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THE MORNING O REG ONI AN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 17, 1903. LIKE A YOUNG GIANT Hurried Glance at the Three Idahos. ELEMENTS OF STATE POWER .Gre&t Kecent Growth, but the Coon, try Still A'evr Transportation the Supreme Immedi ate JSced. Br a StnE Writer. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 14. Even as one tushes through Idaho, by train it is borne In upon him that this is vital country. Every outward circumstance proves It. In the towns and villages there is every where a striking proportion of new houses; in every settlement the public schoolhousc is a prominent landmark: the arrange ments for receiving and forwarding freight are strikingly on a large scale and as strikingly busy; the look even of vil lage streets even as one gazes from the car window when the train halts is singu larly alive and bustling; and there is Just enough of the miner and cowboy element to create the atmosphere of frontier spirit and energy. There are, in truth, three Idahos, as there are three Oregons, and each has its special character. Northern Idaho is that part of the state which lies north of the Clearwater Mountains, and includes the mining region of the Coeur d'Alene, the agricultural country of Latah County and the "Valley of the Lapwal. The Latah district Is a continuation of the great grain belt of Eastern Washington, and is separated from It only by an arbi trary line. It extends to the foothills of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains, which cut it off from the mining country which lies to the east of this mountain range. So separated. Indeed, are the agricultural and the mining districts of Northern Idaho that there is no direct route of travel connecting them: and to go from one to the other calls for a roundabout journey through the adjoining State of "Washing ton. In this part of Idaho there are three considerable centers of population Mos cow in Latah County, Wallace in the min ing county of Shoshone, and Lewlston in Nez .Perces County, on the Snake River. Air of these towns are immensely pros perous, and each would have metropoli tan ambitions but for the fact that Spo kane, just across the line in the State of Washington, overshadows the whole Northern country and effectually en grosses the. conditions which go toward the creation of a large city. In the nature of. things the Northern Idaho cities are bound to grow, but they are also bound to remain in secondary relations even to their own territory, for it Is destiny that Spokane is and is to remain the great city of the northeastern corner of the Pacific North-west. Northern Idaho contains approximately one-third of the population, and, .reckon ing the values of the Coeur d'Alene mines, something more than one-third of the wealth -of the state. But with these ad vantages, which make It in a business sense the mdtet important section, it is still in a measure subordinated politi cally by the southerly sections which lie geographically in closer relations. The sharp and definite division of its inter jests, Hs dependence upon Spokane, and Its lack of a common center, with the fact that it Is practically remote from the state capital, which 1b the center of political Interests, renders it in a sense an attach mentand a somewhat alien attachment to the State of Idaho. Passing for the present over Central to Southeastern Idaho, ive come to a coun try approximating in all its conditions to Utah, and having its main social and business connections with that state. Lik "Utah, it is a region of great agricultural resource. It lies south of and below the Tegion of the universal rimrock; Its areas suitable for agriculture are wide and vastly rich; Its upland pastures are among the best of all the range country in the West, and ii has a population which for industry, system -and thrift is hardly rriatcned outside the Mormon community of "Utah, whence its people came, and with which they continue to affiliate in all ways. It is in fact an organized and dis ciplined agricultural army moved by a common purpose and working with ef fective energy in the occupation and de velopment of the country. Of the very in teresting social character of this south eastern population almost - wholly Mor mon excepting in the town f Pocatello I shall speak in another letter to follow in this series. The southeastern district has Its full share of prosperous trading centers, but its chief town is Pocatello, In Bannock County. The -importance of Pocatello Is mainly dependent -upon the fact that It is the headquarters in Idaho of the Ore gon Short Line Railroad that Is, It is the point where two very important divis ions begin and end, and where -the repair ing shops are located. It is the home of several hundred railroad employes, the place where they .receive and spend their earnings apd where their chief depot of supplies for the Idaho lines is maintained But Pocatello has a very considerable Im portance outside of its railroad business. iqr it Is the' trading center of the whole -southeastern country. It is too close to Ogden and Salt Lake reasonably to cher ish metropolitan , aspirations, but it has no rival as a local center in a- very rich country", and there Is every reason to an ticipate for it a large future something like-Cheyenne. Pocatello has a very con siderable present importance in connec tion with. Idaho-politics, due to its own large vote and to Its status .as the nend quarters of he southeastern district of the. state. In the division of powers in political conventions and in State Legls latures the southeastern district holds about 'onethird of the whole, and Is, therefore, a factor of importance. As the center of railroad operations Pocatello contains a large body of mechanical "vot ers. and is. therefore, the stronghold of the labor union system, which Is as pow erful in Idaho as eteewhere. s I have Written thus much of Northern ssd Southeastern Idano merely by way of introduction to my main theme, for it H of Central Idaho the country of which Boise is the center that I am more par ticularly to speak; and to comprehend Central Idaho fairly it is Important to know something of its relationships to the state, something of the chain of in depeadentt communities of which it is middle and most lnportant link. Central Idaho is the Idaho of tradition and history the eastern outpost of what used to be, before the railroads recast our geography, the Pacific Northwest. It now lies prac tically midway between Portland and Salt Lake and while thus measurably lost to us retains something of its old tributary relation and all of its old friendly feel ing. In spite of changes which have turned the face of Central Idaho .toward .the East, an Oregonlan still feels at home in Boise, for on every street corner he meets men in whom the sentiments of lang syne are strong and who do not wish to forget the time when Idaho was part of Oregon. Central Idaho lies south of the Clear water Mountains and extends down to the Nevada line. It partakes somewhat of the general character of Eastern Oregon, somewhat that of Nevada and somewhat that of the better parts of Wyoming and ; Utah. It is generally elevated, broken by mountain ranges and excepting in Its i higher mountains and along its streams It Is bare of timber. Its climate la. that of the intermountaln region dry, bright and cold in Winter, warm In Summer, at all times vital and inspiriting. Its many valleys are sheltered gardens; its hill sides pasture tens of thousands of cattle and sheep; its mountains are seamed with minerals and crowned with noble forests. Old as it Is In a sense Boise was founded forty years ago It Is essentially new country. Its Industries are of the primary sort grazing, mining, farming, lumber ing in the mountains, the round of activi ties which make up the life of a country whose potentialities are great and varied, but which hES not yet attained the popu lation and the development needful to the putting of Its vital forces In motion. Any one of thp several great resources of Central Idaho would make the fortunes of a country; togethor, when time and transportation have done their work, they will make thi3 country as rich as the best parts of Utah or Colorado. - When Idaho was admitted to the Union, a little more than 10 years ago, her population was S4.3S5. In the years between 1SS0 and 1900 It grew to 161.772 more than double and today it Is some thing more than 200.000 and growing by leaps and bounds. The official record shows that no other state made such pro gress in the last census period both by the test of increase of population and by that of Increase of wealth. In this great pro gress Central Idaho has had her full share. Not her population alone, but every ele ment of her fortunes has doubled in 10 years. Whether the Inquiry be In respect of agricultural production, of num ber and acreage of farms, of flocks and herds, of number and value of dwell ings, of irrigation development, of min ingthe answer given by the official record is the same. And yet, with all- this growth scarcely a mark has been made upon the general resource of the coun try. The things waiting upon enterprise and pressing to be done are as many as before; as development goes on, new. vistas of opportunity open up to increase the appeal which Central Idaho makes to enterprise and the spirit of progress. The most Important of the immediate needs of the country. Is transportation. Today, Central Idaho has practically but one railroad the Oregon Short Line. . which runs from its entrance In the Southeastern corner of the state to the Oregon boundary at Huntington with one stub branch to Hailey, In the Wood River region, and another stub connecting the main lino with Boise. Along this main line- there has grown up a string of pros perous settlements, but practically the great interior, outside of the mining camps in the mountains, is untenanted. Great flocks of sheep and almost equally great herds of cattle roam over the coun try and gain something from it, but it is for the most part unpopulated and must remain so until some means of transpor tation shall be created for it, There used to be a time when popula tion would march Into the wilderness far In advance of railroads, content to bury a generation or two before the day of final deliverance; but times have changed and the spirit of the- Immigrant has changed. Men and women are no longer willing to live and die In the .wilderness In the hope of founding homes for their children; they want something for them selves and if one district will not provide it they move on to another that will. Every day there moves through and past Idaho scores of home-seekers; they fail not to see the invitation of the country, but in spite of It they move on. "Why," I asked the head of a family on the train two days ago, "do you seek further?" "Because," he replied, "I am looking for a country where I can get in on the ground floor and at the same time have access to a' railroad. This country Is all right, but that Dart of It near transpor tation Is already occupied and is held for big money and I won't push out Into the wilderness where a railroad may not come for 20 years. I can do better elsewhere." This tells thevstor; immigration is pour ing into the Western and Pacific States, but it declines to go beyond the range of easy access to transportation. Many homeseekers aro coming Into Southern and Central Idaho, but If the country were provided adequately with transportation facilities it would gain five where It now gains one. i a. H. -PRICE OP SALMON INCREASED. Advance of One-Third Over Last Year Wage Increased. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.) Pri vate information received here from San Francisco today Is to the effect that the Alaska Fishermen's Union, of that place, the membership of which Includes all the fishermen employed at the Bristol Bay, Alaska, canneries and who live at San Francisco, had fixed the price of salmon for the coming season at the following rates per fish: Sllvcrsldes and Red Alaska, 3 cents; king salmon, .15 cents; dog fish, 2 cents. These are an advance of 231-3 per cent on all grades over last year's prices, ana are what the fishermen struck for dur ing last season. The men also ask that the wages for the trip up and back be advanced from $50 to $75. The Alaska Fishermen's Union, having headquarters In this city, is expected to adopt the same schedule at a meeting to be held tomorrow evening. There is li able to be some contention between the fishermen and the cancers over these new prices, as the independent companies say they will be unable to stand the advance. An official of one of them in speaking of the matter today, said: "The Increase will be a great hardship to the Independent canncra Besides the amount paid for the fish, we furnish all the gear and board the men from the time they leave here until they return. This Is a very heavy expense. Another thing that cuts quite a figure is the fact that the fish are so small that about 13 of them are required to make a case of the canned article. The advance means an increase of fully 14 "cents a case m the cost, and even at last year's prices many of the companies lost money. The market is far from strong, and much of. Jast season's pack Is still unsold, eo I fear the can ners cannot pay the new prices and come out even." FOR STATEMiNING BUREAU TWO BILLS INTRODUCED I.V SEX ATE ON THIS SUBJECT. Commissioner to Be Appointed by n Board or by the Governor Other Senate Bills. SALEM, Or., Jan. 16. (Staff correspond ence.) Two bills have been introduced in the Senate for the creation of a bureau of mines. One of them. Senate bill No. 38. was introduced by Senator Booth. The other. Senate bill No. 42, Is fathered by Senator Myers. The two bills are materi ally different in many essential particu lars, yet having the same general pur pose. The Booth bill provides for the appoint ment of a commissioner oi mines by the Governor, for a term of four years, the appointee to be a man of seven years' practical experience in mining, and also to be possessed of practical and scientific knowledge of mining, metallurgy, miner alogy and geology. The office of the com missioner shall be In Portland. His com pensation shall be $3000 per year, and he shall have power to appoint a custodian to take care of his library and mineral collection, and assistants, specialists and deputies 'for the purpose of making ex- tended geological researches and surveys. The bill provides for "an appropriation of $15,000, of which $6000 Is for the salary of the commissioner for two years, and $0000 for other expenses of the bureau. Tho commissioner of mines has power to enter mines at any time to inspect them, tho appliances for working, the character of the ore, cost of operation, etc He must visit each mining district at least once a year, make collections of minerals, ores, coal, cements, clays, rocks. fossils, etc., and gather full and complete Information regarding the mining re sources of the state, and keep the same in his office, open to the Inspection of all persons Interested. He must make bien nial reports to the Governor. The Myers bill provides for the creation of a bureau of mines, composed of J. F. "Watson, C. H. Raffety. F. E. Beach, S. M. Mears and John C. Welsh, all residents and taxpayers of the City of Portland. They shall hold office for four years, and their successors shall be appointed by the Governor. They shall receive no "com penpation. The bureau has. authority to elect a commissioner, who shall receive a salary of $3000 per year, and a secretary, with a salary of $900 a year. Two depu ties may be appointed, with salaries of $1800 a year each. An appropriation of $25,000 Is provided for the salaries and ex penses authorized" by the act. The duties of the bureau and commis sioner are much the same as those pro vided in the Booth bill, except that the commissioner may, if he believes any company is selling stock so as to defraud purchasers, make an investigation and report tho facts to the board. He may also, at the request of any mining com pany. Inspect any mine and make a cer tificate of its characterover the seal of his office. This latter provision was opposed by tho friends of the Booth bill, on tho ground that it is improper for a state mining commission to certify the char acter of mines. This, they believe,, should be left to private mining engineers. Both of the bills require the commis sioner of mines to take an oath of offico which pledges him, among other things, to maintain absolute secrecy regarding any matters or Information coming to him concerning the character of particu lar mines. The two bills will go before the committee on mining in a few days, and then the provisions of each will bo modified so as to mako one bill, or one of LEADERS IN THE WHITMAN -OREGON DEBATE Fred Cox, of "Whitman. the measures will be approved and the other rejected. RiKhtx of Tide-Land Owner. . Title to tide lands and rights appurten ant thereto is the subject of two bills in troduced in the Senate. One of these Is by Senator Fulton and the other by Sen ator Myers. The Fulton measure, Senate bill No. 49, provides: "That the title to all tide lands on the shores of all bays, tidal rivers 'and streams within this state not heretofore disposed of Is hereby vested In the owner or owners of the bank or upland In front of which the tide lands are situated, each bank owner being vested with the title to tho tide land or shore in front of and adjacent- to the bank or upland owned by such owner." t The purpose of this bill, is to protect a man who owns land -which is supposed to extend to th water's edge. There are many lands which are so located that there may be a very narrow strip of land ! between the shore owner and the water line, but-by purchasing this another per son may cut the upland owner off from the bay or river. This bill. If passed, will prevent any such losses by upland owners. The Myers bill provides: "That all persons owning tide lands upon navigable waters xf tills state, I where the tide ebbs and flows, shall nave appurtenant to said tide lands the right to construct wharves in front of the same and out to the navigable channel thereof and the right to use the water frontage between low water mark and the channel for the purpose of ingress and egress. "It shall be unlawful for any person to Interfere with the riparian rights of an other by placing or maintaining any ob struction whatever between low water mark and the channel of any bay or river in this state; provided that drifting with gillnets for salmon shall not bo deemed an obstruction within the meaning of this act, and provided further that no license from any fish commission or other officer or board appointed or created by the State of Oregon shall be a defense to an action for the violation of any right of a riparian owner. "Any person violating any of the pro visions of this act, upon conviction there of, shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and shall bo punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $250. j or by Imprisonment In the County Jail , for not less than 10 days nor more than j 100 days. Justice courts shall have Jurls- dlcti5n of such offenses." j The bill, if passed, will provent the maintenance of anchored nets, traps or other obstructions between low water mark and the channel of a stream. Senator Marsters has Introduced a bill In tho Senate providing that any person wishing to buy state land must make a bid therefor, accompanying tho bid with SETTLED IN YAMHILL COUNTY IN 1862 The lute A. D. RnnnelH. MOXMOUTH. Or., Jan. 10. (Special.) A. D. Runnels, vrho died here Janu ary 8. 1002. was bora ln 'Cambridge, Vt.. March 6. 1831. With his parents he moved to Iowa In 1853. In 18C2 he married Miss 'Mary A. Glahdon, with whom he crossed the plains In 1862, locating at North Yamhill, gome years after the death of his wife he married Miss Irene Duncan, of McMlnnvllle, in June, 1874. During his residence at North Yamhill he was Justice of the Peace for 30 years, and was a charter member of the oldest I. O. O. F. lodge In Yamhill County. For several years he had resided here, where Mrs. Run nels died In May, 1902. 25 per cent of the price. The land must then be advertised for sale, and sealed bids received on a day stated. No bid shall bo received at a less price than $1 25 per acre, nor for less than 40 acres. The first applicant may raise his bid on the day the bids are received. Senator Rand has Introduced a bill by request, providing that the Superintendent of Public Instruction may 'call an annual convention of county superintendents at such time and place as he may deem proper. All county superintendents are required to attend, and their actual ex penses are to be paid by the several coun ties from the general fund. This is Sen ate bill No. 45. Senator Carter Is father of a bill, Senate bill No. 48, which makes It the duty of th& Attorney-General to - foreclose State Land Board mortgages, with the assist ance of district attorneys. The purpose of this bill Is to save to the school fund .the fees paid to attorneys for foreclosing state mortgages. WHITMAN DEBATERS WIN Dcfentfi University of Oregon on Labor Arbitration Question. WHITMAN COLLEGE, "Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 16. Whitman College hojds the debating championship of the North west. As champion of the Inland Empire tonight, she defeated the University of Oregon, the champion west of the moun tains. It was a battle royal, although Whitman clearly had the better of It. The decision stood 2. to 1 In favor of the neg ative. Whitman had the negative of the question, "Resolved. That tribunals should bo established with power to sot tie all conflicts between capital and labor affecting public Interests." A large audi ence greeted the disputants, the Federat ed Trades Council attending In a body. Theoys from Oregon put up a fine de bate, and every one expressed admiration for the brainy young trio from the 'varsity. Rev. Austin Rice, head coach of. Whit man's team, a Yale debater in 1836. said: "One of the strongest and closest debates I ever heard." The judges of the debate were Judge Eakln, of Union; Professor H. T. Condon, of tho University of Idaho, and H. S. Blandford, of Walla Walla. Most of tho V. "W. Tomllnson, of Oregon. speeches delivered had been prepared; there was very little extemporaneous work on either side. Tomllnson made a fine opening speech for Oregon In a forc lblevand easy manner. Cox followed for Whitman. His stage .presence is good, his style earnest and convincing. Graham was the favorite Oregon speaker with the audience, winning much applause. His delivery Is clear and fierce. Campbell made the great speech for Whitman, put ting her case on a winning footing, which it never lost. Bailey and Ringer closed the argument for their side, scoring some nice points on rebuttal. Campbell summed up the argument for the nega tive, when Tomllnson sprung the sensa tion of the evening in his final rebuttal. After having the question reread, he said: "Honorable judges, the question does not require compulsory arbitration. We have argued for conciliation from the first, and every gentleman on the negative has ar gued our case for us." The affirmative wa3 unable to meet the- objection of the negative that the court of arbitration, to be effective, must have the power to enforce their decisions; that this meant slavery to labor and confisca tion to caDltnl. Also the affirmative was unable to prove that compulsory arbitra tion has worked successfully. , PEACE IS YET FAR OFF IXJUXCTIOX AGAINST RATIFYING BASEBALL AGREEMENT. New .York Clnb of National Lcbruc Obtained the "Writ Meeting: to Be Held Monday. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16. That peace In baseball Is etill far off was Droved to night when President Harry Pulliam, of the National League, was served with an injunction restraining him from ratifying at the meeting of the National League to be held in Cincinnati, beginning Monday next, .the agreement reached by the joint peace conference of the American and Na tional Leagues last week. The Injunction was Issued at the Instance of the New York Baseball Club of the National League. DYROX ROSE WOX THE RACE.. Fast Track nnd Good Races nt Oak land "Weather Fine. SAN VRAXniRPn .Inn. 18. In the riix furlong handicap at O aid and today clever sprinters went to the post, wltn tfyron Rose favorite. Money Muss faced out with Sd Sam nnd killed him off. Mindor avoided the early pace, and, taking the rail, landed Byron Rose a winner. Two horses fell in the hurdle handicip. Red Steel went down at the first Jump. and later leaped the fence. Corrlllo also fell early In the race. Both riders es caped Injury. Pobrlands won from Mike Rice, wnne the Duke of York II, the favorite, was third. As Sad Sam ran out today, as he did in the previous race. Jockey F. Kelly was reinstated by the stewards. in-3 weather prevailed and the track was fast Summary: Five and one-hilf furlongs, selling J. t. Benngtt won, Instar second, Isabelllta third; time, 1:05. Futurity course, selling Golden Cottage won, Erema second, Mildred Shultz third; time. 1:11. rvn mill nnd nnp-nuarter. .hurdle han dicap Poorlar.ds won, Mike Rice second. Duke of York II third; time, z:zu. Six furlongs, handicap Byron Rose won. Money Muss second, Yellow Tall third; time. 1:14. Five and one-half furlongs, selling Liz zie Rice won, MI Relna second, Warte nlcht third; time. 1:0T&. rn' miin nnrt SO vnrds. selllne Katie TX1 TTIInn ao.nnrA flcclnn t 1 1 fl time, 1:44. Result at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16. Crescent City results: , Six furlongs, selling Little Jack Hor ner won. Lighthouse second. Dr. Scharff third; time. 1:18 1-5. One mile and one-eighth, selling Simoon won, Ermack second, Eliza Dillon third; time. 2:00 4-5. Five furlongs Ahumada won. Uranium second, Star and Garter third; time, 1:03. Handicap, high weight, six furlongs Kaloma won, Mrs. Frank Foster second, Ailyar third; time, 1:18. Seven furlongs Amlgarl won. Tioga second, Buccleugh third; time, 1:31 4-5. One mile, selling Boundless won. Joo Lesser second, Chickadee third; time, 1:4L Commission on California Races Accepted, Portland Club Cafe, 130 Fifth street. Direct from the tracks. Dallaa "Wln Bnnket-Bnll Game. DALLAS, Or.. Jan. 10. In a very excit ing and interesting game of basket ball played here this evening. Dallas. College defeated the first team of the Chemawa Indian School by a score of 29 to 4. Levering "Will Not Accept. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 16. Morti mer Levering, who was elected president of the American Horse Show Ass6cia tlon at Kansas City last night, said to day that he would decline to accept. ERIE CLOSES ITS CASE. No Blacklist of Coal Miners Good Effects of Checking. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 16. More mine officials were called to tne witness stand today and informed the coal strike com missioners that under the influence of the union, the mlneworkera restricted produc tion of anthracite coal and otherwise in terfered with the discipline of the em ployes. The Erie Company, which con trols the Pennsylvania Coal Company and the Hillside Coal & Iron Company, closed Its case 'early In the day after calling a physician, who testified to the good health of the mineworkers. The Scranton Coal Company, which operates, besides its own, the collieries of the Elk Hill Coal & Iron Company, then took up the attack on the demands of the miners. The Scran ton and the Elk Hill companies turned their coal over to the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad, which virtually con trols them. The witnesses called today testified gen erally that no blacklist exists, that the contract miners work on an average of six to seven hours a day, that the local unions compel the men to load an equal number of cars, thus restricting the out put; that the men are careless In obey ing orders and that frequent petty strikes occur because a union man Is dismissed for insubordination. One Inside foreman in his testimony said the employment of a check weighman. Insisted upon by the union, has proved to be a good thing for tfib company, because the miners sent to tho surface cleaner coal; that Is, coal with very little Impurities in It. The ac countant for the Scranton Coal Company presented figures that showed since a check docking boss was employed by the company at the request of the miners, the dockage against the men has been reduced about one-half. The miners pay the wages of the check weighman and the check, docking boss. It was also ototai tiint tho rheckmen have no trouble .with the regular weighman and docking boss of the company. Superintendent May. of the Erie Com pany, testified a few days ago that the employment of check docking bosses Is not practicable, because the two men would not" agree regarding the amount of dirt in a car. When the session of the coal strike com mission opened today counsel for both the miners and the Erie announced that the difficulties existing between the two par ties regarding the compilation of certain wage statements to be presented to the commission are being amicably adjusted bv the experts representing each side. The Erie thea rested its case, with the exception of the calling of one witness, ana tne scranton Coal Company and the White Clothes I have used Pearl ine for the last ten years. Always -satisfied with it. It never turns the clothes yellow. Mrs. Rev. R. G. One of the Millions. 673 Elkhill Company then presented their side I of the controversy. James E. Burr, of ! Scranton, of counsel for the two com panies, made a preliminary statement. William Allen, inside division superin tendent of the Elkhill Coal & Iron Company,- said that during his 29 years" ex perience in the coal regions he had never heard of the existence of a blacklist. Witness told of Insubordination. Tho ' company promised to give breaker boys a sleigh ride. The snow melted and be cause they did not get the ride all of them struck; tying up the colliery. An other colliery shut down because the men struck upon the refusal of one man to show a union card. Another case, a driver wilfully crippled a mule because he was uiscnargea ana all drivers struck, closing the mine. No Chenp Coal on Sale. NEW YORK. Jan. 16. Not a pound of railroad coal could be had in the city yesterday. Thirty thousand tons arrived but it was all high-priced Independent coal, which sold at 510 50 f. o. b., which meant so cents additional cost for each I ton before it could be brought to this ! sldo of thfl river I There was great Indignation because hone of the dealers could obtain the $5 J road coal. The sales arrents. of tht rail- t road companies were asked where the $3 coal was. who got it. or if any of it could be obtained. They gave evasive an swers." The dealers were therefore com pelled to buy the Independent coal at 510 30. or go without it. Sny There Was Little Prollt. CHICAGO. Jan. 16. Coal dealers from a number- of suburbs appeared before the special crand iurv todav. Th PSA wpri for the most part small retailers, who t torn or tne trouble experienced by those who have to depend upon the output of mines not under contract, or upon "free coal." The free coal mined in Illinois be ing only 20 to 40 per cent of the entire output, and it being admitted by opera tors that contracts were made at such low prices that little profit was made on them. It was declared that the burden of profit-making falls heavily on dealers who are compelled to handle the free coal. Suicide at Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.) William Warner .committed suicide in this city this morning by taking an over dose of morphine. Warner came here from Portland yesterday, and told a farmer that as he could not secure em ployment he Intended to take poison. The man was a Bailor, and carried a sea man's bag. He took a. room in a lodging-house, and was found in the room this morning deadly sick. Before a physician was called he died. The name of the cap tain, J. T. Grey, was found on his person. Captain Grey, on being notified, came to Oregon City and. Identified the dead man. The Coroner's verdict was In accordance with the above statement. Corvnlll Boys Are Arrested. OREGON CITY, Orl, Jan. 16. (Special.) Chief of Police Burns last night ar rested Chester Keady. Thomas Cameron and a boy named Stuart, who are wanted in Corvallls. Keady was serving a 40 days' sentence in the Corvallls Jail for assault, but made his escape. It Is thought that Cameron and Stuart assisted him. Keady came straight to this city, and was ar rested Wednesday for vagrancy, but promised to leave town and x was re leased. Yesterday the police received word from Corvallls that the boys were wanted, and he located them at Parkplace. They were sent to Corvallls tonight Aberdeen Indlfrnnnt nt Elran. ABERDEEN. Wash., Jan. 16. (Special.) Much indignation exists here on account of the action of the doctors of Elma who sent a man named Smith, suffering with smallpox, to his home in Little Rock, without an officer.- Smith came here In stead of going to Little Rock, and the officials here blundered again In sending Smith alone to the City Hospital. Smith wandered all over the city looking for the detention place, and was finally cor ralled. The citx. "will compel the author ities of Elma to Indemnify It for the expenses attending Smith's case. Small Chance for Omnibus Bill. SANTA FE, N. M., Jan. 16. Governor Otero, who has Just returned from Wash ington with hliJ family, is doubtful as to the xrobabillty of the omnibus statehood bill becoming a law. He opposes tha Trop ALL REMEDIES ARE SUPPLIED TO PARTIES FREE OF COST. MAN'S HEALTH IS WEALTH Our methods of treating men's diseases cure because they have been de veloped In the light of accurate knowledge and because they do no more than gently assist the natural recuperative forces. Our way of treating is to assist nature in removing disease and establishing health. We have no need for the knife or poisonous dosing, or for harsh or painful treatment of any sort. 'Weakness You've pVobabty been treated for so - called weakness and helped tempo rarily, or not at all, and the reason Is very apparent when cause of loss of power in men is understood. Weakness is mere ly a symptom of chronic Inflammation of the prostate gland, which our treatment removes, thereby per manently restoring strength and vigor. WHY WE ARE SUCCESSFUL Our offices are the best equipped for the successful treatment of Men's Ailments In the Northwest. All the members of our Institute hold diplomas from the best medical colleges and hospitals of tho country, and all have had many years of experience in special practtr.. We never promise more than we can accomplish one reason that our practice I? larger than any other. Varicocele A thorough cure without pain or cutting. Every case of varicocele we treat proves the superiority of our mild and harmless method and the folly of resorting to surgery. In most Instances It Is even unnecessary to detain the patient a single day from his business. The treatment we em ploy Is distinctively our .own, and can be had at our office only. Do not submit to the knife when a complete and permanent cure can be had with out the loss of time, and without pain or cutting. OFFICE HOURS, 8 TO 8; SUN DAYS, 10 TO 12. Br. W. Norton Davis & Co. 145 Sixth Street, cor. Alder, Portland, Or. ess CHICAGOAN To Hold Receptions at Eilers Piano House During the Coming Week. in a special car which Just arrived here over the O. R. & N. a very prominent cnicagoan came to Portland. It is the one hundred thousandth Kimball piano. Piano manufacturers number their pianos consecutively, and since commencing the manufacture of the now world-renowntd Kimball pianos, the W. W. Kimball Com pany has now reached their 100,000th. piano. This result has been accomplished in less than 15 years. Think of it. If all the Kimball pianos that have been made were placed end to end there would be a continuous string of fine pianos stretching from Portland to Eugene or from Portlanu to The Dalles, and some thirty miles be yond. Kimball piano No. S3 was sold by the pioneer Washington house of D. S. Johnston Company, and this fine Kimball is still in daily use in tne heme of a prominent railroad man in Tacoma. My Hy Eilers, although not by any means an .elderly man. has the record of ening Kimball Piano No. S9, at White Bear Lake, near St. Paul, Minn., where , ,s, llK dally use at a prominent physi cian s home. Kimball piano No. 37 Is here In Portland, belne used dally in a prominent phyelclan's home. It Is sare to say that every one of the hundred thousand Kimball pianos that have now been made and sold are giving perfect satisfaction everywhere. T-;Fner:.13 no better piano made than the Ivlxnba.ll. No piano will outwear it. The Kimball piano today is used and recom mended by the world's greatest artists.. Nearly all the great musical colleges and schools are today using the Kimball. The leading and most responsible piano dealers in the United States are selling the Kim ball pianos today. The Kimball piano factories have grown from comparatively modest beginnings to by far the largest and finest piano manu facturing establishment in the whole world. The Kimball factories produced last year nearly as many fine pianos as were made by all of the planomalcers combined in the crat city of Boston. The great Kimball piano factories pro duced last year more fine pianos than were made and sold in the entire United States by every one of the then existing manufacturers combined. There are now more Kimball pianos in daily use In Oregon than any three other high-grade makes combined. These are statemens that are almost past comprehension, but they are never theless based on downright fact. The Kimball piano is one of only three great American planes that Is not today being sold in department stores. In spite cf the enormous output of the great Kimball factories, there was not a dealer, large or small, who was able to get half enough Kimball pianos last year. Eilers Piano House, who are the general Western wholesale representatives of the Kimball, could 'have sold three or four times the number of Kimball pianos last year had they been obtainable. Columns of matter could be written about the wonderful progress of the Kim ball pianos. But It suffices to say that what has taken only two or three of all American manufacturers almost a cen tury to accomplish has been achieved by the Kimball piano is a space of time less than fifteen years. And great as has been the progress of the Kimball during the past. Eilers Piano House feels safe in pre dicting that the future progress of this trulv wonderful piano and its makers will be still more illustrious. Great as has been the record of the Kimball in the past its progress In the artistic and commercial field hereafter will be far greater. osition to unite Arizona and New Mexico Into one state, but favors the passage o the omnibus bill, which he says has the majority of votes In tho Senate, if It can only be brought to a vots. Mined Gold In 1840. MISSOULA. Mont:, Jan. 16. James Hart ford, a '49 argonaut in Yuba County, California, a companion of John W. Mackay In operations there, and since 1864, the best-known placer miner In Mon tana, Is dead of paralysis. He leaves an estate of several hundred thousand dollars. Rev. E. J. Lion. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16. Rev. E. J. Lion, rector of St. Stephen'3 Episcopal Church and dean of this diocese, died last night of hemorrhage of the brain. CONSULTATION AND ADVICE FREE AT OFFICE OR BY MAIL. Stricture We cure stricture without cutting or dilating. The treat ment wc employ Is original with us, and has been perfected to a degree that renders a cure an absolute certainty. All ob structing tissues are removed by a process of absorption, and the membranes af fected are thorough ly cleansed and re stored to a healthy state. Contracted Disorders In thf treatment of contracted dis orders we offer -a service such as no other physician can render. The rem edies wc employ have a most thorough and positive action in cleansing the membranes of all Infection and sub duing ali Inflammation. Our manner of application insures absolute thor oughness, and removes every possibility of relapse or a chronic stage. Our cures are not only thorough, but are accomplished in the briefest time pos sible. ROOK FOR MEN FREE, SECURE LY SEALED. BY MAIL S3