TIIC OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDHESDAY-'EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 18C3. J' ... - ,-, POLITICAL HISTORY IS DESTROYED Sons Burn Practically Al of lm mens Correspondence! of Senator Mitchell. v RECEIVED AND' ANSWERED THOUSAN DS OF LETTERS These, Telling In Great Detail, the : Story of Politics in Oregon, Nearly ' All Were Preserved by the Senator Until Hia Death. v " V ,, A complete political history of the state of Oregon was burned the -other . dy. ' - i - When John H. Mitchell, Jr., and Hi ram E. Mitchell finished the work of . examining the records and documents In the offices, of- their father, the late Vnlted State Senator John-H. Mitchell, after many days devoted to it, they de- . stroyed practically every letter that had been received by the departed states- 'man. There was an Immense mass of correspondence, for Senator Mitchell from ths -first dsy of participation In politics-- kept , every, political letter , of ; Importance that came to him. , " tH was In lt0 he arrived In Portland from San Francisco and the following year he was elected city attorney. 'The : next year he , went to the legislature and was president of the senate. He . soon became a dominant figure in the politics) Syatem of the commonwealth. He was exceedingly accommodating and -mads It a practice never to refuss a fa vor within his power to grant : . People in every clty, town snd hamlet and on hundreds of farms wrote to Sen- ator Mitchell when they wanted some thing done 1n 'Washington, and it -earns to be recognised that regardless of po litical affiliations,, he would attend to any detail there, no matter what its nature, and without hope of reward.' The result was that Senator .Mitchell had on his correspondence . list- hun dreds, perhaps thousands,, of persons, who virtually made him , run errands - -r, for "them at Washington.. His -Utter rues grew voluminous until they" were an enornjous mass, yet ha never ds- st.royed a letter. Therefore, for 41 years past his office records told the yearly chapter that was added to' ths political -story of the state. -' Important events were men- . tloned, vital Issues were set forth, mors or less aec ret matters found their places among the archives. - ' ; Practically all this political lore was burned by his sans. Ths reasons for so doing were not given. It was aald -simply that they were sufficient W. BOURKE COCKRAN , : IS SERIOUSLY ILL (Journal gptcla Service.).. -i' -' New.' York. Dec;-1 17. It, became known tonight that W. Bourke Cockran has been Hi for 10 days in hid, apart ments at the Waldorf-Astoria, and that his condition Is such that phyalclans nave advised him to go to Arlsona In the hope of regaining his health.' One' of Cockrah'e personal friends . stated' that for some time Cockran has realised that ha la in danger from pulmonary weak nesses.' and that -Jils apparent inability to recover front a recent cold. has. caused much alarm among his friends. This "Baby" Uot Hurt. t f . i n , , J I ring "Baby- grand, slightly marred in holiday rash, to be sold at till off. Also a few others. ' Pay $11 a month. Bllers Piano House. . Bank aad Trust Company Closes. ' (Journal Bpeelal Berries.) " Memphis,' Tenn., Dee. 17. The Mer chants Trust company of this city went .- Into liquidation today. The American Ravings bank and the trust company . closed their doors to avoid a run Ths capital stock of the trust company is - ftOO.OOO, and its deposits $00.000. Ths : ' stock of the. American Savings bank Is 1260,000. nd Its deposits 162S.0O0. . a ill . ; Bsport of Same Warden. ' (Special Dlapatea te The Jaeraal.) ' -. Salem, Or., 'Dec 17. Ths report of J. M. Baker, game andLforestry warden, - for 190 was published today, ft shows , -' at balance of 111,000 on hand. During " the year ths revsnues from licensee for i hunters amounted to 117,411. - There were M arreata-and convictions, and -: fS.OOO In fines were collected. .- Preferred Stock Caused (foods. . Allen Lewis' Best Brand. MONROE 'V' - - . THE $3.00:Hdi; .a ; ( . fv'., a.. '. . ..'... i v "- "- ' ' " '" ".,'. .r, i V''.T"'' ' 1. J- ;''' Introducer-tf Designer4 " Stylish HaU ' 288Wash;ngt After Remaining Single Forty. , Eight Years, Miss Fisher Marries Patjfcelly. ' (Journal BpecU) Bernee.) , Ithaca. N. Y., Deo. 7. After remain ing single 4a years., and devoting her time to charity and Social reform, Mar garet B- Klxher, a wealthy leader in so ciety in this city, called Rev. K. A. George 0 her residence lust evening, and in the presence of two maids of her household married her coachman, Pat Kelly., ' - ' Mrs. Kelly la an ardent worker in the Social Service league of the Congrega tional church and Women's Club. Being worth a half million, shs is very gener ous, snd her charities are-j many. , ' She is handsome,' and, it Is reported, has refused many offers of marriage. Kelly Is it years old. Mr. and Mrs, Kelly left immediately for a short wed ding trip, and will be at home after the holidays, and society women are won dering what they shall do. . CAPTURED BY THE TR)0PS '(Continued from Page On.- Oeneral Doubassoff bss issued an appeal to the people in which they are exhorted not to listen to the teaching of Incendi aries, who, the appeal oontlnues, only want the misinterpreting of the recent manifesto, so as to be able .to con tinue in the pillaging and burning that has chsracterlsed the uprising in many of the provinces, Ths appeal concludes by calling upon the people to give all the aid in their power ,to assist ths soldisrs of the government rr Te torlng order throughout the city and province. With the partial victory gained over the revolutionise the most rigid martial law Is . being enforced In "Moscow, and after t o'clock at night no person Is al lowed upon 'the. streets. - Hundreds of workmen have left the elty on foot and are traveling to other towns many mUes distant T-yr - - Not a light is seen from the windows of the houses after nightfall, all apertures being stuffed With mattresses and other coverings white ths terrified Inmstes In many Instances are crouched In the cellars beneath their .houses. Seporta from Other tnaoea. The rebel leaders-In St Petersburg unwillingly admit that their cause '"Is losing ground, as notwithstanding ths decision of the workman's council to continue the strike, many of the. strikers have broken away, and from, the outlook the leaders concede - that all now de pends upon a victory-by them at Mos cow. '. : . T , - 'Warsaw, according to late reports from there, la threatened with revolt Last night the employes of the -street rallwaye struck and the employes of ths steam - roads may follow thalr ex ample, -. while armed revolutionists threaten a repetition of the Moscow dis turbances. ".'.- ' At Lods armed reslstsncs In ths coal mining regions is threatened by work men who may strike today. - , At Odessa it Is reported that the strike, which waa only partially success- ul, mar collapse at any moment, . - ins one ining tnat maaaa ins situS' tlon for the government so hard to con trol Is that ths liberals distrust Count Witts who -they sat favored' the. revo lution until the reins of power were well- within his grasp, but who now seeks to crush the uprising' that he may retain his office, - They believe that When the strikers sre overcome, Russia's liberty will be forever gone, as ths csar will never . grant his subjects, liberty voluntarily. . ' '-? ' The new electoral law gasetted today Is a grest extension of ths law of last August but Is proving .a great dlsap polntmsnt to the' masses, who are all crying for universal-suffrage. - The newspapers appeared In St Petersburg today and communication with Moscowurhss been reopened, but the officials are monopolising ths wire a From some ofl ths outside points news Is not of a very encouraging nature. Abnormal iondttlons In ths main prevail in Warsaw and Lods. L0NGW0RTH WARMLY - GREETED BY FRIENDS ! (Josraal Special Berrlee.) Cincinnati. Dec." -17. Congressman Long-worth arrived horns here today to spend a few holidays with his -friends. It will probably be his last visit to his home city ss a bachelor. Everywhere he was warmly greeted and congratu lated and the Congressman blushingly accepted -ths well wishes ot his friend a number of Mr. Long-worths friends are, planning to give him a rousing fare well before he returns to Wsshlngton. It will probably, be the greatest event In ths social season of Cincinnati; I " Wednesday, December 27th . SOLD ONLY " !-'' ' . ' ' -', , 'v ' . ' ..'.vr-' NEW ..... V . X j SCCiETY IIMD i;er .oopfED no, "' ! , v Fourteen-Year-Old . .Girl Prodded ' With , Toasting Fork and Jabbed With Scissors, j-- i. (Josraal BpSetal Barries.) ' Aledo, III.. Deo. 17. The trial Of Mrs. Archibald "McKlnney, very prominent in jjlltnols society snd a member of many blubs, for revolting tortures Inflicted on Stella Grady, a 14-year-old adopted ward, will be resumed after the holiday adjournment.' ifhe defendant Is accused of prodding ths back of ths child with a toasting' fork, stabbing her With scis sor a and tnfllottng other injuries of such a nature thst ths minors' of both sexes were excluded from the courtroom dur ing the taking of testimony. Photographs of, Stalls Grady's hack snd hips showing, hundreds of wounds were submitted to the jury. - tier at torney admitted all the revolting chsrges made by the prosecution, snd sstd they only went to substantiate the claim that Mrs. McKlnney was Insane, as seven of her relatives had gone Insane. , ? . STATEMENT; OF HAMILTON .''"' (Continued from Page' One.) ' ; Hamilton said further, that when hs lesrned of proposed legislation detri mental to the interests of the company, he stopped It believing that prevention was better than cure. He said thst a free uss of the public press did much to help In preventing such legislation, but It was expensive. Concluding, Ham ilton said: "I have found Is, my work In every legislative body In which I have hsd dealings In the United Statea that there Is ss large a percentage of honest men as In snv walk In life. ' I. JiuAra never found It difficult to defeat blackmailers. The best years of my' life have been de voted to the work of defeating legisla tion hostile to ths policy holders. , : .' Ko Tonohsra Taken. : "The injunction of ths president of the New York Life wss always un mistakable and explicit that I should confine-;ny work within the law of ths land. I . ' - "Regarding the accounts, no Touchers were taken from me nor by me in con sequence) of an agreement to have . ths proceedings kept secrfef V Hamilton 'appended ra- table ahowlng his expenditures from ths time of the Prussian report in to 1905, Includ ing his own salary, bub excepting "the 1260,009 Hughes asked to v have ex plained. The statement shows the fol lowing expenditures In their respective years: - , .-. s In lft. $76,0150: 1900, ISS.900: 101, S117.000; 1901. 4.00; 190, fSl.SOO; 1904. 1141.100; 1906. 1147,100. . ' -r- .' In regard to the 1250,000 hs says that he was entitled" to apply 'this amount to other accounts and that there were obligations Incarred yet to be paid from It; However, hs was willing to placs In ths custody, of the company ' 110,000 to bs paid back In ths future, either wholly or In' part, as ths auditors may determine. ; asUssonrt'snraBoe. ... ' '. " (Journal Special Barries.) . Jefferson City, Mo., Deo. ST. The hearing of the case of ths New Tork Life Insurance company against State Insurance Superintendent W. D. Vandl ver of this state, to restrain "him from enforcing his order revoking the license of ths company, came up before Judge Elmer B. Adams In the federal court today. ' Mr. Vandtver was represented by Attorney-Oeneral Hadley, F. W. Leb man and John ML Wood, and the New (York Life Insurance company was rep resented by j a number of prominent eastern lawyers. MONEY AT ONE HUNDRED Continued from Pags .OSsOrf-. of the previous, dsy of tl.26 a share. The smelting stocks were likewise very weak, American smelter common drop ping 1H points during the sensational trading. It closed . very,-weak around the low level of the day. Evan local traction shares, which of late hsvs mads each day a substan tial advance, were today among ths heaviest losers,' Brooklyn Rapid Transit lost 1 points, while Metropolitan dropped - back $2.15 under ths -closing or yeetsrdsy. ." 'Reading railway haa undergone some remarkable advances In ths pries of her snares during the past month but sven the good reports of esrnlngs failed to keep ths pries of thst stock sbovs water today. ' Today Reading common closed ths session with a net decline of S2.I6. . . , , - t , . 'FRISCO EXCHANGE CLOSES. Claimed right of Zawsob and Standard . ,. T ou Canoed rsilnrs.' : .JosrsaX Special Mrrttm. Ban Francisco, lec. 17. Ths Pacific Qraln Stock exchange suspended bust hess this mornlng.-'Ths exchange was operated by William and John O'Brien, formerly telegraph operators. -who wsre siso connscted- with the Arm of E. C. Hetsel company. The loss by ths fall urs Is estimated to be as high as $74,000. A clerk in the Arm stated this -morning that during the past - three weeks the Arm lost $66,000. The Aght between Lawson and Standard Oil is said to be responsible for ths failure. ' . LAWSON MADE MONEY. f v, - ..-. , IsoekefeUer'e Broths Sara Bostonlaa Xs rr. - i poo Shrewd .to e Canrht, ,v 1 (Jrmrnal Special Rerrlee.) ' ! Cleveland, O., Dec 1 7. -J-Frank Rocke feller, brother of John D says It" IS his guess thst Thomar W. Lawson has mads mors money -in the last few'dsys than ha sver did before. Mr. Rocke feller says hs la- sure, Lswson I too shrewd to get caught short of ths mar ket,, aa reports say he haa been. . 1 NOT; EVEN A RIPPLE. SaaUsss BTot Affected by ths Oyntloas . of ths' Speoolators. - , . (Journal npeetal Berrlee.) ' Chicago, Deo. 27. How little the peo ple have come to regard ths manipula tions of speculators and how plainly ths wires that Juggle figures In the stock markst are seen by the people at -large Is evidenced by the fact that in the solid lines of business ths frantic gyra tions of ths New Tork 'speculators dur ing ths last few! days hsvs caused not even a ripple. Ths current of trads flows on serenely with Its surface unruffled."- Not so many yaers ago such nsws as that of today -would have' hod a seri ous affect, but people have come to see how much of wind and paper there Is in sll speculative enterprises and - tboss who deal not In futures nor .look upon ths taps while It Is wet have learned that there is nothing to be feared, what ever the tlcker'says, sxcept by- those who are enmeshed In thn folds of its i s r m wm I ' The Message of the Wabe Circle ounces ;1frnaSat. fth5RK Kh HERMANN IN TOWN - 0U HlS WAYEAST . Con tress num.'. Blner . Hermann and Mrs. Hermann passed through Portland last aventnc en routs for Wsshlngton. They left . Rossburg yesterday morn ing, arriving hers at :tS..ln the' evening snd two hours, later tneyj were jon their Way to ths east. ' Congressman Hermann refused to dis cuss ths indictments which are pending against him. ' His friends say that hs Is nimseir unanie to say wnen me cases will be ..brought to trial;'- that being a question' to hs determined by the United states district attorney." It is under stood thst Congressman Hermann will take nis aeat in the nouse or representa tive after the holiday recess. He- was usable to be present when ths session opened, owing' to a snvere Illness, '-qf which hs stllV-shows traces. '.71 CREDITORS WILL LOSE ' .. HUNDRED THOUSAND (Jonraat BpeHal BtttV..! Ban Francisco, I)ev 27. John A: Pency, attorney for R. Brent Mitchell, slated this morning that there were no new dsvslopmsnts I ths affairs of ths collapsed broker. The creditors met at J o clock this afteuuMUtand planned for Hoarseness or loss of voice Immediately relieved. , Noth ing excels this simple remedy . ID 'J- - w ; . Wc offer able Merchandise to choose from. Every tjarment and every article is fully guaranteed. :j Onr Mr. ,aV.. B. telasaoh wlU in a few days start for ths Bast. Orders sa trusted to hint will re eetve Us careful attea tlon. - -M Make t ""and biscuit, crullers and doughnuts, muffins lrW' and waffles, and pie-crust too. Make them pure and healthful, light and sunny; and good .for you,' with ); V , ; : ) . v'-''Yv. ' ' '-' ; i;,' -: ' . ' f-; ; "'--V.'- , '- - . . ' '. -U ' .''. -. ; "'.'-- : '"" . If you've never tried it you'll marvel at its magic touch and be sorry you waited so long. Delay no longer! Get it as fast as you can, and give the,? family such a treat as they've never had. : ; IS ounces for 25 cents one third what you've paid for inferior pow ders. Costs you nothing, if you're .. not pleased with jrour bargain. Send a postal for ."Book of Presents." JlU a thorough investigation of Mitchell's affairs. Their losses will amount, to approximately 1100,000. Mitchell 1s coh flnsd to. his home' in a stats of nervous oollapsa. , .';,'.'. I"' , JAMES L0CAN ILL (Continued from Pags Ona) His duties took htm over the stats con siderably and during his official travels hs gained many friends. He is or genial disposition. 'wss quick to do favors. snd possessed .perhaps as much personal magnetism as any man who svsr led political forces In this state.'- Fifteen years ago hs served as federal collector of customs snd at ths end of his term retired from active part In pub lics affairs. . r 1 r -. : . . Mr. Lotan has lived hers for more than 40 years; New Tork was his nativs stats. . . ;;-!.:. ' . Xndlaa Killed on Desert. , "T r (Journal BpUl Brrrlc.) '" Ban Diego, Cal- tso. 16. Ths district attorney tods y recelVsd a dispatch from Cslexlco, a. small town on ths desert. telling of-the horrible murder of a Coco pah Indian.-- Ths victim wssttd with wire, after' which his' throat wss out snd hS waa stabbed In several places. There is no clue to ths murderer - Bridge Aeeld.at Bloeka Travel. (Snertel Plapatrk to The Journal)! Aberdeen, Wash., Dec. 47. An acci dent to ths railroad bridge at Monte- sano yesterday prevewted ths evening train from Puget sound reaching hsrs. A schooner drifted down agalnet the bridge, spreading the rails so badly that travel was blocked for several hours. Small Mar, Big Cut. A fine mahogany cased Clarendon piano, beautiful design, slightly mnrrd In holiday rush. We don't want to In ventory it, and will therefore sell at a reduction of Ills. Alan several oihn. fay $1 a. month, fillers I'laao Hot i. TKE GREATEST CLOTHING K0USE CI THE Men's, Youths' snd Children's Suits snd Overcoats, Hats, Caps snd general Furnishing Goods every article in our establishment, ' . except contract and agency goods, greatly reduced. , ; . - ; Our reductions have been made wfth a determination to dispose of ALL of our fall and winter goods IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. ; f The' original cost has not been considered. ; T ' f . v "', ) We offer the greatest stock of new and seasonable merchandise i .to choose from every garment and every article is fully guaranteed. the Grcatcsf StocK of 7: Grocers a ONLY ONE TOY .TOY M,E ' '. . , j --' Entire stock of Toys must go. The largest toy store orx v the ground floor jn the city. (Branch at 109 Sixth St' be- tween Washington and Stark.) ' : v,' Also Japanese and Chinese Curios, consisting of fine :.' bronze, silver, cloisonne, new brass satsuma ware, decorated tea Sets, embroidered kimonos, LOWEST PRICES W THE CTTY ANDREW 287 MORRISON STREETr eaten With" s. Bottle. I tntlil -Btaraifb to Th. iaara.1.1 Eugene, Or l)ec. 17. Lat. yeaterday afternoon Walter E3dy and William Mon roe quarreled while drinking In a saloon. Kdy was struck on ths head with a beer bottle In Monroe's hands. lie is criti cally ill. Monroe was arrested. Tweaty-Oaa Indicted. in.rnl npi.i Cln'Mnnnt l. Wo. . ' ... iv-imfi .,( doalfrs were HrH-i I ,y . viuiiitiun ot t' ' ". . 1I0HTHWEST New and Season -. . . . Tt IF ' ' Jaques Mfg. Co.. : Chicago.. " WEEK MORE mattings tc. Ml CO. - ' . areClsllaa swon Za. OoarKtV Sp"-lal wlr... New tork. Iec. 7 Mnyr.r" M today f-rv, a ccr'in..!. of and t In ' " 'n r f Part (t'.n .1..