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THiS MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1902.
REAL ESTATE DULL
Midsummer LuIlJiangsjOyer
.. theMarkeU
SOME' SIGNS OF PICKING UP
have been a very easy matter to secure
duplicate keys and to have pilfered the
boxes.
Finished Houih Are In Deninnd
-Timber Lands Find Ready Sale
Building Project Retarded by
Uncertainty of Labor.
Midsummer lull hangs over the real
estate market. Some Improvement is no
ticed, however, since labor disputes be
came less serious. Activity In building is
still constricted by general uncertainty in
the labor field and by the recent advance
in the price of lumber. Timber land shows
a steadyincrease in values. The Increase
since early Spring is variously estimated
at between 25 and 50 per cent.
This is the time of year when dwellings
are the most available, owing to the large
number of people who go out of town to
spend the Summer. Persons who desire
to get houses for rent will therefore find
it easier to get them now than later.
Toward the end of August there will be a
great rush for unoccupied dwellings, when
people begin to return from the Summer
resorts. And inasmuch as building of new
houses this Summer has not kept pace
with the growth of population, there is
likely to- be a strenuous demand for
abodes.
Honserin Demand.
Purchase of finished houses Is an im
portant part of the business In real estate,
in fact more so than normally. The
reason is that many people are disposed
to buy homes already finished rather than
to run the real or Imaginary risks of
building. These risks have held back
building to a very marked degree. One
realty man said they "have put us be
hind a year."
Revival in building of houses is ex
pected to come next month, or with the
edvent of early Autumn. "It will have
to come," remarked another realty man,
"if people are going to have homes in
which to live. If we had 1000 finished
houses now," said he, "we could dispose
of them readily."
Rents Slqw to Rise.
Rents show little advance in the past
few months, to conform to the general
rise in prices. "It's hard to get them up,"
remarked an agent. '"They are among the
first things to tumble and among the last
to rise." But-cost of building houses has
Increased percoptibly. The popular price
of houses, and, lajjd -whereon located ranges
from about J2000 to" $3500 and upward to
$4500 and SZO0Q.
The number and value of realty trans
fers recorded of late have run behind the
pace of the past few months. The mar
ket, however, has much more activity
than at this time last year. The last
large deal in business property, so far
as reported, was the sale of the Com
mercial block. Several other like .trans
actions are pending. I. N. Day has bought
about .four acres jaorih of the old City
"Water "Works on the water front, ostens
ibly for a sawmill site. On the river front
atSt. Johns several Important sales are
reported to be hanging fire. In real estate
about Sst Johns there appears to be more
activity than In any other suburban dis
trict, due to the speculative Impulse of
important improvements down that way.
Most of the transfers recorded are of
home property on the East Side. East of
about Tenth or Tweltth street prices range
from $500 to $1000 a lot, and west of those
streets up to 51500. On the West Side
prices shut out buyers of moderate means,
except in extreme South and North Port
land. A few transactions In middle North
Portland are going on all the time.
Comparative Tabic of Transfers.
Transfers In real estate this year are
indicated, in the following comparative
table:
1900. JKI. 1902.
January $ 218,323 $ 67S.C10 632.7J1
February 242.64G 313.C83 562.SG9
March 435,942 2S5.905 973,443
April 504.1S8 439.5S6 509,277
May 257;il5 352.592 C0G.921
June 262,578 273,315 491.552
July .... 333.3S7 549,043
August 19S.492 431.-040
September , 213,714 381.3(3
October 268.745 427.2S6
November 353.736 335.05S
December ....;. 229,819 518,133
Totals J3.531.9S5 $4,986,246 $3.C7S.S53
It is getting late in the season for new
large building projects. Henry Welnhard
Is clearing the site for his large building
at Fourth and Oak streets, and hopes to
have the structure finished by New Year.
On the various large buildings under erec
tion In the heart of the city work goes
on steadily, except on the Failing build
ing, at Third and Morrison streets, which
Is delayed by non-arrival of materials.
Activity in frame buildings vrlll probably
pick up in the next few weeks.
Fen- Xcucooiers.
Jfewcomers continue to make inquiries
for city property in considerable number.
Homeseekers desiring land In the country
for farms are much fewer than they have
been. Until the farmers of the Middle
"West have harvested their crops there will
not be much inquiry for farm land here.
Then many well-to-do farmers may be
expected to arrive. The popular price at
which farms are sold runs from $20 to
$35 an acre and up to $50.
The other class of land--huntlng new
comers is that of seekers for timber land.
Government timber open to entry is get
ting scarce now, and most of the busi
ness la second hand. Iands are held at
prices generally between $10 and $25 an
acre and over, and as high as $50 Is 're
ported to have been paid. Values have
gone up between 25 and 50 per cent in the
past few months.
Market Shows Some Improvement.
"The realty market shows some Im
provement in the past two woeks." re
marked H. L.. Powers, of Hartman,
Thompson & Powers. "This time of yeai
brings with It a slackening up in busi
ness, but the market is In good shape. At
St. Johns there Is noticeable activity In
real estate. We look for a brisk mar
' ket this Fall in all kinds of realty."
"This would have been a. good year for
us but for the strike," said C. K. Henry.
"But this is settled and we seem to be
in a fair way to have a good market
this Fall."
FOREST RESERVE POLICY
CHILD LABOR PROBLEM.
Civil Service Reform Believed to Be
the Solution.
New York World.
The civil service reform committee of
the Massachusetts State Federation of
Women's Clubs has issued In Its third re
port a statement concerning Industrial
conditions as they relate to children which
should be read by every woman and man
Interested la preventing the "slaughter
of the innocents."
Civil service from the standpoint of
those Interested in the health and educa
tion of children Is the keynote. Of what
good, Inquires the report. Is it to secure
legal enactments providing for sanitary
conditions of factories and an age limit
In the employment of children, when these
laws are executed by persons having no
interest in them and iusceptlble to cor
rupting influences.
Women Factory Inspectors.
"When we were working in New York,"
says the writer of the report, "for the
first law Jn the world making possible the
appointment of women as factory Inspec
tors, we came Into personal relations with
conditldns demanding the utmost patience
and discretion. We became convinced
that women were needed In these posi
tions of trust, and we also hoped that we
could escape from the 'spoils system.'
Though there had ben men fnctory in
spectors for years, there had been abuses
In some cases because of the unwilling
ness of girls and women to make com
plaints to men. We received one card,
unsigned: 'Come and help us; we are
nine girls working on the fifth floor of a
house, with no water above the third
floor, no fire-escape and the last flight a
ladder closed by a trap-door.
"Our first -appdlntments under the law
were- good, then all fell back; appoint
ments came in by favor, political and
otherwise, and we simply added to the
spoils to bo given out. So wc learned
that 'the next great step Is to put those
inspectors under the civil service, they
being obtained through free competition
and remaining during good service. We
cannot risk these National interests in
the hands of a man or woman who has
not been selected for special fitness. You
can seg how open this office is to sugges
tions oFbrlbrry in one form or another,
and In a manner impossible to detect.
Even the parents, In their eigerness to
have the wages of their children, will
make false statements of age and offer a
small bribe.
Civil Service Reform.
"What we must keep in mind steadily
Is that our higher interests cannot be
served by men and women caught up
here and there to pay political promises.
This great movement of our general fed
eration of women's clubs will bring add
ed proof of this at every step. We can
not afford to do a good bit of work with
one hand, insisting that a child of 10 shall
not work at night in factory or mine,
and then put in by haphazard an inspector
who neither knows nor cares and is not
subject to removal by public opinion. We
are reckless in the waste of human ex
perience when we turn out an efficient
man or woman simply for the sake of put
ting some one else in, and this will be
done until officials are protected by the
civil service law.
"We are told that child labor has In
creased in some of our Northern States in
spite of the law, such Is the struggle for
life and competition in industry. We In
the North can insist that our law shall be
carried out by inspectors selected accord
ing to civil service reform principles, but
our Southern States are unprotected by
law, and are taken unawares by the swift
ness with which modern Industrial con
ditions have overtaken them. We are now
one country: capital goes from state to
state, seeking Its largest opportunity. We
must see that an enlightened moral con
sciousness goes hand in hand, saying that
at least the children shall not be ex
ploited, either by their wretched parents
or by the employer.
We cannot remedy these evils except by
a great concerted movement of all our
federations, that shall examine with thor
oughness into the industrial conditions of
women and children, that shall press for
uniform laws, shall insist that offi
cials dealing with these matters shall be
appointed under the civil service law, and
shall also examine into the education
which Is given in our schools; how far it
is practical and helpful, and how far it
enriches the life and Increases the oppor
tunity of the boy or girl who leaves school
al4 or 12 years of age."
MAKING DRUMHEADS.
GOVERX3IEXT IS MOVING SLOWLY
FOR PROTECTION.
Great Care Is Necessary in Handling;
the Calfskins.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Drumheads and banjo heads are made
very carefully Indeed, and not a little
skill is required to produce a smooth,
even, unbroken skin. The drum and
banjo-heads are all made from skins.
Calfskin is the best material, but sheep
skin is ood.
The hides come by rail to the factors'
in great "bundles. They are exactly as
when, taken from the carcass, except
that they have been pickled in salt. 'On
receipt at the factory the hides are
thrown Into a small pond beside the
building, and left there to soak in run
ning water till all the salt Is washed out
This takes a long time. After being
freshened the hides are thrown over
frames and "broken." The bits of flesh
remaining on the hides are removed and
the skin Is then soft and pliable.
The hide Is next put In a vat with lime
and left there for about two "weeks. This
loosens the haln which is scraped off.
Thenthe skin Is stretched tight on a
frame and shaved on both sides. Another
bath In a vat gives the skin a transparent
effect and. puts it in apple-pie order.
Once more tho skin Is stretched out on
the frames, and. if any finishing touches
are needed, they are given. After being
cut In shape it Is ready for the market.
The Army drumheads are 19 to 20 Inches
in diameter. Other sizes vary from the
tiny ones, used for toy drums, to the
great big bass drums, some of which
are 60 inches in diameter. Banjo-heads
are of more uniform size.
Lien Land Lavr Benefits a Few at
the Expense of the
Many.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 2L Although the Interior
Department Is committed to the policy
of enlarging forest reserves and creat
ing now reserves where needed, work
along this line is progressing slowly. In
fact, it Is being coupled with the work
of eliminating from the present reserves
such areas as are found, upon careful In
vestigation, to be more valuable for agri
culture than for their timber. Last No
vember Secretary Hitchcock issued a
statement setting forth his intention of
extending the forest reserve system.
Since that time, the field forces of his
department have "been actively engaged
in making careful examinations of areas
that have been recommended for inclusion
RUN ON SAFE DEPOSIT.
Caused by N'evrs of Disappearance of
$30,000 In Chicago.
CHICAGO. July 21. News of the disap
pearance of nearly $30,000 from the vaults
of the Masonic Safety Deposit Company
last Saturday had spread to such an extent
today that it caused a run on the vaults.
When the vaults were opened for business
there was a struggling crowd of men and
women depositors In waiting who feared
for the moneys and valuables that .they
had deposited in the company's strong
boxes. For a time there was almost a
panic. The office force of the deposit
company was unable to cope with the
great demand for verification qf signa
ture and In the vaults the turnkeys, for
several hours were unabje. to open boxes
fast enough to keep down" the crowd.
The police have secured no clews as yet
as to the disappearance of the currency
belonging to the racetrack men. The
management still scoff a.t the Idea that
the money has been stolen, but the police
take the bookmakers' -.statements as the
truth. They said today that It would
Mnlctng- Burglars' Tools.
Philadelphia Record.
There Is a rich business man of Phila
delphia who got his start In life through
tho manufacture of burglars' tools. He
said the other day, confidentially: "In my
youtfi I was a machinist, but the business
didn't pay at all. A thilk-set man came to
me one morning and showed me a Jimmy.
Til give you $10 for a duplicate of this,'
he said, and I took him up Joyfully, for
in my Innocence I did not know what a
Jimmy was, and, besides, I foresaw a 90
per cent profit In the Job. So I made the
burglar's tool, and afterward I made the
thick-set man some other implements, and
after that again I fixed up an outfit for
a friend of his.
"Thus, in a year," continued the man,
"1 had more work than I could do; eight
or 10 villainous-looking Individuals
brought me In big orders every day, and
in four years I had saved $19,000. Then
I quit. I pulled out and went into my
piesent line, which pays me well enough,
though Its profits are nothing to those
that you will find in burglar-tool making.
I often wonder who Inherited my old
time trade."
the lives of unfortunates who while
boating above ihe falls are caugnt In the
current that runs to the cataract. It is
roposed. says a Niagara Falls dispatch
o the World, to string a line of buoys ex
tending from the American mainland
above Goat Island to a point on the Cana
dian shore near Chippewa- These may be
connected by a wire rope and bear electric
lights. A llfesavlng crew. Is about to be
organized and a station built above the
upper rapids.
.
SEALED FOR ETERNITY.
Decision of Utah- Supreme Court in
Case of Importance to Mormons.
SALT LAKE CITY. July 2L In the case
of Annie F. A. Hilton, appellant, vs.
Rosa P. Roylance. respondent, and the
other two cases which are relative there
to, the Supreme Court today. In a unan
imous opinion, reversed the decision of
Judge Hall, who tried tho cases, and or
dered findings and decree entered accord
ing to such reversal. The case Is of vast
Importance to the people of this com
munity and determines the legal status
of persons who are "sealed for eternity"
under the ceremony of the Mormon
church.
About December 1, 1S72, the plaintiff,
who was then Miss Annie Armltage, was
CONFERENCE OF ANTIS
MEETING AT LAKE GEORGE TO DIS
CUSS PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Now ot Hand.
The season for diarrhoea and dysentery
Is now on. and many are interested In
knowing how to get quick relief. There is
one remedy that never fails, and is pleas
ant to take. Road what Mr. W. L. Story,
of Union, Ala., says of it: "I had an at
tack of flux (dysentery), which lasted
about two days, when I got a. bottle of
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy and was cured by two
doses of It."- This remedy is for sale by
1 1 rt aurfjifc.
SAMUEL GOMPERS COMING.
PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR TO BE
HERE AUGUST 4.
One. of tho biggest events of tho year la labor circles will be the! visit of
the president of tho American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompera. He will
be In Portland on August 4. and will be accompanied by James O'Connell, third
vice-president ot the American Federation and president of the Machinists' In
ternational Union, and Max Morris, fourth vice-president ot the American Feder
ation and secretary and treasurer of the Retail Clerks' International Union.
Arrangements are already being made to have a great demonstration and a
labor mass meeting on the occasion of his visit, when the labor question will
be discussed by these men. The labor leaders here are anxious to have the at
tendance at the. meeting as large no possible, and wish to have the people pres
ent who are not already acquainted with the labor situation. They are well
pleased with the results of their last meeting, -when the memorable addresses by
Thomas I. Kldd and those accompanying him on his tour iere given, but they
say that President , Gompera Is a man of rare ability, and that they are anxious
to have all hear him and become convinced that the caur.; for which they are
working is right, and that they are laboring for the good ot the people and not
for any selfish reasons.
"All ot the labor leaders today," said G. Y. Harry, president of the State Fed
eration of Labor, "are pushing the labor Issue at a sacrifice to themselves, and
are Working for a grand cause. President Gompers could command much more
than he is making if he were In any other line of work. There Is not another
organization that can ao successfully take up the question of child labor as the
labor organizations, and there Is not another that Is so interested In this work
as we are. Nothing could be more unselfish than the' attempt to better tho
condition of the children of our country and to stop the practices that are ruin
ing their health."
within reserves, but as yet few reports
have been received.
There are now on file in the department
requests for new or enlarged reserves em
bracing an area of something over 50,
000,000 acres of land, scattered through
out the West. Most of these recommenda
tions come from private citizens, although
several are Indorsed by forestry officials.
Those which bear the Indorsement of for
est superintendents and supervisors, or
are favored by the General Land Office,
have been turned over to the Geological
Survey for Investigation. Others are first
submitted to the superintendents for their
opinion.
The reason the department is proceed
ing slowly and with caution Is because of
the endless amount of trouble that has
arisen from the hasty creation of reserves
under the original act. At that time
large areas were marked off on the maps,
without first being carefully surveyed,
and in that way much land was Included
that is not properly timber land, yet Is
desirable for farm purposes. For the past
eight years or s complaints have been
filed because of the reserving of these
lands, and from time to time they have
been thrown open to settlement. Num
berless cases of this kind are yet await
ing action, and there is no telling when
these eliminations will cease.
But this Is not the only reason for cau
tion. Under the lieu land law, as It now
stands on the statutes, the Government
is continually being worsted In the trans
actions which are thereby legalized. Own
ers of tracts within reserves, and par
ticularly railroad companies, are remov
ing all valuable timber from their hold
ings, and. In accordance with .this law,
are relinquishing these holdings, and se
lecting rich timber lands from other parts
of the public domain: they are turning
over to the Goernment lands worth from
50 cents to Jl 50 an acre and receiving In
exchange lands worth as high as 710 to
515 an acre, and even more. The Inte
rior Department has tried time and again
to have this Jaw amended, but without
success. Falling In that, it is proceeding
In a manner guaranteed to reduce to a
minimum the amount of scrip hereafter
created.
A careful Inspection of requests for new
reserves disclores the fact that most of
the. men Interested have private holdings
within the area recommended for reserva
tion. In some cases the railroad com
panies have been indirectly urging the
creation of reserves in order that their
holdings of alternate sections may be con
verted Into lieu base, and they may reap
a double price from their lands. It is not
probable that any more forest reserves
will be cieated along the Immediate line
of land grant railroads, at least to include
lands within those grants. The checker
board system tried in Arizona has not
been found a great success, and will not
be repeated.
It la quite probable that Presidential
proclamations creating new reserves-, .or
enlarging old ones, will be issued In
greater or less numbers during the com
ing Winter, after the reports of field of
ficers can be collected and examined. Just
where these reserves will be Is a matter
of conjecture, but In view of the known
desire of the President for the extension
of the Bystem, it is reasonable to suppose
that they will be scattered throughout
Western States.
Investigating Committee Will 'Re
port Its Findings and an Address
May Be Sent to the President.
BOSTON, July 21. A number of the
antl-lmperiallsts of this city, including
Charles Francis A'dams. Moorefleld Storey
and Julian C. Odman. left here for Bol
ton's Landing. Lake George, to Join other
leaders of this movement at a meeting of
tho special committee appointed last
Spring to Investigate affairs In the Philip
pines and secure the publicity of the facts.
The meeting will be held at the home of
Carl Schurz. and Herbert Welsh, of Penn
sylvania, and many of the Western leaders
In the movement will also be present. The
object of the meeting Is to canvass the
Investigation that has been made and dis
cuss the present situation. It Is possible
that at the conclusion of the meeting a
statement of the facts developed will be
sent to President Roosevelt.
Precautions at Niagara.
NEW YORK. Julv 2L In order to save
supposed to be on her deathbed, and the
ceremony performed was known as "seal
ing," whereby Dr. John R. Park and Miss
Armltage were to be husband and wife
after death. Miss Armltage recovered
from her Illness and March 19, 1S73, she
and Dr. Park signed a document known
as a "church divorce." whereby they
agreed to dissolve all relations which had
existed between them as husband and
wife. After this she married William
Hilton, now a Salt Lake policeman, by
whom she has 10 or 12 living children.
Dr. Park, during his lifetime, deeded
certain property to Rosa P. Roylance,
and this action was brought to recover
title to one-third of said property, to
which Mrs. Hiltqn claims she Is entitled
as the legal widow of John R. Park, de
ceased, and also for a family allowance
pending the determination of the suit.
She alleged in her complaint that she
never relinquished her right in said real
estate and Is still the owner of the same.
Judge Hall decided that John R. Park
and the plaintiff never became husband
and wife, hence she was not entitled to
any part of the premises In controversy.
Justice Bartch delivered the opinion of
the Supreme Court today, and Chief Jus
tice Miner and Justice Baskin concurred
in the same. The church divorce Is ad
mitted by counsel for the respondent to
be null and void, hence there is nothing
to determine on that point. The opinion,
therefore, holds that Mrs. Hilton was
lawfully married to John R. Park, and
upon his death became his legal widow
and as such is entitled to her share of his
estate. It la ordered thnt ths i.i
of the lower court be reversed and flnd
inngs and decree be drawn up in accord
ance with the opinion of the Supreme
Court The decision of the lower court
is affirmed, however, In the matter of not
making Mrs. Hilton a family allowance
from the estate pending litigation.
Destroyed Caterpillar Pest.
NEW YORK, July 21. Failure of the
lanluo ludovlclanus. commonly known as
tle shrike bird, to put In Its appearance
this year and rid Bronx Park of the cater
pillars which are preying upon the foliage,
has led tho park commissioners to ask
the civil service commission for- n n:r
of men who could climb trees and sprinkle
them with a preparation to remove the
pest. The commlrsion was out of that
kind of ellglblcs, but quickly hit upon the
plan of trying sailors. A summons was
sent to City Island for all the available
able-bodied seamen who wanted a Job.
About 400 men responded. Climbing trees
was as simple as trimming sails to them
and the fruits of their first day's work de
lighted the park commlsloners, who now
say they no longer fear the destruction of
foliage.
RECREATION.
if you wish to enjoy a day of rest and
pleasure, take the O. R. & N. train from
Union depot at 9 A. M. for a short trip
up the Columbia, returning, if desired, by
boat from Cascade Locks. Tickets and
particulars at O. R. & X. ticket ofttce.
Third and Washington.
E. IV. Grove.
This name must appear on every box of the
genuine Laxative Brorao-Qulnlne Tablets, the
remedy that cures a cold In one day. 23 cents.
Those unhappy persons who suffer from
nervousness and dyspepsia should use
Carter's Little Nerve Pills, made express
ly for this class.
FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Its Victory, Says Vilas, Must De tke
Overthrow of Protection.
MILWAUKEE. July 21. The Hon. Wil
liam F. Vilas, who was Secretary of the
Interior in President Cleveland's Cabinet,
was recently asked by A. F. Warden,
chairman of tho Democratic State Central
Committee, to give his opinion respecting
political conditions, the possibilities of
Democratic harmony, and the assurances
of the party's restoration to power and
the relief of the people from the Republi
can administration. Mr. Vilas replied to
day in part as follows:
"Nothing can be more evident to one
who takts a broad view of the nature of
public affairs or of our political history
than that the achievement of good is to
be won only by leaving to the past, the
burial of its own dead, and pushing on un
disturbed to the great ends open In the
future. Whatever the alignments on past
issues, th' Democratic party remains to
day the hope of the people of this land.
Any one can see who will see the truth
that all the combinations of greed, all the
plotters who work upon our Government
to win special gain at the cost of the peo
ple at large, are to be found supporting
the party now In power; for the Demo
cratic party they have, as always, only
hostility.
"The overruling need Is of concentra
tion of opinion and co-operation In politi
cal action by the people. Under the false
and deceitful nature of protection to in
dustry there has arisen such a system of
combining devices of legislation with the
vices of business management to obtain
mastery of the people as was never before
seen in this or any other land, tne in
iquity of which it would be hard to find
any parallel for, unless la Oriental coun
tries. "At the pace the movement has at
tained it can be but a few years, If it go
unchecked, before substantially the entire
range of manufacture, mining, trade and
transportation will stand composed of a
few masters and millions of employes, the
latter constrained to trade only at what
may be called practically 'company's
stores,' and all agriculture will be help
lessly ensnared, as it already Is to no
rmall extent. Liberty In the pursuit of
livelihood will well-nigh have disappeared,
for, with the devices of our modern Inven
tion, it Is unnecessary longer to manacle
the condemned with ball and chains.
"The victory to be won, which alone is
worth winning, is the overthrow ot the
grand central governing conspiracy of pro
tection. When that crowning mercy shall
.be vouchsafed, the very purification of
the Nation's soul by the fires of the strife
will easily enable it- to subdue the lesser
forms In which Satan Is embodied in our
National life.
"It Is a painful record we have written
on the page3 of three years past for
Americans who look to Washington. Jef
ferson, Madison, the Adamses and their
compeers of the Declaration and the Con
stitution for the rule of National con
duct that should enlighten the world, with
that love of truth and liberty. And that
shame must yet be wiped off by future
treatment of the unhappy Filipinos, ac
cording to the principles we have in
herited, or so surely as Justice rules the
world, America will bitterly atone for It
in sufferings of her own.
"But not at once can all National
wrongs be redressed and those borne by
our countrymen must challenge first re
lief. I fear distraction. Protection is
quick to profit by It. Its shrewd counsels
have fomented war, have set the Nation
in quest of military glory, and find Its ac
count In the controversy over Imperialism.
We may Justly hold protection Itself re
sponsible for these conditions; it will
craftily keep agitation of such questions
alive, and we may be sure, also, as the
careful observer cannot but see the fact
now to be, that it will prevent an array
of parties on any Issue arising from
them that may imperil its own party
strength."
NEW NATIONAL PARTY.
Efforts to Unify the So-Called Lib
eral Democracy.
NEW YORK. July 21. At a conference
Just held at Manhattan Beach, in which
the principal participants were United
States Senator F. T. Dubois, of Idaho;
ex-Senator R. F. Pcttlgrew, of South Da
kota: Professor Garrett Droppers, of
South Dakota, for 10 years professor of
political economy In the Imperial Uni
versity. Toklo. and George Shlbley, of
Washington, plans were discussed for the
organization of a new National party.
So far as It has gone, the new party
seems to be an effort to unify the so
called Liberal Democracy,- which already
has state organizations In New York.
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio and
Iowa. Mr. Shlbley presented for the con.
elderatlon of the other members of the
conference a complete outline of a plan
for a National organization on lines sim
ilar to those of the state organization of
the Liberal Democracy. At the close ot
the conference. Senator Pettlgrew gave a
statement, "in which he said:
"Mr. Bryan will not be the candidate of
the regular Democracy In 1904. but he and
his friends hope that he will have much
to say regarding the platform and the
management of ihe campaign. If he does
not, Mr. Bryan and his associates will
form a new party, based on the Kansas
City platform.
"Free silver will not again be a political
Issue. When we demanded the free coin
age of sliver we wanted more money.,
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Since then Immense new gold fields In
Alaska and South Africa have been
opened: there Is more money than ever
before, and greater prosperity. This re
sult Is what we predicted when we asked
for more money. Times are good in the
West, In suite of the beef trust. The
farmers cet more for their cattle and
higher prices for their cereals.
"But on other principles, aside from
sliver, the West has not changed. We
adhere to the original principles of Democ
racy, although the codntry Is fast drift
ing away from all Its old moorings. The
main trouble is the departure from the
original form of government. A Fourth
of July oration of 10 years ago will not
fit today."
Mr. Shlbley. who drafted the outline of
the new party, said:
"I have been engaged for years In the
effort to establish the referendum, not as
a party issue, but as an essential to ma
jority rule. We have now an organiza
tion in each state which intends to put
all candidates on record on this question,
and it is bound to be made a campaign
Issue, sooner or later."
American Federalist of Porto Rico.
SAN JUAN", P. R., July 2L A largely-
attended convention of Federalists from
all parts of the Island was held here to
day. The object of the meeting was to
decide whether to change the name of
the party. Resolutions were passed re
affirming the party's denunciation of the
JForaker law, and expressing confidence
In President Roosevelt, their leaders,.
Munozo Rivera, and the president of
the party, Francisco Acunao, changing
the party's name to the American Federal
party and pledging support to the Ad
ministration and the Republican party of
the United States.
Curing: Lockjaw.
NEW YORK, July 21. Treated by a re
cently discovered process, Joseph Tiernan.
the 11-year-old son of Michael Tiernan,
formerly a member of the New York
baseball team. Is believed to be recover
ing from lockjaw at the Harlem Hospital.
Antitoxin In small doses Is being Injected
Into the spinal cord between the second
and third vertebrae of the lumbar region.
Previously antitoxin had been used, but in
the recorded cases It was Injected into
the brain through a hole bored In the
skull. '
Under the new .treatment, young Tier
nan has shown great improvement. There
has been a marked relaxation of the mus
cles of the neck and an appreciable bet
terment generally, which If continued an
other day, the doctors are confident will
Insure his complete recovery. Tiernan
was injured by a powder explosion on
July 4.
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Uceats. J.CAYESCO.Uircll.MaM.
DISEASES OF MEN
And Their Certain Cure
J. HENRI KESSLEn, 31. D.
Slanacer.
There Is a certain cure for these dls- '
eases without resorting to those unpleas
ant and painful methods still used by
many, which aggravate, rather than give
relief. With the same certainty ca that
of a perfect diagnosis, I adapt my special
French treatment .to the radical cure of
Stricture, Prontatia,
Inflammation of the Bladder.
Private Disorders, Varicocele,
And all Genlto-TJniary Diseases
It affords Instant relief. I remove every
vestige of disease wltohut resorting to
those painful processes usually employed
and which do not give satisfaction. It is
not reasonable to suppose that a man can
exercise the essential functions while the
urinary channel is blocked by stricture
or other disease, which destroys the vital
powerand which becomes more aggravated
under Improper treatment. These diseases,
while they last, always detract from the
exual and bladder functions, and an early,
cure is always advisable.
EXAMINATIONS FREE
VARICOCELE
THE DISEASE. An enlargement of the veins surrounding the apermatlo
eord, a twisted, knotted, wormy-like or swollen appearance of the scrotum.
THfi CAUSE Sometimes self-pollution, but often blows, falls, strains,
excessive horseback or bicycle-riding.
THE EFFECT At times a dull, heavy, dragging pain in small of back,
extending down through loins Into the parts, low splrite, weakness of body
and brain, nervous debility, partial or complete loss of sexual power and often
failure of general health.
THE CURE If you are a victim of this dire disease, come to my office
and let me explain to you my process of treating It. You will then not
wonder why I have cured, to stay cured, more than "CO cases of VARICO
CELE during the pest 12 months. Under xny treatment the patient improves
from the very beginning. All pain instantly ceases. Soreness and swelling
Quickly subside. The pools of stagnant blood are forced from the dilated
veins, which rapidly assume their normal size, strength and soundness. All
Indications of disease and weakness vanish completely and forever, and in their
ftead comes the pride, the power, and tho pleasures of perfect health and
restored manhood.
I also cure to stay cured forever. Stricture, Syphilitic Blood Poison. Im
potency and all associate diseases and weaknesses of men. To these ma
ladies alone I have earnestly devoted my whole professional life.
If you cannot call at my office, write me your symptoms fully. My home
treatment by correspondence Is always successful. ,ily counsel Is free and
sacredly confidential, and I give each patient a legal contract In writing to
hold for my promise. Address
J. H. KESSLER, M. D., Cor. Yamhill and Second, Portland, Or.
We Will Xot Aslc for
a Dollrtr
Until a Cnre Is
Effected.
DR.THLCOTT&C0.
2S04 Alder Street,
Stilctlr Reliable
Specialists Men Exclusively
An Interesting: Statement.
By far the greater number of patients seek
ing relief for Ed-called weakness are strong,
robust men In every other resoect. Loss of
vitality, prematureness. etc.. are not weak
nesfvi, but the symptoms of Inflammatory pro
cesses In th Prostate Gland (so-called neck of
bladder), caused by contracted disorders and
too-of ten-repeated and too-long-contlnued ex
citement. Under our local plan of treatment,
directed toward reducing tho enlarged and
swollen Prostate. Immediate results, as Indi
cated by Increased circulation and renewed
strength, are observed. Our colored chart of
the organs, which wc send free on applica
tion. Is Interesting to any one wishing to study
the anatomy of the male.