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til: c::.x.cu daily journal. Portland, Monday evening, October 7, 1j Ltj. I 1 WOULD WED GIRL IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH UndiscouraflCd by Unfavorable Decision "Dakota Dan" Is Making Second' Attempt to 1 Prove Self -Daniel, Russell. BoitOHTMa8.,-Oct Th; trial of f 41.- n.n.i .nuir itiikiiall Identity case in East Cambridge baa now passed Us f if tleth. flay ot me acium ""vv",;v, and the end la not yet 1 sight. This i. .u .oonn.i trial of the famous case and 1 being conducted before a master rrr.r-2 Z:-u--v.ar rnmbrldire Super ilior cowr.t,ri Tne iirax wi ."""v: winter in the Miuaiesex pruimn. v-.. fand vaa one of the longest and meet ensational of the kind in the history of - American legal Jurisprudence. Like tne first -trial, the present proceedings have ' been up to date enlivened with romantlo t eaturea, surprises aaid sensations which - would find difficulty of belief If appear- .ling lit a- worK of. fiction. . . 1 . The Russell case Is probably the moat i notable Identity case ever tried In an American court; It rivals In Interest mnd : resembles in many respeota the arooU8..Tichborne caw. whraft i 170 days before Lord Chief justice Cock v burn in England some 30 years ago. In the first trial Judge Lawtorv de ' ' elded against "Dakota Dan," who claims to be Daniel Blake Russell, son of tha - lata Daniel Russell of Molrose. and who " also claims his Bhare of tha 1500,000 estate now held by William C. Euasell, - another son of Daniel Russell. Appar ;; ently not lh the least discouraged over , this decision, the Dakota claimant went aM' U rtaaa roAnAn(1 OIK . though without funds or the help or counsel, he succeeded In securing an other trial of his case. . i Persons In daily attendance at tho present hearing In the East Cambridge ; court have been much impressed by theetory-tpld by "Dakota Dan"and tho evidence of the witnesses who hava testified In his behalf. In his fight for recoenltlon tho claimant has torn 'l 1 ir-r: ,i 4 " " " , K ' ' , I ' I' ' ! 1 , J i - . till; h V' ' itaiwiDiwiii DISCUSS UE Commoner Expresses Deepes Admiration for Wilson and . His Campaign Work. . Lincoln, Neb., Oct 7, A sweeping Democratlo victory in November is tho prediction of William Jennings Bryan today,' following a, . long "and Intimate conversation with Governor Woodrow Wilson on tha occasion of Wilson's visit to thr great'eommoner's 6vef BUndajr. f Democracy's two r great leaders jres- .terday devoted some time to a dlsous slon of the political situation, partlcu larly in reference to the trans-Missis- slppl states, where Bryan bad Just com Dieteo-A .ui-weeicr-toue.-..!,..;,,,,,;.... Shortly before be left Lincoln, Gov erndr Wilson said he did not believe be would visit the Pacific coast, although ne la not certain in tms regard. . . "The last f weeks of the campaign are being kept open," said Wilson, "and I da. not know what use the campaign committee win make or them." .Mr Bryan declared that the Demo cratlo, presidential nominee la an excel lent' campaigner, "and that the people are. realising more and more each, day Wilaon's depth of character and sound common sense: "Governor Wilson adapts himself ad mlrably to his crowds. Me i-m-flrst- claas campaigner," said Mr. Bryan. The Commoner said he would not con cede any of the western states to Taft or to Roosevelt, not excepting Califor nia, where, Bryan says, the Bull Mooae and Elephant will be compelled to fight ror second place. LARGE NUMBER OF New York, Oct 7. A young woman who dropped her photograph in a Brook lyn street is in much the same posi tion as the girls who wrote their names on eggs, and -received offers of mar riage. The photograph, of which the above la a copy, was found. The find- ACCIDENTS REPORTED wa , ivwq - - i una Boncti , mo ..(iLiuiict nuns on the stand, in a simple way ana wnlBervic9 t0 help him find the original. remarKaoie memory, m B says In Dart: "I did not come to A large number of accidents have been reported from the hoapitala within tha last few days, and, with but one or two exceptions, these accidents have oc curred in small (owns In Oregon and Washington. The persons injured have been brought to Portland for care. Mrs. E. Thlele, who resides on farm near Woodland, Wash., while lie has worked with circuses and as a i have ever aeen J idalnK bv hernhoV plac,n? a mole eun ln a freshly deck hand, shod horse, in blacksmith j la that 7.nSl Itlt m,(1 mole run. v severely injured k m . 1 . . kHH1 em I " ' ' B'm I Alt hAfh In with me to share my short life." took place in the home which he says be left In Melrose a quarter of a cen tury ago. For a time he lived the lifo of a tramp, getting from one part of the country to another aa best he migni. New York from Colorado to find a wife, but 'something tells me I shall not go back without one. I am an old miner who has made his pile and I want you to help me find the fairest creature I shoos, and spent winters as a hand ln Imnber camps and mflls, according to " his story. The tale of his wanderings and the vicissitudes of his life since 1885 has taken him In retrospect from - the dooke of Liverpool,- where ha pal.1. - his passage ln the Bteerage, to the woods of northern Michigan, ' and finally to the Bad Lands of North Dakota. There tie settled down to some extent and for . some time hud been employed -as a ""ranch manager. Finally a'flcsire; tq-re- - turn to his old home seized him and h arrived ln Melrose something more than a year ago to find that the man whom . he claims as his father had died and left an estate of $500,000 and a will In Which was the provision that" the long mining son should share half the for tune ln the event of his return. But the elder son, William C. Russell, in whose possession the estate was held, not only refused to surrender any por tion of it but positively denied the claims of relationship set up by the mar j from Dakota, - To support his claim aa Daniel Blake Russell a large number of witnesses have appeared at the present hearing ' to identify the claimant as tho son of Daniel B. Russell. Of these, some have Known him for 40 and others for 25 . years. CELILO GANA L ALONE WILL NOT OPEN RIVERS (SpeUl to The Jmirnil.) Lewlston, Idaho, Oct. 7. At the sec ond annual convention of the Columbla finake River Waterways association. Dr. N. Q. Blalock of Walla Walla, one of the first "promulgators of the open river movement, struck a keynote of the meeting when he said: "I want to offer for consideration a resolution, the object of which is to open the Columbia and Snake rivers aside from the Improvement of the Celllo canal. There are many danger ous rapids in the Snake and Columbia rivers, and I want to see action taken here which will look to the damming of, the river at important places and installing adequate locks for raising the on both hands, when the gun acclden lajijf . axpioaea. vvnue her bands are badly burned, the injuries, are not se rious. 4 Mrs. Jane C. Miller. 66 years old. aftso of Woodland. Wash., while returning rrom a neighbors, slipped and fell down about a dozen steps, in front of the neighbor s home. She sustained a dis located hip. Mrs. Miller was attended by a physician of Woodland, who or dered her brought to Portland. She ar rived here yesterday afternoon, and was taken to the Good Samarltal hospital E. L. Stockland, 23 years old, employed In a logging camp near White Salmon, Wash., was badly bruised when ho was-, dragged about . fifty feet by a team of horses he was driving. Stockland was on his way from the logging camp to White Salmon, when aomethlng went wrong with his wagon. Getting out he started to examine the vehicle, when he was caught under it, and before he could get out the horse became frightened, and started to run. He was brought to Portland last night, and Is at the Good Samaritan hospital. rlvF in narmlt ntill nrat., nniiliraflnn ..... IV ,1111 VlllCiO 1U1 u . , .......v 7.. nuLu. liUTlttkluU) They knew ilm intimately ini powe.r for irrigation and sites for gen- many casjj, and were acquainted with tha peculiarities and characteristics of I his youth. One of tho most important J . of the recent witnesses has been the former sweetheart of Daniel Blake Russell, Miss Hattle )I. Keith, who! told on the stand of her friendship with the long missing son of the late Daniel . Russell. With great posltiveness Miss Keith declared that Daniel Blake Rus-1 eell and "Dakota Dan' the claimant, j fcr the same person. j v To oppose tho claim of "Dakota Dan" j .,nd tho testimony of his witnesses, t.e I respondents William C. Russell and i 'Ferdinand B. Almy, the latter of whom .' said to have had the entire adminis tration of the estate sine the death of I ;Danlel Russell, have declared that thoj claimant is an impostor and have un-, drrtaken to prove that he is not Daniel Rlake Rucsell, but James Delbert Ru scau, who was born of poor parents ln T 1. .. V V 1 v joi in- least remarkable feature of Hood River, Or., Oct. 7. Alfred E. ;me contest has been the part played br Clark, nominee of the Progressive Dartv the man called "Fresno, Dan," who mys-lfor United States senator, delivered an leriousiy appearea on tne scene when ; eloquent address to a large audience at the first trial of the case was near an I the Commercial club rooms Saturday, end. "Frtsno Dan" was taken into the , He stated that Roosevelt was the storm .noma or William C KUSSel! and Wns center in th r,riHnt nnlltlonl rnmnulirn publicly accepted as the long missing I for the oresldencv and that charlatans eration of electricity. "I have talked with prominent en gineers who say this la practical and I consider that at this time it is en tirely, fitting to draft resolutions in itiating this undertaking. "In view of the attention which con gress gave the rivers and harbors bill, a portion of which was Intended ' for the improvement of the Columbia and Snake rivers, by setting aside $25,000 for the wcrk, it Is believed that if strenuous action is taken in this ses sion congress will be attracted by If and appropriate a sum which will per mit work on the upper river Improvement." CANDIDATES DECLARE PLATFORM IN PAMPHLET OREGON SYSTEM IN ALL STATES URGED BY CLARK heir, though so far as is known none of the older residents of iielrose was .ble -to Jfitcet any resemhlanr hf.twn "Fresno Dan" and the mlsslna- Danli Hake Russell. . Henry Crocker, Capitalist, III. j United .-EreiaXeBsad, Wire. San Francisco, Oct. 7. Henry J. ! Crocker, a San Francisco capitalist, la 111 at Alder sanitarium, where he was taken Sunday from his home ln So noma county, according to reports here . , tnrluV f'rrirlrnt la DttAnii i... t-y tr.. :bert C. Mofflt and Dr. William Watt .Kerr, who report his- condition im . proved. HER XMAS PRESENT A $2,000 POLICY i, F. A. Munch, a St, Paul druggist, sends the following: '.- "A Mr. Howfl, a Summit avenue engi neer, had Bright's Disease for '10 years. He tried repeatedly o get insurance -was ajways rejectedj He was carried for six years as a social member onlv Benjamin Brick, Democratic nominee for state representative, in his appeal to be inserted ln the official state pam phlet, declares he is ln favor of a work lngman's compensation act state bank ing guaranty, an income tax, interstate bridge between Vancouver and Port land, exemption of personal tax up to $500, state support to carry on social hygiene work, economy ln spending state funds and good roads without undue burden upon the taxpayer. E. M. (Pat) Mahaffey, independent candidate for railroad commissioner in the second district, Is another candi date who filed an argument in the state ! pamphlet yesterday. He -declares his rauroaa experience as bill clerk, cash ier, brakeman and freight and passen ger conductor qualify him for the of fice, and says he will deal fairly with alf Interests. His platform includes declaration for operation of "stub" trains when regular trains are more than thres hours late, rates based on physical valuation, state supervision of DBSO CHATS Hi on !( I Woodrow. Wilson Is Expected Mo Help Washington Cause ! '. Materially. : ; (BpeclaJ to The oorstLl . Seattle, Wash., Oct. 7 Full of faith that the Democrats this year will elect their congressional and. state candidates, an elaborate speaking campaign hat been planned . by Hugh Clifford Todd, newly are occupying more floor space for their neaoquariers tnan either the Republican or Progressive -campaign committees, are working hard toward achieving their eieotea state chairman of the Demo oratie-committee. -The -Dembcrfctg.-who they have -not been Informed whom they ambitions. They feel that the state ticket will be helped immensely by Woodrow Wilson and they are. quoting figures to show that if they can poll the normal vote they. Wi,, win. Geefge E. Ryan, chairman of the speakers' bu reau, has prepared elaborate tables, which lie Is sending to all speakers, fa which he Indulges in- compilations, the result of each one showing Democratic suet is. ' Ryah has lssusd. instructions to all speakers to urge upon the voters that the Republican vote of four years ago, divided by the formation of the Progressed party, will not be as large as the normal Democratlo vote. , Ryan today announced speaking dates for the state and congressional candi dates. Charles O. Helfner, candidate for congress, will speak this week through out this district Judge W. W, Black, nominee-for governor, and State Senator H."H. White, candidate for congressman, at-large, are itumpirig the state togeth er, j While the Democrats expect a num ber of speakers of national reputation. will get. A porous plaster will stick to a man who won't stick to his word. niiion;: LAND FRAUD E DS George A. Watson r Swindled Women, and With Women on jury, "Guilty." .. i-' (Si will to Th. Journal.) ' " Hoquiam, .Wash., Oct. 7. George ( A. Watson was found guilty Saturday' of swindling residents , of Hoquiam and Aberdeen out of sums from $22 to 1125 by representing?- them that he could locate them on cVoJAia in Oregon under Hti gallon- in the -sutt-of throremment against the O, A C. railroad, Watson charged - a fee for location and surveying, agreeing to loan the purchase price to the victim and buy the cliilm from Mm nt i:.- year lor $3iU0. Many of lm . were women. The jury v .n it i five minutes. Three women it i-i t Jury. Watson ws tfazrd wlu n U. n dlct was read and asked the court ' read it again. . - SUMPTER VALLEY LINE -WANTS ORDERS MODIFIED ,v ,' ;, ' " ' ' t '' (Haliiu'Burnu of Tti. jnnriml. '- Salem,-Or., Oct T. The Stumpier Val ley Railroad company, which filed an injunction suit t to restrain the rail road commission from enforcing its recent order reducing the passenger and freight tariffs on its road, also filed with the state railroad commission, a,' petition to have the commission's order modified. Where the commission ordered the lise bf the Spauldlng scila In measuring lumber, the company sake for permission to use the Hurlbner scale, saying this latter is the. one in common use elong -its- road, --Italso- awks - to- -have the rate on logs .XlxecL by weight Instead of measurement - k Journal Want, Ads bring results. ,.44; But pay less. Not so hard to do as it looks if you'll investigate. Moyer $15 suits the suits that make fifteen dollars the popular price the easy price to pay for thoroughly good clothes. The Moyer system of co-operation in buying, making and selling for five big stores makes Moyer $15 suits possible; the're not equaled any where at the price they're better than many for which you'd be asked a higher price 0 s ti w fr Fabrics Mojer J All Siyles- A! When You See It in Our Ad, It's So Five Stores m Five Stores First and Morrison Second and Morrison First and Yamhill 87 and 89 Third Third and Oak are trying to frighten the American peo ple by free use of his name. "The high MjkM revision " " r.v.,..,FF..w. ti) t t t tfeasnrer of a percentage SSrmff'ffit1 2 tneld.etadte l$ ?SbjS tha states where presidential primaries bySn Jt l,h .P g were Jveld JeclaoH .lot JloYelUux -?'-la c!Ue, on clty francht8e'- deuce that h is thn rhnlca nf th Mo. fPTJ???" Fn"edaif" an INSURANCE RATES southern delegates and northern bosses that he was defeated for the nomination at the Chicago convention," he said. Mr. Clark urged that the Oregon sys tem bo applied to national politics to remedy the boss system. He stated that tne Jjemocratic and Republican plat forms were silent on the subjects of di- TOO HIGH, SAYS R0LPH HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS OREGON HOTELS OREGON HOTELS The Miiilnoiiiali ABsoiitXTEXiT rpts-rnoor. FOBTXJIVS'a OBAITDBST HOTEL. . (United Ptcm Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Oct. 7. Discrimina tion against San Francisco residents by tne Dig insurance companies is shown In a report Just Issued by Mayor Rolph, the renort ullpfflni? thn nrnflfa nf th reet primaries, recall and tMODle'a u. ..I, rr... j . -7 " ' . -"' man tne He saw xart and Wilson were riding the hobby of the tariff in the present campaign when the issue was one of governmental honesty and integrity with reference to the rights of all the people. He -favored a change in the reclama tion law, Duuamg up of a merchant marine, construction of national high ways, an inheritance tax. an Income tax, a national worklngman's comnen. of the Firemen's Insurance enmnnnv satlon act and a national blua rinauy ms wire came to me and said! v,i iuiea,inai mere would be disaster In 1906. txnai sne was inrorned that he might i yc"1 " preaeni eenaionai campaign pass off at any time," lln tne nt 30 days $200,000 by other Munch told her a'jout Fulton's Renal j candidates. He stated that be knew of Compound, ar.d patient took it with the men wn0 nad contracts to go out to '.following results: 1 At Christmas time ' buttonhole votes and to receive M -per ne cams to snow me jaer CBristijias tw wur. aervices. aggregate profits made in Boston, New York and Chicago. The New York writers on $2,500,000,000 of hazard was only $508,216, whereas the ! profits in San Francisco on a hazard1 of $320,000,000 was $2,600,000, or four and a half times as great. In response to a vigorous demand rep resentatives of the underwriters agreed to attempt to cut the rates to as nearly as possible the rates asked prior to the M III I !! Hi. J III CORNELIUS B 100 rooms $1.00 per day J0O looms M . , , , UO. ierday 200 rooms (with bath).. $2.00 1 per day )00 rooms " '" $2.50 per day Add $1.00 per day to above prices when two occupy one room. VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES FOR PERMANENT GUESTS . C. BO WE JtS, Manager. J. XL BHOWNEI.Ii, Asst. Kanagev. OREGON HOTFL8 OREGON HOTELS .n ejv mji is :t ia , ... im - present, which was a life Insurance noi 'Icy for $2000." . ' If any physlcianior chemist has any doubt that Fulton's Renal Compound is oums reauns in mt ny cases or chronfc kidney disease, supposed the world over f oe incurable, If Uie will combine 10 grammes of Picric Auid and 20 arammea of Citric ACid with water to make one '; litre and put an etwal quantity of this ; reagent with specimen from a case of , grlgkt'afilaa8e ... ln.j-test--tubv lt-ei , show the percentage of albumen. Tho decrease , can be rrieasured to ' cer ; iainty. Ay do not rbeover, but with no j chronic cases recovering without It end many recovering uftdAr it, how can there . be any question ? C ruggists supplied by Clark-Woodard t)tug Co, and Blu-niausr-Frank Drug Coj . . . DriU Is D: if en Into Man's Lnn. " (Special. te Tti Joarnat) , Goldendale. Wash., Oct 7. Sam Jef fries, employed as s. powderman by Secore Bros. . of Kelso, who have the contract vfor the rock crushing on the Ooldendale street work, received fatal injuries While 'drilling in a hole that contained an unexploded chart-a of dv. hamlte Saturday. Jeff ries was standing o'uy..ver.aa.auiaAeatbe-eap. slob occurred and the drill was driven mio nis ngnt oreasi, piercing the Jun. The injured man was born in Cornwall, England, and workeU in the mines la his native country, before coming t3 America.' lie was about 10- years old, unmarried, 'and had a brother living at Salt Lake City. Derby Deslcs LB. HALEY DESK CO. 210 SEVENTH ST. Bet Taylot aad almoau Kaia NT 10T House of Welcome Portland, Or. Our 14-passenger brown auto bus meets all traltis, A high class, modern hotel in the heart of the theatre and shopping district. One block from any carline. $1 per l day and up. European plan. , , CORNELIUS HOTEL CO, PROPRIETORS J. W. Blaln, Pres. Fielder Jones, Vice-Preg. 1EIL v A. 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