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y THE MORNING OBEGONtkN, ' WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1903. ALLnAFTER seats Great Rush to the Press Club Minstrel Show, FINISHING TOUCHES PUT ON Rehearsals Draw Admiration From the Insect World and the Audl eftce Will Get Its Fill of Amusement Tonight. That tho people of Portland aro eager to see and hear the Press Club minstrels at the Empire Theater tonlsht Is evident from the readiness -with which seats have fceen sold. There has been a. steady stream to the Empire box office during the last two days and almost all the seats on the floor and the balcony have been sold, but there are some which the early comers today can secure. The minstrels had a stage rehearsal yes terday afternoon at the Empire and are now as proficlGnt as a company of pro fessionals. This was followed, by a pri vate rehearsal Jn the Press Club .rooms in the Marquam building In the evening, at which the roof rang with melody. The Jokes were so bright that they made trfe electric lights look pale by comparison and the harmony waso perfect that the flies on the window-panes marched in step to keep time to it, and a parade of roaches was detected marching across the floor when Me. Costello gave the "Congo Love Song." Then John Stevenson rehearsed his speech and when his long words curled around the heads of the roaches, the parade broke up In disorder ' and the friendly Insects which haunt all news paper offices fled to cover. Will MacRae lured them out again with a few bright remarks and after Rea Irvln had soothed their shattered nerves by giving them a tune on the piano, they picked up courage and danced a fandango to Souls' aggrega tion of fearful and wonderful Instruments. The boys were so struck by their sportive ways that they seriously think of training the little insects to give shows of their own. There were other evidences of the mag ical effect of the minstrels on the animal world, but they will not be a circumstance to the effect the show will produce on the packed audience which will greet the boys tonight." The show will begin at 8 o'clock with the minstrel performance. After that "will r-nmr thi rfrrnltf vniidevUle nrocrramme Df the Empire, which would draw a crowd tn Its merits alone. Any man wno tnmtcs Sft dnAc nnt irfit his monev's werth had better be careful, for he must be such Tin Inveterate kicker that be will kick mm self out of bed In his sleep. THADT SERVICE REDUCED Oregon Division of Southern Pacific Will Not Suffer. The reduction of train service and other operating forces on the lines of the South ern Pacific recently has given rise to con siderable comment and caused conjecture as to what extent the reduction would af feet tho Oregon.' braivch of the road. In 6omi places, especially in California, the service of the system.. has tieen curtailed to a consiiierabie textcnCTPat local omciats of the road -state that the Oregon division I will suffer biit little owing to the reduc tion. "But few changes are to be made, here. The cause for the taking off of trains and the reducing of the working forces; is ascribed to a plan of economy that is to be practiced by the system un-. til some of the money that has been spent in improvements Is regained. Manager R. Koehlor has made the following state ment In relation to the matter: "We reduced our freight train service slightly, partly because of scarcity of cars, partly because of the closing' of tho season for the mills in the Shasta re gion. "Some of the forces "which were en gaged for the season in ballasting, filling trestles and In tie renewals, have been withdrawn, but this will still leave quite a large extra force at work engaged in rail renewal, which will be kept on un til this season's work Is completed. "Our bridge carpenter forces have "been slightly reduced because we wore obliged to defer certain bridge work which wa hoped to complete this season, but for which we could not get tho necessary ma terial from the manufacturers in time to complete tho structures before the high water season. "Aside from the above and some reduc tions In the working hours in the shops, as has been thfl custom in the Winter time, no material reductions have been made on our division. "We have finished quite recently the Very substantial steel structure over the Clackamas River, consisting of two trusses of ISO feit, and- one plate girder of 60 feet, and will 60on erect the steel viaduct over Grave Creek, spanning a gulch of more than 100 feet in height, for which the piers and abutements aro com pleted. It was the intention to put in this year steel bridges over the North and South Yamhill and the Lucklamute, on our West Side division, and over the Tual atin on tho Yamhill division, as well as bridges over the North and South Santl am, on the Woodburn-Springfield branch. Some of the structural material for- these bridges has been delivered on the ground, but delivers.- of some, as well as of the iron work for the cylinder piers, was -delayed so that we are obliged to defer this work for this season. Replacing the pres ent wooden structures was not. planned, because -of their physical condition, but solely in pursuance of the established pol icy to replace them gradually by modern eteel bridges in preparation for heavier uigihe power and rolling stock, to be ulti mately used on the road. "Quite a number of trestles have 4een filled during tho year on the southern por tion of the road, and. considerable ballast ing done. When the heavy rails, now distributed, hare been laid,- which will be . in -the course of 40 days or so, we shall have a continuous "stretch from Ashland to Dunsmuir, with exception of about 12 miles in tho Shasta River Valley, laid with 80-pound steel. "The regular forces for maintenance of the properties are not being reduced be yond what is custoriiary during tho Win ter season. "'Speaking on this subject in a general way. and with reference to all lines of the company. It may bo said that- the large, expenditures for heavier power and equipment, for cutting down of grades and elimination of curvature, ballasting of track and substitution of solid fills for trestlework. of steel bridges for wooden structures, for which in tho past three years, large sums havo been spent, puts the company In position to practice cer tain economies by carrying heavier train- loads and therefore using less trains to move a given volume of traffic, as" well as reducing the cost of track renal rs and thus p?nnlts a reduction in working , forces. "The aceregate expenditures on the Southern Pacific Company's lines during the past three years ending June 30, 1903, have recently been stated in Tho Ore gonlan." Twenty million four hundred and 6ixty-two thousand dollars have been spent for betterments in roadway by change of line, reduction in grades, heav ier rails, ballasting and permanent structures, etc., vhlch does not include cost of construction of Lucia, cut-off across Salt Lake, which so far 'has 'cost 1 over 34,400,000. Twenty-two 'million, nve hundred thousand dollars have been spent for new and heavier power and modern equipment." HEAVY BLAST-TO BE FIRED. Sixty Tons of Powder Will Mo Ye 100,000 Tons of Rock. Probably the largest blast that was ever fired In Oregon will be fired at the Bugby quarries on the lino, of the Astoria & Co lumbia River Railroad at noon today. Sixty tons of powder will be exploded to move 100,000 tons of TOck that Is to be quarried for use in the improvement of tho Jetties at the mouth of the Colum-( bla River. If expectations are realized tho top of a mountain at the foot of which the quarry hole lies will be blown off, and it is possible that the trains over tho Astoria & Columbia River line will bo delayed for a few hours. The effect of the explosion of such -a quantity of pow der can hardly bo imagined, but it Is safe to guess that thqt section of tho country will- behaye as If an earthquake had struck It or a Mount Peleo had sud denly burst forth. s The powder will be placed tinder a gi gantic ledge of rock that it is desired to move and break up into pieces small enough to be loaded and transferred to the jetties. When the charges have been laid, long fuses running to a shelter pro vided for the blast expert, 40 yards away, will be laid. At noon the expert will touch amatch to the fuse and spend the next few seconds making himself secuie within the confines of a strong- shelter provided for his use. It is not expected that there will be any great spectacular demonstration, but the ledge of rock will be lifted a few feet Into the air, shoved out from the mountain and broken into serments. The railroad people believe that the blast will shake the earth so severely as to dislodge the top of an abrupt moun tain that overlooks the quarry and rail road tracks. It Is expected that this will be thrown into the river and will possibly cover the tracks of the road with debris to a depth of several feet. A force of man will be snt there as soon as the blast has been fired to clear the tracks and avoid delay to trains. While the blast Is being fired no one will be permitted to be within two miles of the -quarry except the expert blast man. Ord is the name of the expert who will Are the giant 'blast and remain within 40 yards of the place while the earth is being broken to pieces by the explosive. Santa Fe Plans Many Cut-Offs. lSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27. Following the announcement that the Santa Fe will shorten transcontinental time a whole day by building a 250-mlle cutoff, comes the statement that more cutoffs on tho sys tem in Southwestern territory are being planned. Surveys have been completed for an extension to Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoe nix, which, if built, will form a part of the low-grado transcontinental line. The Phoenix & Eastern, which will connect with the Santa Fe at Doming, is being pushed forward, and the Crown Creek ex tension has been completed for a distance .of 16 miles. It extends from Slayer, Ariz., into the Crown King mining district. Louis Hill Succeeds Brother. ST. PAUL, Oct 27. At a meeting of the directors of ;the Great Northern Railroad Company today, J. N. Hill resigned the office of vice-president and Louis W. Hill was elected his successor. Both are sons of President J. J. Hill. J. N. Hill has been in poor health for some time and is now traveling abroad. J. W. Phalon Transferred. J. W. Phalon, local traveling passenger agent of the Great Northern Railway, has been transferred to the San Francisco office of that company and will leave for the new field on' Saturday. Sir. Phalon will bo" succeeded by' Hi B". Lucas, now stationed at Seattle. TO DESCRIBE CITY AND STATE Chamber of Commerce Appropriates $500 for Advertising Pamphlet. At a' meeting of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, ft was doclded to appropriate $500 to be used hy tho Lewis and Clark Fair for the purpose of issuing a descriptive book about Port land and Oregon. This pamphlet is to -be printed in the most attractive and inter esting shape possible, and will be used to advertise this city and state. After this matter was attended to a largo amount of routine business was disposed of. A letter was received from ex-Senator J. L, Wilfjon, of Washington,- stating his re grets at being forced to decline the Invi tation of the Chamber of Commerce to deliver an address in this city In tho near future. Tho matter of Improving the train serv ice over the Northern Pacific line between Portland and Gray's Harbor was discussed and referred to the committee on trans portation. The action of President Livingstone in appropriating 200 to be used in securing the convention in 1904 of the American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents was approved. The matter of the shortage in cars, espe cially ..on the Southern Pacific line, was taken up and referred to tho committee on transportation. The following were admitted to member ship: Almeda Mining Company, Palmer Bros. Investment Company, W. G. Smith Engraving Company, Illinois-Pacific Glass Company: Edgar M. Lazarus, architect; T. S. McGrath, Rapp & Sehlbrede. Ralerson Machine Company, the Morgan Company, Jonathan Bourne, Marshall Bros., Cole Pope Company, Morgan Wall Paper Com pany, Ashley & Rumelin, John T. Gray son, Nathan & Werthelmer Company. ANNIVERSARY OF ROOSEVELT. Many Presents Sent Him" as Remind er .of. Forty-Fourth Birthday. ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. President Roosevelt celebrated the 45th anniversary of his birth today. Many beautiful and touching reminders of the event came to him from every part of the country- Hun dreds of telegrams and letters of congrat ulation were received at the White House during the day. When the members of the Cabinet as sembled for the usual semi-weekly meet-. Ing. they joined in extending their cordial congratulation!) to the President Among the floral offermss was a huge basket of chrysanthemum from the propagating gardens. It contained specimens as large as the crown of a derby hat, and of splen did coloring. Gritzmacher No Longer Keeps Books. Some policeman with a capacity for fig ures is slated to attend to the handling of books and records at the police station, In order to give Police Captain Gritzmacher kwho takes care of the records at present. wu.. w jjuui.-; uusi- ness. No appointment has been made as yot. 5150,000 Fire in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 27. Twenty houses, including stores- and private residences, were destroyed tonight in a fire that swept over two city blocks in Kings Bridge, at the upper, end of Manhattan Island. The Kingsbridge Hotel, formerly a famous road house, was destroyed. Total property damage, $150,000. Slayer of Deputy Sheriff In Jail. DENVER, Oct. 27. A special to the Re publican from Basin City, Wyo.. says James Patlock, one of the men indicted for complicity In the lynching of Gormal and Walters ' and the killing jOf Deputy Sheriff Price, lias been arrested and Is in jail. CASH IS NOT ABUNDANT CITY DEPARTMENTS MUST PRACTICE- CLOSE ECONOMY. Funds Barely Sufficient to Carry Most of Them Through the -Year Levy for Nex Yeari Whatever Ideas of expansion and im provement may occupy tho minds of heads of city departments, they are care fully withheld at tho present time through the smallness of tho amount of money now In the city treasury.- This sounds rather contrary, too, when It Is consid ered that there is something over $400,000 on hind. Tb be exact, there is 166,859.4L However, thlsamount has to carry the City of Portland through more than Iwo months of financial wear and tear and nearly every dollar of tho amount stands' appropriated. Already city employes are figuring the apportionment of funds -for next year. In many of tho funds there will not be a dollar left, for much money has been spent latels' and there have been no endof Improvements and these Improvements are still being made and Will continue to be, so officials declare. Of tho nine different funds, the light and water funds aldno will finish the year and enter upon their new year's apportionments with a surplus on hand. Just why the light fund will have the balance Is not easily explained except that It will have the balance, wmcn is me main point. But this surplus will not last long, for many new lights will have to be Installed, and the same thing applies to the water fund, aB there, are to be many additions to the waterworks owing to Increased population. , Tho condition of the different funds at tho present tlmo ls as follows: General ....... 573.S97.39 Fire Department 36.168.10 Police Department 27.S16.S3 Bonded debt Interest 40,494.43 Light : 21.742.88 Street repair ..t... 21.424.3S Water 172.597.S6 Park 13.775.34 Fireboat 5S.94L95 The street fund is already in rather a tight place and without substantial sus tenance from the general fund will see a hard time getting through the year, ow ing to the extensive street repairing and improvements. ' The tax .levy for the coming year will be 9Vft mills and apportionment of funds will be made as soon, as the tax money Is on hand. The total valuation of tax able property for last year was $44,132,592 and officials believe that thero has -been an increased valuation of about 51.OW.000 since the Oast levy, which will swell the sum for apportionment. This apportion ment will be made In December and will go Into effect as soon as he old year has breathed its last. . BIDS ON SELLWOOD FERRY. Committee Opens Them but Defers Awarding Contract for Boat. Bids for the new Sellwood ferryboat were opened yesterday afternoon by the committee of the Executive Board Having the work in charge. However, the mem bers of the -committee were not fully pra paredj'to render 'a decision and the final awarding of contracts "for- both machin ery and boat will not be made until Sat urday afternoon at 4 o'clock. At that tlmo another meeting of tho committee will be held. Following are tho bids submitted yester day: PhoenlxIron Works, hull and machinery- complete, $11,166: for new hull and old machinery. $9766. . Portland Shipbuilding Company, $5S66. for boat, 100 days' time. Joseph Supple, boat, $6300. B. F.- Smith, boat, $3779. John G. Sound, boat; $3900. Paquet. & Smith, boat, $6435; four and one-half months time. t New Men In City. Engineer's Office. Appointments to fill vacancies in the surveying force of the' ,Cfty Engineer's department were made yesterday. The new employes are chalnmen and will re celvo $65 per month. Thoy are: F. X. Sherlock. W. J. Ward, J. E. McClure, R. F. Beatty, W. H. Monahan, C. E. Do Val, H. A. Demmer, Eugene Walsh, J. J. Gorman. All are graded as class 12, dlvl slon Q men. S SONS MUST VACATE. Joseph Heiney Wins Suit for His Farm. The decision of the Supreme Court Mon day in tho case of Joseph Heiney against his two sons, Arthur and Albert Heiney, for possession of his home place near Gresham, resulted In favor of the father, and the two sons will nave to give pos session. Heiney and his two sons have been in almost every court In Portland on various criminal charges ever since Heiney leased his farm to the boys. Tho lease was made several years ago, and one of the. conditions was that Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heiney should have rooms in the house, and that the mother should do the cooking. Soon afterward the boys employed a woman to take charge and do tho cooking, and from that tlmo on there was constant friction between tho two sons and their father and mother. Joseph Heiney brought suit for eject ment In a Justice Court and secured Judg ment on the ground that the sons had failed to keep their engagement. An ap peal was taken to the Circuit Court, and finally to the Supreme Court, and the father won In all the courts. Tho bouse keeper was recently fined In Justice Scton's Court for assault on Joseph Heiney. and the trial brought out a sit uation that was anything but attractive. A week ago Arthur and Albert Heiney were arrested and taken before Justice Seton on a charge of assault and battery on their father, but the -hearing, which was -fixed for last Friday, was indefinitely postponed, for some reason. A warrant was also' Issued for their arrest for a more serious crime, but now that the Su preme Court has decided In favor of the father. It Is expected that none of these cases will reach a trial. Tne boys will have to move out of the house. Joseph Heiney and his wife aro pioneers and it is said by those who profess-to bo familiar with the circumstances that there, never was any trouble between them and ineir sons unui tney empioyco tie housekeeper to supplant their mother. TO FIT UP ANOTHER ROOM. Mount Tabor District No. 5 Will Em ploy Fourteen Teachers- At the Mount Tabor school election in district No. 5 the voters authorized the directors to spend $1250 to fit up two more classrooms In the Glcncoe building. L. S. Normandln, chairman of the board of di rectors, said that one room would be fitted up at once and occupied, and the other, would be left for the next term. It will also be- furnished if fhe attendance continues to increase as it has since tho opening of the year. Superintendent Adams reported the at tendance in the West avenue and Glcn coe buildings at 525, the largest number In the history of tho district- With the new. room In the Glencoe in use the dis trict will be employing- 14 teachers. BIG DAM ON CLACKAMAS. Water to Generate Electric Power for O. W. P. Car Line. Tho Oregon Water Power & Rallwa'y Company" is preparing to harness the Clackamas River at thd end of Its Spring water branch, by building a dam and erecting a great power plant. Those who went out to tho end of tho line on, tho last excursion were amazed at the mag nitude of tho dam that Is proposed and on which work has been started. It will spring from tho high banks on either side or the. river. It will be 70 feet high, and at the bottom will bo 140 feet wide, taper ing toward tho top. It will be built of stone, concrete and timbers. As can be imagined, great power can be developed -Xrom this dam for operating the cars and for other purposes. It 13 evident the company will operate the trains by electric power to tho end of the road, . as poles for the trolley wires have been distributed. At present loco motives pull the trains from" Lents, but these will be supplanted. Those wno nave cone over the line expressed astonishment at the great undertaking, and can hardly believe that It Is simply a short electric railway. They say, however, that It lands the people In the mountains, where the scenery Is not surpassed anywhere, arid that the line is destined to become pop ular for .tourists. SPICER. STILL A MEMBER. Says He Is Not Out of the United Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. H. Gibson, of the "United Pres- byteriari Church, Wasco street and Grand : avenue, says that he was misquoted In his short interview Monday regarding the membership of W. E. Splcer in that church. , Dr. Gibson was asked whether Mr. Splcer had been reinstated to member ship or not, and Dr. Gibson now says he did not answer the question ono way or the other. In order-to ascertain his views "as to the status of the membership of Mr Splcer the question was 'put to Dr. Gibson yesterday- direct: "Is Splcer still a member of your church?" The answer was: I decline to answer and want noth ing more . published about the matter." W. S. Splcer said yesterday that he was still a full-fledged member of the United Presbyterian Church, according to the rules and laws- of that denomination. Un der these regulations, ho said, no charges bad been made against him. Mr. Splcer withdrew his suit for dam ages agalnsC-Dr. Gibson on an agreement of some sort which they decline to dis cuss, but the matter will probably come before 'the, presbytery of the United Pres byterian Church next Monday. - " . Death of John Cully. John Cully -died in his homo on East Twenty-sixth, and East Pine streets Mon day, after a fingering Illness of consump tion lasung several years. Mr. Cully traveled widely In New Mexico, Arizona and California In the hope that the cli mate would facilitate; nls recover)', but he received no permanent benefit- He was 36 years of age and tho son of Thomas' Cully, a well-known pioneer of Columbia Slough,.-. A sWifer1 the daughter of Thomas McMan'nua, of-tockwood, and threo chil dren survive him. Tho funeral .will be held tomorrow afternoon from tho resi dence - HEADS UST FOR CARDINALATE Bishop Ryan Most Available for One Appointment America Will Get. NEW YORK Oct 27. The Popa ha3 re quested from Mgr. Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State, and Cardinal Gottl a list hi. the foreign prelates under the Secretary of State and the congrega tion of the propaganda who are consid ered available for the appointment as car dinals, cables the xtome correspondent of the Tribune. In the list of Americans pre sented by Cardinal GottL Archbishop Ry ant of Philadelphia, stands first, Archljfjh op 'Ireland, of St. Paul, coming next, fol lowed by Archbishop Farley, of New York, and Archbishop Chapelle, of New Orleans. Contrary to rumors that several American cardinals will be created at the January consistory, only tone will be named. If even he be not left out at the last moment. MonsignoreSogaro,fomany years apos- tone vicar In the Soudan, whereNhe active ly participated with Wlngate Bey in the liberation of European prisoners from the Mahdi, has been . appointed by the Pope totho presidency of the Academy Of Noble Ecclesiastics. Tne appointment-has caused much gossip In Vatican circles, ai the new president of the academy is'a Venetian. People hre beginning to say that the Popo Is giving all the good positions to his fel low Venetians. The.Pope today received Cardinal Moran Jn farewell audience. The Pontiff was most affable to the cardinal, speaking lengthily about Australia and also about the English-speaking countries generally, saying their complete liberty in tho exer cise of their religion represented the best field for thS growth and spread of Cathol icism. After the audience Cardinal Moran pre sented a set of English-speaking people. America being represented by Mr. and Miss Butler and Mr. and Mrs. Abell, of Baltimore, to whom the Pope addressed the kindest words, gave them his hand to kiss and bestowed on them the apostolic blessing, which was extended to their families. CLASS ALL AS "AMERICANS." Explanation of Mistake That Many Cardinals Were tp-Be Created. ROME, Oct. 27. Some time after the re cent conclave, the Vatican was surnrlsed at a report frorn the United States that a high prelate of the church there had spoken repeatedly ot tne possibility of sev eral Americans being nominated Cardinals. As the good faith of the prelate in ques tion was not doubted, It was supposed he was laboring under a misapprehension. His apparent mistake can easily be ex plained. Europeans generally, and Ital lanc, in particular, use the term "Amer ican" as applying to Canadians, citizens of the United States and South Americans equally. According to this custom, there fore, even If tho pope, who does not speak English, mentioned his intention to create several American cardinals, he did not mean that they should come exclusively from the United States. The argument has been made that the United States, considering its 12,000,000 Catholic, inhabitants has not a sufficient number of representatives In the Sacred College: that Canada-has been. without a cardinal since the death of Cardinal Tas chereau In 1SSS, and tho whole of Central and South America, with a Catholic pop ulation of over 50,000,000, never had one. Brazil, the largest of the Latin-American countries, has repeatedly asked for a cardinal. It Is probable that tho arch bishop of Rio Janeiro will be tho first South American prelate to bo raised to the "purple; 6ut If this Is done It will then be difficult to refuse the same favor to Mex ico, and even more difficult not to extend the privilege to the archbishops of Buenos Ayres, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile. It has been suggested In order to make room for new cardinals to reduce the car dinals In thoso countries which do not seem to be sufficiently appreciative of tho privilege, as, for Instance, France, which normally has seven cardinals. No Red Hat Likely Soon. ROME, Oct. 27- In the United States there are several archbishops whoso high attainments fit them to enter tho Sacred C611ege. -Archbishop Ryan, of- Philadel phia, Is considered first among, these, but the situation Is such that not only the personality of the man to be selected must be considered, but also the import ance of the geographical, situation of the archdiocese. For example, if a new car dinal were to be named, the relative Im portance of Philadelphia, New York, Chi cago and st. Louis must be taken into consideration, as, owing to their positions in the Catholic world, any one of them would be owrthy to be the see of the new prince -of the church. According to opin ion prevailing at. the. Vatican, It is not likely that In the next consistory, nor In the one following, will a red hat be sent to the United States. Patience Ago softens- al thin, does it not? Patrice Yes there's no fool like an old fooL Yonkera Statesman Why The Youth s Companion is the Family Paper of National Circulation. IT IS CLEAN. JL A weeklr treasury olgjedreaAJaieilted with a kith parjoie. 2 IT IS INSTRUCTIVE The taiiaha ol The Yoath' Coajiiales his ilTrays bees cse ol education. 3 IT IS TRUSTWORTHY. The edlbrlal and other articles aro written by recofaized aalheritiei. 4 IT IS ENTERTAINING. The gospel tl gaei cheer ani ihjbm ment is preached oa erery pale. Sir IS IMPARTIAL. The Youth's Companion ifaot the orfaa ol any party or belief, bat considers the claims et erery class. 6 IT IS AMERICAN. The spirit o! the paper Is esMlaence la and lore lor American Institutions: patriotism in its highest sense. 7 IT IS FREELY ILLUSTRATED. The most popular artists aro esplojed (o illustrate Its pages. It Is a library la Itself. More than 200 of the most famous living men and women contribute to it yearly. It Is read by all iho family. The Com panion's Serial and Short Stories capti vate both young and old. Is the best Investment ol $1.75 for family life. Every week's Issue lsa help iu cnaracxer.Duiicung. WlU COME m IN 1905 CHRISTIAN CHURCH CONVEN TION HAS DECIDED. Rev. J. F. Ghormley Is Confident That Portland Will Be Selected as the Meeting Place. The International Missionary Conven tion of the Christian Church will-be held on tho Pacific Coast In 1006. This is a certainty, and It is not unreasonable to stato also as a certainty that Portland will be the city selected for the big meet ng, notwthstandlng that San Francisco is making a big fight for It. Rev. J. F. Ghormley, of the First Chris tian Church, has returned from tho con vention, which was this year held In De troit, and reports much good work done In advertising this section of the country, Portland and the - coming Exposition in particular. "I persuaded the publishers of tho Christian Standard to Issue a 'Grea"t Northwest number," said Mr. Ghormley yesterday, "and furnished all the pictures and reading matter myself, so I was sat isfied that Oregon was well advertised. "This paper has a circulation of 50,000, and Is probably read by many times that number of people, so that the news about the Lewis and Clark exposition, the beauty of Oregon scenery, the fine climate and Innumerable resources of the stato will reach every corner of the country. We had many hundred copies of the paper distributed at the convention, but I found that nearly every tine present had already read It. Sq when It came to voting as to where the 1905 convention should be held there was not a dissenting voice raised against the Pacific Coast. The San Fran cisco delegation Is working hard to have that city selected, but I am confident that the attractions we are able to offer through the Fair, combined with the low railroad rates which will then be In effect, will decide the matter In Port land's favor. The matter jvlll be decided next year at the convention In St. Louis. I am to be allowed one column In each Issue of the "Standard" from .now on, however, and by "keeping Oregon constant ly before the readers of this magazine I feel assured that there will' be sufficient Interest In the great Northwest to make the vote for Portland unanimous. "A convention of this magnitude will be a great thing for our city. There will bo 5000 delegates coming, not only, from every state In tho Union, but Canada, Cuba, Porto Rico, Jamaica, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines and other coun tries, and In addition to the delegates I estimate that there will be fully 25,000 camp followers. The Christian Church COFFEE PARALYSIS A Weil-Defined Case. Coffoe paralysis is not common, but there are more cases than folks Imagine, and there are cases where the nervous victim keeps on with the coffee until the trouble Is chronic and Incurable. On the other hand there are many cases where leaving off the coffee and drinking Postum Food Coffeo In Its place has re sulted in complete and speedy cures, as In the following: "For several1 years I was Invan alarm ing condition and had consulted every physician in our town, besides three vis iting specialists. My trouble baffled them all, but their different verdicts frightened me, and the treatment proposed was long, tedious and very expensive. My husband had already spent a small fortune trying to help me, and the last effort was a $20 experiment, which did no good. "My trouble was a numbness, or half paralyzed sensation that would creep over me especially bad- at night, commencing In my arms, shoulders and down to my left side and was followed by terrible pains and a prickly sensation that Is be yond description. My hands would puff up and feel like great lumps, so thick and heavy and unnatural. I could do ab solutely no work of any kind. "It was then that my mother persuaded me that my condition was largely due to the use of coffee, ot which I was a great lover. She knew what leaving off coffee and using Postum had dono In her own case, and she finally persuaded me to make the same shift, which I did without much faith. To my everlasting surprise, the change was wonderful, for all my old complaints soon lessened, and are now completely gone. The terrible feelings and sensations that I cannot describe havo stopped 'completely, and I ieel as If new rich, red blood was flowing through my veins, bringing me health and hap piness. "All of this I know Is due to my hav ing stopped coffee and used Postum. My husband and three sons all use Postum now and enjoy It greatly." Name given .by Postum Company, Battle Crdfek, Mich. Postum makes red blood. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "Tho Road to "Well uiau.Li.ii 1 mi 1 njLii New Annual Subscription Offer. Every New Subscriber who sends this slip or the name of this paper at onee with $1.75 will receive: FREE All the Issues of The Companion for the remaining weeks of 1903. The Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Double Numbers. The Companion Calendar for 1904, lithographed In 12 colors and gold. Then The Companion for the 52 weeks of 1904 a library of the best reading for all the family. 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