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i'i'.. THE OREGON - DAILY JOURNAIV PORTLAND," THURSDAY EVENING, JULY W 1907. CAPTAIN BRUIN CHARGES" LIBELOUS PERSECUTION Police Official at Head of Portland Detective Bureau Has Issued Open Letter Taking Publishers of Oregonain to Task for What He Terms Maliciousness. WASH'S EDITORS BEET O m :-y--V' Vv ' I m ra Mm 'I Portland. Or., July 14 To the Edi tor of The Journal I wish to submit to you sample of the dirty journal ism, so ptly described by Colonel Wood recently at the Fairbanks dinner, that obtain In this rlty. The following: let ' iter was refused by tha Oregonlan, after a persistent and malignant libelous per secution of me as an officer of the Port land police force the paet year and eight months. I turn In disgust from this class of newspapers and nek you In the Interest of a square dual to publish this letter, which the Orofonlan If It had a spark of manhood In Its Journalis ts makeup would be only too glad to publish. PATRICK BRUIN. Captain of Police. Statement Well Known. "Portland, Or.. July 24 To the Ed itor of the Oregonlan Some day ago, Colonel C. li. 8. Wood of this city stat.-d In the presence of the second citlien of the United Suites, vice-president Fair banks, at a banquet held here, mimt se vere reflections on the press, which the Oregonlan saw fit to resent with some heat These statements are too well known to repeat now, but I propose to aire you a chance to make good your virtuous and 'Vigorous denunolallon o these who accuse yeu specifically, an many there are, of wilfully and persist ently misrepresenting cllisens of Port land, official and and enlightenment 1 determined to take the civil service esamlnatlon In Port land. When I filed my application with the secretary of the local civil service commission tn this city. Mayor Lane nor nobody else knew anything about It. and neither did the mayor of Port land nor nobody else save the civil service commissioners know anything about It until after the examination was over. I was much surprised at re ceiving: a percentage of 15, or a grading vi per cent ana at tne neaa or me list In this examination. Position Waa Tendered. "Five days after taking th! examina tion 1 was offered, without solicitation, the position I now occupy In the police department of this city, and at the earnest solicitation of my wife and Im mediate friends I resigned my commis sion In the army and accepted my pres ent position; that Is to say. I resigned Large Majority of the Two Hundred Expected at Everett. DIVERTING FEATURES WILL RELIEVE TOIL Excursion and Ball Tomorrow on the Yosemlte Banquet to Close, Sat urday Night Program or Inter esting Tapers and Addresses. (Special Dlipatcb te Tbe foarsal.) Everett. Wash., July 26. A large ma jority of the too members of tha Wash ington State Press association were on hand today at the opening of their twenty-first annual meeting. The Initial business session was held this afternoon a position paylna $1,8U0 per year for a with President E. E. Beard of Van- uvmon paying; n.zuu per yrar ai mai lay before their fel lows through the medium of your news paper. "Understand me now. that after on year and tght months of persistent mi wilful misrepresentation of me M an of ricer of tne police department or mi oltv. I seek vnur columns now not for th purpose of propitiating- the Oregonlnn. but for tne purpose or aerying me ure soman to make good in one single soi Itary act In my official career in th pouoa service or mis cur, wnerein hare been derellet In duty or failed a an officer of the law to perform m ' Saty lit full to the best of my ability aurliig these 10 months or perelsten and wilful misrepresentation part of the Oregonlan. If the lan cannot do tLls then Colonel Wood apparently knew whereof he spoke; 1 It can do this that is' If It can coin out one single, solitary got In my or flelal Ufa In tne nolloe service of thii elty not done wholly and solely for tne public good, I win. provided you can make good. Immediately hand In my resignation to the mayor of this city and publloly acknowledge that the Ore- gonian s course in mis long ana persist on the the Oregon ent misrepresentation. resentation at all but not mlsrep done for the publlo rood and waa Justifiable by rea ' eon of the functions of Jionest and clean newspaper effort for the publlo good. Upheld Amerloaji Hag. "You have called me a 'foreigner' in four newspaper In spite of tbe fact that followed and upheld the American flag ' in a hundred actions from r captain tn the army of the United States from vecemoer iz, io, tin Novemoo . 1108. and received a serious wouni ' through the right lung at the battle of . Ban Juan mil, under Ueneral Charter in Cuba. Durina thla 11 veers of service ' In tne United Statea array I rose from a private to a captain or scouts, my cap taincy, over the signature of Military Governor Taft. wee granted for 'gallant ana meritorious service in action in tn Philippines, and It was not obtalne by tha help of newspaper writer or irienaiy- editors, as a matter or rec e-rd I carried the American flag through me nosrue provinces or laDayas, ua tangas, cavite, Kisai and Batann, at a time when there wag not a white man in these provinces, my command be ' lng entirely of native soldiers and the entire communities hostile. In proof of inie i rerer to my commanding orncer, General Henry T. Allen, U. 8. A. tn my experience of an officer of the United Statea army, often thrown upon my own resources and Initiative, I have never failed to obtain the approval of my commanding officers. This is the kind of a foreigner' and Interloper I Am. according to tha viewpoint of the irrafters and Incompetents of the tln iorn patriots among the stay-at-homes H thla neck of the woods. Follows Instructions. "On July 10. 105, I reached Portland. - Oregon, on furlough as a captain of acouts of the United States army In the Philippines. The instruction re ceived by officers on furlough in the Philippine at that time waa, among Otner things, to acquaint themselves as Ime. The efforts to oust me from my present position arc well known to the publlo and better known to the Ore gonlan. "I was trained a soldier and It Is my duty to obey orders. If for 1!0 months past It was my duty to drag some of the eclona of the first families out from houses of prostitution In the woe small hours of the morning and throw them Into Jail In this city, I did my duty, leaving It to the Oregonlan to wink at their recorded aliases and hide their deviltry from the decent por tion of society. "These wealthy and perfumed Jekvla and Hydea sympathize with the efforts ; or tne Oregon Is n to ruin my character and oust this 'foreigner,' that they may pursue their nocturnal orgies unmo lested. If the proprietors of the "Parlor houses' convenient to tha swell cluha of this city and the other havens of J T1" couver. presiding. Thla evening a publlo session takes place In the Everett the atre, with L. W. Pratt of Taooma, Congressman Cushman and ether men of prominence as speakers. Business municipal government of cities in the United States: to report to the mayor swell vice have been driven below the dead line where they belong, they also sympathise with the attacks of the Ore gonlan for reasons plain enough; I have never raided a dance hall, nor the Paris houses and other houses of similar re pute In the north end of this city with out being attacked by the Oregonlan newspaper. If the coffee boilers and the other Incompetents of the paat and pres ent police force of this city can no longer sleep on duty, lounge about sa loons and draw their money without earning It, they have an ardent friend and sympathiser In the Oregonlan. The grafters who tried first to bribe me, then trip me In all the cunning ways of that tribe the past 30 months, have a warm and faithful friend In the Ore gonlan; the stool pigeons who have lost their vocation have also a warm friend tn the Oregonlan; the fashionable cour tesans they put on my ecent to entrap me, tbe 'urbane admirer' who left costly gifts at my home 'out of pure friendship' and had them promptly re turned, the slick and effusive 'go- betweens between the north end gam biers and bunco-steerer and who couldnt deliver the goods, all sympa thlse and approve the Oregonlan's at tack In the Oregonlan. getting fouler tning Known to the trade or the prores tonal grafter and his tools to get me under their control, thev have failed. mlserab y failed, and all that la left for them to do Is to inspire these foul at tack in the Oregonlan, getting fouler and fouler every day, until, like the spider, It Is their daily task to weave slander and libel out of their own cor rupt Inside. Someone Sag tied- "The Oregonlan accuse me this morning of being responsible for the nootlng or cusen on the night of the 2 2d of this month in a north end lodsr- ing-house and quote the chief of police of thla city a criticising my action and l judgment upon mi occasion. The chle of police absolutely denies thla. Some one has not blundered, someone has lied. Who la It. the Oregonlan or th chief of police? Judging the presen rrom the past, it is but a fair infer ence that the Oregonlan lied. It 1 up to tne uregonian to prove airrerentiy. "The chief of police has been Quoted at least 20 times during the last two months by the Oregonlan as criticising me; tne cnier naa denied making euch tatementa each and every time. Who lying? Its ud to the Oregonlan to how thla 'I have said I have been trained oldter. I now say during the past year nave Deen orrered much better do - tlons from a monetary point of view than l now hold. Hut l have refused and pleasurs will divide the time during Friday and Saturday. A trolley rid about the olty. a grand ball and a boat excursion to Olympia are among the feature of tn entertainment program. In the way of business the editor will discuss libel law, legislation, railroad transportation, advertising rate and a number of other matter of mutual In terest. Today' program In full 1 a fol Iowa: 10 a. m. Reception of member and appointment of committee at head quarter In chamber of commerce In library building. 2:00 p. m. Business meeting In L.b- uditortum. Address of welcome by mayor of Everett. Response by John L. Wilson, Post-Intelllgencer, Se attle. President's annual address B. E. Beard, Columbian, Vancouver. Paper "The Newspaper as Town Boomer," W. P. Ely. KeJsonlan, Kelso. Paper "Newspaper Hvpocrlsy," Big EAiuy, oiate iapnoi, uiympia. (Eray9 .For Fir 1 1 May mi SataMaiy Extra Special Sale Soft Felt and Derby Hats $3.00 and $3.50 Hats Sale Price $2.00 Extra Special Sale Onflnn Soils ClR fiH rMiinrr ciiic cole 9 fifi I 9ft fifi niitJrirr chJq on coll .tlVSfl $22.50 outina suits on sale $15:00 I $25.00 outine suits on sale $16.50 $30.00 outing suits on sale $19.00 Special Sale of the Famous Chesterfield Suits Continues Pacer "Oettlnc Swetl. Star, Sultan. Business," 3. Newspaper Cole, The Lumberman. Ta- Ledlea," Paper "The Frank B coma. Oration L. W. Pratt, association ora tor, Tacoma. 2:20 p. m Visiting ladle will be entertained by the Associated Ladle' clubs of Everett. 8:110 p. m. Stag reception to dele, gates by the Cascade club. Excursion and Ball An all-day excursion on the specially cnanerca steamer losemite win D taken among the Islands, startlr from Ever ett at 8 a. m. In the evening a grand ball will take place In the apaclous ball room of the Yosemlte. Saturday's program follows: :00 a- m. Take special car for a trolley ride about the city with visits to the papermlll, amelter and other In dustrie. 1:00 p. m German breakfaat with Bernard Ilochstadter as host 2:00 p. ni. Business meeting at lib rary auditorium. Paper "Value of Printing," M, jj. Abbott. Chronicle, Olympia. Paper "Molding Sentiment," George Boomer, Record, Prosser. x Paper "Alone In the Field" W T Howard, Times. Coupevllle. Paper "Politics and Press." Pater MoClung. Washlngtonlan, Pomerov Aeartae Tn iaw and the Pr $2500 suits on sale $1900 $35.00 suits on sale $2650 $3000 suits on sale $2350 $4000 suits on sale $2950 $45.00 suits on sale $3450 Special Prices on Fancy Underwear and Negligee Shirts A splendid opportunity to supply your wearing apparel needs at small cost Take advantage 269-271 Morrison Street ML 269-271 Morrison Street Attorney-General Atklnaon. rose," fully a possible with the workings of th.em ,for he reason that I will not aown under the raise, persistent and of any ejty vlelted. also to the auditor ana enter or ponce and fire department or eucn city, to scats tne errand and aek for the permission to study the woraing or tneir various departments, make note of the same and UDon re turn to duty after the expiration of the runougn 10 maxe a run report to the executive secretary of the Insular gov ernment of the Philippine islands. The purpose of thla I obvious. After my arrival In Portland I proceeded to study the workings of the local government and pursued my investigation for three months. At the time I am speaking of every captain was an examiner of the civil service board in the province In which he may he located In the Philip pine Islands. For my own Information uncalled for misrepresentation of the Oregonlan and Ite corps of disappointed and unmanly incompetent who are fur nlahing it with this scandalous and libelous matter dally, I will go down on me riring line. "I defy the grafters and corruDtlon Ists and police loafers who would get back in the saddle at the expense of my orriciai neaa. Tney nave tr ed to down me pretty hard this past year and eight months, but I am still doing business at the old deak. I now repeat. defy the Oregonlan to make eood on Its attacks on me. If it cannot, the people will understand what Colonel Wood meant In his recent postphrandlal oration. PATRICK BRUIN. "Captain of Police." Already Cooked That's QrapeNuts Feel Cool and Well Fed All day when you Breakfast and Lunch on GRAPE-NUTS. Surprising how long a Human Machine can run smoothly and comfortably these hot days on a Saucer of this Scientific Food. Report of committees Selection of next place of meeting Election or officer. 4:00 D. m. Automobile. rM hni mo ciiy. Saturday evening Banquet. Frank B. Cole, The Lumberman, Tacoma, toast master. Speeches by Governor Mead Congressman Cushman, Senator Piles' Congressman Jones, Jonn L. Wilson s' O Cosgrove, John D. Atkinson and other. RICK STRIKE lli To Reward Patience of Men Who Are 3Jaking Haste Slowly. (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) Bohemia, Or., July 26. Some very rich ore ha been uncovered at the Hiawatha mine by miner drifting on the ledge. Ore from the new strike has not been assayed yet, but It Is cer tain to run hlch. Tha Hiawatha h always been a good mine, and could have been made a nroducer lonir urn If the owner had cared to Install a reduction plant. They have continued teaay development work for several years. The future plans of the com pany are not disolosed. but it Is under stood that work will be carried forward. it is estimated that there Is 1158.000 worth of ore blocked out In thla mine. Mr. Lovelace has sold his Interest in the Sunrise mine to Eggen & Sweet, and the new owners are at the property now with a mining engineer and will make a thorough examination of th mine. Assay of ore will be taken from various tunnel and thorough tests made of the 500-foot tunnel, which is a drift on the ledge and la tn good ore all the distance. The or body m largo ana rne ore carries some rree gold, but the value are mostly In base uro. Colonel W. H. Bursrhardt of Salem. manager of the Martin oreek mining property, la at camp directing work and letting contract. He has let a con tract for a 160-foot crosaout to tap a rich antimony lead and will let other contract before he return to Salem. He plan to build a new trail front his property to the county wagon road, thus saving about four mile of travel. Dr. Oglesby, J. W. Oowdy of Cottage Grove and Frank Talklngton of Salem are on a tour of Inspection of their mining property, the Golden Slipper. They Intend to do considerable deveiop- uivni. tcuia 1.1119 mmmar ana rail. lhl , j.1 ''..'NI ILLM'lli 1 1 IE gSII ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT, j AVejetaUc PreparKlontrAi slrallaring feFtotfantfltoula tingtlicStoaiadtsaniBoskdsof 11 Promotes Digwfomflwifiii ness and Kestxontams neUfia- Opiuni Morphine norMiaaaL! NOT NARCOTIC. ActtfMDcSSMMtacm w4harawe mm Seed - Aperfect Remedy forConsltya-l Hon . Sour StomarJi.Dlarrlm Wontisxnvnistoii3.revBnsir nessandLossoFSEEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. J 1 For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of AW Exact Copy of Wrapper. In Use for Over Thirty Years in tnc eturaua eeaeawv, tw veaa errv. raising sharply th question of state versus federal right, was an open ana : " There's a Reason " GOVEENOR GLENN IS AFTER JUDGE'S SCALP (Jearail Special Service.) Waahington, July 26. The report come from Raleigh, N. C. that a bitter udlclal contest Is being waged in North Carolina between the etate and federal authorities over the mode of enforcing we iai railroad rate law which will robably lead to an attempt to Impeach circuit jungi t-eier u. .fritehard, ac cused by Governor Olenn of trying to paralyse the court of the state and Prevent the proper enforcement of their unctions. The plan, It Is said, I to present formal charges to congress Immediately en It reassembly In December. It la aid the state officials and member of the Judiciary will contend that th judge' action In releasing the officials of the Southern railroad on habeas corpus and o preventing the atae of ficials from trying te uphold the law. gross violation of his powera. It la hinted that Judge Prltchard acted in I the belief that he waa carrying out the wishes of the president, whereas the president Dy his action is said to be seriously embarrassed. If you want to rent your newly fur nished room advertise It In the "Fur nished Rooms" columns of The Journal. Rate one cent a word. Phone If vou can t Drtng u. Courthouse Scheme Tabled. (Special DUpatcb to The Journal. ) Enterprise, Or.. July 25. At a meet ing of the Wallowa county court a ALTj Tn WOU9 Knows that Ballard's Snow Llnlmnt has no superior for rheumatism, atlff joint, cut, sprains, lumbago and all pains. - Buy It. try It and you will al ways us it. Any body who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment is a living roof of What ft does. AH we ask of rou is to get a trial bottle. Price Sto, So and 11.06. Sold, by aU druggists, proposition for th cltlsene of Enter prise to doate the county a site valued at 110,000 and a 15,000 cash bonus on condition that the county court erect a courthouse on the site to cost not less than $21,000, was laid on the table in definitely. Potter Schedule for Beach. The steamer Potter will sail frnm ! Portland. Ash street dock, Saturday. 9 a. m. uet ticaets and make reserva tions at city ticket office. Third and wasnington streets. C. W. Stinger, olty ticket agent. Special Midsummer Sale at PORTLAND'S BEST SHOE, STORE, On April 1 we opened this store with the NEWEST and CHOICEST stock of FINE FOOTWEAR in the city and it is our firm determination to close out all accumula tion of a busy season at this time. This policy insures to ourpatrons FRESH and STYLISH SHOES every day in the year. The price reductions are numerous and extend throughout the MEN'S, BOYS', LADIES'. MISSES' and CHILDREN'S departments. All Low Cuts, such as OXFORDS, GARDEN TLES, PUMPS, SLIPPERS, etc., are greatly reduced. Below w mention a few of the many Mid-Summer Bargains : LADIES' WHITE CANVAS 2, 3 and 4-hole GIBSON TIES, genuine Goodyear welt; regular $2.50 values. Now LADIES' PATENT COLT and GUNMETAL GI SON TIES, Goodyear welt; regular $3 values. Now 91.95. LADIES' PATENT COLT and GUNMETAL BLUCHER OXFORDS and GIBSON TIES; alio BUT TON OXFORDS, hand turned and Goodyear welt; regular $3.50 and $4.00 values. Now $ 2.85. MEN'S GENUINE PATENT COLT and GUN METAL BLUCHER OXFORPS; regular $4 values. Now 3.35. And many other style too numerous to mention. WE INVITE YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR SPE CIAL $3.0 WINDOW DISPLAY of MEN'S SHOES. Your choice of any style in this window $3.50 per pair. MISSES', and CHILDREN'S OXFORDS in WHITE, BLACK or TAN at ridiculously low prices. Srvsatn aad Wsjkinftcm Rosenthal's rORTLAND'S BST SHOt STORE. Seventh sxmI WasluBft Sec Our Windowi formerly at 149 Third St SECRETARY STRAUS TO VISIT HONOLULU (Journal Special Service.) San Francisco, July 25 In order to see for himself how the new lmmlgro tion law Is workingMn Hawaii, Secre tary Straus of the department of com merce and labor Is sailing for Honolulu todav on tha ataamcr fiihort ik. Hawaiian Islands Secretary Straus wUl investigate the subject of lmmlrrattnn carefully, giving special attention to ma constant eon ana now or aliens to and from those islands. The question of Japanese immigration will receive particular attention. . Secretary Straus plans te be gone several weeks. He Is aocompanled on his trip by Mrs. Straus nd his private Secretary, T. L. Weed. REFORM SCHOOL FARMER RESIGNS tSpetlal pispeteh te Th jsorsaj.) Salem. Or.. July M.--W. u Slmaral, who for 10 years has been haa.il farm at the state reform school. hs resigned his position and has gone to his farm ' in the Waldo hills. Chester Cannon, who for the past two years has been assistant farmer at the school, was ohosen head farmer. Mr. Slmaral served under four superintendents, R. J. Hend- N. H. Looney. frolsan, H. E. Bickers and Schilling's B&stjj Is sold in packages onlyT never in bulk. b X Tear sjrseer retwraj f of onjr if you doa'l like It; we sajr aiav ft :'4V ,.j -". i i Z2l 1