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'Woman has this in company with the angels,
Suffering beings belong especially to her." .
Balzac
The journal of a Neglected. Wife, by Mrs.
Herbert Urner. 91.10. It. "w. Dodge &
Co., Xew York City.
"Toor thing. Do have another cup of
tea!"
Such would be the ' sympathetic but
rather ungrammatical exclamation of a
woman hostess, .were the broken-hearted
heroine of this rather broken-hearted
book to step In of an afternoon . to the
average home, saying: "How do you do?
I thought I would Just drop In and tell
you of my troubles. I'm the champion,
trouble-suffering wife of all the world.
Boo-o-o Uo-oo."
Yet. Mrs. I'rner, who was born In Cin
cinnati, O., in the year 1882. and 'who
now makes her home in North Carolina,
Jibs succeeded In writing a startlingly In
teresting book about a threadbare sub
ject. For does not a famous American
btimorist ive it as his undying convic
tion that all wives believe themselves to
lie neglected? Yea, there are even those
who state that Just as the hopeful old
nmid habitually boasts of having found
men under her bed. that there are wives
whose chief Joy It is to shed delicious
tears over that "other woman." But
Mrs. I'rner's other woman makes us
gasp, hardened as we novel readers are.
Tho suffering wire pictured with such
skill by Mrs. Urner 1b Mrs. Mary Ken
nedy, 45 years old, wife of a gay New
York lawyer, and this particular Mrs.
Kennedy is such an utter "softy" in re
gard to love matters, that one wonders
what sort of a man is her favorite mat
inee hero, and whatt kind of a sundae
she drinks. Her one baby Is dead, and
she finds herself no longer In the first
blush of youth, with the knowledge that
lier husband loves another woman, and
tluvt-he In fact keeps' up two households.
Mrs. Kennedy doesn't buy a hatchet and
Binash up things in her husband's office,
or giver her better-lookln rival a tongue
thrashing. No. She Just remains at
home, and weeps, and writes her diary
principally because her husband keeps
her supplied with plenty of clothes, food
and money; and she has the sense to
appreciate a good home when she sees
one. Like a certain prodigal son, she
fears the husks and is contented with
the fatted calf. But -her treatment of
her would-be Mormon husband and the
"other woman" Is so original that oh,
you must read about it! Especially
when the said husband is a first-class
brute.
"is he with her again tonight? Since
10 o'clock I have been watchin at the
library window. . . I feel that he is
with her that he has been with her all
the evening. It always brings that sick
ening weight in my chest. . . . (Later)
I feel sure that he has not seen lr for
several days. I am happier and more
hopeful than I have been for weeks."
So float a few opening words from this
remarkable study in woman.
Vltlmately, the husband's concession is
iven:
I have no explanations to make now or
ever. Of my own weakness of my unfaith
fulness to you and cruelty to her, vou
must think what you will. I do nol offer
it as an pini hbn I say that tn all these
years there was never any one else that
you know. She knew that, too It was all
"lie had. I loved he.-. That I did not love
her eunuch to shield her from myself I
shall suffer for as long as I live.
It sounds like mockery to say that I
loved you. too. And yet for vou I sacrllire't
her. Could I have been with her ttiraugt
all these months I believe she vroulif no;
bave died. For two days before the' last
she was delirious, and had I ever known
before the strength and purltv of her love
for me. I would have known it then. Prom
the beginning the fault was mine all mine
She did not know that I was bound until
It- was too late.
You may wonder why, when I have tried
to keep this from vou all these months, I
should tell you now when It can do no rood.
1 can only say that something stronger than
any volition of lny own. forces me to ac
knowledge to you ow the love that, for
your sake. I tried to deny while sho lived
1 expect nothing but that you will leave
me. Your legal freedom is yours for the
asking Hair of everything I have has
been put In your name. This I did months
so. The income will be mora than suf
ficient for your needs.
Hut should you feel that you could stay
-or that some day you could come back
I have nothing to offer vou
eirept the ghost of our former life, and
yet the future would not seem quite so
blank if I fit that you were ami with me.
have tellnqnlslied all right to your love,
even to your pity. But If there Is anv
hope left In me. It la the hope that you
Hill slay.
Unique in fiction, for Americans.
Mr George MeKentie. nla Life and Times,
by Andrew Unr. Illustrations. Longmans.
C.reen & Co., New Tork City..
Mr. Lang is Scotch enough "to do-jus-J.r.?
SKr 0,rS Mackenzie, called
Moody Mackenzie, who was King's
Advocate of Scotland from 18T5 to tho
Revolution of 1SS9. except for a short In
terval when a rival. Sir George Lock
hart, was put in his place
Why "Bloody" Mackenzie? Because;
be was the ruthless crown prosecutor un
der the Stuarts at a time when the tor
ture of witnesses was legal in Scotland
and because he was the legal creature of
such infamous masters as Lauderdale
Perth. Melfort and the Duke of York
Mackenzie was a willing tool of such a
brutal master as James II. he of hated
mem ory.
It will be recalled that this terrible plc
ture of Mackenzie In hell, appears in Sir
"Walter Scott's "Rcdgauntlet:" ."The flare
Middletnn. the diswoluto Rothes. the
crafty Lauderdale, and Talsiel with his
bald head and beard to his girdle; Barls
hall. with I'ameron'n blitde on his hand
wild Bonshaw; that' tied Mr. - Cargiira
limbs till the blude sprang; Dunbarton
Iioiic!s..the. twice-turned trajtor to coun
try and king; tnaverhou.se. as beautiful
" when lie lived; and the bluidy advo
sato. Mackenzie,, who, toe hi -worldly
'
"wit and wisdom, had been to the rest as
a god."
In the civil war, practically, between
i.piscopacy and the Covenanters, which1
rent asunder the Scottish nation up to
the. upheaval of 16S9. It is shown that
Mackenzie was a loyal servant of tbe,
crown as legal prosecutor of the "rebels'
and a Stuart statesman. He' was also a
great lawyer, a skillful politician, a wit,
and man of letters, but had the misfor
tune to be born in a very stormy age of
his country's history. He had to put
down brutality by brutality. But he was
happiest among his books, and on the
arrival of William of Orange, Mackenzie
retired to Oxford University, where he
died in 1691, "surrounded by . what he
loved most books and Tories."
A faithful, painstaking portrait of this
celebrated Scotch statesman is given, and
the general result Is attractive, although
the literary arrangements is. sometimes
hurried. There are four photogravure
plates, one representing Sir George Mac
kenzie and another his tomb; and the
two remaining, John Graham, of Clover
house. Viscount Dundee. The book as a
historical memento of research and writ
ten by a literary lion, will interest espe
cially persons of Scotch birth and origin.
The New chaff-Herjtog Encyclopedia of
Religions Knowledge, edited by Samuel
Macauley Jackson. D. D., IiL,. r. Volume
- $5. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York
City.
A learned book, so instinct with
scholarship that it suggests a library in
one's home.
This srreat work Is to be completed In
one dozen volumes, of which the book
now under review 13 the second volume
of the series, the price of tffe complete
set being. In cloth. S60. The book now
under examination begins with an article
on "Basilica" and ends with "Chambers,"
the particular Chambers referred to be
ing Rev. Talbot Wilson Chambers, a
pastor of the Reformed! (Dutch) Church,
and who dieji In New Tork City 13 years
ago. The number of subjects treated in
the volume number 1110, and the printed
pages 61.
Th& general view adopted Is Protestant,
the purpose of the editors being evidently,
as they say. "to put into the Hands of
clerical and lay students of all classes
and degrees of learning, the fruits of
modern interpretation and research." It
Is a comfort to observe that the encyclo
pedia is not a pleader for any one school
of scholars and that it does not lend
Itself to controversy or dispute. Chief
among the articles whltfh call for special
Interest are those on the Bible and Bib
lical matters, articles which appear on
about 100 pages, the subjects of a few
being: "Bible Readings," . "Bible Texts,"
"Bible Versions," "Bibles, Annotated,
Historical, Illustrated. Polyglot. and
Rabbinic," "Biblical Criticism," "Bibli
cal Theology," "Biblical Introduction,"
and "Instruction in Biblical History."
Each of the articles contributed is
signed, and as the writers are' eminent
experts in their special line of observa
tion and research, a treat out of the
ordinary is given In the line of quiet read
ing or in the pursuit of general informa
tion along reliplous subjects. The volume
is enriched, of course, with the results
of the latest Biblical and historical crit
icism and discovery. And above all, the
fountain of knowledge is given in A B
C order and easy to get at.
When one considers that, according to
a statement made by the publishers, it
will cost about $300,000- to produce such
a work in its entirety, the magnitude
of the task begins to dawn on the reader.
The. editor-in-chief Is Dr. Samuel Ma
cauley Jackson, professor of church his
tory in New York University, assisted
by an interdenominational editorial
board of nine members, the chief con
tributors being 140 selected scholars rep
resenting the scholarship of one dozen
different countries.
Typographically, the volume pleases the
critical eye, with summaries of the con
tents of the larger articles, convenient
box heads which stand out boldly on the
page, and the printing of key-words to
topics that occur on any two facing pages
at the top of the outside column of the
page.
Leaded TMee, by Elroy H. Clark. Illustrated
The Bobbs-Uerrlll Co.. Indianapolis.
Mr. Clark Is a well-known Harvard
athlete, and was recently a Boston Al
derman. His novel stirs the imagina
tion, and Is one of those stories where
there Is something doing all the time.
A horserace, a big day on a stock ex
change, a sensational political cam
paign, etc.
Ttie King and the Man. by Cyrus Townsend
Brady. Illustrated. Moffat, Tard & Co
New York city. "
This novel ought to have appeared
two years ago, to get all the better into
the swim. It's largely about graft and
politics in New Y'ork City, with a bliz
zard In the West for a starter. But it
isn't too late yet. and Is built along pop
ular lines; it ought to make a hit.
Ah rah am I.lneola: A Prera, by I .-cm an
Whitney Allen. $1.23. o. P. Putnam's
Sons. New York City, and the J. K. Gill
Co., Portland.
A fourth edition of a famous poem
on Abraham Lincoln, a poem which won
the prize of $1000 offered in 1896 by tbe
New York Herald newspaper, for the
newest, best poem on American history.
This Is it-
Araminta, "by" J. Snaith. $1.50. Moffat.
Yard Co.. New York City.
. Snaith is surely England's new Charles
Dickens.
Such character drawing and unmistak
able .genius, (or scrtxu'ixts comedy, irony.
and manners come as a revelation. "Ar.
aminta," appearing Just now serially in
The Forum, is- a fountain of quiet fun,
and is one of these rare gems an Eng
lish novel of today that can be read with
perfect propriety and freedom, and heard
by mixed audiences. It Is clean.
It is a lucky thought to create so un
usual a girl as Miss Araminta Perrv.
daughter of an impecunious . English
church clergyman, a girl who was so
much of an idiot that her own family
ironically called nor The Uoose Girl. She
had only one thought when awake to
eat and it is to be feared that in her
sleep she dreamed of eating cream buns.
J3he was six feet tall, had blue eves.
tawny hair, good coloring, but the mind
of a fool. -
Coming to London to live with her
aunt. Lady Caroline Crawkerne, who was
a peevish macaw," Araminta developed a
likeness to her great-grandmother, the
Duchess of Dorset, and Jim Lascelles was
hired to paint her as a new Gainsbor
ough. That is the first bomb in the quiet-
Then there are the Duke of Brancaster,
eurnamed Gabo because when angry he
gobbled like a turkey; Lord Choriton. a
pin k-and-white elderly beau. but. rather
good to know, after all, although he" does
wear corsets; Ponto. ari overfed lap-dog,
and other foolish aristocracy.
Blackstlek Papers. By Lady Ritchie. Illus
trated. Price. $1.75. G. P. Putnam's Sons,
New Tork City.
Thirteen essays, notable and'more. than
BOOKS ADDED
The following books may be examined at
the Public Library during this week and will
be ready for circulation Monday, March 22.
- BIOGRAPHY. ".
Clerg-ue The salon; a study of - French so?
ciety and personalities- In the 18th century
1907. "
Isabella I. -Queen of Castile and Aragon.
The queen of queens and the making of
Spain ; bv Christopher Hare. IOCS.
"Rousseau-: Jean Jacques Rousseau, by
Jules Lemaitre- tr. by Jeanne Mairet ISO;.
Sons of th Puritans; a group of brief .bl-.
ographies. 1908. -
Willard. My life; by Josiah Flynt (pseud.)
1908".
BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
Bernhardt Ma double vie; memoires. -Bjorneon
Fortaellfnger.
Rull Folk fra dalen.
Collett- Fra 3e stummes ' lejr.
KffRC Famlllen paa Raaum. (
Kucinl Le veglie di nerl.
Haweis Fremtldens klrke. -Ltndau
Turkiche geschichtcn.
Noren Larobok -i astronoml.
Sohricfcel Der goldne stiefcl.
- Zahn Scbattenhalb.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Coffin A pioneer voyage to California ani
"round the world. 1M0 to 1852. 1908.
Cotton New India; or. India in transition.
190V. ...... !.,
Cruickshank The umonaa '
Morris Home life In all lands. 1908.
FICTION.
Henderson The llBhted lamp.
Macnaughton The expensive Mlse Du cane.
Marryat Percive.1 Keene.
Parrieh Prisoners of chance.
Roberts The red feathers. ti-.-a
Seawell The last Duchess of Bel ga.de.
Wolff Simon Eicnelkatz; and The patri
arch; by Ulrleta Frank (peuL)
FINE ARTS.
Racater Chats on violoncellos.
Rhead The book of fish and- fishing.
1908. -HISTORY.
,
Bain Slavonic F-urope: a .J""""'?.
of Poland and Rnssla from 1 to 1 16. 190S
Dutt The economic htetory of India under
early British rule. Ed. 2. 1906.
LITERATURE.
Clark How to teach reading, in the pub
lic schools.. 1909. . j v
Spenser Complete poetical "J
R. H. . N. Dodce. 1908. .
Thackeray Selection., from The book of
snobs. Ronnd-about papers and ballads 1003
Hints The quest of hiipr Iness a study or
victory over life's troubles 1905.
Walton Why worry? 198
RELIGION. Caird Lav sermons and addresses; deliv
ered at Bailiol college, Oxford. 190..
SCIENCE.
Cope Syllabus o lectures on the verte
brata. n. d. ... .
Hicks Laboratory book of mineral oil test
ing. 1906. . ,
Sharp The lay of tbe land. 1908. -
Wallace Land cruising and prospecting; a
book of valuable information for hunters,
trappers, land cruisers, prospectors and men
of the trail. 1908.
SOCIOLOGY.
Coolidge The United States as a world
power. 1909. .....
Fagan Confessions of a railroad slgnal
fcan. 1908. , , ,
Harrison Realities and ideals: social, po
litical, literary and artiMic. 1908. .
Hortb Educational woodwork: a textbook
for the use of instructors and students1 la ele
mentary and secondary schools. 19o5.
USEFUL ARTS.
Anerbacher Electrical contracting. 1908. -
Crane Gold and silver: comprising an eco
nomic history of mining in the United States.
1908. " :
C.erhaTd The American practice or gas pip
ing and gas lighting in buildings. 1908.
Itngdon Just for two; a collection of reel
pea Ed. 3. rev. 1907.
BOOKS ADDED TO THB REFERENCE
DEPARTMENT.
Le Taroullly Edifices de Rome modern.
4v. 1856-68. ,,
Spokane city directory. 1909.
Vaeari On technique; being the introduc
tion to the three arts of design, prefixed to
the lives of the painters; tr. y L.' S. Mac
lebose. 1907.
The following books may be examined at
the Public Library during this week and
will be ready for circulation Monday. March
29: .
biography:
Arblay The bouse in et. Martin's street;
being chronicles of the Burney family; by
Constance Hill. 1907. -
jebb Life and letters of Sir Richard
Olaverhouse Jebb; by bis wife. Caroline
Jebb. 1907. ,
Spencer Life and letters of Herbert
Spencer; by David Duncan. 2 v. 1908.
BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
Bang Rudnt I Norje.
BJornaon Mary.
Bull Fra Frue Ingers tid.
Du Maurier Trilby.
Kachstruth Wolfsburg.
Franzoji Moschko von Parma.
Freytag Die ahnen.
Goldberger Das land der unbegrentzen
moglichksttcn.
Gopel Illustrirte kunstgeschichte. ,
Jorgensen Fyrratyve f ortaelllnger.
Ohnet Le crapuscule.
Vision Reminiscence di tin barsagllere.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
Gordon Home life In Italy. 1908.
Naoroji Poverty and un-British rule in
India. 1901. "
fiction;.
France The garden of Epicurus; tr. by
AHred Alllnson.
Hinkson Father Alpnonsus.
Hough 54-50 or fight.
Locke Septimus. -
Murfree The fslr Mlsslsslpplan; by
Charles Egbert Craddoek (pseud).
Stuart The postscript-
FINE ARTS. .
Bumpus London churches, ancient and
modern. 11 v,
Rasburn sir Henry R as burn; by P. S.
Clouston. 1907.
HISTORY.
Bradley The making of Canada. 190.
Dannlstoua -Memoirs of the Dukes of Ur
bine. 1909.
LITERATURE.
Carman and Hovey Songs from Vaga
bondla. Ed. 9. 1907.
Lucas Fireside and sunshine. 1907.
Verlalne Poems; tr. by Gertrude Hall.
1895.
RELIGION.
Gilbert A short history of Christianity In
the apostolic age. 1907.
Raymond Tbe psychology of inspiration.
190S.
SCIENCE. S
Craig On the motion of a solid In a fluid.
18T9.
Craig Wave and vortex motion. 1879.
Holder Half hours with the mammals.
190T.
SOCIOLOGY.
Daggett Railroad reorganization. 19".
Hanus Beginnings in industrial educa
tion. 190S.
Park Educational woodworking for home
and school. 190R.
Ripley, ed. Railway problems. 190T.
Ripley Trusts, pools and corporations.
1903.
USEFUL ARTS.
Davis Shorthand simplified. 1908.
Daite Manual of toilet soapmaktng. n. d.
Fisher Twentieth century interest tables.
1901.
Fnlton A manual of fire assaying. 19Q7.
Goldingham The gas engine in principle
and practice. 1907.
Guetli The refrigerating engineer's pock
et manual, inns.
Hm--l -oaps; a -practical manual of the
manufacture of domestic.- toilet and. other
oajas. J4 8. 1907 .
ordinary, because they are. written bv a
daughter of the gTeat Thackerav. ' Tho
style of writing Is easy and polished,
the best reading essay being that de
scribing the Scotch university town of
Sat. Andrews.
The Philosophy of Keif-Kelp, by Stanton
Davis Kirkham. Si. 20. i- P. Putnam's
frons. New Tork City, and the J. K Uill
Co., Portland.
A series of quiet, dignified essays
showing how. by training and usine-
the mind, everyone may secure at least
a. large measure of mental health and
physical well-being.
The Raven, by George Haselton. $1.30 T.
Appleton Co., New Tork city.
A prose-poem novel of heart and sen
timent, telling the love story of Edgar
Allen Poe. many of the Incidents hav
ing been taken from life. The setting
is in unusually fine, romantic one.
Frist Auf Kerrta, edited by May Thomas.
30 cents. American Book Co.. New Tork
City.
In easy German Is told the storv of
a lively boy's visit to the household of
a dignified judge. The editing is well
done.
Nervousness, by A. T. Schofleld, M. D. Mof
fat. Yard Co.. New York City.
A condensed, friendly review of mor
al treatment of disordered nerves, and
a most thoughtful study in therapeu
tics. JOSEPH M. QUBNTIN.
TO LIBRARY
Tookey Gas producers
poses. Ed. 2. n. d.
for power pur-
BOOKS ADDED TO REFERENCE DEPT.
Cairns Forms of discourse. 1S9.
Griffin Writings on American . history.
1908.
Livermore and Williams How to become
a competent rootorman. E. 2. rev. 1908.
New York Public service commission.
Annual reports, v. 1-2. 1907-08.
Official register- and directory of the
women's clubs In America. 1909.
United states Dep't of state. Leyes com
merclales y marltimas de la America Latlna.
5 v. 1907.
Washlngton historical quarterly, v. 1.
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE DEPT.
Baker Action primer.
Blaisdell and Blaisdell Child life; primer
Blodgett and Blodgett Blodgett readers;
primer. 1
Brown Pet Mar.forle. '
Jones Reader by arrades. 3 v.
Koch Little journey to our western won
derland (California).
Murray Wide awake first reader.
Noyes and Guild Sunshine primer.
Pyle Strange aorles of the revolution.
Smith Boy captjve of old DeerAeld. '
sprague Classic readers. 2 v
True Shoulder arms.
"Warded Betty Wales, B. A.
- TVarde Betty Wales, senior.
J.?Tde Bettv Wales, sophomore.
ltOIr,b-aTrd George Little Journeys to
Scotland and Ireland. .
PRINCE TO CROSS AFRICA
Belgian Heir to Imitate Trip of ex
President Roosevelt.
BRUSSELS, March 20 (Special.)
Prince Albert of Belgium is to start
for an extensive exploring expedition
In Africa in the -early days of April.
He will sail from Southampton for the
Cape.whence he will go by train to
Broken Hill from the terminus of the
Cape o the Cairo Railway. The Prince
will travel with his suite in a caravan
and will reach the source of the Congo
Rivet. He will then cross the entire
Congo Colony from the source of the
river to its mouth at Boma. The whole
voyage will last . about four or five
months. "
Several papers have suggested the
inadvlsability of such an extensive
trip to be undertaken by ,the heir of
the throne, first, owing to the King's
age and the possibility of his sudden
demise; and, secondly, because the
Prince's trip will, of course, often en
danger his own life, but this advice
appears to have been neglected by the
Prince Albert, who can be congrat
ulated on his courage and ' strength
of purpose.
-" '.. - uci. Vi uimHscus; oenoia, uamaseus 1 s taken away
trom being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap." Isaiah XVII., I.
Broken pillar and crumbling stone
Tell of her yesterdays,
Tell of the time when she stood alone
Mighty in all her ways.
Trackless stretches of heaping sand,
Red in the wasting heat,
Breathe of sinuous saraband
Tripped by the joyous feet.
Fallen temple and shattered tomb,
Tumbled and gaping wall,
Tell of clambering vine and bloom -.
Beauty that covered all.
Silent, solemn and echoless,
"Under the brooding sky
Where the profit to them that guess,
Asking us when and why? -Once
the trumpets in brazen glee
N Sang at the palace gates ; .
Once the masters of minstrelsy
Babbled of loves and hates;
Once the sword in the jeweled sheath
Clamored along the way
Dead today, with the crumbled wreath
Worn in that yesterday.
So the glamour and so the pride
Marble and brass and gold
Dust of ages to come will hide
Tombs of the years will hold.
We, unknowing and overvain,
Strong in our sweep and sway,
Hug the baubles that mark our reign
Living our yesterday.
l- : : 1
ATTORNEY RE AMES AND THE
FAMOUS PUTNAM LIBEL CASE
Gives the History of the Trouble That Led to the Indictment and Conviction of Medford's Yellow Editor-Jiid
Hanna Warmly Defended.
JACKSONVILLE. Or.. March IS (To ,
the Kditor.) I have read the editorial
article In The Oregonlan March 11. and
feel that I owe it to the' public 'and to
the press and to Judge Hannh- before
whom the Putnam case was tried, to re
late the real facts and Issues tried.
Unfortunately. It became my duty to
try this case for the state, since i. at
that time, had imposed upon me the un
pleasant duties of the office of District
Attorney of the First District. The press
at large and the public had no way of
knowing the real facts and issues, except
ing through the local press at Medford;
from tills source there was never any
thing but misrepresentations. The editor,
who was the defendant, knew how to
spread the news through the papers, and
all of them took their facts from him.
There was. from the beginning, the most
L systematic and rapid dissemination of
falsehoods and misrepresentations that it
would be possible to send out over a case
of such small Importance. Since I was
at that time a public tifficer and perform
ing Judicial duty In the case, I did not
care to rush Into print, but suffered a
flood of criticism from one end of the
state to tbe other, which would have been
justified had It not been based upon mis
representations. Likewise, Judge Hanna
was compelled, because of the dignity of
his position, to -remain silent, and to al
low the public to form opinions based
upon misstatements. The public has no
other channel through which to get the
ifacts of a case, excepting from the
press. Opinions therefore are. formed,
ordinarily correctly, but their correct
ness depends upon the correctness of the
facts furnished. The Oregonian twice
called editorially upon Judge Hanna to
put the paper right if its facts were
wrong. He discussed the matter with
me at the time, but neither of us could
see that he would be justified in rushing
into the papers, over the facts of a case
which he had just tried, and which might
come back before him for retrial.
The editorial about which I began to
address this letter is based upon the
theory that Judge Hanna denied to Put
nam the right to prove the truthfulness
of his published statement, which had
been called a libel. No greater misrepre
sentation or falsehood could be ' uttered
than this statement. Judge Hanna ex
pressly told the defenseat the trial that
it had the right to prove the truthfulness
of the charge, and the case was tried upon
this theory. The editor had said, among
other things, that "Anyone can try to
brain a man with an ax. and secure im
munity from the blindfolded representa
tives of Justice," referring to the Deputy
District Attorney, my brother, and to the
grand jury. His statement was one
which, coupled with the rest of his ar
ticle, charged corruption. He would have
been allowed to prove the truthfulness of
his charge, but the trouble was that his
charge was not true and he bad no way
to prove it. His counsel at the trial ex
pressly stated to the grand Jury, as the
record shows, that the defense did not
claim that either the Deputy District At
torney or the grand jury had acted cor
ruptly. He expressly stated that they
did not intend to try to prove this, state
ment. You. say. editorially, that the opinion
states clearly that the editor had the
right to prove, if he could, that the Dep
uty Prosecuting Attorney and grand jury
aevted dishonestly and from fraudulent
motives, etc. This language is clearly
not used by any one having a knowledge
of the complete record of the . case, be
cause defendant not only did not seek to
prove dishonesty or fraudulent motives,
but openly stated in the record that it
was not contended that such dishonesty
or fraudulent motives existed.
The. cause arose in this way: . The editor
tOWTTlgat, !, ST W. O. Caapssaa.)
and the Mayor of Medford were together 1
when Barnum and Reddy had trouble
the edltofclaiming that Barnum assaulted
Reddy with an axe. This is the case that
the grand jury Investigated and returned
as to Barnum, not a true bill. The de
fense had charged tbe officers with cor
ruption; It expressly stated in open court
that they did not intend to try to prove
that charge. It claimed, however, the
right to prove what the facts were as to
the fight between Barnum and Reddy.
The court held that no matter what these
facts were they would not show that the
officers were corrupt. This conclusion
is right, all of the courts of the land to
the contrary notwithstanding.
When the Barnum case was "before the
grand jury six witnesses testified to the
altercation: four testified that they saw it,
and that Barnum made no assault with
an ax but that the Mayor ran. The edi
tor testified to the assault. The Mavor
testified to the assault in a half-hearted
way. but expressly told the grand jury
that be preferred they -i-ould not indict.
Since he was th injured party, this state
ment from him probably had some weight
AVbether it did or not, the state on a
trial -would have to prove the assault be
yond & reasonable doubt end four wit
nesses testified that there was no assault
and two Interested ones that there was.
These facts as to the Investigation are
related to 1 show- how ridiculous It is to
contend -lihat proof of .the Barnum alter
cation would substantiate & published
libel that the grand Jury was corrupt.
Any thoughtful person wsuld see at a
glance that the same witness might testi
fy to one state of facts .before the grand
jury and te another before the trial jury.
Any man with sense can see that the
opinion which might honestly be formed
Dv. trial Jury, upon the same facts, and
this difference would 'be no ground for a
charge of corruption; hence, when the
law permits the defendant in & libel case
to prove the truthfulness of his state
ment. It means to prove such facts as will
show his statements are true. No mental
contortionist can screw his imagination
around to where he can honestly say that
any state of facts showing the Barnum
altercation would tend to prove the truth
fulness of the editor's libel. -
Considering Judge Hanna's long career
upon the bench and the public service
that he has rendered for the little compen
sation that the office affords. It is not
only ingratitude but It Is an outrage for
him to be continually misrepresented upon
the theory that he ruled that the editor
could not prove the truthfulness of his
article, when he expressly said from
the bench, and as the record shows, that
he admitted them to the opportunity of
proving the truthfulness of the article,
and that they openly stated that they did
not claim any corruption upon the part
of the officers.
There Is another matter in connection
with the case, which Is personal, but
which would not baye subjected me to the
criticism. I have suffered. If the truth
had been told, and I might as well deal
with that -while I am handling the subject.
The editor wanted advertisement, and a
certain friend of his, -connected with a
prominent paper, -which has busied Itself
in vindication of the court officers, told
me. when I remonstrated against other
publications, that this advertising was
worth. $1500 to the editor, and he spoke
after having Just talked with, him. and
Immediately after his arreat. This con
versation occurred In the presence of an
other member of the editorial staff of this
same paper, hence I do not assume that it
will be denied.
The editor was indicted -on a Saturday
afternoon, he knew of his indictment and
that the warrant of arrest was out and
heard of It an hour before the train left
Medford for the north. He traveled on
the -train in company with a young man,
now at Medford. and who. If necessary,
can be called upon to verify the statement
that tho editor expected to be arrested
and taken off the train and was welcom
ing such conditions. I have been villified
all over he state lor having dragged the
editor off the train at Roseburg, and caus
ing him to be put in jail. The fact is I
was sick the afternoon the Indictment
was returned and went home at the re
quest of the court. I knew nothing of
the arrest until I saw one of the editor's
attorneys ready to go on the train, on
the Monday following, with a handful of
the editor's papers to distribute along the
line to Grants Pass, the same toeing com
pletely filled with the story of the out
rage perpetrated upon him toy bis arrest.
My brother, the Deputy, learned, of the
arrest on -Sunday, on his way to Cali
fornia; be it was who caused the Sheriff
to send a telegram arranging for bail by
wire. After a misinformed pubiic had
gotten through with blaming the Reames
family for the arrest, they began upon the
Sheriff and the Sheriff was 40 miles from
the county seat when the indictment was
returned andinew nothing of it or of the
arrest until seme days afterwards. The
case has simply followed the usual course;
a bench warrant was issued, the Deputy
Sheriff went to serve it, found the de
fendant bad taken the train and wired
ahead. This Is exactly the same treat
ment thatwould have been accorded to
any -other person under arrest and leav
ing on the train.
It was particularly wrong to blame any
of the parties mentioned for this arrest,
for. In , the first place, the arrest was
courted by the defendant for advertising
purposes. In the second place, it was
the usual course of procedure; in the
third place It was not done by design,
and in the fourth place, both the District
Attorney and his deputy, and especially
the District Attorney, were friendly with
the defendant, so far as personal rela
tions go. The District Attorney had
known him before he became the editor
of the paper and would gladly have
tendered his services for his defense and
In any just cause; without compensation.
The fact of the "District Attorney and bis
deputy being adverse were mere circum
stances forced by position. The editor,
however, knowing that the papers
throughout the state were particularly
anxious to get news, and knowing how
to get news to them, at once sent out
to your paper, and to the proper agencies
for the dissemination of news over the
state, his advertising story he was writ
ing from "behind the bars," he was
surrounded, of course, by poor tramps
and vermin: he was unused to such
harsh conditions. He had been dragged
off the train at midnight when he was
rushing to see his mother. These things
were printed in hla graphic language and
suffering, danger and fear
that she looks forward to the critical hour with apprehension and
dread. . Mother's Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties,
allays nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelings, and so
prepares the system for the ordeal that she passes through the event
safely and with but little suffering, as numbers have testified and said,
" it is worth its weight in gold. "
$1.00 per bottle of
druggists. Book contain
ing valuable- information -mailed
free.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.
Atlanta, Gi.
furnished large daily headlines for his
paper. I do not blame the press for
believing his statements, but I am going
to take this one chance of resenting
continued misrepresentations. The editor
from the beginning of the matter, through
the whole affair, has continuously In
serted in his paper what the press said
about him, from every nook and comer
of the state; if, however, the press would
stop to look over the Issues of other
Southern Oregon papers, it would be
found that like criticisms were not there
The editor knew how to get the news out
and the papers were glad to get it. relied
ufion It and of course formed their con
clusions accordingly.
Now, as to. the grand jury, the law re
quires the court, when it empanels a
grand jury, to read to it a particular
clause of the statute, which provides that
it Is the duty of the grand jury to prose
cute any-case .of libel, whether com
plaint Is made by anyone or not, and It
expressly makes it the duty of the Dta
trict Attorney to do likewise. When the
grand jury had returned not a true bill
in Barnura's case, this libelous statement
came out In the editor's Brper In big
glaring headlines. The grand Jur asked
the opinion of the District Attorney and
his deputy as to the application of the
statute, which the court had read. The
statute was then shown to the grand
Jury and they were left to form their own,
conclusions. The District Attorney and
bis deputy declined to give counsel, as
the Deputy District Attorney was in
cluded in- the article. Without using
names, the grand Jury then presented to
the court, the facts and asked If they
consmutea a crime, and the court ex
pressed the opinion that If .they were un
true they were libelous. tnder their
oaths and with this plain statute they
saw nothing to do but to return an in
dictment. They, however, asked whether
they bad to return an Indictment, but as
we were interested, we did not advise.
.Not a single member of the grand Jury
oesired to return an indictment; not a
single One bad the slightest ill-feeling
oyer the article. All regarded H as a
little advertising with big lines and red
ink. However, under the statute, and'
considering the untruthfulness of the pub
lication, there was nothing else to do but
to indict.
I am not anxious to be construed as
criticising the Supreme Court for the
opinion rendered, and I have not had an
opportunity to read it In full; however it
te only fair to Judge Hanna to say that
the case was not presented to the Su
preme Court as any criminal case would
ordinarly be presented. The District At
torney had shortly before entered upon,
the duties of his office. When he pre
sented the case he had not had, time to
make or file his brief or to even "read the
bill of exceptions. He did not file any
brief until a few days before the opinion
was rendered, when a brief composing
about a page and without the' citation of
authorities was presented. I am not
offering this as any criticism upon the
official acts of the District Attorney bei
cause the case , was new to him.
Now, the case has been reversed and the
editor's big headlines have said that the
Supreme Court "exonerated him." How
ever, the Supreme Court has ordered a
new trial, and it will be up to the Dis
trict Attorney to try this case anew.
There seems to be dome discussion as to
whether it will be tried again. If the
evidence is not at hand a retrial could
not be had, but as It is all at hand the
case will be retried. I assume. Hence it
should not be expected that Judge Hanna
is In a position to express his views, and
I am writing this without consulting him
and not Intending to submit it to him.
but entirely upon my own account. How
ever, since the case Is out of my hands,
I am venturing the suggestion that since
the editor has charged corruption, and
since he desires to prove the truthfulness
of his charge, if the case depends upon
his proof, he will be convicted again. This
is one of the penalties that follows a libel
ous falsehood. If he did not mean cor
ruption he should not have chare-nrl it
L He has charged something ' he cannot
prove, hence the truthfulness of bis ar
ticle will be no more of an Issue now
than it was then.
that during the eight years-1 filled the
District Attorney's office, I took anv
personal criticism that came from the.
press without comment. I was never
looking for the implements which the.
law might furnish to suppress free)
speech. The statements that I have at
tempted to curb the legitimate freedom
of the press are based upon misstate
ments of fact. I believe in the freedom
of the press, and win offer my profes
sional services in the defense of an edi
tor wrongfully charged, as quickly as I
will for any other purpose. There must
be limits, however, and the press, for its)
own dignity, does not ask that vilification
of public officials be permitted, simply
because It is heaped upon public serv
ants. There is one class of editors, so
called, who use methods for advertising
and to endeavor to cow the public and
public officials, by a lash administered
through large type and red ink. I do not
expect again to have to bear the bur
dens of a public office, but should this)
condition recur. I desire to announce now
to this class of advertisers, that I would
not be among that class of public officials
who hesitate to perform a public duty for
fear of giving offense or drawing criti
cism. As to the editor who was prosecuted. I
desire to say that, while the advertising
matter which he sent out In the form of
news and self-praise, could not easily ba
recognized as applying to the facts in his)
case, yet before this difficulty, as now.
we have been friendly, and I would de
fend him. If charged wrongfully with an
offense, without asking or wishing to
receive any compensation; especially
would I do this if he were wrongfully
charged, in a case which appeared to
have for its object the muzzling of the
press. I think I agree with the almost
universal opinion that the freedom of
the press should be maintained, and while
I have used some strong language. I
have selected as delicate words as were
applicable to the case and desire to make
it clear that this article was not written
with any malice toward the defendant in
the criminal case, but rather to announce
that the time had certainly come when
there should be at least one person who
would attempt to state the facts as they
were. A. K. REAMES.
Is to love children, and no
home can be completely
happy without them, yet
a3
the ordeal through which
the expectant mother must
pass usually is so full of