THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FKRUARY 5, 1905.
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FROM LABORER TO UNITED STATES SENATOR Hlr "'"1
PROM the position of a favored child
In a homo of luxury, -where a large
rotinue of slaves and servants
danced attendance to his childish
-whims to that of a common laborer
digging ditches, cutting wood and en
caging in similar forms of man
ual labor, is a far cry. It -Is also a
far cry from the position of a common
laborer on tiie railroad grade to that
of a United States Senator, and "Sam"
Piles has been there and back. I men
tion him as "Sam" Piles, not In a spirit
of Irreverence, but because his person
ality Is such that -within the state lines
of this great commonwealth to a large
majority of the population he will
never be other than "Sam" Piles.
1 he life story of "United States Senator
Samuel H. Piles would make an excel
lent framework on which a literary
artist could hang a tale of more than
ordinary interest. r-
Born In Old Kentucky.
The glory of the old South was at
its height at that time and the glamour
of romance which is still tinging song
and story hung heavy over old Ken
tucky in December, 1S68, when the fu
turo Senator first saw the light of day
on his father's plantation in Livingston
County on the banks of the Ohio. The
broad acres of the elder Piles stretched
for miles along the banks of the Ohio,
and hundreds of slaves did homage to
the new lord and master as soon as he
began toddling around. Then came the
war, and the fortune of the Piles fam
ily, like those of hundreds of others
throughout the South, were swept
away. In the private schools of the
neighborhood the young man had re
ceived a fairly good education which
at the age of 17 he rounded out with a
term at the Kentucky Law School. He
was admitted to the ba-r in 1876 and
immediately followed the crowd which
was acting on the immortal advice
of Horace Greeley to "go West."
It was somewhat singular In the
light of subsequent events that ho
hould first locate in Washington,
Washington County. Kansas. At that
place he met the late Thomas Humes,
who afterwards played a very promi
nent part In politics in the territory
and state of Washington. He read law
and attended to the office business of
Mr. Humes while the latter was a
member of the Kansas ' Legislature
which first elected John J. Ingalls. This
early friendship between Judge Humes
and the young lawyer lasted as long
as life, and at the funeral of the dead
jurist and politician in Seattle a few
weeks ago there was no more" sincere
mourner than Samuel H. Piles, who left
Olympia in the midst of his Senatorial
light to pay his last respects to his old
time friend. Kansas secured no very
fctrong hold on Mr. Piles, and the West
was still calling him. so after a few
months with Judge Humes he drifted
on, through Iowa. Minnesota, Dakota,
In fact, all through the great West,
working at anything which was avail
able, the greater part of the time at
manual labor. In 18S2 he revisited his
old home in Kentucky, but found every
thing changed to such an extent that
he made but a short stay.
Quits Alaska for Washington.
On leaving Kentucky he went to San
Francisco, but meeting with indifferent
hucccss in finding employment, he, in
company with Thomas Paine, started
for Alaska with the intention of going
SOCIETY AT THE CAPITAL--
Weddings and Brilliant Social Events
Mark the Week at Washington, D. C
rASHINGTON, D. a, Jan. 30.
Wedding ' bells, dinners, teas,
"at homes." luncheons and
charity affairs following each other In
rapid succession this week, have made
life at the Capital as gay as the wind
and weather would permit.
An oiaborate dinner at the Italian
embassy, followed by a brilliant re
ception at the same home, on, Monday
evening, and several gatherings with
Ysaye, the Belgian violin virtuoso, as
the honored guest, started the social
ball rolling, -while the tea given by
Mrs. Charles Si Bromwell, compliment
ary to the Misses Nelson and Mc
Creery, of Kansas City, kept it going
at a merry pace.
A new Cabinet home was opened on
Tuesday evening, when the Secretary
r f War and Mrs. Taft gave their first
official dinner, with the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt as guests of honor.
Arriving in a severe snowstprm, the
guests found awaiting them one of the
prettiest tables seen this season. The
decorations were in silver and white,
the scheme being carried out with
bride roses and white lilacs, arranged
in the loving cups which bear silent
tribute to the popularity of the host
among his fellows. Silver and white
capped tapers alternated with straw
berry bonbons, which, with the fresh
fruit, gave a touch of color. The din
ner list included besides the guests of
honor and the hosts, "Vlce-Presldent-Elect
and Mrs. Fairbanks, Senator and
Mrs. Foraker, the French Ambassador
and Madame Jusserand, Senator and
Mrs. Elkins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Taft, of Cincinnati; Senator Allison
and Mrs. A. E. Bates, Mr. Justice and
Mrs. Brown, Senator and Miss Warren.
Besides marking the advent of Sec
retary and Mrs. Taft Into th.e world
cf official dinner-givers, the occasion
also marked the last appearance of
Miss Warren as a dinner guest, as the
next day at noon she became Jin?.
Pershing, the bride fo Captain John
J. Pershing, U. S. A., and before this
account is read will be well on her
way to Toklo, Japan, where the wed
Wlng Invitations announce she will be
at home at the American Embassy
after March 1.
Miss Warren, whose life in Wash
ington has covered a longer period than
falls to the lot of the average Senator's
daughter, was a school girl here before she
went to Wellesley College, from which
institution she was graduated two years
ago. She was presented to society the fol
lowing season and has since presided
over her father's -home, making many
friends among the cultured as well as
official set.
..or wedding took place In Epiphany
Episcopal Church, and as the groom
and tne ten ushers were ali In uniform
it was strictly a military affair, quite
In keeping with the traditions of what
is regarded as the "Army and Navy
Church" of the District of Columbia.
After the ceremony, an elaborate
breakfast was served at the New Wlll
nrd, where Senator Warren has made
his home since the death of his wife.
A concert and tea for the House of
Mercy, was the fashionable charity
event which occupied the attention of
society at the beginning of the week.
and nearly every Monday-hostess an
nounced that she was "not at home to
Jay." Her loyal friends very natural
ly sought her elsewhere and together
they sipped the "cup that cheers but
does not inebriate" for sweet charity's
sake.
Mrs. Gordon-Cummings, Mrs. Mulll
gan. Mrs. Sargont and Mrs. George
Lathrop Bradley did the honors of the
t.da tables, while Miss Josephine
into the Yukon country and engaging j
In mining. They got as far as Juneau I
that they decided to abandon the trip
and returned to Seattle. That part
nership deal between Paine and Piles
has -never been entirely dissolved, for
through all of the changing vlcissi- ,
tudes since that tfme there has been a j
David and Jonathan friendship exist-1
ing between the two men. The ad
miration of Paine for his former part
ner is almost pathetic, and last Friday
when they met after Piles had been
formally elected Senator, great tears
rolled down the cheeks of both' men.
When Piles and Paine reached Seattle
on the return trip, their finances were
at low ebb and work was scarce, jo
scarce. In fact, that it is reported on
good authority that the future United
States Senator was obliged to put up
his good clothes with a money-lender
as collateral in order that the two
could participate in two very scanty
meals per day. The Puyallup River
then, as now, occasionally broke out of
its banks, and the railroad company
and the county. were obliged to repair
the damage by wing dams and riprap
work. On this work Piles and Paine J
secured employment after they were
down to financial bedrock. Paine suf
fered with the rheumatism and was un
able to work In the water, but Piles
waded around in the water, placing the
rocks and brush In place while Paine
and others passed them down.
Opens Law Office at Snohomish.
When this job ended Paine secured em
ployment in constructing a telegraph line
out of Snohomish, and Piles, after some
skirmishing:, secured a position as clerk
In a store at Stanwood. Wash., at $30 per
month. When the telegraph line was com
pleted, Paine was given the position as
operator at Snohomish, and he imme
diately wrote to Piles that there was a
good opening there for a lawyer. The $30-per-month
position at Stanwood did not
admit of the saving of much money, and
when Piles landed in Snohomish and paid
$2.50 for one month's office rent, his en
tire capital consisted of but $5. The
office, which was rented from E. C. Fer
guson, who was at Olympia this session,
deeply interested in the Piles Senatorial
fight, contained no table, so Mr. Plies
nailed a cleat to the wall, secured a wide
board and fastened a couple of legs to It,
and the law office was furnished. The
library was next in order, and by bor
rowing what he did not possess himself,
Samuel H. Plies attorney-af-law and
future United States Senator was en
abled to relieve the bareness of the table
with a library consisting In Its entirety
of "Parsons on Contract." "Greenleaf on
Evidence" and the Washington Code for
1881. The capital of 55 looked small- in
deed, and Mr. Piles was nervous over
the possibility of the clients falling to
arrive before the departure of the money.
His First Client.
There was nothing doing the flrsT day.
and on the morning of the second day he
decided it was necessary to do some rus
tling. As he walked up tho- street with a
heart much heavier than his pocketbook,
he was halted by an Individual who In ex
cited tones asked him if he was a lawyer.
"You bet I am," retorted Piles: and,
fearing that the prospective client might
still get away, he added, "and a darn
good one. too!" The Indorsement won
him a client, and while the case was not
a very important ond, consisting only of
a replevin suit for some chattels which
had been withheld by a tavernkeeper. It
produced a fee of $10, and was bigger In
the eyes of Piles than anything he has
since accomplished. That suit was the
Boardman and Mrs. George Howard
presided over the cake table, with Mr.
Herbert Wadsworth to act as chief
auctioneer at the close of the afternoon.
Private dances being few and far
between this season, there has been
arranged a subscription dance at
Railscher's on Wednesday, February j
8, in the Interest of the younger belles, j
The affair is under the patronage of '
Mrs. Paul Morton, Mrs. Seaton j
Schroder, Mrs. Converse, and Mrs. H.
M. Hoyt. The latter, with her -young
daughter. Miss Eleanor Morton Hoyt,
is spending the week in New Haven,
where they went to attend the junior
prom at Yale.
. Washingtonlana in general and
Washington artists in particular, are
much Interested in the exhibition of
water colors done by F. Hopkinson
Smith of scenes In London, Holland
and Venice. The exhibition Is being
given at the Fischer gallery, and Is of
special note because, like Messrs.
Chase, Homer, Sargent and Domingo.
Mr. Smith has the power to convey
with a few strokes a wonderful, sense
of sunlight, air and presence of many
things for the invagination to play
upon. but. unlike them, he has never
made water coloring subservient to
work In oil or crayon. -In this respect
Mr. Smith and James Henry Moser, of
this city, stand alone among the prom
inent artists of America.
Mrs. Howard Reeside, nee Miss
Harmer, daughter of Representative
Harmer, was hostess at a pretty
luncheon on Wednesday, and further
entertained her guests at the matinee.
The party Included: Mrs. Webster
E. Brown and Mrs. Jenkins, of Wis
consin; Mrs. Roberts, of Massachu
setts; Mrs. Llttleheld. of Maine; Mrs.
Connor, of Jowa: Mrs. Bankhead. of
Alabama, and Miss Wilson, of New
York.
To vary the monotony of life, the
Brown luncheon is being given. For
this unique affair the menu may In
clude creamed lobster, covered with
brown tissue paper; the browned
chops, browned potatoes and browned
rice croquettes served on plates deco
rated with oak leaves and acorns. The
Ices at a recent brown luncheon were
frozen In the shape of large English
walnuts, -while the tiny bars of white
cake bore a design of a leaf In choco
late candies. The hostess wore onion
brown velvet, and in the maid's cap
small bows of brown ribbon coquetted
when she poured water from the little
brown jug. Nor did the study In
brown end with the lunch table, as
many of the guests happened to wear
their newest suits, which, according
to the mandate of style, are "any col
or so it's brown."
The debutante is now fully Introduced
so that the debutante luncheon has been
succeeded by the "breakfast," to which
men are also included, and which, for
the convenience of the busy man. Is us
ually served on Sunday, .as only diplomats
are at leisure before 5 In the afternoon.
General and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant,
who are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John R. McLean, are the most feted vis
itors of the week. Among their hosts
have been Senator and Mrs. Elkins and
Mrs. Audenrcid.
Lady Durand. wife of the British Am
bassador, has Issued cards for Monday
evening, January 30, and as this Is the
first large entertainment she has given
since her husband succeeded the late Sir
Michael Herbert, society Is on the qui
vlve of expectancy. Their Interest Is still
further whetted over the fact that It will
be their first opportunity of viewing the
newly decorated ballroom, which, like the
beginning of a career which has now
landed the erstwhile common laborer In
the United States Senate. He built up a
profitable law business In Snohomish,
where he remained about three years, but
being ambitious sought a wider field. In
drawing-room, has recently been refur
nished. The big front door of King Edward's
Embassy swings open only for social pur
poses, and that Tory seldom. Its neigh
bor, the Italian Embassy, across the way.
on the other hand. Is kept well oiled for
frequent use. The latter Embassy was
the home of the late Senator and Mrs.
Hearst, of California, and the early home
of Representative William Hearst, before,
being purchased by the Italian govern
ment. The ballroom of this stately resi
dence Is one of the most elegant in the
city, being hung with rare tapestries,
and adjoining a choice picture gallery
where American beauties are much in
evidence at each of the Monday evening
receptions given during the season by
the Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des
Planches.
The first chapter dance of the new
year was given by the Georgetown .Uni
versity Chapter of the Delta Chi Frater
nity, at Delta Chi House, on - Q street,
with Mesdames Rawlings and Rawllngs,
Jr., acting as chaperones.
On Wednesday, when Miss Alice Ward
became the bride of Senor Don Juan
Riano, Charge d'Affaires of the Spanish
Embassy, another charming American
girl the third from Washington during
the year was added to the list of our
countrywomen who will preside over
diplomatic home circles of foreign lands.
Miss Ward first came Into National
prominence last Spring, when she accom
Sidelights on California Legislative Scandal
Go-Between in Boodling Game Is a Poor Actor Heney
May Become United States Attorney for California.
SAN FRANCISCO, -Feb. 1. (Special
Correspondence.) To the exclusion
of all other topics, the legislative j
scandal has held the attention of the state'!
during the week. xWhlle accustomed to j
the ways of the wily Assemblyman, the j
people of the state were at this time hard-
ly prepared for the disclosures which j
have been made. '
It is agreed among those who have
studied the situation that the boodling
was conceived andcarried on in a man
ner that gives it an element of the ridic
ulous. The great blunder of the accused
men was in selecting a? a go-ba'tween "a
newspaper man without experience in
such matters as pertain to . the open
sack.
Jordan, the go-between, was an easy
mark. He placed his full confidence In
detectives who had been sent to trap him,
and took orders both from the giverstand
receivers of the coin. He played an open
game that lmpoted Itself on the observer
without the aid of dark lanterns or search
lights. While press reports have told the
main facts of the great scandal, they
have not touched upon the underlying
causes, which are not without Interest.
The committee on retrenchment and re
form, consisting of State Senators Bunk
ers and French, of San Francisco; Wright,
of San Jose, and Emmons; of Bakersfleld,
was appointed for the purpose of investi
gating the get-rich-quick concerns of the
state and also the building and loan as
sociations. The appointment of this com
mittee was secured through the efforts of
W. R. Hearst's San Francisco Examiner.
The object of the Examiner. It Is alleged,
was revenge upon Dr. Washington Dodge,
a Democrat and Assessor of San Fran
cisco, who refused to support Hearst in
his Presidential aspirations last Fail.
Since then the Examiner has been on
his track. Dodge Is president of the Con
tinental Building & Loan Association of
San Francisco. The Examiner had rea
son to believe that there had been dis
honesty on the part of one of the officials
of the Continental Building & Loan As
sociation, and it proposed to have an In
vestigation, and. If possible, bring odium
upon Dodge. However, Hearst's commit
tee went to limits he had not figured on.
It Is known that Hearst wanted ' pri
marily a death blow dealt Dodge's con
cern. The reports to the effect that
the Summer of 1SS6 he removed to Spokane
V ii . 1 1n f4 tVtAVA i Vinn f civ Tvtnntli
but -only remained there about six months.
the climate of Puget Sound agreeing with
him bettor than that east of the Cascade
Mountains.
On his return to Seattle in 1SS6 he
panied Miss Alice Roosevelt to the Louis
iana Exposition, where the two Alices
were members of the same house party,
and attracted no little attention because
of their resemblance to each other.
Senor Riano has resided In Washington
or the past five years, during which
time he has enjoyed unusual popularity,
and many Americans united with hto col
leagues in congratulations upon his pro
motion to a post at Paris, immediately
after his engagement to Miss Ward was
made known to his home government.
Owing to a difference In the religious
belief of the bride and 'groom, the cere
mony was performed at the home of the
bride, Mrs. Chandler Anderson, of New
York, nee Miss Ward, and the Spanish
Minister being the only attendants. A
large company later attended the break
fast and reception, which served as a
farewell as well as an occasion for con
gratulations, as Mr. Riano and his bride
sailed the next day for France.
The White House was -the scene of a
brilliant gathering on Thursday evening,
the occasion being the second of the se
ries of state receptions which the Presi
dent is giving to official and diplomatic
society. As usual on such occasions, Mr.
and Mrs. Roosevelt were assisted by the
women of the Cabinet, and a goodly num
ber of other guests formed a company of
the elect invited to the Blue Room, not
to "stand behind the llney as in former
years, but to mingle with guests and pro
mote sociability among their colleagues.
GRACE PORTER HOPKINS.
Hearst was connected with the boodling
are discredited.
Into the scandal as prosecutors or de
fendants have been drawn some of the
most prominent men of the state. Dr.
Dodge. Gavin McNab, the Democratic
boss, and Fremont Older, managing editor
of the Bulletin, have joined in, an at
tempt to connect Hearst with the unsa
vory part of xthe business. Dent H.
Robert, managing editor of the Examiner,
has been in Sacramento trying to prove
the injustice of this inference.
There is one link lacking in the evidence
against the accused State Senators. While
Jordan, the go-between, was seen to pass
them envelopes In which the money had
been placed, the money itself was not
seen to pass Into their hands. An effort
will be made to have Jordan turn state's
evidence In order to complete the case.
If this should be done there is little doubt
that some of California's solons would
finish the section of the Legislature at
some place other than Sacramento.
There Is a feeling here In certain quar
ters that Francis J. Heney, as soon as
he finishes the land cases in Oregon,
should be made United States Attorney
for the California district. The term of
the ' present Incumbent, " Marshall B.
Woodworth, will expire on .March 4. Sen
ator Perkins opposes his reappointment,
as does Senator-elect Flint. Bard favors
Woodworth, but Perkins will endeavor to
give Flint the right of way over Bard.
.While a fitting successor is being dis
cussed, the suggestion has been advanced
that the place should go. to Heney. There
are big land cases to be tried here, for
which Heney's experience in Portland
would stand him in good stead. State
Senator Robert T. Delvin, of Sacramento,
is a candidate for the place. He Is said
to have been assured of support by Per
kins. Asa W. Flak, the. half-brother of Post
master Arthur Flsk, of San Francisco,
passed away In this city yesterday. He
had been 111 for a number of months.
For many years Flsk had been engaged
In the fruit commission business In Seattle
and Portland. He leaves a large estate,
which will go to his brother, as Flsk was
unmarried.
One of the most -Interesting romances
the state has 'known came to a climax In
Riverside ' yesterday, when -Mrs. C G.
Campbell, a. wealthy widow, became the
. formed a partnership with J. T? Ronald,
? Ti'Vi r ni n Ihan Prnaanntlni, A ttnmAV frfct
who was then Prosecuting Attorney for
King. Skagit and Snohomish Counties, and
Mr. Piles acted as his assistant In that of
fice, as well as in the legal business of the
1 firm. This partnership was dissolved In
bride of Frank O'Kelley, a former bed
bpy. Mrs. Campbell was the wife of Allan
G. Campbell, the millionaire mineowner
of Utah. Sho was formerly a school
teacher In Salt Lake, and then the society
reporter on one of the newspapers. She
was 23 when she married Campbell, who
was then 0 years of age. At his death
she Inherited his estate, valued'In excess
of 51.000.000.
A bellboy in a Riverside hotel fell In
love with her, proposed and was rejected.
The boy, by hard work, became the pri
vate secretary" of- the hotel manager, and
renewed his suit. This time the widow
accepted him.
Hardly as satisfactory" Is the romance of
Isaiah H. Smith, of Pasadena, who re
cently married Mrs. Keating, a widow
with property Worth several millions.
Smith is a sign-painter. His wife has
chosen to keep her coin for her own use,
and Smith has been forced to continue at
his vocation. Moreover, he Is compelled
to pay his wife for his board. To add to
his troubles, the maid of hi3 bride has
brought a breach of promise suit against
him for 510.000. Smith had been engaged
to marry the maid, and through her he
met her mistress. Mrs. Keating". So he
jilted the maid and married the mistress.
The Italian company, which Is playing
grand opera in San Francisco, has decided
to extend the season for two weeks.
A new play by a California writer is
soon to be produced In San Francisco.
Richard Walton Tully hag made arrange
ments with the management of the Majes
tic to play a piece with a -mission setting,
called "Juanlta of San Juan." Tully grad
uated from the University of California
four years ago. and has since been In
New York studying play writing.
WINS FIGHT AGAINST DEBT.
German Ebenezer Congregational
Church Is Now Flourishing.
The new building of the German Eb
enezer Congregational Church Is now
practically clear of debt, and at the
communion service today 20 new mem
bers will be received Into church mem
bership. The average attendance for the
past year was 200, and the only .mem
bers lost by death during that time
were Konrad Yost and, Heinrlch
Kniss. The prayer meetings are being
more largely attended than formerly.
Under the leadership of the new pas
tor. Rev. J. H. Hopp, who Is a gradu
ate of a leading theological seminary,
a live, wide-awake business' man, as
well as an efficient minister, the hopes
of this congregation were more than
realized during the past year. Finding
their old house of worship too small to
accommodate the constantly Increasing
attendance, they were compelled to
erect a new edifice. The old structure
was sold for $150 and removed to give
place for a new one. The corner-stone
was laid July 10, 1904, and the building
was completed November 22, 1904, ut a
cost of about $6200. The building is a
handsome structure, being 68 feet in
length. -42 feet in width and 43 feet
in height, with tower SO feet high. It
has a seating capacity of 600 In the
auditorium and 400 in the Sunday school
room in the basement."
Caterpillar as Weather Prophet.
Columbus Dispatch
An aged farmer, living near Columbus,
has for a number of years watched th
color of the caterpillar and the way it
changes with the weather. The color of
that insect, late In the Fall, he claims,
s a correct index of the weather for the
coming Winter.
This year the. caterpillar was dark at
either end, but very light In the middle,
showing, according to his theory, the fore
part of the Winter to be cold, the middle
warm, or mild, and the latter cold. Last
year, he says, the caterpillar was dark
all over, and as proof of his theory this
aged farmer points to the seventy of last
"Wlnter'a weather-
1893. when Mr. Piles accepted a position as
I nronAMl n-ii i n tl fii flfArmn Tm nrniiO-
general counsel for the Oregon Improve
ment Company, succeeding Andrew F.
Burleigh, who had been appointed receiv
er for the Northern Pacific Railroad. On
the termination of the receivership of the
Portland Society
(Continued from Paso 20.)
Mrs- Bllnn, at 141 North Sixteenth
street.
Dr. Otis F. AUIn ha3 just returned from
the East, accompanied by his bride.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hall have moved
from 349 College street, and are now at
the Gullliame.
Mrs. Reno Hutchinson has returned
from California and is at home at 449
West Park street.
Mrs. W. W. Hetherington, of Atchi
son, Kan., is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Hazen.
Dr. Catherine C. Manion is being enter
tained at the Hotel St. Francis, San Fran
cisco, by Mrs. M. K. Morrell.
Mrs. Lottie Dorrls, of Independence, vis
ited the city last week and attended the
Melba concert on Monday night.
Mrs. E. B. Seabrook and Mrs. Reed,
from Marshfield, Or., are visiting Mrs.
E. E. McClure on Portland Heights.
Mrs. Margaret V. Allen leaves tomor
row for Eugene to visit the State Uni
versity. She expects to return on Wed
nesday. Mrs. V. S. Hardy left last Thursday for
San Francisco, and expects to spend a
month or so visiting friends in Southern
California.
Mrs. L. Parmlee Spear, of Seattle,
Wash., is visiting her mother, Mrs. J.
P. Wager, at 131 N. Twenty-first street.
They 'will be "at home Thursdays.
Colonel J. Scott and ills charming
wife, who have been spending the Win
ter in California and Arizona, are in
the city for a few days at the Perkins
Hotel.
David N. Mosessohn will leave to
morrow morning for a month's trip in
California. He will visit about 30
points between San Francisco and San
Diego.
Frank Robertson has returned from a
pleasuro trip of about five months, during
which time he visited all the principal
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will atato under oath it you sr desire that I used Dandarlno tor twenty consecutive months und tn areraqo
growth ol my hair traono and one-fourth inches ier montu, making a total ot twenty-Are Inches in twenty
months. Yoanro ct liberty to cs itia letter underneath roy ptcraro.and hyeo dolngTrtll sayo mo tha
troablocf onsTrerlnffaje-larso number of inquea whlculasn rocotnnff dally. Sincerely,
Chicago, Feb. 9, 1S0L Sibjlh JLicCoicb,
NOW at all druggists In thrco sizes, 25 cents, 50 cents and S1.CC per bottlo.
jpa mbe. k wmt To sbotr how quickly Dnnderl nc acts r-o rrl'A send a Iarso esmplo free by return moil
Wm jti to anyone who soniistb'.antir6rtl-,mantloUjc ICnowltcm Danderine Co., Chicago.
B 1 vsjettai with their nemo and address ami teu cento In Mirer or tomps to pay pomcn.
'JTOR SALE AND GUARANTEED BY W00DAED, CLABKE & COMPANY.
Northern Pacific. Mr. Piles formed a
partnership with Mr. Burleigh which past
ed until Mr. Burleigh abandoned law for
high finance. Since that time Mr. Piles
has been the senior member of tho law
firm of Piles, Donworth & Howe.
Weds His Boyhood Sweetheart.
Old Kentucky still had charms for Mr.
Piles, even when fortune smiled on him
In the West, and In September, 1891, he
wandered back to the sunny Southland
and wasunlted In marriage to Miss Mary
Bernard, a sweetheart of ills boyhood
days. Three handsome children. Ross
Bernards-aged 12; Ruth Lilliard. aged 10.
and Sam. Jr.. aged 7, now round out the
Piles family circle. The Piles residence
Is at the corner of Dearborn and Yakima
avenue. Seattle", and while Mrs. Piles is
not strictly devoted to society, she is a
very pleasing entertainer and the home
life of the family is ideal. At Washing
ton Mrs. Piles will share with her hus
band in reflecting credit on the great
state that hashonored them.
In one of my letters at the close of the
big Senatorial fight which ended so suc
cessfully for Senator Piles. I stated that
sentiment had played, a much more im
portant part in the contest than in any
prevlous Senatorial fight ever pulled off
In the state. It is equally truthful to
state that a large share of the success
, that has attended the efforts of the new
' Senator has been due to sentiment. . One
I of the most prominent politicians in the
state, in discussing the rather dubious
outlook the day before Sweeny banded
over the prize to Plies, said: "Sara Piles
Is the most lovable man I ever knew."
There was nothing effeminate in the
make-up of the speaker, and his expres
sion simply disclosed the 'source of the
power which has enabled the new Sena
tor to reach such a high place.
His Personal Magnetism.
This is said with no intentlon-of dis
paraging his ability as a 'lawyer, as an
orator, or hi3 talents in other directions.
-for he will take high rank with the best
men in the United States Senate in tho
discussion of any of the great questions
which come before that body. But Senator
Piles has an indescribable personal mag
netism which is ever impressing people
with a desire to know him better and to
do him a friendly turn whenever they
can.
What Attracted Sweeny.
It was not his soul-stlrrlng oratory, not
the demands of a united King County
delegation, not his bright legal attain
ments that landed for him the big prize,
but tho appeal of his own personality to
another man who. Hko himself, had lived
a life of vicissitudes and had won out.
The "King's ransom" of the old days
J was a large sum, but in these days it re
f quires more than a king's Tansom to engi
neer a Senatorial campaign to a success
ful termination. No one knows how
many thousands that prince of campaign
ers. Charles Sweeny, spent in the legiti
mate entertainment of friends and camp
followers during the Senatorial fight, but
every one docs know that he would have
been repaid every dollar he expended had
he agreed to swing his support to any
candidate other than Piles. But the
friendly sentiment which Piles had awa
kened in so many others was shown by
Sweeny, and a king's ransom was charged
up. to the profit and loss account, and the
Scnatorship was presented to Sam Piles.
The new Senator has secured without the
aid of money a prize for which million
aires have striven since statehood. He
is still young, in full command of all hl3
faculties, and If his "winning ways" are
as effective at Washington, D. C. as' they
have been in the state of that name, he
is destined to become one of the big men
of the Nation. FX W. WRIGHT.
cities In the East and South, and his old
home at Cambridge, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fennell. Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Walker. Miss Lola Stark. Mr.
J. M. Stark and Mr. D. Calbreath were
members of a party from Independence
who visited Portland last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Colton, who have
been In the East since early January,
visiting Springfield, Boston and' other
Eastern cities, are on their return trip,
stopping at Chicago and Hudson, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Palmer left on Mon
day night over the Southern Pacific for
Chicago, where they will make their
home. They go by the way of Los An
geles, where they will visit Mrs. Palmer's
sister.
At the Women's Union.
Mrs. E. S. Beagle Is one of this week's
newcomers.
Miss Mary Plank is one of the latest
names on the register.
Miss Marie Erickson, of Warren, Pa.,
left 'on Friday, after a week's stay.
Miss Lois Hoerner, from San Francisco,
came on Monday for a stay of several
weeks.
Miss Emma D. Hannan, from Cascade
Locks, was here for a day or two at the
end of the week. '
Misses Annie L. Sears and Miss Gert
rude M. Heal, from Victoria, B. C. came
on Wednesday, and are domiciled here.
Game Without Gun or Dogs.
Cookeville Corr. Nashville American.
Mrs. Owen, who lives three miles north
of town, came In this morning with 13
quail, 11 rabbits and two squirrels, and
when asked how she killed so many stated
that her four little sons went out walking
yesterday afternoon (Sunday) without
dogs or gun, tracked a .covey of quail Into
a brush pile and killed 15 by jumping up
and down.
They killed a number of rabbits in the
same manner, and still others by chasing
them into dens and twisting them out
with long forked sticks. The squirrels
were killed by getting them into hollow
trees and twisting them out In the same
manner as the rabbits.
Danderine
GREW THIS HAIR
And we can PROVE it.
If you want your hair to grow THICK and LONG
DANDERINE
Is tho remedy you will be obliged to use.
"We navo a stxndlng oiler to wager $1,000 that It la ths only
HAIR TONIC
od the market to-day that will positively stop and cure
Palling Hair and make ,
HAIR GROW
Average growth 1& In. per month, for twenty consecutive
mouths. . . . .
By permission wo herewith reproduce pnotograpn ot jaiss
Sarah MacComb, a lady who has lived in Chicago all herllfe
and Is well known la the city, especially on tho South Side.
Her hair before sho commenced the use of Danderine would
not reach below her waist, while now It touches the floor
when she stands erect. This remarkable growth Is the result
of using Danderine. tho grandest of all hair and scalp tonics,
regularly as a dressing.
It Gavs Her Hair New Lite
and will do the same for you if you giro It a fair trial. Dan
derine puts new life and vigor In both tbo hair and ecalp. It
m&kea the hair fluffv. silkv. and thore seems to be no limit to
It will produce. There 1 no other that can be