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THJB SUNDAY OKEGOS1AN, PORTLAND, 'AFXiLh W, 1SUS. SII1IS TDM BROWN IS S DEGENERATE Chehalis Physician Does Not Believe the Boy Slayer of Father Insane. OBSERVES, HIM IN HIS CELL fitness Oren Eastman Testifies That " Brown, .Sr., Did 2STot Throw an Ox Xoke at His Son December 23. CHEHALIS, Wash., April 29. (Spe cial.) The case of tjie defense in the Brown murder case was rested this morning after three witnesses had gone on tne stand. Taking: of testimony in rebuttal was begun after a brief re cess. Just prior to this recess, how ever, Charles Brown, brother of the prisoner, was recalled by the state on cross-examination. A. G. Oby was the first witness of the morning. He had met Tom Brown in August of last year near Fayette schoolhouse. Tom was dejected, and when Inquiry was made as to the cause 5ie said that "his father had threatened to kill his mother. On cross-examination Oby admitted that he had heard Tom say that he was going to kill his father if the latter attempted to kill him. Dr. Stevens, of Dryad, was called to testify in his professional capacity. His testimony was unimportant, excepting to verify statements made by other physicians on the subject of epilepsy and its effects. Dr. John T. Coleman, of Chehalis, "who was called for the defense, gave the defendant one of the worst jolts It has had as he left the stand. He was one ofthe two physicians who had performed the autopsy on the body of Charles Brown. The .day following:, out of curiosity to see what kind of a looking boy had committed such a crime, he had visited the prisoner at the County Jail. He said the boy seemed to have no conception of the gravity pf his offense. Later, at suggestion of counsel for Vlefendant. the doctor had visited the prisoner at the jail, briefly. He found Tom suffering from a rapid pulse, about 104, which was irregular. He was suf fering from a goitre or enlargement of the thyroid gland and which had caused a slight bulging of the eyes. The doctor did not pretend to say how long this had affected the boy. The doctor thought from his brief obser vations of Tom that he was a degen erate. Never though him anything else. On cross-examination the doctor de nied telling young Charley Brown it his home the day of the autopsy to keep his mouth shut or he would hang his brother. When pressed as to whether or not he believed Tom sane or Insane he said he considered the boy sane. That he found the boy nothing less than a moral degenerate. Here the defense announced that it "would rest its case. Before it was per mitted to close, however, Falknor for the state, recalled Charles Brown for cross-examination. When Charley Brown again took the stand he was asked if at the time of the quarrel at the wagon his father Vlld not say in he presence of himself and of Oren Eastman to the latter that his son Tom had been cursing him. Brown answered no. "Did not his father in his presence and that of Oren Eastman tell Tom that the. latter would have to leave, to which Tom replied that maybe he would get fooled?" "No." "Did not his father lake the neck yoke and drop it by the fence without throwing it at Tom?" "No." Oren Eastman was called for the state to rebut the statements of Charley Brown, the preceding witness. There was a fight over the admission of his testimony, but Mr. Falknor brought ouc of him: That he came up to the wagon December 23 as Charles Brown, father ar.d son -were unhitching; that he asked what was going on there, if there had been a breakdown, to which the father replied that he met his boy there and that the boy had given him a cursing, meaning Tom: that Tom was over the fence about" 12 or lo feet away; that Tom had cursed the father for using nls horse. He said that when Brown told Tom he would have to leave Tom replied that he was not so sure about that; that Brown dragged the neckyoke by the ring In it and dropped it near the fence. Witness was between Brown and Where Tom stood and could have seen any attempt to throw the yoke. That after this Tom disappeared and he nimself went home. On cross-examination by Mr. Lang home Eastman stood by his statements firmly, said that Tom was merely standing over inside the fence watch ing the unhitching. He admitted that a few days ago Marshal Townsend took from him a pair of brass knuckles, but the witness did not know that there "was Issued a few days ago a warrant iffor hl. arrest for carrying them. Further examined by Mr. Falknor, TCVltness Eastman said thafc Attorney Xanghorne for the defense had attempt ed to bulldoze him into not going on the stand by accusing him of telling other witnesses a different version of "The affair. Sister Testifies Against Brother. Both state and defense rested in the SBrown trial when court adjourned at 5 o'clock. Argument begins Monday, in structions will be given by Judge Rice and the case will go to the Jury. Testimony most damaging to defendant was piled up today as witness after wit ness, schoolmates, neighbors and others, "who knew the Browns, father and son, testified, their evidence going to break down the epileptic attacks alleged by counsel for prisoner. His sister, Mrs. Jake Young, of Dryad, was one of the strongest witnesses against Tom. She is over a year older than Tom. Up to three years ago. when she married, she had lived at home all her life. During all that time and for months afterward, when she lived near by or visited her parents at home almost dally, Tom, never had a fit and she never heard of his hav ing one. The father was kind to her self. Tom and the rest of the children and to Mrs. Brown, even to the point of in dulgence. Her mother told her within this week she would not have Brown back for $3000. Xever Heard of the Fits. Walter Blake, his wife and three of their children swore they never heard of Tom having alleged fits, until the trial began.- Blake and Mrs. Brown are brother and sister. One Miss Blake was Tom's teacher at school and testified he was a bright boy. She grew up with him, played with him, and he was like other boys. John McCutch'eon and son, J. IL. C. Jones. Jr., Archie Hague and others testi fied that during years of acquaintance Tom Brown was like others. He showed no peculiarities or eccentricities, and. al though neighbors they never heard of his alleged fits. Jake Young, son-Jn-law of Mrs. Brown, lived at the Brown home for two years and-logged with the deceased. He never heard of the fits. He said Brown- was kind to hts children and wife, hut that the latter generally bessed things! Tom was in the fourth grade at school and even beyond that in afroe studies, wrote fairly well and was a bright boy, accord ing to his cousin. Miss Molly Blake, who was his teacher at the time of the tragedy. Tom Brown Takes No Interest. Ordln Eastman, Archie Hogue, Mrs. Blake and others Impeached the testimony of Charles Brown, who was the only other witness to the tragedy besides Tom. The latter was not put on the stand, hut sat during the entire trial, looking intently at the floor or resting chin on knee, tak ing ho apparent Interest In the case. NEW OREGON INCORPORATIONS Articles Filed With the Secretary of State at Salem. SALEM, Or., April 29.(Special.) Ar ticles of incorporation -were filed in the office of Secretary of State Dunbar this week as follows: Great Siberian Railway Company; principal office, Portland. Or.; capital stock. $20,000; Incorporators, Alpar M. Wheeler. C. A. Bell and X. C. Mcintosh. Spring Valley Telephone Company; princi pal office, Dairy. Klamath County. Or.;' cap ital stock, 510O0: Incorporators, C. TV. Sher man, Jr.. IV. L. Welch and Theodore W. Flackus. People's Bank; principal office, Sllverton. Or.; capital etock, $25,000; Incorporators, C. F. DeGuire, Nicholas Freres, O. L. Hatte berg. McD. Carpenter and Marlon Palmer. McEwen & Koskey, Inc.; principal office. Portland. Or.; capital stock, 1-5000; Incorpor ators, Herbert B. McEwen, Ida M. McEwen and John M. Koskey. Pendleton Meat Company; principal office, Pendleton, Or.; capital stock, $7500; lncor porators. William Caldwell, Nate Rains and John D. Brown. Mount Hood. Soap & Soda Company; princi pal office, Portland, Or.; capital stock, $5000; Incorporators, P. Feldman, F. Van Hoter and Louis Allenberg. New Era Paint & Varnish Company; prin cipal office, Portland, Or.; capital etock, $20 000; Incorporators. A. W. Martin, M. E Heath, Alfred R. Kelly and George B. Pul ler. Tho Lexington Investment Company; prin cipal office. Roseburg, Or.; capital stock. $10 000; incorporators, W. L. Cobb, J. F Tcxn plln and S. Hamilton. Oro Flno MInng Company; principal office. Portland. Or.; capital stock, $60,000; incor porators. S. Chase. J. F. Davics. Frank Malmqulst and M. B. Gwlnn. Lewis and Clark Laundry Company; prin .mc Portane Or.; capital stock. $2200; incorporators. R. c. Warlnner. R B. McClung and John TalU Open River Transportation Company; prin cipal office, Portland, Or.; capital stock. $100 000; incorporators. Henry Hahn, J. A. Smith and A. IL Devers. The Waldport Mutual Telephone Company; principal office. Waldport. Or.; capital stock. $250; Incorporators. E. Goln, J. W. Walker. J. H. Gllnes. Claus Ludemann, James Kent and David Ruble. Oregon City Board of Trade: principal office. Oregon City. Or.; capital stock, $3000; Incor porators. W. A. Huntley. O. W. Eastham and II. E. Cross. In Court at Qregon City. 4 OREGON CITY. Or., April 29.-(Special.) Divorce decrees were today returned by Judge McBrlde for Jennie A. McKee vs Frank M. McKee, and M. A. Ulrlch vs. Ferdinand Ulrlch. The name of Attorney C. Schuebel was stricken from the records as one of th defendants in the suit of Mary Horn vs" ? Hornshuh et al. Schuebel recovers his costs, and the other defendants will file answer in the suit, which has been brought to set aside the alleged fraudu lent transfer of property by Charles F Horn to Hornshuh. Upon filing a bond In the sum of $100. Dan May, who was yesterday acquitted of a charge of horsestealing by a Jury in the Circuit Court, was today released from the County Jail, where he had been con fined a number of weeks. The two re maining Indictments against May, Charles Decker and W. E. Milan, charging horse stealing, will be heard when tho court reconvenes. In June. Asphalt Bids at Seattle. SEATTLE, April 29.-StIrrat & Goetz, well-known contractors of this city, were the lowest bidders for the contract for paving the Renton Hill district of this city, their bid being J379.85L Other bidders were the Barber Asphalt Company, $379, 154; F. McClellan & Co., $390,500, and the Warren Construction Company, $109,458.50. The bid pf the. Barber Company was the -lowest, but there were Irregularities In It and it will probably be thrown Out. The successful bidder will be announced by the Board of Public Works on Tuesday. The Barber Asphalt Company has for years been the successful bidder for street paving In this city, and Stlrrat & Goetz announce that if they are given' this con tract they will erect at once an asphalt plant costing between $40,003 and $50,000. "Patience" Queen at Ashland. ASHLAND. Or.. April 23. (Special.) The most elaborate musical production ever attempted in Southern Oregon was Gilbert & Sullivan's opera, "Patience." rendered at the Opera-House In Ashland this week under the auspices of the South ern. Oregon State Normal School and the direction of Miss Esther Sllsby and Fred Moore, stage director. There was a chorus of 40 voices, and the costuming was a special feature, having been provided by leading op stumers of San Francisco. Clackamas School Exhibit,. OREGON CITY. Or., April 29.-SpecIal.) Superintendent ZInscr and assistants to day arranged the Clackamas County edu cational exhibit for the Lewis and Clark Fair. This exhibit will consist of 20 vol umes, each having 200 pages. In addition to this manuscript work, there will be considerable manual productions of a high order, principal among which will be ar ticles manufactured of raffia. The exhibit will be completed and forwarded to the Exposition next week. State Money In Many Banks. BOISE, Idaho. April 29. (Special.)" The State Board of Deposits held a meeting today and authorized the Treasurer to-deposit $165,000 of state funds in 22 banks In various parts of the state. The amount is $10,000 in some cases and $5000 Jn others. The rate of interest was fixed at 2V4 per cent. This is to be paid, on dally bal ances, the money being subject to check. High School Pupils Give a Play. OREGON CITY, Or.. April 29. (Special.) The pupils of the Barclay High School very creditably presented "Rip Van Win kle" at Shlvely's Opera-House tonight be fore a crowded house. About 30 young people participated In the production. An Attack of Croap Warded Off. "Our' little girl, two and one-half years old, wokb up coughing with the croup one evening recently. We hap pened to have some of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand and gave her two doses of It. She went back to sleep and woke up next morning with out a trace of cold. It Is certainly a great medicine," says A. J. LuirinblH editor of Star, Villa Rica, Ga. An at tack of croup can always be warded off by giving this remedy as soon as the croupy cough appears. It has been in use for many years and has never been known to faiL It contains no opium or other harmful, drug and may be given to the smallest child with perfect confidence. For sale by all drturcists. SHOT BY MflRSHftL Prairie City Bartender Re sented Interference. TRIES TO REACH A DOCTOR Ernest "Hickman Walks Two Blocks, but Drops in Front of the Physician's Office, and Soon Dies. PRAIRIE CITY. Or.. April 29. (Soe cial.) City Marshal W. H. Lucy shot: ana killed Ernest Hickman this morn Ing at 2:45, in Lem Woods'- saloon at Prairie City. There? were present nine persons. All were drinking but neither Hickman nor Lucy was drunk. Two of those present quarreled, when the Marshal said: "Cut it out." Then Hickman, a bartender, threw his arm across the breast of the Mar shal and pushed him back, said "Never mind, I am running this house." Then the Marshal shot. The two men were clinched at the time. Hickman said: "For God's sake take him off. I must go to the doctor, I am shot." The bartender walked to the doctor's office, about two blocks, but fell on the sidewalk outside the doctor's house. He was carried home, directly across the street from where he fell, where he expired about an hour after the shoot ing. Mother Learns the News. OREGON CITY, Or., April 29. (Spe cial.) Mrs. John Hickman, of this city, today received a telegram announcing the sudden death of her second oldest son, Ernest Hickman, at Pralrlo City, Grant County. The deceased was a former resident of Oregon City and Is survived by . a wife and several chil dren WILLIAMS IS VERY CALM. Murderer of Alma Xcsbllt Says He Expected the Nevis. THE DALLES. Or., April 29. (Spe cial.) Neva that the Supreme Court had upheld the findings of the Circuit Court against him was announced to Norman Williams, the convicted mur derer of Alma Nesbltt, In the County Jail this afternoon. Wjillams took the announcement very quietly, showing little or no emotion. When Deputy District Attorney F. W. Wilson, accompanied by. Sheriff Sex ton and Marshal Wood, entered Wil liams cell and told him he had some thing to say to him. Williams, who was writing, tarncd quickly, saying: "I know It" Later he remarked that since, yesterday he had had a forebod ing that such a message was on the way from Salem. After the news was broken to him Williams, with nerffto.t calmness, put aside his writing mate rials and asked If tne officers wished him to do anything. He was Immediate ly moved to another cell, his clothes being changed and carefully .searched before he was locked In. Thus far Williams has shown the ut most COmnOSUre and lat this nrtornnnn asked that Father Deparais, the resl- aenc uaiuonc priest, who has visited him heretofore, might be sent for. He also assured the officers that he should give them no trouble. The twice con victed man will now have 20 days in which to move for a new hearing be fore the Supreme Court. At the end of that period, should no motion be filed, he will be sentenced and the date for execution, which will take place in this city, be set by Judge Bradshaw. CARNEGIE IS COMMENDED. Dr. Jordan Says the Professor Emeritus Should Be Cared For. SAN FRANCISCO. April 29. (SpeclCl.) President David Starr Jordan, who Is one of the board of trustees named to handle the great fund established by An drew Carnegie for the care of the aged educators of the United States, Canada and Newfoundland, today issued a state ment in which he declared the plan must result in great benefit tjo tho cause of education. He says: "Our universities recognize that the successful professor takes the vow of pov erty. Whatever his salary, the demands on him outrun It, and If he tries to make money, his success In doing so is at the expense of his usefulness as teacher or Investigator. Our universities, moreover, have undertaken more than they have means to carry out. The demand for higher education and especially for pro fessional training, far exceeds the right provision for It. Hence universities, as well as professors, whatever their in come, are poor; in fact, the needs of stu dents in every case far outrun the in come. "Yet roost universities wisely managed recognize that it is economical to treat generously the professor emeritus. To save him from worry in event of old ago and other disability Is to add greatly to his present usefulness. In making ade quate provision for retiring professors a certainty throughout the country, Mr. Carnegie has done a noble piece of work for American education. It will serve to bring better men Into the profession of higher education and will strengthen the hands of those now engaged In the work "As for ways and means, experience brings wisdom. Meanwhile, the admirable pension scheme at Harvard furnishes a safe point of departure." President Benjamin Ide Wheeler hear tily approves of the gift of $10,000,000 made by Andrew Carnegie to provide annuities for college professors, and which was an nounced this morning. The only regret felt hy President Wheeler Is that Mr. Carnegie did not see fit to Include the state universities as privileged to share In the munificent fund. MUST PAY TAX TO THE STATE Liberal University Was Organized for Profit. SALEM, April 29. (Special.) A cor poration organized for profit cannot claim exemption from the payment of the cor poration license tax, even though It be organized for the purpose of conducting an educational Institution. This is the holding of .Attorney-General Crawford In an opinion rendered today In answer to a question from Secretary of State Dunbar. The question arose over the request of the Liberal University, of Sllverton, to be exempted from payment of the license tax. Attorney-General Crawford says that if the corporation had been organ ized for the purpose of conducting an ed ucational institution, with provisions m-e- ventlng the corporation from being con ducted for profit, it would come within the exemption. The articles of Incorpora tion, however, show that It has the power to buy and sell Teal estate, declare divi dends to" its stockholders, etc.t which lat ter provision take It out of the exemp tion class. The Attorney-General also holds that It makes no difference whether an educa tional Institution be organized under the general corporation laws or under the act for the organization of charitable, educational and religious Institutions. The controlling question Is whether the Incor porators or managers are precluded from reaping any pecuniary gala. O. It. & Jf. SUIT IS COMING UP Supreme Court lo Pass on Umatilla's Claim for Taxes. PENDLETON, Or., April 29.-(SpecIal.) The Spring session of the State Supreme Court will convene in this city Monday, May 1. There are 16 cases on the docket, chief amcng which Is that of the O. R. & N. Co., plaintiff and appellant, against Umatilla County, respondent The case grew out of the alleged unjust assessment "made upon tho company's property in this county in 1904, and upon being taken to the Circuit Court judgment was rendered In favor of the county. By appeal the case Is now to come before the State Su preme Court. The appellant's brief contains 155 pages, 250 citations of law and 39 assignments of error, being a writ of review of tho le gality of the case and touching upon the record of the lower court. Among other things, the appellant contends that the as sessment roll was not made up properly, that the property of the company was not definitely described. that the "O. R. & N." dpes not necessarily mean "The Oregon Railroad Ss Navigation Company." that no valid estimate and levy had ever been made. The appellant attacks the manner of the assessment, and docs not plead for a reduction of the tax, but asks that the case be set entirely aside on the grounds above stated. In answer to the appellant's writ of re view the county contends that the assess ment was legal, that the description of the property was explicit, that the pro ceedings of the County Court were suffi cient to form a legal basis for the collec tion of the -tax assessed upon the com pany's property. Attorneys for the appellant are W. W. Cotton and Arthur C. Spencer, of Port land, and Carter & Rales', of Pendleton, while the respondent Is represented by DIstrct Attorney G. W. Phelps and Judge James A. Fee of Pendleton. Snohomish Mining Exhibit. EVERETT. Wash.. April 29. (Special.) George Clark is today packing an ex hibit for the Lewis and Clark Exposition which will demonstrate to the fullest ex tent the mining possibilities of Snohom ish County, and will especially show what has been done In the Monte Cristo, Sultan and Index districts. The space for the exhibit will occupy ten by 30 feet, divided equally between the three districts. Each one will be shown up in detail and in the Monte Cristo district there Is a miniature mine, tramway, stamp mill, cabins and. in fact, all the paraphernalia used to bring ore from the earth to the railroad and re duction works. The other two districts are equally well set forth and1 It Is ex pected that the exhibit will prove es pecially Interesting to visitors at the Ex position. Sue State for Salaries. OLYMPIA, Wash.. April 29. (Special.) In the name of Joseph Merchant, the seven deputy state o'll inspectors ap pointed by State Dairy Food and Oil In spector E. A. McDonald, under the pro visions of the law of 1903, have brought sx'lt for the salaries earned by them, whjch salaries were never paid by the State Auditor, for the reason that no ap propriation was ever made by the Legis lature for that purpose. The combined claims amount to a little over 51000. The claims have all been assigned to Mer chant, who was also a deputy oil Inspec-' tor. iMcDonald also has a claim in this action foj $17 on hlpIast month's salary In the month of March prior to his resignation. yhe appropriation having run short that umount. , Elected by Stanford Students. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 29. (Special.) Annual election of student-body officers took place Thursday, and In the division of spoils several Oregon men se cured handsome portions. E. P. Stott, tho well-known Portland athlete, was chosen one of tho eight members of the student athletic committee, whose duty it is to superintend the earning on of sports and to reward properly those participat ing. On the executive committee of the stu dent body, the most Important and Influ ential committee in college, the Oregon delegation will be represented by two men H. E. Savage, of Salem, and K. L. Fenton, of Portland, the former represent ing the class of 1903, the latter, the class of 1503. Eight-Hour Day In State Office SALEM, Or.. April 29. (Special.) State Printer J. R. Whitney and the local print ing offices today put Into effect the eight hour day for all employes of the com posing and mechanical departments. Nine hours have constituted a day's work heretofore. The International Typograph ical Union established a rule some time ago making eight hours a day's work after January 1, 1906. Employes of print ing offices here will get the benefit of this change eight months before the date set by the International Union. The conces sion was given voluntarily by the Salem offices. Fined for Selling Liquor. ALBANY, Or.. April 29. (Special.) Dep uty District Attorney Gale S. Hill went to Lebanon last evening and caused the ar rest of Andy Jennings, charged with sell ing liquor In Lebanon In violation of tho local option liquor law, that precinct hav ing gone "dry" at the election held last June. The warrant was sworn out In Justice Lovelee's court. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, and was given the minimum fine of $50, this being hi3 first offense. Hit by an Oregon City Car. OREGON CITY. Or., April 29. (Special.) An Oregon Water Power & Railway Company's passenger car this morning ran into the wagon of William Robinson, an aged Clackamas County farmer, in this city, violently throwing to the pavement Mr. Robinson, who was In the act of mounting his wagon. Mr. Robinson sus tained a fractured rib and was seriously bruised about the head and body. Hood River to Get the Mill. EUGENE, Or., April 29. (Special.) The present owners of the woolen mill here, Messrs. Wright and Wilbur, of Union, have no Intention of putting the mill ia operation, as was reported at the tima they made the purchase last Winter from tho receiver, Instead, It Is now learned the mill will be moved to Hood River, where the citizens are to take stock In the concern to the amount of. $20,000. Woolen Mill at Stayton. SALEM. Or., April 29. (Special.) The Stayton Woolen Mills Company wag In corporated today Jjy S. PhillppI, F. Car ter and W. F. Freres. The capital .stock Is $100,000 and the company proposes to operate a woolen mill at Stayton, Marlon County. . New Bank in Sllverton. SALEM. Or., April 29. (Special.) The People's Bank, of Slh-erton, has been Incorporated- with a capital stock of $25,000. The Incorporators are:. C. F De Gulre, Nicholas Freres. 0.L. Hattebersr. McD. Carpenter and "Marlon Palmer. PLENTY OF LIFE Yamhill Referendum Commit tee Denies Near Demise. SIGNATURES IN ABUNDANCE Efforts Have Not Been Relaxed to Secure Signers to Petitions Sent Out Through f the State. M'MINNVILLE. Or., April 29. (Special.) W. S. V'Ren Is quoted as saying: that the referendum movement Is becoming quiescent, and that he Is only awaiting the final gasps of that expiring body known as tho Yamhill Referendum Com mittee In order to feel free to set on foot an initiative measure designed to cor rect the Normal School abuse. M. B. Hendricks, chairman of the referendum committee, made the following statement In answer to Mr. U'Ron's remarks: "The Yamhill Referendum Committee Is far from dead; Indeed. It Is keenly alive to the fact that Mr. U'Ren Is exceedingly anxious that 'the schools should be al lowed to use the money already appropri ated by the Legislature, having learned that to be his position at the time he called on the committee immediately after an interview with Senator KuykendalL The committee has nothing to say against Mr. ITRen's initlativo measure, but they wish It understood that they have not relaxed In their efforts to secure as large a number of signatures as possible to the referendum petition. "The necessary number has already been secured, although a few who have circulated the petitions have been negli gent In sending them to the committee. It appears that the wish may be father to the thought that the referendum move ment Is becoming quiescent." HUSTLE FOR VOTERS' NAMES Thorough Canvass Is Being Made In Linn County. ALBANY, Or., April 29. (Special.) With but 17 days left In which to hold up payment of the big appropriation bill passed at the recent session of the Oregon Legislature, supporters of the referendum movement in Linn County are evincing Increased effort. The coun ty Is being thoroughly canvassed for signers of tho numerous petitions that are out, and men have been sent Into the rural districts. As a result, close to one-fourth of the entire number of sig natures required to refer the bill have beea secured In Linn County, and are now on Ale In the office o fthe County Clerk. Senator M. A. Miller, of Lebanon, who Is fathering the movement in Linn County, was in Albany yesterday with another grist of petitions that had been liberally signed. He stated that peti tions were yet to come In from Syra cuse, Lacomb and Sweet Home pre cincts, and- that people In those pre cincts were reported to heartily favor the referendum movement. He estimat ed the total number of names that will be secured In Linn County at 1200 or 1300, At the present time the County Clerk has certified to 931 signatures to the petitions, and his deputies were work ing on petitions today that will swell the total to close to 110d, If too many are not thrown out. The average of names that fall "to meet the requirements of the law gov erning signatures to referendum peti tions Is between 10 and 15 per cent in Linn County. These defects In signature are due to many causes. The law re quires that petitions shall be in regular form, and fixes the number of signa tures that may be affixed to each peti tion at 20. In many Instances, those who are circulating the petitions have failed to follow the directions of the law, by signing a new paper when one Is full, but have simply pasted a sheet of paper on the bottom of the full sheet, and contiaued the signatures. Although the County Clerk will send In these lists In the form In which ho receives them, after certifying to those names which appear on the' last registration books of the county, yet there are many who think all names over 20 which appear on each petition will be thrown out by the Secretary of State when they reacn his hands. Some even intimate that the entire petition will be invalidated by this breach of the express directions of the law. Many names ore thrown out because the signature does not tally with any on the registration books or the county. Many men who signed their full name when registering, sign tho petition with initials only preceding their surname. These signatures are generally thrown out by the Clerk. Although there la every indication that the signatures on the registration books and on the petl- THE MOST POPULAR SUITS TODAY Are unquestionably the , handsome 3-button double-fireasted Blue Serge and Gunnletal Gray An early inspection will convince you that-our lines ofthe - above are- most complete. Spring and Summer Suits $15 to $30 Outing Suits v . $10 to $20 t Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. tlon wero made by the same man, yet similarity of writing cannot overcome dissimilarity of name, and the signa tures are lost. Then there are any number of signa tures on the petitions which do not ap pear on the registration books at alL These men failed to register last Spring, contending that the registration law Is a hoax, and was passed merely to add more red tape to voting. These men did not realize that they were throwing- away the referendum privi lege when they failed, through negli gence or by Intent, to register when the books were open to registration, and yet those very men who would not register are the very ones who are most anxious to assist In referring tho big $1,000,000 appropriation bill to the peo ple at the next biennial election. However, with all the defective sig natures and other causes that cut down the number of petitioners in Linn Coun ty, this county will furnish much more than her quota to the referendum movement. About 4500 signatures must be secured to the referendum petition if the appropriation Is to be referred to the people, and Linn County will fur nish one-fourth of this number. If Yam hill. Washington, Polk and Multnomah furnish names In like proportion, the rbference of the bill Is assured. It was stated today that the petitions will not be sent In to the Secretary of State's office until May 17, the last day for filing such petition. The next day the time Is up, and the bill becomes a law tho same as If an emergency clause &KJSJV U Li We Inherit The tainted blood of ancestors lays upon the shoulders of innocent offspring- untold suffering hy ftransfnitting to them, through the blood, that blighting disease, Scjxfula; lor in nearly every instance the disease can be traced to some family blood trouble, or blood-kin marriage which is contrary to the laws" of nature. Swelling, ulcerating glands of the neck, catarrh, weak eyes, sores, abscesses, . , , . , , ..... . ' :f cxn Scrofula appeared on the head of my little skin eruphpns, white swell- dchUd only l8 m0ntbsold, and spread wg, hip disease and other rapidly over her body. The disease next attacked deformities, with a wasting the eyes and we feared she would lose her sight, of the natural strength and It was then that we decided to try S. S. & That vitality, are some of the ways medicine at once made a speedy and complete this miserable disease man- cure. She ia now a young" lady, and has never ifesta itself. The poison had a sign of the disease to return, transmitted through the X5S. 5th St, Salina, Kan. Mrs. R. Bhrkly. blood pollutes and weakens that health-sustaining fluid and in place of its nutritive qualities fills the circulation with scrofulous matter and tubercular deposits, often resulting in consumption. A disease which has been in the family blood for generations, perhaps, or at least since the birth of the suf sss proves, the symptoms all pass away, there is a sure return to health, the dis ease is cured permanently while posterity is protected. Book on the blood And any advice wished, furnished by our physicians, without charge. 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Hydrocele, Kid ney and Liver troubles cured without MERCURY OR OTHER POISONING DRUGS. Catarrh and rheumatism CURED. Dr. Walker's methoJs are regular and scientific. He uses no patent nos trums or ready-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent free to all men who de scribe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered in plain envelope. Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address DR. WALKER, 181 First Street, Corner Yamhill, Portland, Or had been attached to It. An ardent worker for the reference of the bill stated today that on May 17 there would be over 5000 names filed with the Secretary of State. He stated that over 2000 signatures had been secured In Multnomah County already, where the petitions are being quietly circu lated; that Yamhill would furnish more than 1000, Washington several hundred. Polk a like amount, and that some of the Southern Oregon Coast counties and one or two counties in Eastern Ore gon would furnish plenty of names to allow a margin for the pruning knife of Secretary of State Dunbar. Murderer Sued for Damages. SAN FRANCISCO. April 23. A, remark able suit was filed In the Superior Court today, when a murderer, Joseph Smith, was sued for $25,000 damages for commis sion of the crime. Mathew McGowan. whose son, Joseph E. McGowan. was killed by Smith on No vember 26. 1901. brings the action. Smith was found guilty a few days ago of mur der In the second degree for the killing of McGowan. He Is now awaiting sentence. Smith Is supposed to be worth about $100,000. k Leaves Newspaper for .Railroad. SALT LAKE CITY, April 23.-Kenneth C. Kerr, railroad editor of the Tribune, has been appointed traveling passenger agent of the San Pedro. Los Angeles &. Salt Lake Railroad, with headquarters here. ferer, requires constitutional treatment. S. S. 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