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THE MORNING OR EG ONI AX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1908. TRY TO SETTLE TERMINAL FIGHT Conference Today Between Hill and Harriman Officials on the Local Situation. WIDE DIFFERENCES EXIST Small Hope of Adjusting Dispute and Hill Party Considers AVIiut It May Expect to Yln if Trou ble Is Carried Into Court. 'inferences will probably be held to day between tlie Harriman Interests in tbis territory and the party of Hill of ficials now In Tortland to reach some settlement of the vexing terminal ques tion that has proved an obstacle in the path of the new Hill line being built Into this city. Preliminary to the pow wow today, a session was held by Presi dent Elliott and his associates in the 'tires of Carey & Kerr, the Northern Pa cific attorneys here, yesterday afternoon. At that time blue prints and .plats of the terminal tract were unrolled and scanned carefully. The 11 1 11 attorneys and counsel for the Northern Pacini brought here by President Klliott on his special train got their neads together and went over the terminal tangle in detail. How to secure all the beneltts of the local terminal facilities despite the evident Intention of the Harriman forces not to yield such concessions as are de Fired was the matter that agitated the gathering. Plans of action were discussed, and al though the session began shortly after luncheon yesterday, it lasted until late in the afternoon. President Elliott hhn nelf had charge of plats of the terminal prounds that were produced. At the conclusion of this session, what the Hill people may expect if the fight is pushed in the courts was stated by the array cf legal talent. Will Extend Olive Branch. Tt is expected that a conference with General Manager O'Brien will be ar ranged today and the olive branch will be extended. That It wilt be rejected un less it is accompanied by more liberal offers of concessions on the Hill side than have been tendered heretofore seems certain. The early settlement, or in tact any settlement that will permit the iwo interests to use the same terminals In North Portland, seems. out of the ques tion. The rival interests are now at war in the courts over the right of the Spo kane. Portland & Seattle to cross the O. R. & N. tracks in order to reach its own terminals, and injunctions have is sued to prevent the Northern Pacific Terminal Company purchasing addition al terminal properties in North Portland. "The Northern Pacific already uses the terminal facilities here," said President Klliott last night, "for it owns 40 per cent of- the Northern Pacific Terminal Company. As to what the Portland & Seattle will do, that is In the hands of local people. We cannot tell yet what the adjustment of these matters will be but we will enter Portland, of that you may be sure." All this by way of showing that the terminal matter is of the greatest impor tance to the Hilt people at this time, for the suits pending may keep the new road ontshlo of the city for months. The hearing of the suit for the privilego of crossing the Harriman tracks will be had in April. This' promises to develop into one of the most bitterly-fought legal bat tles in the history of Portland railroad circles. The Harriman people are bent on doing their utmost to keep the out riders out. largely in retaliation for the coup scored by the Hill interests when the latter outjockeyed the Harriman people and secured the row of blocks adjoining the Harriman terminals and hedging them In next to the river. No Truce, Say, Harriman People. There will be no truce, say the Harri man people, that will permit the Hill in terests to secure a crossing of the Harri man tracks unless the whole vexed ques tion of the Portland terminals is settled and settled right. The bringing here by President Elliott of so many high offi cials, so much IcEal talent and numerous operating men doubtless means that a grand final effort will be made to end the struggle and bring about conditions satisfactory to bor-h sides. According to President Elliott, however, the present trip is one of inspection mere ly. He says they are making the journey in leisurely fashion so as to miss nothing and will go over the newly completed por tion of the North Bank Iload before the return to St. Paul. The only tentative settlement that has been suggested that the Hill people would agree to was the leasing of the Hill terminal grounds to the Northern Pacific Terminal Company, the Harri man corporation. This offer was lirinly declined by the Harriman people, who contend that the property must he sold and that a lease will not be cornidcrod. It appeared when this last oiTer was made that the gulf between the two in terests in the terminal wrangle was too wide to be bridged, and that separate terminals and probably separate pas senger depots for the two systems would be necessary. Elliott Goes East Tomorrow. Mitlile of the terminal situation, whi.-h President Klliott did no: care to discuss at any length, ho talk d banal ities. The trip uf the officials across the Northwest had been pleasant, things were looking well, and he ex pected business to improve in the Spring, and besides, he was on his way to dinner. The special train of the Elliott party left yesterday, in charge of attendants, for Wnlluli, over the O. It & S . from which point it will go over the newly built Spokane. Portland & Seattle track down the nortn ank of the Coiuinhia to Collins Springs. President F.ilio'.t i w.M hi pa;iy win jeave nere tomorrow burning on a river steamer for Co'lina Springs, nnj v ill board the sper.'al there for ihe r,p back to St. Paul. HILL LINES TO BE MERGED North Hank Kond Will Absorb Co lumbia Northern.' Annual meetings of the directors of the Columbia River & Northern Rail way Company and The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company will be held today in the offices of the two companies at the Union Depot. Elec tions of officers will be held and it is expected that 'the Columbia River & Northern will be merged Into the Spo kane, Portland & Seattle, tire old name of the road being dropped. Although built long before the Spokane, Portland . Seattle was ever planned, the Co lumbia River & Northern is properly a branch of the latter, and as both are Hill properties, there la no question that they will be operated as one sys- I tern, under one name. j It i also believed that the steamer ; company, also Hill property, will cx- ; perience some changes in management. ! Upon the completion of the North Bank Koad, It is likely that the need for steamer service along the Upper Co lumbia Iliver, where these boats ply, will be largely done -away with, be cause of the service offered by the new railroad. The future policy - of the steamer company will be outlined at today's meeting. The presence of the officials of the Hill system from St. Paul is regarded a the chief reason for making these changes In the two subsidiary corpora tions at this time. FUND FOR KING'S SLAYERS Portuguese Nation Will Provide for Their Families. LONDON. Feb. A' special dis patch to the Standard from Lisbon states that the public acquiesce in the assassination of the King and Crown Prince as a justifiable political act, and tl.at no effort will be made to bring- to justice the accomplices of the murderers, although they are numer ous and in m.-iny cases known. On the contrary, says the dispatch, no sur prise is expressed that. the Republican newspapers demand the criminal prose cution of the King's equerry, Fiegueria, who sabered one assassin. Subscriptions have been raised for the families of the murderers amount ing to several thousand pounds, con tinues the dispatch, and rich citizens of Lisbon are in dispute for the privil ege of adopting tho children of the criminal. The Standard correspondent predicts that trouble will arise when the limit of the conciliation policy the present ministry iias adopted has been reached and it becomes necessary to take strong measures. NAVAL UNIFORM A BAR Yeoman Ered Ruenz.cl Loses Suit in Kiioile Island Court. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Feb. 10. The Rhode Island Supreme Court today con firmed the decision of the lower court in the case of Chief Yeoman Fred Euenzle. who sued the proprietors of a Newport dancing pavilion for refusing him admis sion because he wore the uniform of the United States Navy.- When the case was tried in the Superior Court Euenzle was awarded 25 cents damages, this being the sum he had paid for his ticket. This case was regarded in Naval cir cles as a test and .President Roosevelt and prominent officers in the Navy sub scribed funds to carry on the defense. DIVIDENDS ON CANADIAN Hallway Directors Make Announce ment at Montreal .Session. MONTREAL, Feb. 10. At a meeting of me noard of directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company today, a divi dend of 2 per cent on preferred stock and 3 per cent on common stock was declared for the half year ending December last payable on April 1, next, and It was also decided that at the same time a further sum equal to half of 1 per cent be paid on ine common stock out of interest of the proceeds of the land sales and for the payment of working expenses, fixed charges and dividend, now declared. There is a surplus for the half year of $6,269000. GET NO ADVANCE IN SALARY Pwstorflee 'Employes Must Wait An other Year for Raise in Pay. WASHINGTON. Feb' 10. The bon committee on postoffices and post roads today virtually agreed to recommend ad versely all bills and departmeut estimates increasing the salaries of oostoffice em ployes for the next, fisoal year. The de cision does not, of course, have any refer ence to classification increases rteularly provided for. BLAST KILLS NINE MINERS Explosion or Gas in Kentucky Coal Mine Is Disastrous. . CENTRAL CITY, Ky.. Feb. 10Nlne miners were killed and one other fatally Injured by an explosion of cas in the mine of the Moody oCal Company at South Carrollton. three miles from this city, this afternoon. The accident was caused by a slow blast setting off the gas. which had evidently accumulated In con siderable quantity. . ARBITRATE WITH FRANCE Hoot and Jusseraud Sign Treaty Which Eliminates War. WASHINGTON. Feb. lO.-Secretary Root and Ambassador Jusserand today signed a treaty providing for the arbitra tion of any Issue that may arise between France and America. Pour Kidicule on Palmer. LONDON, Feb. 11. The sporting and other morning newspapers comment, mostly in terms of ridicule, on the sorry display that Palmer made against Burns. Tin; latter after the contest said that never in his life had he had such an easy tight. Palmer did not at tempt to make any explanation of his defeat, saying merely that he must con clude that his days as a fighter were ended and addinsr that he would quit the ring as a principal forever. The Jumping Off Place. 1 "Consumption had me In Its grasp; and I had almost reached the jumping off place when I was advised to try pr. King's New Discovery; and I want to say right now, it saved mv life. Im provement began with the first bottle and after taking 'one dozen bottles I was a well and happy man again," says -.eoige Moore, of Grlmesland, N. C As a. remedy for coughs and colds and neater of weak, sore lungs and for pre venting pneumonia New Discovery is supreme. 50c. and $1.00 at Woodard, free' druggists. Trial bottle Constitution ' Day in Japan." TOKIO. Feb. 11. The 20th anniversary of Constitution day was observed here to day as a national holiday. The Emperor entertained at lunch the chiefs of the for eign missions in the palace. Marquis Ito entertained 13C0 distinguished guests in the new residence of Professor Omorl to which has recently been attached the hall in which the Emperor signed the consti tution, which was drawn by Itp The hall was presented by the Emperor to Ito and moved by Omorl. r Plumbers Strike Against Cut. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 10.-Anout 500 union plumbers employed by members of the Master Plumbers' Association went on strike today because of a reduction in wages. Perfect fitting glasses si at Metzser'a, NEURALGIA ANDJGIATIGA Why External Applications Will Not Give Permanent Relief and How Dr. . Williams' , Pink Pills Cure These Troubles. Lack of blood is almost always associat ed with neuralgia. One medical author ity has denned neuralgia as "the cry of the nerves for better blood." This is true because th nerves receive their nourish ment through the blood. Build up the blood, the impoverished ' nerves are fed and the neuralgic pains disappear. Thus it is seen of how little perma nent benefit a local or external applica tion can be in the treatment of neural gia or sciatica, which is a form of neuralgia. It also shows how ex actly suited to the cure of neural gia and sciatica is such a remedy as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills which acts BOTH ' on the blood and the nerves. Beside their direct action on the nerves, which affords temporary relief from the sciatic pains, these pills build up the blood, enabling it to give proper nour ishment to the nerves, and prevent the further development of the disease or a return of it, so long as the blood is kept rich and red. Mrs. George Henderson, whose address 1b R. F. D. No. 1, Wynantskill, Rens selaer Co., N. Y., says: "A few vears ago I strained my left hip by a fall and later was troubled for nearly a year with sciatic rheumatism. The pains ran from my left hip down to my heel and were so terrible that I had to scream when trying to walk. "My doctor didn't do me a bit of good and I told him I was going to try Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills. The pills braced me up from the start and within a month's time I could walk, some and without pain. I took the pills for a while longer to make sure of a permanent cure tind haye never been troubled with rheuma tism since. I can now work as well as anyone." The great -value of Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills lies in the fact that they actually moke new blood and this carries health and strength to every portion of the body.. The stomach Is toned up, the nerves are strengthened, and every organ is stimulated to do its work. Your druggist sella them or they will be sent by mail, postpaid, on reesrpt of price, 50 cents per box; six boxes for 82.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. SEXATOIi TELLKK SUPPOKTS LAW ACQUITTING HIM. Movement to Change This Law Tel ler Defends It Saying lie Did as Hermann Did. OREGON'IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash Ington, Feb. 30. An echo of the Binger Hermann trial was heard In the Senate the other day when the bill to- revise and codify the laws was under consid eration. The committee that had the bill In charge had made no change in the statute making it a criminal of fense for any person to remove or de stroy any public record: the statute under which the former. Land Commis sioner was indicted, tried and acquit ted. Senator Bacon believed that the Hermann trial showed the necessity for strengthening that feature of the law. for he contended that the acquittal of Hermann made it possible for Govern ment officials to mix the official with tho personal in their correspondence, then destroy the correspondence, and get off scot free. It was his opinion ttiat all correspondence dealing with official matters should be regarded as official- correspondence, coining within the scope of the law, and he urged that such a change be made. Senator Teller, of Colorado, who was once Secretary of the Interior, and who testified in the Hermann case that he had done exactly as Hermann had done, except that his action had never been condemned, contended that the exist ing law was ample. He indicated his belief that there was never the slight est justification for the indictment of Hermann, and left the impression that be personally regarded that case as persecution rather than prosecution. In discussing the subject, Senator Teller said: I know something: about the case the Senator refer to (the Hermann case), and I myself have had some experience in an executive office. We all know the case re ferred to The claim was that the late Commissioner had destroyed certain records which he claimed were private papers and not records at all. The (Juestlon was fairly presented to the Jury whether they were records or were not records. That to about as far as you can go In a criminal case. You cannot tay that if a man receives a letter which hu some, slight reference to public affairs and allthe balance to his private affairs, he shall treat it as a public record and put It in the public Mies. In this case the Commissioner had been a member of Congress for a number of years. Hp had a large experience in legislation and in writing to his people, and he had kept in a book for many years copies of his letters and copies of the letters re ceived. He carried those books, when he became Commissioner to the Land Office. He took the books that he had hrnuirht Into DURING SLEEP Nature Repairs the Human ICngrlne. . The activities of the day cause more or less waste of tissues lit the human engine, which i3 repaired at night dur ing sleep. The man or woman who can sleep well at night, is sure of the necessary repairs, ' other things being right, to make each day a time of usefulness nd living a real joy. But let insomnia get hold of you. and the struggle begins, of trying to work with a machine out of repair. A Nebr. woman's experience with coffee as a producer of insomnia is Interest ing. She says: - "I used to be a coffee drinker and was so nervous I could not sleep at night before about 12 o'clock, unless I would take some medicine. I was under the doctor's care for about 5 years and my weight got down to S2 lbs. "The doctor said I would have to quit drinking coffee. Then my father got me to try Postum, which he said had done wonders fpr him. I am past 43 and before I quit drinking coffee, my heart would jump and flutter at times, miss a beat, then beat so fast- I could hardly breathe In enough air and I would get smothered. "My tongue would get so stiff I could not talk and I could not hold a glass to drink from. Since I have been drinking Postum, In place of coffee. I can sleep sound any time I lie .down. and I feel I owe everything to Postum Food Coffee. I now weigh 120 lbs. and am well." Name jfiven by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well- vllle, to pkgs. "T,hej-e' a Reason." JC " -own v" 'Tlacb .dSe' a. V . a CTC, U -. aV- m it AM . .re tlel rSoloe " '.. va es l . . vinau- ..ft.B m ill" " . ni , i- A-' mm 1- V- ' 9 CO-AJTjo lvWe e M. ML. M 0 .& 1i . T-l v.,- 1 7Pt ' lUn llttt"' . the Land Office, the books that he had (lied with letters which lie had treated as nrf- vate correspondence, and turned them Into a room of the department and left them there for two or three months at least. subject to examination by everybody. Fin ally hi said to some subordinate. --"Taki tho.e things and throw In the furnace and burn th-m un." Mr. President, that man was put on trial for the burning up of those books, and a case thai ought to have been tried, say a lawyer, in six days, took twelve weeks'. Practically everything that that man had ever done In his lifetime came be fore the court. The jury found that the books were his private correspondence and not public documents. I want to say that you cannot sro Into details with these things, and the more you do the more difficult you will find it to en force th-e law. y hen you have said that public documents shall not be destroyed you have left li to the jury or the country to determine whether they are, and cer tainly it should be left to some tribunal to determine. We cannot make an absolute rule on the subject. CORRECTS HIS TESTIMONY Witness in Capitol Graft Case Re tracts Certain Charges. ' HARR13BURG, Pa. Feb. 10. The first act of Stanford B. Lewis, of Philadel phia, assistant to Joseph M. Huston, ar chitect of the new State Capitol, -when he took the witness-stand today at the trial of J. U. gandersoo, - a contractor. 1 be . . ni o iiw .. At! 1 I RECENTLY interviewed an advertising special ist and asked his views regarding financial ad vertising. I told him we had decided to issue some 7 per cent preferred stock, paying quarterly in terest. I also said we are an old established concern with factories in Washington, Oregon and Califor nia, and that our product of staves, headings and bar rels are staple necessities. The earnings of this com pany, said I, are not prospective, but REAL NET. COIN NOW. We desire to extend our trade with the new capi tal in question. I told him this 7 per cent interest bearing stock would be issued in certificates of $100 face value, and that 7 per cent was as much interest as a careful investor would consider. He said: "On your proposition I can tell you what NOT to do, better than what to dq to gain the capital required. You are, as you say, an old estab lished concern. Your operative earnings NOW are twice over the interest you will pay on this preferred stock. Your goods are staple requirements, needed at all times. You have large timber holdings, grow ing into money three hundred and sixty-five days a year, and this valuable crop needs no cultivation. "But, my friend," said he, "you cannot gain the interest of the average investor with your proposi tion. It is developed. It is a sure thing. The people do not want this sort of investments. They desire you to tell them about enormous prospective divi dends and how fast their investment will double in value. They must have wide scope for imagination. Their instinct for gambling should be brought into, play." Now, I believe his statement was given in good faith, but I also believe it was largely based upon his personal past experience, and THAT ALONE can not be relied upon. I believe there are thousaVids of people anxious to invest from $100 up in a proven enterprise, and that is why you are offered this opportunity. I can not bring myself to think that the average American citizen is the "get-richquick" kind. I do believe the, greater number are endowed with sober judgment of high order. s. There are many high-grade enterprises in Amer ica, but YOU do not always have the opportunity to get in with them. ,1 offer you safe and constant income. I shall be glad to meet prospective investors, and all corre spondence will have my personal attention. Reprint of intensely interesting article, the "Story of the Barrel," sent free to all inquirers upon application to Western Coop erage Co., Portland, Oregon. eV l.fiV k 0) n V1 V,' . former Auditor-General Snyder, former State Trseaurer Mathues and James M. Shumaker, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, charged with conspiracy to defraud the state, was to correct his testimony of Friday when he implicated former Attorney - General Hampton L. Carson in an alleged "white wash" of those who are accused of fraud. Lewis, In his correetion, said he had con fused the titles of state, officials when he said "Attorney-General," he meant "Auditor-General." Mr. Carson, who was at the time Attorney-General, took no part in the con ference where the alleged "whitewash" of state officials was discussed, accord ing to Lewis. Counsel for the defense announced they had no further questions to ask Lewis today, and the Common wealth began re-direct examination. Charged With Horsestealing. EUGENE. Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) Harry Starkey, a young (man wanted In Colfax, Wash., for alleged horse-stealing, was arrested here this morning By Chief of Police Farrington, while chopping wood at the Willamette House. He will be kept In jail awaiting the arrival of a Colfax officer. Farrington was assisted by a hobo in finding Starkey. Pledge Suppftrt to Kugenc. EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 10. (Special.) At the regular meeting of the Eugene Commercial Club tonight. 12 new mem bers were admitted. Letters from Sena n v 01 . trou an" v rr President Western Cooperage Portland, Oregon. Factories at Seattle, Los Angeles, Aberdeen and Houlton Of ih. .i.... ' , aceur I 111111) . m B1HVOO If 'l-lilt .i,U8 Pany. ev., -K-ge om-C,, 5r.- -u ten:: trh?H Dri r h . ... -3 I """I'll llcht rrm around them Pakerfhcm sirtight. w the indnstrv tors Fulton and Bourne and Congressmen Ellis and Hawlcy were read pledging sup port for. the $100,000 appropriation for the new Federal building. Resolutions asking for improvement of the Siuelaw harbor were sent to the Senators and Congress men. Northwestern People in New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. (Special.) North western people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Portland Miss M. Beam, at the Holland: F. T. Mundell, J. H. R. Roberts, at the Breslin; C. H. Lewis and wife, D. C. Lewis and wife, at the Gregorian. t From Seattle W. C. Cusliman, at the Herald Square; M. H. Mathiesen, at the Gilsey. From Spokane J. B. Gandy and wife, at the Fifth Avenue; Madame Herbert, at the Holland. London Likes Florence Kahn. LONDON. Feb. 11. The critics warmly welcome the American actress. Florenc Kahn, who appeared, at Terry's Theater yesterday afternoon as Rebecca, In Ib sen's "Rosemersholm." I Latest Shipping News. Antwerp. Feb. 8. Arrived. Fltzpatrick. Portland. Or., via Montevideo and St. Vin cent. Mollendo. Feb. 8. -Saile4. Serapin (from San FranciH'-o, etc.) Hamburjr. Punta Arenas, Feb 6. Sailed, Setos (from . '""le,,. it , . ft,;, o Rw- "earl. v Can. In,.-. T-'- r .. tbe.r V" which company processes r - froro cm"- . r,g ..; the barrel- --s iperage com""" Brwkj wend But HO HUT- ?J l' '..1 f v.tw ownto uj j 1 . ...cible supp nn tnexuau"" . .. t us , .. tnc "al . ' .nd foS In niU6 s, crm....--- used.- to rr: . . ,.ty-V tor Ol v ill ls can won- - . and defed n-1 hiiu'- iimX,- Co V San I'-ranctt-L-o, elc.) via Valparaiso, Ham burg. Montevideo. Feb. 7. bailed, Fnniklyn (frnm Tacoina) via ('oronel. .St. Vincent.. St. Vincent. Feb. 10. Arrived previously, Auehenl'-rat, Portland. Or., via Coronel. shanKhal, Feb. Jn. Arrived irev lously. Hazel Dollar. Port Townsend. Singapore. Feb. 10. Arrived. Antiloehus, Glasgow and Liverpool via Colombo, for Seat He. Yokohama. Feb. 10. Sailed, Monteagle, Vancouver. Highest Bowling Score. CINCINNATI. Feb. 10. H. A. Kiene and J. Y. Chalmers of Chicago took the lead in the double events in the international bowling tournament here today, totaling 1254 in three games, which is the highest score ever made in an American bowling onngress tournament. The scores in the three games wore as follows: Kiene. 197, 19S, 204. Chalmers. 242, 1?9, 214. Meet at Wallace, May 12. BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 10. Delegates to the National Republican Convention will be elected at Wallace, May 12. The date and place were fied by the State Cen tral Committee today. Freewater. Or. Falling Into i!ne with other townn in Oregon and Washington, Firewater I to have a ma-ket day. to be inaugurated on Saturday, February 15. Eye glasses $1.00 at Metzger'a. 1 "-f ' to " h fj -i-i.-l. W"i-i - w 1,H' ,i' 13 1 1. na .A1 Ulli Imfijsw an. I '-r-r.l r '""Cut . I I kmii I 0 -d t e, the I " ,u ma'i ... C I . , 'kink l ,tj,'e r .1 Ojj . " lOflp. ffiff. "OHM " "Oloo, h '""I 05C L.iirinAnn""