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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 1908.
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GIRL'S LETTERS
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Schooled by Her IVbther, She
Offers Love and Asks
for Money.
PROMISES HIM HAPPINESS
Missives Which Kx posed Depravity
of Minister's Family Head at the
Snell Trial Will Contest
tJoes to (lie Jury.
CLINTON. III.. Feb. 13. (Special.) The
letters of EIna Hamilton (known also as
"P"). daughter of Rev. H A. Hamilton,
to the late millionaire. Tom Snell, were
made public today. Like her mother's to
SnelJ, Elna's contain many'" requests for
money. A letter dated September 5, lfclS.
urged Colonel Snell to vMt the Hamilton
home and make Elna happy. It reads:
My dearest and btst friend: I got the
letter that, you s.-nt me and also the flu.
Thank you. 1 on o hauiiy. Come over
.bout. Saturday and make me so Unsay. I
will be so rood to you. Mamma and I
went to IndianapollH and got a new coat
for $3o. Please send mo $-0; I know you
will. I will do all I csn ' to make vou
happy. 1 know you -will eond it to m.
Lota of love and kisses PET.
Wants a Silk Dress.
Aifain, October 8, Elnu wrote:
My tlearest and best friend: I' ran",
Imagim; nliat yon must think of me for
not writing to you biTore this. I became
lck and could not ro to lndlcnanolls with
Mamma. I yas so disappointed that you
did not set to vir!t us. You will come
aoon. won t you? it you do. It will make
me to happy. We will all live with you
when Papa stops preaching. All the Rlrls
here have plain sl!k dresses. 1 always
look to you for anything I want and I
know you will get It for mo. Vou always
Kive it to mc. 1 only want $10 now to set
the dress. If you send It to me I will
make you the happiest man on earth. With
lots of love and kisses. PKT.
Wants Money to Learn Music.
November 14, 1006, she wrote:
I sot your letter last Friday night. 1 was
orry when I sot home that you were gone.
Aunt Annie was here that evening and I
had to be very careful what I said. Thank
you for the locket: I am bo proud of it. I
must Rive you a kiss when I see you. Next
Tuesday T am 10 years old. What I want
most Is the money to go to school. Mamma
fays you will send me to Jacksonville next
Kail. 1 want to study music and 1 need
money. I am the youngest pupil In my
class. Oceans of Jove and kisses.
ETNA.
Buy Her Home at Blooming-ton.
A letter received by Colonel Snell
July 21, 1!W5, from Etna, said:
My dearest and best friend. When I re
ceived the clothes you sent me. Mamma
aid: "What nice clothes for you to wear to
school." I will try and make you happy
and be your little sweetheart, at Leota was
It will not be long until I go to school. I
have to trouble you somewhat, but I know
you will get a nice lot of clothes for me if
I will be your sweetheart. Mamma says you
are going to get us a home In Bloomington
and that we will live with you. Oh. how
nice that will be! We will go out driving
every day and I will be so good to you.
Mamma worries all the time over money
matters. We have no home and that trou
bles her same. I am ashamed of this poor
little house that we live in. Please send
me the $.M) you told mamma you would
give me and write me a nice letter. I will
try to make you happy apd will try to b
nice to you. Oh. how I hope you will buy
us a home in Bloomlngton and that we can
ill live with you. My dresses are getting
kind of shp.bby and the things you sent will
help a whole lot. Please send me some
aioney. 1 will be so nice to you. Lots of
ove and kteses. Your little sweetheart.
PET.
Love and Hugs Wants Money.
Another letter says:
My .iearest and best friend: I am
tshamed of myself for not answering your
letter sooner. I received the check you
sent me for my birthday and I was very
thankful for the Jio. I will do anything to
make you happy If you will only be good
to me The girls here are trying to get
their Spring suits made as quickly as pos
sible. If you will send me . money, I will
get better clothes than anybody else in
school. I am so lonesome today. I was in
Indianapolis yesterday afternoon. I looked
In the windows and wished I had money to
buy the clothes I saw. Honestly I love you.
The cloak you gave me is nicer than any
one of the other girls have here at school.
I must get this letter finished so as to get
It oft In a hurry. Lots of love and hugs.
PET.
There are a number of other letters
of the same sort from Etna, all mixed
manifestations of love and requests
for money.
Case Goes to Jury.
The will casa went to the jury late
this afternoon. Judge Cockrane's in-
struotlons are regarded as favorable to
the defenders of the will. In particu
lar, he told the jurors that a man might
be a moral leper and still make a
sound will and that the proof of mental
and moral depravity does not disprove
testamentary capacity.
PUT SLEUTHS ON TRAILS
(Continued From First Page.)
ment for $200,000 in an action of con
tract against Charles W. Morse, of
New York, was filed here today. The
plaintiffs are John C. Reld and Louis
Kuehne. of New Jersey. The nature
of the suit is not known here.
OFFERS TO SETTIE WITH FISTS
Bank President Charged With Em
bezzlement Is Confident.
CARSON, Nev.. Feb. 15. Thomas B.
Rickey, president of the State Bank &
Trust Company, was arrested late this
afternoon on a charge of embezzlement.
The warrant was sworn by K. M. Bo
halt, who states that he Is a depositor
and that the bank, received deposits
knowing that it win Insolvent. The war
rant charges embezzlement under the
law passed during the legislature of
a year ago. Mr. Rickey, upon being
served with the warrant, went before a
justice of the peace and was placed
under a $10,000 bond.
As soon as the bond, which la re
turnable Monday at 2 o'clock, was filed,
Mr. Rickey left for his home. He
stated that there was nothing in the
proceedings that he feared in the least,
"that the bank is and has been solvent,
especially the time the last de
posit was made," and that he did not
have to furnish bonds to be present at
any Investigation, either before the
grand jury or the public. Mr. Rickey
and the District Attorney passed a
number of very warm remarks at the
hearing before the justice, and Mr.
Rickey offered once to take the attor
ney outside and settle the affair.
Michigan Bank Bankrupt.
GRAND RAJ-IDS. Mien.. Feb. 16.
M E
I Petition was filed in the United States
Court to declare Lyle, Gatce & Co.,
private bankers of DowaKiac. Mich.,
4 bankrupt alike as a co-partnership and
individually. Liabilities are placed at
I 1270.000. represented by R00 depositors.
Assets are scheduled at $320,000.
Price Not Yet Known.
KEW YORK. Feb. 15. Until he hears
) from two checks submitted Friday with
I the bids of Stephen L.. Tingley and A. K.
Reed, of Boston, for S,440,000 of city
bonds. Controller Metz will be unable
to announce the exact price at which the
toO.000,000 of New York City 4'4 per cent
bonds told yesterday.
FIFTY COLLEGES COMPETE
Fifth Annual Federal Indoor Games
at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Fifty col
leges and 12 schools of 12 different
cities were represented at the fifth Re
newal of the Federal indoor games held
tonight at Convention Hall. The pro
gramme consisted of 28 events, 14 of
which were relay races. Among those
who competed were several National
champions and intercollegiate champ
ions. Partial summary:
Putting 12-pound shot, scholastic
M. J. Sheridan, Irish-American A. C,
52 feet, 8 inches, won; A. Strypp, Mer
cersburg, 50 feet, 6 inches, second.
Fifty-yard open handicap hurdle J.
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Charles V. Morse, the bankrupt banker, who will be arrested on his return
from England today, and bis house, which waa seized for debt.1.
Hartranft, University of Pennsylvania,
3M feet handicap, won; T. E. Smith,
of Georgetown Preparatory School,
scratch, second. Time. 6 2-5 seconds.
One mile, open handicap F. G. B.
Breyer, Johns Hopkins University, 45
yards handicap, won; B. F. P. Brencon,
Johns Hopkins University, 45 yards
handicap, second. Time, 4:35 1-5.
NEXT MEETIXG AT PITTSBURG
American Bowling Congress Elects
Same Officers.
CINCINNATI, O.. Feb. 15. The Amer
ican Bowling Congress this afternoon se
lected Pittsburg as the next meeting
place. The old officers were unanimously
re-elected, headed by Augustus Herrman,
of Cincinnati for president. Mr. Herrman
appointed J. H. Haager, Robert Bryson,
J. W. McCormick, William D. Alexander
and Samuel Karpf as a conference com
mittee. Woodbury and Stoike, of Chicago, who
held the Canadian Bowling Association
championship for two-men teams, defeat
ed Richter and Bigely, of Louisville, the
A. B. C. champions, in the two-men team
championship contest this afternoon by
a score of 1155 to 1133. Woodbury and
Stoike will meet Smith and Dunbar to
decide the championship In this class.
Protests were filed today against
Smith and Dunbar, playing as substi
tutes for Tuthill and Nelson, the Na
tional Bowling Association champions
In the two-men championship contest,
announced as a special event for this
afternoon. Owing to the lateness of
the protest the tournament committee
decided to allow Smith and Dunbar to
play, the question of ineligibility be
ing left for later decision, and the
substitute team at once began the con
test with a great run, leading Its op
ponents by nearly 100 on a score by
Smith and Dunbar of 424 in the first
game. Smith and Dunbar made a total
score of 1259, or five pins higher than
the best score in the regular runs of
the present congress.
Their first opponents, Volght and
Everhard, of Kansas City, the Western
Bowling Association champions, scored
only 1065. The best score of the morn
ing was made by Nelson and Morsek,
of Chicago, 1245. giving them third
place in the two-men team standings.
The highest scores In the first four
shifts of the Individual events were:
Charles Karlson. Chicago, 654: Charles
G. B. Bahn. Louisville, 628; F. Woodbury,
Milwaukee, 622.
J. Noonan, of the Canadian champions,
won the individual international match
by a score of 1666 In nine games. The
other scores were: Marshall Levy, In
dianapolis, 1567; F. Sauer, New York,
1562; J. F. Morris. Seattle, 1521.
The International two-men matches will
be played tomorrow.
The Ave highest scores In the five-men
events were as follows: Century, Chi
cago, 2706; Dornsbach. Chicago, 26S6;
Kloppenburg, Cincinnati, 2661; Lipmans,
Chicago, 2601; Koerners, Milwaukee, 2571.
Mackay Companies. Prosperous.
BOSTON. Feb. 15. Clarence E. Mackay,
president of the Mackay companies, at
the meeting held in Boston today, said
that notwithstanding the financial trou
bles and business depression, the Mackay
companies and their allied companies
during each of the past three months
have been, and are still, earning more
than the amount necessary to pay divi
dends on the preferred shares of the
Mackay companies.
- Maine Anniversary In Havana.
HAVANA. Feb. 15. The tenth anniver
sary of the destruction of the Maino was
observed here today with customary cere
monies. Probably this was the last time
the wreck will be decorated, as it is ex
pected It will be removed within the year
to clear the entrance to wharves to be
built.
Jnnctlon City Votes Bonds.
JUNCTION CITY, Or., Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) Bonds were voted today for tho
erection of a high school.
MAKE NO
PROGRESS
Engineers and Owners Cannot
Adjust Differences.
THREE PROPOSITIONS MADE
All Turned Down and Second Sleet
ing Called Owners Reserve Right
to Knforce Edict of Reduction,
Which Will Mean Lockout.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. At the
meeting today in the offiices of A. B.
Hammond between the committees rep
resenting the Shipowners and Marine En
gineers in the coastwise lumber trade,
the submission and Uie rejection of two
propositions by the engineers, the turn
ing down of a single proposition advanced
by the Shipowners and a parting with
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the understanding that a second meeting
would be held at an early date, were the
developments' in the controversy of the
Marine Engineers' Association and the
Shipowners' Association today.
By their first proposition the engineers
proposed a way out of the difficulty
through the Adoption of a schedule where
by the manning of a vessel should be i-e-termlned
by the number of miles in the
voyage.
Limit for Two Engineers.
From San Francisco to Eureka on the
north and Point Conception on the south,
they proposed should be the maximum
voyage for a vessel carrying but two en
gineers. The committee of the owners de
clined to accept the proposition.
A second and more complicated arrange
ment. In which the number of engineers
should be fixed according to the amount
of cargo carried by a vessel was also re
jected by the owners. Accoruing to this
proposition vessels carrying over 500,000
feet of lumber should have a crew of
three engineers. On vessels carrying less,
two engineers, and where the cargo was
more than a million feet four engineers
were necessary.
Engineers Ask More Time.
An attempt was made by the owners
to rate engine crews according to the
horse power of the boilers, but this re
sulted, in the dispute being brought no
nearer to a close than ever.
The engineers' committee asked until
Wednesday to lay the matter before the
organization which they represented, but
no promise of that much delay was given,
the owners retaining the right to enforce
at any moment their former edict of a re
duction in all crews, which will result in
a lockout.
EUIIDTXG TRADES ORGANIZE
Form. Department Subsidiary to the
American Federation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Organization
was completed today or the .building
trades department of the American Fed
eration of Labor. The organization,
which is to be subsidiary to the American
Federation of Labor, Is composed of the
members of the National and interna
tional building trades ' organizations
which are affiliated with the Federation.
A constitution was adopted today, officers
were elected, and it was decided that the
next convention of the body, which is to
be the head of the various building trades
organizations of the country, should be
held In Denver next November.
The constitution provides that the pres
ident of the body shall receive an annual
salary of $2200; the secretary-treasurer,
$2000, and the five vice-presidents a per
diem stipend while actually attending to
the business of the organization. The of
ficers elected were: President, J. H.
Kirby, Chicago; secretary-treasurer, J.
B. Spencer. Cleveland; vice-presidents,
W. J. MoSorley (Ohio), Gorme Hedrlck
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James Hannahan (Chicago) and C. L.'
true t.xew jersey;.
FIGHT RCXIXG IN BUCK CASE
Organized Labor to Raise $100,000
to Carry It to Supreme Court.
NEW YORK. Feb. 15. New York labor
unions last night contributed about $o)09
to the fund asked for by President Sam
uel Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, for the purpose of fighting the
Injunctions issued by the District of Co
lumbia courts in the suit against the
Federation by the Buck Stove & Range
Company. The suit is to determine the
right of the federation to blacklist manu
facturers who do not employ union la
bor. The cases are to be taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
the Federation officers have appealed to
the unions for $100,000 to fight them. It
is said the appeal will bring $50,000 within
a month, of which sum the New York
unions are expected to subscribe $20,000.
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dignified, generous and just credit system that removes from your mind all worry of after pay
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Hardwood Sideboard, oval French
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Terms, $1.00 Down, $1.00 a Week.
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CAR OX GRADE CROSSING.
Motornian Disregards Conductor's
Signal and Sends Car Across the
Track as Train Comes.
TOLEDO. O., Feb. IS. Seven persons
were killed and a dozen Injured when a
Big Four passenger train struck a Toledo
& Western electric at the Michgan Cen
tral crossing In West Toledo tonight.
The dead are:
JAMBS METERS, motorman, Toledo.
ROY FISHER, West Toledo.
MRS1 WILLIAM FISHER, West Toledo.
CLARENCE BEECH. Sylvanla.
MRS. CLARENCE BEEiH. '
TWO BEECH CHILDREN.
According to an eye-witness of tho
wreck, which occurred shortly after 8
o'clock, tho conductor stopped at the
crossing to flag the car across. Seeing
the train coming, he motioned the motor
man to stop, but this signal was either
misunderstood or not seen or disregarded,
for the car came ahead with sickening
result.
The Fixer was late, and, according to
witnesses, was rushing toward Detroit at
nearly a mile a minute. The big inter
urban car was caught squarely In the
middle, lifted high In the air and thrown
ISA feet.
i'lib Head and Injured were piled to a
heap. The dead were carried Into the
West Toledo station of tho Lake Shore
and the injured rushed to hospitals. One
of the intensely pathetic features of the
wreck was an unidentified woman about
40 years of age. who met death with her
young son clasped In her arms. The
mother was Instantly killed, but the child
lived several minutes and tried to rouse)
his mother from her death stupor. An
other son of the woman met instant
deatn.
Clayton Toung. S4 years old. Sylvania,
O., had both legs broken and was Inter
nally injured: will die.
Chester Burns. 30 years, Sylvania, chest
crushed: will die.
Hiram Parker, 65 years, skull fractured,
injured Internally: will die.
CHANGE THE SHERMAN LAW
Civic Federation Considering Plans
for Amendments.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15. The report of the
subcommittee of the executive council
of the National Civic Federation, which
has been considering plans for amending
the Sherman anti-trust law, was out
lined here tonight by Ralph M. Easley,
chairman of the council. A delegation of
25 persons from this city will attend the
public hearings to be held before the ju
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only satisfactory col- C10 Cft
lapsible cart; price J)ltuU
Terms, $1.00 Down, $1.00 a Week.
Great. Three-Room Outfit
Terms
$10.00
Down
$2.50 a
Week
Jewel
Ranges
15-Year
Guarantee
$1 Down
$1 Week
Iron Bed, in cream enamel jr Ver
nis Martin, 1 1-16-inch posts, extra
heavy castings and Clyl (Ifl
chills; price J I't.UU
Terms, $1.00 Down, $1.00 a Week.
diciary committee of the House and
Senate, March 6 and 7.
"The subcommittee has approved and
proposed changes in the laws so as to
permit what are really harmless combi
nations,"' said Mr. Easley tonight. "It is
the desire to make the laws more direct
In their workings and change them so as
to allow proper expansions in business
and Industry. The two subjects have
been under consideration:
"First, taking the railroads from under
the Sherman act and by enlarging the
scope of the Interstate commerce act, al
lowing them to enter 4nto freight and
passenger agreements and labor contracts
under certain restrictions.
"Second Changing the present laws
so as to permit more freedom in labor,
agricultural and Industrial agreements
which are now so restricted that It is
difficult to determine what Is a legal
working agreement."
VICTIM OF SGML FREE
EX - STATE SENATOR HARRY
BUNKERS TO BE PAROLED.
Mixed Vp in California Building
and Ixan Graft Affair Released
for Turning State's Evidence.
SAN FRANCISCO, CaL. Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) The doors of San Quentln Prison
will swing open tomorrow morning and
Harry Bunkers, ex-State Senator from
San Francisco, will go forth on parole.
Bunkers has been In prison since May,
1905. He has two more years to serve,
but in view of the fact that he turned
state's evidence after his conviction, le
niency has been extended to him. His
faithful little wife burst into tears to
night when a telegram reached her sum
moning her to the prison to greet her
husband, once again a free man.
The crime for which Bunkers was
sent to prison formed part of one of
California's greatest legislative scan
dals. A great cry had been raised
against the local Building and Loan
Associations In 1905 and the Legislature
of that year appointed an investigating
committee. On the committea were
Senators (Harry Bunkers and ' Frank
French of San Francisco. E. J. Emmons
of Bakersfield and Ell Wright- of San
Jose. It soon became known to the
Building and Loan men that the four
Senators were out rough shod for coin.
A trap was laid. Three companies got
together and raised a fund and paid
each of the four Senators $350 in con
sideration for which the Senators had
agreed to whitewash the contributing
companies.
The bills were marked and the en
tire transaction was witnessed by de
tectives, who had been previously em
ployed. A dramatic exposure was made
on the floor of the Senate. The four
men were expelled from the Legisla
ture. Bunkers was tried first and con
victed. Then he turned state's evidence
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Ajax Steel
Range
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$1 Week
and his testimony convicted Emmons.
French, by a slip, escaped conviction,
and Wright fled the state.
SMASHES NOSE; PAYS FINE
Ex-Supreme Judge in Nevada Even9
Old Score With Attorney.
RENO, . Nev., Feb. 15. Ex-Supreme
Judge Massey, of Nevada, this afternoon
pleaded guilty to the charge of assault
before Justice of the Peace Bell and was
fined So. Massey took occasion to thrash
Attorney J. B. Dixon in the office of the
County Recorder here this afternoon,! and
the blood was flowing freely from Dixon's
nose when the attorneys were separated
by a Deputy Sherin. The fight was the
culmination of a'rudge of long standing
which has cropped out several times dur
ing the legal caees in court, and resulted
in a severe reprimand to both attorneys
by the court.
TENDENCY IS TO COMBINE
Commerce Commission Answers Till
man's Question About Railroads.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. That rail
roads are constantly tendiriy toward com
bination with virtual control vested In
the controlling company of the system is
SeYenty-seyen
for Colds and
Grip seeks out the weak spots.
If the throat and chest are tender,
Grip lodges there.
If a Catarrhal condition exists Grip
strikes there. ,
If the kidneys ' and bladder are
weak, look out for Rheumatism, Lum
bago and Lame Back. '
Humphreys' "Seventy-seven" is
the best remedy for the cure- of Grip
and its tonicity sustains the vital or
gans, so that the least damage results
from an attack of Grip. At all Drug'
stores, 25c, or mailed. .
Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co.. Cor.
William and John Streets. New York.
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Terms, $1.00 Down, $1.00 a Week.
Powers' Three-Room Outfit is a wonder. Never
in the history of Portland has such a handsome
lot of goods been offered for the price. Bed
room, Dining-Room and Kitchen furnished com
plete, from the most important piece of furni
ture down to the most insignificant articles.
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reiterated, and that express companies
have large Interests in the railroad?, is
pointed out In a report which the Senate
has received from the Interstate Com
merce Commission in response to Senator
Tillman's resolution asking whether any
corporations engaged In Interstate com
merce own any of the capital stock of
other corporations transporting passen
gers and freight.
Some of the greatest authorities on ra
dium now incline to the belief that It Is
a compound rather than a chemical element.
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