rH 1-7 T -i' twwrr w s,nyFI"5""'-t:T,,Xi?pPXs 3Bigiwipa55py 4 i" THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 13, 1903. TT Tjr jmV T?W HANDING DATE SET Execution of Pleasant Arm strong January 22. JUDGE EAKIN NAMES THE DAY Further Proceedings to Save. Mur derer of Minnie Ensmlnger Have Not Yet Been Disclosed by HIb Attorneys. BAKER 3ITT.:pr.. Dec 12. (Special.) Judge Eakln today fixed the -date of the execution of Pleasant Armstrong, who murdered Minnie Ensmlnger last, Christ mas eve, for January 22, 1SQ4. in the Jail yard of this county. This case has been pending In the Cir cuit Court here since November 27, when the mandate of the Supreme Court affirm ing the Judgment of the lower court on appeal -was received. The Question in volved Is one of grave importance. Armstrong' was convicted under a law which required all sentences tot murder to be executed at the Aunty seat. Arm strong was -first; sentenced to be hanged In this city on. May 8, 1903. His case was appealed to the Supreme Court and a stay of execution granted. May 21, 1963, -a new law went Into effect requiring nil cxecu-. tlons for murder to take place at the" State Penitentiary. When the case was called today Arm strong's attorneys moved the court to dis charge the prisoner on the ground that ha could not be executed under the old law because it had been repealed, nor could he. bo executed under the new one, because It was passed after the crime was com mitted and was therefore ex post facto and under the Constitution of the United States not applicable to his case, there fore as there Is no law under which he can be executed he is entitled to his dis charge. Judge M. M. Goodman, of Colfax, Wash., of counsel for Pleasant Armstrong, made a strong plea for his client this afternoon.' He held that the original death warrant, dated March 31, 1903, which fixed the date of Armstrong's execution for May S, 1903, was void, because the law says the death warrant must fix the date of execution for murder not less than 30 nor wore than 60 days from the date of the Judgment of guilty. More than 60 days having elapsed, the original warrant Is dead and void. A new warrant fixing the place of exe cution for this county cannot issue, be cause there Is no law for such a proced tced- 3, A ure. The only thing the court could do, counsel contended, was to follow the man date of the present law and Issue a war rant fixing the time and place of execu tion at Salem, and If that warrant was at tacked in the Federal Court and declared void, the responsibility for the failure would rest with the Legislature and not with the court. District Attorney White contended that the original warrant Is, not dead; that It is still in force, its execution having been suspended by the appeal to the Supreme Court The only thing for the court to do was to fix the date for the execution. Judge Eakin, In passing on the questions raised, said that he had devoted consid erable time to the matter and had exam ined numerous authorities. The Judge did not think It necessary that the court should issue a new death warrant, or re sentence the defendant All . that was necessary was to fix the day of, execution, which he tlld by entering an order recit ing the fact of 'Armstrong's trial, convic tion and sentence to be hung "May 8; the stay of execution on appeal; the hearing in the Supreme Court and the writ of mandate from that court affirming the Judgment of the lower court and ending by fixing the date of execution for Jan uary, 1904, in the Jail yard of the county Jail In this county. No reference was made to a resentence or the Issue of a new warrant of deafti. The old warrant remains as originally Is sued. The effort of Armstrong's attorneys was to secure a resentence; and the issu ance of a new death warrant, and imme diately habeas corpus proceedings would have been instituted In the Federal Court to procure Armstrong's release on the ground that he was about to bo executed under an ex post facto law. It Is not knpwp Just what course will be pursued now. Probably an appeal from the order fixing the date of execution, will be taken to the Supreme Court of the state. In any event Armstrong will not be executed January 22, or at least It Is not likely. It Is claimed that an appeal from Judge Eakln's order will not He, and that an appeal to the .Federal Court Is not possi ble, because the Federal-question-is not involved In the present orde.r of the Circuit Court Very few people knew the -case was com ing up this afternoon, the purpose being to avoid the presence of a large crowd. Armstrong seemed depressed and took -very little Interest apparently In the pro ceedings. , MARINE LIFE EXPERIMENTS, Dr. Loeb Says Results Will Be Useful In. Study of Nervous Diseases. BERKELEY, Cal.. Dec 12. Professor Jacques Loeb, of the physiological depart ment of the University of California, has Just completed a series of experiments to ascertain the relative . toxicity to marine animals of distilled water, sugar solutions and solutions of the various constituents of sea water, that havo produced remark able results. The experiments have led the physiolo gist to no less a conclusion than that sea water is a physiologically balanced salt solution for the animals contained in It and that the serum of an animal Is a -similar solution in relation to the tissues of an animal. "It la a solution." says Dr. Loeb, "in which there Is a mutual prevention of the poisonous actions which the Individual constituents have if they are alone in so lutions. If the changes of the concentra tion of the Individual constituents of such a physiologically balanced solution take place within certain narrow limits one can call forth in the tissues properties -which they do not normally possess, such as the artificial parthenogenesis, rythmical twitchings and the Increase In the Irri tability of the muscles and nerves. I am of opinion that this point of view will prove fruitful In pathology, especially in the study of nervous diseases." NEW PASTOR FROM HONOLULU Rev. E. S. Muckley Accepts Call to First Christian Church. TTCVKf rVT TTT TT T ret . s r nondinofi-1 Rev. "E. 5? Miiviav ,... of the Christian Church of Honolulu, has accepted a call to the First Christian Church, of Portland, Or., and will 'leave here to go to his new pastorate at the end -of December. He came here about two years ago from Bellefontalne, O., and has had a very successful pastorate. i i On Charge of Conspiracy. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 12. W. H. Johnson, a well-known lumber dealer of this cltyj was bound over to the Superior Court today on the charge of conspiring to defraud J. M. Bunker out of ?4000. Strange Basque People. The Reader. The Senor had never seen an ox-trial. On a plateau In the rocky uplands a couple of thousand Basques were gath ered . . .. Hardy folk, tanned and sun- proof. In the center of the plateau was a huge rock, weighing- about 6000 pounds. It was settled well In place. Hitched to it by long chains, were two yokes of oxen, the lean, small, but sturdy hill cattle, black or gray. A wild ox-driver goaded them Into a fearful attempt to budge the huge rock. Again and again he drove the goad into flank or shoulder or neck, till the gashed bulls rained blood as they strained in the yoke. He was wild with excitement mad with eagerness, the man; he screamed and sent the iron into the quivering brutes. Quite as mad, wholly as wild, were the men and women who cheered him on. In half an hour of this torture the animals did not move the stone an inch; finally one of them went down on his knees, then fell; the on lookers hooted savage disapproval. Other oxen were brought up; again the blood 1 spurted and splashed; the rock moved a ; little. The betting was keen, . . . sil ver pieces of ten cents, of 20 cents, even fabulous paper money worth $4, were wagered on the event "Three to one they don't go six Inches!" "Five pesetas:" Oh, 'twas a merry game and bloody. i j MISREPRESENTING A -SENATOR Far Be It From Alabama's Venerable Statesman to Condemn Good Gravy. Washington Post Wo do not think, that Senator Pettus has been fully understood In the matter of his alleged condemnation of gravy. It seems to be accepted everywhere as a fact that the venerable Alabama states man has proclaimed a sweeping, whole sale anathema against gravy of all kinds and conditions, consigned it to the index expurgatorlous; banished It forever from the menu .of civilized mankind. Ho Is placed in the position of striking a death, blow at one of the most precious of American institutions. No wonder an enlightened and patriotic pTess has been stirred to remonstrate in all its varying forms. - " As we say, however, It does not seem fair to Senator Pettus to take all this for granted. No doubt he- has Issued a maledlctlon against certain kinds of gravy that particular kind, for Instance, which Is made of lard and flour, ana which brings discontent, if not Hat an guish, to the very stoutest midriff but nobody can make us believe that he has said an unkind word against good gravy. There are gravies and gravies, laudable, nourishing, vicious and un wholesome, and certainly Mr. Pettus, one of the finest products of the land of gravy, must be the very prince of dlf-' ferentiation in the matter of their qual ity. Here he is, at the advanced age of S3, hale, hearty, robust with all his faculties unlmpared, a roaring old lion of Democracy, and doe? one tell us that ho derides and execrates the food upon, which every true Alabarnlan has attained to greatness? Senator Pettus was raised on pot liquor, the grandfather, the vital principle of all gravies. That Invigorating fluid. Joined to good yellow corn bread, fresh, from the skillet constituted toe foundation -of a vigorous a; stem three-quarters of a century ago. Up in Limestone County, where the Senator was born, and amid whose sun-kissed hills and rich, balsamic breezes he grew to giant size, pot liquor and corn bread, hog and hominy, with 'possum and persimmons in season, formed the regimen of every Alabarnlan who expected to get on in life. There were yellow -legged chickens on Sunday or when the, preacher stopped for dinner, and you could hear the little darkles catching those chickens under the house, too; but the regular, every-day bill of fare was as we have said, and a mighty fine, uplifting, strengthening bill it was. No, no; Senator Pettus has been mis represented. Ho denounces only bad gravy- Good gravy (which Includes pot liquor). Is still dear to his honest, grate ful heart NEW IDEAS IN MEN'S DRESS. Fancy, Jeweled Shlrtstuds Are Con sidered Smart Now. New York Herald. It is not longer correct to say It is not proper to wear anything but mother of pearl or. plain gold studs In linen and evening shirts. Enamels are being much used for these adjuncts of evening dress, and when lightly treated are certainly beautiful. Waistcoat buttons, links and studs of pale rose enamel on gold with a raised design in the center In brilliants are now made. Another design Is a set of studs made of white enamel In hexigon form outlined with diamonds, and the effect in a shirt front is extremely good, giving the ap pearance of diamonds only and causing people to wonder how they are fitted to the shirt Single studs ore not nearly so much worn as formerly, and two studs are more fashionable than three, though It is purely a matter of taste. The latest design for stud links is bright crimson enamel .with a Louis XVI. lattice work of diamonds In platinum over enamel. A white waistcoat button -Is nearly al ways fancied nowadays, though some men still prefen plain mother of pearl. Lately the tendency has come In to have these pearl buttons outlined with platinum or plain god and studded either with dia monds or a colored jewel. They occasion ally are made of 'onyx with a diamond in the center, and these look well even with a black dress waistcoat, but the smartest men of the day are not infrequently seen with waistcoat buttons matching their stud links. In the matter of .evening dress ties of one particular pattern are all the Tage just now. It Is a modification of the old bat wing shape, the knot being small, but the ends not so broad as they were in the lint wlnir varletv. : . x How Sharkey "Fed His Face." Chicago,. Tribune. Sharkey, the heavyweight ' was at the height of his fame. He was. managedby Tom O'Rourke and tie two men were" in Chicago. Sharkey had been a sailor until a few months before, and his manners were those of the forecastle. Now, he and O'Rourke had much money in their pock ets, and Sharkey was anxious to see what be called "high life." As X start In that direction O'Rourke took him Into a Michigan-avenue hotel one afternoon to eat a bit of luncheon. Both of them were abashed by tho splendor of their surround ings, by the Frenchified list of things to eat on the gold-embossed card 'and by tho ley atitude of the person who came to take their order. . 5 Tho waiter 'stood af attention in an ap palling silence until O'Rourke- could stand u no longer. "Tom," he said, "I'm pot a bit hungry. Say. waiter' ho went on, "can you bring me some cocoa?" "Bring mo some of the same," said Sharkc "an' a cup of coffee." A week or two later the same course of education in the mysteries of the higher life was still In progress. . J "Waiter," said O'ROurkd, "bring me a demi-tasse." "I'll have o.ie of the same," said Shar key, "and I want It rare." ' t An Unpleasant Thought. Century. I cannot bear to think upon The fact that Winter's coming on. I lore to coast and hitch and slide But there are other things beside; , The dentist dancing school and sums Begin when chilly weather comes. And, worse than all, I cannot bear To put on Winter underwear. I lore the cold, I lore the snow. But woolen things do itch me so! Mrs. Hlghmorc (at the -opera) Isn't she grand? What wonderful technique! Mrs. Gas well Te-esr but it looks as If It pinched her about the waist, don't you think Chicago Tribuas. T00FRIGHTENEDTOSHOOT! BOY WITH REVOLVER WATCHES BURGLAR AT WORK. "Buck Fever" Holds' Him While Thief Deliberately Breaks Open Strong Box and Walks Away. ROY, Wash., Dec 32. (Special.) The store of Nelson Murray was entered at 3 o'clock this mornlnff by a burglar who carried away jewelry, cigars, revolvers and cutlery, worth $250. The burglar found the safe unlocked and took from it a small strongbox, wlilch he carried across the street and opened with a hatchet The box .contained nothing of value. j While the burglar was at work in the store a night telegraph operator named Hammond saw'the light from the cracks man's dark lantern flittering about and at once ran to the house of COnstablt McDannell and aroused him. The Con stable Teturned with Hammond and being afraid that there might be several burg lars In the store left the lS-year-old opera tor on watch with a big revolver In hl3 hand and went for more help. While the young man was watching the store the burglar came out with his bag of plunder on his back and slowly crossed the street to the rear of the depot where he broke open the strongbox. The boy watched him all the time, but had the "buck fever" and was unable to shoot "To tell tho truth," says the young man today. "I -was too scared to lift up tho revolver." The burglar got clear away. MURDERED BY MASKED MEN. Inexplicable Shooting of a Japanese at Edmonds. EDMONDS, Wash., Dec 12. A masKed man entered a section-house near the sta tion here at B o'clock last night, and. without warning, shot and instantly killed one of four Japanese section hands oc cupying the building. One of the Japan ese Jumped through a window in the ex citement, and sustained severe injuries from his fall to the ground. The others remained quiet and were unmolested. The assailant evidently taking fright, turned and fled. He was last seen hurry ing down the tracks toward Seattle. He is described as a white man of medium size with a slight mustache and dark com plexion. Sheriff .Brewer, Deputy Beard and a Deputy Coroner-went to Edmonds and arrived In Everett at noon with the body of the murdered Japanese The at tack seems to have been entirely unpro voked. The theory of robbery has been advanced, but some believe that the .'as sailant held a grudge against the dead Japanese. CHINESE MUSICIAN SLAIN. An Unknown Man Walks on Theater Stage and .Fires Deliberately. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, During a performance tonight at a Chinese Theater -on Washington street an unknown Chi nese walked out from the side of the stage and drawing a rovolyer from his blouse began shooting at one of the musicians. He fired four times and notwithstanding there were several hundred Chinese in the theater, made his escape. The wounded musician was taken to a hospital where he died. He was shot twice through the body. His name was Gee Ah Gun. No cause is known by the police for the shooting. The dead man belonged to the Sec Tups, who are not Involved In the tong- war that has been on In Chinatown for the past week or two. FIRED AT OREGON CITY POLICE Suspicious-Looking Characters Sent to Jail for Fifteen Days. OREGON CITY, Or., Dec 12. (Special.) J. J. Backenridge and Jack Houston are the names of two suspicious-looking char acters who were arrested In this city last night by Officers Shaw and Noblett after an exchange of pistol shots In the local Southern Pacific Company's yards. Both were today sentenced to 15 days' impris onment In tho county jail on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. When searched at the Jail after their ar rest both men had revolvers and among other of their personal effects was a news paper clipping of the hold-up of the O. W. P. Company's street railway car at Midway last May. ITALIAN KILLS PARTNER. Wife of Shooter Says the Other .Man Ifjred Ffirst. 'SPOKANE, Dec 12. Antonio del Vcc thio was shot and killed tonight by his partner, G. J. Dlllo. Both men were Ital ians and were In the saloon and grocery business. Dlllo's wife, who was the only witness, says Del Vecchlo fired first and that her husband In trying to take the gun from him turned It toward him and pulled the trigger. Dlllo fled after the shooting and had not been captured at a late hour. EDITORS OF THE "SUPAO." Evidently the Life of "We" In China Is Not One Grand Sweet Song. Indianapolis Journal. In German' the position of a newspaper editor Is a precarious one. He must be very careful not to criticise the Emperor, or otherwise to Incur the wrath of the press censor, or he will bo thrown Into Jail and his paper will be suspended. But In China It is even worse. The offending editor who expresses opinions contrary to those of the administration Is liable to' the extreme penalty death In no merciful guise. Several months ago a preacher of reform In Pekln was beaten to death with bamboo rods. Later the editors of the publication called Supao were charged with sedition. Their sedition consisted in advocating moremodern methods in the administration of tho government This brought; down upon them the anger of the Dowager Empress, who ordered their In stant apprehension. It appears, however, that the editors had realized the enormity of their offense, for they sought refuge in the foreign reservation, -where they came under the protection of the Consulates. The Question whether the daring news paper men should be surrendered to the native authorities was referred to the le gations. It was certain that if this should be done cruel and barberous punishments would follow. The British Consul stoutly opposed giving tho fugitives up, but for some reason or other, United States Min ister Conger sided with the Russian -rep-representatlve, who wished to accede to the Chinese demand. An agreement was Anally reached to detain the newspaper men for trial by a mixed tribunal. The trial has not yet taken place. On nothing more than an accusation the men h,ave been keptln prison, all bail having been refused. And now the government announces that a special deputy will be appointed to hear the case and that this deputy will be Instructed not to be lenient should the defendants be found guilty. Evidently the penalty has already been decided upon, and the trial will be a mere form. All of which goes to show that the life of the Chinese editor Is not one grand sweet song, and that he who Incurs the wrath of the Chinese law Is the most -unenviable of culprits'. 1 Her Span of Life. Chicago Inter Ocean. There died at Providence, R. I., on Mon day, an old Quakeress, Phoebe Glfford', Yule-Tide Gifts PIANOS ? ORGANS TflE PIANOLA STOOLS SCARFS AND MUSIC CABINETS AT EILERS PIANO HOUSE No. 351 Washington St. Corner Park ,.....-A who was born one year after Elijah P. Lovejoy, 14 years late? than Benjamin Lund-, the original abolitionist and ten years later than Lucretla Mott, one of the earliest Quaker agitators against slavery- Iamdy organized the first anti-slavery society in the United States, when Phoebe Glfford was a girl of 12, and he" died in La Salle County, Illinois, In 1S39. when Phoebe Glfford was 36 years of age and a worker In his cause. Lucretla Mott entered actively on her work against slavery a few years after Lundy had organized his first society, and she dlfd in Philadelphia In 1SS0. when Phoebe Glfford, the Quaker preacher, was 77 years old. Elijah P. Lovejoy, who was so zealous In opposition to slavery, was killed at Alton, HI., in November, 1S37, while Phoebe Glfford lived on for C6 years, or until November 23, 1D03. In her 100 years of life, Mra Glfford had seen the whole movement against slavery, beginning with the abolition of the slave trade in 1S07 and ending with the crusade against peonage in 1903. The life of Phoebe Glfford, Quaker preacher, measureu the century In which the slave trade was suppressed, slavery abolished and the freedmen In the United States given a standing not contemplated even by the early Quaker agitators. CHURCH ATTENDANCE IN CITIES In New York and London Statistics Show l to Be Surprisingly Light. New York Sun. Tho census pf the church attendance in the district of Manhattan Island to tho north of Central Park and to tho west down to Eighty-first street taken 6n Sun day, November 15, may be regarded as approximately accurate, for the return of church-goers proportionately to the popu lation of ihe region Is about the same as that shown by a similar census for the whole borough taken a year ago. That Is, less than a quarter of the population are to be found in the churches on Sunday. In London the percentage of church at tendance as enumerated by the Daily News of that town was about the same. In Boston, where a similar census Is about to be taken, the results are not likely to be far different In this uptown district of Manhattan It was found that women were In a great majority among tho attendants. That too, is the general experience. In the Roman Catholic churches they were two-thirds of tho whole; In the Protestant 56.6 per cent Women and children, together, mado up 73.4 per cent of tho Roman Catholic attendance and 67 per cent of the Protestant The whole number of men In the churches on that fine November Sunday was only 29.2S3, both Protestant and Catholic, out of a total population of the district estimated at 438,065. In the Catholic churches the percentage of men was about 26.5, In the Protestant about 32.9. At all times the pillar of the church has been the religious faith of women, but probably never before to as great an extent as it Is now.. In this district of Manhattan males and females in the pop ulation were not far apart In number In 1300, or 203,540 males to 218,405 females, yet two-thirds of the church attendance was made up of women. Of the male population, 70.220 were for eign born, and of the females, 73,842. Of course, the census could give us no sta tistics as to the nationality of the at tendants, so that we are unable to do more than guess as to tho percentages of the native and the foreign born; but the fact that of the total attendance, 62 per cent or 62.211 out of a total of 100.961, were at tho Roman Catholic churches, would Indicate that the percentage of the foreign Is much the greater. The largest attendance at the churches not Roman Catholic was at the Episco pal, 56S7, with the Methodist next, 6S01; and then the Presbyterian, 6279; the Bap tist 2596. and the Lutheran, 3256. It Is suggestive that In the two Christian Sci ence churches of the region was the. largest attendance among the other de nominations, that Jt was more than a quarter of the. aggregate attendance In the 17 Episcopal churches, and was only a third less than the aggregate In the 12 Baptist churches, though the actual Christian Science membership Is only about one-seventh that of the Episcopal and one-third that of the Baptist The Inference would seem to be that there Is at least much curiosity as to Christian Science. The statistics, as a whole, are a re peated demonstration of -the fact that in Now York, as in London, more than three fourths of tho population are neglectful of public religious worship. One Woman's Way. New York Times. "You'll have to step Inside the car, madam. You are not allowed to ride on the front platform," announced the con ductor to a passenger In a Broadway car. "I'm not going far," she replied, Indif ferently. ,. "But" ha Insisted, "it'er against the rules to ride on trie jilatfdrm, souststep In side, pleased" - "Oh, I much prefer to stay out -herer and I'm going to, rules or no rules. I've paid my fare and I shall do as I like.'!, she retorted. And she did. - To tho amuse ment and evident delight of -those who had heard the conversation, she stood on the front platform until she reached her destination, while the conductor In help less rage spluttered away In the rear. . Act to Borrow a Million. VICTORIA, B. C Dec 12c-The British" Columbia Legislature adjourned tonight until January 1L The various bills be fore the House were passed and the Lieutenant-Governor tonight assented to them. Among other acts passed were "an act to borrow one million dollars." Scotchman Defeats American. EDINBURGH, Dec 12. Bain, of Scot land, defeated Carkeek, the American wrestler. In the final bout for the. world's wrestling .championship tonight After wrestling 14 minutes, Carkeek dislocated his shoulder. Railroad Men to Work Overtime. ALTOONA, Pa., Dec 12. Orders were Issued today for the employes In the Pennsylvania Railroad shops to work full 10 hours a day. with overtime when neces sary to get out the work. Between 1000 . : Site ; Sanfl Rosenblatt & Co. RELIABLE CLOTHIERS CORNER OF THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS v . ; : - War i ,s-v:. A-avi3wRSp!p5Ss I w. .i r n t'H'trii ViaP'. -tTlfci? sT?-sl Smoking Jackets $4.50 to $12.50 Lounging Robes $6.50 to $21.50 Umbrellas . $1.00 to $10.00 Canes $1.00 to $3.50 Gloves 75c to $2.50 Hosiery 25c to $2.00 Mufflers : $1.00 to $3.00 Handkerchiefs 10c to $1.00 We carry a full novelties. . Latest style Collars and Cuffs in both the E. & W. and Arrow brands. .and 3000 additional men will be given em ployment. RED WING'S SPJLNKING 3MCHINE A Minnesota Substitute for the Old Fashioned Hand Method. Chicago Record-Herald. News from the Minnesota State Training- School at Red Wing to the effect that a "spanking machine" has been adopted In that Institution to take the place of the old-fashioned hand method naturally ex cites public curlqslty as to the nature of the mechanism and the results attending its use. Is it a revolving paddle, an oscillating ping-pong racket, or a contrivance that presents a closer imitation of the human hand? Is It applied to the child's hand or to a less exposed part of the'anatomy? In the absence of mechanical details we can only guess as to the plan of the contriv ance, and curiosity turns upon the ques tion of results. "Wo aro Informed that "the humiliation of being put under the machine has more effect on the children than the punishment, and It Is believed that this Improvement will help much In the discipline of the Institution." All of which taxes ordinary credulity. That such a displacement of hand labor by machinery should tako place In an educational Institution makes one rub his eye3 and wonder if one forgot to wake up In time for the 20th century. The same objections to the machines that are sometimes used to "exercise" men ond to shake up sluggish livers might be urged against the spanking machine. It lacks the Joy of actual personal partici pation. It Is too mechanical. The recepl ent cannot enter into the spirit of It. There la lacking that depth of feeling that A REED SHAKEN WITH THE WIND Without Will Power, Courage, Ambl tlon, Energy or Hope, the Dys peptic Is Willing to Give Up the Struggle. The confirmed dyspeptic has as little In terest In life as any human being. Ho Is unfitted for its duties and Is indifferent to its charms. He Is unable to enjoy the business and social relations that consti tute the life of the average man. All his hopes are absorbed by the one hope to get well and again be able to enjoy the good things of life. Until this is realized, he is sick at heart and feels himself to be of little use. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the suf ferer's tree of life. They will cure him and bring him health and happiness Just as sure and certain as he takes them. They are sure because they are natural and no other cure but a natural one Is sure. They act on the food and digest It Just as well as a stomach would. They contain exactly the same chemical prop erties as the digestive fluids of the stom ach. By putting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets In a bottle or Jar with any kind of food; meat, eggs or vegetables, with sufficient amount of water, the process of diges tion Is carried out Just as It Is In a healthy human stomach and In the same time. There Is consequently no unnatural dis turbance of the digestive organs resulting from the use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets. They relievo the weak and worn out stomach of Its work and permit It to rest up and recuperate and regain its normal health and strength. A well-known Buffalo physician says: "I prescribe Stuart's Dyspesla Tablets on all occasions aB a relief for weakened and rundown stomachs. I find, they contain all the Ingredients necessary for the proper digestion of the food and will do more to give the stomach the needed rest than any medicine I coulcf prescribe. They have never failed to give immediate relief in all my cases and I do not hesitate to recommend them to all sufferers from dyspepsia." Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale by all druggists at 50 cents a box. USEFUL! articles! Holiday Gift Buyers A suggestive list of specials for, the Christmas . shoppers of only thelbest high-grade merchandise line of guaranteed Jewelry in all the latest e98esacfit( comes from the knowledge that a human being with whom you sustain a certain personal relation is punishing you. The wlelder of the paddle, moreover, has a certain Joy In the work. He finishes the Job under the mental elation that cornea from the consciousness of a duty well done and not shirked. The spanking machine will not do. It Is not psychological. Unless the boys of Minnesota are totally unlike all other boys they will welcome the experience of being spanked by-an lngenlus machine that has no feeling and that raps the lean boys Just as hard as the fat ones. Saloons Make Losing Fight. Vancouver Independent, The recent effort of the liquor dealers to gain control of the city government of Vancouver, was but the first step of an effort to gain control of the legislative branch of tho state government, The saloons, the state over, expect to take a part In selecting the men who will com pose tho next,Leg!slature. It Is their pur pose to effect a repeal of the gambling law. It isneedles3 to say that their efforts In Clark County at least will bo fruitless. If they cannot win out in Vancouver where thero are 21 saloons, what show will they have In country districts, where there is not the llluslvo cry of revenue to make them votes. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. C P Mosterson, ScatI J S Emery. Emcryvll D E Collins. Oakland H M Walton, do T B McRobcrt, N T W W Saint. S F E H Collins, Chicago A Hemphill, do "W E Moore, Conn J Mansfield, Ohio J M Batrd. Chicago P D Newberry, Pa J R Forrest. N Y Zi tValbridge A. S Rowan, U 8 A E T Ritson. Boston "W A Boyd, Spokane B N Flsfc. Chicago O O Neely, Vn Bar W E Stern, Chicago L. Conklln, do H C Mcnzle, Seattle P a Kelly, do D O Smilley, N T A C Prohert, Chgo B Enochs, USA S Billings, N T W Wolff, S F C H Hood, cnicago W E Ammaln, S F F B Thayer. 5t Paul H Lang. City M For, do YV Scaborg. Ilwaco J Penn. B C G Rubensteln, N T M Levy. S F W M West. Seattla F Carpenter. N X L Turner, Seattle W E Applegate. Ky P Edmlnston, B F V H Wolf. N T W Haworth, Everett H H Williams, Juneau A B lies. Valdes W L Haas, N T L H Manning, Tacom C M Ingrain, N T F L Weight. S F ir W Anthony, Ohio A M Dollar, S F F Mlknldo, do E Roper and wife, do THE PERKINS. L G Heeve3, Calif A W Short, Ashland Mrs M L McCay Mra I Smith, Seattle F H Myllnger. L Gr Mrs Myllnger, do T Moffatt, do Mrs J Smith. Seattle O R Hoff, Salem Mrs W O Miner, Heppner Miss Miner, do O W Howell. Fossil H Nelson, Astoria R F Kronenberg, Ore E A Barnes. City It Drager, do J D Fry, Gr Pass C A Koeppl, Seattle C G Boothly, City A Grtmman. Oyster H Alexander, do H L Knight, Astoria J W MacConnock. do JT T Craig, Ilwaca Mrs Craig, do -Mrs Howeii, uo Mrs W B Hawkins, do .flora uiuana. ao T Prince. Dundee W A Simmons, Mont Mrs Simmons, do N S Barlow, Seattle F Wadsworth. do Mrs M C Clark, Paul Mra R L Shelly. Mnt A G Hunt, Woodburn Mrs Wadsworth. do-" J P Anderson, Tacom. Mrs Hunt, ao E Hofer, S F W French E P White-, Ore F P Sheargreen, Cor- vallis E P Weir. 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Tacoma A J Paul, do E S Morgan, City A B Cordley, do F L Kent, do A T Van De Vanter, Seettle F McWilliams, City Mrs A Hagcy. Dundee J Morrow, Wasco 35.-,. FOR Fancy Vests. $3.50 to $5.50 Pajamas $1.50 to $3.00 Shirts ,$1.00 to $3.50 Hats ..$3.00 to $7.00 Neckwear 50c to $2.50 Suspenders ;.. ..50c to $3.00 Underwear, per suit, $2.00 to $10.00 Nightrobes $1.00 to $5.00 e o a e - 9 C r e e ' ese (Mtettit! H G Van Dusen, Astr E H Dew, Seattle Mrs Dew. do J T Welsh. So Bend Mrs Welsh, do . W S Esran. Seattla i ueisior, s F A Kenried. Union Mrs Kenried, do F Davidtcn. Seattla Madge Fulton. Astor; Mrs Egan, do H A Webster, Clckms K Miller. Aurora O R Rabel, Seattle Mrs Rabel, do V Burns, Manitoba Ethel Fleury, Eugeno - A N Gilbert. Salem airs J A Fulton, do Constance Fulton, do A Bettinger, T Dalls M C Harris, S F G G McLaughlin, Brooklyn D Perrlne, Spokane C B Keenan and family, Harrington W Miller and niece, La Grande J Withycombe, Corv A L Klnsely, do Miss Graefen. "Vncvr Mrs C E Graefen, do tV I'etcrs. Seattle J" C Wooley. Bak Cty a. jaeger, Spokune Mrs Jaeger, do THE ST. CHARLES, J Klanton, City A E Bank. Clatskan S P Bandugan. do H Hendsley. do T H Rathburn. Astor C Vesselman, do U Hermann, Carson E Edwards. Boring- W H Storey. C Rock S Lamont. Clatskanl J Selvage,, do H. .LUKhart. Erdl V G Kalahan, Kalama J Carlson. Tacoma E A Hamler, Heppnr M F Bird. Hd River W M Bird, do P Hunter, do S J Dals, City R Graham, Skmckwj M R Graham, do D R McCulIoch. do A McCulIoch. do J W Welch. Clatskan W Farmer, Astoria W L Gohcrn, Carlton A M Gohern, do H L Vavbilt O P Holmes, Seattle J F Stevens, G Rap Ethel Steiena. do J Lowe, do, J D Cralgl Astoria R Gohan, Skamokaw Mrs Gohan. do B F McElroy, Pndltn L W Benson. S Islnd Mrs Craig, do W D Robinson do J Rice, Houlton Mrs Benson, do J L Haskins. Hubbrd J Kirk. St Paul J L Smith. Washn J Brown, Rockwood Mrs Smith, do G W Skeels. do Mrs Skeels, do Mrs S A Hcgan, do J Hogan, do J Ferguson. Astoria G T Callahan. 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"A COMMON COLD" "The history, literature and therapeutics of the condition known as a 'Cold' shows conclusively that very little has been known In regard to this sate. "Who has not witnessed the many fail ures of a 'good sweating,' a dose of cas tor oil,' etc? The fact is, we have been overlooking the true origin of the diseased state Known as a 'Cold.' It Is primarily a disease of the stomach, a derangement of the processes of gastric digestion." Med ical Times. The use of 13r. Humphreys' "Seventy seven" breaks up the Cold, and It alternat ed with or followed by the use of Specific No. 10, the stomach will perform Its func tions, and the gastric dorangement caused by taking cold will be corrected. In small bottles of pellets that fit the vest pocket. At druggists, 25 cents each. Medical Guide mailed free. Humphreys' Med. Co., cor. William & John streets, New Tork. "77" LPS t