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PART TWO PAGES 9 TO 16 VOL. XXIV. PORTLAND, OREGON, SU2JDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1905. NO. ! r LW Artistic Picture Framing Highest Class Watch Repairing Most Reasonable Prices j i prastrv .Wolfe StCo. Spring, 1905, Silks An Extraordinary Exhibit It is assured that Spring, 1905, will be a decided silk season. We've made the most lavish preparations for it. Early as it is, shelves and counters are crowded to overflowing with the best efforts of the master silk weavers of America and Europe. No woman who has thoughts of silk buying can afford to ignore our Spring silk collec tion. Some of the new things shown are : for new Chiffon Kalllea 21 inches wide. In silver gray, Parsifal, .gold, brown, cream; white and black. 91-50 for new Pompadour Silk 21 inches wide, in the new shades of green tabas and navy blue. Exclusive dress' patterns No two alike. ' ?1.00 and $1.25 for new Foulards 24 Inches wide. We've an elegant assortment of these always popular silks. $1.25 for Changeable Mcssallnea 20 inches wide All newest color combina tions, light and dark. A soft chamois fin ish. Sl5 for new Dresden Effect 21 inches In all the newest color combinations, which will be in demand this season. l dress lengths of -fine Foulards No two j alike none reordered when sola 52 j eacn. $1.00 for Chlffen Taffetas 19 inches wide plain and changeable colorings An enormous variety to choose from. $1.00 for ShlrtwnlBt Suit SUU 5000 yards over 100 different weaves and color combinations to choose from. 82c lor Changeable Halrllae Taffeta Soft chiffon finish 19 Inches wide. Full color 'line Real 51.00 value. Book Store Our deservedly famous Uyf 50c Cloth-Bound Copy- ngnc juine Enlarged by the following additions : "Alice of Old Vincennes." "Filigree Ball." "Roosevelt, the Citizen." W "The One Woman." "The Trail of the Grand 1CL Seigneur." New Wash Goods at 15c We offer for tomorrow's selling a remarkable collection of new Spring, 1905, Wash Goods at 15 The collection embraces four distinct styles in all of the season's most de sired colorings. MALLAKG-E A soft mixed material, almost indistinguishable from its woolen prototype very new. MOHAIR WEAVE SUITING Another cotton fabric that has very much of the appearance of a woolen fabric In plain-surface grounds and also with woven-in stripes and dashes. JAP0NNI CREPE A most desirable Summer fabric of exception al laundering qualities in all the leading colors. CHECK VOILE A decided departure from all other wash dress goods an exact counterpart in looks of the much more high priced woolen voiles. In small and medium checks. Book Store The Eagle's Shadow 1.08 By James Brunet Cahill. The Girl and the Kaiser S1.08, By Pauline 'Bradford Muckle.J Pata Morgana $1,081 By Andre Castaignc. Pathfinders of the West 2.00 By A. C. LauL The Albert Gate Mystery S1.08 By Louis Tracy. Bucking the Sagebrush .$1.50 By C. J. Stcedman. Thp. Pat of tfifi Land S1.50 Rv St rpf r. tsujk. villiauio ............... .www ly By Grlppls. UVv The Simple Life. . .'. ,525c By Wagner. It's Springtime in This Great Dress Goods Store Long before the first note of the Spring warbler is heard in the land this store is in readiness with its stock of dress mate rials for Spring wear. Women who are interested in the new dress fabrics' should by all means come here and inspect what we have on display. Quality and style are at their best this year Prices were never so low when you consider the very high qual ity we always insist on. Mohair Dress Fabrics Are in Highest Favor Of all the fabrics which have been brought forward for Spring, Mohairs possess the most merit. Their spring, resistant, dust-shedding nature makes them pre-eminently adapted to the tailor cut and finish and general air of neatness, nattiness and trimuess which characterize the best type of shirtwaist suits and shirtwaists. Our assortments are complete plain, dark and light colorings and the various mixtures and novelties are here in great array. Some of them are aw 60c for Pin Dot Mohairs in navy blue, brown sue and up to $1.25 Cream figured Mohairs and myrtle, 28 inches wide. small patterns ?,H inches wide. 00c for Imported English Mohairs in illuminat ed mixtures 3S inches wide. 91.00 for new Fancy Mohairs In the new blues, navy, brown, tan, green, sage and myrtle 44 inches wide. 91.00 for TJohair Sicilians In the very newest Jacquard designs 14 inches wide. $1.25 and up to 92.no for Priestley's Craven etle Mohairs for suits, raincoats, skirts, etc., all colors St" Inches wide. Black Dress Goods Are in Increased Favor The makers of Black Dress Goods have been bestirring themselves, producing some very handsome novelties.. There are being shown Embroidered Silk Crepes, Silk Dot "; Crepe de Paris, New Mohairs, Alexandra Toiles, Silk and Wool Crepe de Paris, Mohair Granites, etc. Special for tomorrow 44-inch French Voiles at $1.00 50-inch Mohair Sicilians at 50? $1.00 Figured Mohairs at "50? 48-inch All Wool Fancy Granite at 90' est 1.50 grade fine, imported Basket Cloths at $1.00 Muslinwear: Spring, 1905 We have on display our entire Spring stock of fine Muslin Wear. All are made after the latest approved models. Every garment is an example of the most painstaking care in the making. GOWNS In Japanese, slip and yoke styles, long or short sleeves, high and low necks, some trimmed with colored laces, others with fine white laces and embroideries, 7uc, $1.00, .$1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and to $11;25 SKIRTS Daintily trimmed with laces and embroideries, some in flare effects, all have full dust ruffles; prices are $1.00, $1.35, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and up to $12.00 CORSET COVERS Iff" French or tight-fitting styles, of fine cambrics and nainsooks, trimmed with laces and embroideries, all sizes; 50c, 7oc, 95c, $1.00, $1.50, $1.75 to $2.50 DRAWERS In regular and extra sizes; many have the new Trench baud, trimmed with lace embroidery and hemstitched ruffles. Jewelry Store Novelties During the past few days we have "placed in stock many decidedly novel things in the Jewelry store. MISSION CLOCKS Eight day. strikes the hour and half hour on .cathedral gong: special - $3.50 MISSION CLOCKS One day. three styles: special at $1.48 POCKET CASH REGISTERS "Self adder." cannot get out of order; something entirely new $1.00 STERLING SILVER COFFEE SP00NS-A Lewis and Clark souvenir 2000 of them very special 25 Also large size extra heavy Teaspoons, special $1.50 WEBFOOT HAT PINS Sterling silver top, special 25? SOUVENIR HATPINS Sterling silver top. long steel pins Fair buildings, Webfoot and Mount Hood: special-. 50 FANCY MOUNTED BACK AND SIDE COMBS Largest line in the city, almost 100 styles 68 -to $7.50 February Homefurnishings Sale in Full Swing No matter how little or how much you intend to purchase, your best peremptorily demand that you do your buying here. One thousand yards Curtain Scrim in assorted patterns, special 'j"" Five hundred yards of 25c Art Cretonne, special at One hundred yards of 25c fancy green Hindoo Scrim, special at 35e Fancy Nets, 48 inches wide slightly soiled special at .". 80c Scotch Lace Nets, 4S inchos wide slightly soiled special at New Scotch Lace Curtains, iJ to yards long. 45 to 50 inches wide, 50 styles: regularly $2.00, special New Scotch, Brussels and Cable Net Curtains, white and Arabe, 3 yards long, 50 inches wide 25 styles: $3.50 regular, special Silk Striped Madras Curtains, 3 yards long; regularly $2.25 pair, special interests ..12i2c .12 ....17 ....23 ....53 68 .79 $1.68 LW $6.50 All-Wool White Blankets $5.00 One hundred pair of them wouldn't have them if we'd had a real Winter which we must sell. Full double-bed size, made of pure Oregon wools; pink and blue borders. A magnificent value. All other Blankets and Comfortables on sale at very interesting low prices alL this week. $1.50 to $2 Petticoats 98c Wc offer for tomorrow a remarkable bargain in Women's Black Satine Petticoats. The offering comprises five dis tinct styles. All told there are about ten dozen, made of fast black mercerized satine with triple graduated and ac cordion plaited and niching trimmed ruffles"; all have dust ruffles. Sold heretofore at $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00. Choice tomorrow of these elegant garments at 98$" Hosiery Worth 75c at 50c If 3ou were to guess the price of these stockings you'd say 75c, and wouldn't be out of the way at that. Black Lisle Stockings with silk embroidered floral designs; Black Lisle Stockings with silk embroidered lace boots; Black Lace Ljsle Stockings with, silk clockings; Pompeian red, navy, cadet, pongee, tan, gray and French Blue Stockings with silk embroidery; black and navy blue Lisle Stockings, with white polka dots; black and tan gauze Lisle Stockings with silk embroidery choice of them for. . .1 50 CANNOT PROBE IT Rogers' Death Mysteri ous as Ever. MURDER THEORY' PROVED Cruiser Could Not Have Been Killed by Accident. NOR WAS IT CASE OF SUICIDE Attempts of the Stayer of the Timber Man to Hide His Tracks Au thorities Examine About Forty Witnesses. 4 Two creeks azo The Oregonlan sent i a representative to Rosebur? to in- 1 vestigate the connection of the mur- der of Jack Rogers with the land fraud case. The mysterious features of the case, the fact that the mur der was first reported aa a suicide, and the subsequent discovery of facts that disproved the suicide theory, make it one of the roost Interesting cases that have arisen In Oregon. The results of the Investigation of the Douglas County officials are here with presented. ROSEBURG. ' Or.. Feb. 11. (Staff Cor respondence.) For -weeks past District Attorney George M. Brown and Sheriff H. T. McCIellan have been at work en deavoring to probe the mystery surround ing the killing of Jack Rogers, a timber cruiser who was found dead in the black smith shop of Pilkington & Bristow. The body of Rogers was found In the shop by Frank Eby, an employe of Pilk ington & Bristow, who had opened the place on his return from Cottage Grove, where he had been to visit his family. At first it was thought that Rogers had committed suicide. Then it developed, when the Coroner made his examination, that there was a bullet wound In the arm, tbuf dispelling the suicide theory. The theory of accidental shooting followed, and It was believed that Rogers had dropped his revolver on the floor of the shop while searching for something In a toolchest. The Coroner's jury, however, brought In a verdict of murder and, based on this verdict, the county officials have been working night and day on the case. Today District-Attorney Brown had eight witnesses brought before him, and they were closely questioned concerning the death of Rogers. Fred M. Pilking ton wa3 the first man examined. He was, subjected to a long and searching exam ination, but little of anything new was gleaned from Us testimony. His father, Wiley Pilkington, one of the partners of the blacksmith shop; J. O. Bristow, the other partner, and Frank Boy, the helper, were also before Attorney Brown. Their testimony before Mr. Brown today varied little from the testimony they gave be- j fore the Coroner's jury. The other wit a measure bears out this theory Is the fact that there are several people who swear that the revolver which was found In the dead man's left- hip pocket had not..been discharged. Some , are inclined to believe that Rogers carried his revolvex tn a holster on the right side, under his vest, and that it slipped out as he was bending over the chest. There are bloodstains, dents and powder smoke on the tool chest. The bloodspots were seen the morning the body was found, but it was not until "Wednesday that the dents and the powder marks were discovered. Yet it Is understood' that the Coroner's jury and a score of others had examined every conceivable spot in the shop for signs of the crime, but they failed to find them. It was not until the Coroner's jury had rendered its verdict that the marks were found. . Since Rogers was found dead, a thou sand and one suspicions and rumors have been afloat here. Private detectives sprang up like flies from a piece of cheese. It seemed that a third of the residents of this place belonged to a detective cor respondence school. Even . D. J. Jarvis, the City Marshal, was as full of clews and theories as a sieve Is full of holes. Ho Is an Important personage, is this City Marshal, and his mysterious manner would indicate that he had the slayer, of poor 'Jack Rogers hidden away under his typewriter cover. He has worked on the case, but It has always been on the heels of the county . off Icials. but like the mole, he works on in darkness. History of the Case. On the morning of January 16 when Frank Eby. a helper in- Pilkington &- Bristow's blacksmith shop, entered the place he discovered the body of Jack Rogers lying on the floor. The feet of the dead man were half through a door which led Into a little office. The upper part of the body, turned on Its left side was in the main shop. Thj3 man says that when he first saw the body he thought It was "Wiley Pilkington, one of the owners of the shop. "Without exam ining the body closely, he dashed across the street, so he stated before the Coro ner's jury, and roused Bristow. To gether they returned to the shop, when they discovered that the dead man was Jack Rogers. Bristow notified Coroner Dr. J. C. Twitchell and at once advanced the theory of suicide. Coroner Twitchell glanced at the body and his "profes sional" eye told him that it was suicide also, and he ordered the body taken to an undertaker's shop. The suicide story was swallowed until the undertaker discovered on disrobing the dead man, that he was shot through the right arm. as well as straight through the right breast and right arm. Then. with an- incredible swiftness, the story spread around, that Jack Rogers, while trying to steal something out of a tool chest In the office, had accidentally shot himself to death. Those who had known Rogers ever since he arrived hore, those who had repeatedly left him where he could have stolen had he desired to do so, were not even willing to believe he bad shot himself accidentally, and they were positive fhat he had. not entered the blacksmith shop to steal. Those who had spread the story that he had killed himself accidentally explained the shooting in this manner. They had it figured out that he entered the shop, having knowledge of how to get Into the place without unlocking the main doors; that Rogers, after getting Inside, went to the toolchest to steal some hand-made knives which Bristow had In the chest. "While bending over the chest, Rogers' revolver, which he is supposed to have carried in a holster nuns around his waist, had fallen out, and while attempt ing to grab It the revolver was dis charged and he was shot. This Is how they accounted for the wound In the arm and the one in his right breast. Story Was Plausible. The story sounded well. It was plaus ible, even if It was impossible. The wound In the arm was what upset the suicide theory, for those who gave out this yarn saw how utterly absurd It was for a left-handed man in committing Buicide to shoot himself through the right arm. Drs. Fisher and DuGus Honrs BAD LIFE j H is Criminal Record Never Equalled. WORE WIVES ARE FOUND Police Assert That Others Have Been Slain. STORY OF HOCH'S METHODS t i FRONT OF PILKINGTON r BRISTOW'S BLACKSMITH SHOP, TILE MURDER TOOK PLACE. IN "WHICH nesses examined were A. Abrahams, who first discovered the dents Iff the tool chest, which In a measure confirm the accidental theory; F. "W. Dlllard and "William Carroll. Mystery Is Unfathomable. In addition to these witnesses. District Attorney Brown has had before him be tween 30 and 40 witnesses, and in spite -of all this mass of testimony, the mys tery surrounding the death of Jack Rog ers is as deep and unfathomable as ever. Neither Mr. Brown nor Sheriff McClellan are discouraged; Instead, they will con Itnue in their attempts to clear up this mystery- From every nook and cranny of the city they have called witnesses bet fore them, and they have even gone far out into. the county In hopes of dropping onto something that would throw some light on the crime. Here in Roseburg opinions are divided as to how Rogers met his death. The Pilklngtons. Bristow and many others are convinced that Rogers was killed by his own weapon. There are many others, however, who cling to the opinion that lie was struck while passing the black--smlth shop, which stands on the corner of "Washington and Chadwlck streets,, car ried through the rear door of the shop and shot while ' bejwasjlnsldc What in were called into the case by Coroner Twitchell. Dr. Fisher took the measure- I ments and become convinced that it was possible for Rogers, in grabbing j for his revolver, to receive the wounds j which were found upon him, taking for granted that the revolver was discharged when the hammer struck the edge of the toolchest. The bullet that ploughed Its way through the right arm took a most pro nounced diagonal course and in order to have the same bullet enter the point of the breast where it did, Rogers must have extended his right arm straight across his body, from right to left; until the hand extended at least seven inches clear of the left breast. The course of the leaden message of death, after it entered .the body, was as straight as an arrow. The bullet ploughed Its way through the upper part of the lung and came out in the back and was found In the undershirt. They say that figures do not lie, and of course the measure ments that Dr. Fisher took settled in the minds of a few that Rogers had shot himself accidentally. This accidental tale might have held water it it hadn't been proved that the revolver that was found on Rogors had not been discharged recently. There was an empty cartridge and the ham mer of the revolver was still pressing against the plunger that had exploded the shell. The revolver that Rogers Is supposed to have shot himself with, was found with the butt down in hl3 (Concluded on Page 23.) 'T-- ' Women Tell How He Wooed, Won and Deserted Them After Obtain- ing Their Money Did He Use Hypnotic Power? ' CHICAGO, Feb. 11. (Special. Chita go's latest sensation, and one that prom ises to develop into a serial story of un usual interest, is Johann Hoch. with 15 wives and as many aliases. The police believe many more Hoch victims will be found and grimly add that there arc probably many who will not be found. At any rate, judging from the returns ac hand, this ruddy-faced, smooth-mannered German has established the rec ord, according to the police returns, for a rapid marrier. If one-half the stories told or him be true, he also displayed great agility in: disposing of his wives immediately ho had separated them from their money. The police believe he will weaken under the "sweat-box" methods and tell a story that will startle two con tinents. Granting that he did marry 15 women in a period of little more than 12 years, it simply goes to show what a man can do who applies him self with any degree of assiduity to one line of endeavor. No one charges Hoch with being- a prize beauty, -it commanding figure, or a man possessed of irresistible charms. He simply se lected his women, widows for tne greater part, wooed them for a few days and married them. Long List of Wives. The wives that, according to the Chi cago police. Hoch (now generally re ferred to as "the new H. H. Holmes") has had during- his remarkable career number all told 13. Twelve arc ' said . to have met with violent deaths The' first of these was Anna Hoch, to whom he was married in Vienna before he came to this country. His first matri monial victims in this aountry were In Chicago, where it Is claimed he mar ried four women whose names have not yet been ascertained. His. fifth wife -is definitely stated to have been Marv Steinbrecher, who died In Chicago In 1S92. Four more Chicago wives were Martha Herfeldt, Jeannette Spencer. Callie C. Andrews and Mrs. Hoyle Hoch, who died In 1S92. He then went to "Wheeling-, "W. Va.. marrying Mrs. John Hicks, who died, and back to Chicago, wedding Mrs. Emma Rencke, of 375 Ward 3treet, that city, and a Mrs. Palinka. of Batavia. 111. He also married a Mrs. Fink, of Aurora. Natalie Irgang and Hulda Stevens are other names on the .remarkable list. In Milwaukee a woman named Schwatzman became his wife, and then Marie Schultz. of Argus. Ind.. who died in 1900, and Mary Becker, or St. Louis, who died in 1902. wer.e rapidly added to Bluebeard's list. Eliza Gderk, of Chicago; Sophia Fink, of Aurora, and Mrs. T. O'Conner. of Milwaukee, next accepted him. These in succession gave place to Anna Hendrickson. of Chicago; Lena Hoch, of Milwaukee, who died in 189S; Caroline Schaffer. of Philadel phia, and Amelia Fisher and Marie "Welker. of Chicago, who died Januarv 11, 1905. Women Lost to Sight. Various persons who have known Hoch have told stories of women with whom he appeared to be smitten and who were lost sight of. That he spent some time in New York between his marriages in the West is known posi tively, because in 189S he lived at the Hotel Ridley, on Greenwich street. In the same hotel was a woman named Dora Gatter, with whom he fell In love, ttnd as a- result of his attentions she. was asked to leave the hotel. She went back to Boston, and several times since Hoch has called on August Praxmerer. of 301 East Ninety-first street, who had been In the hotel in 1898. Last Oc tober he asked where the Gatter wom an was and. at that time declared he was employed by a St. Louis' brewery. Indicating thathc had been In St. Louis. where several o"f his alleged wives ans. supposed to have come from. Ha has even called wltninhe past two weeks. and it is Mr. Praxmerer who first no tified the Chicago police of Hbch's presence In New York. , How Hoch Appears. Johann Hoch. is a commonplace look ing man. He is about 42 years old; he weighs 1T0 pounds and is of average height, with an unusually high forer head. He has a great crop of curly dark chestnut hair. His eyes are light bluf and are half hidden bv the azeat drooninsr iveilds. He has a well-rouhd- rd but retreating chin and a small mouth that droops at the corners. Re cently he has been wearing" a stubby sandy mustache and a short crop of chestnut beard. Invariably he wears light gold spectacles, but his manner of shaving- and growing nis whiskers he has changed many times. Ho- Is known to have varied his appearance by a dozen different changes Jh-' tho style of his whiskers. Sometimes he has permitted his mustache to become long and flowing when the rest of his face has been clean shaved. Again he has removed his mustache and worn short side whiskers. Another time he has shown a long full beard with streaks of gray In. it. One of the peculiarities about ths man's face is that it requires merely on of these hirsute changes to give him an entirely new appearance. while his right eye is ordinarily wide open, frank and appealing, the left eyelid droops continually, giving that slde.o.f his face an evil appearance; His teeth Concluded en Paja 23.)-