Morning Oregonian., February 20, 1908, Page 4, Image 4

THE MORNIXG . OREGOXIAN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 190S.
SENATOfiS GLING
TO LEGAL FEES
Borah's Amendment to Bar
Them From Courts Gets
Cold Reception.
OBJECT ON MANY POINTS
Opposition, However, Does Not Men
lion the Fat Corporation Ketain-
ers. Which Are the Real Rea-
son for . Fighting Clause.
OREGOXTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Feb. 19. Senator Borah of Idaho
dropped a bomb in the United States
Senate when he proposed to amend the
existing law by providing that United
States Senators and Representatives in
Congress should riot be permitted to act
8 paid attorneys in any Federal court
in cases in which the United State Gov
ernment Is interested directly or indi
rectly. The Senate was droning along1,
considering the Heyburn bill' to revise
and codify the Federal statutes, when it
reached that provision under which Uni
ted States Senators Burton and Mitchell
had been indicted and convicted. It was
here that the junior Idaho Senator un
expectedly proposed his amendment, and
the Senate, which had been Inattentive,
liesan to sit up and take notice. Borah
had stepped on the toes of not a few
Senators, and if there is one thing that
will arouse the Senate quicker than any
other. It is a proposition to curtail the
powers of the members of that body. I
Conceal Real Objection.
Senator Heyburn, in charge of the bill;
Senator Sutherland of Utah, who is as
sisting, as well as Senators Teller of
Colorado. McLaurin of Mississippi and
Clay" of Georgia, were quick to interpose
objection to the Borah amendment, but
it was noted that not a slngW Senator In
opposition' expressed what Is generally
known to be the ral reason for oppos
ing such a change as Senator Borah sug
gested. There is a law on the statute
honks which provides that no Senator or
, Representative
Shal) directly or indirectly, receive or
8 tree to receive, any compensation whatever
for any service rendered or to be rendered ,
to any person, either by himself or another,
.In relation to any proceeding-. . contract,
claim, controversy, charge, accusation, ar
ret or olher matter or thing In which the
t'nited fc'tatoa Is a party or directly or In
directly Interested before any department,
cnnrt-martlal, , bureau, officer, or any civil,
military pr naval commission whatever.
Broadens Present Law.
, Senator Borah merely suggested that
this-provision be broadened by including
caaes before the courts, so that no Sena
tor or Representative could appear as a
paid attorney, either for or against the
Government. The opposition contended
that the law was broad enongh without
the Borah amendment, and contended
members of the National Congress to
earn attorneys' fees In the courts. They
cited particularly the numerous mining
contests in the West, in which many
Senators have at times appeared for one
side or the other, and endeavored to
throw out the impression that this class
of litigation was the principal one to be
affected by the Borah amendment.
No one thought to mention that the
It iiicilumtMll. wuuxu liiuive il uujJuaaiuKS m
Senators or Representatives longer to
accept fees from the railroads; from
great lumber corporations; from the coal
trust: from those great corporations that
dominate the mining industry of the
West, or from such inoffensive offenders
as the -Standard Oil. These are the cli
ents that pay big fees, and this Is the
class of work that Is attractive to Sena
torial lawyers who engage in private
practice. And this Is the principal class
of practice that would be destroyed by
the Borah amendment. But no man of
iue uppusiiion as iiiucii as tuiuueu ku
this class of practice.
No Reason for Exception.
Senator Borah, in offering his amend
ment, stated that the same reason ap
' plies to practice in the courts as to prac
tice oeiure wie ueptLEimeuis. 11 11 is
wrong for Senators to cell their services
in the departments, or before courts-martial,
It must be just aa wrong to sell their
services in the courts in cases in which
the Government has any interest whatso
evei. Senator Teller objected to the amend
, inent on the ground that'it was unneces
. pary. Senator Sutherland, however, while
. indorsing the sentiment expressed by the
; Borah amendment, believed it unwise. to
change the law. He thought Senators
and Representatives should be allowed to
use 'their own judgment in such matters.
"I think It Is altogether a matter of
taste," said he. "My opinion is that a
Knatnf or RnrMfntntiv nivbl not in
appear in' any case in which the United
States is Involved. Since I have been a
member of this body I have always de
clined to appear in any such cases; but
to make a breach of taste a criminal of
fense seems to me Is going altogether too
far."
To this objection Senator Borah' replied
that "the same reason which applies with
reference to a department must necessar
ily apply with . reference to a court. It
i cannot be said with any degree of assur
isnce that the influence in the department
would be any greater than that which
might obtain with reference to certain
features of the case if it were before a
court.
Have Influence as Senators.
"It Is a well-known fact, and a most
important - one," he continued. "that
those thinKS In which the Government Is
nifwt concerned very often pass from .the
halls of legislation directly to the court,
.- and in that form are settled. The fact
suRgested by the Senator from Utah that
he would not accept a fee nor appear un
der such conditions is a primary reason
why It should be inhibited as an en
tirety, because the practice Is wrong. I
submit that thoMe who are here for the
purpose of legislating must stand In such
u position that they are not disqualified
in any respect whatever, either by previ
ous employment or by anticipated em
ployment, with reference to those mat
ters in which the United States Govern
ment is concerned. It cannot be said
that it applies to a ; department and
would not apply to a ourt. because the
courts are human, just .the same as the
departments."
Senator Heyburn at some i length ex
plained his objection to the Borah amend
. ment. In brief, he contended ' that it
would prevent Senators and Congressmen
from appearing as attorneys in mineral
contests, a class of contests In which the
Government Is either directly or Indirect
ly Interested, yet rone In which Jie .con
tended the Senator or Congressman could
appear as attorney without prejudice to
cither side. He said it might be well
enough to provide that - no Senator or
member should appear as attorney in a
Federal Court against the Government In
any case In which the Government has a
"real Interest." but further than that he
would not go.
Pnator Borah followed his colleague
with a further statement in behalf of his
amendment. He said there were many
reasons for the law as It now stands.
"One of the strong reasons Is the influ
ence which is supposed to accompany a
man who occupies a position in this body
or in the House of Representatives. That
In one of the reasons which has been
suggested from time to time in support of
the law without the amendment.
"But there is another side to the con
troversy aside from that of the inter
est of the Government, and that Is the
man who Is contending in litigation
against the Government. I maintain
that the position of a United State
Senator should not be used in the
courts or elsewhere or In any other
way than that of a legislator, and that
he ought not to appear before any de
partment or court, because of the in
fluence or because of the effect thai
his appearance there might have upon
those .contending against him. The
same' rule precisely applies with refer
ence to the ' courts and the depart
ments in that respect. If the statute
la. too broad with reference to any
matter, let it be limited.
'But the law is on the statute books
and for -the single reason that It ap
plies to the departments, it should ap
ply to the courts of the United States,
because the complaint is being made,
and it is abroad in the land, that these
influences are used in the courts for
the purpose of accomplishing and do
ing what ought not to be done."
May Appear Without Pay. :
After'' further - opposition to the
amendment by Senators McLaurin,
Teller -and 'Clay; Senator Borah re
newed his appeal, and directly an
swered the argument made by
McLaurin, who particularly contended
that Senators should have the right of
defending men accused by the Gov
ernment whenever they believed the
accusation was not properly made. To
this Senator Borah replied that there
was nothing In his proposition to pro
hibit such appearance If the Senator
was willing to appear without com
pensation. But he exploded the opposition-argument
by indicating that
Senators are not seeking to appear as
counsel because .of the merits of an
case, but solely because of the fee they
hope to pocket. Concluding his argu
ment, Senator Borah said:.
"So far as the question of Influence
upon the court is concerned, we must
admit that the same rule which applies
with reference to' the departments
must necessarily -apply to the courts.
It appears that once In a while the
courts get into politics, become Inter
ested In such questions, and are more
or less concerned with reference to
results, as we all know. We have had
some experience along those lines.- I
have not been In the Senate lo"hg
enough to know whether a man ceases
to be a lawyer after he gets here, as
suggested by tne Senator from Mis
sissippi, but I know a great many oil
them practice after they get here, who
did not practice before."
TAFT DOES NOT FEAR WAR
DECLARES TATK OF CONFLICT
IS RIDICXTiOlTS.
Secretary Concludes Visit In Xew
Kngland With Speeches IcHt- .
ered at Nashua and Lowell.
LOWELL.. Mass., Feb. .19. Secretary
of War William H. Taft finished a
two days' visit to New Hampshire and
Massachusetts tonight and left Lowell
at 6:45 o'clock for Boston, where he
boarded the Federal Express at 8
o'clock for Washington. . The Secretary
delivered two addresses. The first, in
Nashua this afternoon, was devoted to
the work of the Government in the
Philippines and the progress made on
the Panama Canal.
The second, tonight, was to the mem
hers of the Lowell Board of Trade.
He 'spoke about 25 minutes here and
In the course of his remarks referred
to the relations between Japan and
the United States." He said that. In his
opinion, there was no possibility of
war with Japan. His recent visit to
the Orient, he said, convinced him that
the war talk was ridiculous.
BEGINS DAY AT MANCHESTER
Taft Drives in Open Carriage Dur
ing Snowfall.
. MANCHESTER, N. H., Feb. 19. Fol
lowing a crowded day and night 'of trav
eling, speech-making and sightseeing.
Secretary Taft arose early today and be
gan another strenuous day's campaign.
He was the guest during the night of
Governor Floyd. He started on an early
tour about the city this morning, accom
panied by the Governor and by ex
Governor Rollins.,
The weather was cold and a light snow
was falling, but Secretary Taft and his
escort drove in an open carriage. A
committee of Nashua citizens came to
Manchester this morning to escort the
Secretary to their city. ,
WARMLY GREETED AT If ASHT7A
Received With Cheers on Arrival
In the City.
NASHUA, N. H., Feb. 19. A crowd
of several hundred persons greeted Secre
tary Taft on his arrival here. When Mr.
Taft stepped from the car he was heart
ily cheered. The party was driven up
town in an automobile to Beason Hall,
where lnncheon was served.
At the conclusion of the luncheon,
the Secretary gave . a five-minute
speech. Secretary Taft was then es
corted to O'Donnel Hall, whtfre he was
greeted with cheers.
VISIT FROM NIGHT RIDERS
They Terrorize Hopkinsvllle and
Expel Suspected . Detective,
HOPKI N 9V rLLE, Ky., Feb. 19. The
town of Gracey, In West Christian Coun
ty, was visited last night by a band of.
masked night riders. After taking pos
session of the telephone exchange and
making Town Marshal Waters prisoner,
they' terrorized, the inhabitants by firing
guns and pistols.
Forcing' James Wooten,' a white man.
who was occupying A room at a hotel,
to accompany them, the night riders took
him to the outskirts of the town and
ordered him to leave by morning. After
leaving warning for the ,negroes to go to
work, the band rode off into Trigg Coun
ty. Wooten was suspected of being a
detective.
WRECK SAFE AND OFFICE
San Francisco Burglars Dare Not
Return for Loot.
SAN. FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. An' ' explo
sion completely wrecked the safe and of
fice of Patrick H. Wulzen, a druggist at
470 Castro street. Jast night, but the ef
fect of the explosive was so complete
that the burglars who had plaoed the
nltro-glycerln were frightened away and
did not return for any of the loot.
This morning when Wulzen went to his
place of business he found the safe entirely-
demolished. ' all the fixtures of the
office smashed, and hundreds of dollars
in gold and notes lying about the floor.
OUR NAVY THE BEST
Hale Defends. the Battleships
From Critics.
INQUIRY INTO CHARGES
Senate Committee Will Trace Down
Alleged Defects New Navy Has
N Cost $1,200,000,000 to
Date, Says Chairman. -, .
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. A speech
by Johnson of Alabama on the Aldrich
currency bill and a statement by Hale,
chairman of : the committee on naval
affairs, concerning the proposed inves
tigation of charges of defects In the
corstruction of battleships were the
chief subjects of Interest before' the
Senate today. Hale had printed the re
ports of Rear-Admirals Converse and
Capps in defense of the Navy, and inci
dentally expressed his belief in the
efficiency of the battleships.
That our present system of naval
construction is the best possible Is the
verdict of Hale. The "opinion was
given, as he said, as the result of 30
years' experience In naval construc
tion. The reports of Admirals Con
verse and Capps are to be used in con
nection with the. inquiry Into naval
matters which the committee is enter
ing upon in connection with Hale's
bill. In- the course of his remarks he
said "that the new Navy, as it exists
today, had cost $1,100,000,300.
WILL CUT FORTIFICATION BILL
House Committee to. Allow Money
' Only for Island Forts.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Though con
sideration has not yet reached the voting
stage, there is the best of authority for
the statement that it Is the intention of
the House committee on appropriations
to lop from $25,000,000 to 30,000.000 from
this year's total estimates of J38.443.O0O
for fortifications, and that of the approx
imately tlO. 000,000 which the committee
means to "O. K." practically nothing will
be recommended for Atlantic Coast for
tifications and very little for fortifications
on the Pacific Coast. Nearly all of it will
be proposed for fortifications and other
defensive work in the Hawaiian and Phil
ippine Islands. -
Last year the War Department asked
for J1O.O6S.O0O for fortifications and was
given $6.S98,000. It is unofficially under
stood that this year's estimate of J38,
443,000 had the approval of President
Roosevelt. Thls'total Is Inclusive of proj
ects whose mechanical achievement woud
require years of work, and thecommlt
tee is opposed to such early appropria
tion PROVIDES FOR NEW CENSUS
House Limits It to Mainland and
Islands, Excluding Philippines.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The bill
providing for the taking of the thir
teenth census occupied most of the
time of the session of the House to
day. Progress with it was slow be
cause of numerous amendments of
fered, which In the main, were re
jected. The bill was amended In one
important particular, however, and
and that was limiting the census to
the mainland of the United States.
Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico. . '
The provision that an assistant di
rector shall be appointed by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate
was stricken out, thus leaving the ap
pointment absolutely with the Presi
dent. The measure will be further de
bated tomorrow.
- Previous to the consideration of the
census bill, Henry of Texas, taking his
cue from Boutell's remarks of yester
day lauding the Speaker, urged the
Republicans to bring in an employers'
liability bill and a bill requiring no
tice before the Issuance of Federal In
dictments. MODIFYING ANTI-TRUST LAW
Sherman Will Outline Changes to
Suit President. .
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. Representa
tive Sherman has formulated three or four
bills for the modification of the Sherman
auti-trust law along the lines advocated
by President Roosevelt in his last mes
sage to Congress. He called upon Presi
dent Roosevelt today to say that In a
few days he will submit these bills for
the consideration of the President.
Sherman said that out of the collection
of bills he thought the President would
find something upon which- himself and
Congress could agree.
ROADS FIGnT LIABILITY BILL
Appear Before Committee to Oppose
Favorable Report.
WASHINGTON, , Feb. 19. Representa
tives of the several great railroads ap
peared today beforethe House committee
on the judiciary to oppose a favorable re
port on the Stirling and Bates bills, relat
ing to the liability of common carriers
engaged in interstate commerce to their
employes. The principal speaker was Al
bert H. Har,ris, of New York, general
counsel for the New York Central.
Mr. Harris charged that the Stirling
bill was In effect a partial embodiment
of the British employers' compensation
act, which allows recovery for Injury or
death regardless of contributory negli
gence, so long as such negligence was
not -wilful.
I
BUILD CONSULATES IN ORIENT
Senate Committee Favors Also Clas
sifying Consular 'Service.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. The Senate
committee on foreign relations today
voted to report favorably the bill clas
sifying the consular service. The com
mittee also voted to report the amend
ments to the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, making appropriations
of more than a million dollars for the
purchase of 'sites and erection of build
ings for the consular establishments in
Japan', China and. COrea, and $400,000
for the purchase' and repair of the
building used for the American em
bassy in Paris.
Make Porto Rico a Territory.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. An indi
rect recognition of Porto Rico as x
territory" of the United States was dc-'
termined upon .today by the House
committee on insular affairs by an
amendment to a favorable report of
the Cooper bill. That bill as origin
ally introduced provides that Spanish
residents of Porto Rico, with certain
specified exceptions, shall constitute
"a body politic under the name of "the
President of Porto Rico." The com
mittee amended the bill so as to read,
"under the name of the Territory of
Porto Rico." and in that shape it was
favorably reported.
COIN MOTTO TO BE RESTORED
House Committee Unanimously
Votes Against President.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. President
Roosevelt was overridden today by the
house committee on coinage, weights and
measures, when, by unanimous vote, it
was agreed to report favorably the Mac
Kinley (111.) bill requiring ' the restora
tion on gold and silver coins of the motto
"In God We Trust.'"
During the discussion. Representative
Knowland, of California., being in a face
tious mood, further recommended the
placing upon all clearing-house certifi
cates the Biblical inscription: "I know
That My.- Redeemer Llveth."
Senate Ratifies Two Treaties.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. The Senate
in executive session today ratified the
arbitration convention between the
United States and France, which was
signed on February 10. A naturaliza
tion treaty between the United States
and Peru also was ratified.
BUI for Postal Savings Bank.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Senator Knox
today introduced a bill to establish a sys
tem of postal savings banks. The bill
embodies the plan outlined by Postmaster-General
Meyer In his annual report.
LEWIS M. PARRISH DEAD
Pioneer Real Estate Man Expires
at AdTanced 'Age.
Lewis Marlon Parrish, a pioneer of
1862. died at his residence. 527 East
Burnside street, yesterday morning at the
The Late Levrls Marlon Parrish.
age of 78 years. Mr. Parrish had seen
Portland grow from a village skirting the
banks of the Willamette to its present
proportions, and having spent nearly his
entire life in the realty business, was per
haps the best posted man in the city on
land values.
Mr. Parrish was born in June, 1S30. in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Seven
years after coming to Oregon he married
Sarah J. Watklns, who survives him, .as
do also three daughters and two sons.
The daughters are Mrs. F. I. Fuller, Mrs.
Jason S. Winchester and Mrs"., G. F.
Moffatt of Portland and the sons, Loren
C. Parrish of Hood River and George L.
Parrish of Wallare, Idaho.
When Mr. Parrish first entered the real
estate business, in 1863, It was as a mem
ber of the firm Of Parrish & Mulkey.
After that he was associated with Tyler
Woodward and J. L. Atkinson. The firm
of which he was senior member at the
time of his death was established in 1S72.
the other members being George B. and
Frank B.'Watkins.
Mr. Parrish was an active member of
Calvary Presbyterian Church, having
been .an elder in that organization for
many years. He was also devoted to the
work of, the Y. M. C. A. and other re
ligious associations. He was a member of
Multnomah Camp of Indian War Veterans
and held the office of captain in that
ramrj several years. An escort from the
camp will attend the funeral. Mr. Parrish
was also a member of the A. O. U. W.
andi of the Oregon Pioneers.
The funeral' services are to be held in
Calvary Church tomorrow at 1:30 P. M.,
Dr. Ely officiating.
STRIKE TO BEGIN TONIGHT
Deadlock In Marine Engineers' Dis
pute Is Unbroken. :
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. Commit
tees of both the Marine Engineers' Asso
ciation and the Steam Schooner Owners
of San Francisco, empowered to settle
the dispute over the regulations governing
the number of engineers to be carried,
today decided to stand by the statements
Issued yesterday. This action makes it
certain that a strike of engineers will be
on by tomorrow night at 13 o'clock, and
after that tlm4 no steam schooners will
leave this port with association engineers
In charge.
The owners asserted tonight that,
should the engineers refuse to go on the
vessels, they will be able to secure in
dependent engineers in sufficient numbers
to handle all of the business at the pres
ent time. "
No question of wages has entered Into
the controversy as yet, but the engineers
claim to have Information that a reduc
tion was contemplated by the owners.
It is not known whether members of
other organizations, such as the firemen
and the waiters and deckhands, will be
drawn into the present struggle or not.
SKIRMISH IN MINERS' STRIKE
Union Pickets Put to Flight by the
Goldfield Nonnnionlsts.
GOLDFIELD, Nev.. Feb. 19. A long
expected clash between Western Fed
eration miners and nonunion menr oc
curred at the shift-change this after
noon at the Mohawk mine. Thirty
men on each side were engaged. Pick
ets from the union derided tjie miners,
and the latter took the offensive. After
a brief skirmish, the union pickets fled,
closely pursued. The Mine-Operators'
Association guards stopped the affray.
The mines are gerarally resuming
with nonunion men and members of
the Nevada Miners" Union, which Is
recognized by the Mineowners' Asso
ciation. The Little Florence resumed
this morning with 70 nonunion miners
from Utah.
Knrds Advance on Prince.
TIFLIS. Feb. 19. Kurdish hordes
commanded by All Khan have advanced
to the village of Miandab, where Prince
Firman Ftrma, recently appointed Gov
ernor of the Province of Azerbaijan,
now lias his headquarters, and a clash
with these Kurds, it is feared, wilt
prove disastrous to the Prince, as the
Persian troops are deserting In large
numbers.
SUBPENA FOR HENEY
Burns,- Langdon and Jurists
Also to Appear.
TESTIFY .IN RUEF TRIAL
Ach Hopes to Prove Violation of
Immunity Contract, but Judge
Lawlor Will Probably Dis
miss the Witnesses.
SAN FRANCISCO, Fe. 19. Subpenas
were issued and served tonight on Supe
rior Judges Dunne and Lawlor, and on
District Attorney Langdon, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Heney and Detective Burns,
commanding them to appear in Judge Law
lor's court tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
to testify in regard to the immunity con
tract alleged to have been granted to
'Abraham Ruef in return for his testi
mony and now alleged to have been vio
lated by the members of the prosecution.
Attorney Ach some days ago threatened
to cause these men, who comprise the
number said to have been instrumental in
securing the immunity contract, to ap
pear and testify In the case, in the matter
of the circumstances under which Ihe con
tract was seoured.
It Is believed that when the first of
these witnesses is called tomorrow Judge
Lawlor will rule that their testimony can
not be taken and that the matter will end
there.
In closing the argument, F. J. Murphy,
assistant counsel for Ruef, severely scored
the attitude of the prosecution, and said
"Mr. Heney goes up and down the Coast
with his pockets bulging with Immunity
contracts, yet his representative comes
into -this court and says 'We had no right
to make an immunity contract.
This brought Assistant District Attorney
O'Gara to his feet with thfe statement that
he was -not Heney's representative, but
represented the people. "I never knew
anything of the Immunity contract until
long after its making." said O'Gara. ''I
want to say this: The District Attorney's
office Is not defending its departure from
the immunity contract on the ground that
the District Attorney had no right to
make it, but upon the ground that there
was a breach of faith on the part of the
defendant. '
RUEF'S HEXCHMAN FALLS LOW
Ex-Chief Dinan Not Even Qualified
for Sergeancy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. Jerry F.
Dinan. despite the fact that he headed
the Police Department for several
years, was today adjudged incapable of
holdng a sergeancy on the force.
Recently, with other 16 corporals,
Dinan took the Civil Service examina
tion for the next higher grade, the
Commission accommodatingly reducing
the necessary term of service in the
lower rank from six to three months.
Even this, however, will do Dinan no
good, as the records show only a few
daya over one month's service as cor
poral to his credit.
Dinan's claim was submitted to City
Attorney Long, who ruled him out
from the list of eligibles.
REFUGEES HELD BY FRANCE
Refuses Release Under Conditions
Offered by Portugal. '
PORT AU PRINCE, Feb. 19. The
American Government will consent to
hand over to the authorities the in
surgents who recently took refuge In the
various consulates at Gonalves and Port
Au Paix provided they are guaranteed
a regular trial by competent courts.
France considers such a guarantee lnsuf
flcent and refuses to give up the refu
gees, who, in the presence of the com
mander of the French cruiser d'Estrees,
signed an engagement that if they are
allowed to go free they will not land in
Hayti during the presidency of Nord
Alexis. ' The French officials here consider
that this should satlBfy the Haytian gov
ernment, but President Alexis has decided
not to give in, and consequently .the situ
ation is strained. ,
DROP FOUL PLAY THEORY
Now Believed .That San Francisco
" Clerk Killed Himself.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. Suspi
cion that Frederick L. Tetrault, a clerk,
who died in a room in the lodging
house of Mrs. T. Brinkman, on Sacra
mento street at an early hour this
morning,, came to his death by foul
means was allayed by the inquest,
which established the fact that death
was due to pneumonia or carbolic acid
poisoning. When Mrs. Buckman summon-
OME STATEMENT
REGARDING
Followers of Cooper and His Novel Ideas Give
Reason for Their Belief in Him.
.With a theory that human health is
dependent on the stomach and with a
medicine which he says proves this
theory, I T. Cooper, a comparatively
young man, has built up an immense
following during the past year.
Cooper has visited most of tne lead
ing cities of the country, and in each
city has aroused a storm 01 uibcubhiuh
about his beliefs and his medicines.
Wherever he has gone, people have
called upon him by tens of thousands,
and his preparation has sold in im
mense quantities.
The sale of this medicine has now
spread over the entire country, and is
growing enormously each day. In view
of this, the following statements from
two of the great number of followers
which he now has, are of general in
terest. Mrs. Agnes Vlggenhouser, of 942 St.
Louis Avenue, Chicago, has the follow
ing to say on the subject of the Cooper
preparations: "For more than ten
years I was broken down in health. I
could not sleep and I was very nerv
ous. Gradually I began to lose my
memory, until I could not remember
things from one day to another. I had
severe pains and cramps In my body,
and I would at times see dark spots
before my eyes. I was unable to do
any work whatever, as my strength
waa failing. T had no appetite, nor
could 1 take any medicine.
"I had about given up hope of ever
being well again when 1 read of Mr.
ed a physician to attend the man Jt was
found that he had deep gashes on the
back of his head, and that he had lost
considerable blood and It was at first
thought thai he had been murdered.
A bottle of solution of carbolic acid
was found in his hand. He had been
intoxicated when he entered the room,
and the theory is that he drank the
carbolic acid with intent to commit sui
cide. Further investigation of the case
is being made.
ROBBERY ON BUSY STREET
Thieves Grab Trays of Diamonds
and Drive Away.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 19.-A J15.000
diamond robbery in- broad daylight in the
heart of New Orleans, with hundreds of
persons passing at the time, was perpe
trated here this afternoon at the estab
lishment of M. Waldhom A Co. Two
men drove up in front of the store in a
buggy.
One of them alighted and smashed one
of the large plate-glass windows in the
front of the store. He quickly seized two
trays filled with diamonds, and Jumping
back Into the buggy was driven oft. A
large crowd started in pursuit, but the
men, buggy and horse were soon-lost to
sight in a cloud of dust
CONTEMPT CHARGE HOLDS
Nevada Judge and District Attorney
Found "Guilty.
CARSON, Nev., Feb. 19. For their criti
cism of the Supreme Court that body to
day found Peter Breen, Judge of the
Third District, and J. Mastretti, District
Attorney of Lander County, guilty of
contempt. Judge Breen was ordered to
expunge the false and scurrilous remarks
he made against the court or be disbarred
from practicing In any of the courts of
the State of Nevada. He was given 20
days to execute this order.
Mastretti was disbarred from the prac
tice of law in any state court for the
period of 30 days. This order of the court
does not affect his duties as District At
torney of Lander County.
COMPANY IS THREATENED
Utah Power Concern Gets Letters
From Black-Hand Society.
SALT LAKH CITY, Feb. 19 A letter
signed by Joe Train and Fred Stack, as
alleged leaders of the "Black Hand," was
received today by Manager Wade, of the
Ogden end of th Utah Light & Power
Company, In which the threat is made
that unless the company reduces the
rates for light and power the Black Hand
Society will blow up the power company's
dam in Ogden Canyon, the plant and of
fices in Ogden, and kill every officer or
citizen who dares to interfere.
Two other alleged Black Hand letters
had "previously been received by officials
of the power company. .
BRINGS UP DRUCE CASE
Sharp' Questions Concerning Send
ing of Witness to Asylum.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. The commitment
of Robert Caldwell to a state Insane asy
lum while he was under ball to appear
before United States commissioner Alex
ander to answer a charge of perjury,
brought against him by the British gov
ernment, was the subject of sharp ques
tions by the Commissioner when the case
came up today. Caldwell was the wit
ness in the famous Druce case and testi
fied he knew Druce as the Duke of Port
land. Counsel for the British govern
ment asked an adjournment of two weeks
to ascertain the wishes of Great Britain.
The hearing was postponed until March 4.
BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
Phoenix, Arir. The world! record for
shearing sheep by machinery as broken
Wednesday by F. Him, who sheared 325
sheep In nine hours. Th shearlns; plant
also made a world's record, shearing to 7 'J
sheep in nine hours, or 220 per man.
Houston. Tex. Eiitht persons had to Jump
from the second story of a burning; building
Wednesday, three of them beins; Injured,
one dangerously. It was a boarding -house
and the flames broke out all over tt at
once.
New Tork Chief Crofcer. of the lire de
partment, denies that extraordinary bravery
Is shown by firemen mho enter a burning
building, saying the only bravery they show
Is when they enter the building.
Lowell, Mass. Eleven men were In
jured, two probably fstally. by the explosion
of the economizer attached to one of the
boilers In the new power-house of the
Hamilton Corporation, a cotton manufactur
ing establishment. The explosion closes the
plant and makes lfH) persons Idle.
Chicago The Stata of Illinois has given
the Chicago Telephone Company permission
to increase capital of $20,000,000 to $30,000,
00O. The main purpose is to pay debts and
build and . rebuild plants and extend the
service
New York Josephs Campion and hLs
wife, who have two babies, and Mtldrea
Dean were accused Tuesday of stealing food
from Thomas Queenan's house, but It was
ihown that Mrs. Dean committed the thefts
to keep the Campions from starving.
Queenan withdrew the charge, contributed
to aid the Campions and Campion was
given work.
NEW
Cooper's remedies. I decided to give
them a trial, and I began to feel better
at once. After taking the medicine for
two weeks I can say that I am a new
woman. I can eat with enjoyment, the
pains in my body have left me, and I
am stronger than I have been for
years.
I cannot say enough for Mr.
Cooper s remedies. They are wonder
ful, for they have done everything
claimed for them In my case."
Another statement by Mr. W. B.
Stewart. 109 W. Madison St., Chicago.
Is as follows: "I have had stomach
trouble for years, and any one who Is
afflicted this way knows what an awful
distressed feeling it causes. Many a
time I have felt that I would give most
any price to be cured. It was by ac
cident that I heard of this man
Cooper's remedies. I . immediately
made up my mind to buy a treatment
of him. I used it for about two weeks,
and it is impossible to tell how much
good it has done me. I feel altogether
different. I have more life and energy
than I have had for years. This medi
cine certainly does stimulate and
strengthen the whole system. Tired
feeling and weak condition of the
stomach has entirely passed away. I
feel well again."
We sell Cooper's celebrated medi
cines which have made this wonderful
record in all parts of the country.
The Skidmore Drug Co., Huntley Bros.
Co., Agents at Oregon City.
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WINDOW AND DOOR screens
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