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V THE SUXBA-OREGONTAX, PORTLAXm MARCH 1, 1908. aW M V TALK 0 F TAR IFF IKES IM Cannon Prodded Into Much Profanity. v . ABOUT PAPER PULP TRUST Did Not Know a D Thing t About It, He Says. BUT. BONAPARTE KNOWS Conference "With Ttsklder and Koose vcltieaves Speaker In Explosive Temper ction i'nder Sher- ' man Caw Is Probable. WASHINGTON', Feb'.' . rSpeclal:) It required several big "damn"- to enable Speaker Cannon -adequately to express hiii feelings today, when questioned as to tfhat Congress might do In the matter of V.e tariff on wood' pulp. "Uncle Joe" might favor a measure rt muzzle the nrrss, but as . for dotrar ; anything to re- nni'P thp Hlirviri AH tlla n- it'hila apcr under which publishers "are strug- 'inrr. Hnd in ni'.hlrli H miaUn t)a p!e who read ne'wspa'pers have a direct iulercet, nothing' doing In that line with the Bfge of Uajivtlle. ' " ' " ', ' The Speaker fiapp?na to be 'at the "While House this-rtiorn'thg when Herman Bidder, editor 1 or' the New1 Vork - Staats zoning and president of the American Publishers' Association. - was there. Mr. Bidder is hereto press the war against the print paper trust, and It was thought That, there had been a-conference which Included Mr. Cannon. The latter ad-.fiiittcd- he had talked with Mr. Rldder. -.kd'i anything would be done In Con gress on the subject of wood pulp, he sakl: Free With His Big, Big l's. "I don't know a damn thing about it. re Congress that T know of." Vh,n t h7, Rimm ktv wud'aenpt tliar tViA wepaper reaaers-pr-the- country, as well Hie newspaper proprietors. were in- TPgted in the matter, because it had i direct, bearing on the price of the dailies. the Speaker climbed Into his carriage, I and exolalme'il-:' -' ''-. "I haven't' a thing t'o say about it." "A word : from you would be of the greatest Interest," the Speaker was as- They'll not get .it from me: not a hi ""iii, mm uis carr.age aoor was . Trui-t May Be Prosecuted. rtr. Rldder visited the Department of stice as well as the White House to day. He has laid before Attorney-General Bonaparte additional facts to show that the trust is operating in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, and there is a strong probability that proceedings will shortly be Instituted against it as a re sult of Mr. Ridders work. MAY TrliV TIV PHnHlRITTIlV Democratic Plan-, of Revenge for Bradley's Election. ' - WASHINGTON. Feb.", 29. (Special.) Democratic, indigpatlon. aver tlw.bolt in the Kentucky Legislature, which, re sulted in the election of ex-Governor Bradley, the "Republican,, to the United States Senate, threatens a National prohibition movement . bn 'the.' part of' the minority ' party. ' This may sound strange In the North, but in the' South' prohibitory legislation has had Its support In Democratic ' quarters, and the. Southern Democrats' are' very 'in fluential in the councils' or their party. It was reported here today that three of the four .Deniocrats who bfllted'to Mr. Brklle are identified with the liquor mtrests In Louisville and that, possibly, they 'were coerced by the dls-' tlllerier -to vote for the Republican candidate. One of the immediate re taliatory results will be to push to the front more strongly than ever the bill to prevent reshipment of liquors In prohibition states and, if the meas ure is stifled in committee, Southern Democrats may try to get a declaration In favor of It In the National plat form to be drafted at Denver, hold the Ttepibllcans responsible for non-action this Winter and make the question an Issue In the campaign. It is pointed out by Democrats here that the Kentucky situation is particu larly calculated to occasion resent ment. .Not only has rt shown the ex tremity to which the liquor interests will go, but it Is declared to be a body blow to primary elections as a method vt determining' Senatorial nominees. Governur iSeckham won in the Demo cratic primaries, advocating prohibi tion for Kentucky. He was as much the nominee for the Senate as was their prlinai;y-chosen candidate for Govern or. The gubernatorial candidate was slaughtered bv the liquor interests, and finally four Democratic legislators were Induced to bolt. The distillery interesis In Kentucky are unusually strong and were driven to desperate means by the stand taken by the Beck ham oi-ganlxatfcin. MONTANA t SES THE INITIATIVE Measure . Ready to Submit Cnder Law for Fitst Time. HELENA. Mont., Feb. Petitions are being circulated throughout the state for submission to voters this Fall of first laws under the initiative and referen dum measure passed by the last Legis lature. These propose to give voters the right to d;;ermine their . choice . tor 1'nited States Senators and the informa tion to be conveyed to -the Legislature under seal of the Secretary of State; an r-mployes' liability law and a measure' making labor unions Immune from tn- junctions for peaceful conduct of dis putes with employers. FEAR OBJECT OF MOVEMENT Taft Adherents Think Bourne Would Bring About Clash. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 29. Much concern is re ported among Secretary Taft's friends over the Bureau Senator Bourne Is establishing to boom Roosevelt. Yes terday they brought the President's at tention to Senator Bourne's crusade, but were soothed with the assurance that Secretary Taft's nomination was already as good as accomplished, and mat the only concern the Taft men should feel was as to his election. Some of the Taft adherents declare that the so-called "second-elective term" movement Is really a reaction ary movement in disguise and that its sole purpose is to divide the admiuis-' tratlon forces and bring about a clash between the President and Secretary Taft, resulting possibly In the resigna tion of Mr. Taft from the Cabinet. Oklahoma District for Taft, GUTHRIE. Okla., Feb. 29. Reports received at the state capitol office from all over the First Congressional District state that Republican -conventions of every county in the district indorsed Secretary Taft. Ex-Congressman Flynn and Congressman McGuire have been generally indorsed in to day's convention for delegates-at-large to the Chicago convention. BEE AS HID TB E INSECTS TO PAY SCHOOLING OF - CALIFORNIA GIRL. Miss Flora Mclntyre Rears Queen ; Bees and Writes1 Magazine Arti cles About Their Habits. BERKELEY, Cal., Feb. 29. (Special. ) Skilled in the ways of the bee. Miss Flora Mclntyre, a Junior student of the Uni versity of California, is earning her way through college by rearing the . little honeymakers. She Is writing a number of magazine articles on the bee. These articles will be of the greatest scientific value, as the subject will be covered com pletely. Miss Mclntyre' has contributed a' number of articles for magazines deal ing witn special phases of the subject. Registered In the College of Letters at the University of California. Miss Mcln tyre, whose home is In Ventura, came to the university three years ago, and dur ing that time has made the industry of rearing queen bees provide funds for her education. The entomologists of the uni versity are much interested in her work and have frequently sought her advice on matters concerned with the rearing of the bee for its commercial value. JAPAN DEMANDS APOLOGY Rejects. Plan to. Submit Controversy to Mixed Tribunal. TOKIO. Feb. .29. The Japanese govern ment is maintaining a determined atti tude concerning the seizure of the Tatsu Maru, and' demands, both an apojpgy and an indemnity from China.'. The Chinese Foreign Office" wants' to submit' the. en tire question to a mixed -court. Tills is refused by the Japanese government un less the vessel has first been released and an apology, made for an insult to the flag. - ' ' ' It appears that the Tatsu Maru was regularly cleared from Kobe with a con signment of arms and ammunition for Macao. The Portuguese Minister at Pe kln supports tne contention of Viscount Hayashl, the Japanese Minister of For eign Affairs, that the vessel waa seized within Portuguese waters. It is believed here among officials that the Chinese will finally yield to the de mands of Japan. It is said by the Japanese Foreign Of fice that no ultimatum has been issued and that the sailing of the Japanese cruiser Idzumi for Hongkong Is not In tended as a threat. It is quite evident, however, that the Japanese will resort to force unless their demands are conceded within a reason able time. BRITAIN ANGRY WITH JAPAN Obstruction to Trade In Manchuria Causes Distrust. SHANGHAI, Feb. 29. There is a grow-in- la-D In RvtricVi rtnmmnnliil circles i .r'-" "11.'" . ;: On Ule t-IMiie waai ui nn: guiuc iunvj of the Japanese government in the Far East, and of recent months there has been a succession of complaints regard ing the obstruction of foreign trade In Manchuria. This particularly affects the British steamship companies, and offi cials of these lines say that obstacles are placed in the way of their steamers go ing to Port -Dalny. The opposition of Japan to. the extension northward of the Hsin Min Tun Railroad, also Is adversely criticised here, it being .contended that her sole object In his regard Is to elim inate any "possibility of opposition to her lines In ' Manchuria, : Great Britain is now negotiating at To klo on the question' of trademarks, - and one newspaper says: "It is difficult to convince Japan that no satisfactory solution can be construct ed upon the existing laws, which are at variance with the commercial morality of civilized nations." It is considered essential In English circles here that Great Britain should press new trademark laws upon Japan. RUSSIA'S VERSION OF BIG STICK Thinks Cavite Naval Station Means Warning to Japan. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. ,2S. The Novoe Vremya today devotes one of its leading articles to the American piths for the fortification of Manila, which It believes will convert Cavite Into the most powerful naval base on the Pacltic and enable the United States to insist jipon an actual as well as a theoretical realization of the open .i . i uanhiiHn dm t in uin sr. the ! paper says the denial of the report UIHl 4 L IB 1 .. . President Roosevelt to raise this ques tion merely exemplies its conviction that "soft words are a corollary to the policy of the big stick. When the Manila works are completed, the doors of Manchuria will fly open. to. America's open sesame." I I Send Submarines to Manila. ! art-tv- vnnk Fh 4S Thp United States collier Caesar Is at the New York navy yard, where she will be over hauled and fitted up to carry to the Philippines two submarine tor pedo boats, which are to be a part of the permanent defenses of Manila. The boats which are to go to the Philip pines are the Plunger and the Porpoise, both of which are also at the navy yard undergoing extensive repairs. For the completion of the Damascus Rail av Hue to Mecca $a.60O.0O0 more will be needed. 'The labor bill is belna: reduced by the emuloyment of 30oe aoldte.ro on the vork of construction. It la expected that tbA Mm will h. rAmoliiUul in thrM raax. OFF FROM CM Fleet Sails on Long Voyage to .Magdalena Bay. PERU'S KINDLY FAREWELL President Pardo Reviews Departing Ships and Steamerloadsv of En thusiastic People Follow Ships Into Open Ocean. . ADMIRAL EVANS RECOVERING. WASHINGTON." Feb. 29. Admiral Evans, commanding the .battleship -flset. today cabled his wife in thin city Yerardtne; his health. "Improving steadily. Rumors to contrary."' untrue." The A.dmlrar has been reported as suffering with rheumatism. CALLAO, Feb. 29. The American fleet sailed today for Magdalena Bay. in Low er California, a territory of Mexico. Sig nals went up from the Connecticut, the flagship, this morning, and shortly after ward the battleships were steaming slow ly out to the ocean for the long run to their next stopping place. The fleet described a semicircle, the treat white ships moving to the south west, and, when, they passed the Peru vian cruiser Almirante Grau, from which President Pardo and the officers of state viewed the departure, each of the war ships fired a salute of 21 guns. The cruiser replied whenhe Connecticut was passing, and there was a dipping of flags from the other vessels in the harbor, and a ringing farewell from the thousands who had gathered to watch the ships of a friendly nation as they swung majes tically out to the open sea. The steamer Cachapoal, crowded with spectators, accompanied the fleet for some distance from shore, but as the battle ships gathered speed, she was left astern, with the enthusiastic Peruvians still watching and waving flags and handker chiefs. Thousands of sightseers on points of vantage on land witnessed the mag nificent and imposing scene. The next stopping place of the fleet Is Magdalena Bay, where, according to schedule, the vessels will arrive March 14. The distance from Callao to Magda lena Bay is 3012 nautical miles. The dates for the departure from Magdalena Bay and the arrival at San Francisco have not been definitely determined, as those depend upon the completion of the target practice at Magdalena Bay, which will probably occupy 30 days. ; There are no wireless telegraph stations on the coast of South and Central Amer ica between Callao and the next stopping place, and the fleet, therefore, will not be able to communicate by this means. This is the longest .lap of the long voy age, and unless news of the passage of the warships' Is brought ashore by some passing ; steamer, the ; vessels- probably, will .not be heard from again until they approach Magdalena -Bay. The. fleet left Hampton Roads December. 16, and made its first stop In South America at Trini dad, December . 23. yTMve days' sailing from Callao -will bring Panama abeam, and the vessels ' will then be practically clear of South America. Counting the long stops made, at Trinidad, Rio, Punta Arenas and Calao, they have made the circuit of South America in approximate ly 73 days. Busy Times at Mare Island. VALLEJO, Cal., Feb. 29. The presence of large cruisers on the Coast has mate rially increased the work at Mare Island Navy Yard, from which all stores and provisions are being issued. Owing to the orders for the Washington and Tennessee to sail South today, all requisitions for these ships have been filled under rush' orders. Over 120.000 pounds of stores have been delivered to the Washington, com prising provisions, clothing and ship stores. The Tennessee received 160,000 pounds! of stores, which were sent to the lower bay by yard tugs. The Colorado and Pennsylvania, a.lso drawing stores from Mare Island, 50 tons just having been forwarded to Bremerton for them. Stores and provisions for the big fleet of Rear-Admiral EvanB are now being assembled here. During the stay of the fleet in these waters the storekeeper's department will have the busiest time In its history, as the Asiatic fleet also draws stores from Mare Island. The navy yard magazine has Just shipped 2000 pounds of smokeless powder to the Indian Head training station for testing purposes. r -- ; ' MAY STRIKE ON RIO GRANDE Cancellation ..of.. L'nion. Contracts ; Stirs - Up Machinists. DENVER, - Feb. -29.--The News today will say: . . -;. "After a conference , yesterday with General Manager Rldgeway, of the Den ver & Rio Grande system, a committee of the machinists employed on the sys tem was informed that the company will abrogate its contracts after March 14, artd- after that date will not recognize the machinists, blacksmiths, car repairers or boilermakers' unions. The committee will 'submit the question immediately to a ref erendum vote of all the employes be longing to those unions who are em ployed on the Gould roads. "The Denver & Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Western alone employ 350 machinists. It is claimed the men will not submit to the plan of the railroad company, and that a general strike on all the Gould roads, excepting the Inter national & Great Northern. Is immi nent. The machinists say the action of the company in working its employes only a few hours a day is arbitrary. "The company also announced yester day that there would be a reduction of the wages paid telegraph operators." TROOPS PROTECT ITALIANS Vigilantes Threaten Them Because They Accept Low Wages. KENT WOOD. la., Feb. 29.' Kentwood Is. today under guard of state troops, who quietly took possession last night to prevent threatened violence against aliens. Within the last two days self styled vigilantes have warned scores of Italians to leave town by the end of this week if they did not wish to be blown up by dynamite. Frightened Italians yesterday left so rapidly that the Italian population of 3W was reduced by about half. . The main complaint against these for eigners was that they had accepted, without contest, a cut wages from $1.75 to $1.25 per day In the lumber mills where most of them work. The Italian trouble here was similar to that which recently occurred in other parts of the state in which natives un dertook violently to drive cheap foreign labor away from lumber mills. In other disturbances at least one foreigner was killed and several badly wounded. - Missouri Pacific Closes Shops. S ED ALIA, Mo.. Feb. 29. The following notice was posted at the Missouri Pacific shops here today, stating that "Owing to the continued depression in business, the shops will not be opened until further no tice." A sirhilar notice, it was stated, was posted at all Missouri Pacific shops today. Eight hundred men are involved in Sedalia. The local shops were closed February 20, when the Missouri Pacific management announced that they, would reopen March 2. . May Tie Up Granite Industry. BOSTON, Feb. ' 29. The granite in dustry of New England "is threatened with a tieup which may result in the suspension of thousands of granite work ers. The adoption of a new schedule of wages is the point at issue. The unions demand a minimum scale of 41 cents an hour. ' - The manufacturers secern united on the present scale calling for a minimum of 37 cents and an average of 4U cents an hour. TB RAISE BASEBALL f VANCOUVER FANS FORM STOCK COMPANY. Propose to Enter Tri-City League. Good Material for Team Hel ser Chosen Manager. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 29. (Spe cial.) At a meeting held in this city yes terday the baseball enthusiasts organized a stock company and will Incorporate for $1200. The hew organization has decided to enter the Tri-City League and is known as the Vancouver Ball Park Association. The follownig officers were elected: President, Arthur Pender; vice-president, W. O. Tenney; treasurer, A. J. Big ham; secretary, ' E.' M. Rands; board of managers,, A., J. Bigham, Bah Deyarman and A. Pender; .board of trustees, W. O. Teoiney, M. J. Helser. J. P. Wlneberg, Frank Wilcox and A. J. Proebstel. . An organization for the direct promotion of the team was formed and is to be known as the Vancouver Baseball "Asso ciation. Officers selected are: Team man ager, Jack Helser; president, A. Pender; vice-president, A. J. Bigham: secretary, E. M. Rand; treasurer, A. J. - Bigham; business agent, George Donnerberg. The ball park is ideally located on Hoff man avenue. Seating accommodations will be furnished for 900 spectators. Man ager Helser is gaining the confidence of the fans and this popular officer has been selected to manage the nine for the com ing two seasons. Contracts are being received with play ers' signatures affixed, and when the club roster is complete and announced the wise ones in the circuit will find Vancouver in a good position to commence the' season. Three catchers have signified their inten tion of wearing the big mitt, and a corps of twirlers have signed. Three hard-hitting outfielders will gal'op in the outer pasture. - . . The management has arranged an exhi bition game with the crack Wabash inde pendent team, of Portland. - PLEADS ON . KNEES IN COURT Wayward Lassie Begs ' Mother to Give Her one More Chance. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. '29. (Special.) The spectacle bf a pretty lG-year-old' girl kneeling at. the feet of her mother and with tears streaming from her eyes plead ing thai s?ie be not sent- to the Reform School was witnessed in' Judge Snell's court today when Agnes Miller, the daughter of Mrs. Lena Miller, was ar raigned on a charge of incorrigibility. The girl had been arrested on complaint of her mother because she persisted in spending her time on the streets at night in company of young men of questionable character. The girl was at first defiant, and at tempted to convince the court that she was Innocent, but when , she heard the testimony against her,- fear that she would be committed to the Reform School overcame her "and she pleaded pite ousiy with her mother. ; Mrs. Miller was at first obdurate and refused to take the girl home again, but finally she relented and Judge Snell or dered that Agnes be committed to the care of Mrs. Miller on probation. OBJECT TO FIVE CENTS A MILE Suit Against X. P. for Action Against Port Townsend Southern. ' OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 29. (Special.) Formal complaint was filed with the railroad commissioners today against the Northern Pacific Railroad by the people of Tenino, on the .ground that the Northern Pacific was charging five cents per mile for passenger tickets over tile branch road. Port Townsend Southern, running between ,. Olympia and Tenino and connecting with the Portland trains. Under the law of 1905. fixing the maximum railroad fare at three cents per mile, only roads operating less than 100 miles are exempt for the provision of the act. the complaint alleges that the Port Townsend Southern is operated and maintained by the Northern Pacific The complaint will be taken up with the; Northern Pacific and the company will be called to show whether the Port Townsend & Southern is a branch of the Northern Pacific road, and if so, why five fine cents per mile is charged in violation of the law. BOARD OF TRADE BANQUET Forest Grove Business Men Plan for Publicity Campaign. FOREST GROVE. Or. Feb. 29. (Spe cial.) The directors of the Board of Trade entertained the board members at an Informal meeting in Masonic Hall last night, when 75 members and citizens gath ered around the festive board. Rousing speeches were made by the president of the board. Judge W. H. Hollis: G. S. Al len, the secretary; H. J. Goff, Senator Haine6 and Hon. Wilbur Newell. Re sponses were made by different ones, and in all the meeting proved to be the most enthusiastic of any held this year. Special literature is now being prepared for distribution through the East. It will be in the form of a magazine and will eon tain 16 pages of matter descriptive of the town and surrounding community, and fully illustrated with pictures of the city and also about 30 pictures of promi nent Forest Grove business Ttnd profes sional men. , i OUTSIDER GETS THE PRIZES Dalles Poultry Show Trophies Go tc College Place Exhibitor. 1 THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 29. (Special.) The poultrf show closed here tonight after three daye of most successful exhibition. Today the coops have been bristling with blue, red and yellow ribbons, a large Satur day throng of owners and their inter ested friends viewing the birds. F. W. Breed, of College Place, Wash., was PRING WOOLEN The Columbia Woolen Mills Store Invites the Men of Portland to Inspect the Largest and Finest Line of High-class Fabrics in the West All the New Season's Nobbiest Effects the Pick and the Best of Them. Men who appreciate exclusiveness, style and character in their attire will find everything that is commendable in the splendid gathering of new Spring woolens now ready for their selection, at this store. We have out done all previous efforts, for we have a larger line than ever before the largest in the West, we are confident and we believe it is beyond compari son and the finest ever assembled on the North novelties, new grays, blues, browns and green m bewildering m every weave Spring than COUPON We wish to thoroughly test the advertising value of this newspaper. For three days Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we will accept this coupon for USE THIS $5 INSTEAD OF CASH toward the payment of anv suit ordered during those three days. buts about it. You must present this eoupon when you place your order. If you do not bring this coupon along, there will be no allowance. While this will be ex pensive advertising for us, we propose to ascertain how many people read this paper today and are willing to beneSt by it. Now, let's hear from, you, gentlemen! ,the largest prize winner and also car Tied off the .trophy offered by local merchants. The unqualified success of this show is most gratifying to the members of: the Poultry Association, "who- feel that a larger and finer ex hibition is assured for next -year. S.VLO5XMEX CHAFE UXDER LID k Seek to Ease Feelings by Forcing Merchants to Close, Too. SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. 29. (Special.) As a retaliation for being compelled to close their places on Sunday, the liquor interests of Spokane will attempt to close everything in the city under the state closing law. For several Sundays they have been gathering evidence, and Monday they will apply for warrants for the arrest of the 'proprietors of various lines ot business, including the telephone manager and theatrical managers. They are working through Jewish clothing merchants in the lower part of town. These men were convicted of remaining open on Sunday. They' were influenced by the saloon Interests to proceed against other business, houses remaining open Sunday and were furnished the attorneys of the liquor dealers. Many warrants will be called for Monday and will be is sued by the Justice. Halibut Drug on Market. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 29. (Special.) The catches of the halibut schooners An nie Heckla and Annie Nixon, which wait ed in Seattle for several days for the market to improve, were sold to the Pa cine Fisheries Company today at 1 cents a pound. The Heckla discharged her 20, 000 pounds of fish and the Annie Nixon is putting out her .00-pound catch. For days halibut has been a drug on the market. Several of the schooners went to Seattle to sell their cargoes, and when the dealers offered the fishermen H4 cents a pound- the crews refused to sell. The market did not stiffen, and, after holding out for a higher price, the cap tains brought the fish to Tacoma. Fined lor Disturbing Services. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 29 (Special.) After a trial, lasting a good part of the day and until late last night, Elmer Isenberg, Don Ellis, Don Nunna maker, Earl Eby and Archie Eastman were fined $25 each for dlstrubing a religious service in the Belmont Churcti near where they reside. The trial caused widespread Interest and was at tended by several hundred spectators. TWENTY - The iankers Life Association Assets, December Fint Ifortfage Loam oa Real EUU Boads and Otoar Secoritiaa, Book Valaa Baal Eetata Dapotitcd vita MiaioDri Insurance Dcpartmrat Ooarmot Notaa Kot Tat Da Caa in Banks aad Traasarr TotafLedgcr Assets Interest Accrued 2X2lUa Assessments Payable ia January, 1908. ta Cover Losses Report. ed aad Not Proven 164,168.00 Total Reeoorrjes fll.736.77S.76 Liabilities, December 31, 1907 Deatk Claims Proven aad t'apaid ........ Peatk Claims Not Proven Trust Funds, Deposits and Advance PavroeBU . Acoeimts Doe and Paysble ia January, 1908 . . . Beissoe Beewuuat 10 Protect Ooatnctt Total SSWASD A TZatPLl President X CLAU, Vice President grj(0 CASADY. ' For further Information apply to Openio: Display of array. The staple lines, as and shade. Columbia Tailoring means more this before. It has established itself by reason of high quality or fabrics, splendid workmanship, invariably perfect fit, satisfactory wear and all round superiority. Last, but not least, tne popular prices of Columbia Tailoring have had much to do with attaining its position of supremacy. SUITS $2Q TO $5Q TROUSERS $4- TO $12 PRESS SUITS $45 UP x or overcoat No ifs, ands or including witnesses, friends of the ac cused and officers of the church, who remained throughout the day and evening sessions of the trial and awaited with close interest its outcome. The trial took place before Judge J. L. Henderson, E. H. Hartwig, representing the state, and A. J. Derby, the de fendants. Vancouver Barracks Notes. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.. Feb. 29. (Special.) The resignation of Captain Charles E. B. Flagg, assistant surgeon, U. S. A., of his commission in the Army has been accepted by the President, to take effect April 1. Cap tain Flagg was stationed at the Bar racks for a number of years and is now on duty in Cuba. First Lieutenant Forrest E. Willi- loia. oast Artillery Corps, is relieved from further duty with the Thirtieth Company, Coast Artillery, and will re port in person to the commander of the artillery district of Puget Sound , for asste-nment tn ilnti, 1 Butter and Eggs Cheaper. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 29. (Special.) . Eggs this morning dropped from 22 to 21 cents a dozen, and this afternoon sales were made at 20 cents. The market will open at the latter figure Monday. An other market that will open lower Mon day will be the butter, market. A decline of 2 or 3 cents in the price of Washing ton creamery butter "will go into effect then. The dealers tonieht had not decided on the amount of the drop, but. stated pos itively that such a reduction will be made. Home-grown potatoes have dropped from J16.50 to ?16 a ton. Eagleson Gives Up Ofrice. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 29. (Special.) E. G. Eagleson, whose resignation was asked for by the Government some weeks ago, retired tonight from the office of Surveyor-General of . Idaho. D. A. Utter will assume the duties of the office Monday. Fear Her Back Is Broken. WEISER, Idaho, Feb. 29. (Special.) An automobile was the cause of a run away in which Mrs. H. M. Gilkinson, wife of the County Assessor, was perhaps fatally injured. It is feared that the woman's back is broken. Hip Fracture Causea Death. GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 29. (Spe cial.) Elizabeth C. Winch, who died here this mornin from the effectR of EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE OF DE5 MOINES 31, 1907 Funds and Increases, 1907 Securities Deposited arith State Department 958,4297 Guarantee Fund Ptedxed by Member for Payment of Calls. .-. 0,010,9 "SI .00 Reserve Fond Pledged for Payment of Losses in Excess of 1 Per Cent Per Annum of Membership .' 4,745957 Insurance in Force January 1, 1906 330,238JX0.00 Death Clsims Psid Durinf 1907 2,1033402 Guarantee Deposits Returned During- 1907 42,603 00 . Total Psid -to Beneficiaries Since Ora-aiusattoa 13,603363.02 TVath Rate Per Thonsand is 1907...-. 634 Cost of Innraar Per Thousand at Axe 40 in 1907 (other ages ia proportion) ... ' 10.00 Increase in Insurance ia Force Dorine; 1907 9,490,000.00 . Increase in One ran tee Fund During 1907 "... 666,380.00 Increase ia Reserve Fund Purina; 1907 66835133 Depository Banks Appelated... 8,354 '. 9.071 ,891 f S8.103.7S 4,-1,000 00 ; 1.000 00 1.S10314.37 337.180.14 nAUxeM Hone A Io4.l68.00 16471.10 4,663.00 1IJ51XK $1U736,775.76 orncLM I at. EASLC, General Counsel DX.F.J WIU. Medical Director t. M. CASADY, Asst. Treasurer P. C AUSTEN, Manager, 502-3 New Pacific Coast. The new mixtures, are all shown heretotore, are complete. 7tFi and D,u-jC9 Mark Sts. Grant Phegley, Mgr. READ THE COU PON a fracture of the hip, caused by a re cent accident, was born in Massachu setts in and had resided in the Rogue .River. Valley for nearly 29 years. Deceased leaves a datightcc. Mrs. H. C. Kinney, and a nephew, H. X Trux. ' . Albany Girls Champions. ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 29. (Special.) The Albany High School girls' basket ball team defeated the Salem team to night by the score of 12 to 9, and won the championship of the Willamette Valley League. The boys' game went to Salem, 36 to 34. Xante Delegates at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Feb. 29. Congressman Paul Howland was renominated at the Republican Congressional convention of the Twentieth district, held here today. Herman Baer and A. C. C. W were named as delegates to the National convention. Resolutions indorsing the Roosevelt ad ministration and Secretary Taffs candi dacy were adopted. New York. The body of Oaotaln Frank Kemble. of the utliern Pacific steamer Antilles, was found on the dock this -morning. He had died suddely of natural causes anil thWi"; hnr! rifled hi. nockot.. LATEST NEWS FROM THE FLEET Is awaited with interest, but .far more important than this to you and me is the condition of our health this" season. If we feel unnaturally tired, have "drawn," wcarfed faces, if our nerves are "just strained to the utmost," as a friend puts it we may be sure our. blood is uot carrying the nourishment it should to the various organs. A bot tle of Hood's Sarsaparilla is just what we watrt. It is so good, there's no mis take in taking; this medicine. New. LIf? "I have always found Hood's Sarsaparilla a good blood puri fier, and It gives me new life and vigor, removes all impurities in the blood, cures that tired feeling and makes me feel like working." Ger trude Hammond, Alexandria, Indiana. Hood's Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets called Snrttatnbs. 100 doses $1. CONDITION Of r H. . KOLLEH. Secretary J. K. BACHTZLL, And. and Asst. See'y 010201 KUILNS. Field Manager Oregonian Building. Phone Main 1638 '1