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ORON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTiAIIEC-THUSSDAYEVENIIIQ. JUNS 7. ZZJ. . ... i '.''.I tzzz Insurance-Inspectors, and Legislatures Pur-chasd-rlmmunity Granted toVVitrieisses ': f ; - Who Jurned State's Evidence . THE mil' mm a- tfW mill S,UI hi .la.. I 1 i i New York. Junu 7. -Tba special P0 " jurr which- Is Investigating Insurance "matters baa derived moat of JU Infor mation concerning the Management ana ; mismanagement of the Mutual Life In '' tfuranoe company from certain men t whom -. restrict .Attorney Jerome .has prosalsed Immunity and who wilt be : used aa wltneasea' against whoever Is --' indicted. " The men to whom Immunity ; una been promised -are: .Andrew C, rieM, - Lysander W. iwrence, - Edgar ' . W. Rogers, Charles EL Parsons, Charles Vs l. Norrla and George McKlbbon.- -'It la known that District Attorney Jerome haa In his possession evidence ' to siow that govarnors, . legislatures and state superintendents of insurance (Continued' from Page One.) hu nicer. At noor) they picked up the naiint nog ana csrnca rt to me. iioosrt Curtis. . leaving the polls closed while Wiey . took dinner. This was cieariyj a Atain to hamper the contestant.. but -Hegsl.--the-bivnqglre-thsr -aartBrlWui f the crowded condition of the the hours of polling voters shall be sola at any time to cast tbelr ballets. There is no provision- for election 'of ficer going to dinner In a body. The precinct In which the law waa thus violated gave Stevens 111 votes' and Word . lis. - This majority of It for . Stevens assumes great importance In view of the - faot that his majority In the county Is only five votes. - How msny voters showed up at precinct It irrew-Weary - of t waiting7 for the .leisure-loving patriots who had been . placed-1 b nhs rga. Is not known, but they may have been sufficient In -number to change the result of the election. -. It 1s certain that If a suit for the pos session of the office or sheriff follows - the recount that precinct will come In lor investigation. Iwood. 7 i rhe genwood-vote east In preeinet -H4 Is already the subject of much dlsous slon and considerable, aulet . Inquiry. There the liquor dealers, fearing that the prohibition election in' this precinct ' - anight-g. against them, saw to it that their supporters who had failed to reg- wier- voted iy -eraaavlt. The number of affidavit votes reached the unprece dented total Oft?, uul lhr . la strong suspicion ' that some of these votes Wert Illegal.' " : . . la-prsclacl the polling place of i which was at - East Twenty-sixth and . Powell streets, 3 affidavit votes were - rorded. The guarantors of the -unregistered voters did not exceed 10 la . autnber, which means that It property- owners swore In St votes. The law re quires that each unregistered applicant must be -vouched ' for by six property . owners, but there- la no limit to the number of applicants for which eaob property-owner may vouch, for. There was prohibition eloctlpn .In precinct '' negative votes-were Tony' Sechtem and J. M. Freid linger, both saloon-keepers. They began work early rs the morning and did not flnlatt helping affidavit j- voters until . the polla closed. Their names appear on many of the affidavits, - At times the -guarantors showed a won- -.derful ignorance regarding the residence ni ine men ror whom they were vouch . ing. but they took oath glibly and the . www alum vroxav 1 - There , is - no doubt that to per cent f the affidavit votes rounded . up by ' the liquor Interests were cent against - Tom Word; and an Inspection of the uwi save inera me right to vote might make Interesting reading. , It la believed that certain nrnnartv owners spent most of their time elec tion day swearing In - alkiavU roteat However, this cannot be proved sjt this - tiros as the affldavits are locked up in the vaults cf the county cjerk and can- -.--rzjxxjgv - ussj Msxawit. f m Msls - aa w.a;el- - g -0- 1 i sued they- wilt be produced by order of : court County Clerk Fields In explain ing his action, said thla morning; ' "If I let one person see the affldavits I would - -fca-4e4Atj everybody see ;' .r them.-. Thenr whether anything hap penxl to the dot'uiiieius TrHOt,'chargos: might be made that they had been tam , " pered with. In view of the possibility of . a content I think-1 am doing Hsht , in Kvrpma mem . jocRed up.. I will produce them when I am served with , '- Children- grow; ; fast as ' flowers, but they don't ? grow - their, own foliage. The outer "husks" must b ' furnished by science and 7 art,T." - "."V - Here are . boys' suits scientifically built, show-- ing ; they - belong to the , ,boys.- '.i - - . 'Today a new lot of suits, , .'. sixes S to tZ-i:-.-; Woolen Fabric's, 2t5 to $7.50. Wash Fabrics, 50 to LION ClothinqCo t CusKuhnPiuDV ; Men's and Boys' Outfitters. . , 16 and 168 Third St . . Mohawk Building. .. ' 1 all aver the country cot money from the Mutual. ' This la corroborated by the testimony of Lawrence and Rogers ss to the money that waa paid to Fields for legislative and ' other purposes, through the Lawrence company. The testimony of Fields Is expected to cause g sensation.-,'; ,' y. -r . ' The grand jury has. not." heard the whole of Fields' story. It was pointed out today that there ta good reasons why -It would "have been unwise for Fields to tell the Whole story when be is to be a witness. Should any official of the Mutual, who -la Indicted, have asked for and got leave to Inspect the minutes of the grand Jury, then the whole- story would have been known. When he tells It en- the stand- they will be in the dark and unprepared. an "order of coort and not before. This Is fair to -everybody, and no one can' have Just cause of omplaint.T, .nit War Take' Time.' ; la case a suit follow the recount it 'may be months before a decision is ren dered. Such delay would be due not-to because of the crowded oondltton of the court calendars. However, the support ers of Sheriff W-Ord believe In crossing one bridge at a time, and they are at present -devoting their attention te the prospective recount, gathering evidence In regard to precincts In Srhlch mis takes- are said to have been made In crediting votes. ' The petition f Sheriff Word asking a recount is as rouows: nerlft- rorjr-tltn. "To Robert L. Stevens of the county Of Multnomah, state of Oregon: . ."Please take noUce that I. Thomas M. Word, a resident and elector of the county of Multnomah, In the state of Oregon, for 14 years preceding the 4th day "of June,' I too, and the Thomas Mr- Word 'who was - candidate of the Democrat partj for the.office ot JhcrllX I or . the county oi Muitnoman, in ssia at'tO-fiX. prton..- .the generw.eiecuon hlch took place in said ..county of Multnomah, state of Oregon, on the 4th day of June, ltAf. do contest your right to the said ofnoe of sheriff of Mult nomah county.-stata of Oregonyou being the candidate of the Republican ticket at the si id election, at .whion election - you were 'returned by the Judges of ssld election as sleeted to said office of sheriff by a plurality of live votes. And you will take notice that I , . . . .. . testing your said election and shall ask relief aa hereinafter set out and prayed for - "As a ground and cause of contest I . am Informed and believe and there fore allege the facts to be that In all the to voting precincts ot the county of Multnomah, said atats of Oregon, there were - Irregularities and errors com mitted by the judges and clerks of eleo tion with the exception of precinct l& In 'which there was-, no election, by which eTror-And" Irregularities your vote waa Increased and my vote waa diminished. That I cannot give a more particular description of the errors and irregularities which happened in said election precincts, as a rssult of which errors and irregularities my vote in the county of Multnomah- and state of Ore gon,, which, was by said election Judges and clerks placed at 1.265, waa In reality about t.tOB, and your vote whloh was placed at I,tt0, was In reality about O.OlOr That- said election-s held -In the county of Multnomah, stata of Ore gon, on the 4th day of June, 1904, I had a plurality of 4tS voles over you, but the Judges returned that . you. were elected over me by a, plurality of five votes. ' ': 'V": .'f .: "Wherefore.' you will take notice tfiat I Intend in this particular and that I' do apply "to the elreult eou rt-of the-stts-t of Oregon for Multnomah county te order in thla particular contest a re count of all ballots cast in all of the pTecinctslinfultnomah count jrln the state of Oregon, commencing with Pre cinct No. 1 and including Precinct No. to, with the exception of Precinct No. II, In which there was . no election. for-the-office of sheriff of Mnltnoma h county, wtate " of Oregon. AndJdQ further, request said circuit court to revise and correct sal returns and af ter the correction 'thereof shall have been mad to direct snd , adjudge that I am elected to the office of sheriff of Multnomah county, state of Oregon, and to issue and prepare an order to the clerk of the circuit court of Multnomah county in aalfl state of Oregon to Issue to me a certificate of election. I'And you will further take notloe of all and -singular my allegations and prayers for relief as herein contained and. make .appearance aplaniwr.r here, to In the said circuit .court on or be fore the llth day of June, H0. . ' "(Signed) THQMAS WORD. r ' . - ' Contestsnt. '' "HENRT E. M'GINN, '. "W. T, VAUOHN, -. "Attorneys for Contestant" An Instance of the carelessness of election officials Is furnished by the fact that the ballot box containing the ballots cast In precinct 10 wsa not taken to the county clerk's office until t:lt o'clock this morning, although the tally sheel waa turned in at t:tt a. m. Tues day, more thsn 4t 'hours previous. The polling place of this preeinet was at Chapman and Elm streets, within one block of the Portland heights car line. The belated ballot box waa brought la by D.-E. Keesy, one ef-the Judges of election. . -.. . ? v ksrlff Word Talks. . T T-" ' sheriff Word was at work at his of fice shortly after I o'clock this morn ing. He had little to say about the situation, but expressed a belief that a recount of the votes would leave him still in pbksesslon Of the sheriffs office. He would ssy absolutely nothing as to evidence so far gathered as to fraudu lent voting. Intimating that, whatever the facts were,, -they would be revealed In the couree of the contest - He hid nothing to say against R. I Btevens and -declared that. If Btevena should be de clared elected by the Judge, he himself would be the first to , congratulate his successor and would show htm every courtesy In the transfer of the office to him.. He stated emphatically that he held o grudg against County Clerk Fields for his hssty Issuance of the cer tificate of election to Stevens. , Bald Tom Word: - ' ' . '- ' n "do ..not blame Fields Tor- Issuing the certificate o election to Mr. Btevena. I went to Field myself and told him that so fail aa I waa concerned, be could hwue 'the certificate, that I wanted Btevens to ..hsve the .tf flea If. he wsa fairly elected, but that 'I wanted a' re. count I believe that any man la the . f ' t .. . .' ' ' . -. . - ."'-'. s' ' ;i-.'. ..' K I - ' Mrs. Julius Davis. Former Nurse of ; Princess " Eni, Who Is . Now in PortUndT ' ' C-l. United States would ask the same thing. . . - . Has sTever Orled rraaa. , .' . "As far as fraud Is concerned I want to say that I have never charged -fraud. Fraud Is a different thing from, anls take. It is only- reasonable to suppose that In the counting of 18,000 votes there should be some mistakes, aa many as five, or more. I do not say that I have been elected.' I will lea va. that Xor the court to decide and I am willing to abide by the decision of the court. "If the. reading of the. bailoU bafore the Judge Indloates that ! waa elected I want the office; If ths reading Indi cates the election of Mr. Stevens I want him to have the office.. If my opponent la elected I want to be the first man t congratulate him and the first to take hlmin my buggy to Jhe courthouse, I will gladly show him the details of the of nee and the tax department and will give him. every aaalstanoe that I can. All I aak Is a recount to determine who Is really elected and for that, reason I tiled a contest" '- - - - Stevens Talks of fltaathm. - R. L. Stevens waa out early thla morning ' receiving the eon gratulat lone of hla frienda. He appeared not in the leaat disturbed by the impending eon tee-and -we.- supremely -eonndent that recount would show blm much-farther in the lead, than Ave votes. "1 skinned 'em, JuiyJwlwJauoBlweiil gieeiuuy as ne snooa nanas wiui every body in sight Btevens tntlmated -that - fraud hsd been practiced by the' Word partisans, but offered no definite Information on 1 tke-subject "I have no objections to a recount,' said he. a 'believe- that -reoount wlU Inoreaae my lead by 100 votes. - I know of frauds having been - -perpetrated against me in different precincts, but have not the Information at hand. In the-places where Word's deputies them selves counted the votes you can guess that I would not -get ths best of If . Manning Will Vroseeute. District Attorney John Minnlng to day expressed his Intention to prosecute fraudulent voters and criminal election ii.uuui.iii vuiuib iiu vniuiiiM n;uun him. -i-. .- ..-.....;:.... ! . i.J "if the officials of Multnomah county will give me the necessary, assistance." said Manplng, "I will proaecute the election Criminals wherever they may be found, in precinct (7 or anywhere else, and prosecute them to ths full extent of the law.. It Is the .duty-of othsr county ofnolsls to gather the evidence and If they do so I vrtll faithfully perform my duty of conducting the prosecution' of such persons. ,,lZ. i-. . . . The consensus of opinion among: the voters, . be they "friends of Word or Stevens, Is that the only fair thing to do ander the circumstances is to have a recount. . Ex-United - States Senator Joseph Simon voiced the popular senti ment when he said today: "There certainly should be a recount where the vote is so close. ' A recount Is necessary to determine the will of the voters as to ' this office and it, should be taken without delay." . .. ,', ........ OREGON POSTMASTERS" GIVEN LARGER SALARIES (Journal Special Service.) ' "- a .Washington, June- 1. Poet-' masters In ths following Oregon . cities were today allowed an In- d crease of tlOO annually, com- d menclng July -is Aaoland.. JLs torla, Coqullls, Elgin. Eugene. e Ileppner, Huntington and Kla- , math Falls. - An increase of $200 4 annually was given to the poet. master at Hood River.. V FOR WOMEN. Zmportaat Sala of uaunsr Ooods for Friday and Satarnay at atoJUQea a The ladles will take notice' that on Friday and Saturday we wll plaoe on sale at big reductions from ordinary pricea a run line or shirtwaists, cor sets, summer knit white undirnir muslin white shuts, drawers, gowns and corset covers, -white hosiery for ladies and children, white gloves, eta In the housekeepers' department will be ' found curtains," white . spreads, hemmed sheets, pillow, cases, feather and silk floss pillows, 1 table linens. towels, napkins and - draperies. Thls-4 two days' sale will long be remembered. We are going to otter bargains that will burprlse the natives.- MoAllsn sc Mc Donnell, Third and Morrison. PIONEER. OF-GRANT ' . COUNTY PASSES AWAY (Special Dlaastch te The ToaraaL)' ' ' Canyon City, Or., (June 7. John H. Blake, one of Grant-county's pioneers, died Sunday, aged It years. 'Hi waa bars In Germany, coming 'to this conn try when quiie young. The year 1861 found htm In the mines at Canyon City, where he has since resided, with the ex eeptlon of a few yeara at Busanvllle, His wife died two years ago. Mrv Wil liam H. Bchroeder Is a daughter. , . Wanted Teams and VUUX. at-TJrand avenue and Rsst Morrison street, -1 a. nr. Friday. Teams 11.10 per day, men 11 B0. Pacific Building company. v orBis ox.s somas. "Westmoreland. Kan.. May (, UOjl Railard,' Know Liniment Company Tour Know Liniment cured an old sore on the side of nry chin that waa supposed to be a cancer. The sore was stubborn and would not vleld to treatment, until I tried Snow Liniment, which did the work in short oraer. My sister, Mrs. Bophla J...lsrson, Allensvllle, Mlffln count, Pennsylvania, has a sore and mistrusts that It ia-a cancer. Please send har S0-rent bottle. Sold by Woodard, Clarke tr Co. i- - f w-"'V PJ ' -r .' ' t--r- Of ' V (T VS'' ' ,y'';.:' "'.V l".: ",: ..'''' -'.l :';'7 V? '' 7.:7'-' r,''v THE SUPREME COURT OF OREGON HAS ORDERED US OUT OF HALF OUR STORE! We fought the landlord to the court of last resort Tn tJiis state, and he won. ITbAtVvviiy we have to vacate. We have not the room in the other half to ' place the furniture we have in the portion we must relinquish. We have no other building in which we can offer it for sale. ii Vc Dave Put on a Sale ol Furnitnrc Thai Sets (lie Senses ta a yIiirl; ..Jt.ls nonsense to speak of former profits when one is hi our fix.'. The only proper 'consideration is "HOW CAN WE GET'' OUT OF THEv BOX NOW THAT WE ARE IN IT ?M There is but one avenue of escape, and that is by THE SACRI. FICE OF VALUES ROUTE." We are' on that track, and' the people reap the harvest. W have been cracking the whip for aeveral days, '. ' 2 Selling toitftoe,lC And in all cases at a stupendous reduction from former lowest quotations. Consequently we are driving an active business with furniture buyers from all sections of the city, and they are having a picnic at our expense. BUT BUSINESS IS BUSI NESS! WE MUST GET.OUT AND DO SOMETHING TO INDUCE the PEOPLE TO QUICKLY BUY OUR GOODS niED !E ARE RI1T - H THE EOSIE FURNISHERS FAlRBAi;XS ALARf.ED OVER "JflECDirSBBflU Vice-President, Through His Newspaper Organ, Attacks ,- -' Speaker of the House, v J Jaraal Special Service.) Washington. June 1. Vlce-Prealdent Fairbanks Is disquieted over ths growth of the feeling in congress that 8peaker Cannon will be a At subject -for the auff rage of the people when the time cornea to eleot a successor to Theodore Roosevelt. The vice-president has shown unrest In unmistakable manner and haa taken every means at this early period of the campaign to straw obstacles la tne speaaera pnin. - The circumstantial evidence pressmen In the case is aa atrong aa any direct evidence ever adduced, and frienda of Cannon have taken note of the proceed ings and are properly resentful. Can non la not yet announced as a candl date -for-the -preeldeBcyt but he per- sonal newspaper organ or vice-rresiaeni Fairbanks haa attacked the speaker vi ciously in Its editorial oolumna and at ills door ..laid the sin 01 Ihs purs joou bUl delay, and Intimated that It la hla will that the measure ' which would make for the health of the people should die. , : " . Square Deal on" Squares. Square pianos take but little ' mors room than an upright, but with people who move frequently the? are some what out of demand. Hence In the reg ular retail way. more actual Intrinsic musical worth la to be secured by buy ing a : square piano . than ' an upright at three times the money. But Just now. - we're . - willing - to sell these same square pianos at leas than half the usual values. Genuine rosewood and beautiful -mahogany cased, one originally costing860, on 7S(r and" one-eosnng"19607-go "for prac tically nothing. In order to get rid of them. We must move In a few days and everything must go. Ill secures a good Pirsson. A fine Oabler goes for $21, an excellent Kranlch at Bach only 131, a superb Haselton for $118, an elegant Checkering $tt, a fine Emereon for $4, a good Guild Bros., for Pay $5 or tt. yes, even $1 a month. Tou'll have to act quickly, - for ai thefis. ridiculously low prices they are bound to ba snapped up in two days. Eilera Plarlo House, III Washington street. i The Best Scouring Soap Madt A Sconring Soap A Meul PoHih A Glass Cleaner . ALLEtl'O FOOT-EASE "A Csrtsls Cure for. Tired, Hot, Aching Feet. 00 NOT ACOIPT A UtTITUT. :x ,'wi'.''o,?,;.-iS SFVTO f.!0HE DAYS OF ATfl) All 7I11 DE OVER! , . ..r-:-"- i ... . in . i aritn. - ,-,..-n.a i ' , . . V ' M" " 1 y mm j Jeii!ii :rM OstxiT owm ssnrzsra. Hotel Edtbh 00 a. M0JUUSOV AJTS wist ruuc STS, - - tkt it xtr i ... a.w aw v v Raadssisrly fnnilahed, elegantly saulpued. treproot, Sts biIdoW walk froaa seaH ai abopptns and bnalneae Slstrict, all lanre, star, eatslde Taenia, steals heaetd, eleetrM llshta, telephoae la sack apailwsut. ete. parse eineae, Meacuur. amoaias, wnuas. rfe lira' laoire- recepimt paraon. ttr snail er telesbone. Frhaea eaasisas suets trains aad Hommt $t.OO to- $3.00 a Saeslal Baw ta OiwsiiiiiIsI II Day Kit MAS XATOV, rrorsMrly ef Betel tldpatb, Sakaae. Open for the Season FAMILY SUMMER GARDEN Washington Street, Near City Park Entrance. ,v Strlctlv first-ctaaa tnanairement. Fine line of Liquors, Beers, Sand- ncnec and cigars. , crfAS. PILTZ,-Proprietor. 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