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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MAT 28, 1906. 3 GAS TRUST FIGHTS TaRTWEHTYGEHTS Injunction Secured That Will Tie Up Millions in a Rockefeller Bank. LAW PUTS PRICE AT 80c Attempt Will Bo Made to Collect $1 and It Is Expected, In the Ten ement District, at Any Kate, There Will Be Trouble. NEW YORK. May 27. (Special.) A unique struggle between the citizens of New York and the Consolidated Gaa Com pany, the Mutual Gas, and the New Am sterdam Gas, and others, which, while technically separate companies, are all controlled by the same persons. Is sched uled to begin on the first of next month. By the edict of the State Gas Commission and likewise by law enacted by the Legis lature, the price of gas on and after May 1. Is SO cents throughout Greater New York, except in certain specified rural sections. The gas trust, of course, is fighting this, and has secured a ruling from United States Circuit Judge Lacombe allowing them to charge $1 a thousand cubic feet (the old rate) until he can pass upon their application for an Injunction, pending le gal elTorts to test the constitutionality of the law. Disputed Money Flaced In Bank. It Is provided, however, that the extra 20 cents shall not be retained toy the gas company, but turnad over to the courts, which will put the money out at Interest, and when the matter Is finally decided turn It over either to the gas trust or the consumer. Corporation Counsel John J. Delaney made the next move by pointing out that the decision did not bind the consumers individually, and they would be within their rights If they refused to pay more than 80 cents, while the corporation would render Itself liable If It turned off the gas while a legal rate was In effect. Then he added that the only recourse of the gas trust would be to bring individual suits against each of the 800,000-odd consumers. United States Judge Lacombe replied to this by enjoining the gas trust from taking 80-cent rate. This order was ob tained at the request of the Central Trust Company, which, like the Consolidated Gas Company, is owned and controlled by the Rockefeller-Ryan interests. Trust Threatens Consumers. Following close upon the heels of this court order came the arrogant warning "Tfm.i the .T3Uartei-a--w-tnb ,tir. that if the people do not pay the rate their meters will be taken out and the gas supply cut oft. The suit in which this broad restraining order was granted was brought by the Central Trust Company against the New Amsterdam Gas Company, as owners of the bonds of that subsidiary company to the Consolidated Gas Company. The order granted contains all the pro visions originally decreed by Judge La combe, but in addition to enjoining the Attornejr-General, the District Attorney and the State Gas Commission from en forcing the penalties provided In the Page SO-cent gas law. It also restrains the New Amsterdam Gas Company from ac cepting 80 cents per thousand for its gaa or any rate less than that In force on May 1. The Citizens Central National Bank has been designated as the repository for the money held up. This is strictly a Rocke feller institution, and is managed by the tools of the oil and the gas trusts. Courts Move Very Slowly. Judge Lacombe has promised to render a decision on the application for a tem porary injunction June 4. The general belief is that It .will be granted. In such a case the state officials who are made defendants will appeal to the United States Supreme Court to have the in junction dissolved. If the relief Is granted in the highest court the money will be distributed among the people. The gas companies' complaint alleges that the Page law deprives the com panies, their stockholders and bond, holders of their property rights without due process of law, in forcing them to make and sell gas at a loss, "all of which Is In direct contravention of the rights guaranteed citizens under the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution." Should Judge Lacombe uphold the gas trust, it is not likely that relief can be obtained from the United States Supreme Court before October at the earliest, as the Judicial vacation season is almost here, and many persons do not expect a decision for a year or longer. In such a case millions of the people's money will be tied up in a Rockefeller bank. Immense Sum Will Be Tied Vp. The Consolidated Gas Company has, in round numbers, 400.000 customers, and officials of the corporations estimate that the average bill of a consumer Is J2.75, or a total of Jl.100,000 a month. The two other subsidiary companies, the Mutual and the New Amsterdam, have Jointly about 4X),0P0 subscribers, at the same rate. These companies therefore collect J2, 100.000 of the people's money each month, and one-fifth of this, or J440.000. will be tied up each month, pending final court action. If the litigation drags along for a year, Special Master Shields, who has charge of the fund, will have J5.2SO.000 under his control. In the meantime the gas trust is pre paring for a lively siege when Its bill col lectors go around on the first of June. Everybody In New York knows that the W cent rate took effect May 1, and many of them cannot realize why they should pay more. In the tenement districts there are likely to be battles between tenants and agents, and that the situation is re garded as serious Is shown by the fact that within the past three weeks over 40 of the bill collectors of the gas trust have resigned, their resignations to take effect Immediately. "The Job is bad enough under the best of circumstancea," said John Henderson, EVENTS OF THE COMING WEEK New Queen for 8paln. Spain will be given a new Queen on Thursday, when PrlncMs Ena of Bat ten berg-, niece of King Edward of Eos land, will ba married to Kins Alfonso of Spain. The ceremony will take tlace in the old church of San Oe ronimo. In Madrid, and the ceremo nies and fete will occupy all of thla week and until June 8. International Arbitration Conference. At the 12th annual meeting of the Lake Mohonk conference on interna tional arbitration, which will be held at Lake Mohonk. N. T., May SO to June 1. Colonel John W. Foster. ex Secretary of State, will preside, and addresses will be made by Congress man Bartholdt. of Missouri: Cardinal Gibbons, Clifton R. Breckenrldsre, Ben jamin F. Trueblood and others. The Hague conference, the Rio Janeiro con ference and topics of a like nature will be discussed. Among- others who will .participate are Edward Everett Hale, President Eliot, of Harvard; Justice Brewer, of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Senator Heyburn. of Idaho. Fila-rims' Dinner in London. Bishop Potter, of New York, will be the guest of honor at the Pilgrims" dinner- In London on Tuesday evening-. Federation of Men's Clubs. The National Convention of the American Federation of Men's Clubs will be held in St. Paul, May 31 to June 7. one of these men, today, "but I am not going to run the risk of being killed next month. "Everybody is figuring on an 80-cent rate. My district was down in the East Sl-de tenement section, and I never could explain to those people why they should pay 20 cents a thousand more than the law allows. "We are regarded as robbers anyway, but this would simply be rubbing it in. A lot of the boys are sure to be beaten up, and I am getting out before the battle begins." The next week or 10 days promises to develop some excitement for Jaded New Yorkers. And in the meantime John D. Rockefeller Is preparing to make his first trip to Europe. Order Forbidding Removal of Meter. Pending the hearing Bet by Judge La Combe for June 4 on the constitutionality of the 80-cent gas law. Justice Blschoff has Issued a temporary order restrain ing the gas company from taking out the meter from the house of A. R. Cross man, who had refused to pay the dollar rate. HONOLULU 111 QUARANTINE DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED FROM BUBONIC PLAGUE. Cases Have Been. Confined Almost Entirely to Crowded Quarters of Chinese and Japanese. HONOLVTA7, May 18. (Special Corr. sponaence.) Tho exact conditions con cerning the bubonic plague, for which the Federal authorities have placed Hono lulu under quarantine, are not generally understood by the residents of this city, and as a result of the refusal of the local papers to publish the details there are various wild rumors afloat. The quaran tine regulations governing the case are not strict, however, and this is taken as an indication that the Federal authorities are not uneasy concerning the possible spread of the disease. Cases of plague have been in existence here almost constantly since the first ap pearance of the disease here some 'yeans ago, but no attention was paid to it until the number of cases suddenly Increased and a few deaths occurred. The cases are confined almost entirely to a half block In the Chinese and Japanese quar ters, and the houses in that locality have been thoroughly fumigated, while about 75 Chinese, Japanese and natives of the lower class are put in a secluded place under guard. So accustomed have the people of Honolulu become to the pres ence of the disease that they look upon the quarantine as a useless precaution. First-class passengers arriving on ships are permitted to land and go about the city without restriction, returning to their respective vessels end continuing their Journey to other ports. But second-cabin passengers and steerage passengers are forced to remain on the vessel, unless this port is their destination. Any person can buy a first-class ticket for a steamer snd go aboard without question, but people without tickets are not permitted to go aboard vessels bound for the American coast. Other than first-class passengers must go in quarantine a few days be fore departing for the mainland. Commerce and local business are not disturbed by the plague scare. People are permitted to go to any part of the city at all times without restriction. FOOTPADS ARE ABROAD Hold Up Frank Blsbrow on Twen tieth Street. Frank Blsbrow of 6S5 Twentieth street was held up and robbed by two masked highwaymen at Twenty-first and Karl streets at 11 o'clock last night and was compelled at the muzzles of two re volvers to hand over to the highwaymen J3.65. Blsbrow had Just alighted from a streetcar and was going toward his home when two masked men stepped from behind a tree and ordered him to throw up his hands. With a revolver pressed against each side of his head the young man was compelled to sub mit to being searched. The highwaymen took his money and ordered him to move on. Blsbrow ran to a nearby house and re ported his experience. The police were notified and detectives were sent out to investigate. EXCURSION RATES EAST On June 4, S. ", 23 and 25. and various other dates during the Summer, the Cana dian Pacific will sell round-trip excursion tickets to Eastern terminals at one first class fare, plus 110. For full particulars caU on or address F. R Johnson. F. & P. A., 142 Third street. Portland. Or. Commission Will Work In Paris. MADRID, May 27. The French, Aus trian and German representatives hav ing in charge the drawing up of the regulations for the Moroccan State Bank met here today and decided to finish their work In Paris. Several members of the commission have start ed for that city. Hood's 8arsapartlla is peculiar to Itself in merit and curative power. Take only Hood's. DAY WAS VERY DRY Louisville Saloons and Places of Amusement Closed. BALL PLAYERS ARRESTED State and City Authorities Combine Their Efforts to Put the Lid Down Hard in Leading Kentucky City. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. May 27. Scores of corner pumps with the handles removed and signs derisively announcing, "Closed; it's sinful to drink on Sunday," brought home to early-rising householders the fact that Louisville, Ky., was for the first time In many years dry as Tophet. As the day wore on, it was seen that the state and city authorities were In dead earnest about putting on the lid. The streets and cars were filled with aimless Sabbath loungers, drifting from one point to another, vainly seeking the amusements to which they have been ac customed. The absent-minded ones were easily discernible by the growth of beard, which they had expected to have re moved, not thinking to find the barber shops closed. Every place in Louisville and Jefferson County where intoxicants are sold was, with one exception, closed tight. The ex ception was a park conducted by a He brew, who observed Saturday as the Sab bath. He was arrested and will be tried. but was allowed to continue selling throughout the day, doing a roaring busi ness as the news spread. Four other places where liquor is sold had been designated by the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association to test the law. The proprietors of these were not arrested. but their places were kept closed there after. Besides the saloons, all barber shops, bowling alleys, billiard halls, thea ters, grocery stores, and in fact every thing except hotels, drug stores and rail road and street-car lines were closed. Two free "sacred concerts" at the largest amusement parks in Jefferson County, were not molested, but none of the em ployes was permitted to work. The ball park was crowded with spec tators when the game between Louisville and Toledo was called, but after half an inning had been played the police arrested President Tebeau and Grlllo and all the players and employes. Although the bond was promptly given, the park was or dered closed and resumption of play was not permitted. The validity of the statutes and ordi nances under which the arrests were made will be thoroughly tested in the courts, but the authorities declare that in the meantime all places coming under the provision of the laws will be kept tightly closed. KOKOMO READY TO RELAX. Objects to Strict Closing Imposed by Saloon Interests. KOKOMO, May 27. Two puritanical Sundays were enough for Kokomo. This morning every drug store, restaurant, ice cream booth, news stand and cigar shop was opened for business and remained open all day. Constable Welty arrested 14 shopkeepers, each giving bond and remaining open. The Sunday closing crusade is backed by the saloons, which were closed sev eral weeks ago. WIFE WAS KILLED FIRST Husband Found With Head Torn From Body by Gunshot. CANON CITY, Colo., May 27. The sound of two shots emanating from the home of W.. C. Baldwin has caused an Investigation, resulting in finding the dead bodies of Baldwin and his wife. The body of Baldwin was lying on the floor. the head blown from the trunk. A shot gun was lying nearby. The wife s dead body was standing nearby upright against the wall, the head shattered by the gun shot wounds. The couple were married two months ago against parental objec tion. A Coroner's investigation will be held to determine the nature of the tragedy. It is reported that a relative of the woman was seen near the Baldwin home shortly before the shots were heard. FIGHT OF INDEPENDENTS Ohio OH Men Will Call on Railroads for Square Deal. CLEVELAND, O., May 27. The Leader tomorrow will say: ' "Independent oil men will call upon the railroads this week to correct the rate discrimination disclosed at last week's session of the Interstate Commerce Com mission in this city. "It will be the first formal notice of the independent oil men's determination to make a relentless fight to obtain a 'square deal' from the railroads. "The fight in Ohio and the eastern part of the country will be carried on through the National Petroleum Association, while a similar association will attend to the western end." The Bird With a Bell Voice. . Exchange. "When traveling in the forests of Gui ana and Paraguay, it is not uncommon to meet with a bird whose music great ly resembles that of an Angelus bell when heard from a distance. The Span lards call this singular bird a bellrlnger, though It may be still more appropri ately designated as the Angelus bird, for, like the Angelus bell, it Is heard three times a day, morning, noon and night. Its song, which defies all description, consists of sounds like the strokes of a bell, succeeding one another every two or three minutes, s clearly and in such a resonant manner, that the listener, if a stranger, imagines himself to be near a chapel or convent. But it turns out that the forest is the chapel, and the bell a bird. . The beauty of the Angelus bird is equal to his talent; he is as large as 'a Jay, and as white as snow, besides be ing graceful in form and swift in mo tion. But the most curious ornament of the Angelus bird is the tuft of black, arched feathers on its beautiful head: it is of conical shape and about four inches in length. Whooping- Cough. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy in my family in cases of whooping cough, and want to tell you that it Is the best medicine I have ever used." W. F. Gaston, Posco, Ga. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy loosens the cough, liquifies the tough mucus, making it easier to expec torate, and renders the paroxysms of coughing less frequent and less severe. As it contains no harmful drug it may be given to the smallest child with perfect confidence. For sale by all druggists. All Goods Pur chased on Credit Today Charged on Jane Account .Annual June White Carnival Everything White ALL LINENS AT CUT PRICES $1.25 Crochet Bedspreads. 90 I 25c Huck Towels 17 $1.25 Linen Damask, yd. .90 25c Bath Towels 17 $3.50 Napkins to match, 2.75 I 50c Linen Squares 290 18x50-inch Linen Scarfs, reg. 50c, for 29 36-INCH WINDSOR WHITE SUITING Soft, medium weight, 17c value, yd 140 30c White Duck, yd. 22 1-20 I 18c Long Cloth, yd 150 25c White Percale, yd 180 I 15c Canvas Cloth, yd 120 32-inch White Linen Finish Waisting, 20c value 180 PURE LINEN KERCHIEFS AT NEARLY HALF PRICE. READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS White, Hand-Embroidered Lingerie Waists at One-Fourth Off. $3.50 White Union Linen Walking Skirts... S2.78 $15 White Coat Suits for. .v $11.75 $3 White Silk Waists for. ...... . $2.25 $7.50 White Silk Petticoats for...'. $4.35 DEEP PRICE-CUTTING ON LACE ' CURTAINS. BIG MUSIC HITS FOR 15c Let Me See You Smile. Moving Day. Cheyenne. Moon Winks. Tammany. Chicken Charlie. Carbolic Acid Rag. What the Daisies Said. WHITE WASH BELTS Special Values at 250, 350, 500, 750, $1.25 and $1.50. BIG SAVINGS ON WHITE WASH GOODS 25c Sheer, India Linen 190 f 35c Sheer Persian Lawn. -.270 50c Lingerie Perline Lawn.390 I 20c yard Dotted Swiss... 160 15c Linine Suitings and Blousings, yd 120 ' boxd paper and envelopes 15c Fine Glazed Cream Paper, box 80 25c India Lawn, very popular, box 121-20 50c and 60c Best Quality Papers, box. . . 250 TAUGHT By DEBATE Speeches on Rate Bill Influ enced Many Votes. SENATE DOES GOOD WORK Measure Railroaded Through House Perfected There Brand Aldrlch as Railroad Senator La FoIIette Makes Failure. ' OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. May 27. Probably never before In the history of the United States Sen ate has a protracted debate had as much effect upon the pending legislation as did the recent discussion of the railroad rate bllL It Is a common saying- In "Washington that no man's vote Is ever changed by debate, and usually this is true. On such measures as the ship, sub sidy joint statehood, the tariff, etc.. prac tically every Senator and every Repre sentative comes to Washington with his mind made up; he knows how he will vote, and the debates do not Interest him. But not so with the railroad rate bill. There are many reasons why this Is an exception to the rule. To begin with, every member of either House who was not a tool In the hands of some railroad corporation was convinced that some sort of rate bill should be passed. But there was no unanimity of opinion as to what kind of bill would be most ef fective. The question of regulating rail road rates, as- Important a problem as Congress ever had to solve, was out of the general run of topics. Very few men in Congress had any practical idea of hosr railroads are operated and how rates are fixed. It was necessary for earnest members to study up on the sub ject; It was Incumbent on the Interstate commerce committees to hold elaborate hearings to get a thorough understanding of the question. Speeches Instruct Senators. After exhaustive hearings m Senate and House committees, the rate bill came up for general discussion. The debates were led by members of the committees, who had had more opportunity to get at the facts than those who had not attended the hearings. Naturally the debates were Instructive and many prominent men of the Senate gathered Important facts dur ing some of the leading speeches, which later aided them in forming their opin ions. The debate in the Senate was largely educational that part which was not devoted - to dry constitutional ques tions. It Is seldom that Congress Is called upon to legislate on a question that Is entirely new to practically Its entire membership. The bill was put through the House as a committee bllL There was no cam paign of education In that body, though the House committee went Into the sub ject thoroughly. Tet the hill which that committee framed and wmcn me uouse PORTLAND'S MOST T his is val passed without free discussion was found faulty In many particulars when it reached the Senate. The House had no opportunity to perfect a bill that would meet with the approval of a majority of Its members. A special rule was brought In and the House had the op tion of accepting the committee bill or passing none at all. Popular demand for a rate bill was so great that the House would not reject the committee bill, es pecially when It was known that It would be materially altered by the Senate. For this reason the debate In the House was identical with the discussion by that body of every other great problem. Mem bers could speak as they saw fit, but they could not vote as they might de sire. They had to choose between two propositions. How many votes were made and lost by the debate in the Senate will never be known. When the bill was turned over to Senator Tillman, many members- of the committee had not satisfied themselves as to what changes should be made; this was one reason the bill was reported without amendment. Then as the debate progressed and one feature after another was discussed at length, pro and con, opinion began to crystallize, and the re sult was the final adoption of a bill con ceded by every one to be a great im provement on the original Hepburn bill. Rout of the Democrats. But the debate was productive of other good results, and it has done much to show the country the true Inwardness of some men In publlo life. . The greatest political feat accomplished In connection with the passage of the bill was the utter rout of the Senate Democrats by Presi dent Roosevelt. At one time the situa tion was such the the President found It necessary to secure Democratic votes In order to head off a victory by Senator Aldrlch and his allies, known collectively as the railroad Senators. The Democrats proceeded to make valuable capital out of their supposed alliance with the Presi dent, and were proclaiming to the coun try that an effective rate bill could not be passed except by Democratic votes. It Is true, this situation was annoying and dis comforting to the President, for although his prime desire was to secure an effective bill, he did not like the prospect of being compelled to solicit Democratic votes in order to overcome the "railroad Sena tors," mostly within his own party. But the Allison amendment proved to be the key to the situation, and, when it was proposed, practically, all Republicans fell In line, leaving Mr. Aldrlch with a mere handful, hardly enough to make a re spectable rear guard. Then It was that Mr. Aldrlch came Into the President's camp rather than remain on the field of battle to suffer overwhelming defeat. Puts Brand on Aldrlch. Another striking accomplishment of the rate discussion In the Senate was the branding of Mr. Aldrlch as the leader of the "railroad Senators." Through all his career he has been under suspicion on ac count of his eternal friendliness towards the big corporations. But never until the rate debate opened was he publicly charged on the floor of the Senate with being a corporation man. Time and again he was branded as a "railroad Senator" and each time he vigorously denied it, but his denial did not carry conviction. His whole campaign had been In the Interest of the railroads as against the Interests of the public and, when the bill finally passed the Senate. Mr. Aldrlch wore a brand that he will never again be able to hide. He will never live down the reputation of being a corporation Sena tor. Senator La Folletts cams in for a share REPUTABLE STORE the first day of the greatest White Carni- that Portland has ever seen. It will be emphatically a sale of genuine bargainsaiming not merely at cheapness, but at the broader virtue of value. Every article bears the stamp of beauty, refinement, high quality of materials and careful selection of patterns. These first; but low prices' always often lower prices than are quoted else where on the cheap, skimpy merchandise that makes possible other white sale bargains. at a Big JUNE WHITE SALE OF SILKS COLORS WHITE AND CREAM. 60c Jap. Silk, yd 470 85c Jap. Silk, yd 750 $1.00 Jap. Silk, yd 87 $1.25 Jap. Silk, yd $1.10 19-inch White and Cream Taffeta, SENSATIONAL 12 l-2c Wash Laces, yd $2 Allover Laces, yd. . . $3.25 Allovers at, yd. . . ....70 $1.19 $1.98 SALE OF MATCHED EMBROIDERY SETS 35c Embroid'y Insertions. 140 I 35c Embroideries, yd 140 75c Embroideries for, yd.. 250 50c Embroideries, yd 180 LINEN PARASOLS FOR JUNE DAYS Reduced prices ; 900 to $2.70 SPECIAL REDUCTIONS IN DRESS GOODS Celebrated B. D. A. Black and Creme Mohairs 50c quality, 440; 75c quality, 690; $1 quality, 850; $1.25 quality, 980; $1.50 quality, $1.19; $2 quality, $1.49; $1.25 Gray Panamas, 980 yard. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Corset Covers, 29c, 39c, 49c, 59c, 69c, 85c, $1.10, $1.25 to $2.98 and up. Chemises, 42c, 59c, 69c, 85c, $1.10, $1.45, $1.65, $2.10, $2.98 to $5.10. Long White Skirts, 85c, $1.10, $1.25, $1.45, $1.65, $1.85, $2.10, $2.49, $2.98, $3.19, $3.79, $3.98, $5.10, $6.40 up to $18.30. Gowns, 85c, 98c, $1.10, $1.25, $1.45, $1.65, $1.85, $2.10, $2.49, $2.98, $3.59, $3.98, $4.50 up to $14.85 each. ' Drawers, 25c, 29c, 39c, 49c, 59c, 69c, 85c, $1.98, $2.10 up to $3.49. Combination Chemises, 85c, $1.10. $1.25, $1.45, $1.65 up to $5.10. French Lingerie and Infants' Wear at tremendous reductions. of the limelight during the recent rate debate, and he emerged in almost as bad shape as Mr. Aldrlch. He does not wear the corporation brand, but he has estab lished a reputation for bad Judgment at the very outset of his Senatorial career he will probably never live down. He is like every other reformer; he overesti mates the importance of his own opin ions and underrates the opinions of older and wiser men. Mr. La Follette jumped Into the debate with the air of a man who understood the whole question, and deported himself throughout as one whose knowledge was superior to that of every other Senator. The result was that he had slim audiences on the floor, though well-filled galleries always listened to his talks. When it came to voting on the bill, every amendment proposed by Mr. t 1 1 - . .., .F,.l.d Anmn flnrt hv the Xjt fuiiciio " "-n uu..u, ... j j Republicans and later by the combined vote of Republicans and Democrats. As ) a result or nis periormnuuBH, no mmo himself today a man without a party. The Republicans have unloaded him and the Democrats will not permit nim to en--ter their ranks. He made the mistake of believing that he would be as big a man In the Senate as he was In Wisconsin, but, like others who came here with sim ilar Ideas he made a mistake. Frater Released for Ten Days. In the United States District Court Sat urday morning Judge Wolverton made an order directing that William A. Fra ter, the convicted ex-postmaster of Rose burg, Or., should be permitted to go on his own recognizance for ten days pend ing the application of C. M. Idleman, his attorney, for a new trial. Mr. Idleman guaranteed the appearance of the defend ant at the expiration of the time' speci fied. Pests Threaten Valley 'Wheat. SALEM, Or., May 27. (Special.) Since the last crop report from this county a complaint has come from several localities that wheat has been seriously attacked by aphis and the Hessian fly. which are beginning to threaten the crop by their ravages. It Is . not yet known how widespread this attack is, but several farmers are complaining. Maharajah Seeing the Sights. WASHINGTON, May 27. The Mahara jah Gaekwar of Baroda today continued his visits to places of Interest. He Is accompanied by his wife and brother, and made a trip In automobiles to the city reform school, the Maryland Agri cultural College, and a fish hatchery some miles out of town, in which the Juwnw 111 rmttan. Coupon Free Yellowstone Park Trip (NATION'S WONDERLAND) ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER. THROUGH BOISE AND . SALT LAKE. VIA O. R. & N. One Vote for. . . THIS COUPON MUST BE VOTED ON OR . BEFORE JUNE 1, 1906 Everything White' Slashlngly Reduced in Price Reduction $1 Polka Dot Pongee, yd.. 850 $1.25 Pongee, yd $1.10 $1 Chiffon Faille, yd 870 Best Crepe de Chine, yd.. 850 finest 85c quality, for, yd. 750 LACE BARGAINS $2 Valenciennes Laces, dz. 980 $1 Allovers at, yd 570 $1.75 Allovers at, yd 980 Maharajah showed great Interest. This afternoon they made the trip by rail road to the caves in Virginia. Graduates at Rainier. ' RAINIER, Or., May 27. (Special.) The graduating exercises of the eighth grade were held in the Knights of Pythias Hall Friday evening. The class was composed of Dorothy Frlch ard. Van Prlchard. Katie Guild, Mabel Mock, Vashtl Doan. There were 63 in the county this year that passed the eighth-grade examination, and Katie Guild of this class passed the highest of anyone in the county. Birthday of Julia Ward Howe. BOSTON, May 27. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe passed her 87th birthday at her home here today in good health. 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