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HYSITBY
EX-COHVICT
HE EXPOSED
GraftTrialsHaveCli
max in Attempt
at Assassination.
WOUND MAY KOI BE FATAL
Rejected Juror Attacks Heney
in Courtroom, Approach
ing Suddenly.
SAYS HENEY RUINED HIM
Overpowered, He Expresses
Indifference as to Fate.
POPULACE IS INDIGNANT
Kucf Sends Chauffeur for Doctor
and Joins In Denouncing Crime.
Returned to Jail Will Be
No Iet-up In Prosecutions.
SAX FRANCISCO. Nor. 13. The San
, Francisco bribery-graft casfi had a dra-
mntle climax today, when Assistant Dis
trict Atttorney Francis J. Heney, who
has been In charge of the prosecution
during tty course, of two years, was shot
Rnd seriously wounded In the crowded
courtroom by Morris Haas, an ex-convict.
The shooting occurred during a
br ef recess In the third trial of Abra
ham Ruef on the charge of bribery,
which !s now In Its 11th week.
With four uniformed policemen In the
hall, half a dosen of the prosecution's
special detectivea within a few feet, one
of them detailed especially as his body
guard to see that no attempt was made
upon his life, and several court bailiffs
and attaches scattered about, the ag
gressive special prosecutor whose fearless
and relentless work in the exposure and
prosecution of graft In the municipal af
fairs of this city, earned h!m many
enemies, was shot In sight of 300 persons.
Mr. Heney is now in the Lane Hospital
and the physicians say that his wound is
not fatal. Haas Is in the city prison.
The would-be assassin is a Jew and a
saloonkeeper, who was drawn upon the
Jury panel In the second trial of Ruef
and. after having been temporarily
passed by both sides, was exposed In a
drsmatlc manner by Mr. Heney as an
ex-conrlct and discharged from the Jury
Haas declared after the shooting that
Heney had ruined his life by this ex
posure and that he had determined to
kill Mr. Heney for that reason.
While Court Was In Recess.
Mr. Heney had finished the ex
amination at noon of James L. Galla
gher, the prosecution's most . Important
witness In all the bribery-graft rases
and the confessed "go-between" of Ruef
snd the former Board of Supervisors.
Hnry Ach. chief counsel for Ruef. had
subjected Gallagher to a severe cross-examination
for two 'hours In the after
noon, when Judge Lawlor declared a
brief recess at 4:6 o'clock. The jury
filed out and Mr. Heney. Mr. Ach and
Mr. Dosler. at the request of the Judge,
went into his chamber to confer with
him on some proposed Instructions to
the Jury. At the conclusion of the con
ference Mr. Ach, Mr. Dealer. Ruef and
Judge Lawlor went out of the courtroom
to the street in front of the building,
which Is on Fulton street, near Van
Ness avenue. . .
Mr. ,Heney. Instead of going outside to
enjoy a brief airing, stepped for a mo
ment Into an ar.te-room and then came
back to his counsel table. While many
of the rersons wh. crowded the court
room had gone cut on the sidewalk,
there was still a large crowd In the
room.
Shot Suddenly Fired.
Mr. Heney was leaning over on his
table, conversing in low tones with Al
McCabe. chief dork of the District At
torney's office. Directly In front of him
was James Gallagher, the witness,
and a representative of the Associated
Press had Just walked to Mr. Heney's
table and was standing at his left el
bow, waiting for an opportunity to speak
to him. when a small man, neatly at
tired and having a decidedly Jewish cast
of countenance, approached the Assistant
District Attorney from behind in quick
steps, but with deliberation. Suddenly
his right hand shot out and, before the
newspaperman. Mr. McCabe or John
Foley, Mr. Heney's special bodyguard,
sitting about eigbx feet away, could
make a move, there was a flash and a
loud report rang through the courtroom.
For a moment everybody seemed
iCondudtd oa Fags a.
CONSIDERS HENEY
MARTYR TO PUBLIC
L-iXGDON S TRIBUTE IX BELIEF
HENEY WOULD DIE.
Had N'o Motive but Pure Devotion.
No Threats of Assassination
Will Stop Prosecution.
FRESNO. Cal., Nov. 13. District Attor
ney Langdon, of San Francisco, is in
Fresno. When informed by an Associated
Press representative of the shooting of
Francis J. Heney. he expressed deep hor
ror. He declared the prosecution would
go on and said the criminals who had de
bauched San Francisco had gone the ex
tremest length.
Mr. Langdon had Just telephoned to his
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office in San Francisco and had received
the report that there was no hope of
saving Mr. Heney's life. Mr. Langdon's
face and voice showed the intense emo
tion under which he was laboring as he
said :
"If there was ever a clear case of a
man's offering his life for his country, it
is the caee of Mr. Heney. He was actu
ated in hla work by no motive but a pure
devotion to the good of his country and
of his fellow-citizens, and his death, will
be that of a martyr to the public cause.
"It would be inappropriate at such a
time as this to discuss the possible ef
fects of Mr. Heney's death upon the pros
ecution of the grafter, but I may say-
this: no threats of assaslnation will avail
to stop it and the prosecutions will con
tinue. even If more lives must be sac
rlflced.
"And I am taking the first train back
to put in motion the wheels of the law
to make sure that justice is meted out
promptly and surely to this assassin.
Mr. Langdon, accompanied by his wife
and brother-in-law. C. B. Conneau. leaves
on the- midnight Santa Fe train for San
Francisco.
TRADE EXPANSION RAPID
Dun and Bradstreefs Report .a
Healthful Industrial Tone.
NEW YORK. Nov. 13. Dun's review
of trade tomorrow will say:
Expectations are being fully realized
in the increased demand for manufac
tured products that each dayreduies
the percentage of Idle maeninery ana
the number of unemployed. The de
pleted condition of stocks is disclosed
as business expands, and throughout
all industrial channels there is a sud
den pressure to meet requirements that
assures activity tor ome time at icasi.
Several of the railways are in the mar
ket for steel rails, although' few im
portant contracts were ptaced this
week. Increased activity and strength
is noted in every variety of hides.
Bradstreefs tomorrow will say:
Expansion continues in trade and in
dustrial lines, shipments over the rail
roads are increasing, idleness is being
diminished, prices in numerous In
stances are higher, collections are bet
ter and sentiment Is brighter than It
has been for 12 months past. In many
sections retailers stocks are badly
broken, owing to conservative pur
chases heretofore made, and as a re
suit requests for immediate shipments
are quite the rule. On this account
and because of more seasonable
weather, sorting up orders in whole
sale and jobbing lines are of larger
volume. Spring business is also de
veloping quitely freely, although wide
spread improvement in this direction
is not looked for until after the" turn
of the new year. Demand for holiday
goods is increasing. On the whole the
situation is becoming more favorable.
SHANKLIN IS PRESIDENT
Former Seattle Pastor Head of W'es
lejan .University.
NEW YORK. Nov. 11 William Arnold
Fhanklln. president of Upper Iowa Uni
versity, Fayette. Ia., and formerly pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church
of Seattle, was elected today president of
Wesleyan University, Middletown. Conn.
Dr. Shanklln succeeds Acting President
Northrice. who has been at the head of
the university since the resignation of
President Bradford P. Raymond about
two years ago.
TOO BAD, UNHAPPY ONES
Now You'll Have to Live In Dakota
One Whole Year.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D-. Nov. 13. The
new divorce law, increasing the period
of iesidence from six months to one
year, was carried on November S In
South Dakota by vote of t to 1, ac
cording to unofficial figures compiled
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SOVEREIGNS OF
CHINA ARE D1C
Emperor Is Removed to
Death Chamber.
DOWAGER IS CRITICALLY ILL
Nation Shaken by Reports
From Royal Palace.
IMPERIAL EDICTS ISSUED
Prince Chun Made Regent, W'hlle
Son Becomes Heir-Presumptive.
Empress Attends ' ' Grand
Council and Swoons.
PEKIN. Nov. 13. The entire Empire, of
China has been shaken by reports ema
nating today from the royal palace, one
of which conveyed news of the death of
Emperor Kuang Hsu. and another which
told of the serious Illness of the Dowager
Empress who. It Is also believed, is dying.
The Emperor was transferred to the
death chamber at 2 o'clock this -afternoon,
but at 4:30 o'clock official information
was made public that the Chinese ruler
was still breathing. The Dowager Em
press attended a meeting of the Grand
Council soon after the transferral of the
Emperor to the death chamber, but her
condition was such that she fainted
during the session.
Two Edicts Issued.
Two imperial edlots were Issued from
the palace thla afternoon In quick suc
cession. The first makes Prince Chun
Regent of the Empire, and the second
appoints his son, Pu Wei, heir presump
tive. Simultaneously with the removal
of the Emperor from the Winter palarje
to the death chamber In the Forbidden
City, the members of the Grand Council
assembled in the palace. The Dowager
Empress was present at the meeting, and
Is reported to have swooned. At 4:30
o'clock this afternoon a palace official
of high standing said the Emperor was
still alive. . -
; All the government offices were desert
ed. The palace Is crowded with officials.
Prince Chun Is a brother of 'the Em
peror. Hie name Is Tsal-Feng, and he
succeeded to the title of his father.
Prince Chun, In 1891. He is a Lieutenant
General of the Plain White Banner
Corps, and visited Germany in 1901 as a
special commissioner of the throne.
Refuses Medical Aid.
This last Illness of the Emperor as
sumed a serious aspect a fortnight ago.
It was then declared that he was suffer
ing from a grave intestinal complaint.
tHe has persistently refused to accept
Western medical aid, although medical
men attached to the legations here have
stood ready to give their services.
His Majesty has been suffering for 10
years past from chronic nephritis, which
recently became complicated with dia
betes and sciatica. It was admitted yes-
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"HERE
PLEADED GUILTY
TO EMBEZZLEMENT
MAX WHO SHOT HEXEY GrVEN
TWO YEARS' SENTENCE.
Collected Money for Firm and Kept
It, Claiming Right to
Its Use.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. Nov. 13.
Morris Haas, who shot F. J. Heney In
San Francisco today, was sentenced to
prison for two years by the Superior
Court of this county. May 23, 188$, he
having pleaded guilty to the charge of
embezzlement.
Haas was a traveling salesman, repre
senting Hesler Brothers & Company and
Tsl A a, Bmprcti Dowsser of
Cfalna. Who Is Reported to Be
Near Death's Door.
Schleslnger & Green, the latter being
cigar merchants of San Francisco.
On July 27, 1887, Haas collected from
H. "J. Wild, a San Bernardino 'cigar
dealer, 3275, due Schleslnger & Green,
appropriating this sum to his own use.
Complaint was sworn to by John Schles
lnger, who testified at the preliminary
trial that Haas had been given some ac
counts for collection, totaling 33200; that
Haas never sold any goods, but sent In
two fictitious orders and arriving, at San
Bernardino, collected the Wild account,
asking Wild to have the check made
payable to him.
From the testimony it appears that
Haas disappeared and nearly a year later
was arrested in Philadelphia and brought
back: to California. Haas did hot deny
the collection, but his defense was that
he was entitled to make collections and
use the money for his expense account,
which Schleslnger denied. Haas was
bound over and ' in the Superior Court
pleaded guilty.
Send Troops Against Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 13. A spe
cial 'dispatch received here from Julfa,
on the frontier between Persia and
Russia, says a detachment of Persian
Nationalists has been sent by Satar
Khan from Tabriz and is engaged in
throwing up fortifications in the vicin
ity of Julfa, for the purpose of resist
ing a possible Russian advance toward
Tabris.
Grant Now in Command.
CHICAGO. Nov. - 13. Major-Genera 1
Frederick D. Grant assumed command of
the Department of the Lakes at Army
headquarters today.
WE COME, DXJBN OUR FOOL SOULS!'
METCALF RESIGNS,
T
Newberry Succeeds as
Secretary of Navy.
CALIFGRNIAN NERVOUS WRECK
Roosevelt Gives High Praise to
Retiring Official.
FRICTION WITH NEWBERRY
Metcalf Frequently Annoyed bjf As
sistant's Assumption of Author
ity Wllx Return to Law Prac
tice in San Francisco.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. (Special.)
Informed by his physicians that It
would be necessari for him to take a
complete rest for two months, Secre
tary of the Navy Metcalf handed his
resignation to the President today, and
Assistant Secretary Newberry was ap
pointed Secretary. Mr. Metcalf seemed
to be enjoying excellent health when
he returned from Ms vacation, but he
soon began to fall under the strain of
official duties and anxiety over the
condition of his son, who is now in a
sanitarium in Los Angeles. He was un
able to go on the stump during the
campaign, owing to an attack of ill
ness, and again yesterday he was con
fined to his, house, but he was able to
attend the Cabinet meeting this morn
ing. : He discussed -wtth the President
the Surgeon-General's dictum that he
must have absolute rest, and, as he did
not wish to absent himself for two
months' when his term of office was
nearly at an end, ha tendered his resig
nation, . and, after going to his office,
he made it out In regular form and
sent It in.
Friction With Jfewberry.
The President accepted it at once
and Mr. Newberry was appointed. It
was stated at the White House that
Mr. Metcalf was reciring solely on ac
count of his health, and that his work
had been mos: highly appreciated.
There has been seme talk about fric
tion between Mr. Metcalf and Mr. New
berry, whose ambition to become head
of the department has been well under
stood. It was said that Mr. Newberry
had taken advantage of every oppor
tunity to exercise his own authority
during the temporary absence of the
Secretary, and that the latter was an
noyed when he was in that manner
committed to policies which he did not
approve. This is gossip which no one
seems ready 10 substantiate, and in of
ficial circles it is fe-libly denied. As an
instance of Mr. Newberry's readiness
to exercise authority, it is remarked
that yesterday he 'accepted a bid for
the battleship Utah, and promulgated
an order relieving marines from duty
on shipboard.
Mr. Metcalf s resignation takes effect
( Concluaed on Page 7.)
HEALTH
CALL ON PRINCE
TO PROTECT THEM
GERMAN MIXERS BLAME 3IAX
AGERS FOR DISASTER.
Shouts Greet Eltel Frederick at
Hamm and He Promises to
Appeal to Kaiser.
HAMM. Westphalia. Nov.' 13. a crowd
of 1500 aiurrv miners made a hostile dem
onstration this afternoon while Prince
Eltel Frederick and Minister of Com
merce Delbruck were visiting the scene of
the catastrophe. The miners greeted the
Prince with shouts, indicating their belief
that the disaster was caused through tne
fault of te mine management. The ais
Victor H. Metcalf, Who Has Re
signed Hit Position as Secre
tary of the A'aiT Because of
Executive Displeasure.
trict Governor tried, in a speech, to
pacify them, but they hooted him down
and some of them struck up the "Marseil
laise," blockaded the road and prevented
the Prince's automobile advancing.
Later the prince received a deputa
tion of. miners in the company's office.
The spokesman asked him to report to
Emperor Wiiliam that they wanted a
law for the protection of the miners.
The Prince promised, that he would in
form his fahter of their desire. The
leader of the men subsequently made a
speech to the crowd, requesting it to
dlspurse quietly, and this was done.
WANTS DECISION ENFORCED
Eugene Woman Asks That Pressure
Be Put on Secretary Garfield.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash-
ino-tnn. Nov. 13. Mrs. Mary F. Ness, of
Eugene. Or., today asked the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia to
n writ of mandamus against
Secretary of the Interior Garfield to
compel him to recognize and follow
the decision of the United States Cir
cuit .Court of Appeals for the. Seventh
Circuit, which held it unnecessary for
Ya nrsnnallv to inspect a tract of
public land before making timber and
stone entry thereon. She declares in
her netitlon that Garfield declines to
follow this ruling, claiming that he
construes the law differently.
WARMLY WELCOME FINLEY
Portland Ornithologist Asked to In
struct President's Son.
WASHINGTON. D. C Nov. 13. William
t.ii Tp(niv of Portland, who was in
strumental in ' securing establishment of
finvfriraimt bird preserves in Oregon,
called on the President today and ex
hibited his bird pictures and those taken
by Mr. BobJman. The President was so
much pleased that he gave Mr. Finley a
cordial letter of introduction to Kermit
Roosevelt, who is at Cambridge, and
asked him to call on him and give him
rwiintera nn the use of the camera -in
ktin-inhinir wild birds and game. Ker
mit is to be the official photographer on
. President s African minting crip, dui
has had no experience in taking pictures
of this type, nnley promisea to visit
Kermit next week.
DIES FROM ARROW.WOUND
Director of Tea Company Killed by
Belligerent Coolie.
CALCUTTA. Nov. 13. (Special.) From
Assam comes news of the death of Mr.
A. A. Glass, managing director of the
Boroi Tea Company, as the result of In
juries which he- received .at the hands
of one of his coolies. Mr. Glass, who
was the reverse of a hard master, had
gone down to the coolie lines on receipt
of information that the man In ques
tion refused to turn out to work. Mr.
Glass was sitting on horseback outside
the hut, and after giving orders that the
man should .be made to turn out, the
coolie suddenly rushed out armed witn
a bow and arrow, and before anybody
could interfere had sent a rusty shaft
through Mr. Glass' ribs, narrowly miss
ing the heart. It was found impossiDie
to withdraw the arrow, and the head
had finally to be cut out from the
wound. The Injured man at first did
well, but blood-poisonir.g set in, and he
died a few days later.
FRIGID WAVE HITS DENVER
Mercury Drops to 8 Degrees Below
Zero at 8 A. M. Yesterday.
DENVER, Nov. 13. Today was the
coldest ' November day experienced In
Denver In 36 years, the thermometer reg
istering 8 degrees above zero at 8 o'clock
this morning. J
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REDUCTION
TOBACCO TARIFF
Both Parties in Favor
of Present Rates.
BIG INDUSTRY IS AT STAKE
Change Now Would Mean Gen
eral Disturbance.
FEAR EASTERN PRODUCERS
Free Trade With Philippines Would
Open Way for Tremendous
Amount of Smuggling, Says
Representative Griggs.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. From the
attitude assumed by both Republicsn
and Democratic members of the House
ways and means committee at today's
hearing on the proposed revision of the
tariff it became evident that there is
general satisfaction with the present
duties on tobacco and tobacco manu
factures. The Democrats appear content with
the present high tariff, on the ground
that tobacco is a product on which the
Government should derive revenue,
while the Republicans favor the pres
ent rates because they offer the pro
tection desired by the American to
bacco interests.
Oppose Any Change.
Representatives of the tobacco growers
of New England, Florida and Georgia op
posed any change for higher or lower
rates, contending that such action would
disurb the conditions of trade. While M.
L. Floyd, chairman of the tobacco board
of trade of the Connecticutt Valley, was
giving the committee information. Repre
sentative Griggs, of Georgia, asked If the
tobacco growers were afraid of free
trade with the Philippine Islands.
"They certainly are," was Mr." Floyd s
reply. "Bornea and Sumatra, where the
tobacco industry Js In the hands of the
Dutch." s re so near the Philippines that'
the Dutch tobacco-growers would be able
to take their coolie labor to the Philip
pines and raise tobacco with the labor
that costs but 18 cents per day, when our
labor costs from 31.50 to 32 a day.
Fear Island Products.
"It would take our standing Army
to keep these same growers of Su
matra from smuggling tobacco into one
or more of the 1500 islands in the Phil
ippine group," he added, "where they
could pack it and ship it to this coun
try free of duty."
"Have you mentioned these views to
Mr. Taft, the President-elect?" asked
Mr. Griggs. .
"I have not the pleasure of his ac
quaintance," ' was the reply.
Representative Nicholas Longworth as
serted that tobacco was grown success
fully on only one of the Philippine Is
lands. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTEHDAT'S Maximum temperature,
degrees; minimum, 41.2 degre... ,,
TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds.
Shooting of F. 4. Heney.
Ex-convict whom Heney expoeed shoots
him in courtroom. Page 1.
Heney will probably recover, snd ye he
will live to prosecute assailant. Page 3.
Ruef sent to Jail for protection against
mob. Page 5.
Great work done by Heney in prosecuting
San Francisco grarters. rcge a.
Story of Heney's killing of Dr. Handy.'
page 5.
Langdon declares Heney martyr to pub
lic and says prosecutions win continue
despite assassination. Page 1.
Career and crime of Haas, Heney's assail
ant. Page l.
Heney's prosecution of Oregon land-frauds.
Page 5.
How news of shooting of Heney was re
ceived In Portland. Page a.
Foreign. - 1
Emperor of China reported dead. Empress
Dowager dying ; and regent appointed
Page 1. '
Kaiser and Von Buelow- to confer on
Reichstag debate. Page 3.
National.
Metcalf resigns and Newberry is appointed
to succeed him. Page 1.
Tomestle.
Railroad cleric give damaging evidence
against Standard Oil. Page 7.
Woman who plotted mother's murder to
be examined as to lnaajilty. Page 7.
Case of woman dynamiter depends on ons
witness. Page 7-
Coroner's verdict admitted In Lamphere
trial. Page 7.
Gompers to be re-elected by Labor Fed
eration. Page 7.
Seattle lumbermen charge that railroads
violate lumber rate orders. Page 6.
Hports.
Hill Military School plays no-score gam
with west High. Page 10.
Irvlngton defeats Williams-avenue by score
of 11 to 0. Page JO.
Multnomah-Whitman game to be played to
day. Page 10.
Oregon-Washington game at Eugene today;
students hold big rally. Page 10.
Pacific Coast.
R. D. Hume - reported dying at his home
In Curry County. Page 6. .
Scheme suggested- to encourage honeat
party registration. Page 6.
Portland and Vlctotty.
A. B. Conley. millionaire eloper, eludes po
' lice. Page 11.
Anti-Chamberlain petitions ars signed by
. many voters. Page 1.
Executive Board declines to accept new con
crete bridge. Page 9
Warden McAllister gives views on needed
changes In fish laws. Page 13.
Jury fails to reach agreement In La Rose
murder trial. Page 11.
Curry County jand-fraud perpetrators lined
and sentenced. Page 1
Governor-elect Cosgrove rests day hcra on
way to South. Page 12.