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INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE NUMBER St SIXTEENTH YEAR "EIDEL BRAU" 1 AND SHI P8 EVANGELIST RETURNS TO FACE CRAVE CHARGES SENSATIONAL AND SCANDALOUS REPORTS CIRCULATE A MEMBER OF TAYLOR'S EV ANGELISTIC COMPANY. The second scandal connected with Goo. W. Taylor'a Evangelistic Com pany, took definite form in mis iw during the past week. Principals in the scandal, as will be seen from the worn statement by Mr. Leonard, are Mr and Mrs. Koy Collin.. Miss Minnie Colllna and F. F. Leonard musical director with the Geo. W. Taylor Evaugcllstlc Co. So persistent became rumors of Mr. Leonards downfall that It bad come to be be lieved by almost every one here. When the scandal bad come to fever heat a hasty meeting of the minis ters of the city wu called when the following letter was dictated by , them and sent to Rev. Mr. Taylor at Wtorta: . . .h "Certain scandalous reports of the -n..- ..nnduct of Mr. F. F. Leon ard having come to our attention we have finally been led to make Inves tigation of the matter and find that Immediately following the Pink Rose service, conducted by Mr. Leonard on the night of February 1. thut he ac companied Miss Minnie Collins to the home of Mr. Roy Collins and that at a midnight supper there, with Mr. and .Mrs. Roy Collins and Miss Min nie Collins, he drank beer, and that after Who supper he danced with a woman, presumably Miss Collins. These reports we have verified to the best of our ability aiul we believe them to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. "If these reports bd not true we would advise Mr. Leonard to come to Independence and clear the matter up. but If they be true, as we verily believe, we would advise him to re main away from here." , This letter was written and for warded to Rev. Mr. Taylor February in In reBDonde to an Inquiry', from hlra concerning the report which had come to his hearing at Astoria. Promptly, In response to this bomb ; in the camp of the evangelists, came Mr. Leonard to Independence Tues day of this week and proceeded at once to run down all rumors and clear his name and the Geo. W. Tay lor Evangelistic Company of the scan dal. The results of his efforts ars better told in ; his sworn statement which follows: Salem, February 1 To the Editor Please give space for publication of the following sworn statement: To the people of Independence, Ore eon: .' It grieves me very much that oc-; caslon should arise whereby I feel compelled to submit a statement to M... ueoDln of Independence reltttiv to ify conduct while In your but bulnf under cloud of an infamous slander 1 feel It neeary to submit the following: Find:1 I did not on the nlKht of February 1. or any other night, take Miss MlniiU Collins, or as far a thai U concerned any other girl, to Mr. Hoy Collins or any other place, any veiling, during my stay In ludipon- dtntott. Second: At no time did I eltner Hance or drink beor or any other In toilratlng Humors at either Mr. Roy Collins, or any oth-r place in Inde pendency Kven when I was In the world I never atttended dances, nor did 1 drink beer only on social occa sions. I have never had a desire for It Third: Since much of the report circulated against me is connected di rectly, or indirectly, with my visit with Mr. Roy Colllna I feel It due to the publlo to tell why I went and what I did and how I returned to the hotel. During the progress of the meet ings Mr. and Mrs. Collins, the father of Roy Collins, while in the former's home, at different times asked me 10 visit their son Roy with the hope of bringing them to Christ. I accepted the first invitation which came through Miss Minnie Collins, purport ing to have come from Mr. Roy Col lins, on Monday January 30. Not re memberlng who Roy Collins was I iHkeri who he was and where he lived was told he was the son of the people whore I conducted the prayer mBotlnir. and also where I was invit ed twice to dinner, which I had ac cepted. Accordingly, In the evening after the Pink Rosa service was over, thinking I might do some good l wi.nt to Mr. Roy Collins" home. I hac no personal arrangements with MIbs Minnie Collins, as the report goes, .10 meet her or to go or come with her. and. furthermore, did-not know she was to be there. When I came I found her there. Little did I think at that time any evil would come out of mv evening's stay. Personally, I was there only on a mission of love ami service for ChriBt notwithstand me anr reDort to the contrary. While there, the first part of the evening was sDent in talking of the meetings. There w8 no music or dancing or imirt talking in the home. Mr. and Mrs. Collins excused themselves to at tend to the preparations for the lunch. Misa Minnie ' Collins was in the room with me and made the re mark that they had shrimp for lunch. vmi and nerhaps I would like "some thing to drink" with the shrimp, 'to which I replied: "Not any lor me 3he did not say what they had but she did say they would not serve "anything" unless I would drink. I told them If they had "anything to Artni," their fnnM drink It and it would make no difference to me. We were soon called to sit at the table and a fine luncheon was served There was nothing in sight tnat iook Intoxicants. At the tfthln I was asked to return thanks nnd Instead of simply returning thanks, I prayed for them and the home and the meetings that we had SPANISH PRIS (MR ASKS AID OFFERS FABULOUS SUM TO IN DEPENDENCE MAN. LETTER TELLS OF VALISE AND TRUNK CONTAINING FORTUNE OF S480.000 AND OFFERS THIRD OF AMOUNT TO RESCUER. (Continued on page eight.) We Make a Specialty We make a specialty of fancy brands of canned goods goods with a reputation for quality that please the most exacting taste. The MONOPOLE canned goods Is a brand that we take pride in recommending to the trade. A good quality of Corn, Tomatoes, Peas, Beans, is the Red Cross. When it comes to canned fruits Wadhams & Kerr Bros.' Monopole stock is the best that can be obtained. Comparison is odious for they have the flavor of the fruit fresh from the tree. Peas, Monopole brand, 20c 2 for 3fe Beans, Monopole biand, stiaight c Tomatoes, Monopole brand, 15c 2 for 2oc 1 Oc Corn, Red Cross brand yy " . Tomatoes, Red Cross brand, v; "10 Beans, Red Cross brand, . "" V or Peas, Red Cross: brand, 15c or " 2 ror JoC P. H DREXLER GROCER The chance to gain a large fortune of money la seldom extended to peo- plo on as easy conditions as that which was offered to win. uw of this city recently. The circum- stancea surrounding this offer are pe culiar. A letter came to mm uv week from a prisoner In Madrid, hav ing been written by a St. Petersburg .-w. .u I. held on a charge of fraud committed in Russia. The fol lowing letter gives an explanation oi the matter: u.rfrM Jan. 20. 1910 Mr. wm. Dawes. Independence, Oregon Dear Sir: Although I know you omy good references of your honesty, my muA .Ituatlon compels me to reveal you an Important affair In which you can procure a modest toriune, at the same time that of my darling daughter. Tinrnra hRins- lmnrlsoned bere I was established as a banker In Russia as you will see by the enclosed iwuo about me of many English newspa pers whtch have published my arrest In London. I beseech you to help me to oduu - .AA i T hfiVA In a sum or ou,uuu uuu" - Amorip and to come here to raise. the seizure of my baggage paying to the Registrar of the Court the ex penses of my trial and recover my portmanteau containing a secret, et where I have hidden the document Indispensable to recover the said fcuml 1 As a reward, I win give uv w j the third part, viz. 160,000 dollars! I cannot receive your answer in the prison but yoii must send a cable- gram to a person of my coonueuw vhn will deliver it to me. Awaiting your cable, to intrust you In all my secret, I am, Sir, yours tru ly, GRODINSKY. . , mrat nf all answer by cable, not dy letter, as follows: Gouzalea, Imperial 3 cuarto izqulerda, Madrid Am dis posed Dawes. The following is a clipping from an Knellah newspaper: "Arrest of a St. Petersburg banker rhftreeii with fraud In Russia and manslaughter In Spain. Interview of the two ambassadors. ' "Some months ago, as our readers may remember, we referred In these columns to the great scandal caused in St. Petersburg and in Russia gen erally by a noted banker who ab sconded, leaving a deficit of over five millions of rubles. "The Russian police sought for him for a long time, in vain for it seems he had not left the least trace of his flight, and the continued search over Europe and America proved unavail ing. "Yesterday, however, a Spanish In spector accompanfed by two officers from Scotland Yard and acting under instructions of the Spanish ambassa dor, who had previously Interviewed thfi Home Secretary, arrested him on his way from the hotel where he wasH staying, to the steamship office. It Beems that it was 'his evident inten tion to take passage for New York. From Information received by the am bassador, he had been in hiding in j Spain, where he lived with a woman j and with his daughter. A few days! before , arriving in London he had quarrelled with another Russian who ! was mortally wounded by a rveolver shot during the scuffle, and who only lived long enough to. denounce his assailant. 1 "In an interview with the Russian Ambassador, it seems that the name j he had been using in Spain and j which he gave on being arrested was j not bis real cue, Mauas-ina uing Imply an alibi, but aftr comparing the prisoner with photographs In his possession, the Rusnlan Ambassador recognised him as Wladluilr Grodln- aky, the criminal banker who eloprd with five millions of rubles; he is a natlv of St. peiersburg, a wldowir 48 wars old. with an only daughter whom he l-ft In Bpaln on escaping from that country. On being arrested, two of Manas- aelna's or Waldimlr Grodiusky's pon- tnanteaus were seised but although strictly searched nothing but person a effects were found In them, ln BDlte of which the Russian Ambassa dor declares that prisoner ought to have several million rubles some where. "The Russian and Spanish Amoassa dors conferred yesterday evening as to whether the prisoner should be conveyed to Spain or to Russia, and after an Interview with the Home Secretary, and In accordance with the extradition treaty of England, Russia and Spaln.lt was agreed that the pris oner should be conveyed to Spam, to stand trial for manslaughter, and that only after hia trial can the Russian Government ask Spain, through dip lomatic channels,' for his extradition." The swindle attempted here Is an old one and has been, practised for many years. In the March Issue of the Cosmopolitan will be found a atory touching on this same matter. which deals with the subject fully THOMPSON MAY RESIGN PULPIT FACTIONAL DIFFERENCES CAUSE MUCH DISCORD Arrested a cough that hag been hanging on for over two months by taking Bal lard's Horehound Syrup. It you have a cough, don't wait stop it at once with this wonderful remedy. Splen did for coughs, cold on. chest, influ enza, bronchitis and pulmonary troub les. Price 25c, 50c. and. 1.00. -sow by Williams Drug Co. . y ! : . LAND MARKERS AND PROGRESS IVES AT LOGGER HEADS IN BAPTIST CHURCH NEUTRALS POUR OIL ON TROUBLES. Owin to factional difference which exist In the Baptist church of this city It is rumored that Rev. Mr. Thompson will close his work here about the first of March. Most or. the old-time members of the church. It 1 said, are known aa "land-mark ers" while nearly all of the newer mpmhers. constituting a large majori ty of the membership, are known aa "progressives". More or legs rnction has existed between these opposing viewt in this church for years. To be more explicit, the land-marker doc trine holds that no one Is to be re garded as baptised unless he has beer Immersed under the direction of a regular Baptist church and by an or dained Baptist minister. The "pro gressives", on the contrary, would welcome any one to membership who after belna: converted waa baptised (Immersed) In any church or by any minister. !" Soon after Rev. Mr. Thompson's coming It Is understood he took a stand openly for the progressive side of thla old controversy which Is held by the majority. On account of this, a few weeks before the meetings op ened the land-mark element started (Continued on page eight.) Barnes" a$b Store E. T. BARNES, PROPRIETOR GOOD SHOES FOR LITTLE MONEY To Sr W on all Broken Lines. This does not : d the val ueof these shoes one particle. They are as good as they ever were and those who are in the habit of wearing our shoes know That thly are the Devalues obtainable at the regular price we ask for them. '' We have about 140 pairs of men's shoes in Kid GhUneaM'lzfsan5 garoo and Box Calf; also some extra heavy work shoes in sizes 5 to 12. Price $2.00 to $3.75, less 20 per cent. Hundred and Fifty Pairs Boys' Shoes Good stout shoes in Gun Metal and Box Calf-the kind that rest the hard usage they are subjected to. Sizes 8 in youths' to 5 in boys'. ' Prices $1.45 to $2.50 LESS 20 PER CENT Women's Shoes 180 pairs Children's and Misses' shoes-the very best for school. Sizes 5 in Children's to 2 in Miissep'. Price. $1. t0 $2-35' lesS 20 pCr ent" 180 pairs of them-Kid and Box Calf. Some of our very best shoes are included in this broken lot. This also includes the tan shoes, some high tops. Sizes, 2 to 8. Price, $1.70 to $3.35, less 20 per cent. Remember that Quality always overlaps Price here. A twenty .per cent reduction from our original prices is worth considering. A GOOD TIME TO TEST OUR GOODS. Try it.