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THE1 MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 1C, 1909. 14 ELLIOTT REFUSES TO President of Northern Pacific Says He Would Be Play ing Into Rivals' Hands. WRITES TO BJSINESS MEN 'frays Cannot Grant Portland Petition Because I'nion Pacific Would Get Benefit AVithout Investment and at Northern's Expense. President Howard Elliott, of the North ern Pacific Railway, will take no action to let down the bars of the Portland Gateway. He has written to business interests here that he will not accede to the petitions forwarded to him recently asking that the obstructions to passenger traffic to and from the East through this city bo removed. The case will now go before the Interstate Commerce Commis sion later this month and be decided on Its merits. Railroad men hardly expect ' Portland to win, for such a decision would open up such a large question of gateways all over the country, that It Is believed conditions will remain as they are. By appealing directly to President Elliott before the hearing of the case by the Interstate Commerce Commission, It was hoped he would take the desired ac tion at once. A petition was prepared some weeks ago and signed by a vertf large number of prominent business men of the city. It was headed by the signa tures of T. B. Wilcox and A. I.. Mills, and in his reply Mr. Elliott addresses himself to these two men and others. The letter came yesterday to the Com mercial Club, where the petition was pre pard. President Elliott expresses his regrets that he cannot agree with the business Interests of the city and grant the peti tion, but says to do so would be to turn over the use of the Northern Pacific prop erty to the benefit of the Union Pacific. His letter follows: President Elliott's Letter. I read in the newspajwrs while West that a peUtK-n wu to be prnwntcd to me in r' fc:irl Bo certain questions about throUKh p-twnner ruuu-s. 1 have never received tne original, but I urei from Mr. Yarniell. of Seattle, a copy of the petition. t regret exceedingly to have to ne tn op position to the broad gauc bu!ine.w men who havo signed the petition. As bu?Inet n.en you realize that all property is entitled to Its fair return and that people do not make investments in property for the benefit o? those who have not shared in the burden of the investment. The L' n ion t'aciflc road desirew to get the b't.eflt of the buir.(-9 that the Northern Facinc has developed in the lajt 3o ytars at I'uget Sound and to obtain that benefit not by making an investment of money, but b making dmand that the Northern Pa cific turn over the use of its property to the Union Pacific. The Northern Pacific has made an offer to the I'nlrn Pacific to rent the u of Its physical projjerty on very' reainable terms: the t'nion Pacific then to share In the risks of operation and management, but the Union Pa-'irtc has declined to make any such ar rangement. The Northern Pacific, In order to rngago in Portland huiineps in a nrst-clast. progressive mann.r. has, as you know, spent a great many millions of dollar in adding to and t-npiovmg the transportation facilities of Portland. In their effort to do that they have been obstructed by the Union Pacific in many ways). 1 merely make these statements to show tlT.t our company U interested in Portland business and hiui been willing to back, our interest by actual work done. C'ooHObitioit for Portland. Our company has authorized tickets from Cheyenne, llenver and points west where there 10 any advantage in route or service by way of Portland. In the case of round trip tiekeis. regular Summer excursion tick ets or tickets in connection with the Alaska . Yukon-Pacitie Fair, the option is given of g'ung or returning via Portland and the rate are the eame througa portiana. Over our line, in addition to this, round trip tickets will be sold at the same rate to Portland as to J'uget Sound. In this way Portland Interests are fully covered and all travelers who wieh to take In Portland on their Western trip can do so. It surely is unfair for the Portland busi ness men who belwve -in the rlphus of prop erty to ak us to accept a short haul and turn our facilities over to the Union Pacific line. The question is of such far-reaching Im portance to the owners of railway property that I cannot accede to the petition present ed. I am sorry to have to be at variance on this question with the signers of the peti tion, but In justice to my company I cannot accept their view of the situation, and should the Interstate Commerce Commission decide to put our property at the u.-e of the Union Pacific road, we should. In self-defense, have to have the matter tried out in the courts If we can get a hearing. MUCH KAILRO.VD "WORK AHEAD J. J. loan, of Chicago, Predicts Heavy Construction in Southwest. -ohn J. Sloan, ex-superintendent of Bridewell Mission. In Chicago, one of the most prominent politick rn In Illi nois, and a trusted lieutenant of Carter H. Harrison, ex-Mayor of Chicago, Is at the Portland. Mr. Sloan is in the Pacific Northwest in relation to ex tensive contracting work in connection with the proposed railway construc tion to be done in the near future, and will remain in Portland for sev eral days. Mr. Sloan reports work on the sou thern extension of E. H. Harriman's Southern Pacific line as progressing rapidly, and as bringing with it a vast outlook for prospective work in the next few years, and an increase to an enormous extent of the commercial importance of the Coast, and particu larly of the Pacific Northwest with its immense lumber interests. As to the labor problem, Mr. Sloan's opinion Is that It will be extremely doubtful if any labor will crowd out the native Mexican labor In the far Southwest or even the Coast country. Mexican labor is cheap, and very sat isfactory so far as his experience with it has been concerned. The demands for labor and material will be tre mendous before many months in Mr. Sloan's judgment, and he remarked that business men In Chicago and in the Middle West generally were turning their attention more and more to the Northwest as the land of great pos sibilities. The men with whom Mr. Sloan is working have large contracts ahead for furnishing granite for walls, abut ments and constructive work along the lines of railroads now being built and planned, and he and his companies have secured options in various parts of the South and Southwest on -mountain tracts where granite Is found in al most solid hills and peaks. Mr. Sloan expressed himself as de lighted with Portland, and as having prolonged his stay for the purpose of looking further into the growth and development of the city. Portland looked prosperous and thriving1 to the Chiragoan. and he predicted that five years would probably bring; some most GATEWAY momentous changes in tne city a growth, from all apparent indications. Deciding on Improvements. C. M. Clark, of Philadelphia, vice president of the Portland yRail way. Light and Power Company, reached the city yesterday from California to look over the properties of his company here and to confer with the local officials in regard to Improvements to be made by the traction company during the coming year. Mr. Clark was busy with Presi dent Josselyn yesterday and the two were going over the budget outlining im provements. Just what work will be au thorized by Mr. Clark during his pres ent stay in the city will not bo decided until he has gone over the figures and plans prepared for his inspection. He will remain in the city for ten days. AN ESTIMATE OF DARWIN Two or Ills Chief Bowks Classed as "Scientific Romances."' BROWNSVILLE. Or., Feb. 14.-(To the Editor.) In The Oregonian of February 12, in noting the centennary of Charles Darwin's birth, occasion is taken to laud the great scientist and his work, in these words: "Darwin's great discovery is not now treated by the world merely as an hypothesis, but as a truth." And "What had been ranked only as an hypothesis or theory was established as a natural law through all organic life including man and all human societj." It strikes me this is making a most far-reaching claim, a greater than Dar win himself dared to make. In my library (not a clergyman s library) will be found "The Origin of Species' and "Descent of Man," by Charles Darwin. The last named book following the first in publi cation by about 12 years. These books are, perhaps, the best-known because the most-widely read of Mr. Darwin's writ ings. I have read both carefully and I may add cautiously, but not prejudicially, within the last two or three years. I have not hurried through these thousand and more pages, but have taken ample time. Some parts have been read four and five times, and I have found nothing to justify The Oregotjian's statements. Mr. Darwin himself states in the preface to one of these books that some of the positions taken are "speculative" and that they will likely, upon further re search, be found "erroneous." I fail to see where he has made such a "great dis covery" or "established as a natural law" what The Oregonlau's words would im ply, that he has demonstrated that all the higher forms of life have been de veloped and evolved from those below, particularly that man, the last and high est. Is hut an improvement upon a stock of "half-human progenitors." Mr. Dar win uses this phrase several times, as thongh he would teach va that the old Greek and Roman myths the Centaurs, the Pans, etc., were possible and no poetic conception. So far as Mr. -Darwin has gone, he has not "discovered" that man. at least. Is a derived being, having arisen out of the Infinite past by infinitely slow stages of genetic develop ment, passing through all the forms of life from the amoebae up to his present state. Mr. Darwin, of course, believed all this, and more. but. ho never claimed to have "established" it by any "natural law." It was hypothesis with him and not demonstration' or discovering. Also. Professor Tyndall himself, an evo lutionist and physician, said, oO or more years ago, that the holders of the develop ment theory gave to it provisional assent only. It was. of course, true If you could prove It. I believe Huxley held the same. I have his "Man's Place in Na ture," also. In this he tries hard to sus tain his friend and fellow scientist, Dar win. He has prepared. I suppose, the most able and elaborate paper on the brains of apes and man extant. He has also. In the above book, a lengthy paper on the Neunderthal skull, found in the Neander Valley, in Germany, about tho year ISoT. Huxley was an able anatomist, and a fascinating writer, honest and above deceit. He presents drawings and measurements of this famous skull, is mot particular and precise; yet failed to discover anything below a degraded and under-developed human being. There was no half and half about it. No part human and part brute. Though Huxley states that the brain of apes the chimpanzee and orang have all the parts the human brain has, though undeveloped, and believes that In the far distant past man himself was an ape, yet in some way ho ceased being one and left his pug-muzzled relative where he Is still an ape. He was evi dently a different kind of one. There must have been something about his brain not present in the tribes inhabit ing the forests of Africa and Borneo today. The truth is. the brain of man and ape are different. It is not all a mat ter of development of the various parts. There is something higher that the eye and probe of the anatomist can never reach. The humanity and nation ality of man are not discovered by dis secting brain substance. The ultimate cell in all animals. including man, may be the same, but that counts noth ing in the analysis. I believe It may be shown that man has parts of brain the brute hasn't, even the chimpanzee, which perhaps most resembles man. No animal bcJow man possesses the brain convolutions In front of the parietal and above the frontal eminen ces. It may be said of Mr. Darwin that he was an able scientist, an indefa tigable worker. I believe him to have been a most worthy man, but mistaken In his conclusions. Since his day (he has been dead 26 years) evolutionists have become divided into rival schools. Some repudiate what others teach. Wallace differed from Darwin in some things. Haeckel, of Jena . University, represents the monistic school. He is a thorough materialist and holds to spontaneous origination of life. Weiss mann, another German evolutionist, holds views about, acquired characters that modify some of the former views. The late Professor Joseph Le Conte, of the University of California, represent ed the thelstlc school. The same may be said of Professor Drummond. also dead, whose book "Natural Law in the Spiritual World" Is to a certain extent based on 'Darwinian evolution. Hux ley was an agnostic, and so on. Mr. Darwin was sagacious enough to see the thin planks In his bridge, and honest enough to call attention to them. He saw what others with less clear vision failed to see. The younger gen eration of scientists, not having the perspicacity of the master, are- "cock sure" of some things he avoided. The "world" may, as The Oregonian says, treat Darwinism "as a truth," though most of them never heard of its au thor and his theories. Still, evolution is yet very far out on the sea. The haven of absolute truth is not, yet reached. In the "Origin of Species" and "Descent of Man" we have a splen did scientific romance In two volumes. Perhaps we cap be satisfied with that. N. J. BOWERS. That Darwin never claimed for his books, that they were epoch-making In the history of science. Is true. But the world has claimed for them what, of course, he never could claim, or wish to claim, himself. Darwin never made the assertion that his work had opened, or would open, the way to revolution of the thought of the world. That has been the conclusion of others. And it is universal among scientists and think ers, the world over. Webfoot Oil Blacking (a shoe grease), softens leather, weatherproofs shoes. NGREASE IN FLEET Tender Manzanita and Three Lightships Come. WORK FOR NEW VESSELS Placing of Additional Lights Made AVith Intention to Avert Repe tition of Disasters to Ves sels In Northern Waters. Three vessels, intended to Increase the fleet of-the lighthouse service at this station, have arrived at San Francisco from the Atlantic. The trip around the Horn was made without particular inci dent. The additional vessels uic tender Manzanita and lightships Nos. r, t j n- Tlio tonrlor renlaceS in the SS, the service the old tender of the same name. which was sold about two years by tho Government ana is no towhoat in these waters under the name rvanioi Kern. The tender and lightships .!i .,,. York. The vessels are expected at Astoria next Sunday, and 6TEAMB UfTEIXJGEN'CK. Due to Arrive. Nnme. From. Date. Arg-o Tillamook In port Break water.... Coos Bay I" Port Senator nn Francisco. In pert Geo. W. Elder. Snn Pedro. .. Feb. Alliance cv.os Bay Feb. Nome City. .. .San Francisco. Feb. TtoM Cltv San Francisco. Feb. IT JS 20 Kosnoke I.os Aniteles. ieb. 2o Arabia. ....... Han ekong. .. .Mar- 1 A!esla Hongkong. ...Apr. 10 N'lcomedla Hongkong. .. .May 1 Scheduled to Depart. Name. For. Date. Argo Tillamook. ...Indef't TireMWwater. . . Coos Bay.... Feb. 17 Geo W. Elder. . San Pedro. ..Feb. Senator San Francisco. Feb. Alliance Coos Bay Feb. Nome City. . . .San Francisco. Feb. Boanoke Los Angeles. Feb. Rose City San Francisco. Feb. 18 1 20 24 2(1 17 12 sia. . . . .. . . . nor. kkuiis . .. .ai. Nicomedla. . Hongkong . . . .May Entered Monday. Glenalvon, Br. shir, (King), wltn i cement from Antwerp. f F. S. Loop. Am. steamship (Ievln son). In ballast, from San Francisco. Cleared Monday. F. S. Loop, Am. steajnship (Levin son), with lumber, for San Francisco. Captain C. K. Pond, lighthouse inspector for this district. Is in San Francisco to receive the vessels on behalf of the Gov ernment. Lightship SS is to be located off Co lumbia River bar; No. U2 is to be a relief vessel and will be moved from place to place as needed, and No. 03 will be off Swiftsure Banks, about 12 imiles W. N. VV., W. from Cape Flattery light sta tion, a little off entrance to the Straits of . Fuca. This light is intended as a guard against a repetition of the disaster that overtook the Valencia in January, hog. It Is said at the inspector's office that work for the tenders is constantly in creasing and there is plenty for the Man zanita to do from the time she enters the service., The commander of the new vessel has not yet been announce, and It is also probable that the engineers and other officers of the tender who brought her around the Horn will not all remain on this coast, which will af ford opportunity for new men to get positions on the craft. The tender Heather Is moored at Couch street dock, having put in from work down he river replacing buoys and marks carried away in the recent high water. Captain A. L. Pease was aboard the Heather and accompanied the master to give the benefit of his knowledge as to former locations of marks missing. GOVERNMENT BOAT AT WORK Umatilla Clearing Away Obstacles on Snake 'River. The Government steamer Umatilla left yesterday to resume work at Homly rapids, on the Snake Biver. This is considered the worst obstacle to navigation on that stream, and with the removal of boulders of large size the channel may be made navigable without fear of disaster. After com pleting work at the rapids the Umatilla will go to other shoals on the Snake and make the route from Celilo to Lewlston, Idaho, passable for craft of much deeper draft than can get by now. Word was received at the ofHce of the Open River Transportation Com pany yesterday from Dorsey B. Smith, manager, who Is at Lewiston and Pasco, that he found enough freight contracts awaiting the opening of service by the new boats of the com pany to insure steady trade with that section for months in advance. BARK FIXED FOR Ll'MBER lit Port Since August, -Abcrfoyle Goes to AVest Coast. Taylor, Young & Co., yes?crday re ceived word that the British bark Aber foyle that has been in this port since Au gust 27, has been chartered by E. T. Williams & Co., for lumber to a direct West Coast port. The bark carries about 400 tons of ballast that will be taken out at once and the vessel then will be ready for loading. She will figure In early March shipments. The vessel Is of 1661 tons register. Several other vessels have been engaged recently for lumber cargoes, and from present Indications the Spring shipments from this port and the Sound will keep mills busy straight through the season. Seattle Harbor Notes. SEATTLE. Fell. 15. Norwegian steamer Eir cleared for Comox, B. C, and the steamer Northland for Sulzer.- The Japanese steamer Shinano Maru sails tomorrow morning for Japan and Hongkong with a full cargo and fair list of passengers. The st?amer Columbian arrived from San Francisco this morning, and the German steamer Serak was due late to night. The steamer Fairhaven Is in port from Sari Francisco. The steamer Ohio sails tomorrow morning for Valdez and Seward with 135 passengers, 20 horses and 33 head of cattle. She -will be the first vessel to make the new town of Port Graham, established on English bay. Indictments Still a. Mystery. LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) Although it is now several hours since the grand jury filed its record-breaking batch of indictments Saturday night and asked forthwith to he adiourned. nothing has been an nounced as to the nature oi tne inaict. ments. Marine Notes. The steam schooner F. S. Loop took down 800,000 feet of lumber for San Francisco. The vessel cleared yester day. Leaving Astoria at 2 P. M. yesterday, the Portland & San Francisco steamer Senator was due to arrive here last night about 11 o'clock. The schooner J. R. Hind left down vesterday morning with lumer from the North Pacific dock under tow of the Ocklahoma. The Astoria steamer Lurliiie is un dergoing repairs and the Undine of the same line will take the place of the Lurline In the meantime. The steam schooner Daisy Mitchell left down yesterday at 1 P. M. with 675.000 feet of lumber from the Eastern & Western dock for San Francisco. Fred P. Baumgartner will leave Thursday for Seattle to assume his new duties there. For the present his head quarters will be at Pier 1, but later he will proceed to Alaska, where he ex pects to stay during tho coming Sum mer. Steamboats piying between Portland and up-river points on the Columbia are carrying but few passengers on ob servation tours, for despite the fact that many tourists from Eastern points are visiting Portland the weather con ditions are not favorable to river travel at present. In the next two months the travel will start up again. ' The British ship Glenalvon was at anchor below the coal bunkers yester day and will be shifted to a dock near est the point where her cargo of ce ment will be needed first in order to save drayage charges. She was kept outside two days on account of choppy seas, but made the trip from Antwerp In 129 days, which is about an average trip. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND, Feb. 15. Arrived Steamship Senator, from San Francisco: Cascade, from San Francieco. Sailed Steam schooner Daisy Mitchell, for San Francisco. Astoria, Feb. 15. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., obscured; wind, eoutheast. 36 miles; weather, roggy. Arrived at :i ana i'ir up at ll:ito A. M.. steamer Cascade, from San Francisco. Arrived down at midnight. mcamer Johan Pouljwn. Arrived at ll:lu and left up at 2:30 P. M., steamer Senator, from San Francisco. San Francisco, Feb. 15. Arrived at mid night, steamer Atlas; at 7 A. M.. steamer R. D. Inman, from Portland. Arrived at 2 P. M., Hteamer Elder, from San Pedro. Ar rived at i P. M., steamer Rose City, from Portland. Eureka. Feb. 15. Arrived Steamer Roa noke, from Portland. San Francisco. Feb. 15. Arrived Steamer Bee from Gray Harbor; steamer R. D. In man. from Columbia River: Rose City, from Portland; schooner Okanagan. from Port Gamble. Sailed Steamer Winnebago, for Coos Bay. Tides at Astoria Tuesday. High. Low. 8 f,9 . M 8.2 feet!2:4t A. M 4.2 feet 1U:M P. M ." feetf-:l P. M 0.0 ftet BOW WO COMPANY LOSES JURV FINDS FOR DEFENDANTS IN GAMBLERS' SOT. Celestials Who Sued Police for Value of Property Destroyed in Raid Are Disappointed. The Bow Wo Company was thrown into a bow-woeful state of consterna tion by the verdict yesterday morning in Judge Wolverton's Court, in its suit agaist Chief of Police Gritzmacher, ct al. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. In the jury'3 opinion, the contention that tho police had exceeded their authority and com mitted acts of depredation and confis cation, was not well-founded. i The bough of promise, therefore, In the possibility of damages to be collect ed for their raid on the boudoirs of the sunny Celestials, was quickly turned Into a large gob of woo. The allega tions that the blue-coated guardians of the peace had absorbed large quan tities of blrdsnest soup, shark's fins, devil-fish tentacles, coral pie, and oth er Chinese delicacies, as well as mak ing away with sudry scrolls, books, cards and alleged paraphernalia of the Flowery Kingdom's almond-eyed "sports," were held not proven. The defendants received the pleas ing contents of the verdict with the equanimity of those who reposed faith in their own unsullied recitude, and shook hands modestly with their friends and supporters who crowded the courtroom. The followers of the late esteemd onfucius were deeply chagrined by the upsetting of their hopes, and retired presumably to drown their sorrows in a friendly bumper of kerosene. Chief Gritzmacher was pleased at the exoneration of his men, although he had cvldeneced no fear as to tho ultimate outcome. The Jury evidently regarded the suit as a subtle scheme of the wily 'Orientals to extract sundry shekels from the city in a doubtful and devious way, and applied Bret Harte's philosophy to the matter: Which they wished to remark And their language was plain, That for ways that aro dark And fr tricks that were vain. The Heathen Chinee was peculiar. And the same they were free to maintain. INDIANS HERE AS WITNESSES Will Be Called in Federal Court Liquor Cases. Visitors and employes In the Federal building have remarked the appearance of a large number of Indians in the cor ridors nnd ore the steps of the building. It Is whispered they are to be heard In a number of cases as witnesses. Some of these case3 have as their raison d'etre the consumption of certain "firewater" which some of the noble red men parted with sundry "wampum" to obtain. The average copper-colored son of the forest, whose untutored mind sees God In the clouds and hears him In the wind, Is not above a secret craving for the "naleface's" fiery beverages, and thereby hangs the tale of a certain proportion of these prosecutions. Suit Involves Anti-Trust Law. This morning the trial of the suit of the Gilman Auction & Commercial Com pany vs. F. S. Harmon & Co., and others, will begin before Judge Wolverton. The suit Is for alleged violations of the Inter state commerce law and anti-trust law. and damages are laid in the sum of 1M,- 000. A. E. Clark, James Coles, W. R. Mc Garry and Chamberlain, Thomas & Haley are the attorneys for the plain tiffs and a number of prominent attor neys appear for the defendants. The de fense has tiled denials of any violations in some Instances and in other instances demanded a more clear and explicit set ting forth of the alleged violations of the law. Short Grand Jury Session. The completing and convening of the Federal grand jury Is expected to be ac complished today. It is not probable that there will be many cases during this ses sion of vital interest, and the jury will not be long in clearing up the docket. No really young and attractive woman ever gets off a streetcar backwards. FIRST CASE HEARD Judge Gatens Begins Task of Dealing Out Justice. HAS POISE- AND DIGNITY DoesJS'ot Hesitate in Deciding Points Raised and Quickly Renders Judgment in Suit Brought to Quiet Title. W. X. Gatens, the newly-appointed ad ditional Judge of the State Circuit Court for Multnomah County, decided his first case late yesterday afternoon. He was set to work immediately on reporting for duty and heard the testimony in a suit to quiet title, brought by Mathilda Drake against her former husband, Fred erick Ritter. And when all the evidence was in, he decided immediately that Rit ter gave the woman a wrong deed with the idea of deceiving her and that, ac cordingly, ne must convey to her the property he had led her to believe she was getting. About every lawyer in Hown, and a large part of the populace dropped in at the Courthouse during the day to see the newly-created magistrate in action At times the spacious courtroom, thought fully loaned for the occasion by Pre siding Judge Gantenbein, was all but jammed with spectators. They were not interested at all in the case at bar, but the spectacle of a Governor's private secretary suddenly elevated to an im portant place on the state bench seemed a stronger drawing card than free vaude ville. Judge Has Poise and Dignity. What the curious saw was a young, and very energetic man, who seemed quite self-possessed in his new positidn and who showed neither hesitation nor con fusion in ruling on the points brought up by the attorneys. And withal, he main tained his place with a quiet dignity, eminently befitting and which suggested that his sudden elevation has not ex panded his cranial dimensions. Those who came to see the Judge, re mained, so far as the limitations of seat ing capacity would permit, to hear the case. For two old people who got mar ried a few years ago and tried to deceive each other, were busy telling their troubles. Mathilda Drake is suing Frederick Ritter to quiet title to valuable East Portland residence property. The two married early In 1906. Ritter promised her that he'd give her a house and lot if she'd marry him. She did so. His tales of wealth developed to be fabrica tions. She concluded to get a divorce. But first she insisted on having that house and lot. He deeded her the street and, believing she had the sidewalk, the woman had the street recorded and did not learn of her error for sonic time. In the meantime she had been awarded a cMvorce and had been restored to the name of Drake. She demanded thai Rit ter turn the house and lot over to llcr by correcting the deed, but it seems he had turned the lot over to his son, and could not. Decides for Woman. During the course of yesterday's hear ing in the case, Ritter said he overheard Mrs. Drake say she'd "strip him of every nickel." The son In the case, K. F. Rit ter, testified to having told Ritter the woman was merely after his money, cit ing him to the McMillen case, where an aged and respected citizen, becoming love lorn in his old age, was stripped of his fortune by an adventuress. Ritter admitted freely that he had given the wrong description of the property. It was this admission that proved fatal to his interests later. "In the face of this man's ' admission that he deliberately deceived the woman as to the deed there is only one decision that can be made in this case. Mrs. Drake is clearly entitled to the property and the court will so decide," said Judge Gatens. Authority of Justice Questioned. 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As to the experimental package of poslam. It can be had free of charge by mail of the Emergency Laboratories, 32 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York. It alone is sufficient to clear the Com plexion overnight, and to rid the face of pimples in twenty-four hours. Diseases of Men V arlcocttl. Hydro :. ervou Debility. Uoo4 Folon, Sixlctur. Qlc, Troetatfo trouble and all other private du ies are successfully treated and cured by me. Call aod rn bout your case it you want reliable treatment with prompt nd permanent results. Consultation fre and Invited. All transac tion satisfactory and confidential Office iour 0 A. M to P. M. Sundays 10 & IX Call on or address DR. WALKER 181 Firt St. Cor. Yamhill, Portland, Or S romen a Specialty The wel.-known S. K. Chan Chinese Medical Company, with wonderful herbs and roots, has cured many suffer ers when all other remedies have failed. Sure cure female, chronic, private diseases, nerv ousness, blood poison, rheuma tism, asthma, throat, luug. MnS.S.K.CHAM troubles, consumption. Btomach. bladder, kidney and diseases of all kinds. Remedies harmless. No operation. Honest treatment. Examination for ladies by Mrs. S. K. Chan, THK CHINESE MEDICINE CO.. 26& Morrison St., bet. First and Second. We Tell Show this to your doctor and gs him if he knows anything better for coughs, colds, bronchitis. Complete Formula Ayers Cherry Pectoral NON-ALCOHOLIC Bach Fluid Ounce Represents Heroin . . . Wild Cherry Grindelia Robust White Fine . Senega Grain 6 Grains 4 Grains 4 Grains 4 Grains Water Sufficien ; to We hate no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. 1. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Mass. liquor laws is questioned in habeas corpus proceedings brought in the State Circuit Court yesterday afternoon. The proceedings serve to get J. W. Jones, of Gresham, out of the County Jail, where he had gone, following a tine of $-00 im posed ,upon him by Justice of tlto Peace Olson. Judge Gantenbein issued the or der for Jones' release on his own recog nizance until this afternoon at 2 o'clock, when the matter will be threshed out in court. RIDDELL ANSWERS QUERIES Question Box Has All Sorts of In quiries Bich Xight. The question box, as conducted every night in connection with the Riddcll lec tures, in the White Temple, is a strong drawing card and a source of entertain ment, instruction and general interest. Mr. Riddell conducts a round-table each evening, answering questions on heredity, psychology, child culture, character build ing, psychic and spiritual phenomena and Christian realism. Queries come on these lines and many others. Thi following are a few of the many that have been propounded to the lecturer: "Should church members attend the theater, play cards and dancer" "What are the elements of success?'' "What is there in palmstry?" " What is the best MY PHENOMENAL SUCCESS IN DISEASES Due Principally to the Tact That 1 RINUW 1-1 The I.eadliiK SiiecinHnt. Bv mv method I am enabled to reach the vital spot with direct treat ment which drives every disease from tno system by gomir to the root of the disorder. I always obtain prompt and satisfactory results because my searching examination brings to light the nature and ex tent of the trouble. Mv experience In curing the dlseas.tf! of men ex tends over a period of fifteen years. .My facilities are the best and tny treatment is pertect. I especially invite those who have deep-seated and ohronln dist to call and bo examined. CONSULTATION AND KXAMINA TION FREE, and do not ODiigate you to eut-uKu my - .- Let me explain to you how my rational treatment enables me to offer" the expert services not obtainable elsewhere and how my clean liberal business methods go hand in hand with professional skill. Ability and reliability tell the story, and for this reason every man should consult me about his case before going further. I have treated so many cases that I know just what I ran do and what I cannot do, and I never promise or attempt too much. I accept no case in which I have doubt as to my abiiity to cure, and results are always equal to the claims I make. Following are some of the diseases I cure and reasons why my cures are certain: , CONTRACTED DISORDERS. In no other ailment peculiar to men is a prompt and thorough cure so essential. Contracted disorders tend to work backward until the most vital nerve centers become In volved in the inflammation. Then follows a chronic stage that stub bornly resists all ordinary treat ment. Safety demands that every vestige of infection be eradicated at the earliest possible moment. My treatment Is thorough. The remedies employed have a more positive action than has ever be fore been attained, and so perfect is my method of application that even chronic cases yield completely. Mv offices are equipped witli the r.io?t modern and scientific devices for the T treatment and cure of all CHRONIC rKKP-SHATEn. COMPLI CATED DISEASES. My fees are reasonable and within (ho reach of all. I treat men only, and confine my practice to N KltVOt'S W E A VARICOCELE STRICTURE. CONTRACTED -DISol :l KRS. CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON. BLADDER AND KIDNEY DISORDERS. The DR. TAYLOR Co. CORNER SECOXO AND MORRISON STKKISTS, PORTLAND, OREGON. Private Entrance, 234Vi Morrison Street. visit THE OREGON GREAT ITCriTM AE A MATH GREATER THAN EVER Weakness or any contracted disease POSITIVELY CURED by the oldest specialist In Portland. Consultation at our offices free. Offices are sep arate from the Museum and strictly private to those wishinsr to consult us. and there is not a penny's cost for consultation or to visit cure all Diseases of Men Such as WEAKNESS, NERVOUS DEBILITY, KID NEY, bladder and all contracted diseases. Write for self-examination blank if you cannot call. Hours 9 A. M. to 8 P.M. Sundays. 10 to 12. OREGON MEDICAL INSTITUTE 291J2 Morrison St., Between Fourth and Fifth, Portland, Or. 3 Grains 2 Grains 2 Grains 1 Grain 4 Drachms Glycerin, C. P. make one fluid onnce. method of concentration?" "Do you be lieve will may be cultivated?" "Should cousins marry if they love one another tenderly?" "The Kingdom of Got! is within you and the Bible exhorts us to seek it; in what part of tho human anat omy does this Kingdom exist'.'" "What is the difference between mind healing and divine healing?" "What is the best remedy for the divorce evil?" "How may tniiii become divine by evolution, reincarnation or regeneration?" "Where are heaven and hell located?" "How can a fellow have a good time without doing wrong?" "Do you believe in telepathy?" "Why cannot everyone be hypnotized?" The speaker answers these questions with a fairness and broadness to all that never give offense. ltst night Mr. Kid dell's theme was "Theosophy, Spiritism, New Thought and Their Relation to the Christian Mysteries." Tonight lie will speak on "From Adam to Christ," giv ing the definite psychological steps from the natural to the spiritual plane. WnslilnKfon Once tiave Vp to three doctors; was kept in bed for five weeks. Blood poison from a spi der's bit,; caused large, deep sores to cover his leg. The doctors failed; then "Buckh'ii's Arnica Salve complete ly cured me," writes John Washington, of Rosqueville. Tex. Kor eczema, bolls, burns and piles it's supreme. 25c at all druggists. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE UKOMO Quinine Tablet,. Druggists rtfund money if It falls to curfc E W GROVE'S signature l on each box 23c CURING disorders ARB VAKH'OCliMC. This most prevalent of all dis eases of men is also the most neglected, either through dread of the harsh nit tiiods oi treatment commonly employed, or through ignorance of the grave dangers that accompany the disease. As varicocele interferes directly with the circulation and process of waste and repair throughout the generative organs, the necessity of a prompt and thorough cure can not be. too forcibly emphasized. I cure varicocele in one week by an absolutely painless process. My cures are permanent and are ac complished without the use of a knil:.-. ligature, or caustic. the Museum. We Bloodroot . Rio Ipecac Citric Acid '. Terptn Hydrate V 1