THE MOKNING- OREGOJNIAN, TUESDAY, JANlARY 16, 1900. LAW IS' INADEQUATE Interstate Commerce Commis sion Wants More Power. ITS ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHED Should Be Able to Deal With, the Proposed Centralization of Railroad Properties. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Tho interstate commerce commission today made public Its 13th annual report. The feature of the report Is the strong Plea made that con gress uphold the Tiands of the commission by amendments making the interstate commerce law more effective. Tho report say3 the commission a year ago called attention to tho fact that in vital respects the present law has proved defective and Inadequate, and that until further legislation is provided the best efforts to regulate must be feeble and dis appointing, yet not a line of the statute has been changed and none or tne Duraen sone conditions which call for relief have been removed or modified. The existing cond-t-ons and the developments of the past year, it is added, render more im perative than ever before the necessity for speedy and suitable legislation. Nine tenths of the people know that any rall rozi company can charge for its service whatever it pleases without any real power in this comm.sslon or any other tribunal or court to limit the amount of such charge, and they are substantially of one mind in desiring that this and other defects In the statute he promptly remedied. Shippers generally also have been practically unanimous in favor of a s nge classification of -freights, -uniform ti-r all roads and all sections of the coun try ?nd reasonably stable when estab lished. This general public dissatisfaction has ben frequently expressed in resolutions of various national organizations and at a conference in Chicago last November, attended by representatives from a num her of national associations of manufac turers, merchants and others, a bill em bracing the more Important amendments recommended by the commission was ap proved as the measure which would best jneet the lequ rements of business and commercial Interests. This bill Senator Cullom has introduced, and the report significantly suggests whether the contin ued failure to perfect the regulating stat ute on reasonable lines will not soon re sult in a demand for the most drastic leg islation. Continu ng, the report says: "If the pjans already foreshadowed are brought to effective results and others or similar scope are carried to execution, there would be a vast centralization of railroad properties, with all the power Involved in such far-reaching combina tions yet uncontrolled by any public au thority which can be efficiently exerted. The restraints of competition under ex cessive and unjust rates will In this way he avoided, and whatever evils may-result will be remedylesa under existing laws." The increase in railroad business the past year has been so great, the report sajs, that many carriers found their equipment Inadequate for the service re quired. Revenues Increased greatly, while railroad failures fell off. The rush of business "contributed to the Improved ob servance of published rates and dimin ished the frequency of those practices which arc made criminal misdemeanors by the statutes. "Coincident with those schemes of un ified control, and while this exceptional movement of traffic continues, the car riers operat'ng throughout an ex'ensive ftd jnanpr$an territory toaye recently m&8$ snbstantiaC-and, in" many teases, ery large increases In their scale of charges. Those, advances In rates have ii en mainly effected by concerted and agreed chaSige in the classification of freight articles. It is not Intended to In ornate that these advanced rates are un lawful, and no opinion Is expressed as to "their actual or relative reasonableness. But the fact that such extensive increases In railroad charges nave been brought about by the method described must be of significant Import and furnish a ncghty argument In favor of measures which will be effective to secure compli ance with the primary requirements of the act." These changes were made without a hearing, and against the protest of the shippers, and whatever may be the merits of the complaints, the report urges that the law ought to he so amended as to in sure a determination whether the rates are Just and reasonable, and redress if they are found unjust. Reference Is made to the several conferences held with high railway officials early In the year, with a Mew to gaining from each promises to maintain their published rates, and to the good effect of these conferences in check Irg the rate demoralization then prevail ing. It is denied that the conferences sought to secure agreements to maintain rates, the only purpose being to secure good faith in observance of published rates. Fifteen cases are pending in federal courts to enforce orders of the commis sion, and criminal cases are awaiting trial in Louisiana, Texas and Georgia. ' During the year 1899 there were 199 em ployes killed and 5339 injured, upon S9 roads, against 209 killed and 54S1 lnjurea In 1S98, a result attributed to the more general equipment of the roads with safe ty appliances. A review is made of judicial decisions on interstate commerce affairs .during the year. Concerning the refusal of the cir cuit court lor Northern-Illinois to de clare unreasonable the terminal charge of 52 per car, made on livestock brought into Chicago, the report says: "The court seems to have overlooked what is believed to he the dominant con e'ieration in the case, namely, that if the through -rate to Chicago was a reason' cL.e rate before January 1, ISM, it became an urreasonable rate when the $2 terminal ch? -gt was added on that date. To make a reasonable through rate represent less sen ice than formerly and add on another charge for the part of the service former ly covered by the through rate plainly may make the total charge unreasonable, and that, the commission says, was the case," rVITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Newfoundland Prize-Ship Cane De cided. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. The United States supreme court today decided an other of the naval prize-money cases Etqv. ing out of the capture of vessels dur ing the blockade of Havana in the war wrh Spain. The case was appealed from the decision of the circuit court of Soutn CrroLna. the vessel Involved being the Newfoundland. The decision of th in,r court was reversed, the supreme court holding that the actions of the Newfound land were suspicious enough to justify seizure, but not to warrant forfeiture The restoration of the vessel to its owner "was therefore, ordered, hut without damages or costs. The Newfoundland Is owned at Halifax. The supreme court decided the case of S H H. Park and others, receivers of the Union Pacific Railroad Company vs the city of Kansas City, Kan. The case Involved the constitutionality of the Kan sas law authorizing cities to extend their borders so as to include spme lands and not others. The opinion rendered today sustained the law, affirming the opinion of the supreme court of Kansas. Justice Brown rendered an opinion in the case of Henry Bolln vs. the state of Nebraska on application made by Bolln for a writ of error to the Nebraska su preme court in the matter of the convic 'tlon of Bolln, ex-city treasurer of Omaha, ot the crime ot embezzlement. The opin- ion refused Bolln's application, reaffirm ing the opinion of th6 state court and ar firming the constitutionality of the Ne braska law providing for proceeding in criminal cases upon information processes: PAY FOR VOLUNTEERS. Tnrner'a BUI for Rewarding Philip pine Veterans. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1L The bill re cently Introduced by Senator Turner, of Washington, which provides for paying those officers and enlisted men of the state volunteers who served in the Phil ippines alter the legal expiration of their terms of service the money that would have been due them, had they been regu lars and discharged at Manila, is as fol lows: "All officers and soldiers in the volun teer service of the United States who were serving in the Philippine islands at the time they were entitled, under the law, to muster out of service, and who continued in the service in those islands after that period, and were thereafter transported at the expense of the United States to this country, and were here mustered out, hall be entitled to re ceive travel pay and commutation of ra tions from the port of embarkation in the Philippines to the place in the United States where their muster-out took place, at the same rate and to the same ex tent that officers and soldiers of the regu lar army would receive such allowance If discharged In the Philippine islands by reason of the expiration of their terms of service, or otherwise; provided, that the actual cost to the government of con veying and subsisting such volunteer of ficers and soldiers on government trans ports from the Philippine Islands, and the monthly pay allowed them for the period while In transit, shall be deducted from the allowance provided for by this act. "That the proper accounting officers of the government shall determine the cost of conveying and subsisting the several volunteer organizations affected by this act, from the Philippines to this country, and shall prorate equitably between the members of 'said organizations, and on the basis of the amount of travel pay and subsistence due to each person, the cost of such transportation and subsist ence, and charge the same against the amount due each individual, and shall ascertain andflnd all other facts neces sary to determine the amount due the several Individuals In the organizations under this act, and that the same may he paid to them directly on their own application on forms to be furnished by the accounting officers. "That there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys In the treasury not oth erwise appropriated a sufficient sum. of money to carry out the provisions of this act." This bill already has the Indorsement of a large number of senators, and espe cially those from the Western states which had regiments in the Philippines. Senator Turner says he hopes by this bill in a measure to reward the gallant and unselfish services of the volunteers, who, though they might as a matter of right have left the Islands several months before they really embarked, rather re mained behind and on the firing line until a sufficient number of regular and vol unteer troops could be sent to the Phil ippines to take their places. According to the provisions of this bill, the volunteers will be allowed the same rate of pay as would go to regulars, - which by law is computed at the rate of one day for every 20 miles, for both officers and enlisted men, which would bring the total up to a good, round figure. Simon's Indian Bills. Senator Simon recently introduced two bills that will be wholly or partly ap plicable to Oregon and Oregon Indians. One bill provides that all entries of land or allotments of land in severalty here tofore made to any mixed-blood Indian, of whatever degree, by virtue of any of the laws of the United'States, are hereby rati fied and confirmed, and said mixed-blood Indians shall hereafter enjoy all the rights of Indians In their respective tribes. All mixed-blood Indians who are one-half or less than one-half of Indian blood, who have heretofore taken allotments of land in severalty, shall at once receive pat ents in fee lor said allotments, and 'all such mixed-blood Indians who shall here after take allotments of land in sever alty', under any of the laws of the United States, shall, upon taking such allot ment of land, receive from the United States a patent for the same in fee, and said mixed-blood Indians, upon receiv ing such patents, shall have the right to sell, convey or incumber said lands, and the same shall be subject to taxation in the same- manner and to the same ex tent as lands of citizens of the United States are taxed. "Sec 2. That any mixed-blood Indian of mere than one-half Indian blood may apply by petition to the district court of the United States for the district in which the land is situated for permission to sell and convey or Incumber his allotment of land; and If, upon a hearing had for that purpose, said court shall determine that said mixed-blood. Indian has suffi cient capacity for and is capable of man aging his own affairs, said court shall, upon said petition and the evidence sub mitted in support thereof, render a de cree accordingly, and thereupon and there after said mixed-blood Indian shall have the right to sell and convey or Incumber the whole or any part of said allotment, conveying a fee-simple title thereto, and upon the entry of said decree the whole of said allotment of land shall be sub ject to taxation in the same manner and to the same extent as lands of citizens of the United States are taxed, and upon tho issuance of a patent for the allot ment of land to any mixed-blood Indian, shall thereafter be discharged from and be no longer subject to the control of any Indian agent." The other bill is as follows: "That all the lands of the Umatilla In dian reservation not Included within the new boundaries of the reservation, and not allotted or required for allotment to tho Indians, and which could not be sold at the public sale of said lands heretofore held at the price for which they had been appraised, and upon the conditions pro vided in an act entitled, 'An act pro viding for allotment of lands in sever alty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla reservation, In the state of Ore gon, and granting patents therefor, and for other purposes,' shall be sold at pri vate sale by the register of the land of fice In the district within which they are situated, at not less than the appraised value thereof, and in conformity with the provisions of said act, except that each purchaser of said lands shall be entitled to purchase one section of any subdi vision thereof pf untimbered lands, and 160 acres, or any subdivision thereof, of timbered land, and no more; and that resi dence or actual occupation by the pur chaser of the lands purchased shall not be required." Opie Reld on the Stage. CHICAGO. Jan. 15. Opie Reld, the nov elist, made his debut in vaudeville today, appearing in a 15-mlnute sketch at tho Chicago opera-house. He was so well re ceived that it is probable he will sign a contract for an extended tour, appearing on the vaudeville stage in all the large cities of the country. o t The McGiffert Case. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The presbytery of New York, sitting as a court of Jesus Christ, today listened to the formal charges of heresy made against Rev. Dr. Arthur C. McGiffert by the stated clerk. Rev G. W. F. Burch, and thereupon cited Br. McGiffert to appear before It at the next meeting of the presbytery, to be held February 12, and plead. e i "Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance ?2S3,433,S21 ; Gold, reserve , ,,,,,, 220.101.785 MOriVE FOR THE CRIME JEALOUSY IAY AT THE BOTTOM OP THE BARXET MURDER. Mrai Molineux' Character Brought Into the Trial Tlie Day's Witnesses. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. In the trial of Roland B. Molineux for the murder or Mrs. Katherlne J. Adams, the prosecution today introduced testimony to show a mo tive for the poisoning of Henry C. Barnet by Molineux. While Molineux is not on trial for the murder of Barnet, it is ex ceedingly important for the prosecution to connect Molineux with Barnefs deatb as showing Molineux's character, his letter-writing habits and his alleged use of cyanide of mercury to kill those whom he hated. The testimony today rested severely upon the good name of Mrs. Mol ineux, but her husband listened unmoved. The prosecution called to the stand Ra chael Green, of Washington, D. C, who testified she had at one time lived at 257 West Seventy-fifth street, where a Mrs. Bell lived. Asked If she knew the de fendant, she replied that she knew Mr. Chesborough, who lived there with Mrs. Chesborough. Asked if she saw Mr. Chesborough In the room, she walked through the courtroom in front of the recorder's desk, steppedto within three feet of the defendant and pointed her finger straight at Molineux, exclaimed: "That's the man." The next witness was Minnie Betts, an other colored woman. She testified that she had been employed as waitress, and had tended the doors at Mrs. Bellinger's, in West End avenue, and that Miss Blanche Chesborough had lived there; but that she went away in the summer of 189S. The witness testified that she never saw Mr. Molineux until after he was mar ried to Blanche Chesborough. Asked if any other man ever came to see her there, Jl the witness replied in the affirmative. To the question of what he looked like, Mr. Weeks objected, and the objection was sustained by the court. Mr. Osborne was afterward allowed to show the witness a picture of H. C. Bar net. After an inspection of the photograph of Barnet, the witness said that it looked like the man who called on Mi3s Ches borough, but that she could not remember positively. Other witnesses during the day were William J. Kinsley, the handwriting ex pert; Herbert S. Jackson, the undertaker who prepared the body of H. C. Barnet for burial, and Albert S. Osborne, another handwriting expert, of Rochester, N. Y. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Paralytic Tried to Kill a St. Paul Judge. ST. PAUL, Jan. 15. James Welch made a desperate attempt today at noon to as sassinate Judge William Lochran, of the federal court. Welch had a damage suit against the Northern Pacific for being thrown off a train at Mandan, N. D. Af ter a trial lasting three days. Judge Loch ran last Friday took the case from the jury and delivered a verdict for the de fendant. Welch appeared at Judge Loch ran's chamber today and leveled a re volver at the judge. Court Crier Con way knocked Welch down before he could shoot. Welch was disarmed, but jumped from the second-floor window and ran. He was captured .and arrested. Welch is a partial paralytic, 33 years old. Woman Protected a Jfegro; CHICAGO, Jan. 15. Mrs. Edward RIeck blocked the doorway of her husband's res taurant, at 582 West Lake street, Sunday, and by threateningly swinging a long bread knife kept at bay a crowd of angry men who wanted to lay violent hands on a negro, who had taken refuge In the res taurant. The negro, Amos Moore, is em ployed by an express company. He was passing under the elevated structure at Ashland avenue and Lake street when, he says, he was attacked by seven white men, who beat and kicked him without provocation until he broke away and ran for his life. He did not stop until he came to Rleck's restaurant. Mrs. Rleck was alone in the place, and Moore excitedly told her he was pursued by a mob of men who would kill him. Seizing a huge bread knife, Mrs. RIeck reached the door just as the negro's pur suers came up. At this point engine com pany No. 7, returning from a fire, camo up. Mrs. RIeck called to the firemen for help, and in less than a minute several of the firemen were pursuing Moore's as sailants in different directions. All of them escaped. Saloon-Keeper Killed. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. Charles Joyce, proprietor of a saloon on the corner of Seventeenth and Castro streets, was shot and mortally wounded this evening by Thomas Dillon, who was recently re tired from .the police force. During a quarrel over the payment for a drink, sev eral shots were exchanged' between the. two men. A bullet from 'a small pistol fired by Joyce entered Dillon's cheek, and was ejected through his mouth. The shot which proved fatal struck Joyce near the heart, causing his death in about 20 min utes. Dillon was taken to the receiving hospital, but his wound is not serious. Bonflls May Recover. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 15. The condi tion of Frederick G. Bonfils, of the Den ver Post, who was shot Saturday last by Attorney Anderson, has Improved con siderably today, and strong hopes for his recovery are entertained. His partner, Tammen, whom Anderson shot, is be lieved to be practically out of danger. IN THE PRIZE RING. Jim Ferns Won From Billy Smith on a Foul. BUFFALO, Jan. 15. Jim Ferns, of Kanl sas City, won from "Mysterious Billy" Smith, of Boston, on a foul in the 21st round of what was- to have been a 23-round battle for the welter weight champion ship, at the Hawthorne Club tonight. Moore Got the Decision. TROY, N. Y., Jan. 15. Dick Moore, of St. Paul, tvas given the decision after four rounds of what was to have been a 25-round go with Charlie Goff, of .San Francisco, at the Manhattan Athletic Club tonight. Twenty-Five Round Draw. ' NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Frank Patterson, of this city, and Solly Smith, of Los An geles, Cal., fought 25 rounds to a draw tonight before the Hercules Athletic Club. THE RUNNING RACES. Winners at Tanfornn and New Or- leans. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. The weath er was clear, and the track, fast at Tan foran. The results were: Five furlongs Alary's Garter wen, Beautiful Bill second, First Shot third time, 1;0I. One mile Lady Meddlesome won, Tom Cromwell second, Storm King third; time 1:41. Three furlongs, for 2-year-olds Sofala won, Sig Levy second, M. F. Tarpey third; time, 0:3594. One mile Monteagle won, Antolnetta second, Alleena third; time, 1:4354. Mile and a sixteenth Daisy F. won, Zo roaster second, Ventoro third; time, 1:47. Six furlongs Theory -won. Harry Tho burn second, Mocorlto third; time, 1:13. Races nt New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 15. The weather wa3 threatening and the track fast The results were: ' l ' Seven furlongs, selling Ben Frost won, By George second, Sea Knight third; time, 1:29. Mile and 20 yards, selling Phallas won, Satira second, The Bobby third; time, 1:40. Mile and an eighth, selling Donna Rita won, Frank McConnoll second, Traveler third; time, 1:56. One mile, handicap Florizar won, Sir Blaze second, Tom Mlddleton third; time, 1:42. Six furlongs, selling Sorrel Rose won, Eldorla second, First Past third; time, 1:1 . Seven furlongs, selling Yubadam won, De Bride second, L. T. Caton third; time, 1:29. Coursing In Chicago. CHICAGO, Jan. 15. Five hundred sports devoted to rabbit coursing encounterea the opposition of the Humane Society when they tried to bring off the biggest event of the season at Forty-seventh street and Western avenue Sunday after noon. They were compelled to leave the inclosure at the warning of officers from the Brighton Park police station, but finally brought off the match just outside the city limits, and in sight of the officers. .The purse was said to be the largest ever offered for a coursing event in Chi cago. The affair, however, was unsatis factory, and no decision was rendered. The promoters announced that they would make another attempt: to have the race and will invite members of the Humane Society to witness the affair. They deny that there Is any brutality in the sport. Handball Match. CHICAGO, Jan. 15. James Fitzgerald, Irish handball champion, and his partner, Louis Keegan, defeated William Carney, champion of the world, and his partner, Captain Ward, three out of five games, Sunday afternoon. The games were all well contested. i o DUNDEE WHALERS. Return of the Fleet After a Perilous Voyage In Arctic Waters. London Mall. All the vessels of the Dundee whaling fleet, with the exception of the Polar Star, which was wrecked in Hudson's bay, have now returned from the season's fishing. This year the industry, so far as tho'Davis straits and Greenland fishing is concerned, has been remarkably success ful. In all, seven vessels were engaged, or one more than in the previous year, the Esquimaux going out as a yacht whaler with a party of sportsmen on board. The total catch of five vessels the Di ana, the Esquimaux, the Nova Zembla, the Eclipse and the Balaena consisted of 26 whales, estimated to yield 16 tons of bone and 414 tons of oil. The two Hud son's Bay vessels the Active and the Polar Star were very unfortunate. The Polar Star, after a long and con tinuous struggle with the ice, beginning in June and ending in September, was ulti mately left to her fate In an utterly un seaworthy state, on the western shores of Hudson strait. The vessel encountered fearful gales and sustained such damage by being repeatedly "nipped" in the ice that her crew and her cargo, 132 walrus and four bears, were ultimately trans ferred to the Active. The catch of the Active comprised 173 walrus, 60 musk oxen, 30 bears, 30 foxes, 6 wolves and 4 wolverine. 4 0 fr HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE PORTLAND. S Oalderhead. "WW E Jennings, Victoria Grace May Lankln, J R Carrlck, San Ma Boston J teo, Cal BenJ Howard, VermontH H Abbott, city . J"W Burton, Neill Co (Mr & Mrs David Kelll Edwini Neill, do her, Seattle Jas Neill & vf, do Peter Harvey, San. Fr Miss Julia Dean, do H U McKInley, Salem "W if Patterson, Seattle Mrs A P Hay, Clevlnd B F Rogers, Vane, BC iur os jura ivm u uui ler & child. Everett lifco a iJiancnard, Ta- coma Thos Doyle, Tacoma C C Holllnshead, N Y F M Johnson, city F J Hltchlnra. San Fr J a smrek, San Fran Mrs Harold Preston, 2 oh & maid, Seattle Mrs Clarence Preston, Seattle Sterling Hughe, Chgo, M A Gattssteln, Seattle E D Gelser, Baker Cy John C B Barker, Mont R "W Blackwood, citv Mrs Robt Barker, Mont O N Anderson, Hambrg C A Sanborn, Saginaw J A OTeH, Spokane C H Hunter, San Fr J A Meyers, New York M L Osier. San Fran i VKict Barker. Mont Robt Coburn, Montana F w Thompson, do Miss H J Thompson, do Li Schworzschild, Santa Fe Mrs G Harris. Olympla S Levy, San Francisco Chas B Holfenstein, do Aioert u Holfenstein, San Francisco W F Chutter, Astoria C B Levy. New York i- 2i ii-HDourne, Seattle John w Hughes, do G B Shorey, Seattle E J Coyle, Vancouver THE PERKINS. D Oppenhelmer. San Fr A Grajden, San Fran W T Spausklck, Omaha J S Wolf, Silverton. Or J B McCann, San Fran Geo W Cauk. Jr. San F C A Demman, Cllne.Or Ueo B Dukeck, May- vllle. Or E V Homej'er, Seattle Mrs E "V Homeyer, do L J Wade, Tacoma B F Allen, Prlreville Arthur Hodges, do Z M Brown, do C N Thompson, do Wm Ketchum, Dalles W A Teutsch. San Fr Dr Stewart. N Yamhill C Brown, Portland, Or L Ohler, Astoria a a iapies, sorest urv E R Whltbeck. do H E Brannes, Astoria W G Gallagher. MinnD Emmett S Lackelford, xveiu uo Geo Bloomqulst, do L Xi Olmsted, Minnpls O J Akins, Sauvle's Is Mrs O J Akins. do H Braden, Scott's Mills, S .M Perclval, Olympla Mrs H A Hajs, Aberdn Miss .Hays, Aberdeen Mrs Patterson, do L E Sewell, Spokane Mrs H A Young, OakPt G B Mllloy. Albany, Or Mrs G B Millov. do Saml Abraham. Knaptn Mrs t Abraham, do J M Will, Aurora, Or Mrs J M Will. Aurora L. M Will. Aurora Mrs D C Klndrea, As toria J 15 Baker. Oregon Cy Mrs May Turner, Ta coma Thos Gourley, Tacoma A S Hall, Olvmpla J rJ Crane, Arlington Mrs J E Crane, do D M Letts, La Grande D W Ralston, Sheridan Frank Gibson. RIckreal Jas W Melville, Monte- sano, Wash Mrs J W Melville, do H Peebles, Vancvr.Wn A w Ely, Tacoma Andrew Urquhart, The! J H Holmes, Baker Cy .airs ai t jjoian. Dalles uaiieo Mrs w a. Johnson, do W M A Taaffe, San FnC M Plerle, Weston, Or B F Leltch. San Fran L D Mulkey. McMInnvl C Adams, Tygh Valley, N E Brltt, Newberg Mrs T H Williams, c'aatle Rock G W Brown, Glemvood W L Weatherby, St L J E Hand, Hood Rler J S Harbison, do J Dennis. Grass Valley Herman W Barr, Salem THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Xnowles, Manager. G G McNamara, Los i louse City Angeles . L ICruger, St Louis C R Smead, Blalock Mrs J Tamghenbaugh, Seattle P Donan. city W Harris. Harris. Or W J Harris, do G 2empsey. New York H B Miller, Eugene L DeLano. Eucene H Bower, San Fran Mrs Bower, San Fran ?en White. San Fran F D Kuettner, Astoria Mrs Kuettner, Astoria ', Mrs DeLano, Eugene A B Johnson. San Fran G C Grace, Tacoma H H Martin, Centralla B H Hall. Portland Mrs Robert Henrv. T A Ely. St Lou's Snohomish Mrs Hall. Portland W S Ajax, Seattle .Totin Hall, city Mrs Ajax, Seattle D A Whitney. Grnd Is Cora Light. Seattle E P McCornack.SalemjMrs W V Molvln, do Mrs McCornack. Salem F Jewell, San Fran Martin Erlenbach. S F Mrs West, Westport Carrie Parrott, Golden- W G Howell, Aetorla dale C Fish, city J R McCornack, Pa- j THE ST. CHARLES. Ed Lee, Portland John ilajo, Astoria C W Hooker. Portland,B McNough. Astoria WmKfarne, Gray's Rv F C Reed. Corbett Louis Boyd, do C Gllleford, Halsy C Pltchford. do R C Oglesby, Eugene u A. Kosenaani, uninoi: -trice. .Portland L Dcollttlc. Baker Cy jH E "hlPlda Woodburn John H Gault, Hlllshcn J Rallman. Baker City P Jones. Baker City ii x-ier-oa, -Jicaiinnvl R H Williams. Qulncy Dan Rice, Cltskanie Fred Behurke, One'da A M Lrure. Woodland D .T Lamton. Wcodburn B OaJ-rlel. Dayton S A Hampton. Pe?i.letn C H Abernethy. Cham- R Caples, Baker City A S Harrison, Kalama D F Howard, Stella H H Carles, city W J O'Nell. city C M Larkln, Gray's B L F Gardner, do G Johreon. do M F Lewis, Aetorla poK H T Turner. Aetorla ,S P Shntt. Hmvl uk-m- O A Rcsendall. ChlnakjGus Cclllnr!. Halvy W C Kroger. NewbargjA J Fallows,, St Francis Otto Relnseth, Wash-. 'John LIndberg, Clats- ougal I kenie J W Quinnlck, Astoria, W A Jtownn. do L R Eberman, Se"Md-!D W Harrison, Salt Lk A L ScnlthsDn, PortlndlM L Reynolds, San Fr Hotel Donnelly. Tnconin. Euronean plan; headquarters Jfor com mercial men. Cbllberg's restaurant in connection. Hotel Bntlcr. Scnttlc. Euronean. Eooms with or without bath. Ladies' and gents' grillrooms In connection. Kruse's Grill Room and Restaurant Stark street, opp. Cnamber of t'ommerce. a 3 Venezuela has vast forests of mahogany and cedar which have scarcely yet been touched. The.Treafment Qiveo Upder the $5,00 Under this offer of the S5 rate, Dr. Copcland is giving all the splendid treatment, the New Treatment, that has awakened the attention of tlie whole world. Let there be no misunderstanding about this. Dr. Copeland is not accommodating his practice-to the rate. He I giving the rate, maintaining the practice and treatment at the crime standard that It has been from the beginning. It Is "The Treatment That Cures";' that all who are taking advantage of this xate are getting the vson derfnl treatment That has lifted the darkness and blight of the word "Incurable" from these hundreds of thousands of cases of Catarrh in the Thront, Bronchial Tubes and IiUngs CATARRH OF HEAD AND THROAT Tho head and throat become diseased from neglected colds, causing Catarrh when the con dition of the blood predisposes to this condition. "Is the voir husky?" "Do you spit up sllmer "Do you ache- all over?" "Do you anore at night?" "Do jou blow out sca'iB at nlghtf "Is your nose stopped up?" "Does your nose discharge V "Does the nose bleed easily?" "Is there tickling in the throat?" "Is this worse toward night?" "Does the nose Itch wid burn?" "Do you hawk to clear the throat!" "In there pain across tho eyes?" "la there pain In front of head.?" "Is your sensa of smell leaving?" "Is the throat dry la the morning?" "Are you losing j our sense of taste ?" "Do you sleep with your mouth open?" "Does your nose stpp up toward ulrht?" CATARRH OF BRONCHIAL TUBES This condition often results from catarrh ex tending from the head and throat, and. If left nnchecked, extends down the windpipe Into the bronchial tubes, and in time attacks the lunga "Have you a cough?" "Are you losing llesh?" "Do you cough at night?" "Have you a pain In side?" "Do you take cold easily?" "Is your appetite variable?" "Hae you stltcnen ,'n aide?" "Do you cough until you gag?" "Are you low-spirited at times?". "Do you raise frothy material?" "Do you cough on going to bed?" "Do you cough in the morning?" "Do you spit up yellow matter?" "Do jou spit up little cheesy lumps V "Is your cough short and hacking?" "Have you pain behind the breastbone f "Have you a diEgust,for fatty foods?" "la there a tickling behind the palate?" "Do you feel you are growing weaker?" "Is there a burning pain hj the throat?" "Do you cough worse night and morning?" "Do you have to sit up at night to gel breath?" The total expense to patients of the Copeland Institute is $5 a month, trentment and medicines included. That's the limit. Pu ticnts not .permitted to pay more, even if they so desire. THE W. H. COPELAND, M. D. J. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D. MAZET COMMITTEE REPORTS. Majority Severely Arraigns Tammany and Its Methods. ALBANY, N. Y.t Jan. 15. The reports of the majority and minority members of the Mazet committee were presented to night to the assembly. The majority re port says: "In many of the offices and departments in New York city grave evils were dis closed. For such as were, administrate e In their nature, the remedy must be 3ought at the ballot-boxes, not at the hands of the legislature. The one clear and dis tinct fact brought out by this Investigation la that wo have in this great city tho oncst perfect Instance of centralized party government yet known." It declares "that we 6ee the central power not the man who elts In the mayor's chair, but the man who stands behind it. We see the same arbitrary power directing appointments, directing of ficials, controlling boards, lecturing mem bers of the legislature and the municipal assembly. We see an enormous, an ever increasing, crowd of office-holders, with ever-Increasing salaries. We see the pow ers of government prostituted to protect criminals, to demoralize the police, to de toauch the public conscience and to turn governmental functions into channels for private gain. The proof Is conclusive, not that tho public treasury has been directly robbed, but that great opportunities have been given by manipulation of public of fices, to enable favored Individuals to work for their own personal benefit." The conduct of the present police depart ment of " the city of New York is pro nounced .unqualifiedly bad. The majority presented eight bills fcr tho consideration of the legislature. The most Important provides for the appoint ment of a committee by the governor to revise the New York city charter. The minority report cays: "As to the report ot the majority In general, we feel justified In claiming that it is gross!5" unfair, conspicuously parti san, coarse in language, vituperative In temper and absoluetly unjustified, ex cept, by the reckless disregard and perver sion cf the proof adduced before your committee." The minority report includes a bitter at tack upon Senator Piatt and upon the ma jority of the committee for not calling him to the wltncss-ctand. The minority pro tests against the recommendation by the majority for the creation of a commission to revise the city charter, to be appointed by the governor, and insists that any com mittee of this character should be ap pointed by the mayor of the c.ty of- Now York. In conclusion, the minority says that it haa but a single recommendation to iriakc, and that Is that the people of New York city be permitted to govern themselves. to Appenl for Peace. NEW" YORK, Jan. 15. A dispatch to the World from London say3: A circular appealing for peace and pledg- I THE COPELAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE las fs That reaches every sore spot, from the orifice of the jnose to the deepest pnrt of the lungs and Innermost re cesses of the middle car, and instead of irritating and inflaming and feed ing the fires of disease, soothes, quiets, heals and cures. Br. Copcland Is giving under this rate as well the benefit of the Dis covery In Deafness which has lifted the darkness and blight of the word "Incurnble" from these hundreds of thousands of' cases of impaired hear ing. All new patients applying for treatment and all old patients re newing treatment will he treated UXTDL CURED at the uniform rate of 5 a month, medicines Included. Grent numbers of people suffer from the malign poisons of catarrh, as from other subtle chronic mala. dies, without any correct or definite DISEASE DESCRIBED BY SYMPTOMS CATARRH OF THE STOMACH. This condition may result from several causes, but the usual cause is catarrh, the mucus dropping down Into the throat and being wallowed. "Is there nausea,?" "Are you costive?" "Is there vomiting?" "Do you belch up gas?" "Have you waterhr?" ' "Are jou ilghtneadedr "Is your tongue coated?" "Do you hawk and spit?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Are you nervous ant wenfc?" "Do you have sick headaches?" "Do you bloat up after eating?" "Is there disgust for breakfast?" "Hava you distress nfter eating?" "Is your throat fllled with bllme?" "Do you at time have diarrhoea?" "Is there rush of blood to the head?" "When you get up suddenly are you dizzy?" "ib there gnawing rensatlon In stomach?" "Do you feel as If ou had lead In stomach?" "When stomach Is ..mpty do jou feel faint?" "Do you belch material that burns throat?" "If stomach Is full do you feel oppressed?" SYMPTOMS OF EAR TROUBLES Deafness and ear troubles result from ca tarrh passing along the Eustachian tube that leads from the throat to the ear. "Is your hearing falling?" , "Do your ears discharge?" "Do j'our ears Itch and burn?" "Are the ears dry ami scaly?" "Have you pain behind the ears?" "Is there throbbing In the ears?" "Is there a buzzing sound hearfl?" "Do j-ou have a ringing In tne ears?" "Are there crackling sounds heard?" "In your hearing bad cloudy days?" "Do you have earache occasionally?" "Are there sounds like steam escaping?" "Do j-our ears hurt when you blow your nose?" "Do you constantly hear noises In the ars?" "Do you hear better some daj-s than others?" "Do the noises In your ears keep you awake " "When you blow j-our nose do the ears crack?" "Is hearing worie when you have a cold?" "Is roaring like a waterfall In the head?" Home Treatment No one deprived of the benefits of the Copcland Treatment because of living nt a distance from the city. If you cannot come to the office, write for Home Treatment Symptom Blank and Boole, and be cured at home. CONSULTATION FREE. DR. COPELAND'S BOOK DEKUM, THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS OFFICE HOURS From O A. M. to 12 EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays. lng for the Boers, signed by 400 clergymen of all denominations in the Netherlands, has just been delivered to the ministers or all Christian church in Great Britain. It closes: "We beseech you, brethren, to use your Influence that all such in England as on Christian principles disapprove this way may try whatever lawfully may be done for Its speedy cessation." HOW MAUSER BULLETS WOUND A Remarkable Case of a Soldier Shot Clean Thronjrh. the Head. London Mall After seeing their wounds, nearly all caused by gunshot the onlooker Is struck by the clean, well-defined, small, circular entrance and exit the Mauser bullet makes. It produces a canal not much, If anything, larger than a good-sized goose-quill, and cuts its way through flesh and bone as neatly as an archlmldean drill would, leaving no ragged edges. It produces lit tle local disturbance or bad after effects. Hence shock to the system and subse quent septicaemia are, owing to the less ened destruction of soft parts and splin tering of bone, minimized considerably. By careful antiseptic treatment the wounds heal In about 20 to 30 dava. The course which some of these Mauser ! bullets take without rupturing important vessels or producing dangerous effects Is simply marvelous. To cut through soft parts and follow the tracks made by these missiles without doing Irreparable injury would tax the dexterity of the most skill ful and delicate anatomist that ever han dled a. scalpel. An extraordinary case is that of a sol dier who was shot completely through the head, the Mauser bullet entering the era- nium on one side, and emerging on the other. Not only is he Iivlner. but his wounds have healed without a check a I and Senator McComaa favored the eon slightly restricted jaw movement, due to I firmation. muscular paralysis, alone retarding his discharge. In thl3 Instance the bullet en- 1 tered just In front of the left ear, escap ing the temporal artery, took a forward and somewhat downward course along the floor of the skull, pierced the right maxil lary (cheek) bone and emerged below the eye on thut slds. There results some fa cial disfigurement, but he sees, cats and sleeps well. One may consider him a lucky fellow in having exchanged the ex perience of cranial perforation by an old Brown Bess for that of a modern Mauser bullet. d A South Pacific Princess. Blackwood. The ceremony of dressing is simple when one's garments number one, or at most two, and when neither soap nor water is an available commodity. Under shelter of the grass mat which has formed bed and blanket, the worn tapa ' vala was exchanged for a fresh one of gaudy cotton print. A loose bodice, so short as to leave a large stretch of warm, l Rate Not a Cheap s. idea of the nature of their affliction The following symptoms have uecix carefully arranged, to enable many sufferers to understand just what It is that ails them. Many diseases, known under various specific names, are really of a catharral origin and nature. Every part of the mucous membrane, the nose, throat, eyes, ears, head, lungs, stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys and bladder arc subject to disease and blight by catarrh. The proper course for suf ferers Is this: Read these symptoms carefully over, mark those that ap ply to your case, and bring this will. you to Dr. Copcland.. If you live away from the city, send them toy mall, and ask for mall treatment. In cither instance, and whether by mall or ofilce treatment, the patient may be assured of the speediest relief ! and cure possible to medical science CATARRH OF THE LIVER. The Hver becomes diseased by catarrh est tending from the stomach Into the tubes of th liver. "Are you fretful?" - - V "Aro you peevish?" "Do you get dlzxy?" "Do you feel fatigued?" "Do jou feel miserable V "Do jou have ccld fer?" "Do you got tired easily?" -"Is your eyesight blurred?" "Can't you explain where?" "Constant senae of depression?" "Is there a bloating after eating?" "Constant sense of pain In back?" "Have you gurgling In bowels?" "Ho you have rumbling In bowels?" "Have jcv pain under shuulder-blads?" "Is there throbbing in the stomach?"' "Do you have sens of heat In bowels?' "Do you (suffer from pains in temples?" "Do you have palpitation of tho heart?? CATARRH OF THE KIDNEYS. Thtfl condition results either from colds or from overwork of the kidneys In separating from the blood the poisons that bare base a"b rorbed from catarrh. 'Is the skin pale and dry?" "Is your hair getting gray?" "Has the skin a waxy lcok7" "Is the hair dry and brittle?" "kB the skin dry nd harsh?" "Do the Ieg3 feel oo heavj-?" "Is there nausea atter eating'" "Do the joints rialn and ach7" "Is th1- urine dark and cloudy?" "Are the eyes dull and staring?" "Is there rain In small of back?" "Do" your hands and feet swell?" "Are they cold and clammy?" "Have you pain In top of head?" "Has the perspiration a bad odor? "Is there pufflncas under the eye?" "Is therf a bad taste In the mouth?" "Is ther a desire to get up at night?" "Are there dark rings around the eyes 7" "Do j'ou see spots floating before the i7eT "Have you chilly feelings down the back?" "Do yon see unpleasant things while nrteevV "Does a deposit form when left standing?- Avoid Cure-Alls In Catarrh, as in other nialadlci, avoid blind doctoring by patent cure-ail'1. Get Individual treat ment far your individual ailment at thr Copeland Institute. FREE TO ALL M.; from 1 to 5 P. 31. SUNDAYS From 10 A. OT. to 12 31. sherry-colored flesh visible above the waist, replaced the travel-stained one. A little cocoanut oil rubbed over the face and glistening shoulders, and madame'3 state toilet was complete. The royal princess, It is true, was possessed of all the luxuries of a dressing-case, in the shape of half a ragged comb and a strip of looking-glass, and with these rudi mentary Implements she passed half an hour arranging her curly locks. An Imperial Fawashop. Chicago Record. Tho imperial pawnshop at Vienna has just been reopened to tho public after a considerable enlargement. Besides ad vancing loans on pledged articles the managers of the institution undertake the by auction ot any goods or stock of merchandise submitted. Those desirous of I disnnsine- rfr thir Afrits must nntifv tn managers three days previous to the sale. Tho new metropolitan institution when complete will contain no fewer than 12 auction halls. The authorities claim no more than 5 per cent of the sum realized at an auction, which charge includes alt auctioneering expenses. a Seclclngr Relief In Work. Scottish-American. Many English women who, have the war heavily on their minds are taking tho course most likely to help them to forget their suspense they are working for tho soldiers and their families. Bazars, cafe chantants. concerts, dances are all In cluded In the many schemes afoot, in con nection with which there Is work, the best panacea of all for anxious hearts. a e Postmaster of Baltimore. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Tho senate" in executive session today confirmed the nomination of S. Davies Warfleld- to be postmaster of Baltimore. This ends a long fight. In which Senator VV ellinsrton ODDOsed "Resolve slowly, act swiftly." Take Hood's Sarsaparilla and you will not make any mistake. Unless you have used Pears soap you probably do not know what we mean by a soap with no free fat or alkali in it noth ing but soap. The more purely negative soap is, the nearer does it approach perfection. . j?3f