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4 THE MORXLG OKEGONIA3V, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1907. ALL AGREE THAT " DAVIS DID RIGHT Admiral's Conduct With Swet tenham Approved by His Superiors. PRESIDENT'S WARM PRAISE Receives Admiral's Report on King ston Affair and Commends Action. Kvans' Commendation Approved by Roosevelt and Metcalf. WASHINGTON. Feb. l.-In unequivocal terms President Roosevelt today approved Admiral Davis" entire action In connec tion with tats visit to Kingston, Jamaica, and requested the Secretary ot the Navy to express to Admiral Davis his heartiest commendation of all that he did. The long-expected report of Admiral Davis of the circumstances leading up to the with drawal of the fleet from Kingston reached the Navy Department today and was at once laid before the President. Inasmuch as the President already has announced that the diplomatic phas- s a closed in cident. tA'. report itself will not be made public. However: Secretary Metcalf save out the letter of Admiral Evans, com- warmly commending Admiral Davis for his conduct of a situation "which was. to say the least, somewhat embarrass ing " The correspondence Is supplemented by a strong letter of commendation of Admiral Davis by the President and Mr. Metcalf. . . The letter from Admiral Evans, dated January 23, says: Evans Commends Action. Respectfully forwarded, approved, to the Secretary of the Navy through the Bureau ot Navigation. The report and Its appendices, made by officer" who were on the spot and therefore best able to Judge, appear to set forth the whole situation very clearly. The rommander-ln-chlcf feels he cannot too highly commend Rear-Admiral Davis for the very dlgnlned and masterly manner In which he conducted a situation which was, to say the least, somewhat embarrassing, and he deems It particularly fortunate that there was at hand an officer such as he to deal with ths problem. ;The commander-in-chief heartily approves the commendatory remarks relating to the officers and men of the ships who accom nsnled Admiral Davis, but they did no more than Is expected of officers and men In the Navy and no more than would have been done by officers and men of the other ships of the fleet and Indeed, the ships sent were not chosen above those of the fleet. hut for tho reason that they were nearly ready for steaming, when the news of the disaster was received. President Heartily Commends. The President wrote to Mr. Metcalf as follows: I have read carefully the report of Ad mlral Davis, submitted by you. together with the report of Admiral Evans, com trrenfflhg" the actions of Admiral Davis at Kingston. I return them herewith ana ae- stre that you express to Admiral Davis my heartiest commendation of all that he did at Kingston. I approve his entire action. He upheld the best traditions of our Navy In thus rendering distinguished service to humanity: Metcalf Chimes In. Mr. Metcalf. In his letter to Admlrat Davis, says: The department has carefully considered your report and those of your subordinate officers on the aid rendered -by your squad ron to the distressed people of Kingston, Jamaica, after the disastrous earthquake and conflagration. The reports, with Admiral Evans' indorsement approving your actions and praising your able performance of duty in the face of so much contusion ana ami culty, have been submitted to the President. '' The President desires the department to express to you his heartiest commendation of all you did at Kingston. In his note to the department he states that you upheld the best traditions of our Navy in thus ren dering distinguished service to humanity and approves your entire actions. The de partment doslres to add also its approval an'd commendation of your able services and those of the officers and men under your command.. SHOCKS TEAR CP ISLANDS Kartliquekes Change? Entire Appear ance of Solomon Group. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1. The Solo mon Islands, in the South Seas, were visited by a' fearful earthquake several months ago, and so heavy was the force of the temblor that the earth was opened and deep gorges created. The entire ap pearance of the Islands was changed by the great upheaval, but as far as can he ascertained there was no loss or lire, The story was brought here by Governor L Moore, who arrived on tne oceanic i Company's steamer Sierra yesterday from 13amoa. He stated that a trading schooner .-ame into Apia from the Solomon Islands Shortly before he' left for this country With the details, wmcn were meager. It Is deemed probable that the earth qunke that was experienced In the Solo mon Islands'was the one recorded' on the slesmographs." In various parts of the world. According to the Instrument Apia, Samoa." It lasted for several minutes siirl was said- to be the heaviest shock ever reoorded. It was figured that It took place somewhere In the South Seas, but as no report" "came "from the civilized Islands it was believed that it took place st sea. Shocks Continue at Kingston. U3NDON. Feb. 1. Governor Swetten him has notified the Colonial office that fight shocks of earthquake continue to b felt In Kingston. Tasmania Has Shocks. MELBOURNE. Feb. l. Several earth 'makes occurred- Tuesday, in Tasmania. No damage followed, but people were sreatly alarmed. DISPLAY OF ENTERPRISE (Continued from First Page.) sign, "KeCD the pot boiling." Last year ,hpy fed over 800.000 people on Christmas "ay. in order that no one should go away hunarv rjeumission was given to "repeat." meaning return to the table second time. One man at four meals before he was willing to confess to "full" feeMing. The Salvation Army work ers are most resourceful. At one of the orphanages there were once 30 Infants I excess 0 ti.e accommodations of the place. Th collections from passing th tambourine were scant and there was no money to buy cradles. Nevertheless that night the tiny tots were tucked snugly into warm beds improvised from 30 empty crai'Ker hnsi No definite name was chosen for Sal vatlon irmv workers until some tim after tho ideaof slum work had been put Into effect. The manner of giving the organization the name It now bears was I quite unusual. A handbill advertising a. tyled the workers at Rugby the "Halle lujah Army." In preparing a new circu lar for another meeting, one of the secre taries changed the name from the "Halle lujah Army" to the "Volunteer Army. General Booth, the leader of the work, looked over the secretary' s shoulder, thought for a moment, then took a pen and crossed out the word 'Volunteer," ubstituting "Salvation." And It has been known as such all over the world ever since. Presbyterian Mission Work. A prominent worker- in the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions states that it as established 27 mission fields on four continents and has distributed 1,700,000 pages of literature printed in 25 lan guages, has collected 63.000 children of foreign countries into Sunday schools nd has 40,000 pupils in 1000 colleges and ther institutions of learning. This man told of one church In Korea where the membership Increased in one year from 6000 to 12.000. The communicants of that particular congregation have volunteered 8000 days' work to further the cause of Christianity among their own country men. The cost of making converts to the dif ferent religious In this country varies greatly. It Is said the Mormons pay most for new adherents to their faith, and that the Salvation Army spends less per indi vidual than any other sect In securing Its converts. The evangelists, declare that the distribution of so much cheap litera ture nowadays makes it difficult tor churches to get as good results from their printed matter as they did In former years. .First Churches in America. .When the religions of Europe first came In contact with American shores is a question that hlstody has not definitely decided. It Is said that as early as the eleventh century a divine in Iceland had been consecrated as "Bishop of Iceland, Greenland and Vlnland," and was the re cipient of special favors at the hands of the Pope because he had visited the shores of Vlnland and claimed it for the Catholic Church. Some of the oldest churches established under the patronage of the English crown are still standing n this country. In many instances the royal arms are displayed on the walls and the altar holds the communion sil ver adorned with stilted inscriptions ex pressing His Majesty's good will to his faithful subjects. Notable among these Is King's Chapel In Boston, now a Uni tarian Church. The first Sunday school of the Meth odist Church In America was organized by Bishop Asbury at the home of Thomas Crenshaw, of Hanover County. Virginia, in 1786. The first bell used in a Methodist sen-Ice in this country was one that hung in the church on the Maryland estate of Henry Dorsey Gough near his mansion. Parry Hall. This was In the latter part of the eighteenth century. The Epworth League derived its name from the Bp- worth rectory in England, where John Wesley was born and reared. In politics the Congregatlonalists claim the famous Ordinance ot 1TS7" as their own. Its passing was said to be due chiefly to the efforts of one Manasseh Cutler, a Con gregational minister. It prohibited slav ery in the Northwest Territory now Ohio, Indiana. Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin, and abolished the law of primogeniture, which made the eldest son the only heir, to his father's estate. Few Mohammedans in America. A notable fact about religious condi tions in the United States is the scarcity of Mohammedans. Although the follow ers ot this religion number hundreds of millions, there Is Just a mere sprinkling of them in this country. There are only three Ottoman subjects In Chicago. The largest Mohammedan colony we have Is In Worcester. Mass., where several hundred Turks and Koords are employed as factory workers. There are several reasons why Mohammedans do not come here In numbers. The principal one Is that before leaving his own country any subject of the Sultan must give bond that he will not change his religion while away. Mohammedans find living In a foreign country disagreeable because the kind of food required by their religion is not always obtainable, and they are like ly to defile themselves. There has never been a permanent mosque in the United States. DECIDE AGAINST FIREMEN Arbitrators on Texas Road Give) En gineers Control of Men. HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 1. The dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad and its locomotive firemen, who went on strike December 23 last, but sub sequently returned to work, was final ly settled today by the decision of the Board of Arbitration. The question before the board was to determine whether or not a letter writ ten by Manager W. G. VanVleck. of the railroad to an official of the Firemen's Brotherhood constituted a contract with that organization. The letter ac quiesced in the firemen's claim of con trol 01 me seniority oi tne swucn en gineers who are members of the Broth erhood. The finding of the board is to the effect that the letter did constitute a supplementary contract, covering the Texas line only, but that It expired on the date. May 6, 1906, when the fire men assert that their contract was abrogated by the road signing an agreement with the Brotherhod of Locomotive Unglners, granting to that organization the seniority clause ac corded to firemen. The arbitrators further find that the firemen acted In good faith. In assert ing their claim that the contract did not expire until January 1, 1907. Second Trial of Shea Begins. CHICAGO. Feb. 1. The second trial of C. P. Shea, president of the Team sters' Union, and other labor leaders,' accused of conspiracy In connection with the teamsters' strike of 1906, was commenced today before Judge Kavan augh. It is .believed that a Jury will be secured in much shorter time than at the first trial. Pay Damages lor Blacklisting. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 1. Because they caused the discharge of Robert Summers from the employ of Mehan Boiler A Con struction Company of Xoungatown, O. the Columbus Iron & Steel Company was today held liable for $2000 damages to Summers by a Jury in the Common Pleas Court. v ; Hatters Go Out on Strike. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Four thousand men and 700 women employed In the hat factories of the Orange, N. J., dis trict were called out on strike today by order of the national union officers. MAY REVOKE ITS LICENSE Kentucky Commissioner Defeats Mutual Life In Suit. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb.. 1. Judge Stout, of the State Circuit Court, today denied the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of New York the injunction it sought to prevent Henry R. Prewltt, In surance Commissioner, from revoking its license. SHORT-LIVED HONOR- Mulkey Enjoys Chairmanship Few Minutes. TWO RECORDS OF BREVITY Senate Takes Away Give It to Smith Position of Mich- to lgan, Because He Has v Long Term. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 1. Senator Mulkey, of Ore gon, who was sworn in Wednesday 'last tt IprVA until Maroh 1 tVift abr.rtf.st- tprm on record, was presented today with an- other record for brevity. He was ap pointed chairman of the committee on examination and disposition of documents and allowed to hold the chairmanship Just 15 minutes before he was deposed. Hale presented the resolution making the appointment and the Senate agreed to it without discussion. A quarter of an hour later, Hale asked to have the vote by which the resolution was adopted re considered. This was done. Hale then withdrew the resolution, also without ex planation, and Mulkey was thereby di vested of his chairmanship. On inquiry it was developed that the chairmanship had been promised to Senator-elect William Alden Smith,' who may also be appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Alger. Wanted Plum for Smith. The chairmanship of the committee on examination and disposition of docu ments was secured for Mulkery through the courtesy of Spooner, this being the only Senate chairmanship now vacant. While the committee is not important. it would have provided a clerk and mes senger, who could have held office until next December. But Kean of New Jersey Interposed objection to giving this chair manship to Mulkey, for In that event Smith would be left without a chairman ship and. In view of Mulkey's brief term. the Senate finally decided to give the chairmanship to Smith. Mulkey will be allowed $150 a month for a clerk, but this salary will be cut off March 4. If Gearln Had Been Republican. Had Gearln been chairman of the com mittee, Mulkey would naturally have suc ceeded him, but, being a minority Sena tor, Gearln had no chairmanship and no patronage other than his clerk. The Senates action was no reflection upon Mulkey, but it was deemed necessary in order that a long term Republican Sena tor might not be deprived of a chalrman- hlp. Mulkey may later be given a mem bership on several committees, hut no chairmanship. He will be the only Senator whose name will not appear in the Con gressional Directory. The last edition for this session was printed before his elec tion.. ADDS TO CASCADE RESERVE Hitchcock's Withdrawal Covers Val uable Southwest Timber Land OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, .Wash ington, Feb. 1. The recent withdrawal of 597,740 acres of land in Linn, Lane, Jack son, Douglas and Klamath Counties was made on recommendation of the Forest Service with a view to making material additions to the Cascade reserve on ti.? west and south. The bulk of the land withdrawn Is vacant and covered with timber, being very similar to the adjoin ing land heretofore reserved. The withdrawal does not affect any land within its' limits which on January 29 was covered by a lawful filing or se lection that was of record in tUe local Land Office, or land upon which any valid settlement claim had been made. The bulk of the withdrawal lies In the north east corner of Jackson Bnd Lane Counties and the southeast corner of Lane. Will Confer on Grazing Land. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 1. On February 11 represen tatives of the National Woolgrowers' As sociation and American Livestock Asso ciation will meet the Public Lands Com mission in this city and discuss problems pertaining to the control of the grazing land of the West. Max Pracht Is Promoted. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. 1. Max Pracht, of Oregon, today was promoted as clerk in the Treas ury Department from $1000 to $1200. New Postmaster at Agness. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, WaBh Ington, Feb. 1. Miller D. Cooley was to day appointed postmaster at Agness, Curry County, Or., vice J. D. Cooley, re signed. GOOD SVRPLXiS IN JANUARY Receipts Exceed Expenses Nearly $7,500,000 Surplus for Year. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The monthly comparative statement of Government re ceipts and expenditures shows that for January the total receipts were $55,237,490 and the expenditures $47,827,241, leaving a surplus for the month of S7.410.26S, and a surplus for the seven months of the fiscal year of $32,461,167. The receipts from customs amounted to $29,186,654, an Increase of $2,500,000; inter nal revenue, S20.075.0S5, an increase of $100,000; miscellaneous, $5,975,039, an 1 crease of $1,825,000. The expenditures so far for the fiscal year on account of the Panama Canal approximate $11,000,000. ' Favors Philippine Bank Bill. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. After con sideration of the Philippine agricultural bank bill for several weeks, the House committee on Insular affairs decided to day to favorably report the measure. The Democrats opposed the bill. It is pro vided that the Philippine government may insure to an incorporated banking com pany an Income of 4 per cent per year on the average amount of its capital actually invested in agricultural loans. The corporation Is authorized to charge Interest, not exceeding 10 .per cent, on loans. As an alternative the Philippine government is authorized to advance capital and start the bank In case private capital cannot be induced to do so. Raise Cost of Lake-Gulf Waterway. WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-If (he Calu met River is to be turned backward in its course from Lake Michigan to form a drainage canal to the Mississippi, as planned by the sanitary board of Chi cago, the International waterways com mission Insists that the cost of the project shall be increased by $6,000,000. Three local engineers estimated that the sum of $12,000,000 would cover the cost of the work, but the international board, in cluding in its membership some of the ablest Army engineers In the country, regarded that project as crude and im practicable. As an offset for this $6,000,000 in expend- lture, the board shows that, instead of having to spend the whole appropriation at once, as would practically be neces sary to carry out the local engineers' project under the board's plans, the total of $17,000,000 would be expended in the course of a considerable number of years. Secretary Taft has not yet passed upon the recommendation of the chief of en gineers that he deny the application of the Chicago authorities for permission to divert the watersof Lake Michigan into the Calumet River. RAISES MAILCARRIERS' PA Senate Also Increases Pensions of Indian War Veterans. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Senators paid tribute today to the memory of the late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman, of Maryland. All business for the day was suspended at 2:30 o'clock, accord ing to a special order, and eulogies were delivered expressing the profound sorrow-and regret of the Senate at the death of the Maryland Senator. Previous to this order many bills of minor Importance were passed. Includ ing one fixing the salaries 6f city mall carrlers, making the firBt year's salary $600. with an annual increase of $100 until a maximum salary of $1200 has been reached Another bill passed in creases the pension of all Indian war survivors from $8 to $10 per month. There are now 5000 survivors of these wars. Consideration of the Indian appro priation bill is to begin tomorrow. Regarding the bill increasing the salaries of letter-carriers in free de livery offices. It was explained that the same provision was to be made in the postofflce appropriation bill, but it was desirable that the Senate place It self on record In lavor of the measure. New 'Lightships for Pacific. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Appropria tions aggregating $1,640,000 are car ried in a bill favorably reported today by the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce for the light house establlsnment. The following are among the items in the bill: Relief light vessel for Pacific Coast. $130,000; light and fog station at Canquinez Strait, betwen San Pablo and Sutsuln Bay. California. $50.000 ;. light and fog station at Molokal Island. Hawaii. S30, 000; light vessel at Swlftsure Bank, Washington, $130,000. The bill au thorizes the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to establish Hghtkeepers' dwellings at 30 lighthouses, the cost not to exceed $6500 each. Debt Reduced Over $7,000,000. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The monthly statement of the public debt shows at the close of January, 1907. the total debt, less cash In the Treasury, amounted to $927,- 441,206, which Is a decrease for the month of $7,629,571. This decrease is largely due to the increase of cash during the month. The cash in the Treasury is classified as follows: Gold reserve, $150,000,000; trust funds. $1,134,700,869; general fund. $186,518,291; in National bank depositories. $160,654,962; in Treasury of Philippines, $4,200,304; total. $1,636,074,417. against which there are de mand liabilities outstanding amounting to $1,241,366,211. which leaves a cash balance on hand of $394,708,206. Brownsville Riot Case In House. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The .sub committee of the military committee. by a strict party vote, laid on the table the resolution of Representative Sims, of Tennessee, comme"ndlng the Presi dent for his action in discharging the colored soldiers engaged in "shooting up" the town of Brownsville. The Democrats voted solidly against the motion. Mr. Sims will now bring the resolution before the House on a mo tion to discharge the military commit tee from further consideration and have the resolution considered by the House, providing the Speaker will rec ognize him for that purpose. Power of Congress Over Child Labor, WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. On behalf of the House committee on appropriations, Representative Tawney today reported resolution, which was agreed to, request ing that the judiciary committee invest!- gate and report to the House whether the Congress has power and authority to make regulations for child labor and fe male labor, and whether Congress can le gaily do anything to better the condi tions of women and children laborers. The appropriations committee Is consider ing an appropriation for the Investigation of such labor. National Bank Circulation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The monthly circulation statement shows that at the close of business January 31 the amount of National bank notes outstanding was $596,197,569, an increase for the year of $52,967. 485, and an Increase for the month of $35,100. The amount of circulation based on United States bonds was $549, 698,574, an Increase for the year of $43,- 332,825, apd for the month of $118,490. Would He Approve "Jim Crow" Cars WASHINGTON, Feb.,, 1. President Roosevelt has received' the resolution passed by the constitutional convention of Oklahoma asking him if he would ap prove the constitution if It should con tain a provision 'upon the "Jim Crow" car question. No answer has yet been made by the President. Coinage In January. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The total coinage executed at United States mints during January, 1907. was $7,236,820 as follows: Gold, $6,525,000; sliver, $284,000; minor coins. $427,820. MRS. SAGE GIVES $1 ,000,000 Big Donation to Rensselaer Institute at Husband's Home. NEW YORK. Feb. 1. Mrs. Russell Sage has given $1,000,000 to the Rensselar Poly technic Institute. Announcement of the gift was made at a meeting of the Insti tute Alumni Association tonight. Rens selaer Polytechnic Institute is at Troy, N. Y., the boyhood home of Russell Sage, and was founded in 1824. Tbinks Five Years Not Enough. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1. Charles H. Everly, formerly teller in the St. Louis Union Trust Company, pleaded guilty today to a charge of embezzlement of $5000 from the trust company and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Judge Muench after passing sentence said that, while he agreed with the Circuit Attor ney that the law would be satisfied to take five years of a man's life, he could not refrain from remarking that the sen tence seemed entirely out of proportion to others dealt by the criminal courts after a trial. Shipyards for Raymond. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1. The ship building yards ot.the James W. Dickie & Son Company, which have been located on Oakland Creek for several years, have decided to locate at one of the northern ports, owing to the great coBt of bringing lumber to this port. About 60 acres of property near Raymond, on Willapa Har bor, was bought a short time ago, and arrangements are now being made to re move the entire plant to the Northern port. It is expected that it will be in op eration in about two weeks. HOB IS SHOT DEAD SLAIN BY PARTIZANS OF GOMEZ IN VENEZUELA. Riotous Demonstration Ends In the Death of Caracas Ruler in Re venge for Remonstrance. CARACAS, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 28. General Luis Mata y Illas, the Governor of Caracas, was assassinated last night by a crowd of intoxicated partisans of Vincente Gomez, the First Vice-President of the Republic. Among the assassins was Euzeblo Go mez, a companion of the Vice-President. They spent the evening riotously, shoot ing pistols, drinking and crying "Long live Gomez!" General Mata y Illas drove to the cafe where the men were for the purpose of remonstrating with them. They invited the Governor into the cafe to drink with them. He continued hia remonstrances, when the crowd suddenly opened lire on him. President Castro, who la ill, continues to Improve. The murderersi were captured later and are now in prison here. GOVERNOR GUILTY OF GRAFT Baron Freederlcksz Convicted of Russian Famine Frauds. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. L General Baron Freederlcksz has been convicted by the Senate of fraud In connection with the scandal in the relief fund. He was Governor of Nijnl Novgorod, and it was charged that while In that position he granted Illegal favors to Brie Lidval, who had secured the contract to furnish grain to the famine-stricken people. The Gov ernor was accused of allowing Lidval to lag in the delivery of grain while contin uing to sanction advances to him of gov ernment money. The Senate also found that Freederlcksz received 25,000 francs from Lidval. Freederlcksz is a member of the impeflal household and stood high In Russia. TWENTY-NINE ARE DROWNED Only Three Sailors of Wrecked Clea ver! ng Are Saved. LONDON, Feb. 1. A lifeboat from Hartlepool this morning rescued three of the crew of the British steamer Cleaver lng, ashore at the mouth of the Tees, Including Captain Scott. The bodies of nine Lascars who died of exposure during the night were thrown overboard. Twenty-nine members of the crew were drowned. Praise for American Methods. BERLIN, Feb. l.-The University of Berlin sent Dr. Paul Herr to the United States some time ago to investigate sys tems of reforming minors. It being under stood that America had gone further in the treatment of criminally refactory youth than other countries. Dr. Herr compresses the result of several months' study in a book which has appeared, en titled "The-Modern American Reforma tory System." - The author concludes from his wide survey that the American reformatories could hardly be surpassed, and he be Ueves that the best features should be adopted by Germany. President Thanks Nobel Committee. CHRISTIANIA. Feb. 1. In a letter to Foreign Minister Loveland, who is presi dent of the Nobel Committee, President Roosevelt, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize December 1 last, writes that he will value the diploma and medal sa long as he lives, and at his death they will be as highly prized by his children. The President adds that peace among the various classes of society In modern civilization Is of Just as great Importance as between nations. He believed that the use to which he was putting the money wag entirely In sympathy with the alms of the Noebel foundation. . London Music Hall Strike Spreads. LONDON, Feb. 1. The music hall strike is spreading. The strikers yesterday called out the performers, stage hands and musicians of five additional halls. Twenty halls In London are now effect ed by the strike. So far there has been no trouble in the provinces. As a mass meeting of strikers last night several labor leaders made speeches. In the course of which they said that 2,000, 000 trades unionists would support the strikers. - Saarbruecken Disaster a Mystery BERLIN, Feb. 1. Minister of Com merce Delbrueck today made a report to the appropriations committee of the Prussian Diet of the results of his in vestigation into the cause of the re cent explosion at the Reden mine, St. Joann-on-Saar, owned by the Prussian government, by which 148 miners lost their lives. The Minister said, al though the explosion was due to fire damp, it was not certain what was the immediate cause of the disaster. Commercial Agents a Failure. LONDON. Feb. 1. The government, it is said, has decided to recall Its com mercial attaches and commercial agents from foreign countries. The system has been found unsatisfactory. Hereafter the agents will be centered In London and will be sent on special missions when the, occasion arises. Borrow to Feed Famine Sufferers. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 1. Tho Imper ial Finance Commission has sanctioned the issuance of a new internal loan of $25,000,000 to be devoted to the relief of the famine Buftorers. The loan will be absorbed by the state savings banks. Socialist Beaten in Bremen. BREMEN. Feb. 1. The first re-ballot in the Reichstag elections took place here today, the. Rarlical candidate defeating the Socialist by 1700 votes. ' C010RAD0 UNDER CONTROL Unruly River More Than Half Re turned to Old Channel. IMPERIAL. Cal., Feb. 1. While the country Is talking of the possibility of controlling the Colorado River, the sus pense at the scene of the break has ended and the affair is considered closed by the people most affocted. The former break in the bank was closed on November 6 and the present break occurred on De cember 6. More than half the river's flow Is now turned and the critical period has passed. 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An elaborate programme of cockfightlng has been prepared, and various gambling ir for Infants and Children. r Castorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare- eoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio substance. It destroys "Worms and. allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic It relieves Teeth ing' Troubles and cures Constipation. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving1 healthy and natural Sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's friend. LThe Kind Yon Have Always Bought Bears tne In Use For OUR FEE Facts of Vital Importance -to vrT n Tt taken tlm to tell whether YOU are PERMANENTLY cured bv a treatment, or MERELY PATCHED up for the present. FACT TWO THIS INSTITUTION Is the only company or medical associa tion In existence that has been treat Ins Blood Poison long enough to kno v that Its patlenta are cured to stay cured. FACT THREE W Jiava. many pa tients who were cured by Its maiflo remedy 25 years ago, who ar today sound and well. FACT FOCR MANY PATIENTS that were eured BY US 15 YEARS AGO now have children arown to man hood. In perfect health and without a BLEMISH. We Cure men al WEAKNESS DRBILITVi Th greatest curse to man.- Symptoms: Lonn of memory, dimness of alcht. Inst vigor, pains In bark, Impaired memoir, Inability to control the wIll-potTcr, lost vitality, all of which may terminate In an untimely death, premature old ace and sometimes Insanity. Consult us about your condition and not yourself back once more to your normal manhood. "We FULFIL OUR PROMISES and NEVKR accent a casn unless w know we can cure ft We study the peculiar nature of every Individual case and TREAT the CAUSKS, not svmptoms. WE TEACH OUR PA TIENTS HOW TO HELP GET WELL what to eat and drink durinR the course of treatment, and what to avoid. As to terms: Our larfre practice enables us to CURE for LESS MONET than the AVERAGE SO - CALLED SPECIALISTS and you see the results before you are required to pay us. HONEST. CONROIENTIOUS WORK SPEAKS for itself. PRE TENDERS. JEALOUS OF OUR SUCCESS, try to belittle us because OUR FEE IS SMALL, but INTELLIGENT MEN are not Influenced by their arguments. We ask ANY MAN sufferlna; -f rom any disease we treat to CALL AND SEE US. Many cases SUPPOSEDLY INCURABLE are often the result of 'POOR TREATMENT, and when methods such as WE EM PLOY are directed TOWARD THE CAUSE and with, care and proper "attention to your case. TOU CAN be cured. OFFICE HOURS: A. M. to 5 P. M.; evenings. 7 to 8:30; Sundays, 1A.M. to 12 Noon. Write if you cannot call. ST. LOUIS cf DISPENSARY CORNER SECOND AXD YAMHILL STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON. games are to run. The Havana authori ties are powerless to interfere with It. and the promoters boast that the rural guard are too few to attempt to stop the plans. Signature ot Over 30 Years. IN ANY UNCOMPLICATED CASE CONSULTATION FREE 25 YEARS IN PORTLAND Our Fee Need Not Be Paid Unless Cured WK CTjKE VARICOCELE, HYDRO CELE, KKECinC BLOOO POISON, ' M'RIC'TTKE, PILES, KIDNEY AND BLADDER DISEASES AND ALL COM PLICATED AND CHRONIC DISEASES OF MEN ONLY. Every Sufferer of Blood Poison FACT FIVE The ST. LOUIS D1S- PKNSARY Is the LARGEST and the ONLY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY In the WORLD that makee the CURE OF BLOOD TOISON a SPECIALTY. FACT SIX Patients CURED BY US are constantly passing successfully the very RIOID EXAMINATIONS of the most conservative life Insurance com panies, and are PASSINO THE EXAM INATIONS for responsible positions where the healthy mind and body play a very Important part. FACT SEVEN IF YOU TAKE OUR TREATM BNT under GUARANTEE you are ABHOT.UTELY sure of a CURE. FACT EK1HT OOOD HEALTH Is the MOST IMPORTANT THING In the , world to ANY and all persons. 1