gether, testified that there was not much difference In Mr. Abrams In the last eight or ten years except that ho was more easily Influenced. He signed quite a lot of notes for other people and had to pay heavy losses, and said he would never sign agraln. and did the same thing over again. Mr. Abrams was religiously In cllned, and placed confidence in religious men. A man with a strong mind could influence him and get most anything he asked for. The witness said he saw Professor Ferrln at the Ridgefleld farm talking to Mr. Abrams. but as he was out of the room most of the time, he did not know what occurred, and did not learn of the deal until six months later. Professor YV. N. Ferrln, for the de fense, testified that he had three differ ent Interviews with, Mr. Abrams concern ing the gift of $25,000 to the university, and that Mr. Abrams had previously promised" Rev. Mr. Shaver to do some thing. Mr. Abrams. in testifying, admitted that he made the gift freely and had previous ly made numerous gifts to the church. F. S. Akin tentlfied that he lent $SOO0 to Mr. Abrams on mortgage security. Mr. Abrams lent thbs money to L. U Poulson, a lumberman, without security. Hoffman Divorce Trial Begins. The trial of the suit of Lillian Hoffman against William Hoffman, a steamboat engineer, for a divorce, was begun In Judge Sears court yesterday, and will be continued today. The Hoffmans were, married in 1R7. and have three children, the youngest 14 months old and the eld est 7 years. The baby was in court with its mother, who accused her husband of cruel treatment. The litigants own a home on Union avenue, and Hoffman alFO has o tinioer claim wnlch the -wife says Is worth $2000. She asks for a share of the property, and the cuRtody of the chil dren. The attorneys engaged in the case are Claude Strahan, J. B. Hosford and J. E. Magers. Charges Cruelty and Desertion. Carrie Erlckson has begun suit in the State Circuit Court against Erlck Erlck son, to whom she was married in Kan sas in 1SS3. for a divorce. They have re cently resided on a farm near Eugene. Mrs. Erlckson alleges In her complaint that her husband is possessed of a very bad temper and has treated her in a cruel manner. She further charges him with desertion. They have four children, &ged 20, 11, 12 and. 8 years, respectively. f ' ,,ui.,ML.,- WS"SVj.,. 'lir - """""" ""T"" """ "" HIIIIH ...111! I I MS, t I 6" I w . 'Tilt V li J f 'jew V ' ' " i , 2 -jjte I- . A w :' "iwr J iJir' ' " . SJV v - - i i w . V j ' tenth. The rich corporations are the ones i , ' fc : who would suffer." V a ' - ' I 'v Mr- Baker will leave Portland tonight. v:-.. ' 1 . vv : Arrangements are being made to give a I v a . s!- ? 1 luncheon today In honor of Mr. Baker, i ' . , v 8 :'''' which will be attended by the single-tax '" x f"" - advocates of Portland. VsfU I - SPIRIT OF SAN FRANCISCO COLOMEL L. H. IIARRIMAXi AUCTIONEER. GREAT HORSE SALE Blooded Animals Find New Owners. BUYING INTEREST IS KEEN Record-Makers and Speed Prospects Will , Go Under the Hammer, and Some Fine Horses Are Offered. Forty-three more blooded horses changed owners yesterday at the Irv ington track. The buying interest was better represented than on the first day. Some handsome horses were sold and prices held at about the same average as before. This breeders' sale means much to the horse-producing industry of the Northwest. Today's sale will carry the "Made in Oregon" brand. Some of the best offerings will appear and will show what the home horsemen are producing. The record horses and speed prospects will come under the- hammer today, also some perfectly-mannered drivers and sad dle horses. The Tongue estate stable, the Buddeley "Cautions." a pair of fast pac inf mares from Salem, two great Com monwealths and a Boodle trotter from Sprlngbrook. Krlckson's Diablo fillies and other fine specimens of equine nobility in this part of the sale com pare favorably with the consignments from other states. At 9 o'clock the speed prospects will be worked out, and some fast brushes are expected. Rex Montgomery will' show his seven gaits, and many citisens who go out this morning on the street-cars may return tonight on horseback. Yester day's sales were: TidlUo, ch. jr.. by P'ar Ruby. William Frailer. Portland. Or.. $-10. Jtm Stone, b. g., Iy Alcone. J. A. Scamon, Wenatehee. Wash.. 13S. Alarm, h. g.t by Alcone, J. M. Murchie, North Yakima. tW. CVntaia, b. ra., by Alcone, C. F. Brown, l.Vk Kraka and Dorothea, to. m...r Malcolm, J A. Scamon. Wenalchee, Wash.. $341o. Donilnu. br. g.. by Vice-Regent, J. W. Ballev. Portland. $2 5. Seaman, b. K., ty Alcone. J. A. Jonca. SprlnKbrcKik. Or.. $20". Mancus. ch. a. by Alondra. J. A. Scamon, Wnatcher. Wash.. $10S. Coly and Vlnl. b. g.. by Oyr Falcon. C. C. Ferguson, Newberg, Or.. $25. Phoebe, br. m.. bv Srcial TelefiTam, J. J. Larsen. Fellingham. Wash., 1. Setrno. b. m., by Lambert Hoy. Charles F. Bmwn. VVenatchee. -Va-h.. $17.ri. Oirasol, b m.. by Alfonso. J. A. Scamon, Wenatchee, Wah., $130. Orescent, b. a-., by Lambert Boy, C. Gates, Belllngham. wash.. J110. Vain. b. m.. by Malcolm, C. F. Brown, IVenatehe. Wash., Ianseuse.. b. m., by Aleone, J. M. Atkin son. Newherg. Or., $125. Kleeev Cloixl. -r. m.. by Vice-Regent, C. B. Williams, Portland. Or.. tlKO. Brake, b. g.. by Alcone, D. McKeown, Grepham, Or., $170. Maharajah, b. s., by Alcone, A. McDougal, Tacoma, $1.V. Kelno. b. (. . by Keeler, J. M. Moore, Port land. Or.. S1SO. Troubadour, b. by Jubilee da Jarnetto. W. AY. Smith, Lafayette, On., 15 SCENES AT THE HORSE SALE Golden Robin, ch. g.. by Jubilee de Jar nette, A. J Johnson. Corvallls, Or.. $12K. Brlda-ett. dun m. bv Kalltan, J. W. Sween ey. Portland. Or.. $115. Exaris. b. ., by Expedition. J. A. Mundy, Vancouver, Wash., $300. Nat. ch. g.. by Pilot Lane, B. D. Gelser, Portland, Or.. $210. Inland I.ano ami Teddy, 'eh. g., hy Pilot Lane, J. A. Brown, Portland, Or.. $370. Boston Jr.. ch. a., by Boston, V W. Smith. Lafayette, Or., $1!W. Thomas H.. b. jr., by Lovelace, E. C. John son. Portland', Or.. $BS0. Can't Tell, thoroughbred s.. by Satsuma, C. E. Brown. Wenatchce. YVaFh.. $2'V. Royal Kagle. br. g., by Vice-Regent, F. Joplln. Portland. Or.. $17K. Bismuth, b. g. by Alfonso. Joplln & Meek. Portland, Or.. $150. . Alt, b. g.. bv Alcone, M. J. Driscoll, Port land. Or.. $145. Kl Monarch, b. g., bv Alfonso, L. H. Tarpley. Portland. Or.. $250. Sirocco and Trade Wind, b. m., bv Star Ruby. R. L. Bewley. Sheridan. Or., $850. Vonduc, b. g., by Vice-Regent, and Lar, b. g., bv Alcone, E. S. McCord, Seattle, $40O. Bob White, br. g., by Gyr Falcon, H. J. Morrison. Portland, Or., $205. Ba-,11, b. g.. by Alcone, I. C. Scherlr, Port, land. Or.. $115. Red Ruff, ch. g., by Vice-Regent, R. Hark Ir.e. Mount Tabor, Or.. $170. Coalla, bl. m.. by Alfonso, A. P. Morse, Portland. Or.. $205. BITTER ATTACK DN JEROME EX-CON'GRESSMAX BAKER DISTRICT ATTORNEY. OS Single-Tax Advocate Says District Attorney Is a Tool of the Rich. "District Attorney Jerome, of New York, once said that Thomas Jefferson was a faker. This is peculiarly applicable to himself as he is the defender of some of tile most colossal thieves in America. If New York had a District Attorncy with any conception of duty to the people, some of the richest men in the world would be behind prison bars within six months." This remark was made by Robert Baker, Congressman from .New York from 1903 to 1905. who is now a guest at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Baker Is a single-tax advocate, the promulgation of which movement he is making hla ife's work. Mr. Baker said last night that District Attorney Jerome, the idol of the masses of New York City, was nothing more than a representative of the weathy men implicated in the recent insurance dis closures. He said that such men as Bel mont, Ryan, Rogers and others supplied him with $100,000 for campaign expenses. He says that District Attorney Jerome instead of aiding does nearly everything within his power to hinder the investiga tion of the Insurance companies. "Single-tax is simply a plan to absorb through taxation the rental value of land," said Mr. Baker last night. "If it were applied it would have the effect virtually to create a lot of free land. No individual or corporation would take up more land than it could use and there would be no more withholding of land from use as there Is now. The tendency Is to lock up the land. Single-tax would solve the surplus labor problem as it would provhie work. The farmers who are the ones who would be benefited more than any others by the adoption of the single-tax mode of taxation are hard to interest. They now pay fully one-half of the taxes of the country, but with aiatle-iax tiiex Wjouia say, teas (baa one- AT IRVINGTON RACETRACK Mrs. Herbert J. Gosliner Writes Hopeful Letter to Parents. , The San Francisco spirit is strongly manifested in a letter sent by Mrs. Herbert J. Gosliner (nee Miss Estelle B. Samuel) to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Li. Samuel, of this citj'. Speaking of the business of her hus band. Mrs. Gosliner says that the workshop of her husband's electric works is being constructed in the back yard of their residence.. The parlor was rented to the company for office pur poses and another large concern occu pies two former guest chambers of the house for their temporary office. Mrs. Gosliner speaks of the ruins of San Francisco which remind her of an an jMimiiMwi- cient city, but is enthusiastic in her statement that they will not leave and hope to be better off in a short time than tuey were ever before. The only thing- lacking is postage stamps, but all supplies so far are free. It is impossible to buy them and Mrs. Gosliner concludes her letter with the statement that she will be glad when the stores reopen for business. REGISTRATION FV Mn.TXO.HAH COUNTY TO IATK. Republicans 16.711 Democrats , 3,'M)7 Miscellaneous l.Oal Total 21,739 T 4 Binger Hermann's Trial Set. The -trial of Binger Hermann has been set for the first week in June. Francis J. Hency will go to Washing ton to take charge of the prosecution. This will necessitate the postponement of some of the Oregon land-fraud cases unless District Attorney Bristol takes up some of Ih Heney indictments, in which ho is directly interested. MH. J If!- : J' & O0 l$Mlllilll mm 1" O . P""! F" r! iP EL''-'-'sa I """ 1!3 r i Ai.i ir r tnv 13 I 1 I TO-MOR1ROW at the signof the UNITED Shield a UNITED CIGAR STORE will be opened in this city at 147 Third Street. . SiaTtjIOTT A INDUCEMENTS AND SOUVENIRS. And something to ilMh U. 4 Ii A U J ask for on coming in-a UNITED CIGAR STORE value CAPT. MARRYAT Invincible. The price 4-for-25 cts., box of 25, $1.59. the cigar a proof of our proposition. UNITED CIGAR STORES COMPANY ' " 4ttumMm jp-wpuiM- rfp-""f,nj WHiHim-m. iiHm- rfnwmM M ENT 0 F REEDVILLE RANCH Witnesses Praise Administra tion of the Property Un der W. M. Ladd. TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE Hired Girl of Foreman Wiesenbach of the Farm Paid Out of the Johnson JEstate Funds, It Is Developed. Evidence that W. M. Ladd is a gentle man farmer of the school made famous by the comic weekly Jokesmiths was one of the features of the hearing of the de fense in the matter of the petition of the Johnson heirs for Mr. Liadd's removal as administrator, taken up before Judge Webster in the County Court yesterday afternoon. On . the cross-examination of J. J. Wlesenbach, superintendent of the Reedvllle ranch, which is among the properties of the A. H. Johnson estate alleged to have been mismanaged by the administrator, it developed that Mr. Ladd has not only been paying the superin tendent a salary of $3S a month and "found" for himself and his family, but at one time paid, also, the wages of Wicsenbach's servant girl. As Gentleman Farmer. Attorney H. H. Rlddell, who was con ducting the examination of witnesses for the heirs, seized upon Wiesenbach's ad mission of this fact with avidity as proof or the contention of his clients that, while Mr. Ladd was thoroughly at home amid the plate glass and polished mahog any of his city bank, he was out of his element when he tried to make farming pay Wiesenbach's testimony on direct ex amination was very favorable to the ad minlstrator. He testified that when he was placed in charge of the Reedville ranch in August, 1W0, he found the place badly run down. Since that time, he stated, he has built a new farmhouse, re paired the various outbuildings, rebuilt or repaired all the fences, slashed 60 acres of the uncleared land, conducted consld erable valuable experiment work with fodder iplants. etc., and added to the stock and equipment until the ranch was now making a profit. Deficit for Ranch. " It is this ranch that Administrator Ladd reports has cost the estate to oper ate more than $18,000 since 1898. making during that time only about $1Z,476 and piling up a net deficit of $6305. The facts regarding the payment of the servant girl"s wages by the administra tor came out while Attorney Rlddell was going over a list of the administrator's vouchers wltn the witness. He found a woman's name sandwiched in among those of the various hired men employed on the place and demanded to know how it came there. "Oh, she's the hired girl," answered Wlesenbach. On redirect examination Attorney Rich ard Williams, for the administrator, de veloped the fact that the hired girl was not a fixture on the ranch, but had been 'ft MANAGE j D) C$n employed during an illness of tha super intendent's wife. The .principal witnesses for the defense, in addition to the Reedville farm super intendent, were T, D. Honeyman and Ben Selling, prominent Portland business men, who are large creditors of the estate.' They testified that Mr. Ladd s manage ment of its affairs was thoroughly satis factory "to them and that they believed no man could have done better in pro tecting the. assets and converting them Into cash. Mr. Selling was especially emphatic in bis praise of the administra tor's course. The lawyers on the other side attempt ed to show, on the cross-examination of Mr. Honeyman. that about a year ago he bad not been so well pleased with the Ladd administration. Mr. Honeyman ad mitted that he had retained a lawyer to look into the matter to ascertain why claims again the estate were not being settled more rapidly, but had assured himself that all was being done that could be done to hasten payments to the cred itors. Sale of Large Block of Stock. Other witnesses who testified were M. M. Spaulding and J. F. O'Shea, who told of the sale of a certain large block of packing-house stock, which had come into the hands of the administrator. It had been disposed of at par. they stated, and at the best possible advantage to the heirs. The hearing yesterday consumed but a. small part of the .afternoon. Further tes timony in behalf of the administrator will be taken next Friday, when" Judge Web ster will devote the entire day to the case. Sues to Quiet Title. The Victor Land Company has sued" William Kennedy and J. C. Havely and wife to quiet title to seven lots in Wood stock. The plaintiff holds a tax title. Appointed Estate's Administrator. . Herbert Clayton was appointed In th County Court yesterday administrator of the estate of Mary D. Clayton, valued at $2500. TWO GANGS ARE AT WORK Progress on Mount Tabor-Penlnsu-lar Pipe Line. Work on the Mount Tabor and Penin sular pipe line to connect with the higti service reservoir Is progressing. Pipei has been laid from the upper reservoir down to West avenue, thence to the Base line road and one-half mile west on the Basa line road. The steam trench digging ma chine has been abandoned, and the pipe laying is now being df.ne by hand. The machine was used on the first part of the work between the reservoir and the Base line road, but did not seem power ful enough to tear up the hard ground on the roads. There are two gangs of men at work one on the Base line road, of about 40 men, and another about two miles fur ther on down, the pipe line. The pipe is 24 Inches in diameter and is capable of supplying 35,000 people. Mount Tabor and Montavllla are confi dent that they will be supplied with Bull Run water from this pipe, and are hoping to escape another Summer short age such as they have been experienc ing for several years past. It will take two or three months to complete this pipe line. Two Clubs Will Ratify. The Young Men's Democratic Club and the Multnomah Democratic Club will hold a Joint meeting tonight in Unity Hall, Second and Morrison streets, for the purpose of ratifying the state ticket. John Montag is pres ident of the Young Men's Club, and A. E Ream., of the Multnomah organi zation. All of the Democrats are In vited to be present. J jf"""11 rf-1-'- fc