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VOL,. XL VIII XO. 14,804.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IONDAY, MAY. 11, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ASKS FOR LEMON,
GETS LEADEN DOSE
Mrs.BerthaEttaGordon
Lurch Is Shot.
FATALLY HURT BY BARKEEPER
Midnight Tragedy at Marsh
field in a Launch.
ONE OF BAD-MONEY GANG
Woman Has Been Suspected of
Counterfeiting and Watched by
Secret Service Men Police
.Record In Coast Cities.
MARSHFIELD, Or., May 10. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Bertha Etta Gordon,
, lotorlous in both Portland and San
Francisco, and 'with police records In
both, cities, was shot here last night by
.1. Anderson, a bartender, better known
is "Mazooke" Anderson. A bullet from
l 44-calIber revolver penetrated her
kidneys and the woman cannot recover.
The tragedy occurred at an early
hour this morning- on the gasoline
launch North Bend while the boat was
lied at the Marshfield docks. Mrs.
Sordon was arrested once in Portland
n the belief that she had something
U do with passing counterfeit money,
vnd she was under suspicion of similar
vork here.
Watched by Officers.
While the officers here and Assist
In t District Attorney Lillijquist will
tot talk of that feature of the case, it
' Is true that the woman had been
n-atched and that secret service men
have visited Marshfield recently with a
riew to investigating. . Bad iS and $10
jold pieces have been circulating in
Coos Bay and it Is rumored that Mrs.
Sordon, together with some others,
have been suspected of the coinage of
the spurious cofni.
Anderson has been working lately aa
I bartender in the Bell Cord saloon,
located on Front street. He was on
Suty last night. The rear door of the
laloon opens on the wharf near where
the passenger launches running between
Vorth Bend and Marshfield land. Mrs.
3ordon came to Marshfield early last
tvening and remained for several hours
In a waiting room on the wharf pro
vided for the boat passengers. She
was seen to have loaded a revolver
while she wan In the waiting room.
Several times she sent to the saloon
and asked to see Anderson, but he did
not come. Once she telephoned for
him to bring her a lemon, and he sent
it to her. but by another man.
Calls for Man Who Shot Her.
The sAlonns close at midnight and
hortly before that hour Mrs. Gordon
sent to the saloon and Anderson came
to the back door and there met her. As
to just what followed there were no
eyewitnesses. Anderson says as soon
as he opened the door Mrs. Gordon put
a revolver in front of his face and de
manded that he go to the boat and to
North Bend with her. They went down
to the boat together, and Mrs. Gordon
ordered the boatman to move.
It was then that Anderson shot her
with the revolver he carried.
I'nder instructions of his attorney,
Anderson will not talk of the case fur
ther than to say that he fired in self
defense and that he had been warned
during the day that Mrs. Gordon had
made threats to kill him. Immediately
after the shooting Anderson went back
to the saloon, where he was arrested a
few minutes later by Night Officer
Condron and lodged in the City Jail.
Xo Hope for Recovery.
Mrs. Gordon was carried to the Marsh
field General Hospital, where an opera
tion was performed. The bullet had pene
trated the kidneys and liver and lodged In
the spine and could not be extracted.
There Is little hope for her recovery. Mrs.
Gordon has been residing in a. house at
North Bend. She came to Marshfield last
Tuesday night and was arrested fof
drunkenness. She was put in Jail over
night and the next day told to leave
Marshfield and stay away, and was re
leased on those conditions. Anderson, it
is said, went back to North Bend with
the woman.
Mrs. Gordon, after the shooting last
night, stated that on this occasion Ander
son robbed her of $77. She came to
Marshfield, she said, last night for the
purpose of taking Anderson back to North
Bend and have an officer there arrest htm
on landing in that city. She says that
she did not flash a revolver but admits
that she had one wrapped In paper. She
admits also that she told Anderson she
would shoot him If he did not go to
North Bena with her and says that after
she fell she would have shot him but
could not make her revolver work.
Mrs. Gordon since she has been In the
hospital will not tell anything of the
alleged counterfeiting gang and if she
knows anything she is so far keeping it
to herself. .
Anderson Well Known and Liked.
The grand Jury at Coquille is still in
session and Anderson will be taken to
that town tomorrow and confined in the
County Jail. The case will be immediately
presented to the grand jury by Assistant
District Attorney Lillijquist. Attorney C.
F. McKnight has been engaged by Ander
son to defend him.
lira. Gordon has lived In North Bend
at different times for the, past four or
five years. Her husband is Edward S.
Gordon, a contractor, who erected' one of
the largest buildings in North Bend and
who is now said to be in Portalnd. Mrs.
Gordon asked that the doctors keep her
alive long enough to see her husband.
With the police at San Francisco and
Portland Mrs. Gordon is known as Bertha
Etta Gordon alias Lurch, alias McCord
She has been in trouble in both cities
and her reputation on Coos Bay, was not
the best.
"Maiooke" Anderson had for several
years past worked as a bartender in dif
ferent saloons in Marshfield and also at
Bandon. He also lived at Coquille some
years ago and formerly worked as a
timber cruiser. He Is well known among
the people about the city, is about 35
years old. is a good-natured and well-
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Mrs. Bertha Etta Gordon-Lurch,
Victim of Jlarshfleld Tragedy.
liked fellow whose character has never
been assailed. He says it was a case of
kill the woman or be killed himself.
CAREER OF MRS. GORDON
WELJj KNOWN IN VARIOUS CIT
IES ON THE COAST.
Matrimonial Difficulties Get. Her
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Into Trouble at Different
Times in Portland.
Mrs. Edward Sam Gordon,, the woman
who figured in the early morning shoot
ing at Marshfield, Or., yesterday, has
enjoyed the career of an adventuress on
the Pacific Coast since 1905. Her -first es
capade to attract the attention of the
Portland public was In 1906. In Feb
ruary of that year she came under police
suspicion by reason of her alleged con
nection with- a counterfeiting gang. This,
however, was not brought home to her.
Some months later she gained considera
ble notoriety by claiming to be the le
gitimate wife of Edward Sam Gordon, a
wealthy Coos Bay lumberman, whom she
afterwards married.
On her first appearance in Portland she
was known by her maiden name of Ber
tha Etta Lurch and also as Mrs. Bertha
McCord, but when registered at one of
the leading hotels of the city she gave
the name of Mrs. E. S. Gordon, and it
is probably from this name that she af
terward evolved the scheme of claiming
to be the bride of the Coos Bay man.
In. February. 1906, she was placed under
arrest at her apartments at her hotel
and later taken to San Francisco by
Detective Ryan, of the police department
of the Bay City. How she escaped from
the toils at that time is not known, but
her next appearance in Portland was
later in the same year or early in 1907.
when she came here and again claimed
to have married Edward Sam Gordon, of
Cooa Bay. at Vancouver. Wash. This
Gordon strenuously denied, and when
the records at the county seat of Clark
county were examined It was shown that
some man by the name of Edward Sam
Gordon, or who had posed as such, had
been married to a woman who gave her
name as Bertha Etta Lurch, of Oregon
City. Bertha Etta Lurch originally came
from Sacramento, Cal., where her father,
A. Luyh, conducted a hotel, and she is
said to have secured several hundred
dollars from him by means of practical
swindling, and then to have run away
with a man named McCord, and, as she
waa known as Mrs. Bertha-McCord, this
theory is believed by the police.
Shortly after Edward Sam Gordon, . of
Coos Bay, had Issued several published
statements absolutely-denying his con
nection with the woman known as Ber
tha Etta Lurch or Mrs. Bertha McCord,
the couple were arrested by Patrolmen
Evans and Tennant for raising-a dis
turbance' in the Hood Hotel. On the
night in question. June 14 last, several
calls had been received at ; police headquarters-to
the effect that' a man was
threatening to kill a woman, and in re
sponse the officers were detailed to in
vestigate, with the result that Gordon
and the woman were arrested. The next
day in the Police Court Gordon paid the
fine of $5 assessed the woman on : a
charge of disturbing the peace, and for
feited his own ball on a continuance and
the matter waa dropped. The next heard
of the Gordons was to the effect that
they had been regularly married, and un
til yesterday morning"s episode they had
dropped out of sight.
Edward Sam Gordon was In Portland
for several days lat week and may be
here yet. but inquiry at the hotels last
night failed to reveal his presence.
The troubles of the Gordons, both be
fore and after Edward Sam Gordon is
known to have married the woman who
so persistently harrassed him. are known
all along the Pacific Coast, for the cou
ple frequently engaged in disputes, not
only in Portland, but in San Francisco
and other California places.
TROUBLES WITH HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Gordon Familiar Figure In the
Oregon City Courts.
OREGON CITT, Or., May 10. (Special.)
Bertha Etta Lurch was a familiar figure
in Oregon City last Summer, when she
was fighting a suit brought by Edward
Sam Gordon to quiet title to his prop
erty, a portion of which was claimed by
the woman, who said that Gordon married
her In California three years ago. This
allegation was denied by Gordon, and in
order to make her case the stronger the
woman persuaded a man to go with her
to Vancouver, Wash., and there Imper
sonate Gordon and marry her. This was
done, though It was nevr clearly estab-
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NATION TO ADOPT
ASSET CURRENCY
Means New Epoch in
Financial History.
IMPORTANT FORWARD STEP
Lessons of Recent Panic Con
vince American Public.
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CONGRESS ANSWERS CALL
Majority Party In House Takes Siap
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' nlficant Action Toward Economic
Reform Mobile Property Ba
sis Expanding Currency.
Walter Wellman In Chicago Record-Herald.
WASHINGTON, May 10. (Special.) It
is a new epoch which now dawns in the
financial history of the American people.
Currency based upon the assets of banks
that Is, upon the industries, mobile prop
erty and commercial activities of the peo
ple aa represented by the banks is com
ing, is near at hand. It may come now
in limited form by enactment of the cur
rency measures upon which the Republi
can leaders of the House of Representa
tives are working. If It doea not come
now, it will surely come soon.
Answer Public's Demands.
This epoch-making departure was vir
tualy ushered In last week,' when by a
vote of 125 to 21 the iflembers of the domi
nant party in the .popular branch of Con
gress decided to adopt it as' a principle.
That vote was only legislative acceptance
and registration of a decree of p'ublic
opinion. As is often the case with re
forms and progress toward better gov
ernment and better things, the Congress
follows where the people lead. The best
opinion of America has, for some time.
favored what la called asset currency.
Congress is trying to echo the voice of the
public. . r
Forward Step Slgnll leant.
In some respects this step forward is
one of the most remarkable ever seen in
our country. It shows again how quickly
the thinking American people master a
financial or economic problem, once some
thing occurs to cause their thought. -The
first great example of this we have had
In recent times was the adoption of the
gold standard by popular vote In the
Presidential election of 1S96. For years we
had been drifting along with an uncertain
standa-xl or double standard, really fall
ing between two 6tools. Then came the
political threat that we should be plunged
downward to a. silver basis. The shock of
this danger stimulated thought in a mar
velous way. With phenomenal rapidity
the people educated themselves, thought
it all out. In July the country was for
sliver. By September it was wavering.
By November it had made up its mind on
the right side.
Twelve months ego the American people
W. H. T. DEAR ME! I
AROUND
EVENTS OF COMING WEEK
Thirteen Mate Conventions.
The conference of Governors which
opens at ' Washington Wednesday
promises to be one of the most Im
portant news features of the week.
Thirteen state convention will elect
delegates to the National Convention
' during the week and a' score or more
different -conventions will be held in
various states for a similar purpose. '
The New York State Legislature will
convene In extraordinary session at
Albany on Monday, when It Is ex
pected tlfat Governor Hughe will
urge enactment of the Agnew-Hart
anti-racetrack gambling bills and
. other -Pleasures - wblch the Leglsla- ,.
ture failed to pass at the recent
' session.
New Currency BUI In Sight. "
Confidently anticipating that the
House Republican 'caucus to be held
Monday 'night will "agree on the
terms ofan emergency currency, the
Republican leaders in Congress are
preparing to give such a measure
right of way whenever It shall be
presented. They count upon having
the bill before the House for con
sideration before the close of the
-week. It Is not expected the discus
sion will be extended.
Foraker Demands a Vote.
A conflict between Senator Foraker,
who has given notice that be will
move to have his resolution for the
reinstatement of the negro soldiers
who were dismissed from the service
by the President on account of the
Brownsville affair, made the unfin
ished business of . the Senate, and
Senator Elklna, whose Joint resolu
tion suspending the commodity
clause of the railroad rate law. now
occupies the advantageous position.
Is promised Monday when Mr.
Fo raker has said he will present his
motion. Mr. Elkins Is anxious to
have his resolution aaopted and It
Is believed that he will not yield
willingly.
Throughout Japan there is much
Interest in the general election,
which will take place on Friday.
were oppoeed .to asset currency. They
had not thought much about It. There
had been no great need of thinking. Few
understood It. But there was widespread
prejudice against it. Why we can easily
understand. Only the oldest men remem
bered the days of wildcat money. But
wildcat currency was a National tradition.
The people were determined to have no
more of it. -Having secured paper money
that was absolutely safe, they were intui
tively opposed to any Innovations. They
wanted no experiments. They knew their
present currency, based on Government
bonds, waa absolutely safe, and they
feared currency based on anything else
might not be safe.' Therefore the man
who a year ago had dared predict that
within 12 months the people of the United
States would actually favor asset cur
rency would have been deemed, crazy.
Direct Result of Panic.
Then came the panic, the needless col
lapse of the banking Institutions of a
great and rich country, a collapse due en
tirely to the insufficient stock of cur
rency, to an ill-balanced system which
throws all the work upon the currency
at a time when it can . least bear the
strain, and fails to provide any adequate
remedy in means of issuing new currency
supplies to meet the extraordinary de
mand. The shock of this great disaster
set men thinking.
President Returns Home.
WASHINGTON, May 10. President
Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and John Bur
roughs, who have been spending several
days at Pine' Knot, Mrs. Roosevelt'3
country place, returned to Washington
this afternoon. . A special train of two
cars brought the party back, the trip
being without Incident.
WISH THAT FELLOW WOULD QUIT HANGING
HERE; HE MAKES ME NERVOUS."
EX-SHERIFF SMITH
IS FOUND GUILTY
Crook County Jury De
liberates 1 5 Hours.
CHARGE IS THAT OF ARSON
Said to Have Burned Property
of Ex-Congressman.
IMMUNITY NOT PROMISED
Larkin Elliott, Who Turns State's
Evidence, Must Stand Trial for
His Share In Crimes New
Trial to Be Moved at Once.
PRINEVILLH, Or., May 10. (Special.)
After deliberation covering more than 15
hours the jury in the case of C. Sara
Smith, charged with burning J. N. Wil
liamson's shearing plant, brought in a
verdict of guilty, at 12:15 o'clock this
afternoon.
The verdict was a huge surprise to the
people here, most of whom were expect
ing a disagreement. Wagers were freely
offered at two to one that if the Jury
reached a decision at ' all the verdict
would be an acquittal. This opinion was
owing to the bad reputation of Larkin
Elliott, the alleged accomplice and prin
cipal witness for the prosecution, for truth
and veracity, the unreliability of whose
statements was thought to be clearly
established by five responsible witnesses.
Evidence was also offered to show that
within the flast year Elliott had re
marked, "We will have to burn Sam
Smith's house and run him out of the
country;"
The evidence against the defendant was
largely circumstantial and but for the
testimony of Mrs. Larkin Elliott and
Thomas Huston It is doubtful whether
the state would have had a case. Another
factor in the conviction was the promise
made by the District Attorney to the jury,
that Elliott would not be granted Immunity
but would also be punished for the crime
admitted.
The case went to the jury at 9 o'clock
yesterday evening. On the first ballot the
vote stood seven to five for conviction.
Five ballots were taken, when the votes
changed from ten to two for conviction,
and this remained until noon today, at
which time the Jury requested the court
to repeat the Instructions relative to the
law governing circumstantial evidence.
Fifteen minutes later the jury returned
a verdict of guilty.
Smith retained his composure during the
reading of the verdict, not even changing
color upon learning his fate.
Counsel will move for a new trial to
morrow morning. If this is granted, they
say errors which iney regard as vital
in the case will not be repeated. If the
motion Is not granted, notice will be
given to appeal to the Supreme Court.
There is no question that this case will
be fought then to the last ditch.
This is th first case on record in Crook
County where a sheepman has had suffi
cient courage to endeavor to cause the
punishment of those committing depreda
tions on his property. Hitherto all have
been content to let the matter drop, either
from fear of consequences or because of
insufficient evidence.
According to District Attorney Menefee,
the defendant will not be tried on the
other three indictments against him, two
of which are on felony informations and
one on a misdemeanor charge. Neither
are the old range war troubles to be
raked up, which set the county on edge
for many years. The "Shorty" Davis
affair, in which a man disappeared nine
years ago', has not been mentioned, for
the body has not been found. In case It
should be, if. is hinted that the authori
ties know where to place the blame for
his disappearance, having obtained lue
information during the course of the pres
ent trial.
The general sentiment here is not one of
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C. Sara Smllh, n-Kherlff. Convicted
of Arson by Crook County Jury.
joy over the conviction. Much sympathy
has been expressed for Smith and for his
family, for they are popular people in
this region.
"MERRY WIDOW" SAVES UFE
BUT FOB THE HAT, DOG WOULD
LIE IX WATERY GRAVE.
Being Carried Away by Current
AVhen Mistress Throws Her Head
gear "Kags'' Climbs Aboard.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 10. (Special.)
"Rags," a little bull terrier puppy
owned by Miss Amy Dsll, of Kent, who
ha been visiting friends here during
the past week, has a high regard for
the "Merry Widow" hat. A "Merry
Widow" hat was the means of saving
the puppy's life.
Miss Dall and some girl friends were
strolling along the bank of the
Duwaml3h. One of the young women,
in play, picked up the puppy and threw
him Into the water. The swift current
was too much for "Rags' " feeble strength
and he was swept away and would no
doubt have drowned had he not lodged
against a stump. The young women
tried to find a pole or plank which they
could reach to the dog, but none
proved long enough. Then Miss Dall
thought of a novel means of rescue.
She took off her "Merry Widow" anil
tossed It to the dog. which climbed in
and was towed ashore by a string that
had been attached to it.
DYING BY THE HUNDRED
Epidemic of Typhoid Makes Fright
ful Ravages In Kiev Prison.
KIEV. Russia. May 10. A frightful epi
demic of exanthematous typhoid is raging
in the city, prison. More than 200 deaths
so far have occurred, and practically -alL
of the inmates are infected. The author
ities are withholding details.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
W. J. Murphy, Railroad Man.
CINCINNATI, May lp. V. J. Mur
phy, vice-president of the Queen and
Crescent route, who was stricken with
paralysis on the night of April 4, died
at 3:20 this morning at his home in
this city.
Archbishop Casanova 111.
SANTIAGO, Chile, May 1,1. Most Rev.
Mariano Casanova, archbishop of San
tiago, Is seriously ill.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Th Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum "temperature. 6X
degrees; minimum, 41 decrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy, with occasional show
ers; westerly winds.
Foreign..
No Venezuelan diplomat bids American
Minister goodbye. Page 3.
XationaJ.
Adoption of ajwet currency will mark new
epoch in financial history. Page 1.
Taft settles dispute in Panama; starts
home Tuesday. Pajre 3,
Political.
California's delegation will gro instructed
for Roosevelt. Pag 2.
Washington will send Taft delegation to
Chicago. Page 3.
Socialist convention spilt over effort to in
duce faxmera to Join the party. Page 1.
Ionutlc.
Thousand throng to scene of tragedy on
Gunnees farm. Page 3.
Vice-Pre irient Fairbanks parttaipa t la
dedication of parochial school at Cntcago
Page 2.
Paciflo Cooa.
Ex-Sheriff Sam Smith convicted of arson
by Crook County jury, rage 1.
Mrs, Bertha Etta Gordon, alias Lurch, shot
fatally by a barkeeper at Marshfield.
Page 1.
Debate on the university appropriation bill
at Salem. Page 4.
Sport.
Umpire forfeits baseball game to San Fran
cisco. Page 3.
Portland and Vicinity.
First delegates arrive for state Republican
convention. Page 8.
Debate on single tax amendment at People's
Forum. Page 4.
Dr. Brougher preaches on practical applica
tion of Golden Rule. Page 8.
Tents pitched for circus performance to
day. Page 14.
Changes planned In City Park that will
remove present artificial effects. Page V.
ALL NOT LOVELY
FOR SOCIALISTS
Rural and Urban Dele-,
gates in Conflict.
LET OFF ORATORY AT CHICAGO
Question of Appeal to Farmers
Stumbling-Block.
DEBATE LASTS ALL DAY
Texas Delegates Oppose Propaganda
Advocated by New Yorkers Debs
and Haywood Leading Aspir
ants Presidential Honors.
CHICAGO, May 10.-Vith a whirlwind
of oratory, the Socialist party delegates
opened the National convention here to
day. The first session, which lasted from
noon until early evening, developed indi
cations of a clash between urban Social
ists and Socialists of the agricultural
classes, 'and already the line of cleavage
appears to be sharply drawn.
The issue, according to the tenor ot
several spirited addresses by men and
women delegates, is whether the Socialist
party shall make a special appeal to the
farmers of the country to join the ranks
of Socialism. The question was still up on
adjournment, for the day.
E. V. Debs and W. D. Haywood, seem
ingly are the logical aspirants lor the
Presidential nomination. The contest be
tween them promises to bo close.
Refuse Seats to Women Delegates.
The net results of the session were: A
refusal to permit the women delegates
to be seated by a majority of the com
mittee on rights of women with regard
to the Socialist movement; a refusal tq
name a committee to discuss immigration,
and a fight lasting through several ballots
on t e questions of proposed overtures
to the farmers and reference ot the same
to a committee of nine.
The debate and the repeated voting on
the last proposition was the significant
development of the day. Representatives
of the city membership of the party ap
peared to be practically unanimous in
demanding an appeal to the farmer vote.
New York City, Chicago, Milwaukee and
other cities voted as a unite in the affirm
ative'. On the other hand, Texas, Okla
homa and. in fact, nearly all of the dis
tinctly agricultural districts, voted against
the proposition. Following the truce on
this question upon its being referred to
the committee, the two-thirds rule of con
trol came up, and a spirited debate fol
lowed. Debate Two-Thirds llule.
Chairman Secretary Moustcrmnn of the
rules committee reported a clause provid
ing that a two-thirds vote should he
necessary for the nomination of candi
dates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency.
The debate was scarcely under
way when adjournment was taken and
the proposition will be the first order to
morrow. The credentials committee reported con
tests over the. seating of delegates lie
Devitt of California and Goebel of New
Jersey.
A provisional committee from the State
of .Washington also contested the seating
of delegates from that state. In each
case the delegates were seated pending
further investigation of their credentials.
The rules adopted by the convention
provided for the selection of a chairman
and secretary each day. Morris Hilquist,
of New York, was named as temporary
chairman for today's session. Kraik 1.
Wheat was made temporary secretary.
Welcome at Garrlrk Tlieater.
Before the convention proper the dele
gates met at the Garrick Tlieater, where
they were welcomed to Chicago by Chi
cago Socialists. The theater whs crowded
and many were turned away. Music was
furnished by the United German So
cieties, the United Scandinavian Societies
and the Jewish Hinging Society. The
meeting opened with the singing of the
"Marseillaise" in whleh delegates and
visitors Joined. G. T. Fraenirkel delivered
the address of welcome on behalf of the
city and he was followed hy Morris
Hilqusit, of New York, International sec
retary of the Socialist movement.
The announcement was made at this
meeting that El V. Debs had been de
tained by sickness in his family.
BISHOP MOORE CHARGED
With Three Others Must Stand Trial
at Conference.
BALTIMORE, ifay 10. The feature of
tnday for the delegates to the Quadren
nial General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church was a big temperance
meeting at the Lyric, at which Governor
Frank Hanley, of Indiana, was the prin
cipal speaker.
During the week there will be consid
ered the charges preferred by Rev.
George A. Cooke, of New York, against
Bishops David II. Moore, of Portland.
Or.; Daniel A. Goodsell, Boston: William
F. McDowell, of Chicago, and Joseph F.
Berry, of Buffalo. Mr. Cooke charges
all four of the bishops with maladminis
tration. The charges grew out of rulings on
charges which Rev. Cooke has preferred
against prominent Methodists. Including
Rev. Dr. J. M. Buckley, of New York,
Chancellor James R. Day, of Syracuse
University, and Professor Borden Bowno,
of Boston University. The alleged mal
administration of the bishops is said to
lie in the fact that they did not rule
correctly when charges against the men
were laid before them.