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THE MORNING OREGOyiAK, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1906. TOO MANY RETIRED Prince Attacks Policy With Re gard to Brigadiers. LAYS BLAME ON PRESIDENT House Spends Lively Day on Army Appropriation Bill Gilbert Stirs Up Grosvenor by Assault on Ship Subsidy Bill. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 The House to day refused to adjourn In celebration of Washington's birthday, and Its members participated In a general field day of de bate on the Army appropriation bill. The speeches took a wide range. First the system of promoting and retiring Army officers was attacked by Prince of Illi nois, who elicited many comments from members in disapproval of the methods for which he said the President and Sen ate were responsible and which have re sulted in a retired list costing yearly ?2.?00r00!), consisting of officers who, he eald, were holding the flag with one hand, while the other was in the Treas ury for money that had never been earned. An exhaustive discussion of ship subsidy was made by Gilbert, of Kentucky, who declared the American merchant marine is now the finest of any nation, and in cluded 136 Morgan ships under the Brit ish and German flags. In case of war. lie said, their only protection would be the United States, wherein belonged their owners and the capital invested. General debate on the Army bill was exhausted and that measure will be read for adop tion when the House meets tomorrow. Great Army of Appointees. Prince was the first speaker. He men tioned the fact that there were half a million persons under he direct control of the President 500,000 in the civil serv ice, 60,000 In the army, 45,000 in the Navy and Marine Corps, 70,000 Postmasters and fully 25,000 not classified. All estimates for appropriations on which Congress acts come from this great army of em ployes. It was too much to expect the President to make personal scrutiny of estimates. Referring to the question of the retire ment of officers and the abolition of the grade of Lleutenant-General, Prince crit icized the system by which it was possible to have a large number of officers on the retired list. With an Army of 60,000, he said, there were now 903 officers on the retired list, drawing an average of $3000 a year, or a total of 52,700,000. There had been 62 Brigadier-Generals who served for one day in that rank and were then retired, from January 1, 1902, to January 2, 1905. 3Iovlng Picture of Brigadiers. "And," he continued, "I am inclined to think the moving picture is going on to day at the same rate." One day's serv ice wa6 giving unearned money to these officers, continued Prince. "All officers .have to do is to mark time, knowing they will be retired at higher rank." "The gentleman, it seems to me, has shown a very outrageous abuse of power and privilege on the part of some one," said Mr. Lawrence, of Massachusetts. "Who 1s it that makes the promotions?" lie asked. "The President has the right arid is the only one who has the right to make promotions, and" the Senate confirms them," replied Mr. Prince. Blast at Ship Subsidy. Ship subsidy was discussed for an hour by Gilbert, who took the position that ships could be built as cheaply in this country as abroad. He asserted that the United States possessed the finest merchant marine fleet of any nation. In this he included the 1S6 ships of the Mor gan Company, American-owned ships, sailed under the British and German flags. Asked to explain this, he quoted English and German law to the effect that shipping was not entitled to the pro tection of those countries "unless com pletely owned by their subjects. Should trouble cpme, the Morgan ships would have to be protected by the American flag. Such bills as the ship subsidy bill, lie said, were always drawn in the Inter est of the shipping trust or the million aires. Ovation to Grosvenor. When Grosvenor took the floor, he was J rrcetea wnn prolonged applause from both sides of the House, it being under stood as an expression of regret at his failure of rcnomlnation. "J hope this does not come out of my time," smilingly remarked Grosvenor. He then proceeded first to pay his respects to Gilbert. "There never have been com prceed Into an hour so many erroneous statements as were made by the gentle man from Kentucky," declared Grosvenor who announced that some time later he would reply In detail. Grosvenor concluded his speech with a vigorous protest against the provision of the Army bill abolishing the grade of Lieutenant-General. He declared he should make a point of order against the provision, for the' reason that it would shut out General Corbln, whose services as a soldier he reviewed at some length. It would also bar General MacArthur. No Holiday Wanted. The name of George Washington was extolled by the blind chaplain in his In vocatlon at the opening of the session. Immediately Williams, the minority leader, endeavored to get an adjournment ."n honor of the holiday. The motion was settled by a roll call upon which a score f Tlcpublicans bolted their leaders, tho lote being 89 to 156. General Klefen (Ohio) attacked his Be publican colleagues for their failure to properly honor the birthday of the Father of His Country, saying it would have been far more dignified if the House had ad journed instead of consuming five hours by irrelevant speeches which were de livered principally for home constituents. Tomorrow the Joint resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate the railroad, soft and anthra cite coal and oil trusts will be considered and most likely adopted. A bill was passed reserving frqm dis posal by the Government Battle Moun tain. S. D. The mountain is made a part of the Battle Mountain Sanitarium Re serve. The mountain takes Its name from being the ancient battleground be tween the Crow and the Sioux Indians. The conference report upon tho urgent deficiency bill was agreed to. A joint resolution was agreed to allow ing Alaska teachers and employes of the Bureau of Education to assign their sal aries, v. LAWS0N TALKS SYSTEM Holds Up Devlin as Horrible Exam ple in Unspoken Speech. PEORIA, 111.. Feb. 22,-After travel ing half way across the country to ac cept an invitation to speak at the Creve Coeur Club banquet as the chief speaker of the evening, Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, was overcome by the length of the programme ahead of him and sur rendered to the lateness of the bour. He apologized gracefully to an audience which bad packed the Coliseum mainly I to bear hlra, but which showed evidences of needing sleep at midnight, and referred , it to the newspapers to which he had given, copies of his speech. In his prepared speech, Mr. L&wson, af ter thanking the club for the happy way In which It had smoothed away the mis understanding which arose between him and the club, led up to his familiar sub ject of the insurance companies and "sys tem." with a review of the present up heaval in various parts of the United States. He went on: "In Kansas one Devlin controlled a string of banks In which people put their savings. He had been speculating with these savings for the purpose of acquir ing a great fortune. One day he stubbed his toe and his banks went down like a row of bricks. Net result, the people lost millions of tbelr savings. If he had been successful he would have made mil lions for himself by putting in jeopardy, the depositors' money upon which his banks had paid 4 per cent interest. "When he was unsuccessful the depositors lost their savings a perfect example of the heads I win and tails you lose' game of the system." Mr. Lawson then .spoke at some length on his financial views. CONSTITUTION AT FAULT TINKERING OP BANKING LAWS WOULD DO NO GOOD. J. H. Albert, of Salem, Admits That There Is Great Need, of State Control. SALEM. Or., Feb. 22. Special.) Presi dent John H. Albert, of the Capital Na tional Bank, of this city. Is opposed to a state law for the regulation of state banks, for the reason that under our con stitutional provisions it is. in his opinion. Impossible to devise a sound banking sys tem. That there is great need of state control of basks he admits, but he thinks that before effective laws can be en acted the constitution must be amended so as to permit of the enactment of a statute similar to the National banking law. Legislative tinkering under the present constitutional provisions would, he thinks, do more harm than good, for it would hoodwink and mislead the public, by giv ing the sanction of the state to a sys tem which affords no adequate security to the depositor. When asked for his opin ion upon the subject of a state banking law, Mr. Albert said: It is Impossible to devla a sound state banking ttyattai In Orecon without first amend ing the constitution. Article II or that Instru. mcnt provides: "Sec 1. The Legislative Assembly ball not have the power to establish or Incorporate any bank or banking company or moneyed Insti tution whatever ... "Sec 2. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by spe cial law, except for municipal purposes. "See 3. The stockholders of All corpora tions and Joint stock companies shall be li able for the Indebtedness of said corporation to the amount of their stock subscribed and unpaid, and no more." Aside from the question of the power of the state to regulate a corporation which it Is de nied the power to create, it Is clear that a bank can be Incorporated only under the gen eral law and that Its stockholders are 'lia ble for the Indebtedness of said corporation to the amount of their stock subscribed and paid, and no more." Now the great bulwark of the National banklnc system and of those of the states who have sound banking laws is the personal liability of every stockholder for all Indebt edness to depositor and other creditor for the full par value of their stock. In addition to its original value. It being Impossible to devise a sound ystem, I believe that legislative tinkering in the premises will do-, much more harm than good. It will hoodwink and mislead the public by giving the sanction of the -state to a system which affords no adequate security to th depositor. To this feature of the National banking law (personal liability of the stock holders) is chiefly due the unparalleled suc cess of this system, evidenced by the fact that of all the banks organised since its inception but per cent have failed, with a lota to dcDOsitora In these insolvent bankn of only 22 per cent and without the Iocs of a dollar j to blllholders. The system has other safeguard, but this reserve or f800,O00.000 personal liability of Itn stockholders In addition to Its SbOO.000,000 of paid-up capital. Is the solid foundation with out which the tftructure could not have been reared remove It and the fabric will totter and fail. The remedy for promiscuous banking In Ore gon is a question of education rather than legislation. The present agitation is along that line and will emphasize to the public the fact that deposits In National banks are se cured by the personal liability of its stock holders for the full amount of their stock In addition to the original amount paid In. while stockholders in the so-called "state" and other Incorporated banks are wholly ex empt from such liability. The reduction of the limit of required cap ital for the organization of a National bank to $25,000 makes that system available to all banking associations In the state. The provision of the t'nlted States banking law make the conversion of such banks an easy matter; many have already become na tionalized, others, yielding to the persuasive Influence or their intelligent clientage, will doubtless follow. While the volume of business transacted by there Incorporated banks Is inconsiderable, there is a class of so-called savings and trust banks, transacting under the guUe of a fidu ciary title quite an extensive general banking business some of them in the hands of wealthy stockholders, but being in the came category as to their nonliability to depositors as the so-called state banks. In either case In the event of their fail ure by reason of loss or impairment of capital the loss would fall upon its depositors and other creditors and its wealthy shareholders be wholly exempt from liability. The peculiar constitutional provisions quoted above are due to these facte: First, at the time of the framing and adoption of the con stitution, the business of the old states was in the throes of one of the worst financial panics in the history of the Nation, .in which both blllholders and depositors lost heavily. Oregon had no Incorporated banks and no bankbllla in circulation, only silver and gold. From that distance banks seemed to be good for nothing but to produce panics, hence were prohibited as quoted above. Next a number of industrial enterprises in the new state needed combined capital. Stock in these en terprises was widely scattered among many stockholders, bnt the management was neces sarily In the bands of a few. To protect the stockholder, article S. above quoted, was 'Inserted. The phrase "And no more" went in as an amendment to emphasize the provision and remove -any possible atrablgult. Calls for Cargo orWhcat. SEATTLE, Feb. 22. The Post-Intelligencer today starts an original cffort"to secure a shipload of wheat for the Jap anese famine sufferers and subscribes ten tons of wheat and calls for subscriptions in kind to be shipped, -If possible, on the Great Northern, liner Dakota, sailing March 12. The latest Oriental mall ad vices show that nearly' ll$,6W are starv ing: and food is needed more than money. The Post-Intelligencer calls on every wheat farmer in Washington, where 30. 000,090 bushels of wheat was raised last year, to subscribe In wheat. Collector Releases the Schooner. VICTORIA, B. C. Feb. 22. A small schooner owned by R. Bdcnshaw, of Port Simpson, which was seised at Ketchikan when carrying beef to near-by mines, for alleged violation of tho coasting laws, has been .returned to the owner by the Collector at Ketchikan, who released the schooner on Instructions being received from Washington, because of representa tions made there by the Canadian authorities. USE THE BILLGOU Riplinger Supporters Denied Space in Republican Paper. PILES GIVES HIS SUPPORT Portrait of Republican. Choice for Mayor, With Statements From His Platform Stare From Every Dead Wall. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 22. SpecIaL) renled newspaper support by the bolt of Rastus Bralnerd, which carried tho Wil eon organ with It, the Republican City Central Committee has inaugurated a spectacular campaign for John Riplinger and the Republican ticket. The commit tee will use the billboards throughout the city, proclaiming its campaign arguments in letters that can be read for blocks distant. Flaming posters announcing the Rip linger candidacy are displayed on the principal billboards throughout the city. These are accompanied by exhortations from party men to support the ticket and by portraits of the leading candidates. A telegram from United States Senator Piles, urging Republicans to support the ticket named by the convention and giv ing It his own hearty support, is one of the principal features of today's bill board campaign. An extract from the Piles telegram reading: "The ticket will have my hearty sup port, as it should that of every Republi can." is displayed conspicuously. Mayor Balllngcr's lndorsment, wherein he de clared be will support the entire ticket, vies with the Plies telegram in conspicu ousness. Striking excerpts from Rlpllnger's own speeches are flung out upon the bill boards in various parts of the city. On one of these boards is the sentiment: "I favor a common-user clause In all fran chises," with the portrait and signature from Candidate Riplinger, to make it positive that the Republican nominee is committed to that policy. In their despair the Riplinger support ers have made a deal with a struggling local newspaper, whereby the latter is to be placed in the homes of all families supposed to be favorable to the cause represented by the Republican party. Rlpllnger's managers do not think this move will do a great deal of good, but go on a theory that "every little helps." PACIFIC COAST DEAD. F. C. Kress. BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 21 A Miner spe cial from Dillon says Editor F. C. Kress, of tho Dillon Examiner, was found dsad in bed at his home In this city this morn ing. Mr. Kress was one of the most prominent citizens o Dillon. Death was due to a sudden attack of bc?rt dis ease. Mr. Kress having been ill only since last night. The deceased was -U years of age. Mrs. Kress is visiting In Southern Cali fornia with the members of the Mon tana Press Association. J. S. Lindsay, Aclor. .SALT LAKE, Utah, Feb. 22. J. S. Lindsay, a veteran Shakespearean actor, died here today from heart trou ble. He was 65 years of age, and came to Utah in IX 6 L He was a member of the original Salt Lake Stock Company, which included the mothers of Maud Adams and Blanche Bates. Mr. Lind say traveled with McCulIough, Daven port, Kecne and other famous trage dians. He has also toured the Western States with companies of his own. Charles F. Belt. DALLAS. Or.. Feb. 22,-Charies F. Belt, a prominent business man of Dallas, died of asthma this morning at S o'clock. He was born in Salem. Or., February 14, 1S00, and was a son of the late Dr. A. M. Belt, one of Oregon's early pioneer physicians. He had been engaged in the drug busi ness in Dallas about 10 years. He left a wife and several brothers and sisters. He was a 32d degree Mason, and will be buried with Masonic honors Sunday af ternoon. Thomas E. Smith, Smclterman. DENVER. Feb. 22. Thomas E. Smith, well known as an authority on smelting and raining, died at his home here today. He was 5 years oia, ana had a wife, three sons and a daughter. Mr. Smith was once at the head of the smelter at Argentine, Kan., and at dif ferent times managed smelters In Utah. Fancral of Samuel Coad. DALLAS. Or.. Feb. 22. SpeciaI.)-The funeral of the late Samuel Coad. a Polk County pioneer of 1E53. who died Monday, was held this afternoon, and was largely attended by friends of the family from all Darts- of the counts. The services were conducted by Jennings Lodge. Xo. 5. A. F. &. A. M.. of which lodge Mr. Coad had been a member for 35 years. TURNS DOWN HIS LAWYER (Continued From Tint Page.) torneys for the defense that Orchard had thrown Miller aside it was necessary for them to change their entire-plan of de fense, and indications are now that they will resort to the Federal courts for an attempt at relief. As a aide issue to the case, a bitter war has toroken out between the two detective agencies 'which have been at work on the assassination. They are at swords' points. Captain Swain, who was appointed chief of detectives by Governor Gooding, has taken exception to the glory that Major McParland has claimed for running down the criminals: Detectives Squabble for Glory. The entire state is as thick with de tectlves as a honeycomb Is of honey, and all are claiming the credit of the arrests that have been made. Boise is the head quarters of all the sleuths and they arc all anxious to break into print- Every stranger that arrives Js shadowed until his business is known, and the thing lias been carried on until It becomes a. farce. Captain Swain, of the Thlel agency, de clared today that he would not allow the Pinkertons to claim all the credit. He says he is the one who named all of the men under arrest, and, unlike Major McParland, strictly maintained the oath of secrecy to which all of the detectives were pledged when they began on the case. McParland's admission and then his denial of Orchard's confession, ac cording to tills detective, was done for the purpose of giving McParland's agency credit for all of the work. Looking; for the Confession. Major McParland will be here in the morning and the merry war will wax warm. It is bfelieved'that his arrival will Vats' Mcv Is UMi View 71 CW Lkr 03 Emdiien "Par EsuJUxcr Mmk Both for the Run- Down Body ytm The pale cheek and lusteriess eye indicate lose oiooa tone and irrroaired vitality, lack of HEALTH VIGOR. 0Z01ULSI0N sbtiMmCiter By feeding a system which cannot be nourished by tne iood ot tne day. Your First pottle will be your first step on tne road to health. No better food known for pale children, overexerted young wom en and nursing- mothers. Beneficial Results are Obtained after the First Dose. Tfcere are two ike S-or. asd IS-oc Bottlcjj tie Penan! It printed ia 7 licrsirM on each. Ozomulsiok Laboratories M Pine St., New York. mean the story of Orchard's confession in Its entirety. Governor Gooding has been holding back the statement which he promised to the press, but unless signs tail tne details or tne concession will be out before his statement Is ready. The other Incident -which gave the sleuths and the town gossips a chance to wag their tongues was an encounter between Sheriff A. Souther land, of Sho shone County, a man who has been active against the men belonging to the feder ation since 1SS2, and a local attorney named T. J. Jones. Sheriff Snubbed by Attorney. Sheriff South erland was in tho lobby of the Idanha Hotel this afternoon talking with some friends. One of tho group knew Jones and as he stepped up he started to Introduce him to Sheriff South erland. When the Sherlfi extended, his hand Jones turned his back upon him and refused to shake hands and made some remark about not wishing to meet a man who would arrest innocent men. The insult almost precipitated a fight. It was afterwards learned that the at torney was In sympathy with the Miners' Union. OF THE PLOT ORCHARD SPENT SOME TttEE 2XUXTIXG WITH SIMPKIXS. Members of Federation or Miners Paid Visit to Coeur tT Alcne District Last December. DENVER. Feb. 22. The additional uctails of the case against the officers of the Western Federation of Miners, now imprisoned in Idaho, were pub lished by the Denver Post today: Charles H. Moyer. William D. Hav wood and George A. Pettibonc planned the assassination of ex-Governor Frank J. Steuncnbcrg, of Idaho. In Denver last Summer, according to the detec tives who have worked up tho case against the Western Federation of Min ers' lenders. The actual details of the assassination, they say, were worked out by Harry Orchard and I. J. Simp kins, the latter a member of the execu tive board of the Federation, living at Wardncr, Idaho. In his confession. Orchard is said to have admitted that he spent three weeks In last October with Slmpklns, hunting and Jlsninjr on the latter's tim ber claim on the Upper St. Joe River, In Northern Idaho. Orchard also con fessed, they declare, that during De cember he visited Vincent St. John, president of the Burke Miners' Union, at Burke. Idaho. Orchard declares that St. John and Slmpklns spent a week together shortly before the assassina tion of cx-Govcrnor Stcuncnberg, and that the plans for the murder were perfected by them. In his confession, it Is said. Orchard admits that he actually placed the bomb, but that he was assisted by Stephen Adams, alias Stephen Dickson. All the men wanted are now under ar rest, with the exception of L. J. Slmp klns. alias J. Simmons, who Is being searched for in the neighborhood of Haines. Or., and for whom a reward of S10U0 has been offered by Governor Frank B. Gooding, of Idaho. Informa tion reached the detective agency today that Slmpklns arrest can be expected hourly. The detectives say they are able to prove that during the Fall and imme diately preceding the meeting of the executive board of tne Western Feder ation of Miners, which took plucc in the Pioneer building. In this city, in the middle of December, several mem bers of the beard visited the Coeur d'Alcnc district In Idaho. At that time the members of the executive board gave it out that their visit was for the purpose of familiarizing themselves with the district, for the purpose of placing the Federation on Its feet again. This, the detectives declare, was nothing but a- blind, the real pur pose being the perfecting of plans for the Stcuncnberg assassination. The detectives, while not being able to find whether President Moyer was in the northern district of Idaho at that time, declare they have conclusive proof that President Moyer met Exec utive Committeeman Slmpklns in Southern Idaho and traveled with him to the meeting In Denver. Orchard left the Coeur d'Alcnc district about that time, and there Is evidence at hand. It Is said, to show that he was In Denver at the meeting of the execu tive board. After the meeting Orchard and Simp- kins left Denver, going to Salt Lake. They remained tnere only a day or two, traveling together to Caldwell, ar riving there about a week before the assassination. Letter Counseling Assassination. BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 22. Governor Good ing and J. H- Hawley deny the story minted in an afternoon paper that a let ter from officials of the Western Federa tion of Miners counseling the assasslna tion of ex-Governor Steuncnberg Is In the hands of the authorities- It seems prob able, however, that a letter considered of Importance has been found. This letter, written at the headquarters of the Western Federation of Miners at Denver, It is stated, was addressed to a member of the Federation in Sliver City. Idaho, but he did not call for It and the detectives secured the missive. It is stated that this letter directed the assassination of Etcuncnberg. and as an encouragement to the act referred to other crimes which had been committed and the perpetrators of which had escaped punishment. The name of the person to whom the letter was addressed Is with held. The prisoners, Moyer, Haywood and Pet- I A Few Days Ago, Delaying- the Big: Sale Already Well Known as "THE WOMAN'S BONANZA" The explosion occurred just as stock taking had ' heen completed, and A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE WE BEGAN TO MARK DOWN THE PRICES HERETOFORE ASKED for this high-grade fine of Ladies' IHirnisliings, known to he superior to any similar stock carried by any merchant in this great State of Oregon. The Direct Cause of this Explosion of High Prices Was our determination to APPEAL TO OREGON'S BEAUTIFUL AND GENTLE WOMEN with the lowest prices ever asked for such high-grade goods. As every article has to he remarked, including millions of skeins of silk, wool, etc., it is a great credit to our large force of extra employees to he ahle to ; say that The Sale Will Positively Open in a Few Days "THE WOMAN'S BONANZA" AND A BONANZA FOR WOMEN BOSTON CASH BUYERS' ASSOCIATION, 341 Washington Street, Cor. Seventh tibone, are confined In separate cells. They are permitted to have books, but no newspapers: and they are allowed to con sult together once each day In the pres ence of officers. Scores Counsel for Federation. DENVER. Colo.. Fcb.L Justice Luther M. Goddard, of the Supreme Court of Col orado, severely criticised Attorneys Rich ardson and Hawkins, at the annual ban quet of the Denver Bar Association, last night, for giving their aid to Moyer. Hay wood and other Western Federation of Miners officials. Goddard was one of the prominent men marked for destruction, according to Or chard's confession, and a bomb was found near his front gate a week ago. Xo Trace of Slmpklns. BAKER CITY, Or., Feb. 22. Slmpklns. Implicated Jn the Steunenberg .murder, supposed to be In the vicinity of Haines, had not been arrested up to midnight, so far as the authorities know. He is said to have passed through here Saturday from the Bourne mining camp, and to have gone west. It Is supposed he has gone into the mines in the Rock Creek district. Others say he struck out for Spokane and British Columbia. It is asserted that while at Bourne Slmp klns received moneys from the local union, forwarded by the Western Federation, at the rate of J1C0 per month. There are a number of detectives In the vicinity work ing on the case. IX SYMPATHY WITH ACCUSED J. D. Murphy Urges Iabor Union Men to Assist Federation Officials. J. D. Murphy, an old-time railway man. Is heartily In sympathy with the officials of the Western Federation ot Miners, who have been taken to Idaho charged with complicity in the murder of ex Governor Stcunenberg. Mr. Murphy Is emphatic In his statement that he "does not believe that the men implicated are guilty, and does not hesitate to say that in his belief the arrest is a put-up Job on the part ot Detective McParland and his employers, to give the labor cause a fclack eye. Murphy proposes to agitate a movement for the purpose of raising funds from the union men of this city to assist the federation officials In their hour ot need. He believes that the unions of this city could further the cause of labor by holding a mass meeting at which funds could be raised by subscription for the purpose of assisting In defraying the costs of the trial of Messrs Moyer. Haywood and Pettibone. who. he con siders, are Innocent of any knowledge of the crime for which they are on trial, and Jays the whole trouble to the doors of the Pinkertons and the mlncowncrs. who are anxious to disparage union labor organizations. -i Mr. Murphy yesterday made this state ment: "These men. Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone arc no more guilty of the Steuncnberg murder than I am. and I do not believe thai they had the slightest Inkling of the affair. I wish to appeal to all labor unions of Portland to arrange a mass meeting for some date In the near future, and put forth every nerve In their power to assist the men who are in trouble at Boise." BIG ENGINE RUNS WILD. Wrecks Mall Car on O. IT. & X. and Injures Several People. SPOKANE. Feb. 22. One of the mon ster freight engines, or the Great Northern, on a wild dash from Hlllyard, crashed Into the O. R. &. N. passenger train from Pendleton tonight, at the transfer junction In Spokane. J. F. Hathaway, express messenger; Zachary Taylor, transfer agent at the junction, and Miss Daisy Robinson were serious ly hurt. The engine hit the baggage-car al most In the center and tore it from the mallear, carrying- a portion of that car with it. Carrying" the car on Its pilot, the wild engine brushed the transfer station over, tore up the plat form, and brought up 100 yards away. 3IalI-CarrIcrs Discuss the Hoads. ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 22. The rural mail carriers of Linn and Benton Counties met In convention here this afternoon. Good roads was the principal subject of dis cussion. About 25 carriers from the various towns, including several officers of the state association, were present. Indian Shoots at Ghouls. VICTORIA. B. a. Feb. 22. The steamer Venture, which arrived at Nanaimo to night from Port Easington, reports that the Indians arc up in arms, because of THIS BOMB EXPLODED AT P. . BR1GHAM STORE the looting of the Indian graves., pre sumably by curio collectors seeking In dian relics buried with the dead own ers. Last Saturday an Indian guard fired many shots at unknown men found in the cemetery, without wounding any, how ever. Will Increase Business. CENTRALJA, Wash.. Feb. 22. (Spe cial. Centralia is soon to have another large Industry added to the payroll of the city. Frank D. Harm, who has been engaged in the manufacture of sashes and doors on a small scale for the past six years in Centralia. has been per suaded to enlarge his plant and start the manufacture of doors and window sashes on a larger scale. Planning: for Y. M. C. A. NORTH YAKIMA. TVash.. Feb. 22. (Special.) The committee of business men on the Y. M. C. A. building have completed plans and will at once begin to raise 523, COO for the new building for this place. Work Is expected to be com menced In the Spring. Bccktvith Gets the Nomination. VICTORIA. B. C. Feb. 22. Ex"-Alderman John L. Beck with was nominated to night at a conservative caucus. Knocked Out for Six Weeks. NEW YORK. Feb. 22. Coroner Ac ritelll discovered yesterday a man who h'ts been unconscious since Janu ary 2, after being beaten almost to death in a street fight. The man is August Kreth, part owner of a down town saloon. On January 2. after celebrating the New Year the night before, Kreth and William Ash, a plumber known as CHAINED TO A CORPSE. Doleful rtmUhmrnt of the Ancient Dupli cated In Oar Modem Ufe. The Romans used to punish a murderer by chaining to his body the corpse of hi? victim. Wherever he went he dragged behind him the debris of his crime, the sleazy cadaver, revolting thing that was once a man. Every day you sec people dragging around with them the corpse of their sins. They can't get away from them. And many ot them have become so inti mate with these corpses that they be come corpses themselves. The misery of these poor unfortunates has become con stitutional with them. It tits them like an old shoe. They have become accus tomed to it. And there are thousands of humans who are walking the earth today with corpses attached to them dyspeptic stomachs they can't get rid of. They have to get along the best they can with the stom achs they have. And the owners of said dyspeptic stomachs are to be found In every walk in life, suffering from some form of Indigestion, first cousin to dys pepsia. They wear that forlorn appearance, their energy is at zero, nothing interests them, and they Interest no one, their faces arc shrunk, their nerves are wilted and their shoulders sag. Are you one of the myriads who dandle and gratify their palates at the sacrifice of their stomachs? Are you one of those who allow their senses to run riot, eating too much, drink ing too much, eating at the wrong time, eating the half-cooked, the queer and the impossible? Are you bloated after eating, and im agine that it Is your food that fills you? Do you have nausea when you look upon this or that, rebel at one thing and be hungry for it, too. at the same time? And have you got a whole lot of other things the matter with your stomach that you know about but nobody else does, and can't explain? If so. you have dyspep sia, real dyspepsia. And the chances are you have had it a lonp time. Your stomach Is overworked, abused, fagged out. The gastric and digestive juices are weak, the muscles of the stom ach are Jaded, and the whole business needs new life. It needs something which will take hold, of the food as it comes In and do the digesting, and let your stom ach take a rest. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets .do that very thlng. They contain a most powerful in gredient which helps the stomach in tho process of digestion, cures dyspepsia, sour stomach, indigestion, heartburn, eructa tions, acidity or fermentation. They In vigorate the stomach, increase the flow of gastric juice, and do two-thirds of what the stomach would have to do without them. That gives the stomach some rest and a chance to get right again. You will feci the change first In your mind and heart and then over your whole body. Youll feel rosy and sweet. That's the qbject. You can get these effective little tablets almost anywhere on earth for 50c. a package. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is the name. THE "Red Shirt," it is charged, fought in front of the saloon. Kreth was car ried home unconscious by friends. Ash was arrested and committed to the Tombs without bail to await the result of the saloonkeeper's Injuries. You Must Sleep. If you cannot, it is due to an irritated or congested state of the brain, which wiil soon de velope into nervous prostration. Nature demands sleep, and it is as important as food r it is a part of her building1 and sustaining process. This period of unconsciousness relaxes the mental and physical strain, and allows nature to restore ex hausted vitality. Dr. Miles' Nervine bringi refreshing sleep, because it soothes the irritation and re moves the congestion. It is also a nerve builder; it nourishes and strengthens ev ery nerve in your body, and creates energy in all the organs. Nothing will give strength and vitality as surely and quickly as Dr. Miles' Nervine. 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