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THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBEB 9, 190.
HAD A STORMY LIFE
True Story of Serge-Kisslow's
Career Is Known.
WAS A RUSSIAN NOBLEMAN
Was Wounded in Russo-Turklsh War,
Where He Gained Distinction,
but Was Persecuted for
Liberal Opinions.
Tempestuous in the extreme was the
life and death of Paul Serge-Klsslow,
who was shot down by Adolph Gaudron
at Sixteenth, and "Washington streets on
the morning of October 3. The facts con
cerning bis life have come to light
through an examination of his papers
by the family physician, things that even
his wife did not know, being revealed.
Paul Serge-Klsslow was not a .French
man, as has been stated, but a Russian,
and a member of the Russian nobility, his
grandfather holding rank at the Russian
court. Serge-Klsslow was born In a little
village near Moscow, on the Serge-Klsslow
estate. This estate and other prop
erties were later confiscated by the Czar.
Klsslow received an excellent education,
together with other young nobles, in a
government military eohooL At the age
of 21 years he entered the Russian army
as a lieutenant. He was noted for being
a fine disciplinarian and several times re
ceived commendation from superior offi
cers. At the outbreak of the Busso
Turklsh war, KIsslows regiment was or
dered to the front. In the campaign
which followed he was so badly wounded
in the leg that he was declared unfit for
military service and given a brevet and
an honorable dlschage. He returned to
the family estate near Moscow.
Klsslow was a freethinker and a lover
of freedom. He antagonized officials
through his utterances against the ag
gressive policy of the government in re
gard to certain classes of aliens, and was
so persecuted that he deserted his es
tates, gave up his rank and fled the coun
try. He went to France, where he lived
several years. In France he married, and
brought his bride to America, finally com
ing to Portland. In military school and in
the army Klsslow had gained recognition
for excellence in mechanics, and he natu
rally drifted into mechanical pursuits in
this country."
Serge-Klsslow' s relatives deny that he
appropriated the idea of the patent um
brella from Mr. Gaudron and state that
Klsslow had the Idea of the patent long
before he knew Gaudron. It was in 1900
that Klsslow for the first time went to
Gaudron, showed him the model of the
device and asked him to make the device
for him, as Klsslow, had not the neces
sary machinery at that time. Mr. Gau
dron undertook the task, and, it is alleged
by Kisslow's friends, it was agreed at
the time that the charge should, bef be
tween $5 and JS, according to the "time re
quired for completing the device. At the
time the device was finished Klsslow paid
Gaudron $3, but at the end of the year, it
is alleged, Gaudron presented another
bill for an additional charge of $17.
Kisslow paid him $3 more and also offered
the article back, saying that it was not
made correctly and was useless to him.
Two years after this Incident Klsslow
applied for the patent. When Klsslow
developed his own grinding and model
making business, the enmity between
Gaudron and himself grew, because of
Kisslow's advance In trade, he getting by
far the most customers. It Is the Idea of
Kisslow's friends that trade jealousy
alone drove Gaudron to commit the crime.
IT IS HAPJ) TO BELIEVE.
Truth About Oregon's Wealth Aston
ishes Farmers of Iowa.
Accompanied hy seven people from the
Middle" West, five . of whom will locate in
Oregon, A. S. Thompson, of Waterloo,
la., arrived in the city yesterday deter
mined to make his home in this state.
Mr. Thompson Is an official of the immi
gration department of the Harrlman
lines, has been appointed a commissioner
of Immigration for Oregon by Governor
Chamberlain and has been In constant
correspondence with the Commercial Club
on Immigration work. When asked his
opinion of the state, he said:
I am absolutely charmed with Portland
and frankly admit that it is the most
beautiful city I ever -visited. The cli
mate here Is the finest I ever experi
enced, and while some of my acquaint
ances tell me that this has been the
warmest Summer they have ever experi
enced. I am sure that your hottest day
would have been a comfortable one In
the Middle West.
Of course, I want you to understand
that there are no circumstances under
which I would say anything that wasn't
complimentary to Iowa, for while we
have a great deal of weather in the
Summer time which is a long way from
comfortable and a good long spell in the
Winter when the coal bills are a bur
den, Iowa Is one of the best agricultural
states in the Union, but lands are at a
price now where a farmer lias a hard
time in making a good profit upon his
Investment, and this is true even In the
face of the fact that the farmers of the
United States are getting better prices
. than at any time since the war.
Xow, my chief reason for coming here
was to personally verify a great many
tacts which I know are reliable, but I
desired to be on the ground and get
statements from the farmers direct. The
stories of wheat production in- Eastern
Oregon almost stagger belief, and it is
difficult to make an Iowa farmer under
stand that 30 to 50 bushels of wheat on
an acre is not an unusual thing.
I want to go through the Willamette
Valley, visit Hood River, get better ac
quainted with both Southern and East
ern Oregon, and, in fact, learn certain
things on my visit .here that we only
get through personal experience.
Of course, 1 am telling the people of
Oregon nothing new in repeating what
has been printed time and time again
regarding the wonderful returns from
your apple orchards, the big bank depos
its which have resulted from the hop
crop, but these things will be new to my
friends In Iowa, and I can tell them with
a greater amount of conviction after I
have been over the territory personally.
It 1b a fact that Oregon Is today at
tracting more attention in Iowa than any
other state in the Union. In my work I
nave been greauy assisted Dy the Port
land Commercial Club and the 1mm! era
tlon department of the Union "Pacific
Railroad. In a large portion of my Iowa
work I use the Illinois Central lines and
am thoroughly assisted by that genius
In immigration, J. F. Merry, of the Illi
nois Central.
Mr. Thompson will give his entire at
tention to Immigration for the Pacific
Northwest, giving especial attention to
Oregon, but nas determined to make his
permanent nome in tnis state.
TTR-R. EYES ARE OPENED.
Seattle Woman Comes to Meet Fiance
and Finds Him Fickle and Deserter.
Miss Jennie Ross, of Seattle. Is In Port
land bemoaning the fact that man is
fickle. She came to the city Monday.
where she expected to meet Lieutenant
Francis M. Boone, to whom she was en
gaged to be married. On the morning
following her arrival she called up the
Vancouver Barracks and asked to be al
lowed to speak to the Lieutenant. She
was then informed that Lieutenant Boone
had deserted his flag and his country
and broken military arrest.
Before coming to Portland, Miss Ross,
who is a professional nurse, was not
"aware of the fact that during his last
visit to her. Lieutenant Boone had been
guilty of drinking to excess and while In
an Intoxicated condition be had caused
a scandal and a sensation In s. Seattle
theater. She was also unaware that
Lieutenant Boone had been placed under
military arrest, charged with conduct, un
becoming an officer, and when she learned
that he had deserted, she experienced
such a shock that she has been staying
with friends In the city since, refusing
to see any one or to speak of the case.
She stated, however, that Lieutenant
Boone won her love and that they were
engaged. She thought him the soul of
manhood and honor -and did not know
that he was passing a portion of his
time with other women. She stated yes
terday that it was another case of man's
perfidy and that was the substance of
the whole affair. She has made no plans
for the future beyond assuring friends in
Seattle, which city she loft soon after
the officer deserted, that she Is not In
the company of the Lieutenant.
DEMOCRATS WILL RALLY.
County Executive Sits Under Park
er's Beaming Eye and Dignity.
Finances formed the topic for discus
sion at a brief session of the Multnomah
County Democratic Executive Committee
in room 201 of the Hotel Scott last even
ing. The said room is not wider than a
church door, nor deeper than a well, but
It held, elbow to elbow. In fraternal con
tentment, a dozen stalwart captains of
the county Democracy, towlt: B. B.
Haney, secretary; G. W. Allen, proxy for
George H. Thomas; John W. Grussl, T. J.
Concannon, H. W. Parker, M. D. George,
Johnson White, Ed Dwyer. L. T. Peery,
proxy for J. T. Milne r; J. G. Meybrunn,
John E. Cronan and Judge Alex Sweok,
chairman of. the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee.
Chairman Van Zant, of the committee,
was not present, which circumstance was
natural, seeing that he is now at St.
Louis, examining the fair. It seems that
ere he went he called unto him Secretary
Haney and said:
"Summon a meeting of the executive
committee for the purpose of considering
ways and means to raise funds for doing
a little work at election time; also to ar
range details for holding. In connection
with the State Committee, a couple of
rousing Democratic rallies."
The gentlemen foregathered with a
gravity In keeping with the prospects of
Democratic success. From two walls the
handsome face of Judge Parker, posed
three-quarter view In splendid lithograph,
with eyes focused Just above the transom,
commanded attention. Near the door, was
tacked another lithograph, a double affair.
Judge Parker in his judicial robes, flanked
by the likeness of a husky young man
with " chin whiskers and emooth-shaven
upper lip.
"Who's that?" ventured an Ignorant re
porter, who had got In by virtue of hav
ing been there first.
"Mr. Davis, of course," replied Judge
Sweek. "Probably from a photograph
taken a few decades ago, but It's a fine
likeness."
"Of course," said Secretary Haney,
"but, by the way, this la an executive
session, you know, and, though personally
I'd be-glad to have you stay yet "
Whereupon the reporter stood not upon
the order of his going, but got. Later it
was learned that the county and the state
executive committees will get together
and perfect arrangements for one or two
Democratic mass meetings In this city be
fore election day, and that funds there
for will be forthcoming.
BRIDGE CLOSED AGAIN.
East Side Passengers Must Walk
Across for About a Week.
The East Side residents who have to
cross the Morrison-street bridge will have
to resort to the method employed by their
ancestors for a few days until the bridge
is. again open to traffic.
The bridge was closed yesterday for the
second and, It is hoped, for the last time
before Its completion, while the work on
the main part of the roadway is being fin
ished. A passageway has been fixed for
foot passengers, however, and all who
wish can cress In that way.
The City & Suburban Railway Company
has not made the arrangements with the
Portland Company that held during the
time the bridge was closed to traffic a
short time ago. It was found that It
caused congestion and inconvenience In
the handling of the business of both lines.
All passengers for the East Side will be
given transfers from the main lines up
town and taken to the west end of the
bridge on a transfer car running from
that place to Third and Morrison streets.
The passengers will then have to walk
across the bridge and take their cars at
the east end.
The bridge will be closed to traffic for
several days, perhaps a week, during
which time all passengers carried on the
City & Suburban on that route will bo
handled by this system of transfers.
PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR WOMEN
Professor Ringlers school at 309 Alder
street, near Sixth, offers the best advan
tages for healthful exercise. The equip
ment Is first-class, gymnasium and par
lors are spacious and clean and the
school grows In popular favor dally. Last
season over 300 women and- girls were
enrolled in the various classes and this
year a still larger number Is expected. A
special class for women who cannot de
vote the time during the day meets on
Monday and Thursday evenings at
o'clock. Morning and afternoon classes
are also held. The terms are $1.00 per
month, payable quarterly. The girls are
well cared for twice a week after school
hours. A special High School class is
now forming to meet at 3 P. M. Monday
and Thursday. Other school girls meet
at 4:15 P. M. Terms, $2.00 for three
months' course. Special Departments of
Dramatic Art and Dancing with compe
tent Instructors. Visitors are welcome at
any time. Catalogue upon application.
YOU'LL BE WELL PROTECTED
You're always well protected when you
buy here. Should anything go wrong
(but It won t), it s one on us not on you.
There's pleasure and profit In buying
here. All the new Fall Suits, Overcoats.
Hats, Shoes and other VFixln's" are
ready. You certainly won't say "too
high" to any price we name. A square.
deal for a round dollar always In waiting
for you. Step In for a moment. Lion
Clothing Co., 166 and 16S Third sL, Mo
hawk Bldg.
ITS GOLNGTO RAIN.
So says the weather man. yet we don't
suppose he knows and maybe you don't
that we have ready to wear the largest.
the best assortment of rainproof coats In
this city; we make them, elegant silk
lined; you wlll.be surprised when you see
these garments. Ladles' suits ready to
wear, tailored by our own tailors right
here at Fifth and Alder. The J. M. Ache-
son Co.
MRS. HOUSEKEEPER.
To protect your rugs and carpets yon
must have one of The M. J. Walsh Co.
spark-guards. A new and improved line
just received. Call and see them. Show
rooms, 343 Washington street. Sizes made
for special opening.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Safer la CHtttec Teeth.
5 re b6 bm th old And. Yu-tried rcme4j.
Mm WlBetow Soothlsx Syrup, for cblldrea
teet&lar. It ootfes tba child, sotU3 ths SUSJ.
a.lUO-s til Via. curat -vlad colic u4 CUrrn4.
Sar "No" "when- a dealer offers you a
substitute for Hood's Soxsaparilla. Insist
upon -tiooa &,
PROPHETS ARE AT A LASS
FATE -OF POOLROOM. ORDINANCE
SHROUDED IN DOUBT.
Mayor Williams Has Expressed No
Opinion, and May Neither
Sign nor Veto It.
What will Mayor Williams do with
the poolroom license ordinance?
What will the Council do if the
Mayor vetoes it or does not sign It?
These two questions are as yet un
answered. The most Influential mem
bers of the Council positively declare
they do not know whether the Council
will pass the ordinance over the May
or's veto. If he takes such action; and
still less have they knowledge of the
Mayor's plans.
The Municipal Association Is as
anxious to hear the answers as are
the managers of the poolrooms. At a
meeting of the association Friday
evening-, O. P. M. Jamison, E. C Bro
naugh and Miller Murdoch were ap
pointed a committee to interview May
or Williams and learn his attitude on
the ordinance.
Messrs. Jamison and Bronaugh ac
cordingly called upon the Mayor yes
terday moraine Mr. Murdoch could not
attend.
"The Mayor was noncommittal, but
from the way he spoke we doubt if he
signs the ordinance," is their report.
"He told us that he considered buying
and pool selling one of the most per
nicious forms of gambling."
Meanwhile the managers of the pool
rooms are on pins and needles. If the
present ordinance which has been in
terpreted to shut out poolrooms alto
gether remains in force there is little
hope for the sellers of pools through
out the remainder of Mayor Williams
administration.
Vitally Interested as these managers
are, there is little chance that they Im
peril their ultimate hopes by opening
their establishments before the licens
ing ordinance becomes effective. As
soon as possible, however, the War
wick will open and the Portland Club
will quickly follow.
To get down to the causes of the
Council's quick-fire action in passing
the poolroom license ordinance by a
vote of 9 to 2 last Wednesday, It is
necessary to go back to last April
when the Council passed an ordinance
prohibiting poolrooms. At that time
the establishment of the Portland Club
was the only one in the city, and the
Mayor had repeatedly stated that he
would allow no more to open. Wishing
to break up a monopoly as well as to
secure .additional revenue for the city.
the Council passed a prohibitory meas
ure which it was fully intended should
be used to allow the Applepato estab
lishment, the Warwick, to compete
with the Portland Club. At that time
several Councilmen promised the Ap-
plegate managers that poolrooms
would be permitted.
Mayor Williams, however, enforced
the law literally, much to the surprise
of the Council and the poolroom men.
The establishments have remained
closed ever since. Now, the two or
tnree members of tne Council who
made these promises wish to redeem
them, and their colleagues are stand
ing by them. If the Mayor does not
sign or veto the ordinance within ten
days, it may become a law if eight
Councilmen say so.
PATROLMAN'S PATIENCE ENDS
Vrites His Distinctly Unfavorable
Opinion of Telephones to Chief.
One of the policemen patrollng an East
Side beat appears to have missed his 'vo
cation. He should be an editorial writer
on one of Hearst's yellow journals. Judg
ing from the nature of an attack he has
made on wealthy corporations. The offi
cer's remarks were made in written re
port to the Chief of Police after his pa
tience had been tried by defective tele
phones, and it will probably sound a re
sponsive chord In ' the minds of many
whose patience has been similarly tried.
The report, as submitted to Chief Hunt
yesterday morning by the patrolman, who
is rated as one of the best, is as follows:
"Both 'phones on my beat are out of or
der, as they have been most of the time.
thus making it necessary for me to walk
miles to report every hour. I suppose,
though, It always will be thus, so It seems
useless to report them any more. It Is
bad that the corporations run the city.
when It should be vice versa.
"Portland needs one Mr. Folk, just as
well as St. Louis, and then some of our
representative' and 'respectable citizens
would be wearing stripes and making
stoves in Salem. It Is very plain there Is
'something rotten In Denmark." Those are
our worst and most dangerous criminals."
JANITS RETURNS ALIVE.
Explains Away Absence Which
Caused Wife to Fear Suicide.
Albert Janlta, the bookseller whose wife
was obliged to ask the police for protec
tion Friday, did not attempt to kill him
self, as his wife said he had threatened
to do. When he head in the papers that
he was suspected of having gone away
to commit suicide, he hurried to police
headquarters and announced that he was
not ready to shuffle off the mortal coll
and had. no intention of so doing.
When Janits returned to his home, his
wife searched him, so he alleges, before
she would allow him to enter the house.
He said that he had been away from the
store all day collecting bills, and that,
being unable to get anyone to stay In the
store, he was obliged to close bis place
of business while the bills were being
collected.
OF GREAT INTEREST.
The J. M. Acheson Company, merchant
tailors, have decided to and will for a
limited time, or until further notice, make
suits, pants and overcoats on easy pay
mentsInstallment payments very easy
payments $1 a week, or terms to suit
you. Payments by the month. If you like.
Read this: We are an old-established
Ifcuse In this city and have on display by
far the largest stock of woolens in this
city. All woolens we use are warranted
all wool, and as goods are now (as always
has been our custom) marked In plain fig
ures, you can pick them out and tell the
price as well as we can. The extension of
tnis easy-payment pian tor tne purcnase
of high-class, made-to-order clothing Is a
grand opportunity for the people of Port
land, poor and rich. It Is the proof of our
work we are willing to back It In this
way. No one, rich or poor, need hesitate
to have garments made, as this plan, cou
pled with our splendid established reputa
tlon. Is guarantee of satisfaction. Suits
$25 and up. Splendid suits, $25 to $35.
THE J. M. ACHESON CO.. Fifth and Al
der streets, merchant tailors and manu
facturers of ladles' suits, coats and
skirts, ready to wear and to special
order.
PRACTICAL. AND ECONOMICAL
The continued use for over ten years of
the double-draft Monarch grate has
proven that they are the most economical,
practical and satisfactory. They have the
advantage over the common firebrick lln
lmr on account of having two heat con
trollers. Every homebuilder should call at
The M. J. Walsh Co.. 343 Washington
street, and look Into the good points -of
the Monarch grate.
Last Year's TaxM Nearly All In.
The rush of taxpayers last waek
We
-ABOUT THE
Men's Suits
at
If you will look in at our windows you
will see a few of the styles If you come
into the store our salesmen will take pleasure
in showing many others without urging, you
to buy If $3 to $5 on a suit is any object to
you, you will surely come Most stores say
$15 for equal qualities...
MOYER CLOTHING
brought In about $75,000 to the county
tTnnrv nnrt thp tnxea for 1S02 ara now
nearly all in. The original amount of the
roll was llASo,ooo. The error tnrougn
which the time for final payment was
xtfndri from October 3 to October 5
was not one of the Sheriffs office. When
the roll was made the delinquent column
wnn nrtntArt Ortoher 5 Instead of October
3. The" Sheriff was not to blame for this,
but as the books read that way, slow
taxpayers were given two days aaauion
al grace.
OFFERS TO HAKE ANALYSIS.
Chemist Willing to Aid County In
Solving Baby Mystery.
Victoria X. Hampton, the chemist who
conducted the chemical analysis In the
Williams murder case, has come to the
front and offered to aid the county offi
cials to clear up the mystery surrounding
the death of the baby found a weejc ago
In the Union Depot, by conducting a
chemical analysis at a reasonable price.
The price asked is but JSC, and It is prob
able that the case will now be resumed
and followed to the end. The commis
sioners refused to consider a chemical
analysis at the exorbitant price of $250,
which other prominent chemists asked,
tut, when the new offer was made. Imme
diately reconsidered the matter.
Deputy District Attorney Moser was en
gaged on the case yesterday, and made a
statement late In the day to the effect
that he thought, the cheaper offer would
be accepted and that the commissioners
would order procedure In the case. Detec
tive Hartman will drop all other cases in
his hands and give the baby case his un
divided attention as soon as it is positive
ly known that thp chemical analysis will
be made.
THE M. J. WALSH CO. "
843 Washington street. Gas, electric
and combination chandeliers for resi
dences, public buildings and offices. We
make a specialty of special designs. Home
builders before purchasing should see our
line. Show rooms, 343 Washington street.
An Astonishing Declaration.
Boston Transcript.
As the Democratic press and orators
have had much to say In denunciation of
President Roosevelt's pension order. Judge
Parker's expressions on the subject have
been awaited with considerable interest.
They ought to astonish those who now
read them, for In "his denunciation of the
THE
Oregon Optical
You Don't Have to Learn How to Wear Them
They axe so perfectly adapted to your vision that they feel right from
the moment you uut them on. "We not only have the skill, the experience
and the facilities, but, more than that,
. i it l t i
painstaKing care tnai assure auauiutcijr jcxxcui, xcsiuts.
EXAMINATION FREE
OREGON OPTICAL GO.
Exclusive Opticians
.173. fourth: street, y. m. c. a. building -
have not told
Vo enough
EXCELLENCE OF
WHEN YOU' SEE IT
THIRD AND
President's act as unconstitutional he ig
nores the interesting fact that both Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. McKinley issued simi
lar orders and that all three could cite
statutory authority. But this is not the
most astonishing feature of Judge Par
ker's treatment of the matter. That Is
found when. Immediately after declaring
that If the pension order is revocable he
WORTH HAVING
$14.00
This dresser has a .French-plate mirror
24x20. It is made of ash in golden oak fin
ish, white maple, and mahogany; also made
of oak for $15.00. Tour order will be prompt
ly shipped or delivered. If received for this,
or anything else. '.
We haven't a dissatisfied customer.
130 Sixth Street,
Opposite "The OrestmlaB."
YOUR. CREDIT IS GOOD.
Co.'s Glasses
we bring to the work a conscientious,
e-j- n
$10
you
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IN OUR AD ITS SO.
OAK STREETS
will, if elected, revoke it, h& says he will
do his utmost to secure the enactment of
a straight age pension law for veterans
without regard to disability. Such a dec
laration Is the more noteworthy as coming
from one who lays great stress upon the
alleged absolute necessity of an immediate
reduction of the expenditures of the Gov
', csmtarrwt
WINTER COLD
ACHINGTEETH
every modern applianee to aid the operator call on us and you
will see a modern 20th century dental office. Our fees are most
reasonable, compatible with first-class work.
Crown and Bridge Work
When performed by a skillful
dentist gives satisfaction in
every case. When a few sound
teeth are left a bridge can be
built and attached which will
perform the office of your nat
ural teeth very satisfactorily
and without the discomfort of a plate You can only have one
set of natural teeth and you can't be too careful of them. If there
is a cavity in a tooth lose no time in having it filled and crowned.
If you delay too long it may be necessary to extract it. Call and
see us. Consultation is free.
$900 Automobile Give Away
For every dollar'srworth of work performed at this office you
will receive a coupon which may entitle you-to this handsome
Automobile. We. do this for the purpose of advertising our
business.
DR. B. E. WRIGHT'S
DENTAL OFFICE
I' 342$ WASHINGTON STREET, CORNER SEVENTH
I FEES REASONABLE. CONSULTATION FREE
J Office house: 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.; evenings 7 30 to 8:30. Sundays
J 10 A. M., to 12 M. Telephone Main 2119.
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GO.
ernment. The reader is left in doubt
whether Judge Parker Is making a bid
for the sympathy of both those who hold
that President Roosevelt went too far
and of those who hold that he did not go
far enough or whether his knowledge, of
pension legislation Is so superficial that he
does not see to what his -proposal tends.
Winter with its cold rains and
frost will soon be with us and if
there are any defects in your
teeth, suffering will be the re
sult. It is prudent to tall now
and have us examine your teeth
for the purpose of placing them
in perfect condition. Remember
that the sooner a cavity is filled
or other work performed the less
your bill will be. Procrastination
leads to large dental bills. If the
extraction of teeth is necessary
we will perform the.work with
out causing you the slightest
pain. This we positively guar
antee. If you desire the highest
grade of skill, combined with
CROWN and-.
BRIDGE