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1 ' fllE MOllNTNG ORECxONI AN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1900. IS DEATH KNELL OF SLOT-MACHINES Mayor Lane Gives Chief Police Orders to Sup press Them, of MAKES THE LIMIT SHORT Cigar Stores and Saloons Will Be Notified Today That Devices Must Go Will Not Kesist. Preachers Are Pleased. Xickle-irwthe-slot machines will hear their death knell this morning. Bright and early a force of officers, acting under instructions of Chief of Police Gritz macher will set about retiring the money devouring contrivances. Every cigar store and saloon where the devices are operated will be vifited and the proprie tors given a limited time in which to re move them. Mayor Lane decided upon these steps yesterday morning at a conference with Chief Gritzmacher. He instructed the Chief to proceed at once and the head of the police department will follow in structions today. Mayor Lane says he has had the elimination of the machines under consideration for some time past and that the agitation begun by the Min isterial Association did not prompt him to act. Though the order ending slot-machine gambling was already in the hands of the police, various plans for securing such an order were discussed yesterday afternoon by the committee on law enforcement of the Ministerial Association. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, chairman of the committee took the subject up with his colleagues at the Y. M. C. A. reception hall and the situation was gone over in detail. It was decided to have every minister in the city bring up the subject in his evening sermon next Sunday, and to bring the matter to the attention of the various meetings of young people. Dr. Wilson was delegated to prepare a state ment of facts, a copy of which to be mailed to each clergyman in Portland. Pastor Pleasantly Surprised. When informed after the meeting of Mayor Lane's action Dr. Wilson said he was pleasantly surprised. "if the Mayor does that much it. will help the town . immeasurably," he said. "Nevertheless the work of the committee has not been wasted. We shall carry out our programme. It Is just as well to keep public opinion -stirred up on the subject." Mayor Lane's instructions to Chief Gritzmacher were brief and to the point. The Chief was told to have every slot machine operator informed that the de vices must go and go at once. Chief Gritzmacher replied that he would take great pleasure in enforcing the order. He said the machines were nuisances and that he was opposed to them. The Mayor said: he expected no resist ance. "I believe the s'lot-machine people will quit on notice," he said. "No, the Ministerial Association has not awaited upon me. I have been receiving com plaints about the slot machines for a long time. Complaints have come to me from many sources, by letter and verbally. While I expect no resistance, we are pre pared to enforce the order if necessary. There is no ordinance against slot ma chines, but they come under the general head of gambling and if nothing else will hold the state gambling law will cover the case. The slot machines must go. They do a great deal of harm; in some instances embezzlements have been traced to them." m Manning Will Not Talk. When asked concerning the application of the state law District Attorney Man ning was not inclined to be communica tive, further than to say that the subject had not been called to his official at tention; that he would attend to It when it was. That there will be no fight against the order was the verdict of a number of cigar men seen yesterday. "I am ready to take my machines off the counter the moment an order to that effect is presented." said Sig Sichel, one of the largest cigar dealers in the city. A similar stand was taken by the others. That it will work a considerable hard ship on the cigar men was the general opinion, especially among the smaller dealers. They maintain that the slot ma chine is nothing more than a good sales SLOT MACHINE FIENDS REJOICE AT THE PROSPECT OF RELIEF Hail Mayor's Order Abolishing Gambling Devices With Delight Chains of Habit Will Bo Broken and Their Money Saved. THERE are some hundreds of indi viduals in Portland today who will be forced to begin looking for a new form of physical exercise; likewise a new channel of disburse ment to keep their incomes down to a respectable figure. With the disap pearance of the ubiquitous slot-machine these two essentials of their daily lives will have been eliminated. But if any one imagines the putting away of these little money-swallowing devices is going to worry the chronic victim of the game, he is mistaken. The slot-machine fiend was interviewed last night, and he was glad to hear the good news. He at once began planning the construction of a new skyscraper with his probable savings. According to his version, slot-machine playing is a fever. While not included in the medical calendar, ex cept under the general head of mental aberration, it is infectious and has no cure, except the amputation of the slot-machine. Tie up a slot-machine : fiend with a log chain and he will gnaw the chain in half and sprint for the nearest cigar store. Not that he wishes a cigar. His pockets may al ready be bulging with them. It is simply that irresistible American de sire to get something for nothing1. In this case, however, it Is the owner of the machine that does most the "get ting for nothing." The possibilities of the slot-machine are great. Skilfully arranged within its metal case are 60 of the 52 cards of an ordinary pack. These are on a spindle which is set In motion by a spring." In order to get this spring to work it is necessary to bring it in sud don contact with a nickel or a metal "slug" of equal weight. The coin is dropped into a yawning slot. The re sult of the play is determined by the five cards that remain in sight In a small glass opening, after the cards man and that there is no enormous profit to be derived from it. Dealers claim that cigars sold through the machines net them 11 cents each, on an annual average. BAZAARS IM FULL SWING Portland Churches Offer Fancy AVork and Confections for Sale. Christmas bazaar season ia in full swing, and at nearly all the churches all sorts of useful fancy articles, dolls, aprons, bags, preserves, cake, jellies, mincemeat, homemade candies and other good things are offered for sale. Women who have not time to make gifts for their friends, but who prefer handmade articles, are finding1 no trouble In filling their lists and are voting the time-honored and often ma ligned church bazaar a blessing. The ladies of the Taylor Street Church opened their bazaar yesterday afternon in the church parlors, and gave an excellent programme last night. Today they will serve a home cooked dinner from 11:30 until 2. The bazaar sale will close this evening at 6 o'clock. ' At the First Congregational Church the annual sale of Christmas gifts be gan Tuesday morning and will con tinue until 6 o'clock this evening. The fine assortment of beautiful fancy work and homemade conserves offered by the ladies of this church has been much commented upon by the many patrons who filled the church parlors yesterday, and everything was finding a ready sale. St Matthew's Guild held Its sale last night at 209 Caruthers street. The "pink and green" bazaar of the Third Presbyterian Church, East Thir teenth and Pine streets, opened yester day and the fine display of articles found ready sale. The refreshment 'booth was also liberally patronized. The (bazaar will be open this afternoon and evening. AGAINST A WIDE STREET Villa Avenue Property Owners May Kill the Project. According to reports submitted at the special meeting of the Center Addition Progressive Club Monday evening the widening of Villa avenue, making it an 80-foot street, has received a death blow from the property owners. At this meet ing, held at the home of C. T. Groat, the special committee appointed to interview the property owners between the Wiberg Lane to the end of Villa avenue, reported that four-fifths of the property owners interviewed expressed themselves against making Villa avenue 80 feet wide. The committee also reported that prop erty owners generally were favorable to proceeding with the Improvement of the avenue 60 feet wide. This canvass was made after the grade stakes were set along the street showing how much prop erty it would te necessary to condemn to make an 80-foot street. This seems to settle the fate of the move ment for a wide street, and again brings up the question of the right-of-way through the Ladd farm. W. M. Ladd, representing the Ladd estate, gave the clubs his written consent to either an 80 or 100-foot street, but would not consent to a 60-foot street through the farm. No one at the meeting was prepared to say what effect the decision of the property owners east from Wiberg Lane will have on the right-of-way through the Ladd farm. There will be another meeting of the Center Addition Progressive Club Mon day evening next at the home of C. T. Groat. GABRILOWITSCH TONIGHT Will Present Magnificent Pro gramme to Admirers This Evening. The coming of Gabrilowitsch tonight is looked forward to with the keenest pleas ure by the local patrons of music, as might well be expected when an- artist of such high standing is about to pay Portland a visit. Of the few pianists to whom, without fear of contradiction, the term great might be applied, none more fully de serves the title than Gabrilowitsch, whose intellectuality, artistic comprehen sion and wide knowledge of the world as it is today, would put him in the front rank even without the marvelous gift which has induced many critics to call him "the wizard of the keyboard." There are many noble atid beautiful numbers on the programme tonight, and the re cital, which is under the direction of Lois Steers-Wynn Coman, will begin at 8:15. FIREPLACE J!ECESSITIES. Andirons, spark guards, flresets. port able grates, ' gas heaters, gas logs, elec tric sad irons, electric foot warmers, in fact anything in electric or gas appliances may be obtained at reasonable prices at M. J. Walsh Co., 311 Stark street between Fifth and Sixth. ' have been shuffled through the agency of the aforesaid spring. If there is a pair of aces or kings in sight the play.er gets a cigar. In some places they pay on queens, jacks and deuces to attract trade. Three of a kind means three cigars, four of a kind brings 15, two pairs bring two cigars, all(of a color, a flush or all in a row, a straight, wins five cigars. A royal flush means 100 cigars, and royal flushes, by the way, are quite as plentiful as are mocking birds at the North Pole. The capacity of one of those little machines is something remarkable. It can drink up a whole river of nickels. And the caprices of the thing are equally startling. One man happens along, drops in a single nickel and gets 10 or 15 good cigars. Another puts in his entire salary and gets nothing. Of course, the average player of the machine doesn't come under the head of slot-machine fiend. The real, genu ine fiend is a growth. He started in playing a few nickels at a time in the hope of securing cheap cigars. Then the fascination of the game got him. He is to be seen at any hour of the day and at any cigar store feeding his money into the hungry slot with nerv ous haste. Seemingly he Is bent on finding how much coin the machine will hold. He generally quits when all his money is gone and not even then if his credit is good. It is not an uncommon practice for devotees of the game to put in their whole week's earnings, nickel after nickel. Getting a dozen cigars ahead he will "play them back." The playing back game is the one whereby the player gets the bad end of the -system. He gets two slugs for every bit cigar won. Thus he is getting only 10 cents for "chips" worth 12 cents. Under the slot-machine system $10 cigars are not at all uncommon. That the devices are being retired will cause no regret to the majority of men who have acquired the unenviable habit of playing them. They regard it as the only cure for an expensive ailment; thus admitting their own weakness. HOME OF REEDS IS 111 OREGON Supreme Court Decides That Jurisdiction of Will Is in This State. MONEY LEFT TO INSTITUTE Wish of Old Residents of Portland to Promote Literature, Science ' and Art Will Be Carried Out, , Despite Certain Heirs. SALEM. Or., Bee. 4. (Special.) The Amanda W. Reed will case was today de cided by the Supreme Court in favor of jurisdiction in Oregon, thus defeating the effort to transfer administration of the Keed estate to California. The court finds, as did the lower court, that neither S. G. Reed nor his widow, Amanda W. Reed, ever gave up their permanent legal residence in Oregon, but that they resided in Pasadena, Cal., only temporarily. This conclusion is reached after a lengthy re view of the evidence and an exhaustive discussion of the law of domicile. The case was decided in the court below after a trial before Judges Frazer, Cleveland and George, of Multnomah County. The decision on appeal was written by Chief Justice R. S. Bean. This contest was brought by Emily Pickering, Sarah A. Robertson, Abigail Baxter Wood, John H. Wood, W. H. Faxon, Helen Faxon Passmore, Emma Wood Brainard, Harry A. Wood. Co rinne Wood, Stella H. Wood and Helen B. Wood, who would profit by the defeat of the will of Mrs. Reed. The contestees were Martin Winch, executor of the will, and T. L. Eliot, C. B. Bellinger and C. A. Dolph, trustees of the Reed Institute, for the establishment of which Mrs. Reed left the bulk of her fortune. The facts in the case are thus summed up by Judge Bean : Grounds of the Contest. This is a contest over the probate in an Oregon court of the will oftAmanda W. Reed, who died at Pasadena. California, In May, 190. Mrs. Heed was the widow of S. G. Keed, de ceased, "and died without children. Her will was executed September 4, 1901, In this state, and recited that she resided at Portland. It disposes of real and personal property of more than a million and a quarter of dollars in value, almost all of which Is in Oregon. Its probate is contested on the ground, as claim ed, that the court of primary jurisdiction Is the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Cal., In which state the contestants allege that the testatrix was domiciled at the time of her death. Mr. and Mrs. Eeed came to Oregon in 1854, and remained here until 1892. during which rime they accumulated the fortune now in con troversy. Mr. Reed's bealth failed in 1891. and at the instance and upon the advice of bis physician, he went to California to spend the Winter, hoping the change would benent him. His health not improving, he returned to Ore gon in the Spring of 1892. and then went to Europe to consult a specialist. He returned from Europe in the Fall and shortly thereafter he and his wife went to Pasadena, Cal., where the climate was considered better suited to his health and comfort than that of Oregon. They boarded awhile at a hotel and then pur chased residence property and removed their household effects and personal belongings from Portland to Pasadena. Mr. Reed's health Towing worse, he died in Pasadena In 1895. and Mrs. Reed .brought the body to Portland, where it was buried in Riverview Cemetery. During hte absence from Portland, Mr. Reed made no material change in his business af fairs, retaining his residence property and large holdings in lands and city property and his Investments and securities in this state; kept his bank account and deposits, his office and agent here to attend to his business. He also retained hie connection as a director In sev eral Oregon corporations and his position as a member of the water committee of Portland, and his fraternal affiliations. He never voted in California, nor assumed any of the duties and obligations of its citizenship. The taxes on his personal property, except perhaps such as he used for his Immediate comfort and con venience, were paid in Portland and not in California. Save and except his bare resiaence in Pasadena. Portland was the center of his affairs, and they remained unchanged as- to his business connection and civic obligations and duties. Mr. Reed left a will devising and bequeathing all his property except some real estate In Massachusetts, to his wife, and sug gested therein that: Expressed Wish of Mr. Reed. "Feeling as I do a deep interest In the future welfare and prosperity of the City of Portland, Or., where I have spent my business life and accumulated the property I possess, I would suggest to my wife- that she devote some portion of my estate to benevolent ob jects or to the cultivation, illustration or de velopment of the fine arts of said City of Port land, or to some other suitable purpose, which shall be of permanent value and contribute to the beauty of the city and to the intelli gence, prosperity and happiness of its in habitants." On November 18, 1895, Mrs. Reed petitioned the Probate Court of Multnomah County for administration upon the estate of her hus band, reciting and stating In such petition that she was a resident of Portland. She was appointed executrix and thereafter settled up the estate. She returned to California and for a time lived in the. residence formerly occu pied by herself and husband. Some two or three years later she built a dwelling at Car- melita, Pasadena, on property purchased by her husband and on which he had contem plated building. She continued to reside there until her death, making frequent visits to Portland. She made no change in the man agement of the business or the property, real or personal, to which she succeeded, except to have her husband's name removed from the office door and hers placed thereon. She re tained her church connection In Portland and made regular contributions for its support and to its charities. She kept her office, agent. bank account and deposits there, except a small amount from time to time to meet her current expenses. She made no Investments In Cali fornia out of her surplus proceeds, but retain ed her property interests and business of all kinds in Oregon, as had been done by the hus band. In numerous and sundry documents exe cuted by her she declared herself to be a resi dent of Oregon temporarily residing in Pasa dena, and in her will, which was several times changed and revised, she Invariably made the same declaration of herself. By the terms of her will, after making bequests to diverse per sons amounting to $230,000, and disposing of several small articles of personal property, she devised and bequeathed the remainder of her property for some 17 different charitable and literary purposes, the recipients of her bounty all being Portland Institutions except three, and only one of them was In Pasadena. The bulk of her property was 'devoted to the founding and maintenance at Portland "of an institution of learning, having for its object the Increase and diffusion of practical knowledge among the citizens' of said city of Portland, and for the promotion, of literature, science and art," to be known as "The Reed Institute," In mem ory of her husband. She .appointed a resi dent of Portland executor of her will,- and residents of that city trustees to carry out its objects. The court below held that the legal domicile of Mrs. Reed was In Oregon at the time of her death and her . will was entitled to probate here. From this decree the contestants ap peal. Question Hinges on Domicile. Commenting upon the general features of the case. Judge Bean says : Tbis contest arises out of the desire of a number of the heirs of Mrs. Reed to divert and circumvent her manifest intention and de sires as to the disposition of her property by availing themselves of the provisions of. a statute of California, which makes void any devise -or bequest for charitable uses in excess of a certain proportionate share of the estate of the deceased (2 Kerr, Cyc Code, Page 1313.) To accomplish this purpose the assert that Mrs. Reed was domiciled in California and the dis position of her property was subject to Its laws. The case, therefore, depends upon the single fact whether Mrs. Reed's domlcil at the time of her death was in Oregon or in California. To make out their case, the contestants are bound to establish, either (1) that Mr. Reed changed his domlcil, and by virtue of the marital relation, the domlcil of Mrs. Reed, from Portland to Pasadena: or (2) that, it "his domlcil remained, at Portland unchanged. Mrs. Reed, after bis deal", and when she became corn patent to choose and acquire ' a new domlcil, changed her domlcil from Portland to Pasadena. Domlcil Is difficult of accurate dehttlon and the opinion has been expressed by many Judges and writers that the term cannot be a-ucceest fully defined so as to embrace all its phases. Mr. Justice Shaw says: "No exact definition can be given of domlcil; It depends upon no one fact or combination .of circumstances, but from the whole taken together it must be de termined in each particular case." After quoting the authorities, the opin ion says: Domlcil, therefore, is made up of residence and intention. Neither, standing alone, is. suffi cient for the purpose. Residence is not enough. except as it is conjoined wih intent which determines whether its character Is permanent or temporary; and clearly a mere intent cannot create a domlcil. Mr. Dicey says: "The domlcil of any person is, In general, the place or coun try which is In fact his permanent home, but It Is in some cases the place or country, which, whether in fact his home or not, Is determined! to be his home as a rule of law." This is con sidered by Mr. Jacobs, with perhaps one change, to be pa nearly accurate a definition as has been- given. Lived in Oregon Nearly 40 Years. But wa need not pursue -this branch of the question further. We are not so much con cerned at this time with the correct technical definition of domlcil as we are with the law regulating a change of domloil when once ac quired. It is shown by the evidence, and- ad mitted; by the contestants, that Mr. and Mrs. Reed were domiciled in Oregon from 1854 to 1892-a period of nearly 40 years and this domlcil is -presumed to have continued until it is shown that a new one. was established, in Intent and fact, by Indicating and carrying into effect an intention to abandon the Oregon domlcil and) to establish another in California. Every person is assumed by the law to have one domlcil and one fenly. And when this. Is shown to exist, it Is presumed to continue until not only another residence and place of abode are acquired-, but until there is an in tention manifested and carried tnto execution of abandoning the original domlcil and ac quiring another by actual residence: and the burden of proof is upon the .party who asserts the change. After reviewing the evidence as to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Reed, the opin ion says: The acts of Mr. and Mrs. Ree, and the un disputed facts surrounding and characterizing their removal from Portland to California, and their subsequent residence in Pasadena, show to our minds quite clearly that they at all times deemed and considered their residence there as temporary rather than permanent, and that Portland was their legal domicil. The decided weight of the testimony as' to their purposes as declared by them is to the same effect. NODINE CASE IS AFFIRMED Oregon Supreme Court Makes Modi fication in Decree. ' ' SALEM, Or., Dec. 4. The Supreme Court today affirmed the decision in the Nodine case in an opinion by Justice Hailey. Fred Nodine was formerly a wealthy farmer in Union County. Dur ing the hard times he became seriously embarrassed, and in the hope of saving something he executed a trust deed to F. L. Richmond and W. T. Wright, who were to manage the property and sell' so much as necessary to pay off the heavy indebtedness. The trust deed was given in 1894. This suit for an accounting and for $150,000 damages against the trustees for permit ting the sale of certain lands upon exe cution, and to recover such lands and to cancel certain deeds, was brought in 1904. The defendants were F. L. Richmond, W.' T. Wright, F. A. E. . Starr, W. J. Townley, Thomas Connell, J. P. Marshall, Ainsworth National Bank and the First National Bank of Portland. The lower court, Robert Eakin, Judge, decided against Nodine, except that a judgment for J10S6.60 was awarded against Starr and decrees for cancellation were against Connell, Marshall and the Ainsworth bank, against whom, also, costs were al lowed. The Supreme Court modifies the decree so far as it is against Starr, Con nell, Marshall and the bank. The Supreme Court also, affirmed the Judgment against J. H. Cook, J.: M. Neal and T. W. Bigger, convicted be fore Judge Cleland on a charge of operating a slaughter house contrary to city ordinances. The court holds that the subsequent ordinance author izing the operation of the slaughter house did not relieve defendants from liability for the former violation. Opinion is by Justice Moore. H. E. Noble, respondent, versus M. E. Watkins et al.f appellants, from Columbia County, T. A. McBride. Judge; affirmed. Opinion by Chief Justice Bean. S. S. Brownell, respondent, versus Sa lem Flouring Mills, appellants, from Ma rion County, George H. Burnett, Judge; motion to dismiss appeal allowed. Opin ion by Justice Moore. G. A. Setterlun, appellant, versus H. A. Keene et al., from Marion County, George H. Burnett, Judge; affirmed. Opinion by Chief Justice Bean. John Amort, respondent, versus School District No. 8, et al., appellants, from Marion County, William Galloway Judge; reversed. Opinion by Chief Justice Bean. DECISION MEETS WITH FAVOR Will Expedite Founding of Reed In stitute in Portland. Announcement of the decision of the Supreme Court, upholding previous de cisions to the effect that Mrs. Amanda W. Reed was a resident of Oregon, and thereby making more probable the carry ing out of the terms of her will, was received with much pleasure by Martin Winch, executor of the estate, and by all interested in founding the proposed Reed Institute in Portland. By the terms of Mrs. Reed's will, about t300,000 is bequeathed to relatives and the remainder, approximating more than Jl.500,000 is to be. devoted to founding the institute, which is fo bear her name and to serve as a school of practical education to deserving young men. Although there Is a possibility of fur ther litigation in the case, it is recog nized that the decision of the Supreme Court gives practical assurance that the estate will be settled according to the terms of the will. The Multnomah County Court and the Superior Court of Cali fornia have previously decided that Mrs. Reed had her domicile in Oregon, and it is believed that before many months the settlement of the ' large estate will be under way. After all possibility of litigation is end ed, the first action will be the payment of the direct .bequests to relatives. The trustees of the Reed Institute, as a cor poration, will then assume the title to the residue, and the founding of that insti tution will commence. The originally named trustees of the institute were: Martin Winch, C. A. Dolph, T. L. Eliot, Judge C. P. Bellinger and W. E. Robin son. The last named declined to serve upon the board, his wife being one of the contesting heirs. His position and that of the late Judge Bellinger will be filled by the remaining members, the board being self-perpetuating. "I am not surprised at the conclusion reached by the Supreme Court," said Mr. Winch last night.' "Mrs. Reed's intentions-were too plainly indicated by the: r. The Other Features Letitia, Nurjery Corps, U. S. A. Another of the charming child stories of George Madden Martin, the creator of "Emmy Lou." Tells what happened to - a lone, neglected army child whose mother played bridge and left her to the tender mercies of big Corporal Leg're. The first of the series. Adventure ia Contentment - Have you ever been seized with the ' passion for ownership, or filled with the ' joy of possession ? You might like to do . yourself what David Grayson did; at any rate you'll like to read about it Ida M. Tarbell begins her hew serial, "The Tariff in Our Times." Greater even than "The Standard Oil," which so stirred up the country. Clara Morris tells about her first speech and the black grenadine she wore to "The Daly Ban quet," and how Mrs. Gilbert took her home at three-thirty in the morning to the scandal of the neighbors. A Song of a Shirt One of Mary Stewart Cutting's little serio-comic stories of married life. Other titles are, The Fountain of Youth The Gardendale Burglar Cure Out of the Heart, by a Southern Woman The Great Refusal Mile-a-Minute Madness and Poems, Pictures, An nouncements, etc. In the Interpreter's House Christmas Editorials full of gentle humor and sound sense the choice and intimate contributions of the editorial staff on current events. ' MAGAHNE v For December 10 cents at any News-Stand; 81.00 a Year THE PHILLIPS liHflflllfflttaaiHISKB3n will and the testimony to leave any seri ous question as to her domicile. It was well known that Mr. and Mrs. Reed went to California on account of Mr. Reed's health, and not because . he had any thought of becoming a citizen of Cali fornia. Oregon never had two more loyal citizens than Mr. and Mrs. Reed. "In Mr. Reed's will he called the at tention of his wife to the fact that Ore gon had been good to them and that he wished -that the principal part of his for tune, which should be left when she was through with it, should go to aid the peo ple of the city and state where they had ivei and acquired wliat they had. This IJlillii ft liilii! Ill U! ,rlWik E '! ' " 1 " ; r )' 'rJ..-ir'i,v".n.'ih-.'i' vi'-.-,'; '.'f1' 'A'W mpn in JTrir tfiff the high-priced they are the only satisfaction. in The mouth-piece insures a cool, mild and clean smoke. The tobacco is of the very finest blend; and a fine, thin mais paper is used crimped together without a drop ,of paste, giving' the smoker the full fragrance of the perfect Imperiales blend. 80,000,000 Imperiales Cigarettes smoked by the Men of the West in 1905. , ' 10 for 10 cents THE JOHN BOLLMAN CO., Manufacturers, San Francisco DooSe Christmas Spirit , By F. P. DUNNE Straight from Mr. Dooley's" heart '.'The Christmas Spirit" flows into the pages of the December Number of The American Magazine. Hennessey has caught it. Read it; you'll laugh and chuckle and catch it too. It'll catch you hard and leaven you up till you glow all over. Science, St. Skinflint and Santa Claus William Allen White's Christmas Talk, refreshes the heart and delights the mind. With whimsical pictures, Mr. White paints Science "pale and blue-nosed, with skimmed-milk eyes, pointer in hand and chalk dust in her hair" St.. Skinflint "straight-laced, weazen-faced god of Business" Santa Claus "forty-two in girth, thirty-eight chest measure may be 'Uncle Jimmy who clerks in the store on Main Street."' It makes rich reading in AMI PUBLISHING COMPANY, 141-146 Fifth Avenue. New York Mrs. Reed attempted to do, and as execu tor of her will I shall spare neither pains nor expense to carry out her wishes to the letter. "I am advised that this decision of the Supreme Court Is final as to the ques tion of Mrs. Reed's domicile, and is at least one step nearer the establishment of the Reed Institute. The trustees and I regret the delay which this legislation has occasioned, but I shall be satisfied if in the end Mrs. Reed's wishes are permitted to be carried out. 'I am not a lawyer and I may not appreciate the nice arbitration attempted to be made by the term domicile, but I ;,i;. 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