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I THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY NOVE3IBER, 5, 1906. 3 1AT SHALL WE DO' IE? They Swarm to America, Aided by Emigration Com panies. MADE INSOLENT BY VICTORY Welcome in Hawaii Soon Turns to Dislike, So They Move On to America, Where Labor Starts Boycott. BT IRA E. EENXZTT. SAN FRAN'CISCO. Nov. 4. (Special Correspondence.) Agitation against the Japanese is becoming more general and intense on this Coast. It has its cen ter in Fan Francisco, where the Jap . anere congregate and where the labor unions are strongest. Public pinion here teems to be united In the conviction that the Japanese must be excluded, perhaps as rigorously as the Chinese, if a race war is to be averted. The leaders of the movement to exclude the Japanese are the labor unionists, but the feeling against the Orientals is by no means confined to those who feel the effects of their com petition. The chief point of friction thus far de veloped between the whites and the Japs is in the use of the public schools. Un like the Chinese, the Japs are quick to seize upon every opportunity to acquire English. Most of them are young men, even boys, and they have entered the schools here in great numbers, crowding out white children, in some cases. Par ents ohjeqt to the association of half- rown or even fully grown Orientals with their children, and cases are cited with more or less evidence to prove that vic ious habits have been acquired by Amer iran youth through this contact. n account of the protest that went up Japanese scholars have been forced by the school authorities to take a back seat, and it is possible that they will be excluded entirely from the schools. The immediate result of this action has been to raise a counter protest in Japan, where the leading newspapers are discussing the Incident, with the sealing case and others ns proof of the growing anti-Japanese feeling in this country. What Japanese Work At. The young Japanees who are using the American schools as a means of acquir ing English, maintain themselves by waiting on table, scullery work, and as valets, etc. Few of them are able at first to do any work which comes into direct competition with American labor. The rough laborer, the railroad digger, is an other kind of Jap, and there are some of these on this Coast, but they are not numerous Gangs of them are employed in Washington, Oregon, Idaho. Utah and Nevada, but the Jap who comes to Cali fornia is a diferent sort. He is a dapper, acute, oily chap, who knows exactly what he wan's and how to get it quickiy. He .loins a ' gpsppl society," and by the arti fice of trying to study the white man's God and doing the white man's chores he manages to obtain an English educa tion without cost. The white people who reioice when a heathen soul is redeemed are only too glad to aid one of these young fellows. They feed him on sacred literature and patiently assist him in his s'udies A little later, when he has ob tained what he wanted, they are grieved to find him just as devout a Buddhist or Shmtoist as ever. The "want" columns of San Francisco were full until recently of applications for work from young Japs. They read like this: : "Japanese young boy. honest, reliable, wants work after school for his board." Regarded as Intruder. The day has gone by when the people of this Coast admired the Japanese. At first they welcomed them, after an un pleasant experience with the Chinese. Now. odd as it may seem, the Chinese are not as unpopular as the Japs. Neither Oriental Is a favorite but if Californians were compelled to choose between them, they would prefer the Chinaman. The Chinaman flocks by himself, and never "butts in" where he is not wanted His t ices affect himself, but the white is rarely contaminated He is usually a run of his word, and after making a hard bargain he will keep it. He does not fjusrrel with outsiders. His hatchet and pistol are exercised almost exclusively in lis own highbinder scraps, which con cern the whites not at all. The Jap, as he is found and developed on this Coast, is often a trickster, quar relsome, totally unreliable, and otherwise offensive. Perhaps the stories of im morality which are current here should be taken with a pinch of salt, but there is no doubt that the Jap in an American rommunity Is far from being the quaint, rleanly, honest, smiling little fellow he is pictured to be at home. There is enough of the Malay in him to keep him at cross purposes with the white man at all times. The less said of the Japanese women who infest San Francisco the bet ter. Made Insolent by Victory. Japanese immigration did not become a serious matter until about the time of the Spanish TVar. Japanese laborers were imported into Hawaii, but they did not come to this coast in large numbers. At first the Hawaiian sugar planters were delighted with the little brown men. They thought Ihey were ideal laborers, until the camps perame little hells on earth with continual squabbles. As the Japs increased in number they became insolent, and made life unbearable for the Portu guese and other laborers. Now the Ha waiians are anxious to get rid of the Japs, who are pouring in and making themselves exceedingly offensive. Since the Russo-Japanese War the little men are very conceited. It is no uncommon thing in Hawaii, and even in California, to hear a Jap boast that the Americans dare not exclude him. He is sure his country could whip the United States, or any other country. This is a fine senti ment, abstractly considered, but its avowal on frequent occasions in mixed company is not conducive to peace on ejrlh. Some of the Japanese newspapers have commented in bellicose terms upon the dislike of Japanese in Hawaii, and have advocated the sending of a gunboat or two to Hawaii to bring the Americans there to a realizing sense of the power of Japan. ' Got PiMiked in -Hawaii. The Hawaiians do not appear to have been daunted by these manifestations. They do not like the Japanese, and they say so very plainly. Nevertheless, more Japanese are landing in Hawaii than ever hcfore The difference in the situation Is iliat whereas formerly the Japs remained in the inlands to work in the canebrake, they now stay at hotels, awaiting the next steamer that will convey them to San Francisco. Once having been ex amined at the port of entry. Honolulu, they are mere coastwise passengers upon IT JAPAN EE arrival at San Francisco, and are not un der the jurisdiction of the immigrant in spectors. It is said that the inspection of Japanese immigrants in Hawaii is not as strict as it should be that many dis eased and otherwise objectionable persons are admitted, who subsequently enter the mainland of the United States without protest. The Hawaiian sugar planters are now importing other than Japanese laborers to work on the sugar plantations. They tried Porto Ricans. but the islanders did not thrive. Now they are trying Portu guese again, and a cargo of 1325 Portu guese from the Azores is on the seas bound from Fayal for Honolulu. Japan ese labor is being displaced as quickly as possible. The immigration reports show that over 11,000 Japanese entered the United States in 1905. and the number arriving in 1906 will greatly exceed that figure. More than half the Japs came under the flag at Hawaii. As no account is kept of pas sengers arriving from Hawaii, it is im possible to tell what proportion of the 6600 Japanese arriving at Hawaii last year continued their journey to Califor nia. The number was very large. This year the Japanese entries by way of Ha waii have been larger than ever before. Every steamer from the islands brings its contingent of the brown men, sometimes several hundred at a time. Hostile Demonstrations Coming. The time has not arrived when hostile demonstrations are made against the Jap anese, but it is sure to come, in the opinion of people on this coast, if the immigration is not lessened. Mutterings against the Japs resemble those which preceded the outbreak against the Chinese years ago. The greatest resentment is ex pressed by laboring men and those repre senting them. These people pay no at tention to "international comity" and "treaty obligations." If they think a for eigner, and particularly an Oriental, Is working- for less wages than themselves, they are likely to try to remedy the situ ation by the most convincing argument known to them, which is corporal punish ment and threats of death. Possibly the feeling is most intense in those labor ing people who are themselves recently from foreign lands. The Japanese government has repeated ly declared that it is not anxious to see an increase of emigration to the United States. It stated this position before the war with Russia, and has stated it since more emphatically, pointing out that the development of Corea and Manchuria re quires the presence of Japanese and gives sufficient outlet to the surplus population of the empire. Immigrants All Assisted. Nevertheless, there is little doubt that the system of assisting emigrants still exists in Japan, with the cognizance, if not the support of the government. This system was in full swing five years ago, and nothing has occurred to cause its discontinuance or lessen its profits. There were 12 emigration companies in Japan five years ago. with an aggregate capital stock of 55S.999 yen, all operating under the laws called "Imin Toriatsukinin" and practically under government patronage, as are nearly all large Japanese enter prises. The officers and stockholders of these companies are among the leading business men and politicians of Japan. The industry of assisting emigrants is ac knowledged to be very profitable. The keystone of this system is the theory of perpetual allegiance to the sove reign. Loyalty to the fatherland was manifested to a remarkable degree by the Japanese during the recent war. They rarely, if ever, renounce their allegiance to the Emperor. Like the Chinese, the Japanese come to the United States for the purpose of acquiring money and re turning home as soon as possible. Un like the Chinese, the Japanese does his best to learn American methods, in order to apply them at home. All Return to Japan. With the assurance that every emigrant leaving Japan will return, the emigration companies are enabled to execute their system of assistance They work in co-operation with the steamship companies, the employers of labor in foreign countries, andirfith the emigrant himself. Commis sions are paid to active agents throughout Japan, who hunt out would-be emigrants. The emigrant company charges the emi grant a certain figure, and he enters Into a contract to pay the bill out of his wages. The company then procures a passport for him, gives surety to the Gov ernment that he shall be returned to Japan in case of need, and advances enough money to pay his passage to the promised land. Contracts are made for the labor of these emigrants, and while it is difficult to prove that the contract labor laws of the United States are violat ed, the success of the system points con vincingly to such a condition of affairs. Labor contracts are made in other coun tries where the laws do not prohibit them, and. sometimes the immigration of Jap-, anese from such countries is quite heavy, indicating that the contracts made, say. in British Columbia, also apply in the United States. Japan's Den6 Population. Hotel keepers, ticket brokers, railroad agents In Japan, and others who would profit from Japanese emigration are said to be active assistants in promoting the success of the assisted-emigrant system. The emigration companies have an im mense body of material to draw upon. The population of Japan is 293 to the square mile, taking the country by the large. Yet only a small portion of the empire is cul tivable, and practically the entire popula tion is huddled in this compass. The pov erty of the masses is appalling to an American. The wages paid to able-bodied laborers are pitifully small. There is ev ery inducement to the Japanese coolie to emigrate, and if the contract-labor laws of the United States were not In force the influx of assisted immigrants would be enormous. Many of the leading citizens of this coast believe that the tirne has nearly ar rived when the Japanese must be exclud ed, and for the same reason. They be lieve the Japanese are evading the contract-labor laws In many cases. And even if the contract laws are strictly en forced, they believe the Japanese will con tinue to come, under the system of as sistance. The Jap. like the Chinaman, will work for wages upon which a white man would starve. It is true that the Japs already here have demanded good wages, nearly as high as tbse paid to the whites for similar work, buv under the competi tion of their own countrymen they would reduce their demands. Why They Come to America. In a report to the Commissioner General of Immigration, a special commissioner dispatched to Japan to Investigate the immigration, explained why the Japanese, prefer to come to the United States rath er than to go to the new countries nearer home. "The Japanese lives in the present; he is not. and never will be. an independent pioneer; he wants immediate profits, or wages: hence he desires to emigrate to civilized countries where he can earn good wages, and, as he expresses it. 'learn English." and how to farm and do other things as the more-favored nations do. and. after he has achieved these results and made money, place himself in a posi tion to return to his native land in from three to five years: hence it is an easy matter for the agents of the emigration i companies to persuade large numbers to come to the West. "They are beguiled with rosy stories of high wages and immediate employment. The Pacific Coast is a favored locality with them, not only on account of the wages paid, but because of the climate, which Is very similar to that in the neigh borhood of Nagasaki, Kobe and Yoko hama: consequently there is a strong Im migration movement. At present .immi grants, aside from those who come to the United States and Canada, are going to Mexico, Peru. Brazil. Hawaii, Korea, and Indeed to every country where contract laborers may be placed; but it requires much persuasion to induce them to go to Mexico. Peru and Brazil." The commissioner throws this further light upon the situation: "I was informed by Mr. that Mr. -. a leading member of Parliament from the province of Kyushu, told him that his province (Kyushu) was annually producing a tnousand more laborers than they could find employment for at home. At the time this conversation occurred this Japanese member of Parliament was on his way to one of the southern Islands to see if arrangements could not be made to take laborers there. This member of Parliament, in his conversation with Mr. spoke of the situation as one which gave them great concern. How They Raise, the Money. "The question naturally occurs, how do they raise sufficient money to emigrate? As I intimated in my report of the 24th ultimo, the emigration companies in cer tain instances furnish them money, send ing a Banto along with the emigrants to look after their interests. I found, by In quiring among the people, that it requires from five to ten years for a Japanesn farmer to save 200 yen. Some undoubted ly do this, but the majority secure money by selling their holdings and by borrow ing from the emigration companies friends and relatives, upon whom they are more or less dependent, going their se curity. The laws are very strict in Japan concerning the collection of debts. There MARSHFIEI.I MAN OWNS VIO LIN 876 YEARS OLD. Violin Made by Gaepard Daffoprug erd, in 1630. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Nov. & (Spe cial. "Made by Gaspard Daffoprugenl in Brekka, Italy. Anno 1630." Is the inscription appearing in the interior of a violin owned by Colonel W. Wright, of Marshfleld. The owner of tli instrument is unable to trax ita history back, but experts pronounce it one of the most rare and valuable vio lins in existence. The violin wan brought to Califor nia by a Dr. Day, of Baltimore, in 1849. Plx years later Dr. Day settled at Grave Creek, Or., wtere he took part In the Indian wars. Before going to the wax he buried the instrument un der his cabin, where it remained for a year, when It was dug up and sold to a man named Frank Good, now Postmaster at Cleveland, Douglas County, Cal. Wright purchased the violin from bis brother. W. T. Wright, cashier of the First National Bank at Roseburg, nine yeacs ago, and in looking up ita history learned that he nad secured a rare treasure, there be ing only two instruments of this make In existence, mThe other Is owned by & music firm in Texas, but the address . of the firm has been mislaid by Wright. The tone of the Instrument la of rare 6weetness. The back shows a street scene made up of 800 pieces of mo saic, and the instrument through out is built along lines not found in present day violins. are no exemptions, and hence, in view of the fact that every emigrant to the United States is able to send money home, this is a safe business. Besides, the pick ings of the emigration companies enable them to get back a large part of the funds loaned the emigrant before he sails, I cannot, of course, prove this state of facts, but all the circumstances concur In supporting this view." The agitation for the exclusion of the Japanese is led by t-e Japanese and Ko rean Exclusion League, which is com posed largely of union labor representa tives. Memorials have been sent to Con gress, and the California delegation in Congress has made some stir toward dis cussion of the Japanese Immigration question. The best-informed people her perceive tnat the East Is not ready at this time to consider Japanese exclusion, but they are convinced that the time is rapid ly approaching when somethlng-jnust be done to protect this Coast from the de moralizing influences of the Japanese. If exclusion is impossible, they will demand restriction at least. If this is not forth coming, they believe teh answer will be an uprising against the Japanese. AIDS MANY DURING YEAR General Booth Tells of Work of Vol unteers of America. CHICAGO. Nov. 4 "The last year has been one of the happiest of our organiza tion." declared General Bajlington Booth, head of the Volunteers of America, to night. General Booth is here to attend the annual meeting of officers during the present week, at which officers for the coming year will be elected. "During the past year.", he continued, "we have cared for 3S35 women in our homes. Volunteer officers and workers have visited and aided 27,757 families; 2-SO.S12 persons were lodged in homes for workingmen and women, not including those succored during strikes: 4S9.754 per sons were fed at institutions, and the Volunteer Prison League has cared for 60.000 persons. 70 per cent of whom are now living upright, lawful lives. "Describe as nearly as you can." said the judge. the assault the prisoner made cn you." "It wor just a common ordinary brick, sor." . replied the defendant. Mil waukee; Sentinel. is: I . 4 I All J ' ? pS 111 1 WW??WM I i . 1 -t j T . . . -4 ' $ V . V'i j V:-;: ; :.. - v;; j DEMAND OF MQRAN Tobacco Trust Papers Show Method of Corruption. IN PUBLISHER'S HANDS District Attorney at Boston Asks Je rome In New York to Secure Evi dence of ex-State Senator Hughes of Michigan. BOSTON. Nov. 4. District Attorney John B. Moran sent a letter to District Attorney William T. Jerome, of New York, today, in which he stated that he was informed by State Senator A. D. Hughes, of Michigan, -that there is In the possession of Collier's Weekly evi dence in the form of original documents, letters and telegrams, which tend to show that an organized method of legislative corruption is practiced by the so-called tobacco trust throughout the country. The letter follows: "I am creditably informed by Mr. A. D. Hughes. ex-State Senator of Michigan, that there is in the possession of the publishers of Collier's Weekly, having its place of business in New York City, evi dence in the form of original documents, letters, telegrams. 'secret codes, and the translation thereof, some copies of which I know of and which I append hereto, which tend to show an organized, sys tematic and general method of legisla tive corruption practiced by the so-called tobacco trust throughout the country. . I am informed that some of the documents, copies of which I now have, tend to show that several bills affecting the interest of the said tobacco trust were defeated at the capital of this commonwealth at the last session of the Massachusetts Legisla ture by practices which were a Jart of this systematic system. "I am informed that publishers of the said Collier's Weekly have purchased the evidence for a large sum of money, under a contract to publish the same not later than ten days after August 1: the last day for publishing same has expired; that the said Collier's Weekly has re fused to publish the same. "I am further informed that Collier's Weekly is delaying publishing the evi dence of its contract. "Therefore I respectfully request you to obtain the same evidence and transmit to me forthwith, in order that I may be gin an immediate inquiry to such acts, occurring within my jurisdeton, as may be disclosed by an examnation of the said documents." In making public the letter Mr. Moran also gave to the press copies of many letters, telegrams and codes, one letter being from Hughes. Hughes claims that he bought a factory in Marion. lad., last April, from Senator O. A. Baker, and in the factory Hughes found a desk, which, he asserts, was full of documents, reveal ing certain transactions with the Amer ican Tobacco Company. Hughes states in his letter that he en deavored to interest President Roosevelt and Governor Hanley, of Indiana, but was unsuccessful. He then sold the docu ments to Collier's, under a contract to publish them. Arthur D- Hughes, of Irving', Barry County, was a Senator from the Fif teenth District in the Michigan Legis lature of 1S97-9S. After the purchase of a. second-hand desk at a sale in In diana, . Senator Hughes found In the desk a quantity of papers which ap peared to have been the property of an agent for the so-called tobacco trust. It is said the name of the former pos sessor of the desk is Baker, and that he is now in Hamilton,' Ont., refusing to go to Indiana at the request of the au thorities there, where a bribery Investi gation is pending. Baker a Fugitive From Justice. MARION, Ind., Nov. 4. A. D. Hughes, who is mentioned in the dispatch from Boston in connection with alleged deal ings by the tobacco trust, through their agent, O. A. Baker, is not known in this city. The factory of which mention is made is a small affair, and at last accounts was under the management of O. A. Baker's son. O. A. Baker is a fugitive from justice, and was last reported as being in On tario. During the last Legislative ses sion two years ago Baker was charged with offering a bribe to a member of the Legislature, and left the state. HAPGOOD HAS THE STORY. Editor of Collier's Says He Is Sorry He Could 3fot Publish It Sooner. NEW YORK. Nov. 5. Norman Hap good, editor of Collier's Weekly, Is quot ed in the Times today as having made the following statement regarding the charge made by John B. Moran. candidate for Governor In Massachusetts, In a letter to District Attorney Jerome, that a story treating of alleged bribery, by what he termed the "tobacco trust." had been suppressed and would not be published until after the election: "That is pure rot. It Is true that we are to publish a story of the tobacco trust, and that the story will be the story of the trust from the beginning to the present time. It is also true that a part of the story will deal with the influencing of legislation by the trust. We are very sorry that the story was not ready for publication some time ago. for we would have been very glad to publish It before election." CINCH ON YELLOWSTONE Major Pitcher Recommends That Competition Be Established. WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. According to the annual report of Major John Pitcher. Acting Superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park, the monop oly enjoyed by the Yellowstone Lake Boat Company for the transportation of tourists from Upper Geyser Basin to the Thumb is becoming a serious prob lem. Major Pitcher has recommended that competition be established in some way, or that the stage lines be permit ted to operate their own boats. In order to give their patrons the choice of boat or land transportation to the Thumb. The Yellowstone Lake Boat Company charges $3 a head for the trip, which is IS miles' distance. Its franchise expires July 21 next. Major Pitcher empha sizes his recommendation of last year that the garrison at Fort Yellowstone be increased to a four-troop or squad ron post- Xon-Resident Jews Are Barred. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 4 In spite of protests lodged by the students, the rector and the council of the University of St. Petersburg, the Prefect of Police has re fused to allow Jews who do not belong to the university to attend the lectures and has considered them to be expelled from the capital on the ground that they have not the right of residence. Coarse, discolored, oily, red skin rendered fair and inviting by Satin akin powder. 25c . r Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lowest GREAT SALE It ttIII savor of good Judgment to bay at least 3 or 4 of these beau tiful new shirtwaists $35-$50 Paris Model Advance mid-Winter copies of the creations of milliners. Monday only. (ggggg FOR MONDAY ONLY i5$$l 7 $3.95 Regularly to $10.00 I yrfM $3.95 pI7 Sale High-Grade Laces and Trimmings Laces and Trimmings worth $2.00 to $15.00 a yard at 98c to $7.98 a yard just half price. " Windfall" Sale of Fine Linens "Keep these for Thanksgiving and set the town wild," said the manufacturer. In this sale at half price. FRESH GRAFT IS PLANNED SPRING TAXIEY COMPANY TO BE SOLD TO CITT. San Francisco Supervisor Are Said to Have Made Arrangements for Big Coup. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 (Special.) It Is understood from recent develop ments that the projected purchase of the Bay City's -water company for a munici pal Bupply was not Intended by the Super visors as a blow to the Spring Valley Company, the present monopoly. It Is stated that th Supervisors intended later to purchase the Spring Valley for the city as well. There have bean recent heavy purchases of Spring Valley stock in the market. This has coma largely from Eastern sources. It is stated that Mayor Schmidt and Abe Ruef have been among the re cent purchasers of Spring Valley stock. The records of the United States Mint and the United States Subtreasury may be called into evidence by the prosecutors of municipal graft following the indict ments which, Heney and Burns expect to secure at the hands of the new grand Jury. It is learned that some of the big finan cial transactions that occurred at the Gov ernment's treasure-house on Fifth street during the weeks when the mint was ful filling the functions of the commercial banks of the city and the Subtreasury as well, will throw considerable light on some of the graft that Heney and Burns are now investigating. In this connection, Heney and Burns, it was learned yesterday, have been informed that the United Rail roads Company had some large finan cial transactions with the Subtreasury that will require considerable explanation before they will be relieved of all sug gestions of suspicion. Tbe statement is msfdo that on the day before the Super visors finally passed the ordinance permit ting the United Railroads to convert alt of its cable roads into overhead trolley lines, one of the most prominent oflicials of the corporation went dow to the mint in an automobile and converted $75,0X1 in gold coin into the same amount of paper money. This la the amount that is said to have passed to the Supervisors, in addi tion to certain allotments of United Rail roads stock. One Chivalrous Bed Man. Outing. Near the end of a brilliant match, between our oldest university and the Carlisle Indians, one of the Indian backs suddenly got away with the ball and was off down the field with noth- ing between him and the goal posts but one man. If the runner succeeded In getting by him, it meant everlast ing athletic glory for himself and per haps a victory for his small college over this mighty institution of learn OF PYROGRAPHY SUPPLIES CONTINUED To $10 Waists at $3.95 A great Monday Sale of fifteen distinct styles of dainty waists, selling regularly to $10.00, embracing Chiffon Taffeta Silk Waists White and Cream Net Waists Fancy Plaid Silk Waists All have either long or elbow sleeves, lace trim mings, combined with fancy plaiting and fine pin tucking. Waists in black and every desirable Fall color. For Monday sale only Hats, $14.75 models, exact famous Parisian Women's Women's Women's ing, containing tae flower of the civ ilization which had swept his fore fathers away from the lands they once possessed. The crowd in the stands had arisen, gasping in their excite ment, as crowds always do at such moments. But Just as he had almost gained the coveted line, that one man. a famous sprinter, brought the runner down with a beautiful tackle. The stands rocked with relief, and the usual "piling up" of other players took place. As the two lay there together the fair-haired representative of New England, while still clasping the dark skinned descendant of American sav agery, felt something fumbling, and presently became aware, at the bottom of the heap there, that his right hand was being shaken. "Good tackle." muttered the Indian. CAUGHT BY FALLING WALL One Fireman Killed and Four In jured In New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 4. One fireman was killed and four others seriously Injured In a fire today that caused a monetary loss of J75,d0 in the building occupied by the New Tork Vitrified Tile Company and the Pilgrim Steam Laundry In Brooklyn. The dead and injured were buried under a wall that collapsed. Carnegie Institute Damaged. PITTSBURG, Nov. 4. Fire today threatened the destruction of the Carnegie Institute, valued at $6,003, 000, and the most beautiful structure of its kind in America. The fire orig inated In the power room in the base ment, from defective electrical wires, andwas extinguished after damaging the building to the extent of $20. ,i:0. Remember? Row you squirmed to es cape a dose of cod liver oil. That was years ago. Now children and elderly folks take VIN0L. Vinol is a real cod liver preparation with the use less oil taken out tonic iron added. That's why Vinol restores health and creates strength. Vinol tastes good, and is a great improvement on old fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions. Woodard, Clarke & Co., Druggists. All are perfectly made and of splendid mate rials tbe very latest conceits are shown here i i $3.95 The best valuesthe daintiest styles we have ever been able to offer at such moderate prices $45 Women's Tailored Suits $27.50 Of fine quality chiffon broadcloth in all the newest shades of red, blue green, brown and navy. Also fancy mixtures. $18.50 Long Coats $12.50 $22.50 Long Coats $15.00 $28.50 Long Coats $18.50 Monday Sale of Standard Silks Black taffeta and peau de soie, chiffon taffeta, messaline,. louisine, suiting silks, colored taffetas at very special prices. There were many persons in the music hall of the institution attending an organ recital when the fire was dis covered, but all reached the street in safety. PIRATES SEIZE LAUNCHES Chinese Make Escape With $10,000 in Booty at Hongkong. HONGKONG. Nov. 4 Reports have been received that Chinese pirates have seized a British launch and two Chinese launches in West River and escaped with $10,000 in booty after a running fight. 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