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MRS. VAN HOUTEN FLAYS HER HUSBAND Wife of the Man Acquitted of Albert Young's Murder Said She Had "Partly Prepared" to Bring a Divorce Suit. ; Mr. David O. Van Houten. the wife of the man who was acquitted last Satur day of the murder of . Albert Young, whom he. shot dead, last December 27, made this statement today through her attorney: "My husband Is at liberty and to all Intents and purposes vindicated of n '. crime. He has the sympathy of all while I am the on that in the eyes of the world am the monster tuat is respon sible for all of the trouble. I stand In the position of an Immoral lngrate, who is responsible for the wrecking of a home and bringing shame upon my liua- nanoi ana eniiaren. -j n wuriu m knows one side of the story and that is the on. that has been brought out to ex onerate my husband, which has been fill MnvmA iinlrnntirn mtfitl lft uncontra dicted when it could have been success fully exploded. The general belief is that my husband was an Industrious, sober man who supported his family and loved his wife and children; t"at the man wham he shot Invaded and broke up a happy home; that my husband was driven to desperation by the deception of an unfaithful wife. This is the im pression thRt prevails. Men of family say that you can not blame him for wiping out the dishonor, by the killing of the tradueer, and women will point the finger of scorn at a sister with whom they have no sympathy and whom they can not forgive. 1 stand in the position of an outcast, who can never live down the terrible events which circumstances forced upon me. "No one knows who has not lived - through the same troubles as myself, my position, for years my heart has been sad. I have had a husband In name only. For the sake of my chil dren I have struggled and suffered. I have tried to hard to keep the family united, and delayed application for a divorce until life Itself became unbear able. Instead of my husband support ing me and the children I have been the bread winner most of the time during our married life. He is the one that 1 was first unfaithful . to the marriage vowa. and deserted me for a woman, who afterward died In the hospital. "He has abused, cursed and threat ened me. He has brought his vile asso ciates from the north end to try and Influence me to become one of the In- males oi mr jow aives. mo iiihi ' he brought as witnesses men and ' women that represent the essence of depravity, to falsely awear and trail my name In the mire, to vindicate him self. "Months before the shooting took nlane I had washed mv hands of him and partly arranged for a divorce suit. He knew that I would never live with him again. Young had nothing to do with these things. He befriended me in various ways. My husband wanted me to get money from Young and give It to him, as I had given money before at one time. I gave him $800 from the proceeds of a lodging house. The mo tives for the shooting were not those that he claims. He was enraged be cause I refused longer to give him money, to live with him, or to become a party to blackmail. He is primarily at fault for the whole trouble and now the coward tries to place the responsi bility for his cold-blooded murder on the shoulders of a defenseless woman. "The money collected for the defense of my husband was obtained through sympathy worked up by a' mad named Gosner, whom my husband had be WATCH FOR SHADOWS; IT'S GROUND HOG DAY Few persons there are who cannot find time to toot a horn or fire at least one cracker on the glorious Fourth, and few thnr mm whn dn nnt find nnnnrtunttv to carve the "turkey on Thanksgiving and to -whoop once on Washington s birth day, but Bomchow when February S comes, they generally let It slip past with barely a word of recognition. Of course a great many know that Febru ary 2 is Candlemas day, and there Is always the customary questions pertain ing to the ground hog's ability to see his shadow, and the usual notice at the head of the editorial page announcing that "This is," etc., "had you thought of CRACKER COMPANY DECLARES A WAR The Inland Cracker company of Spo kane has invaded the field of the cracker trust. No cuts were made In the quo tations today, but the Inland concern has offered to furnish crackers to th retail association at lower figures than the present prices. The .. trouble was brought about by TWO CHINAMEN IN EXPENSIVE SCRAP (Journal Rperlal Rcrrice.) Corvallls, Feb. 2. Two Chinamen played fantan in a washhouse on Main street, Corvallls, Saturday night. They were Chine Me and Jim Sing, and trouble finally arose between the two over the snort. Things were growing pretty lively, , when an officer swooped down upon the gay celestials and Chin Me, the leading spirit In controversy, was promptly taken before the proper authorities and fined $40 for his little lark. Poultry Grace Is On. Attorney W. E. Yates Is the latest victim to the poultry erase In this elty. Mr. Yates has purchased an Incubator and experts to flood the market with full blooded fowls. Three barred Plymouth Hock hens have Just been purchased by bird fanciers of Oregon City. A hand some price was paid for tnese fowls, and "Bill" Is justly proud of the addition to Ms already fine pen of birds. Perhaps Corvallls, for a plaee of Its else, has more chicken fanciers than any town In the valley, and more really flrst-ciaHs birds. Mr. Gene Simpson leaves next Sunday ' for Portland, where he will enter his Buff Leghorns and the imported Buff Orpingtons tf F. I Miller, In the big Alwayt . Rerarntar lbs FnU Jitmt m friended by acting as a witness In some cane where (joaner was In trouble. "My husband whimpered aloud during the trial of the case like a puppy, and after he was dismissed went out and became Intoxicated with his associates and bragged that he had fooled the jury and worked on thoir sympathies by a display of mock emotion, lie has threat ened my life and I know that he may at any flmo do me injury. " "My only wish now is that I may have my children restored to me," said David Van Houten today. "I know, and every one knows, that my wife is not. a lit person to retain their custody The tes timony in the case has proved what she is. In a few days 1 am going back to Montana with my father. Later I shall return and attempt to get legal possession of the children. I do not wish to live with my wife again, and I do not think that she wishes to live with me. When I return I shall In stitute divorce proceedings. I do not know what Mrs, Van Houten Intends to do, but I think It would be much better for, her to go to her parents. They,can take care of her and lift her from her evil ways. It la my wish that she should return to the home of her childhood. 'The community was , doubtloss startled at the testimony which was pro duced at the trial, but for the most part affairs were not shown half as bad as they really were. On the other hand, there was some misrepresentation. "When I was In jail my wife made the statement that Charlie Mays was responsible for -the whole trouble. Now I want to say that Lindsay and Emily Mildred are responsible, as well as for the downfall of Mrs. Van Houten. They led her an innocent woman Into bad ways. "It has been aald that I made a mis take in ; waiting so long In wreaking vengeance on Al Young when I dis covered that he had invaded my home. The fact is I did not know It. The first time that I really believed In my own mind that Minnie Van Houten was un true to me was when we were standing on a street corner In San Francisco. A party of .friends were with us. We had been discussing married life and Its re lations. "Then my wife spoke up and said she did not believe in love In fact, that she did not believe there was any such thing as love. Men and women, she said, ought to be free to love whom they pleased. Then for the first time I knew that the woman was untrue to me. "We went to our room, and I asked per what ahe meant, but she refused to. explain. I told her plainly that some thing had come between us, but she Insisted that there had not. " 'Mlnnis,' I said, 'there Is a man be tween you. and me. I know it. You never talked that way to me before. You always said you loved me.' " There Is no man between vis," she replied. 'It is the same as always. I always said I loved you, but now I know there la no auch thing, as love.' "But from that time she was a dif ferent woman," and I never trusted her after that, although I continued to treat her the same. "During the trial ' they attempted to prove that I did not properly support my wife, and that she waa the bread winner for the family. I made 110 where Minnie made $1, and she will never see the day again that ahe made as much money as she had when she kept my home." it?" But who takes the trouble to cele brate by eating pork sausage? Frank Wr. Vallle, assistant superin tendent of the railway mall service, does. "I'm patriotic," said the portly man man this morning, wheeling back his chair from the desk, "and I never over look an opportunity to celebrate. This morning I ordered pork sausage Just be cause this Is the day. and not because I'm very fond of the dish." Then the assistant superintendent turned again to his work and sighed. Perhaps he was thinking of the time when he was in the Philippines, when Mr. Ground Hog and his shadow are always together. the action of the National Biscuit com pany, the large eastern combination, In invading the territory of the Spokane factory. Prices of crackers in that lo cality are lower and the Inland company has decided to make war upon the west ern trust in order to get even with the eastern trust. poultry show that Is to take blace In the metropolis next week. Mlsn Faye Wlsecarver has returned to her McMlnnvllle home, after a visit of Beveral days with Miss Louise Gilbert. Mrs. A. D. Morrison left Sunday to Join her husband. Dr. Morrison, In Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor have gone to California for a pleasure trip. They left Sunday. Miss Sophia Elgin has returned to Salem, where she Is studying for a trained nurse. ARCHITECT LEWIS BOMS. Architect David C. Lewis of this city returned home yesterday after a six weeks' trip to New York City, Chicago and Hvirralo. while In the Kant Mr Lewis made a careful study of the lat est styles of architecture and received many new Ideas regarding interior dec orations. Mr. Lewis says that he thor oughly enjoyed his trip, notwithstanding the unusual severity of the eastern win ter. A GUARANTEED CUBE FOB PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding I'ltet. four drusxlst will refund money If PAZO OINT UfiAiT fall to cur jou In 6 to 14 dj. tt. A Reception Would not be a complete success unless you "wound up" with a cup of Country Club Mopha and Java coffee. Ask your .grocer for it, and insist that you get it, too. en every box. 25c "The greatest in all this world." THE ARTISTIC Success of the Peerless KNABE PIANO is unprecedented in the history of piano making. It stands alone today in the highest sphere alloted to pianodom. Our line of Knabe's is com plete. At the Sign of KNABE h Gilbert - Damaher (o. Oldest, Largest, Strong tat. COR. SIXTH AND MORRISON STS. , Oppoalte rostofflo. KEPT $3,700 OF FEES (Continued from Page One.) mileage, etc., and formerly expenses and per diem for conveying prisoners and in sane persons to Salem, all of which have been considered legitimate perquisites of the office. "The missing stub receipt books would greatly aid in revealing amounts collected for thia kind of service, and as no other record can be found In the of fice, it Is Important that these should have been preserved. It seems almost necessary that the law vlatlve to the duties and emoluments of the sheriff's office. should be revised. "That I may not seem impractical In my remarks, It Is conceded that there are some necessary outlays in connec tion with the' administration of this office, but provision having been made for the recovery of these outlays, I fall to see why fees of any nature (should be retained by the sheriff. It Is fair to add that during a part of the time there was no statutory provision for the recovery of outlays. Records Loosely Kept. "The record of disbursements In con nection with sheriff's sales on execution, also the record of sheriff's deeds issued. nave been kept In a very loose manner. In fact no record was kept of sheriff s deeds 'issued until the present adminis tration took office and expenses Incident to executions have been detailed In one or two cases only, whereas they should be. set out in every .Instance. Compared with the number of sheriff's deeds is rsued, only u small percentage' of fees have beeh turned Into the county, and it is a strange coincidence that a receipt btub cannot be found for any of those accounted for. In some Instances no re celpt was given, but In cases where a receipt was given the stub ought to show it. It is imperative that the mis iilng stub receipt books referred to be produced before the total shortage can be known. Many Seeds Not Recorded. "In consequence of the Incomplete record of sheriff's dds and failure to find many of tha certificates of sale, my search has been confined to the deeds actually recorded, although this does not reveal the number of deeds Issued, many deeds, especially tax deeds, never having been recorded. "Subsequent to February 28, 1901, the number Of sheriff's deeds recorded were 548, nnd the number accounted for 818; but the statute effective on that date ex cepted deeds issued to judgment credit ors, and as fees were collected In some such instances, It Is impossible to tell the exact shortage during the latter period until after examination of the stub receipt books. It is likely the sher iff would be entitled to a credit on this account. Better Bookkeeping. "There are manifold ways by which the county can be deprived of revenue, primarily through dereliction of duty, and also by methods of bookkeeping or record-keeping designed or adopted for the purpose of misleading and making as difficult as possible, their examination at a future time. County business is not of such a nature as to require an intri cate system of bookkeeping nor are the ordinary methods employed In commer cial transactions altogether practicable. But it does not require a very great stretch of the Imagination to ie con vinced that some method could be de vised which would be simple, effective, and uniform throughout the counties of the state, at the samn time supplying a means of checking receipts and dis bursements of the several offices It should also simplify the work of audit ing, which could be done at frequent in tervals and at lens cost than at present, besides furnishing a comparative state ment and ready reference as to the con dition of any county at any time. "Most public officials would welcome any system that would tend to remove the opportunity or temptation to do wrong, and as so many officials through out the Htatc are dependent upon dep uties In the matter of clerical detail, it should hIso bo a check on mistakes of the head, which, when reported in after years by an export, appear In the eye of the public as mlstukes of the heart." Partial Statement of Shortage. Then follows an Itemized statement of fees shown by the records to have been retained by the sheriff, although they should have been paid over " to the county. The expert states that the showing is Incomplete, inasmuch as the disappearance of the receipt stubs makes It Impossible to determine the full amount of the shortage. He finds evi dence, however, that Frasler retained fees to which lie was not entitled amounting to $3,734. This Includes fees on process from outside counties, mile age, and fees on certificates of sale on execution and sheriff's deeds. The record of sheriff's deeds Is,' as fol lows: Deeds recorded from July, 6, 1896, to July 2, 1900 ' .1,228 Less deeds accounted for ,. 888 Deeds unaccounted for 800 The shortage on 860 deeds at 82 each amounts to $1,720. Deeds recorded from July 2, 1900, . to July 7. 1902 718 Less deeds accounted for 530 Deeds unaccounted for 188 JThe shortage on 188 deeds at II each (some being tax deeds) amounts to $188. It will thus be seen that Of the- short age charged by "the expert $1,908 ls'iK trlbutabrle to the failure to pay Into the ,-. ' ' . ' "XCi " county treasury the' feea r'on sheriffs deeds. Frailer explains that during a large part of his term he collected no feea for auch deeds. The report states that the .county records show that the amount of taxea reported by Frailer as collected by him were duly paid over to the treasurer. The expert adds, however; Overcharged JTon-BealdeatS. "Some publicity haa heretofore been given certain' abuses practiced in this office concerning overcharges of faxes, where more money had been r collected from non-resident taxpayers than waa lawful. The system formerly practiced seems to have been to collect as much as the non-resident taxpayer would stand without detection and account to the county for as little as possible. But aa the daily sheets during that period have not been preserved it is Impossible for me to arrive at the amount of these overcharges. - ''When Mr. Frazler retired from office he turned over $302.04 as the result of such practice, but this amount has since been absorbed in the liquidation of re ceipts presented, showing taxes paid which were returned as delinquent. These mistakes were largely clerical, In most cases the page and line of an item being omitted from the stub. If the original daily sheets were kept in a permanent form there seems no reason why an overcharge or undercharge could not be traced without any- trouble, thereby avoiding future explanation!. A Caution to Taxpayers, "Taxpayers should see that the as sessed valuation Is shown on their re ceipts, and by figuring the levy can read ily determine whether they are paying the correct amount. I see no good rea son why the amount of taxes should not be shown on the stub at the time the statement Is given out, and If taxpayers will Insist on this being done the stub will then show any alterations." A subject for commendation Is found In the manner in which the taxes of 1901 were collected, only- 5.760.37 remaining unsold, out of a total roll amounting to $1,316,101.06. "The showing la a good one," says the expert, "and reflects credit on both the assessor's and sher iff's offices." Poll Tax Collections. Attention is called to the fact that the average number af poll taxes collected during the past five years is less than 2.000, and that the revenue of the county from this source might be greatly In creased. The report Bays: "The number of registered voters In the county at the last election was 20, 390, probably 4,000 of whom would be exempt from poll tax, and It Is esti mated that the registration for the com ing election will exceed this number. It will thus be seen that the present method of collecting poll tax Is both inequitable and unjust. ""For the Improvement of this method I would suggesc that provision be made for the making of a roll from the cen sus to be taken next year of persons liable for poll tax, to which columns might be added for several years' taxes; and the presentation of recelpcs or other evidence that poll taxes have been paid could be made a condition precedent to registration at future elections. Other suggestions might be made which would be equally effective, but my only object now is to bring the matter prominently before you. An effective system for the collection of state poll tax would In crease the county's revenue ac least $16.1)00 to $20,000 per annum, and If ex tended to road poll , tax the amount would be quadrupled." County's Beaonrce. In concluwion Mr. Black says. "The present record of the county re sources from unpaid taxes, and its in terest fin property acquired at tax salea Is noe In such form as to be readily ap proximated, nor Is there any appraised valuation of the real or personal prop erty to compare with Its liabilities. This subject does not properly belong to a report on the sheriff's office, and I merely make the suggestion now that an inventory of these matters should be made and kept for reference." VIA AIRSHIP OR GODDARD ROUTES (Continued from Page' One.) not far wrong when he stated that Mr. Butler presented $36,000 worth of freight as a matter of "convenience," Freight men still marvel at the ease shipments show in coming without ap parent cause over the favored road. There waa a time when material for tha City & Suburban road came by di versified routes, and when no man could tell which way a load of machinery would take In coming from New York or Chicago to Portland. Freight agents on railroad row now admit that they can prognosticate with unfailing accu racy the course of the westward flight of such business, and mark the ship ment Burlington in their reports and let It go. Owing to the lack of a freight clearing house and any system of keep ing perfect tab on Eastern shipments to the city, no man can tell just how any given load of freight comes, unless It came over his line or that of a friend ly ally who is willing to tell. So freight men are not always convinced that any given city shipment Journeyed over any route; they only know that they did not get it, that their neighbor did not. and that where once they did business they now don't. "Yes, that shipment may come by air ship," said a freight agent today in dis cussing a prospective city shipment. "but unless it does it will come Bur lington for a good part of the way. I know every other freight man in town, but the Burlington, has given up tho city shipments and refuses to go after them, and so It will either come air ship or Burlington." Besides the tags and the 100 cars of Morrison bridge material and the Mar quam gulch bridge with SO cars and the street railway business and two fire en gines for the new fireboat and 80,000 pounds of pig lead for the city, and a car or two of stopcocks and other water supplies for the city, and for "conven ience" odds and ends like a dozen cars of pipe, and a cor or two of hose, and a few stray tons of fire apparatus, and, of course, the cars of electrical ma chinery, and of necessity the shipments of city material, like signboards and the like, there are other freight Items that once came by other routes, but that have changed in the past year. The "airship" route receives donations from every freight office in the city, donations that freight men talk about among them selves when they mention this and that firm, and explain why they no longer get its business by saying "ths goes Ooddard route now, you kpow.' Flavoring extracts and spices are apt to be coarse or weak ; SchUling's Best are as fine and strong as nature affords. At your grocer'i; noDerbtrk. Iron For 130 Sixth St. Our guarantee of your money back if you want it makes buying here a pleasure and absolutely safe Our stock covers four times the space represented from the outside The above represents one of E. W. Moore's latest line drawings, a class of work that is very much admired when finished by an artist like Moore. . Visitors at his new ground floor gallery at Seventh and Washington Streets are al ways welcome. $35,000 BUILDING FOR WHOLESALER Negotiations are going on for the pur chase of a half block of ground on North Fourteenth street facing the terminal tracks. . . An option on the property has al ready been secured by Harmon & Co. and it is the purpose of the firm to build a two-story building as soon as the deal Is completed. The proposed building will be for the conducting of a wholesale furniture es tablishment and will be 100 by 300 feet In dimensions. It will be constructed of brick and the foundation will be strong enough so that two additional stories can be erected when It becomes necessary. The cost of the building Is estimated at about 135,000 while that of the ground is $15,000. The work of drawing the plans will be begun within the next few days. j Mdl & DlkHtecIfoe "(Co. 0 and 1 1 North This Week at T7f?TT ; Only f ItiF TrffTi j rcu,ar L - ' J Bed Cash If you have it. Credit If you want It. THERE'LL BE A JUBILEE IN PORTLAND VOW TX4JT STUB BBTOBX because of Improved facilities. Superior Instruction In spelling, grammar, writ live, arithmetic, correspondenoa, corn mercial law, bookkeeping, baslness forma, shorthand, typewriting, offloa work, etc Hundreda of our graduates are now In business for themselTea, or at work for other aa bookkeepers and stenographers thouaands mora will be. Open all tho year. Students admltUd any time, Catalogue fre. PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE 9AMX AMU WJUsSnrdTOV. A, 9. AJUUTBOVa, U. B VrlMlptli II. F. VARWIG DIES AT POB.TIU.VB UCQUOB DEALER OH BIS WAT TO ABJXOBA TOB. HEALTH PASSES AW AT AT PASO ROBLES, OAXh WIDOW WILL BRIHO BOST BACK. A telegram announcing the sudden death of Herman F. Varwlg on a South ern Pacific passenger train at Paso Ro blcs, Cal.. at an early hour this morn ing, was received this forenoon by Thomas and Louis Varwlg, his brothers. The telegram waa from Mrs. Varwlg, who was with her husband at the time of his death. Herman Varwlg and Mrs. Varwlg left Portland last Saturday night for Tuc son,' Aria., on recommendation of his physician. Mr. Varwlg had long been a sufferer from nervous asthma, and one of his lungs waa affected by consump tion. The physician advised residence for an Indefinite length of time in a dry climate. Mr. Varwlg's body will be brought to Portland at onca and interred In River view cemetery, where the Yarwlgs have a burial lot. The Varwlg family Is one of the oldest IN PORTLAND KAN We manufacture, and sell direct to the Merchant, a qood a line of men's, boys' and uoutbV shoes as Is turned out In the United States for the money. Come and see us and we will show you. First Street. S&1 Opp. The Oregohian ". .'':..: ; . v This bed has 1 1-16 in. posts with 5-8 in. filling. Has very heavy chills, in gold, heavy brass rail and nobs and well worth $12 yet it goes this week only for $8 SCHOOL GRADUATES Are thoroughly prepared in the shortest possible time consistent with good worlc and at the least possible expense to fill positions aa . Plrat-olaaa Bookkeepers. Plrat-olaas Stenographers. . Pbrat-elaea Penmen. Bar and, Bight School. We teach the following subjects: Bookkeeping, Ranking,' Rapid Calcula tions, Penmanship, Grammar, Letter Wrlting, Spelling. History, Geography, Commercial law. Correspondence. Arith metic, Business Forms, Shorthand, Typewriting, etc. Open all the year. Free catalogue. Holmes Business College Established 1887. TamhlU and Eleventh Streets. ACTUAL BUSINESS From start to finish by means of our LAHORATORr ayatem of bookkeeping. Thia meana your success as a practical accountant and bookkeeper, Shorthand, Pernin System Simplest, most legible and rapid. One hundred words per mtmite can be easily acquired In three months' time. Telegraphy . Up-to-date instrumenta, awltchboard and automatic aender. EXrOLISH. OERMAH. DAT AND HIQIT, TEL. MAI If 590. BEHNKE-WALKER BUSINESS COLLEGE tearna Blook. Sixth and Morrison. In Portland. The father of tha family In Portland, who died aome years ago. came to this city In 1864, and the family fol lowed him from the east the next year. Herman Varwlg was at that time an in fant. He haa lived In Portland all his life. He leaves a widow In more than com fortable circumstances, but no children. He waa a member of the wholesale liquor firm of H. Varwlg ft Sons on Front street. PORTLAND. OR. K