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3 TIFE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1909. Open Until 9:30fifZ Until 9:30 THREE NATIONS IN GRANITE PILE 10. LINCOLN'S CABIN stone In Its place. Under the stone was laid a metallic box. containing copies of the Constitution of the United States and Important historic documents, some of which were placed In it by the President and others by other members of the party. Among the contributors to this treasure were Clarence Mackay. Robert J. Collier and Richard Lloyd Jones, of New York, all of whom have actively participated In the movement for the memorial build ing. To an ged negro, Isaac T. Montgom ery. of Mound Bayou. Miss., who Is said to have been a slave of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, was as signed the appropriate task of depositing In th box a copy of Lincoln' t emancipa tion proclamation, and In doing so he made a. brief speech ih which he referred of slaves to whom Lincoln gave freedom, of slaves to whom ILncoln gave freedom, and the rcpr?sentative of ten millions of HONOR LINCOLN Roosevelt Speaks at Ceremo nies at Hodgenville and Cornerstone Is Laid. EX-SLAVE MAKES SPEECH To A-x-mhletl Host of Kcntuckians President Heclares Lincoln One of Two Greatest Americans. Nation Is Xow ' Vnlted. (Continued from First Paul) ent. Many of them had come on special train" from Ixuisville and othrr Ken tucky centers. The bulk of the assembly was pomposid. however, of the country folk from Larue and adjacent counties. There was a notahle absence of negroes In the crowd, but those present were wedged In with the whites, showing that none had been kept away by race prejudice. Among those who had been expected to he present was Mrs. Ben Hardin Helm, the only surviving sister of Mrs. Lincoln, 2 years old, but she was kept at her home in Louisville, much to the regret of all. by her lnlirmities. President's Arrival on Scene. The exercises were conducted under a tent, erected alongside the cabin In which Lincoln was born Jt years ago. The weather was sufficiently disagreeable to render the tent useful. The President and his immediate party nrrived shortly before 1 o'clock after a drive over a heavy red clay road from Hogenville. and five minutes afterward Governor "Vlllson called the assemblage together and introduced Rev. E. L. Powell, of the First Christian Cnurch of Louisville, who pronounced the Invocation. , The President was frequently Inter rupted by applause. Mr. Roosevelt con fined himself closely to his manuscript, except at the beginning he departed from It to make reply to complimentary allus ions to himself by Governor Folk. The extemporaneous part of the speech was as follows: Party Difference Forgotten. Before I tvecin my set speech I wish to say end word a to me composition or me peo ple who address you today, mid what that means. Here we have to greet us men of both political parties, men representing tne North and the South; we have a Governor of Kentucky of one party and at the last Presidectlal election your state went the ether way; we have an ex-Govemor of Mis souri of the other party and at the last presidential election his succession went the other way. You see. Governor Folk, the stranger Is growing less and less mysterious. Now, Governor Folk, you have introduced me In a way that went to my heart, be cause the kind of thinns I hare tried to stand for is the same kind of .things that you have tried to stand for. And then we are greeted by ex-Confeder-stes and ex-Union men and an ex-Confederate and an ex-Union soldier are to sreak. and the ex-Cenfrderate is in my Cabinet as Secretary of War. He does not belong to any political party, hut he and I have stood for the same N'atlonal prin ciples of recent years and indeed for the same Presidential candidates, and he is part of an entirely harmonious administration. Two Greatest Americans. We have met here to eelehrate the hun dredth annlverJJiry of the birth of one of the two greatest Americans; of one of the two or three icrate.-"i men of the nineteenth ' rntury; of one of the greatest men In the world's history. This ratl-splltter, this hoy who passed his ungainly youth In the dire poverty of the poorest of the frontier folk, hose rise was by wary and painful labor, lived to lead his people through the burn tng flames of a struggle from which the Nation emerged, purllicd as by fire, born anew to a loftier life. After long years of lm effort, and of failure that came more r f ten than victory, he at last rose to the leadership of the Republic at the moment t.hen that leadership had become the stu pendous world-task of the time. He grew to know greatness, but never ease. Success came to blm. but never happiness, save that which springs from doing well a painful and a vital task. Power was hlr, but not pleasure. The furrows deepened on his brow, but his eyes were undimmed by either hate or fear. His gaunt shoulders were bowed, but his steel thews never faltered as he bore for a burden the des tinies of his people. His great and tender heart shrank from giving pain, and the task allotted him was to pour -out like water the life-blood of the young men. and to feel in his every nher the sorrow of the women. Disaster saddened, but never dis mayed blm. As the red years of war went by they found blm ever doing his duty In the present, ever facing the future with fearlees front, high of heart, and dauntless of so'il. Unbroken by hatred, unshaken by scorn, he worked and Buttered for the people. Triumph was his at the last, and barely had he tasted it before murder found him, and the kindly, patient, fearless eyes were closed forever. Mr. Roosevelt went on to compare the characters of Washington "the Virginia landed gentleman," and Lincoln, "the Kentucky backwoodsman," and said "the qualities they showed are exactly the same as those we should show In doing our work: today.' Lincoln's Prophetic Vision. In part his address continued: Lincoln saw into the future with the pro phetic imagination usually vouchsafed only to the poet and the seer. No more prac tical man ever lived than this homely back Woods ideal Urt. We of tn day must try to solve many erclal and industrial problems, requiring to an especial degree the combination of In domitable resolution with cool-headed san ity. We can profit by the way in which Lin coln used both theee traits as he strove for reform. We caa learn much of value from the very attacks which following that course brought upon his head, attacks alike by the extremists of revolution and by the ex- J tremlsta) of reaction. Did Not Hate Opponents . Perhaps the moet wonderful thing of all was the extraordinary way In which Lin coln could fight valiantly against what he deemed wrong and yet preserve undiminished his love and respect for the brother from whom he differed. In the hour of a tri umph that would have turned any weaker man's hra'I. In the heat of a struggle which spurred many a good man to dreadful vln dlrt'.venesa. he said truthfully that so Wng as he had been In hi office he had never willingly planted a thorn In any man's bos om, and besought his supporters to study the incidents of the trial through which they were passing as philosophy from which to lrarn wisdom and not as wrongs to be avenged: ending with the solemn fxhortatlon that, as the etrife was over, alls should re unite In a common effort to save their com mon country. H did not hate the man from whom he differed. Weakness was as foreign ns wickedness to his strong, gentle nature: hut his courage was of a quality so high that it ree-ied no bolstering of dark paselnn. He sr.w clearly that the sarnie high finalities', tr.e same courage, and willingness for sacrifice, and devotion to the rifc'ht as It was given them to see the right, belonged bth to the men of the North and to the men of the- South. Proud of Mightiest of Mini. An the years roll by. and as all of us. ' wherever we dwell, grow to feel an equal pride In the valor and self-devotion, alike of the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the gray, so this whole Na tion will grow to feel a. peculiar sense of pride in the mightiest of the mighty men who mastered the mighty days: the lover of hl country and of all mankind; the man whose blood was shed for the union of his people snd for the freedom of a race, Abra ham Lincoln. The President applied the first trowel ful of mortar thct will hold the corner grateful negro citizens." The President boarded his train for Louisville at 3:45 P. M-, expecting to ar rive at Washington about 2 P. M. to morrow. Uncouth as Lincoln's Life. Something of the uncouthness so insep arable from Lincoln during his life time was distinct in the heart of the cere mony. The enshrining of a flower mantled, but withal dingy structure of logs, within a noble structure of marble, one block of which would buy a settle ment such as that In which the Llncolns lived when Abraham was born, cannot but retain some elements of the rural and the, homespl.n. The tent which served as an auditor ium was roped off from the crowd which gathered around the hallowed spot. In the center, beside the platform for the speakers and tlio machinery of the cor nerstone laying. Is the cabin itself, a little building not over Jti feot square, built of logs, notched and laid together pioneer fashion. The logs are worn smooth where the bark has peeled oft and rotted, and now they are a dirty, leaden gray. The board roof Is In fair condition, and the puncheon floor, patched as though "Shiftless Tom.'' as Abrahams father was known, had knelt down one afternoon and done the very chores. Cabin Set in Flowers. By the suggestion of some of the kindly Kentuckians. whose co-operation made the entira celebration possible in a rural county, the native cabin was set in a cas ket of flowers, the gift of the school chil dren of Kentucky. The cabin stands a half mile inside the gate of the farm, and as none was al lowed to bring his vehicle within this gate, there was a forking delta of human ity and color settling toward and aj-ound the cabin during the time before the cere monies and when It was seen that there was no more room within the tent. The only Incident worthy of noto on the run from Louisville was the crossing of Salt River, which was accomplished at West Point. There trie President deliv ered a few words of greeting to a small crowd standing In the mud. but he made no reference to the proximity orf the his toric stream on whose bank his train stood. SHERMAN SPEAKS ON LINCOLN Vice-President-elect Principal Ora tor at Pittsburg1. PITTSBURG, Feb. 12. Vice-Presidentelect James S. Sherman, of New York, was the principal speaker at the Cham ber of Commerce dinner at the Hotel Schenley here tonight. An address on "The Ship Subsidy" was delivered by Congressman James E. Watson, of' In diana. Mr. Sherman emphasized the fact that Uncoln was the choice of the minority of a party and the Nation was divided on a great constitutional question In which the liberty of a race foreign to the country, brought here In bondage, or reared In slaverw, was involved. He con tinued: Was It worth fighting for? Manv In the North said no. Was It a question which could be constitutionally acteil upon? The entire South said no. and then Abraham Lincoln, with dignity, with firmness, and with a spirit which could have bcon inspired only of God. grasped the helm of the ship of state and pointed Its course directly into the teeth of the iwrm. His proclamation of emancipation unforged the fetters of the slaves, united the North, sent a thrill of Joy and patriotism in reverberation over the land until the hundreds of thousands of boys in blue swore by their tlag and by their country that slavery should cease and that their Nation should be reunited though it was cemented with blood. Lincoln, Mr. Sherman said, was perhaps the greatest American, but his Individual ity was greater than his personality, and this was because he had with him "that stern, unyielding sense of duty." He continued: Gentle beyond compare, patient beyond be lief, his country and his duty were his creed. and to that end he labored unceasingly and suffered patiently. It was that senti ment. "Our Country." which guided him. He gave himself without reserve for that country, his rare talents, his immeasurable love, his remarkable sagacity, his life. All were freely laid upon the altar of home and country. During the afternoon the Vice-President-elect-spoke at the convocation ex ercises of the University of Pittsburg at Carnegie Hall. BRITAIN SENDS MESSAGE Congress Hears Tribute to Dead President From Ambassador. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. In his Invoca tion today Chaplain Couden, of the House, paid a beautiful tribute to Abraham Lin coln. Mr. Boutell, of Illlnonls, read Lin coln's Gettysburg address. General applause greeted the reading of a letter from British Ambassador Bryce, enclosing a dispatch from hie government conveying to this Government, "the sym pathy of the British government with the celebration of the centenary of President Lincoln." The British government's mess- ago to Ambassador Bryce follows: "His Majesty's government has learned with Interest the preparations which are being made by the President and people of the United States to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lin coln, -hnse name is honored In this coun try for his noble work In the cause of emancipation. I have to request your excellency to take an opportunity to convey to the Secretary of State the cordial sympathy of his Majesty's govern ment with the spirit which Inspires the United States In this celebration and their desire to share In paying a tribute of honor and appreciation to the strength and simplicity of President Lincoln's char acter, which not only conferred such in estimable benefits on the United States, but tended to promote the freedom and progress of the human race." XAXCY HANKS RECEIVES CALLS Tnique Lincoln Celebration Partic ipated In by Famed "Race Horse. LEXINGTON. Ky.. Feb. 12. In this city, where Abraham IJncoIn's.wlfe, Mary Todd, and his law partner. Robert Todr Stuart were born. Lincoln's centenary was celebrated In various ways. Probably the most unique celebration In the United States was at Hamburg stock farm In this county, where Nancy Hanks, the world-famous race mare, named for Lincoln's mother, held a largely attended reception under the auspices of her owner, John E. Madden. Two Klng9 Meet at Train. VILLA VICOSA.' Portugal, Feb. 12. King Alphonso, of Spain, arrived here thin afternoon and was greeted at the railroad station by King Manuel. It Is announced that Kjng Alphonso on February 19 will proceed to Pau, France. Impressive Observance of Cen . tenary at Former Home of Martyr. BRYAN AS CHIEF ORATOR Tells How Lincoln's Gifts of Speech Made Him President Jusserand and Bryce Speak for France and Great Britain. SPRINGFIELD, ' 111., Feb. 12. Amid a scene of unrivalled brilliancy at the state armory tonight, three nations paid tribute to the emancipator and to each other. French Ambassador Jusserand brought the message from France; British Ambas sador Bryce the eulogy from England; while W. J. Bryan,, of Nebraska, and United States Senator J- P. Dolliver, of Iowa, laid America's wreath of respect at the feet of Lincoln. This was a fitting climax for the re markable all-day celebration that took the distinguished guests and two score others over the- scenes associated with Lincoln's life. An impressive feature of the cele bration was the scene at the Lincoln tomb, where Robert T. Lincoln, son of the martyred President, stood beside the sarcophagus In which the remains of his father rest, and with tear dimmed eye3 spent several moments in silent meditation. Message From France. M. Jusserand spoke on "Abraham Lincoln as France Regarded Him," and told of France's grief over Lincoln's death , and her devotion to his great ness. Mr. Bryce's address was a mes sage of love and respect, saying Lincoln belonged to a mighty race and was great because he was endowed with in tellect and character. A letter from Booker T. Washington read at the banquet tonight urged ne groes to be law-abiding and adds that "every member of my race who does not work, who leads an immoral life, dis honors the name and memory .of Lin coln." The negroes of Springfield, having been excluded from the Lincoln centennial banquet, held a competitive event' to night. Mr. Bryan sooke in part 'as follows: Owed Success to Oratory. Lincoln's fame as a statesman and as the Nation's Chief Executive in Its moat crucial period has so overshadowed his fame as an orator that his merits as a public speaker have not been sufficiently emphasized. When it is remembered that hifi nomination was directly due to the prominence which he won upon the stump; that in the most re markable series of debates known to history he held his own against one of the most brilliant orators America has produced; and that to his speeches, more than to the ar gument of any other one man. or In fact, of all other public men combined, was due the succi-es of his party when all these facts are borne In mind, it will appear plain that too little attention has been given to the extraordinary power which he exercised aa a speaker. That his nomination -was due to the ef fect that his speeches produced, can not be disputed. When he began his fight against slavery in lh."S he was but little known out side of the counties In which he attended court. The threatened extension of elavery aroused him. and he threw his whole soul into the fight. The debates with Douglas' have never had a parallel In this, or, so far as history show, in any other coun try. No other American President has ever so clearly owed his elevation to his ora tory. Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln and Jackson, the Presidents usually mentioned in connection with him, were all poor schol ars. Today's exercises Included also: Dedication of memorial tablet on build ing In which Lincoln had his law office, planting of Lincoln elm at courthouse where Lincoln tried the law cases, dedi cation of memorial tablet at Presbyterian Church where Lincoln attended, distin guished guests visit tomb of Lincoln; re ception by the local chapter of the Daugh ters- of the American Revolution at the old Lincoln home; banquet for ladies at night, addressed by Mrs. William J. Bryan. Mrs. Donald McLean, president general of the Daughters of the Amrican Revolution, and others. MARATHON RAGE MAY KILL HOY RUNNER AT BROOKLYN IX PRECARIOUS CONDITION". Another Barely Saves Life and Sev eral Break Down James Clark Is "Winner. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Out of afield of 154 starters, James Clark, of the Xavier Athletic Club, of this city to day won a Marathon race, which be gan In the Armory of the Thirteenth Regiment, Brooklyn, and finished there after the runners had gone to Seagirt, Coney Island, where the turning point was staked. The actual distance of the race was 26 miles 3S5 yards, and the -winner's time was 2:46:52 3-5. James Crowley, of the Irish Ameri can Athletic Club, who won the Yon kers Marathon last Thanksgiving day, was second, and Harry Jensen, of the Pastime Athletic Club, New York, third. Several runners collapsed during the contest, and Sylvester Volgl'ante, an 18-year-old boy, is In a precarious condition in a hospital. Edward Ha rriet fell, completely exhausted, near the finish, and for some time- his life was despaired of. Several other run ners who broke down were cared for by physicians. DEORO REMAINS CHAMPION Another Match Mad With Lean When Game Ends. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. In the final game of a three nights' match at three-cushion carom billiards, Alfred DeOro. the world's champion, successfully defended his title against Horace B. Lean, of St. Louis. The total score of the contest was DeOro 150, Lean 103. Lean Immediately challenged DeOro for another match for $500 a side under the same conditions. The game will be played In Boston on March 1, 2 and 3. Los Angeles 26; YValla Walla 10. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Feb. 12. In a fast and sensational basketball game the lxs Angeles basketball team tonight de feated the high school team by a score of 26 to 10. On account of yesterday's rainy weather, all of Lipman-Wolfe's Friday Bargains will be on sale again today. A thousand special values will greet today's shoppers at our counters. We call attention to additional Rummage Bar gains in Women's Suits, Waists, Petticoats, Skirts, Coats, etc. See them on display today. CRISIS IS AT Liberia Cannot Maintain Its Government Intact. AMERICA UNABLE TO AID Little African Nation in Dire Con dition and British Troops Patrol Capital to Keep Order. ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Cable advices received at the State Department today Indicate that a climax has been reached In the Liberian situation. Conditions, ac cording to the information at hand, are grave andi great alarm is felt by foreign officials in Liberia, A British gunboat has arrived to afford protection to for eign interests, and a, company of 6oldiers has been sent from Sierra Leone to the capltol, Monrovia, for the same purpose. Great despondency is entertained as to the ability of the government to main tain itself, aijd as to the future of Li beria as a nation. Today's cables called renewed atten tion to the efforts of the State Depart ment, inaugurated by Secretary Root, to secure an appropriation of $20,000 to en able, the President to send to Liberia a commission with a view to report on the specific action this Government shouldi take to afford relief. Curiously enough it was President Lincoln who approved. In 1S62. a treaty with Liberia, whereby its recognition as an independent state was given, and it was President Lincoln also who appointed the first diplomatic representative of the United States. From that time since the United States has Interfered in boundary disputes. making it clear that -this Government was most anxious to befriend Liberia and have, it continue as a nation. POKER GAME CAUSES SUIT Man Stopped Payment on Check Af ter. Losing, and Tangle Follows. HELENA, Mont, Feb. 12. Singular to a. degree is the suit now being tried in the Federal Court here, wherein the Bank of California is plaintiff and the Stockmen's National Bank, of Fort Benton, is defendant. The latter is sued a certificate of deposit to A. T. Carlsburg, who while passing through Tacoma engaged in a poker game and during Its progress, endorsed the check over to C. C Cummlngs, who In turn realized on it at the Bank of Cali fornia. The Montana bank had been requested to stop payment and did so; hence the suit to recover the face value of the check $2300. DCN'T WEAR SEVEN COLORS Chicago Professor Says Six Striking Shades Are Enough. CHICAGO, Feb. 12. "Don't make your self look like a flag." Is one of the rules of art as laid down to students by Pro fessor Edmund Buckley, University of Chicago. "Intense colors are excellent for flags." i HOT ONLY THE INDIGESTION BUT ALL OTHER STOMACH MISERY GOES Five Minutes After Taking Some Diapepsin All Distress From the Stomach Will Vanish. Every family here ought to keep some Diapepsin In tho house, as any one of you- may have an attack of In digestion or Stomacn trouble at any time, day or night. This harmless preparation will di gest anything you eat and overcome a sour stomach five minutes afterwards. If your meals don't tempt you, or what little you do eat seems to fill you or lays like a lump of lead in your stomach, or if you have heartburn, that is a sign of Indigestion. Ask your Pharmacist for a 50-cent case of' Pape'i Diapepsin and take j he said, "but not good for wearing, espe cially when you get two of them togeth er. Don't wear a green skirt and a rcl waist unless you wish to look like the standard of Italy. "At least, if you must wear some violent color, try not to combine a great many of them at the same time. Don't wear more than six intense colors at, once. "Black, white, and their mixture, sray, are not colors," he declares. "When a woman wears them, she merely begs the question of taste. Also the jomb'natijn of these negative phenomena with liny other color make neither harmonv nor diJ.ord, and evades the question of taste. Tlicy are, however, in the case of a wom an not sure of her taste, at safe subter fuge." More money, the professor says, is spent In one year on woman's dress than on pict-Tts, sculpture, and all other forms of ait together in a centurj'. T BRITAIN AND GERMANY RE MOVE CAUSES OF FRICTION". Edward's Visit to Berlin Brings About Indorsement of Mo roccan Treaty. BERLIN, Feb. 12. It can be stated with authority that in the British v'ew the re sult of the recent political conference between British and German statesmen in Berlin Is regarded as eminently satisfac tory. The Imperial Chancellor was as sured of the British government's unquali fied and cordial approval of the Franco German convention with regard toMoroc co. This agreement is welcomed as tend ing to foster good feelings between France and Germany, and in this way it' will exert a material influence upon the con solidation of friendly relations between Great Britain and Germany. English official circles welcome the as surance given during the interview be tween the Imperial Chancellor and Sir Charles Harding, Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, that In aiming for the preservation of peace and the mainten ance of the status quo in the Near East as well as in the support of the new order of things in Turkey, the British and German governments are completely In accord. King Edward and Queen Alexandra left here for London at 5 o'clock this after noon, after a visit of four days in the German capital. They were accompanied to the railroad station by the Emperor and the Empress, and their military suites, and Prince Henry of Prussia, The leave-taking was affectionate, his Majesty kissing the Em peror three times on the cheek. Leper Candy Man Escapes. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 12. Samuel Vernick, the leper who was locked up in the insane ward, at the city hospital sev eral days ago, escaped from his cell at that Institution by barricading his door and forcing an entrance through a narrow window, and Is now at large. His case is said to be one of the worst examples of the deadly malady that the local physi cians have had to deal with. Vernick was a candy vendor on the street for a num ber of years and the discovery that he was afflicted with leprosy caused consid erable consternation among those who had been accustomed to patronize him. Resources Commission Named. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. The names of the Commissioners to represent the United States, Canada and Mexico at the conference on the Conservation of the Natural Resources of North America, which meets here next Thursday, were announced at the White House today. Tho United States will be represented by Secretary of State Bacon, Secretary of the Interior Garfield, and Gifford E,in chot. one trlangule after supper tonight. There will be no sour risings, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heart burn, fullness or heavy feeling in the stomach, Nausea, Debilitating 'Head aches, Dizziness or Intestinal griping. This will all go, and, besides, there will be no sour .food left over in the stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Pape's Diapepsin Is a certain cure for all stomach misery, because it will take hold of your food and digest It just the same as If your stomach wasn't there. Actual, prompt relief for all . your stomach misery is at your Pharma cist's, waiting for you. These large 50-cent cases contain more than sufficient to cure a case of Dyspepsia or Indigestion. SHIPS SOON HOME Big Fleet May Reach Roads Ahead of Time. MAKING QUICK PROGRESS Wireless Messages Show Sliips Only 2000 Miles Away, and Prep arations for Welcome Are Rushed Ahead. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. A wireless mes sage from the tender Yankton which is preceding the Atlantic battleship fleet, now on 'its way to Hampton Roads after its cruiso around the world, was picked up shortly after 4 o'clock this morning by the wireless station on Fire Island. The message was as follows: "Yankton. 8 P. M., Feb. 11. Latitude 32:44 N., Longitude 52:04 W. Fleet 34:30 N., 30:19 W. Fine weather; speed lO'i knots. Cruise uneventful." This is the first wireless communica tion received on this side of the Atlantic from the fleet or from any vessel accom panying it since its departure from Gibraltar. Only 2000 Jliles Away. According to this message the battle ships are about 1OS0 miles, west of Gib raltar with the Yankton 945 miles ahead. This places the Yankton only 540 miles east of Bermuda and the fleet a little over 2000 miles from Hampton Roads. The schedule as announced before the departure lrom Gibraltar said that they would reach Hampton Roads about Feb ruary 22 or 23. but if their position as Indicated by the wireless is correct at the present rate of speed they would arrive on February 19 or 20. Vessel in Distress. Another wireless message picked up, shortly after the fleet message ltad been received, indicates that the barkentine Matanzas is in distress off Diamond Wheals lightship, in the general path of the oncoming battleships. The Southern Pacific steamer El Norte, and six other vessels, have gone to her assistance. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. It has been decided that eight battleships of Admiral Sperry's fleet will bo sent to their home Navy-yards a few days after their ar rival anil reviewed by the President. The other eight will remain at anchor in Hampton Roads until after the first week in March. The Navy Department today sent a wifeless nieftage to Admiral Sperry asking him1 to designate the ships which shell remain. It is certain that the Illinois. Kearsarge and Kentucky will be three of the eight. The men of those ships will come o Washington to participate in the inaugu ral parade on March 4. Fleets Will Meet at Sea. In latitude 35 degrees north and longi tude 55 degrees west cn the morning of Wednesday, February 17, Admiral Sper ry's two squadrons of the Atlantic battle The flavor is in them the result of healthful Oregon Conditions, Gov ernment Inspection and Correct Cur ing. The epicure demands this brand, the preoccupied man is pleased, not knowing why. Costs no more -ALL LEADING DEALERS I U hV L'Oi" I PORTLAND ship fleet will be Joined by the third squardron of the fleet, commanded ly Rear-Admiral Arnold. This will add m Admiral Sperry's command nine mo:c vessels. The third squadron Includes tli" battleships Maine, New Hampshire and Mississippi. With the full Atlantic fleet under his command. Admiral Sperry will put the 25 vessels through a series of licet maneu vers on the trip from the meeting place to Hampton Roads. The distance is a lit tle over 1000 miles. The President and the Secretary of tho Navy will review the fleet as It passes In and at 2 P. M. will receive the Admiral and flag officers on board the Mayflower. HOLD .DIPLOMAT ON CHARGE Chilean Police Think German Killed Servant and Robbed Legation. SANTIAGO. Chile, Feb. 12. Chancel lor Beckert, of the German Legation at Santiago, has been arrested at Chilan, capital of the Province of Nuble. The office of the German Legation at Santiago was destroyed by fire on Feb ruary 5, and In the ruins was found the charred body of a man. It was be lieved at first that Beckert had per ished in the flames, but subsequent examination showed these things: That it was not Beckert who had been stabbed to death and that JilOuO had been taken from the office safe. The murdered man was a servant at the Legation. HENEY REPORTED -BETTER Physicians Think Prosecutor Can Ileturn to Court on Monday. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. Francis J. Heney, whose illness brought about a postponment of the Patrick Calhoun trial yesterday. Is reported much im proved today. His physicians agree that ills indisposition was duo to noth ing more serious than a cold and that he will be able to appear In court next Monday, when the trial will be re sumed. Charges Against Sleuth. BUTTE, Mont.. Feb. 12. The Police Commission, which yesterday, after in quiring, took under advisement the case of the release of Jean Dubois, a white slave dealer, today unanimously reported, requesting Chief of Police Wynne to pre fer formal changes against City Detective Bates, who allowed Dubois to cn. Those Corpuscles In your blood, red and white, keep you well if they are healthy, cause you sickness if diseased. To make and: keep them abundant and healthy, is to have pure blood, free dom from disease and vigorous health. 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