TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JANUARY 19, -1903.
PRIMARY GULLED
California Republican Voters
Will Declare Their
Choice.
TAFT MEN ARE HEADED OFF
State Committee Avoids Indorse
ment hy Calling Primary Bat
tle.; Bet ween ' Taft and For
aker Extends to Coast.
SAN KRANCISCO- Jan. 18. (Special.)
At a meeting of the California State Cen
tral Committee of the Republican party,
held in the St. Francis Hotel today, a
decision was reached to allow the people
In unofficial primaries to express their
choice for ther Presidency. The candi
date indorsed by the 'people -at these pri
maries will pe the choice of the Repub
lican delf-Kation. to the. National conven
tion. This me.thpd was chosen as a
compromise between the element de
manding an' indorsement for Secretary
Taft and tha antl:Taff . element.
Heads SOff Taft Resolution.
The Llncoln'-Rooseveit League had one
member on . the committee. Colonel
Forbes, of Maryfvllle.- and he was pre
pared to farce- , the Taft - indorsement
over the heads of the machine men. To
block this plan.. Georfee Stone, the state
chairman, 'introduced the resolution pro
viding for the unofficial primaries.. These
primaries will take place on May 2. to
be followed on May. 5 by the selection of
delegates to the state convention.
The machine, however, refrained from
an Out-and-out indorsement of President
Roosevelt, confining Itself to a declara
tion of faith, "in the policies of the ad
ministration." Glad to Compromise.
The Lincoln-Roosevelt League has al
ready Indorsed -Mr. Taft for the Presi
dency. (Jolonel Forbes went to the meet
ing of the iState Central Committee to
day prepared to- force the committee to
go on record ,in -regard .to Mr. Taft.
When thetirneVarrie, he drew' out of his
pocket his Taft' resolution and was about
to spring Mt. when- Mr: Stone left the
chair abruptly and took the floor. Mr.
Stone then: Introduced the resolution for
the primary .vote. After a brief discus
sion. Mr. Forbes agreed to. the resolu
tion as '.a 'compromise and It v. t
through unanimously.
When Colonel Forbes asked Tor a bet
tor Indorsement of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr.
Btone ruled that the President had "al
ready been Indorsed."
Fight of Taft and Anti-TafU
The Lincoln-Roosevelt League will now
make a fight throughout the state for
the Indorsement, of Mr. Taft. The ma
chine will fight Mr. Taft, but has kept to
Itself the name of the candidate- It de
Hires to indorse, although It la reported
that Foraker Influences are at work.
BUZZING IN HUGHESV CAP
(Continued from First Page.'
thinks Senator Foraker was within his
rights when he-resented so-called Federal
Interference. Thjs does not mean that
Mr. Cortelyou. Is entirely . in. sympathy
with what Mr.iForaker has done, but it
does mean that the;. Secretary of the
Treasury considers administration In
fluence In a Presidential campaign wrong
and against the spirit of American Insti
tutions. Mr. Cortelyou has no thought of disloy
alty to the administration, but he stands
for freedom from administrative in
fluence. Bluntly speaking, the truth
seems to be that Mr. Cortelyou objects
only to what he thinks Is the Adminis
tration's attempt to give the color of its
views to the American people with the
Idea of Influencing their votes.
Admired for His Frankness.
Stories that have been published during
the week about the resignation of the
Secretary have been wide of the mark,
lie has had no thought of resigning. He
has spoken his mind freely to the Presl-dent.-and
ue President likes a man who
comes up to the mark and shoots
straight.
There la not any doubt at all that Mr.
Cortelyou has told the President that be
is at puts with him on the proposition of
nominal Indorsement of one member of
his cabinet for the Presidency. Mr.
Roosevelt, without doubt, has told Mr.
Cortelyou he admires him .for the opinion
he has expressed. The result Is that two
men of pronounced opinions are "con
trariwise" In their views of the case,
but there is no other man living who so
much admires a man who sticks to his
opinion as does Mr.. Roosevelt. -.
3VEARLY ALL ARE FOR TAFT
Seventy-three Ohio Counties Accept
Committee's Primary Call.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 18. A . state
ment given out at the Taft headquar
ters In this city tonight says:
"Including the counties which acted
today, calls have been Issued by the
Republican committee In 7S counties,
providing for the election under the
full provisions of the call of the state
central Committee of 716 out of a total
of 815 delegates.
"In over half the counties, including
most of the large ones, and represent
ing over 800 delegates, Taft has been
formally Indorsed -by county commit
tees. Taft tickets of delegates are In
the field everywhere. Lake County,
where an independent ticket Is
promised In opposition to- the Taft
ticket, furnishes the only opposition
known Lake County has four dele
gates." SAFE AXD SAXE CONFERENCE
Anti-Bryan Democrats Will Work
for Conservative Platform. -
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. It was learned
late tonight that a conference of old
line Democrats wlll:be held in this city
next Thursday to discuss and formulate
a programme to be followed in case
William J. Bryan is again nominated
for the Presidency. Among the con
ferees, -it Is said, will be Governor
Hoke Smith,- of Georgia; Governor
Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia; John
McGraw, chairman of tho Democratic
state committee of West Virginia;
V Richard Olney, of Massachusetts; D. f
Cady HerricK, and otner prominent
Democrats? '
The aim of those who are behina i
this conference is to obtain the adop-
tion by the Democratic National Con- I
vention of a conservative platform ac
ceptable to-the business interests of
the country. ' To a certain extent these
men are reckoning on the choice by
the Republicans -of a candidate dictated
by President Roosevelt, and so commit
ted to a continuation of his policies.
If the moving' spirits of this confer
ence can have their way, there will be
adopted on Thursday or at subsequent
meetings resolutions pledging all the
conferees to work for a platform ab
solutely "safe and sane"- and -a candi
date who would stand on such a plat
form without reserve. .
-.Organizing for Bryan.
OMAHA, Jan. la-Mayor James C.
Dahlman, Democratic . National Commit
teeman, for Nebraska, -will have active
control of the movement to organize the
Bryan .voters., . He . said today that steps
were being taken . to organize the Bryan
voters in every precinct In the United
States.- He -believes that by the middle
of July, the : organization will be ready
to ; take up the . campaign all over the
country and make, an active canvass In
every state . of the. Union. The Mayor
stated that the Bryan managers would
depend to a large extent on this organi
zation to provide a campaign fund to be
used by the National Committee the com
ing FalL
Bryan to Visit East.
LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 18. William J.
Bryan will leave tomorrow on an extended
tour, visiting Chicago, Covington, Ky
Nashville, Birmingham, Washington, D.
C, Philadelphia, several cities In Dela
ware. New Jersey and New York, To
ronto ADd Montreal. He will be gone a
month.
Young Candidate Tor Governor.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 18. Attorney
General B. T. Young announced today
his candidacy for Governor on the Re
publican ticket.
OBEY THE JULES DF
AMERICAN INTERFERENCE AT
- HAYTI JUSTIFIED.
Hayti Herself Forms ' Definite L-aw
at Peace Conferences Quiet
' at Port au Prince.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Mr. Leser.
the Haytlan minister, was at first dis
posed today to regret that American
Minister Furnlss and Commander Marvell
of the Eagle should have Interfered in
Hayti to the extent of protesting against
the summary bombardment of the re
bellious forces in St. Marc and Gonaives.
The State Department officials, nowwer,
pointed out that this protest was entirely
In the line of the rules of war in modern
times, and that the second Hague con
ference. In which Hayti was represented
by Minister Leger, had crystallized the
Indefinite law on this subject into pertna-.
nent international obligation by the gen
eral treaty prohibiting bombardments
Witnout proper notice.
The only news received from the scene
of the trouble today was a dispatch sent
to- the Navy Department by Commander
Marvell after he had reached ouanta
namo aboard the gunboat Eagle. He
said when the vessel left Port au Prince
Friday morning everything was quiet
there. The revolutionists ashore were
guarding the consulates . of the various
nations.
GIVE WARNING BEFORE FIRING
Haytlan Minister Insists on Bom-
' . barding Rebel . Towns.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. J. N. Leger,
the Minister from Hayti, had a long
talk with Assistant Secretary Bacon to
day In regard to the Haytien revolu
tionary movement. He said a reason
able delay would be granted before
the bombardment of the ports of Gon
aives and St. Marc, now occupied by
the Insurgents, which the Government
has threatened. Mr. Leger says the
bombardment will be directed against
the positions occupied by the insur
gents and not necessarily against the
towns.
MANY ; DROWN SKATING
Venture on ,Thin Ice and Disappear
Beneath Surface.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Six boys lost
their lives In New Jersey today as the
result of venturing on thin and treach
erous Ice. At Newark, Gustave Hart
man. 10 years old, his brother, Louis, 9
years old. and Leo Smith, 10 years old,
were drowned In a pond. Arthur and
Harry Morgan, twins, 15 years old, and
Horace Weims, 12 years old. were drowned
at Tenafly.
BOSTON. Jan. 18. Four skating fa
talities were reported in New England to
day. At Webster, Peter Capletti, 22 years
old, and Miss Annie Marrier, 19 years of
age. disappeared after a skating trip to
Webster Pond, and are believed to have
been drowned.
Robert Armstrong, aged 12 years, was
drowned while skating on Crystal Lake,
In NewtonVllle. and Edward Tremalne,
aged, 13, was drowned in the Cocheco
River at Rochester. N. H., by breaking
through the ice.
SANS CLERKjJS ARRESTED
East Side Pharmacist Gives Good
Excuse and Is Released.
R. H. Dakin, who recently opened a
pharmacy at East Eleventh and Harrison
streets, was arrested last night on a war
rant sworn out by John M. A. Lane,
mvrplftrv of thA Orecon Pharmaceutical
Society, charging him with conducting . a !
pharmacy without having a registered
pharmacist In charge. Mr. Dakin said
he had only opened his place a
few days ago, and that he had
not filled any prescriptions, and was
advertising for a clerk, but had not yet
had time to engage one. He was re
leased on hia own recognizance, with a
warning that he should not sell any medi- I
clnes until after he had employed a qual
Ifled drug clerk-
Judge Receives Explosive.
CLEVELAND. Jan. 18. Judge - George
S. Addam. of the Juvenile Court. , today
received In his mall a stick of what ap
pears to be dynamite or solidified nitro
glycerine, six inches in length. There
was not mechanism to detonate the ex
plosive. Judge Addam opened the tube
in the courtroom, without having an idea
of its contents.
Power Companies Under Searchlight
NEW TORK. Jan. 18. Every electric
lighting and power company in New
York City will be subjected to an investi
gation by the Public Service Commission.
A resolution to this effect was passed by
the Commission yesterday.
T IS
E FAKER
Refers to "Redwoods of the Si-
erras,
to
and None Happen
Grow There.
CONFUSES TWO - SPECIES
Sequoia Gigantea Grows in'Moun
' tains, but Is Xot the Sequoia Sem
pervinens Which Grows on
the Pacific Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ' 18. (Spe
cial. ) Once more- hasT'President Roose
velt been accused . of "nature faking",
and thls ;time -the oharge comes-from
the women of the Outdoor vArt League,
and the painters and poets of .Cali
fornia., '.In the ; January. issue., of
Scribner's. the President refers to the
Sequoias and Redwoods of the Sierras.
Now the California naturalist, ': poets
Humorist Confined to His Room i
With Severe Cold.
NEW YORK. Jan. 18. Samuel
L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Is ill -with
a severe cold, at his home.
No. 2 Fifth avenue. Although
Mr. Clemens' condition Is not at
All serious, he Is confined to his
room and under the .care of a
physician.
and painters say that the Redwoods
do not grow In the Sierras. The Se
quoias grow there, but the Redwood
sticks to the Coast, according to these
authorities.1 -The trees are of the same
family, but are separated, if the poets
and painters are correct, by hundreds
of miles. ' .
Mrs. Lovell White, president of the
Outdoor Art League, who has made a
special study of the flowers and trees
of the state, said the President has
made' a mistake. . " .- -
. "I .fear that -President Roosevelt is
somewhat mixed," said she. "He
failed to realize that the two species
of Sequoia dwell far apart. The Red
wood Is the Sequoia Sempervlrens and
its habitat Is the fog region of the
Coast. The Sequoia Gigantea Is
found In the Sierras, but the Redwoods
do not grow there." ,
Charles Keeler, who has sung in
verse of the wonderful trees, said that
he was satisfied that the President
erred.
"It is a common error," said Keeler.
"People do not differentiate between
the two species. The President in his
article evidently had In mind the Gi
ganteas and confused them with the
Sempervirens, or Redwoods."
William Keith, who has Immortal
ized the Redwoods in his wonderful
landscape paintings, did not desire to
call the President a nature faker, but
thought that perhaps in the haste of
writing the President had confused the
trees.
ST. PAUL WANTS MORE LID
Campaign Organized to Close The
aters Sunday by State Law.
ST. PAUL. Jan. 18. (Special.) The Law
Enforcement League, which successfully
closed St. Paul's saloons at 11 o'clock at
night on Sundays, has decided upon a
sound campaign for a lid on Sunday
theaters, and will begin its work at once.
The procedure will be similar to that fol
lowed in the early-closing movement, in
volving notice to city officials, after
which. If no relief is obtained, the mat
ter will be placed before the Attorney
General of Minnesota with a demand for
the enforcement of the state law and the
removal from office of all officials
charged with the enforcement of the law,
who -do -not yield to the demands made
upon them for the closing of theaters on
Sunday.
The latest movement of the lid cam
paigners has aroused much hostile crit
icism .and opposition, but may neverthe
less prove successful, since the state law
is plain and can be enforced If the Attorney-General
of Minnesota decides to take
the necessary steps.
CLARK BACKS THE MOVE
Indorses Montana Mineowners' War
on Smelter Trust.
HELENA. Mont., Jan. IS. Ex -Lien-ten
ant Governor A. E. Spriggs, member
of the executive committee of the Mon
tana Mineowners' Association, organized
here yesterday, tonight received a tele-
PRESIDED
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gram from ex-Cnited States Senator Wil
liam A. Clark,; dated New York, which
follows:.-. -..'.. j
I am glad to learn, that a strong or
ganization has been formed by the i
mineowners of the state. -Will be
pleased to accept position as-member
of the executive committee and do
what I can to promote the interest of .
the organization.
A similar message" was received from
H. L. Frank, the Butte 'millionaire, who
is In Cincinnati. ' I
HARVESTER TRUST IS FIXED :
Convicted of Violating Kansas Laws
i . - . . ..:
Against Monopoly. 1
-
' TOPEKA,". Kan., Jan., 18. Judge
Dana, -In the Shawnee County District 1
Court here today, assessed a fine of '
$12,600 against the International Har- ,
vester Company, which the court found j
guilty on "43 counts of violating the
Kansas antj-trust law. .' .
The maximum flne Is '$1000 a count,
and the minimum $100. '..." (
The criminal suit was filed 'a year
ago by Attorney-Generaf Coleman, who
contended that the Harvester- -Cdm-'
pany was being operated In Kansas in'
violation of the anti-trust laws. The
specific charge was, made by the state
that Implement dealers in Topeka were
compelled to sign a contract to handle I
no other harvesting machinery save i
that made by the International Har
vester Company and that the schedule
of prices was not to be violated.
The conviction 'was secured almost
entirely upon the admission in evidence
of a statement made by Cyrus McCor
mick, president of the Harvester Com
pany, at a meeting of Implement deal
ers In Kansas City, when he told of
the formation of the company and Its
purposes.
The case was heard before Judge
Dana December 2. The company was
given a stay of execution for 60 days
to prepare a case for the Supreme
-Court.
HMOS SHE MARRIES VALET
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN HISTORY
OF SIRS. JACK WIIiJIERDIXG.i
Woman Who ,1s Cousin of Gladys
Vanderbilt Discovered to Have-''
Eloped. With Menial.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. (Special.)
Another ' chapter to the wayward and
romantic life of Mrs. Jack C. Wilmerd
lng, great . .granddaughter of Commo
dore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and cousin
of Gladys Vanderbilt, was added to
day when It became known that the
man with whom tshe - contracted a
bigamous marriage in 1906 was a valet
Instead of the "gentleman of Independ
ent means" he represented himself to
be. ,
In the suit for absolute divorce,
which Wilmerding has Instituted
against his wife, which is set for trial
on the .same day as fhe marriage of
his wife's cousin to Codnt Szechenyl,
he charges that Mrs. Wilmerding con
tracted a bigamous marriage with
James Coates, a former valet of a
prominent Fifth-avenue clubman.
Through the taking of testimony In
London before a commission appointed
for that purpose, Charles Conlon. of
Coudert Brothers, discovered that the
man with whom Mrs. Wllmerfling is
now living was a. valet before,; her
marriage to him. and that their: ac
quaintance was very brief before, the
elopement. Wllmerding's attorney's In
London have advised his1 -coirnsel here
that the acquaintance" . 'was .'made
aboard the Cunarder Campania- while
en route from Liverpool.
AIDING THE CONSERVATIVES
Movement Looking to Taming Down
Revolutionary Socialism.
PARIS, ' Jan. 18. Two significant
events marking the growing termina
tion of the conservative classes to re
sist the encroachments of revolution
ary socialism, were observed here to
day. The first Is the Initial meeting
of the "commercial parliament."
The chief aim of this parliament is
to meet the Socialists on their ground
by promoting1' : joint action between
masters - and men. The second event
is the appearance In Paris today of a
weekly paper called Opinion, on the
model , of the London Spectator. The
purpose of this publication Is to mar
shal conservative -republican optnlqn of
all shades against the demands of col
lectivism', such "as premature aspira
tions for disarmament, etc The prime
movers in this movement are Paul Dou
mer, ex-president of the Chamber of
Deputies, ex-Premier Rlbot, and Alex
ander Millerand, ex-Minister of Com
merce. MUST PAY WIFE ALIMONY
Walter Prescott Williams, Clerk In
Land Office, Ordered by Court.
OKEGONIAN NEWS. BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 18. Walter Prescott Wil
liams, of Salem, Or., now clerk In ther
General Land Office, has been ordered by
the District Supreme Court to pay his
wife, Ella R. Williams, $40 a month
alimony, pending the termination of her
suit against him for limited divorce.
Mrs. Williams came to Washington
December 2V and soon afterward- Insti
tuted suit against her husband, who is
a legal resident of Salem. Williams, In
bis answer, denies the charge that he has
refused to aid In supporting his wife, but
admits that they have had differences
arising from financial matters of a trivial
nature. He says he receives $1600 from
his position In the Government . service
and owes considerable money. He alleges
he Is now confronted with $800 worth of
debts contracted by Mrs. Williams and
for which he is held liable.
MAKE EXCELLENT RUBIES
Test of - Artificial Gems Conducted
With Great Success.
BERLIN. Jan. 18. Some Interesting
tests of manufactured precious to.-ii
made in Germany took place at the
National History Museum in thiB city
today In the presence of Government
experts. Among 40 stones exhibited,
rubles were the most successful, being
of a remarkable beauty. Sapphires
were not successful.. Herr Fischer,
president of the German Society of
Jewelers, said he thought the manu
facture of rubles might become a busi
ness proposition.
CALLS SETTLERS TO PROVE
(Continued from First Page.)
A. R. Greene, directing Mr. Greene to
send E. w. Dixon, another special
agent, to investigate the alleged . vio
lations of. the land laws in Wheeler
County. In deciding that the corre
spondence could not be laid 'before tlr
jury, Judge Hunt held that the testi-
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O. W. T. Muellhaupt, Cashier.
mony the letter was calculated to dis
prove had not been Introduced.
Heney's Theory as to Letter.
Mr. ' Heney proposed to show by the
letter that the sending of a special
agent to Fossil, by ,the Interior De
partment was brought about through
the efforts of E. A. Putnam and other
settlers, and not! by the application of.
Hall, which counsel for the defense in
their' opening address to the jury an
nounced they would prove. :
The Hitchcock-Greene letter. In all
probability, will be offered . by ..the
Government later In the trial-following
any attempt of the defense to claim
for Hall the credit for finally secur
ing an Investigation of the alleged
Illegal fencing of : the Butte Creek
grazing lands.
( More Letters Discovered.
. Putnam resumed the stand yesterday
morning and concluded his story by tell
ing of the visit to Fossil in July. 1903, of
Special Agent Dixon, who Inspected the
enclosed land and ordered the owners to
remove the fences. Other letters that
passed between Putnam and Hall In
April. 1900, which had been found since
Friday, .-were offered during - the fore
noon, sessiom. snowing that Putnam had
described -to Hall the line of fenee by
which the Government property bad been
illegally enclosed. . One of these letters
also -enclosed the names of the incorpo
rators of the Butte Creek Land," Lumber
& Livestock Company.
At U o'clock Putnam was turned over
to the defense for cross-examination, but
questioning by Judge Webster developed
nothing of Importance except the admis
sion -of the witness that when he called
on Hall personally In July, 1902, Hall ap
peared Interested In assisting the settlers
In their fight against the Butte Creek
Company.
- Walton Corroborates Putnam.
D. M. Walton, a settler residing near
Fossil, was the next witness called by the
Government. In the main his testimony
was corroborative of that offered by Put
nam, and consisted largely of a descrip
tion of the alleged fraudulent homesteads
that had been filed by various persons
for the. benefit of the Butte Creek Com
pany. Witness also identified the . peti
tion, addressed to Secretary Hitchcock,
of the Interior Department, which he had
circulated. 'Walton said Putnam had
sent a similar petition to Binger Her
mann, Commissioner of the General Land
Office, in 1902, but had heard nothing
from it. Therefore he forwarded the pe
tition to Hitchcock a year later.
Under date of May 4. 1904, Walton tes
tified that he wrote to Hall saying that
he had heard nothing from Special Agent
Dixon and his report. He also Informed
Hall In this letter that the Butte Creek
Company had not opened any of the en
closed range and had not removed any of
the alleged illegal fences. He further
complained that because of a fence on
William Townsend's claim, which ad
joined land owned by Stelwer"s company,
the enclosure bad been completed, and
he and his neighbors were shut off from
the grazing lands.
Understanding With Hall.
Walton further alleged In his letter that
Townsend had told a neighbor, Ed Mor
gan, that he had an understanding with
Hall by which It "woula oot cost him a
cent If he did not remove the fence on his
land' '
This letter was - introduced, together
with the repiy from Hall, written May
13, 1904. In It Hall said that ne proposed
to prosecute the Butte Creek Company as
soon as he could secure the presence of
Special Agent Dixon, who had maae tne
Investigation of the alleged Illegal fenc
ing. Hall further declared that he would
also endeavor to take up the criminal
case against Townsend, and requested
Walton to tell Townsend that he (Hall)
had never told Townsend that It would
not cost him a cent, or that he would not
be prosecuted. Hall insisted that be had
told Townsend that if he would take his
fence down, and keep it down, it would
be better for him.
' Ordered Off or Ranch. ' ,
The witness testified tliat he was or
dered out of the enclosed pasture on Feb
ruary 7, 1S03. by Clarence B. Zachary,
foreman for the Butte Creek Company.
He explained that be was riding through
the pasture on his way to Fossil when
ordered, off tie premises. The reason he
selected that route, he said, was that it
was the-shorter way from his ranch to
Fossil. Court - here adjourned until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
-Great Sale Talk Machines.
There should be a talking machine in
every home in Oregon. A modern up-to-date
outfit can be bought during
the next few days at just about half
regular prices; see the announcement
of Eilers Piano House section one, page
seven of this issue, and take advantage
of it.
OLUMBIA Tailoring
j owes its stlendid sue-
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cess ana popularity to its
uniform and invariable hirh-
quality workmanship, reliability
of fabrics used, sutierioritv of stvle
attained, unusuallv
last and quite as important to most men
its extremely moderate cost. In Colum
bia made-to-measure garments there is
everything that can be desired by a dis
criminating dresser. The extraordinary
value offered now, during our Mid-Season
Clearance Sale, should prove irresistible
to every man in Portland.
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HUNTING jUUip MEN
ITALIAN LUMBERMEN OX WAR
PATH IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Blackmail Refused, Assassins Have
Fight and Whole Lumber Camp
13 on Their Trail.-
ELK INS, W. Vs., Jan. 18. Fired" by
the murder of one fellow-workman and
the wounding of three others last night
by four supposed members of the Black.
Hand, every lumberman at Ellsmore,
near here, has joined In a determined
hunt for two of the attacking party,
who got away, leaving one of their
number dead and another Injured.
A lynching is expected if the fugi
tives are caught. The dead and in
jured are Italians.
Four Italians last night gained ad
mission to a boarding house occupied
by six Italian, lumbermen. They tried
by threats to extort $600 from the lum
bermen. When the riemand was re
THE GRIP, PNEUMONIA, TY
PHOID AND SCARLET FEVER,
DIPHTHERIA
And other prostrating diseases Impov
erish and poison the blood and weaken
the whole system. "
Hood's Sarsaparilla Is clearly Indi
cated as the one remedy that will
create an appetite, aid digestion, neu
tralize the poison and vitalize and
purify the blood, raise the healthtone
to normal and make you well.
What It' Has Done for others you
may reasonably expect It will do for
you. We urge you to get it today and
begin at once to know the peculiar
medicinal virtues which, have made it
famous throughout the world.
It la the Host Economical medicine.
One hundred doses one dollar provee
it. true only of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
BIG CUT IN FINE
UMBRELLAS
At Meredith's Umbrella Factory, a
cut of 25 per cent on all colored Um
brellas in red,, blue, green, brown, car
dinal and wine, in plain and bordered
effects. A saving of 25c on the dollar.
20 per cent off all Umbrellas from
$7.00 up. Don't fail to take advan
tage of this great offer it won't last
long. For hard service, buy our rust
proof UMBRELLAS $1.50 UP
We re-cover umbrellas in all grades
of silk and gloria. We also do the
best repairing in town ' at popular
prices. The old reliable 20 years in
Portland.
MEREDITH'S
. TWO STORES
S12 Washington, Near Sixth.
993 Morrison, Near Tifth.
V
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satisfactory fit. and
7th and
Start
tl .il"i!"r'
fused, the visiting foreigners opened "
Are and closed In on the lumbermen
with knives. In the battle one- of the .
lumbermen and one of the assailants
were shot and etabbed to death. Four
others were frightfully Wounded. The
Italians who were not hurt were Anally
put toVont.
NO DISCOUNT SALE
NO CLEARING SALE
NO CUT-PRICE SALE
NO FAKE SALE .
NO OVERSTOCKED SALE
But positively selling Watches, Dia
monds and jewelry at lower prices
than other houses do at the above
sale. We only have one SALE and
that Is
Lowest Prices at All Times
Get our prices and see for your-:
self, before buying elsewhere. We
send goods C. O. D. with approval,
with privilege of examination be
fore saying for same. Engraving
free on all Watches.
Don't fontrt the No, 140 3d at. Jf
Mpeclal Mule here simply carrying
out onr business method of "Low
est Watch Prices at All Times.''
Here Are Some Watch Bargains
That are worth looking into. Prices
can't be beat:
Gents' 17-Jewel Elgin. Wai
tham or Hampden move
ment, 20-year case 811.95
Ladies' Elgin or Waltham
movement, 2J-year case.. 8.T5
Boys" Elgin or Waltham
movement, 20-year case.. 8.75
Gents' Elgin or Waltham '
m o v e m e nt, silverine or
nickel case, for - . 4.65
Ladies' Elgin or Waltham
movement, 14 - karat solid
gold case, for ; . 16.80
Boys' American-made,
movement, 'gold-filled case 5.40
Gents' 15 - jewel American
made movement. 20 - year -
case. . 8.65
Holsman Co.
14ft Third S., Near Morrison.
The Basleat Watch House In Port
land. Send for Our Catalogue.
Mailed Free.
EXPO RINK
NOTICE
A. De Caprip's
Famous Band
will furnish mn-
ejkj . f ' ' 1 ..... a.u.uwu U.U-
f ''tCj c afternoons 3
y fW 5, and eve-
: nings 8 to 10.30,
fck'sgr next week.
Monday. Night
LEAP YEAR KIGHT.
The Event of the Season.
Don't Mlaa It.
Old Remoljj. . Aew Frrrnv.
SKVEB TO FAIL.
Tarrant's Extract of Cababa aad
Copaiba in '
CAPSULES.
ThebuiefeM, quick ABdUurrouy UcuT for
gonorrhoea, gleet, white, etc
to take. eonmieofc to crrj. Fifty .
years uooeeei'ui tue. frioef1
lnfiiun tttreet. Fort la od, or by mail from (fat
Xrmn Co 44 HimUod tt 2iiv Yaxltv