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THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTL&ftD, FEBRUARY 4, 1900. 5 - - IIEI IlIIIIIIIIIEIIEllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlEIIIIIIEIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlilllillllllllElIEIUIIIIIIIfllllillllllEIIIIIl .COASTER BRAKE FURNISHED. QlSVfftfc WHEELS IF .DESIRED and Bevel-Gear Chainless Bicycles cycles S3 "Standard of the World' BUILT ON THE SQUARE B Few Pointers on Its Superiority Under all ordinary conditions, bevel-gears run easier than the chain. The mechanism, is always free from grit, mud and dust, and always lubricated. ' The bevel-gearing never cramps or twists under any strain put upon it. This accounts wfor its" superiority in hill-climbing and under all other conditions calling 'for extra effort. Owing to the absence of the side pull of the chain, the frame never gets out of line except as as resnlt of serious accident. 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OPEN EVENINGS Portland Branch Pope Sales Department 132 and 134 Sixth St Portland, Or. sniipinnininin . - ' a , FAVORABLE TO CLARK SBCOXD DAY OP TESTIMONY FOR, THE DEFENSE. Sensational Statements by Witnesses Rejected ly the Prosecution Con- gTcumaa Oamplell ont!ie Stand. "WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. The senate committee on privileges and elections gae almost the entire day to hearing the testimony of Ben Hill and L. T. Wright, in Its Investigation of the charges against Senator Clark, of Montana. They were called by the defense, although they had come to Washington at the Instance of the memorialists. Both testified that they had been engaged to make affidavits against Clark; that they were paid ror them, and that the affidavits -were false. Both had been In Helena aunng me sit ting of the legislature as Clark's friends, and both had their expenses paid there. Hill claimed that Campbell and Whiteside had assisted him In dictating his affidavit, and that they knew the statements con tained in It to be false. The -witnesses agreed in a statement that several wit nesses, including thmselves, had agreed, after giving their affidavits, not to testify in the Wellcome disbarment case until they should get more money $1000 apiece lut Hill said that Campbell had told him that he would not dare pay him before he should go on the stand, because of the use Clark would make of the fact if he should become acquainted with it Campbell made a statement contradicting the assertion made by Hill, and also the statements made by Lyon yesterday. I. T. Wright, a watchmaker of Mis soula, Moot, was the first witness. It be came apparent that he had been called to Impeach the testimony of Witness Rector, concerning the alleged efforts to fcrlbe Representative Jacquet Rector had tes tified that Wright was present when the money was paid, but Wright denied this. The witness also testified to having agreed to give an affidavit and to testify in the Wellcome disbarment trial at the instance of Mr. Hill and Little, secre tary of Congressman Campbell. He sad he was to receive 5188 for the affidavit, and ia.m for his verbal testimony to be taken later. He did sgn and swear to the affidavit receiving ?8W for this service. The affidavit was read by Senator Faulk ner, ana was full of accusations against members of the legislature, one be'ng to the effect that A. J. Steele, a friend of Senator Clark, had given an envelope con taining 5W.8W to be given to Senator Mj ers for hie vote for Clark, but that Steele had later come to htm and requested the return of the money, saying that Myers preferred that Whiteside should hold It. No. Mr. Wright is that affidavit true or falser' asked Senator Faulkner. "It is falee. and they knew It was false a the time It was made," replied the witness. "I did It for what there was in it It was gotten vp to help purify politics." It Is the statement you swore to," sug gested Senator Tnriey, and the witness assented. He had not intended to make the same statesMdt he had made la his affidavit if he had son on the stand, but he had refused to testify because the $16 609 had not been paid him. He then testified that he went to Helena to testify In the Well come dWbarment case, but that he and three other witnesses had agreed not tn testify until the mene? was paid. The prosecution had refused to pay him until after he went on the stand, "sajing that $te 000 In my hands with my statement would be worth $, to Clark." One of the men in the combination had broken the agreement and the witness said he bad seen Ben Hill offer him $900. whtoa, however. Hill had asked to be allowed to hold. The witness said he had received $120 from "Daly's friends at Hel ena, and that just before starting to Washington he had received $200 more, and $S0 since his arrival. Witness said that since Hill and himself had been In Washington they had received an offer of $2500 from Dr. Mlnshall on behalf of the prosecution to get out of the city. On cross-examination, Wright said he had gone to Helena during the sitting of the legislature to work for Clark, but he had done most of his work in the third house. He had received $240 from Steele for this service. "Did you not tell me after your arrival In Washington that you had held $10,000 for Senator Myers?" asked Mr. Blrney. "I think probably I did." "Don't you know you did?" "No, I don't know. I don't recollect I Intended you to understand that I had, because I wanted to get our- business fixed up." I He said Ben Hill was the only person who had promised to give him money here. When Wright was excused, Hill, also of Missoula, was called. He said he had been connected with Congressman Camp bell and Mark Hewitt In working up the case against Clark for the past eight months. He had just been down to Bridger, he said, for Clark, for which he received $350 from that gentleman, when he met Whiteside on the street In Butte and "had told him a lot of d d lies," and after he had gone to Campbell's office and had signed "about 1700 pages of stuff In which there was not a word of truth." This affidavit had been dictated and writ ten by him. This affidavit was then read. In it the witness said he had entered into a combination to assist in the elec tion of Senator Clark, and that he had committed many acts looking to bribery of members of the legislature to vote for Clark for United States senator. In re sponse to a question, Hill said the affidavit was false. "When Campbell and White side would see me talking to a man, they would ask me what the talk was about and I would tell them, according to what money I sot" "Did you get more than $250 for your work?" was asked. "Yes; I got several such sums." The witness stated, that in conversations with Campbell, after the affidavit was prepared, many alterations were made in the document and that he had subse quently given the altered document to Campbell. Campbell was asked to produce this al tered document, and said he would try to find it. After Faulkner had resumed the investi gation. Senator Hoar Interrupted him, ask ing him to curtail the inquiry saying that after the witness' own admissions, no statement that he could make would be of value to any one. Hill testified to pay ing $300 for affidavits in Missoula, drawing drafts on Campbell for the money. Camp bell said he had .honored the. drafts and would explain why when he should take the stand. Concerning witnesses qalled to Helena to testify in the disbarment trial. Hill said there had been an understanding that only Dr. Mlnshall should go until $1000 was paid each )f them. Whiteside had given the money to a man namd Harrity for him, and the latter had handed him $500 o this amount, which the witness ald he still had in his possession, having kept It In order to make the prosecution pay the remaining amount which he said was promised. He told the messenger who had brought him a message asking him to go to thevstate supreme court to testify to toll the Eupreme court to "go to hell." HIU continued his testimony concerning the dealings of himself, Wright Mlnshall and Cowen with Congressman Campbell and Whiteside. He said they had paid them various sums of money at different times. Hill said he had told Campbell at that time that Cowen' s affidavit was fake Among others who had given him money the witness said was Mr. Tuehey, of Butte. That gentleman had given him $25?, and had also given money to others of his combination. HIU said that from his conversation with Campbell and Whiteside, he was satisfied Marcus Daly was putting up the money for the prosecution. Whiteside had said: "We have no specific amount, but Marcus never limits us." Hill said that Rector, one of the witnesses for the prosecution, had told him that he was to have $500 for coming to Washington, and that Rector had also told him that his testimony was not true. When Hill retired, Congressman Camp bell requested that he be sworn, saying that If the committee considered Lyon's, Hill's and Wright's statements true, he was unfit to proceed as counsel in the case. He thought he should have an opportunity to explain. The committee allowed him to explain as counsel, but did not require him to be sworn. Campbell first took up the statement of Thomas E. Lyon, and said the latter's statement that he (Camp bell) had offered him money to commit perjury was absolutely untrue. He ad mitted that he had talked with Lyon and that he had given him $300 to pay the ex penses of the investigation that Lyon was to make. With reference to HlU's affi davit, he denied having dictated it, saying that Hill had spent an entire day with his (Campbell's) typewriter in a back room dictating the statement, and that he (Campbell) had not been In the room half an hour during the day. He admitted payings drafts for $300 made upon himself by his private secretary for affidavits by Wright and Mlnshall, but sajd that at the same time he had told him that the tes timony of the men could not be used. Campbell said he had employed Hill to get at the truth of a rumor that an effort was being made to have Whiteside im prisoned through one Folk, that he had especially desired to have "a letter Inter cepted, and that HIU had opened It It Is not true that he had paid HIU any money to do anything that was crooked, nor that Hill had told him his affidavit was untrue. Other witnesses of the day wefe'Barney Shanahanr of Butte, and John Burns, of Helena, who were put on by the defense to contradict the statement of-State Rep- i resentatlve Nprmoyle, to the effect that I they had approached him wUh the sug- i gestion that he cduld get $10,000 for a vote for Clark, for the senate. -.The.tWQ wlt- neses. agreed that Normoyle' had'mado advances to them indicating, that he. would like to get money for his vote. In Furor of , Scott. .. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The senate committee on privileges and elections to day decided to recommend that; no further ! proceedings be taken In the case pf the protest against Senator Scott' f West Virginia, continuing to hold his seat In the senate. The committee was unani mous with one exception. Senator Pettus I will probably present a minority report. Mountain precincts have so fax registered before Justice Wood. An. unusually large proportion are from Missouri, which is far better represented than any other state. As this is an intelligent commu- f nity, it would Indicate that the Mlssourian is a white man and fairly civilized, con trary to some of his detractors. i B ESCAPED FROM HONOLULU. One for the Mlssourian. Weston Leader. About 105 voters from the Weston and "W. G. McPbcrson'8 Experience With, the Plague. W. G. McPherson, who lately returned from a two weeks' visit in Honolulu, was fortunate enough to escape on the lumber schooner Columbia, bound for Port Town send. He would otherwise have been obliged to take passage for home on the Australia, the only steamer which would come Inside of signaling distance of the port, and spend the first two weeks after his arrival In the Unltd States marooned at the quarantine station at Ansel island. The authorities were making a vigorous campaign against the bubonic plague while Mr. McPherson was in Honolulu. Much difficulty was experienced with the Chinese, who had a habit of sneaking away bodies of their countrymen who fell victims to the scourge for fear they would be burned, in which case It would not be expedient to Teturn the bones to China for a final resting place. It finally became necessary to threaten to burn every Chinaman that died from any cause what ever In order to keep the Celestials from concealing bodies after death by the plague, and refusing to reveal cases of it among their number. The disease was kept closely confined to the Chinese and native quarter, where filth of every form afforded it valuable assistance In its work of destruction. Guards were kept on the street all the time, and the district was kept strictly quarantined. Mr. McPherson arrived there Christmas day, having made the voyage from San Francisco on the bark Allen. The day of his arrival there were three deaths, the next day two, and the same rate continued during his stay. Doc tors did their best to study the disease, but were baffled by Its energetic progress. A satlent would come down one day, and the next he would die, the end coming so quickly that the -blood did not have time to coagulate, and the body was left as natural as in sleep. By the time a physician could hear vt a case and arrive on the scene, thst satlent would be dead or In the lasVegonles. The malady was as workmanlike, in, Its methods as a Krag Jorgensen rifle. .- Honolulu had,been on the eve of a great boom, and every one was expecting to be borne high on the wave of prosperity when the plague arrived, and the wave Teceded like a spring tide. The town was full of tourists, who melted away with surprising rapidity, and every steamer that left port, which all that were there did at the first intimation of the plague, was loaded with passengers. After that no vessel could get a clean bill of health. and the customs authorities got themselves disliked by the skippers. For two weeks not a passing steamer oould be induced, by any persuasion to put In, and the In habitants of the place were shut up like convicts on a penal island. The atmos phere of the elty was not particularly hilarious. When Mr. McPherson learned that a lumber schooner was going to leave, he sought out the captain and became his friend. It took some time to do it, but It was accomplished, and the skipper con sented to taking him as a passenger On the voyage over a terrific storm was en countered, but the little craft weathered it in good style, and landed her passengers at Port Towssend safe and sound. In spite of his experience, Mr McPher son says he enjoyed the trip very much, particularly the time he spent on the sailing vessels, which, in bis opinion, are the only comfortable craft afloat. He will leave tonight on a business trli to New York, and wlU be gone six weeks. a It Had Become a Habit. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Why does Jim Todgers affect that fu nereal style of walking?" "He can't help it He's been usher at so many weddings." jHdsre D. 91. Key Dead. CHATTANOOGA, Teas., Feb. 3. Judge D. M. Key died in thin olty tonight, aged W. MITCHELL LEWIS & STAVER CO. 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