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THE 'MORNING OBEGQNIAN, SATURDAY, DEQEMBE& 13, "1902. HOLIDAY FOOTBALL Multnomah to PIayv Oregon's Star Team Christmas. ALUMNI TO HELP OUT JVARSITY University of Orcgroik Graduates and Best Players From; Eugene Will Form a -Strong Eleven Fac ulty -Gives Consent. Arrangements -were perfected last even ing for a Christmas footballjame between Multnomah and an All-Oregon eleven, consisting of the present "University of Oregon team and alumni. 'The 'varsity will send down its best -meri.x who will be greatly strengthened by addition of Jak way, Ziegler, Charles Templeton, Bradley, Wagner and a number of other old-time stars. The players will assemble in this city on Monday, December 22, and will begin practice for the big contest. In age, weight and experience, the All-Oregon team will bo one of the strongest aggre gations that ever set foot on M. A. A. C. field, and the contest with Multnomah ought to be well worth seeing. Fred Ziegler, 1902, will appear :tn his old position at left end, and Jakway, 1301, will be pitted against Pratt, at left tackle. Charles Templeton, 1899, and Bradley, 1899, two 'varsity players of days gone by, "will appear behind the line, while Wagner, 1901, or McKinney, Oregon's present cen ter, will pass the ball from the scrimmage line. There is a possibility of several oth er Oregon graduates appearing In the line up, among them being Coleman, Wilson and Edmunson. None but amateur ath letes in good standing will be allowed to play in the game, and the club men; will play the same line-up as in previous games of the season. Captain Homer Watts will be shifted from tackle to end or halfback, and as he is a very speedy man, ought to make a good showing. The presence of the alumni players will instill confidence into the 'varsity boys, and they will come to Portland determined to give Multnomah the hardest struggle on record. The clubmen realize that the AH-Oregp"n team will prove a difficult proposition, and from now on rlcid practice will be in orr der. The university team will not practice- until the latter part of next week, when light signal work will bo under taken. After the team assembles here, the finishing touches will be put on, and preparations made for the best game of the year. Officials for the contest will be agreed upon this evening. FACULTY GIVES COKSEXT. Athletic 1 Council Indorses the Christmas Game. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 12.-SpecIal.) The Athletic Council this eenlng gave Man-d ager xa. ji. wrignc tne autnority-, to ar range for the M. A. A. C. game, to be played In Portland Chrlstmasi'day, and; late this evening Captain I. H. "Watts made definite arrangements Ith the Multnomah manager, and the game is as sured. The All-Oregon team will receive their .signals tomorrow, and will collect in Portland Saturday, December 20, to go through regular practice. The - old and young collegians will appear on Christmas day as follows: Center, Wagner or McKinney; right guard, Kerron; right tackle, Thayer; right end. Captain I. H. Watts; left guard, Ed mundson or Frlzzell; left guard, Jakway; left eh'd, Ziegler; quarterback; Bradley or Scott; fullback, C. Templeton; left half back, Ray Goodrich; right halfback, J. Templeton. As these are men who have several years of football experience, a few even ings of practice will suffice to get team -work, for offensive play and signals. No practice Is needed for defensive play, as this is one feature of football where ex perience means more than mere training. The men who have been chosen from the present 'varsity team .will go into train ing tomorrow. .The enthusiasm is intense among the students, faculty and citizens. Fisher, of Portland, and Judd, of Salem, will probably officiate. MORE CLAIMS FROM SEATTLE. Basket-Bali Captain Asserts Title to Unearned Championship. , SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 10. (To the Ed itor.) I see by The Oregonian of Decem ber 8 that you take delight in running the Seattle basket-ball team down. You seem to think that the Portland Y. M C. A. has a better right to the championship of the Coast than the Seattle team had. It is one thing to think a team holds the championship and another thing for them to prove it. If you have a little spare time I would like to give you a few true re corded facts, not assumed ones. In the first place, Seattle Is on Its third season without a single defeat. Can Portland show such a record? No. Next, Seattle scored 4S6 points last year against 102 by her opponents, a difference of '3S4 points. Can any other team show the same scores? , Next, Seattle has defeated Portland for the last four years by scores from 2 to 1 to 2 to 1. N Two years ago Portland made a trip to Victoria. B. C, where she was defeated. Last year, besides being defeated by Se attle 44 to 19, she was defeated by Van couver, B. C, and she was also defeated by a team in the small town of Salem, Or. While Portland was losing Seattle was winning by large scores from Victoria, B. C, Tacoma, Wash., Spokane, Wash., and a number of other teams. One of your papers came out and said that It was a well-known fact that Seattle had been practicing on the Armory floor prior to the Oakland games for a week or more. I would like to say that two of our team had never been on the floor until the night of the games, and that the other three had. not been on the floor since 1S9S, when she defeated Portland, 21 to 27. I take it for granted that the facts were" furnished to you, and were not of your own writing, and I can put my hand dn the man that gave them to you. Hoping that I have not taken too much; of your time and have made the matter, clear, I remain, WILLIAM D. TEMPLE, Captain Seattle Y. M. C. A. Basket-Bail Team, Champions Pacific Coast. It is very fortunate that the Seattle Y. M. C. A. basket-ball people have at last come to the front and presented some tangible arguments as to "why they should be considered the Pacific Coast -champions. The only source of Information regarding the matter heretofore available has been the news columns of the Seattle papers, which, as has been said before, have very remarkable systems of reasoning and fig uring, and on that account they are a trifle unreliable as to facts. Now, how ever. It is all settled, as any one can -see, by the above epistle. But suppose the letter Is taken Itself and the charges tackled one by one. To take them all at once would be like stop ping the north wind with a bellows, and Just as impracticable. The only thing to dois to take the letter piecemeal and work out the Seattle idea from the start In rgard to the opening sentence, not a single' word deprecatory to the Seattle Y. M. C. A. -was uttered in the article referred to, as any one can see by reading it. . The matter was simply mentioned In connection with the fact that the Se attle papers were great clalmers. Next, it was not stated that Portland claimed the championship.. It was slm ply stated, that Portland would resUfthe Seattle claim, which any one has a. per fect right to do. ; "It Is one thing to think a team holds the championship and another "thing-- to prove It." This was virtually the; advice offered to the Seattle papers, and it still would be well worth their reading. It was never proved that the Seattle team won the championship. In regard to the many statements of the wonderful records that Seattle has made in the past, they have no. bearing on the subject Last year is not this year, and what the Seattle team did last year or the year before has nothing to do with the matter. Harvard won from Yale last year, but that doesn't signify that they hold the championship tills year. A game was necessary to. settle it, and a game should settle the basket-ball ques- tlon In the same way. Whether one of the Portland papers came out and said that the Seattle, team had Teen practicing on the Armory ground has nothing to do with the point at Issue. The' Seattle playefs may have practiced, or they may not have practiced in the Armory. If they didn't, and think It was to Oakland's advantage, let them take into consideration that the Oakland team' was worn out by two hard games when they hit Seattle, and that they were prac tically fresh when they hit Portland. The meaning of the paragraph about the facts being furnished Is not clear, but if they were facts, as the Seattle captain says they were, then what's he kicking about? The Oregonian took its material from the Seattle papers, and from no one else, and the Seattle papers are to blame, and not The Oregonian. Lastly, it cannot be said that the letter writer has explained or made the matter any clearer. He simply butts Into .print with the remark that Seattle is the Pa cific Coast which is incorrect, so far as an unprejudiced observer can see. The following Quotation 1b taken from the article In The Oregonian which the correspondent has been hitting so hard: "We are not aware that the Portland T. M. C. A AU-Star team claims the championship, but they will resist the claim of Seattle until a game can be pulled off that will really settle the matter one way or the other. As has been remarked before In these columns, scores made In games count for a lot more than those made on paper. KBXILWORTH WINS HANDICAP. Easily Leaves Sad Sam Behind Matt Hognn's Great Race. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. Kenilworth again showed, his ability at Ingleslde to day, when he took up 138 pounds In the six and a half furlong handicap and won easily from Sad Sam over a muddy track. The Stover horse was favorite and caught Sad Sam at the head of the stretch. Burns put up a great ride on. Matt Hogan In the fifth race, landing him a winner after he was practically left at the post The steeplechase resulted In an easy victory for Mike Rice over Duke of York, the 7-to-10 favorite. Results: Six furlongs, selling Blackthorn won. Sir Tom Tiddler second, Malaspina third; time, 1:18. Five furlongs, selling Little Margaret won, Sir Preston second, Orovlva third; time. 1:04. Handicap steeplechase, short course Mike Rice won, Duke of York II second, Rainier third; time, 3:39. . Six and a half furlongs, handicap Ken ilworth won. Sad Sam second, Water Cure third; time, 1:23. Futurity course, selling Matt Hogan' won, Jim Gore II second, Golden Cottage third; time, 1:14. One mile, selling Esherin won, Bessie McCarthy second, Wartenicht third; time. 1:43. Races at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12. Crescent race results: Five and a half furlongs Tom Maybih won, Florestan second, John Carney third; time, 1:14 3-5. Seven furloncrs. selliner Tf -vmi Tin tmn Joe Lessar second Doeskin., thirdr- t(me 1:34 4-5. ' One 'mile Hanover' Oueen wnn. T.mio Scout second, Scotch.Plald third; time. 1:51 3-5. Six furlongs, handicap Scorpio won, Travers second. W. J. Debo third r tlm 1:19 2-5. Mile and an eighth. Belling Jessie Jar boe won. Prince Blazes second, Guatama third; time, 2:03 2-5. Six furlongs Mrs. Frank Foster won, Aurie B. second, Shoo Fly third; time, 1:22. Commissions on California Races. Accepted, Portland Club Cafe, 130 Fifth, street Direct wires from tracks. COLLEGE STUDENTS FINED. They Forcibly Took Away Specula tors' Tickets to Football Game. NEW HAVEN. Conn., Dec. 12. Brad ford Ellsworth, of New York; William R Orthweln, of St Louis; William Barnum. of Mammaroneck, N. Y.; Harold P. Saw yer, of Bridgeport Conn., and John A. Moorehead, of Pittsburg. Yale students, were arraigned in the City Court today on a charge of breach of the peace, preferred ny Sidney Treeder, a ticket speculator. The alleged assault occurred on the night of November 20, when a crowd of students on Yale campus took away from Treeder his tickets for the Yale-Harvard football game. A nolle was entered in the case against Moorehead, Ellsworth was fined $200, and Barnum, Sawyer and Orthweln were fined $100 each, after counsel for the men had handed in pleas of nolle' con tenders. The fines were paid. BICYCLE TEAMS ARE SLOW. Contestants at Madison Square Beat Record in This Respect. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-On.ly eight bi cycle teams remained on the Madison Square Garden track at midnight, Butler and Turvllle having retired as a result of a fractured shoulder sustained by the former in a fall in the afternoon. The contest is the slowest team race ever held in Madison Square Garden, and is now 200 miles behind the record. At midnight the score stood: Newklrk-Jacobson, Leander Floyd Krebs, 2099 miles 5 laps; McFar-land-Maya, Stlnson-Moran, Bedell-Bedell, Galvin-Root 2099 miles 4 "laps; Keeg'an Peterson, 2099 miles 3 laps; Barclay and Franz Krobs, 2099 miles 1 lap. Gilfeather -Whips Carroll. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Dec. 12. Tommy Gilfeather, of San. 'Francisco, defeated Jimmy Carroll, of Indianapolis, In the seventh round of a hard battle tonight. L. A. Hoislngrtoa. SIGHTS THAT- MAY BE GREEN AFTER FRANCHISE SPOKANE MAN WANTS TO BACK TEAM IN PORTLAND. He Assures President Lucas That He "Will Fnrnish the Money Mar shall Says New Leoeme la a Go. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 12. (Special.) Harry Green, the well-known sporting man of this city, declared this evening that if the Portland team jumped the Pa cific Northwest League and Its franchise was forfeited, he would furnish the money and put a team In the Oregon metropolis. He has informed President Lucas of his Intentions, and It looks as though Green would secure a new franchise If one Is given, so as to make sure that the' Port land club will be In the hands of those friendly to the Pacific Northwest League, and not to the California League. That the National Association Is stand ing .behind the Pacific Northwest League Is Evidenced by the' following telegram, received by President Lucas from M. H. Sexton, chairman of the arbitration com mittee of the association and president of the Western League: "Are newspaper reports true that Port land and .Seattle jumped to the California .League? Can we help you?" IS RESTING EASILY. Pacific Coast Baseball Leagne Does Not Care What Lncas May Do. J. P. Marshall, treasurer of the Port land baseball -club is not worrying abqut what the president of the Pacific North west League may decide to do regarding the placing of an opposition team in Port land. "It is up to Mr. Lucas," said Mr. Mar shall to The Oregonian last evening. "The new baseball association does not know what Mr. Lucas really intends to do in this connection, nor does it care. His action can have no possible effect on ours. We have made all our arrange ments except the closing of minor de tails. There will be a meeting of the new association in San Francisco shortly after New Year's, at which the schedule for the coming season will be drawn up, and we will proceed with our business en tirely regardless of what Mr. Lucas may do or think. We have our circuit formed and we have secured our grounds in which to play. Mr. Lucas has neither of these matters attended to, and should he be so ill-advised as to put In an opposi tion team In Portland, he will very rap Idly find out that the public will support the organization that puts up the best quality of ball.. And,'" said Mr. Mar shall, "we are that organization." Ruhlln Willing to Fipht Fitz. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Robert Fitzsim mons' recent announcement that he Is ELECTED CAPTAIN OF MONMOUTH FOOT BALL ELEVEN FOR 1903 MONMOUTH, Or., Dec. 12. (Spe cial.) L. A. Holslngton was yester day elected captain of the football team for 1003. His home Is at Lam bert Oklahoma. He Is but 18 years of age, and a member of the Junior class. He played the position of fullback the past season. Among the students be has many friends, being a leader, in student enterprises. SEEN i PEACE DOES NOT ready to fight again has brought forth a quick reply from Billy Madden, manager of Gus Ruhlln. Madden says Fltzslmmons can meet Ruhlln and get $2500 from the -Penn Athletic Club, of Philadelphia, for a six-round bout. The offer also holds good for Jeffries; MAKING PEACE IN THE EAST. National' League Arranges Confer ence W4h. American League. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. The National League of Baseball Clubs completed its business tonight and adjourned, subject to the call of President Harry Pulliam, who was elected to the principal executive office today. The next session of the league will probably not be held until its committee having in charge the task of concluding a "peace" arrangement with the American League Is ready to report Before-the election of officers the peace committee, consisting of August Herr man, of Cincinnati; James A. Hart of Chicago, and Frank Dehass Robinson, of St Louis, met the peace committee of the American League Ban Johnson, J. F. Kllfoyle and James Summers at the Cri terion Hotel. The session of the commit tee was executive, and at the close It was announced that a - further conference would be held January 5 at a place to be selected by Mr. Johnson. The principal business transacted by the National League members today was the abolition of the executive committee and the unanimous selection of Harry Pulliam, of Pittsburg, to the consolidated offices of president, secretary and treasurer. Be fore the election of Mr. Pulliam, a letter of resignation from N. E. Young was read. Mr. Young has directed the affairs, of the National League for many years and retired because of -111 health. He was elected to honorary membership in the league, and subsequently was. made an honorary life member of. the board of directors. The following new board of directors was elected: John T. Brush, New York; A. H. Soden, Boston; Barney Dreyfuss, Pittsburg, and James A. Hart, Chicago. Mr. Johnson today admitted that under no circumstances would the American League consent to withdraw from New York. He further Intimated that a state ment as to the exact location of the new grounds might be looked for in a day or two. The American League will, it is understood, Insist in the peace nego tiations that contracts with players now signed be rigidly lived up to. This, means that large salaries, If peace is declared, will be maintained only until the present contracts expire, when they will be great ly reduced. The American League will also insist that each organization retain the players It now has, and severe pen alties be meted out- to those who violate the contracts. TURNERS' SHOW TONIGHT. Gymnastic Exhibition Will Be Given at Turner Hall. The main event in local athletic circles this week is the annual gymnastic exhibi tion to be given by the Turners at Turn Halle gymnasium tonight Much Interest Is centered In these exhibitions, and a big crowd will turn out to witness the per formance. The most attractive numbers will probably be the Indian club drill by the girls and the dumb-bell drill by the boys' class. A scientific five-round spar ring contest between Charles Swanson and Collie Druhot will close the evening's entertainment. Hearing in Copper Mining Case. NEW YORK, Dec. 12; A hearing was secured today in the suit of John Mac Glnnlss, a stockholder of the Boston & Montana Consolidated Mining Company, and manager for F. A. vHeinze, at Butte, Mont,, to Restrain William Rockefeller, Henry H. Rogers and Percivbl Mcintosh, directors of the Amalgamated Copper Company, from voting the stock of the Boston & Montana, which was trans ferred some time ago. William G. Rocke feller and Perclval J. Mcintosh gave evi dence, but It was not made public. Mr. Rogers did not appear. Condition Little Improved. WESTON, Or., Dec. 12. Principal James Martindale, of the Eastern Oregon State Normal School, still lingers with a.. condi tion somewhat Improved, over what it was. For a long time there was thought to, be no hope for the normal's new head. Prin cipal Martindale came here .from Albany. His condition is still grave.. END BASEBALL WAR. FITZHUGH LEE ON CUBA CLEVELAND INDIFFERENT TO HOR RORS OF WAR, Ex-Consnl-GenernI Tells , of Per ils to Which He Was Exposed Who Blew Up the Maine. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. General Fltzhugh Lee addressed the members of the Patria Club tonight on "The United States and Cuba." He said in- part: "Cuba never was so well governed by Spain as she is today. Congress, wearied of the ware in Cuba, passed resolutions recognizing the rights of belligerency of the insurgents and then came the war. 1 want to say that I represented to Presi dent Cleveland the exact condition of af fairs that existed there. I reported the rebellion with all Its brutalltlea and hor rors and told him that it would continue for several generations, if not brought to a speedy end. Mr. Cleveland gave no at tention to my reports and it was not un til that great man, now sleeping hie last sleep In Canton, O., took charge of affairs In Washington, that these atrocious con ditions were brought to an end. "Cuba is well worthy the attention of the American people. It is the richest spot on God's green earth. It has been waiting for a half century for American energy and enterprise. If we had not sac rificed wisdom for sentiment, we would own Cuba today. "Prior to the war with Spain, when I was Consul-General In Cuba, there were repeated attempte to assassinate me. Wherever I went I had to sit with my back to the wall and my hand on my six shooter. I received 20 and 30 letters a day In which I was threatened with all manner of death." General Lee then recited the Incidents of the blowing up of the Maine and told of General Blanco's action after the catas trophe. "I want to say here and for all time," he continued, "that General Blanco and his officers had no more to do with the blowing up of the Maine than had the people of New York City. It la my belief that some of the young officers left In the arsenal by General Weyler blew up the JMThl 0,000,0 A MILLION AMERICAN BOUNCING- BABIES are kept crowing with the delight of living, because their mamas have learned to use OASCABETS Candy Cathartic You all know how neighborly neighbors tell each other of the really good things they have learned from experience. OASCABETS are one of those good things, and the kind words said for them has created a sale of nearly A MILLION BOXES A MONTH. It is easy to protect infants against children's com plaints, because all these perils have their beginning in stomach and bowels, and we have in OASCABETS a perfeot medicine that will always keep the delicate machinery in a child's body clean, regular and in working order. 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The Harvard team was composed of A. A. Ballantlne, J. Daniels and W. Ketch lngs. The Princeton debaters were A. P. Scott, F. R. Good and G. S. Hornblower. Judge E. W. M. Laming, of Trenton, presided, and Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews; Judge" Charles An drews, of Syracuse, and Bishop Scarbor ough, of New Jersey, were judges. PENSY DEFEATS CORNELL. College Debates Oppose Protection of Iron and Steel Industry. ITHACA, N. Y., Dec. 12. "Resolved, That the present tariff on the raw ma terials and rough products of iron and steel, such as bar Iron, pig iron, rails, steel Ingots, etc., Is justified on the ground of the protection of American in dustry against foreign competition." This is the subject-that was discussed tonight when the chosen representatives of the University of Pennsylvania, who main tained the negative, defeated Cornell Uni versity. The Quaker team was composed of Pax son Deeter, of Reading, Pa.; Henry Cor nell Dlller, of Philadelphia, and Richard Warren Barrett, of Wilmington, O., with Edgar Barnes, of Washington, as alter nate. The Cornell men were: F. L. Car lisle, of Watertown, N. Y.; C. B, Dowd, of Cortland, N. Y., and F. H. Hlller, of Coblesklll, with H. S. Brancher, of Lock port, .as alternate. CANCELS ITS DIVIDEND. Lalce Superior Company Has No Money Statement of Manager. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12. At a meet ing of the directors of the Consolidated Lake Superior Company today it was de cided to cancel the dividend of 1 per cent declared some time ago and payable December 15.. It was acknowledged that the company had not sufficient funds on hands to pay the dividend. Negotiations with the Commercial Trust Company for a loan of $3,000,000 are still In progress, the. security offered being the Install ments due on stocks which are In ar rears. . What the Manager Says. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Dec. 12. Francis H. Clergue, general manager of the Consolidated Lake Superior Company, stated today that he knew no cause for the sensational decline in the stock of rthat company. The steel plant, he said,' had closed, because all orders were filled. Last night thQ company received orders from the Canadian government for steel rails sufficient to keep the mills in contin uous operation at prices satisfactory to the company. He further stated that the company's .various operations were pro gressing with satisfaction; that the com pany owns outright all Its various mines and plants, free bonds or mortgages, and that the only bank loans are those for current and operating expenses, and that these have never been equal to the ma terial and stock on hand. ON BUBONIC PLAGUE. Conference o Coast States Called by Public Health Association. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12. The Amer ican Public Health Association adjourned today after electing the following offi cers: President, Dr. Walter Wyman, Surgeon-General of the United States Ma rine Hospital Service; treasurer. Dr. F. W. Wright, of Connecticut; secretary, Dr. C. O. Pabst, Columbus, O. Washington was chosen as the next place of meeting. Resolutions were adopted favoring a sanitary exhibit at the St. Louis Exposi tion and" urging that illuminating gas be placed under municipal control. A resolu tion by Dr. M. C. Ghee prevailed asking for legislation that would require railroad YOUNG MEN troubled with night emissions, dreams, exhausting draina, hash fulness, aversion to "society which deprive you of your manhood, UNFITS YOU FOR BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE. MIDDLE-AGED MEN who from excesses and strains have lost their M-AXXiY POWER. BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urine. Gleet, Stricture, enlarged prostate, Sexual Debility. 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We are showing the "most beau tiful instruments ever placed- upon ther market, superb in make, tone and finish, some twenty-seven makes, all In specially' holiday casings. The sale is at high tlda now; main floor and all our special display rooms crowded with Instruments that are Interesting from an artistic as well as. a musical standpoint With Christmas decorations and lots of buying, the place Is pleasant and lively. You had better join the procession and come In early to make your Christmas selection. You can leave It with us to be delivered Just in time for the Christmas surprise. The Best Part Is the Price. We are doing all we can to outdo even ourselves in the way of offering' excep tional values. Remember these holiday pianos are especially selected stock, and they are going at simply startling prices. Instruments that will last through genera tions we are asking only 5418, $457 and $586 for? nearly a third less, than you would, have to pay on the same Instruments to houses that do not make a?, study and practice of economical buying, quick, large sales and consequent small, but profitable, profits. And pianos you would! have to pay $500 for to them we will sell you now for S1S7. Payments won't worry you. Only ?25 down on the hlshest-prlcec instrument, and ?10 or $12 monthly com pletes your purchase. On pianos that cost less you need pay but ?S down and small monthly Installments, of $6. And, remember, these pianos are such as the Weber, of New York; the Chlckering. made in Boston, and the Kimball, of Chl ca'go. the finest pianos made in both up right and grand styles. In addition you have your choice among such, fine and standard makes as the Vose. the Victor, the Hobart M. Cable, the Crown, the pi ano of many tones; the Decker, Schu mann, Weser, Haddorft and many others. Call In today and see them. Ellers Piano House, 351 Washington street Other big and busy stores at San Francisco, Spo kane and Sacramento. and steamship companies and hotels to furnish pure drinking water. A very Interesting discussion came up Just before adjournment It was precip itated by Dr. C. J. Fagan. of Victoria, B. C. who said that he had so far taken no action with regard -to the epidemic of bubonic plague at San Francisco, and he wanted to propose that the delegates put themselves on record In the matter. "The conditions prevailing there ar$ very dangerous," he said. "Even the rats now have the disease. We of the Pacific Coast think something should be done to prevent the spread of the plague, and so far absolutely .nothing Is being done In. San Francisco." Dr. Wyman stated that more than five state boards of health having asked for a general conference, one will be held dur ing the coming holidays, when the situa tion at San Francisco will be dealt with. FLEET IS MANEUVERING. Dewey Has Forty Ships Assembled OH Culebrn for Practice. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Admiral Dew ey, in a cablegram received at the Navy Department - today, dated San Juan, De cember 11, announces the progress of tho fleet maneuvers by the combined squad rons under his command. ae cablegram follows: "The combined squadrons are now as- vers. The search problem Is completed, the squadron under Rear-Admiral Sumner having been successful. Forty men-of-war are participating in the exercises." The operations are being watched by official representatives from the Navy and War Departments, and will continue until some time in January. Arresteil for Flghtlng. In a fist fight which occurred this porn ing shortly after 1 o'clock, at the corner of Second and Burnside streets, A. Tau fest struck Harry Purdy in the face, se verely cutting the flesh under on6 eye. Purdy and another man were arguing in a saloon and were turned out at 1 o'clock, and finished' the discussion outside. 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