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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1912. TURKISH MINISTER VISITS TERRITORY Escort Attacked Twice in Lonely Places in the Wild Region of Djakova. TRIP LASTED 102 DAYS Disarmament of Tribesmen Serlons Matter, as Each Claims Fear of Neighboring Clan and Some Cannot Be TJeached Yet. SONSTANTIXOPLE. Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) Since the days of Reshid Pasha no Turkish Minister has undertaken a journey such as that from -which Hadji Adil Bey has Just returned. He was absent from the capital for 102 days. 40 of which were spent in traveling, often in wild and uncivilized regions. Th inrt of his mission was twice attacked in the Djakova region, and tho main hndv fell Into a most danger mm amhnsh At Ura Vizirit (Vizier's bridge), between Prlsrend and the Mirdite borders. Neither dangers nor fatigues diminished the energy of the Minister and his Ottoman and Euro pean companions, whose record of achievement during tne tnree ana a half months of their tour of inspection Is an eminently creditable one. Tt,n .iriimoranrpq in which the Min ister of Interior left Constantinople. invested with extraordinary powers and accompanied by high officials of different state departments, wno wouiu afterwards be responsible lor tne exe cution nf such reforms as he might order, are well known. He had not nnlv to carrv out a programme of ma terlal reforms, for which ample credits were forthcoming, but to examine the political and moral grievances oi a large part of the population of Al bania and Macedonia, and endeavor to find a remedy for the increasingly un satisfactory condition of those regions. The main features of the, Minister's present and future policy are no secret. With all unprejudicial observers he holds that the Albanian and Mace donian vilayets need, first of all. Im proved security: secondly, better com munications; and, thirdly, education. Outlook la Limited. Hadji Adil Bey had ample . oppor tunities of studying not only the Al banian question as a whole, but also the important and difficult problems presented respectively by North and South Albania. For the Gheg (north ern) and the Tosk (southern) Alban ians have different grievances and dif fer much In their expression of them. The northerner is less accessible, at present, to the quasi-National senti ment that animates the Toska and the people of Central Albania. His out look does not often extend beyond the borders of his clan or of his mountain range. He Is less articulate than his more civilized southern neighbor, but the inaccessibility of his country, the fact that he is still fairly well armed, and, above all, that he marches with the Montenegrin and the Serb and is in touch with Austrian and Italian in fluences, make the solution of what may be called the Gheg problem a matter of urgent necessity for the Tur kish government. Gheg hostility to the new regime may he described as the resentment felt by a primitive people towards a gov ernment which has deprived it of its ancient privileges and attempted to im pose new duties upon it without grant ing it any compensatory advantages. When the revolution of 190S broke out the majority of the Ghegs, whether mountaineers or plainsmen, were whol ly or partially exempt, by law or by custom, from military service and tax ation. Every Gheg from the Servian border to Skutari carried arms by per mission of the government. Further more, many of the hill tribes enjoyed what amounted to local autonomy Wil der the rule of their councils of elect ed "bairaktars" (clan chiefs) who pre sided, at important Junctures, over tumultuous general assemblies of their clansmen. The new regime, swayed until re cently by theorists who believed that Albania could and should be governed by the same methods as Brusa or Gala ta, or by soldiers who burned for a chance of distinguishing themselves at the head of the reorganized Turkish troops and believed that a little blood letting was the best remedy for Alba nian feverishness. imposed military service and taxation upon the Ghegs, began to Interfere with their tribal or ganization and seized the first oppor tunity of attempting to disarm them. A series of revolts followed. The Kos sovo Ghegs were only partially dis armed and the Mallssors of Skutari were ultimately permitted to retain their rifles, which they had received from- Montenegro or had captured from the Turks. Prenk Blbdoda Pasha suc ceeded in obtaining the restoration of their captured rifles to his Mirdites and when the terms of the convention with the Mallssors were known the Ghegs of Kossovo clamored for the re turn of their Martinis and Mausers, those on the Serb and Montenegrin bor ders on the ground that they feared t be taken unprepared by foreign in vaders, while the more peaceable plainsmen asserted with perfect truth that their disarmament exposed them to the raids of brigands or hill tribes who had not been disarmed and were thus better able to lift their cattle, and all because of the deep-rooted con viction of every Gheg that the rifle is the most essential article of male ap-,-arel. Arms Prove Menaee. Two schemes for the solution of the arms question have been considered by the Minister. The first, which is Ingenious, provides for the supply of arms to all persons registered as mem bers of the "Mustafiz" (Landsturm), though the weapons will be safely kept In government armories at the chief military depots pending an emergency that will justify their distribution; the second entails the arming of village elders and headmen and of shepherds, watchmen and other persons whose profession exposes them to certain risks. The first scheme is likely to be adopted, though it Is doubtful whether it will satisfy the Ghegs. The second is still under consideration. As regards taxation - and military service, the government, while unwill ing to initiate special legislation, has decided to abstain for the present from enforcing the payment of taxes and the levying of conscripts among communi ties which 'have been exempted "an antiquo" from these duties. A proposal for the introduction of regional service for the Albanians is contemplated, al though its adoption will be fraught with the difficulty that other non Turkish peoples will certainly demand the same privilege. That such a meas ure would be most popular in Albania idmits of no doubt. The Albanian hill nan suffers more than any of his com rades in the torrid heat of Irak and Femen.and the Albanian reserve bat alions that have recently been sent to Arabia have seldom brought back 50 per cent of their strength. In general the policy of Hadji Adil Bey Is based upon the consideration that it is Reap er to sacrifice a few thousand pounds and a f.w score unwilling recruits than to collect both by means of a costly punitive. Administration I Changed. Another' Important measure which has been carried into effect by the Minister is the creation of "nahiehs' (the smallest Turkish administrative unit) in North Albania, with the ob Ject of gradually establishing contact between the government ana tne popu latlon. Under the old system the cen tral government was represented In most of the mountain kazas (districts) in the Gheg country by a "kalmaKam. who was as often as not compelled by hia subiects. over whom he had no control, to be an absentee, a "kadi," finance clrek, who lntermettently col lected odd "medjidlehs" from the less close-fisted inhabitants, and a "gendar merie" officer, who in the many dis tricts where a blue uniform was re garded as an Ideal target, seldom left his house. Under the new dispensa tlon 49 "nahiehs" are to be created in the Sandjaks of Dibra, Ipeh, Prishtina and Skutari, and the mountaineers of Tchermenika. northeast of Elbasan, who are akin to the Mat and Dibra Mallssors, wijl be grouped In a special "nahieh." In the Skutari Highlands, inhabited by the clans which revolted in 1911. the "nahiehs" are based on the existing clan system and the "mu- dlrs." in accordance with the conven tion between the insurgents and the government, elected from among th "bairaktars" by the tribes. At present the Jealousies between the chiefs and the suspicions of their followers have made it necessary for the government to nominate "bairaktars" as "mudirs. Otherwise none would have been elect ed! In other districts the "mudirs" will be Turkish officials who will preside over "nahieh councils, each composed of four Albanian notables who will be nominated and paid a small salary by the government, which desires to enlist local support whenever possible. The five "bairaks" of Mirdita will be left, as in the past, under the government of Prenk Blbdoda, their hereditary chief,-! and his "captains, two of whom, Mark John and Nu John, are his cousins. LAW WINS STERN GHASE MAX WHO BROKE ALASKA JAIIi IV 1000 IS CAUGHT. Lo Angeles Man Said to Have Con fessed He Was One of 14 Who Escaped From Xome. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11. James Lan ders, who escaped from the Nome, Alas ka, jail several months ago and who was'recaptured here last week, left last night for Seattle, en route to McNeill's Island. Landers, before his departure for the North, confessed, so the police say, to being one of the 14 men who escaped from fhe Nome jail several months ago. Three of the Jailbreakers were killed. SEATTLE, Aug. 11. The Jailbreak in which Landers participated took place in the Winter of 1900. He had been convicted at Port Clarence and sen tenced to four years In the penitentiary. With 14 other prisoners convicted of various offenses and awaiting deporta tion to McNeill's Island, Landers broke a hole through the tin roof of the prim itive jail at Nome. The convicts, chased by deputy mar shals, fled over the tundra, although a blizzard was raging. In the chase one man was killed and five wounded, and all but five of the fugitives were caught. It was long believed that these five perished In the snow. Later it was learned that a convict named O'Shaughnessy reached the northern end of Kotzebue Sound, where he lived with the natives two years and then made his escape to civilization on a whaling ship. Landers was the sec ond of the five to be caught. The oth ers are supposed to have died. WOMAN'S TRIAL HALTED JIROR SATS ATTEMPT TO IX' VLUEXCE HIM WAS MADE. Counsel for Mrs. Bernstein, Charged With Murder, Asks That All Accepted Be Excused. CHICAGO, Aug. 11. (Special.) Charges and counter - charges of jury fixing Saturday caused an abrupt halt in the selection of Jurors who are to hear the case of Mrs. Florence Bernstein. now on trial Derore Judge iionore charged with the murder of her hus band, George Bernstein. Prior to the clash of counsel, four jurors had been sworn and two others tentatively accepted. Following the attorneys' wrangle, Charles E. Erb- steln, of counsel for the defense, made a motion that all Jurors accepted tie excused from service. Judge Honore deferred his decision on this motion until Monday to allow an investiga tion into the charges made by both the prosecution and the defense. The climax came when an attempt was made to qualify Frank Dlckhaut as a juror. A man named Lewis who sat in a seat in the rear of the courtroom tried to influence me, Mr. Dlckhaut said. MEN PAST 40 NOT WANTED Strectcleaning Department ' Wants Younger Ones at Xight. When Alexander Donaldson, superin tendent of the City Street-Cleaning Department, informed members of the Civil Service Commission yesterday that men over 40 years of age are not able to do night street-cleaning work, the information was resented by mem bers of the committee, all of whom are well over 40. "I don't like this Doctor Osier idea," said A. P. Armstrong, a member of the committee. "When I was 40 I thought I could hold my own with younger men, and I think I can now." "Seems tunny to me tnat a. man or 40 cannot do the heaviest of work," re marked P. L. Willis, the most elderly member of the committee. "A man Is in his prime at 40." But the idea of Superintendent Don aldson carried, and the clerk of the commission was requested to give Mr. Donaldson a list of names of younger men on the eligible list to fill vacan cies in the department. 40-DAY FAST . MAY SAVE Man, Thought to Be Dying, Says He Thinks He Is Cured. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Aug. 11. Wat son Bunker completed today the 40th day of his fast, which he under took to cure himself of throat trouble. Although not a mouthful of food has passed his lips in 40 days. Bunker say he is not hungry. He expects to fast two or three days more. He was slowly dying of an abscess In his throat, which poisoned food he ate. He believed that fasting was the only cure and says that his trouble is nearly all gone. BRITISHER PLEADS FOR COLLEGE IN Lord Rosebery Speaks Before University Congress on Great Need. WORLD-UNREST IS FACTOR Seats of Learning of Which 53 Were Represented Are Told They Must Train and Supply Xeces- sary Human Machines. LONDON. Aug. 10. (Special.) The growth of the university system, the need for men of character, the duty of the universities to produce sucn men, the Increasing difficulty of main talnlng the British Empire and the world unrest were the themes of an elo. quent address with which Lord Rose bery opened, at the London University this week, a congress of the univer sltles of the empire. Fifty-three seats of learning "from Oxford to Sydney, from St. Andrews to Saskatchewan and from Dublin to the Cape," as Lord Rosebery put It were represented at the congress. They were all, according to his lord ship's fancy, "Joining hands and sing ing, as it were, in imagination, 'Auld Lang Syne,' at a meeting which repre sented every part and region of this world-wide empire." Eloquent Plea Is Made. Eloquent and delightful as the whole speech was. the most striking part was in the closing passages. This empire." he said, "is becoming Increasingly difficult to maintain. Be fore the great crush of the competition of nations took place It was compara tively easy; we simply spread our selves over the globe. But no one who observes the signs of the times can fail to see that it will be Increasingly difficult to maintain this empire In its entirety and cohesion without an In tensity of character and devotion which It must be the task of the uni versities pre-eminently to maintain. I would add a further plea. That is, that you are to supply the men of whom the world Is In need: for It Is not only the empire, but the world. hlch has need of all the character, all the honesty and all Ihe ability which it contains, developed or unde veloped, to carry it on without the Manger of anarchy and chaos. I do not think any Intelligent ob server can watch the course or tne world without seeing that a great movement of unrest is passing over it, whether for good or evil; I cannot doubt for good; but It Is affecting not merely England and the empire, out the entire universe. After centuries of deadness, it is affecting the East: and the Ottoman Empire is apparently in the throes of preparation for some new development. More striking even than' that, it has touched the dormant millions of China, which, for the first time in . Its history, appear likely to start a new development, a new prog ress to some ideal which we ourselves are incapable of defining. University Men Needed. Is not the whole world in the throes of a travail to produce something something new to us, something, per haps, new to history, something better than anything we have ever Known, which it may take ages to perfect; which, at any rate, means a new evolution? For the purpose of guiding that movement, for the purpose of letting it proceed on safe lines, so that it will not lead us to shipwreck, we need all the men that the universities can give us; not merely the highest intelligences of which I have spoken, but also men right through the framework of so ciety from the highest to the lowest whose character and virtues can in fluence and inspire others. I am looking today at the univer sities slmnly as the best kind of ma chines for producing the best kind of men. It Is In that spirit, ana in tne hope that the universities of the em pire will not be Insensible to that snlrit. and to the high responsibility cast upon them, that I wish 'God speed' to this conference. 140 BULGARIANS SLAIN BOMB EXPLOSIOX FOLLOWED BY AWFUIi SLAUGHTER. Musselmans Carry on Bntchery and Turkish Officials Look On but Do Xot Interfere. USKUP, European Turkey, Aug. 11. Details of the massacre of Bulgarians by Mussulmans on August 2 at Kots- cbana, 50 miles southwest of here, show the butchery lasted three hours and that more than 140 Bulgarians were killed. The trouble began with the explosion of a bomb In the crowded market square. Five Bulgarians and six other persons were killed. Five minutes later a second bomb exploded in tne same place, causing further fatalities. Soon afterward Mussulman appeared armed with guns, revolvers, knives und clubs and carried out a wholesale butchery, Turkish officials looking on. Later on Turkish troops arrived, but instead of" arresting the Mussulmans made a house-to-house search for Bul garians, many of whom they drove to prison with their hands bound. All were Christians. One hundred and forty corpses were found, more than 100 being piled up In the, courtyard of the Bulgarian Church. Much looting has been done. MISS GOULD HOST TO 600 Xew York Church Xegroes Pay Visit to Hlghtown Playgrounds. HIGHTOWN, N. T Aug. 11 Helen Gould had 600 negroes as her guests today on her playgrounds here. Most of them came from New York churches. All the trolley cars were In use tor the celebration of the opening of a new trolley line and the party had to walk six miles from the railroad station and back again. NOTED REFORMER IN CITY Dr. Henry Collin Minton to Preach at First Presbyterian Today. Dr. Henry Collin Minton, of Trenton. N. J., who is at the head of the Na tional Reform Association, which is in charge of the preparation for the seo ond World's Christian Citizenship con vention, to be held in Portland June 29 to July t next year, arrived In Port land Saturday. Dr. Minton will preach this morning at the First Presbyterian Church on "God in the Nations' His tory." It was through Dr. Minton that Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nominee, was Induced to be placed on the pro gramme next Summer. Dr. Minton de clares he will attend the convention regardless of whether he is elected president. "My election will have nothing to do with It. I shall be pleased equally In either case to be In Portland unless I am 111 or something Imperative keeps me away," writes Mr. Wilson. Dr. Minton has announced that Mr. Wilson's subject will be "Moral Impli cations of the Right of Suffrage." OHIO COMMITTEE SPLITS XOMIXATIXG SEES T. R. OF GOVERXOR MEN BEATEX. Chairman Brown, of Republican Or ganization, With Seven- Support ers Resign Places. COLUMBU& O.. Aug. 11. After the nomination for Governor of General B. B. Brown, of Zanesville, at a meeting Saturday, of the Republican state cen tral committee, eight members of that body, led by State Chairman Brown and Secretary Foster, resigned. Chair man Brown "also gave notice of, his resignation as a member of the Re publican National committee of Ohio. The meeting was called to fill a va cancy caused by the refusal of Judge Dillon to make the race for Governor. The Roosevelt members centered their strength on United States District At torney Denman, of Cleveland. The vote resulted: Brown 11, Denman 8. Two of the Roosevelt members were absent. Before the meeting the Taft leaders asked all of the candidates for minor state offices to approve E. M. Fulling ton. A majority refused. The Taft leaders then decided to support Gen eral Brown, who also was the nominee for Lieutenant-Governor. After the spilt Walter Brown and other support- ters of Colonel Roosevelt gala they ex pected that a complete progressive state ticket would be placed in the field at once. After the withdrawal of the Roose velt supporters, the remaining mem bers at the committee determined to call a meeting of the state central com mittee for next Tuesday, when vacan cies on the state central committee will be filled and a nominee for Lieutenant- Governor will be selected to succeed General Brown. VETO IS TWENTY-FIFTH PRESIDENT HAS DISAPPROVED FOUR TARIFF BILLS. Steel Tariff, Abolition of Commerce Court and Other Bills to Be Vetoed, Too. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. When Pres ident Taft vetoed the wool bill yester day he stamped with his disapproval the 26th legislative measure sent to hint from Congress and vetoed. Most of the vetoes were on "comparatively unimportant subjects during the spe cial session last Summer. Four of his vetoes have been of tariff bills-. His one other veto of Importance last year was directed at the Joint resolution admitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood. This bill met with Executive disapproval because of the provision in the Arizona constitution allowing the recall of judges. Besides the wool bill, the Presiaeni has returned one other important meas ure at this session the Army appropri ation bill which, as it passed Congress, would have legislated General Leonard Wood out of office March 4, and would have made radical changes in the Army. Already, however, he has planned enough vetoes for this session to add a half dozen to the present record. The vetoes of the steel tariff bill, and the legislative, executive and Judi cial appropriation bill, with Its amend ment abolishing the Commerce Court, will be sent to Congress early next week. Messages returning the proposed cotton revision bill and the excise tax bill will be prepared when Congress sends them to the White House. BRYAN NOT TO TRAIL T. R. Sub-Committee Decides to Map Out Independent Tour. NEW YORK. Aug. 11. William J. Bryan is not going to follow the trail of Colonel Roosevelt around the coun try in the coming Presidential cam paign, as had been planned, it Is said now. Tnis virtually was oecioeo tooay at a meeting of the sub-committee on speakers of the Democratic National campaign committee. Some time ago it was suggested that it would be a good Idea to have Mr. Bryan follow the Colonel in the lat- ter"s campaign trips and answer his speeches. Today it was decided to map out an entirely different itinerary for Mr. Bryan. There was a meeting tonight of the organization committee, of which Sen ator Gore Is chairman. It had been planned to place Joseph E Davles, sec retary of the National committee, In charge of the Chicago headquarters. Now the plan Is to have Mr. Davles divide his time between New York and Chicago. Charles Boernsteln, National committeeman for Illinois, will be tne active manager of tfie Chicago branch. BORAH SEEKS FOR DATA Investigation 'Into Reclamation Charges Is Proposed. WASHINGTON. Aug. 1L A special commission to investigate Government reclamation projects was proposed to day in a bill introduced by Senator Borah. This is not an Investigation based on any charge of malfeasance or mis conduct of officers of the reclamation service," he said. "It is designed only to determine whether too many charges have been placed against the Irrigated lands In apportioning the amount settlers must pay." CHICKENS T0AID CAUSE Kansas Farm Women Plan Sacrifices for Suffrage. TOPEKA, Kan., - Aug. 1L Kansas farmers' wives and daughters who are working for equal suffrage will con tribute a "chicken fund" to help the cause. Eacn woman wui line a chicken to the county seat, and the money by sale of the fowl will be de voted to campaign expenses. This is the first time that a "chicken fund" has been raised in this stfcte since the Civil War. SUN SPOTS PREDICT New Method of Forecasting Weather Is Made Public. SOLAR ACTIVITY NOW NIL Rev. J. S. Rickard, of 'Santa Clara College, Says Electro-Magnetic Force Connects Heaven and Mother Earth. SANTA CLARA. CaL, Aug. 1L An independent rediscovery "that the in visible agency connecting heaven to earth is electro magnetism" was an nounced today by the Rev. J. 8. Rickard, in charge of the observatory at the University of Santa Clara, who recently made public a method of fore casting the weather from sun spots. Father Rickard also gave out today a list of dates of disturbances for the Pacific Coast up to the end of the first week of September. The dates are: August 7 to 10 now passing; Au gust 14H to 17V4; August 21' to 24H. August 27 to 81, and September 3 to 6V4. His statement says: "Solar activity has been absolutely nil since July 5 to the present. On that day there appeared a group of spots 60 degrees south and 40 degrees east of the central meridian, which somewhat modified our weather dates for July. But the striking feature is that by reconstructing those dates in accordance with the appearance of July 6, they are brought to be in full accord with the weather maps for July, even to a fraction of a day- We have a simple, infallible rule for telling, the weather In advance as long as we please, the only prerequisite being to know the dates and positions of new sunspots." According to Father Ricard the Pa cific Coast disturbances forecast will 'cross to the Atlantic states and plunge into the Atlantic Ocean. 210 PERS0NS BUTCHERED Residents of Mexican Town Killed When Rebels Sack Place. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 11. Two hun dred and ten residents of the little town of Puruandlro, Mlchoacan, at least half of whom were boys, were slaughtered In June, at the behest of the Jefe politico, according to a story brought today to Mexico City by a commission which called upon the Min ister of the Interior asking for guaran tees. Members of the commission said the Jefe politico caused to be posted on the gate of the town cemetery a list of the' dead, which was added to from time to time. The sacrifice was the price exacted by the jefe politico for the sacking of the town by rebels. The Jefe politico was powerless to resist the attack and in retaliation ordered the slaughter, professing to believe that in killing the people he was punishing the rebels. The butcher began in the jail, where all the prisoners were killed by the guard. Then citizens were butchered. The Minister of the Interior said the "slaughter was the most atrocious in the history of the republic and it will be severely punished." INDIAN LANDS TO BE SOLD Minimum Price of 50 Cents to $1.50 an Acre Fixed by Order. ( WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. About 1500 acres of Indian lands In the former Shoshone, Uintah and Crow reserva tions in Utah, Wyoming and Montana are to be sold at public auction at minimum prices ranging from 50 cents to $1.50 an acre In accordance with an order signed today by President Taft and Secretary Fisher. Not more than 640 acres will be sold to any one person. The sales will be gin at Lander. Wyo., September 1; at Provo, Utah, October 8, and at Billings. Mont., October 21. Two Robberies Reported. Paul Peterson, in the employ of the Shaver Transportation Company, re ported to the police that he was held up last night at Fourteenth and Raleigh streets by a nignwayman ana robbed of IIS. Kaspar Marrugg also reported to the police that the cash register in his saloon, at 461 unsan street, was robbed of $75 last night. Two men who had been playing pool In the place, he said, disappeared at the same time as he missed the money. Rancher Fights, May Die. ROSEBURGT Or., Aug. 11. Robert Benham, a rancher of Camas Valley, 27 miles east of Roseburg. lies in- a critical condition at his home there, and his neighbor. Hale Boren, was M ARS H ALL Field said: "If you want to succeed, SAVE! This is true, not so much because of the value of the money which the young man accumulates, but be cause of the infinitely greater value of the systemand organization which the practice of saving introduces into his life." That's the thing In a nutshell. Saving money does not only mean "Laying Up" money. It's the system and regularity which the saving habit fosters 'that makes for the suc cess of any voung man or woman. Start today. Merchants National Bank Under Government Supervision Founded in 1886 Washington and Fourth Streets BIG REDUCTIONS On Medicinal Stimulants AT Woodard-Clarke's Removal Sale Some of the best-known brands in the world are going at removal sale prices this week. Medicinal Stimulants come in handy in case of chills, etc. These big reductions will be in effect all this week. Gilka KImmel. reg. $1.60, sp'l 81.33 Creme de Menthe. reg. 12. sp'l 81.58 Apricot Liquor, reg. 2.25. sp'l SI. 79 Cream Ryo. 4s, reg. $1. special 89i House of Lords Scotch, regular $1.25, special $1.03 Hale & Halg Scotch, 5 star, regular 2.2a, special. 81.88 Dewar's Special Scotch, regular $1.25, speclaX 81. lO Dewar's Special,, extra, regular 1.35. special. 81.19 King Wm. V. O. P., regular J2.00, special , 81.76 Bushmill's, regular $1.75, sp'l 81.46 De Kuyper Gin, reg. $1.50, sp'l 81. 30 Plymouth Gin, reg. (1.25, sp'l 81.11 Burke's Gin, reg. $1.25. sp'l 81.03 La Grande Marque Brandy, import ed, regular $2.00, special 81.17 Hennessy Brandy, imported, regular $1.85, special 81.75 Burke's Rum, reg. $1.25, sp'l 81.13 Imperador Port, Imported Spanish, regular $3.00, special 82.38 Don Carlos Sherry, Imported Span ish, regular $1.50, special 81.17 N. & P. Vermouth, reg. 75c. sp'l 68 Chuzalette Vermouth, regular 75c, special. 59 C. & P. Vermouth, reg. 75c, sp'l 59C Old Keller 6s, reg. $1.25. sp'l 08i Cloverdale Rye or Bourbon, 6s, reg ular $1.25, special 98d Shaw's Malt, regular $1, special S3J Monogram No. 6, regular $2.25. spe cial 81.99 Hermitage Bourbon. 1889, 5s. regu lar $2.50, special 82.13 Baltimore Hunter 5s, regular $1.00 special 1)4c Canadian Club 5s. regular $1.25, spe cial 81.17 Atherton 5s, reg. $1.00. special 81 Mampe KImmel, regular $1.50. spe cial SI. 23 Dubonnet, reg. $1.25, special. . 81.09 Kirschwasser, reg. $2, sp'l. .81.63 I Creme de Menthe, reg. $1.25, sp'l 9S I Creme de Menthe, reg. 75c, sp'l 59 Golden Star Spk. Wine, regular $l.2". special 59c Genuine Imported Sauterne, regular 1.50, special 98c Maraschine, reg. $2.25, sp'l.. 81. 63 Guckenhelmer Rye 4s. regular $1.00. special. 020 Sunnybrook, reg. $1.25, special.. 98C Watson's No. 10 Scotch, regular $1.50, special. 81.27 Black and White Scotch, regular $1.25, special 81.15 Clan Mackenzie, reg. $2, sp'l 81.13 Crawford, 10-yr., reg. $2. sp'l 81.43 Crawford, 20 -year, regular $2.50, special .81.87 Burke's Irish, reg. $1.25, sp'l 81. 09 Geneva Gin. reg. $1.50, sp'l 81.18 A. V. H. Gin, reg. $1.75, sp'l 81.53 English Old Tom Gin, regular $1.25. special 81.05 Gordon Sloe Gin, regular $1.25. spe cial 81.09 Le Rov Brandy, Imported, regular $1.50. special 81.18 Marteil Brandy, Imported, renular $1.85. special 81.71 London Dock Fort. Spanish, regular $1.50. special 81.09 Cervera Sherrv. imported. Spanlsii. regular $1.50. special 81.13 M. & R. Vermouth, reg. 75c. sp'l 68 Cinzano Vermouth, reg. 75c. sp'l 59 Old Crow, 5-yr.. reg. $1.25, sp'l 81.12 I Hers Malt, regular II, special 87C Hunter Rye. 8-year old. 4. regu lar $1.25. special 81. OS Hunter Itye, 8-year old, 5s, regu lar $1.00, special S6 Hermitage Rye. 6s, regular $1. :'.". special $1.12 Old Taylor, 4s, reg. $1.25, sp'l..iKc Sa if rani's Rye, 6s, regular $1.25. spe cial $1,11 Woodard, Clarke & Co. Old Building:, Fourth aaid Washington. t laced under arrest today as the re sult of a battle between the two men In front of the Camas Valley Postof fice last evening. Boren cut Benham about the neck and breast with a knife, and it is reported that the wound may prove fatal. Bad blood has existed between the two men for some time. Highest and Lowest States. New York Press. Almost everybody knows which Is the smallest and which is the largest state In the Union, but how many know which is the lowest and which Is the highest? According to the measure ments and calculations made by the United States Geological Survey, Dela ware Is the lowest state. Its elevation above sea level averaging only fiO feet. Colorado is the highest, averaging fiSOO feet above the sea, while Wyoming is a close second, only 100 feet lower then Colorado. In minimum elevation Flor ida, and Louisiana dispute for second place after Delaware, their average ele vation being, for each, 100 feet. Taking the United States as a whole, our coun try lies slightly above the average ele vation of the land of the globe. t Explained at Last. Boston Transcript. "I've Just discovered why weep at a wedding." "Well, why?" "The married women weep sympathy, and the single ones because the wedding isn't theirs." out of Arrangements have been mill by th British Admiralty for enlarging the oil fti"l depot on the roast to mpply the rtVmanria of the increasing number of oil-burnln? naval vjsela. 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