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THE SCORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1903. ITLANDISOUT More Discrimination on Freight Bids. ALL OFFERS ARE THE SAME San Francisco and Puget Sound Get the Business, WHAT WAR DEPARTMENT SAYS Oregon Firm Made a Reservation It Did Sot lAlte, but Xo Chance for & Ckanpe Was Given as in Awards Last Tear. TERMS OF AWARDS. The freight rate la 4.25 Pr ton from either San Francisco or Puget Sound to Manila; officers. $125 each, with eubslatence; Boldlers. 40 to $50. ac cording to the number subsisted en route, and $30 to $40. according to tha number fed fcy the Government; ani mals. $110 per head from San Francis co and $100 per head from Seattle, when subsisted by the companies, and $85 and $75. respectively, -when sub sistence Is furnished by the United States. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Waeh iTigton, May 22. In passing around con tracts for Government transportation to the Philippines, the War Department has again ignored Portland, but accepted pro posals from Puget Sound and San Fran cisco, at the identical rato quoted by Laldlaw & Co., of Portland. In view of past treatment accorded the Oregon me tropolis, It would not be surprising to see Portland again made the subject of un just discrimination. What makes the present apparent descrimlnatlon doubly unjust Is the fact that much of the freight to be shipped to Manila will have to be purchased in Portland and tributary territory, because It Is offered there at a price considerably below that obtaining elsewhere on the Pacific Coast But the Quartermaster Department recommended that the Laldlaw bid be rejected, and that apparently closed the Incident. The Oregonlan correspondent asked the acting Quartermaster-General why It was the Portland firm was ignored. "Well, you see." he replied, "the Port land bidders Inserted a provision in their proposal requiring that a certain amount of the business be given to their line. The department will not do business on this basis. None of our contracts are guar anteeing any trade whatever to the suc cessful steamship companies. Wo are re serving the right to ship under these new contract?, just such troops and supplies as v.'o may desire, and' to make shipments in such quantities and at such times aa best suits our convenience." "Then if Laldlaw withdraws that pro vision of his proposal, what will be done?" was aeked. "We might then give the matter further consideration," was the reply. The bid of tho Harrison Company, which proposed to handle consignments from Portland, was rejected, both be cause of the requirement of an 8 per cent cargo on each shipment, and because it was proposed to employ only sailing ves sels In Its business. The early action of the department in awarding the new contracts was unex pected, but' It Is learned that Colonel Humphrey, the new Quartermaster-General, who will arrive here In a few days. Is strongly In favor of continuing the transport service, while the action on re cent bids is a move In the opposite di rection. Had the awards beon held up until the arrival of General Humphrey, there Is little question that the Portland bidders would have been advised of the unwillingness of the department to make a contract insuring to any bidder a stip ulated amount of business, and they would at least have been given an op portunity to amend their proposal. This action was taken last Fall in the case of the Boston Steamship Company at Seattle. In their original bid, they in serted a condition that they bo guaran teed a certain amount of business, but upon objection by the department the condition was withdrawn. Laldlaw & Co., however, were given no opportunity to take similar action, at least, not until after contracts had been awarded to two competing lines which propose to carry freights only from their respective ports, while the Laldlaw bid covered all three. As far as Puget Sound is concerned, the contract now In force with the Boston Steamship Company is to be continued for another year from July 1, and that line will carry all freights from Seattle and Tacoma that are not sent by Government trnsports. It Is hardly probable that any troops will go to Manila by tho northern route during the next year. Alan ken Contractu Not Yet SIgrned. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 22. It was stated In these dispatches yesterday that the War De partment had made contracts with the Northern Commercial Company and O. J. Humphrey for all Government transpor tation to Alaska. No contracts have been signed as yet, although the Quarter master's Department has recommended that the Alaskan business be awarded to the lowest bidders In every case, which Is believed to mean that the two firms named will get most of the trade, es pecially on the Yukon River and to Nome, although some portions of the trade may go to the' White Star line. The only thing definitely decided is that no contract will be made with the White Pass and Yukon Railroad for reasons heretofore stated. ROOSEVELT TO DECIDE. Xavy Will Orficr Xo Squadron to Kiel Until Executive Returns. WASHINGTON, May 22. The various rrcent changes in the European squadron have caused a suspension of the plans of the Navy Department respecting the for eign movements of the ships which now compose it. Yesterday the three protect ed cruisers Albany, Cincinnati and Ra Krh sailed from Ylllcfranchc for thtf Asiatic station, -where, with the New Or leans, they are to form a separate divi sion of the Asiatic fleet. The departure of these three ships decreased the Euro pean squadron to the flagship Chicago and the gunboat Machlas. last reported at Marseilles. Soon, however, they will be reinforced by tho San Francisco, which has sailed from Santiago for Lisbon. Un der the changed conditions it will depend on the President himself whether this squadron will go to Kiel. Both Secretary Hay and Acting Secretary Darling are awaiting his return before reaching a final decision. The objection to sending the squadron is the Insignifi cance both In the number and character of the ships of which it Is comprised. MORE CHARGES AGAIXST MACHES. Postal Deficit Dncf in Part, to a Re fnsal to Obey Orders. WASHINGTON, May 22. Captain Henry A. Castle, Auditor of the PostofSce De partment, and Controller Tracewell, of the Treasury, had an interview with Postmastor-Genejal Payne today regard ing the postoflice investigation. Mr. Trace well submitted his answer to the Postmaster-General's recent request for sup plemental Information regarding the Tul loch charges. This answer will be made public tomorrow. Postmaster-General Payne today declined, with some warmth, to say whether the circumstances sur- ASSURED BY RUSSIA THAT IT WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN THE "OPEN DOOR" POLICY IN THE FAR EAST 1 ft AMBASSADOR ROBERT S. M'CORMICK. rounding the deficit in the free delivery I ejiieiu warraaiea me removal or Air. Machen. the general superintendent, who was relieved recently. Mr. Payne said. that In his opinion, the question was Im pertinent. He was questioned by the newspaper correspondents regarding the discrepancy between the $20,000 reported by Mr. Machen as the deficit and the $227, 300 subsequently reported by the Inspect ors. Mr. Payne replied that promptly on the receipt of the report from Mr. Machen that there was a deficit of $20,000, he gave Instructions that this deficit should not be Increased, and expenditures should be curtailed so as to eliminate it, if possible, by the end of the fiscal year, July 30, next: "Then I immerlately got the report that the deficit was $227,000. A subordinate ofllclal has no authorlty to create a deficit without the authority of his superior," added the Postmaster General. "I care not who that subordinate officer may be If he knew on May 1, that there was a $20,000 deficit and that very day appointed a large number of carriers, which would largely increase the deficit, the action was objectionable." The Postmaster-General said he had not yet sent any communication to Mr. Machen. It developed today that on May 5. First Assistant Postmaster-General Wynne, through his chief clerk. John J. Howley. asked Mr. Machen whether there were under his (Machen's) division, any other items than that of map work in which the appropriation was likely to be exhausted before the end of the fiscal year. This letter sent also called for a statement of the probable condition of the service at the cloee of tho year. Mr. Machen then reported a deficiency of $20,000 in the item of rural free delivery and. it is alleged, indicated that there was a surplus in the city free delivery ap propriation. On May 7. by order of tho Postmaster-General, Mr. Wynne sent a peremptory order to General Superinten dent Machen, directing that no more maps of the rural free delivery service, a work which Is paid for by the piece, should be received or paid for until after July 1, and inhibiting tho establishment of any additional rural routes prior to that date It is charged that Mr. Machen did not obey the second order. NEGRO MAIL-CARRIER QUITS. Payne Decides He Wns Unduly Ex cited and Will Resume Service. WASHINGTON. May 22. Postmaster General Payne has ordered the immediate resumption of service on the suspended free delivery mall route at Gallantlne, Tenn. The resignation of John C. Allgood, the negro carrier who was Intimidated and who refused to resume work, has been accepted, and the ClvJl Service Commis sion has been called on to certify a car rier to fill his place. PostmaNter-Gencral Enjoined. WASHINGTON. May 22,-Justice Hag ner. of the District Supremo Court, to day Issued a temporary restraining order requiring the Postmaster-General to con tinue to accord second-class mall privi leges to the New England railway publi cations, pending further court proceed ings. FAMOUS BARITONE DEAD nichman, Who Achieved a Triumph in "The Flying DntcUmnn." VIENNA, May 22. Theodore Rlchmann, the famous baritone of the Vienna Opera House, is dead of apoplexy. He achieved his greatest triumph in New York in "The Flying Dutchman." during the year 3S39, and afterward mndo a tour of the United States. Prominent Retired Xavnl Offlcer. WASHINGTON. May 22.-Captaln Will lam Balnbrldge Hoff, United States Navy, retired, died here today, aged 6 years. He was the author of several standard works on naval tactics, some of which have been translated into French, Ger man and Italian. President Arthur's Pastor. NEW YORK. May 22. Rev. George a Ezray. at ono time President Arthur's pastor, who in the last 20 years has been prominent In the Ministry and in the newspaper world, died today of apoplexy, csed 65 years. REVISION IS SURE Presbyterians Take Up Con fession of Faith. COMMITTEE TO CANVASS VOTE StateO. Cleric Reports That the Churches Almost Unantmoasly Adopted the Eleven Amend ments to the Creed. LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 22. (Spe cial.) Pacific Coast interests loomed up In the Presbyterian General Assembly to day. This evening a conference of Coast men was held to consider the work of Christian education in the West. Com- mlssioners from Oresron. Wnshlnirtnn and California were present, and discussed matters pertaining to the colleges and academies of the Coast. A great popular meeting was held to night In the Emmanuel Church, which was crowded to tho doors. The topic was Sabbath school work, and two Oregonlans took prominent part. Rev. J. V. Milllgan and Dr. Edgar P. Hill. In the course of his address Dr. Hill, to the merriment of the commissioners, gave Oregon and Washington a send-off at the expense of California. Among other things, he said: "You must not think for a moment that you have seen the entire Pacific Coast when you have seen only Southern Cali fornia. If I were to take you out into the country five miles from the luxuriant palm and pepper trees that line these avenues, you might be ready to listen to me sympathetically when I say that the garden spot of this Coast Is not in Cali fornia, but yonder to the northward "in the Willamette Valley. The lordliest river on this continent is the Columbia to the north, and the Presbyterian city of this Coast is not Los Angeles, nor San Fran cisco, but Portland, Or. You Callfornlans must not get mad at me for saying this. Last year, in New York, I worked as hard as any of you to get this assembly to the Coast. I told of your orange groves, your giant sequoias, and your boundless hos pitality, and never said one word about your chaparral bushes, your burning des erts, or your sizzling Summer days. I was a Coast man then, but I am an Ore gonlan tonight, and I want to say to you men from the East that you will get no adequate idea of this Pacific Slope until you have seen Oregon and the country to the north." CREED REVISIOX TAKEN UP. Motion for Committee to Canvass the Vote Carries Without Debate. LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 22. The sec ond day's session of the Presbyterian General Assembly was devoted entirely to the hearing of reports by special commit tees appointed by the last General As sembly. The most important of these re ports is that of the commltte on evangel ical work. The entire afternoon was giv en to hearing the report and listening to addresses by several of those engaged in evangelical work. The report had not been disposed of when the assembly ad journed to 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, at which time there will be further dis cussion. Late this afternoon the commls sionere and their friends were tendered a A reception at the Chamber of Commerce building, and tonight a mass meeting in the interest of Sunday school movement was largely attended at Emmanuel Church. Although the secslons today were more of a business character than on the open ing day, and had little of the attractive nets of yesterday's proceedings, there was no abatement of interest Moderator Coyle called the assembly to order, and after music and prayer, stated the regular order of the assembly to be the report by stated Clerk Roberts of the vote of the Presbyteries on the amendments to the confession of faith. Dr. Roberts an ncunced that all the II amendments to the confession of faith had been adopted by the resbyterles by an almost unanl mous vote. Not a single overture received less than 155 affirmative votes, nor more than nine negative votes. Three Presby tcries voted against revision as a whole. These are the Presbytery of Huntington, the Presbytery of La Cross, and the Pres bytery of Ozark, Mo. As soon as Dr. Roberts had finished reading the report Dr. Van Dyke was on his feet and moved its adoption. A second was promptly forthcoming, and before any ono had thought of discussing the report, it had been adopted. Moderator Coyle then appointed a com mlttec of five to canvass the vote of the Presbyteries on this Important question. and instructed them to report to the Gen eral Assembly next Thursday morning, It is a foregone conclusion that revision will be adopted. Having temporarily disposed of tho con fession of faith question, the assembly listened to an earnest appeal by Rev. Dr. Fox, of Brooklyn, secretary of the Amcr- lean Bible Society, In behalf of that soci ety's needs in the way of funds for the distribution of Bibles in foreign lands. Rev. Dr. Mateer, the venerable mission ary, also spoke on this point Dr. Matecr was warmly greeted and listened to with close attention. Dr. Fox's appeal was re ferred to the committee on bills and over tures. The report of the committee on Sunday observance, of which James Yeranee. of New York, is chairman, was read. The report is a strong appeal for Sunday ob servance, and contained strong arguments against "seven-day journalism." Rev. Dr. I. W. Hathaway, of New York, and Rev. Dr. Ramsdell, of Washington, made stirring addresses in favor of the com mittee's recommendation. Great interest was manifested in the re port on evangelistic work. John H. Con verso, of Philadelphia, the locomotive manufacturer, chairman of the commit tee, read the recommendations and resolu tions, which were quite voluminous. Mr. Converse asked that Rev. J. W. Chapman. D. D., of Philadelphia, secretary of the committee, bo heard In support of the re port He was followed by Rev. John F. Carson, of Philadelphia, in an eloquent plea for the committee's recommenda tions. The report of the committee on "A Min istry for Hungarian and Other Immi grants"; on statistics; on the Presbyterian building, New York, and the Young Peo ple's Societies, which were placed on tho order of business as named heretofore, were net taken up at this afternoon's ces sion. Instead of following the programme as had been outlined at the morning ses sion, a motion was made and carried to advance the report of the evangelistic committee ahead of all other committee reports. This was done. The reports of the other committees named will be heard at future sessions. AFPEAL FROM PORTLAND. Baptists Asked to Move in Behalf of Jevrs at KIshlnef. ( BUFFALO, N. Y.. May 22. The Baptist Women's Foreign Mission Society today received a request from Portland, Or., to take some action concerning the outrages on the Jews In Russia. The request was signed by Rev. Alexander Blackburn and a Jewish rabbi. The subject was referred to a committee. Missionary experiences and word pictures of evangelistic experi ences In foreign land3 Interested the flcle- gates during the first session. The report of the committee of 15 was read and adopted. General Assembly at Lexla&ton. LEXINGTON, Va., May 22. At today's session of the Presbyterian General As sembly, the ad interim committee of the home missions made a report through Dr. S. L. Morris, secretary. Dr. D. C. Lilly. secretary of the executive committee of the colored evangelization, followed with the annual report of the committee. The remaining time of tho morning session was consumed In reading a large number of bills and overtures of importance from various synods, presbyteries and churches, which were all referred to the proper com mittee for consideration, to be reported back to the assembly for final action. The annual report of the secretary. Dr. J. H. Lumpkin, of Memphis, of the ex ecutive committee on education for the ministry, was read this afternoon. OrcRon Man on Council. NASHVILLE, May 22. At the second day's session of the general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Moderator Tlnnon announced his coun cil. Including: Oregon, L. D. Beck; Pa cific, T. Z. King. Hall Elected President. WASHINGTON. May 22. The National Association of Master Steam and Hot Water Fitters today elected Henry L. Hall, of New York, president RECEIVERS DO NOT MEET Head of Porter Bros. Too 111 to At tend a Conference. CHICAGO, May 22. James S. Watson, president of the Porter Bros. Fruit Com pany, arrived at Chicago from San Fran cisco today, but postponed meeting the receivers whom Judge Kohlsaat appoint ed In Mr. Watson's absence to take charge of the company. "We have been told," said J. P. Frees, attorney for the receivers, "that by his doctor's order Mr. Watson will rest at his home and will meet U3 tomorrow morning." This Information was confirmed at Mr. Watson's house, where it was said to night that no explanation of the com pany's financial condition would be given by him until tomorrow, his condition be ing such as to make rest and absolute quiet Imperative. The business of the company is .being conducted without change in its organization. EXTRADITION ASKED FOR Governor Taft Wants a Man Charged With Embcsrlcmcnt. WASHINGTON. May 22--Secrctary Root today received a cablegram from Governor Taft asking for the extradition of Edward L. White, charged with em bezzlement and falsifying the accounts of a private firm In Manila. White sailed from Yokohama on the steamer Tartar for San Francisco, via Vancouver, B. C. The request of Governor Taft has been sent tp the Department of Justice for action. Widely Knovrn Presbyterian Worker PHILADELPHIA. May 22. Israel Black, widely known for his work In the Junior . STRANGE FISH CAPTURED AT TILLAMOOK HEAD WHO CAN Tho accomp'anylng is a sketch of a stranse fish captured at Tilla mook by Mr. Dean, of Portland. It shows the large dorsal fin, the curious body and terrible head. The fleh was unknown to the oldest Inhabitants In tho vicinity where it was caught. The smell Is still at the City Museum. The length was 4U feet; height of dorsal fin, 8 inches; length . of fin, 2 feet; teeth like a bcar'3 claw. Sunday school department of the Presby terian Church, died at his home here to day of typhoid fever. He was 65 years of age. Mr. Black wrote the Weekly Westminister International Sunday school lesson. He was secretary of the Interna tional Presbyterian Sunday School Teach ers Union. FIENDISH WORK OF NEGRO Farmer nnd His Daughter Are At tacked in the Dark. HILLSBORO. Ind.. May 22.-An Martin Kaiser, a farmer living near Manches ter, and his daughter Anna, aged 17 years, were returning from church last night they were attacked by a negro. Kaiser was later found near the Big Four tracks. He regained consciousness sufficiently to tell that a negro did the deed. The girl was assaulted, and it Is thought her body was thrown Into Tanner's Creek. If caught, the negro will be lynched. Be sure .to Hood s Sarsaparilla This Spring it will rid you of that humor that makes you break out, that takes away strength and makes you feel sick. V Take Hoods Pills, also, if you are bilious or constipated. 33. S. Bertechie, Hannibal, Ohio, says: "I took Hood's SaraapariHa in the spring and it purified my blood -and gave me a good appetite, and made me feel much better." Maggie Perkins, Yale, Ills., says: "We have used Hood'e Sarsaparilla in oar fam ily for years and hate always found it aa represented, a good spring medicine." Accept no Substitutes for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills. No Substitutes act like them. HOUSES BLOWN AWAY Kansas is Visited by More Violent Cyclones. TWO LITTLE GIRLS ARE KILLED Train Narrowly Escapes Being Caught In the Storm Hall Breaks in Corrugated-Iron Roof nt Sallna. TOPBKA. Kan., May 22. A dispatch from Clay Center says that at 4:30 today a cyclone struck the little town of Bala. In BIley County. Two little girls named Daub were killed. The storm struck part of Clay County, but eo far as known no body was killed. At Bala nearly all the houses in the town were, blown away, telegraph wires were blown down, and much other damage done. The cyclone cleared a path 40 rods wide, moving Just cast of Broughton and west of Gatesvllle in Clay County. A Union Pacific train at Wakefield narrowly escaped being caught In the storm. Heavy rain followed the cyclone. HAIL BREAKS IX ROOFS. Sallna Property Damage "Will Run Up Into the Thousands. SALINA, Kan.. May 22. The worst hall storm In the history of Sallna visited this place tonight. Nearly every window In the town was broken. The hall broke through corrugated Iron roofs on the business houses, and the rain pouring in damaged thousands of dollars worth of property. After the hall a severe wind torm came up. taking the roof off the Methodist Church and doing damage to other small buildings. A bad storm Is reported from the vicinity of Nlles- and Pennington, northwest of Sallna, but no definite news Is obtainable. TOWX LAID WASTE BY CYCLONE. Large Section About TopeUn Is in the Trade of the Storm. TOPBKA. Kan., May 22. It Is reported that Mulvane. west of here. Is laid waste by a cyclone. It la Impossible at this time to get any news, as all the wires are down. The Santa Fe general ofilces here have a report frcm their Western division to the effect that telegraph poles for a short distance thUs side of Newton are broken off, and that there Is no way of getting at the facts regarding the etorm. '7 XA3IE IT? The Santa Fe report says there Is no doubt that a wide stretch of country in the vicinity of Newton was In the path of the storm, as It Is Impossible to work, any of the wires catering there from any direction. Tvro Hundred Cattle Killed. ASHLAND. Kan.. May 22. A cyclone more severe than that of yesterday passed through this country this afternoon. No body was hurt, but much property was destroyed. Fifteen head of horses and 2(0 cattle were killed. Eight farmhouses and a schoolhouse were demolished. MAX CAUGHT IX FALLIXG HOUSE. Many Farm Building Arc Destroyed Xear Abilene. ABILENE, Kan.. May 22. A cyclone ewept up the Solomon Valley at 4 o'clock this afternoon, then turned "eastward, and passed between Talmage and Manchester, about two miles north of tho former. It struck the buildings on the farm of H. C Harvey, an cx-Representatlve In the Leg- Robin Hood His aim was not surer than that of Hood's Sarsaparilla, which always hits the disease. take' - your appetite and Ralph Rust, Willis, Mich., says: "This spring pimples covered my face and troubled me very much about shaving. I took a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and the pimples are all gone." Mrs. William Howell, Quogue, N. Y.f" says: " I have been using Hood's'Sarsapa rilla in my family for years aa a spring medicine. Have found none equal to it." lslature. The family went to the cellar, and the falling house injured Mr. Harvey seriously, and perhaps fatally. All the .building? were ruined. On the Williams farm the house and buildings were destroyed; on Edward" Gib son's farm, the buildings, except the hou?e, were wiped out. The storm then coursed northeast, killing cattle and de stroying some barns until It broke near Industry. Depot Entirely Destroyed, VERMILLION. Kan.. May 22. A cy clone struck here this evening. The Mis souri Pacific depot was entirely demol ished, many business houses were un roofed and the Presbyterian Church al most ruined. Many residences were lift ed off their foundations, and others torn to pieces. Nobody was seriously Injured. RECORD STORM IX UTAH. Crops "Will Be Benefited, but Steele LoHxcs Are Heavy. SALT LAKE, May 22. Reports from all sections of the state show that the storm which has been raging almost without ces sation for the past 48 hours, has resulted in the heaviest precipitation for May In the history of the Weather Bureau. Even over the wide stretches of the Great American desert and the sagebrush plains south of that land of desolation, the rain fall has been somewhat amazing. Rain, hall and snow have alternated. From the ranges, where the weather has been worst, continued reports come of heavy losses of sheep and lambs, but the rains will be of incalculable benefit to ranchers. In Salt Lake, nearly two Inches of rain fell, completely flooding the lower part of the city. Damage by Cloudburst In Ohio. CINCINNATI. O.. May 22. Reports to day show that much damage- was done last night in different parts of the Ohio Valley by cloud bursts and lightning. No lives were lost and none was seriously Injured, but many people were shocked by lightning. The lnterurban electric lines are still badly disabled. A car on the Mill Creek Valley line was etruck by lightning and set on fire at Carthage, and the passengers narrowly escaped death, all being unconscious for a short time. Much damage was done at Delhi. Home City and Fernbank. Many telegraph telephone and trolley poles are down. Another Storm In Wyoming. CHEYENNE. Wyo., May 22. Another storm has raged all day In the Bitter Creek Valley, where thousands of sheep are ranged. Sheepmen are making every effort to protect their flocks, but thousands of head are exposed. The loss In this sec tion this wefk will aggregate over 5000 head. Along the Oregon Short Line Rail way, from McCammon, Idaho, to Opal, Wyo.. sheep and lambs can be seen lying dead In the sagebrush. SUICIDE BY POISONING. Wcll-Knovrn Manufacturer Drinks Carbolic Acid. SPRING FIELD, O., May 22 Louia C. Evans, president of the A. C Evans Man ufacturing Company, manager of tha sales department of P. P. Mast & Co. and one of the most widely known manu facturers In this city, committed suicide today by drinking carbolic acid. He had been a -sufferer from nervous prostration. HONORE PALMER TO WED His Engagement to Mia Grace Dro-wn la Announced. CHICAGO. May 22. The engagement Is announced of Honore Palmer, eldest son of Mrs. Potter Palmer, of this city, to Miss Grace Greenway Brown, daughter of. the lata George Brown, of Baltimore. Fifty Years the Standard BAKING POWDHt Awardtd . Kifhsst Manors WtrM's Fair RIkt itsfs 8.S. Itv'i Gkmlih raise xaximo powber CHICAGO fr f ARE YOU SATISFIED? If Not, What Better Proof Can Portland Resi- . dents Ask For? This la the statement of a Portland citizen The testimony of a neighbor. You can readily Investigate it. The proof should convince you. Mrs. Gove, of 503 Montgomery street, wife of Captain C. G. Gove, ex-sea. cap tain, who is well known to our readers. says: "I tried Doan's Kidney Pills and they did me more good than any other remedy I ever used for my kidneys. For two or three years, off and on. I suffered from sharp pains across my back, which started with a dull aching, and when I walked or overexerted myself the pain became very acute. Any cold I caught aggravated It and rendered my kidneys weak. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and got a box at the Laue-Davls Drug Company's store, corner of Yamhill and Third streets, and used them according to directions, with the result that the back ache left me and my kidneys were won derfully strengthened. 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