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36 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1903. DENY TOWN IS BAD I Bremerton Indignant at Re port of Corruption. INVESTIGATION IS DEMANDED. Axjerf That Orderly Condition Exists Congressman Jon e Aks Seat tle Chamber of Commerce to Take Action. SEATTLE, Dec 2L The Chamber of Commerce today decided to appoint a committee to Investigate the reported cor ruption at Bremerton. The request for an Investigation was made by a repre sentative of-the Bremerton Board of Trade -who repudiates the report and says that the town Is not as Immoral as "Vallejo, opposite tha Mare Island navy-yard In California. I A long1 letter was read from Congress man Jones, IniyVhlch he recommended that oteps be taken? by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to use its Influence to have Bremerton correct any evil that might offend the authorities of the Naval De partment. At Bremerton the greatest Indignation ie expressed over what is called a elur on the town, when no corruption exists that Is not apparent In any place of like size. Mayor Croxton, ol Bremerton, said to day that many of the citizens desire that the saloons be kept open and that It would be unwise to order a complete close-down when the morale of the city does not -warrant it. While admitting that there are 16 saloons in the city, he Is emphatic in his statement that no disorder has been reported, neither has any complaint been made. A meeting of the Council will probably take place Friday, when the matter will be discussed from every point of view. It Is said at Bremerton that the Lieutenant who made the investigation, as ordered by Admiral Stirling, rendered the scandal ous report because of a personal antag onism to certain merchants of the town. LINKS OF GOLD. (Continued from page 83.) corporation during the year 1902 there will have been set aside at least 52,000,000 and as much more as Is needed for the pur chase of at least 25,000 shares of preferred stock, which will be offered as follows to employes of the corporation and con stituent companies: At present the corporation and subsi diary companies employ about 16S.O00 men, whom It is proposed to divide into these six classes: Class A will Include all those who re ceive salaries of $20,000 a year or over. Class B will include all those who re ceive salaries of from $10,000 to T20.000 a year. Class C will include all those who re ceive salaries of from 53000 to $10,000 a year. Class D will include all those who re ceive salaries of from $2500 to $5000 a year. Class E will include all those who re ceive salaries of from $800 to $2500 a year. Class E will include all those who re ceive salaries of $800 a year or less. The preferred stock will be offered to any employe during January at $82 50 per share (Its closing price today was $S5 S7). Employes can subscribe for an amount of slock not exceeding the sum represent ed by a certain percentage of their annual salaries, as shown In this table: Class B, 8 per cent; class C, 10 per cent; class D, 12 per cent; class E, 15 per cent; class F, 20 per cent. In part 2 of the plan It is explained that the corporation has been and is now snaking changes in the salaries of men occupying official or semi-official positions, and the directors have approved these recommendations of the finance commit tee: Whenever $50,000,000 and less than $90, 000,000 is earned In 1903, 1 per cent shall be set asider- Whenever $90,000,000 and less than $100, 000,000 is earned during 1903, 1.2 per cent shall be set aside. Whenever $100,000,000 and less than $110, 000,000 is earned during 193, 1.4 per cent shall be set aside. Whenever $110,000,000 and less than $120 -000.000 is earned during 1903, 1.6 per cent shall be set aside. Whenever $130,000,000 and less than $140, 000,000 la earned during 1903, 2 per cent shall be set aside. Whenever $140,000,000 and less than $150, 000,000 is earned during 1903, 2ft per cent shall be set aside. Whenever $150,000,000 and less than $160 -000,000 is earned during 1903, 2J per cent shall be set aside. The question of what constitutes profits Is to be determined entirely by the finance committee, who, it is stated, -will nave no interest in the profit-sharing plan. If $S0, 000,000 is earned in the coming year, $800, 000 will be set aside, one-half to be dis tributed in cash quarterly, the other half to be reserved until the end of the year invested in preferred stock; the stock thus purchased to be divided one-half to em ployes entitled thereto, the other half to remain with the treasurer of the corpora tion. Each shareholder is to receive a cer tificate for bis interest containing these provisions: First, that If he remains continuously in the service of the coroorntlftn nr nf in or another of ita subsidiary companies for nvo years, tne stocK snail be delivered to him and he mav do as ha lllroe -with u Second, that if he dies or becomes totally ana permanently disabled while in the em ulov of the corooration or of onn nr n other of its subsidiary companies, the - stock will be delivered to his estate or to him. Third, that he can draw the dividends aeciarea on tne siock wniio it is held for his account and ha remains in tha pmnlnv of the corporation or of one or another oi its suDsiaiary companies. VnnrtVi tinf- it. -ceithnut nrAtrlnnn nn sent, voluntarily he shall have quitted Che service of the corporation or of one or an other of Its subsidiary companies, he shall forfeit an rignts to tnis stocK, ana in such case It -will be held in a fund -which, at the end of five years, will be divided among sucn employes as snail nave com Thus" 25 per cent of all the money set aside in this profit-sharing plan will be held for five years and will be given to ciirVi nrtltr no nt tha nfl nf that rtrinA shall be in the employ of the corporation or one or anotner ox its suDsiaiary com High officials of the Steel Corporation aecimea loaay xo uiscuss uie repuneu ap proaching retirement of President Schwab BIG CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Workmen Say They Were Decoyed to Coal TtesrionK. NEW YORK, Dec 31. Suits have been brought by 22 residents of this city, who claim that during the recent eoal strike they were decoyed to the mines In Penn. sylvania by agents of the Erie Railroad and of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. Damages for $50,000 each, amounting to $1,100,000 in all, are sued for, and the at torney for the plaintiffs consulted, with an attorney today about bringing the matter before the grand jury to be sworn in next Monday. . The plaintiffs claim that, under pre tense of doing work for the railroad and coal company, they were decoyed to Ho boken, where they were locked In a car and carried against their will to the coal regions of Pennsylvania and compelled to act as "strike breakers," under throats of "being turned over to the fury of the miners." The men say they finally suc ceeded In making their way back to the city, but declare that on their way homo they had narrow escapes from being mobbed. An official of the Erie road said that no complaint had been served as yet on the company. Ho added that the company was without information as to the cause1 of action, that he was confident that the Erie Company nnd its constituent com pany, tho Pennnylvsnla Coal Company, had done nothing unlawful, nnd that he had no doubt the companies would be able successfully to defend any suits that might be brought against them. "The company makes no misrepresenta tions," said this official, "but It is always extremely careful to explain to the men the conditions and the circumstances un der which they are employed." WORK FOR UNIVERSITY MEN. Wayne MncVcaRh Cnlln Attention to Graduate of Conl Mine. NEW YORK, Dec. 2L The coal strike question was discussed by some of the apeakers at the dinner given at Sherry s last night to the delegate to the Univer sity Conference. Jamea W. Alexander, of Yale, 'GO, speaking on "The Universities and Modern Business," suggested playfully that each university should have its trust, and, after assigning various combines la the different universities, said: "Somebody else can take John Mitchell and the strikers. They are the biggest trust of all." This roused Wayne MacVeagh, Yale, '53, who said, speaking on "The Universities and Public Affairs": "The university man must pay more attention to a great question like the coal trouble. An immense Industry had drifted out of the hands of the men In charge honest, well meaning men and capable as you and I. But it had drifted out of their hands, and the Nation was face to face with a Winter without coal. Then a graduate of a university did ap pear and said, 'Coal must be mined,' and he was the Chief Executive. Then an other graduate appeared, of almost equal authority, the financial leader, and he said, 'Coal must be mined.' But the issue was not entirely settled by either or both of them. It depended not upon a univer sity graduate, but on the graduate of a coal mine, who said, 'If the arbitration Is conceded for which I have been asking for eight months, coal will be mined.' Arbitration was granted and coal was mined, but if one had been less persua sive and another had not agreed, then the mines would have been hermetically sealed for the Winter. You must deal not alono with the coal barons you must deal with the men who mine the coal and bring it to the surface. You must ad minister the government with the Ideals of civic virtue." Mr. MacVeagh was followed by Presi dent Eliot, of Harvard, who suggested that each of the gentlemen preceding him had slightly wandered from his subject, referred pleasantly to Mr. MacVeagh's Im petuosity and his discussion of the "stren uous life." He then outlined the Ideal strenuous life and led the discussion into quiet channels. His subject wa9 the 'Universities and Learned Professions." President Hadley, of Yale, was the first speaker on the subject of "The American Universities." He told how America was working out its own university problems, along Its own lines, saying: , "It is Im possible to import ready-made an English or German university system." rsicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia, who was to preside, was kept away by the continued Illness of his wife. STRIKERS' RIGHT TO PICKET. Cincinnati Jndjrc Upholds It. but Makes Strict Limitations. ' CINCINNATI, O., Dec 3L Judge Ruf us S. Smith, of the Superior Court, handed down a decision today, in which he con- eedes to striking workmen the right to picket a factory when they are seeking to accomplish a lawful purpose and do not in any manner intimidate or coerce non strikers. At the same time. Judge Smith defines the rights of employers, and says that, when It is necessary in their busi ness to employ workmen, tho rlgjit to do this is a property right, and, when in terfered with unlawfully, the remedy is by injunction. The decision was written by Judge Smith in the suit of the Eureka Foundry Company against the striking coremakers, and by its terms the strikers are perpet ually enjoined from picketing the Eureka foundry in large numbers. The strikers are allowed to have one picket at the fac tory, who may peacefully persuade work men to leave their employment and ad vance arguments to workmen If they choose to hear such. If the workmen do not care to meet the picket or listen to his arguments, they are not to be molest ed, and any attempt to influence their minds by improper means will be a trans gression of the rights of tho employer, and may be corrected by injunction. Xew Year's Gift for Railroad Men. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 3L All of the regu larly employed locomotive engineers and firemen connected with the Wisconsin Central road, numbering between 600 dnd 700, will receive a New Year's .greeting to morrow from General Superintendent T. T. Potter, of the company, in the shape of an omciai announcement of a general in crease in their wages, according to the present mileage scale in effect. 'The gen eral advance will become effective Jan uary 1, 1D03, and will range from 10 to 25 per cent, according to the present schedule of pay. Raima Signs lVnare Contract. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 3L The Cleve land Citv Railroad f!nm cally as the Little "Consolidated, through us yresiuent, senator jh. A. Hanna, today siened a one-vfar pontTOrt xritii tVn ioi gamated Association of Street Railway employes oi America, covering the scale Of Waces to be TXlIri tn H3 mntnrmon conductors. The hundreds of employes of me company are mucn elated over the successful outcome of tho negotiations which have been in time. The Little Consolidated operates nearly a dozen different street railway Delaware Road Gives Increase. NEW YORK, Dec 3L Beginning tomor row a new schedule of wages will go Into effect on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad thnt will stantlally the pay of a large percentage ui. cuiiMoyes in an aepartments of the road. The nercentarrn of i different departments and with different men or classes of emploves. President Truesdale would not state aenniteiy wnat the Increases will aggre gate per month or year, but It wnn nca tained that they will approximate $500,000 per monia. Home for Old Railroad Men. PEORIA. 111., Dec 31. The referendum vote of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen on the $25,000 appropriation for tne erecuon oi a nome tor aged and dis abled railway eniDloves has and was passed by 10.000 majority. The noma is jocaiea ai .tiismana Fark, a sub urb of Chicago, but it has been decided to secure another lnriUnti Th vl .-luiuiiicn and conductors at their last conventions appropriated $25,000 each, and the total of $75,000 will be used In the purchase of ground and the erection of a suitablo ouuuing. Raises Street-Car Men's "Wages. NEW YORK. Dec 31. ThA -MVimrii tan Street Rallwav has Increase in the wages of Ita motormen ana conauciors. -ine pay or the men will be regulated by their terms The management of the road claims the new scale will be higher than that of any sunuiir curpuruutm in tne country. Derangement of the liver, with constl- pimples, sallow skin. Carter's Little Liver RESERVED BY GERMANY CLAIMS FOR $300,000 XOT SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION. Britain Makes Same Reservation Castro Tells a Gemma He Is the One Xnsnltod, Not Germany. BERLIN, Dec 31. Tho German govern ment's reservations in agreeing to submit the Venezuelan claims to arbitration con tinue to br- undisclosed in their entirety. From statements appearing today, how ever. It seems to be confirmed that Ger many excludes from the claims which are subject to arbitration demands amounting to $300,000 for seizure of property and out rages on the persons of German subjects under such circumstances which are deemed so clear that it is useless to call in arbitrators. The payment of this sum will not be demanded in cash, at present, but a sufficient guarantee of the payment will be Insisted upon. Great Britain's preferred claims aro equivalent in amount to $300,000, henco the statements made abroad that Germany is asking more than Great Britain are Incorrect. Germany waives an apology for what arc here called "diplomatic insults," asking only material reparation. It is now stated that the German cruiser Superber will sail for Venezuela January 6. CASTRO HAS COUNTER-CLAIM. Tells German Correspondent He Wants Satisfaction for Insults. BERLIN, Dec 3t The Lokal Anzeiger, the only German newspaper having a special correspondent at C&racas, prints a dispatch from the Venezuelan capital dated December 29, relating the correspon dent's experience in Interviewing Presi dent Castro. He found him at General Alcanara'A estate .dancing at noonday. General Alcanara, who was waiting with a bundle of dispatches, remarked to the correspondent that "It would not do to interrupt tho President's pleasure, even with state business." "But the correspon dent says be spoke to the President be tween dances, "and after a conversational reconnoissance" Inquired If he Intended to give the powers satisfaction. "Why, no." replied the President. "I am the one demanding satisfaction for Insults." At this remark," the correspondent con tinues, "a Jady clapped him on the back and said: 'That's the way to talk, old boy.' " CASTRO HAS ACCEPTED. Dispatch on Arbitration Reaches Washington to Be Forirardcd. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3L The answer of President Castro to the proposals of the allies to submit to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal tho Venezuelan difficulties has reached Washington through Minister Bowen. The answer amounts to a general acceptance of the principles of the proposition, President Castro being willing to submit his case to the arbitration of fair and Impartial authorities. The details of the answer will not be published here in advance of ita reception by tho European allies, and in fact it may be withdrawn entirely from publication on the ground that it really belongs to those powers. The answer is being prepared at the Slate Department for transmission to Europe. As it is quite long and un doubtedly will require long and careful consideration at London. Berlin and Rome. It is not expected that any fur ther steps toward a final settlement can be reached for a day or two. The feeling here, however, based on a knowledge of Castro's position. Is that his answer practically clears the way for the submission of the case to arbi tration. The answer has given great satisfaction here. 3IATOS SEES XO DIFFICULTY. Legitimate Debts Must Be Paid, Says Rebel Leader. WILLEMSTAD. Island of Curacao, Dec 3L General Matos, the head of the revo lutionary movement against President Castro,, referring to Venezuelan difficul ties with the'allled powers, said: "The pending question has two objects one Is the recovery of certain sums of money owed by Venezuela, and the other is that of claims for Injuries received by foreign residents in the republic I see no exceeding gravity in either of these two matters, because every legitimate debt must be paid and because the laws of the republic and its treaties with foreign na tions and, In special cases international law, determine In every Instance the pro ceedings under the circumstances to be followed by civilized nations who desire to uphold their honor and make their coun try respected among the nations." NO BASIS FOR TALE. Fake Story About Intended German Bombardmeat of Maracaibo. CARACAS, Dec 31. The report that the German cruiser Falk is threatening to bombard Maracaibo is untrue. In the first place the cruiser cannot enter the Lake of Maracaibo, and, as Maracaibo is 10 miles from the bar, it would be impossible for the Falk to bombard it. In the sec ond place, it Is asserted in Maracaibo that the Postmaster there has not withheld the mall of the German merchants. Mara caibo is quiet The blockade is working Injury to com merce, especially to American Interests. Race Fcad in Jamaica. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec 3L Consid erable excitement prevails at Savanna La Mar, on the southwestern coast of this island, caused by the shooting there yes terday of the Jamaican negro, second mate of the American brig Sunlight, by tho first officer' of that vessel, H. G. Gardner, of Maine. Trouble arose on board the Sunlight over the color ques tion, and the crew left her and refused to return on board. During the disturb ances, It appears Gardner fired at the second mate, and probably fatally wounded him. A strong force of police waB sent on board the brig to arrest Gardner, and it was with difficulty that he was overpowered and taken to Jail. The police were compelled to guard the building in order to prevent native mobs from attacking It. The Sunlight was load ing logwood lor Boston. Sufferers by Eruption Relieved. KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Dec 3L Captain Young, Imperial Commissioner of the Imperial Relief Fund, who arrived here November 12, started today on his return trip to England, having completed the distribution of compensation for the general losses to distressed laborers, peasants and settlers. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the fund has al ready been expended and $30,000 of this amount was distributed by Captain Young personally to the sufferers. The latter Included those who rejected the emigra tion order Issued by Governor Llewellyn. Not All in the Same Boat. PARIS, Dec. 3L A dispatch to the Matin from Caracas confirms tho state ment ' that Venezuela has promised France to treat her claims as those of Great Britain, Germany and Italy, but adds that a similar promise was refused to Belgium, Spain and Holland. t Blockade-Runner Escapes. LA GUAYRA. Dec 31. An Italian vessel last night chased a big Venezuelan schooner off this port Tho occurrence was seen from here. Under cover of the darkness the schooner managed to get away. Orinoco Steamer Given Permit. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec 31. Admiral Douglass, R. N., today granted a special permit to tho Orinoco Steamship Company to send its steamer to Cludad Bolivar, Venezuela, and for the vessel's, return here. The steamer Manzanaresr now on the Orinoco River, will be coaled by the Bolivar. The Manzanares. will also return to this port. Still Quarrel About Acre. LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 2L The Bolivian government is considering future action in view of Brazil's renewed resistance to the annulment of the Acre concosslon. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an Interview today, said: "The silence of the syndicate renders the situation more diffi cult." Will Arbitrate Boundary Dispute. LA PAZ, Bolivia. Dec. 31. A treaty was signed yesterday afternoon by the Bo livian Minister of Foreign 'Affairs and the Peruvian Minister, naming President Roca.! of Argentina, arbitrator In the boundary disputes between Peru and Bo livia. . COAL IS UNDER CONTRACT Excuse of Dealers for Xot Selling Relief Comes From Inquiry. CHICAGO, Dec 31. The Investigations begun yesterday by Attorney-General Hamlin and by the Aldermanlc committee to determine the cause of the coal famine In this city were merged today, when the Aldermanlc subcommittee went Into con ference with tho Attorney-General to the end that they might work Intelligently to gether. The Inquiry has not as yet brought out evidence of a conspiracy be tween dealers or on the part of the rail roads, or of both, although somo of the former have been shown to ha-e on hand thousands of tons of coal. They, how- over, claim that It Is for contracts already made, and not their own. The Attorney General says that If It can be shown the coal is really not held for contracts, the dealers can be prosecuted fbr withholding it from the market. Several railroad men declared their roads were giving coal preference over dead freight, and produced figures to show that It was being disposed of as fast as received. As a result of the Inquiry, the situation has already been relieved, according to Attorney-General Hamlin, and. -conditions are rapidly .becoming better. "There Is more coal In the yards now than there was 2i hours ago," said he, after the last of tho railroad and coal men had left. "In fact, relief is coming so rapidly that I do not believe we shall be forced to begin any proceedings against the companies." The railroad officials responded prompt ly to -the invitation to appear before the Attorney-General, whllo the coal dealers appeared reluctant. GIVES COAL PREFERENCE. Baltimore & Ohio Road Takes Steps to Relieve Famine. BALTIMORE, Dec. 31. General Superin tendent Arthur Hale, of the B. & O. R. R., issued the following today: "Until further notice we cannot accept carload freights except livestock and per ishable products for points east of Pitts burg. Moundsvllle and Parkeraburg. We will continue to receive out own empty cars and empty foreign cars en route home." This action places an embargo on carload shipments from the connecting lines of the B. & O. It means a temporary halt In grain shipments. Just how long this will last Is not known, but probably not more than a week. The object Is to relieve the coal famine along the line. LEAGUE AGAINST UNIONS New Labor Organization Which Is Piloted by a Prencher. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 31. Rev. E. M. Falrchijd, of Albany, who has been called into consultation by tho workmen inter ested In the formation of the National League of Independent Workmen of America, said tonight: "The league will be organized in the near future. It Is proposed to put a Na tional organizer In the field and organize local branches all over the country and demand that employers run their shops as 'open shops in which union and league men can have an equal and fair chance for employment. "The league will be strictly a laborinc man's affair, but It will be Incorporated so as to command the confidence of em ployers and the general public and be in a position to defend the rights of its members through the courts. Only Ameri can citizens will be eligible to member ship. "The specific objects for which the Inde pendent workmen propose to organize are as follows: "First To protect Independent work men In their Independence. "Second To sustain high wages by skill ful, energetic co-operation with our em ployers. "Third To establish reasonable hours of labor, according to tho exigencies of the trades. "Fourth To. promote Intelligent under standing of our work. "Fifth To furnish favorable conditions for training apprentices, in order that our boys may become successful workmen. "Sixth TO maintain sanitary conditions of employment by means of state laws and inspectors. "Seventh To compel officers of tho Govr Crnment to enforce the laws. "Eighth To compel labor unions to ob serve the laws. "Ninth To protect members against un just treatment from employers by due pro cess of law. "Tenth To provide a labor bureau for Its members." MAY SHED BLOOD FOR OIL Clalm-JnmpcrM Are Out With Their Winchesters in Wyoming. SALT LAKE. Dec 3L A special to tho Tribune from Evanston, Wyo., says: The next few hours promise to bring to Uinta County scenes of excitement never before equaled In the history of Wyoming. As the first day of the new year ap proaches, plans aro being carried out to gobble up every foot of oil land which has not already been protected by tho required assessment work. Up to a fow days ago It was believed that practically all the land would be thus protected, but closer investigation shows that at least one-third of tho oil field, or an area of 800 square miles, will be open for refiling nt 12:01 tomorrow morning. It evidently being the intention of the original locators to protect their rights by the use of firearms If occasion requires. Evanston has been practically divested of its male population and nearly all places of business have been closed, and men are being stationed throughout the oil belt, ready to commence driving their claim stakes at the dawn of the new year. All are fully armed with Winchesters, and ehotguns, and bloodshed may follow, Sheriff James and several deputies will attempt to quell any disturbance that may arise In the vicinity of Spring Valley, but It is believed' this small force of officers will be unable to cope with the situa tion. EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY Policeman to Be Tried for Breaking Into Gambling: Den. NEW YORK. Dec 31. Magistrate Brann today handed down a decision that Police Inspector Brooks had violated section 120 of the penal code, and had exceeded his authority In forcibly entering Canfield's alleged gambling-house on December 1, 1902. The 'magistrate held that Brooks must be held for trial, and must answer in the Court of Special Sessions. Inspection at -Grant's Pass. GRANT'S PASS, dr., Dec 31.-Colonel I "True art is not the j H caprice of this or that B T g individual" 1 j Mazzini m I It is from individual caprice or the mere fleeting fashion of the moment that Gorham Silver is markedly free. True artistic feeling in de sign, excellence of workmanship and ster ling quality of material can never go out of fashion. These can al ways be relied upon as being present when sil verware bears the Gor ham trade-mark, the Lion, the Anchor and the S. All responsible Jewelers keep it S. Yoran, of tho Oregon National Guard, held the regular quarterly Inspection of Company H, of this city, yesterday. An election was also held and A. E. Voorhieo elected to the position of Captain, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of E. B. Brown, Colonel Yoran went from hero to Ashland to Inspect the company at that place. HOW TRUSTS ARE FINANCED Dissentient Stockholder Lets in Little Daylight. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec 31. Injunc tion proceedings were Instituted today by ex-State Senator William J. Clark, of Branford, against the directors of the International Sliver Company, of Meriden, to restrain them from carrying out con tracts said to have been mado with the recently-organized United States Silver Corporation, of Jersey City, by which the International Company buys back certain of Its stock. Mr. Clark Is a bondholder in the International Company, and also owns 10 shares of preferred and common stock. In the papers filed by the plaintiff In the Superior Court It is alleged that two of the directors of the International Com pany, E. R. Thomas and O. R. T. Thomas, of New York, under the name of Thomas & Thomas, have got control of 90,000 shares of the common stock, which only recently acquired voting power, and by so doing they control the meetings of the company and have acquired largo amounts of property and stock in, a fraud ulent manner; that Thomas & Thomas have caused a new corporation to start In Jersey City, called the United States Silver Corporation, and that this corpora tion has acquired nearly all of the stock of the Rogers Bros., of Meriden, worth not more than ?500,000; that It is the In tention of Thomas & Thomas to Issue Jl.000.000 worth of 6 per cent debentures of the international silver Company, which are to be debts of the company having priority over the preferred stock, and $1,500,000 worth of preferred stock having the same priority over dividends. and tho same voting power as the pre ferred stock heretofore issued, and to de liver these debentures and this preferred stock to Thomas & Thomas in return for property and stock owned by the United States Silver Corporation. A hearing on the suit will be held in Bridgeport next Monday before Judge George W. Wheeler. First Hop Contract Filed. SALEM, Or., Dec. 31.-(Speclal.) The flrct document In the nature of a contract affecting the 1903 hop crop to be filed for record in this county, was recorded In the office of County Recorder Selgmund today The Instrument is made by A. J. Cone, a hopgrower of the north end of the county, to t. a. j-dvesiey & co., of tnis city. It is in reality only a consignment covering 10,000 pounds of next year's hops, By the terms of the acreement certain advances are to be made, Including cents rcr pound prior to nlckintr time Thero has not yet been filed in this county a single new hop contract covering the 1903 crop. THE FOLKS AT HOME Wonld Enjoy a Visit From Yon Why Sot Tnke Itt on sale tickets. Portland to Kansas City and return, at the low rate of $60, good for SO davs. wltn stop-over privileges on re turn passage. Call up O. R. & N. ticket ofllce. 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I carried out these as best 1 could, bought six bottles of his 'Golden Medical Dis covery' and commenced taking 1L A few days later I noticed a great change. Felt like a new man. Before I began the use of the Golden Medical Discovery' I suffered greatly with pain in stomach, my nerves seemed all Tna-doTrn,' 1 was very thin in flesh, but now can eat heartly and sleep good at night-" Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send twenty-one one-cent stamps for the paper-covered book, or thirty -one stamps for the cloth-bouad volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. 1 J. E. HASELTI1NE & CO., IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN l IRON, STEEL AND COAL 45, 47, 49 and 51 Second St., Portland, Or. SEATTLE PORTLAND SPOKANE "W. NORTON DAVIS. M. D.. Tha Founder of the System. Twenty-one Years' Expi enence Twenty-one years of studious, careful and conscientious prac tice in me ireuimem 01 a. vc few diseases is a training sucn very few physicians have Wa forl Rnf In sai-lne as had that wo have cured more cases of men s diseases than any two other specialists in the entire West.. Every method we employ Is original with ourselves, and has grown to perfection through this vast volume of experience. "Weakness" Perman ently Cured "We not only cure "weakness" promptly, but we employ the only treatment that can possi bly eure this disorder perma nently. It is a system of local treatment entirely original with us. and Is employed by no other physicians than ourselves. This may seem a broad assertion, but It is just as substantial as It Is broad. So-called "weak ness" Is but a symptom of local Inflammation or congestion, and a radical cure Is merely a mat ter of restoring normal condi tions throughout the organic system, and this we accomplish thoroughly and with absolute certainty. OFFICE HOURS: 8 A. M. TO 8 P. ft!.; Dr. W. Norton Davis & Co. Sixth Street, cor. Alder, Portland, Or. 1 YOUNG MEN troubled with night emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, bash fulness, aversion to society which deprive you of your manhood UNFITS YOU FOB BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE MIDDLE-AGED MEN who from excesses and strains have lost their MANLY POWER. BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. Syphilis. Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urine. Gleet. Stricture, enlarged prostate. Sexual Debility, Varicocele, Hydrocele. Kidney and Liver Troubles, cured without MERCURY AND OTHER POISONOUS DRUGS. Catarrh and Rheumatism CURED. Dr. Walker's methods are regular and scientific. He uses no patent nostrums - or ready-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medlcaf treatment. His New 'ampnlet on Private Diseases sent 'free to all men who describe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered ia plain envelope; Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address Dr. Walker, 149 First St., bet Alder and Morrison, Portland, Or. - Heavy Hardware Blacksmith Supplies Carriage and Wagon Materials Consultation and Advice Free at Off ice or by Mail. Different doctors have different Ideas In regard to cures. Some call a suppression of symptoms a cure. They dose for drug effects and claim that nothing more can be donek But the real ailment remains, and will bring the symptoms back again, pet haps the same as before, or perhaps modified In some manner. We claim that nothing less than complete rradicntion of the disease can be a real cure. We treat to re move the disease and not merely the symptoms. We search out every root and flbr of an ailment, and we cure to stny cured. Urethral Obstruction Our treatment of urethral obstruc tion is entirely independent of surgery. A complete cure is accomplished with out cuttlwr or dilating. All growths or obstructions in the passage are dis solved, the membranes cleansed, and all irritation or congestion removed. Specific Blood Poison We eure this leprous disease com pletely. The system is thoroughly cleansed and every poisonous taint re moved. The last symptoms vanish to appear no more, and all is accom- E'.ished by the use of harmless and lood-cleanslng remedies. Do not sub mit to the dangerous mineral dosing commonly Indulged in. Such treatment merely obscures the symptoms. VARICOCELE Cured Without Catting The time was when every man afflicted with varicocele had no choice other than to ajlow the disease to go on un dermininjf his health and pow er, or submit to a surgical op eration. Now he can choose a thorough cure by painless treat ment. We cure varicocele in the shortest possible time, and it is seldcm necessary that the pa tient be detained from business even a single day. Our method is original with ourselves, arid Is the only safe and successful treatment ever devised. SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS, 10 A. "tt. TO 12 M. ' TWENTY YEARS OF SUCCESS In the treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver, kidney and stomach disorders, constipation, diarrhoea, dropsical swellings, Bright's disease, etc. KIDNEY AND URINARY Complaints, painful, difficult, too frequent, milky or bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. DISEASES OF THE RECTUM Such as piles, 'fistula, Assure, ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, cured without the knife, pain or confinement, DISEASES OF MEN f Blood, poison, gleet, stricture, unnatural losses, im potency. thoroughly cured. No failures. Cures guaranteed. A 4