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THE MORNING OHEGONrAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1901. FAILURE OF SEARLE8 New York Financier Makes an Assignment FOR BENEFIT OF HIS CREDITORS Liabilities Are Estimated From Oae to Tito Millions Had Been Em barrassed for Lack of Ready Money Since FalL NEW YORK, March 6. John E. Searles, the well-known financier, and at present In the general corporation and financial busi ness, made an assignment to Edward F. Dwight today for the benefit of his cred itors. Mr. Searles is president of the American Cotton Company, Type Found ers' Company and the Hyatt Roller Bear ing Company. He was president and gen. eral manager of the Minneapolis &. St. i Louis Railroad Company, International Trust Company and Union Traction & Electric Company; chairman of the Balti more, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company; secretary and director of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company; director of the American Coffee Company; American Sugar Refining Company, Preferred Acci dent Insurance Company, "Western Sprague Electric Company, . Terminal "Warehouse Company and Universal Last ing Company; trustee of the American Security Company, Brooklyn Institute of Deposit & Loan Company, American Arts, and Sciences, Equitable Life Assur ance Society of the United States, People's Trust Company, of Brooklyn, Terminal Improvement Company and Mercantile Trust Company, and a member of the Lawyers' Club and Down-Town Associa tion. Mr. Searles was treasurer of the Ameri can Sugar Refining Company until a few years ago, and president of the Western National Bank, of this city, succeeding Brayton Ives. In his latest and most Im portant enterprise, the American Cotton Company, he was associated with United States Senator Jones, of Arkansas. The latter company carries the patent for cot ton compressing, and is said to have done a prosperous business. The announce ment of Mr. Searles' financial embarrass . ment was not surprising in banking cir cles. Besides a fine Summer home at Buzzard's Bay, near tne home of ex President Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson, Mr. Searles had also a fine town residence in Brooklyn. As treasurer of the sugar company and president of the "Western National Bank, Mr. Searles gained a rep utation for business sagacity, and because of his experience was asked to the di rectory of various corporations. His friends say that he seemed to have un limited faith in the possibilities of the American Cotton Company. One of the banks with which Mr. Searles had an ac count is the Merchants' National, of "Wall street. An official of one of the leading banks down town stated today that Mr. Searles had been In a bad way for ready money since last Fall. Edward A. Dwight, the assignee of Mr. Searles. said tonight: "I am now making a careful examination of Mr. Searles' af fairs, and a statement of his assets and liabilities will be prepared at once and submitted to the creditors. I have no other statement to make at present." Charles E. Hughes, of counsel forwthe assignee, saidr "The assignment ofrMr. Searles was made for the" protection of his general credltors-in order that the In terests of all might be fully protected. His assets are believed to be largely In excess of his liabilities, but include a big amount of unlisted securities, which were not ready to convert into cash to meet obligations -maturing at this time. The assignment In no way affects the Ameri can Cotton Company or any .other corpor ation with which Mr. Searles is con nected." At the offices of the American Cotton Company the following statement was made by D. C. Ball, the general man ager: "Mr. Searles' assignment does not af fect the American Cotton Company in any way, directly or Indirectly, the com pany's business never in any way being connected with his private affairs. Mr. Searles resignation as president of the company had been filed with the secre tary prior to his assignment. A meeting of the board of directors had been called for tomoirow, but, owing to the absence of several directors, among whom are Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York; ex-Governor David R. Francis, of Missouri; Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas, and Maxwell "Woodhull, of Washington, D. C, this meelng will probably not be held until the latter part of the week. Meanhwlle William C. Loverlng, the vice president, who arrived in New York to night, will perform the duties of presi dent." The Journal of Commerce tomorrow will say: "Estimates of Mr. Searles' liabilities are anywhere from 51,000,000 to $2,000,000. He was generally regarded heretofore as worth several millions." Albert B. Reeder, a son-in-law of Mr. Searles, recently went through bank ruptcy, getting rid of liabilities to the amount of 5345,255. CROKER IMPOSED UPON. Indi&rnnnt at Unauthorized Xeivapa per interviews. LONDON, March 5. Richard Croker has seldom expressed his indignation at unauthorized newspaper interviews in such strong terms as he used today, when shown a copy of a New York newspaper of February 18, containing an alleged statement of his views regarding New York politics. "You know how frequently I have de clined to talk, even to the Associated Press, on current events in New York," said Mr. Croker this morning, "and to find myself committed in the columns of any paper regarding matters 1 have never mentioned to a person is enough to exas perate anyone. "Not a single line of the entire inter view has a foot to stand on. It is a tissue of lies from beginning to end. The news paper has been frightfully Imposed on by some one; and that person I propose to discover and whip out of Journalism. If he Is prepared to perjure himself I am ready to declare that I was nowhere near Wantage on the day he is alleged to have seen me. "Absolute proof of the wholesale false hood Is the allegation that I made a dec laration announcing forthcoming majori ties in New York. 1 do not think I ever have been accused of being such a fool as that. The statement that I have bought 115 acres of property here is equal ly as untrue as my alleged statements regarding Devery. Coler and others. As I have frequently told the Associated Press, when I decided to talk American politics I would talk to the Associated Press alone, and no one can draw me by any subterfuge. It has come to such a pass that I am unable to talk with re porters except in the presence of wit nesses. All kinds of fiends have been photographing my place, dogs, stables, etc, using the pictures to give a sem blance of truth to their libelous state ments. "I ask the Associated Press to say to my friends in New York that I am con stantly improving In health and believe my strength will gain faster here than in America the next few months. I am not talking politics to anyone, and sen sational reports to the contrary may be set down as a "fake." I am only talking now because indignation compels me to set myself right with my friends In New York." WESTERN JOCKEY CLUB. Policy ToTrard Track-Ovrncrs Who Fall to Recognize It. CHICAGO, March 5. The stewards of the Western Jockey Club, at a meeting here today, adopted the rules which will govern the new turf body. The most im portant point is a declaration of policy toward race-track owners who refuse to recognize the authority of the Western Jockey Club. The stewards passed a rule barring from participation on any West ern Jockey Club track anyone racing at unrecognized meetings, such as those held by all tracks west of the Alleghanies, ex cept California, where a license is not obtained from the stewards. The decree does not carry absolute "outlawry" be cause the persons so barred are privi leged to race in the East or on the Pacific Coast, but It was as far as the Western Jockey Club could go under Its present powers and show that the stew ards are determined to take a firm stand to obtain control of racing In the West, and will press their power to the ut most. THE DAY'S RACES. Winners at Tnnfornn. SAN FRANCISCO. March o. O'Connor landed three winners today. He put up brilliant finishes on Silurian and Macy. Favorites rewarded their backers in four events, and the public had much the best of the argument. Macy beat Dlomed a neck In the last race through the vigorous riding of O'Connor. Hohenlohe fell in the hurdle race, while the rider on Tom Sharkey fell off. Botn Jockeys escaped Injury. The weather was fine and the track fast. The results were: Five furlongs, selling Telephone Girl won. Chaste second, Artena third; time, 1:01. Six furlongs, selling Silurian won, Edln borough second, Esplrando third; time, 1:13. Hurdle handicap, mile and a half Olln thus won, Gllberto second, Acrobat third; time. 2:51. Six and a half furlongs, selling Pupil won, Isallne second, High Hoe third; time l:20tf. Seven furlongs, purse Thornwlld won, Brenhilda second, Onyx third; time, 1:2S. One mile, 4-j ear-olds and over, selling Macy won, Dlomed second, Linellght third; time, 1:41. Races nt Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO, March 5. The weather was fine at Oakland, and the track fast. The results were: Seven furlongs, selling Osmond won, Mike Strauss second, Modwena third; time, 1:2S. Six furlongs, selling Mainstay won, Sumner second, Letlger third; time, 1:16. One-half mile, for 2-year-olds Kill Doe won, Jarretlere D'Or second. Pepper Sauce third: time, 0:49. Mile and one-eighth, selling Castake won. El Mido second, Twinkler third; time, 1:55. Six furlongs, selling Rollick won, SL Rica second. Small Jack third; time, -:14. Six furlongs, selling Brown Prince won, Rica second. Small Jack third; time. 1:14. 1:15. Races at Xeiv Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. March 5. The results today were: Six furlongs, selling W. J. Bailer won, Goebel second, Elsie Del third; time. 1:154. Mile and a half, handicap, over six hur dlesTommy O'Brien -won, Dick Furber second. Miss Random 'third; titrig, y.50.. Two miles, selling Admetus won. Sir Fltz Hugh second. False Lead third; time, 3:35. Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Skill man won. Dissolute second, Hoods Bri gade third; time, 1:49. Mile and an eighth, selling Meggs won, Bert Davis second, Garland Bar third; time. 1:5S. Mile and 70 yards, selling Good Ale won. Little Boy Blue second, 'Blocker third; time, 1:48. Porter Will Vot Come Home. PARIS, March 5. The reiterated rumors that General Horace Porter, United States Ambassador here, intends relin quishing his post and returning to Ameri ca, are authoritatively denied at the em bassy as pure invention and without any basis in fact. War on the Social Et 11. NEW YORK. March 5. William H. Baldwin, Jr., chairman of the committee of 15, has announced that war will be waged on the social evil along lines which will rid supposedly respectable tenements and flat houses of vicious persons and force them to take refuge in houses about whose character there Is no doubt "The committee," said Mr. Baldwin, "will urge the Legislature to enact a law in accordance with the findings of the Tenement-House Commission. All that is necessary to prove, under the proposed law, is the presence of bad women in the houses. The women will be sent to jail for a long term, and the house itself will be libeled Just as we now libel a ship. A penalty of $1000 will be Imposed upon the landlord, and that penalty is to be a Hen upon the property. The new law will only apply to tenements and apartment houses occupied by respectable persons." Tonffne Sajrs He Should Have Credit. WASHINGTON, March 6. Representa tive Tongue says that the statement re cently appearing in The Oregonlan, to the effect that Senator Simon had secured an adjustment of the rural free delivery tan gle at Salem is a mistake; that he himself had this matter adjusted. Mr. Tongue has since been assured tnat this new serv ice will begin on April 1, and that there will be five or six distinct routes starting from Salem. The matter has been held up because the people in the outlying dis tricts have been unwilling to have a num ber of the small offices discontinued in or der to make room for the new service. A compromise has at last been reached, and unless some unforeseen difficulty arises the new service will go into effect as stated above. Senatorial Deadlocks. HELENA. Mont, March 5. The session of the Montana Legislature will expire at midnight Thursday, end as yet there is no break in the senatorial deadlock. Thomas H. Carter received the solid -Republican vote. H. L. Frank, of Butte, has the highest Fusion vote, with W. G. Conrad, of Great Falls, second. Four or five others receive a few votes each. The general opinion is that there will be no election. LINCOLN, Neb., March 5. The vote on United States Senator todav results Alien 21 Hitchcock 22 W. H. Thompson . S Berce 44 Currle 12 Melklejohn 35 HInshaw 13 Kosewater 15 p. VE. Thompson..37Scattering Crounse 7j 20 Drink Caused His Death, SAN FRANCISCO, March 5. Walter E. Stewart, Jr.. of New York, and formerly a Second Lieutenant in the Third Infan try, was found dead in a public square this morning. He had been drinking heav lty and was also the victim of a weak heart, and it is supposed that a combina tion of the two caused his death. He was court-martialed in Manila for unbecoming conduct but later secured an honorable discharge from the Army on account of sickness. WILL FIGHT STEEL TRUST J. J. HILL PREPARING FOR OPEN WARFARE. He Will Bnlld a Smelter and Ship Uls Ovra Pip-iron East Over His Own Lines. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 5. The Dis patch says: "J. J. Hill is said to have a plan regard ing the development of the Iron and steel trust which the latter concern hardly fig ured on, and the proposed increase in the Great Northern capital stock of $25,000,000 Is said to have something to do with Mr. Hill's plans. The trust Is said to have left one portion of its far-reaching plans rath er carelessly guarded, and It Is through this entrance that Mr. Hill Is expected to slide in. It was a question of raw mate rial for future use. An official declares that Mr. Hill has lately secured options on an Immense tract of mineral lands In Northern Minnesota. It Is also said that Mr. Hill intends to build an immense smelter on the Iron range and ship his own pig Iron East, Instead of Iron ore. In his own boats. A part of this scheme lt said to be the development of the Crow s BUT UXCLE SAM Nest Pass coal mines, in which Mr. Hill Is deeply Interested. In the coal regions Mr. Hill can make his own coke and ship it to his own smelters over his own lines." Opposition of the Tube Steel. NEW YORK, March 5. The. Herald says: . ,fc t '"Sto'ckhorders of the.' National' U-ube Company have taken steps to oppose the steel combination which J. P. Morgan & Co. is projecting and which Is designed to absorb the tube concern, among others. It is possible that an appeal to the courts may be made for an injunction. Counsel for the new United States Steel Corpo ration are, however, confident of easily disposing of any legal antagonism. "Through an advertisement by White & Blackwell, a stock exchange house of lower Broadway, the public obtained the first evidence of an organized movement to oppose the proposed steel combination. This firm advertised that it had been re quested by holders of $1,500,000 of the Na tional Tube Company's stock to organize a protective committee on behalf of those who were against the consolidation, and asked other shareholders to Join in the movement What the dissatisfied stock holders want, it is said, is the surplus In the company'fe treasury, which amounted to more than $S,67S,000 on June 30, 1500, and which. It is believed, has grown since. There Is, moreover, $40,000,000 of preferred and $40,000,000 of common stock outstand ing. Mr. Morgan, however. Is unwilling. It is reported, to let any of the concerns he proposes to merge use this surplus for the stockholdes, as each surplus has been reckoned as a part of the working capital of the new concern." . Morgan After the Coal Trade. NEW YORK, March 5. It has been re ported recently that J. Pierpont Morgan is planning to obtain control of all the Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields. The rumored combination, it Is said, will In clude the Philadelphia & Reading Com pany, the Lehigh Valley Railway Com pany, the Erie and Jersey Central Com panies, the Coxe Bros. Coal Company and the Pennsylvania Coal Company. Indi rectly associated with the project are, It is said, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, the Delaware & Hudson Canal Com pany, the New York, Ontario & Western Railway, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway Company. At the office of J. P. Morgan this story was denied. Local agents of a number of the com panies named scouted the Idea of such a combination being effected at this time. Later it was reported that Morgan in terests will dictate the terms upon which a settlement of ihe differences between the operators and the anthracite miners will be effected at the convention to be held at Hazleton, March 12. This report could not be confirmed. Abandoned the Worlc PITTSBURG, March 5. The Leader says: "It was learned from a source that Is thoroughly reliable that the Carnogle Steel Company has finally abandoned the work of the $12,000,000 tube plant at Con naut, O., on the shores of Lake Erie. The work on the plans was stopped by the or der of Mr. Schwab." Reviewed by Otis. CHICAGO, March 5. Major-General Otis, commander of the Department of the Lakes, hns Issued orders disapproving the finding of the court-martial which tried Private George Burrell, Fifth Cavalry, and convicted him of desertion, fixing the punishment at one year's imprisonment and dishonorable discharge. The court was held at Fort Thomas, Ky. General Otis commented as follows on the case: "It Is to be regretted that the court, in the pride of opinion, should have rendered necessary such action by the reviewing authority as will permit the prisoner to escape punishment entirely for his unau thorized absence." The trooper pleaded that he was simply guilty of absence without leave, and In this contention he is sustained by General Otis. "Warehouse Law Constitutional. WASHINGTON, March 5. In the United States Supreme Court today an opinion was handed down In the case of W. W. Carglll & Co.. vs. the State of Minnesota. The case Involved the constitutionality of the Minnesota law of 1SS5, requiring stor age elevators and warehouses on railroad lines, but not at termniai stations, to take out licenses, and also making other regulations concerning such institutions. The opinion of the court was confined en tirely to the one point of the right of the State Railroad and Warehouse Commis sion to require owners of such warehouses or elevators to take out licenses, and It was held that the Commission could le geitlmately exercise that function under the constitution. The opinion was deliv ered by Justice Harlan. MAY XOSE 0. R. & N. SHOPS La Grande Mast Settle Dispute Over Vacation; of Street at Once. LA GRANDE, Or., March 5. There seems to be imminent danger that the O.. R. & N. Railroad shops will be moved from here, and that this place will no longer be the end of a division. The rail road company some time ago requested that Fourth street be closed. The Coun cil, after much discussion, finally ac quiesced. An ordinance providing for the closing of the street was passed. With this assurance, the company proceeded to make many improvements, among which was the building of a new depot. Property-owners damaged by the closing of the street objected at the time the ordi nance was passed, and have since had two writs of restraint issued out of the Cir- 1SVT FAR AWAY. St Paul Pioneer Press. I cult Court. They' ask that the action of the Council be declared Illegal, and the I town thus 'pievetftcd from carrying out I Its agreement with 'the railroad company. Unfortunately, there Is believed to-be a technical illegality In the action of the Council which "will prevent the court from sustaining, itv Biit whether sustained or rejected, delay mq- prove disastrous. Up till yesterday, the"nebple had believed that the company was only "bluffing," but in passing through President Mohler said to several of the 'company's employees and to a number of citizens that the company was In earnest, and would expect no "monkey work." The company had ex acted of the Council certain promises, and if they were not carried out La Grande must suffer. It is quite certain that some action will be taken to secure a "withdrawal of the writ of restraint. If nothing else, possi bly money to the full amount of the dam ages to the property will be subscribed. If the shops should be removed, it would be to one of four places Hllgard, Pendle ton, Baker City or Union. None of these have the advantages for the purposes of the railroad possessed by La Grande ex cept for the room. But unless Fourth street is closed to provide for larger yards the company will undoubtedly do as Pres ident Mohler says It will. CONSOLIDATING TENDENCY. George Gould Predlcti Other and Greater MerRers. MEMPHIS, Tenn.r March 5. President George Gould, of the Missouri Pacific sys tem, accompanied by his wife and two children, spent most of the forenoon here, Inspecting the terminal facilities of the Iron Mountain road. In reply to ques tions, Mr. Gould said: "The consolidating tendency will be alle for some time yet. I predict other and greater mergers than have yet taken place. As to the effect of such concentra tion of Interests, I believe the public will be benefited thereby. I am satisfied that no detriment to the great shipping Inter ests will 05 can result The community of Interests among railroads is desirable primarily for the reason that a uniform and eoultabie rate basis can be main tained. All shippers will then be upon an equal footing." "What about the rumor to the effect that the Missouri Pacific was backing the 'Frlpco in Its new accessions?" he was a iked. "Tiie Missouri Pacific has no interest whatever in the 'Frisco or Its new acces sion and all reports that the Missouri Pnc:flc is financially Interested in the 'Frisco is without foundation." Sale of n Railway Tunnel. GEORGETOWN, Colo.. March 5.-The Atlantic-Pacific railway tunnel and all of the mining and mill site property of the company has been sold at auction to snt lsfy judgments for over $700,00$. secured by Mrs. Marie E. Hoyt, a bondholder. The entire property was bid in by James E. Ratchford. a banker and capitalist, of Syracuse, N. Y., for $4100. The tunnel Is now In 5300 feet on the east end. The total bore when finished will be 18.000 feet. It is designed for a railway tunnel, and was started originally In 1SS0 by the late Marsh M. Pomeroy. and $700,000 has been spent In Its construction. The purchas ers with other Eastern capitalists are pre paring to organize a company or the com pletion of the tunnel. Union Pacific and Burlington. NEW YORK, March 5. The Commer cial Advertiser says: "There were rumors In Wall street to day about Union Pacific interests acquir ing a large block of the Chicago, Bur lington &. tQuIncy road. Some of these stjeks advanced In price owing to the rport A rumor prevailed on the Stock Exchange that persons identified with the Union Pacific had acquired 175,000 snares within the past few days. Some of the largest shareholders of the Burlington are sa'.d to have been approached recently with a preposition to exchange their stock holdings for a new bond." Gold la the Treasury. WASHINGTON, March 5. The amount of gross gold In the Treasury today was $4S9,412,15S, the highest point ever reached in the history of the Government This amount includes the $150,000,000 held as a reserve. $276,019,9SS held against gold cer tificates, and $63,392,179 in the general fund. CATTLE GROWERS MEET FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OPENS IN DENVER. Deleg-Btes, Who Loolc Down on the Sheepmen, Want a Separate As sociation of Their Ovra DENVER, March 5. About 350 dele gates were present when the first annual convention of the American Cattle-Growers' Association was called to order in the Tabor Opera-House at H today by H. H. Robinson, temporary president. The entire territory west of the Missouri River is represented, the largest delega tions being those of Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada. A temporary organization was effected at Salt Lake City during the recent con vention of the National Stock Association. The convention will decide whether the new association shall be independent of the National Livestock Association or work as a subdivision of It The officers of the National Association are watching the projected organization jealously, ready to co-operate If It Is to be an auxiliary, but to fight It if it Is to be independent and a rival. Welcoming addresses were made at the morning session of the convention by Governor Orman, and Mayor Johnson. Re sponses were made in behalf of the associ ation by F. S. Lusk, of California, and A. S. VanDoran, of New Mexico. Mr. Van Doran explained the objects of the asso ciation, which he said proposed to work to secure legislative protection of tho ranges for the cattle-growers and enablo them to meet the Increasing demand for beef at home and abroad. A. C. Cleve land, of Nevada, delivered an address, which evoked hearty applause. Mr. Cleveland said: "The woolgrowers of America have an association of their own, and there Is no reason why the cattlemen should not have one. There Is no reason why a cattleman should contribute to an association which does not protect his Interests. The West belongs to the cattlemen. They were the people who reclaimed the country from the Indians. Whoever heard of a sheepman being killed by Indians. Many of us who are in the cattle business have had our relatives killed by the Indians. I had a son killed by the Indians, but there were no sheepmen In the country at that time. . Sheepmen are too slow to catch up with any danger. I am referring to those men who have their all Invested in five dogs, a. wagon and a few sheep. Those men have no respect for the rights of others. We In our country have no trouble with them, because there Is n cer tain tax levied which keeps them out ot the state. I have never myself had any trouble with sheepmen. I have avoided them when I could, and they are anyway too slow to associate with cattlemen." The afternoon session was mainly de voted to the consideration of the consti tution and by-laws presented by the exec utive committee. No final action was taken and no permanent organization was effected. Telegraphic Brevities. John D. Rockefeller has given $11,000 to Vassar College for a new dormitory. The lumber warehouse of P. Cuntz & Wright. In Greenville, Or., was burned. Loss, $S5,O0O. General A. S. Daggett, recently appoint ed Brigadier-General of tne Army, has been retired. The German Government has ordered TOO barrels of California brandy for use by its army and navy. Nothing is known at Madrid of the re port bf alleged fighting on the Spanish Portuguese border. Samuel Moser, who murdered his wife and three children, at Pekln, O., gets 21 year In the penitentiary. Private Eugene L. Tyon, Company A, Ninth Infantry, died at Tung Chow, China, February 2S, of pneumonia. King Edward has Issued a letter patent empowering the. Duke of Cornwall and York to confer knighthood while he Is in Australia. The Independence, the Boston cup de fender, will be entered in the trial races under the name of C. H. W. Foster, a Marblehead yachtowner. Nine men charged with robberies and murderous assault, and who were await ing the action of the grand jury, broko out of the Cumberland. Md., jail. A dispatch from Irun. a Spanish town near the French frontier, says a quantity of dynamite. In the custom-house, ex ploded, killing seven persons and injuring many. The delay in the payment of the first installment on the cruiser ordered by the Turkish Government from the Cramps is caused by the present poverty of the treasury. The excitement at Tipton, Ind., which threatened to culminate In the lynching of P. H. Edmunds, who was accused of at tempting to assault an 11-year-old girl, has died down. "Professor" M. J. Dwyer, of Grand Rap Ids. Mich., and W. H. Qulnn. of Montreal, met at Paterson, In a catch-as-catch-can wrestling match. Dwyer won the first and second falls. A dispatch from Florence says a serious mutiny of convicts has occurred at Santa Caterlna prison, resulting In the military being called out, and 10 convicts being killed and 57 wounded. The memorial to Queen Victoria Is to be a monument, the most prominent feature of which will be a.statuo or the Queen, to be erected near Westminster Abbey or Buckingham Palace. In the continuous trap-shooting match at New York, Fred Gilbert of Iowa, led at the finish with a break of 65. Fox of Baltimore was second with 55, and R. O. Heikes third, with 38. Captains R. D. Evans and H. C. Taylor, having been advanced five numbers for services at the battle of Santiago, were commissioned as Rear-Admlrals, to date from February 11 last A large woolen firm at Glasgow has called a meeting of its creditors. An In timation has also reached Glasgow of the failure of a blg German company, the loss being estimated at 300,000. The boot and shoe concern of LaBeaur & Decarey, of St. Henri, a suburb of Montreal, failed for $110,C0o; assets, $57,000. John A. Lelschmann, the newly appoint ed United States Minister to Turkey, ar rived in Constantinople yesterday. Charles T. Yerkes, of Chicago. Is in New York, arranging the closing details of his deal by which the elevated railroads of Chicago will be turned over the syndicate which will hereafter control the transit facilities of Chicago. Fire broke out at the Arlington Hotel, Washington, D. C, caused by the crossing of an electric light wire. It occurred in the cupalo on the roof and was soon ex tinguished. The damage, which was com paratively small, was confined to the tower and the apartment below It A decree ordering the sale of the prop erty of the Columbia Straw Paper Com pany, located In Xcnla, Defiance, Mas sallon, Coshocton and Sandusky, O., to satisfy the holders of $1,000,000 worth of mortgage bonds, has been filed In the United States District Court at Columbus. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. March 5. Today's statement of the Treasury balances shows: Available cash balance $149.4S3.342 Gold 83,299,379 Place for Judge Chambers. WASHINGTON, March 5. 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Other symp toms showing that you need Swamp-Root are, obliged to pass water often during the day and to get up many times at night, inability to hold your urine, smart ing or irritation in passing, brick-dust or sediment in the urine, catarrh of the blad der, uric acid, constant headache, dizzi ness, sleeplessness, nervousness irregular heart-heating, rheumatism, bloating, irri tability, worn-out feeling, lack of ambi tion, loss of flesh, sallow complexion. If your water, when allowed to remain undisturbed in a glass or bottle for twenty-four hours, forms a sediment or set tling, or has a cloudy appearance. It is late Chief Justice of Samoa, la to be ap pointed a commissioner to adjust the claims of American citizens arising out of the war with Spain. Mr. Chambers, although appointed originally as a Demo crat to his office In Samoa, conducted him self In the last days of the tripartite gov ernments with such true Americanism as to win the respect of the. authorities here. He is a gold man. Detective Barry's Funeral. The funeral of Detective James C. Bar ry will take place this morning from 620 Front street, and the funeral service will commence at St. Laurence's Catholic Church, Third and Sherman streets, at 9 o'clock. There will be six pall-bearers. Registered in U. S Patent Office. 7-vi 7 IrT ywup-SvXi I Ml u la tk C Mfl I 1x1 m JlpfSffl t tO---n -v y Alexander Halg, M. A., M. D., Oxon., F. R. C. P., London, in his work on "URIC ACID in CAUSATION of DISEASE," gives Excess of Uric Acid In the Blood as the cause of Gout, Rheumatism, Calculi of the Kidney and Bladder, Albuminuria, Bright's 'Disease, Heart Affections, Nervous t Depression, Narvous Headache, Neuralgia, Epilepsy, Insanity, Asthma, Suicide, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Eczema, etc., etc. HUNTER McGUIRE, M. DM LL. D., President and Professor of Clin ical Surgery, University College of Medicine, Richmond, Va says: mssmii LfTHlfl WSTER X YKuABlcEActlD?oERTiSfe,LS. ? deed, in diseases generally dependent upon a Uric Acid Diathesis, It Is a remedy of extraordinary potency. I have prescribed it in cases of Rheumatic Gout, which had resisted the ordinary remedies, with wonderfully good re sults. I have used It also In my own case, being a great sufferer from this malady, and have derived more benefit from it than from any other remedy." Dr. B. P. Barringer, Professor of Physlol.gy and Surgery, University or Virginia. "In more than twenty years of practice I have used LIthia as an ANTI-URIC ACID agent many times, and have tried it in a great variety of forms, both in the NATURAL WATERS and In TABLETS. As the result of this experience I have no hesitation in saying that for prompt results I have found nothing to compare with BUfRUflLnHA!tfsns TZSTl &H of old existing deposit -calculi) has been relatively limited, and I hesitate to comoare it here with other forms to their disadvantage, but for the first class of conditions iiUifiiLU LiTfiiii WftFER Is Testimonials which defy all Imputation or Questions sent to any address. PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA. Springs are open for guests June 15, close October 1 Situated on Danville Division of the Southern Railway. evidence that your kidneys and bladder need immediate attention. In taking Swamp-Root you afford nat ural help to nature, for Swamp-Root Is the most perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that is known to medical science. Swamp-Root Is the great discovery of Dr. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and blad der specialist Hospitals use it with won derful success in both slight and severe cases. Doctors recommend it to their patients and use It" In their own families, because they recognize in Swamp-Root the greatest and most successful remedyl If you have the slightest symptom ot kidney or bladder trouble, or if there is a trace of it In your family history, send at once to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton. N Y., who will gladly send you free by mall. Immediately, without cost to you, a. sample bottle of Swamp-Root and a book of wonderful Swamp-Root testimonials. Be sure to say that you read this gener ous offer in' The Portland Dally Orego nlan. If you are already convinced thit Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular 50-cent and $1 size bottles at drug stores. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and tho address. Blnghamton, N. Y. two of whom will be Detectives Cordano and Ford. The floral piece from the Po lice Department is a handsome one. and is in the shape of a detective's star. Larceny of a. Bicycle Charged. A boy named Anton Zanker was locked up In the police station yesterday by Chief Burns, of Oregon City, charged with tho larceny of a bicycle from, a house near St Vincent's Hospital last week. Chinaman Arrested for Larceny. Lee Yot was arrested last night by De tectives Snow and Kerrigan, charged with the larceny of a set of carpenter's tools from an O. R. & N. freight shed. Uric Acid or Gout Poison in Causation of Disease. BUFFALO LITH1A WATER The Remedy and Preventive. for sale by Grocers and Druggists generally.