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‘ .) “| ‘ wMmqualifiedly and atrociously false, and Senator in Publlo Address Da- nies Oregon Land Frauds and > Challenges. Anybody to Prove ‘He Accepted a Bribe, ‘WASHINGTON, Jan, 17, ~fenator Mitohell, of Oregon, made a statement 4n the Senate to-day regarding his In- dlotment in connection with the Oregon land frauds, At the outaet the Benator lared that the charges made against if true, unfitted him to occupy his Seat in tho Senate, He then detadled and sald: ‘m the most positive and manner that each and every z to or involve ime, are absolutely, 1 here and now indignantly and de- Mantly denounce their ‘authors, and @nd every one of them, and 4 them publicly as malicious and _ troctots jars," Did Not Conspire. Following this general dental with one Mone specific, the Senator spoke sub- stantially as follows: “But I desire to be more specific, and therefore I further deny, in terms the Most absolute and unqualified of which «I am capable of using, that I eyer, elther in the month of January, 1902, in the Btate of Oregon, or at any other time or place, unlawfully or felonidusly or otherwise, conspired with Binger Hermann, then Commissioner of the General Land Office, and 8, A, D. Pu- ter, Horace G, McKinley, D. W. Tar- pley, Emma L. Watson, Salmon B, Rimsvy, Clark 1, Loomis and William H. Davis, of with either or any of them, or with any other person or per- bons, to defraud the United States out of any part of jts public lands located éither in township 11 South, of Range 4 East, In the State of Oregon, or any other public lands elther In the State of Oregon or elsewhere, “I aasert, furthermore, in the most absolute and unqualified manner, that @ay and all statements by any person or persons to the effect that I ever, at any time or place, entered Into a con- splracy with all or any of sald persons, or they, or any of them, with me, to defraud the United States out of any part of Its public Jands in the State of Oregon or either by false plications, ute absolutely, un roclously false, and T defy my defami and challenge them to produce any evidence, other than that of condemned thieves, forgers and pecjurers, to sustain any such charges. Got No Monoy. “T further deny tn the most absolute @nd Unqualied tering that said 3. A DB, Pu city of Washit or at any ole or § in Washington time or psi auld BA. D, any other amount w tvo $1.00) bills, or any ot tlon or amount qualifiedly ind 6 hr Pitys to patent esicad entrlus, 9 i, dene A.D, P r bills, a ‘ y, maliciously, uns Qualifiedly roctously fa The Renate gave @ long, alled | Blatement tel! proviseny Y con: nection he ever had with Puter and the lande in qu jn, cumstances con toa of the Gran Heations ta the » charges, some Of the eli with the ac and the pub- Senator In Tears, Mr. Mitchell's statement consume bout thre-vunrters. of an hour t ward the close his vyolee wae broke gobs and he was compelled to frequen Gry his ever with his handkeroht Many other Benators were visibly ai- fected, t When the Senator congluded there was by # whatever, or for | antly, with all the 8 regarding tho] ) Patrolman Devann Killing His Friend, George Rider Regiment, trial of B. L, Devanna, Policeman H, 1, Devenna 4 on trie! for this life, chatwed with the killing of hia ¢riend, George Dowrick, @ boiler maker, in the Morris Heights Hotel of Nov, % last, Asslatant Distriot-Attor- ney Crane is proseouting and Hal Betl has in hand the prisoner's defense, Devanna wes a Rough RMer in Preal dent’ Roosevelt's regiment during Spanish-American war and wed consid- ered one of the best horsemen in the Poltce Department, He waa attached to the mounted equad of the Highbridge station and was enguged to marry & charming and wealthy widow of the Borough of the Bronx. Dowrlek, the man he killed, was a boller-maker em- ployed at a stipyard on the Harlem River, He boarded at the Morris Heights Hotel, A full jury was secured at noon td- day and atter Mr, Crane's opening 14- dress the first witness, James’ H, Ma- Jone, took the stand. He waa in the Morrls Heights Hotel when Deyanna, in plain clothes, entered the place on the evening of Nov. 2 “Devanna was very drunk,” testified Malone. “He staggered up to the bar and asked for whiskey. Mts. Murphy, the wife of the proprietor, refused to give it to him and he became abusive, , “Dowrick and I were waiting for our supper in the dining-toom. We heard the notse of the argument and “fan to the bar room, where Devanna had hold of Mrs, Murphy and was dragging her around the room, She was trying to pull him into the hall and put him out, “Devanna pulled a gun with his lett hand and fired it, Dowrick faded away and I thought he had ducked to get away from the gun. I went up to De- vanna and told him to get out, because if he kept on shooting he might hit nebody. hen gome one came from the din- {{ng-room and said that Dowrlck had been shot and was dying, Devanna put his gun In his pocket and ran actosp | the railroad tracks, He was #0 drunk that he fell dow — COLLEGE MAN CLEVER THIEF /Oxford Graduate, with Many | Aliases, Pleads Guilty to Rob: bing Boarding House Persons of $1,000 and Clothing. | James V. Walker, an Oxford graduate, has been doing time in the penl- enuiacies and State prisons of this Jcountry off and on since 199, pleaded guilty to-day to d charge of grand lar- couy in the second degrea before Judge ‘Mahon, Part 1, General Sessions. His list of allnses {s as long as tho number of people he robbed, twelve of | whom are known, according to Inspector McClusky, Walker's: particular game was to go into a boarding-house, pay a few weeks’ board in ajvance and afier arnliiarizing himsel€ with the house |decamp with whatever he could deport. @ renewal of h, King and aseur- ances of confidence on the part of Son- ators, while jt was necessary for the presiding officer to use the gavel to uppress applause in ihe gallerios, hen the cention terminated Mr, Mitchell resumed his seat, but he soon left the chamber, When It's a Pleasure To Be Dizzy A Business Opp. Is a chance for “Pop.” To got “Into” or “out of” business He datly will find Buch a profitable kind In World Wants~that will give him a dizainess, 300 “Business Opportunities” in Jast Sunday's World Want Directory, vis. printed ‘ATURE gives MURAD CIGARETTES the perfect flavor that is only found in her rarest growths of Turkish tobacco. © The skillful blending is the latest effort of Mr. Allan Ramsay, who as government expert ministered for sixteen years to the refined smoking tastes of Turkey’s court circles, MURAD CIGARETTES appeal to ‘exquisite oes and delicacy, Walker {s rather effeminate in ap- | pearance and his volce has the same jcharacterlauc, In his speech he shows jarks of education, Hoping to ex- the sympathy of the Judge he e a letter begging for clemency, h tho Judge termed a er inclusion of which hy wh r it and the Ig jas follows: P His “Hereditary Taint.” ben as well as my heart falters Q ite; for only I myself who, h@k- Ying to what I was—iow | ‘began life with every advantage, gently born, Mently bred, @ coilegn—tad coming down through these criminally mis- spent years, marked with ruin, dis- | honor and misery, to what I am. a felon wrecked Jn health and all else which makes life worth ving, I atand appalled," in one part of the Tetter he refers to la hereditary talnt, saying he had al- |veady sought the ddvice of Dr, Quack-| enbos, of No. 337 West Twenty-elgath | | atreet; Dr, Beverly Robinson and Dr.! | Dana for treatment. Dr, Quackenbog | testified that this was 60, Judge MeMahon did not allow the ap- | peal to his sympathies to get much of a | hold, He sald to the prsoner: “Yours is the most extraordinary case in my experience on the bench, I can not un: | derstand how you can get such men as a, Accused of Patrohnan Frank’ MeLaughiin; rcelved two years and six months, 1899 Who Assaulted’ a Reporter, Dowrick, Was in the Rough} Acoused of Causing the Death of J. B, Patterson, a Negro, ‘The unusual spectacle of two membors of the Police Department on trial for murder at the game time, although in different rooms {n the Crim- inal Courts Bullding, 18 afforded to-day. Recorder Goff 1s presiding at the trial of Policeman Frank McLaughlin, and Judge Warren W. Foster at the Both men killed their viotima with thelr police revolvers, It is alleged that each was funk when he committed the crime, MoLaughlin was ex- onerated by a Coroner's jury, but the Distri¢t-Attorney kept working om the case and got evidence enough to secure an indlotment, Policeman Frank McLaughim, of the ‘Wem. Bixty-cighth street station, te ac- oused of the amuréer on May 9 leat of J. B, Patterwon, a negro watehman in @ buliding at No, 47 West Sixty-eecond etreet, Assistant District -Attorney Nott, who fa proseiuting McLaughlin, said in his Opening address that he would slow that the killing wae deliberate, Much time and effort, he asserted, have been pent in getting the facts, which will show that MoLaughlin should bo found eullty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death in the electric chair, The first witness was Photographer Cole, of the District-Attorney’s staff, Me identified pictures he had taken of the scene of the killing, which were ad- mitted in evidence, These photographs will play an Important part in the pros- ecution, as tending to disprove state- menta made by McLaughlin in his testi mony before the Coroner's jury. McLaughlin ts also under indictment for @ brutal assault upon James Rob- bing, @ reporter, Robert Telfair, an egro, who deacribed himself ag “proprietor of Chinese restaurant,’ wags the second witness against MoLaughiin, He said that he was walking through ixty-second street early In the morning of Mey 20 whon MoLaughiin walked up behind him and hit him on:the back on the head with hie club, knocking him down, aL MEE me," testified Telfair, “he atarted for Patterson, I saw him hit' Paterson, and Patterson sald: ‘What are you hitting me fort i didn't do anything.’ Then the policeman rabb: him and they fell together. Vhile Patterson wae on the ground I gaw the policeman draw bis gun and fire a shot into him, Patterson ran be- hind @ shanty in ‘front of a building and I ran across the street.” Lewis Stuyvesant Chanter, attorney for MoLaughiin, cross-examined the Witness, Telfair admitted that he car- ried a revolver occasionally and that he shot ® man Inst April. Edward Frazier, a negro who lived at No, 226 West Fit rescone street at the ‘time of the shooting, testified: "T saw the defendant cross the etreet and tell a friend of mine to get in the ‘house fifteen minutes before the ehont- ing, Then ho walked up to Potters. ond called him a vilemane, He wanied to know what right Pattenton had te be there, Pattereon replie that he was a watchman and had all the rbght In the world, ‘Then MoLaughiin struck him and knocked him down, When Pattorson got vp the defendant hit him again, Then thoy Rrapeled: Both fell, MoLavghiin then fired at Patterson who Was trying to get away, He fired @ second time and a third time, My At Aid wit acrom the street ‘3 time fe polka f rapolnu On the eHlewalke for amststance' eee you have to appeal to me for clemency, Tho beet vou can hope for is hard Tabor ad Bing.”" ed ‘alker Was arrested for robbini boarding-house on West Blehty-aecond @:reet, When he was taken to hegd- Quartere he saw Inspector McClusky wading throurh the hall. and sald: “\elio, George! How long have vou heen here? I have been in Europe for eome time,” MeClusky then eave the nolice hic record, with the houses he {s belleyed to have robbed, In 1890 Walker was sent to Blackwel's for one year and was fined $250, In 169) he was sent to Sing Sing for four months; in 1895 on a charge of grand larceny In dhe senond degree he re. he wot four years and nine months ona charge of grand larceny, The let which the Inspecter has pre- pared contains the following names, suf. ferers from the skilful hands of Walke; WEAR A GLUTHE TRUSS and enjoy tho ease ‘and conifort thatonly Moy guaranteed Truss (sold nowhere olae) can give, NO BELTS or leg straps to cut, | no springa to bind | you: unaffected by ‘water oF perspiration; no pressure on hips or sping, but ; a lah oleanly | and durablo; ‘Troe that bas takin mo 86 yours to perfect, MY PAD IS AUTOMATIC initsaction and allows every freedom without tear of moving from ita place, No matter where you live, call or wend Anvontigato this Perfect Tose wont cures by keeping rup- ture held, ly BOOK (free) explains all, "aa CHAS, CLUTHE, 29 East 14th 8t., Bot, 6th Ave, and Union Square, New York, 10 6, Baturday ti1) FOR YOUR RUPTURE | tastes throu east they are so judged by connoisseurs, 10 for 15 cents distinctive qualities of natural | Flavored cigarettes are decidedly inferior ; at “fhe trial of Henry Laer, Vames 1, Fleming, who wor to have made examinations of the life- proservers and the equipment of the locum, which was to have been begun to-day In the United Statea Clroult Court, was postponed until to-morrow request of District-Attorney on Tin Diatrlet-Attorney eald thot a wity ness vital to his case was absent, and that he did not wish the jury sworn 0 until he was sure that the witness coul be produced. ‘The winess 19 believed ‘otha ua Bee tatoner. ol ent ro pepe and Nea ye he saw a around whic! reserver joating under the surface of the water, It was Berg's testimony, It ig alleged, that brought about the re- moval of Inspectors Jumont and Bar- ea naka, ih testimony was given in Waohing: ere eemee as a life- THE Schubert piano (with patent steel back) is the truerepresentative of the Progress of the 20th century, Tone quality superb, Strength and solidity such as only steel construction can give, A reputation of 24 years. Indorsed by many promi. nent musicians right here in New York City, as well as by some of the world’s greatest ' Trish Linen Hemstitched Scarfs, consisting of exquisitely hand embroidered pieces for the Dressing Tabié, Bureau and Sideboard; the prices barely covering thecost of embroidering, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH. SPECIAL SALE OF Size 18x45 inches, $1.50, 1.75, 2,00, 2.50, 2.75, Vatues $2.25 10 4.26, Size 18x54 inches, $2.00, 2.50, 3,00, 3.50, Values $3.25 to 5.50 NOTE, Woe will continue to offer during tha week a large stock of fine Table Cloths, Napkins, Sheets, Pillow Cases and Decorative Broadway L: 1916 Street. artists, Small pay: / mont down. smaller pay: ment monthly lf you are considering the purchase of a strictly high- grade piano, get our prices and easy terms of monthly pay- ment on the Fourth Floor. Schubert. Catalogue mailed free. (# Our special bargains in used pianos to-morrow are: 4 Whitney upright....e.0. 2100 Bblendid ‘condition; @reat bargain. ‘We sell to the conmum- ef more reasonablythan | others because we aro BURG *eieisie east redyein| of Fure our ec lait) GUTLLOHN FUR CO., GUTLON manufacturers, thereby | © ele ritees Remodelling aint | 701 BROADWAY, NEAR 10TH 87, | OVERCOAT SALE A'Men’s Coats, Great Coats and Paddocks, that $20, $22.50, $25 and 28, now $14.50. Men's Box Coats, Belt Coats and Great Coats, fthat were $18 and $20, ™ $11.00. Men's Great Coats, Box Coats and Belt Coats, that were } $12.50, $15 and $ enough be tinue to-morrow, Box, Coats, Belt were have been These marked prices on and and, re-sorting them, be seen again this season, every assortment, Silk Dlush Coats, Worth $22.50, for ance they look like real seal coats, beaver, 3-4 Length Coats of Silk Plush, Coats worth $27.50 in this lot. est of this season's styles, teed black satin, Storm Coats, Worth $18, for fronts, $22.50 to $30.00 coats at $13.75, “All ¥ er~ ind ca Levin Rb SMe 7 S900" ling Silverware, The Season’s Most Extraordinary Women’s Suit and Coat Clearance. Last week we went through our entire stocks of women’s tailored suits and coats gathered all the small assortments to- gether—took garments of different sizes—@y@ Cut Prices Below Half what the garments have been marked, in or- der to make a quick, decisive clearance, Thus the opportunity is yours to profil by coat and sult bargains the like of which will probably not By arrangement of lots all sizes will be found In $9.95 These rich plush coats come in medium lengths, with fouble-breasted box fronts, large rolling storm collar and new style sleeve finished with notched cuffs, In appear- The linings are of heavy guaranteed black and gray satin, $2.85 extra for fur collar and revers of selected nutria| $11.75, These silk plush coats are made in the newest and smart. They come In three-quarter length collarless effects, with | set coat suits, full sleeves, and are lined throughout with heavy guaran- $8.75 These serviceable rain coats are made of all-woo! plain colors and mixed materials, strictly tailored throughout, and have full box-plaited backs and double-breasted box) Cars Transfer to Bloomingdales’. marked prices in doz 60.5 Crushed Plush Coats, Worth $18, $6 Made in the smart collarless style, double-breasted froni and fitted back, They are beautifully trimmed with inlayings of cloth and silk braidings, and are lined throughout with best quality heavy satin, which is guaranteed for two seasons’ wear, Women’s $20 $9.95 Tailored Suits for Women’s $27 to $50 Tailored Suits for $19.75. Also— In the assortinent, which is replete with all the very newest styles in tailored suits brought out this season, long coat suits, blouse coat suits, short coat suits and cor- reach jam, od “per can Califor st all--woo! broadcloth, cheviot §, a8 Well as plain and crushed OF such materials ast etamines and faney mis velvet S se, » suits fashione! very elaborately, others severely plain. All coats are satin Plenty of black suits, as tlon mixtures. All sizes for all women, ing ' from 32 to 46 bust measure. Sherry—-Old hottle .. Sherr pale; ined thy rut with heavy guaranteed Baie well as of colored and combina ading small and extra large Second Piao Ath © AY pense Ri hs The White Sale On Its Enthusiastic Way. Every day sees the Bloomingdale lingerie sections ~-thé linens and domestics’ busy throngs of shoppers enraptured over the day’s offerings in this 1905 White Sale, You who haven't come to see for yourself just what economy chances In white goods we offer can have no i, {dea of the breadth of this sale—and the dest thing yor Linens at marked reductions in prices. can do Is t8.wend your wa hi early to-morrow ee NE Some of the Rest Bargains Fine Wool Blankets, of-the Sale Will Be Awailing You, DOUBLE BED SIZE, regulary $9.00...000ssuveeve O73 ai UNE mena? a ; BXTRALARGE SIZE, ' — $10,50 sseriseoeee ss 78 Attention fe also directed to our unusually complete stocks of i French, Austrian, California and Eastern Blankets, ‘This $17.78 \ f. This $7.50 Bed Opring Importations of English Bed Spreads Bed for ~\ i ina variety of qualities - + + ~ 4,00 to 13,80 each $11,850. ‘il § "Way Below Regular Pri The there were busy times here Monday and hey | s at each price to warrant our announcing the { Every bed in this sale is brand new—in fact, they are a maker's $3 used as show pleces until he decided to discontinue the styles, $3 Enamelled Reds at $1.50. $4.50Enamelled Beds at $3, | $13.50 Enamelled B §6 Enamelled Beds at $4. | $15 Enamelied Beds al $7.50 Enamelled Beds, $5. | $18 Enamelled Beds a They are high-class beds every oné, both as regards finish’ and. tlon, and have never before been offered under regular prices. Items Offered Wednesda In this Bidbmingdale clearance are offered the ‘ best. opportunities to buy fine, reliable watches that evil in a year or more, instances that follow have been picked from a score or more of others, ‘ ioWomen's | Tr Enamel. Watches for $5.75, ‘These come In pretty designs and dainty colors, and are Inlald with pearls—fitte movements, They are worth $12, Women's Solid Gold Watches for $8, These come in open-face and hunting-case styles, in plain ished fitted with Swiss jewelled movernents—worth ine y i Women's 14-Kt. Solid Gold Watches, $14.50 to They come in hunting-case and open-face styles; beautifully. engine-turned cases, They are fitted with seve —worth up to $28, Also special table glassware at 8c,, 5c, and 10c,; worth double the price, | Our Annual Discount Sale of Fancy China, Brice Cut Glass and Lamps is still in progr: Fine Homemade Preserves, Worth $1, Full Quart Jar, 5; These preserves come from the most famous jam kitchen in York and are usually sold for $1 a quart, In the assortment are— Fresh peaches, pears, quinces and pitted red cherries, pre ‘eaches, pears, quinces, red or white pitted cherries and ’ All priced for this sale to-morrow, full quart, at Other grocery items of interest are: aweet, tens elaewhere for Lhe; ape y £% 23¢ or “can le, aWeet, very Ib, An Extraordinary ye Fine old | ‘$1.09 Sc ee ee Continves stores—filled with $10 Enamelled Beds, $ rent with fine Swiss Jewelled 4 517, is paths pide elled Waltham Main Floor, Special Price-News of TeaS Dinner Sets, and Gla It will pay any housekeeper whose china closets need ing to visit the Bloomingdale china store to-morrow, for $0 special bargains in dinner and tea sets and glassware are in connection with our sale of separate decorated dishes, $7 American Porcelain Dinner Sets, $598 \ ‘There are 4 hundred pieces to these sets, every one prettily green, The sets Include soup tureen and regular size $15 English Porcelain Dinner S One hundred pleces to these sets, prettily decorated with tions jn green, cobalt blue or maroon, Sets { dishes of regular size, We Olfer These Specials in Glassware, Water Tumblers, thin blown glass, els, $1098, include soup tureen’’ Whiskey Tumblers, thin blo f with etched designs, speciql, d Water Tumblers, thin blows assorted engravings, dozet..isy 46 rd Fk me i a | Coffee—Jave, Mocha and Maracalbo} equal to reg: ular 360, coffee; our coffee! no sore tor New York 1s advertising a Kood cot: ee at anything near this price ber larg Sale of Imported PB 39 ic, rosit" old bottle Port-—"'P Tawny; Transfer ‘to Bloomingdales