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THE MORMXG OKEGOMAJN, W121JESDAY, FjEBRUARV 16, 1910. y CULLS OFF TELEGRAPH TRUST Postal Companies Sell Stock in Company Which Con trols Western Union. POSTAL OUT FOR 'BUSINESS Talked of "Billion Dollar" Merger Collapses When Announcement Is Made That Western TTniou "Ha a rvmrwM t Ion Most, Ivepn. NEW YORK, Feb. 15. Just to please the public, as it were, the Mackay companies are going to sell their hold ings in the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, which in turn controls the Western Union. With this announcement disappears the talked-of "billion dollar" merger and the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company, if the promise is carried out, becomes a more keen competitor of the Western Union. When several months ago the Amer jean Telephone & Telegraph Company bought George Gould's stock in the Western Union, carrying practical con trol, it was pointed out that the Mack ay companies "held approximately 82.000 shares of the telephone stock. This was interpreted by many -as a tacit merger of the three great companies. Mackay lenles Merger. Clarence It. Mackay, head of the Mackay companies, was quick to deny that any merger had been consum mated or was even under consideration but the rumor would not down. Now comes the announcement of the decision of the Mackay companies to sell their holdings in the American Telephone & Telegraph Company was agreed upon at the annual meeting of the companies in Boston today. A statement explaining the action was issued in New York tonight by C. C. Adams, rice-president of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company. The state ment says: The Mailtny companies will sell their holdings of stock in the Amer ican Teephone & Telegraph Company, that step being ill deference to pub lic opinion which views with suspi cion of a large holding of stock in a company which has recently pur chased the control of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Why Stock AVas Acquired. Moreover, that stock was acquired by the Mackay Company with a view to bringing about economies in the con struction and maintenance of joint pole lines over long stretches of country, where the business was not sufficient to Justify either company constructing an independent pole line by itself. Many such arrangements were made, each company constructing one-half of the pole line, hut having nothing to do with the business of the other com pany. Since, however, the American Telephone & Telegraph Company has acquired control of the Western Union Company, the time has -come for the Mackay companies to sell their Jiold ings of stock in the American Tele phone & Telegraph Company. That will be done. The Postal Telegraph system will continue to-be free and independent, prepared to maintain the competition which it has furnished for 25 years. BILL AIMED AT HAZING BEXATK PASSES MEASURE WITH OUT VOICK OF DISSENT. Amendment to Harbor Hill, Provid ing for Siuslaw Improvements, to Be Offered. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Without a word spoken in opposition, the Senate totiay passed a bill designed to deal with the vexed question of hazing at West Point. The author of the meas ure is Senator Dupont, of Delaware. If provides that the superintendent of the academy shall make appropriate reg ulations for putting a stop to hazing. A cadet charged with offenses that would involve his dismissal from the academy is to have a general court- martial. 'V-sidipinosiAwicoo.cSJl?dnthe - 1 1 11 The rivers and harbors bill, carry ing appropriations aggregating more than $35. 000,000, was passed by the House. . No important amendment to the bill was made. - An amendment to appropriate $260. 000 for improvements at the mouth of the Siuslaw River will be offered. The Port of Siuslaw Association has agreed to furnish an equal amount", so that im- provements consisting of two jetties and dredging to obtain a depth of .eight feet at the entrance of the river ,iiiay be made. The rivers and harbors bill, carry ing appropriations of more than $35, 000.000 witli authorization of work that will cost more than $7,000,000 addition al, was passed by the House late to day. In the Senate Mr. Burkelt, inNa set jrpeech, contended for the constitution ality of the Postal Savings Bank bill and Senator Crawford traced the high prices of commodity to the augmenta tion of the gold supply. The Senate passed several bills, among which were measures to prohibit the misrepresent ation regarding the Government guar anty of foods and medicines. Should the administration railroad bill pass Congress in Its present form It would discriminate In favor of steam railroads and absolutely crush out elec trical lines, according to witnesses be fore the House Committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce today. A paragraph In the bill would give the Interstate Commerce Commission pow er to fix a joint and a through rate on steam lines. No mention is made of electric roads. "Why should our railroads be de prived of transacting a commercial railroad business?" asked the presi dent of an Iowa electric raod, "simply because It has an electri wire strung over Its tracks." Theft of Horse Is Charged. BURNS, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) Neil Culver, a young man who has1 been deal ing in horses in this region, was ar rested Saturday on complaint of Grant Thompson, a prominent stock man in the eastern part of the county, who aocttses Oliver with having In his possession and offering for eale horses belonging to Mr. Thompson. There has been considerable horse stealing going on In this county and IMalhuer, and it is thought there Is an or ganized gang. Broken Track Is Patched. DAYTON. Wash.. Feb. 15. Special.) Traffic will be resumed on the O. It- & K. lino between Walla Walla, and Star- mAGKA buck this week, according to word re ceived here. Over 40 miles of the main ltnA V.... ......... XJ .1 1 CmlronA wa iui uui ui commission uunn& mo iipua in January. Local trains between Day ton. Walla Walla and Wallula have been running off schedule for a month. Pass engers to Spokane have been . carried through "Walla. Walla and Wallula, mak ing the trip several hours longer. Mails from Portland, Spokane and the Kast have also been seriously Interfered with. BOODLE SACK LONG OPEN (Continued -rom Blrst page.) by Moe after Frank's death. The stub, he said, was In Moe's handwriting." The presiding officer ruled that the . identifi cation would have to be proved by Moe, and the admission of the checkbook in evidence was postponed. The identity of the two "unnamed legislators," whom Conger and Moe say shared with Allds in the $t000 corrup tion fund, came a step nearer disclosure when Attorney Osborne asked if either of these men was an office-holder under the ' state government. Conger replied, "no." ' ' In the cross-examination of Conger. Senator Newcomb quoted a remark of Attorney Osborne's admitting that in 1903 the bridge Interests raised a cor ruption fund. Conger Tells of Fund. "I ask." said Mr. Newcomb, "if you have personal knowledge of the accumu lation of a fund In 1903 to influence the trend of legislation in New York?" "I have." said Conger. Conger refused to tell for the present to whom the money collected by bridge companies in 1903 was given for its sup posed use as a bribery fund.' Upon advice of his counsel, however, he changed his mind and replied: "It was not for a. party, it was a cor poration, the Groton Bridge Company. There was a contribution to the state chairman of the Republican organisation In 1902," said Conger. FATHER'S JDEED INVALID (Continued From First page.) them to Trenton. S. C, and transferred them to his parents. Mrs. Tillman, after her recovery. Insti tuted habeas corpus proceedings before the Supreme Court of South Carolina. . WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Commenting upon the decision of the court in the suit for custody of his grandchildren. Senator Tillman today said: "The Supreme Justices have lifted a great responsibility off me and shifted it to their own shoulders. My only motive in accepting the guardianship was the welfare of my little granddaughters. I knew all of the facts and circumstances, many of which were not brought out In the hearing, and was actuated solely by a sense : of duty. The final result can alone determine whether the court acted wisely. "Fifteen years hence, when I am dead and gone, the character and type of wo men that my granddaughters will have become will show whether It was best to have given them to their mother or not. I pray God's guidance to her in rearing them, and that he will shield 'them from contaminating influence and example." TAX PROMPTED HIS FLIGHT Nicaragua's ex-Secretary of Treas ury Reaches New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 15. A special from Port Llmon. Costa Rica, says: Senor Don Ernesto Martinez, ex-Secretary of the Treasury of Nicaragua, has arrived a fugitive in this country. He assured reporters that" all his acts as chief of the secretary were sanctioned by Congress. He fled because he was informed that a very heavy tax had been levied upon him. Eugene Sees New Road Assured. EUGENE. Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) The proposed 5-mile extension of the street railway Into the southwestern part of the city was given new Impetus last night at a general meeting of the South Eugene Improvement Club, when the subscription fund was increased over $5000. The street railway com pany some time ago offered to extend its line on condition that the property owners in the section traversed would put up a cash bonus of $40,000 toward the building of this loop. In a short time the soliciting committee, repre senting the property owrfers, succeeded In raising $20,000 but met with some difficulty in getting the remainder of the amount necessary. Streib Nonsuit Motion Denied. OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) Circuit Judge Campbell today de nied a motion for a non-suit In the $30, 000 damage suit of Mrs. Vennie U. Streib against her husband's parents Mayor and Mrs. Philip Streib, of Milwaukie. The plaintiff's case was rested at 2 o'clock this morning, and Attorney George C. Brownell, who appeared for the Mayor, immediately filed motion for non-suit, on the ground that Mrs. Streib bad not established her case, having failed to show the alienation of her husband's af fections. The case may go to the Jury tomorrow night. ' - Ellensburg New Engineer Reports. ELLENSBUEG, Wash., Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) G. N. Miller, of Seattle, who was appointed City Engineer by Mayor Craig last week, arrived here today. He will begin work Immediately In the paving district that bids may be asked from contractors at the earliest possible date. Mr. -Miller is a graduate of a Swedish technical school. He built the Helena. Mont.. $300,000 sewer system. For a time he was Assistant City Engineer of St. Paul. He designed the Cedar River wa ter system In Seattle. When paving is completed Mr. Miller will design a grav ity water system for Ellensburg. Paving Committee fo Travel. ELLENSBURG, Wash., Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) A special committee appointed by Mayor Craig at the last regular meeting of the Council to Investigate paving in other cities of the state left today at noon on a trip which will Include the impor tant cities of Washington and Oregon. On Its return a detailed report of the committee's findings will be made to the. City Council. The committee will visit Spokane, Portland and Seattle. The members of the committee are J. C. Hub bell, Sam Pearson and Cpuncilmen Far rell and Michels. Erlend Shoots ou Impulse. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. Harry Gottung and Archie Reimers were sawing wood in tne backyard of Rei mers' home here yesterday afternoon. Gottung made a mistake in shaping a piece of lumber. "I ought to be shot for that," he laughed. Overcome by an Impulse which he Is unable to explain, Reimers obtained a revolver from the house and shot his friend In the neck. Gottung may die. Man Accused by "Waitress Held EUGENE, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) Frank 'Beeth, the ybung man arrested at Roseburg yesterday on a charge of having stolen $23 from Myrtle Clark, . waitress In the Vincent restaurant. In this city, was held for trial in the Cir cuit Court. . In default of bail, Beeth is in. the County JalL ASIATIC FREIGHT CONTROL IS SHUVVry Union Pacific and S. P. Merger Bosses Traffic to Portland and San Francisco. STUBBS IS QUESTIONED Resumption of Hearing Brings Ont Fact That 1801 Combine Mini mized Rail Competition West of Missouri River. NEW YORK, Feb. 15. Evidence of minimized competition and practical con trol of the Asiatic freight traffic moved west from the Missouri River to Portland and to San Francisco by the UnionFa cifio and Southern Pacific Railway sys tems since the merger of the two- roads in .1901 was shown today In the resump tion of the hearing In the suit of the Federal Government to dissolve the merger. John C. Stubbs, general traffic manager of the Harrlman lines, occupied today's session as a witness before S. C. Wil liams, special examiner, conducting the Inquiry. Mr. Stubbs admitted, on cross-examination by C. A. Severance, of counsel for the Government, that the Union Pacific had stock ownership of the Oregon Short Line, which gave the former road a di rect line from the Missouri River to Port land. "So that all the Asiatic business moved from the Missouri River to Portland would be handled by the Union Pacific alone?" asked Mr. Severance. "Yes, that is so," the witness replied. On request, Mr. Stubbs produced fig ures showing the decrease in New York freight over the Sunset Line from 79 per cent of the tota. in 1891 to 39 per cent in 1901, the year of the merger. The Government contends that is only a small loss. A part of this loss was due to legitimate competition. Rate Against Interests. Mr. Stubbs was taken by counsel for the defense over the early history of Western railroad systems. Incidentally he described the Southern Pacific as an Intermediary carrier, which depended largely upon its connections with the Central Pacific. Coming down to more definite mat ters, Mr. Stubbs said that for the Union Pacific to make a rate to San Francisco by way of Portland was Im practicable and against the interests of the company. This was because the distance to Portland from Omaha was greater than that from Omaha to San Francisco, and for this reason water transportation from Portland to San Francisco would not serve to cheapen the haul and certainly would lengthen the time In transit. No shipper, he declared, would use this route .unless he got compensation in reduced rates, which the compet itors of the Union Pacific would not permit. He had never known the Portland-San Francisco water route to be operated as a through route, he said; except, possibly, spasmodically. Mr. Stubbs declared the Central Pa cific officers certainly would resent an effort of the Union Pacific to establish the Portland-San Francisco water route and would retaliate on it. S. P. California Baby. "The Central Pacific could make it hot for them, and In a legal way, so that the Union Pacific would be sorry it had a line of boats out of Portland," was the witness" declaration. "The Union Pacific officers know that, and it would not take any clairvoyant to read their minds on the subject." Mr. Stubbs said he did not think there was enough business to justlry the Great Northern, the Northern Pa cific and the Canadian Pacific in or ganizing separate lines of steamships to get to San Francisco by water. They would have' to do this, he said, because of their competitive interests and their Inability to reach San Fran cisco by other means. The success of the water-rail line of the Sunset route, he said, was largely because it had the . immense business of New York City to draw upon. There was a sentimental reason, de clared Mr. Stubbs, why these water routes were Impracticable, and that was because of the regard in which the people of California held the Southern Pacific. . "The Southern Pacific." said Mr. Stubbs, "is California's baby. It pets that baby more than any one else and it spanks it, too. sometimes." IRISH PLEDGE SUPPORT REDMOND AND O'CONNOR CALL ON LLOYD-GEORGE. Nationalists, 'Tis Believed, Will Re main Neutral on Budget, if Premier Can't Satisfy. LONDON. Feb. 15. John E. Redmond, accompanied by John Dillon and T. P. O'Connor, visited Chancellor Lloyd George after the Cabinet council today and discussed the attitude of the Natio nalists toward the budget. It is understood that Mr. Redmond gave the Chancellor assurances that the gen eral body of Irish members would make no deliberate attempt to embarrass the government, whatever might be the min ister's decision as to the order of dealing with the budget and the veto questions. This probably means that, even If Premier Asquith finds himself unable to satisfy Mr. Redmond completely regard ing the Lords' veto, the Nationalists will remain neutral and abstain from voting on the budget, which would then be car ried by a small majority. It is believed, however, that the Pre mier will satisfy the Irish leader on this point, and that a promise will be made to give some concessions to Ireland in the next budget which will Justify the nationalists in supporting the govern ment. It is reported that the King's speech to Parliament will be one of the short est on record, and that It will deal with little except the veto question. Suffragettes have sent an open letter to Premier Asquith promising to abstain from militant tactics, ' until the govern ment has had a fair opportunity of stat ing its intentions, but demanding an ex plicit declaration that the government will undertake woman suffrage legisla tion. Lord Roseberry, addressing a political banquet tonight, declared hyiself in fa vor of settling the fiscal controversy on which the country appears to be equally divided by reference to a royal commission. EXCLUSIVE OUTFITTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN A MID-WEEK SPECIAL of INTEREST New lot of Veilings, including a wide variety of weaves and meshes, plain and dotted nets, 23c and 30c values, 30c to 40c values 29c ALIEN LI IS MILD Commssioner - General Would Adopt Army Inspection. NEW MEASURE PROPOSED Immigration Bureau Head ISeporls Japanese Admission Decreasing, Chinese Increasing White Slave Traffic a Keality. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Not further restriction, but merely to make pos sible such restriction as the existing law Intends, but has not Accomplished, is the object of a proposed new Immi gration law recommended by Laniel J. Keefe, the Commissioner-Oeneral of Immigration, 'in his annual report for the fiscal year 1909. It is proposed to accomplish this by codifying, arrang ing in logical sequence and strength ening at their weak points all existing laws on the general subject of immi gration and Chinese exclusion. Some of the principal suggestions are: So denning the term "alien" as to. leave no doubt that it includes all per sons not citizens; extending the con tract labor provisions to forbid and penalize the inducement of immigra tion by false as well well as genuine promises of employment; penalizing an attempt to import foreign laborers, and permitting the Importation of alien skilled laborers if labor of like kind unemployed cannot be found here when the consent of the Secretary of Com merce and Labor is obtained in ad vance; increasing the fine against steamship companies for taking on board dangerously diseased aliens from $100 to $200. Mr. Keefe believes the time Is ripe for the adoption of even stricter meas ures and suggests that a proposal worthy of careful thought is that ail male aliens between 16 and 50 be re quired to pass a physical examination equal to that observed for army re cruits. Touching the "white slave" traffic, the report sets out that a "special in vestigation conducted -throughout the country and the general experience of the year make it apparent that an enormous business is done in import ing and distributing foreign women for immoral purposes." There has been a material reduc tion In both the number of Japanese admitted and deported. In 190S, 9544 Japanese were admitted to Continental United States and 8694 to Hawaii, while for 1909 the corresponding figures are 2432 and 1493. The number admitted to the mainland and Hawaii was only about 25 per cent and 17 per cent, re spectively, of the numbers for 1908. Contrary to the general impression, Chinese admitted to the United States have Increased during the past four years and Mr. Keefe is pessimistic re garding the operation of the law. Reference Is made to the fact that a very large propostlon of Immigration is coming from Southern and Kastern Europe. those countries furnishing about 67 per cent of -the immigrants. The continuance of this preponderance Is declared to be a question concerning every patriotic citizen, for it is de clared there can be little homogenity between people of that section and the real American. There were issued during the year 37,337 certificates of naturalization, an excess of 11,820 over the preceding year. The states In which the prin cipal work of naturalization was trans acted were New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Massachusetts. Hocking Valley Line Loses. COLUMBUS, Ohio. Feb. 15. The Su preme Court today granted the motion for a stay of execution in the judgment of the Franklin County Circuit Court in the case of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company against John M. Sheets, Attorney-General. This means that the Hock ing "Valley Railroad Company will be un able to continue to own stock in other corporations and to do other things of which the state complained, pending the review of the judgment of the Circuit Court by the Supreme Court. Port of Astoria Elects. ASTORIA. Feb. 15. (Special.) Chris Schmidt, John Fox, Alex Gilbert and """'flhi f- F'.Lt. ' A $25 Raincoats 13.4k The best bargain in high-grade Raincoats, Ave are offering today. The lot include RUBBER LINED AND CRAVENETTES, ALSO THE GUARANTEED KENYON COAT. Styles are both tight and semi-fitted; colors are tan, oxford, blue, black and gray. Women's imported Kid Gloves, 2 and 3-clasp, black, white and colors,perf ect fit and quality, $1.50 to $1.75 values, C. F. Lester, the newly-appointed mem bers of the Port of Astoria Commission, met today and elected Chris Schmidt and C. F. Lester as temporary president and secretary, respectively. Permanent offi cers will be elected. RCHBJSHOP DENIES MEET No General Mass Meeting to Be Held at Armory Tonight. Archbishop Christie denied last night that a general mass meeting of the Cath olics of this city has been called to he held at the Armory tonight. The report that such a meeting was to be held, the archbishop said, must have originated with irresponsible parties. Suffragists to Poll Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 15. Workers of the Washington Equal . Suffrage Association will interview every voter in Seattle in regard to his opinion on the proposed constitutional amendment to come before the Legislature next fall, giving the right to the women of the state to vote. . More than 40,000 names will be copied from the city polling list by young women. The city will be divided into precincts and the suffragists will then proceed with their vigorous campaign.- Socialist Is Habitnal Criminal. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 15. Peter Miller, the Socialist lecturer, who has twice been convicted of burglary, was found guilty on a habitual criminal charge by a jury in the Superior Court yesterday. The finding of the Jury will be made an entry in the burglary case in which 'Miller was recently convicted by a jury in Tacoma, on a change of venue from Seattle. Under tills verdict the sentence imposed by the Tacoma Judge cannot be less than 10 years. Miners lo Probe Cherry Accident. PEORIA, 111.. Feb. 15. About 200 delegates of the United Mineworkers of America assembled here today and heard reports of several officers and committees. The special report of State President McDonald, on the mine disas ter at Cherry, 111., shows that an ef fort will be made to probe the condi tions surrounding the accident and charges of violation as to the state laws in regulation of the colliery. Marine Itellef Is Landed. ST. JOHN. N. B., Feb. 15. One hun dred and forty-eight officers and men of the British navy landed here today from the Allan line steamer Tunisian on their way to the British naval sta tion at Esquimau. B. C, where they will relieve officers and men of the British warship Algerine. Peter Francis Curran Dead. LONDON. Feb. 15. Peter Francis Curran, unsuccessful labor candidate for the Jarrow division of rurham at I SPECIAL WATCH SALE 1 f$ Compare these prices with other jewelers' and you will find we save you 25 per gj cent on any purchase made at our store. ' IH H 17-jewel "Waltham or Elgin Movement, in silveroid case. $8.50 js 1 STANDARD IT 141Vj Shrewd Women Watch Our CORSET SALE Carefully It pajrs when such economies as the.se are told. We are closing out a line o Odette Corsets, medium and short mod els; regular $4.00 values- $1.98 Also La Ruby lace front model regular $5.00 values the last election, died today. Curran was born In Glasgow in 1860 and for 10 years was president of the General Federation of Trades Unions. Hunt Accused of Kmbezzlcment. THE DALLES. Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) A Deputy Sheriff of Wasco County went to Portland last evening and arrested C. A. Hunt, on charges of embezzlement preferred by the Inland Encampment of the local Oddfellows. He was brought to The Dallas this noon and lodsed in the County Jail, where lie awaits trial. School Bonds Are Cnrrled. -'THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) At a special bond election held today by the board of directors of The Dalles school district. It was voted to bond the district for $20,000 to erect an addition to the Court-street school building. Alaska Building Has $30,000 lire. BHLUNGHAM, Wash.. Feb. 15. An KRYPTOI win 4lcrinN witnoux JLines s in the Lens One solid piece no cement and perfect sight with the discomfort and unsightliness left out. TKN YEARS IN PORTLAND, and the larret practice la the laclfle ISortkneat. One charge rovrm entire rout of examination, ftlnne, frame. THOMPSON EYESIGHT SPECIALIST. $ECO.'D Fl.OOIl COIIBETT BLDG, Fifth and Slorriaoa. Member American Annoclatloa of Optometrist. "v r ..'VISION. i At prices never offered to the public. A written guarantee with every watch sold. .Waltham, Elgin or Dueber-IIampden Watches in 18 size, 20-year Crown case, 7 jewels 8 9.00 17 jewels S12.50 16 size, 20-year Crown case, 7 Jewels $10.00 17 jewels $14.00 12 size. 20-year Crown case, 7 jewels SIO.OO 17 Jewels S13.50 0 Bize, 20-year Crown case, 7 jewels SIO.OO 15 jewels S15.00 WALTHAM OR ELGIN MOVEMENTS IN A BOSS OR CRESCENT CASE $2.00 EXTRA JEWELRY S THIRD STREET, NEAR LARGEST AND LEADING FUR IN THE WEST $1.98 Children's All-Wool Sweaters in white and colors, sizes from 1 to 6 years, regular $2.00 values, to close out, early morning fire on the first floor of the Alaska building, at the corner of Holly and Elk streets, damaged stocks of goods to the extent of $xn.ooo. The losw on tile building was $10,000. Insurance fully covers the loss. JLoeb Manages JSoosevelt Ileeeptlon. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. At the re quest of President Taft, Collector Loob, of New York, has taken upon himself the arrangement for the ffceptlon of Colonel Roosevelt when he returns to New York about the middle of June. The President desires that all inquiries concerning this function be addressed to MK Loob, who will keep him advised of the progress made. Gives Nerves Remarkable Vigor Astonishing Results of Robinson "Turkish" Bath At Home. Many startling results have been pro duced by the use of the Kohinson Ther mal Bath. Prominent physicians are abandoning drugs in many cases for this new treatment. Open up the pores and the chanpro seems almost miraculous; nerves are strenRthened at once, kidneys get well; eczema, pimples and skin diseases van- lsh; bad colds, lumbago, rheumatism, dyspepsia, throat and lung trouble, in somnia and constipation disappear. Every man or woman ran now have a Kobinson TherniaJ-Rath at home, at a cost of but a few cents. This can be -done only by the Hoh inson Thermal Bath Cabinet which is a model of Ingenuity. No matter what the lze of your purse you can have one of these cabinets. The Robinson Thermal Bath Cabinets are now bcinR- exhibited, and are on sale in Portland at AVoodard, Clarke & Co. Ask the dealer also for that great book "The Philosophy or Health and Beauty." The regular price is $2.00, but now free for a limited time. If you cannot go and see these cnb Inets, just send your name and ad dress today to the ROBINSON MFG. CO., Suite 000, Snowflake Bldg., Toledo, Ohio, for full illustrated Information free. ?4 ALDER TORE