The Oregon daily journal., March 14, 1905, Image 1

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rightful Scenes EnactedThe People
RoasJ Slowly to De'Before Eyes
: i ; ;Mthe Helpless Multitude "
Half Clad Tenants Fight
; Fromv WindowsMotners Thfo; j Children
0 Into . Streets and Teap After iThemr "
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Nw Tork. March -. IWonty or
: . nor prons war Duro4 to doath In
an old-faabioned Br-atory tenement on
t Allen street early thla moral n. Many
vlctlma ire believed to be still In the
; rutna. Fifteen bodies have been re
; moved so badlr burned t hat tdentlflca-
' , tlon has not yet been made. Biz are
"mlaalna- and the . known deaa are;
Rachel Solomon, 4a.
laaao Solomon,-ti.
Jacob Solomon. It. r
-"Two -nher, Solomon J family, -v,
. Elisabeth Bloom. ST.
' Hasnah Olnabeim 17. ,
. LmIs Olnaberc .
Fannis ainsberc; S. ' '--'- ;
.Abraham lioeller, t . -
Deaate Koeller, a. ,.
Vaurloe Mueller. .
f-eftoe VBUe'ine i
. - Jeaale Cohen. .
Roe Wfrner, '
V", Sadls ' Werner. ' - i : - l"2
Id Mpakowtu. -.
Harry Kuffman.H
' ' Six ' Injured were taken .to
the bos-
" pltal uuoonacloua.
The Br started on the iroond floor
next a paint- ebon. A careless tenant
left a llchted lamp on an .empty paint
barrel in the lower halL The lamp -was
upset, probably by a . eat. When the
flames wer subdued, the bodies were
removed to the police station, , where
hundreds viewed them.'
Twenty families, eontalolns; about 1U
persons, occupied the building. The Are
seap was clotted with bedding . a ad
boxes. .
Half-clad people fought for the safety
exit. The wind forced the flames down
the tower fir escapes. , Many jumped
and some were caught by firemen:
others wer terrtbiy injured. .Women
" threw, their children on the street and
leaped after tnem. .
Firemen performed numberless herolo
rescues. Lieutenant Blnner missed be
ing roasted only by the effort of on of
' his men, who scaled a- ladder - and
brought hlra down after the lieutenant
TEACH GAMBLING
IN THE. SCHOOLS
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Professor Lord of Columbia Says That Games of Chan6 Are Not
Wrong But Are Legitimate and Would Have Them
s Taught to the Rising Generation. "S .
(Joaraal Rfwdal Berries.)
Philadelphia, March H. Herbert
Gardner Xord,' professor of ethic at
Columbia university, former pastor of
. the Church of ths Redeemer in Buffalo,
' astonished ths members of tha Contem
porary club her last night by telling
.lbm-that he could see no reason for
1 condemning gambling. H recommended
that's, course of instruction on what
,'. constitutes gambling be established in
- all publto schools. He was- upheld !n
this opinion by Prof. William J. Klrby
" of tb Catholic university T America.
. Both contended tbat sdeh a course might
lessen gambling in the next generation.
He said clUe should Uks up the work
of regulating gambling aa an easen-
tlally city problem.. ' ' ' '
"Oambllng Is not simply, a gam lot
chance, for tb chano is present in
.most business transactions,' said Prof,
tord. "Oambllng Is not ,a mere desire
' for gain. The oonatltutlonal gambler is
'. a man who only desires gain at play as
a means to- enable him to play again.
.. "it may seem strange, but I have
. never been able to find a reason that
permits - me to say that gambling is
' ' wrong. ' I bold no brier for gambling; I
do not gamble myself.
- "It Is argued that gambling Is wrong
because it Is s wast. On the contrary,
there is no destrnotlon . of 1 wealth . by
gambling. Properly done. It U not dis
sipation, but recreation. I, believe In
the legitimacy, of gaming stakes. But
" ttiere are many dangers connected with
It. It Is futile, to my mind, to try to
xtermtnsts It." r
"Oambllng." continued Professor Lord,
s as old as the human race, and may
be called an Instinct It exists in every
one, and always hss. Then Is no record
of the paat in which ths speculative or
gambling instinct la not recorded., ,.A11
effort to eradicate it are f utile, and
f always win be'- " - ;
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had bocome exhausted In saving others.
Forming a human chair, tha firemen
and policemen rescued scores. Those on :
re escapes who wer not reached slow
ly roasted to death before the eyes of
multitudes. -, . . .
: Screams of agony toss hlgh abov the
Sin 'of th' engines and rushing fuel
wagons, and tha hoara cries of firemen,
the seen was most thrilling. -' -
Many pathetic incidents followed the
scenes of horror that greeted the.eyea
of onlookers. An aged woman was taken
Into custody shortly after the flames
ware . subdued . Her. hair,- whitened by
age, was streaming over' her stooped
shoulders and tsars wer coursing down
her cheeks ss she slowly paced to and
fro-lit front of the vast pile ot burning
ember. '. K . . - .
All efforts BO far to aseartlt Tm
identity hav proven fruitless. Her mind
Is apparently gonaw-.lt is thoua-ht aha
is en f the unfortunates whose entire
ramuy, was consumed in the bias, i ,
The aisual big crowd of onlookers seoa
ongregated vad buadreds of women
from adjoining buildings crowded the
streets.' '
Oot, womyan, apparently of the upper
class -of the district, while viewing Ui
heart-rending scenes rrorn' a seoond
story window of an adjoining building,
fainted and fell to the walk below. In
her descent she struck on the shoulders
of 'two men below la the. crowd She
was hurriedly conveyed to a viae of
safety and It Is not known faiyr seri
ously she was injured. The two men
wer but slightly hurt. '
' Outside the fir lines the scene
beggared description. Children thinly
clad stood wildly staring st the burn
ing heap of what was one their bom,
and little tots scarcely able to. walk
wer crying as though their hearts
would break. Amid this older relatives
and friends wer earing for the home
lees ones, and big, rough hearted police
men stooped here and there to comfort
the little ones so soon made orphanleaa.
while down ths bearded cheeks of the
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"The best method to fight It Is edu
cation. Teach tb coming generation
what, gambling Is, 'what It means; let
them understand the so-called laws of
chance, what Its us and Its abuse mean,
and you .will do more to eradicate Its
evil than legislation looking to Its sup
nresMlnn - . '
"When vrj on. understand, ths Wf?" JX??''-
ory ana pracucs ox gamming games it
will be impossible to operat unfair
games. When the detail of every gam
are understood It wUl be impossible to
run those- games, as many of them are
at present operated. '
"The evil of gambling consists in Its
excess. .It becomes such a fascination
to many tbat It ceases . to be a recrea
tion and becomes a passion. While edu
cation will not eliminate the -evil effects
of gambling, It will certainly minimis
them."
- Professor Lord Is one ' of the best
known educators In America, having for
to years been acknowledged an authority
on literature. H was born In Boston in
14, coming of old' Puritan stock, his
ancestors for-generations . having .been
preachers." He wss graduated from Am
herst In 1171, and from th Union Theo
logical semlnsry in 1S77. -.
On leaving! college Lord became a
tutor; of Latin In Knox college, Illinois,
then principal of th High school In Hol
Istqn, Mass. Graduating- from th theo
logical seminary, he became paator of
the Church iof th Redeemer, Presbyte
rian, at Buffalo, from 1(77 to lifts, when
he left the pulpit to become professor of
philosophy at- th University of Buffalo,
and In IStS he accepted a slmilsr chair
In th school of pedagogy, and In 100
joined the faculty of Columbia. -
Rlnc ISta he has been a lecturer en
rltorature and has given discourses on
historical subjects In nearly every city
In America under th- auspices- of ths
University Extension societies. He ts
th author rr several works on literature
and philosophy. i
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PORTLAND, ORJSGQN. TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH
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A Detachment
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GRAHT AHD DALE
YILLGOTOTOIiOPAH
Portland 3am)Ier Leave tto4
' night to Seek Harvest in Ne
; , , vada Mining Camp'. "
1RF CONFIDrTNT THEY
ARE NOT WANTEC HERE
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Will Give Gold.Hunters at Mecca
- Any ' Sort .; of ' Game .-
v They Want. .'.
Down at tha mine at Tonopah. Nev.
"Pet"p' Grant ' and-Harvey Dale. .pro
prietor ' of . th . one great , Portland
club, hope to reoelve tb money that
they loet through recent months of Idle
ness and to establish a gambling resort
on a more stupendous seals vthan was
the huge resort at Fifth , and " Alder
streets, this city. ( .
Grant and Dale will leave the city to
night for the mining cams'. . Convinced
that open gambling in Portland la over.
Grant and Dais have decided to continue
their occupations In a place that has
no Sheriff Word. . Such a place,: they
declare, is Tonopah. ths mining camp
that has set the world-to. talking by
ths marvelous wealth that has been dis
covered there, i v '-. ... , ' .
. Already various games have followed
In th wake of sudden wealth, and tb
mining camp has many resorts where
the click of wheels is everlasting and
the rattle of, chips -Is an unceasing
melody. But. It la said, there -is no
place where all games are conducted In
on club, where tb , richest- or most
reckless' gambler may find, every -device
that has been contrived to separate
him from his money. , t .
It Is for th purposs of establishing a
palatial resort where all games may, run
continually,., and - where gambling Is
raised above the level of th "back-room
poker game,", that Grant and Dals.hav
selected Tonopah as their Canaan. It Is
a land of promise, where money Is pro-
The decision': of Grant and Dale to
leave , Portland Is-believed to. Indicate
that well-informed gamblers -. have
reached the conclusion that publlo gam
bling is forever dead in -Portland. ' Nate
Solomon,' the third proprietor -of tha
Portland club, will remain here tempo
rarily, at least to Took after the inter-J
est of his partners while they sre sway.
Grant, Dale and Solomon have extensive
Interests In tbls city in diversified lines,
and all their bus la ess will be transacted
by Solomon, t .
"Dals and myself leave tonight." said
"Pete" Grant today. "We go to ' To
nopah. Nev.,- where we will establish a
gambling-house that will combine' all
games Into one club. - I think there Is no
such place In the camp at the present
time, end It offers a great opportunity.
"Nat Solomon will , .look after our
business whils we are away. I 'cannot
say how. long w will be gone, but the
change is permanent though, of course,
w will retain our Interest In this city."
- roxrroo boat ' srsAjmn.
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(Joaraal Special Berviee.) " .
" Venice, March 14. As a result of th
explosion of a boiler , in an Italian tor
pedo boat' three men wer killed and
five Injured today. . ,i . .
- BSsTATS AOOBPTS WsOTSOW. -. .
' iJoaraal Hseelal Servlee.) -Washington,,
If arch 14. The senate
todsy confirmed th nomination of Kd-,
ward Whltann, Judg for the eastern dis
trict of Washington, , -, 4 -
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(Ooprrfcht, , 100. by W. - Baarst)
'A
ot Japanese Artillery Dragging Their Guns to the Front.
risnirtG SHACK IS v
WRECKED IN STORM
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California :Storm . . Subsides
Three Men Supposed Lost k
' ' Off. the Farallones. ' I
FLOOD AND WIND CAUSE
DAMAGE ALONG COAST
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Southern Part of the State Suf-
fers Worse Vessels Succeed
., - in-Reaching Ports. .
(Jaarnal Speelal Service.) , '
Ban Francisco, March It. Th entire
state of California- has ' been drenched
by th " heaviest " storm ' of " the season
during th past three days. From Eu-
rejea to San Diego heavy rains are re
ported, while snow has falten in North
ern Arisona. V
, Reports , this morning from various
coast -points 'indicate -that the storm Is
over.. It Is believed that all vessels' st
sea when' the storm begsn have reached
port. Tb only craft reported missing
her' Is a small launch-in which three
men went fishing off the Farallones on
Sunday. It is given up as lost with oc
cupants. .!., .;
' Much damage is reported to shipping
along -tha coast. Many small ' vessels
bav been wrecked.1 'Docks, wharf age.
etc, 'are very generally Injured by the
tremendous storm. " "
The heaviest damage' Is reported from
southern' California. - Trafflo throughout
the region, south of the Tebachapl la tied
up and much property- loss is reported.
Heavy rainfalls accompanied by severe
gale have washed -out bridges, blown
down t buildings. damaged shipping and
docks. Near - San Bernardino a cloud
burst carried out the main line of the
Santa F for a dtstanc of half a mil,
Nu-meroo washofcta and landslides are
also' reported on th Southern Pacific'
two men are reported - to have lost
their lives by th washing sway of th
Seventh street bridge In Los Angeles
snd flv others wer injured. The dam
age along thebeach at Santa Monica
estimated - at - tS.00.O00 and numerous
barge 'and' mall, ships were wrecked
and driven ashore. The bridge at Santa
Ana is also carried away.
Six persons lost their lives, the prop
erty' loss Is estimated at 1400.000 from
the two days" storm in and about Los
Angeles. Two-men drowned In falling
from the Seventh street bridge, two fish
ermen lost at Santa Monica, on man at
North beach and on railroad laborer at
Cajon ' pass. - None of th bodies have
been ' recovered. ' ...,,.
EX-CLERGYMAN SENT . ,
T0 THE PENITENTIARY
- oernsl Spertal Service.) '
Francisco, ; March 14. Isaac
the- ex-clergyman who .shot at
Hebbard - in .th latter', court
San
Selby,
Judge
room after Hebbard had concluded read
ing" a decision granting Mrs. Selby: a
divorce, . waa sentenced . to seven years
In the penitentiary today. - , ' -
OMAHA EMPLOYES TO ,
; TESTIFY IN CHICAGO
r '"'. (Jearasl Rpedsl Servles.)-
Omaha, March 14. Twenty . persons
connected with th . Omaha packing
plants have been summoned before tb
federal grand Jury which meets inChl
cago. March JO to i testify in th beef
trutt lnreatlsaUon,"
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BUY RAILROAD AND
STEAMSHIP LIIIE
Henry P.1 Scpt$ at ) Co. pf Dela
I ware Own Columbia Rivet ' ".
.?-i'; I ';. A Northsrn.' i i -ft
REGULATOR CRAFT GO - V
' J WITH THE PROPERTY
Purchaser Declines to Give Any
t Information Aside From Fact
That He Cont-ols. '
' Th . sals of th - Columbia ' River ss
Northern railroad and tha Regulator line
of steamboats to Henry P. Scott Cod
bankers of Wilmington, Del. -was con;
sura nutted today at th office of Presi
dent A. L. Mills ot the First National
bank In Portland. Th price Is a little
less thsn $1,000,000, which Mr. Scott
paid today, investigation 'into tha-title
snd franchises by his legal representa
tives. Teal A Minor, having satisfied him
ui in vaiuv or me property.
Th Portland stockholders who dis
pose ot their holdings are: Ladd Til-
ton, T. B. Wilcox. W. B. Ayer, Rufus
Mallory. A. L. Mills. C F. Swlgert. H. C
Campbell, W.' P. Haw ley, E. B. Piper.
William McMaster, George W. Simons,
M. w. smitn. i A. Iewls. W. K. Robert
son. E. K. Mallory and Charles Cogges
well. The purchaser secures about 10
per cent of the stock and 10. per cant r.f
tna Donas or bout properties. The road
Is capitalised for 1300.000, and bonded
for 120.000 a mile, and th boat line is
capitalised at $60,000. Tbe face value of
stock snd bonds of the combined lines
aggregates about $1,450,000. The road
s 41 miles long, runs from Lvla to Ool-
dendale. Wash-, , and connects at I.yle
with th Regulator boats, ths Bailev
u-auert, utuua uty, Kcguiator and) Met-
laco. , , v : .. . -,; -
Mr. Scott, aooompanied by his familv
and - a business associate. O. Nowlan.t.
of Wilmington, arrived this morning in
me private car Manger, rrom southern
California, where he hss been two week
ror th benefit of. his health. He de
clined to elucidate the problem that is
pusxllng ths business Interests of Port
landthe Identity of the real purchasers
of tb railroad and steamboat lines.
I realise that the question is on of
deep Interest to your city, snd that the
community Is -entitled to know some
thing more about it," he said, "but I am
very sorry I cannot tell you what you
want to know. It will be some time be
fore I will be-sbl to say anything about
th future policy of th road. Alt I can
say Is thst I hav th property, and It
is pain Tor. , v c . . ,.
"Will you answer the question ves or
no do you represent either Mr. Hill or
the Northern Pacific or rival railway In
terests here 7" r -
"I -cannot - answer that question. " I
would rather not' be asked any ques
tions.'1 -. . - . ,. . . ,
"Are you actively In tb railroad bus
Inss7". " ..i: -- ... ; - j
BeUev in the'kortbwest. j
"I am a banker. Ws handle proposi
tions of this kind for syndicates. We
bought a railroad and boat line at Ches
apeake bsy a few days sgo far a syn
dicate. While I) hav been connected
with railroads In the capacity of direc
tor, I bav no practical experience as an
operator."
' "Is th railway line to b improved
o extended this yarr'. 1 .w-...
rmi am' unable to ssy now. ' Property
In this part of the country ts good, and
Investor are favorably Impressed with
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TO RF THF nEfMGW
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ST. PETERSBURG s
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War to
Captured at Mukden Oyama
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Rassian Dead Left on:Rdd in Heaps Railroad1
toTie PassDestroyed-EIobs Destroy Sum- ;
i; jjj pa -0f Grand Dukese ; 7- 1
St Petersburg. March 14(Bunetto.)
It I reported that the war council at
Tssrko Selo has decided to eontlnu
th war. ' There was no decision aa to
Kuropatkln's successor.- .-v';.'. v'
1. Privy Councillor AsmonoHsky- Is au
thority for the statement tha't Kuropat-
kin ha been recalled, . -being . held to
blame for the diaasters la. Manchuria.
Meanwhile Llnevich Is In command of
th 'army. Four hundred thousand re
inforcements are ready to be sent to
the far seat Th forces at Tlellng are
Judged sufficient bold, back : th
Japan until the arrive. - " v
. Tokl. ' March 14. (Bulletin) Korokl
reports that th greater part of th
retreating Russians are - supposed to
have reached Tie Pass. Th. pursuing
Japanese hav frequent encounters with
-th rear guard, . - ,'.":"': .W:'
(Joersal Spedal Berviee.) ' '
" London. March H. The Japanese are
continuing their pursuit of Kuro pat
kin and his shattered army. ' Their
movement are veiled In secrecy, but It
Is reported that tb turning movement
started by Oyama yesterday, to flank.
tha Russians In their . Tie rai posi
tions, . 1 being continued by forced
msrehes. with the object of driving the
Russians to continue their retreat to
Harbin or risk a battle. ,
Kurokl reports that the moat, of th
foreign attaches with th Russian army.
Including two American and two Eng
lish officers were csptured st Mukden.
. The fighting of Oku's army on March
11 near Llkampu, five miles west of tbe
railway was moat desperate. The Rus
sian casualties being more then 10,000
killed and - wounded, and the Japanese
losses a little more than 1,000.
The Russian dead wer left In the
fields In hesps, among them many staff
officers.
Part of the extreme left of th army
resched the railroad way between Muk
den and Tie Pass, destroying It, thus
preventing trains running north. Wlth-
JUDGE BENNETT :
FOR MITCHELL.
'Senator Selects Attorney From The Dalles to Conduct. His De;
' f fense at Land Fraud Trial Says He Has Been Tried
' and Unjustly Condemned in Newspapers. "
Th newspapers have been trying m
and convicting me. I do not propose to
ssy anythiijg more to them. The
charges will soon be tried before a Jury
Instead of In th newspapers, and in tbe
meantime I hav ndthrng, wor to say."
The words Wer Senator John H.
Mitchell's. He returned last -evening
from Washington to begin th prepara
tion of his defense to th Indictments
found against .him by the federal grand
jury. 'As to th nature of his defense
the senator would say nothing. -
"That is a matter which I do not car
to discuss for publication. Tb news
papers here and elsewhere hav been un
fair to me."
Senator Mitchell paused for a moment,
and than, with a flash of lodigination,
he burst forth vehemently: " , ,
"Tbe Oregonlan . has been, damnable
Tou know that as well as f do.".
Tha angry gleam in his eye and tb
vigor with which ho spoke were even
more expreaslvs than th words. - But It
was evident that Senator Mitchell was
firmly resolved to keep a tight rein on
himself, and he added Immediately: -
"I really do not wish-to discuss .th
charge against .m. You will haV to
cxrus me." , -
The Interview tank plao In th lobby
of th Portland hotel, and Senator
Mitchell turned aside to greet some
friends. - Revere! people were waiting to
speak with him. To all Inquirers the
senator declared that his health la good,
snd he appears to b much better tfan
when he left for Washington in Janu
ary, although the ordeal through- wMch
he ha passed has left Its Impress upon
him. " " -
' Beelare aTJs ts an ewes.
- To hi friends Senator Mitchell reit
erates his declaration that ha Is guilt
leas of the offenses charged against him,
and that this will be -fully esUbllahed
when the case are tried. He yi that
If given a fair trial b has no fear , of
tbe osteoma. '
Yesterday Y7z
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
out a railway th Russians cannot r,
move their wounded -or heavy gunsv
which will nrobablv fall into the banda
of the Japanese. ,.;'' - (
Aa official dlapatch from the front
ssys: "In the 'direction of Sing Chang
th. Japan force are dlalodglng tbi
enemy from Ting Pan. It miles west of I
Fushun, which plae waa occuplad, I
March 11.
"In tb direction , of the 8he river
Japanea forces are continuing th pur- .
Russlan officers snd men are aurrender
Ing In th districts east of Tl Pass. . A,
thousand carta were . captured la th ,
giiiouoB . ok una loaaeu witn smrau
nltlon and supplies.'' ' . -; "
' Kuro pa thin reports under yesterday'
date that th Japanese . are , making
raconnalaanc.es but makes no further re
ports of Bghting between the" organised
bodies of Hoops. ; ' ;
A council of war la In session at Tsar,
shoe Selo today discussing that question '
nr.MmHitr nn the w.e a. m.kln
pesos with japan. ; Tbs decision of tb
oouncll will settl this question one
for all. It Is learned that the terms'
proposed by Japan are moderate, in
ducing in reipntion. or iort Artnur, a,
Korea protectorate and aa Indemnity. -
Th grand ducal party, headed by
Vladimir, took the lead In th council.
demanding tbat . th. war be carried on .
until Ruislan arms Were victorious. In
discredit Russia abroad and fan the
revolution at bom. -
Th demands for peace-are presented
by th ministers, headed by Witte. who-,
showed conclusively that th country
was on th verge of bankruptcy, that ;
money can only be borrowed at ruinous l
interest, and that further calling out of I
th reserve would precipitate th revo-.
lution that th terrorists have been ore.
paring throughout Russia. To eontlnu
th war would mean not only th loss of ,
Manchuria, but pact of Siberia.
A . Moscow - dispatch . states that re-1
(Continued oa Pag Three.)
Judge Bennett of Th Dalles Is to b
Senator Mitchell's attorney. Associate
counsel may be employed also., but
Judge Bennett will have, charge of th
case. There have been many rumors
afloat aa-to the Identity of tha attor
ney whom th senator would retain,
and ha ha refused to make any atate
ment upon the subject. It Is possible
that Senator Mitchell will join forces
with Congressmen Hermann and Wil
liamson, and that the tint attorneys
will appear for all of .them. r George A.
Knight of San Francisco and tbe local
firm of Dolph, Mallory, Simon A Gearln
have been mentioned aa their probable
choice, and It has also been reported
that one of thr foremost Jury lawyers ot
Chicago had been retained by th de
fendants. Thus far thee rumors have)
received no confirmation, t .
Judge Bennett will conduct Senator
Mitchell's defense, whether or not I'
Is retained by the two congressmen. II
Is regarded as on of th best jury law
yers In th state, and Is said never t
hav lost aa Important Jury case. He
Is a Democrat, and has twice bean a
candidate' for the state senate, but was
defeated both times. . His second defeat
occurred last June, when he ran agataat
Wheal don; tb latter waa elected by a
very narrow margin. When a young
man, Judg Bennett served a Urn upon
th circuit bench. ,
Two Indictments hav been , founl
against Senator "Mitchell. Th f -t
charged him with conspiracy and w
accepting a bribe from 8. A. D. Put
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