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nF i.i uttiWWiLJiii-.iii.i.yv; - -r" ywnqfflyi,ir'y "sYjtrT -er---r t,(Tjrwwr: t iWfftg!pCTjj;PafPY' -Wagf" THE MOHNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRII' 14, 1900. it-. l""y. IB- PARIS EXPOSITION The Formal Opening Will Take Place Today. LOUBET WILL VIEW THE BUILDINGS "Few Exhibits lie In Plnce The "Wort of ClcnrluK the Ground-, Par dons and Decoration. PARIS. April K. The exposition au thorities are making strenuous efforts to prepare the show for Inauguration tomor row, but an examination of the grounds and buildings today shows the task is Im possible. In order to facilitate the labor pf clearing the ground!, thousands of sol dier, havo been utilized. The ceremonies are timed to begin at 2 o'clock, when M. illllerand. Minister of Commerce, will make the Inaugural address, to which President Loubet will reply. Trio whole exposition space Is covered by tuckering lights, and hordes of work men are busily engaged In clearing away scaffoldings, packing cases and debris Of every kind, which still litter all the ar teries of the ex-Kjsition. This work Is only to prepare a series of tableaux for the President tomorrow, as he will not enter the exposition buildings pro-er, but will only Inspect the edlllces from the out side, for the reason that the buildings are thus far mere shells, with scarcely an exhibits to bo seen anywhere. After 11. Loubefs visit tomorrow these scatfoidlngs will be rebuilt and the Interrupted work of Installation will bo resumed. The suc cess of the Inauguration ccrmeony will de pend largely upon the weather tomorrow, wlUch happily promises to be fine. Other wise, the exposition grounds will become a veritable Slough of Despond. Despite the Incomplete condition of the exposition. President Loubet will be able to enjoy three splendid iews. The llrst U the view down the Champs de Mars fiom the Trocadero to the Chateau D'Eau, with artistic palaces on either side, and aith the center bestrode by the Immense arche of the Eiffel tower. The secord U the vista from the Champ Elyi.i ucross the nev. Alexander bridge to the Hotel Des Imalldes, with the gilded dome of tne tomb of Napoleon I rising up at the far ther end, and Hanked ilrstl) by an ave nue of tree, and then by white facades of handsome edifices, in which will oe col lected the exhibits classed under the varied industries, these facades being embellished by grouib of sculpture and by huge nnd effective paintings of allegorical subjects. The third prospect Is the Kene looking along the Seine embankment, uixm v.nlch are erectetd the national paIlions of the foreign nations, each of which Is a repro duction of some famous building typifjlrw the national architecture of the country It represents. The bright colors and di versified tlcs of these structure will present an unrivaled panoramic view to the occupants of the Presidential barge on the lojuge up the Seine from the Troca dero to the Alexander bridge. II. Loubet has decided to celebrate I he Inauguration by pardoning all army and navy prisoners who are undergoing sen tences for minor offenses. AH sailors ii.d soldiers are to receive a special ration of wine tomorrow. A list of about BO decora tions of the Legion of Honor, conferred upon Trench exposition olllcials, has lM.cn 'promulaated. SI. Alfred l'eicard, the Com-mlstloner-General, heads the list with the Grand Cross. Six MonthH Peace. PARIS, April 14. 5 A. SL Much space Is deo ed this morn.ng by the Paris papers to the opening of the Exposition In the way of anticipator comment, many Jour nals pub.ishlng I lustra. ions and plans Sit special supplements. The Figaro gives prominence to the stat"m-ni that "del -cate homage" wi 1 b- renfiered President Loubet by the United States when he passes the United States pavilion anil the American section. At that moment the American guard of Ci men will salute tho chlef cf the state with the French Hag, "thus symbolizing the union of the two great republics." The dominant tone of the prces Is that the exh'bltlon will inaug urate a period of six months' peace, all parties forgetting lluir quarrel". Ol'It UXIIIUIT OF TIMHUU. It Is uu on the Way o the Paris Kxpoitltton. "WASHINGTON. April 3. The exhibit of the Division of Forestry for the Pans Exposition is now complete and on the waj to Paris. It will be one of the most novel of the Government exhibits, and will be wholly distinct from the com mercial features of lumbering to be shown in another department. The display will be In the form of a hall or pagoda, the walls of which con sist of largo transparencies illustrating American forest conditions. These wulls wlll be double and Illuminated by Interior electric lights. The pictures range In size from 3 by 5 to 4 by C feet. There will be two transparencies 6 by 10 feet, portraying groves of red fir and Cali fornia big trees, two of the most Im pressive American trees. . A point will be made of the nl.it Ion of forestry to agriculture, and such sub jects as protective forests, the use of trees In preserving water supply, the management of woodlands, etc.. are fully Illustrated. The extent of the timber re sources of the United States will be shown ly pictures from all Important lumber regions. The distribution of forests will Toe show-n by maps. Twenty of the most Important American noods will be repro-ec-ntcd by sections of trees. Tho Western hemlock Is to be the subject of a special Investigation this Summer by the Division of Forestry, and a party of experts will spend several months In the Puget Sound region making observations nnd measurements of that species of hem lock. Although one of the largest and most widely distributed trees In the Paclllc Northwest. It suffers rrom the prejudice against the Eastern hemlock, a closely allied, but much Inferior species, and for this reason has almost no convmerci.il value- It grows at Its best on tho cool damp slopes of the Washington and Ore gon mountains, where It Is frequently 201 feet high and 10 feet In diameter, or even larger In favorable situations. It occa sionally forms a dense, pure forest, but is more often mixed with red fir. the most Important timber tree of the Northwest, and Is usually left standing by the lumber men becauMthcre Is no sale for tho lum ber. The wood of the Western hemlock Is Is apt to bo shaky. Is stronger, more durable and more easily worked than that of the Eastern species. The bark is said to contain much more tannin. By tho present method of lumberlnc. Immense quantities of hemlock are de stroyed annually, for It Is left to be burred by the llres which frequently fol low tho removal of the fir. It Is believed that If this hemlock can be given its true valuo before the public, logging methods may be modified, and even If the market develops fclovvly, there will bo a greater cfTort to prevent waste. An Important feature of this Investiga tion will be to ascertain the rate, of growth rind the time required to produce x mer chantable stand. -The Western hemlock posr-esses remarkable powers of reproluc tlon and may be counted on to reforest logged-oft areas. A plan has been arranged by which the section of Tree Planting of the Dlv ision of Forestry will combine leoturlrg with Its practical field work for the purpose cf In teresting the public in the subject. When an official of this section of the division is called ta ezsf portion of the United States where p'ant ng Is especially, desirable, he will arrange for a series of meetings of lard owners, to whom be will explain the objects of tho division and tho free assistance of fered to those desirous of making a trial of planting. A single acre of Washington timber, recently measured by, the Division of Forestry, contained 21S.6S0 feet B. SI. of red fir. 1L0M feet of hemlock, and C0fl feet of cedar: making a total stand of S&jCM feet- The smallest flr on the acre was three feet In diameter, and the larg est S feet. The height of tho forest ap proximated 300 foot. Tbe hemlock was scaled down to 20 inches in diameter, and hod It been scaled to 12 or 14 Inches, as customary In tho East, the stand would havo been several thousand feet greater, this acre was measured near Wilkeson, Wash., about 30 miles from Tacoma. The average stand per acre for 131 acres measured by the same party near Buck ley, In the same county, was 74.402 feet of red fir. 30.10C feet of hemlock. 000 feet of cedar. 2173 feet of spruce, and 553 feet of white fir. a total stand of 112.276 feet. In these measurements no trees less than two feet In diameter were scaled. No al lowance, however, was made In the abova calculation for cuIL The 131 acres were taken In various parts of a township and represent with fair accuracy the stand throughout the township. Tho sig nificance of these figure Is apparent when It Is remembered that 10,0u0 reot jer acre Is considered a heavy stand in all lumber regions cast of the1 Mississippi. MI.MlvG rv conm. In-menae Openlu-r for .American En terprise. NEW YORK. April 13. J. S. Fassett, who haS Just returned from Corea. where he Is Interested In gold mining, says: "Corea seems a good way from here, and It Is. but we can ship a ton of freight from New York to our mines near tho Ynloo River as cheaply as the samo can be sent to the .mountains of Idaho, and Just about as quickly, too. Wo havo bem Interested In mining for five jears now on a concession covering 1000 square miles. Our lease has 25 years to run. We hive the right to mine any mineral, but we have cJnflned our attention to gold alone. All our machinery Is of Ameri can manufacture, as this country makes tho best machinery for mining purpose In the world. "Corea Is picturesque, beautiful, fertile, with an excellent climate and an Industri ous and agreeable people. At our mines we cmplo) 75 white men and 30v0 coolies. We are the ploneeers there, and wo had to overcome all the obstacles In a new and In most respects a wild country. There are many good fields in Corea, ai the country possesses a continuation of the gold-bearing outcrops of Siberia and Manchuria, both of which are bound to bo great gold producers. The Coreans have been mining with crude methods for many centuries, and they are still at It, There Is an Immense opening for enter prise and capital there, which will un doubtedly be supplied as soon as It Is understood that the United States Gov ernment will protect its citizens In all legitimate foreign enterprises. "The Orientals are kindly disposed toward Americans for many reasons, but chiefly because they recognize that Amer icans arc not seeking political empire, and they feel that from them they can re ceive the most desirable assistance in in dustrial and commercial Improvements. The enterprises which are now starting over there are bewildering. But It Is hardly a poor man's country. The op portunity Is favorablo for associated cap. ltal In large amounts skillfully directed, but not for Individuals." AhSAliLT ON THE lmCIIUJMJ. The Itallnn PresH Considers It Is Uselrss. BERLIN, April IS. The German press nnd the government are considerably worked up against the Italian press cam paign against tho Drelbund, especially slrce, the campa gn has Increased In im portance. It Is true the government hero continues to chargo that France has late ly redoubled her efforts to Influence tho Italian press, and that th9 secret funds i-ptnt for this purpose are being enlarged. But It lg not denied trat ssveral of the most Influential papers close to the Ital ian Government, like the Popolo Romano nnd the Rome Tr.buna. have taken up the tumult against ths Drelbund. The Italian press partlcuary denies the German claim that Italj's strong Mediterranean po'l.lon Is owing to the Drelbund's back ing, and that without the Drelbund. Italy hc:e?lf would only be the vo'untary or Involuntary tool of France. The Italian press points out that the Drelbund re mains sterile econcm'cally, and that. In deed, trade with Germany Is retrograding instead of advancing. The latest events In South Africa arc commented upon calmly. In the Lokal An ztlgcr. General Von Schmcllng sas a de cislve turn In the campaign Is about to be reached. He adds that If Lord Roberts Li able to await things quletl) in Bloem fonteln, then the complete occupation of the Orange Free State will follow, but that if Lord Roberts Is compelled to re treat to the Orarge River, the loss of the whole of the Orange Free State and all the insurgent districts is sure to ensue, and. therewith, the loss of tho whole campaign. Kcliclllon In Coren. SEOUL. Corea, Apr.l 13. By the terms of the secret agreement between Russia and Corea. the latter pledges Itself not to fUffcr-ate the Island called "Kopje." sit- uatid In the mouth of Ma-ampo Harbor. A rebellion on a large scale has begun In tho Interior of Corea. !hnl- of Persia an n Tour. LONDON. April 14. A dlspitch to ths Times from Teheran announces that the Shah of Persia has gone to Tabreez, North Persia, on h s way to Europe. He will first vl-it St. Petersburg. Miles nnd Corbln to He Promoted. NEW YORK. April 13. A special to the Herald from Washington sajs: All Indications point to favorable ac tion by the present Congress on the prop osition to promote Major-General Miles to the rank of Lieutenant-General. an! Brigadier-General Corbln to the rank of Major-General. This Is to be accomplished through an amendment to the Army ap propriation bill, which Senator Lodge has offered in the Senate. By the combination of Interests of the two officers concerned, the probabilities are that the amendment will get a large vote In the Senate, and that tho House will accept it. e I. II. Phelps Dead. LA PORTE. Ind.. April 13. L D. Phelps. ex-Major of La Porte. Is dead, ngtd 78. He served In the Civil War, waa cap tured by tho Confederates, and with other officers was confined In Libby Prison for over a year. He led the party, includ ing Colonel Walker, which tunneled out of the famous prison, but was recaptured with Colonel Walker Just before reach ing the Union lines. He was exchanged in March. 1SC5. at Charlotte. N. C. Rood Frldnj nt Clnrlnnntl. CINCINNATI. April 13.-In the observ ance of Good Friday, thou-ands climbed today for high mass the 350 steps to the "Immaculate Church" on Slount Adams, for which penance the faithful, by a paptl decree, havo the same privileges granted those who ascend the sacred stairs at Rome. The custom was Instituted by the Into Archbltihop Purcell. Attempted Murder nnd Suicide. CARBONDALE. 111.. April 13. Gus Young, a prominent young man of Mur physboro. shot and wounded Silas Kate Vnn Clooster and then blew out bis bral-is In a temporary tit of Jealousy. Young was a Teal estate man and the lady was a member of one of tho best families of Southern Illinois. She win recover. Get It Out of Tour Head. Headache. You can by using Wright's Paragon Headache and NcjraJ--ia Cure. CLARK WILL NOT RESIGN HIS JFTUED- ADVISE HIJI TO COX TEST TUB CASE TO A FI.MSU. Senator Slason, of Illinois, "Will Con duct the Fight on the Floor t,l ' of the Sennte. BUTTE. SIonL, April 13. A special from Washington to the lnter-Mountaln sajs: It is now certain that Senator Clark will not resign. The pressure -from his Montana friends and legal advisers Is all In favor of contesting to a finish. The Times this morning says that Senators Clay. Bacon, Mason and Heltfeld will make a fight on the floor of tho Senate, claiming that a two-thirds vote is neces sary to unseat him. They claim that the report of the commltttee does not sustain the direct charge of bribery against him. They will expose the character and plane of his enemies, and he will doubtless make a speech In his own behalf. Thlc- policy will prevent appointment by the Gover nor, and may lead to tbe election of two Republican Senators. Senator Mason will conduct the fight for Clark. The latter has made no statement. OLD 1H-IAKT3IE.T CLERICS. Employes Who Arc Physically and Mentally Incapacitated. NEW YORK. April 13. A special to the Times from Washington sajs: The Senate- recently adopted a tesolutlon calling upon the heads of departments to inform the Sen ate as . to, the number of em ployes in the departments, together with their ages and a btatement as to the number Incapacitated for any reason. Tho answers have been coming in from day to day and they contain somo suggestive facts. The report from the Treasury shows that there are 331 employes between the age of CO and SI jears old; 100 between 65 and 3; K between 70 and 74 years; 21 between 75 and 79 years, and 10 who are over 0 3 ears old. Fourteen persons in the office of tho Auditor of the War Department are par tially lacking In the physical or mental capacity necessary for the full discharge of their official duties. About 50 persons In different bureaus are ph)sically dis qualified for manual labor, but not for clerical service. Seven persons in the office of the Chief Clerk of the Treasury are physically or mentally Incapacitated In part for man ual labor. In the Interior Department there are 1(12 emploc8 between the ages of G5 and 9 years. Inclusive: IS between 70 and 71 jears. Inclusive; IS between 75 and 79 ears, Inclulv e. .and four who are over SO ears old. The total number of em ployes In the department is 3225. Presiden tial appointees and laborers are not In cluded In these figures. From tho estimates furnished by tho different bureaus and offices of the de partment. It may be stated thnt some thing over 25 persons now on the rolls must be considered permanently Incapaci tated either physically or mentally for the performance of manual labor. This condition in many cases results from the loss of limbs, old wounds or health Im paired in the Government service. EW GA1EL FOIl THE SPEAKER. A Present From Ills Admirers In Minnesota. WASHINGTON, April 13. Representa tives SicCleary and Stevens, of Minnesota, called on the Speaker of the House today to present a gav el from Minnesota friends. In presenting It, McClcary said: " "Mr. Bpeaker, I have the honor of pre senting to you a gavel from many of your Minnesota friends and admirers. The head of the gavel Is of plpestone from thd'qtiar ries In my district, made famous by Long fellow in his poem; 'Hiawatha.' The han dle Is of walnut grown In Southern Min nesota. The scroll on tho handle, giving your initials. Is of solid gold. Your friends In Minnesota believe that this gavel Is typ ical of him to whom It Is presented, for the stone head represents sturdy character, the solid gold sterling purpose, and the handle the upward growing disposition of the tree. They give It to you with their compliments and best wishes, and with the hope that ou may long wield It In jour present official position. Tho cate, as you see. Is of rosewood, lined with purple silk velvet." Speaker Henderson in response said: "Accept from mo my grateful acknowl edgment of this handsome gift. Please say to my friends how very much I ap preciate it. It will always remind me of faithful Slinnesota, of kind Minnesota, my near neighbor. I cannot, of course, ac cept without some modification tho pleas ant things said regarding mo In presenting It. but jour generous esttmato will be a standard for me to work toward. The box Is a gem worthy of the gavel. Again and again, most heartily, do I thank you." HEDCCI.NG THE WAR TAXES. Wa)i and Means Committee Consid ering the Mutter. NEW YORK. April 13. A special to tho Herald from Washington sajs: Serious consideration is to be given by Republican members of tho committee on ways and meano to the question of reduc ing tho war revenue taxes. Representa tives of the druggists who advocate re peal of the proprietary stamp tax will ap pear before tho committee next Tuesday, and will submit an argument to show why these taxes ought to be abolished. A delegation of brewers will be heard In support of the proposition to reduce the. tax on beer to Jl a barrel, the rate beford tho war tax was Imposed. After these hearing-- the committee will take up the whole question of tax reduction. It Is possible the wholo subject may go over until the next session of Congress, or that n bill maj" be put through the House anJ sont to tbe Senate, to bo acted on In the next session. There Is little doubt of the repeal of the proprietary stamp taxes and some of the meet objectionable documen tary taxes. It Is not probable that there will be any reduction In the beer tax. THE WAUDMSIL RIOTS. Reporter Mallot Continues Ills Ile cltnl to the Committee. WASHINGTON, April 13. Conner Mal lot, the reporter who waa In the Cocur d'Alene district during the rioto, con tinued his testimony today. He was cross questioned at much length as to the au thenticity of the various articles written by him on the subject. One of these, gave tho result of an Interview between Bart lett Sinclair, the representative of Gov ernor Steunenberg, and President .SIc Klnlej. In which the Persldent was al leged to have said that he approved what the Idaho authorities had done In deal nj with the matter. The article also quoted Mr. Sinclair as referring to certain mem bers of the Investigating committee as the "Congressional duperf' of the "djna-, mlter" In the Coeur d'Alene district. Th witness testified to the authenticity of these and many ether reports. His cross examination will be continued tomorrow. Interntntc Commerce Lavr. WASHINGTON. April li The , Senate committee on Interstate commerce today continued lta hearing on the. bill for the amendment of the Interstate commerce law. Among those heard were C P. Ba con, representing tho grain shippers of Milwaukee, who read letters charging d's crlminatioa in rates on grain by the rail roads. Joseph Nlrnn-o, Jr., took a posi tion against any interference with the railroad companies In the conduct of their business. George R. Blancbard. former Trunk Line Cormittoner, returned to tho stasd to -ms-rer qacstlots -rowfcj cut of a former statement made by him. and Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prou tj Prouty supported the bllh He made a plea for tho grant 'of power to the com mission to lnpect the books of the rail road comcanles and to exercise a certain control over rates. He said that under tho existing law It was almost. If not quite. Impossible to prove discrimination on tne part of the roads. Militia Appropriation. ' WASHINGTON. April 13. The Housi commlttec on militia decided today to fix at Jl.OW.OOO the amount allowed annually to the militia of the several states. In place of HOO.000 now allowed. The bill, as Heretofore agreed upon, allowed $2,f. OOO annually. In accordance with tl.- re quest of the National AoclatIon of Mil itary Organizations, but owing to a desire for retrenchment and the strong effort be ing made to keep down the total appro priations of this ee3lcn. the decision of todaj- was reluctantly reached to fix the amount at 11.000,000. Places for Contrnct Sarjreons. WASHINGTON. April 13. The Secre tary of War has forwarded to Congress, with h's approval, the draft of a bill pre pared bj Surgeon-General Sternberg, pro viding for the appointment of contract surgeons who have rendered one j-ear" faithful and satisfactory pervlce In the Army of the United States as Arplstant Surgeons of Vclunteers, with the rank of First Lieutenant Snn Frnnclsco Cnstom-IIonse. WASHINGTON. April 13. The Senate committee on public buildings and grounds todaj- authorized a favorable report on the bill authorizing a new custom-house at San Francisco, to cost J3.000 000. AGRICULTURAL TRUST. Scheme to Unite AH the Wheat Gro-v-ers of the World. MINNEAPOLIS, April lt-The Journal says: "All the farmers of the world, in a sort of International trust to restrict the pro ductcn of wheat and raise prices. Is the plan which It Is hoped to carry Into efTect at the International Agricultural Confer ence In Paris. July 9 topt It Is proposed to ask the farmers of the world to reduce their wheat output by 20 per cent and not to sell a bushel for less than fL J. G Han'ey. of St. Paul. Minn, executive agent of the Farmers' Alliance and Indus trial Union, the Natlcna! Cotton Growers' Association, the Farmers' Federation ot the Missls-Ippi Valley and the National Grain Growers' Association, Is tho chief promoter In the agricultural trust In America. Professor G. Riihland, ot the University of Freibourg. Switzerland. Is the chief promoter of the plan in Europe. The Idea was conceived by these two men lndcp-ndently. Mr. Hanlcy. who has been Interested In many hold-your-wheat rchemes, Is prominently associated with the farmers" elevator and var'ous co-opcr-atlve undertakings. He has lopg believed that If the farmers would only come tp an understanding as to limiting produc t'on and agree to sell only when their price could be obtained, they could easily master the situation. As a professor of economics. Professor Ruhland has come to the samo conclusion. His study 6f the agrarian problems of different countries led him to be'Ieve thnt the only cure for the widespread troubles of farmers, which are much more severo In the old than In the new w orld. Is to re strict production. Bo.h were hard at work gett'ng the Idea Into practice when they encountered each other's correspondence. Since then they have been working with a common Idea, viz.: To persuade the International Agricultural Congress to en force the plan and rec-mmend it to the various National associations for applica tion next j ear. While a 20 per cent reduc tion In acreage Is desired, Mr. Hanley points out that If only 5 per cent can be secured the worldls 'wheat crop would be reduced about 12S,W),0CO bushels, which Is. he sajs, enough to'bring the price nt Liv erpool up to Jl. To help out the effect ot' a restricted production, the farmers are to hold their wheat for 90 dajs. and are to market It at not Ps than I a bushel. " 'Almost everything the farmer buys," said Sir. Hanley, 'Is regulated In price by some trust. On the other hand, all that the farmer 6ells has its price determined by the competition of all the rest of the farmers of thb world. The farmers pro poee to unite, stop ruinous competition among themselves and to make the world pay a fair price for their product.' "Following the Paris conference. It li hoped to have established a permanent International Grain Griwirs" Association.' s M'DOWELL BROKE DOWN. The Actor Said to De Suffering; From Ster-iousness. SIOUX CITY, April 13. Melbourne Mc Dowell broke down in the third act of "Fedora," in this city tonight, the curtain was rung down and the money was re funded to the audience at the door. The company, with MacDowell and Blanche Walsh as co-stars, appeared here Thurs day night in "Cleopatra," and all went smoothly. Tonight, while In the midst of his line In the third act. MacDowell hesitated and stopped. He paid no at tention to the prompter, nor to SIlss Walsh, but came down tho stage and said: "Ladles and gentlemen ." Sllss Walsh called him back, and the curtain was rung down. The management say Mac Dowell Is nervous, and was physically un able to proceed. No further statement Is vouchsafed. Mansfield Cancels Dates. BUFFALO, N. Y., April ,13. Richard Mansfield has been obliged. In consequence of an attack of larjngltls, to cancel all dates previous to the 23d. Ho left Buffalo tonight for New York tp recelvo medical treatment. n Will Sue Horatio Reubens. NEW YORK, April 13. The Tribune says: "An action for damages to tho extent ot 31OO.C0O will shortly bo b-gun against Horatio S, Reubens, a member of the commission now at work upon tho revis ion of the law codes of Cuba, by Louisa Hoffman, who for some time was cm plojed in the capacity of ladj's maid by Mrs Reubens. Miss Hoffman asserts thnt she was imprisoned In Havana and con fined In a lunatic asylum at the Instiga tion of Mrs. Reubens. Mrs. Reubens Is now in the city. When ceen bj a reporter she denied emphatically that either she or her husband had been In any way respon sible for the examination which had been made as to the sanity of Miss Hoffman." CAUTION There is nothing " Just as good " as Duffy's Puro Slalt Whiskey. A dealer who says so is thinking of his profits nothing more. Of course when a remedy has been before the public so long, has been recommended and prescribed by doctors, and carried tho bless lnpa of health to so many thousand homes, imitations arc bound to arise. They aro only able, however, to imitate the bottle and labels. No one can imitate the product. Tho process is known to manufacturers alone. Ask for the genuine, refuse injurious substi tutes. Sec that our seal over tho cork is un broken, and that the bottle has on it the government medicine stamp. We havo found cases where unrcUablo dealers have refilled our bottles, so wc wish to caution our patronsagains t accept ing some cheap imita tion in our bottles. Book of Uformatlomf mt free Ad drorc1 ad ffrocrrs. it vour dealer docs no: sell U. a Dottle win be teat yen prepaid for f -eo. bottles for .oo. Seat In plain pacJugc. Unay iUsatWblakcT Co. Itocne.ler, X. X, The MainSfSim S 'piM Is its ability to -parity the Mood, create an appetite and overcome that tired feeling. Hence in asking you to take Hood's Sarsapa rilla in preference to all other medicines this Spring, we are doing so on the basis of proof more mighty, more conclusive, more positive than can be advanced 'for any other, that it does all these things. Its peculiar combina tion of remedial agents, its unequalled record of cures, and its wonderful sales, tell the story, and should secure your confidence and belief in common with the majority of people that Hood's Sarsaparilla is America's Great est Spring Medicine. Get it TODAY. MINING ON OLD GROUND mfch activity xow m3ar kerry, joseimiim: county. Taklnir Any Quantity of Gold "Where Only the Surface "Wan Scratched rorty Years A so. Kerby, the old county seat of Josephine County, Is coming to the front at-aln as an Important mining center, according to J. W. Howard, a merchant of that place, who was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention. At tho Perkins yester- day, Mr. Howard said the hills and can- yons surrounding the beautiful Illinois Valley are again alive with miners and prospectors as of yore, and many modern hydraulic propositions are" in operation. Among these he mentions a huge steam dredge within nine miles of Kerby, which started up some 10 days atco. and now runs night and day. A Chlneai company, ho says, bad mined this ground for over 40 jears, and took out untold sums by their primitive process of sluice boxes and Chinese pumps. The Canadian Company operating the dredge has a valuab'o prop erty, and the dredge buckets will soon reach the rich deposits tapped by the Chinese This dredge lifts five cubic yard of gravel per minute, and the gold Is separated by a system of riffle-- and plates on board the dredgeboaW the debris being deposited on that portion of the claim previously worked out. Tho famous Simmons and Wlmer placer mines near Waldo have been operated night and day since last Fall, and the clean-ups will not be made until July this year, is the water1- of the Upper Illinois River will not begin to fall Until that time. Each of these mines runs twe giants, and the amount of land annually E- l-i---rJ .--; e-33rJ53Ss3 as-33. 9kii PSV.T-frfil - p& The GEO. W. -- is is always kept at S same in material SIlPlllll SW T ' W ipllllll y$S$S$Mar4' IN RlJiTl V BT I li ilut B ilK GENEROUSLY GODDXX 1 e-3r-A3i, i mi t r mw i ---w t.w .-b rsm TKcrt pi ever. Our aim is to make it "generously good," and " permanently good." Sfj Watch out, however, that you don't get something else and think you have a te CHILDS. Every genuine ClilLDS cigar has the name stamped on it and will -gp always be good. It must be good when we can sell twice as many as are sold fc- of any other -5c brand. jig . LANG & CO., PORTLAND, DISTRIBUTERS rp . To a . washed off tho bedrock rurs Into acrej cver season, while the value of the gold dust deposited in the Grant's Pass ISanK within the post five jears runs into hun ureus of thousinds. The Woodcock placer mine, on the 111.. nols River, five miles below Kerb, cleans up $1000 every eight dijs for Its owners while the Wallace placer, on the Allhoue. -vm-fvw ...o- -.... .... .."' .if wfm .::,.,. ,..- ,'- the debris ..- ""."i w j VniimM " .. i i, . , ,1 smm vinli .,IX ' i, "l ""- ;" """K u, I Tho-ns Hamilton Mumy a letter regret. JE l S?C"-,eMf 4-1S,Wo- -V? ttaB Inabilltj to ptrtlclpate with the So the California line, by A. "tt Fox and J. cictJ ,n ..15th 'of A ri, celebration. In . a,. om, ui can trj-n-ra All im- "'"ir J"" " "c"'s P-- run- as hli-h as CO per cent copper The men operating this ledge are connected with the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, and possess abundant mean to erect modern j smelter?. A carload of coppr ore w III be shipped to the Tacoma "smelter when tho roads drj- up sufilc.ently between- Wahbi and Grant's Pas to support freli-ht wag ons. Eastern capital Is al"0 taking hold of the Preston Peak coprer ledges, whlclj are of great size, and though extending over into California their deve'opment will bo altogether from the Oregon side. "Kerby ued to be a great mining town 40 years ago," Mr. Howard saj-. "and 300 miners made big wages with sluice, rocker nnd pan. The mines were abandoned, how over, when the primitive methods ot those days failed to make big returns, but tho real gold deposits were hardly "cratched The modern hydrau'le. wblch -washes down the hills- by the wholesale. Is now operat ing in all directions from Kerby ,"and more gold Is being taken out than ever. "The Illinois Valley 18 one of 'the coziest' vales on the Coast.- It Is probably 20 mllci long. brlO wide, and Is well settled up by xarmers, wuo una gooa nxarKeis xor i.neir produce among the miners operating on j streams tributary to the valley. Kerby U j dally growing In Importance as a result ' of increasing population, and some ot ui I have already hopes ot her reclining her i former prestige np the Important town of CHILDS 5c citfar never chanffes. the top notch of perfection. It and manufacture yesterday, today ---jm r- --- jwjl i f y iT s i ui cwrsi ws; g-sgHjk -ssb-- --- iizL2 -w IS jgglllIijiBIM BtMk m LANG & CO., PORTLAND, DISTRIBUTERS g E3 E3 ffff i fore the railroad, tunning 40 miles to tha eait of us. put us su.Menlj In the shade." IRISH CELEBRATION. Senator llmir'n Vn-tuer to an Invltn tlun to Participate. ROSTON. Api-1 13. In response to an ! invitation to him bj the Amirk.in-Irisli Historical Soc!et. United States Senitor Georgf V Hoit has written to Secretary , the ,eUr Scn.ltoI. Hoa aS i ..15ut j nra surc that tne ceIebratIon wm be in the plrit whlih animate-, the men who fought and the men who died on. tho 13th of April. .. ou will I am sure, reinforce the lesson that no human power can turn wromr Into right, injustice Inta justice, can 'awfullj cru.-h out the Iovo ot llbtrtj. rative in every human ouI, and the right to independence that belongs to every people The men of the 19th ot April were victi rtgu against what seemed at the time Invinitble odd The result was the freedom of the Western hemi sphere, from the Arctic Ocean to Cap3 Horn. ThU spirit I am sure sooner or later will be victorious agairst what row terns' Invincible odds In the Eastern hemisphere which shall yet. In God'e good time, be one occupied by free men In aa independent ration. o 1 Hull Admitted to Ball. NEW YOBK. April 43. George W. Hull. the Arizona mlneowner arrested last ioieouay on a cnarge oi perjury in vnooe Island In connection with a divorce case. I as admitted to tlO.PJO ball to-ay. Killed b n tVoninn. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. April 13 At Alex- arder today. Mrs. T. X. Holland shot and killed " illiam Cook, a member of a promi nent family Mrs. Holland claims Coo!; defamed her character. fcut is the and for- 5?y m pr- sfcl s 1