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
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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
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that I am a resident of the city or
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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.
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"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.
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BANKERS OF FRANCE
f INJESTIGATE AMERICA
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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
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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. ,
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