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THE MOMLNG OKEGDNIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1906. JURY MS FOUND GILLETTE GUILTY Vlurder in First Degree for Kill ing Grace Brown in Boat. CALM UNDER THE SHOCK immediately Telegraphs News to His Father Jury Agrees on Sixth Ballot After Savage Speech by ' the Prosecutor. HERKIMER. N. T., Dec. .-The jury in the trial ot Chester B. Gillette for the murder of his sweetheart, Grace Brown, at Big Moose Lake on July 11 last, tonight returned a verdict of guilty in the first degree. Sentence will be pronounced on-Thurs-. day morning, to which time adjournment was taken after the Jury had reported. When Marshall Heath, the foreman, de . clared that a verdict of guilty in the first degree had- been found, the prisoner . gave no sign of emotion. He was taken back to his cell. One juror held out for ' acquittal until the sixth ballot. f Gillette Takes Verdict Unmoved. Gillette sat motionless in his chair as the- Jury was polled and, when the 12th man had responded, the stolid indifference or studied composure of the boy was ex hibited as never before. Leaning over a nearby table, he drew toward him a bit of white paper, and taking a pencil from his pocket, wrote this message: "Father: I am convicted. Chester." This was one of the earliest dispatches carrying the news of Gillette's doom be yond the walls of the courthouse. It went to his father in Denver. Prosecutor's Final Speech. District Attorney Ward this morning completed his summing up. He described Gillette's life in Cortland as outwardly correct, but actually lustful, as, shown by the wrong he admitted he had done Grace Brown. "Gillette," Ward said, "wanted to stay in Cortland, in society. He never in tended, never for a moment, to take Grace Brown anywhere except to her death. He concocted a plan to rid him self of her, one far less than his first to rob her of her virtue. The girl received her death blow, I am sure, with a grate ful heart, out there in the woods." "The cool, clever, courageous scoun drel." the prosecutor declared, "said upon the stand that he asked Grace Brown to go with him on Decoration day. A man can be drilled Into a long story to cover pullt, but the lie will come out." Mr. Ward described Gillette as an un mitigated coward. The prosecutor's ad dress was intense with feeling. As he read the letters of Grace, Brown and pointed out the sentiments that she ex pressed, saying that the writer was a girl of pure thoughts and in the same breath referred to the defendant as a rat, Gil lette broke into tears, and it was some time before he was able to regain his composure. The District Attorney concluded his ad dress at 4:15 this afternoon when Judge Devendorff began his charge to the jury. The case was given to the jury at 5:50 o'clock tonight, after Judge Devendorff had occupied an hour and 15 minutes in his charge. BELIEVES SON IS INSANE MRS. SLOAXE TESTIFIES OX THE WITNESS STAXD. M'ife of Murdered Man Says She Knows of So Other Condition That Would Cause Act. SPOKANE, Wash., Dee. 4. A thorough history of the $10,000 insur ance policy carried by James F. Sloane at the time he was slain by his son, Sidney, now on trial for his life, and a recital of the financial operations of the deceased, in which his wife de clared from the witness stand that he had squandered and lost through un fortunate deals approximately $125,000 since they came to Spokane in 1887, were features of the testimony today (riven by the mother"of the accused. Mrs. Sloane was on the stand six hours today and three hours Monday. The taking of .testimony and the examination of Mrs. Sloane was con cluded and the defense completed all of its evidence with the exception of expert testimony. Experts for the state and the defense will follow one another. Perhaps the most startling state ment yet heard was that from Mrs. Rloane in telling of her conviction that , Sidney was insane. Mrs. Sloane had been telling of her growing belief as to the boy's insanity ever since his early childhood, her conviction finally coming by this last condition of af fairs. "Mrs. Sloane, you mean by this con dition, the killing of his father," asked Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Pugh. With bowed head. Mrs. Sloane an swered: "Yes, I know of no other condition that could have caused him to commit such an act." ' BLAME FOR THE FUEL FAMINE Threats Made Against Northern Pa cific Corporation. SEATTLE.' Wash.. Dec. 4. (Special.) The threat of the Northwestern Improve ment Company, a Northern Pacific corpor ation, to remain in the coal business here this Winter is said by small operators to have prevented the development of coal properties the past Summer and to be pri marily responsible for the fuel famine this Winter. The Seattle Electric Company got the Information that the Northern Pacific would not pull out of the Seattle field and failed 'to add to the output of the company mines. Iate in the Fall the Roslyn and Clealum mines ceased shipping to this city. This action has thrown the entire burden of the coal famine on the Pacific Coast Com pany, for the Carbon Hill Coal Com pany, owned by' the Southern Pacific, ie tied up yet by flood damage. The steam ship fleet Is being given fuel here to save the port's name, as Tacoma haso coal. Fooled With Gun While Drunk. GREAT FALLS, Mont., Dec. 4. R. W. Gordon, a telegraph operator in the employ of the Great Northern Rall- road, in a Shelby street saloon late last night, accidentally shot himself in the head. Death resulted instantly. Gordon had spent several hours drink ing. He became rather noisy and In a fit of daring pulled an automatic Colt's revolver from his pocket, set it at "safety' and snapped at his head. After pulling the trigger several times the weapon was discharged, blowing his brains out- Will "Not Build Courthouse Now. MONTESANO, Wash., Dec. '4. (Special.) The Board of Commissioners of Che halis County decided yesterday that it would not be expedient at the present time to order the construction of the new $100,000 fireproof Courthouse here in this city, as contemplated at the last meet ing of the board. The plans and speci fications which Newton C. G-auntt, the Seattle architect, had been instructed to prepare, were purchased by the county for $1000, and will be held until such time as the commissioners think it ad visable to begin work on .the new build ing, y License Carries at Goldendale. GOLDENDALB, Wash., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) At the city election held today only one ticket was in the Held. Dr. Allen Bonebrake was re-elected Mayor. N. B. Brooks and J. B, Chappelle were elected Councilmen, and George H. Hyatt was elected Treasurer. The saloon issue was voted on separate ly, as agreed upon in the meeting of citizens held last week, and the Council is' bound by the result. The license people carried the election by 15 votes. Both sides were very active, and the full vote of the town was polled. SENATORS FOR ECONOMY AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY A MAJORITY. . 'Lumber Senators" Make Protest to Provision Regarding Lieutenant-Governor, but Accede. SEATTLE. - Wash., Dec. 4. (Special.) An agreement has been signed by a ma jority of the members of the State Senate to insist upon a decrease of the working force, require economy and to see to it that the Lieutenant-Governor does not de liver into the "gang's" control the Im portant committees of the Upper House. Such influential Senators as Will Graves, of Spokane, Democrat; W. H. Paulhamus, of Pierce, and "Dick" Condon, of Kitsap, Republicans say this agreement is made solely for the purpose of protecting the Lieutenant-Governor against any demand that he shape up his committees in the Interests of the railroads or other corpor ations. It is a fact that the "lumber Senators." Ruth, of Thurston, who represented Olym. pia interests, and Booth and Potts, of King, who had their own plans, objected to the agreement, but at a meeting last night and today a group of Senators in the combine agreed to resist any attempt to force private interests to the front. They declare they wanted to treat every one fairly. A conference with the Lieutenant-Governor will be held here tomor row afternoon. v WITNESS WAS MADE DRUNK Federal Judge Asked to Call Grand Jury at Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Judge A. S. Bennett, of The Dal les; tonight in open court asked Federal Judge Whitson that a grand jury be called for the purpose ot investigating an alleged offense of tampering-with a witness. The request arose out of the case of Mrs. W. H. Hogan vs. the North ern Pacific Railway, In which the wife is suing for damages on account of the death of her husband some months ago. The case was dismissed at the June ses sion of the Federal Court, on motion, of the railroad company, because of the non appearance of the plaintiff's principal witness, Richard Taylor. Affidavits were tonight filed with the court, in w"teh it is alleged that Taylor was made drunk in the saloon of John F. Smalls by Frank Breed, of College Place, and the proprietor of the saloon. It is also alleged that after getting the witness drunk they called two habitues of the red light district and took a drive several miles in the country, preventing the appearance of the witness at the time court was called in the morning. This action, it is alleged, resulted in the dis missal f the case. Judge Whitson took both the matter of an application for the setting aside of the judgment and the request for a grand jury under advisement. STATE WILL LOSE THE TAX Estate of Dying Millionaire Is Trans ferred to a Company. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 4. (Special.) J. M. Coleman, six times a millionaire, for 45 years a resident of. Seattle, is slow ly collapsing at his residence, and is ex pected by attending physicians and relat ives to. die at any time. Today a special messenger sent from Seattle with the papers filed at Olympia the incorporation of the J. M. Coleman Company, and the transfer of all of Coleman's property to the new company was immediately put on record here. His son, Lawrence Coleman, denies that this was done to deprive the state of its inheritance tax and only to facilitate the handling of business. But in any event it will do away with any possibility of collecting fees if the aged pioneer dies. He has been slowly sinking for several weeks. Recommends Tax on Fishermen. SALEM, Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) It cost the people of Oregon $30,648.95 to protect game in Oregon during 1906. This is shown by the annual report of Game Warden Baker, who recommends that game protection be extended by the cre ation of a new fund to be raised by re quiring all trout fishermen to take out licenses. , Among other recommendations made are two that the law protecting beaver be repealed, that a bounty be offered for cougars, wildcats and timber wolves, that the elk protection period be extend ed ten years, that the law forbid posses sion of game birds, either dead or alive, during closed season. Mr. Baker reports that game birds of all kinds are increas ing in numbers and most kinds are very plentiful. Contract for Government Wharf. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) Act ing Constructing Quartermaster Cooper, of Fort Stevens, received notice from the War Department at Washington today that the contract for constructing a Gov ernment wharf at Fort Canby has been awarded to Ferguson & Houston, of this city. The contract price is-ti290, and un der the specifications the piling is to be treated with creosote to protect it from the ravages of the tetredo. C. E. Spence Elected Director. OREGON CITY, Or.. Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the stockhold ers f the Patrons Life Insurance As sociation held here today, C. E. Spence, of Cants, was re-elected director for the ensuing year for this district, con sisting of Clackamas and Marion coun ties. . This is an auxiliary society to the Patrons of Husbandry and em braces the Grange organ rit Ions of Oregon, Washington and Idaho ALLEGES DEAL TO SHIELD BHOWNELL (Continued from First Page.) Hall to the office of United States At torney, and that, in consideration of their doing so, Hall was to protect Brownell and Campbell from Indictment and prosecution. "What Senator Fulton thinks of the significance of this letter may be in ferred from the fact that on January 4, 1906, Senator Fulton's brother, .by ap pointment, met the recipient of the let ters and offered him $500 for it. When Brownell did not produce it, Clyde Fulton warned him in this language: " "If you have given up the correspond ence of Mitchell and my brother, it will be your ruin and you will be a traitor and an outcast.' - "Hall faithfully kept his agreement. Neither Brownell nor Campbell were in dicted, and when Heney took charge of the land fraud case, he found that the statute of limitations had run against their offenses, "But the bargain made In Washington was never carried out. Heney, having suspicions of Hall, secured his discharge from the office, and finally indicted him. ' How Brls'xl Was Chosen. "When Heney began to suspect Hall he went to the one man in the State in whom he had confidence, a judge now dead. He asked the judge if there was any lawyer in Oregon to whom he could go, not necessarily in a professional way, but for personal aid. This Judge rec ommended as the best lawyer in the State to rely on, William C. Bristol. Late, when he got evidence to convince Washington that Hall was not filling his office in good faith, he recommended that Bristol be made United States At torney. Acting on this suggestion, for he had ceased to receive such recom mendations from Fulton, the President sent to the Senate nomination of Bris tol to be United States Attorney. "The appointment caused Fulton much uneasiness. He, was under strong pres sure from the boys back home in Oregon to head off that appointment at any cost." Attack on Bristol's Character. Then follow quotations from letters from Hall and Charles H. Carey, urging Fulton to prevent Bristol's confirma tion. The story continues: "Finally, Senator Fulton, seeking some way of preventing the appointment, made a charge againsj Bristol's professional standing. He claimed that Bristol had once been guilty of unprofessional con duct. This turn In affairs brought un diluted satisfaction and blooming hope to the boys back In Oregon. All the evidence Fulton had concerning Bristol's unprofes sional conduct consisted of an old letter. This Fulton turned over to the President. The President submitted it to four mem bers of the Cabinet, all lawyers. They examined the letter and cleared Bristol. Then the President stood by his guns, under strong pressure from the boys under indictment back in Oregon. "Fulton .maintained his whimpering bluff and wailed loudly for Senatorial courtesy, and Senatorial ' courtesy came to his comfort. When the Senate ad journed last June, Bristol's appointment was still unconfirmed. Immediately the President made a recess appointment, good until the Senate meets again. The Senate having met again, doubtless Ful ton will again call for Senatorial cour tesy and the Senate either must stand by its rule in the odious case or yield to the President ..in the matter of appoint ing the United States Attorney. "While responsibility rests on the Sen ate as a whole, the direct burden must be borne by two members of the commit tee on judiciary Foraker and Kittridge. They know what marner of man is their colleague from Oregon, yet they gave ear to Senator Fulton and refused to re import the nomination which President Roosevelt had made to insure the prose cution of criminals eVigaged in stealing the public domain of United States. Senator Fulton's Explanation. Commenting on the foregoing. Senator Fulton said: 4 "The matter is really not worthy of no tice or comment. It is a combination of a few grains of fact with a vast amount of fiction and falsehood. It is the last expiring effort of a desperate gang bent on working me some injury. The gist of the charges is that I tried to protect Brownell from indictment and to do so promised to support Hall for reappoint ment on condition that he would not prosecute Brownell. The charge Is abso lutely and unqualifiedly false. "Hall's term expired long prior to Janu 8jy, 1504. the date of the Mitchell letter, and he never was recommended for reap pointment, either by me or any member of the delegation, to my knowledge. Some time in the Summer of 1904 he was reap pointed by the President on recommenda tion of Heney, as I have been given to understand, and certainly without any recommendation from me or without con sulting me. Not that I had anything per sonally against Hall, but, ad I told him, I thought he had held the position long enough. No one of the delegation other than myself was willing, so far as I knew, to support Hall for reappointment. I dtfl at one time tell Hall that, if he could get the other members of the delegation, or a majority of them, to support him, ! would join them, and this is as far as I ever went in the matter. . Just to Show Good Feeling." "As far as concerns the Mitchell Jitter, which' it is said I indorsed, while I have no distinct recollection of it, I think it is not improbable that I did indorse it. I re call that Mitchell came to me once with a letter he had written to Brownell, saying that Brownell was greatly disturbed and worried and that he had written and told him he thought he had no occasion to worry; that everything would be all fight, and suggested that, as Brownell was a little sore against me, I had better join as evidence of my kindly feelings toward him, and I did, without reading the letter, attach my name to it, and have no apol ogies for having done so. I did sympa thize with Brownell, and would have re gretted deeply an indictment being re turned against him.' Indeed, it is a fact that when Hall was in Washington, in January, 1904, I asked him what the truth was concerning rumors about Brownell being implicated in land frauds, and he told me that he knew of no evidence against Brownell. He had understood that Greene claimed to have some, but said it had never been placed in his hands. I then expressed a hope that there was nothing in it, and - that no indictment would be returned against him unless the evidence was such as seemed clearly to indicate his guilt; that he knew of noth ing and certainly' had no- disposition to prosecute him, and that unless there was a plain case against him, he certainly would ' not favor indicting him, as he would not favor indicting any man unlese the testimony was sufficient to convict." : - Meaning of Letter. "That is all I ever said to Hall on the subject and I do not think- Mite hall said anything beyond that. I felt at the" time that the probabilities were tha there was nothing in the case and that nothing would ever be done against him and would have no hesitancy in so writing Hall. I suppose what Mitchell meant in saying in his letter that we had gone further than we ever expected to go, was simply that we had taken the subject up with Hall, as I have indicated, which was an unpleasant thing to do, particularly In view of the fact that neither of us ex pected to support him for appointment. However, as I have stated, I did not read the Mitchell letter, but took his synopsis of ft. Never Tried to Buy Letter. "It is charged that through my brother in January, 1906, I offered Brownell $500 for this letter. Aside from that being an infamous lie. its absurdity is apparent, when it is considered that as a matter of fact Brownell delivered the letter in question and all of my correspondence with him to the Government agent in the Summer of 1905. and in November, 1905, the President furnished me with a copy of this letter. Of all the correspondence between us, this is the only letter on which they could hang any thread of scandal. Brownell was promised Immunity for delivering up my correspondence. In view of the fact that .in November, 1906, I knew that this letter' had been delivered to the Government agents and I had been furnished with a copy of it, It is hardly likely that I would send to Brownell and try to purchase the original from him. Be the probability what it may, it is ab solutely untrue and that la sufficient an swer. "There was nothing -that I would de sire to conceal about the transaction. I have no desire to have it supposed that I would not have asked Hall or any other persons to be as lenient as possible with Brownell or any other friend of mine. If that is to be condemned, I must take the consequences; I will leave that to the people of Oregon. His Opposition to Bristol. "My opposition to the confirmation of Bristol had no connection whatever with thft Brownell matter or with Hall's re moval. It is said that Hall and Carey urged me to oppose Bristol and alleged abstracts of such letters are published. I can find in my files no letters on the sub ject from either of them and have no rec ollection of ever having received any such letters. But if I had, I cannot see as It would be a matter of any public in terest or concern. "It is also said that my opposition to Bristol has not been in the usual open way, hut Collier's insinuates that it has been clandestine and secret. Of course, the writer knows nothing about that, be cause the opposition to confirmations is made in secret session of the Senate and in secret sessions of the committee. . "My opposition to Bristol was made in the usual way. I do not think any person was ever given to suppose that I favored his confirmation after a certain period. At first I was disposed to support Bristol for confirmation, but later developments com pelled me to take a different view of the case, and I announced that I would oppose his confirmation and did so, as everybody who was acquainted with the situation knows. Preferred No Charges. "It is stated in the article that I pre ferred charges against Bristol's profes sional standing and the president there upon withdrew the nomination, but on submitting the matter to four Cabinet of ficers, all of whom concurred in the view that there was nothing in the charge, he renominated Bristol. As a matter of fact, I made no charge against Bristol's professional standing. I merely delivered to the President a letter written by Bris tol and made no comment on it. . The President, on the strength of the letter, withdrew the nomination and, whether or not it is a fact that four Cabinet of ficers held that there was no ground suf ficient to prevent renomination, i do not know, but I do know that the Attorney General opposed renomination after inves tigation 'by his department, and never concurred in advising the renomination, but opposed it. "I think that sewer must now be ex hausted. Most desperate efforts bave been resorted in some way to implicate me In a criminal offense and, failing In that, the little coterie having the matter in hand evidently think they must at least in some way smirch my character. They have threatened to do so and the time for making good is about to expire. This is their last desperate effort. It gives me no concern, for I think the people ot Oregon know ma well enough to know, whatever may be my defects, rascality and lying are not among them." NEVER PROTECTED BROWNELL John Hall Denies He Has Evidence Against ex-State Senator. John H. Hall, ex-United States At torney, declares that he never attempted to drive Senator Brownell out of the race for the office of United States District Attorney. Mr. Hall declares that his visit to Washington in January, 1904, was at the direction of the Attorney General, who had called him to Washington on business connected with the prosecution of several civil suits that were then pending. . He also declares that he never bad in his possession any papers Or data tending to show that ex-State Senator Brownell was guilty of. any unlawful acts. United States Attorney Bristol was seen yesterday afternoon and denied ever having Been the famous Mitchell letter to Brownell. The publication of the letter in collier's was much of a sur prise to Mr. Bristol as it was to the rest of the public and, not being familiar with the entire contents of the letter, he re 270 Washington Street ARCTIC SEASONABLE FUR PROMPTING Here you can save considerable in buying that fine Fur. We want a big selling in furs the next three weeks, and if prices have anything to do with it, we certainly will. You see we have an exceptionally large stock on hand, so large that - we are forced to sell at such low prices as to create a clearing of space for the Spring stock. Millinery Veilings, Feather Boas, and Um brellas are also GREATLY REDUCED fused to discuss it. So far as is known, the Mitchell-Brownell letter was never on file In the United States District At torney's office. "CHARGE IS DELIBERATE LIE" G. C. Fulton Says He Never Offered to Buy Letter. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) George C. Fulton most emphatically denies the allegations made by Col liers' Weekly that he offered State Sen ator Brownell $500 for a letter or for anything else. Asked about the mat ter this evening, he replied: "You can say for me that the whole affair is a characterless lie, manufac tured from whole cloth. I never of fered Mr. Brownell one dollar or one cent for a letter or for anything else, and he knows it. Of course I do not know Just what allegations Collier's makes, as I have not seen a copy of the paper containing the alleged charge, but if that publication accuses me of attempting to buy any letter from Mr. Brownell, it publishes a de liberate and characterless lie and Hs publishers will be compelled to prove their accusation or suffer the conse quences. "Again, if Mr. Brownell has made any such statement and I desire to state right here that I do not believe he has or will but, if he has, he will not only be afforded an opportunity to prove his charge in the courts, but he will also have to account to me per sonally." BROWNELL HAS THE LETTER Denies That He Furnished Govern " ment With Copy of Document. OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) "J received such a letter as is referred to in Collier's expose," said ex-State Senator George C. Brownell today. When further questioned, Mr. Brownell refused to be interviewed, other than to state that he did not furnish the Govern ment or acquaint any individual with the contents of the Mitchell-Fulton letter. The Clackamas. ex-Senator also declined to discuss his candidacy for United States District Attorney and the events relat ing thereto and the reasons he did not press his claim to that appointment. IN FIELD AGAINST REBELS Moroccan War Minister Marching Through Disturbed Land. BERLIN, Dec. 4. It Is reported here from Fez, Morocco, that the Moroccan Minister of War is marching toward Tangier with 1500 men for the purpose of restoring order in the disturbed dis trict. This step is in conformity with the wishes of the diplomatic repre sentatives. Warship Will Attack Tangier. PARIS, Dec. 5. A dispatch received here from Fez says that a Moorish man-of-war, with 150 regulars on board, is approaching Tangier for the purpose of re-establishing order. This step by the Moroccan government fore stall the collective note by the mem bers of the diplomatic corps sent to the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Af fairs this afternoon, in which the at tention of the government was called to the existing state of anarchy. SHOT BY REJECTED SUITOR Miss. West's Death Jlay Be Avenged by Lynching. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Dec. 4. Miss Clara West, aged 27, a member of one of the wealthiest families in Green County, was shot and killed at Boisa d'Arc tonight by Garland Moore, aged 21, a mallcarrier whom Miss West had refused to marry. Moore fled in a buggy, and 150 men and boys are pursuing him. The state of mind of the community Is such that if Moore is captured he may be lynched. CHANCELLORS SON STUNG Prince von' Holienlohe Sues Paris Bankers for Swindling. PARIS, Dec. 4. Prince Frederick Charles von Hohenlohe, a son of the former German Chancellor, has started proceedings to cause the arrest of Philip Simoni de Flcres and Dixmer, a firm of so-called bankers, on the alle gation of having swindled him-out of nearly $100,000 by means of fictitious financial operations. Grimm Overdrew Bank Account. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. G. H. Grimm, a traveler from Seattle, was ar rested today as he stepped from the gangplank of the steamer Watson. He is wanted In the northern city for larceny. (firimni says that the trouble grew out of the fact that he had overdrawn his bank account to the extent of $25. Ruined by San Francisco Fire. MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Dec. 4. The Atlanta-Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of .Atlanta tonight was put in the hands of a temporary receiver on petition of Massey Wilson. Attor- FUR CO. 270' Washington Street THERE'S A PIANO HERE FOR YOU SELECT ANY ONE YOU LIKE We'll Name a Price Far Under Market Value, You Name the Terms the Piano Shall Be Yours Selling pianos at wholesale cost, and on the purchaser's own terms h hardly a business proposition ; but this is one of those cases where it's absolutely necessary to adopt drastic meas ures. ' We know that the average piano seeker won't come into a store that's all confusion, with electricians, decorators, and other mechanics on every hand and in the way where there is hardly a foot of room that is clear selling space no, of course not you wouldn't, either, unlese there were inducements. It stands to reason, also, that we cannot afford to fold our hands, and let stock accumulate that ought to have been sold in the new premises, which were to have been ready 40 days ago we're not made of that sort of material. So we 've made the inducements we've simply had to, to keep our stock moving to accommodate the carload of new instruments arriving from the East. If our quarters had been finished at the time we expected, instead of a full six weeks late, we wouldn't have all these pianos now to take care of in this forced manner. But with no place to put them, they've got to go somewhere. And that somewhere is into the homes of Portland music lovers, in double quick order. There is a big stock here in our retail store, even in the face of all the confusion a splendid stock, too makes that you are all famil iar with some of the finest in America. We're willing to sell them now at factory cost, plus bare freight, during this emer gency period. This means a sav ing to you of not less than $100, in any case, and as high as $200 on some of the finest instruments. Don't doubt don't hesitate just come and see and come quickly. dispenser.? of pianoi-eliaLility 353 WASHINGTON ney-General of Alabama, acting- on behalf of the State Insurance Commis sioner, E. M. David. A. M. Sexton, Deputy Insurance Commissioner, was ILL-NATURED HUSBANDS NOT ALWAYS TO BLAME Bad Temper May Come From 111 Health or a Bad Stomach. As one writer aptly puts it, "No man with a quantity of undigested food in his stomach can be expected to do anything else but swear at his wife, spank the baby and kick the cat." How can a man be cheerful, loverlike and devoted when his temper is being tried to the utmost? He cannot be expected to remember his heart when his stomach and liver are out of order. There is as much difference between success and failure as there Is between the man who Roes forth to his work well nourished, rested and refreshed, and the man who starts out In the morning with liis stomach filled with food that will not digest. Men love to eat, and eat they will, but pity is due not only to the constipated, dyspeptic individual himself, but to those near him. It is a long step between the beginning of Indigestion, which leads to chronic constipation, and the divorce court, but its length makes it no less a sure one, for when dyspepsia comes in at the door love flies out at the window. People forget that thousands of cases classed as indigestion are nothing more or less than the abnormal conditions re sulting from constipation. It is a well known fact that food, after it leaves the stomach, has not completed its digestive functions until after it enters the larger intestines, and If any form of constipation exists, the foundation Is laid for serious disturbances. For the purpose of allowing the public to secure the advantage of the latest dis coveries in medtcal science and at the same time protect the people against the many dangerous and worthless nostrums now being widely advertised, a co-operative association has been Incorporated under the title of the AMERICAN DRUG GISTS SYNDICATE, and its members al ready include representative druggists in every. State in the Union. The leading druggists In New York City are officers. Each of these three thousand chemists has furnished formulas which wide ex periences teaches them are the best pre scriptions for the, trouble indicated. p'rom this collection of premium pre scriptions a competent board of physi cians and chemists haa selected the best and compounded it in ready-made form for the handy use of the sick. Their premium prescription for indiges tion is called A. D. S. Digestive Tablets Rx. 1000. One of these tablets taken after meals adds natural . digestive strength and these effect a cure. Price 25c. Their premium prescription for constipa tion is A. D. S. Fruit Lax. It is com STREET, COR. PARK appointed temporary receiver. The embarrassment of the. company, it is alleged, was caused by a loss of $665, 000 In the San Francisco fire. pounded from the concentrated juice of ripe fruit and curative plants in a con- j, fection so delicious that a child eats it like the fruits from which it is made. Next to exercise, it's nature's best rem edy. It removes the cause. It positively does it. Price -5c. Other scientific prescriptions now of fered by this association are remedies for the following ailments. There is ono for each, and every one of them repre sents the combined knowledge and ex perience of this large association of emi nent druggists: Headache, 2 sizes loo and 2.S1 Indigestion. 2 sizes 20c and .Vn Cough Remedy 25c and 50. Rheumatism. 2 sizes 50c and tl." Brain Fag and Nervous Disorders .. l.W Kidney Affections l ,() Catarrh 1.) Female Trouble l.'O tAsthnia Vv Blood Disorders l.'l Cold and Grippe 255 Piles ,V!j Skin Eruptions, Sores, etc i'a Quick Healing Salve Zvi Liniment ""-; Baby Syrup 20a There are many others. Ask your dniK glst. All druggists should and will sell A. D. S. ready-made, scientific prescrip tions. But if your druggist cannot sup ply you today, write, enclosing price, and any of them will be sent postpaid. Address AMERICAN DRUGGISTS SYN DICATE, 69 Murray St., New York. The following local druggists are mem bers of the AMERICAN DRUGGISTS SYNDICATE and handle those goods: A. W. Allen, 241 North Sixteenth street: Arleta Pharmacy, Arleta; E. W. Ball. ri.V Seventh street; Blumauer Frank Drue Co., 144-146 Fourth street: The Brooke Drug Co., 67 Third street 'North; Brook lyn Pharmacy, 579 Milwaukle street: VV. C. Cable. 255 Hollarlay avenue: The Dun can Drug Co.. Marguerite and Haw thorne avenues; Eyssells. Pharmacy. 227 Morrison street; G. H. Hemstoek, Uni versity Park: The Jancke Drug Co., 20 Grand avenue; B. V. Jones Co., Front street, corner Gihbs: Knight Dni? Co.. 307 Washington street: H. W. Little. 692 East Morrison street; W. S. Love, z?i East Burnside street; McCommon's Phar macy, 594 Washington street; Woodlawn Drug Co. (McGillivray Bros., Props.). 4j9 Durham avenue (Woodlawn); Murphy Bros., 320 Williams avenue; R. Neubauer, Union and Failing streets; R. A. Preston & Co.. 765 Savter street: Redd & Bates. 494 Washington street: J. M. Ricen. 315 First street; H. P. Rinker, $30 Belmont street; J. H. Ruperts, 460 Jefferson street; Simmons & Heppner, 113 Russell street; University Drug Co., University Park; H. W. Viets. 420 Washington stroet; Wash ington Pharmacy, Fifteenth and Gllsan streets; Watts & Matthleu Co., 275 Rus sell street; J. B. Williams, 673 Milwaukie street; J. E. Worth, 993 Belmont street; Edgar Stipes, 227 Morrison street