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w FOR 1 902 CAMPAIGN Democracy Will B,e Reunited and Reorganized, BIG CLUB HAY BE FORMED FnIon With Republicans Not Objec- tionable If There Is a Chance of Success Candidates for Governor. Qregon .Democrats will take the initial steps before long to reorganize the party for the state campaign of 1902. Into the new Democracy will be gathered, as far as possible, all the different brands of Democrats, and such Silver Republicans and ex-Fusion Populists as will not drift Into the Republican camp or go it alone. The Silver Republicans do not amount to much. What were left of them went over to the Democracy in a body last Fall. It is not known what they will do if the Democrats shelve silver forever and aye, as seems to be their purpose. Just now they are Inside the Democratic Hon, and the lion is satisfied. Populism of the Fu sion type is out of the race. Its leaders, Will R. King, Ernest Kroner and a few others, met at Salem in the latter part of February and formally dissolved the state committee and the party. The sen timent of the leaders was that hereafter Fusion-Populism should affiliate with the Democracy. This is no numerical gain to the Democrats, as they had the Fusion Populists with them in the state and Congressional campaign of 1S98, and In all the elections, Including the Presidential, in 1900. But the Middle-of-the-Road Pop ulists they lost in the shuttle. If present plans carry, the Democracy will present a solid front next year for the first time since 1890, when Pennoyer was elected Governor the second time. Pennoyer immediately began to look for a landing-place In the Populist shop, and his Influence was lost to the party in the election of 1892. In 1S94 the party was greatly split up, and u large part of it knifed Galloway, the candidate for Gov ernor, for Pierce, the Populist nominee. In 189G the ship foundered on the silver rock, and the Gold Democracy appeared. In 189S the Fusion Populists and the Democrats combined on a state ticket and were snowed under. In 1900 there was more fusion and more defeat. There was no Gold Democratic ticket In the Presi dential contest last November, but the Gold Democrats who could not swallow Bryan either voted for McKInley or stayed at home. Sentiment among Democrats Is that there should be a reunion of all the vari ous elements the Gold Democracy, the Bryan Democracy, the stay-at-home De mocracy and the Populist Democracy. How this shall be done Is the question which is being asked by those who are talking reorganization. Secretary "W. N. uaieiia, oi me county committee, sug gests a mass meeting for the purpose of forming a Democratic club of large mem bership. He thinks this would be easy. He has for a nucleus a list of 2800 Multno mah County Democrats whose loyalty is unquestioned. This is not the full vot ing strength of the Democrats in the county, Mr. Gatens says. He places it at 6000. and says it will grow to 8000 before next year if the trusts continue to -grow in power. The purpose of the proposed big club is to get all Democrats under one roof. As far as machinery, goes, the party is as well off as It ever was. It has a state committee, a county commit tee and a large fund of valuable political information. Since the Democracy fused last year with the Mitchell Republicans and Pop ulists on a Legislative ticket, there Is much speculation on their probable policy in this respect in 1902. Democrats do not look forward to another deal with the Mitchell camp. They say that Mitchell leaders whom they have sounded talk big and say they will have everything Re publican, from primaries to state con vention, under their thumb, next time. "In that event." said a county leader, yesterday, "they will have no need for Democrats." "What will the Democracy do then?" a reporter asked. "Well," replied the leader, "I should not be surprised If we should be open to fusion with any wing of the Republican party that would assure us of getting something." The Democrats are already looking around for a candidate for Governor State Senator Robert D. Inman, of Port land, was suggested as long ago as last October by Chairman Sheridan, of the state committee. The Senator kept him self pretty well groomed during the re cent session of the Legislature, and some Republicans gave him a Jolly as a vote getter. This Republican glad hand Is not so much in evidence since the Senator did Yiot bob up serenely during that long wait at Salem and make Mr. Mitchell's 4Gth vote. Senator Inman now counts among his Democratic supporters men who moved heaven and earth last Spring to beat him out of the nomination for Mayor. District Attorney George E Chamberlain, of Portland, is mentioned as a likely candidate for Governor. DENOUNCED THE SALOONS. Chairman Stewart, Prohibitionist, Makes a Visrorons Speech. '!Jhe P,rohIbItIon Party will be In the field until the saloon goes to h 1, where it ought to go. We will hold this ground and keep up the fight until the end. how ever far that may be." These were the closing words of the vigorous address of Oliver W. Stewart the National chairman of the Prohibition party, delivered last evening before a large gathering at the A. O. U. W. Hall L H. Amos presided, and the Meneley Quartet furnished opening and closing songs, amusing in rendering, but never theless loaded with prohibition doptrlne. The refrain of one recommended "more religion inside," while another raised the question, "What will become of the Sunday-school man?" who had cast -a ballot for the same party as "the fat brewer alongside." In opening, Mr. Stewart took up the question of law enforcement and the fun damental objects of government to pro tect the weak and helpless in their rights property, life and liberty against those stronger and more aggressive. "The need of government," he said, "points out Its purpose. Were every person zealous to do his duty, there would be no necessity for government. The reason why govern ments are necessary Is that there are men who do not deal Justly with their neighbors, who do not live righteous lives, who do not give recognition to the rights of others. Society has therefore organ ized, has enacted laws, and we all should do our utmost to enforce them." With this text he took up the hypo thetical case of a thief making a request before the city authorities for a license to follow his occupation unmolested, and offering to pay for the privilege. "The thief." said Mr. Stewart, "asks: 'Are your laws against stealing enforced? "He is answered: 'Yes, we oceasionally send thieves tn the penitentiary or to the legislature. But we can't enforce the law absolutely.' " 'Well ' says the thief, 'since you can ot prevent stealing by absolutely prohib :lng it, license me and make me the offi cial thief. I will chase out the low, cheap thieves who steal without a musical ac companiment. I will not steal after mid night. People ought to have a chance to slumber In peace. I will not steal on Sun days. People ought to be able to worship God and not have their piano hauled away. I will not steal from boys under 2L I shall pay 51000 a year, and people will have the satisfaction of knowing that everything is stolen by the official thief.' "What Is the difference between this proposition and that of the saloonkeeper? The difference, if any, is in favor of the pickpocket, because the business of the saloonkeeper has a more injurious effect on the community. What father would not rather have his pocket pIcKed than go home tonight and find his daughter drunk and debauched? What father would not rather have his horse and buggy stolen than to find his boy reeling home drunk for the first time tonight? He who steals does not debauch your sons and daughters as does the liquor traffic "The license policy of this country is indefensible. The money received from licenses can never justify and make right such a traffic. The nice, clean, honest part of mankind will answer for it before the Just tribunal of God. If there be a devil, he will get the saloonkeeper; but what will become of the decent man that gives his consent to the Government's sharing the profits of the saloonkeeper's business? The question Is one of absolute personal righteousness. Is it right to for bid the saloon traffic? Tes. Then the question whether we can prohibit it has nothing to do with the right of it. The power of the Government, the strength of the saloon, has nothing to do with the question of absolute right. The whole saloon business is repulsive and slnfuL We must prohibit It absolutely. "But does prohibition prohibit? If pro hibition Is enforced by license politicians and by whisky office-holders, by a law-and-order league, I say it does not. But when we have prohibition with a Prohibi tion party back of It, with men In office pledged for the right, I say It does. Wit ness the work of Samuel F. Pearson as Sheriff of Portland. Me. "The saloon teaches violence- to law, and must be abolished before we can relearn the lesson of respect of the law. Mrs. Nation's work has been called vio lation of the law and anarchy, but think of the thousands of saloonkeepers violat ing the law and creating anarchy before her. The saloon Is the greatest anarchy breeder in the country. If the saloon Is bad, let us take a radical stand against it before it Increases its power. If it Is a good thing for it to close at 12, it Is a good thing to close it before It ever opened, and to keep It closed all the time." In conclusion Mr. Stewart took up the marks of encouragement in the party's affairs, comparing It with the abolition movement, and giving the voluntary dona tions of 525,000 since the defeat last No vember as evidences of the progress and life of the party. GOOD OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT. Conditions Favor Record Crop in Oregon. People who took shelter under awnings from the hall yesterday afternoon won dered how much damage the shower would do to fruit. Secretary Henry E. Dosch, of the State Board1 of Horticul ture, sat in his office at 246 Washington street and regarded the dark clouds and the pelting hall with complacency. "This storm will not hurt anything, for there Is nothing to hurt." he said. "The buds are only Just beginning to swell. The hail that did the damage last year fell April 15, when everything was in bloom." Asked about the prospects for the fruit crop Secretary Dosch said: "If one-tenth of the fruit buds which are seen on the trees develop we shall have more fruit than we shall know what to do with. Never since I came to Ore gon have I seen the trees so loaded down with buds. Two years ago we did not have buds enough. Last year the hall knocked the blossoms off the trees. This year we have buds to spare. There is no "particular explanation for the con dition. Everything is naturally in good shape. The trees have come through the Winter clean and healthy, and the buds axe, vigorous and heavy. This is true also of the apricot and peach trees, and this section Is not a peach or apricot coun try. In Eastern and Southern Oregon the outlook is every bit as favorable as it is in the Willamette Valley. "Orchardlsts are taking more care of their trees than ever before in the his tory of Oregon. I venture the assertion mai ou per cent more sprayers are in operation this year than ever before. This is because of the high prices paid for good fruit and the inability of the growers to sell poor fruit." Secretary Dosch kept wormy and dis eased fruit out of the Portland market last year by condemning it as fast as it arrived. Commission men made this work comparatively easy for the secretary by Informing him whenever they received suspicions looking packages. The fight of the horticultural board against dis eased fruit will be continued, with the co operation of the commission men this year. Secretary Dosch will be at Buf falo during the fruit season, and G. H. Lamberson will temporarily have charge of the work as acting secretary of the Board of Horticulture. He knows bad fruit at a glance, and is not afraid to condemn it. Secretary Dosch advises hor ticulturists not to produce bad fruit and not to ship it to Portland, if it should happen to grow. Sale of it will not be permitted In Portland, nor will the hor ticultural officials allow it to be shipped out of the state. The horticultural board will Issue its first crop bulletin about May 1. The an nual meeting of the board will be held at Portland April 8. PERSONAL 1CENTI0IT Gaptain Henry Nice, of Alsea Bay, is at the Imperial. Henry Stanislawsky, superintendent of the Mount Baker Mining Company, who has been at the company's mine for the past 15 months, is In the city on busi ness. He says the property is in fine shape and prospects are very bright. Dr. J. H. Montgomery, head of tho Copeland Medical Institute In this city, has returned, after a protracted visit to New York. Dr. Montgomery, while ab sent, took a post-graduate course, and has returned to Portland in vigorous health and spirits. NEW YORK. March 25. Northwestern people registered at New York hotels to day as follows: From PortlandMrs. J. B. Montgom ery, at the Waldorf. From Salem H. P. Whalen, J. Rand, at the Gilsey. From Spokane W. H. Wright, at the Ashland. Should Be a "Pnrnmonnt Innne." ELLENBURGH CENTER, N. Y., March 21. (To the Editor.) I am trying, in a feeble way, to call attention to the Im portance of the Isthmian canal to the whole people. To the people of the Pacific Coast It should appeal with a special force, for it would stimulate ship-building the material you have for the same in great abundance and would place your agricultural productions at the mar kets of Europe. Of so much Importance Is this that we should think your Sena tors and Repdesentatives would make It the "paramount Issue" in things political. There is a mighty unseen force against It, and the way to uncover It and crush It is for the people to demand Its construction In no uncertain way. Senator Morgan is devoting his energy towards this end. Let the Pacific States rise up and help him. Yours, very truly. WILLLVM H. GORDON. "Sot All in Multnomah, Either. Aurora Borealls. Never make a political promise unless you are determined to keep your word. Too many of Oregon's politicians have wrecked their political future by failure to keep their promises, and written ones at that. Dr. Sanford'B Liver Invif?orator. The best liver medicine. A vegetable cure for liver Ills, biliousness, Indigestion, constipation, malaria. THE STORKING BIG DIFFERENCE IN VALUES TIMBER LAXDS AS VIEWED BY OP POSING WITNESSES. In the Xeppach Salt One Side Thinks Property "Worth ?100, Other Side ?10, Per Acre. Evidence concerning the use of Win chester rifles in holding down Umber claims was brought out yesterday in the trial of the suit, of Anthony Neppach against the Oregon & California Rail road Company. E. H. Thompson, formerly of the Brower & Thompson Lumber Company at Latour ell Falls, testified that a man was put on a section with a rifle, and it was probable that the Bridal Veil Lumber Cnmnnnv furnished the firearm. The witness said he was run off, and he put on another man, who had a family, to settle on the land. The man also had a Winchester rifle and a bull pup. Finally they stopped fighting and compromised. Mr. Paxton, attorney for the plaintiff, asked whether it was not customary for the companies to put men on the land, furnish them grubstakes and afterward buy them out. Mr. Thompson answered, that this had sometimes been done. He saldhe put a man on a section, and after THE LATE WILLIAM B. JONES. iinnnaHsHnHHiwniiHnmnnHHHniHM William B. Jones, who died at St. Vincent's Hospital Monday, was well known "to the business men of the Pacific Coast. For 25 years he bad been engaged with his father, under the firm name of J. F. Jones & Son, in the coffee and ilce business. For Ihe past Ave years the name of the arm has been W. B. Jones & Co. Mr. Jones was born at Burlington, la., November 3, 1854. the man got title he ran away, and Thompson never got the land." Concerning .c uiue ui me iana in controversy, ne iuieu mat witnout mills it was worttumtusseii, smith & Co. were adjudged 4i me government cnarged i 25 per acre. He admitted that he had heard of settlers asking $5000 for a quarter section of land, but they never got it. The wit ness testified that he put men on some of the same land Involved In this action while the validity of the land grants was being tested In the United States Courts, so as to get some of it in case the decision was In favor of the Government. Thomp son acknowledged having had a conversa tion with Mr. Neppach, In which he of fered to buy one section of the land If Neppach got It He stated that there was a little mill near there, and he intended to hold the land until this concern was obliged to have It, and make something out of It; that was his object. He also admitted haying once remarked to Nep pach that he hoped Neppach would win the suit. Thompson testified regarding speculations which he indulged In, In a legitimate way. that being within his line of business. On direct examination he placed the value of three of the sections in controversy at ?5 per acre, and two sections at $10 per acre. This makes a total value for the 3200 acres of J22.400. Mr. Thompson was a witness for the de fense. W. V. Curtis, a timber man of 10 years' experience, testified that he knew the lands In a general way. His valuation per acre was $4 50 to $5 SO. S. P. Kerr, a timber expert, valued the land one section at $10 per acre, two at 57, one at $5, and one at ?1 23. The trial will last the remainder of the week. United States Grand Jurors. Following is a list of the 30 grand jur ors for the United States District Court drawn yesterday, and summoned to ap pear in court on April 10, 1901: William Sweeney, capitalist. Portland. H. C. Means, merchant, Portland. J. C. Plllsbury, accountant. Oregon City. H. C. Myers, stock buyer. Blalock. G. W. Lounsberry, agent, Astoria. A. B. Haines, farmer, Elkton. P. B. Marshal, warehouseman, Albany. J. H. Aitkin, merchant, Huntington. Leo Frlede, merchant, Portland. Edward Hughes, merchant, Portland. J. A. Miller, farmer. Halsey. J. Conrad Luckel, manufacturer, Port land. W. L. Wells, farmer, Dallas. Otto Breyman, merchant, Portland. George C. Flanders, merchant, Port land. Richard Connell, farmer, Glencoe. U. B. Scott, steamboatman, Portland. Alexander Kaufman, capitalist, Port land. Charles Kohn, merchant, Portland. J. R. Burns, hotelkeeper. Baker City. S. M. Kelly, liveryman, Oakland. J J. Burgess, carpenter, Oregon City. Lawrence Barclay, capitalist, Portland. A. J. Yoder, farmer. Needy. Preston W. Gillette, real estate agent, Portland. W. M. Campbell, merchant. The Dalles. Cleveland Rockwell, civil engineer, Portland. Marshal Huffman, farmer. Union. A. M. Elam, farmer, Milton. Gustave Rosenblatt, insurance agent, Portland. Decisions Toilny. Judge Cleland will announce decisions this morning at 9:30 in the following cases: C. J. Reed et al. vs. B. G. Whitehouae, on merits. W. H. Sherrod & Co. vs. R. L. Durham et al., demurrer to answer. Morris Lobawltch vs. S. Labowltch et al., demurrer to complaint. Rosa Westerman vs. Henry Wester man, motion to make amended complaint more definite, etc Ward Wetmore vs. Dorothea Wetmore, plea in abatement. B H. Fisher vs B. E. Wright, on mo tion for a rehearing. Maude Watts vs. Moses Watte, motion for suit money.- Second Trial of Damage Suit. The second trial of the $10,000 damage suit of Barbara Stager against the Trdy Laundry Coir.rr.ny, on the ground of seri ous Injury to her left hand, which was OREGONIAST, WEDNESDAY, caught in a mangle May 14, 1S9S, was begun in Judge Sears' court yesterday. According to the complaint, the guard rail was neglige.itly adjusted-too high, afford ing no protection, and her hand was caught between the rollers and burned and bruised and crushed so much as to render the member useless. At the former trial, Miss Stager ohtalned Judgment for 52000. The Supreme Court set the judgment aside and ordered a new trial because of an error of the lower court in giving a cer tain Instruction to tho Jury. This related to unnecessary delay on the part of the defendant in extricating the plaintiff's "hand from the machine after the acci dent happened. Judge Sears holding that she was entitled to recover on that ac count, even jf it was found that she was negligent In the beginning. The jury was taken to the laundry to view the mangle. Henry E. McGinn ap pears as counsel for the plaintiff, and John M. Gcarin and Rufus Mallory for the defendant. The defense Is that Miss Stager was herself entirely to blame for the accident. The jury selected to try the case Is composed of the following-named persons: J. Clanahan, S. E. Paddock, W. A. Hart, Peter A. Banford, J. J. Evans, Robert Graham, Joseph P. Menth, J. Kahn, Fred Rehorst, A. Bradshaw, Henry Albert, H. F. Taylor. For Benefit of General Creditors. H. C. Albce, trustee in bankruptcy for B. L Russell. J. N. Russell, W. J. Smith apd J. H. Parellus, partners, as Russell, Smith & Co.. In the logging and lumber business at Cascade Locks, has sued the j Ainsworth National Bank to recover 53299J , The compla!ntshas.J)een 'filed In the State circuit trourt. The plaintiff avers that bankrupt August 25. 1699. and he was an- pointed trustee. The firm, prior to July 26, 1S99, It Is stated, was Indebted to the defendant in the sum of $3299, and It is asserted that within four months of the time the 'bankruptcy proceeding was filed the Ainsworth Bank received $1379 from Russell, Smith & Co., which, under the bankruptcy act, Is recoverable for the benefit of all of the creditors of the part nership." It is further averred that sub sequently, and also after August 23, tho bank was paid various sums, aggregating 51922. The plaintiff alleges that other claims against the firm have been present ed to him, amounting to 56000, and that the only property coming into his hands as trustee Is worth not to exceed $100. The complaint charges that repayment of the $3299 has been refused by the bank. It Is alleged that It should be returned, to be shared In alike by all of the cred itors, and judgment is demanded accord ingly. Court Xote.s. Judge Bellinger has appointed Charles H. Chance, Jr., United States Commis sioner at Sumpter. Joseppe Cordano petitioned to be ap pointed administrator of the estate of Ma ria Bacighalupi, deceased, valued at $1000. Thomas Ryalls, executor of the estate of Henrlg Kroger, deceased, was author ized by Judge Cake, yesterday, to bring an action against A. L. Stone, adminis trator of the estate of Andrew Snover, deceased, to recover $545. B. Pape, guardian of the estate or Kas ten Facke, Insane, has filed suit against Louise Logus, executrix of the will of Charles Logus, deceased, to foreclose a mortgage for $3500 on lots 1 to 8, in clusive, block 227. East Portland. The will of Howard M. Clinton, de ceased, was admitted to probate In the County Court yesterday. The estate la valued at $2925, and Includes SO shares of the capital stock of R. L. p0k g. Co valued at $2000. The estate Is devised to the wife. Ella J. Clinton, who is named as executrix, without bonds. The Oregon Exploration & Development Company has been sued by Walter J. Bates for himself and others, to recover $1925. The principal claim Is that of A. A. Mears, who had charge of the wofk o.f developing the mining property of the company in Jackson County, which amounts to $1325. Other claimants are S. J. Barber. $120; J. Frank Watson. $50; D. J. Moore. $130; D. D. Neer, $150; W S. Paond, $50: all of which Is for money loaned. P. Schweltz, jointly Indicted with M. Resnik for larceny of $300 from .Abraham Edelman. "a baker, pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court yesterday, and was sen tenced to one year In the Denltentlarv. The charge against Resnik was dismissed, u& ms companion admitted being the principal offender. Schweltz and Resnik were members of a Hebrew opera com pany, which was stranded In Portland. Edelman was an acquaintance. He was about to go to San Francisco and met Schweltz and Resnik to bid them good bye. Schweltz hugged Edelman, and. while doing so, took a roll of bills out of his vest pocket. Schweltz Is said to have served a term in San Quentin for forg ery. The Royal Tribe of -Joseph has filed an answer to the suit of J. P. Flnley as next friend of Laura Dean Cox, a minor, to recover $2000 insurance on a certificate Issued to Capitola Blanche Cox, deceased. It Is stated In the answer that Mrs. Cox drowned herself July 1, 1S99, and that the certificate provides that the benefici ary shall not be paid in the event of the suicide of the member. It is further set forth that the certificate also provides that in case of death within five years, only three-fourth of the face value shall be paid. Mrs. Cox, it is alleged, joined the order In June. 1SSS, and therefore It is. contended that If the Insurance should be decreed to be payable, only $1500 shall J be due, and not $2000. "The best pill I ever used," Is the fre quent remark of purchasers of Carter's Little Liver Pills. When you try them y6u will say the same. MARCH 27, ' 1901. BIG NAME MOT NECESSARY SIAIX POIT OF FAIR SHOULD NOT BE OBSCURED. Government Should -Make a Liberal Appropriation for the Centennial. PORTLAND. March 26.-(To the Editor.) I offer a few suggestions for the pro posed centennial celebration in Portland four years hence. First, the name. Let us not load it down or obscure the main point by straining .at anything gorgeous. The main event to be celebrated does not need anything like that. It is strong in jiaen, ana can stand on Its own merits. In my judgment, a plain, short name would be more appropriate and more ex pressive. About like this: LEWIS AND CLARK PACIFIC CENTEN NIAL. That is short, direct and to the point. It holds up to conspicuous view the one great event of overshadowing importance to be celebrated. Every other considera tion is subsidiary and secondary. The visit of Lewis and Clark to this Coast In ISOo was a grand conception, most timely as to date, heroically carried out and of very high National Importance. No mere words can add to the glory of the achievement, just as no conceivable dec oration could add to the beauty or at tractiveness of the Washington monu ment. Its very plainness Is one of its most striking features. We want as a Na tion to celebrate the Lewis and Clark expedition. That Is the principal point, the soul of tho affair, and so let us not smother it beneath a mass of verbiage referring to collaterals. LEWIS AND CLARK PACIFIC CENTEN NIAL. ' The Lewis and Clark expedition fixed the National destiny of this Northwest country It was, in a National point of view, second In Importance only to the Louisiana purchase Itself. That gave us control of the country and of the Pacific Coast up to the 42d parallel, while the Lewis and Clark expedition, in its effect, extended that jurisdiction and control of coast line up to the Russian possessions, or 54:40 north latitude. In a day of weak ness we gave away a portion of this mag nificent acquisition, when we should have held it at any hazards. Had we held it. our Nation would have undisputed' control of the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Behring Straits. This control would have saved the Nation vast sums of money and an Incalculable amount of trouble. The cost has been and will be in build ing counter-fortifications and armed ocean fleets. In attempts at control of pelagic fur-seal fisheries. In the suppression of smuggling and other like matters. The troubles have arisen out of divided juris diction as to wreckage, towage, salvage, etc Furthermore, had we kept control of the entire shore line, we could have su pervised the commerce of the north half of the Pacific. Ocean and of all trans pacific tejegraph lines. The Nation did not reap all the legitimate fruits of the Lewis and Clark achievement, but enough remains to make the proposed celebration of Nation-wide Importance, and to that point we should make earnest and per sistent appeal. m The Nation Is more deeply Interested In the coming event than any section or lo cality, and the Nation should liberally contribute to defray the 'necessary ex penses. The conception of the expedition was as broad as the continent; Its ex penses were paid out of the National Treasury, and the accruing advantages were all of a National character. Congress has just appropriated $5,000,000 In aid of the Louisiana Purchase centen nial at St. Lours I belleve-that'appropria-ion. was properly made. , We. celebrate -war events at -any-cost. Let us learn to cerebrate th'e 'achievements of 'p"e"ace'as welli The acquisition of 1S03 was of the very greatest Importance: that of 1S05 was but little less. Congress ought to give the Lewis and Clark Pacific Cen tennial at least $2",COO,000 and the glad hand of encouragement, and I believe It can be Induced to do so if the matter is prop erly presented and persistently pressed Of course, local advantages will be gained by such a celebration. They are Inevitable, as in all other National af fairs, but these are to be set down as the "accretions of time." Bartholdi' statue of Liberty was a gift to mankind, but in finding a local habitation New York Harbor was graced by the Illuminat ing torch, and there it waves encourage ment to the wide world a general Idea with local advantages. The Lewis and Clark. Pacific Centennial at Portland will be of advantage to the city and to the whole Northwest. People from all over the country will come here by thousands, attracted by the low rail road fares, the occasion and the desire to see for themselves the much-talked-about new country. While here, they will use their eyes and ears, and will not go away empty in mind. If lacking In purse. But the less said about "locality," the better. It Is the Lewis and Clark Pacific Cen tennial we celebrate. That was an event of National Importance, and the Nation should pay the expenses, mainly. If the Northwest and Portland are benefited, that will be no fault of theirs. They will Just have to grin and bear it with as good grace as they can command. 'As to the accompanying exposition, that Is a mere matter of detail, that will easily adjust Itself as time advances. LEVI W. MYERS. "LcttIh and Clark" Intlinpennable. PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Edi tor.) I second the motion that the fair of 1905 be called the Lewis and Clark Cen tennial. That is reasonably short; It Is sufficiently comprehensive, and It stands for something that commands respect. Moreover, it is about the only one of all those suggested that will appear to Con gress, and this Is something that ought not to oe overlooked. If It will appeal to Congress It will appeal to the country at large. Can you imagine Congress making an appropriation for a Pacific Northwest Oc cidental and Oriental Industrial Exposi tion, for example? That would be merely a local scheme for promoting trade, and though it might be coincident with the centennial of some important event, that would be an 'incidental matter. The strong point about this enterprise Is that It Is to commemorate the great achieve ment of Lewis and Clark. This Is its corner-stone and foundation. This Is what united Washington, with its rival com merciaMnterests at Puget Sound, and the other states of the Northwest, from Col orado to the British boundary and west ward to the sea, in cordial support of the project. This Idea should be expressed In its name. It is the only one that will bring support from Congress, and there Is no dotibt that it would receive recognition from the general public, far and near. The exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark is more or less familiar wherever United States history Is known; therefore it would need no introduction to the peo ple who would be expected to support the fair of 1905. And sec what a field It would open for attractive and Instructive and really valuable advertising stories of Incidents connected with that historic Journey and their bearing on present-day conditions and facts, contrasts and paral lels. There would be nothing "yellow" or frivolous or strained about It. Congress would respect it, and so would everybody else. COMMON SENSE. A Step in National Expansion. PORTLAND. March 25. (To the Editor.) We are now realizing me possibilities of our proposed exposition. The expedition of Lewis and Clark was a step In National expansion, as fruitful to the Republic as the Louisiana purchase. The names of the explorers, though they properly will be an Important connection of the celebra tion, are merely Incidental as to Its title. The facts as to where the celebration Is held, how and what It represents will become " thoroughly familiar, a part of every advertisement and notice connected with the event. The expansion of our Re public in the Northwest during the past cenlury is wonderful In the world's rec ords. It Is that which we propose to show, 'calling attention at the same time to the present possibilities of that further expansion which will make our Pacific Empire but an Intermediate coast In the domain of our greater Republic We are to hold a National Expansion Exposition, and that should be its name. 1S05 1905. NATIONAL EXPANSION EXPOSITION. C. Names for the Fair. By N. E. Kegg, McMInnville, Or.: CENTENNIAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL ORE GON. By H. D Wood, secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce. San Diego, Cal.: PEACE AND PROSPERITY JUBILEE EX POSITION. NORTH PACIFIC TRADE (OR COMMER CIAL) EXPOSITION. NO WIDOWS ABUSE. Lavr Make It Ixnposnihle to "Marry a Pension." PORTLAND. March 25. (To the Editor.) In today's Oregonlan the following query under head of "Note and Comment" ap peared: Indian War Veterans who are seeking pen sions for themselves certainly have not forgot ten their wives, who underwent Just as many hardships and dangers. Or. If they have not. are we going to have another widows abuse like that of Civil War pensions? . The Indian war pension bill that was approved by the committee on pensions provides for the pensioning of widows. What you eay In regard to the hardship and dangers of these pioneer women Is correct, and it would be unjust to pension veterans and make no provision in case of a veteran's death to pension his widow. Congress enacted a law on this sub ject two years ago, which provides that only widows of veterans who were mar ried prior to March 3. 1S99, shall be en titled to pensions. This was especially Intended to apply to widous of Civil War veterans, but applies with equal force to veterans' wid ows of all United States wars prior to that date, and will have a tendency to check the marrying of young women to old soldiers for the purpose of securing their pensions. As a rule the wives and widows of In dian War veterans were married In pio neer days, and none, so far a 3 we can learn, wre married later than 18S4. Their ages go to show that none were married at a late date, as the records show that the youngest wife or v.ldow Is 47 years of age, and many of them are In the 60s and even 80s. From this you will see that there Is no chance, as you state, "of another widows abuse." The great majority of wives and widows living were married to veterans before the Indian wars or Immediately after the war closed. Indian war veterans have not had euch a brilliant prospect of pensions as to tempt designing women to seek marriage with them. And now that it Is well settled that they will get a pension In time, the law of the United States makes It Impossible for a woman to mar ry one of these veterans, and at his death draw his pension. T. A. WOOD. More Abont Joe Wheeler. PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Editor.) The editorial paragraph In last Mon day's Oregonlan concerning the retire ment of Joseph Wheeler as Brigadier General in the regular Army over Gen eral A. K. Arnold, who served falthfullv his country forty-four years without a break, while Wheeler, educated at West Point, served but two years.- and then turned traitor, coming out of the Con federate Army a Lieutenant-General at 'the. end tf four "years ;of the most wanton guerrilla warfare, raiding, killing and devastating Union people and property, recalls a bit of history that may be in point Just now. If President McKInley, who, I am sure, is a most excellent man,. had advised a little with some few boys in blue, not ten thousand miles away when the event here recorded took place, he might pos sibly have done differently In regard to Joe Wheeler. It Is this: On May 11, 1S65, at Conyers, a. little station on the rail road' near Atlanta, while endeavoring to escape Westward to Mexico, Joe Wheeler was to his Indescribable dismay quickly captured by a detachment of "Union sol diers belonging to the command of Colo nel William J. Palmer. Wheeler had a forged parole on his person and tried to pass himself oft on our men as "Lieuten ant Sharp." He was not sharp enough, however, to make his little game of fraud work. He and his party were stripped of their arms and horse's and Colonel Palmer telegraphed to his senior in command. General Molineaux, for instructions as to what he should do-with the prisoner, say ing that -Wheeler prevaricated so outra geously lhat no confidence could be placed In what he said. Lee. Longstreet orJoseph E. Johnston would have spurned such miserable con duct, but Wheeler probably knew better than any one what kind of business he had been doing the past four years, and what he richly deserved. In reconstructing the seceding elements mistakes were no doubt" unavoidable because of the limitations of human judg ment and knowledge, but It is difficult to see why Joe Wheeler should rank by one year so faithful and gallant a man as General 'A. K. Arnold. Such a thing could not be done In the British Army. C. E. CLINE. Statement Corrected. PORTLAND. March 25. (To the Ed itor.) In Sunday'-s issue of -your paper appears a statement, from your Gresh am corespondent, to the effect that the trustees of the Odd Fellows' Home ,had discovered a proviso In the deed to their property at Fairview, which would pre vent them from selling It. Suffice it to say that your correspondent Is mistaken. There is no such provision In the orig inal deed. The property was bought and paid for (not donated), without any reser vations whatever; the grand lodge. I. O. O. F., of Oregon, now holds an absolute title in fee simple to It; and the order. In this state has $527,000 assets with which to b'ack any deed it may give to the prop erty. The Odd Fellows' Home has been located within the corporate limits of the City of Portland, and the Fairview prop- IT CAME BACK. The Doctor's WifcFonnd Her Com plexion Attain. Coffee is no respecter of persons when it comes to the poisonous effects thereof. A prominent physician's wife of Monti cello, Iiid., eays that coffee treated her very badly Indeed, giving her a serious and painful stomach trouble and a wretched, muddy complexion. Her husband Is a physician of the reg ular school and opposedto both tea and coffee, so he Induced her to leave them off and take on Postum Food Coffee. . The stomach trouble disappeared al most like magic, and gradually her com plexion cleared up; now she is In excel lent condition throughout. There are thousands of highly organized people who are made sick in a variety of different ways by the use of coffee, and most of these people do not suspect the cause of their trouble. They think that others can drink coffee and are well, and they can, but about one person out of every three Ms more or 'less poisoned by coffee, and this can be proved by leaving off coffee and taking Postum Food Coffee. In .nearly every case the disorder will be greatly relieved or entirely disappear. It is easy enough to make a trial and see whether coffee is .a poison to you or not. The name of the doctor's wife can be giyen upon application to the Postum Ce real Co., Ltd., at Battle Creek, Mich. . THE HEALTH HABIT. Jnst as Easy to Form as Any Other. We do not deliberately form our pet habits, but they are unconsciously ac quired, and grow as we grow, and by tho time we learn they are hurting us. wo find them too strong to be easily broken. Then, why not form, a good habit, a hab it which will counteract the many bad ones, in other words contract the unfash ionable habit of being always well. The best health habit to get into Is to have and keep a vigorous stomach; if you have a healthy digestion you can drink your beloved coffee, smoke your favorite brand of tobacco, with little or no harm: the mischief begins when these things arc forced upon the faithful stom ach, without any assistance. Form the habit of taking after meals some harmless but efficient digestivo which will relieve the stomach of so much extra work. Nature furnishes us with such diges tives, and when they are combined in such a pleasant preparation as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tabletr, they give the over worked stomach just the necessary as sistance to secure perfect digestion with out any of the harmful effects of cathar tics and similar arugs. The habit of taking Stuart's Dyspeprfa Tablets after meals Is as necessary to the weak stomach as food Itself, and, indeed, to get the benefit from food eaten, noth ing better, and certainly nothing safer, can be used Many families consider Stuart's Tablets as essential in the house as knives and forks. They consist entirely of natural diges tive principles without the effect or char acteristics of dr- ts; they have no ca thartic action, but simply go to work on the food eaten and digest it. Take into account your bad habits and the expense they entail, and then Invest 50 cents In a box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and see If your digestion for the next month Is not vastly Improved. Ask the clerk In any drug store tho name of the most successful and popular stomach remedy, and he will say Stuart's. erty h still for sale, all statements from any source to the contrary notwithstand ing. E. E. SHARON, Grand Secretary. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cnttlnjr Teeth, Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy Mr. Wlnslow's Soothing Sjrup. for chlldrea teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allajs all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. At the first intimation of an attack of "grippe" begin at once to regulate tho system with Carter's LItle Liver Pills. One pill after each meal. You cannot be too cautious. In this epi demic of "grippe." Keep your system fortified with Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill after each meal. It is appalling to read the accounts of the ravages of "grippe." Keep yourself In a condition to resist the disease with Carter's Little Liver Pills. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. March 20. 8 P. M. Maximum temperature, 47, minimum temperature, 37; river reading at 11 A. M-. 7.G feet; change la the past 21 hours, 0 3 foot, total precipita tion. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.33 Inch; total pre cipitation since Sept 1, 1000, 34.33 inches; normal precipitation since Sept. 1. 1000. 37.41 inches; deficiency, 2.00 Inches; total sunshine March 25, 2:57; possible sunshine March 23, 12:24. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Light to moderately heavy rains have oc curred durlrg the lust 24 hours ir the Paciflo Coast States, and snqw has generally fallen la Idaho, Nevada and U.tah. It Is slightly cooler this evening In Northern Nevada, but else w here In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States the changes In temperature have been small and unimportant. The indications are for generally fair and slightly warmer weath er in this- district "Wednesday, except In North western Oregon and along the Oregon and Washington Coasts, where showers will likely continue at Intervals another 24 hours. "WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 hours ending at midnight Wednesday,. March 27: Portland and vicinity Cloudy to partly cloudy weather, with probably occasional show-. era; fresh southerly winds. Western Oregon Occasional sbowers In tho north, generally fair and warmer In the south portion; winds mostly southerly. Western Washington Probably fair, except showers along the coast: winds mostly south erly. Eastern Oregon. Eastern AVashlngton and Idaho Generally fair weather: south to west Wlnd3. A. D. WOLLABER. AiIUHKME.TS. MARQUAM GRAND C. HEILIG. Manager. Three nights and WYdne-nlay Matinee, com mencing Monday. March 25. MODJESKA. R. D. MacLean and Odette Tyler. Mon. and Tuea. nights, "King Jonn." Wed. night, only time. "Mary Stuart." Wed. Mat inee. "Macbeth." Evening prices Entire lower floor, $1.50; bal cony, first .i rows. $1; second 3 rows. 75c; last 0 rows, 50c; gallery. 25c; boxes and loges, 10. 50. Matlnets Entire lower floor. $1: Dalconjr, t rows, 73c. C rows. 50c; gallery, 25c, boxes and logo. $7.50. Seats now selling. t MARQUAM GRAND CALVIN HEILIG, Mgr. Thursday, Friday. Saturday Matinee at 2:13, and Saturday evening. March 28. 29, 30, MR. DANIEL SULLY IN "THE PARISH PRIEST." "THE PARISH PRIEST" Evening prices Lower floor, except last 3 rows, $1; last 3 rows. 75c. Balcony, first 0 rows, 75c; last C rows, 50c. Gallery. 25c. Boxes and loges. (7.50. Matinee prices Lower floor, except last 3 rows, 75c, last 3 rows. 50c. Bal cony, first 0 rows, 50c; last C rows, 25c Boxea and loges. $5. Seats now selling. CORDRA1-S THEATER One week, commencing Sunday. March 24, and Saturday Matinee, HOYT'S BIGGEST LAUGH. "A BRASS MONKEY." "A BRASS MONKEY." "A BRASS MONKEY." "A BRASS MONKEY." Pretty Girls. Clever Comedians. New Mualo, Novel Dances. Mazle Trumbull as Baggage. A perfect comedy cast. Usual prices. METROPOLITAN THEATER CLARENCE H. JONES. Manager Portland's Down-Town Theater. P'ird and. Yamhill. Phono Grant 7i. Tonight at 8 o'clock and all this week (Satur. day matinee). Lotta's great success. "PAWN TICKET 210." Direction Ed Billings. See the great pawnshop scene on the Bowery, New York City. Clever Specialties Will Be Introduced Between Each Act. ( FREDERICKSBURG MUSIC HALL- SEVENTH AND ALDER STS. SAMAYOAS. KALPRATUS. The King of Hoop-Jugglers. McKAY and LAURENCE. Comical Sketch Artists. DULCIE SISTERS. California's Sweetest Singers. LEONORE, Balladlst. In her latest Eastern successes. And other musical favorites of Portland. SEW TODAY. Mortgage Loans On Improved city and farm property. R. LIVINGSTONE. 22 Stark st. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improved city and farm property, at lowest current rates. Bulldlnr loans. Installment loans. MacMaster & Blrrell. 311 Worcester bile. THE ANN ARBOR BAKERY Has removed from 347 Morrison to 313 Morri son st. Has also put In large ovens of the most modern design in the building S. W. cor. 16th and Gllsan sts.. where tney have opened a nne retail Daicery. vve nave no successors. GRAHAM'S FURNITURE FACTORY Manufacturer of all kinds of Furniture. Wood work and Fixtures; Wardrobe. Folding Beds, Glas Cupboards. Kitchen Safes. Treasures. Moldings. Turnings. Library. Leaf. Kitchen and Tailor Tables, etc. Oregon phone. 370t-37S-37-l Front, cor. Montgomery, PORTLAND, OR.