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THE - OREGON DAILY- JOURNAL,. - PORTLAND, TUESDAY i EVENING, , MARCH- 31, 1003. ASKS CITY TO ' st aaV'aiBk mm aW'Vi f 'i MAYOR IB EXILE Colonel W. F. Stewart Sent 'to Lonely Arizona Post Be- cause lie Refused to Be . sign Denied Investiga tion by Court of Inquiry, BUY LIGHTING PLANT Addresses Letter to Portland Citizens Setting Forth Star tling Facts of Interest to Taxpayers Lane Anxious to Save Company "From Again Losing Money.' (UnlUxJ TrMi Laa4 Wire.) J rVaahlqgton, March 21. No mall acn Mtlon has baan created In army olrclea here .by tha report racalvad from San FrancJaca that Colonel William P. Stew art If ormerly In command of Fort Bar ' rancaa, Florida, haa baan mada an -American DreyfuB" by being exiled to Fort Grant. a deserted poat la Arleotia, whara hie only aeaoalates ara on a as- llatad maa and two army mules. An lnveatlgatlon la sure to result, and ovine to tha strange oonditlona of tne case, a aoanaai Mtmi meviioia. If tha charges of Colonal Stewart's rrienaa ara true, ana no nas oeen con damned without trial or a chanca to avan vat a temporary hearing, to a con dition amounting; to virtual exile, eome one in tne war aeparimeni la certain to be called upon to explain Tafia U JtyaWry If, on tha other hand, there la juatl flratlon for tha seeming barbaroua pun ishment that bu bean dealt tha old of ficer, tha revelation of tha caueea will probably be ultre-aeneational. The entire laoidant la veiled In mys tery. It la hard to understand how tha exiling- of Colonal Stewart could nave been aocompllahed without a. word of it becoming public had ha deaired to ob ject. On tha other hand, department of Aetata aar that tha system la ao com plex as to make patty apltework not only dangerous, but almoat Impossible. . Post 1b Desert. Little U known of Fort Grant here, aave that It la a run-down army poat located out in tne Ariaona aeaert tanas. - Tha complaint of Colonel Stewart'a frlanda la that laet fall ha waa. given tha alternative of accepting tha deeart poat or resigning irom tne aervice. ai he la nearing the point of aervioa when be will be retired a brigadier-general, he refuaed to resign, and demanded a court In a letter to the dbodIb of Portland, i included rhargea for the installation of Mayor Harry Lane advocates tha laaalng new lampa and other material, wnicn na or buying of tha electrio lighting ays tern of tha Portland Railway, Light A Power company by- the city, aettlng forth that aaoh action would ba a rem edy for tha Clty'a praaant embarrassing poaltloh of being compelled to accept tha dictation of a elngle private corpor ation in tha matter of aecurlng lights for lta streets. The letter to the people la an Indication that Mayor Lane will veto tha lighting ordinance paaaad by me council at us last meeting. Although la hla letter to uia people in will uae this vear and perhapa for many yeare to come, and wnion cnargea seem to be over-chargea. If made aolely against the expenaea lor lighting lor the year 107. "lie thla aa it may. we are aaaured by him that hla company loat $2,000 last year, and all of ua know that the city did not have mora than half tha lights which It needed, while It paid out over Ml, 000 for auch service as It received, thug both partlea Beam to have gotten the worst of the bargain. Assuming, however, that auch waa tha ease, It seems t ma that until auch time aa tha oity decldea to put in a ox i STOMACH TROUBLE A oraat many opl who . m .1 i -r l tirna na in onv aecinrs to di fiVtlZml.P'oM might b. arrived at if the letter to Preeldent Joaaelyn of tha fOB"f"un 00JnP?r., I J.I1 11.1,1 M. urn. I I"" till lia IIWU1 WIU ware to laaaa to thin tha city limits pany. In which he auggeated ice pur-1 ; T'r,i . rr.. X.i ...i. r,;. .k,; JV. value, the city to operate tne Bam a at JT?m Jm ''SJKXmm euS! u P nd to pay for all new -Zl2rAnX2F?hs ar.t.,T clUM mpa Inatallad. they ta U owned by tho whJchD 7.VlM f 'JVXZt. . oHy, and the city to pay tha company near, and Wvnn Meredith, a mmbar of n,h, of a cent p.r g,j0watt hour for the electrical board of Awd. CJ- the electrio power to light auch Tampa torma, Tiaiiva Marur Lilt ,u,u Miirh ing. and told him that Alameda, with allT"". population or -io.ooo, naa atreei .-rhll lai belna the orloa, I am Informed, en aucn power u aoia in lacoma. arrangement would, probably, nam, wnn:n i '" " I relieve the Portland Kauwav. liant ae frpra lta oarn ayaUm, whereaa poruand. powtr company from any further los r!'A a. iutlon o '"j??.0 hV Jiy Incurred In lighting the city. nd t 1.S0O atraet lampa. In addition to fur- mlght prove To be a dlatlnct gain oar currant for lta street Alameda aalla current to oitlaena T oenta a kilowatt hour at a profit The rata In Portland la considerably In exceaa of thla rate. Mayor Lane'a letter to the people fol lows: Tv to the People. 'There Ilea before me for my ap proval or disapproval an ordinance which waa paaaea by a majority of your rapreaentatlvea which dlreota that a contract ahall ba entared Into by the .hi w lampa, I to th rfiv u wll If aoma auch ar f of I ran rem ant la not. or can not ba mada with tnia company, ruuy one nair or tne people of thla city will ba compelled to f rope tneir w ha ooat for 11 ooo a year. sured. Time for Definite Action. 'Thla matter of public lighting la of more Importance to you than may ap- rrope their way about In darkness, else naming Of thla will ba about i:00.- you may reat aa- pear upon the surface and if eome ac tion In respect to It la not taken aoon. Thia waa refuaed him and ba waa hustled posthaste to Arisona, where he haa elnce remained, trying vainly to get a hearing, , or learn tne city for public lighting for a period of I with all aourcea of water power In the liner tnrea or live yeare irom tne l hands or nrivate persons, and tne city firat of January, 1909, with no mail-1 tied up with a long tima contract, the mum price fixed to ba paid for auch I poaltlon will ba auch that relief will lighting. I be exceedingly difficult and axpenalve -Thla ordinance la drawn with a aav-1 to obtain, and it la mv firm conviction grea of care In lta terms of enactment i that you cannot do better for the future which la not usually beatowed upon I of the city than to get speedily to work meaaurea which ara passed for tha I and Beck and aeoura if poaalble aome transaction or ordinary arraira. ana rori avenue or eecape. that reaeon I aaauma that It waa tha In. 'To me It see ma unfortunate that thla tention to make It certain that there city ahould be In a poaltlon In which it should ba no aacapa from ita provisions. a abaolutely dependent for lta eervico "Aa tne matter now atanda wa nave I m ine matter oi puouc iignung upon contract for ltghtinr the city at a the mercy of a private corporation. w I t aTa uferina from . Inetigeatlon ar Buffering unnaoeeaarlly. They can M Mrcel. Proper attention to tha) allai and tha right remedy to ten urn the weakened organ or II that I rqulrd. . ' l Tho , symptom of stomach troulvry. Soma victim have a ravenoue p petite, om loathe the eight f food. Often there I 'a feeling a of walght n the cheat, a full feeling In th threat Scmtlm,e th ga preaaea n th heart and leada th euff rer to think, ha ha heart dlaeaae. 8lok headeche I a freuent nd dlatrlng aymptem. Mlaa Julia A. Van Sickle, of 7U i N. Ninth atraet. Tort Dedfe, Iowa aya: "Laet winter I Buffered Tresa leai of ppetJt, general weakness and eihauatloa. 1 had aa deair for food of any kind. I kad a aa.a. t- nerveus aaaaacoe aaariy every aner- noon, especially whan I began to a 1 j . - I I . w ma Kipping a vaar ewiy voce m ivhUa. . , .. "M7 father nrged ne t 'take Dr. WlUiama' Pink Pllla aa k thinks very highly 0 them. Ia a few dara I aaw they were helping me. My appetite returned aqd I have not bcea bothered by atomach trcable or nervouenest ilncc." prioa of 15.80 per month for each arc I wnicn in a, great HUES I E SETTLE MATTERS Litigation Ended and Re ported Bank Will Be Found Solvent. part hag derived Ita .Ion from apecially will nav out about 1100.000 thla vaar. granted privileges to in use Thla contract will expire on tha Slat day of next December, and under exist ing circumstancea there la but one concern which can by any poaalblllty bid for auch eervice. Bngreste Taalnf riant "We are Informed by the head of tha I aafe company which haa the present con-1 "For thaaa reaaon and for nana nthar. tract and which la the only nroanectlva I T wiah ta arnua an intnnt int.ro. t Diaaer xor anotner contract mat ma company loat money laat year In light ing the city. In making a ahowing to method of relief. HARRY LANE. prove thla aasertlon. however, he has I ' "Mayor." of die tat granted Privileges to tha use of the clty'a property. In Justice to itaelf and witn prejudice to none, in building ror tha day when aha muat actively coin- pete for her commercial existence, and by the advantagea which It haa to offer muat aitner naa or rail, it la the duty of Ita people to provide every reaaonable ara 1 or tne ruiure. 1 1 teIH In thla matter and I hope that you mav aae fit to devise aome fair and rational 'a I BJ Sufferora from dyapepala In 2 any form wnenna tneir conaition unrelieved or aotually (rowing J worao while using thr ram- dlea. would d wll t try . a a m Dr. Williams'! I PINK-PILLS I m a AAAahAaieiatBfcBieieieiefcaiskahaiakAAA a ..2 1 . i ? I i.r III TOU tVjr-.l - l " - 1 is m 1 iui 1 a A iU III i WW till II , M III ffl .U fll .vvi JUL VUI ka u, w .u u u w VU1 u . New arrivals direct from New York. The most popu lar shades ' of blue and brown panamas , and fancy mixtures, priced far . below the . exclusive clothiers. .'. Allow Us to Tit You .. 1 Out for lLaster Better choose early while stocks are large and sizes, complete. You do not need a full purse to trade here., A small payment down,' then : A DOLLAR A WELK Will soon pay for any suit in the house. You areV welcome to credit and will find our easy-pay- ' ,; ment plan a great convenience. Suits at;$22.50 '-,1-.: I r Of fine sprinff -weight Panama b f recn, brown, tan,' 1 red, navy and black; satin lined College Coat; 4-' button rntawav frnnt' alan file atrineH rhevint anrl fancy mixtures, all nicely trimmed and deep plaited sKins wun pias 101a on Doiiom. Suits at $27.50 Of all wool fancy, stripes and checks, two and three-toned. effects; others of fine French serge, in black, brown, navy and green; also file . striped v serges and shadow striped chiffon Panama, hair-:' lined Panama, etc; silk taffeta lined, in pUhvorl. . : J J J 1 . . : . 1 t e ,1 ' siripcu, uccp piaiteo BKiru wun ootiom xoiar many iik ana oraia irimmea. joe. ft boa; six Vexes, .u at all 4ni(xUa. Scad today for Iras Diet Baak. Dr. WiIIUbm Maaloia Ca., Scaaaoctaay, N. Y. Suits at $20.00 Of black, and white checks, shadow striped panama in blue and brown ; wide wale diagonals in black, rajah panama, fine serges and novelty stripes, nicely tailored; Merry Widow model, with butterfly sleeve, neatly trimmed, silk or satin lined, and skirt gored or plaited, with foot fold. WITNESS BACK (Continued irom Pag One.) CUBA OBJECTS 4 !... v (Speclsl Dispatch to The Journal.) 1 Forest Grove, Or March 11. E. W. Haines announced thla moralnf that his auit atalnst Frank T. Kane over the alleged ahortage of the funds of his bank while Kane waa caahier had been nettled and the matter would be dropped. Mr.. Halnea refuaed to rive any atate- ment of the term agrreea upon. He only stated that they were entirely aat lafactory to both partlea. It ia rumored that tha Battlement will close all miration and that the bank wiU be placed In a solvent condition at - an early day. TO QJJARA IITIIIE Commercial People at Ha vana Declare It Will Be Tiolation of Convention. BAIL 'NOT CRACKED, ' (Catted Prate Leased Wire.) Havana, March II. Commercial i li terate and the people in general are hoping that' the American quarantine niTrn nri-m urTrmr nliTCfPT ."" VUD. acneauiea to. become er- UUJ. vUl f f X A XX JlXlOJ-jiJ I recti ve toworrow. win not be eatab- iionau inu iiisvi in sutnuriura at Waahlngtnn will liaten to the many proteata mat nava peen mace againat it. One of the atronar points aaalnat the eatablishment of it la that it would be In violation of the convention be tween the Latin American republica which provldea tSDcdal DisDStrb to Toe loaraal.l Forest Grove. Or., March II. L. R. Fields. auDerlntendent. and William Bol Ions, division engineer, of the West Side divlalon of the Southern -Pacific, came out from Portland yesterday, and in company with a Journal correspondent I and the United States mada an examination of the rail at the acene of the recent wreck that waa thought to ba defective. After lnspectlnar tha rail the railroad men aaid that what had been 'taken for a crack waa in reality a cut made by a rhiael, and that' it In no wise affected the aoundnesa or the rail. H0ESE FALLS UPON that a quarantine ahall not be eatab Uahed unleas yellow fever ia reported within five daya of the aalllna of u vessel. It 1b also pointed out that such a move would ruin the tourist traffic for tha coming carnival and interfere with commercial arraira. it la the opinion or tne local neaitn authorities that there la no good reaaon early tine. reestabllshment of the ror an quaran- ANGUS STUBTEVANT CHAEGES PINCH0T WITH DISHONESTY (United Press Ieased Wire.) Waahlnrton. March 81. Congressman Smith of California stirred the house yesterday aiternoon oy cnarring- niei Forester uiirorc: 1'incnoi wun lng orester Olfford Pinchot with attempt manipulate uanrornia water tha benefit of private in (Special Dispatch to The Jooroal.) Lebanon, Or.. March 81. Anarua 8tur tevant. a youna; man who lives about three miles north of Lebanon, met with a very palnrul and serious accident Bun day night while returning; home from church at Sodavllle. In going down the Sodavllle hill hla horse stumbled and fell. Bturtevant waa thrown In front of the horse, which fell upon him. The righta for horn of the eaddle struck him en the terests. rtajht shoulder, badly laceratlna and ! refer oartlcularly to the bold at bruisina it. I temnt to out the Owena river valley Into the foreat reserves," declared nAimiT-n it 1 a irAiinn flmlth in the heat or hla araument JDULIliiirj llAO HUrJiiO -Such an act would be a Bin. The only Tiik-r TiAiim t t 1 -aTTrr reason I can see ror any person wish FOR POST ATi RANKS in to do auch a thina- would be 1 utrr bureau, ao that the water rlarhta (Special Dlanatrb to Th Joartul.l I mirhi ho turned over to aome nrivate waamnKton. raarcn si. senator I monnnnlv. nourne, on ino auue-ommutee or tne poat roads, said today Phe believed the W00DBURN GUARDS . ffUWUllliliiLLer huuju rtjori out tniS 1 out wek a bill for a postal savlnes bank 1 system and that It will nags the sen. t ate. Bourne la devoting much time to worn on tne Din, wnich will be a com vnoaite of the beat features of several bills that have been Introduced. EARN HIGH PRAISE BLAZE OF LIGHT AT ;t. SEATTLE FOR FLEET a mcdowcii ft''' trnited Prea Leied Wlr.) : ' Seattle, March 81. Twenty thousand ' 1 6-candle-power incandescent electric . lights besldea numerous arc lights will . blase a welcome 4o Evans' fleet when It i arrives here In June. The city will make the arrangements and the cele bration committee will not be placed to any expense for thla feature of the fleet's welcome..-f- The Country's all right, p'pstyw 1 In place of Coffee, and . ' There's a Rtason ,v . Read 'Tlie Road'to Well ville,".!!! pkgs. , T rSneetal DIsDStch to Tb Joamal.) Woodburn.' Or., March 81. The nimrteriv insnectiun ox comoiny 1. Uiird regiment, p. N. O., took place t tha Armorv in this cltv last nlarnt. The InsDectln k officers were Brigadier General W. Hi. jjmzer ana uotonei v The boya did so exceedingly well that Colonel McDowell, in a epeoohi congratulated them upon tneir- excel' lent showing: in the brightest terms of praise. '';''' . General Finser also complimented them upon their improvement and hoped they would shortly be In an armory of their - own TWO INDIANS BURNED L CANADIAN VILLAGE (Doited Proaa ' leased Wlr. Vancouver, B. March 81. The Indian village of Bechelt, 60 miles up tne coast waa almost wipea out oy fire on Saturday morning. Two Uvea were lost, 15 houses were burned and but little of the contents was saved. The flames burned themselves out before they reached tha Boman Catholic church. ? ..: i The fire started In the shack of an old Indian named Paul. He and - bia Klootchman were burned to death. , v ( : - ; Paaa on Cltjr Payrolls. A special meeting; of the city execu tive board will ba held this afternoon at 4 o'clock to pass upon the monthly payrolls. -of the Various city depart ments: Other business ' of a routine nature will be disposed cf- - . SHOUTS PLEASED WITH HIS DUKE Frenchman Will Be Given Opportunity to Become Railroad Magnate. (Calted Preas Leased Wire.) Chicago, March 81. Theodore P. Shonta Is going to make a real railroad magnate out of hla new aon-ln-law. Due de Chalnea that ia, if the Frenchman ahows any disposition to lay his title aside for hard work. Shonta. in Dasalne through Chlcaro today, expressed himself aa being well pleased with le cnainea cnances aa a hustler and he intends to take him In hand to give him a few leaaons In up-to-date American buainesa methods, par ticularly thoae that annly to the con- atruction and operation of railroads. "Tha boy will make good, 1 think, if he is given a chance," remarked Shonta. "You aee, he has never been offered an opportunity. I am going ao give him thla opportunity. He seems to be ImDressed with the dlffnlty of la bor and willing to try his hand at it." WARD M'ALLISTER DIES IN CALIFORNIA TODAY (UulUd Press Leased Wire.) San Rafael, Cal., March 11. Ward McAllister, son of tha famoua social leader or New York 20 yeara ago, and former United States district judge for Alaska, died In San Rafael today as the result of a shock occasioned Dy an op eration for appendicitis performed upon him Sunday. Judge McAllister died deserted by hie -mother and ether relatives in the east and west, practically indigent. Hla friends in San Rafael, fellow club mem bers, were contributinjr to his comfort for some time, and they recently had him moved from an aaylum at Napa to this city. He was a son of McAllister, son bf the Nestor of the California bar, and this gave him a ready entry into the most exclusive,, social circlea and clubs. He waa born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1S55. and was a graduate of Princeton. 1.1 V'T'"."!?!?? HriDTorJAcii v aa am nuiii i i You'll Find tne .bitters unequalled for a bad stomach, inactive liver or weak kid neys. Oth ers have p r'o yen this, why not you?. One bottle will be sufficient to prove to your satisfaction that it is just the medicine you neexl to cure Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Costiveness, Biliousness, Colds, Grippe and General Weakness. la! lp returned to Spokane within a few daya and the morning after hla return found concealed In the brush in his back ard a sack of dynamite and boxea of ruae ana caps. Philip Keats Xaxvey Brews. That afternoon Philip met. Sheriff Harvey Brown of Baker City on the street. To the sheriff,' who waa blown to pieces by dynamite thia aprlng In the dooryard of his own home, Philip ahowed the threatening lettera. Brown aiao pulled rrom hla poottet half a dosen aimilar mlaalves containing threats against the sheriffs life. "What are you aolng to do about it. crown t aaxea fntnp. "Nothing." waa tha laconic reply, -except to taKo out more life lnaur ance. They don't dare kiU me on the street, but I won't take any chances when out of town. Had Philip taken the matter aa un concernedly aa Brown. It la probable that he, too, would have met death aa the aherlff of Baker county did, at the hands of dynamiters. But Philip took a aurerent course. Philip rises to Panada. Adama' trial waa only a few weeka diatant. The prosecution was already fireparing in subpoenas ana gatnerini osrether the evidence. That nieh Philip wrote to the district attorney In cnarge or tne caae. . "I told him." aaid Philln. "that while I appreciated the fact that both myself ana wire were important witnesses and could do the state great service toward convicting Adams, f justly felt that the lives of my babies and my wife, to say nothing of my own, were of far greater value to me than the conviction of a man for murder. I told him that 1 could not. In view of the circumstances, appear aa a witness, nnd that I would not be found when the subpoena waa servea." The next mornlntr PhlllD closed his Spokane home. That waa over a year agro. When the district attorney re ceived PhiliDS letter the Pinkerton agenclea from Denver to San Francisco were turned loose to find tha man who had become a fugitive from a subpoena. circular letters, telegrams and every other means were employed to locate mm. Pugitive for Over Tear. But Philip covered his tracks. When he left Spokane he went directly into British Columbia, and during the weeks preceding the trial, and while the wires were kept hot in the states in a futile effort to learn hla whereabouts, he traveled from place to Dlace. never stopping long enough in any one town for hla Identity to become known. He watched the papera closely until after tne aecond trial, when the close of Adams was acquitted, then took up temporary residence at a small town In Columbia. British A week ago Philip' and his family started for Portland. The accompany ing DhotoaraDha of Steve Adams and Jack Slmbkins were srlven Philln hv tha authorities while he was cruising tim ber in Idaho. In the hopes that he might be able to Identify Slmpkina, who so far has succeeded in eluding tne officers. FREX All this wefck wc will give you with each $20 to $30 suit sold, a beau tiful white Japanese Silk Waist worth $6.00 1 s, ' Yamhill Street firsr. aa w FULTON IN REPLY (Continued from Page OneJ fler," exclaimed the senator. "He haa taken the machinery of tha govern ment In order to find. If possible, some flaw in an Individual, but after all hla work he had no -facta to base hla chargea upon; ao he had to manufac ture them." SCiteaeU Xnated to Orave. Senator Fulton enumerated tha va rloua attacks made ubon him. denounc ing each of them after giving their history. Tha Smith atony, he declared, waa from top to bottom. In every fab ric, made up. wholly false and mali cious, aa Henty knew it was when he hired Church to make it. In Powell's affidavit." he aaid. "he dlacloaes the old ayatem of electing senators, which, thank Ood, we have done awav with in Oregon. Mitchell waa my friend, but he was hunted to his grave, and, I think, waa more sinned against than Binning. The glimpse shown Is the outcome of a falae ayatem." Senator Fulton told of his having Informed Governor Chamberlain of Smith's being a grafter and of his sur- rlse at the governor's maKing an arri avlt connecting Fulton with a bribery story of which Fulton had only learned after the adjousnment of the legisla ture. , Text of PoweU Affidavit. He read tha following affidavit "State of Oregon, county of Linn, aa. I, jamas tr. roweu, oeing auiy sworn sa; Al Da EUIiVB f . rvWVU, Wing uu WUl 11. that I am a resident of the city or ny, Linn county, Oregon, that LINN COUNTY GRANGE FIGHTS REDDY LAW goedal Dispatch to The Journal. 1 Albany, Or., March 81. The members of tha Linn county grange favor a par cels poat law and a national good roads commission, with an appropriation of 160,000,000 to he apent lor good roads In the various states in the five years Deerinnmr at me cioae or iua. The Reddy bill, giving cities and towns the . right to control the liquor business exclusive of the general county at large, was roundly denounced. The grange considers its adoption .would be the death knell to local option and pro niDiuon in counties. No More Stout Corsets "I had to wear a 28 corset three and a 'half months ago," remarked a well- known south-side clubwoman, at the Biennial last night "Yesterday I bought a 24, and I have It on now." She turned a smiling, beautifully colored countenance on the group of wondering women. "Not" she answered,: In reply to the query, ,'1 .didn't have to exercise or' diet X got H ounoe Marmola, U ounce Fluid Extract Caacara Aromatic and thi onnces'Byrup Simplex at the druggist a, mixed them myself at home, and took a, teaapoonful after meals and at bedtime. It mads me lose 11 to if ounces of fat a day Just where I needed It the moirj. There isn't a sign of a wrinkle either.' It ' takes off the fat where you want 4t off without forming egon: that I am the James Powell referred to In the af fidavit of J. 8. Smith, subscribed and sworn to before -Thomas B. Neuhausen, nAnl.l 1n,n.(.tnr HAnai4mAnt nf f ha In terior, reported in the Oregonian of the issue of January 29, 1908, as part of tha address or Francis j. weney de livered at the congregational cnurcn at Pqrtland on the evening of the 28th day or January, iua; inai x nave reaa me aaid affidavit carefully and that the same, so far aa It refers to myself and facta therein stated that come within mv knowledge, is almoat 1 wholly falae: that I knew the said J. 8. Smith In Al bany, Oregon, and was personally ac quainted with him long prior to tha convening of the session of the legisla ture mentioned In the affidavit; that I did not Introduce myself to him as stated in the affidavit did not vote for Mr. Smith, never at any time represent ed to him that I had voted for him, and that the facta attempted to ba narrated by Smith, in said affidavit occurred aa follows: "One day, during the session of the legislature of 1897 after adjournment for the day. umiin came to me ana. ar ter remarking that I knew those peo ple (referring xo oenaior juitcneu ana his friends), and that ha was satisfied that Mitchell had money and waa ualn it there and that he (Smith) need monev. aaked me If I could nut him into poaltlon to get some of it, or get his hand into the sack, or worda to that effect i tola nmun mat i thought could manage to arrange for him to meet Senator Mitchell. T made arrange ments for a meeting that same evening ana at tne aoDoiniea lima went witn Mr. Hmitn. xogeiner we met Mitchell. introaucea omun to Mitchell Intro. duoing him ; as a. representative from JLinn county. l men offered to leavo the room, but both Smith and Mitchell Insisted, that I remain. I then told them that whatever they did was be tween them and that f , would have nothing to do with it, but that if tbey winueu mi iu remain i wouiq ao 80. They Bald for me to remain. x L did so. After some Drellmlnarv. talk , It waa agreed between Mitchell and Smith that umiui would on the following day go late the so-called Benaon houaa nt tha legislature, answer at roll-call, assist In bags of flabby, flesh. organising the house and make a speech in ravor oi organ: doing Mitchell would pay Smith $1,500. That money ,waa ' thereunon ... nnld and Smith and I left the room, go ing away together. That I was with Smith the remainder of the evening and occupied ft room with him that night That Senator C. W.. ' Fulton was not present when' the said agreement was made, took no part in It, had nothing to do with the payment of the said Ai.kAe. it i '!fr. i.t: ALCOHOL 3 PES CtWT imguieammaaisamlBowelsaf jo: Promotes DidMfinnfhmfiaJ ncss and festrojitaliisnrl upiimiJorpMoe norMitteraL Not Narcotic. AaniarXa- WsnjrvaVfnw. For Infants and Children. ? aaBBaaBBiMMaaBaBKaaBBaaaMBaBaaaaaMe t The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears Signature ADerfecfrtanedv foTConsRna- Hon.SolirStDinach.Dlarrtm WuTms jCoimu wns JCTtnsJi ness and Loss ofSeezp. T rj- BBBBBBjaiaellBBBBBaSaBH- m U ftcSimHe Sifraiurt of the -Z-i'VJ M MM w I. in Use For Over Thirty Years Exact Copy of Wrapper. mm tttt osarraun eoaiMNv, ajtw enit orrv. neier mentioned in the presence of Ful- wa, bo iar as i Know, and to the best of my knowledge Fulton knew nothing about the transaction. "I make this affidavit in the belief ju rra.xM eewj aone Fulton and that the people of Oregon are entitled to know the truth in this connection. toignea "JAMES F. POWELL. Subscribed and avnra tn. k... iMim inn un-y oi marcn, 1808. ; r. 10.. Ht.SJiriEL.JJ, .:(, Recorder City of Albany. BANKERS OF FRANCE f INJESTIGATE AMERICA 1 ; Oaltag Praai teas Wbw.) San Francisco, March 31 Four of the leading bankers of France are in San Francisco today to Investigate at firat hand the financial and industrial conditions hera and mslia ,H.r t the future prospects of this city. The P.'rt3rJ- "ompbsed Of Eduoard Julhlet of the Banque. de : l'Union Parlalenne. Jaoquea de Neufllea of the Banque de Neuflias and a aon of Rnrnn, of France, and L. Monler and X Mallet, private bankers. One of their objects Is to ; advise French Investors in American aeourl tles. They are heavily interested In the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rallroads-jmd are making an Inspection oi tneae aysiems. - v - vv. ? ALBANY WOODMEN V MAY BUILD ARMOR 1 Albany, I Or,,, March . $l.Th'e. , Wobd men of the World are to erect lodge room on Third street opposite tha new Alco club annex. The lodge has bought a lot SO by 112 feet It is .proposed to Use -tha upper portion for lodge pur poses ahdi possibly rent the lower floor. Company Or is seeking new quarters, and 1 ioage xor t& la negotiating with the lease. a a ! Another private, proposition la hotnt Conaidered, and between the two no t 'f. ficulty-r will be exDerlenced in len - the Jower floor .space. , f . ..ILL ' ' 1 '" "i I ii in-". Morning Glory Wheat Meat fo k. .. i f r r :.mw a . a . mm pwmt JM 0mm mt tMm. mm mA the- Bank ad on want ad mm. ; , ,
