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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 22, 1907.
TELLS STORY DF
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Lincoln Steffens Gives History
of Discovery and Prosecu
, tion of Steals.
OBSTACLES HENEY FOUND
Article In American Magazine De
scribes Men Involved in Scandal
and Means Employed to Secure
Evidence Against Them.
Under the caption, "The Taming of tho
Vest Henry Grapples, with the Oregon
Land Graft," Lincoln Steffens. muck
raker, gives a history of the public land
Heals In this State and the prosecutions
to date. The article is especially com
mendatory pf the fearless services of
Special Prosecutor Heney in successfully
surmounting tire many obstacles that the
native cunning of the operators, aided and
Bupported by political Influence, threw in
his path. Much of the story is ancient
history to Oregonlans, but sufflclent de
tails are injected to add to the readable
worth of the article.
The account is Illustrated with portraits
of Stephen A. Douglas Puter. Horace
Greely McKinley, Darlel Webster Tarp
ley, Mario Antoinette Ware, and- Inma
Abbott Watson. "Noble names these,"
saj-s the author, "but there was nothing
noble about the persons who bore them.
The me'i were land speculators In bad
repute and, as fjr the women, Marie
Ware wjs McKlnley's mistress and
Emma Watson was 1-utr's." There are
also illustrations showing' the alleged
location by spurious settlers of claims,
some of which were up above the snow
level, while others were on Inaccessible"
mountain peaks or on the side of a pre
cipitous bluff.
Heney's Poor Support at First.
The story begins with the assignment
of Heney to a prosecution of the Oregon
land-fraud cases, and relates the indiffer
ent manner in which he was received by
the then United States Attorney Hall,
whose co-operation It seemed impossible
to gain. There Is also given an account
of the banquet that was given Heney
by prominent residents of Portland the
night he arrived here. Cn that occasion
the time of speechmaking. it is al
leged, was usurped by Portland attor
neys .gently to admonish the prosecutor
to proceed cautiously In his new field of
labor
Later is detailed the meeting of Heney
and Special Agent Burns and) later the
assignment of Special Inspector Greene to
the prosecuting department. Another In
cident related is the meeting of Heney
and Charles. J. Reed, who' is referred to
as ti.9 "wit of the town," and who sub
sequently replaced United States Marshal
"Jack" Matthews on the recommendation
of Heney. United States Attorney Bristol,
who was appointed to his nresent -position
on the personal recommendation f
Heney. is credited with giving Heney "the
first definite grasp of the whole corrupt
system of graft in Oregon." In the-opin-lon
of Steffens, Mr. Bristol Is considered
invaluable for his stock of "precise, well
ordered, documentary Information, and
his experience lay in the field of land
graft, railroading and politics." ..
Divides Investigation With Burns.
After reaching Portland and inquiring
Into the situation regarding land steals,
'Heney and his co-worker. Burns, agreed
to divide the field of investigation; the
former tackling the "upperworld." while
the latter invaded the underworld. A Com
parison of the notes so acquired, notes
the writer, disclosed amazingly bow the
gossip of the clubs dovetailed in with the
"bulling" of the dives. It was in this
way the Government's special prosecutor
delved Into the situation and by these
methods was finally acquired the evidence
on which indictments involving men of
high and low degree were subsequently
returned and convictions secured in 33 of
the 34 cases so reported.
Heney, It is explained in the recital of
the. story, did not become suspicious of
the then United States Attorney Hall,
although Burns was distrustful of that
officer from the beginning, until Captain
S. B. Ormsby, supervisor of forest re
serves, after having partly confessed to
a participation in questionable dealings,
suddenly became ignorant of anything Ir
regular in the administration of the public
land business In this state. It was then
that Heney became "wise" and assumed
charge of the prosecutions, superseding
Hall, to whom he had until then merely
acted as an assistant.
Later when Hall was called to ac
count for his failure to prosecute some
of the charges, notably that of Soren
sen. the former United States Attorney
declared the whereabouts of that In
dividual were unknown, continues the
account, but not long afterwards Hall
volunteered the Information that' he
had learned where the much-wanted
man .was. As evidence he produced a
letter written by Sorensen from-Wisconsin
which was handed to Heney,
who caused It to be copied and cleverly
returned the copy to Hall, retaining
the original himself. This letter showed
that at the time Sorensen was wanted.
Hall was In communication with him.
This is still retained by Heney and is
expected to be used in evidence against
the former Federal officer when his
'trial Is held.
Story of Puter Is Told.
Then is recounted the confession of
Puter, following his conviction, and
how it was secured by Heney and
Burns.- The "Inside" story of the
quarrel between Puter and McKinley
is related with the confession of young
Lloyd to Special Inspector Greene and
which served to clinch the case of
the Government against the land-fraud
operators. The story of the arrange
ment by which Brownell was to be ap
pointed United States Attorney to
succeed Hall is retold and the famous
letter written by Senator Mitchell to
the former political boss of Clackamas
County is printed.
It was at this juncture, continues the
discussion of the sufject, that Thomas
B. Neuhausen, special inspector to the In
terior Department, was assigned to the
assistance of Heney. Neuhausen surren
dered to Heney the evidence by which It
was possible to connect Franklin Pierce
Mays and J. N. Williamson, then Repre
sentative In Congress, with the land
. frauds in the Blue Mountain Reserve.
Another chapter tells of the operations
of Puter and Frederick A. Kribs in which
their differences with the railroads were
- compromised and the disputed lands
divided, the railroads getting the worst
of the transaction. In this connection
came Kribs' confession. In which he ad
mitted having bribed on a wholesale scale
special agents, registers in the different
Land Offices and ofher Federal office
' holders, and on the strength of which a
large number were dismissed from the
service of the Government, at the In
stance of Heney.
An account is given of the Incidents
leading up to the indictment, trial ' and
mm
convicition of the late Senator Mitchell
and In that connection the story of how
the Government obtained a part of its
evidence on which the Senator was con
victed Is told In the following language:
The charge was to be that this United
States Senator took fees for using his In
fluence In the Department at Washington
to put through (fraudulent) buslneas, and
tfre defense was to be that the Arm of
Mitchell & Tanner, not the 6enator, had
taken these "fees." , When Mitchell went
back to Washington. Heney summoned Tan
ner and asked for his co-partnership con
tract with Mitchell. It was drawn in terms
which exculpated Mitchell absolutely, for
all fees for Department business were to
go only to Tanner and the Senator was to
be asked to do only perfectly proper business
for his constituents without pay. Heney
suspected (hat this paper was drawn for
this particular case and Burns traced the
stationery. The paper on which that agree
ment was written had not been manufac
tured till after the date of the contract.
Moreovex, there had been a recent change
of stenographers In Mitchell & Tanner's of
fice and the crucial paragraph contained
three misspelled words. Heney sent for the
firm's new stenographer. Tanner's own son,
and asked him If he had not typewritten the
contract. , He hesitated, flushed, but said
he hadn't. Heney made him write at his
dictation a passage which contained the
three words misspelled In the contract. The
young man misspelled them as In the paper.
Heney had the father and son Indicted for
perjury and, to save his boy, the father
confessed and pleaded guilty.'
STRIKE ON WHOLE TOWN
DRASTIC STEP TO HELP TELI
PHOXE LINEMEN.
Helena unions Will Close All Places
Which Use Phones Court May
Enjoin Them.
HELENA, Mont., Sept. 21. As the re
sult of the refusal of business men of
Helena to discontinue the use of the tele
phones pending a settlement of the Rocky
Mountain Telephone Company's strike,
the Helena Trades & Labor Assembly,
affiliated with the Montana Federation of
Labor, has decided to call a 'Strike next
Monday. This action. It is said, will com
pletely tie up the streetcar service in the
city, close hotels, manufacturing establish
ments, business houses and even saloons,
where the use of telephones has not been
discontinued.
United States. Judge W. H. Hunt, who
will return from New York tomorrow,
will at once be called upon to consider a
suit in equity against the Montana Fed
eration of Labor, the object of which Is
to secure a permanent injunction against
the Federation to prevent the boycotting
of business houses In the State of Mon
tana where telephones are In use. A
similar suit was filed by the Rocky Moun
tain Company in July, but only Included
Livingston, Mont. Judge' Hunt at that,
time granted a temporary restraining
order, which is returnable on next Mon
day. The telephone company now makes the
charge, that the Federation has ignored
Judge Hunt's order and should be ad
judged guilty of contempt of court.
ARMY OF SHOEWORKERS OUT
St. Louis Strike Makes 25000 Idle.
Employers Stand Pat.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. 21. A con
servative estimate places the number
of shoe factory workers out here at
25.000. The companies, at a meeting
yesterday, decided not to accede to
any demands made by the strikers.
WOMAN MAY BE MURDERER
- -
Accu-fd of Strangling Teacher With
Xegro as Accomplice.
CHICAGO. Sept. 21. The police today
arrested Miss Helen ' Meinert in connec
tion with the murder of Mrs. Lilian
White Grant, the teacher, whose body
was found yesterday after she had been
strangled to death. The ponce are search
ing for Richard E. Williams, the colored
man who is thought to know something
about the murder.
The Meinert woman told the police tfc
day that Williams had worked with her
in a hotel In the southern part of the
city, and admitted that she had received
a letter from hjm last night. In which
he asked her to meet him tonight at his
home.
Caught With Father's Plunder.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Sept. 21. With
$2000 in cash on his person, George W.
Letten, son of Charles E. Letten, default
ing tax clerk, was arrested here today.
The police are holding the money, which.
It is alleged. Is part of the $100,000 or
more which the young man's father con
fessed to having stolen.
WHAT THE SALVATION ARMY
INDUSTRIAL HOME IS DOING
Enterprise Conducted on the East Side Gives Glimpse of Character of
Army's Philanthropic Work.
BT LILIAN TINGLE.
TO many people the words "Salva
tion Army" call up only a pass
ing impression of banners, drum
music and martial hymns, or a glimpse
of earnest, emphatic street preachers
In red-banded caps, and emotional
singers in dark blue bonnets. The re
spectable churchgoer passes -the "sol
diers" with a vague remark, supposing
"they do -a heap of good in their own
way," and people with headaches won
der whether noise Is really necessary
to salvation. But those who are
"down and out" morally, physically or
financially, have a very different view
of this same great world-wide organi
zation and its many helping hands. -The
great feature of the army's
work is the way in which it makes
good use of rejected material, both
human and inanimate.
Of the unselfish devotion shown by
soldiers of the army and of human
"made-overs," others can tell better
than I; but a visit to the Industrial
Home on Union avenue reveals some
thing of the army's methods in both
departments.
They have- only an old, ramshackle
building, for rents are high and funds
are low, but this is how it is utilized.
Into the basement are dumped all
kinds . of castoff clothing and junk,
collected from people who want to get
rid of useless lumber or who wish to
help the cause. Here the not alto
gether pleasant work of sorting is car
ried on; different kinds of garments
are piled together; Winter clothing
arriving in Summer is packed away
with moth balls; and hopeless-looking
furniture receives repairs in the es
sentials of stability if not of beauty.
This part is rather striking. Here
Is what was once a chair, apparently .in
the last stage of decay. Burn It up?
Not at all; the seat and legs are thor
oughly . sound. . Perhaps tomorrow
J there may come a legless, broken-
BRUIN IS ATTACKED
Lawyer for Deposed Detec
tives Accuses Inspector.
TRAP LAID r FOR CLIENTS
Attorney Insinuates , That Reports
Made by Officers In Cases Alleged
to Have Been Neglected, Were
Maliciously Destroyed.
Another- chapter In the history of the
stubborn fight that has been made by the
discharged city detectives for reinstate
ment opened yesterday, when four of the
ex-sleuths were given a hearing before
the police committee of the Executive
Board. The four who have continued
their fight up- to the present time, and
whose cases were considered yesterday,
are Joe Day, Joseph F. eslng,". Frank
J. Snow and L. G. Carpenter. A "mass
of detail took up the . time of the com
mittee for- several hours, and the hear
ing was continued to Monday night at
7:30 o'clock.
The promised sensations did not de
velop at the hearing yesterday. The only
witness was Captain nf Detectives Bruin,
who appeared to' support the charges
against the detectives. He was questioned
by- Deputy City Attorney Grant, who ap
peared for the city, and Ralph E. Moody,
counsel for the accused policemen. It is
expected that the detectives will testify
In their own behalf, and they will prob
ably be called Monday night.
The detectives were dismissed from
service by Mayor Lane, and his action
was confirmed by the Executive -Board
over a year ago. The men took an appeal
to the State Circuit Court, and the late
Judge Sears held that the written charges1
against them were npt sufficiently specific.
The present hearing lson a complaint
subsequently filed and which recounts In
detail and specifically that, the charges
previously had been made In a general
way - "
Mr. Moody Has Objections.
When the hearing opened, Mr. Moody at
once enteYed obection to it being oarried
on by the police committee, demanding a
trial before the entire Executive Board.
The . request was denied by Chairman
Greene, who said the committee had been
delegated power to make the investiga
tion by the Board. Another objection
was then entered and likewise overruled,
to the effect that the complaint was ir
regular. '
A demurrer was then entered by Mr.
Moody on the ground that the charges
were too indefinite. This is the same
point on which the detectives won before,
and Indicates that another appeal will be
taken. In fact, Mr. Moody's entire argu
ment yesterday showed that he was pre
paring -his case for review on appeal.
The chief charge dwelt on by Mr. Grant
was that the detectives, while employed
by the city, failed to conform to the
charter in the matter of submitting re
ports on all casesi assigned to them.
More than adozen cases on which each
one of the detectives was' detailed are
cited in the complaint, and these were
reviewed. Captain nruln swearing that in
no one of them had the oulcers made a
proper report. The cases covered the
months of May, June and July, 1906, just
preceding the time when the sleuths were
dismissed. .
. Captain ' Bruin produced assignment
blanks of the department on which rec
ords had been made of the different cases
given the detectives. No report had been
received, he said, on those cases where
notations did not appear. Very seldom
had the detectives reported, even verb
ally, he declared, and such reports were
considered worthless.
Says Reports Were Filed, j
Mr. Moody sought to show that the re
port blanks were filled in by Captain
Bruin and his assistant, and that the de
tectives had nothing to do with it. He
declared that he could prove positively
that the detectives had reported in writ
ing on many of the cases, and that Cap
tain Bruin had failed to seep the record.
In other cases, he said. Captain Bruin
had required only verbal reports, and
such had been made.
It was -finally decided that the City At
torney and Mr. Moody should be given
access to the records of the police depart
ment to see If such reports are now on
file. This Investigation will be made to
day, and the reports, if any are found,
will be produced in . evidence Monday
night. - ' .
"Such reports were made, and they are
still on file, unless you have destroyed
them," declared Mr. Moody, addressing
Captain Bruin.
"I do not think there is any call for a
remark of that kind, remarked Mr.
seated wreck with a good back and
arms, and between them you may have
a useful piece of furniture. Here is a
comfortable painted wooden cradle, in
which a mother may keep her little one
quiet while she works. It started out
in life as a strong drygoods box and
-a stout barrel lid; but you would
scarcely realize It . now, so neat it
looks.
Upstairs a constant stream of pur
chasers comes and goes, turning over
the piles of goods and keeping a kind
ly attendant busy tying up Impossible
parcels. Things are sold at the lowest
of nominal prices or given outright in
cases of real necessity. One woman
told me of splendid quilts pieced by
her from the good parts of discourag
ing garments thus cheaply purchased.
"I wash them and press them and
piece them," she said, "and any one
might be proud of them."
Just now there is a great scarcity
of children's things, especially coats
for little girls; for many mothers who
have to work hard to make ends meet
are trying to find "school clothes" for
wearing, tearing youngsters. - Above
the store is a men's reading room, a
dining room, a kitchen, a bathroom and
a dormitory, with eight beds and
extra cots for crowded times. This
home Is for men who have absolutely
nothing, who perhaps are Just out of
prison, or are fighting drink. The
army finds work for them In collecting
and baling waste paper, gives- them
board and lodging and a little money,
and helps them to make a fresh start
generally. - - -
It Is not easy to make expenses in
such a business, but . the Institution
alms to do so, and that is why I would
remind housekeepers who are "settling
house" for the-Winter, that it is not
only more blessed, but more business
like, to . give than to pack away or
burif up anything and everything that
'can be spared or Is no longer useful
to the owner. The army wagons are
always ready to call. And don't forget
the -hint about children's coats.
Greene. ."If the reports were made .they 1
are still on file."
Mr. Moody tried to show that Captain
Bruin had made strict rules for the ex
press purpose - of obtaining grounds to
dismiss one or more of the old detectives.
In reply to a question as to whether he
had made .a statement to -this effect to
some f riernj. Captain Bruin said that he
had not. '
Is Question of Veracity.
"I wish to say right here that we have
witnesses to introduce who will take di
rect issue with some "f the testimony of
Captain Bruin," Interposed Mr. Moody.
"It will come down to a question of
veracity. I wish to ask Captain Bruin if
he did not last Winter tell Detective Car
penter that he had no fault to find with
his work or that of the other detectives;
that he was simply being used as the too)
of higher officials?"
"I never made such a remark in my
life," replied Bruin. "I recommended that
these detectives be discharged six months
before they were. That shows that I was
acting on my own initiative In the mat
ter.': When the hearing Is continued Monday
It Is probable that Mr. Moody will Intro
duce evidence to offset the testimony of
Captain Bruin. The old detectives will
also testify, and it is rumored that they
will have some inside facts to give con
cerning happenings In the police depart
ment at the time they were connected
with it. Chief Gritzmacher Is the only
additional witness that will appear
against them.
Consider Building. Ordinance.
Councilmen Annand and Rushlight, of
the special committee on building, to
which had been referred the new building
ordinance, held a meeting yesterday with
Building Inspector Spencer and resumed
the consideration of the proposed mea
sure. But little progress was made and
only a few slight changes were made in
the ordinance and these were suggested
by a few architects who were present.
The committee will hold another meeting
next Saturday, but it will he several
weeks before It will be possible to review
the ordinance and submit .a .report to
the Council. .
Inspect the Riverfront.
Members of the Council made a trip
along the waterfront yesterday after
noon with Harbormaster Speier In his
new launch. The trip was made to show
the Councilmen the appearance of the
river banks so they might realize the ne
cessity of cleaning them up. Among
other Improvements that the Council may
later take up as the result of this in
spection Is the installation of concrete
sea walls along the front.
ESTABLISH PRIZE COURT
HAGUE CONFERENCE VOTES ON'
GREAT TRIBUNAL.
Unanimous for Calling Third Peace
Conference Japan Pays Com
pliment to Czar.
THE HAGUE, Sept. "-21. The sixth ple
nary sitting of the peace conference today
attracted an unusually large audience. The
members of the International Seismologl
cal and Dairy Congresses, which were
meeting here, were present. In the course
of the discussion regarding the establish
ment of an international prize court.
Senor Esteva (Mexico) Announced that the
Mexican delegation, wpuld now vote In
favor of the proposition, as the modifica
tion permitting a country interested in a
case to have Its own judge on the tribunal
largely does away with the objectionable
features of the earlieri proposition, which
he said, contravened she principle of the
equality of nations. Senor Esteva added
that while Mexico wojpld support the prop
osition to establish a prize court, she did
not withdraw her opinion, repeatedly-expressed,
against the project to establish
an international court of permanent ar
bitration. If based on a principle contrary
to the equality of the states.
The proposition to establish an inter
national prize court was ultimately ap
proved, Brazil alone casting a vote against
it. Russia, Japan, Siam, Venezuela, Tur
key and Persia abstained from voting.
On the motion of President NelidofT,
the resolution In regard to convening the
third peace Conference, Introduced Sep
tember 19. was unanimously adopted, to
gether with the expression of gratitude
to Emperor Nicholas, as the Initiator of
the conference, and to Queen Wilhelmina
for her hospitality.
Prior to the vote, M. Tsukui, head of
the Japanese delegation, drew cordial ap
plause because of his expression of ap
preciation of the personal initiative of
Emperor Nicholas In bringing about the
meeting of the convention.
WHOLE TRAIN RUNS AWAY
Tears Down Mountain, and ' Is
Wrecked Five Men Cremated,
v
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Sept, 21,
In a daylight collision on the Cajon
grade of the Santa Fe, at 4:30 o'clock
this morning, five men were killed and
one fatally injured. While switching
at Devere Station on the steep grade,
the cars of a long freight train got
away and rushed down to the junction
of the switch, where a light engine and
the freight engine were standing.
In the crash which followed Engineer
H. K. Stratton, of this city, was in
stantly killed, Brakemen Gray and
Bryant were pinioned beneath tons of
debris, and, though alive, perhaps fa
tally injured, were burned to death in
the wreckage which immediately
caught fire and spread with such swift
ness that rescue was impossible. Two
tramps were also caught In the wreck
and were unable to escape before the
fire caught them.
The fire is still raging and there may
be other victims In. -the wreck. Fire
man Thresher suffered a - fractured
skull and will probably die. The body
of Stratton was brought to this city
this morning. All overland trains from
the East are delayed at the scene of
the wreck, whluh is nine miles east
of this city.
Later reports showed that failure
of the airbakes of the freight train to
hold was responsible for the accident.
The collision was between a west
bound freight and a light engine, which
had a short time before helped the
long freight up the long climb to the
summit from the desert side of that
mountain. At the summit this. engine
was uncoupled from the rear nd pre
ceded the freight down the mountain.
The freight started shortly afterward,
and had gone but a short distance when
th' airbrakes refused to hold, and the
ef Ms of the brakemen with th
y id brakes were futile. The train at
talned great velocity and . at Deven
Station, hlne miles from this city, over
took the light engine. The freight en
gine tore off the tender ' of the light
locomotive and sent it far down th
track, with the engineer unhurt in the
seat. The big engine then hurled it
self Into the sand between the main
and side tracks, crushing Stratton to
death.
XThirty-four carloads of merchandise
were burned. The financial loss to the
railroad company Is estimated at
75,000. . '
Cup for Rugby Champions.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Sept,
21, J. C. Keith, of Vancouver, B. C. baa.
INTERESTING TO
ALL MUSIC LOVERS
HAPPENINGS WHICH MEAN
MUCH TO THOSE WHO ENJOY 4
MUSICAL ENTERTAIN
MENT IN THE HOME.
Eilers Piano House Making Extensive
Improvements in Both Pianola and
Talking Machine Departments Ar
rival of Another of the Wonderful
Welte-Mignon Self -Playing . Pianos.
On Exhibition in Large Corner
Window. .
The growth of Portland's music busi
ness proves a source of wonder, in
creasing as U is with such amazing
rapidity. That the bulk of this in
crease should be noticed particularly-at
one store is anotner striking feature
jl mo situation. it merely goes 10
show, however, what liberal methods
will do toward popularizing an insti
tution with music lovers.
A fow weeks ago Eilers Piano House
were forced to enlarge their Pianola
Library, in order to accommodate' the.
needed expansion of this Important de
partment, bo anotner room was added
to the already large amount of space
devoted to the handling of music for
the Pianola, and facilities were pro
vided for several thousand mnr rolls.
Now the collection includes between i
twent:-- and twenty-five thousand sepa- '
rate pieces of Pianola music the larg-
est collection of player-music on the
Pacific Coast.
NEW TALKING MACHINE ROOMS.
Last week work was commenced
upon an Important addition to the
Talking Machine Department's facili
ties, this includes the building of sev
eral new parlors on the main floor,
which are to be built with soundproof
walls upon' the latest principles, and
handsomely finished and furnished.
This will provide opportunity for
n umeruus patrons to oe watted upon at
the same, time, giving each a chance to
hear the selections desired without In
terfering with those being played for
other patrons. Tnese new rooms will
oe completed within the next few days,
giving Eilers the best appointed Talk
ing Machine Denartment In fh citv
If not in the West.
One feature of the Talking-Machine
business at Eilers Piano House which
appeals to the average buyer, is ihat
there Is no restriction in the matter of
selection, as not one, but all the lead
ing manes or machines are carried In
stock. An Immense stock of records
is also carried, larger than can be
found elsewhere.
SMALL-PAYMENT PI, A IV POPULAR,
Eilers have the reputation of selling
more Talking Machines in a week than
most other dealers dispose of in a
month. - This is due. In a measure, to
their small-payment-easy-buying plan,
by which practically anv one can own
one of these splendid entertainers.
a tremendous business is being done
in all departments, the Fall trade thus
far being in advance of all previous
records. Pianola Pianos are being pur
chased for dozens of Portland's finest
homes, the latest Themodist-Metrostyle
type being chosen to the practical en
tire exclusion of all other makes.
MIG.VON'S WONDERFUL PLAYING.
Another- of the wonderful Welte
Mignon seir-playlng Pianos was re
ceive yesterday, and is now on exhi
bition in the larg corner window.
This is the instrument which repro
duces the playing of the world's great
est pianists with absolute fidelity, and
which ha3 caused such a sensation dur
ing the past few months throughout
both America and Europe. Since the
death, on September 4th, of Edward
Grieg, the noted composer and pianist,
whose playing was recorded before his
death by this marvelous piano, the In
estimable value of this instrument has
been brought home to music lovers
with Increased force, as this great
artist's master efforts have been pre
served for .all tlme.'and. In the words
of one of his admirers, "though his
body may die, his soul shall live for
ever through the Welte-Mlgnon." Many
requests were made at Eilers last
week to hear the selections of Grieg
reproduced, and one of his old friends
one of Portland's prominent musicians
who studied with him, was moved to
tears by the realistic rendition of one
of the favorite pieces so often played
by Grieg in years gone by for this com
panion. given to the Vancouver Rugby Union
a rjemetual challenge run to hA
for each year by the winning team of
tne union ana Stanford and the Univer
sity of California. The donor desires that
the contests be held In British Columbia,
and this might necessitate sending both
California teams to the North, but all
the details have not as yet been worked
put. A committee has been appointed for
that purpose In Vancouver. The Rugby
Union is made up of Vancouver, Victoria
and Nanaimo.
RUICK TALKED TO THE JURY
Federal Attorney Admits This, bul
Says It Was on Law Only.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 21. Federal Judge
Whitson today began an investigation in
open court into the conduct of United
States District Attorney Ruick, who
secured the indictment of United States
Senator William E. Borah and several
others for alleged conspiracy to defraud
the Government of various timber lands.
Certain of the defendants filed pleas in
abatement of the indictments on the
ground of the misconduct of the District
Attorney, who, it was alleged, practically
coerced the grand Jury into filing indlct
mentg. The pleas were supported by the
affidavits of three members of the old
grand jury and denied In nine affidavits
filed in behalf of Mr.. Ruick.
Judge Whitson said today that before
finally passing upon the pleas he deemed
an investigation necessary, the charges
against the District Attorney being of
a very grave nature. A special grand
Jury ts now In session making a -similar
Investigation of the witnesses summoned
before Judge Whitson.
Fourteen former members of the grand
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Jury testified at the morning, afternoon
and evening sessions, all stating that
Ruick made an extended address to the
jurors before the indictment was voted.
Ruick. it is said, will admit making
the speech, but will claim he confined his
remarks to advice as to the law and a
brief summary of the evidence.
Judge Whitson said tonight that the
trial of Senator Borah would proceed
Monday morning, so far as he could say
at this hour.
Ground to Palp Beneath Engine.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept 21. R. S.
Rapsch, 33 years old, a- switchman em
ployed by the Northern Pacific Railroad,
was killed at 4 o'clock this morning at
Argo station by falling under the loco
motive on which he was riding. Rapsch
was decapitated and his body was ground
almost Into a pulp. He was riding -en the
platform of the switch engine, which was
pulling three cars. Alongside the track
the Washington Manufacturing Company J
had piled several hundred shingle bolt. I
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As the locomotive ran along one of the
shinsle bolts was Jarred loose and fell
on the track. As the engine struck it the
bolt was hurled in the air and knocked
Rapsch from his feet, causing him to fall
in the center of the track. The body was
quickly rolled under the wheels.
Oregon People in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Sept. 21. (Special.) Ore- ,
gon people at Chicago hotels:
Portland J. H. Haak. at the Audi-
torlum; Dr. and Mrs. Byron E. Miller,
at the Stratford: W. L. Whltmore, at
the Kalserhof; Emma Wunderle, at the
Wellington: W. L. Morgan, at the
Great Northern: W. H. Lapp, at the
Morrlston; W. T. Kellogg, at the Wind- '
sor-Cllfton. - .
Bain Prevents Cincinnati Races.
COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. 21. Heavy rains
this morning made the Grand Circuit
racin g Impossible tooay.
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