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THE MOBNING- OiEG02JIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1900. IN 'NEW YORK Guest at a Private Dinner Given by O. H. P. Belmont. SAYS HE, WJLL NOT FORSAKE SILVER Row Caused by the Invitation of the President of the Democratic Glnli to the 3Tcbrastaii. STEW YORK, Jan. 22. Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived In Jersey City from Wash ington at 6:42 o'clock thmis morning, and was met by James Oliver, sergeant-at-arms of the democratic national commit tee, and a number of newspaper report ers. Mr. Bryan was escorted to the Hoff man house, the headquarters of the state democracy, in which hotel a suite of rooms had been engaged for him. Mr. Bryan said to the reporters that he hoped his presence In New York would contrib ute to a general good feeling all around. Mr. Bryan breakfasted at the Hoffman house with ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, Dr. "W. J. Gardner, one of the leaders of the Chicago platform democrats, and James Oliver. Mr. Bryan had a number of callers dur ing the day, but the hotel was by no means crowded. One of Mr. Bryan's call ers asked him what he thought of O. H? P, Belmon as a vice-presidential candi date. "I am not saying a word about candi dates Just now," he replied. A reporter asked Mr. Bryan later if there -was any truth in a statement in a morning paper that he "was gradually abandoning the silver issue. "I am tired of denying those stories," Mr. Bryan answered. "I will keep right on in the same line I have followed all along. I adhere to my belief In the Chi cago platform, but, of course, I don't object to throwing in some more Issues for good measure." Mr. Bryan, when ashed later If he had any plans for bringing back gold demo crats to the party, replied: "Yes, I have a plan. In the first place, many have already come back. In the second place; there are some who never will come back, and it is no use to work on them. In the third place, there are some who will return on one or two grounds either that they now like the Chicago platform although they did not in 189& or that they favor the democratic position on national questions, and are -nilllng to take the whole platform, while not agreeing with every part of it. The only way of keeping present democrats in the party and bringing gold democrats back and Inducing republicans to Join ua is to advocate measures that are best for the people and thus deserve their support. I believe that the Chicago platform, with new questions, including strong planks against trusts and Imperialism, would give excuse to everybody to vote the demo cratic ticket In 1900." Mr. Bryan was asked if he regarded any of the three Issues as the dominant one, but he said he did not care to discuss their Telative Importance. As to whether he intended to discuss only the trusts and imperialism while In the East, to the ex clusion of silver, he said he would discuss all three, whether he was in the East or In the West. While here, he said, he -was not ?roing to meddle in local politics. Mr. Bryan was the guest of honor at a dinner given by O. H. P. Belmont tonight at his residence on Fifth avenue. The dinner was private, no reporters being ad mitted, and to a penciled note Mr. Bel mont made reply: "There will be nothing during or after dinner for publication. The dinner is a purely social affair, and of no public Interest. . . Mr. Bryan was the only guest of na tional prominence, but big men In Tarn, many Hall -were present. Among them was John F. Carroll, leader of Tammany Hall In Mr. Croker's absence; Elliott F. Danforth, chairman of the executive com mittee of the democratic state commit tee; Dr. W. J. Gardner, of the local Chi cago platform democracy; Asa Bird Gard iner, district attorney for the county of New York; John B. Sexton, police com missioner; Alfred Henry Lewis, editor of the Verdict; Frank B. Campbell, chair man of the state committee; ex-Governor James E. Campbell, of Ohio, and ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas. The dinner was over at midnight. The guests left in twos and threes, some alone. Many vent to the Democratic Club. None would 6ay much. Borne said there had been no speaking. Others ad mitted that there had been informal talks. From a comparatively reliable source. It was learned that there was speaking, and that Mr. Bryan himself had been on his feet for a long time. Mr. Bryan will spend tomorrow in New York, and in the evening -will be the guest of John W. Kellar, president of the Dem ocratic Club, at that club. This dinner Is understood to mean that Mr. Bryan and the Tammany organization are In com plete harmony. Wednesday -night Mr. Bryan Is to ad dress a meeting In Jersey -City. Congress man Daly and Robert Davis, of New Jer rey, have sought to induce Mr. Bryan to drop siler in the Jersey City speech, and it was thought they had made some im pression on the Nebraskan, but he said today: "I intend to discuss all three living issues of the day money, trusts and im perialismin my speeches. I am getting tired of having one particular topic sug gested for my speeches by those -who like ore theme more than another." It has beei his Intention to go to New England Thursday, but it is said on what seems to be good authority that Mr. Bryan has determined to abandon this New England trip, and will return Im mediately to Washington. Ex-Governor James S. Hogg, of Texas, is quoiefe in an interview ,as saying: "I am not saying anything about the vice prcsldential nomination, but O. H. P. Bel mont, whose name" I have heard mentioned in connection with the office, -was in Texas, and be unade many friends there. So far as I know he Is an able and good man and has many friends, and will doubtless have strong support for the place. Personalis-, I am not a candidate for the place, and I cannot say whom Texas will vote fori No man carries the state around in his pocket. I would not have the place, as I am too busy with private affairs." DEMOCRATIC CLUB DIXXER. Members Protest Agrainst Kellar's Invitation to Bryan. NEW YORK, Jan. 22. The following letter, signed by John Fox, ex-president of the Democratic Club and now a mem ber of the board of governors, Robert B. Roosevelt and John F. Doyle, was sent tonight to John W. Kellar, president of the Democratic Club: "It Is with the most kindly greeting and certainly with no desire to criticise ycur actsthat Tve take the liberty, as members of the Democratic -Club, to ad dress you. We are credibly Informed that you have invited William J. Bryan to be come your guest at the Democratic Club and take dinner with you and a party of friends. In other words, Mr. Bryan is to be entertained by you, and the place of euch entertainment Is at the Democrat c Club. While It is your -unquestioned right, or the right of any other member, to In vite any gentleman who may choose to become his guest, at the club, yet, under existing conditions, we greatly fear that your apt will become construed by the public as Jthe act of the club, should you give such a dinner to this distinguished guest without affirmatively disclaiming Such in.ttibh.on the part of the club. Bo "We ourselves can fully distinguish be ctween an -official -act and 'Individual opln- -qFn'. Wj. wtmtit -understood, too, that we have no 'personal objections to Mr. Bryan, nor do we object In the slightest degree to your giving him a dinner at the club, in your individual capacity, as one of its members. We should much re gret, however. If what you propose to do should be construed throughout the coun try as a political indorsement by the Democratic Club of the presidential can didacy, at this time, of Mr. Bryan. "The Democratic Club Is essentially a democratic political organization, and of Its 3000 members, none but democrats belong to it. You are now Its president, and in the absence of a disclaimer on your part to the contrary, your course in anything that pertains to the club or its affairs might be construed, and not un reasonably so, as the act of the club. It will not do to say that such a construction would only be placed upon your action by the Ignorant or misinformed, because Mr. Bryan himself has established a prece dent, which is applicable to the case now , In point We desire to call your attention' to a portion of the correspondence which took place between your immediate pred ecessor, as president of the club, and the FAMOUS AUTHOR OF " LORNA . j '' i n R. D. BIACKMORI3. Richard Doddridge Blackmore, the famous author of "Lorna. Doone," who died in England Sunday, was born in Longworth, Berkshire, in 1825. His first publications were "Poems by Melanter" (1S54); Epula,, (1855); "The Bugle of the Black Sea" (1S62)," followed by "The Fate of Franklin" (1SC0), and a translation of Virgil's "Georgics" (1871). Hia first novels were "Clara Vaughn" (1S&4), and "Craddock Nowell" (180C), but his first distinct success was "Lorna Doone" (1S69), which reached a twenty-second edition in 18S4, and has remained the favorite of his works. Among his other novels are "The Maid of Sker" (1872); "Alice Lor raine" (1875); "Crlpps, the Carrier" (1876); "Ercma" (1872); "Mary Averley" (1880); "Chrls towell; a Dartmoor Tale" (1882); "Tommy Upmore" (1684), and "Sprlnghaven" (18S7); "Per lycroas" (1804), and a volume of verse, "Frlngilla" (18&5). Mr. Blackmore spent most of his life In a pleasant country homo just without London, in the valley of the upper Thames. There Mr. Blackmore for years cultivated his rather large garden, from which he made almost as much money aB from his books, and he has been a most successful writer. He was known to his simple neighbors as "the fruit man." "While not unresponsive to the admiration of his fellows, Mr. Blackmore alwaje avoided undue pub licity, and his photographs are few. "It appears to me," he once said, "that any man stick ing himself up to be gazed at on his own title page, and so blinking at his readers, lowers himself by his self-elevation. I keep out of all euch curiosity. If I can say a thing to please ihe( public there is -pleasure" on botH sides, but as for laborlns to look to please them, what la the wise man's dictum on the subject? 'More people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool "knows. Let him first know himself." A few years ago "William Black Introduced Mr. Blackmore to St. Stephen's Club, in Lon don, by telling how he (Mr. Blackmore) was once toasted at a dinner In the country as "Mr. Black, gentlemen, the greatest of living novelists, the author of 'Lorna Doone,' " a distinc tion which Mr. Black said he was sorry was undeserved on his part. Mr. Blackmore's love of gardening and horticulture was an early passion with him. It Tvas acquired by his study of Virgil's "Georglcs," two of which he paraphrased under the title of "The Farm and Fruit of Old," and all of which he translated Into English in 1871. His letters In 1894 to the London Times on the subject of fruit culture are among the most Interesting works upon that subject. His boyhood was epent In Devon, although he was born in Berkshire. He passed through Exeter college. Oxford, and studied for the bar In fact, was called to the bar, but soon for sook -what little practice he had and gave hlmoelf up to literature. His success with "Lorna Doone" was precipitated by an accident. Mr. Blackmore offered the manuscript to 18 pub lishers, all of whom rejected It. The nineteenth accepted It The book was Issued In 1SG9 and fell flat. Receiving small attention from the reviewers, it was left on the shelves unsold! There It might have remained to this day, says Mr. Blackmore. had not the Princess Louise 'ourth daughter of Queen Victoria, married In 1871 the Marquis of Lome. The public! 'ancying that "Lorna Doone" In some manner had to do with Lome and his marriage,' bought up the entire edition, and others that quickly follewed. It was found that the great novel while not guilty of the charge, was a meet charming book, and its literary success was thenceforward assured. distinguished gentleman whom you have Invited to be your guest at the club. You will remember that Mr. Bryan now stands before the nation as an avowed aspirant seeking the democratic presidential nomi nation." Here the letter cites the acrimonious correspondence between Br. Bryan and Perry Belmont, growing out of Mr. Bry an's declination of the Democratic Club's invitation to the Jefferson day banquet last April, in which he condemned "po litical communion between Jefferson dem ocrats who stood upon the Chicago plat form and the republican allies who mas querade as democrats between campaigns in order to give more potency to their betrayal of democratic principles on elec tion day." The letter continues: "It may be fairly Inferred from all of the foregoing that If you were not con sidered by Mr. Bryan as an avowed be liever in his doctrine of free and unlim ited silver coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1, he would also have decl'ned your Invi tation on the ground that 'no party ad antage is to be derived from political communion' with you at the Democratic Club. We don't believe in the wisdom of. free coinage at that ratio. We do know, however, that we are democrats, and are Interested in the success of the demo cratic party in the state and the nation. This being true, we sincerely but respect fully urge upon you, occupying, as you do, the position of president of the club, not to do anything which would tend to forestall the action of the next democratic national convention. "As individuals, we Insist upon the right: to express our opinions In regard to the future policy of our party and the se lection of Its nominees. We believe It un wise to permit the opinion to go broad cast throughout the land that the Dem ocratic Club of this city or the demo cratic party of this state, so far in ad vance of the convention, are Irrevocably committed to the Indorsement of the prin ciples of the lastv platform or of the views of the last presidential nominee. "We are painfully aware of the fact that In 1S96 we lost the state of New York by 269.469 and the city by more than 20,000. It is our desire. If possible, to prcveri a rcpctftloh of another such dem ocratic political disappointment. "In conclus'on, let us again repeat that we take this course In good feeling and to prevent If possible a misconstruc tion of your Individual act as being the act of the Democratic Club." John W. Kellar had not seen the letter until a reporter gave him a copy of It. He read It carefully and then said: "I will say that these gentlemen have not understood my Intentions, despite all that has been published and though not a single newspaper has misrepresented the case. I have said again and again that my dinner to Mr. Bryan is that of one private gentleman to another. There Is not the slightest change 'In my plans possible hecause of this letter. No; 1 don't think that the West and South will understand the dinner to mean that the Democratic Club accepts lir. Bryan's sil ver views." Mr. Kellar said he would pay no atten tion whatever to the letter of protest. THE STRAW PAPER TRUST ITS WORKINGS EXPOSED BY THE SUPREME COURT. - Ullllovrnerb "Who Went Into the Deai "Were Only Half Paid for Their Properties. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 A decision was rendered in the United States su preme court today in the case of Harry W. Dlckerman vs. the Northern Trust Company. This was a bill in equity filed in the circuit court for the northern dis trict of Illinois by the trust company against the Columbia Straw Paper Com- DOONE," WHO DIED SUNDAY. pany, to foreclose a trust deed of 39 paper mill properties located In nine different states. The court of appeals for the sev enth circuit issued a decree allowing the foreclosure and sale, and this decree was affirmed by today's opinion, which was handed down by Justice Brown. In passing upon the case, Justice Brown took cognizance of the organization of the paper trust and of the objection that the circuit court should have allowed the an swer to be amended for the purpose of showing that the organization of the pa per company was part of a scheme to form a trust. Justice Brown held, how ever, that the purpose for which the cor poration was originally organized could not become a material inquiry. "So long," he continued, "as the cor poration existed, it had the power to cre ate a mortgage, and when that mortgage became due, the trustee had a right to foreclosure." Another point raised was that the cir cuit court erred in holding that the evi dence did not support the contention that there Is a liability against bondholders who also hold stock that is not paid for to the paper company, amounting to 2.113, 003, and which indebtedness should be set oft against the Indebtedness on each bond. This proposition Involved the real merits of the case, and was discussed at length, the point being that the bondholders should be held for the difference between the amount paid for the S9 mills and the amount they subsequently turned over. The opinion reviewed the effort made In 1E92 to organize a paper trust to comprise 70 mills. Into this trust only 39 mills en tered, but the capital was not reduced. In this connection the court reached the conclusions: "That the mlllowners were to be paid principally in stock; that Emanuel Ste'in, who conducted the transaction, had no personal title to the property he pretended to sell; that the corporation was organ ized by parties who had but 12 shares out of 40.000 shares; that Untermeyer, who drew Stein's proposition of sale to a cor poration, was the only responsible stock holder In that corporation; that the paper mlllowners knew nothing of the proposi tion to sell to the Straw .Paper Company; that the stock was fixed at $5,000,000 upon the idea that 70 mills would join the com bination, whereas only 39 joined; that but ?2,7SS,000 was paid for the properties, and that 52.113,000 of stock was distributed among the persons who got up the cor poration, without any distinct considera tion being .received; that the millowners received stock which was worth but one-half- the value of that which they sup posed they would receive, and that they were defrauded in that amount." But, notwithstanding the assumption of fraud, the court held that this fact could not affect the validity of the bonds as a whole, the right of the trustees to fore close or give recourse against the inno cent bondholders? Continulng.-Justice Brown said that as this was a suit of stockholders, the dec laration that the shares are fully paid up and unassessable is a valid one. If an action by the corporation would not He to recover the unpaid part of the sub scription, then such Unpaid part cannot bo deducted from the bonds. With reference to the charge of fraud In the organization of the Straw Paper Company", .Justice Brown said; "We are not disposed to condone the offenses of those who, through Beard and Raihsdell, of Buffalo, and their assignees, and Stein, as their agent, purchased these plants for $2,78S,C00 and immediately there after went through the form of repur chasing of their own agents (In fact of themselves) the same properties at ?5,0C0, 000. Bound as these promoters were to deal fairly and honestly with the stock holders in the new corporation, they were guilty of apparently inexcusable conduct in excluding the mlllowners from allfpar tlcipatlon, putting in their own clerks as directors and paying off the mlllowners in stock which was teally little more than half of the value they must have expected to receive. If they were able to secure options on only 39 of the 70 mills, they should have known the fact or at least given those millowners the benefit of -the surplus stock." It was difficult to see how Justice could be done by reversal, and the decree was affirmed. Justices Shiras and Peckham concurred In the result, but held that the question of fraud was Irrelevant to the, issue. In the case of the State of Missouri vs. the State of Illinois, involving a petition for an injunction against the Chicago drainage canal, the supreme court de cided to permit the attorney-general of Missouri to file his "bill making the sum mons to the defendants returnable April 2. Justice Peckham. handed down the opin ion in the case of Chew Hlng Tung & Co., vs. the collector of customs at San Francisco. The case Involved the ques tion -whether tapioca flour is a form of tapioca and admlssable free of duty, or a form of starch and dutiable at the rate of 2 'cents per pound. The court held that the flour was tapioca and nondutiable, thus reversing the circuit court of appeals for the ninth circuit. $50 FOR FAMOUS TABLE. One Used "When Lincoln Sie-ned the' Emancipation Proclamation. . Boston Herald. There stands in the office of Chief Coun sel Samuel Hoar, of the Boston & Albany Railroad Company, at the south station, a handsome table of polished mahogany, with a green baize top. It Is about eight feet long and three feet wide, with square, tapering legs, the upper ends of which are connected by arches. In general ap pearance the table is not unlike those usually seen in executive committee rooms, and would not excite special in terest unless attention was called to its great historical value. In this respect It is unique, for it was in service at the White House in Washington for a period of 60S years, during which time the cabi nets of every administration from that of Madison up to General Grant's second term gathered about it and discussed the affairs of the nation. It was at this table that President Lincoln sat when he signed the emancipation proclamation, and it was around It that he and his ministers met and discussed the momentous ques tions of state during the civil strife of 1861-65. What was left of the fine, old colonial furniture at the White House after the Incendiary visit of the British in 1S14 has been widely scattered, so that not a piece of it is known to be in the executive mansion today. The frequent changing of the tenants of the White House, and the frequent changing of the men who have had charge of the furnishings, have pre vented the preservation there of any con siderable amount of the furniture of the ante-helium times, and most of what Is now in the principal rooms has been put there since the war. It is not at all strange, under the con ditions, that a table which was used for the sessions of tS cabinet during more than half a century should be the prop erty of a private Individual In Boston, rather than the property of the nation in Washington; but It -seems a pity that It should not be kept In the White House1 for the sake of its memories. When Dolly Madison was mistress of the White House, it was refitted and newly furnished, and It is said that the table in question was "of .her selecting. How ever this may be, it is known that she took an active part in the work of re habilitation, and that her views were in variably referred to by those having the matter in charge. Soon after General Grant entered upon his second term, the question of refurnish ing the White House was again before congress, and ample provision was made for carrying on the work. It was decid ed to sell the old furniture at auction, and notification to this effect was given wide circulation. The opportunity to pur chase White House relics, however, did not appear to excite very general inter est, and It is recorded' that many of the articles went for a mere song, notwith standing their 60 years' association with Presidents Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln and Grant, and the brilliant men of whom their several cabinets were com posed, Including Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Crawford, Cass, Seward and Chase, who sat in the cabinets and were the equals of any of the presidents except Lincoln. These names of the greatest men among these presidents and cabinet officers are sufficient of themselves to suggest the mo mentous business that was from time to time transacted over this table. The war with Mexico and the civil war, with all the preparations, for them and all their consequences, the long struggle over the bank, tho short struggle over nullification these are some of the great things which this table suggests to the mind. The desk on which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, presented by the Coolidges, and now pre served In a glass case with the sword of Washington and the staff of Franklin in the department of state, would have a worthy associate In the table on which Lincoln signed the document that gave political independence to the race of slaves. ' When it was learned by Mr. B. Rock- wood Hoar, of this city, that there was to be a public auction sale of the antique furniture of the presidential mansion, he instructed an agent in Washington to se cure for him, at any price, this cabinet table. Mr. Hoar, had been attorney-general during General Grant's first term, and had taken part In the many impor tant consultations with the great military leader and his advisers, and It was on account of this and the other considera tions already enumerated that he desired the table to come into his possession and remain In the family for all future time. The sale took place In 1873. When this remarkable table was put upon the block everybody present expected an exciting competition. It was started at a ridicu lously low figure, and by dint of great urging by the auctioneer, the price wa3 ultimately carried up to ?30, at which fig ure it was knocked down to the party acting for Mr. Hoar. On the death of Mr. E. Rockwood Hoar In 195, he left the table by will to his sons Samuel and Sherman, and upon Sherman's death his share came. to Samuel, its pres ent owner. During the time it has been in Boston many lovers of "antiquities and "identicals" have been to see it. Interest also attaches to It from the fact that it appears in Carpenter's well-known en graving of "Lincoln and His Cabinet." -o Daily Treasury .Stntemenf . WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance ?237,016,46 Gold reserve ' 220,263,b..l i 3 t Ivor's Resignation Accepted. WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. The resigna tion of Joseph W. Ivey. as collector of customs at Sitka, Alaska, 'has beenac cepted. In Texas a locomotive was recently decorated with 100 incandescent lights- for use as an excursion locomotive. DEAL DID NOTGOTHROUGH OBSTACLE IN THE WAY OF THE BIG POOLIXG SCHEME. The Great Northern Refuses to With draw Its "Westbound Tour lit Rate. CHICAGO, Jan. 22. At the mass-meeting of general passenger agents of West ern and transcontinental roads, in the Western Passenger Association rooms to day, It Is said a snag was struck that threatens to delay abolishing commission payments and restoring passenger rates to the normal tariff. President J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern, ond the managers of the Canadian Pacific are said to. stand in the way of the consummation of the big pooling plan of the Eastern road magnates. General Passenger Agent Whitne, of tho Great Northern', reported that his roEd was not prepared to withdraw the ?25 tourist rate from St. Paul to Seattle, but would consent, in the Interest of har mony, to make the minimum rate to all points In the Northwest $25. The reason assigned was that the Great Northern cannot afford to abandon the field to the Canadian Pacific, which continues to make the low rates. This was not satisfactory to the Union Pacific and Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, which refused to honor rebate tickets so long as tickets at flat rates are sold from St. Paul. Efforts are now being made to harmonize the con flicting interests of the Canadian Pacific and Northern Pacific. DO NOT WANT TO STRIKE. But Great Northern Employes Count on a Victor?. ST. PAUL. Jan. 22. Great Northern labor matters are expected to be defi nitely settled one way or another within two or three days. The grievance 'com mittee is understood to be ready to re port on the trainmen's ballot, and the offi cials of the road rea ready to receive the report. President Hill, Vice-President J. N. Hill and General Superintendent Ward are In the city, the two latter directly In charge of operations, navlng returned to the city from a two weeks' trip Satur day afternoon. The officials of the Great Northern assert that no time of meeting has been fixed, and the grievance commit tee has not made known its arrival. It Is no longer to be doubted that the schedule proposed by Mr. Hill has been rejected by an overwhelming majority. This was known a week ago. The men, ft may be said here, count on a victory, but not on recourse to a strike. Tho most conservative employes do not want to strike. Grievances of Western Shippers. NEW YORK, Jan. 22. The board rooms of the Trunk Line Association were crowded today with a hundred Western shippers, who came as representatives of the various traffic bureaus throughout the country to confer with the trunk line executive committee and the classifica tion committee and to present their re spective grievances against the new freight rate schedule, -which went into effect January 1 last. William R. Corwine, representing the Merchants' Association, of New York, read a technical paper, reviewing the difficulties between the shipper and the railway and trunk line companies, as ex isting under the present classification. Low Rate on Grass-Seed Shipments. ST. PAUL, Jan. 22. It is announced' that the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Soo roads will, February 4, put into execution half-tariff rates on grass seeds, clover seeds and dwarf essex grape seed to points on their lines in Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana. This new rate ap plies to both car and less-than-car ship ments. The new rate was brought about" hecause of a desire on the part of rail road officials to plant with tame grasses the natural grass regions. Honorary School Names. Baltimore American. The board of education of Philadelphia has given .the name of Mathiaa W. Bald win to one of the schools, In honor of the late founder of the Baldwin locomotive works. It Is the practice of the board to name public schoolhouses after noted Phlladelphlans. Other schools In the same locality bear the names of Francis M. Drexel and George W. Chllds. got' Russia, with a population of 90,000,000, has a peace strength of 896,000; war strength, 3.463,000. These numbers could be Increased in time of war. The peace strength of Italy Is 222,400; war strength. Including trained and untrained forces 3,325.603. DON'T KILL THE r GOOSE j that lays the golden egg. Your future wealth depends oooo4'Qoioo uPon Your faaBrs fl'.ri'th! 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Otto E. Never, Paso R6bles, Cal. fhraEBl The Abbey Effervescent Salt Co., Dept. R, lli Murray St., New York ft ? sSJrt j? 3 5 flSf ! I m ! 4 ' JsP ! essSteSy Hundreds of Your Friends Are Taking Advan tage of the $5 Rate of Drs. Copeland and iigomery, and standing Troubles by These Specialists They Furnish the Most Scientific Treatment of Ail Diseases for $5 a Month, Medicines Included. Until the innovation made fcy Drs. Copeland and Montgomery, in pine injr medical hIvIH nnd thorough sci entific, treatment for all dicnies -within the reneli of all by rimklnsr their toval chnrge for treatment and medicines at i?3 a month, it was al most impossible for people in moder ate circumstances to obtain the aid of skillful and conscientious special ists. It tvas, and still is, for that matter, a frequent occurrence to hear complaints nmilc ovex the ex cessive fees charged by those claim,, ing to he jipeclalists. Dri. Copeland and Montgomery's charge is hat ?5 u month, including all medicines, and the time required for a cure under their system is shorter than that oc cupied by any other method. More over, their cures are genuine and permanent. The fact, that, in spite of their -well-established and fairly earned reputation for honest -worlc, slvillfnl treatment and successful results, they still maintain this low charge of Jp5 a month, shows that they aim not alone at iinanclal suc cess as practitioners, but an -well at thc accomplishment of the greatest possible good in thc community. ) Their practice, -which has long been oeveral times larger than any other in this city, is still constantly in creasing, demonstrating continually that thc public appreciates low charges when combined with un questionable skill, thoroughness and professional honesty. THESE SPEAK CURED OF A VERY SEVERE AND DANGEROUS THROAT TROUBLE Mr. Iiccester Snipes, The Dalles, Or., well known in the vicinity, having been born and raised In that busy little city. In speaking or his treatment and cure of a severe case of catarrh com plicated with bronchial trouble, Mr. Snipes said: "My trouble came on about 15 years ago as a result of exposure, and in spite of all 'I could do I grew gradually worse each year and suffered more Intensely. "My home physicians were unable to do anything for me more than afford a little temporary relief. Some of the doc tors I consulted said I had asthma, and one of the very best physicians on the coast diagnosed my case as consumption, and said my only hope was In a change of climate. I held a very fine position at that time, which I gave up at a great sacrifice, and did as he advised. I stayed away until I seemed entirely well, but just as soon as winter set In my trouble returned and I suffered worse than ever. "My head was stopped up and I had headache all the time. My throat was dry and sore and I had a distressing cough, accompanied by pains in the chest and a soreness through the left lung. After I went to bed there would be a tick ling in the throat, which set me to cough ing. The air passages seemed to contract and clcss up. I would sit up In bed, sometimes the greater part of the night, coughing and gasping for breath. I often thought I wou'd cheke before I could get rcller. After coughing- until I was completely exhausted I would raise a lot of stringy mucus, which gave mo relief, but thc next night it was the same old story. Under th!s suffering and loss of sleep I lost llcsh and strength, "I had doctored until I had but little confidence in doctors or medicine, but this fall, en the urgent advice of a friend, who was personal y acquainted with the great success of the Copeland treatment In cases l'ka mine, I decided to make one more cffoit for relief, for I felt I could not spend another winter in suffering and misery. I began to improve from the flr3t and now feel as well as I ever did in my life. The winter is almost over now and although I have been out In all kinds of weather, I have not had one bit of trouble. This Is the first winter in 15 Mr. Iiccester Snipes, The Dalles, Or. vv tv YOUNG MEN trouDled with night emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, bash- Culneoi., aversion to sociei. wnicU deprive you or your mannooa. uwu-ri-a xuu FOR BUSINESS OR MAKRlAGLL - ,r,x-rv MIDDLE-AGED MEN who from excesses and strains have lost their MAKLY POWER BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. Syphilis. Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urine. Gleet. Stricture, enlarged prostate. Sexual Debility. Varicocele. Hydrocele, Kidney and Liver troubles, cured WITHOUT MERCURY AND OTHER POISONOUS DRUGS. Catarrh and Rheumatism CURED. Dr. Walker's methods are regular and scientific. He uses no patent nostrums or ready-mado preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treatment. Hi? New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent Free to all men who describe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered la plain envelope Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address Doctor Walker, 132 First St., Corner Alder, Portland. Or. Being Cured of Long HOME TREATMENT. To hosts of aufferers everywhere Doctor Copeland addresses to one andj all the following list of questions to enable those who live at a distance to understand the nature of thci? affliction. "Is vour nose stopped up?' "Da you sleep with mouth wldo open?" "Is there pain In front of head?' "Is- your throat dry or soro?" "Have you a bad taste In tha morning?" "Do you cough?" "Do you cough -worse at night?" "Is your tongue coated?" "Is your appetite falling?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Are you light-headed?" "When you get up suddenly aro you dizzy?" "Do you have hot flashes?" "Do you have liver marks?" "Do your kidneys trouble you? "Do you have pain In back, or under shoulder-blades?" "Do you wake up tired and out of sorts?" "Are you losing flesh?" "Is your strength falling?" INFORMATION OF N1TSV HOME TREATMENT SENT FREE ON APPLICATION. FROM EXPERIENCE years that I have passed in comfort and: without loss of tlma on account ef sick ness, and I give the credit of it to tho Copeland physicians, for they have sure ly cured me. CATARRH OF STOMACH AND BOWELS Mr. J. II. Otto, 27 1 Fourth street, Portland. Several years ao I took a, course of treatment at the Copeland In stitute for a catarrhal trouble, affecting my head, stomach and bowels, the result i of an attack of Panama fever 20 years j before. At that time I was In my 63d year and thought this would be against! a cure, but under the treatment given ' me my catarrh got well and my stomach and bowels healed. My appetite returned ( and I gained in weight g.nd strength. I am now as well as any man of my age,, due to the excellent treatment I received ! at the Copeland Institute. I Miss M. A. Tnjlor, -I-IO East Sher- man street. Portland. I suffered fron catarrh since childhood. The worst of myl trouble was in my stomach and bowels. Everything I ute gave me great distress, followed by bloating and belohing. My stomach was sore and tender. 1 had diar rhoea, with gas and gurglintr In the bow els. The disease affected my ears and f had a ringing and buzzing In the left ear and my hearing was very dull. I began a course of treatment at the Copeland Institute and am thankful to say that now I am strong and well. RHEUMATISM AND DEAFNESS. Mrs. Ii. II. Clarice, well knowa in. and about Portland, residing at Gresham. I am 63 years of age and had suffered fur years with rheumatism and deafness. T was completely crippled with rheumatism, being compelled to use crutches all tr.o time. My deafness came on gradually, but when I began my treatment I wa3 I almost tota'Iy deif. Even my own voice sounded far off. People had to speak right into my ears to make me hear. I was nearly distracted with a rinsing and buzzing and sounds like tho roar of tha ocean In my ears. I couldn't eat or slep 1 and was weak and nervous. I The Copeland physicians cured me com- pletely. I have no more rheumatism and 1 hear nearly as well as I ever dhl In my ' life. I consider this wonderful in a wom an of ray age and never fatl to give tho Copeland physicians the praise they so ncmy ueserve. CONSULTATION FREE. I rr r-rire? aimivc l;k. uruLMi'iu j BOOK FREE TO ALL I The Copeland Medical Institute l 111 DEKIE mm AND WASMM w. ii. corniiANn.. ?i. d. J. II. 3:OTGOMEItY, M. D t nTi-z-rfV. TTOIITIS From O A. 31. to 13. M.t from 1 to 5 l 31. EVEMAGS-Tuesdays and Fridays. SHM1AY- prom lO A. 31. to IS 31. TWENTY YEARS OE SUCCESS In thu treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver. kidney and stomach disorders, constipation, diarrhoea, dro&slcal swellings. Iiright'3 disease, etc KIDNEY AMD URINARY Complaints, painful, dlmcult, too frequent, .milky bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. DISEASES CF TME RECTUM Such a3 plies, nstula, libsure. ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, ciimd without the knife, pum or confinement. DISEASES OF MEN Elood poison, gitset. juncture, unnatural losses, Im-poter-cy, thoroutuly eurea. No failures. Cur3 gUctr-