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VOJL. XXIX. SO. 4 v y PORTLAND, OREGON,' SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1910. PRICE. FIVE. CENTS. ,
RAILROAD FIGHT
FOR OREGON ENDS
SCHOOL KIDNAPED
BY ITS PRINCIPAL
ASSEMBLY IDEA IS
GAINING IN FAVOR
FIGHT IS REDHOT;
CANNON IS WINNER
SPEAKER'S FORCES DOMINATE
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
BALLINGEH VEUTS
ARIZONA STARTLED
BY DAZZLING COMET
BOY DEAD; MURDER,
HINTS SWEETHEART
PROFESSOR TARES 4 3 STUDENTS
OVER TO RIVAL.
NEBULOIS BODY WITH FLOWING
" TAIL SEEN AT SUNSET.
ANGER ON ENEMIES
HillandHarrimanLines
Now Friendly.
BOTH ROADS WILL BE BUILT
Adjustment Has Only One Con
dition Attached.
AWAITS GOVERNMENT ACT
' Five Months' Contest in Deschutes
Valley Between Oregon Trunk
and Deschutes Valley Road
Clones Satisfactory to Both.
After contesting over rights-of-way
for five months In the Deschutes VaJ
1T and Impeding the construction
progress by each other as much as
possible, the Deschutes Railway Com
pany and the Oregon Trunk Line have
at last adjusted all differences to the
satisfaction of each.
This adjustment has been accomj
pllsiied. not, as some feared it would
be. by the withdrawal of one railroad
from the field, but In such shape that
both roads will now be free to rush
construction to the Interior of the
state. Two roads will be built, and
the. prospect Is. now bright that both
will be In operation to Central Oregon
In the coming Summer.
Under the terms of the agreement
the crossing of the O. R. & N. tracks
at Celtlo by the Oregon Trunk Line is
arranged amicably, locations in the
lower and upper canyon have been
agreed upon, the conflict at Crooked
River, crossing adjusted and all right-of-way
conflicts south of Madras swept
away.
' Agreement Has One Condition.
The agreement Is subject only to one
condition, and that is the prompt ap
proval by the Interior Department of
location maps for the Harriman road
for 12 miles along the west side of
the Deschutes Canyon through Warm
Springs Agency.
North of a point 70 miles south of
the mouth of the Deschutes River the
Deschutes Railway Company will oc
cupy the east bank of the river con
tinuously and the Oregon Trunk Line
will occupy the west bank continuous
ly. At the 70-mlle post the Oregon
Trunk Line's adopted survey crosses
to the east bank and there has here
tofore been a conflict of location be
tween the two roads for a distance of
12 miles.
"Opposite this stretch of 12 miles is
the Warm Springs Agency. The Des
chutes Railway now agrees to cross
over to the east side of the canyon
and then cross back to the west side
12 miles farther up In order to gain
its entrance to Trout Creek, by way
of which it reaches the plains of Cen
tral Oregon. The Harriman road thus
will cross the tracks of the Oregon
Trunk Line twice, but overhead cross
ings have been agreed upon..
The Influence of both roads will be
exerted to secure the necessary ap
proval by the Interior Department f
the location for the 12 miles on the
Kast bank of the river and it ia said
that there is no reason why it should
not be given within 10 days. The only
opposition feared Is from ultra con
servationists, who may conceive the
Idea that power dam sites will be
sacrificed to railway construction.
Against any possibility of this objec
tion being raised It is pointed out that
on the west bank of the river in that
locality the Interior Department has
already approved the location of the
Oregon Trunk Line.
Grade Equivalent Is Asked.
All the Harriman road will ask is a
grade equivalent to that of the other
road on the opposite bank and it is
shown that water rights will" not be
Jeopardized more by two roads than
by one. The Oregon Trunk Line already
has two-thirds of the 12 miles on the
west bank graded. If, however, there
Is such a delay in approval of location
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Theye for That "Kit-tMf Paet. AU Tammany Got. Cant See It.
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Question Whether Episcopalian In
stitution Shall Be Non-Sectarian
Results in Disagreement.
CHICAGO. v Jan. 22. (Special.) Friction
over the question whether the Jubilee
College, an Episcopalian -Institution at
Peoria, 111., was to be strictly denomina
tional a desired by Bishop Edward
Fawcett, of Qulncy, president of the
board of trustees, or to become non
sectarian, as demanded by Professor
Raymond Riorden, principal of the insti
tution, led to an extraordinary move
ment by the principal by which he trans
ported 43 members of the student body,
faculty and school equipment out of
Peoria on a midnight special train and
before noon today had merged his en
tire party with the Interlaken School at
Laporte, Ind.. headed by Professor Ed
ward A. Rumley.
Professor Rlordcn made a clean sweep
of the Peoria Institution, leaving behind
him only four pupils whom- he oould not
take along because they were 111 with
measles. The coup is characterized by
Peoria lawyers as a wholesale kidnaping.
FANATIC TEARS UP WILL
Asked to Identify Signature as Wit
ness, He Rends Paper.
ST. HELENS. Or., Jan. 22. (Special.)
Judge Doan and William McGowan,
subscribing witnesses to the will of
Abbott L. Richardson, of Rainier, came
here today for the purpose of testifying
in the matter of the probate. All went
well until Judge Doan handed the will
to McGowan to Identify his signature,
when McOowan immediately began
tearing the will in pieces. It was with
some difficulty the paper was taken
from him before Being absolutely 'de
stroyed, i
When remonstrated with, he shouted
it was the will of God that he break
the business up. McGowan is a bache
lor who lives on a ten-acre wood ranch
near Rainier. It is said until a short
time ago McGowan has been an athe
ist, but within the past few months he
has become fanatical In religious mat
ters. MINISTERS WANT UNION
Vanconvcr Preachers Must Show
They Wear "Label-' Clothes.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) Something probably unique in
all labor circles is the application now
before the local Trades and Labor
Council by the Ministerial Association
of this city for affiliation to carry with
it representation at the regular meet
ings of the council.'
Before being accepted as fellow
"unionists" the ministers at the coun
cil's next meeting will have to show
that their clothes have the '"marks" of
union tailors, that they will demand
the label on all occasions, that they
work for a living wage and that they
will be subject to the per capita tax.
FIFTEEN PROVE MARTYRS
Explosion Killed Men Who Would
Give New York Better Water.
FISHKILL LANDING. N. Y., Jan. 22.
It is now definitely known, that
fifteen men were killed by the ex
plosion of more than1000 pounds of
nitro-glycerine in the Ashokan aque
duct hear Cold Springs yesterday. -
Two of the dead are Michael M.
Lewis of New York and George
Barnes, foreman of the work, which is
bringing New York City's water .sup
ply from the Catskllls through a
gigantic cement tube under the Hud
son. No explanation of the cause of
Jhe explosion can be given.
The five Injured men were In a
serious condition today.
Hobos Must Work or Not Eat.
TOPBKA. Kan., Jan. 23. "Crack rock
or starve," is the ultimatum issued to the
prisoners in the Cloud County Jail at Con
cordia, Kan., who recently refused to
work on the county road. This action by
the county autnorities followed the receipt
of a letter trom Fred S. Jackson, Attorney-General
of Kansas, lo whom they had
appealed for an opinion as to whether
prisoners could oe forced to work. "You
may not be able to compel prisoners to
work," wrote the Attorney-General, "but
you can tell them, if they won't work they
won't eat."
HARRY MURPHY OFFERS HIS REGULAR SUNDAY SERIES OF SEVEN
Indorsement of Plan
Grows in Volume.
REPUBLICANS ASK ADOPTION
Rehabilitation of Party De-
t mands Election Changed
MANY WOULD ALTER LAWS
Out of 3 4 Men Interviewed About
Matter. J9 Unqualifiedly Favor
Proposed Gatherings to .
Recommend Candidates.
Interviews with Republicans represent
ing eeven counties, and including men in
every station of life from logger to
banker, presented by The Oregonlan this
morning, show a general demand among
the Republican voters of the state for
state and county assemblies1. Of the 34
members of the party interviewed in the
counties of Columbia, Coos, Harney,
Jackson. Lincoln, Malheur and Tillamook,
29 unqualifiedly indorse the assembly, the
other five opposing this plan of suggest
ing candidate to the voters.
Included In the 29 pro-assembly Repub
licans, however, are five, - who. whil3
favoring a state assembly, are opposed to
district and county assemblies, preferring
to leave the selection of candidatss for
these offices1 to the voters under the
direct primary.' They argue that the
voters In the different districts and the
counties are sufficiently acquainted with
the qualifications of candidates seeking
offce to pass on their merits and make
satisfactory selections, without the assist
ance of an assembly for advisory pur
poses. ' s"
', Direct Delegations Desired. ,
Of the 34 Republicans 'quoted, only 18
suggest a metho for s-ie;:ing delegates
to the different assemblies. With but
one exception, these Republicans would
have the delegates come direct from the
people. They concur with the Hewn of
'.he great majority of Republicans already
Interviewed on the subject, and would
have delegates elected from the precincts
to the county assembly, which, in turn,
should choofe the county's quota of dele
gates to the state assembly. The one
dissenting opinion on this subject comes
from Fred C. Baker, of Tillamook, who
would have the delegates to-the state as
sembly selected by the party organiza
tions in the various counties, rather than
through the county assetnblies.
The five Republicans who announce
their opposition to the assembly are: V.
9. -Despain, Martin White. Sheriff, and
W. A. Harris, County Clerk, of Columbia
County; I. S. Smith, ex-member of the
Legislature from Coos County, and A. L.
Sproul, postmaster, Ontario, Malheur.
County. The five who would hold only
elate and Congressional assemblies, leav
ing the nomination of candidates for dis
trict and county offices to direct vote of
the electors ' under the direct primary,
are: Carl Haberlach, CongressianI Com
mitteeman, Tillamook County; 'j. W. Mc
Culloch. District Attorney; W. H. Brooke,
State Representative; A. A. Brown and1
C E. Kenyon; all of Malheur County.
Primary law Needs Change?
While realizing 'the need for holding as
semblies if suitable candidates are to be
brought before the voters, some Repub
licans in Columbia County, feel that be
fore the assembly plan is adopted the
dlrect"-Trimary law should be amended,
so as specifically . to provide for that
method. At the same time these Re
publicans believe that the assembly will
more nearly succeed in selecting satis
factory candidates, on whom the party
can unite, than the electors are able to
do under the direct primary law without
the assistance of these advisory gather
ings. . '
By affording every advantage to the
minority party. Republicans of Harney
County charge that the direct primary
law has served to badly disorganize the
Republican party. For that reason the
assembly, or any other plan that will aid
tConclnded on Page 10.)
Coming; Republican Campaign Will
' Be in Hands of "Czar From
Illinois."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Adherents of
Speaker Cannon dominated a meeting of
the Republican Congressional committee
tonight in its regular election of officers.
The session was stormy, judging from
sounds that floated through the transom
of a banquet hall In a downtown hotel,
where the meeting was held. Officers
who will direct the coming Republican
Congressional campaign are ns follows:
Chairman, Representative William B.
McKinlay, Illinois; vice-chairman. Rep
resentative James A. Tawney, Minnesota;
secretary, Representative Henry C. Lou
denslager. New Jersey; treasurer. Charles
G. Dawes. Chicago; assistant secretary.
Colonel Henry Casson: assistant' treas
urer, John C. Eversman; auditor, W. J.
Browning; literary director, Francis Cur
tis. ...
So far as could be ascertained, none of
the. insurgent . Republicans was invited to
be present. Some are pointing the signi
ficance of the election and declaring it la
an attempt to give the Speaker added
power in swaying elections In districts
represented by them. In reviewing the
ticket one of them said:
"Representative McKinlay is a Cannon
partisan, unequivocally, as is Mr. Taw
ney of Minnesota and Loudenslager of
New Jersey. Mr. Dawes, from Mr. Can
non's own state, likewlae is a Cannon
adherent.
"Colonel Henry Casson, sergeant-at-arms,
and W. J. Browning, chief clerk Qf
the House, both owe their positions prac
tically to the Speaker, while Mr. Ever
man Is Mr. McKlnlay's committee clerK
and confidential adviser."
PORT COMMISSION IS AIM
Bandon Commercial Club Votes to
Begin Agitation at Once.
BANDON, Or., Jan. 22. (Special.) Steps
Have been taken by the Bandon Commer
cial Club toward the establishment of a
Port of Coqullle River at once. There
had been some delay, owing to the fact
that the Port of Coos Eey has been held
up by litigation, but it. has been decided
to wait no longer.
The subject was discussed by George
W .Moore, of the Cody-Lumber Com
pany, and E. B. Fish, of the Prosper
Mill Company, who pointed out that the
Coquille River was the only harbor that
did not have a port commission, and also
euld that It would be almost .impossible
to get further aid from the Government
unless the people acted for themselves.
A committee was appointed to draft reso
lutions and the secretary of the Com
mercial Club. C R. Moore, was Instructed
to communicate with the commercial
bodies of Coqullle and Myrtle Point on
the subject, with the 'lew of Interesting.
the whole valley in the project.
GROWERS OF PRUNES UNITE
Ranchers Form Association at Felida
for- Mutual Benefit.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) Some 40 ranchers -at Felida have
formed the Felida Prunegrowers' Asso
ciation with the object of securing bet
ter prices for. their fruit this year by
union. The association is modeled after
the Fruitgrowers' Association at Hood
River. The prunes of all the members
will 'be sold through a board of trustees.
Each grower this' year will dry his own
prunes but later some united action will
be taken to insure uniform methods of
putting the fruit in condition ' for the
market.
The Felida organization will coyer the
territory from Burnt Bridge Creek, north
east of the city, to Whipple Creek, near
Sara, and will include the twwners of 500
acres of prune orchards.
BOGUS CHECK ARTIST BUSY
Vancouver Merchants Hoodwinked to
Extent or $1000 at Least.
VANCOUVER, B. C.., 'Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) A bogus check artist has been
making his rounds of this city so
thoroughly that today It is estimated
at least $1000 have been taken from
the merchants and hostelrles in ex
change for the paper.
The checks have been made payable to
the order'of Robert Morrison, on. the Pa
cific Shingle Company's blanks and so
perfect have they been to the most
minute detail that the best expert
would be required to detect the for
gery. The police have been unable to
locate the criminal but it is thought
he Is making his way to Sound cities.
Ashland Club Celebrates.
ASHLAND, Or.. Jan. "22. (Special.)
The Ashland Commercial Club Is pre
paring for a Jubilee on February 2, the
occasion being the celebration of the
successful Issue of the recent cam
paign for 400 membership.
Might Try TfcHu
Muckrakers and Penny-a-liners,
He Cries.
THEY SEE VISIONS CF CRIME
Secretary Compares Enemies
to Dan Quixote.
LAW IS ONLY SAFE GUIDE
Man Who Transcends Powers Given
by Congress Is Menace, to Popular
Rightss East Does Not . Know
How to Deal , With West
V
WILLIAMSTOWN. Mass., Jan. 22. De
fending himself in general terms against
the charge of being too great a stickler
for observance of the law In the admin
istration of public affairs. Secretary Bal
linger. In an address delivered here to
night, atruk back at his accusers in
language as pointed as the occasion would
permit.
His remarks were rendered especially
significant because they were made on
the eve of the proposed oongrssional In
vestigation into Mr. Bellinger's conduct
of the Interior Department. He men
tioned no' names, but made free use of
the term "muckraker" as connected with
politicians and the press.
The address was delivered before the
Good Government Club of Williams Col
lege. The subject was "The Executive
Functions Under 'he Constitution."
Directly Hits Muckrakers.
Mr. Balllnger placed himself squalely
on record on the proposition that, '"when
the public officer transcends the powers
with which the constitution anc tne.Vin
clothe him, he proves a menace tp pop. ir
rights and to ai; the efeiPirSr jtrMw'.r
Ing them." and declared that c-o ..
tional and legal restraints are too si. utl
people inconvenient and often obnoxlo'f.
especially when they obstruct the path ,'
way to seTfish ambition."
Dwelling upon the danger of d,l8re
garding constitutional and legal re
straints. Mr. Balllnger added:
"When this seductive method of ex
ercising power falls into the . hand of
clever politicians, 'muckrakers' and
penny-a-liners as their press support.
We have been surfeited for a long time
with this kind of public men, and in a
measure their vagaries have been seized
upon by the . faddist and sentimentalist !
for exploitation, so that on many public
questions the public mind is In a ferment
of uncertainty and alarm.
Compares Plnchot to Don Quixote.
"These persons, playing the part of Don
Quixoie. In their chivalrlc absurdity see
visions of great crimes about to be vis
ited upon the dear public, and they her
ald the supposed machinations of vicious
enemies of popular rights In all serious
ness. Thosp who don't become hysterical
over their tales of dire calamity and
calmly ask for facts are charged with
being in league with or accomplices of
these imaginary criminals. '
"The most vicious demagogue is he who
sounds a false alarm, arousing prejudices
that strike at the foundations of our
Government and which disturb the public
mind e-s to the necessity for observance
of the laws of the land.
"Again, some public officers make the
mistake of assuming that they have been
commissioned "by a higher authority than
the people, that is. by their own assumed
i8tllspenss,ble qualities of fitness to gov
ern. They usually become political auto
crats and do more mischief than good.
Public servants of this class are the least
amenable to the Constitution or the law,
for they are generally harder to get at
from the standpoint of popular disfavor."
Officials Bonnd by Law.
Discussing the Administration policy,
the Secretary declared the answer must
be understood to Imply there con be no
policy that does not keep within the law
and undertake to administer it with intel
ligent vigor and fidelity. The activity
of an executive officer, he said, which
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HUMOROUS PICTURES ON
CiwVt Do Without It.
First Thought to Be Halley's, It Is
Designated as Other by Astrono-,
... mer, bnt Puzzles.
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. Jan. 22. (Special.)
Without being heralded, there appeared
In the western horizon, just before dusk
this evening, a spectacle such as none, in
these parts had ever before witnessed.
It was nothing more nor less Jhan a
magnificent comet or a body haying all
the, appearance ef one, with nucleus,
coma and a great tall. The word was
quickly passed eround and eoon the whole
crty was out viewing th beautiful spec
tacle. At first It was supposed a matter
of course it was Halley's comet, though
this is not expected till April, but word
from Professor Douglass, astronomer at
the Stafe University, at Tucson, Is that
the stranger is distinct from Halley's.
The same word also comes to the Dis
patch, here from Flagstaff University, In
Northern Arizona.
The wonder of the spectacle was Its
completeness and its appearance without
any warning just after sunset.
Douglas is about 4000 feet above the
saa and has a wonderfully clear atmos
phere. No comet like this one has ever
before been seen in this section. '
HONOLULU. Jan. z2. Captains of inter-island
vessels arriving here report
having seen Halley's comet.
RATE INCREASE EXPECTED
Shippers BelTeve Railroads Are Pre-
paring for Readjustment.
CHICAGO. Jan. 22. (Specia 1. ) De
spite the denials of Eastern railroad
presidents, prominent shippers in the
West and in Chicago believe that the
railroads are paving the way for a gen
eral rate Increase ,or readjustment of
rates, which may be extended from the
seaboard to the Missouri River and pos
sibly to Colorado ' points. New York
papers Insist that the differential rate
situation east of Chicago Is scheduled
for readjustment in the near future, and
that this will bring about an increase
In rates.
It Is said that, i reduction of one-half
In the differentials now accorded to
some of the roi tea would mean an in
Crease of approximately a .cents per 100
rounds In Chicago business for first
class freight and a proportional In
creese on other classes.
, It Is expected that the 10-cent differ
ential to Missouri River joints and the
S9-cent rate to Colorado and Utah
points will be the next to undergo re
adjustment. This would cover virtu
ally the whole country.
FIRSTC0USINS DIVORCED
Offspring Deaf and Dumb and Su
preme Court Annuls Marriage.
OLYMP1A. Wash-.. Jan. 22. (Special.)
"Such marriages are prohibited In
all civilized countries, and we are at
a loss to understand why the divorce
was denied." says the State Supreme
Court today in reversing the King
County Court, which denied the peti
tion of Jannie N. Johnson for a di
vorce from Amel Johnson, her first
cousin of the whole blood.
Such marriages being prohibited by
the Washington laws, the couple went
to Victoria, B. C, where the ceremony
was performed. Commenting on the
state law, the court, in its decision,
says:
"If argument is needed for such a
law, the fact tliat the only offspring
of this marriage is deaf and dumb
supplies it."
The decision of the lower court is set
aside and the marriage is ordered an
nulled. THAW DECLARED BANKRUPT
Stanford White's Slayer to Iose
Real and Personal Property.
PITTSBURG. Jan. 22. That Harry
Iv. Thaw Is a bankrupt and that his
estate is subject to the United States
bankruptcy laws Is held by Referee
William B. Blair, who today handed
down an opinion on the petition of
Roger O'Nara. - trustee of Thaw's
estate, for leave to sell the bankrupt's
real and personal property to his sis
ter. Alice Copley Thaw, at private sale.
The petition was opposed by New
York creditors.
CURRENT EVENTS.
.ftp r ,1
ONE COPENHS.GEN PROFESSOR STILL
BELIEVES IN COOK PAPER
Probahly Leaks ThM.
Houlton Lass Says Ri
val Threatened Lad.
CARDS BADE YOUTH TO BEWARE
John Drew, 19, of. St. Helens,
Assassinated,, Thinks Jury.
VICTIM TOLD HIS FEAJ?S
Younsr Qnarryman Borrowed Pistol
Expecting Attack He's Slain
After Visiting Girl Who
Spurned Halama Sawyer.
ST. HELEN'S, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
Love, a rival. Jealousy, threats to kill,
chapters In the life of John P. Drew,
the youth who was found dead near
St. Helens this morning, as told by his
sweetheart, scout the theory of sui
cide ami have set the police of Colum
bia County on a trail that may lead
to the young man's murderer.
Absence of powder marks on tli
youth's face precluded the possibility
of his death having been self-inflicted,
and the testimony as given -by Miss
Hattle Smith, the boy's sweetheart,
convinced the Coroner's jury today
that yoiing Drew was shot down ins
cold blood.
l.u
Tells of Rival.
Fred Kraft, a sawyer of Kalama.
the girl told -the Coroner's Jury, was
Jealous of the attentions young Drew
paid to her and had acknowledged
harboring a di'sire to dump Drew into
the river.
"I told Kraft," said Miss Smith, "that
I would' not associate with him."
Bolstering the decision of the inves
tigators -into Drew's death, that he
had neither killed himself nor 'was shot
by accident, Stewart McKee, of St.
Helens. . testified that Drew, last Fri
day, informed him he had received a
threatening postal card. "Keep your
eye peeled when in Houlton," was the
warning of the npessage. Drew then
borrowed a revolver from McKee as
a precaution. The weapon, unused,
was returned by Drew Wednesday;
morning.
Drew Borrows Pistol.
Yesterday Drew confided to McKle
that two more threatening postal cards
had been received by him, and he again
requested McKie to lend him his pistol.
It .was the borrowed revolver that
was found lying loosely in Drew's dead
hand this morning.
'Young "Drew evidently feared that
the threats ugalust him were to be
fulfilled in one of his trips to Houl
ton to attend his lodge, the Artisans,
His premonition was well founded, for
on his way home from lodge he was
.felled, evidently by an assassin in am
bush.
At a point iO yards north of Milton
Creek bridge, .a mile from St. Helens,
the body was found this morning, fac
down, the heaj In a gully, the feet a.
little off the path, as If lie were killed:
Instantly and fell headlong down thai
Incline. The mortal bullet pierced!
Drew's head from temple to temple.'
Revolver in Dead Hand.
In the left hand the revolver Drewl
had borrowed from McKie was found.'
The weapon was not clasped, butt
rested on the open palm, as if placed,
there after the youth fell dead. As It;
Drew had doubly prepared himself fot-
the threatened vengeance, a 22-caliberj
revolver was. found in his hip pockety
Jealousy was evidently the cause of
the crime, the testimony of Miss Smithi
convincing the Coroner's jury that thsr
threats feared by the youth and thr
rivalry he encountered in his love af-J
fair have a bearing on the tragedy.
Miss Smith told a straightforward
story to the Jury. Young Drew, she,
said had visited her frequently after-j
obtaining permission from her father"!
to keep company with her. A pathfttio
part of the proceedings of the Inquest"
today was the reading of a letter Mlsa
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Ob the Carpet.