THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 1, 190S.
viously were not needed at the present
time.
George R. Peck, general counsel of the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Company. urged an extension of the law
so far as his company was concerned,
because the expenditure of J300.000 a year,
in his opinion would be an economic
waste of money.
E. W. McKenna. second vice-president
of the Chicago. Milwaukee & SL PauL
also asked for an extension.
H. B. Perham, president of the Or-er
of Railway Telegraphers, said .that he
considered 11 hours, which the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul operators were re
quired to work, too long for that sort of
service.
It Is expected that the Commission will
render a decision not later than Tuesday-next-
CARRY FIGHT TO
WEED CREDIT MA
SHOT BY RANCHER
Tl
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Don't let the matter of money stand between you and a
well-furnished home. The POWERS CREDIT SYSTEM
is at your service a brcJad, liberal, dignified credit that
adapts itself to your income and circumstances. An ac
count at Powers' is a great convenience, and we would be
glad to have you avail yourself of it.
Pat Garrett, Known for Bloody
Fights With Outlaws,
Killed in Quarrel.
Pardee and Gillett Transfer
California Political Strug
gle to Washington.
Ply
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CAPTAIN TEXAS RANGERS
Victim of Vouh Was Friend of Pres
ident Koo.-evclt and Was Known
is Mayer of 'Billy,
lie Kid."
HL. TM SO. Tx.. T'Vb. !. Pat Garr.U.
known thr continnt ovfr m thi'' man w..o
klllfd "Billy. Th- Kill." the not.d outlaw,
and oni' or tlw lust of th most prominent
gunmen of frontier tiny?, was shot and
killed l J. Wayne biazi!. a youthful
ranrhron. n":ir l.as o-iu-t-s, N. M., in
a dispute ov?r a ranrh least-.
Garrett had tH'en on a visit to one
of his rnn.-h.-s near the New Mexico
town and in a buekbnard. with a friend,
was returning to I. as Cruees, when tlu-y
were overtaken by BrazM. A quarrel en
sued and tiarirtt Ik sul.l to '.tave reached
tor H gun. Brnzel tired twice, both ."hot!,
taking- fffeet and Garrett fell dead.
Brazel Surrenders- Himself.
Braxel then rode Ave m!l"s to Ias
Cruces, and surrendered to Sheriff L.ucero.
lie was locked in the county jail after
maklnK a statement to the ottlcer that
he had shot In self-defens?. and that he
had not drawn a six-shooter until after
Garrett had reached for a shotgun in the
bottom of the buckboard.
The quarrel between Garrett and Bra
zel was over a ranch that had ben
leased by Brasel. and on which he had
pastured a- herd of goats. Garrett remon
strated with his lessee and declared that
the goat pasturing was In violation of
the contract between them. He threatened
to resort to the courts to prevent what
be thought a breach of contract and the
men quarreled. Since then . both men
went armed, according to reports, and it
was common talk In the ' territory that
they were looking for each other.
Wild Career as Sheriff.
Pat Garrett was a Sheriff In Lincoln
County, N. M., in the early 80's and his
campaign against cattle rustlers was re
plete with dashing arrests, pitched bat
tles and bloody encounters with the cat
tle thieves.
The best-known of his experiences was
when, as an officer of the law, he killed
Billy. The Kid," who, after killing, ac
cording to some reports, twj score of men
was lodged In the territorial penitentiary,
only to escape.
Garrett took up the hunt anew as soon
as he learned of the escape, and located
the outlaw at Maxwell's ranch. Garrett
was in the room where "The Kid" was to
come to a rendesvous, and the outlaw
stepped Into the place, with his gun
drawn, and covered Garrett, the officer
killed him..
Dies With His Boots On.
Garrett has filled his own prophecy
that he would die with his boots on.
At the Inquest held this afternoon the
Coroner's jury at Lais Cruces returned a
verdict that Garrett had come to his
death as the result of wounds Inflicted
by Jt-'revolver in the hands of Brazel.
The sole eye witness to the killing, Carl
Adamson. told the story of the shooting.
In which Brazel threatened Garrett. ira
zel declared the shooting; was in self
defence, but made no further statement.
Friends of Pat Garrett in las Cruces
declare that his death Is the result of a
conspiracy. They assert that he was shot
first in the back of the head and then in
the breast after he fell.
KKCOKU AS FIGHTTNU SHERIFF
Garrett, However, Was Known as a
Peaceful Man.
ALBUQUERQUE. X. M.. Feb. 29. Pat
Garrett, the notorious guntighter, who was
shot and killed today near Las Cruces, first
appeared in New Mexico about 1878
and went to Lincoln, where he quietly
engaged in ranching and cattle-raising.
He soon gained a reputation as a cowboy
and in 1SS0 he was elected Sheriff of Lin
coln County.
One year later, having been the prin
cipal in a dozen exciting rights and ad
ventures, he shot and killed ' the famous
boy outlaw. "Billy the Kid."
Later Garrett moved to Dona Ana
County, where he served two terms as
Sheriff. He was later a Captain of
Rangers in Texas and did much to help
make the reputation for fearlessness
which the Texas Hangers then had.
Garrett was a personal friend of Pres
ident Roosevelt and Governor Curry, of
NfW Mexico. President Roosevelt ap
pointed him Collector of Customs at Kl
Paso. which position he held a couple of
years. He tired of the monotony of the
lli and went back to ranching and min
irg in Pona Ana tunty.
Pat Garrett was known to nearly every
one in New Mexico. Though a successful
hunter of criminals and outlaws and a
dead shot with either ptstol or rifle, he
was ordinarily one of the most quiet and
gmaceful citizens.
K0LD UP INSURANCE LAW
Companies Operating: in Miurl
Given Time to Act.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 9. Judse
Plover tn the Clrcutt i'ourt here today
issued a temporary injunction restrain
ing? tho Missouri state officiate from
"oupting from the state tho Prudential
I.lfe Insurance Company of New Jersey,
the Metropolitan Iife Insurance l'om
pany of New Tork and the KquitaWe
Ilfe Assurance Society of New York
for violating the law passed by the last
legrlslature prohibiting: any company
that pays its official it a salary of $Sft,
000 or over from doina: business in the
state. The law goes into effect tomor
row morning. The Insiiraneo companies
aro given till March IS to take th case
to the Missouri Supreme t'ourt for
decision.
SAME STORY OF POVERTY
liallroad-. Continue Pica Arainst
Nine Hours for Operators.
WASHINGTON. 1-Vb. 29. The nine
hour law hearing was resumed today by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Joljn I Lavis, superintendent of tele
graphers of the Evansville & Terre Haute
Railroad, argued that it was Impossible
for his line to secure competent and ri.
endable operators to man the stations,
lie explained that during the last four
months there, had been such a slump in
the business of the road that some of the
offices which had been established pre
MIXERS TO 'MEET . MARCH 12
Mitchell Calls Convention to Con
sider Wage Scale.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 29. President
John Mitchell, of the United Mineworkers
of America, today sent out the official
call for a convention of the miners to
meet here March 1- to consider the situa
tion left by the default of the operators
and miners of the central competitive
Held to reach an agreement on the propo
sition to call a joint convention to re
establish the interstate wage agreement
and adopt a scale of wages. The National
Miners' Convention will adopt a policy to
be pursued after March 31. when the pres
ent w-age scale expires, and probably will
decide upon its wage demands for the
next two years.
BRIDE GIVES I D SHOCK
ASKS HIM TO WRITE MESSAGE
TO COOK.
Gushingly Explains Tliat Her Ser
vant Is -a Chinese, While Society
Matrons Are Astonished.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 29. (Spe
cial.) Society is giggling over an inci
dent that occurred yesterday at the Fair
mont Hotel at the reception to -xinister
Wu Ting Fang. A number of society
matrons were buzzing about the Minis
ter and exchanging pleasantries with
him, when a young bride of gushing va
riety made her way into the center of
the group.
"Oh, Mr. Wu," she twittered, as she "of
fered hira a golden filagreed pencil,
"won't you write a nice little message
on this card for my cook?"
The Minister gasped, swallowed and
gasped, but the little lady continued to
look at him expectantly, the pencil still
extended.
"Why, madame," he began, as nearly
flustered as a diplomat can get, "I write
a message to your cook, your cook!
Madame!"
"Yes, indeed; I think it would be
lovely."
She helped him along. "He's a China
man, you know, and"
But at this point the other ladies, terri
fied and aghast, broke into the conversa
tion and managed to soothe Mr. Wu
with tactful balm as Mrs. "Fluffy Ruf
fles" was led wonderingly away.
BUTTE MINES TO RESUME
Great Smelters of Montana Also to
Fire Vp.
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 29. John D.
Ryan, managing director for the Amal
gamated Copper Company, who re
turned home at noon from the East
today, announced that the mines ot
the company will resume Monday,
when fires will be lit in the great
Washoe smelters at Anaconda.
One minute after the announcement
was made the mine whistles on Ana
conda Hill began to blow, which was
the first announcement the city had
of the decision to resume. The order
means the employment of a full force
in the various mines and at the smelter.
Roughly speaking, about 12.000
hands are affected. When going full
blast, the Amalgamated payroll runs
from $1,000,000 to $1,600,000 monthly.
The Great Falls smelters have been
going full time, but the Anaconda
smelters have been closed entirely,
while in Butte, of all the Amalgmated
properties only the Boston & Montana
mines have been operated.
The shutdown has never been com
plete and was gradual, beginning last
October. Married men were provided
for. but in all only about 40 per cent
of the normal force could be employed.
The Amalgamated is reported to em
ploy about 20,000 people in Montana, in
mines, smelters, mills, coal mines, log
ging camps, etc.
XEV YORK BAXK GOES I'X'DER
Mechanics & Traders Has Debts of
$10,000,000.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29. J. Henry Hag
gerty and Joseph B. Ford were appointed
receivers ot tho Mechanics & Traders
Bank today by Justice Ptatzek in the
Supreme Court on application made by
Attorney-General Jackson. The Mechanics
& Traders suspended on January 29. The
Attorney-Oeneral's application for re
ceivers was made on the ground that the
bank is insolvent and unable to pay its
depositors in full.
On information and belief, the Attorney
General states that the defendant bank
has money on deposit and is indebted to
Its depositors and other creditors to the
amount of $10,000,000 belonging to a large
number of depositors. He asks that the
creditors be restrained rom pressing their
claims, asserting that a multiplicity of
actions would militate against the proper
handling of the assets.
Coal Company Not In-volied.
CHICAGO. Feb. 29. Through a misun
derstanding and a confusion of names, it
was reported yesterday that August
Ijenke and O. a Richardson, partners in
the Richardson Coal Company, had filed
petitions in bankruptcy. !nke and Rich
ardson were partners In the firm of O. S.
Richardson & Co.. which has been out of
business for nearly three years. The O.
S. Richardson Coal Company is entirely a
different corporation, and is not directly
or indirectly affected by any proceedings
against either Inke, Richardson or the
old partnership of the firm of O. S. Rich
ardson & Co.
WIRES ARE KEPT BUZZING
League Warns Roosevelt and Taft
That Governor in. Reality Rep
resents Harriman and the
Railroad Ring.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29. (Spe
cial.') Governor James N. Gillett and
ex-Governor George C. Pardee have
locked horns in a dual to political
death. The scene of the combat has
been transferred from California to
Washington. Pardee has just returned
and Gillett has Just reached the Na
tional Capital Pardee had a confidential
talk with President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Taft. Gillett has called upon
Taft and dined with the President.
It is the climax in a big battle that
has been growing daily in intensity.
The struggle represents the clash be
tween the old-line Republican organi
zation and the newly formed Republi
can Lincoln-Roosevelt Jeague.
Gillett Follows Pardee
Pardee went to Washington as the
league representative and endeavored
to set Taft a"d the President, right on
the California situation. The league
is an organization committed In its
charter against the Southern Pacific
and for the fulfillment of the Roosevelt
policies. Pardee gave the President a
straght talk, telling him that the old
line organization, under a pretense of
supporting the chief executive, was in
reality taking orders from Herrin
and Wall street.
Hardly had Pardee returned home
before Governor Gillett was sent off to
Washington post haste.. Ostensibly
Gillett went to plead for a $400,000
appropriation to improve the rivers of
California. He spent one day before
the rivers and harbors committee and
the rest of the time he has devoted to
machine politics.
Warns Taft of League.
Dispatches received today state that
Gillett told Taft to beware of the Lincoln-Roosevelt
League. He said that
Pardee had political ambitions, that
he wanted to be Senator or Vice-President,
or Secretary of the Interior.
Gillett then went to Roosevelt, and ac
cording to the dispatches, told him the
same tale. Gillett has undertaken to
destroy Pardee and to discredit the
Lincoln-Roosevelt League.
It is understood here that Giltett
went to Washington as the representa
tive of the machine. In sending Gillett
to Washington the machine made a
schrewd move, for Gillett is persona
grata at the White House. He is a
good lawyer and as a member of the
Judiciary committee of the last Con
gress was often consulted by the
President.
Since the purpose ot Gillett's visit
has become apparent, the wires havt
been buzzing with messages from the
reform forces, warning the President
and Taft against the soft voice of the
machine. t In California . the Lincoln
Roosevelt ' League has made great
progress during the past week. The
leaders declare that the league will
capture the next Legislature and will
give to the state for the first time in
a quarter of a century a body free
from the dictation of the Southern
Pacific.
IS FAITHFUL TO EVELYN
HARRY THAW NOT SEEKING
MVORCE, SHE SAYS.
She Denies Demanding $1,000,000
and Says All Yellow Stories
About Her Are False.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29. Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw denied today that she had de
manded 11,000,000, or had received any
offer of money to induce her to con
sent to an annulment of her marriage
to Harry K. Thaw. Mrs. Thaw added:
'"There has been no conference of
lawyers and there will not be any. I
have never been approached by any
lawyers on the subject of divorce or
separation, and you can say positively
that there is not an atom of truth in
any of the rumors. I have received
no offer of money to consent to anything-
and have made no demand for
money.
'Yer. it is true that I have not been
to Matteawan to see Harry in three
weeks. That is because I have been
ill with the grip. I have not been out
of the house except to take a drive."
"Is it true that detectives are fol
lowing: your she was asked.
"It is not true. Mr. Dougherty wrote
to me assuring me that he had no de
tectives engaged in following me and
that the story was untrue."
THAW WILL SIGX NO CHECKS
Confinement in Madhouse Excuse
for Standing Off Creditors.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29. (Special. A man
who had been doing considerable work
for Harry K. Thaw, while the latter was
confined, in the Tombs, went to eee Thaw,
in Matteawan. to collect his bill for $25
for services rendered."
T am sorry, my man." replied Thaw,
"but you know I have been declared in
sane. That forbids my making out
checks. I have reached the conclusion
that as long as thy landed me in the
madhouse I won't sign any checks for any
one."
Treaty Signed With Switzerland.
NEW GRAFT SENSATION
j
HESTET AVI Mi EXPOSE RCEl' BY
AFFIDAVITS.
Prosecution Will Tell Monday AVhy
Partial Immunity Contract
Was Withdrawn.
and Langdon will be submitted to the
court. These affidavits will contain
some sensational revolutions. They will
show, for example, that Hcney has stead
fastly refused to have anything to do with
Ruef. Heney has characterized Huef from
the first as a liar.
The affidavits will contain a' full state
ment of all the dealings of the prosecu
tion with RucjT, and will show how. from
the moment the contract was signed, Ruef
attempted to double-cross the District At
torney's office.
The affidavits will leave Ruef without a
leg to stand on.
Court prosecutor who died recently in
California. The committee is made up
of Judge M. C. George, C. II. Carey.
John F. Igan, Roger B. Sinnott and
Edwin Mays.
Bank Officials Lose Demurrer.
SAN FRANCISCO. Fob. V. Judge
Dunne this morning overruled the demur
rers to the indictments charging JameA
Treadwell. Walter Bartnett and J. Daliell
Brown with having embezzled the funds
of the California Safe Deposit A Trust'
Company. He then fixed Monday as the1
day for the accused men to plead.
Kighty miles an hour is the speed of a",
hurriratif movmnt.
Schwab Talks ol Panic.
NBW TORK, Feb. 29. Charles M.
Schwab, who returned from Europe yes
terday, after an absence of 20 days, said:
"There is a feeling of apprehension in
Knglam) as to what the future may bring
forth. This I am Inclined to believe is
simply a reflex of conditions in the Unit
ed States. As far as this country Is con
cerned, it is my opinion that no men or
combination of men could possibly keep
America iu a state of financial depres
sion." x
tvtlHam Newberry, of Qincy. Mich.,
fr. but he has n.ver used
read or work wlto.
t, to I
WASHINGTON. Feb. 29. An arbitra
tion treaty between the United States
and Switzerland was signed today by
Secretary Root and Minister lesvogel.
Tt is -understood that the treaty follows
the lines of treaties negotiated recently
between the American Government and
several of the European countries.
Tim Kxlended to Irrigators.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 29. The House
today passed a bill extending until May
la next the time in which homestead en
tryhien may establish their residence
upon certain land within the Huntley 'Ir
rigation project, Yellowstone County,
Montana.
SAN FRA NCI SCO, Feb. 29. (Spe
cial. A sensation in the Io-al graft
cases is promised Monday. On that
date members of the prosecution will
file thir affidavits explaining why the
partial immunity contract was with
drawn from Abe Ruef. This will cJear
the .decks and the trial of Ruef will
then begin.
For the past two weeks Ruef and his
associates have been heaping calumny
upon the prosecution. Hearst's Exam
iner has devoted several columns every
day to articles designed to discredit
Francis J. Heney. Special Agent Burns
and District Attorney Langdon. The
latest article printed yesterday and today
In the Examiner charged that Burns had
endeavored to substitute an unsigned
copy of the partial immunity contract
for the original copy In the safe deposit
box; that Burns had attempted to force
Ruef to sign a false affidavit charging
that William Tevis entered into a deal
with the Schmit administration to sell
his water plant to the city for $10,500,000.
when it was in realtiy worth only
Voder the fire of these articles, the
prosecutoin has maintained, absolute
File nee will be broken on Monday,
when the affidavits of Burns ,Hency
JAPANESE FLEET, MAYBE
Cnjtnown Warships Are ' Reported
Sighted Off Hawaiian Islands.
HONOLCLV. Feb. 29. Some unknown
warships were reported seen on the
horizon off the north endi of Oahu just
before sundown today.
Mutual to Accept Payments.
NEW YORK. Feb. 29. In a notice
issued tonight to holders of assessment
policies, the receivers of the Mutual
Reserve L.ife Insurance Company state
that they have concluded to accept pay
ment of premiums now matured or
hereafter maturing, hold the same in a
special deposit, and under the order
of the court, return the same to the
policyholders in the event that the com
pany does not resume business.
Memorial to Robert Galloway.
Presiding Judge Cleland, of the
State Circuit Court, announced a com
mittee yesterday to prepare a memorial
of the late Robert Galloway, Juvenile
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