s THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1908.
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ROYALIST ATTACKS
FflEHGH PRESIDENT
Crack-Brained Waiter Jumps
on Fallieres on Paris
Street.
ATTEMPTS TO. PULL BEARD
Jraln Turned by Vicious Attacks of
Ttoyallst Pres9 on Government,
Jean Mattis Acts on
Their Suggestion.
PARIS. Dec. 1o. While Armaria Fal
llerps. the President of France, accom
panied bv M. Ramondou. his secretary,
nd Colonel Lasson. Military Attache
at the Klysee Palace, was taking a mora
ine pTroll near the Place de I'Eto'.le today.
n poorly clad individual, who evidently had
rwen lylntr In wait, surtiemy jumppa on
the President from hehtnd and threw his
nrms about M. Fallieres' neck in an ef
fort to Beize his beard. Colonel Lasson
and Secretary Ramondou spransr to the
assistance of the President, drained off
his assailant and turned him over to two
special detectives, who had been follow
ing the party on bicycles. President Fal
lieres' cane, was broken In the struggle,
but beyond a scratch on the ear he was
not injured, and insisted on continuing
his walk.
As the detectives slipped the handcuffs
n the man. ho cried:
"I am unarmed. I simply wanted to
pull the President's beard." '
Assailant Is Royalist.
"When searched at the station house,
the President's assailant prowd to be
Jean Mattis. a cafe waiter, 2-4 years old,
: and a native of the Department of Savoie.
Medals of General Mercler, the ex-Min-Ister
of War, stumps bearinc the head
of the Duke of Orleans, a card of mem
bership in the Pturie Francaise and other
Royalist documents were found on his
person.
DurlnR the examination Mattis boasted
of belnR a royalist and talked confusedly
of having dono his duty and obeyed the
dictates of his conscience.
Brain Turned by Vicious Stories.
t The investigation revealed the fact that
Mattis was in close relation with the
. royalist organization, and this gives color
: to rumors that he was an instrument of
a royalist plot. Serious evidence in this
direction, however, is lacking. It is more
likely that Mattis' head had been turned
: by the campaign of scandal and vilifica
tion which reactionary newspapers like
the Libre Parole and IVAetion have re
cently been conducting. They used the
Steinheil scandal to make every conceiv
able charge against the government, even
to its beinf? guilty of political murders,
and insisted on the insinuation that the
late President Faure was killed because
he sided against Major Dreyfus.
Early th's week the height of audacity
was reached when the reactionary papers
printed circumstantial stories to make It
appear that President Fallieres' son,
when found in the company of the wife
of Philippe Astresse, an advocate of the
court of appeals, a year ago, shot and
killed the attorney and that the police
have hushed up the scandal.
Mr. White, the American Ambassador,
and other members of the Diplomatic
Corps and of the Cabinet and a number
, of hiprh officials, called at the Klysee
Palace today to oflVr their indignation at
the attack on M. Fallieres.
GAGGED, TIED AND ROBBED
Man Mrs Helpless Till Children
Find Him in Morning.
TOLEDO. O.. Dec. 2.1. Masked robbers
early today compelled H. A. Schabow. of
Curtice. O., to open a safe in his farm
house and turn over $1. After tying
their victim to his bed and placing a
gag in his mouth, the robbers stole a
horse and buggy and escaped. A posse
of farmers Is in pursuit.
While one of the robbers tortured
Schabow by burning his feet with
matches, the other kept him covered with
a revolver. Schabow is agent for an in
surance company.
The Toledo police are searching this
city and the surrounding country for the
two robbers.
The first the Schabow family knew of
the robbery was when the children
rushed to their father's room to wish
him a .merry Christmas. He was not
thfre and. on entering a little front room
t:ped as an office, they found blm on. the
floor, unconscious, with his hands and
feet tied and a woolen mitten stuffed in
his mouth.
On regaining consciousness Mr. Scha
bow said that, hearing a noise in the
office, he went to investigate and was
attacked by two masked men. who de
manded money. ITe refused to open the
safe, whereupon they bound and gagged
him, then applied lighted matches to his
feet. He endured this torture for awhile,
but finally gave In and opened the safe
and then bei-nme unconsous.
BANK ROBBED OF $29,000
3lyterious Disappcarnnre of Cur
rency I.nst Saturday Night.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 25. The fact
has Just been made public that the First
National Bank of Monrovia. Cal., was
robbed of a sum said to amount to J29.0")
Monday night. No clews to the robbers
hve been found.
The loss was discovered when the bank
opened for business on Tuesday morning.
President John IJnrtle admitted that the
robbery had occurred, but said the bank
was insured for 125. WO with a casualty
company, the loss to the stockholders
would be less than J-Vvo. Tho bank Is
capitalized at 51m.(i). with a surplus of
jr".'"". and has undivided profits of JSXO'O.
The time-lock on the vault did not work
Monday night, and the combination lock
alone protected the funds. The money
must have been abstracted either during
the few minutes after the cash was
counted Monday and before it was car
ried into the vault or was taken out of
the vault Monday night by someone in
possession of the combination.
The missing money Is In currency. Six
teen hundred dollars in silver was un
touched. A!l Southern California banks have
been advised of the numbers of the stolen
bills, and are on the lookout for them.
EFFECT OF SILVER'S FALL
Consuls Report Embarrassment of
Trade With Silver Countries.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. That busi
ness conditions in the Orient have been
.seriously - embarrassed by fluctuations
In the price of silver, and that the
fluctuations rather than the mere de
preciation in the value of the white
metal haj caused this commercial diffi
culty Is shown by a large number of
special consular reports received by the
National Monetary Commission. These
reports Indicate that in Japan, where
the gold standard is the basis of ex
change, there has been no unsettled
condition from that cause, but In China,
witlj the silver standard, dealings with
gold standard countries have been in
juriously affected by changes in the
price of silver, which make the profit
of a transaction largely dependent on
the trend of exchange. The prevailing
statement of the reports is that prices
are largely regulated by rates of ex
change. These several consular reports were
called for at the request of Senator
Lodge. Consular officers were re
quested to report what had been the
tendency of prices since 189. measured
by silver currency, whether firms im
porting from the United States, Great
Britain and Germany had found the de
preciation of silver a matter of serious
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NEW YORK. Dec 2. (Special.)
Count Bernstorff Is the new ambas
sador to the 1'nlted States. He
brinps with him his wife, who was
an American girl.
embarrassment to their business during
the last year, and whether the depre
ciation of silver had stimulated con
siderably the export trade.
GOLF VICTORY FOR TAFT
"Royal Game" Starts tho Day, and
Other Joys Jr'ollow.
AtTCT'STA. Ga., Dec. 25. The Christ
mas events for President-elect Taft were
his participation In the annual handicerp
golf tournament of the Country Club, in
which he won from Major J. B. Cum
ming, president of the club, without a
distinguishing score; riding a dozen
miles on horseback in the afternoon, and
with his entire family dining at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Langdon Thomas
in the evening.
Augusta's "Gable" was not left un
mindful of Christmast cheer. Mistletoe,
holly and baskets of cut flowers were
offered with hearty good wishes and re
ceiveVl in the same spirit.
"The people down here are Just as gen
uinely cordial as they could be," was the
appreciative remark of Mr. Taft in re
calling the holiday greetings he had
received.
A trolley ride to Aiken, S. C, In which
the Taft and the John Hays Hammond
families are to be the guests of James
W. Jackson, of the railroad manage
ment, is planned for tomorrow.
KANSAS HARD ON CONVICTS
Complaint of Cruelly to Oklahoma
Prisoners Filed.
GUTHRIE, Okla.. Dec. 23. Governor
Haskell today appointed a committee
to act with a committee to be named by
Governor Hoch, of Kansas, to investi
gate charges of alleged cruelties to Ok
lahoma prisoners confined in the Kan
sas State Penitentiary at Lansing, Kan.
The Oklahoma prisoners had been placed
In the Lansing Penitentiary to await the
building of an Oklahonia State Prison.
Miss Kate Bernard. Oklahoma State
Commissioner of Charities and ' Correc
tions, recently filed with the Governor
a sensational report, asserting that Ok
lahoma prisoners were being mistreated
at the Kansas prison.
BROTHERS-IN-LAW SHOT UP
Two Kill Third Because He Resists
Arrest.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Dec. 25.
Billy Bunch, a well-known character at
Colgate, was killed today while resist
ing arrest by Marshal Stouse. his
brother-in-law. Six shots were fired into
Bunch's body .and he died Instantly.
Bunch opened fire upon Stouse and Con
stable Kennedy, brother-in-law to the
other two men, when they sought to ar
rest him.
STARR OFFERS SURRENDER
Noted Robber's Plan Turned Down
by Governor Haskell.
GUTHRIE. Okla.. Dec. 25. Governor
Haskell announced today that he had re
ceived word from Henry Starr, the noted
robber, that Starr was ready to surrender
to the state and stand trial upon
charges against him In this state If the
Governor would grant immunity against
extradition to other states. Starr is
wanted in a number of states for various
causes. The Governor said that he would
not consent to such an arrangement.
STUDENTS ARE SUSPENDED
Sorbonne School of Medicine Disci
plines Students.
PARIS, Dec. 23. As a consequence of
the manifestations by t-tudents of the
medical school of Sorbonne yesterday
over the inauguration of a new system
of examinations, to which they objected,
the university council today closed the
School of Medicine for first and second
year students for three months.
Diamond Necklace in Laundry.
BOSTON. Dec. 23. In a sheet which was
about to be placed In a mangle that was
about to be operated in a hotel laundry
here yesterday, has been found a $5000 dia
mond necklace of Mrs. John De Coste,
wife of the well-known English artist,
who Is at present In New York.
Election officers T. P. A. 1:30 Com. Club.
Portland agents for the
Ladies' Home Journal Pat
terns the newest and best
on the, market: Easily under
stood, no waste in cutting,
and only 10? ad 15.
We are Portland agents for
Libbey Cut Glass.
Merode Underwear for wom
en and. children Exclusive
Portland agents.
Olds, Wortman & Kin
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Handkerchiefs for 3c
Women's and Children's Hand
kerchiefs that have been, used
for display and some have been
slightly soiled. Plain or cross
bar lawn, or with fancy bor
ders; all have hemstitched
edges. Regular values up
to 7c, choice for only Oil
For Those That Santa Claus Forgot
My ! ! What a busy old fellow jolly old Santa Claus has been and its no wonder
if he forgot a few, even if they were his very best friends. But now that the rush
is over he's trying to make amends and has commissioned us as his special Port
land representatives to help all those that were overlooked. Come to share in the
unheard-of savings that appear for the day after Christmas, and if there are some
' friends that you wanted to remember but neglected to do so, here's an opportunity
for you to purchase something nice for them and have it cost you but very little.
We sell the Royal Worcester
Corsets, the sort that particu
lar women have preferred for
over 50 years. The best cor
set made or sold in America.
A model for every figure that
is normal. Expert fitters in
attendance,, commodious fitting-rooms.
See the new
Sheathbocker.
$1.50 Gloves for 79c
Women's Kid Gloves In bro
ken lines; two-clasp style.
There are not all sizes in each
color, but there is no size miss
ing from the assortment. Reg
ular values up to $1.50 7Qn
pr., special, today only. . . I Ju
Women9 s 40c
Aprons at 27c
Gingham Aprons Made
in Mother Hubbard style;
or with belt and bib. Best
'quality gingham; regular
price 40c each; spe- Q7p
cial, for only, each.Zlb
SHOES
fthe Day After
A sensational special on account
of lines being broken from the
terrific selling of the holiday
season. Qualities are as high
as ever, but prices are much less
than regular for' these high
grade shoes. A large lot, em
bracing patents, -kid and calf
leathers, button or lace styles,
with light or heavy soles. About
1000 pairs of these are Laird
Schober shoes; 800 pairs from
Wright-Peters, mostly French
heels; and about 1000 more
from Hallahan & Son, Schmaltz
Goodwin, and Val Duttenhofer
& Sons; also 1800 pairs of Pin
gree shoes. Values in PQ 4Q
.this lot to $6; choice at.OOi I 0
Men's Low-Cut Self -Acting
Rubbers The usual 83c grade,
in all sizes, today at the
low price of only, pair,
Men's High-Grade Shoes In
full dress or street styles; reg
ular $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00
grades; all in one big PQ An
lot, at, the pair, only .00143
Boys' Shoes In' kid or calf
leathers. Included in this as
sortment is a full line of sizes
in our boys' "Rough on Rocks"
shoes. They have brass-quilted
soles, and are thoroughly guar
anteed. Sizes .8 to 13V2 $1.60
Sizes 1 to 2, per pair. . .$1.80
Sizes 2io to 512, pair. .$2.00
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If you overlooked someone that you
wished to give a very nice present,
and what you wanted cost too much,
here's a chance to select something
graceful, beautiful and rich at half
its value. Not one piece in all out
superb stock of handsome Furs is
reserved while this offer is in force.
Sets or single pieces ALL reduced.
Come this morning, if possible, for
there's very good choosing now and
the best styles and values are sure
to be gone by night. None sent on
approval or on phone orders, none
sent C. O. D. A wonderful bargain
indeed, every Fur in our I ' I
immense stock at JUST JT1CIIT
SILK PETTICOATS, $5.98 But they are
much better values than the price indicates.
Regular values run as high as $15.00. Come
in all colors and in fancy effects. Made of
shimmering taffeta silk, anil of such un
usual merit that their superiority is ff C QQ
evident at a dance: special today. Tl,,'u
Women's $1.85 Umbrellas $1.29
Fast black, rainproof Umbrellas, with plain boxwood
or fancy trimmed handles, and made over strong frame,
steel rod. These umbrellas will give you protection
from the rain, and will help to save that handsome
one you got for Christmas. Regular $1.8501 OQ
rnlnps at the snecial low nrice of only, eachO liJ
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All Fans Half
A sale of unusual magnitude
because it includes every fan in
our stock, and the regular
prices run
from 5c to
$50. Fans of
every kind
and descrip
tion hand
painted, fea
ther or lace;
One-Half
Misses' Merode
Union Suits 39c
39c
Come in all sizes, from 1 to 7
the best underwear bargain to
be found in Portland. Regular
values up to $1.10; choice
at low price of only
Children 's Hose Winter
weight, fast black, ribbed cot
ton. All sizes; regular price
20c the pair, at the spe- OCn
cial price of two pairs for. Zuu
Holiday Goods in Notion Aisle lh
See the remarkable assortment of rift things offered in the Smallwares Aisle today at
One-Half the regular price. Collar and cuff boxes, work boxes, stationery sets, calen-
LZ2Z?2&i One-Half Regular Priee
Smoking Jackets
and Bathrobes V2
Remember some of your
friends with one of these
Coats or Gowns, for now
that Christmas is past,
they sell for half regular
prices.
Leather Goods at
One -Third Less
Every piece of Leather Goods
in our entire stock on sale today
at a reduction of one-third.
Handbags. Purses, Billhooks,
Traveling Bags, Cardcascs.
Everything
reduced
One- Third
Framed Pictures
All at Half Price
A decidedly good suggestion if
you are buying presents for
some one with a den or a home
they take pride in. These are
suitable for bedrooms, dining
rooms, bathrooms, dens, etc. All
sorts of subjects ; gilt, black or
oak frames; all shapes and '
sizes. Every one cut to...
Toilet Sets VzLess
All of our French stag novelty
ware, in Toilet Sets, Smokers'
Sets, Manicure Sets, Ink Stands
and various articles on sale to
day at one-third less than regu
lar price. Very staple and de
sirable goods at a uniform re
duction in priee. Choose one of
these tor the mend you f
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Fancy Boxes 98c
Special Lot Fine Hardwood
Boxes Including handkerchief
boxes, glove boxes, cigar boxes,
steins, etc.; values up to
$3.00 each, at only
98c
CRUSHED BY AUTO
Chauffeur Instantly Killed,
Three Injured.
MACHINE SKIDS AT CURVE
Dashing at Terrific Speed It Turns
Somersault on Driver After Toss
ing Out Other Occupants
Near San Leandro.
OAKIjAXD. Cal., Dec. 25. As a rceul
of a wild aucomobile race on the foothiU
boulevard early today one man was in
stantly killed and another man and two
young women were severely Injured. The
accident occurred a short distance from
San Leanrfro.
The dead: ,
William I Mowrey, chauffeur.
The injured:
A. Jorfrenaon, 12S Helen street.
Miss Marie Jorgenaon, Ms sister.
JIury Jensen.
Both of the women are substitute
nurses In the West Oakland Home.
The accident is the worst that has ever
occurred on the new boulevard. Mowrey,
with his party, was racing with another
machine driven by John Morgan. The
former machine came to BTief on a sharp
and dangerous double turn, whtch Mow
rey aitempted to make while going at ter
rific speed. The automobile, a big 60
horse-power aeven-ipassenger flyer, broke
away from the control of Its driver,
skJdded to one side, struck the curb and
turned completely over.
Mowrey was caught and pinioned under
his machine. The steering -wheel rested
on ma neck and the back of the front
seat had crushed his chest. Death was
almost Instantaneous. The others were
thrown clear of the wreck and to this
fact they owe their lives.
Another automobile earns - upon the
wreck a few minutes later and brought
the. injured to Oakland. Although se
verely Injured, all will recover.
Boy Murders His Mother.
CHICAGO. Deo. 25. -Margaret Thomas,
S3 years old, did not wish to see her
boys Quarrel. She Interfered when they
were engaged in a fight, and begged them
to become friends on Christmas. Then,
in a frenzy, one of them, Henry, 50 years
old. turned upon his aged mother and
with an ax beat her to the floor of their
residence in Winnetka. Mrs. Thomas'
skull was crushed and she suffered other
Injuries, from which physicians say she
cannot recover. The assailant lias been
held to the grand Jury.
CAN SAVE SIGHT OF MANY
Old Pennsylvania Law Mipht Pre
vent Blindness of One-Third.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 23. Health
Commissioner Dixon hopes to see pre
vented fully one-third the number of
cases of blindness occurring in Pennsyl
vania. He decides this car. be done if
an old law that has lain practically dor
mant on the books of the state for a
number of years and the suggestions
that the State Department of Health
proposed are carefully carried out.
A recent report from the Pennsylvania
School for the Blind says that In the
last four years more than one-ithtrd of
the persons admitted to that institution
have owed their afflicatlon to opthalmla
neonatorma, that is, the affection of the
eyes which occurs at the birth of the
Infant.
BEEF PACKERS E)CP0SED
(Continued from First Pare.)
cessitate the degree of secrecy we have
maintained In its incipioncy. There have
been no particular developments In tae
case today. We are resting for a few
days, and but little can be done until the
grand jury convenes on Monday."
In addition to the rate inquiry, the in
vestigation is said to Include an attempt
to show that the spirit of the law wh:ch
prohibits agreements on prices of pro
ducts has been violated In various mar
kets by packers. While it is asserted th
packers would not dare to enter into an
open agreement concerning prices, never
theless it is maintained that where one
of the firms of the so-called "beef trust"
has fixed a price for a particular product
it was easy for the others to fix the same
price.
Liquor Kills One More Indian.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Dec. 25.
John Morgan, a young Indian from the
Klamath reservation, was found dead
on the road Just this side of the state
line on the road to Dorris. Officers
from this city went to the scene of death
and pronounced the cae one of accidental
death. The supposition Is that Morgan
got drunk and was thrown from the
horse he was riding. The remains were
brought to this city for further investi
gation and were then taken to the res
ervation for burial.
WOUNDED IN SALOON ROW
Sumpter Miner Heeeives Shot in
Shoulder for Slapping Bartender.
SUMPTER. Or., Dec. 25. Robert
Fern, a miner employed at the Im
perial Mine, was shot in the shoulder
early- this morning by Robert Bun
nington, a bartender at the Capitol
Hotel saloon. The shooting occurred
after a dispute over a drink. Fern
slapped Bunnington, which led to the
deed. He is not considered seriously
injured.
Mikado's Speech to Diet.
TOKIO. Dec. 35. The Emperor, speak
ing to both houses of the Diet, met in
Joint session today, said:
"Lords and Gentlemen: We have much
satisfaction in finding the relations be
tween the empire and treaty powers be
coming friendlier year by year, and the
peace of the Far Kast further strength
ened." The Emperor said that he had caused
the submission of a budget which he be
lieved would carry out the imperial wish
for the readjustment of the empire's
finances. He asked the Diet to exercise
its deliberative functions In a spirit of
harmony.
The Diet adopted a brief reply, and
voted to recess from December 2ti until
January 20, 1909.
AVooden Leg Broken by Car.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. William Maloney.
a Staten Island teamster, while hurrying
to the home of a friend in Brooklyn last
night, where he was to act as Santa
Claus, fell andi slipped under a trolley car.
The toys which he was carrying wre
scattered to the winds, and one of his
legs was swinging limply from his knee,
apparently all but severed. A hurry call
was sent fr an ambulance, but before
it arrived Maloney arose and announced
that the memher was made of wood.
Cholera Spreads at St. Petersburg.
ST. PKTKRSBURG. Dec. 25. Thurs
day's cold wave was accompanied today
by an Increase In cholera. There were
31 new eases and 13 deaths. Two hundred
and twenty-live persons suffering from
the disease Hre now in hospitals here.
All Physicians
Must prescribe some of the in
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Hood's Sarsaparllla-for all trou
bles of the blood; stomach, kid
neys and liver.
They include sarsaparilla, etillingia,
yellow dock, gentian, wild cherry bark,
mandrake, dandelion, juniper berries,
pipsissewa, etc.
The combination and proportions are
our own formula and give power to cure
beyond the reach of anv other prescrip
tion or substitute. That's why it is
wise to get Hood's and only Hood's.
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