TIIC OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,
PORTLAND, WEDHESDAY-'EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 18C3.
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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
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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
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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.
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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;
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Wednesday, December 27th .
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SCCiETY IIMD
i;er .oopfED no,
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Fourteen-Year-Old . .Girl Prodded
' With , Toasting Fork and
Jabbed With Scissors, j--
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(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
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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.
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'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.
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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
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;1frnaSat.
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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 .
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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. -
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Make
t ""and biscuit, crullers and doughnuts, muffins
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and waffles, and pie-crust too. Make them
pure and healthful, light and sunny; and good
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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."
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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
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Grocers a
ONLY ONE
TOY .TOY M,E
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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
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Jaques Mfg. Co..
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mattings tc.
Ml CO.
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OoarKtV Sp"-lal wlr...
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