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THE MORNING OREGONIAJf, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1906. 4 FRANK MMSNQN By FRATERNITIES Acknowledge That Insurance Rates Are Too Low to Pay the Risks. DENOUNCED AS DISHONEST Associated Fraternities Have Hot Discussion on Proposed Mini mum Rate Bill to Be Of fered All Legislatures. . DETROIT, Aug. 23. Intimating that the fraternal insurance societies are guilty of breach Of confidence; are obtaining money under false pretenses and are pursuing a dishonest policy, the delegates to the con vention of the Associated Fraternities of America fought through an Intense dis cussion on the matter of insurance rates In their afternoon session. Judge Pfost, of Kansas, fonilshed the 6ensation of the meeting, declaring: "There Is not a society in the United States that can carry out Us insurance contracts in full." The substance of his short speech was that, while Societies are constantly In creasing their liabilities, they are not in creasing their assets. Other speakers condemned the Insurance procedure of their respective societies as dishonest, dishonorable and disgraceful. The convention was split Into two fac tions, led by ex-President G. F. McKay, of Cleveland, who declared for the pre sentation of a minimum rate bill to the legislatures, and Thomas B. Hanley, at Tipton, la., who opposed such action. The general spirit of the convention was that the amalgamation movement be tween the Associated Fraternities and the National Fraternal Congress, which was decided upon at a morning session, never would be consummated. INSURANCE BILL GOOD FOR ALL Conference Adopts Several Pro visions of Uniform Code. ST. PAUL, Aug. 22. Two sections of the proposed uniform Insurance code, which Is under consideration of a com mittee appointed at a conference of Gov ernors. Attorney-Generals and Insurance Commissioners, In Chicago March 20 last, were adopted at the first session of the committee today. R. E. Folk, of Knoxvllle. Tenn., chair man of the committee on prohibition and political contributions, read a report cov ering this subject, which was adopted, providing that no funds shall be contrib uted by the agents of insurance compa nies to political parties. The report in part is as follows: No insurance company doing business in this state shall directly or Indirectly pay or use or offer any money or property In aid of any political party, committee or or ganization or for the reimbursement or In demnification of any person for property so used. Any officer, director, stockholder, at torney or agents of any corporation which violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by imprison ment and a fine of not more than $1000. The license of any company or association tound guilty of violating this section may be suspended or revoked in the discretion of the Insurance Commissioner. The prohibition clause, which Is drawn up along the lines of the New York law, also provides that no person ehall be excused from testifying or producing any books, papers or other documents before any court or magistrate upon the ground that the testimony required of him may tend to convict him of a crime or to sub ject him to a penalty or forfeiture. The Commissioners took under consid eration the report of the committee on "salaries of officers." The report recom mended the Incorporation of a provision providing that any salary, compensation or emolument of any employe of the company amounting in any year to more than $5000 shall be fixed by the board of directors, and not for a longer period than one year; also, that no pension shall he granted to any officer or director and that no agreement shall be made where by an employe shall receive a salary for a longer period than one year. The legal committee will report whether this act prohibits renewal contracts, and, if it does, an amendment will be incorporated to allow the making of renewal contracts for commissions, for to prevent these the committee deems very unjust. A second section was passed which pro vides that every disbursement of $100 or more be made on vouchers setting forth expressly an itemized account. MORTALLY WOUND COLONEL Warsaw Reds Add Another to Tally of Their Dead. WARSAW, Aug. 22. Count Fermer, a Colonel of the general staff and aide de camp to the Governor of Warsaw, and who is a member of one of the most aristocratic Russian families, was mortal ly wounded in Marshalkovsky street by revolutionists. The Count's assailants fled after firing ten shots. A patrol came up after .the affair and discharged a volley into the crowd, kill ing one man. CANNOT CATCH MURDERERS Russia Powerless Against Terrorists". Assassins Escape From Siberia. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 22. In spite of the wholesale arrests and deportation of revolutionists, the big center's daily chronicle of murder and robbery is not appreciably diminish ing. The police seem utterly power less to capture the perpetrators of the crimes. They do not make an arrest in one case out of 25. While the revo lutionary effort against the govern ment has thus degenerated into a case of crime, three political parties the Constitutional Democrats, the October lsts and Regeneratists are drifting. The efforts to effect an amalgamation bave failed. MelnikonT, who was associated with the famous Russian revolutionary agi tator, Gerschunln in the conspiracy which was responsible for the assas sination of former Minister of Public Instruction Bogollepoff and former Minister bf the Interior Sipiagulne. in company with Sassanoff. the assassin of former Minister of the Interior Von Plehve, and several other terrorists, has escaped from Ackatul, Trans-Baikal. It is announced that some ameliora tion of the conditions of the Jews-will be made, without awaiting the action of Parliament. A commission Is sit ting at the Ministry of the Interior elaborating a general project of law, whose provisions, however, will only include an extension of the limits of the pale of residence and an extension J of the rights of higher education. FOREIGN SLEUTHS OFFER AID Propose to Preserve Property Where Russian Police Have Failed. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 22. On ac count of the utter inability of the police in various parts of the empire to cope with the ordinary forms of lawlessness which are flourishing under cover of the revolutionary movement, a group of for eign detective agencies have applied to the Minister of the Interior for a conces sion for the formation of a private police detectives-agency, which will protect the property and lives of its patrons from ordinary criminal attacks. The chief field of activity of the proposed 'agency is Western Russia and Poland. A considerable number of detectives, among them English, German and French, al ready have arrived at Warsaw and are studying the language of the country and the conditions here. 1 MUTINY OF COSSACK REGIMENT Imprisons Officers, but Artillery Will Force Surrender. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 22. According to private advices the Twenty-fourth Ural (Cossack) Regiment has mutinied at Samarkand, Asiatic Russia, and arrested its officers. The commander of the gar rison of Samarkand, It Is said, has de manded the Immediate surrender of the mutineers, the artillery has been called out, and the city is in a state of panic. After killing their commander the mu tineers poured oil on his body, and, plac ing It in the officers' quarters, set fire to the building. At Tashkend Colonel TchernofT waa shot and killed by Cossacks whom he had or dered to shoot at strikers. To Educate Russian Children. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 22. With a view to submitting to the next session of the Council of the Empire and the lower house of Parliament a bill for universal primary education, the Cabinet, at a ses sion held on Tuesday, decided that such a hill should be drafted by a special com mission. The Ministry of Public Instruc tion submitted statistics showing that there are In the empire 12.736,000 children of school age, of whom only 5.339,000 are receiving primary education. There are less than 90,000 primary schools In Russia. Peasants Force Agitator's Release. TSARITSINA, Saratov Province, Aug. 12. A divinity student named Ulan, who was arrested In the village of Gartsheda for activity in the revolutionary propa ganda among the peasantry, was released yesterday on the demand of a crowd of 7000 peasants, who 'In this vicinity ana of Cossack origin. The peasantry threat ened to destroy the station and kill the chief of police unless he was released. Lay Plans for Railroad Strike. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 22. At a meet ing of 142 delegates representing all the Russian railways, Juet concluded In Fin land, It was resolved that a general strike would be feasible at a near date and to issue Instructions to prepare for it. A committee was appointed to draw up a strike appeal or any other manifesto which may be found necessary. Attempt to Poison Trepoff. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 22. A story is in circulation here that an attempt has been made to poison General Trepoff, commandant of the imperial palace, whose Illness has Just been announced. The General's cook and three other ser vants have been arresteSi It Is said. ' Landowners Sell to Peasants. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 22. Official statistics show the extent of the panic among the landowners. Since last No vember 1,762,557 dessiatines (a dessiatlne is a little over two and a half acres) of land were offered to the peasants' bank at about $63 per dessiatlne. Agrarian Riots in Samara. SAMARA, Russia, Aug. 22. The agra rian situation in this province 1b most grave. Disorders are prevalent in numer ous districts and troops have been re quisitioned to restore order In three lo calities where fighting is going on. Many men have been killed. Bind Monks and Rob Monastery. BREffT-LIOVSK. Russia, Aug. 22. A number of brigands entered the monas tery here today, bound the. monks and got away with all the valuables. Batch of Mutineers Executed. DESHLAGAR, Russia. Aug. 22. An ag itator and four soldiers were executed here today as ringleaders In the recent mutiny. Bankers Offer Aid to Palma. HAVANA, Aug. 22. Cuban, Spanish American, Canadian and German bankers tonight visited President Palma and of fered him their assistance. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Earl of Leven and Melville. LONDON, Aug. 22. The Earl of Leven and Melville, Lord High Com missioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Keeper of the Privy Council of Scotland, died to day. He was born In 1835. Dr. A. F. Morris, Automanlac. EASTON, Pa., Aug. 22. Dr! A. F. Morris, of New York, one of the best known automobile enthusiasts In the country, died today at his home In Warren County, New Jersey, from the effects of an injury received in an au tomobile accident a year ago. Jay C. Morse, Steel Magnate. CLEVELAND. Aug. 22. Jay C. Morse, at one time president of the Illinois Steel Company, and brother-in-law of the late Senator M. A. Hanna. died here today of a complication of diseases. Suits Must Be Brought in Europe. SAN FRANCISCO, kug. 22. The trus tees of the Policy-holders' League have decided that it will be necessary to bring suits in tjermany and Austria against tne Austrian Phoenix. North German of New York. North German of Ham burg, Rhine of Moselle, and the Trans Atlantic Insurance companies, in addition to suits in the United States. The losses admitted. In gross, of the five companies In San Francisco, ex ceeds $10,000,000. Hoquiam Will Celebrate Labor Day. HOQUIAM, Wash.. Aug. 22. (Soeclal.l Labor day will be observed in this city with one of the largest celebrations in the history of Gray's Harbor. Aberdeen has been invited to participate. Harry A. Livermore has been chosen marshal of the day and J. G. Brown orator. The fes tivities will start with a parade, speaking, dinner, sports and end with a grand ball. Freewater Safe Is Cracked. PENDLETON, Or.. Aug. 22. The safe in the store of Hadley & Hadley, at Freewater, was blown open by burglars about 3 o clock this morning and Jewelry valued at $150 taken. PASTOR IN TROUBLE Ontario Minister Is Charged With Beating Board Bill. HIS SIDE OF THE STORY Rev. E. II. H. Holman Says He Re ceived Only Part of Salary, and That Congregational Trus ' tees Agreed to Pay. Seventy dollars for six'months' work as pastor of the Ontario, Or., Congrega. tional Church and numerous other In dignities heaped upon his bead, Is the munificent remuneration Rev. E. H. H. Holman alleges that -he received from PORTLAND'S GREAT BUILDING ACTIVITY IS ADVER TISED TO THE WORLD Attention from all parts of the United States has been attracted to Portland during the past three months by the large increase In her build ing as shown by the official records. The building permits for the months of May, June and July of the present year show the phenomenal Increase of 168 per cent over the corresponding months of the preceding year. These figures have opened the eyes of other cities to the progress of the metrop olis of the Pacific Northwest, and the figures have been copied by news papers arid statistical-magazines all over the country. Especially complimentary to Portland is a short article which appears on the editorial pages of the Construction News for the current week. This Journal, printed at Chicago, Is devoted to building news from all parts of the United States and Canada, and is a recognized authority. The article referred to follows: ' Portland has been advertising to the world her tremendous, prosperity as shAwn through the Increase in building permits. Over 800,000 leaflets Issued by the Portland Commercial Club have betn distributed, showing that Port land led all cities in tne United States and Canada for the month of May, when the building permits passed the million mark. Portland people have never talked building permits so Industriously as during the last two months, and with the close of July the past three months. May, June and July of 1906, aggregate $2,170,774, or an increase over the corresponding months of 1905 of 11.308.805. or 108 per cent. This is a showing that will certainly put Portland ahead of all cities in the United 8ttes and Canada when the per centage of Increase Is considered. The record for July Just closed was 204 buildings, valued at $733,806, or an increase of 164 per cent over the corre sponding month last year, which showed 154 buildings, valued at $277,735. As Is Indicated by the official records, the past Spring and Summer have' been the most active periods of building In tne history of Portland. Nu merous costly structures have already been completed, for the increased activity in this direction began much before the three months referred to In the article above. Dozens of large and handsome business blocks have been constructed and are under way, and the number of new residences - runs well into the hundreds. Frame buildings wmch have stood for years on the down-town thoroughfares have given way before the new move ment, and indications are that before many years every wooden building in . the central business district will have disappeared. his former flock In the little town of Ontario. Rev. Mr. Holman, together with his traveling companion, S. C. Wing, a carpenter of Ontario, was taken Into custody by Detective Hartman yester day on the strength of Instructions to hold them received from Robert Odell. Sheriff of Malheur County, charging them with beating their board and lodging bill. When confronted with the accusa tion at the Police Station yesterday. Rev. Mr. Holman. Indignantly denied the charge, and ' explained how the church people of Ontario, with whose knowledge, undoubtedly, the arrest was made, are to blame for this great Injustice done to him. Rev. Mr. Holman, according to his account of the matter, went to Ontario the early part of last January -and gave a series of free lectures, for which he received the collections taken dur ing meetings. For three evenings, the total collection amounted to $2.40. At that time Rev. Mr. Holman lived in a hotel at that place, and out of the $2.40 gave the hotel-keeper $2. The Sunday following his lectures he waa asked by the Congregationalists of the town to preach In their church, as their pastor had not arrived, and consented. After that, a formal call was extended to Rev. Mr. Holman of the pastorate, and the latter ac cepted. Thfe call was dated January 13, the day Rev. Mr. Holman arrived at Ontario, and from that day he remained with the church until July 21, when he decided to leave the ministry and en gage in business, seeing a good open ing at Des Moines, Iowa. Before accepting the pastorate. Rev. Mr. Holman says that he had a talk with Judge J. H. Clement and George Long, both trustees of the church and prominent citizens of Ontario, who as sured the new pastor that all his predecessors were paid In full, and It PIONEER LANDLADY AT THE DALLES 4 j- , ? lye;-- X.x The late Mrs. Catherine B. Handley. had been decided to give the new pastor a salary of $400 a year. Having full confidence in the assur ances of the trustees of the church. Rev. Mr. Holman stated that he be gan his work there, but during the six months he preached In the church he received only $70, and that was raised by a volunteer solicitation of the treasurer of the church and not by the trustees. The matter rested at this point when Rev. Mr. Holman de cided to leave Ontario. His requests for the money due him, 1130, were un availing. Finally the trustees prom ised to pay him. Rev. Mr. Holman went to Des Moines, Iowa, and from there made several requests for the money, but did not even receive a re ply. When he left Ontario, Rev. Mr. Hol man owed a small sum to the hotel keeper where 'he boarded, but he made arrangements with the church people to pay the bill and send him the bal ance, so he says. When he came to Portland yester day. Rev. Mr. Holman was arrested by a detective on the charge of beat ing this board bill and his indigna tion as to the treatment he received at the hands of the members of his con gregation was very great. Both he and his traveling companion were re leased by Chiet Gritzmacher on their promise to report at the station today, and in the meanwhile the Chief com municated with Sheriff Odell as to the nature of the complaint and to the disposition of the two men. Rev. Mr. Holman has been In the ministry for over 14 years and has letters of recommendation from prom inent pastors throughout the country. County Attorney Van Duyn, of Cald well, Idaho, who is 'Visiting Portland, declares that Wing and Holman are wanted at Caldwell. He alleges that they built a house for a woman there, receiving $1100, and left without pay ing bills for the material and labor. He-said last night that he would ap pear this morning and make formal charges against the pair. PERS0NALJVIENTI0N. R. A. "Booth, of Eugene, a lumber man, is a guest at the Imperial. T. H. Jackson, a Seattle lumberman, was at the Oregon Hotel yesterday. E. C Goodwin, a capitalist of Tha Dalles, is registered at the Perkins Hotel. C. W. Shurte, a merchant at Arling ton. Is a guest at the Perkins Hotel. George Darneau, a Pendleton hotel man, is a guest at the Imperial Hotel. C. E. .Ireland, a hopgrower from Corvallis, . Is a guest at the. Imperial Hotel. 8. M. Garretson and family, of 301 Wheeler street, will leave, today for a month's vacation. Rev. H. E. Ryder, of Albion, Neb., has been visiting his brothers, Frank and Henry 'Ryder, In Montavilla. Mrs. A. Tllzer ha3 returned home from the beach and Astoria, and is en tertaining her cousin. Miss Emma Lewis, of Wyoming. A. L. Craig, passenger traffic director for the Great Northern, will reach Port land Monday from St. Paul. He comes to take his family back East to reside. Congressman-Elect W. R. Ellis, of Pendleton, Is registered at the Im perial Hotel. He is in Portland on a pleasure trip and will incidentally look after a little business. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Markell are at Aultsvllle, Ontario, Canada, where they are visiting Mrs. Markell's father. They will return by the first of September by way of St. Paul and Minneapolis. General Manager O'Brien, of the Har rlman lines, has left for a trip of inspec tion over the O. R. & N. lines in Wash ington, jfle went In his special car, "Ore gon," and is accompanied by "his secre tary, W. H. Guild. The many friends of E. L. (Jerry) Coldwell will be gratified to learn that his condition Is Improving. He Is now able to sit up for a half hour dally, and he has regained the use of his left side. He is now able to con verse quite freely and takes a cheer ful view of his illness. NEW YORK, Aug. 22. (Special.) THE) DALLES. Or.. Aug. 21. With the death of Mrs. Catherine Byrne Handley. widow of the late Dennis Handley, who died at her home here yesterday, passes one of the best known pioneer residents of The ; Dalles. For 43 years Mm. Handley had lived In this city, residing 30 ! years continuously at the Umatilla : i House, owned by the nrra of Handley A Slnnott. where young and old of the town and traveling public became fa- :i miliar with Us kind-hearted landlady. ; Born in Chapel, County Wexford, ! Ireland, Catherine Byrne, with her I two sisters, came to America when about 20 years of age. After soma years' residence in Peoria, 111., and j later In San Francisco, she came to , Portland. Or.. In 1862 and was em- :j ' ployed as housekeeper by her cousins. , P. W. and N. J. Slnnott, proprietors of tha Columbia Hotel, one of the first hotels of Portland. In 1SG3 she was married to Mr. Handley, and the same year a partnership having been formed between him and N. J. Slnnott. they moved to The Dalles, purchasing the Umatilla House from H. P. Isaacs, of j Walla Walla. 3 In November. 1690, Mr. Handley died and soon afterward Mrs. Handley left the hotel, purchasing a residence In the city. Mrs. Handley waa about 85 years of age. , Northwestern people registered today as follows: From Portland Miss Sears, at the Algonquin; B. Selling:, at the Hoffman; E. H. Reynolds, at the Belmont. From Seattle R. L. Langer and wife, at the Hoffman; Misses Norton and F. Norton and wife, at the Grand. From Tacoma O. H. Christofensen, at the Continental. NEW YORK, Aug. 22. (Special.) Northwestern people registered yesterday as follows. Portland A. S. Butler. Astor; C. A. Ma larkey and wife. Herald Square; A. Hess. Imperial; A. Labowitch. Raleigh; A. A. Tysh, Victoria. Seattle r. Dunham, Marie Antoinette; H. Wood. Imperial. Glaco Bay, Or. B. Myers, Broadway Central. Tacoma B, E. Palmer, Grand Union. SAVING IN EXPERIMENTS KEW AUXILIARY PROPOSED FOR IRRIGATION CONGRESS. Klamath Falls Man Is Forming Or ganization of Executive Officers of Water-Users' Association. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 22. (Special.) Another auxiliary will be formed at the National Irrigation Con gress at Boise. September S to 8. If the idea suggested and the effort put forth by Elmer I Applegate, secretary of the Klamath Water-users' Association, is favorably received. Several weeks ago Mr. Applegate conceived the idea of forming an organization of executive officers of the various water-users asso ciations formed in accoraince with the regulation of the Reclamation Service. Under alf of the Government projects practically the same problems are being solved and similar difficulties are met as the work progresses. Up to the present time the directors and officers of each local association have been studying these questions and have obtained solu tions individually and derived little bene fit from the vast amount of labor ex pended in like lines by other towns in the Western states. It was with a keen appreciation of this fact that Secretary Applegate undertook to reach executive officers of the dif ferent associations through correspond ence with the secretaries. Ha sug gested that a meeting be held at Boise synchronously with the meet ing of the Irrigation Congress, and re sponses have generally been favorable. There -are about 22 associations of the kind formed and thl3 number will be increased gradually to probably 30 or 40, as there are that many feasible enter prises that are likely to be authorised at no distant date. For several years each convention of the Irrigation Congress has been at tended by representatives of the different reclamation projects , and many have been held at which an exchange of ideas and experiences has taken place between the engineers engaged in the field work. The convention has likewise been the excuse for, and the annual Irrigation Congress meeting place the scene of, a conference between the employes of the Forestry Bureau to meet with Giftord Pinchot, Chief Forester of the United States. The proposed meeting of the executive officers of the water-users associations and the launching of a society, will probably add another important section to the division of the important work clone by the Irrigation Congress. Jamestown Asks for Congress. BOISE, ' Idaho, Aug. 22 A letter re ceived today at the headquarters of the National Irrigation Congress contains the first positive intimation that Jamestown, Va., where the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition is to be held next year, will come to Boise and ask that the 15th an nual session of the congress be held there. The letter Is from Robert H. Sex ton, chief of the department of con gresses and special events of the exposi tion, who states that a commodious and satisfactory hall will be provided and a day in the exposition programme will be set aside as "National Irrigation Day. A number of Western cities have start ed a movement for the entertainment of the congress In 1907, among them being Reno, Nev. ; Deadwood, S. D., and North Yakima. Wash. It is expected that Den ver and probably Salt Lake and Chey enne, will also ask for the next congress and there Is also some talk of having the next meeting In Washington. D. C.( at a time when Congress will be in ses sion, to Impress the National lawmakers with the Importance of the movement for National reclamation. Adds to Yards at Hoquiam.' HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 22. (Special.) The Northern Pacific Railroad Company has purchased three blocks of land situ ated east of their present yards and de pot. In this purchase there is also several hundred feet of tideland. This gives the company a strip of land from 100 to 200 feet in width from K street to their yard limits. Hoquiam Is In need of a new depot and larger frelghthouse, and this company will now make the necessary Improve ment. A profile map of the company's proposed Improvements shows the new steel bridge to be placed 45 feet north and 40 feet east of the present wooden structure. East Hoqnlam Now Has Water. HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 22. (Special.) The water main across the Hoquiam River, on which several thousands of dollars has been spent the past five years trying to get it in working order, was skillfully put in commission today and the East Side is now furnished with an excellent water supply. The large manu facturing plants have been forced at times to close down owing to inability to get sufficient water, but- with this main In commission no more delays will be ex perienced. Counsel for Oregon & Washington. TACOMA. "Wash., Aug. 22. (Special.) Is Disease a Crime ? Not very long ago, a popular magazine published an editorial article in which the writer asserted, in substance, that all disease should be regarded as criminal. Certain It Is, that much of the sickness and suffering of mankind Is due to tha violation of certain of Nature's laws. But to say that all sickness should be regarded as criminal, must appeal to every reasonable individual as radically wrong. It would be harsh, unsympathetic, cruel, yes criminal, to condemn the poor, weak, over-worked housewife who sinks nndef the heavy load of household cares and burdens, and suffers from weak nesses, various displacements of pelvio organs and other derangements peculiar to her sex. Frequent bearing of children, with its ex acting demands upon the system, coupled with the care, worry and labor of rearing a large family, is often the cause of weak nesses, derangements and debility which are aggravated by tbe many household cares, and the hard, and never-ending work which the mother Is called upon to perform. Dr. Pierce, the maker of that world-famed rem edy for woman's peculiar weaknesses and r.ls Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription say to at one of the greatest obstacle to the cure of this olass of maladies is the fact that the poor, over-worked housewife can not get the needed rest from her many household cares and labor to enable ber to secure from the use of his " Prescription " Its full benefits. It Is a matter of frequent experience, he says. In his extensive practice in these cases, to meet with those in which his treatment falls by reason of the patient's Inability to abstain from hard work long enough to be cured. With those suffering from prolapsus, ante version and retroversion of the uterus or other displacement of the womanly organs. It is very necessary that. In addition to tak ing his " Favorite Prescription " they abstain from being very much, or for long periods, on their feet. All heavy lifting or straining of any kind should also be avoided. As much out-door air as possible, with moderate, light exercise is also very important. Let the patient observe these rule and the "Favor ite Prescription " will do the rest. Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser Is sentre on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Bend to Dr. E. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V., 21 one-cent stamps for paper-covered, or 31 stamps for cloth-bonnd. If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge by letter. All such communications are held sacredly confidential. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Invigorate tad regulate stomach, liver and bowel. Itching, disfiguring eruptions, rashes, boils, etc., as well as pimples, black-heads and rough, scaly skins, show the presence of some irritating humor in the blood. These acids and humors with which the blood is filled are being constantly thrown ofi through the pores and glands, and the skin is kept in a feverish, diseased and unsightly condition. Nothing applied externally can change the condition of the blood or prevent the outflow of poisons and acids ; only constitutional treatment can do this. . The countless washes, salves, lotions, etc., that are used cannot reach the humor-laden blood and are, therefore, useless, except for the temporary comfort and clean liness they afford. The acid poison in the blood, which is the cause of the trouble, must be removed before a cure can be effected. S. S. S. is a real blood purifier, possessing all the requirements to neutralize and remove the humor from the circulation. It completely eradicates every trace of the poison and restores this vital fluid to its natural state of purity S. S. S. cools the acid-heated blood so that instead of pouring out acrid matter on the skin it feeds and nourishes it with health-sustaining properties, and the eruptions and diseases of the skin pass away. Book on Skin Diseases and medical advice free. THE SWIFT SPECtTSC CO., A TLAHTA, GA. W. W. Bogle, formerly a well-known at torney of Tacoma, and Thomas B. Har din and Charles P. Spooner have been ap pointed general counsel for the Oregon Sl Washington Railroad, the Harriman line building from Portland to Tacoma. Messrs. Bogle, Hardin and Spooner suc ceed John P. Hartman, at Seattle, and will have charge of the company's affairs in the future. Walter Christian will con tinue as local counsel for the Oregon & Washington in this city. Mr. Bogle is actively Interested In the cold-storage business on Puget Sound and In Alaska, though still retaining his law practice. Investigating Fire Department. SEATTLE. Aug. 22. (Special.) A complete investigation of the Fire De partment from the Chief down was commenced this morning by the Civil Service Commission. Questions of dis cipline and effectiveness axe to be covered. Spiritualist Pastoress Arrested. SEATTLE, Aug. 22. (Special.) Even a Spiritualist who reads the fu ture is a fortune-teller and guilty of vagrancy. It makes little difference whether a fee is exacted, or whether The soda cracker is an ideal food. Uneeda Biscuit are the ideal soda crackers. Indeed, the Only 4-5 soda crackers rightly made in the first place, rightly protected first, last and all the time . m 0 In a NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY WE NEVER DISAPPOINT OUR PATIENTS 3 2? We find vitality nrematurely old, with loss oi memory, no energy, wnose casus In tha hee-lnnim were Bimple ailments of some contracted disease which was poorly treated. These cases of simple infection soon develop Into deep-seated and chronic debility which soon pass beyond the reach of medical aid unless properly treated. We Cur. this Class of Cases. JSo Why Lives Are Wrecked Many men whose cases were simple In the beginning were not able to nav the exorbitant fees charged by many Specialists on Men's Diseases, or who went to specialists who were not qualified to diagnose and prop erly treat those private diseases of men, from lack of knowledge ana nroper office equipment. The X-FUy-Statlc, Microscope, etc., are all nec essary office equipments that every up-to-date specialist must have in Tils office in order to make diagnosis of each and every case ana ror nroper treatment of diseases. We have all these Equipments In Our Of fice. We know before we undertake a case lust what treatment is nec essary to restore the patient to health. In this wy w. do not fall. VV cure our patients. Write for symptom blank If you cannot calb HOURS 9 A. It to 6 P. M. Evenings. 7 to Si Sundays, A. M. to II M. ST-l0UlS Medical and Surgical DISPENSARY CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS. PORTLAND. OREGON. WE HELP MEN OF ALL AfiES WHO ARE Sl'FFERINO FROM WEAKNESS AND ALL BLOOD, SKIN, NERVOUS AND SPECIAL DISEASES. We give those afflicted with any of these distressing maladies the best kind of help: We help them back to sound health. OUR TREATMENT CURES. WE CURE IN A WEEK ' We do lo not experiment. Our long and ex- J experience In the classes of disease eh we limit our practice enables us to i3t tensive tn whlcl make a correct diagnosis and to proper remedies to eacn case, vv e taae con stitutional peculiarities Into account, because we know that a medicine that will suit one person mav disagree with another, though suffering from the same disease. In the vast majority of instances Where Others Have Failed to Cure We Heal Surely and Permanently. Over 50 Per Cent of Our Cases Have Been Cured at a Cost of $10.00 and Many Only $5.00 Consultation free. Call or write for question blank. Our home treat ment Is successful, and cures even complicated cases. Book for men sent (free) sealed on application. Office hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sundays and holidays, 10 to 12. Dr.W. Norton Davis & Co. Lending; Specialists tn the Northwest. F.Ktnbllshrd 18SO. VAN NOV HOTEL, 02V4 THIRD ST., COR. PINE, PORTLAND, OR. o BLOOD HUMORS a voluntary contribution is left In the hand of the medium who listened to spirit rappings and brought forth warnings. Vagrancy applies just the same. That is the effect of Superior Court Judge R. B. Albertson's ruling today. He found the "Rev." Mrs. Rice. Spir itualist pastoress, guilty of vagrancy because she read Police Clerk Harry Ford's future, and ordered her to give bonds for her future behavior. The Spiritualists appealed to the Supreme Court. Fine Skins From Behrlng Sea. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 22. (Special.) The little schooner Bender Bros, arrived in last evening from Behrlng Sea, where she went with a cargo of supplies for missionaries and trading Btations. Cap tain Lutjens, her master, brings back about J4O00 worth of mink, otter, red and black fox and bear skins, which he will ship from here to London. The schooner put Into this port on her way down the coast to get a cargo of lumber for San Francisco. FOB TORPID IJVER Take Horsford's Arid Phosphate It stimulates heathy liver activity, relieve constipation, sick headache and malaria. m Li. fkf if i fit '- - Z. i dust tight. J7 moisture proof packags. 12.50 MEN'S DISEASES CURED No Pay Unless Cured We cor. Skin Dlaeanem. Ulood Poison. Varicocele, Stricture, Nervous) Uecllne, Ursknnn, Pllea. Fl tuln and Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder and Prostate. Private Diseases Newly contracted and chronlo cases cured. All burning. Itching and Inflammation stopped In 24 hours; cures effected In seven days. Established Twenty-five Years in Portland many weak and suffering men, with lost apply the