VOL.. XXIX. NO. 15,340.
PORTLAND, - OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2G, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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FRANCE FLOODED,
PARIS THREATENED
Water Doing Enormous
Harm in Republic.
VICTIMS ARE OYER 100,000
Government Requisitions Sup
plies From Army.
CROWDED PARIS SUFFERS
JTam Against Bridge "Will Require
Dynamiting Eiffel Tower Is in.
Danger Rivers Rising and
More Districts Inundated.
PARIS, Jan. 25. Floods have brought
disaster to a large part of France. The
ordinarily modest and peaceful Seine
Is now a raging torrent and rising at
the rate of more than half an inch an
hour.
The general expectation that the
maximum of the flood would be reached
tonight has not been realized. The
Belne's tributaries are rising: steadily
and the official estimate tonight is that
the Seine will be at least 15 inches
higher tomorrow afternoon.
Victims of the flood number more
than 100,000 and the monetary loss is
incalculable. Thousands of people are
hopelessly ruined.
Army Supplies Taken.
The government has requisitioned
army and navy material to house the
sufferers and boats for the rescue of
the stricken as well as those imprisoned
In houses in flood centers on all sides
of Paris.
The region of Inundation is steadily en
larging, and scores of villages are com
pletely submerged, the people fleeing for
their lives and abandoning everything. In
many cases soldierB have been obliged
to use force in compelling the inhabitant
to leave their homes. Hundreds refused
to go, clamoring only for fbod and water.
In Paris the situation is rapidly be
coming worse, floods' sparing neither rich
hor the poor.
Lights of aPris Failing.
The flood.- is invading the compactly
tiullt area, undermining buildings and
forcing the evacuation of many houses.
All the streets in one arrondlssement are
running rivers. Subway and tram serv
ice are diminishing and in every eectlon
gas and electric lights are failing.
Paris is practically cut off south and
west, and, if present conditions continue,
the question of food will become menac
ing. The Senate today appropriated $400,000
for national rellfe. The public aid fund
for this purpose is swelling. President
Fallleres headed the list with J4000. Tha
Rothschilds have given $20,000.
The entire population of Ivry-Sur-Selne
and adjacent places Is in a des
perate state. Only the tops of the
houses at Alfortville are visible, the
water averaging 12 feet in the streets.
At this place since 6 o'clock thjs morn
ing 3000 persons have been rescued by
boats, and 30,000 others from this sec
tion have found safety by their own
efforts.
Apaches T-um IMrates.
Rescuers had more to contend with
than the turbulent waters. Groups of
"Apaches" son were engaged in piracy.
They seized several boats and robbed
rescuer and rescued alike. In some
cases they entered houses and carried
on their depredations. Finally a force
of soldiers drove off the looters.
There were many cases of drowning,
Bnd many aged and sick died as a re
sult of shock and exposure. Old and
infirm and finding themselves unable
to leave, a man and a woman hanged
themselves to a bedpost.
The hospital at Ivry, containing 2000
patients, is surrounded by water. As
there is no means of cooking the food
or of heating the building, the patients
must be moved unless the flood sub
sides. Physicians fear serious re
sults will follow.
President Sees Conditions.
President Fallleres and Premier
Uriand made an automobile trip this
afternoon through the flooded dis
trlcts In the eastern section of Paris.
They walked through some streets
, knee-deep with mud and water, and
eaw the crowds fleeing, men tugging
at valises and trunks and weeping
women burdened with children and
household belongings.
The President and the Premier hur
rled away to seek relief for the suf
ferlng people. A concise resume f
the flood situation is as follows:
Resume of Conditions.
Itiver authorities early this morning
announced that the Seine was due to
rise until Thursday and would exceed
the high record of 1802. The Lyons
Railroad Company sent out a notiiica
tlon that all trains for Paris had been
suspended.
The great bonded warehouses at Bercy
appear to De doomed to destruction, in
volving an immense loss. Merchants are
removing what they can. .
The Seine at Colombes threatens mo
mentarily to mount the parapet and flood
the working-clas3 suburb of Gennvilliers,
This placo has a population of 7000.
Lifeboats Needed lit Paris.
Military authorities have telegraphed to
generals in the provinces to hurry pon
toons, Deaotng ana sappers to points
where the floods are most severe, and
the Minister of Marine has ordered au-
iConcluded on Paga 8.)
MAY Y0HE TO BE
SEATTLE LANDLADY
ONCE FAMOUS ACTRESS DECIDES
TO SETTLE DOWX.
Ex-AVife of Lord Hope, Wliose
Elopement Startled World, Buys
I. odginR-IIou.se to Conduct.
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 25. (Special.)
May Tohe, who at the height of several
sensational epochs in her remarkable
career, was the most celebrated actress
of three continents, the .wife of Lord
Francis Hope, son of a peer of England,
and finally a principal in great interna
tional scandal, her elopement with Cap
tain Putnam Brad lee Strong, has turned
to Seattle as a refuge from the 'evils of
the -mad life she led. She has bought a
small rooming-house and proposes to live
there and conduct its affairs.
Keeping her Identity unknown. Miss
Yohe has been in Seattle several days,
but her presence was not known here
until today. - Mrs. Strong is still her legal
name, as the divorce she lias asked has
not yet ben granted. She has completed
negotiations for the purchase of the prop
erty here and will take possession soon.
Today the is In Portland, having been
called there on business in connection
with her suit for divorce now pending.
She wil return as soon as possible, bring
ing her mother, and will immediately
establish herself as mistress of the lodging-house.
"I have come here to live quietly, to
settle down and try to make a decent
living for myself and mother with the
few thousands we have left," Miss Tohe
is quoted as having said. "I realize that
I have been an awful fool and now I
am determined to do as much as I can to
forget the past.-
SEATTLE INQUISITION TOLD
Police "Third Degree" Methods Laid
Bare in All Barbarity.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 25. (Special.)
Peter Miller this afternoon, in the Su
perior Court, detailed the alleged "third
degree" methods practiced by the Se
attle police to make him confess. The
Seattle police, he declared, were "a set
of thieves, murderers and cut-throats
of the worst type."
Vividly he recounted how he was
thrown into the "black hole" In the
Seattle City Jail and kept there several
days. He told of finding great spotches
of dried blood over the walls and floor
of the "dark hole" and of seeing there
pieces of human flesh with blood
soaked hair still adhering, "a veritable
slaughter pen." "When they got through
with him Miller said he was ready to
confess to anything.
Miller asserted that during the Boer
war he served as surgeon for the Boer
cause 15 months and that as a token
of esteem General Joubert gave him
the 44-caltber revolver the Seattle
police took from him when he was
arrested.
PROFESSOR GETS BURGLAR
Tbieves-in Seattle University District
Confess to Crimes.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 15. (Special.)
Two youths believed by the police to
be members of the trio of amateur bur
glars responsible for a series of thefts
in the university district in the last few
weeks, were captured yesterday after
noon by Professor Merle Thorpe, head
of the School of Journalism at the State
University, and Thomas G. liammond, a
law school student, when ransacking an
unoccupied residence at 4746 Brooklyn
avenue, belonging to Thorpe.
Although at the time of their capture
no stolen goods were found in their
possession, more than $100 worth of ar
ticles were taken from the Thorpe resi
dence recently and the prisoners con
fessed that they knew where the loot
was hidden.
GAS DIRECTORS CALLED
Los Angeles Accuses Company of
Granting Rebates.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 25. Subpenas were
issued today for the appearance of 50
witnesses in Justice Court, on Thursday
at the preliminary arraignment of the
directors of the Los Angelts Gas & Elec
tric Company, charged with having
granted rebates and changed the price
of gas without the consent of the City
Council.
The complaints were sworn to by the
Prosecuting Attorney of the city, and
were based upon accusations made by
citizens.
SALEM WATER GIVEN 0. K.
Last Test Proves Xo Bacilli, but
Caution Is Urged.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) The
last test of the Salem city water by
the State Bacteriologist shows that the
sample analyzed contains no colon
bacilli. Notwithstanding this fact.
City Health Officer O. B. Miles urges
the consumers to continue to boll the
water.
There recently has been a notable de
crease in file number of new cases of
typhoid reported and it is believed the
epidemic Is at an end.
COPPER MERGER IS 0. K'D.
Court Dissolves Injunction Restrain
ing Action of Stockholders.
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 25. Judge Lan
nlng and Judge Cross late today filed
a memorandum dissolving the injunc
tion restraining the stockholders of the
Utah Copper Company from meeting to
pass on the question o,f acquiring the
property of the Boston Consolidated
Mining Company. This decision per
mits the carrying out of the plans for
tlj merger of the two compa"1
RENNET IN REPLY
HURLS UGLY WORD
Immigration Board Is
Defended.
MACON REFUSES TO RETRACT
"Bad English" of Arkansan
Also Stays on Records.
PATTEN SEVERELY SCORED
Secretary of Immigration Restriction
League, Who Gave Information,
Is Called" Falsifier by New
York Representative.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Declaring that
James A. Patten, secretary of the Immi
gration Restriction League, had told a
"wicked, cruel, deliberate and malicious
lie" when he gave Representative Macon,
of Arkansas, Information upon which the
latter based his speech yesterday. Rep
resentative Bennet made a vigorous de
fense of the Immigration Commission in
the House today.
"Statements of the gentleman from
Arkansas should require an instant, full
and complete retraction," shouted Mr.
Bennet after he had explained in detail
the work of the Commission, its trip
abroad in 1907, which Mr. Macon had
termed a ''Junket" and the results it had
accomplished. Mr. Macon met Mr. Ben
net's demands with a sharp reply.
Macon Retracts Nothing. .
"I am not going to accept what the
gentleman from New Tork has said, to
this House as gospel." exclaimed Mr.
Macon. "It is a question of veracity, and
one of these gentlemen has as much cred
ence on the part of the House as the
other, until one or the other shows him
self to be a liar and the other shows
himself to be a saint and the gentleman
from New Tork is not a saint."
Mr. Macon admitted that Mr. Patten
was his informant. Mr. Macon explained
that Mr. Patten was a son-in-law of a
deceased member of the Commission and
was in a position to know.
"I am not here to take back any
part of my statement that the trip
abroad was a junket, as I understand
a junket," exclaimed Mr. -Macon.
Record! Goes Unchanged.
Thus the incident was closed with
out Mr. Macon having receded from
his position, but not until after Mr.
Mann, of Illinois, had refused to con
sent to Mr. Macon's request for per
mission to revise his remarks, in the
record. Mr. Macon explained that he
merely wanted to correct the "bad Eng
lish," but Mr. Mann retorted that it
was unnecessary to obtain consent for
that, and that both parties to the con
troversy .would have to go" on record
for what they had said.
It was thought for a time that
Mann's statement Indicated that Mr.
CConcluded on Page a.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY' S Maximum temperature, 44
cwgreea; minimum, d-4 offerees.
TODAY'S Rain; brisk southerly winds.
Foreign.
Large part of France under water, floods
do immense damage In Paris.- Pasce 1.
United States Bank at Mexico City sus
pended by Clearing -ho use. Page 5.
National. ,
Fate of President Taft's Federal Incorpor
ation bill in doubt. Page 2.
Insurgents probably wilt join In caucus of
regular Republicans. Page 1.
Representative Rennet makes sharp reply
to Macon's .attack on Immigration Com
mission. Page . 1.
Precedent Issues statement that no sensa
tional departure from programme of trust
prosecutions ts planned. Page 2.
Eggs should not be kept in- cold storage over
nine months, says pure food, expert Wiley
Page 5.
Delegate Wickers ham, of Alaska, demands
removal of Major W. p. Richardson from
Washington for lobbying. Page 2.
Iomrsti
May Yohe, once famous actress, whose
elopment startled world, to conduct lodging-house
in Seattle. Pago 1.
Wall street stocks break from 3 to 7 points
in several active issues. Page 5.
Missouri forestry expert would solve que-,
tion by organizing state forestry depart
ments headed by technical foresters.
Page e.
Meat boycott growing in country, prices of
foodstuffs drop. Page 5.
Woman keeper of sanatorium in Los Ange
les confesses collecting infants to fake
birth of quadruplets. Page
Sports.
Portland fans wonder if double cross is
being worked on them in ball deal.
Page T.
Demand' for seats at Jeffries show may
exceed supply. Page 7.
, Pacific Northwest.
Tacoma adopting commission plan of gov
ernment; candidates for office are nu
merous. Page J.
Governor Brady, of Idaho, backs move for
state control of natural resources. Page 6.
Natural daughter of murdered Seattle fur
niture dealer may' inherit 950.00O estate.
Rage 7.
Idaho Supreme Court affirms validity of
local option law. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Southern, bankers manipulating rice mar
ket. Page 17. f
Wide fluctuations in wheat prices at Chi
cago. Page 17.
Violent break In stock prices. Pago 17.
Ice blockades traffic and Bailey Gatzert is
unable to proceed to The Dalles. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Sellwood Board of Trade starts movement
for new bridge across Willamette.
Page 18.
Mayor's committee Investigating complaints
of cttleens against streetcar service;
meetings will continue. Page 9.
Mitchell letters Introduced by prosecution tn
trial of Hermann. Page .1.
Japan sends gift of 170 rare rose bushes to
be set out on Rose Planting day. Page 10.
Central la representative here to secure lower
coal freight rates to Portland. Page 6.
Harvey Beck with elected president of the
Commercial Club. Page 10.
Automobile accessories attract attention at
show. Page 18.
Comet seen at various points from Puget
Sound to -Southern California. Page 10.
Ieone Cass Baer writes impressions of her
visit tu auto show. Page 18.
CHINA TALKS OVER PLAN
American Charge and Foreign Board
Discuss Neutralization.
PEKIN, Jan. 25- Henry P. Fletcher,
American Charge d'Affalres, was in
conference with the Foreign Board to
day, it is understood, concerning the
unfavorable reply of the powers to the
United States proposal for the neu
tralization of the Manchurian railways.
Russian Minister Korotovitz also is
conferring with the government on the
matter of the Chinchow railway.
Musgraves Released on Bail.
ROSWELU N. M., Jan. 25. George
Musgraves, wno was captured at North
fiatte, .Neb., on the charge of murder
ing George Parker here 13 years ago
and who has been iri jail here for sev
eral weeks, was admitted to bail to
day In the sum of $10,000. The bond
was signed by 12 prominent citizens.
PROMISING SUNRISE.
INSURGENTS BACK
GUA
CMP
Ohio Delegation Sets
Popular Example.
FEARS ARE SET AT REST
Organization Promises That It
Will Have No Surprises.
PARTY AMITY IS SOUGHT
President Has Assurance of Support
for Measure, but Even Now He
Finds That Floor Cham
pions Are Scarce.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (Special.)
Signs are multiplying today that the
Republican regulars and insurgents
soon will meet in caucus to pledge
themselves severally and Jointly to
stand by the Legislative recommenda
tions which President Taf t has made to
Congress.
The Ohio delegation, which was the
first to meet and declare that the first
duty of a Representative was to the
party and to the Administration, set an
example which has met with the ap
parent approval of nearly every In
surgent and regular In the House.
Insurgents' Fears Allayed.
There is some lingering fear yet
manifest among the insurgents that
the regulars, if they once get them into
caucus, may attempt to make them
yield in matters in which there can be
no yielding, but the organization men
have promised that nothing shall be
done in the caucus that has not been
announced previously.
The shadow of the coming campaign
has fallen on the minds and hearts of
the insurgents and regulars. The Dem
ocrats have been so sincerely cheerful
over the future prospect thaJT the war
ring elements in the majority party in
the House have concluded to put
through some constructive legislation
which will be a bulwark of party
strength in the next campaign.
Floor Champions Scarce.
In a recent dispatch it was said that
President Taft was having hard work
to find actual floor champions for his
measures. He is virtually assured of
party support for nearly everything
that he has recommended, but even
now there are few Senators and Rep
resentatives who care to take up the
actual responsibility of first position in
the line of offense and defense.
Governors Urge Sane Fourth.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25. Nine Gov
ernors have sent assurances to the Safe
and Sane -Fourtn of July Committee, of
the Civic Club of this city, that they
will enter into the crusade to suppress all
unnecessary noises on Independence day
Among those sending affirmative replies
are Governors Brady, of Idaho, and Hay.
of Washington.
WOMAN CONFESSES
QUADRUPLET 'FAKE'
BUT SUPPOSED MOTHER RE
FUSES TO GIVE BABES.
Sanatorium Keeper at Los Angeles
Tells of Collecting Infants
as Scheme.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 25. (Spe
cial.) Following a complete confes
sion that she procured the four babies
claimed by Mrs. W. W. Wilson, of 2019
South Magnolia avenue, who last Fri
day announced the birth of quadruplets,
Mrs. Catherine Smith, who conducts
a sanitarium at 727 Sunset boulevard,
today went to the Wilson residence and
demanded the return of the borrowed
Infants that they could be taken back
to their real mothers, , After an alter
cation with Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Smith
retired without the babies, Wilson Join
ing his wife in ressting the attempt to
take them away.
Mrs. Smth told officials of the Sher
iff's office today that she had secured
one of Mrs. Wilson's quadruplets from
the County Hospital, one from the
Clara Barton Hospital, one from a
saleswoman in a store, and one from
a physician who knew of the scheme
to provide Mrs. Wilson with a multi
plicity of babies. Mrs. Hilda Lindquisi,
mother of the baby taken from the
County Hospital, announced today that
she' would commence proceedings at
once to recover possession of her child.
She said that when she surrendered
her infant she had been assured that
it was to be adopted by a rich drug
gist living on. Magnolia avenue.
TIPS TO RESIGN ARE GIVEN
Mayor McCarthy Wants to Xante His
Own Commissions.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 25. In response
to a request of Mayor P. H. McCarthy, a
majority of the members' of the Board
of Education, the Police Commission and
the Board of Health called at hi3 office
today to receive the intimation that their
resignations were in order.
After the last of his official callers had
left, the Mayor admitted that his sug
gestion concerning their resignations had
not met with immediate response. He
said, however, that all of them would
be given some time in which to consider
the matter.
Most of the summoned Commissioners-
responded, but among the conspicuous
absentees wa Henry. Pahot, member of
the Board of Education and ex-Super
visor, whef was severely scored in .Mc
Carthy's" inaugural address. The Mayor
declared that unless the resignations were
forthcoming, he would take action under
the charter to force their presentation.
NOTED SONG WRITER FALLS
Hugh Cannon, Author of "Goo-Goo
Eyes," Sent to Poorhouse.
DETROIT, Jan. 25. Hugh Cannon.
who wrote "Goo-Goo Eyes," "Ain't That
a Shame?" "Bill Bailey" and other clas
sics of rag-time, was sent to Elolse
poofhouse today at the age of 36. He
told the story of his life in short, ex
pressive sentences:
. "I quit the cocaine easy," he said.
"15 days in jail cured me of that. I hit
the pipe in New York for a year, and
stopped that. I went up against the
morphine hard and quit; but booze, red,
oily booze that's got me for keeps.
"I started when I was 16. I am 38
today and. except for seven months on
the wagon, I've been pickled most of
the time. It was 20 years 20 black
nasty, sick years with only a little
brightness now and then when I made
good with some song.
"COUNT" WEDS TOO OFTEN
Von der Uagen, Accused f Bigamy,
Held Under $10,000 Bail.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25. Application for
a writ of habeas corpus for the release
of Carl von der Hagen. alias Count'
von Mueller, who is being held here on
a fugitive warrant from New Jersey
where he is said to be wanted on s
charge of bigamy, was filed in the Su
perior Court today. ' It will be argued
tomorrow.
Von der Hagen is said to have at least
two wives in the East, and because of
advices to this effect, his bail was fixed
at J10.000. Pearl Wood Powers, the Los
Angeles girl whom the defendant is said
to have married soon after his arrival
here several months ago, has filed suit for
annulment.
CAN ONE DISPOSE OF BODY?
Will Contestant Says Man Has No
Right to Order Funeral.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. That a man
has no right to dispose of his body before
his death is the contention made in a
petition for the removal of the remains
of Williama M. Hoag, filed today, by his
brother, James A. Hoag, who is contest
ing the will of the late capitalist.
Jn his will Hoag specified that his body
should rest in a J6000 mausoleum, to be
erected in a local cemetery, and his broth
er filed a petition, praying that the re
quest be denied and that he be permitted
to take the ashes to Baltimore, Md.
PONTIFICAL MASS. IS SUNG
Cardinal Preaches, at Golden Jubilee
of Paulist Fathers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Celebration of
pontifical mas in the Church of St. Paul
the Apostle, with an address by Cardinal
Gibbons, was the chief event today in the
Paulist Fathers' golden jubilee here. Be
sides the Cardinal, several bishops, scores
of monsignors, priests and monks and
5000 of the laity attended the mass, which
was celebrated by Archbishop Farlej'.
Cardinal Gibbons, in his address, dwelt
on the saintliness of the founder of the
Paulista. Father Hecker. whose words, he
said, had led . the Cardinal himself to
enter the priesthood,
MITCHELLLETTERS
HERMANN SETBACK
Aid Was Given Hyde in
Face of Protests. 1
HENEYTO REST CASE TODAY
Court Holds Correspondence
Is Proper Evidence.
LAND CLERK BRIBETAKER
Documents Ask Defendant to Hasten
Applications of Mitchell's Friends.
Replies Are Also Read.
Benson Employe Tells.
HENEY TO REST CASE AT NOON
TODAY, -In
requesting an adjournment of
court at 4:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon until thla morning:. Special
.Prosecutor Heney announced that he
would conclude the case for the Gov
ernment against Blnger Hermann toy
noon today. So far as could be
learned from Attorney Heney last
night, the only material witness re
maining: to bo examined by the pros
ecution is Professor Fillbert Roth, of
the Vniverslty of Michigan. Mr.
Roth was chief "clerk of the Depart
ment of Forestry under Hermann In
100 1-2. while Hermann was Commis
sioner of the General Land Office.
He Is relied upon .by the Government
to Identify three important but un
signed letters, relating to the crea
tion of the Blue Mountain reserve,
which were mailed .from the Com
missioner's office in September,
1901. It Is contended by Attorney
Heney that Hermann neglected to
sign these communications pur
posely. Ir Introducing as evidence several
letters which passed between Binger
Hermann and Senator Mitchell in 1901
1902. Attorney Heney. for the Govern
ment, yesterday aimed to show that at
the very time Hermann was receiving
letters from Colonel Zabrlskie, ex
posing and denouncing as fraudulent
the operations of Hyde and Benson in
school lands, Hermann was giving his
personal attention to applications of
F. A. Hyde for the exchange of a large
area of school land within forest re
serves for valuable land outside the
reservations.
The Introduction of this corres
pondence was resisted stubbornly by
Attorney Worthlngton for the defense,
but Judge Wolverton ruled that letters
were competent as evidence to estab
lish the conspiracy alleged and to con
nect the defendant with the alleged
unlawful scheme.
The letters were written October 9,
1901, and late June, 1902, the last hav
ing been received by Hermann about a
month before he recommended tem
porary withdrawal of the lands pro
posed to be Included In the Blue Moun
tain Reserve. The original communi
cation was written by Senator Mitchell
October 9. 1901. It transmitted to Her
mann applications for the selection of
several thousand acres of land outside
forest reserves In exchange for school
lands that had been acquired within
the reservations. In all, applications of
this character, covering about 30,000
acres, were forwarded by Mitchell to
Hermann during the nine months. The
bulk of these applications were made
by F. A. Hyde or his associate, C. W.
Clark, and consisted principally of
school. lands purchased in the Cascade
Mountains.
Defense Opposes Evidence.
"I object to the Introduction of these
letters," said Attorney Worthington
when the first communication was of
fered by Attorney Heney. "There Is
nothing in these, letters to show that
the lands offered by Hyde for .exchange
had been acquired Irregularly. These
letters refer altogether to another trans
action and I insist that the prosecution
should not be allowed to drag into the
trial of this defendant the operations
of Hyde and Benson or those of any
other persons. It appears to be an at
tempt on the part of the Government
at the last stage of its case to drag the
Hyde and Benson trial into this case.
It "is practically an admission on the
part of the Government that It has no
case against the defendant. It is not
material in the case on trial whether
Hermann acted honestly or dishonestly
In connection with the Hyde and Ben
son transactions. They have nothing
whatever to do with the case on trial.
There should be some limit to which
the Government may he allowed to go
in conducting the prosecution of the de
fendant." "By the introduction of these letters,""
answered Attorney Heney. "the Govern
ment will show that from October 9,
1901, when this correspondence began,
until late in June, 1902, or just before
the lands in the Blue Mountain reserve
were withdrawn, Hermann, the defend
ant, at the request of Senator Mitchell,
was giving his personal attention to
numerous applications of F. A. Hyde
and doing all In his power to expedite
the exchange of school lands within the
reserves for land without and at the
same time was in correspondence with
Zabrlskie. who had informed him of the
(.Concluded ou Fase IS.;.