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THE MOENING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUAEY 22, 1901. INDEMNITY CLAIMS State Department Bill De feated in the House. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAY The Senate, In Open Session, Mnflc Some Progress With the Legis lative, Executive and Judi cial Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L The House to day, after devoting some time to District of Columbia business, passed a number of bills under suspension of the rules. A bill to give Citizens of foreign countries the right to sue in the Court of Claims for Indemnity for alleged injuries, which had been recommended by the State De partment, was disastrously beaten. Be fore the regular order was demanded some routine business was transacted. The Postoffice appropriation bill was re ported. The Senate amendments to the Army reorganization bill were disagreed to, and the House agreed to a conference. Hull fRep. la)., Brownlow (Rep. Tenn.) and Hay (Rep. Va.) were appointed con ferees. The House then proceeded with District business. After the disposal of the District busi ness, White (Rep. N. C.) was recognized to move the passage, under a suspension of the rules, of a bill to provide a home for aged and Infirm colored people. The bill provides that the money for the con struction and maintenance of the home shall consist of the fund now in the Treasury due the estates of deceased col ored soldiers. The fund amounts to $230, 000. By the terms of the bill the home is to be erected in the District of Colum bia, on ground now in the possession of a colored association organized for that pur pose. After some debate the vote was taken and the bill was passed, 135 to 57. Kay (Rep. N. Y.), chairman of the com mittee on Judiciary, moved the passage, under suspension of the rules, of the bill to permit subjects of a foreign country claiming indemnity for Injuries received In this country, to bring suit in the Court of Claims. The bill, by its terms, applies only to non-citizens of the United States, and provides that the United States can set up a defense against such claims. Ray explained that the State Department had been overrun with claims of foreign citi zens for Indemnity, and the proposed leg islation was strongly recommended by that department. HItt (Rep. 111.) said the bill had been prepared by ex-Secretary of State Olney, and that such legislation had been recom mended by many previous Secretaries of State. Almost all the powers of the world, Hitt said, provided a tribunal for the trial of such cases. Our system, he said, had resulted In the presentation and payment of extravagant claims. De Armond (Dem. Mo.), on behalf of the minority of the committee on Judiciary, opposed the bill, which, he said, proposed to give to foreign citizens privileges not accorded to our own citizens. The reci procity feature of the bill, he said, also was objectionable. This legislation would cffer a general Invitation to speculative lawyers to rake and scrape the foreign population for pretext to bring suit against the Government. Williams (Dem. Miss.) believed that the Circuit Courts should be opened not only to citizens of foreign countries, but to clt zens of the United States. The bill was defeated, 37 to S2. Brownlow moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill to establish a branch Soldiers' Home at Johnson City, Tenn. The bill carried an initial appro priation of $260,000, but Cannon (Rep. 111.) said if the Home were built it would cost eventually 51,260,000. The bill was passed, as also was a bill to Increase the salary of the Commissioner of Education of Porto Rico from 530GO to $1000 per annum. At 5:05 the House adjourned. In the Senate. No business of special Importance was transacted by the Senate today In open session. An executive session of more than two hours' duration was held, and 16 pages of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill were completed before adjournment. At the opening of the session the chap lain in his Invocation referred with deep pathos to the condition of Queen Vic toria, paying tribute to her virtues as a sovereign and a woman, and Invoking dhine tenderness and sympathy to all the members of her family and to the people of her realm. An act to confirm In trust to the City of Albuquerque, N. M., the town of Albu querque grant was passed. Turner offered a resolution requir ing the President to transmit to tw Senate, if not Incompatible with public Interest, information of what steps have been taken by the State Department t: protect the rights of R. E. Brown, a citizen of the United States, in the mat ter of his claim against the South Afri can Republic, together with copies of all ccrrespondence and papers relating there to. The resolution was adopted. In presenting the resolution Turner made a statement regarding the case. Brown, the Senator said, was an Amer ican c"glneer who went to South Africa eight years ago. He located a number of A mining claims in Wltfonteln, uont ing American methods in his work. He was deprived of the claims by order of the South African authorities, and insti tuted suit against them for $1,S50,000. The case was decided by the South Afri can court in Brown's favor, his conten tion being upheld upon every point, not withstanding the order of President Kru ger withdrawing the claims held by Mr. Brown from location The judgment of the court incensed President Kruger and the Volksraad had the Judges relieved summarily from office. Subsequently, the new court dismissed the case of Mr. Brown and he was invited to institute a new suit. Realizing that the court was packed against him, he decided to appeal to his own government for justice, and with a view xf securing his rights as defined by the highest court of the Trans vaal Republic. Turner said the claims of Mr. Brown now are worth J5.000.000 or $6,000,000. In view of the governmental changes that had taken place in the Transvaal, Turner said the purpose of his reso lution was to press upon Great Britain jthe merit of the claim of Mr. Brown, and to ascertain what steps had been taken bj this Government In regard to it since Great Britain had assumed the respon jfbiUtles of sovereignty over that terri tory. The Senate, at 1 P. M., on motion of Foraker, went into executive session. The matter of the confirmation of James & Harlan as Attorney-General of Porto Rico was discussed, but Pettlgrew again took the floor and made a speech In oppo sition to the confirmation. He was fol lowed by Chandler. The Senate confirmed the nomination. At 3:25 P. M. the Senate resumed the trans? ction of legislative business in open session. Galltnger said that last Friday, during tho discussion of the amendment to the Army reorganization bill, intended to prohibit the sale of liquor In the Philippines, he had made a statement that liquor licenses had been Issued to "saloons In Manila by an army officer whose residence was In California mean ing General Harrison Gray Otis. He then read a telegram from General Otis say ing that he had never granted and never had the power to sra&t such licenses. Galllnger expressed regret that he had been led into the error he had made. "Does that telegram tell," Inquired Cockrell, "who did Issue the licenses?" "It does not," replied Galllnger. On motion of Allison, chairman of the committee on appropriations, the Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the legislative, executive, and judicial ap propriation bill. . When, In the read ing of the bill the paragraph was reached appropriating 510,000 to keep open the library of Congress from 2 until 6 P. M. each Sunday, Galllnger said he desired to enter his protest against the opening of the library on Sunday. Con gress, it seemed to him, had dealt very generously with the library and the peo ple of the District of Columbia, and the latter ought to be satisfied that the li brary was open 13 hours each week day. Allison replied that the proposed amendment had been recommended by two committees of the Senate and by the Librarian of Congress. Personally, he could see no better way for persons so journing in Washington or for residents here to spend a few hours on Sunday than In the library of Congress. The amendment was agreed to without di vision. At 5:25 P. M., after 66 pages of the bill had been completed, the Senate ad journed. JEFFRIES AT CINCINNATI. Kansas City Makes & Bid for the Henvy-Weisht Fight. CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 21. James J. Jeffries arrived today from New York. Accompanying him were his trainer Billy Delaney, his brother Jack, his sparring partner Bob Armstrong, and his secretary, J. P. Eagan. The opponents of the fight, while not disclosing their plans, still de clare their belief that the fight will not occur. W. J. Berkowltz, president of the Kan sas City Manufacturers' Club, at a meet ing of the Cincinnati Manufacturers' Club here tonight, made, an offer of 570,000 to the Saengerfest Club as a bonus If It will give up the Jeffries-Ruhlln fight to Kan sas City, provided assurances are given that all the people who would come to Cincinnati to see the contest would go to Kansas City. Ir. Berkowltz said: "Kansas City will take your fight If you don't want It. We want It. We will have It If you don't We won't ask to pull It off in the name of charity. Neither will our citizens, or authorities, or our min isters, demand that it be called a sparring contest. I understand that the Saenger fest needs 570,000, and wants to give this fight to raise that amount of money. Kan sas City will give you 570,000. We will give you that amount as a bonus if you will give us the fight. We must take the whole thing off your hands If you will give us the crowds. Assure Kansas City that all the people who are coming to Cincinnati to see the fight will go there, and we will take the fight and pay off the Saengerfest deficit, and pay you a pre mium." WANTS AX ACCOUNTING. Brady Brings Salt Against His Bi cycle Race Partners. NEW YORK, Jan. 21. William A. Bra dy has brought suit in the Supreme Court against Jim Kennedy, manager of tho Twentieth Century Sporting Club, of San Francisco, and Patrick T. Powers, man ager of the Eastern Baseball League, for a dissolution of the partnership which existed between them in regard to tho carrying out of bicycle races at Madlson Squarc Garden. Brady also asks that a receiver be appointed to take charge of the moneys belonging to the partnership. An adjournment was asked for by counsel for Kennedy. David Gerber, on behalf of Brady, opposed any adjournment, alleging that he feared Kennedy would leave the state and take the moneys with him, so that when the receiver was appointed there would be nothing for him to receive. He added that the defendant, Powers, had remained out of the state to avoid the serving of papers upon him. Justice Truax granted adjournment un til Thursday. Brady says that the profits of the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden exceeded 512,000. and that he has been unable to Induce Kennedy to divide the money, Kennedy claiming that the delay was due to Powers. When Brady found Kennedy was about to leave for California, he brought his action. THE DAT'S RACES. Winners nt New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21. -Results: Mile and a sixteenth Arthur Behan won. Petit Maltre second, Prince Real third; time, 1:50. Six and a half furlongs Athara wpn, Kohnwreath second, Dlvonle third; time, 1:2J. Mile and a half, selling Admetus won, Bert Davis second, Woodtrlce third; time, 2:37. Handicap, six furlongs Bummer won, Sakatuck second, Andes third; time, 1:14. Seven furlongs Free Hand won, Porter B. second, Dousterswlvel third; time. 1:29)4. Seven furlongs Jim Breese won, Mamie Lou second, Fair Deceiver third; time, 1:30. Races at Tnnfornn. SAN FiwANCISOO, Jan. 21. The results at Tanforan were: Six furlongs, purse Ordung won, Gold Lace second, Oasdale third; time, 1:15. Mile and an eighth, purse Credo won, Vlncltor second, Charles LoBel third; time. 1:59. Hurdle race, mile and a quarter Lomo won, Lothian second, Granger third; time, 3:27tf. Six and a half furlongs, selling Moco rlto won, Ada N. second, Bernota third; time, 1:23. Six and a half furlong3, selling Handl capper won. The Singer second, El Toplo third; time, 1:24. One mile, selling Astor won, Scotch Plaid second, Hohenlohe third; time, 1:4351. Golf Association. NEW YORK, Jan. 21. If the report of the nominating committee of the United States Golf Association is not announced today by the secretary. Robert B. Kerr, it will be made public very early in th. week. The nominating committee, con sisting of Charles B. McDonald, chairman; Oliver W. Bird and Rodman E. Griscom, has finished Its labors and Its report was sent to Secretary Kerr last week. Mr. McDonald said that the committee was unanimous in Its choice, and he thought the ticket was a strong one. The chief point of Interest, of course, lies in the president, as most, if not all, of the other officers will be renominated. The general impression Is that Richard H. Williams or Henry B. Holllns will be selected. The vice-presidents, it is said, will continue to be John Reid, of St An drews, and Hobart C. Chatfleld-Taylor, of Onwenteia, Chicago. Robert B. Kerr will enjoy another term aa secretary. Hanley Yncfct Will Not Be Built. BOSTON, Jan. 21. The Hanley center board yacht, as competitor In the trial races of cup defenders, will not be built according to the statement tonight by one of the men who offered to give financial aid to the project. The reason given id that the men who intended to be the spon sors for the boat were divided over the matter of material, many wanting a metal hull, while others held to a wooden craft Racing Season Limited. REDWOOD CTHT, CaL. Jan. 2L The Board of Supervisors of San Mateo Coun ty today passed a resolution limiting the racing season In this county to S5 days In each year. The usual season at the Tanforan track" Is SO days in the year. The other 80 days of the annual season of 100 days are reserved by arrangements for tno track at Oakland. NOMINATION CONFIRMED JAMES S. HARLAN TO BE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF PORTO RICO. Bitter Personal Language Used Be tween Senators Chandler and Haw ley During the Executive Session. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. The Senate, In executive session, confirmed the nomi nation of James S. Harlan, to be Attorney-General of Porto Rico. The final vote was reached after a discussion of more than two hours' duration, and when announced stood 42 to 21 in favor of con firmation." All the Republicans cast their votes in the affirmative, and two or three Democrats voted with them. The session was characterized by a spirited colloquy between Senators Chand ler and Hawley, In which bitter personal language was used. The controversy be tween them grew out of a letter written by Senator Chandler in 1877. and which was read by Senator Pettlgrew, concern ing, the controversy over the Hayes and Tilden election, In which reference was made to the part taken oy Senator Haw ley and Justice Harlan (neither then oc cupying his present place) in the settle ment of the Louisiana controversy of that time. In that letter Mr. Chandler stated that a committee, of which those gentle men were members, had been sent to Louisiana by President Hayes to destroy the Packard state government This be ing accomplished. Mr. Chandler said the President undertook to "recognize" the members of the committee, giving Mr. Hot Ian the appointment of Associate Judge, and offering Mr. Hawley the place of director of the Paris eroosition, which the latter declined, Mr. Chandler said, because of the Inadequacy of the salary. When this point In the article was reached Mr. Hawley Interrupted In a somewhat excited manner to denounce the statement as false, which he did In very emphatic and plain language. Chandler replied In like manner, saying that the article had been prepared by him 23 years ago; that it had never before been contradicted, that he still stood for it He added that the whole subject was an cient history, and announced his Intention to vote for Mr. Harlan's confirmation. Senators Spooner, Mason and Lindsay made brief speeches. Mr. Mason spoke of Mr. Harlan's qualifications as a lawyer and said that he did not think any the less of Justice Harlan because of his attach ment for his family. Mr. Spooner said there appeared to be no opposition except that of Senator Pettlgrew. Referring to Senator Spooner's remarks, Mr. Pettlgrew quoted extracts from editorials in a num ber of newspapers in reprobation of Mr. Harlan's nomination. He said he had no purpose to delay a vote, and when he con cludea the ballot was taken. Senator Lodge gave notice that tomor row he would move an executive session for the consideration of the Spanish treaty. Amendments to War Tax Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L Senator Cock rell today Introduced the following amendment to the war revenue reduction bill? "That the provisions of the existing laws In regard to exportation of distilled spirits .are hereby extended so as to per mit the exportation of rectified and blended spirits In packages of not less than 20 wine gallons, with the privilege of drawback taxes paid on such distilled spirits, provided that the taxable gallons of such rectified or blended spirits subject to rebate shall be determined according to such regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe." Senator Martin also introduced an amendment to this bill providing that no deed or contract made or entered Into since the war revenue act went into ef fect shall be considered Invalid because of the failure to attach a stamp as required by law. Deficiency Estimates. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Secretary Gage today transmitted to the House deficiency estimates of appropriations for the various departments to complete the service up to June 30, 1901, amounting to 511,2S6,052, and 52.641.985 for the postal service, payable from the postal revenues. Gold-Standard Bills. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The House committee on coinage, weights and meas ures today continued the hearings on the various gold bills before It Charles A. Conant and Representative Overstreet were heard. The latter Is the author of one of the bills before the committee. Amendment to Subsidy Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Senator Vest today gave notice of an amendment he will propose to tha ship subsidy bill, ap plying the provisions of the anti-trust law to shipbuilding under the bill. For Storage Reservoirs. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Senator War ren today gave notice of an amendment he will, present to the river and harbor bill, providing for storage reservoirs In Wyom ing. Consideration of Army Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The conferees on, the Army reorganization bill will hold their first meeting tomorrow. MARCHING MINERS. Two Deaths Result Prom the Ken tucky Strike. EARLINGTON. Ky., Jan. 21. Union miners today started on a march from Boxtown to the Carbondale mines, In Hopkins County, to stop the nonunion men at work there. They were 1000 strong. On the way a Sheriff's posse of Ave men attempted to stop them, and were arrest ed by a shot. A fusillade followed, the miners retreating. One of their number. Bill Cook, was killed, and another, John Taylor, died of his wound In a few hours. Boxtown Is reported deserted, but officers are searching for members of the march ing party. In Favor of the Brewers. CINCINNATI. Jan. 2L President Sam uel Gompers, of- the American Federation of Labor, who has been called to this city to arbitrate and adjust the trade dispute between the Brewery Workmen and Team Drivers' Union as to which organization should have Jurisdiction over brewery teamsters, rendered his decision In favor of the brewers tonight. Glass Works Close Down. HARTFORD CIT3T, Ind., Jan. a. The American Window Glass Company and the Independent Manufacturers' Associa tion today agreed to close their plants un til April 1, Instead of June L Eighty fac tories and about 30,000 workers will be affected. The object of the shut-down Is to-curtail production and maintain prices. Repairs to the Sherman. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21. Repairs now in progress on the United States trans port Sherman will consist principally of new decks, the rebuilding of the hospital, additional staterooms, and general en largement of the vessel's capacity. When the Sherman returns to the service the transport will closely resemble the Sheri dan, upon which extensive repairs and al terations have lately been made. Quarantine Regulation. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2L Collector Stratton has received a communication I from Quarantine Officer Kinyoun, in which it is stated that hereafter colliers plying between this city and ports of British Columbia may proceed immediate ly to dock on arrival here, providing they do not carry passengers; and that, In ad dition to the bill of health now pre scribed, there shall be furnished a certifi cate from the sanitary inspector stating that the vessel and Its crew have not been exposed to any quarantinable dis ease. NO CHOICE IN UTAH. Republican Senatorial Cancas Was Not Harmonious! SALT LAKE, Jan. 21. The Republican Senatorial caucus met tonight and took 10 ballots, without making a nomination. Nineteen votes were necessary to a choice. The first ballot was: Kearns SlMcCornlck 11 Brown 6Thomas S Cannon 4Sallsbury 1 The 10th ballot stood: Kearns lSJBrown 4 McCornlck 14iSallsbury 1 The caucus was not altogether harmo nious. Senator Allison, of Ogden, In a speech, vigorously attacked Thomas Kearns, charging that church Influence was being used to" secure the nomination, and that Mr. Kearns was the beneficiary of that influence. Representative Smith also said church influence was being used. The charges were denied by Representa tives Gardner and Johnson. The first Sen atorial ballot will be taken in the Legis lature tomorrow. The Montana Deadlock. HELENA, Mont, Jan,, 21. There were few changes In the result of the joint bal lot for Senator today. Ex-Senatqr Mantle holds the Republican strength and tho Fusion vote scattered. The vote stood: Mantle 27,Peeler 2 Conrad 16Sprlggs 2 Frank 13Hincis 2 Cooper Sj Toole 1 MacGlnnls 4 Brooke 1 Hoffman 3 Connolly 1 Gibson 3 Sympathy for Tagals and Boers. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 21. The House spent an hour today discussing a resolution extending sympathy with the Filipinos "In their heroic struggle for freedom." The resolution was amended so as to Include the Boers, by a vote of 53 to 39, and was then adopted amid cheers. White Teachers In Negro Schools. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 21. The bill Introduced by Senator Peak to prohibit the employment of white teachers In ne gro schools, colleges and universities, was withdrawn, and another Introduced, mak ing the inhibition applicable only to the public schools of the state. Democratic Nominees In Minnesota. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 2L The Demo cratic members of the Legislature, in cau cus tonight decided to support ex-United States Judge R. R. Nelson for the long Senatorial tefm, and Senator Charles A. Towne for the short term. No Change In Delaware. DOVER, Del., Jan. 21. The sixth ballot In the deadlock for two United States Senators was taken at noon today In the session of the Legislature, with no mate rial change in the situation. Nevada Legislature. CARSON, Nev., Jan. 21. The 20th ses sion of the Nevada Legislature convened at noon today. C. D. Van Dueser was elected Speaker of the Assembly. No committee appointments were made. INTEREST IN FRANCE. Not All the Newspaper Articles Arc Sympathetic. PARIS, Jan.J 2L The dispatches from Osborne are eagerly read here. Tho even ing papers publish more frequent editions, which are quickly sold. The articles in the papers aro sympathetic, though they give evidence of the anti-British feeling aroused by the South African War. Many of the writers ascribe Queen Victoria's collapse to the cloud of melancholy en shrouding her on account of the situation In South Africa and the ever-Increasing death roll. Joseph Chamberlain is spoken of as- the evil spirit responsible for the painful circumstances of Her Majesty. The Anglophobe writers like Drumont and Hlllcvoye publish, however, In the Libre Parole and Patrle respectively, ruthless excoriations of the dying Queen. Bulletins posted at the British embassy and British consulate were read by a large number of visitors. Many notable people called at the British embassy and Inscribed their names, Including M. Cro sier, Chief of the Protocol; General Zur linden, the Belgian and Swiss Ministers, President Faure's widow and daughters, and M. Loubet. The government was kept closely Informed from London. The Temps, in a kindly article, says: "Queen Victoria has become the sym bol of the nation and the empire, the glorle3 and prosperities of her long reign, and the century of progress and well be ing. In her majority she was the Ideal constitutional sovereign. The Prince of Wales has had his tastes, friends and court. Even If ho desired to efface himself and to follow the example of his. moth er his sex would render the step difficult. The death of the Queen will be, probably, In more than one domain the signal for grave changes. It Is the end of an era." Chlcngoans Sympathetic. CHICAGO. Jan. 21. Chlcagoans demon strated their Interest In the dying Queen by gathering wherever they could read the bulletins that came from London at half hourly intervals. Around the news paper offices there were groups all day reading copies of the latest dispatches from Osborne House. In the newspaper offices telephones were kept busy by those who were too far from the center of the city to obtain their information other wise. By arrangement with the newspapers or press bureaus most of the Important clubs were kept Informed of the progress of Her Majesty's illness. The messages were posted or read aloud to the members assembled In the smokfng-room. In many of the churches the pastors spoke feel ingly of the dying Queen's long and hon orable reign, while from nearly every pul pit was voiced a prayer for her restora tion to health. In the rotunda of the down-town hotels the chief topic of conversation was the illness of Queen Victoria. Canadians strangers to each other, but drawn to gether by a cause of common bereave ment, formed little groups In the lobbies and talked quietly of the calamity about to overtake the British Empire. All ex pressed their confidence In the Prince of Wales. Bolivia Rejects Chile's Proposal. NEW YORK, Jan. 2L A special to the Herald from Washington says: Bolivia has rejected the proposal of Chile contemplating the payment by the latter country of the Bolivian bonded debt, the construction of a railroad con necting Bolivia with a Pacific port, the free entry of goods, and the establish ment of custom-houses In exchange for the recognition by the La Paz Govern ment of Chilean sovereignty over the ter ritory In dispute between the two coun tries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs In Bolivia, who urged the acceptance of the Chilean proposal has, in consequence of the adverse action of the congress of his country, resigned his office. The Chilean Minister to Bolivia has left his post on leave, but It is understood that he will be directed to return to La Paz, perhaps with the new proposition. Amateur Billiard Tournament. NEW YORK, Jan. 2L Ferdinand Pog genberg, the billiard champion, was beaten tonight by Edward C. Faddner, the Pas saic Club star, 300 to 207. PEOPLE WHO HAVE CAUSE TO FEAR CONSUMPTION DR.COPELAND POINTS Why It Is That Those Who Have Cause to Fear This Disease Should Make the Effort to Rid Themselves of the Danger. There exist In our climate conditions which ever tend to the development of consumption of the lungs. These condi tions consist, first of the seeds of con sumption themselves, which are coughed up and spit out by consumptives. This material becomes dry and still holding in its meshes the seeds of the disease floats In the air and Is liable to be breathed by anybody. Only certain persons, how ever, who breathe the seeds of consump t .i develop the disease. Just who are In danger of developing consumption by Inhaling the germs of the disease I will try to show. A person whose general health Is run down from any cause, whose system Is weakened., whose blood is poor and thin, is in such a condition that he cannot resist the seeds of consumption when once introduced Into his system, and consequently Is liable to develop the dis ease. THE TRUTH ABOUT INHERITING CONSUMPTION. Those persons whose near ancestors have iad consumption have cause to fear HOME TREATMENT. No one deprived of the benefits f the Copeland treatment because of living nt a distance from the city. If you cannot come to the office, write for Home Treatment Symptom Blank and Book, and be cured at home. GRIP AND ITS TERRIBLE AFRER EFFECTS Mrs. J. Duke, 391 Ivon street, Tort land, relates her experience with the t ieland physicians as follows: "Three years ago this Winter I had a severe attack of grip, and, like many others, I thought it was llttlo more than a cold, and while I suffered greatly with It at that time, I expected it would soon pass away, but Instead of passing away it seemed to take on a chronic form and stay with me. "It -tvns not long nntil I noticed that I Tras losing strength and weight, and I was feeling very had all the time. I had a congh and soreness through my chest and langs; I raised quantities of pink, frothy mnens and had nightsivents. My appetite win changeable and un certain; I was very -short of breath, and conld not take a long breath without severe pain, especially In my right lnng. I felt miserable. "There wns a history of lnng trouble In our family and my friends were greatly worried over my con dition. Nothing seemed to do me any good. I had little ambition and hardly life cnongh to care whether I got well or not. "My sister, Mrs. Sam Strebln, of Trout dale, and her family had been treating with the Copeland physicians and were greatly pleased with their treatment. She came to see me one day and was so much CONSULTATION THE COPELAND MEDICAL THE V. H. COPELAND, M. D. J. H. MONTGOMfcRY. M. D. PURPOSE IS BLACKMAIL VENEZUELA TRYING TO SQUEEZE AN AMERICAN CONCERN. Offers to Restore the Asphalt Prop erty for One Million Dollars In surgents Gain a. Battle. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, British West Indies, Jan. 21. CVla Haytlen Ca ble.) The arrivals today from Venezuela confirm the reports of the existence of a critical condition of affairs In that repub lic. A former Venezuelan Minister asserts that the politicians at Caracas are mak ing a determined raid on the Bermudese Asphalt Company. He addB that they tried It before on a modest scale, squeez ing 530,000 out of the company, when United States Minister Loomls protested and stopped further action of this descrip tion. The government, the "Minister also says, listened to reason then, but has now lost its head and offers to restore the property for $1,000,000, although it is said to have been Illegally taken by a dicta torial decree. In addition, the assertion is again made that if foreign governments permit the action of the Venezuelan au thorities to pass without some protest, all foreign Investors will be driven from South America, for the latter claim they are always being Illegally plundered. In this connection, the assertion Is made that no former Venezuelan government would have dared to act as this one does toward Washington. It Is explained that the Venezuelan authorities are counting on the disinclination of strong nations to coerce weak ones. At the office of the Orinoco Company, rohnsn two steamers were recently seized ty the Venezuelan authorities, the man ager says the British Minister at Caracas, ;. gf TVm rnvrnZt;i Minister that the British Government will shareholders are Americans. The com pany Is said to be losing heavily through the seizure of the steamers. The commander of the French cruiser Suchel, stationed at Curapano for the pro tection of the large French Interests in that vicinity, reports that disturbances are increasing. The insurgents of Vene zuela have Just gained a battle near Gu cla. Germany Not Interested. BERLIN, Jan. 21. The German Foreign Office shows no Interest whatever in the reports regarding the situation In Vene zuela, and characterizes the newspaper accounts of the difficulty as exaggerated. Accident to the Bailey. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L The torpedo boat Bailey has come to grief again. The accident which disabled her In this case was peculiar. While lying at Newport, about to undertake a trial trip on the fol lowing day, the intense cold froze the water In her boilers, bursting a number of the tubes. The boat has been sent to New York for repairs, and the trial board has been ordered home. Ilazingr Committee Conffratalnted. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L The members of the House committee appointed to in vestigate the hazing at West Point, with special reference to the charge that tho late Oscar L. Booz had come to his death as a result of the brutal hazing he re ceived there, were the recipients today of general congratulations upon the thorough manner in which they had probed into the OUT JUST WHO SHOULD the disease, because consumptive parents frequently hand down' to their offspring weakened systems, upon which the seeds of consumption easily fasten themselves. The very fact that a parent has had con sumption shows that he has a system that predisposes to the disease, and the same predisposition is usually Inherited by the child. CONSUMPTION INVITED BY CATARRH. While is has been shown that catarrh alone does not cause all cases of con sumption, still it Is catarrh that those who have had consumptive ancestors have most to dread. This disease weak ens the body, makes a drain on the blood and prepares the way for the admission of the seeds of consumption. I have no ticed that those persons who come of con sumptive families take cold easily, and that their colds, instead of getting well, hang on and develop into catarrh. A SORE THAT WON'T HEAL It Is In sore places that tho seeds of PERIL OF THE GRIP Is In Its Prostrating After Effects and the Train of Serious Maladies It Engenders. The epidemic of la grippe now reigning and raging in Portland is In some features worse than a plague of yellow fever or cholera. Those fierce and frightful mala- aies ao tnoir Die After work of death suddenly ana there's an end ing. Those who don't d ie get well. They Seem to Get Well. With the grip it's different. It leaves the convalescent sufferer with the seeds of death remaining In the system with Its Awful Germ Poisons. le- alive in his blood. In his lungs, in his stomach, in his kidneys with the chance o. his dying of the new ailment six months or a year after his false and coun terfeit recovery from the grip. In this time of public excitement, when stricken people literally by thou sands aro beginning to sicken and droop under some miserable ailment to which the prostrating effects of the grip have left them exposed, all should keep cool. It should be a quieting thought to those thus visited that under the Copeland system the cure of catarrh, of lung and stomach troubles, of all the diseases and distempers bred and spawned by grip. Is now, not only an assured reality, but a matter of very small cost ?5 a month, in cluding medicines. FREE. DR. COPELAND'S BOOK DEKUM, THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS, OFFICE HOURS-From 9 A, M. to 12 M.;fram 1 to 5 P. M. EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays. SUNDAYS From 10 A. M. to 12 M. hazing practice, and especially upon the voluntary action of the classes In pledg ing themselves to abolish hazing, so far as they were concerned. The committee tomorrow will make a report and recom mend legislation which it is believed will result in the abolition of hazing at the academy. ROCK ON THE TRACK. Train Robbers Tried to Hold Up the Overland Express Near Kearney. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 2L Informa tlqn was received here today to the effect that a desperate attempt was made last night by a gang of train robbers to hold up the overland express near Kearney, Neb. The bandits .placed a large pile of rock on the track In order to wreck the train, which Is reported to have had a large amount of money. The robbers se creted themselves behind a hill near the railroad. A pedestrian traveling along the track came upon the obstruction, was pounced upon, severely beaten, and rob bed of all his money, amounting to $150. He got away from them and ran to Kearney, where he gave the alarm, and a posse was at once organized and orders given to hold the train. The posse came upon the bandits and captured one, the others escaping. The officers are still In, pursuit. KERR WILL CONFESS. Will Tell All About the Bosschleter Tragedy. NEW YORK, Jan. 2L New light has been thrown upon the case of George J. Kerr, Indicted as one of tho four mur derers of Jennie Bosschleter, In Paterson, N. J. The reasons for giving Kerr a sep arate trial also have been made public. Judge Dixon, at the time he granted Kerr the prlvllego of being tried separately, said he would file his reasons, and he has now made them known. Judge Dixon said the object of this secrecy was to 'prevents facts from reaching the Jurors . . . . . .. .. th th t might possibly unduly influence their minds. It now appears that Kerr intends to tell all about the tragedy; that he will claim that he was not present at the time the deadly drug was administered to Jen nie Bosschleter, 'and that he not only did not take part In the assault, but. on the other hand, protested against It, Kerr ex pects to prove this by the confeeslons of Campbell and Death. Prosecutor Emley will Insist that Kerr had guilty knowl edge of all that took place on that night, and that he aided and abetted In the pois oning. In giving his reasons for postponing Kerr's trial. Judge Dixon says that the statements made by Death and Campbell to the police Implicated Kerr In certain ways, but such statements are not legal evidence of Kerr's guilt, and being in troduced on the trial of CamDbell. Death and McAlIster, they might have biased the minds of the Jurors against Kerr. He further says that the counsel for Kerr made known to him that they would In troduce an entirely different line of de fense for Kerr to that made by Campbell, Death and McAllater. Svrindlcd Mayor Harrison. CHICAGO, Jan. 2L The Record says: "After victlmlzina: Mayor Harrison and several hotels In Chicago and other large cities, as the police assert. H. F. Allen, alias. W. O. Perry, railroad man, law yer, politician and alleged representative In the Texas State Legislature, has been arrested on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Allen requested Clark Bering, of the1 Tremont House, to cash' a draft on a private banking firm BE ON THEIR GUARD consumption frequently lodge and enter the system. Any person that has a sore that won't heal has a body that Is not up to the proper standard. The consump tion germs lodge on a sore anywhere In the body, and usually where they lodge they remain and multiply. I have seen the consumptive germs Ideate on the face and produce a sore called lupus; I have seen them lodge on a sore on the leg and mul tiply; I have seen them lodgo on a sore on the neck and cause abscesses. Catarrh is a disease In which there are sore and Inflamed places formed on tho inner lining of the air passages. It Is In these sore and inflamed places produced by catarrh that the consumption germ fastens itself, and it is because the catarrhal sores aro so near to thoso vital organs, the lungs, that the disease, catarrh, becomes such a serious matter. The very fact that a person has chronic catarrh is absolute proof that his bodily vigor and general health are not what they should be, and that such a person has not tho necessary resisting power to combat and throw off the seeds of consumption. W. H. COPELAND. alarmed over my condition that she would not let me rest until I went up to their office with her. After a careful examina tion I began treatment, and at tho end of my course was again a well woman. It is two years since I had any treatment, and I weigh more than I ever did beforo and feci as well as can be. Mr. S. Sanlcer, Kelso, Wash. Until an attack of grip some years ago I was In perfect health. When I got over tho acute stage I found I had catarrh and asthma. My head was stopped up, breath short, and I coughed incessantly. I had choking spells of asthma when I would become black In the face in the struggla for air. At night I had to sit up In a chair to keep from suffocating. I was doctoring continually, but with out benefit. The Copeland treatment gave me prompt relief. Mrs. W. M. Mafflt, Kenllworth, Portland: I am glad to make known how much I have been benefited by Drs. Cope land & Montgomery's treatment. Former ly my head was stopped up so I could hardly breathe. There was a ringing and buzzing in the right ear. and the hear ing was very dull. 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