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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, THURSDAY, JtJLY 16, 1903. 8 SUED BY DAUGHTER Emma Spreckels Gaye Up Fortune When Married JIOW SHE JS SORRY SHE DID SO i Wedded Against WiBes of Her Fn.th.cr, He WiU Flgkt Minor Suit In Honolaln Despite His Great fVealtn. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. (Special.) A cable from Honolulu says that Mrs. Kmraa, Spreckels-Watsoa, only daughter of the old sugar millionaire, Claus Spreck els, has begun suit there for possession of a business block "worth $400,000 and for 9100,000 damages for being deprived ' of xents for Ave years. This suit recalls the peculiar quarrel that resulted from the sudden and secret anarrlage of Emma Spreckels, In 1S97. The old millionaire guarded "Emma carefully irom fortune-hunters, as he had given her more than $2,000,000 in her own right. Among the friends who dined at his house was Thomas Watson, a grain broker, -who "was old enough to be Emma's father. He courted the girl, however, and she Snarried him at San Jose, -without notify ing her parents. Old Claus -was savagely angry, as he 3iad just built a new house, and expected ils daughter to preside over It Hfe called Watson a fortune-hunter. His daughter, a. few days after her marriage, deeded back to her father the block on Market street and the Honolulu property, and also transferred bonds -worth -$1,000,000. The father never saw her after her marriage, and cut Watson dead. Spreck els' friends also cut Watson, and he was forced to leave the city. He -went to Ixiwer Klngsford, Surrey, England, where he is now chairman of the parish council. One year after she had transferred her fortune back to her father, Emma evi dently repented and made formal demand on the tenants for the rents of the Hono lulu property. Her lawyers claimed that, as her hus band had not signed the deed, the trans fer was illegal under the Hawaiian law. The present suit will be made on this ground. Old Claus will fight It, despite the fact that he recently cleared up $2,500, 000 on the electric and gas deal. OBLIGATION" IS MORAL OXLi. Polygamous Wives Cannot Claim Legal Support. SALT LAKE CITY, July 15. According to a decision of the State Supreme Court, a man is under moral but not legal ob ligation to support his plural wives and educate his children by such unions. The decision was rendered In the case on ap peal from the Utah County District Court of a suit for separate maintenance brought, by Mary Caroline" Riddle, a plural wife of Isaac Riddle. The Supreme Court Is of the opinion that, "notwithstanding celestial or plural marriage Is one of the essential tenets of the Mormon Church, the legal status of marriage exists between parties who in Utah, before the enactment of any statute upon the subject, though members of that church, having made a contract of mar riage in which they mutually agree to as sume and observe the legal obligations of that relation, and In pursuance of that agreement openly cohabit as man and wife and hold themselves out to the pub lic as such. But In the absence of such an agreement the legal status of marriage can not arise." It was shown during the first trial that Riddle married Mary Caroline in the Temple art Logan, Utah, in the Fall of 0SS6, while he was dodging Deputy United States Marshals who had a warrant for his arrest on the charge of polygamy. Riddle already having two plural wives. EXTENSION" OF PACIFIC CABLE, i - Manila Will Be Connected "With the Chinese Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. The Pacific Commercial Cable Company will lay 'a cable from Manila to Shanghai and sur veys for the work will shortly be made. JR. Lucas, the engineer who has" had charge of the laying of the cable from Honolulu to Manila, has arrived here. In liiscusslng the project, Mr. Lucas said: "The cable will undoubtedly be ex tended 'from Manila to China, for such owas the intention when I left England to begin the work of connecting Honolulu and Manila. The port of Shanghai was elected by the company for a terminus of the wire. The work of laying the cable from Guam to Midway and thence to Honolulu was accomplished without accident. The steamers Anglla and Colona :will return home, and one will then be Bent out with the cable which is to con Oiect Manila and Shanghai." JEMLEPTIO CHTLDRE.V IxELIGIBLEL UrsacoHTer School Mar A'ot Admit Un less Otherwise Defective. OITMPIA, Woslu, July 15.-(Special.)--CMldren subleet Otherwise defective, cannot be admitted to ' "the State School Rt Vnncmmoi- ,,A- .-- ''( uuuu tiu Interpretation of the law handed down by he Attorney-General today, in response to a. request from the State Board of Con trol. It had been the policy of the board .to admit epileptics who had no other de lects, and the increasing number of appli cants for admission has led to the belief that some parents were seeking to shift he care of their children on the state upon flight provocation. The result of the decision will be to ex clude a large number of children from the school. PAY LESS FOR. CITY WATER, Porvallls Conncll Cnts Down Com-' pany'g Allowance. OORVALMjIS, Or., July 15. (Special.) The Cocvallis City Council has unani mously voted to reduce the allowance to the Corvallis Water Company for water service on all accounts from $53.50 per month to $33.33 per month. This company has no contract with the city. The re duction is based on the elimination of pay to the company for seven cisterns, for which $3 per month each has been paid cy tne city in the past. The Council has also awarded contracts for the construction of six lateral sewers within the city limits. PASSED A FORGED CHECK. Baker City Hotel Man Brings Charge AKolnst Easterner. BAKER CITY, Or., July 15. (Special.) J. Hascall is In the county Jail await ing a hearing on- the charge of passing a forged check on L. Crablll, the proprietor of the Crabill Hotel. The check was for $9.65. The young man was preparing to leave town, but was captured before he could get away. After his arrest It was learned that his real name is Fawcett, and that he is a member of a prominent and influential Eastern family. TOOK TOO MUCH MORPHINE. Kendrlck Man Dies From E&ects of the Done. KENDRICK. Idaho, July 15. (Special ) About 4 P. M. today G. A. Plummer. of this place, was found at his home by Mrs. William Meyers in a dying condi tion from an overdose of morphine. Both Physicians Bothwell and Hunter were out of town, but such remedies as were at hand were given, but to no avail, and he died soon after he was found. When ho purchased the deadly drug this forenoon he said he wanted to case his pains, and whether It was an over dose by mistake that caused his death or intentional Is not known. He was an old resident here and well known. His wife was the daughter of John Moore, of Moscow. LEAVE MURDEROUS HUSBAND. Enterprise Cltlxeas Will Then See She Gets Back East. ENTERPRISE. Or.. July 15. (Special.) Mrs. Cam Robertson, the prosecuting wit ness in the case that resulted in the hold ing of her husband under $200 bonds on a charge of threatening to kill, has filed a suit in the Circuit "Court praying for a divorce and the custody of the children. She la at present working in the kitchen of a hotel In this city, and the children have been placed In the hands of strang ers by the father. As soon as the divorce case Is settled the citizens of the town will probably provide means for her to return to her only known relative, a grandmother, In the State of Arkansas. KDLiLS AN OLD NEIGHBOR. Montana Ranchers Have Qnarrel . Over Some Horses. BUTTE, Mont., July 15. A Miner spe cial from Glasgow says: About 4 o'clock this afternoon at Hins dale Robert Walsh shot and Instantly killed Joshua Truax. Both have ranches near Hinsdale, and have lived in that neighborhood for about 12 years. The killing occurred In Dick Pledge's saloon. It is said that the men had some words about some horses, and Walsh wanted to fight Truax. When they "both got up from a table, Walsh knocked Truax down, pulled his gun and shot him in the neck, killing him Instantly. WalBh sur rendered. GIRL PR'OBABLY MURDERED. Fonnd Dead In a Tent in an Idaho Town. MOSCOW. Idaho. July 15. (Special.) A report of the mysterious death of a girl near Jansvllle- reached Moscow today. A man came into Troy, riding his horse furiously, and sent word to the authorities at Moscow to come immediately. From all that can be learned, the girl was alive and well the night before. This morning she was found dead in her teat. The girl's name is Hattic Cox. She was probably murdered. Attorney Stll lenger and the Coroner left Immediately for Jansvllle, 40 miles east. They will be back Thursday night. TAX ON INSURANCE COMPANIES. Montana Supreme Court Decides In Test Case. BUTTE, Mont., July 15. A Helena spe cial to the Miner says that the Supreme Court this morning decided that Insur ance companies operating in this state are liable for taxes upon the excess of premiums received over losses and ex penses In the county where the agents conduct the business. The decision is re garded as a very important one and will greatly Increase the revenues of every county in the State of Montana. The decision was" rendered in the case brought against the Northwestern Mutual Life Company, a test suit. MOTHER WANTS HER CHILD. She Gave Up the Custody Only Through Fear of Imprisonment. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. A petition haa been filed In the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of a child known as Arvllla Barnsdell. It is stated that A. A. Hopkins, California agent for T. N. Barnsdell, a millionaire of Pitts burg, has the custody of the little girl. Mrs. C. T. Davis, mother of Arvllla, claims that she surrendered the guardian ship of her daughter through fear of be ing railroaded Into an asylum. Painter Arrested at Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or., July 15. Felix A. Doherty, a painter, was arrested here to day on a description sent from Franklin, Pa., from Sheriff Fred T. McCullom, of that county, offering a roward of $50 for arrest and detention of Felix Doherty for the crime of embezzlement. The man at first denied the charge, but after going to Jail said he was the man wanted and that he was the treasurer of a local union In Franklin and absconded with the funds. He is willing to go back and have the matter settled. He has a wife and seven children in the. East. Worry Kills Deputy Coroner. SAN F.YFAEL. Cal., July 15. William Ward, Deputy Coronqr of Marin County, who embalmed the body of the late Colo nel W. J. Best, after the latter's sudden death at the home of Dr. John Woods, last April, Is dead. An autopsy will be held, though Ward's death Is generally at tributed to heart trouble. It Is known that he worried considerably over the de velopments In the Best case since the allegations that the New Jersey capital ist was murdered were first published. Boycott of Telephone Company. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. Secretary S. A. Holden, of the Western Conference, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, announces that systematic boy cott of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company Is to be inaugurated at once, not only in this city, but in every town on the Pacific Coast, from Van couver to San Diego. Already, he states, many orders have been sent to the com pany to have the telephones removed, pending the strike of the linemen. Pictnre Man Kicked Out. ENTERPRISE. Or., July 15. (Special.) S. Kllngar, a collector and deliverer for a portrait, company, was today forcibly ejected from the residence of C. G. Stacey by the latter, as the result of a slight disagreement over a picture the collector attempted to deliver. Atthe last report the portrait man was looking for a. Justice of the Peace who would entertain his complaint, but none had been found In Wallowa Counts' so far. Action Afcainnt Fraternal Insurance. -SEATTLE, Wash., July 15. The Attorney-General for Washington yesterday applied to the Superior Court for a re straining order forbidding the Fraternal Knights and Ladles from doing an Insur ance business In the state. The petitioner states that the fraternal organization, has violated the state law In charging rates below the minimum fixed for fraternal In surance, thus placing the society qn a dangerousbase, which In a panic would mean great loss to the policy-holders. Brownsville Men Plan Mill. BROWNSVILLE, Or.. July 15. Browns ville capitalists are planning to establish a large sawmill in the foothills about four or five miles southeast of town. The plan Includes the building of a flume from the proposed mill to Brownsville, by mea-ns of which the lumber Is to be trans ported to the railroad at this point. There is a fine body of timber where the mill Is tp be established. Dement Will Not Contest Election. WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 15.-"-(Spe-clal.) Frank S. Dement, opponent of Gil bert Hunt in the late election,, announced today that he would not contest Mr. Hunt's election. There we're alleged Ir regularities In Fremont precinct, where Mr. Hunt received a- majority. William F. Fnray. BUTTE, Mont, July 15. William F. Furay, one of the best-known men In the state and United States Marshal during President Harrison's Administration, died this .morning. QUBTIQNFORIANDBOARD MUST SCHOOL SECTIONS BE SOLD AT FIXED PRICES f HlBfres Upon Legal Effect e Act, the Title of Which Is Defective In Phraseology. . SALEM,. Or.. July 15. (Special;)-Did the last Legislature raise the price of school lands to $2.50 per acre and require the State Land Board to -sell at that price? This is the latest Important ques tion to be raised regarding the legal ef fect of acts of ' the last Legislature. It Is Important because the state has 10,000 acres of school land within proposed for est reserves, and applications are Teady to be filed covering every acre of it. The board has ordered the land with drawn from sale for the present, but It Is claimed that the board has no author ity to do this. If, upon the advice of the Attorney-General, the board recedes from Its position,- the land' will be sold, the most of it going to persons who ex- WILL GATHER OREGON . sflBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBBKHEuBHsi- l.BBBDBHBSBlBBBBsflHEBBBrer&a v 11 A. F. Miller, of Sellwood, In charge of Horticultural and Agri cultural Departments. pected to realize about $5 an acre on' it as "base" after the reserve is created. Title of Act Defective. The whole question hinges largely upon the legal effect of the act which purport ed to raise the price of school land from $1.25 an acre to $2.50 an acre. The title of that acf is, "An act providing for the selection of Indemnity school land and governing the sale of the same and fix ing the price thereof." Indemnity Lands Alone Named. It will be noticed that the title of the act mentions only indemnity school land and not school land. The two classes of land are entirely different and are of dif ferent relative values. The body of the act raises the price of Indemnity land from $2.50 to $5 an acre, and purports to fix the price of school land at $2.50. an acre. It provides that these school lands "shall be Bold by the State Land Board to the first applicant at $2.50 an acre." This act leaves the board no option In the matter, but says the board "shall" sell them. That the price of school land has been raised and that the raise was warranted by law, there Is no question. The act in force prior to 1903 gave the board the power to fix the price of school land, at not less than $1.25 an acre. The board could therefore place the price at $2.50 an acre, even If the act of 1933 Is Inef fective. The only question Is whether the board must sell at that price. Pretty Mnch n Gamble. Even If the Attorney-General should hold that the act of 1903 does not apply to school land, because of the defective title, the board has still a difficult prob lem before It. It was the plain Intent of the Legislature that the price of school land should be raised to $2.50 and the board Is carrying out the wish of the Legislature In that regard. Whether any school land should be en tirely withdrawn from sale In anticipa tion of its being placed within a forest reserve is a debatable question. If the general Government should create the re serves upon the same plan that has pre vailed in the past. It would be clearly for the best Interests of the state to hold the school sections and use them as "base" for the selection of lieu land. As "base" The Late A. T. Clark. they are worth $5 or more per acre. But It is not certain that the Government will follow Its former plans. Purchasers Might Forfeit. It has been Intimated at Washington that hereafter forest, reserves will be cre ated on the "checker-board" plan, so as to exclude school sections and land grants. If the state should sell these sec tions at $2.50 per acre, receiving 50 cents per acre as a first payment, and then the Government should exclude the sec tions from . the reserve, the purchasers, In most Instances, would refuse to com plete the purchase and would forfeit the 50 cents per acre. In that case the state would be $5000 ahead on the deal. On the other hand, If the state holds the lands ,and they are not Included In the-reserve, the state would miss an op- " " portUBlty to "reallie 5 centsan acre from the speculators. Again, however. If the state should sell the lands at $2.50 an acre and the Gov ernment should permit them to be used as base, the .state would lose the differ ence "between their value In place, '$2.50, and their value In place, $5, or $2.50, an acre. Most of the lands thus located would not. sell unless the creation of a reserve were contemplated. A Mind-Reader Wanted. If the board were able to read the minds of Government officials, as some of the land speculators seem able to do, the problem would he easy. Speculators seem ready .to Invest 50 cents an acre on their belief that the school sections will be usable as -base. If they win they will make $25,000. If they lose they will be out $5000. The same situation faces the State Land Board. If the board guesses the action of the Government correctly and proceeds accordingly, the state will be the gainer by $5000 or $25,000, or the loser by $5000. It the Federal Land Department or the Department of the Interior would make known the. rules which will govern the use of the school sections as base In case a reserve Is created, the solution of' the problem would be accomplished. The State Land Board recently turned down an. effort to purchase at $5 an acre EXHIBITS FOR DISPLAY AT EXPOSITION. J. H. In charge a lot of Indemnity lands worth much more than that price. In 1899 the Legis lature passed an act withdrawing from sale all Indemnity lands that had been selected up to that time. Many sections of these lands are very valuable for their timber. After the act of 1903 was passed fixing the price of Indemnity land at $3 an acre It was claimed by Intending pur chasers that the board must sell theso withdrawn lands at that price. The board took a different view and re fused to sell. Mandamus proceedings have been threatened, but the members smile complacently and await the pro ceedings. The act of 1903 provides that "the State Land Board shall sell Indem nity school lands hereafter selected only after such selections shall have been finally approved and the lands selected duly certified to the state by the Secre tary of the Interior, and then only at their true value, hut In no case at less than $3 an acre." The members of the board think It was not the Intention of the Legislature that the withdrawn sections should be sold. If either the Indemnity lands or tM school lands inside a proposed forest re serve are to be sold, the board will make Its Intention to sell known so that every one who wishes to buy shall have a chance to apply for the land. FOOT STRUCK WHIRLING SAW. Mink Shingle 31111 Hand Is Severely Cut. OREGON CITY. Or.. July 15. (Special.) A young man named Gullle, who Is employed In a shingle mill near Mink, met with an unfortunate accident yester day afternoon. It attempting to kick away some blocks of wood from beneath a saw, the trouser leg was caught In the machinery and before he could extricate himself the right foot was almost severed. The wounded man was brought to this city and the physicians think they will be able to save the injured foot. GARFIELD FLOUR MILL SOLD. Rosebnrgr Man Bnys an Up-to-Date Plant. GARFIELD. Wash.. July 15. (Special.) The Garfield Roller Mills purchased HONORED PIONEER OF HARNEY COUNTY. DIAMOND, Or.. July 15. (Spe cial.) A. T. Clark, a pioneer of Harney County, passed away July G. after a brief Illness, of pneumonia. Mr. Clark was a brave -soldier Inthe warfare of Justice, in defense of truth and honor. His gift of mind and heart, so superior, carried out through his generous nature the wonderful words of his God. "It Is more blessed to give than to receive." The body was tempo rarily interred in the Happy Val ley cemetery, thence to be moved o U.f family burying ground nearKeosauqua, la. Mr. Clark came from the vicin ity of the latter town to Oregon at the age of 24, and had been a. resident of the State of Oregon for 44 years. He had always been a stanch Republican. : last week by Brown Jc Vernon have just ( been sold to F. G. Leonard, of Rose burg, Or., for-$S000 cash. Mr. Leonard has i returned to Roseburg, where he will set tle up his business matters and with his family remove at once to this city and take charge of his new possessions. The property Just purchased by Mr. Leonard Is equipped with the newest Plansifter machinery Is a 60-barrel mill and one of the best in the Palouse Valley. L. W. Carson purchased the property In 1897, and had owned arid operated It up to last week. , Water Delays Eageae Sewer Work. ' EUGENE,-Or.. July 15. (Special.) The - contractor who has begun the construction ' of the new sewer on Jefferson" street has encountered a difficulty which he did not expect. He finds the soil filled with water at a depth, of less than eight feet. This was not expected and materially hinders the work of digging the ditch. CRAZY DENTIST ATTACKS NUNS. San Francisco Mob Beats Him Very Severely. SAN FRANCISCO. July 15. With his face badly battered from the rough usage with which ho met at the hands of au indignant mob for his attacks upon three Dominican Sisters yesterday Dr. W. P. Selbach. a dentist of Columbus. O., ap peared today before Police Judgo Conlan cn a charge of battery. The arresting officer reported that the nuns who had been attacked could not be found. The Judge, therefore, postponed the hearing until Friday. The belief prevails that Selbach will not be prosecuted. Dr. Selbach Has Been In Asylnm. COLUMBUS. O.. July 15. Dr. William P. Selbach was for probably 20 years a dentist In this city. He was prominent In secret societies. Some years ago he became unbalanced mentally and figured In a number of sensational street epi sodes, resulting In his being committed LOUISIANA PURCHASE ma Fisk. of Portland, of Mining Department. to the state hospital. Later he was released, then rearrested j ond again dismissed. He has been before ; the police court frequently. Recently j he left the- city and his relatives did not j know of his whereabouts until they heard 1 of his troubles in San Francisco. He acquired quite a fortune during his prac tice here. . WXED BY CUSTOMS COLLECTOR. Captain Harts Did Not Declare Dntl able Goods. SAN FRANCISCO. July 15. Captain William W. Harts. U. S. A., who came from the Orient on the transport Thomas, and who failed to declare 153 articles in his baggage subject to customs duty, to day paid a fine of $1971.13 to the Collector. This money will be held subject to the tijclslon of the Treasury Department, to which Captain Harts will appeal to have the fine remitted. The articles were appraised at $657 and will he confiscated unless the department decides favorably to Hnrts. Damming of Fall Creek. EUGENE, Or.. July 15. (Special.) The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company is' con structing a flood dam 30 feet high In Fall Creek for the purpose of driving out logs. The dam Is being built between two rocky points, above which there is a large basin for holding water. It is estimated that when this dam is sprung a sufficient quantity of water will rush out to raise the creek to a depth of six feet at Its junction with the Willamette River. It is abo'ut the only way of getting out logs for use during the present season. Sknmnnin to Bnllil Courthouse. STEVENSON. Wash., July 15. (Special.) Skamania County Is to have a new Courthouse. County Commissioners J. M. Coulter, Ed Harris and George F. Bres lin have returned from a Junket to Moro and have decided that such a building as Sherman has will suit. It will be a brick structure, quite com modious, and cost between J6000 and $8000. The site chosen Is Just back of town on a slight rise that commands a pretty scene, and the building can be seen for miles. The county Is In very good con dition financially. Yamhlllers Comlne to Play nail. OREGON CITY. July 15. (Special.) Arrangements are completed for a re turn game between the Oregon City and Dayton baseball teams to be played at Canemah Park next Sunday- afternoon; The Yamhill County team In the first game was defeated by the locals, but has materially strengthened Its organiza tion and expects to .win out in the return -contest. A good game is assured. A big river steamboat excursion will be run to this city Sunday from Dayton and Intermediate points. ' Beautifying: Monnment Grounds. OLYMPIA, Wash.. July 15. (Special.) The contract for improving and beautify ing the grounds around the state soldiers' monument In Olympla, for which an ap propriation was made by the last Legis lature, was awarded this evening to Con rad Klam, of piympla, for $900. The board having the work of selecting the plans and letting the contract was composed of Governor McBrlde. Adjutant-General Drain and Colonel George B. Lamping, of Seattle. Despondent Swede Commits Suicide. FOREST GROVE. Or., July 15. (Spe cial.) Andrew Olsen committed suicide by hanging himself In a cabin on the farm of C. la. Jacobsen, where he had been work ing for the past 15 years, near Beaver ton, Monday night. . The verdict of the Jury Impaneled by Coroner Dr. C. L. Large, was that despondency was' the motive of the rash act. Deceased was born at Chtistlania, Norway, In 1S23. Astoria Population Is 15,000. ASTORIA, Or.. July 15? (Special.) The school census for Astoria .district just completed shows that there are 3010 chil dren of school age In the city, which Is 400 more than last year. Figuring five per sons for every child of school age as Is done in other cities would make the total popuiat!on'.of Astoria about 15.000. Chinese Pour Into Mexico. TUCSON, -'Ariz-. July 15. A Star special N PATH OF TRAIN YARDMASTER ELLIOTT FALLS ALMOST UNDER ENGINE'S WHEELS. He Rolled 0 the Track Just In Time to Save Himself From a Hor rible Death. Yardmaster J. T. Elliott had thrown a -switch In the Pennsylvania Railroad yards and was crossing the track In front of an engine, when he was seen' to stagger and then suddenly to col lapse. He fell almost under the pilot, but, fortunately, rolled off the track to one side. He was not injured. "After that," said he to a reporter, "I made up my mind to quit work. The fall which might have cost me my life was caused by a nervous disease and mlglit occur again at any time. The trouble began with a severe pain In the legs, and my physician said It was mus cular rheumatism. I took his medicine for some time without seeing any im provement. The pain, continued, and my strength kept ebbing away. I noticed that I was not as agile as I used to be. and could not catch and climb a moving car as readily as I once did. Then came my narrow escape, and I gave up work. "A different physician this time said I had locomotor ataxia, but I only grew worse under his treatment. I began to have attacks of vomiting, one of which lasted for sixteen days, I grew thin as a skeleton and very weak. Finally I had a consultation of three Pittsburg physi cians, and they pronounced me incura ble. The pain in my body and legs con tinued to increase, and became so se vere that I had -to take morphine some times" to get a little relief. I became just about helpless, with no control of my legs. "One day a friend sent me a clipping from a newspaper, telling of a remark able cure of locomotor ataxia by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. So I began taking them. I followed di rections carefully, and soon began to Improve. It was gradual but sure, and now I am like another man. I can go around, and took a three weeks' trip a little while ago without experiencing any bad results. I have not had a pain or vomiting spell since I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Mr. Elliott was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad for 14 years as brakeman, then conductor and .finally as yardmaster. He lives at No. 5818 Parker street, Pittsburg, Pa., and is ready to corroborate the above state ment. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple are sold by all druggists, or direct by DrK Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., 50 cents per box; six boxes for $2.50. nostpaid. from Guaymas. Mexico, says an English tramp eteamer landed 1400 Chinese at that port yesterday. The steamer came direct from Chinese ports. During the last 30 days, according to Guaymas advices, fully 3000 Chinese have landed there. The large immigration Is due to favorable Mexican Immigration laws. TIRE OUT BLACK BASS. Sach Fish May Leave Water Six Times In a Combat. New York Sun. There Is but one .way In which to land black bass that is well hooked, and that Is by tiring it out. It cannot be reeled straight to the boat, as may be done many times with the Oswego, because Its activ ity and. muscle are such that It will always break away If It can get a straight, hard dash against a taut line. The length of time required to subdue one of these bass, when considered along with the size of the fish is great. Ten minutes. 15 minutes, sometimes 120 minutes go by before the furious battle Is ended. Such a fish will go out of the water half a dozen times In the course of the combat, and after the first rise it will shake ita head from side t6 side In the effort to throw out the hook so violently and rap Idly that the flutter of It is distinctly aud ible, like the beating of a bird's wings. This strange sound, not at all unlike the burr of a rising partridge. Is made by both head and tail, and there is a shimmer or blur about the fish such as is made by a stick swiftly revolved In air. Enormously active and enduring, with a savage temper and tremendous speed, It will leap and bore, flgh'tlng for every inch of the lint, whirl over and over in the water, endeavoring to wrap the line about Its body, and so break It, go to the bottom and try to cut the line by sawing it against the sharp edge of a rock, force Its way so tightly between the rocks that the line Is often broken in trying to drag it out, butt its mouth furiously against the sand In the effort to rub the hook from its place, dart around dead logs, snubbing Itself close to the fastened timber, ana then break away; speed Into any sub merged brush It can find and. as a last re sort, when reeled in "and despairing, will leap from the folds of the dip net Itself and shoot under the boat, bending the rod nearly into a circle and popping it sharply unless it be of the best material. Cheesecake Louis Wants Damages. New York World. Louis Mass, who Is widely known on the East Side as "Cheescake Louis" be cause of his proficiency in making that delectable confection, has an odd suit pending In the City Court, which Is to come to trial before Judge FItzslmmons and a jury. "Cheescake Louis" seeks to recover $115 from the Chickerlng Club, being the price of a banquet he served to the or ganization. Mass alleges that for the modest sum of $100 he served a banquet for 200 guests, consisting of soup, fish, three entrees, four roasts, coffee and dessert, and that he also furnished three kegs of beer "at $5 per keg." The Chickerlng Club answers that he began his Job all right, but that after serving 30 of the guests he quit work, leaving the other 170 hungry. Dr. Van Dyke's Posses cs the creates: virtue as a Jlinrulant, nerve tonic and regulator of the Intestinal system. Purgatives give only temporary relief, but Dr. VAN DYKE'S HOLLAND BITTERS absolutely curs CONSTIPATION Irs action is mild and gentle and its taste most pleasant. .Takes half wineglass of VAN DYKE before each meal. It will give you an appetite, cure dyspepsia and Idndred troubles and build upthe entire system. AT ALL FIRST CLASS PLACES FtfCKr-nSTEM-MAYER CO. - Distributers PORTLAND, OREGON PERFECT CURES Prove Our Claims Dr. W. Norton Davis. After thoroughly Investigating all the curative influences science has bo far dis covered, we are of the opinion that our treatment marks the limit of medical pos sibilities In the cure of men's diseases. However, we are going to strive toward still greater accomplishments, just as we have striven for the past 21 years, though at no time will we accept a case for' treatment or receive pay for our services where we have the slightest doubt as tc our ability to effect a cure. SYPHILIS This most hideous of all venereal dis eases can no longer be classed as Incur able. The Idea that the limit of medical aid Is to keep the disease dormant by per sistently dosing the system with mineral poisons is as incorrect as many other an cient theories to which many of the pro fession cling. Such treatment not Infre quently results In the virus being driven deeper Into the system, where It attacks and destroys even the very bones of the sufferer. "We positively drive the very last taint of poison from the system. The cure is thorough and permanent, and every symptom of the disease vanishes forever. "We employ no dangerous drugs or min eral Doisons, but use harmless blood- ucausmg xeineuies nereioiore unicnown In the treatment of this disease. We regard our success in overcoming this frightful leprosy as the crowning triumph of our professional career. STRICTURE Our treatment for stricture removes the necessity for surgical operations, even In severe cases of long standing. "We do no cutting or dilating. No other physician employs our methods of overcoming this disorder, so the service we offer you la original and distinctive. Do not give up hope because others have failed. "We will cure you, and the cure will be a prompt and painless one. Our treatment dissolves the stricture and permanently removes ev ery obstruction from the urinary passages, subdues all Inflammation, relieves all Irri tation or congestion that may exist In the kidneys or bladder, reduces enlargement of the prastate gland and restores health and tone to all the organs affected by the disease. Contracted Disorders Every case of contracted disease we treat Is thoroughly cured u our patients have no relapses. When we pronounce a case cured there is not a particle of infection or in flammation remaining, and there is not the slightest danger that the disease will re turn in Its original form or work It way Into the general system. No contracted disorder Is so trivial as towarrant un certain methods of treatment, and we especially solicit those cases that other doctors have been unable to cure. . "WEAKNESS" That condition commonly known as "weakness" Is merely a symptom of chronic Inflammation In the prostate gland. It Is not weakness at all. though in time It brings general debility through Its de pressing influence upon the mind of the sufferer. We treat for such inflammation' only, and use mainly local remedies, and in years we have not failed to obtain com plete and permanent results. The cause of weakness was discovered by ourselves, and no other physicians can duplicate our cures. REFLEX AILMENTS Often the condition appearing to be the chief disorder is only a reflex ailment re sulting from some other disease. Weak ness sometimes comes from varicocele or stricture; skin and bone diseases result from .blood poison taint, and physical and mental decline follow long-standing func tional disorder. Our long experience in treating men enables us to determine the exact conditions that exist and to treat accordingly, thus removing every damag ing cause and its effects. PILES Quick Cures Certain Cures We cure the worst cases of piles perma nently without the use of ointments, with out pain, cutting or detention from busi ness, in from two to three treatments. Our treatment Is entirely new and pecu liar to ourselves. Remember, no matter who has failed before In your case, we will cure you with mild methods, and without danger, or else rnan.e no charge what ever for our services. Should you live at a distance, we oan treat you successfully at home. WE ARE ALWAYS WILL ING TO WAIT FOR OUR FEE UNTIL A CURE IS EFFECTED. . We usually can treat Just as successfully by letter, but prefer one personal Interview If possible. Should you be unable to call, write lor bur free book describing the male anatomy. It Is both Interesting and In structive. We mail it in plain wrapper. Consultation and advice free. Hours, 9 to 12, 1:30 to 5 and 7 to S; Sun days and holidays, 10 to 12. Pr.W.Norton DaYis&Go. 145J Sixth St , Cor. Alder. Portland, Or. Changes of Naval Officer. WASHINGTON, July 13. Rear-Admiral Terry has been ordered to command the naval station at Honolulu, and Rear Admiral Miller has been ordered' to com mand the South Atlantic station.