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The scientific dentist can ward off many n. sprlou s y his advice regarding the use of the organs of mastication. Open Sundays, 9 to 12. WISE BROS. Mexican Minister Injured. MEXICO CITY, March 16. An accident to General Mena, Minister of Puhlic Works. Is likely to confine him to his room for some -weeks. He was caught be tween the floor of an elevator at the de partment and the steel cornice of the gateway, in such a manner as to pin him down. Inflicting injuries to the abdomen and upper part of the legs. American Yacht at Malta. MALTA, March 16. The American steam yacht Wanderer, owned by Ite&r Commodore C. L. F. Robinson. New York Yacht Club, which left New York early In December and has cruised In West Indian waters,, arrived here today. You Know That this damp, rainy weather Is the kind that makes LA GRIPPE EPIDEMIC, and that the cough -which always remains after an attack of the grip will cause Quick consumption. unless speedily checked? S. B. Cough Cure is what you need. Don't delay. Your druggist cells it. Trade sjpplled by the n the most perfect life Insurance contract Send for information. L. SAMUEL, world), 306 Oregonlan building, Portland, C. W. KXOWLES, Hsr. The Perfection of Wall Plaster 1IJW - i i iLII THE ADAMANT CO. Foot of 14th Street, Portland, Or. See This 91 FIRST STREET 47 FIRST STREET,,PORTLATTD. eomnlAlnt Open evenings 7 to 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213 FAILIKO DSILDIXS Cor. Third m4 WttMcgtia Sts. Tells a JVeiv Story. MONTREAL. Quebec, March 16. Frank Gautier, under arrest here on a charge of murdering Maud Gentile In New York, told a new story to tho police today. He declares that theglrl attempted to shoot him. When she "pointed the revolver at him he sprang and caught It and the muz zle was turned toward her as she piffled the trigger. Sargent Will Accept. WASHLNGTON, March 16. It Is under stood that Frank P. Sargent, the chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will accept the office of Commissioner of Immigration In the Treasury Department when It is formally offered him. b&xJbBL1" ? bbbB WORST IN YEARS North Dakota and Manitoba Paralyzed fay a Blizzard, RAILROAD TRAFFIC STOPPED Heavy Fall of Snow Piled by the Gale Into Moantaiaons Drifts Many Trains Stalled Great Drop of Temperature. ST. PAUL., March 16. North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest has experi enced the worst snow storm In many years, and the railroad traffic Is practical ly paralyzed. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern have not moved a wheel for nearly 3C hours in the blizzard-stricken district, and have abandoned all efforts to do so for the present The high -wind has piled the snow In mountainous drifts and packed it in solid masses, many deep cuts being entirely filled. The temperature has been falling gradually and Is now at or below zero. Not a transcontinental train has arrived in St. Paul since Friday, and none Is expected for several days. Tho Northern Pacific reports Its west bound Coast train, which left St. Paul yes terday morning, tied up at Fargo, the road beyond there being blocked. It will start a Coast-bound train tomorrow; and hopes to bo able to get It through. The east bound Coast train, due here Saturday morning. Is held at Mandan. N. D., and an effort will be made to move it tomor row. Every effort Is being made to keep the snowbound passengers fed and warm, and for the purpose trains are being held at stations where there are accommoda tions rather than attempt to get through with a possibility of being tied up be tween stations. The Red River Valley di vision of tho Northern Pacific, between Frankfort and Winnipeg, Is entirely aban doned. No trains have attempted to run since Friday night, and the whereabouts of extra trains on this division aro not known, as the wires are down. The situation on the Great Northern Is equally "bad. The line Is tied up entirely between Grand Forks and Wllliston, N. D.. a. distance Of ftbnut 25 ttiIIps. nnrt nit wires have been lost beyond Fargo. Thirty miles of wire is gone between Fargo and Carroll ton. N. D., and communication with Western Dakota and Montana points has been lost. So fierce has been the storm that It has been deemed Inadvisable to at tempt to reopen the road until it abates. Reports tonight Indicate that the gale has subsided somewhat, but that the snow still continues to fall. The branch of the Great Northern run ning to Winnipeg is tied up. No trains have been started northward since Friday night, and those that were xaueht out on the road by the storm have been held at the station near the border. Winnipeg is reported entirely cut off from railroad communication with the outside world. Tho Canadian Pacific transcontinental trains are snowbound somewhere west of there, and no prospect of relief Is yet Jn sight. The storm of Friday was preceded by a light rainfall, and accompanied by a high wind, the rain turning to sleet and then to snow, and falling without cessation for over 36 hours. The terrlflc gale drifted the snow so badly that the streets of the towns in the storm district were filled so deeply that It was next to Impossible to wade through them. Business of all kinds has been at a standstill since Friday night, and not much can bo done until the storm subsides. So far as known there has been no loss of life, but owing to the demoral ized condition of the wires little news has been received from the remoter districts. IMMIGRANTS SUFFER. Old Settlers Roandingr Up the Ten derfect in North Dakota. FARGO, N. D., March 16. The storm prevailing In the western part of the state since Friday struck Fargo today In full force, and still continues. The tempera ture is 10 degrees below zero. All trains on the transcontinental roads are tied up here, and the passengers are being cared for at hotels. The worst trouble Is be tween Valley City and Bismarck. Four freight trains are stalled in the drifts be tween these points, and the rotaries are unable to clear the track, the wind fill ing the cuts with snow again as soon as they are opened. But little apprehension is felt for the safety of people throughout the state. Those who will fare worst are the recent immigrants. Many who have arrived this week went on to their claims with noth ing but tents or board shanties, and their fuel supply is limited. Advices from the northwestern part of the state say that old settlers are driving over the country and rounding up the tenderfeet, to see that no one Is frozen. Not Severe in Montana. HELENA, Mont., March 16.-OTontana had but a comparatively slight visitation from the storm which prevails in North Dakota. In Helena and the western and northwestern section of the state the tem perature Saturday and today dropped to zero from 23 above, and there was a slight wind and some snowfall, but traffic was not Impeded. Trains from the west Into Helena arrived nearly on time today. East of Helena, In Montana, the-snowfah was heavier, and It was heavier In the northern part of the state, but the weath er has not been particularly severe. This evening there has been a rise in temper ature, and now it is 15 above. Two Thousand Sheep Lost. GLENDIVE. Mont., March 16. A heavy snow storm occurred here,' a fall of about two feet resulting since Thursday night. A high wind has drifted the snow Into great banks on the railroad track, and travel between Glendlve and Mandan Is conducted with considerable difficulty and only with the use of snowplows. The loss of a band of 2000 sheep Is reported as a re sult of the storm. The snow has crusted on the ranges, making it almost impossi ble for the stock to pick grass, and stock men fear tho losses will be large. A spe cial train, carrying hay for cheep at Wll baux, left Glendlve today. The thermom eter has not yet gone below zero. Heavy Losses of Stock. PIERRE, S. D., March 16. The storm which has prevailed since Frldav night Is the worst of the Winter. The temperature is about zero. It is probable that there have been heavy losses of cattle and sheep. At Aberdeen the blizzard continues, with no sign of abating. It is the worst storm for several years. Frosen to Death on the Prairie. HAVRE. Mont, March 16. Private Schmlt, of Troop C, Thirteenth Cavalry, J stationed at Fort Assinlbolno, while ln- toxicated last night attempted to walk to the post from the Halfway House, a dis ance of about six miles, and was frozen to death. His body was found on the prairie by searching parties of soldiers. Loss of Life Feared. BISMARCK. N. D., March 16. After 48 hours' duration, the furious blizzard shows some signs of abatement tonight. Great loss to livestock is anticipated, and it is feared that some. lives have been sac rificed. The Worst In Ten Years. DEVIL'S LAKE, N. D., Maroh 16. A blizzard, the worst In 10 years, has been raging for the past 35 hours. A large amount of snow has fallen. All railroads and other traffic are entirely abandoned. The thermometer Is at zero. , Upper Michigan Peninsula MARQUETTE, Mich., March 16. The upper peninsula Is tonight in the throes of a cold wave. Here tho temperature dropped 50 degrees since yesterday. Snow has been falllns for 12 hours. Lnkc-Shore Is Gale-Swept. , GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. March 16. A veritable blizzard Is raging In Western Michigan, and tonight the whole lake shore Is gale-swept, while tho Inland towns aro feeling the force of the wind and the drop In the temperature. Great Drop at Detroit. DETROIT, March 16. Tonight the tem perature here dropped 20 deg., with high wind and flurries of snow general through out the state. In the extreme southwest ern part of the state a veritable blizzard prevails. Snow Driven hy High Wind. SPARTA, Wis., March 16. The worst blizzard of the season has prevailed over this section for the past 24 hours, and is still raging. --The mercury Is below zero and the snow is driven by a high wind. I Drop of Forty Degrees. KALAMAZOO. Mich.. March 16. Within the past 12 hours there has been a drop-In temperature 6f nearly 40 deg. A gale is blowing and a blizzard Is raging through Southern Michigan. Small Buildings Wrecked. DA CROSSE. Wis.. March 16. The ther mometer today registered zero, and tonight is still falling. A high wind Is blowing and small buildings and trees have been wrecked. Moderatlnsr at Mlaot. MINOT, N. D., March 16. The blizzard which has raged far three days Is mod erating tonight, and the sky is clearing. All trains are late. "So Slgrn of Abatement. ABERDEEN. S. D.. March 16. The bliz zard which started Friday 3tlll continues, without sign of abatement. It Is tho worst htorm. In years. FLOODS IX THE SOUTH. Heavy Rains Cshsc Georgia .Rivers to Overflow. " ATLANTA, Ga., March 16. Heavy rains yesterday and last night In Northern and Middle Georgia today cauBed the Atlanta Weather Bureau to send flood warnings to Eufala, Ala., and West Point and Co lumbus, Ga.. predicting a rapid rise in the Chattahoochee. North Alabama was del uged, as were portions of South Georgia and Northern Florida, and streams in those sections of the South aro out of their banks. At Albany, Ga., the Flint River, which rose at the rate of a foot an hour last night, has not yet reached the maximum height expected. The rainfall there in the past three days has been nearly 12 inches. Many sewers burst and houses in the low lying quarter of the town were surrounded by water. The river Is still rising. The tracks of the Central, of Georgia, and the Plant system between Albany and Thomasvllle are under water in several places. The Chattahoocheo at Columbus, Ga., rose seven feet today, and Is still on an upward move. The washout near Everett City, Ga., haBnot yet been repaired, and has prevented the departure of J. Plerpont Morgan and party, who were to have left Brunswick for Cincinnati today. Some damage was done to the town of Cordele, Ga., by the heavy rains, and a washout Is reported near there. The country surrounding Brunswick is flooded. Rain has been coming down in torrents since noon, and there Is no Indi cation of cessation. Not a train Is mov ing over the Brunswick & Birmingham Railroad. Through Buffalo Swamp water Is over the tracks for nearly a mile, and passengers are unable to get to Bruns wick. Seaboard Air Line Suffers. MONTGOMERY, Ala.. March 16. The Seaboard Air Line suffered severely by lost nights rains, and Its trains in this part of the state are Indefinitely annulled. It lost a bridge and considerable trackage near Hurtsboro, and lesser washouts are reported at other points. Fall la Temperature in Missouri. KANSAS CITY, March 16. Within a few hours' time tonight the temperature here and throughout this part of the South west dropped about 25 deg. No snow Is re ported. TORNADO IN ALABAMA. Negro Killed and Five Persons In jured at a Mining Town. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 16. A tor nado struck the mining town of Piper to day, wrecking 40 houses and damaging 35 others. A negro was killed, and John Allen, wife and three children were se verely Injured. The storm also did great damage at Guernee Junction and Belle Ellen. The mines In that section are flood ed and cannot be operated for several days. ' UNIVERSAL ONEY ORDERS Bankers Propose to Compete With Express Companies. INDIANAPOLIS. March 16. President Medford B. Wilson, of the Capital Na tional Bank, said today of the bankers' movement to establish an universal money order system: "The object is to come In competition with the express companies In carrying small money orders, which tend to take the. business away from the banks, where it properly belongs,. The association's plan will restore to the bankers much or the business In this line, which Is now being done by the Government through the postofflce. The general scheme is to have an universal money order Issued by bankers, which will be honored at any bank where the order may be presented." The orders are to cost but one-third as much as charged by the Government and the express companies. General Tracy Is Better. NEW YORK, March 16. General B. F. Tracy, ex-Secretary of the Navy, was re ported tonight to be Improving1 steadily. HOW IT HAPPENED L Details of the Capture of General Methuen. HIS MOUNTED TROOPS ROUTED Isolated With a Small Force, He HeldOnt Until He Was Wonnd - cd and -His Ammuni tion Gone. LONDON. March 16. The War Office has received the following communication from Lord Kitchener, at Pretoria: "Lord Methuen has sent me a staff offl- r AMBITION OF SENATOR MhSH: ?v s KPUsBBSdiBf9HiP?BBBBH (HhHhhSb iFil BPHiiSHsgiaPiB WlmMTiriri &f " afcftp i jf fMMwnT Mxfft ssBBslBHnw3ttn& v - r j5t yfffSHflKK Jgra3j?5gg ??sP5w sffig BBBBBVWnHHBB v.' 3 tiSjSMBSSBSBfra tttrry 'VMtffSK'r 4 3vfS-yr3fy-?gJ fKBS9fiE9ififaii3f9flR &1 ' Sbssssk?v $9SM&s&5i3SM9 bsbsbbbsHBEKbSKHS&I v??a' .SMiiKik' ssssssssssBHCnn!fraS& ? - jlsgaBssCw&MsSt5aBsfiv -arai ststsHscltHHn3BEssHBBiikKIS:S stHHllm-Jf;-1' SfHHHRSii SENATOR DESIRES TO BE JUDGE OF COURT. John C: Spooner, of Wisconsin. Is a candidate for United States Supreme Judge when a vacancy shall occur in that office. He had a jjreat nmbltlon to be Presi dent oJ the United States, but, now that tho death of President McKInley, and the succession of Roosevelt mates It highly probable that tha President -will be nominated to oucceed himself. Senator Spopner has decided that a Judgeship Is tho height of his ambition. He will be strongly Indorsed for .the place. cer with a dictated dispatch, from which It appears that certain particulars previ ously given are Inaccurate. The rear screen of mounted troops was rushed and overwhelmed at dawn. There was a gap of a mile between the ox and the mule convoys. The mounted supports to tho rear of the screen, which General Me thuen Immediately, reinforced by all the available mounted troops and a section of tho Thirty-eighth Battery, maintained themselves for an hour, during which tho convoys were closing up without disorder. "In the meanwhile 200 Infantry were be ing disposed by Lord Methuen to resist the Boer attack, which was outflanking the left of the rear -guard. The Boers pressed the attack hard, and the mounted troops, attempting to fall back upon the Infantry, got completely out of hand, car rying away with them In the rout the bulk of the mounted troops. Two guns of the Thirty-eighth Battery were thus lert unprotected, but continued in action until every man, with the exception of Lieuten ant Nesham, was hit. Lieutenant Nesham was called on to surrender, and, upon re fusing to do so, was killed. "Lord Methuen, with 200 of the North umberland Fusiliers and two guns of the Fourth Battery, then found himself iso lated, but held on for three hours. Dur ing this period the remaining Infantry, namely, 100 of the Lancashlres, with some 40 mounted men, mostly Cape police, who had occupied the kraal near the wagons; also continued to hold out against the re peated attacks of the Boers. "By this time Lord Methuen was wounded, and the casualties werejexeced Ingly heavy amongst his men. The ammu nition was mostly expended, and the sur render was made at about 9:20 In the morning. The party In the kraal still held out, and did not give In until two guns and a pom pom were brought to bear upon them, at about 10 o'clock, making their position untenable. "It is confirmed that most of the Boers wore our khaki uniforms. Many, also, wore our badges. Even at close quarters tney could not be distinguished from our men. "It te clear the Infantry fought well, and the artillery kept up the traditions of their regiment. In addition to the 40 mem bers of the Cape police already mentioned, a few parties of imperial yeomanry and Capo police continued to hold their ground after the panic had swept the bulk of the mounted troops off the field." Lord Kitchener has a telegraphic dis patch showing that the fighting lasted much longer than was supposed. It con firms the belief that the disaster to Gen eral Methuen's force was duo to leaving too large a gap between the front con'oy and the rear, and to placing an insuffi cient screen behind the rear guard, which brought about a panic among the troops, as a result of the Boer onslaught. Much resentment Is felt here that the Boers wore British uniforms and badges, bu,t satisfaction is expressed with the lat est accounts of the affair, as indicating that the British troops behaved better than was supposed from the earlier re ports. From other dispatches It appears that General Methuen was shot while riding to bring up the mounted troops, and that his horse was killed. After the surren der General Delarey rode up and treated General Methuen "With the greatest cour- tesy and consideration. He ordered his return to Klerksdorp under the care of his nephew and a medical officer. According to tho Klerksdorp correspondent of the Dally Mall, the burghers were so angry at this that a party of them went out and brought General Methuen back. General Delarey, however, overruled tha objec tions of the burghers. The correspondent of tho Daily Mall pays a tribute to XSeneral Delareys hu manity, and describes him as a "brilliant fighter and a born leader, who brings no bitterness or racial feeling to his task, and who sternly represses any excesses on the part of the burghers." Further evidence of the ability of the Boers to penetrate the blockhouse lines Is contained In a dispatch from Heilbron, Orange River Colony, which describes how Commandant Mentz, tho night of March 10, crossed the Hellbron-Wolve-hoek line at Gottenburg. One Boer ad vanced, firing his rifle. Two pickets be tween the blockhouses returned this Are, and killed the Boer and his horse. The Boers then cut the wire fence and drove in a mob of loose horses, which knocked down 200 yards of the fence. Commandant Mentz then dashed through with over 300 Boers, and the pickets were powerless to stop the overwhelming rusn. KroRer'n Mesiafces to Schnlkburgcr. BRUSSELS. March 16. It Ta said here JOHN C. SPOONER. UNITED STATES SUPREME that Mr. Kruger has sent a messenger to South Africa with dispatches' for General Schalkburger. Members of the entourage of Mr. Kruger assert that the Boers now possess 17 guns. , ILL-TREATED IK ECUADOR. British and Americans Imprisoned on Fnked-L'n Charges. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, March 16. News has been received ihere bv teleirranh that a i man named Kennedy had been locked up In the jail at Alausia. the same place where Michael Bolan, of Springfield, O.. was formerly Imprisoned. Kennedy Is not an employe of the Guayaquil & Quito Rail road, but an Englishman trading legally In Alausia. He appears to be well con nected. It Is believed here that as a re sult of Kennedy's imprisonment the Brit ish Government will have to consider the matter of affording protection to British subjects In Ecuador. Certain American xitizens here have signed and forwarded a statement to the Secretary of State at Washington in whioh Mr. do Leon, the American Consul at Guayaquil, Is complimented jon his stand In tho matter of the recent alleged Impo sitions upon American contractors in Ecuador on the part of the Ecuadorean officials. Michael Bolan was one of the t Americans whose imprisonment was al leged to have been Illegal and an outrage. The cruiser Philadelphia went to Guay aquil to make an Investigation of the al legations that American citizens had been Ill-treated. The Philadelphia left the mouth of the river today. She takes with r her an American citizen named Leonard Selzer. from-MInnesota. who has been in ' Jail here without trial since July last on the charge of murder. As a result of the efforts made In Seizor's behalf before Con sul de Leon, It was learned that no evi dence exists upon which he could bo con demned. He was therefore released. Sel zer was formerly a carpenter in the United States Navy. Mr. de Leon will leave here for New York next week. DEFENSE OF COLON.- Government Prepares to Resist Coni insr Rebel Attnclc. COLON, March 16. All approaches to Colon are now guarded by small detach ments. The government fs throwing -up embankments at certain advantageous points In the center of the town, and from 200 to 300 troops are kept ntbvlng up and down the railroad line. These aro necessary precautions to avpid an insur gent surprise and attacks similar to that of list November. Foodstuffs are becoming scarce In Pan ama, as small boats are no longer able to communicate with the neighboring coast towns. Panama Is receiving its supply of beef from Carthagena by way of Colon. Valparaiso-Arsenal Fire. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, March 16. A section of the naval arsenal at Valparaiso has been destroyed by fire. The loss Is 1 placed at $1,000,000. THE MEANING OF IT Senator Mitchell's Views on Result of Portland Election DOWNFALL OF THE MACHINE HlBhly Gratified at the Victory Achieved by the Independent Ticket What Moody ... " , Says, WASHINGTON, March 16. Today has been one of great activity among Orego nians in Washington. All have been eager to learn the result of Saturday's primaries in Portland, and have flocked both to Sen ator Mitchell and to Representative Moody for the returns. On tho one hand there Is general and manifest satisfaction; on the other there is doubt, but yet hope. In speaking of the election Senator Mltohell said: "I am very much gratified at the result of the primaries in Multno mah County yesterday. It means the com plete overthrow of a very close political organization in Multnomah County, whlcl for several years has virtually dictated and dominated the politics of that county, and in a great measure of the state. "The result of this primary election, tho first held under the now primary law of tho state, will be to give the Republicans generally of the county a voice in the se lection of the candidates for the various county and state officials, and In the selec tion of delegates to state and district conventions. "It means, further, clean politics as com pared with what we have been having for a few yeare past In Multnomah County, wherein everything was dictated and con trolled by a ery close political organiza tion composed of three or four men. In view of the fact that Senator Simon had everything on his side In the way of or ganization and official support that is. the support of county officials In the main, the police force and city departments, and all appointees under that organization and the further fact that Senator Simon himself was on the ground to conduct his own campaign personally, I regard the re sult as a most decisive and overwhelming victory. Furthermore, I believe It to be a victory that will result In promoting and advancing the best Interests of the Re publican party of the state. It Is to bo hoped, and I have no doubt this will bo done, that tickets may be placed In the field at the coming convention composed of tho xery best representative Republi cans of the county." Representative Moody says that all ho knows about the result of thfe primaries In Portland is from a telegram which re ports about 100 of the delegates on the In dependent ticket elected, and about 60 on the regular: that both tickets bear tho names of many prominent and represen tative Republicans of Multnomah County, and as to who any of them prefer for United States Senator he Is not informed. He is of the opinion that the personnel, together with tho Influence of The Orego nlan, were the most influential factors In the result. Without any knowledge as to those elected on the several tickets at the primaries, he said to prophecy on the significance of tho election before the county convention is held -would be purely, guesswork. Representative Tongue Is in New York today. BLOODY BULL FIGHT. Witnessed by 10,000 Americans and Mexican at Juarez. EL PASO, Tex., March 16. Fuentes and Mazanltini, the Spanish matadors, fought six bulls to death today at Juarez, Mexico, in the presence of 10.000 Americans and Mexicans. The fight was full of action and thrilling incidents from start to fin ish, and many narrow escapes were made by the bandarlilos and plcadores. Five horses were killed in the ring and three taken out mortally wounded. Fuentes and Mazanltini have just completed a tour of Mexico -with a company of 12 artists who form the greatest bullfighting aggregation in the world. The party goes from here to Barcelona, Spain, by way- of New York. Greene and Gaynor Have Xot Gone. QUEBEC, March 16. Colonel John F. Gaynor and Captain Greene, whose bail was estreated" because of their nonappear ance before the court in Savannah, to an swer to the charge of defrauding the United States Government, are still at tho Chateau Frontenac. No effort has been made to arrest them. 'When asked today If he would leave the city tomorrow. Col onel Gaynor declined to answer or to dis cuss any phase of his case. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Domestic. North Dakota and Manitoba are paralyzed by a blizzard. Page t Senator Mitchell is pleased with the news of the Portland election. Page 1. Minister Storer returns on leae of ab sence. Page 2. General Mites wants to go to the Philippines, butthe President objects. Page 0. Foreign. Particulars of the capture of Methuen. Page 1. Japan's foreign trade shows a substantial in crease. Page 2. Americans and British were Imprisoned without cause, in Ecuador. Page 1. Pacific Coast. There is a lull in the political battle at Salem. Pace 6. The railroad lsnue will play a prominent part In the coming Washington campaign. Page C. J. P. Cotton, who was shot by H. C. Mes senger, rear Ashland, died of his in juries. Pace 6. Portland and Vicinity. Republican county convention will be organ ized in Interests of party harmony. Pago 10. Grace M. E. Church celebrates raising of $20,000 debt. Paje 8. Question Is raked whether Commissioner Showers term expires in June. Page 10. Mysterious disappearance of campaign litera ture on East Side. Page 8. Lewis and Clark committees to begin new canvass. Page 0.