THE BIORXTXG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1906-
REV. OB. KIRTLEY
AT WHITE TEMPLE
Illinois Preacher Heard by
Large Audiences Morning
and Evening.
TAKES TEXT FROM PSALMS
'God's Gentleness to Man" Morning
Theme, and In Evening He Ex
horts Hearers to Take Opti
mlstlo View ot Life.
Rev. James S. Kirtley, D. T.. of El
Bin, 111., filled the pulpit In' the Whits
Temple yesterday In the absence of Rev.
Dr. Brougher the pastor. He preached
morning and evening to large and ap
preciative audiences. His morning text
was from Psalms xvll:36, "Thy gentle
ness hath made me great." He said:
"David was really great and he rightly
claims that God's gentleness made him
so. This statement is not mere raphsody
tout the discovering to us of a great
'truth. One can be great only as God's
gentleness makes him so.
"Gentleness is not weakness. There can
be no gentleness without strength. Gen-
FRE ACHES AT WHITE TEMPLE.
Rev. Dr. James 8. Kirtley.
tleness Is strength put under restraint.
God's gentleness makes us great in four
ways: It mattes room for us to grow In;
it establishes contact with him; it brings
us Into co-operation with him. It makes
us in turn gentle like him, and gentle
ness la the highest form of self-corn'
mand.
"God makes himself gentle toward us
In two -cays. He first puts himself with
in the limitation of the human Christ and
speaks to us with a human voice. He
wins us by the gracious holy spirit-"
At the evening service he took for his
lesson Matthew vll:ll, "Many shall come
from the East and the West and sit down
with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob
in the kingdom of God."
He took an optimistic view of life and
pointed out to his congregation many of
the hidden virtues. The following ex
cerpts from his sermon are indicative of
its substance:
"Many virtues are quiet and unassum
ing. These passive virtues cannot always
assert themselves. Many rub the wrong
way and say the wrong thing when only
God knows how much they would give
to rub the right way or say the right
thing. Again, we do not see them because
many people who have them and have
power to express them ace not in a
position to do so. Especially is this true
of the bread-earners.
"We often do not see these virtues be
cause- we have no eyes to see them and
bcause we don't know them when we do
see them. We are treading on acres of
diamonds and we see them not. We are
face to face with angels and we know
It not.''
Dr. Kirtley paid an eloquent tribute to
Northwestern scenery, but reminded his
hearers that the mountain peaks of hu
man grandeur rise around them full as
high as Hood. Rainier and St. Helens.
He closed with a few exhortations.
"Look for the best," he said. "There
are others to look for the worst and
there are people who need to be told that
there Is good in them. Give expression
to the best that Is in you and you may
suppress the wrong. Do not be discour
aged if others do not recognize your
worth.
SPEAKS OX "TRUE MANLINESS'
Large Congregation Greets Return
of Dr. E. L. House.
Dr. Houae was in his own pulpit again
after an absence of two weeks, having
attended Chautauqua at Ashland, where
he preached one of the sermons of the
assembly and conducted a Bible confer
ence. The class grew in numbers from
the flrat, and closed with over 150 mem
bers. A large Summer congregation
greeted him as be appeared again In his
own pulpit. He said:
"The subject of true manliness is one
that commends Itself to the nobler in
stincts of our nature. True manliness
does not consist in the strength and size
of the human body. Physical strength
and a large body may add dignity to
true manliness, but they do not consti
tute the ' thing itself. Manliness is to
be distinguished from mere talents or
scholarship. Success Is not manliness.
Jay Gould and James Fisk were both
called successful men, but who would
say that they had ideal manliness? Nor
la genius, however splendid, a substitute
for manhood. The world owes more to
Its plain, duty loving John Howards and
George Peabodys and Henry Wilsons than
to all its tierce, fitful, lurid Byrons and
Poes.
"Now positively manliness means truth
fulness. I mean by this that there should
be a disposition in us to speak of facts
exactly as they appear to us, without
any exaggeration or deduction. It does
not follow that we shall see things ex
actly as they are, for every man wears
his own spectacles for seeing. Truth is
vital. A man is already of consequence
In the world, when it is known that he
can be relied upon to tell the truth.
Another characteristic of manliness Is in
tegrity. According to Its derivation it
means wholeness, soundness: and so free
dom from moral diseases. The man who
can be bribed to do what he knows is
wrong is not upright, he Is not sound.
A Judge who will sell what is called
justice for money is a plague spot on
the body politic. The legislator -who wm
vote contrary to the light that, is in
him for a. consideration has sold himself
and as a manly man is a complete fail
ure.
Another element inmanliness is good
ness. It shows Itself in considerateness
for others. With his usual genius Bunyan
has made his most attractive character
to be "Great Heart", in his Pilgrim's
Progress. Sensitiveness, considerateness.
great heartedness tnese maxe a man
manly. We would also say that moral
courage and self-control have much to
do with manliness. Young manhood, es
pecially, is a time of impulses, passions
and unrealized experiences. Never allow
any of these to master judgment and
conscience. Follow the ideal life given
hv Christ as much as in one lies, ana
true- manliness will manifest itself to
all who see you in the daily walks of
life."
'LOVE OF GOD FOR WORLD.
Theme of Rev. W. L. Upshaw at Mis
sissippi-A-venue Church. v
Rev W. L. TJDShaw. pastor of the Mis
sissippi-Avenue Congregational Church,
last evening spoke on "The Love of God
for the World." Mr. Upshaw said:
"I am going to give you a change to
night. I have been giving you Hell and
the Judgment' for several weeks, but now
we will look on the other side of the pic
ture." Mr. Upshaw then gave an exposition or
the text, "For God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten son that
whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life." He
pointed (Jut the boundless love of Christ
for the world and for man, and in closing
said:
'My friends, the philosophy of the
atonement as laid down in the Bible is
the most profound and wonderful philos
ophy the world ever saw or heard. The
Christian doctrine is a perfect whole. Tou
take out one doctrine and the others are
irrational, but you put them all together
and they are a perfect system.
"For example, if you become a Uni
tarian and take out the deity of Christ,
the atonement becomes irrational. If you
take out the humanity of Christ and have
Jesus Christ only divine, the atonement
becomes irrational, but you take all that
the Bible says that God was in Christ and
that in Christ the word became flesh, reaf
man. God manifest in the flesh, and the
atonement of Christ is the most profound
ly and wonderfully philosophical truth the
world has ever seen. -God's love was a
holy love, and some of you are repaying
that love with hate.
"Some people so bitterly hate God that
they are trying to find fault with the doc
trine of the atonement, trying to make
themselves believe that. Christ did not die
on the cross for them.
'If you loved . God you would not stop
to ask the philosophy of it. You would
lift your heart in gratitude and praise to
God that he so loved you that he gave his
son to die for you." ,
DOWIE IN TABERNACLE.
Says He Expects to Be in Control of
Zlon Wednesday.
CHICAGO, July 22. John Alexander
Dowie held his first meeting in the
Tabernacle at Zion City since the meet
ing was broken up in a riot six weeks
ago. Dowie's physical condition was
such that he had to be lifted upon the
platform. He spoke less than ten min
utes, and was apparently unaer tne
greatest physical strain, being unable
to rise from the chair without help.
In concluding his brief address, Dowie
said :
"I expect to take full charge of Zlon
City next Wednesday night."
YEARN FOR OLD HOME
(Continued trom Fint Page.)
there has been much suffering. In fact,
there has been more suffering than need
be, for the tangled system of relief has
kept bed and blankets from hundreds of
refugees, who have known neither . mat
tress nor covering since the disaster.
Plague of Special Writers.
San Franolsco is suffering from a
plague of special writers. One of them
sent on such a tale of woe to Chicago
that the city authorities here have taken
cognizance of its mendacity. The writer
saw no new skyscrapers piercing the blue
and then let out a long wall that reached
across the continent.
It might be well to see Just . what the
situation Is. In the first place, it would
be well could the outside world under
stand that the Are is still burning. In
ruins of the Russ House this week were
found great beds of burning debris which
made it Impossible to handle the bricks.
Nevertheless at this early stage the ruins
have been turned into a great human
hive where 35,000 men are at work clean
ing and reconstructing. Ten thousand
more could be employed were they to
be had.
Teams, scrapers, derricks, engines and
cars give the lower end of the city the
appearance of a great railroad camp.
When the wind rises and the dust blows
the similarity is even more striking.
Every day notes an advance where these
men are laboring, but still the comple
tion of the task can be seen only in the
dim distance. The reason is this: The
work is the most stupendous ever under
taken by man.
In comparison with the rebuilding of
San Francisco the Panama Canal is a
small contract- It will cost about J200,
000.000 less. In " view of this fact one
need not look to see the streets of San
Francisco lined with skyscrapers by
Christmas, in fact not for several Christ-
mases, but if one can read the signs'
aright it Is as sure to come in its own
due time as is the dally rising of the
sun.
Skyscrapers Are Going Up.
Looking from the Call building the
writer can count 18 skycrapers not seri
ously injured by either fire or earth
quake, and from each of them comes the
sound which tells of repairs. Eleven new
skyscrapers are projected' In this vicin
ity. More than 4000 temporary wooden
structures dot the burned area. Are not
these the signs by which men may read
the future?
More potent than any of these Is the
fact revealed in figures beyond dispute
that San Francisco through all the try
ing days never lost her trade. Last week
the clearing-house showed that the busi
ness of the city was 12 per cent greater
than In the like week of last year. The
figurs for this week show trade 15 per
cent greater than in the like period of
1905.
"How do you explain this remarkable
showing?" was asked of Manager Sleeper,
of the clearing-house.
"It simply shows that the city never
lost its trade," he said.
Boy's Life Saved br Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and luarmoea Remedy.
M little boy. 4 years old. had a severe
attack of dysentery. We had two physi
cians; Dotn oi tnem gave mm up. vve
then rave him Chamberlain's Colic. Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy and believe
that it saved his life. William H. Stroling,
Carbon Hill, Ala. There is no doubt but
this remedy saves the lives of many chil
dren eacn year. ive it witn castor oil,
urcordiner to the plain printed directions
and a cure is certain. For sale by ail
druggists.
SERMONS HT CLOSE
Dr. Locke and Dr. Baker De
light the Chautauquans.
CARS TO THE GROUNDS
Next Year It Is Expected More Sat
isfactory Transportation Facili-
ties Will Be Prepared for Vis
r ' ltors to the Assembly.
OREGON CITY. Or.. July 22. (Special.)
The concluding session of thia year's-
assembly of the Willamette valley (jnau
tauqua Association was held tonight, Dr.
Charles Edward Locke, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., preaching the sermon, at the close of
which the audience Joined in singing "God
Be With You Till We Meet Again." in
the afternoon Dr. Ernest E. Baker, of
Oakland, Cal., preached a most Interest
ing sermon and for the fourth time dur
ing this year's assembly delighted a large
audience.
Parsons' Orchestra gave a sacred con
cert at the auditorium at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. An interesting feature of to
day's concert was the singing by Mrs.
H. R. Duniway. of Portland, of National
airs, with orchestral accompaniment.
The financial result of this year's as
sembly is not known, but the attendance.
with the exception of the concluding days,
was -not up to the average and the prooa
bilitles are that a small deficit may con
front the stoclcholdera. The management
this year experienced a number of serious
disappointments in the failure of a num
ber of their best talent to respond and
fulfill their respective engagements, cir
cumstances the Chautauqua officials were
unable to control. These disappointments
came at the. -very last minute, and sub
stitute lecturers were engaged to the very
best advantage. Among the talent that
had been engaged and then failed to be
able. to respond were: Rabbi Leon Har
rison, of St. Louis, Mo.; Professor B. R.
Baumgardt, the astrologist, of Los An
geles, Cal.; and Dr. W. C. Sherman, of
Sacramento, Cal.
Before next year's assembly Is convened
it is quite probable that improved trans
portation facilities will have been provid
ed for reaching the Chautauqua grounds.
While the service of the Southern Pacific
Company has been good, the indirectness
of its connections with the Chautauqua
grounds at the one end and the depot as
the other terminus is naturally inconven
ient in its operation.
Representatives of the Oregon Water
Power & Railway Company, as it has
been reorganized, have conferred with the
Chautauqua management, and the build
ing of a branch line from the main line
to the Chautauqua grounds and a resump
tion of the former satisfactory street-car
service to Gladstone Park is among the
probabilities for next year's session. The
question of convenient and satisfactory
transportation is the important matter
with the Chautauqua people, and more
than any other one consideration, talent
alone excepted, concerns the success of
the efforts of the association.
A new feature of Chautauqua Ufa this
Beason was the kindergarten, under the
auspices of the Home Training Associa
tion, of Portland. It has been called the
"garden spot of Chautauqua." That the
Interest in this particular work did not
wane was manifested by the throngs of
visitors attending the last day s session.
The teacher, Mrs. A. H. Burkholder, won
the affections of not only the children and
their parents, but of all those who day by
day watched her splendid methods, her
patience and untiring efforts in her work.
Large numbers of Chautauquans took
advantage of the physical culture work
offered this year under the direction of
Professor A. M. Grllley, of the Portland
Y. M. C. A., more than 200 persons being
enrolled in the various classes. In the
junior contest the first prize was won by
George Olsen, with 45 points; Harry Har-
greaves second, 25 points; Mark Emery
third, 16 points. The enrollment in the
different classes was as follows: Ladies'
clas3 in Indian clubs, 35; ladies' class in
calisthenics, 75; girls' class, 40; boys' class,
35; men's class, 10.
Last Thursday George H. Himes, of
Portland, offered three small, cash prizes
to young people under IS years of age,
who would bring In the first, second and
third largest collection of twigs from the
forest trees found on the Chautauqua
grounds. The awards were made yesterday
afternoon at the tent of the Oregon His
torical Society, as follows, all of the com
petitors being from Portland:
Miss Eleanor Palmer, 912 East Yamhill
street, whose list was as follows: White
fir, red nr. oak, dogwood. Balm of Gilead,
large-leaved maple, vine maple, ash, chit-
tim wood, crabapple, spirea (two varie
ties), Oregon grape, poison oak, raspberry,
thimble berry, hazel, willow, gooseberry,
service berry, syrlnga, salal, huckleberry,
snowball, . ceanothus or soap bush, oso
berry, wild rose, large and dwarf 2.
Harold Smith, 1005 Hawthorne avenue
White fir, red fir, oak, dogwoods Balm
of Gilead, large-leaved maple, vine ma
ple, ash, chittim, crabapple, spirea (three
varieties), Oregon grape, poison oak, rasp
berry, thimble berry, hazel, willow,
huckleberry, blackhaw, service berry,
salal, snowball, syringa, blackberry, wild
rose, large and dwarf 28.
Arthur Tobey, 1196 East Taylor street-
White fir, red fir, oak, ash, dogwood,
Balm of Gilead, large-leaved maple, vine
maple, chittim, crabapple, spirea (three
varieties), Oregon grape, poison oak,
huckleberry, service berry, oso berry,
Biackoerry, nazel, syrlnga, willow, snow.
ball, wild rose, large and dwarf.
Miss Miriam Oberg, 407 East Tenth Red
Or, oak, ash, dogwood, vine maple, spirea
(two varieties), blackberry, oso berry.
thimble berry, hazel, sweet brier, chittim.
Oregon grape, syringa, ceonothus or soap
bush, snowball, wild rose, large and
dwarf.
The first two, being tied, received an
equal sum; the third third prize, and
tne fourth, honorable mention.
BODY IS FOtXD BESIDE IiOG
Union County Sheepherder Had
Been Bead Several Bays.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. July 22. (Spe
cial.) A message was received today from
the toll gate, 30 miles southeast of here.
that the body of John Prel was found
early this morning about 30 miles east
of there, across the Little Salmon River.
Prel was a sheep herder for Martin Mc-
Cumber, a sheepman of Union Countv.
Oregon, and had been dead for six or
seven days when his body was discov
ered. McCumber did not disturb or examine
the body, but immediately started for
toll gate, where the nearest telephone
Is located, and notified the Sheriff and
Coroner of Union County. He was un
able to tell whether the man had been
murdered or had accidentally killed him.
self. He said the body was found lean
ing against a log, while- his rifle was
leaning against the other side of the same
log.
DROWXI'D IX RESERVOIR DAM
George Durand, of Portland, Is
Overcome With Cramps.
LEWISTOJf. Idaho. July 22. (Special.
George Durand, of Portland, was over
come by cramps while swimming this
afternoon in the dam of the Sweetwater
irrigation reservoir near this city and
was drowned about 4 o'clock. His body
was recovered by companions and now
lies in the morgue of Coroner Vasser,
who has communicated with the Chief
of Police at Portland in ' an effort to
locate relatives of the dead man.
In Durand 's clothes was found a card
of Fisher, Thorsen & Co., of Portland,
and the young man had told several peo
ple that he was formerly in the employ
of the Portland company. He was 22
years old and came here a few weeks
ag In company with Miles Thompson, of
Portland, and secured employment on the
farm of Alexander Stevens near this
city.
While in swimming this afternon Du
rand left the water once because of
cramps, but recovering ventured in again.
His companions made every effort to save
him. but he sank before assistance could
arrive. His body was recovered by other
young men who dived for it
MURDER CATTSEB BY JEALOUSY
Helena Man Suspected Another of
. Alienating Wife's Affections.
HELENA, July 21 Fired with insane
jealousy and a desire for revenge because
he believed a trooper of the Third caval
ry. Fort Assiniboine, had alienated his
wife's affections, Charles D. Schmidt.
aged 23 years, a water Inspector, instant
ly killed his wife, aged 19 years today
by a charge from a shotgun and soon
after turned the weapon upon himself,
but the injury is not fatal.
Mrs. Bowers, who lives in the flat
above, burst in the door and found Mrs.
Schmidt in a faint. She started to take
her outside, but Schmidt stopped her.
She persisted, but just as she started
out Schmidt fired at the prostrate ngure.
MICHAEL SWEENY ACQUITTED
Shooting of Mitchell at Camp Bird
Was Done in Self-Defense.
fiRANGEVTLLE. Idaho. July 22. (Spe
cial.) Because the testimony of the 20
witnesses examined by tne prosecution
and defense went to show he had acted
in self-defense, Michael Sweeny, brother
of Charles Sweeny, the Spokane million
aire, was yesterday completely exonerat
ed In Justice Hotchkiss' court of the
charge of killing "Dog Joe" Mitchell in
the Oro Grande Mining District june zs.
The charge against Andrew Frader,
Sweeny's partner, was also withdrawn.
Sweeny announced tonight that he will
return at once to the Camp Bird mine
to resume the assessment work which
was interrupted by the tragedy.
AT THE THEATERS
Wbat the Press Agents Say,
1yric Opening Today.
This afternoon the new bill for thl week
has Its opening at the Lyric Theater. The
play Is "A. Wife's Peril an uncommonly
bright and. well-written melodrama ot the
higher class. The scenes are In Ens-land and
In Italy. It tells the story of a man who,
when away from home, has the misfortune
to be deserted by his wife. The husband ana
wife are reconciled at last at the deathbed
of their child, and the wronged man fights a
duel with his wife's betrayer. The situations
are strong and the dialogue bright. A good
deal of comedy is interwoven as the high
lights of the picture.
Miles Pictures at the Baker.
Professor Harry A. Hellwegan, who was
instrumental in bringing the San Francisco
Disaster Company to the Baker Theater, is
now exhibiting the famous Miles Brothers
movlng'plctureB of that great disaster. By
special request he will continue his engage
ment, giving two shows dally. The matinee
begins at 2:15 and evening performance at
8:15. Over 2000 feet of films are shown.
and upward of 200 slides, two of which are
thrdwn on the canvas at the same time
showing scenes before and after the fire.
The engagement is limited, and the oppor
tunity of seeing the only genuine moving
pictures of this great calamity should not
be missed.
Hale's Tour This Week.
During the week commencing July 23 a
ride through the famous Cripple Creek
mining district will be added to the many
attractions at Hale's Tour of the World, at
109 Sixth -street. The tourist enters a sta
tionary observation car, feels the motion of
the wheels and the swaying of the car- on
rounding curves, hears the conductor's "All
aboard!" the whistle, the bell, and seeming
ly starts on a Journey. Under the shadow
of towering . mountains, over high bridges,
through tunnels and chasms, and past fields
of waving grain the passenger Is hurried
along. These special trains leave daily, the
Ilrst at 10 o clock A. M. sharp.
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Change of BUI at Grand.
This !a the day that the Grand changes Its
programme, and, beginning with the mat
inee, .there will be a vaudeville entertain
ment worth going a mile to see. Edith
Dombey and Company will be the feature.
in the dramatic novelty, "Her Last Chance.
Another act of special Interest la "Carlssi-
ma," played by Cora Beech Turner and Com
pany. It is a picturesque affair, with special
scenery and elaborate costumes. France
Folsom and Boy will contribute some musical'
numbers In an original manner. John Burke
Is listed to sing that latest song hit, "Sister.
and the Grandlscope will contribute an
amusing film.
New Farce at Star.
'Three Men 1n a Cupboard", the title of
the lively farce which the Star Stock Com
pany will give all this week, starting with
the matinee today. The farce Is one whlca
has been a success elsewhere and It has
never been seen here in the past. There is
never a dull nor inactive moment while the
curtain Is up. The usual proportion of
brand-new musical hit win be contributed..
For the vaudeville department there will be
some notable specialties. Maude Beatty, for
merly of the Tlvoll, and who Just closed her
season with the San Francisco Opera Com
pany will be heard In a number of selec
tions while Harry Jolson will tell stories.
New pictures and an illustrated song will be
other ltema
Forests Unnatural Death.
"The Story of a Forest" In St.' Nicholas.
The life of nearly all forests Is cut short
by fire or by the hand of the lumberman.
When a spruce forest is entirely destroyed
by fire, young spruces do not at bnce
spring up and cover the burned area. The
seed-bearing cones have been burned, and
the spores and seeds of other plants which
are readily carried by the wind find their
way in first. The task of preparing for
the forest is begun again, but this time it
is to be a shorter one. The first year
after the fire, mosses and often tiny flow
ering plants appear. These are replaced
by the fireweed, and other flowers whose
seeds are provided with hairs so that they
reach such places quickly. These are Soon
Joined by raspberries, roses and other
bushes. Among these the young seedlings
of aspens appear In -a very few years.
The latter grow rapidly and in a score of
years form a low, sunny forest. An aspen
forest makes a brilliant contrast with the
dark green forests of spruce.
Gentle Woman aa Poisoner.
Le Matin of Paris.
In cases of criminal poisoning a woman
is nine times out of ten found to be the
guilty party. Poisoning is a feminine
crime par excellence. The Hindu prac
tice of condemning young widows to be
burned alive on the biers of their hus
bands was a sort of preventive measure
against conjugal poisoning.
Mi GO WITH HENEY
Irvin Rittenhouse Liked by
Land-Fraud Prosecutor.
HAS SHOWN GREAT ABILITY
Government Employe W ho Has Fig
ured in Bringing Land Ring to
Justice Probably Will Resign
When the Trials End.
Irvin Rittenhouse is the best law
clerk I ever came in contact with,"
said Francis J. Heney, special assist
ant to the Attorney-General, in the
course of his remarks touching the
qualifications of the young man who
is -acting as his private . secretary.
and when I finish with the (govern
ment work it is my intention to secure
his services for my private business, if
I can Induce nlm to leave the uovern
ment employ."
Mr. Rittenhouse has a great IlKmg
for the Pacific Coast, as well as for
Mr. Heney, and it is presumed that he
will accept.
Mr. Rittenhouse, who arrived here a
week ago from Washington, under or
ders from the Secretary of the Interior
to report to Francis J- Heney, has be
come so closely Identified with the va
rious land-fraud trials on tne t-acino
Coast that hardly any well-regulated
case would bs complete without his
presence. He has achieved sucn prom-
FRANCIS J. EENEY'S RIGHT-HAND
MAN.
Irvin Rittenhouse,
lnence in this regard that anything
bearing upon his personality is full of
interest to the general public.
He was born November 6, 1876, at
Norrlstown, a small town near Phila
delphia, Pa., and is a - descendant of
David Rittenhouse, the distinguished
astronomer, from whom he has doubt
less derived a great deal of his intui
tive knowledge. After clerking for a
while in the National bank of his na
tive town, he secured employmenfwith
the Fcnn Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, of Pennsylvania, as stenographer.
in, which line he is an expert.
Enters Government Service.
"Rit," as he Is known to practically
every person in the country having
business relations with the General
Land Office, first entered the Govern
meiit service in 1899. under ex-Chief
Clerk G. N. Whlttlngton, after becom
ing secretary to J. T. Macey, the pres
ent chief clerk, who succeeded Whit'
tington.
' His first experience in land-fraud
matters dates from the time that Will
iam J. Burns, of the United States
Treasury Department, returned East
after finishing with tne preliminary in
vestigations of the famous Hyde-Di
mond-Schneider case, at San Francisco,
Burns wanted to make up . his report,
and was anxious -to secure the "serv
ices of some stenographer and clerk
in the General Land Office who could
be trusted implicitly, as the question
of secrecy entered largely Into the suc
cess of the entire undertaking. With
that object in view, be applied to the
chief clerk of the Land Bureau, who
unhesitatingly referred Mr. Rittenhouse
to him as not only one of the best
stenographers In the service of the
Government, but as a person in whom
the utmost confidence could be reposed.
Stenographer . Shows Great Ability.
Burns only contemplated the employ
ment of a stenographer in the case for
the work specified, and thought that his
services would not be required for a
longer period than a few days at most
but Mr. Rittenhouse developed such
marked ability in assisting Burns to ferret
out the illegality of the transactions that
have since resulted in the indictment of
the quartet for fraudulent land oper ac
tions that he was later brought out to
the Coast at their hearing before United
States Commissioner Heacock. Here his
abilities soon attracted the attention of
Mr. Heney, with whom he has since been
identified. The latter has never subse
quently entered into the trial of a land-
fraud case with a feeling of perfect con
fidence in the outcome unless "Rit" is
at hand with ready comprehension to aid
him with his marvelous knowledge of all
the documents and public records of the
General Land Office. In practically every
case that has been tried here he has sat
at Heneys side, and the systematic man
ner In which documentary evidence has
been Introduced by the Government is
due to the great skill of Mr. Rittenhouse
in such matters, this being particularly
noticeable during the trial of Senator
Mitchell.
Personally he Is one of the best fellows
in the world and universally popular. ' He
is - rather slight of figure, with blonde
features and possessed of keen gray eyes
of a peculiar shade that are penetrating
as a searchlight. "Rit" is married, and
thereby hangs a tale of considerable ro
mance, his bride having been a clerk In
one of the other Governmental depart
ments. When he is not chasing over the
country on lana-iraua matters they live
happily in a lovely cottage of their own
in the euhuros ot the Nation's Capital,
ovenooaing tne rowmac stiver.
A Skeptic.
"But do you not concede his eminent
respectamutyi"
"No; the best I'd say about his respect
ability is 'Imminent,' and I wouldn't bet
on that."
The Summer Girl's Iiove.
"And hast thou ever loved before?"
He asked, "I pray the, speak!"
She blushed; her sweet eyes sought the
floor.
She answered: "Not this week."
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THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA
STATEMENT
JULY 1, 1906
ASSETS. "
Loans and discounts $25,634.391. 8S
Bank premises 250,000.09
Other real estate 722,092.48
Mdse. L-Cr. account 1.109.558.1S .
Sundry stocks and bonds 3,146,397.42
Government bonds $ 625 650.0(1
Due from banks and bankers..... 6,624,419.25
Money on hand , 1,732,264.35 $11,982,333.60
342, H4, 771. 49
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid la prM eola. t g. 4,000.000.00 "
Surplus and undivided promts 9,urtK,OM.or
Dividends unpaid 3,688.00
Acceptances under Ls-Cr 1,161,353.52
Other liabilities 119,927.26
Due banks and bankers 7,141,806.30
Due other depositors 20,432,946.40 r27.574y7Ka.70
42,844.77l!49
A steseral banktasr and ewkasiK bnnlnesa transacted. '
Letters of credit issued, available In ail porta of the world. Interest
maid oat time deposits.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
Accounts opened for nw f fflO nnd upwards.
HEAD OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
Portland Branch, Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
WM. A. MAC RAE, Manager. J. T. BURTCHAELL. Asst. Manager.
CHILDREN FOR SHIELDS
FANATICAL FIGHT OP. MOROS
DESCRIBED BY SAIXORS.
Women Were Pressed aa Men, and
American Soldiers Were Pow
erless to Spare Lives.
SEATTLE Wash.. July 22. (Special.)--
John Bergston, mate of the American sb'.p
Henry Villard, Just arrived from Manila,
was aboard the Philippine. Island coaster
Robert K., in the harbor at tne time tne
American troops attacked the Moras in
trenched at Jolo. Bergston saw the en
gagement. He said today that the natives
nicked up small children, and. using them
as shields, charged the American forces.
Bergston says he personally saw Ameri
can soldiers refuse to shoot at the Moros
when children were held before the native
fighters. The women killed in the engage
ment. Bergston says, were aressea as men
and fought in the trenches with the na
tive warriors.
The Moro attack, according to the mate
of the Villard, was a fanatical fight to
the death. In which the American soldiers
were powerless to spare any more lives
than were saved. He commends General
Wood.
Xad's Skull Is Fractured.
BOISE, Idaho, July 22. Special.:
Walter Helfrich, -whose mother conducts
a dressmaking establishment in Nampa.
was thrown from a buggy near Boise last
evening and sustained a fracture of the
skull. He Is In a dangerous condition.
The lad is 8 years old.
DEAD OP THE NORTHWEST
James A. Wright.
JOSEPH, Or., July 22. (Special.) James
A. Wright, a resident of Grand Ronde
and Wallowa Valleys since 1863, died at
his home near here on Thursday, aged
65 years. He was a member of the Ma
sonic Lodge, and his funeral was con
ducted by that order.
James A. Wright was born May 30, 1841,
In Randolph County, Ind. He was mar
ried to Sarah Ann Reese in Kansas. Aug
ust 2, 1862, and is survived by her and
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MAKING NEW SOIL. ?
Nature Nourishes Forests Today
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The Story of a Forest" In St Nicholas.
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