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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XXV-XO. 43.
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HENEY WILL FIRST
PURGEGRAND JURY
No Ruef Partisan Is to
Hear the Evidence.
lEIGHT ARE NOW ON THE PANEL
Noted Prosecutor Confident of
Winning Victory.
lGRAHAM TO ACT MONDAY
(Judge, It Is Reported, Will Oust the
San Francisco Bos9 From the
Office of District Attorney
He Has Usurped.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 27. (Spe
cial.) Francis J. Heney today dic
tated the following message to the
people of Oregon:
"Through The Oregonlan I desire
to assure the good people of the City
of Portland and the State of Oregon
of my appreciation of their inter
est and sympathy In the work of
ridding Pan Francisco of the graft
ers. As the support of the people
sustained us during the land-fraud
trials In Oregon, so will It assist us
In our task In California."
SAN FRAXCISCO, Cal.. Oct. 27. (Spe
cial.) The hour has grown darker for
Abe Ruef. the San Francisco boss, who
has usurped the office of District Attor
ney in his desperate efforts to avoid in
dictments for boodllng in the evidence
gathered by Francis J. Heney and De
tective W. J. Burns.
The severest blow came in the public
statement of Attorney-General Webb, of
the State of California, that, if Ruef were
sustained as District Attorney, Webb
would consider it his duty to interpose
and aee that the investigation were al
lowed to proceed unhampered by Ruef.
Then came the report, not officially made, I
hut with every circumstance to establish
Its authenticity, that Judge Graham Mon
day would oust Ruef from office and de
clare the removal of District-Attorney
Langdon illegal.
On top of this came a fiery statement
from Benjamin Ida Wheeler, president of
the University of California, denouncing
Ruef and urging the formation of a
new vigilance committee. As Ruef is an
alumnus of the state university. Wheel
er's statement carried added force.
Ho Such Word as Fail, Says Heney
Heney today was more certain than
ever of his ability to send the men he
lias accused to the penitentiary.
"Mr. Heney." said The Oreganian rep
resentative. ' is there any possibility that
you may fall?"
"We are sure of our cases." replied
Mr. Heney with emphasis. Then empha
sizing his remarks with his fist upon the
table he added:
"We cannot lo?e; we are certain to
win."
Honey's next move will be to clean up
th grand- Jury. As it stands at present,
it contains eight Ruef men. men who axe
closely affiliated with him politically,
men who have received favors from him
and who might be suspected of bias.
"These men must go," announced
Heney today. trWe will not lay our evid
ence before them. -We will interrogate
each and every one of them and any
one having bias for or against Abe
Kuef will be removed. Ruef Is the man
we are going for first.
City Machinery in Ruef's Hands.
Ruef refuses to a.imit the possibility
ctf his belr.g ousted by the court. How.
ver. he ha made plans in case of such
contingency. He will try flliburtering
tactics. He will challenge every grand
Jury. He said today that before Heney
could indict him it would be necessary to
call up every man whose name appears in
the directory
Ruef has thrown the entire machinery
ri
Th Ortopus Visit he Northwest. tuflp Sam "How Shall I Handle
That Uara Thins, Anyhow?"
of the city, every tit of which he com
pletely controls, to his own support. Even
Judges on the bench are at his command
and Heney recognizes that he must fight
every bit of the way.
The fact that Ruef was able to pack
the grand Jury is but an indication of his
vast powers He feels the net closing
in about him and has appealed to the
Union Labor party, on whose shoulders
he rode to power, to help him. Accord
ingly a mass meeting .is to take place
tomorrow, at which all the labor leaaers
of the city will speak. It is understood
that Heney will be denounced at this
meeting and the entire movement against
Ruef scored as an anti-labor union wave.
Ruef has received several threatening
letters during the last few days. Today
he secured a body guard.
WEBB READY TO TAKE A HAD
State Attorney-General Declares
Ruef Shall Not Take Office.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 27. (Special.)
There were no further developments
in the municipal squabble today, ex
cept a statement made by state Attorney-General
Webb, outlining his posi-
Judge Thomas F. Graham, of San
Francisco, in Whose Court the
Grand Jury Was Chosen.
tion as to tho rights of the rival
claimants of the office of District At
torney. The general impression is that
Abe Ruef, who. under charges of cor
ruption, attempted to get possession
of the office, has been checkmated in
the game he has been playing against
District Attorney Langdon and Francis
J. Heney. Attorney-General Webb's
statement is as follows:
Yesterday 'from the papers I learned of the
action of the Acting Mayor and the Board of
Supervisors in the attempted removal of Dis
trict Attorney Langdon and of the attempted
appointment of A. Ruef. The question of the
legality of these acts had not been determined
by the courts, and tn the nature of things
may not be determined for several days.
Anticipating that both Mr. Langdon and
Mr. Ruef would be In court. It was clear,
under the law. that the Attorney-General of
the State should be present during the em
panelment of the grand Jury and any subse
quent proceedings that might be taken, at
least until the court had indicated which of
the claimants would be recognized as District
Attorney of this city and county. The court
thus far has given no Intimation of which of
the two claimants to the office it will recog
nize, and the position of my office Is this:
Leaving- out of consideration the legality
or illegality of the action of Acting Mayor and
Board of Supervisors in attempting to remove
District Attorney Langdon. the fact is that Dis
trict Attorney Langdon is in possesion and
occupancy of the office and aa such, what
ever question there may be as to the legality
of the actions referred to, hie acta as the
acting de facto District Attorney are valid
and binding. If. then. District Attorney Lang
don and his assistant. Mr. Heney. be by the
court recognized and permitted to conduct the
proceedings before the grand jury, there will
remain nothing further for me to do. The
Investigations will be carried forward and a
full and complete investigation had of every
charge presented for the consideration of the
jury.
On the other hand. It having been stated by
Attestant District attorney Heney that his
office intended to present- a charge of felony
against A. Ruef. if the court should recognize
Kuef as District Attorney it is apparent to all
that he should not be permitted to conduct
the investigation of charges preferred against
himself, or any persona for whom he is act
ing, and in eucb event it - Ib the Imperative
duty of this office to take charge of such in
vestigations and to the end that such charges
be probed to the bottom, and that every item
of evidence supporting such charges be fully
and fairly presented to the grand jury.
I will tender to Francis J. Heney the ap
pointment ae Deputy Attoraey-Generai of this
state, to enable him to prebent to the grand
Jury all of the evidence in h! possession as
to any nd every crime alleged to have been
committed within this city and county, and in
such case Mr. Heney will be free to act as
his good judgment may direct. It will thus
be seen that the course that win be pursued
by me depends upon whether Mr. Langdon or
Vr. Ruef is by the court recognized as Dis
trict Attorney.
In case District Attorney Langdon and. his
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MRS. BAKER EDDY
SI TO BE DIG
$15,000,000 Fortune
Strangely Missing.
"DUMMY" IMPERSONATES HER
Christian Science Leader Is
Victim of Plot. .
HOW SHE MADE HER MONEY
Secrets of Her Hidden Life and Con
spiracy Against Her Revealed
In Startling Fashion In
vestigation to Follow.
NEW YORK. . Oct. 28 3. A. M (Spe
cial.) "Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder
of Christian Science, is declared to be
dying. It is also asserted that she is
represented by a dummy when she is sup
posed to be driving out in a closed car
riage, and it is said that her fortune of
JlS.000,000 has disappeared mysteriously."
declares the World in a story printed this
morning.
'A few days ago a note signed with
Mrs. Eddy's name was sent to the Boston
Herald saying: 'Another report that I
am dead is widely circulated. I am in
usual good health and go out in my car
riage every day.' The publication of this
note led the New York World to make
an investigation and its conclusions are
summed up in the following statement:
Mrs. Eddy In Death's Shadow.
"Reporters have seen and spoken to
Mrs. Eddy in her guarded home at Con
cord. N. H., within the last few days. She
is very feeble and seemingly in the
shadow of death.
"Her palsied hand may have been guided
in the signature that appears on her let
ter, but for many months she has not
left her room.
"Her daily drive through the streets of
Concord is a fraud. Ostensibly Mrs. Eddy
makes this daily public appearance,
dressed in velvets and ermine, to show
her followers that sh is in perfect health.
It is not Mrs. Eddy, but an impersonator,
trained and costumed for the part, who
appears in the exhibition - drive.
"This impersonator is now known to be
Mrs Farmelia J. Leonard, of Brooklyn,
head of the Christian Science Church in
that borough.
"The city directory gives Mrs. Leon
ard's home adress as 356 Clinton avenue,
Brooklyn. This may be a technical Tact.
Actually, however, Mrs. Leonard has
been an inmate at Mrs. Eddy's home at
Concord for the last three years. There
she has perfected herself as understudy
to Mrs. Eddy, and has impersonated the
head of the Christian Science Church in
the daily exhibition drives, when to move
the real Mrs. Eddy from. her bed would
have meant almost certain" death to the
enfeebled woman.
In the Hands of Conspirators.
"Mrs. Eddy is powerless in the' hands
of designing persons. They absolutely
control her, and their employment of Mrs.
Leonard's services is for a deep purpose.
Just what that purpose is may easily be
imagined.
"The World has collected a mass of
facts bearing directly upon the surprising
conditions that surround the hidden life
of Mrs. Eddy. These facts are quite apart
from the tenets of Christian Science, so
called, and will appeal as forcibly to fair-
minded members of the cult as to the
general public
"Many millions of dollars Just how
many the records fall to show have
passed into Mrs. Eddy's personal posses
sion since the founding of the Christian
BMence cult. Millions of copies of her
books have been sold, and each book has
yielded her a royalty of $1.
"From the mother church in Boston she
yearly receives a great sum, contributed
by devotees in all parts of the world in
the form of annual dues. One of her clos
est friends and followers estimates Mrs
HARRY MURPHY SEIZES UPON THE WEEK'S SALIENT
Eddy's fortune at $15,000,000, and her an
nual income at 11.000,000. - Of this vast sum
there is practically no trace. There is no
public record of its investment, no clew
to its distribution.
"Her financial agent and cousin, Fred
erick D. Ladd, secretary of the Loan &
Trust Savings Bank, of Concord, while re
fusing details, has said that Mrs. Eddy's
estate is surprisingly small, she having
(Concluded on Page 7.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 63
. degrees; minimum temperature, 53 decrees.
Russia.
Terrorists attack customs cashier and steal
$20,000 of government funds. Page 14.
Mutiny breaks out at Harbin. Page 15
Rumored attempt to assassinate Czar.
Page 14.
Trial of strike leaders becomes a farce.
Page 14-
Foreign.
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough agree to
separate. Page 3.
Anarcny rampant in Morocco. Page 15.
Count de Castellan fears publicity in di
vorce trial. Pag 4.
National.
Foot assures Japanese of equal treatment
with Europeans. Page 2.
Roosevelt agrees to Indorse Seattle Fair In
message. Page 4
Roosevelt and Root each have different job
for Barrett. Page 4.
politics.
Hearst pours out tirade against New York
editors. Page 2.
Hughes points out Hearst's Inconsistency.
Page 2.
Taft's first speech In Ohio campaign.
Page 3.
Roosevelt strongly indorses Hughes. Page 2.
Domestic.
Principles of Point Loma colony explained.
Page 10.
Whole regiment in pursuit of XJtes. Page 4.
Policy-holders expose methods of insurance I
directors. Page 3. !
Mrs. Long worth's reception causes women
to fight. Page 3.
Mrs. Eddy dying, and. dummy parading in
her place. Page 1.
Robert M. Snyder, father of Carey Snyder, ,
killed In auto accident. Page 1.
Sport.
Multnomah defeats "Whitman, 0-0. Page IS.
Princeton defeats Cornell in close football
game. Page 5.
Carlisle Indians defeat Pennsylvania.
Page S.
Oregon Agricultural College. 0; University
of Washington, O. Page 5.
Pacific Coast.
Heney will purge San Francisco grand Jury;
confident of success in prosecution or
grafters. Page 1.
Republicans expect victory in. Idaho ; but
vote may be close, page i.
Pacific Coast lumbermen find the car short
age is growing worse. Page 7.
Umatilla Indian woman accused Agent A.
C. Edwards of bribery. Page T.
Cashier of the Etna Bank at Butte has dis
appeared. Page 7.
Washington. Republican state committee
will interfere in 24th district flgbt.
Page 6.
Football players the country over complain
of new ten-yard rule. Page 19.
Ring gossip of San Francisco. Page IS.
Sam Berger a 10 to S favorite over Kauf
man. Page 19.
Commercial and Marine.
Strong California demand for Oregon pota
toes? Page 39.
Hop market slowly advancing. Page 39. 3
Bears turn bulls in Chicago wheat pit.
Page 39.
Week closes strong tn stock market.
Page 3S.
Flow of money from New York to interior.
Page 3S.
Colonel Poessler returns from conference
with pilots at Seattle. Page 13.
Strikers and grainhandlers clash frequently
in grain docks. Page SS.
Two more gralncarrlers and lumber steamer
arrive. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Cary M. Snyder's widow admits he was im
plicated in Forest Grove bank robbery ;
killed by his accomplices. Page 14.
New corporation tax law will yield initial
revenue of $25,000. Page 12.
Oregon State Federation of Women's Clubs
to meet in Portland Tuesday for sixth
annual convention. Page 40.
Russell Sewall, who helped settle grain
handlers' strike, boomed for Mayor by
some Republicans; local political gossip.
Page 10.
Activity In North End business property
feature of week in real estate market.
Page 20.
Glfford Pinchot, head of Forestry Service,
answers Oregon critics. Page 11.
Feature and Departments.
Editorial. Page S.
Church announcements. Page 34.
Classified advertisements. Pages 21-2S.
Commercial life in Alpine valleys. Page 44,
Ben Lindsey running for Governor. Page. 43.
San Francisco in the rebuilding. Page 42.
Old photographs of celebrities. Page 43.
Scientific feeding of poultry. Page 47.
New York' 8 1 esser theatrical syndicate.
Page 46.
Boy who composes music at the age of 5.
Page 45.
Never-changing Hallowe'en superstitions.
Page 49.
The John Dough mystery. Page 49.
Ham Burr's fun. Page 50.
Social. Paes 30-31-37.
Dramatic. Page 32.
Musical. Page 35.
Book reviews. . Page 47.
Household and fashion. Page 47.
Youths' department- Page 61.
A Trifle Groggy, Bat Still in the Ring;.
IS
Nomination Good Move
by Republicans.
CLASH OF FACTIONS AVOIDED
Gooding the Logical Candi
date for Governor.
DUBOIS TRIES DISRUPTION
Mormon Issue Taken Cp by the
Democrats, and Strong Bid
Made to the Disaffected of
the Opposition Party.
BOISE. Idaho. Oct. 37. (Special.) Were
it not for the fact that there is a large
Republican majority in this state, and for
the further fact that the character of
the Democratic campaign has alienated a
large majority of the voters in the sis
Mormon counties, ae would be a rash per
son who would undertake to predict what
the majority for the Republican state
ticket will be, or that it will have a ma
jority at all.
While it may be put down as a cer
tainty that the Republican ticket will be
successful, the uncertain quantities of the
problem render it impossible with any cer
tainty to forecast what the figures will
be. On the Governorship, very conserva
tive Republicans talk of 5000 majority.
while those , no may be classed as enthu
siastic put the figure at 20,000. On the
other hand, many of the Democrats claim
the Democratic candidate for Governor
will be elected, even though the conditions
of the contest militate against his getting
the normal Democratic vote in the Mor
mon section.
The campaign has waged directly about
the Governorship and the Senatrrship.
While ma-.y Democrats say Judge C. O.
Stockslager will aeft-t Governor Frank
Gooding, there are few who seriously
maintain that Senator Dubois will defeat
W. iJ. Borah, the Republican nominee for
the position, the opinion being general
that a Republican majority will be sent to
the Legislature. There are some who hold
the contrary view, but Democratic leaders
in a great many cases auniir. privately
that there is no chance for Dubois to suc
ceed. The situation may have a surprise
In store on that subject, but it is not
likely.
State Vote in 1904.
A detailed statement of the situation
may properly be premised with a state
ment of . the vote in 1904. The vote on
President, Congressman, Governor and
Lieutenant-Governor will be sufficient, as
the vote on the remainder of the state
ticket ran about the same as that on
Lieutenant-Governor. Results on the four
offices named were as follows:
President ' , Vote. Plurality.
Roosevelt 47,783
Parker CD.) 1S.4S0 29.303
Congressman
French (R.j 44,813
Clay (D.) . 20,146 24,667
Governor
Gooding R.) 41.877
Heitfeld D 24.192 17.6S3
Lieutenant-Governor
Steives (R.) 52.887
Harris (D.) 21.S3S 21.049
It will be observed that Governor Good
ing ran some 4o00 behind his ticket in that
contest. He was opposed by a man of
great personal popularity, and there were
some oter reasons that tended to lose
him votes, these growing out of the ante
convention contest. Still he had more
than 17.000 plurality, while the Republi
can plurality for President reached near
ly 30,000.
When the campaign of the present year
approached, there was danger that the
Governor and Borah would clash, but
after a protracted contest that was often
ticklish to the last degree, the two came
together in the convention, and both were
nominated. There was but very little op
position to the Governor on the ballot by
which he was nominated, and the nomina
tion of Borah as the choice of the party
EVENTS AS TOPICS FOR
BORAH
STRONG
WITH IDAHO T
for Senator was by acclamation. That ar
rangement healed up sores, or threatened
sores, wch would have exposed the
party to great danger had the cause of
friction continued through the defeat of
either.
Logical Candidate for Governor.
Gooding was the logical candidate for
Governor; he had: given the stare the best
administration it has known, and. more
over, he had been called upon to lend the
aid of the state to the prosecution in the
Steunenberg murder .ses, thus arousing
an agitation which made it seem neces
sary to a very large proportion of the
people that he should be nominated to
avoid the imputation of party repudiation
of him in the midst of the prosecution of
that case.
Borah is very strong before the people;
he has been a favorite for a number of
years, and 4 considerable majority de
sired to see him elected Senator the com
ing Winter. The party therefore put its
best foot forward and presented as good
a front as was possible.
It was certain that Dubois would re
new his policy of righting the Mormons,
appealing to nonMormons throughout the
Torey L. Ford, of San Francisco,
Counsel for the XJnited Railroads,
a Corporation Which I Alleged
to Have Paid 700,000 for a
Franchise.
state to give him their support. Up to
the time of the Republican convention it
was felt to be one of the possibilities that
he would succeed in creating a stampede
through division among the Republicans
and disappointment of one faction or the
other, but the result at the Pocatello
convention caused most people to feel the
Senator would fall in his effort to break
the Republican ranks on the Mormon
question.
Duty to Renominate Gooding.
Republicans knew that the Governor
had some handicaps, but they felt it
their duty to renominate him, both be
cause of his excellent record and because
of the fight being waged against him all
over the country by the sympathizers
with the men accused of the murder of
ex-Governor Steunenberg. With Borah
nominated as the candidate for Senator,
it was felt the party could be held to
gether for the Governor. The latter had
all that class against him who are at the
heels of every candidate for re-election
the class of disappointed ones who had
unsuccessfully endeavored to secure ap
pointments or other favors for themselves
or their friends.
The Governor is not one who goes out
of his way far to conciliate those who
elect to make war on him, and it was a
foregone conclusion that the class re
ferred to would continue their opposi
tion. There was another class opposed
to him simply because he had done his
duty in numerous matters that conflicted
with their supposed interests.
Some sheepmen did not like his vig
orous efforts to. eradicate scab from the
ranges of the state, and others did not
like his policy of jealously guarding the
land grant3 of the state against private
encroachment. Many of these have con
tinued their - opposition, but it was felt
at the time of the convention that every
one of. these handicaps could be largely
overcome, and that feeling is still enter
tained by Republicans quite generally.
The convention of the Democratic par
ty met under ; the complete control of
Senator Dubois. . It went so far in its
oppdsltion to the Mormons that it un
seated men appearing as delegates from
Bear Lake County, though there was no
contest. Jn the case of Fremont County,
it summarily ousted the regular delega
tion and seated a delegation representing
the non-Mormon interests of the party in
that county.
This was followed by the adoption of a
(Concluded on Page 6.)
CARTOONS
The Grainhandlers' Strike Is Settled.
SNYDER KILLED IN
OF
Car Run Into Curb by
the Chauffeur.
TRIES TO MISS BOY ON WHEEL
Millionaire Kansas City Man
Thrown Against Pole.
UNDER CHARGE OF BRIBERY
Indictment Was Pending Against
Man Whose Son Was Murdered
in Oregon After Escape
in His Home Town.
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 27 Robert M. Sny
der, millionaire capitalist of this city, who
is under indictment in St. Louis on a
charge of bribery, died at Agnew Hos
pital, in this city tonight, as a result of
injuries received in an automobile acci
dent on Independence boulevard and Park
avenue, a few minutes before.
Snyder, in his own automobile, which
was driven by Frank M. Schroeder, an
expert driver, who came here recently
from Cleveland. O., was riding eastward
and just passing a moving trolley-car,
when the chauffeur saw a small boy jump
from in front of the car directly in the
path of the machine. In an effort to save
the boy. Schroeder turned the machine
toward the curb, and as it struck, Snyder,
who was in the rear seat, was thrown
against an iron trolley-pole and his skull
fractured at the base of the brain. The
boy, whose name was Arthur Rodell, was
knocked down and fatally Injured. Schroe
der was not hurt.
Boy Dies of His -Hurts.
Mr. Snyder was taken to Agnew Hos
pital nearby, but died without regaining
consciousness. Young Rodell, who was 13
years old, sustained a fracture of the
skull and internal injuries and died late
tonight
Shortly before 6 o'clock, Snyder left his
office in the American Bank building. At
the curbstone in front of the building his
chauffeur was waiting.
"Hello, Frank," was Snyder's greeting.
"Rather chilly tonight; let's hurry home."
The driver started and was soon going
along at a good rate of speed to the Sny
der home. They met another automobile
and a race began. The boy on his bicycle
was in the path of the Snyder car, and
then followed the accident that ended the
life of Mr. Snyder.
Schroeder was taken to the police sta
tion, where he made a statement of tho
affair and was later released. Schroeder
says that he was not driving overtea
miles an hour. He claims to be an expert
chauffeur and that he worked in an auto
mobile factory in Cleveland before com
ing to Kansas City.
Robert M. Snyder was the father of
Carey M. Snyder, who was murdered near
Hillsboro, Or., several months ago. His
body wa6 found about a month ago. He
is believed to be one of three men who
robbed a bank at Forest Grove, Or., and
the Oregon officers were trying to ap
prehend him for that crime. He was
convicted of holding up and robbing a
Kansas City pawnbroker of $6000 in dia
monds in 1900. He did not go to the peni
tentiary because Judge Woodford had
paroled him. Young Snyder went to Ore
gon after his parole.
Snyder Married Three Times.
Robert M. Snyder is survived by a
widow and three sons, Robert 11., Jr.,
Boy, and Kenneth. Robert M. Snyder,
Jr., 'lives in Independence, Mo. Roy
Snyder is a student in Harvard College,
and Kenneth is attending a military
school near Boston. Mr. Snyder had
been married three times. . When killed
tonight he was going to his home on In
dependence boulevard, near Gladstone,
one of the finest residence sections of
the city. .
Notwithstanding Schroeder'e statement
( Concluded on Page 3.
Perhaps the Price ! Too High.
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