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THE MOK"IXG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH . 24, 1908.
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WASTING TEARS
Lane Shows From Own Re
ports That They Are Still
Prosperous.
PANIC HAD LITTLE EFFECT
Earnings Actually Continued In
creasing, Particularly on Pacific
CoHht O. K. A AVs Record.
Improvement Will Continue.
WASHINGTON, March 23. Kvery in
dication points to an improvement gen
erally in the railroad and industrial sit
uation of the country, according to re
ports made by the great railway sys
tems of America to the Interstate Com
merce Commission. These reports are
to the effect that, while the railroads
suffered to some extent by the "October
panic," the loss was by no means so
serious as generally has been supposed.
Tt appears from the reports that the
effect was felt particularly by the East
ern lines and by the lines In the south
eastern part of the country, a few of
which were embarrassed not only by a
falling off of revenues, but by their in
ability to obtain ready cash with uthich
to carry on improvement which they
had begun, while the Western lines and
the transcontinental roads have not suf
fered materially from the financial de
pression. The figures available to the
Interstate Commerce Commission indi
cate also that the general condition in
the country Is improving- materially,
with a prospect that it soon will be nor
mal or better,
Revenues Show Prosperity.
Franklin K. lane, Pacific Coast mem
ber of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, has made a careful analysis
of the figures submitted by the railroads
themselves to the Commission. Mr.
Iane was asked what loss the railroads
of America had sustained from the Oc
tober panic. He replied that the rail
road situation the country over Is not
Imminently serious at the present time.
Mr. Lane continued:
Ther are no figures accessible by -which
a definite antwer to your question can be
Itiven. From the fltfurrs available to the
Oommiwion, however, it does not appear that,
tnldnr the country as a whole, the revenues
of the rsilroerls have fallen off to the extent
that peneraJly Is believed. The Interstate
Commerce Comnitesion now calls upon the
carriers subject to the act to regulate com
merce for monthly reports of their revenue
and operating expenses. Such reports be Ran
with the month of July last, and I have the
fiicures compiled by Professor Henry C. Adams,
our statistician, as to a number of system
which may be taken as representative of the
railroad my Me mm of the entire country. These
ej stems are:
New York, New Haven & Hartford.
New York Central.
Baltimore & Ohio.
Pennsylvania. eaM and wcet of Pittsburg.
Southern Railway.
Louisville & Nashville.
Rock Island.
Atcbtsna, Topekft A Santa Fe.
Chicago. Milwaukee A. tit. Vul,
Northwestern.
Southern Pacific.
Great Northern.
Northern Pacific
Oecrease Only Might.
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During the three months July, August and,
September the total operating revenues of
the!e jo! amounted to tW.OX).O0O; for the
panic months of October, November and Dei-ember
the total revenue was i7MtOO,00.
The freight revenues of the systems named
rre for the first quarter 2ti4.O(K,O00, and
for the second quarter S2.M.000.0o0. The
freight revenues for November were larger
than th.ee for July or September.
Th- systems during the lant eix months
of UK'7 received from passenger and freight
revenue u. grand total of $775,000,000, which
is fM.OO.OOO more than they received for
the same jrlod in the year and their
net Income from operation is 1107 was $14.
OOO.flOO more than In 1000. These figures
certainly do not Indicate that, either owing
to legislation or the panic, the railroads of
the country as a whole have been put in
financial Jeopardy. It Ls true that during
11K7 thero was a great Increase in operating
expenses owing to general Increases In wages,
but allowing for such increae the larger
volume of traffic and greater revenue yielded
a larger net return.
Increase on Pacific Coast.
A study of these figures shows that the
panic, so far a it affected the railroads,
extended but slightly beyond Chicago towards
the West. If we take the transcontinental
roads reaching to the Pacific Coast, we find
that every one of them increased its gross
operating revenues during the last half of
the year 10OT.
Beginning with, the Great Northern, which
is near the Canadian border, and coming
down the Pacific Coast to the Mexican bor
der, thus Including the Northern Pacific, the
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe systems,
each one Increased Its total operating reve
nues In the last half of 197 over those reve
nues for the last half of 1906, while the net
Income was in some cases Increased and In
others slightly decreased; the net income
from operation In each of theae lines being:
Santa Fe, $13,000,000; Northern Pacific.
flft.fl00.0O0; Great Northern, $13,000,000. and
Southern Pacific. $41,000,000 for the six
months. Taking freight revenues alone, the
Santa Fe system, for Instance, eh owe larger
freight revenues In December titan in July or
September, and the Southern pacific's De
cember freight revenues were but a few
thousand dollars lee la that month than in
any other month excepting October and No
vember. We find, therefore, no alarming
condition presented, as to the transconti
nental lines.
More Effect Further Eastward.
Again comparing the last half of the
years 1906 and 1907, Mr. I-ane shows
that the Koek Island Increased Its rev
enue by over $.1,000,000, but its net in
come decreased over $1,000,000: the
Milwaukee's gross revenue decreased
about $200,000, and the Northwestern's
increased about the same amount.
Between Chicago and the Atlantic
Seaboard, there was an Increase In
cross income on the New York Central,
Baltimore & Ohio, and Pennsylvania;
while the New York Central and Penn
sylvania Increased their net earnings.
Rut Mr. lane says:
The returns from these roads Indicate,
however, that the panic had its center in
their territory, as there is a more notable
railing off in revenues from traffic in this
group during the panic months than on any
other, excepting the Southern roads
The New Haven road shown a gain of
over $1,000,000 in gross and a decrease of
$:50.000 In net revenue, while the Southern
roads show an increase in each item.
Mr. Ijane continues:
Best in O. K. & X.'s History.
Therefore, viewing the country as a whole,
from West to Kast and from North to South,
the outlook for the railroads of the United
States, as shown by their own figures. Is
not so dlsquleiing as has been supposed: and
these figure, it must be remembered. In
clude at least two months after the panic
began in New York, during a greater por
tion of which time banks would not make
loans or discounts and railroads in many
parts of the eon n try would not receive checks
in payment of freight.
Although the returns to the Commission for
January have not t been tabulated, tt Is
probable that they will show that conditions
have been worse than in December; but this
ls also to be borne in mind, that January is
generally the slackest month dung the year,
and February Is also poor. There are, ' no
doubt, individual instances in which the reve
nues of roads have seriously declined during
the paot three months over corresponding
periods for several years past; but there are
also individual Instances in which, singular
to say, the last three months) have been as
good as any corresponding three months in
other years, and in one case, the Oregon
Railroad ft Navigation Company, the Com
mission has been officially informed, that the
past three months have been the best in the
road's entire history.
Strong: Upward Tendency.
There can be no question but that withis
the past three weeks there has been a strong
upward tendency in freight revenues. A
greater volume of traffic Is moving today
than has been moved at any time during
the past two, and perhaps, three months.
The figures of the American Railway Asso
ciation show that there is less surplus of
cars at this time than at any period since
October ao. This promises an early return
to more normal conditions and railroad men
generally axe more optimistic than they have
been sine the Knickerbocker Trust Company
closed its doors. But the increase from 483.
OuO.000 in 1008 to $523,000,000 In 1007. on the
vstems with which I have, dealt, still leaves
a larger net income for 1907 than for 190ft
by nearly f M.ono.oOO.
CONFESSES HIS PERJURY
MARSH ADMITS AGKEEIXG TO
" SELL TIMBER IiAXD.
Case Against Ijos Angeles Men
Strengthened jDefence Forces
Production of Checks.
LOS ANQBLES, CaL, March 23. Isaac
N. Marsh, the Government s principal
Informant in the case against Kenny,
Oillelen, Myers, Goodwin and Gould,
the local business men who are fight
ins; extradition to Oregon in the land
fraud cases in the local United States
Commissioner's Court, on the stand to
day admitted he had committed per
jury in answering falsely two ques
tions put to him in the hearing of the
land cases in the United States Su
preme Court three years ago. His ad
mission, however, seems to strengthen
the case of the Government, because he
now admits he had agreed to sell the
land he entered upon to the Pacific
Furniture & Lumber Company, though
in his affidavit made three years ago
lie denied this. Marsh is protected
from prosecution for perjury by the
statute of limitations.
Attorneys for Gillelen and Kenny
scored a point when they succeeded in
obtaining all of the checks of the Pa
cific Furniture & --Lumber Company
which passed through the Broadway
Bank and Trust Company's Bank. The
Government had previously refused to
surrender these. The attorneys began
to call for single checks and asserted
they would keep at it until they had
them all. .The commissioner ruled that
the checks should all be produced for
purposes of identification.
It is contended by the defense'that
every transaction represented by these
checks was legitimate. ' They say that
the money was not used for buying
land in Oregon, but for paying bills in
this city.
CHARTER DAY CELEBRATED
Presidcnoe Faunce Addresses Stu
dents of University of California.
BERKELEY. Cal., March 23. Charter
Day .was celebrated with appropriate
ceremonies at the University of Coli
fornia. the occasion being the 40th. an
niversary of the inetitutlon. The exer
cises of the day followed a procession to
the Greek Theater from in front of the
Library building, composed of the faculty
In their official robes and of the senior
class.
The principal speaker of the day was
President W. H. P. Faunce, .of Prown
University. He took for his theme "In
dividualism and Social Progress." He
said that "a larger social consciousness
tempering extreme and rampant indivi
dualism is all that will save the Nation
from socialism." He flayed the "pirates
of high finance" by saying that "the man
who uses a university education to en
rich himself at the expense of others in
order to circumvent the law and outwit
the Government, is a disgrace to hia
university and an enemy to the people."
President Wheeler said that the bene
factions'' of private persons to the uni
versity, especially Mrs. Phoebe Hearst,
have been continued.
DEAD BABY IN THE MAILS
Woman Sends to Man AVith Instruc
tions to Burn.
DENVER, March 23. Postmaster F. C.
Olrach, of Portals, N. M.. has reported
to L. E. McKee. chief postoffice inspec
tor of the Rocky Mountain region, the
discovery of the body of a dead infant
in the mails. The package was addressed
to Roy W. Carr, Roswell. N. M.. and
bore the return address of Ida Rhodes
Carr, Woodstock, 111. Under the cover
of the package was the following un
signed note:
"I didn't Know what else to do. Burn
or do something right away. Do not
open."
Postmaster Olrach turned the body over
to the authorities at Portales. Inspector
McKee has started an investigation which
will clear-p the mystery.
PURSUED BY INDIAN POLICE
Han hide Robbers Having Hot Chase
In Nevada Mountains.
RKNO. Nov., March 23. The three
bandits who held up Edward Hoffman
and secured $47,000 belonding to the Coal
ition Mining Company yesterday made
their way to the Schura during the night.
tole a handcar and made their way into
the Walker Indian reservation. They are
now being pursued by former .members
of the Walker Indian police and are
headed for Buck Brush Springs, the only
place in the mountains where water can
be secured. Their course. Indicates they
are trying to reach Reno.
Sergeant Lunjy, of the Nevada 9tate
Police, stated this afternoon that his men
are on guard. The belief is expressed
that the robbers will be captured within
4S houfV
Reward Out for Lost Banker.
SPOKANE.- Wash.. March 23. L. W.
Musselman. aged 33, a banker of Caviller.
N. D.. has not been heard of since going
to Sand Point, Idaho, on March 12 to
purchase a bank. He had plenty of
money and wore diamonds. His father,
J. K. Musselman. of this city, today post
ed $."-00 reward for information as to his
son's whereabouts or for his dead body.
Foul play Is suspected.
Electric Workers on Full Time.
SCHENECTADY, March 23. The 10.000
employes of the General Electric Com
pany, of this city, who have been work
ing four days a week for two months
will shortly go on full time as a result
of a large order recently receive
COREAN SHOOTS
STEVENS THRICE
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armed, and Chang's weapon showed
that three shots were fired, which he
admits, it is evident that one of them
struck the fleeing Corean.
Chang,, who lsian unusually diminu
tive type of the Corean race, and about
as large as a 12-year-old boy, says he
is 30 years of age and has been in this
country for two years, coming from
Hawaii. He freely admitted shooting
Mr. Stevens.
Assassin Glories in Deed.
"Tea, me shoot him," he said to, the
Associated Press representative. "Me
sorry? No. Him no good. Him help
Japan. Btmeby Corea allee same Ja
pan." '
He said he read about Mr. Stevens in
the Japanese newspapers and had rec
ognized him from a picture published.
The fact that the diplomatist had been
praised by the Japanese press and had
been granted a pension by the Mikado
seemed to the Corean's mind to be all
the more evfdence that he had been
disloyal to Corea.
It was learned this afternoon that a
small band of Coreans had been on
Mr. Stevens' trail ever since he arrived
last Friday. Inquiry was made at all
the principal hot$b yesterday by them
until they located him at the Fairmont
last night. Chang ls in a cell at the
City Prison. No charge will be placed
against him pending the outcome of
Mr. Stevens' injuries.
"When Mr. Stevens was taken from the
operating table at the Central Emergency
Hospital he said he was too weak to talk
to all the newspaper men, but called for
the Associated Press representative and
asked that a true account of his condi
tion be sent) out because of his sisters.
one of whom, he said, was an invalid.
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Work of Student Fanatics.
"It is the work of a small band of fa
natical student agitators," said Mr. Ste
vens, weakly. "They are ignorant of the
good work done by the Japanese in
Corea, but do know that the government
has been reorganized, and appear to have
selected me as a victim for their venge
ance because of my connection with the
present government in Corea, I had Hp
idea that they had worked themselves up
to such a murderous pitch. I thought so
little of the assault upon me at the hotel
last night that I took no precautions
whatever, even to carry a weapon.
"This is a r.ice way to begin the vaca
tion I had looked forward to with so
much pleasure," he added, with a smile.
He was resting easy at the St. Francis
Hospital tonight, and was hopeful of
quick recovery. Mr. Koike and D. L.
Richardson, foreign secretary to the Jap
anese Consulate, were in attendance upon
Mr. Stevens all day.
Mr. Koike said Ije did not think that to
day's attempt upon Mr. Stevens' life was
any indication of serious plotting among
Coreans here against Japanese officials,
because of the course adopted by Japan
toward Corea. He expressed the opinion
that it was the work of a small band of,
irresponsible aeitators whose hatred had
centered upon Mr. Stevens because of his
connection with the Corean government.
Attack at Hotel.
The attack on Mr. Stevens at the Fair
mont Hotel last night was the result of
a mass meeting of Corean societies of
Ban Francisco, which appointed four
prominent members, Eal Lee, C. K.
Chung, T. M. Moon and U. S. Choy, all
young men, a committee to interview
Stevens to ascertain his views as ex
pressed in the press after his arrival.
This committee called to see Mr. Stevens
shortly after 9 o'clock and he conversed
with It at the end of the corridor. Lee
asked Mr. Stevens if he made the' state
ments attributed to him, being ques
tioned about each sentence separately,
and answered the questions in the af
firmative. He denied that all the Corean
omcials had been eliminated, that the
Japanese were killing off the Coreans
and added that the young man had
probably been too long away from his
country to know the exact condition of
the government.
Then the attack began. Mr. Stevens was
knocked down and beaten with hotel
chairs. His head struck the marble
flooring, but he quickly rose, and, seiz
ing a chair, placed his back against the
wall and held his assailants at bay until
help arrived.
After the assault, Eal Lee, one of the
Corean committee, said: "I called him a
liar when I was held, but they would
not let us. fight. So we left. We are
all -very sorry that we did not do more
to him. Speaking for the committee,
Lee said that Mr. Stevens is paid by the
Corean government, but is doing what
the Corean people do not want him to do.
JapansSlns in Corea.
"That is." said Lee, "he is talking
falsely about us and the Japanese. In
.reality, he ls in the service of Japan.
Since the Japanese began to 'protect'
Corea, thousands of my countrymen
have been killed. The Japanese sol
diers hold up peasants for their prop
erty and kill, if refused. About 500
villaeres in mv countrv have been de
stroyed by the Japanese troops in little
more than a year since the trouble be
gan. The Japanese want to open schools
in Corea to teach their own language
and letters, but no school unless it be
Japanese. They disbanded the Corean
troops because they were loyal, and so
long as the Coreans had soldiers Japan
could not do much in my country.
"They are sending into Corea thous
ands of Japanese .every month and put
ting them in the place of my country
men. If Japan controls my country two
or three years, then Corea will be japan
or part of it. It is false when Stevens
states the Japanese will withdraw
from Corea. People who are trying to
do what is right for Corea are arrested
by the Japanese and taken away to
starve. Japan bas planned to send
6,000.000 emigrants into Corea. in the
next eight years to supplant Coreans.
and the great work has been placed
under tho direction of former Prime
Minister T. Katsura.
"It has been stated in a Corean pa
per that Stevens came to the United
States to spy ail over the country for
the Japanese army. He told me he
came to America to sell a claim of an
American electrical company In Corea.
The Japanese wanted to take the prop
erty of the company, and the corpora
tion protested against taking It, so the
matter has to be adjusted here. We
want it understood that Stevens is real
ly employed by the Japanese govern
ment to spread a false impression about
conditions in' my country. We are all
sorry we let him off so easy, but what
could we dowlth all the people at the
hotel holding us back?"
Eal Lee has written a letter to a local
newspaper today in which he says that
statements made by Mr. Stevens to the
newspapers here were lies and that
these statements put a wrong idea in the
minds of the American people and great
ly angered Coreans.
Chun was removed from the Central i
Emergency Hospital late this afternoon
to Lane Hospital, where he was re
ported at a late hour tonight to be hold
ing his own. Mr. Stevens' condition re
mains unchanged.
MARTYR TO COREAX " CAUSE
Stevens Active in Fighting Corrup
tion Ito Expresses Horror.
TOKIO, March 24. If the attempt to
assassinate Durham W. Stevens in San
Francisco by young Coreans is success
ful. Stevens will die a martyr to the
cause of Corea, in which he was deeply
interested. It is believed here, that the
attempted assassination - "was a blow
aimed directly at Marquis Ito by the dis
gruntled element, as he prevented the
continuance of the former regime, which
Ito'continually denounced as a corrupt
ring. Mr. Stevens was Ito's chief -adviser
and close friend. He did assiduous
work in Corea until recalled in Novem
ber to assist -the Japanese- Foreign Of
fice In concluding satisfactory arrange
ments in connection with emigration.
Mr. Stevens was extremely popular
among Japanese. Coreans and foreign
ers. When leaving here on March i. he
was given an enthusiastic farewell at
the station by nearly 200 officials of the
embassies, including American Minister
O Brien and staff.
Mr. Stevens was bitterly opposed " to
certain elements in Seoul, and it is in
timated here among his friends, who
were informed of the tragedy by the
representative of the Associated Press,
that the instigation of the crime may be
sought for, not among the so-called revo
lutionaries in Corea, but among those
whose private interests were injured by
Mr. Stevens' opposition.
-When news of the tragedy was carried
to the Foreign Office by the Associated
Press, the utmost grief was expressed
on all sides, and further details are anx
iously awaited.
The newspapers here are all issuing ex
tras with accounts of the attempted as
sassination. Marquis Ito was deeply af
fected and said through his secretary:
"I cannot express my horror." Mar
quis Ito is in feeble health.
Baron Ishii said to the Associated
Press:
"Mr. Stevens was the last man for
whom I would expect assassination at
the hands of Coreans, whom he has con
sistently befriended."
The fact that Mr. Stevens' life was afe
in Corea and Japan and that his as
sassination was attempted In America
has brought out universal comment that
the deed was the result of the anti-Japanese
propaganda in America.
DEFENDS ACT, WISHES TO DIE
Chang Says Stevens AVorks for Japan
and Deserves to -Die.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-I. W.
Chang, the Corean who shot D. W. Ste
vens, made a written statement tonight.
A translation has been made, from which
the following extracts are taken:
This day I shot Stevens. I shot him be
cause he was the main factor in the Japanese
reign of bloodshed and oppression in Corea,
and because he. as the head and adviser of
the regime, was responsible for the deaths
of our fathers, mothers and brothers in Corea.
fitevens ls the adviser of the Corean gov
ernment, paid by the Corean government, but
he is working- for the interests of Japan and
against those of' the nation who looked to
htm, as an American, for justice and good
rule. He has endeavored to make the peo
ple of the United States of America believe
that Japanese protection of Corea was the
best thing for that nation in the present, and
would be soi in the future. He lied when he
said that the Corean people were happy under
Japanese rule. So, for his falsehoods, I shot
Stevens.
If I kill him and I die It will be a warning-
to others who take his place to rule justly
and' to deal with the people in his care with
kindneas and humanity. I will main no com-,
plaint as to the punishment that will be
meted out to me and., should my act aid
my country In struggles for freedom, I wiil
die nobly and well.
I shot Stevens, and I wish to die.
At 11:30 tonight the physicians at the
St. Francis Hospital state that Mr. Ste
vens Is resting easy and In no imme
diate danger.
LOXG SERVICE AS DIPLOMAT
Stevens Began in State Department
and Served Japan Well.
WASHINGTON, March 23. Durham
White Stevens, who was shot today by
Coreans In San Francisco, is a well
known American diplomat, who has
played a conspicuous part In Japanese
official life. Mr. tevens began his dip
lomatic service in the State Department
here, where he attracted the attention
of Japanese officials. Through Count
Okuma he was given the post of confiden
tial adviser and -counsel for the Japanese
Legation at Washington. For many years
he served the Japanese Ministers here
and later was appointed to the important
post of confidential adviser to tnc Jap
anese authorities at Seoul.
This later appointment occurred at
the time of the Russo-Japanese conflict
over Corea, and extended throughout
the important period when Corean sov
ereignty disappeared and Japan began
a virtual protectorate over the little
kingdom. Throughout this transaction
and during the grave crisis when Jap
anese troops put down the rebellious
Coreans, Stevens took a leading part in
directing the course of Japanese pro
cedure. His wide experience, his fa
miliarity with International procedure
and his tactful methods materially
helped In bringing about a calm to the
disordered region.
PAYS SAVINGS BANKS FIRST
Oriental Bank' Reopens and Will
. Soon Pay Ont.
NEW YORK, March 23. Five hundred
thousand dollars, which had been depos
ited by savings banks with the Oriental
Bank before the latter institution sus
pended payment several weeks ago, was
paid to the savings banks today. The
payment was made under the plan which
bad been approved by depositors and
which finally was approved by the courts
m the face of opposition on the part of
Attorney-General Jackson.
The Oriental Bank opened its doors
to its depositors today, and about a dozen
of them turned in their pass books to be
balanced, after which they will be paid in
full. Announcement was made today by
counsel for the bank that the payments to
all depositors probably will be completed
within two weeks.
AUTO RIDE ENDS IN DEATH
Revolver Intended for Robbers
Shoots Young Architect.
BERKELEY. Cal.. March . 23. Not
withstanding that the Coroner's jury
failed to bring in a verdict and con
tinued its hearing until Thursday, the
general belief among the officials is that
the brilliant young architect, A. Dodge
Coplin, came to his death yesterday from
an accidental gunshot wound. Caplin
was aged 38 years and was one of the
best-known young professional men in
the Bay Cities.
According to the story told by Mies
Annette Deaner, a talented and beautiful
young woman of Oakland, who accom
panied the architect on the tragic auto
ride, they were returning to Oakland by
the tunnel road and had stopped on a
hillside above the Claremont Tourist Ho-
The Metropolis,"
Demonstration of
Established 1 850-
Good Merchandise
Br
Just as the Bon Marche in Paris is noted for the quality of its
Gloves, so also is Lipmanr Wolfe & Co. noted for
Silks and Dress Goods
There is always a best, and this season we shall maintain our
long-established reputation for everything that is best in Dress
Fabrics. At present our showing of new Spring Silks and
Dress Goods is complete, displaying every conceivable shade,
tone and quality that Dame Fashion favors.
. . ,
NOTE: It is always a pleasure to show goods here. You will find our
salesmen just as courteous whether looking or buying.
tel to enjoy the view when the accident
occurred. Coplin had displayed a re
volver while coming through the tunnel,
saying he was ready to meet the much
discussed "tunnel robbers." He had
placed the gun in his coat pocket after
reaching the open road.
When ready to start again, after the
stop above the Claremont, Coplin got
out to crank up the machine. As he
stepped to the ground Miss Deaner heard
a report and saw Coplin fail. She went
to the nearest house for help and the
injured man was taken to Roosevelt
Hospital, where he died this morning
without regaining consciousness. It is
supposed the revolver dropped from his
pocket and was accidentally discharged.
TAKES POISON I.N DESPAIR
News of Husband's Abandonment
Causes Attempt at Suicide.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., March 23. Mrs.
E. F. Roberta, wife of H. W. Roberts,
agent of the Hawallan-AmerlcanLlne,
in Seattle, attempted suicide in a 'drug
store in this city .today. Physicians
were summoned promptly and every
effort is being made to save her life.
She drank bichloride of mercury and
carbolic acid, which is said to he the
result o fa letter received from her
husband this morning, wherein it is
Loss of Appetite
Is common when the blood needs
purifying and enriching, for then
the blood fails to give the digestive
organs the stimulus necessary for
the 'proper performance of their
functions.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is pre-eminently
the medicine to take. It
sharpens the appetite, makes the
blood pure and rich, and strengthens
all the digestive organs.
"I was all run down and had no
appetite. After, taking one bottle
of Hood's Sarsaparilla I could eat
anything I wished." Mrs. Amanda
Fenner, Oneco, Conn.
Accept no substitute for
Hood's Sarsaparilla
la usual liquid form or in chocolated
tablets called Sarsa-tabs. 100 doses $1.
ANUTRITIOUS APPETIZER
These warm Spring days every one
is more or less bothered with a fail
ing appetite. Nothing seems "to taste
just right; it's a between-season time
with yourself, as well as with the
trees. What you need is something
that will whet yonr appetite, and at
the same time tone up your system.
This is the time most people prove
the wholesome, appetizing, nutritious
qualities of
"COLUMBIA BRAND
HAMS
Carefully prepared, thoroughly cured
in the most hygienic manner possible;
always reliable.
UNION MEAT CO.
Wholesale dealers in "Columbia"
Brand Hams, Bacon and Lard; 'Government-Inspected
Meats.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Pioneer Packers of the Pacific.
the Great New Novel
"Nemo" Corsets by
FIFTY - EIGHT YEARS IN BUSINESS-Established 1850
Only Quality Considered Oar Prices
Portland's
ass Gc
and
alleged that he threatened to discon
tinue his relationship with her. A let
ter from tlie housekeeper- is also said
to have been received by her, which
confirmed the husband's intentions.
Little hope Is entertained for her re
covery. Find How Trainrobners Kscaped.
HELENA, Mont., March 23. This after
noon, the time set for the trial of George
Frankhauser and Charles McDonald on
the charge of robbing the Oriental Lim
ited September 16 at Rondo, Flathead
Countyf an investigation was started con
cerning the escape of the two men from
the County Jail here. Judge Hunt post
poned the case until Thursday in the
hope that the men will be captured. He
Silk
Shop
THE SALE ALL PORTLAND
IS NOW TALKING ABOUT
Graves & Co. Forced-Out Sale Establishes Record
for Lowest Prices Ever Known.
Sheet Music, Talking: Maehfnex, Violins. Mandolin., nnd All Kinds nf
Band and Musical Instruments nnd Supplies Also n Few Fine
Pianos, Offered Now at Unheard-of Prices.
We cannot begin to tell you half about the extraordinary values here
awaiting you, and can only state again that such a buying opportunity
will never again be presented.
It's not a question of profit now. The landlord says we must get out.
Suitable locations are not to be had. and nothing remains but to dispose
or everything in our present quarters, regardless of the sacrifice.
PIANOS SURELY AT HALF
It's remarkable what little' money will secure a tine piano in this
sale. The instruments, many of them, have onlv been out on rent in
the best homes in this city for a few months;; in fact, several dinlot
be told from new. We're going to make quick work of these. A
splendid walnut Waldorf Upright, now only (184; another fine Waldorf
Upright In walnut, cost new $290. now onlv $167. A choice largest size
Arion Upright, fine oak case, cost new $375. now only $215. A fanry
cased mahogany Ludwlg Upright, strictly brand-new. now only $225.
A maenltirent mahogany Upright Brinkerhoff. the regular $425 style,
now only $225. A virtually new Hamilton Upright, beautiful mahogany
case, sold everywhere at $350 and $375. now only $205. A choice mahog
any Bailey Upright, cost new $375; a big snap at $1R5. An elegant
Steinway, good tone and action, cost new $500, goes now at $196. An
other Stoinway, the much-advertised Vertigrand style, now only $240.
A virtually new J. B. Cook mahogany Upright, now onlv $256. A largest
slae walnut Pease Upright, strictly high grade and in excellent condi
tion, regular $450 value, now only $195.
Terms will be extended to responsible parties.
5 Copies
Now 35c
SHEET MUSIC 9
TAKE YOUR PICK
Classic, sacred and popular, vocal and Instrumental, duets, etc., tc.
No demonstrating, no telephone orders, no C. O. D.. no exchanges. The
finest of Violins and Mandolins, the best Banjos and Guitars, the latest
etyle Talking Machines, elegant Music Bags, Accordions, Drums, Band
Instruments and all kinds of Musical Merchandise take your choice
now at virtually half former priee.
All that we may say or all that your friends and neighbors who have
taken advantage- of this forced-out sale may tell you. will not do full
justice to this really great money-saving event. You must see for your
self. Try and come In the morning. If you can. But by all means, come
right away. Store opens at 9 A. M.
GRAVES & CO.
38 WASHINGTON STREET, BETWKE.V SIXTH AXD SEVENTH.
1.18
Miss Crandall"
Are Always the Lowest
said it was the duty of the Marshal to
investigate the escape and1 to lay the facts
before the District Attorney to ascertain
if there has been any violation of the law.
No clue has been discovered to the
wrereabouts of the fugitives.
WEDDING
ASD VISITING CARDS.
W. G. SMITH 8 CO.
WASHINGTON BUILDING,
Cor. Fourth and Washington St.
"12 Copies
' Now 75c
Author of
Jungle
ods