Morning Oregonian., May 13, 1903, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1903.
BARS OUT EVIL NEWS
Governor of Pennsylvania
Signs Strict Libel Law,
EXECUTIVE IS QUITE CAUSTIC
Assassination of Tito Presidents and
Other Crimes Are Charged -to a
Reckless Press Cartoons Speak
tender Than Words.
HARRISBURG. Pa., May 12. Governor
Penny-packer today approved the Grady
Salus libel bill, and at the same time Is
sued a long- statement giving the reasons
for his action. The bill, which was in the
Governor's hands Ar more than a month,
goes Into effect immediately, and repeals
all laws, or parts of laws, inconsistent
with the new act.
The Governor says In his statement that
the questions raised by the bill are of
very grave Importance, and affect large
business interests; the freedom of speech
"and the press; the right of the citizen to
be informed concerning- current affairs
and the conduct of government, as well
as his right to protect his reputation and
home from the, Injuries that rise .from
careless or negligent as well as malicious
false reports.
Real Xcvrs Not Under a Ban.
The Governor says there is nothing in
the terms of the measure which prevents
any newspaper from making such com
ment upon Legislative measures, or upon
the official acts of state, municipal, coun
ty or public offices as are proper informa
tion for the public, or are In the line of
legitimate public discussion. Continuing,
he says:
"The bill. In its application, is not con
fined to officials, but affects, as well, the
citizen or business man whose conduct
constitutes no part of the right of the
public to Information. The corporation
officer who has been falsely charged with
crime; the manufacturer who has heen
falsely accused of being a drunken brawl
er; the woman whose domestic gTiofs
have been unfeelingly paraded, or whose
chastity Is improperly suspected; the stu
dent who is falsely accused of murder;
the clergyman who has been cruelly
maligned; the quiet citizen whose peace
of mind has been destroyed by the pub
lication of evil gossip; the merchant
whose credit has been affected by ground
less rumors; the sufferers from reckless,
hut not necessary malicious publications,
are given the right, not to prohibit pub
lication, but to recover damages which
they have sustained, provided they prove
negligence or lack of care on the part of
the publishing newspaper. All these are
Instances of what has In fact recently oc
curred. Covert Assault on Courts.
"Within a few days, in a leading article
on the first page of a daily journal, under
large headlines, upon a rumor of unknown
source as to the name of the suggested
appointee to the position of prothonotary
of the Supreme Court, when no appoint
ment had been made, rfnd no utterance,
official or otherwise, had emanated from
any member of that court, this tribunal
was subjected to a covert assault under
the words: 'Machine after the control of
the Supreme Court.' 'Mayor of our chief
city has been called a traitor, a Senator
of the United States has been denounced
as a 'yokel with sodden brain,' and with
in the last quarter of a century two
Presidents of the United States have
been murdered, and in each case the
cause was easily, traceable to inflamma
tory and careless newspaper utterances.
Cartoon Defining; the Question.
"A cartoon in a daily journal of May 2
defines the question with entire precision.
An ugly little dwarf, representing the
Governor of the commonwealth, stands on
a crude stool. The stool Is subordinate
to and placed alongside a huge printing
press with wheels as large as those of an
ox team, and all are so arranged as to
give the idea that when the press starts
the stool and its occupant will be thrown
to the ground. Put into words, the car
toon asserts to the world that the press
Is above the law, and greater In strength
than the Government. No self-respecting
people will permit such an attitude to be
maintained long. In England, a century
ago, the offender would have been drawn
and quartered, and his head stuck upon
the pole without the gates. In America
today this Is the kind of arrogance which
goeth before a fall.
"If such abuse of privileges allowed to
the press Is to go unpunished; if such
tales are permitted to be poured into the
ears of men with the idea of profit, it is
Idle to contend that reputable newspapers
can maintain their purity."
RecUless Press Cnnses Crime.
The Governor also says that many
years' experience on the bench has led
him to the conclusion that crimes are
widely propagated, not by the malice, but
by the recklessness of the press, and in
certain classes of cases, among them mur
der, the accused were at times convicted
or acquitted before they reached the
courtroom. He holds that the damages
provided for by the bill follow the or
dinary rule of damages for want of rea
sonable care, and that no harm can come
from the provision in the bill requesting
that the names of the owners, proprietor,
publisher and managing editor should be
printed with each issue of a newspaper
published In Pennsylvania.
He argues that the omission of the word
"weekly" from the provisions of the bill
was unwise, but In no sense fatal, and
If hereafter a newspaper should be issued
every other day, or twice a day, and thus
not bo included in the descriptive words
used, it would, as well as the Journals
published weekly, be covered by the gen
eral enacting words, and bo subject to the
provisions of the act. The Governor con
tinues: "Since the laws of God and nature are
Immutable and, Inexorable, unless means
are found to uproot some of the tenden
cies of modern journalism, the Influence
of the press, which has been so potent
an agent in the development of civiliza
tion and securing liberty, will be gone
forever. "With a serious sense that the
evil Is of more than ordinary moment,
with full knowledge of the Importance of
the press, and with the hope and belief
that the greater care and larger measures
of responsibility brought about by this
law, tending to elevate the meritorious
and repress the unworthy, will promote
Its welfare while benefiting the commun
ity, I approve the bill."
MAFIA MAN RUN DOWN.
Police Ivnovr "Who Pat Infernal Ma
chine on Steamer.
NEW YORK, May 12. Much of the
mystery surrounding the placing of an
infernal machine on the pier of the Cu
nard Company was cleared up today, and
an arrest may be made at any moment.
The police have learned that the box was
taken to the pier from a boarding-house
in West Thirty-first street, known as the
Currie House, and patronized principally
by theatrical folk. The police also know
the name of the man who sent the box
from the house, and have a good descrip
tion of him. Who this man is. Inspector
McCluskey declines to say. The Ameri
can tomorrow will say:
'.The man who made the infernal ma
chine and sent It to the Cunard dock last
Saturday lived in this city as a boarder
In Mrs. Joseph Currle's house at 366 West
Thirty-first street for two weeks. He
save his name as 'G. Rosscau.'
"To all appearances, the man was not
a foreigner. He spoke perfect English,
without any more trace of an accent than
marks the Westerner or Canadian, and
his fellow-boarders believed that he had
come from the West, possibly from. .West
ern Canada."
Antes' Official an Embezzler.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 12. William H.
Johnson, Superintendent of the Poor dur
ing the Ames adminstratlon, was found
guilty by a jury today of the misappropri
ation of $150 of the city funds. Sentence
will be passed tomorrow and the case will
then be appealed. The maximum sentence
is flve years In the Penitentiary.
Johnson had received his appointment
from Mayor Ames and later went on the
bond of the ex-Mayor.
Har Asked to Brine: Boodler Home.
ST. LOUIS, May 12. Governor Dockery
today, at the request of Circuit Attorney
Folk, officially requested Secretary of
State Hay to use his good offices with
the government of France to have Ellis
Wainwright, the, St. Louis millionaire
brewer, arrested and returned to St. Louis
to stand trial on the charge of bribery.
PRAYING FOR RAIN.
Pennsylvania Lumbermen Worn Oat
Fighting: Forest 'Fires.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. May 12. Without
stopping work for 40 hours, exhausted and
choked with smoke, the lumbermen and
WELL-KNOWN POET SUCCUMBS TO RHEUMATISM
OF THE HEART.
RICHARD HESRY STODDARD.
NEW YORK. May 12. Richard Henry Stoddard, the poet, died tn this city of
rheumatism of the heart today, lira. Stoddard died less than a year ago, and his
Eon, Lorimer, Is also dead. The. funeral will be held Thursday, at 4 P. M.. In the
Church of the Messiah, Rev. Robert Collyer and Rev. Mlnot J. Savage delating'.
The Interment wil.l be at Sag: Harbor. .
(Richard Henry Stoddard was bom In Hlngham, Mass., July 2. 1825. In his
youth, he worked as an lronmoMer. and while at this work began to contribute to
papers. He was in the customs service. 1S33-1870. From 1S70 to 1873. he was
confidential clerk to General McClellan. In 1874, he was elected City Librarian of
New York, and served one year. He was literary reviewer of the New York World,
1S60-70, and of the New York Mall and Express since that time. He was the
author of a large number of popular poetical and historical works.)
mountaineers of Cambria, Somerset and
Westmoreland Counties are praying for
rain to quench the forest fires that, have
been raging for a week. By almost super
human efforts of the Inhabitants and with
the aid of fire companies from Altoona
and Johnstown, the villages and mills
at Dunlo, VIntondale and Twin Rocks
have been saved. On the Laurel Hill, in
Westmoreland County, several houses
have been burned and loss of life was
narrowly averted. Guards surround the
Conemaugh powder plant, at Seward, to
prevent the flames reaching that establish
ment. Many Acres of Timber Burned.
HAG ERSTOWN, Md.f May 12. South
Mountain, from Foxvllle to Buena Vista,
is being swept by the fiercest forest fires
known Jn years. Hundreds of acres of
fine timber have been' destroyed and many
Inhabitants .driven to the towns In the
valley.
Firemen Have to Protect Sabnrbs.
CRESSON, Pa.. May 12. Word was re
ceived from Tyrone this afternoon saying
that fierce fires are raging in the moun
tains of that place, and that Tyrone fire
men have been called out to protect tho
suburbs, which, "are - threatened.
Two Towns Are Threatened.
LA TROBE, Pn., May 12. The most
destructive forest fire In years Is sweeping
tho ridge and threatening the destruction
of Waterford and Laughllnstown. A large
force is fighting the fire.
WILL DRAW PENSIONS.
A Practical Plan for Pensioning Em
ployes. NEW YORK, May 7. The Gorbam
Manufacturing Company, the prominent
silversmiths of New York and Providence,
R. I., has recently put into operation a
practical plan . for pensioning their 2500
employes in factory and stores which has
been most favorably commented upon by
leading sociologists.
This plan provides that any employe
whose record is satisfactory to the com
pany may be placed upon a permanent
pension roll, provided he has served the
company for at least 25 years, and receive
thereafter as long as he lives, a pension
equal to 1 per cent of his wage at the
time of retirement for each year of serv
ice. Thus a man who has been with the
Gorham Company 40 years will receive an
annual pension payable in monthly In
stallments of 40 per cent of the amount
he was being paid at the time he retired.
Ample provision has been made by the
company to create a permanent pension
fund without taxing; the "employes for the
purpose. This Is one of the most generous,
and at the 'same Time practical, plans yet
devised for profit sharing on an accept
able basis.
Aliens Msnt Pax Tax.
EL PASO, Tex.. May 12. By a ruling
of the Commissioner-General of Immigra
tion, received here, all aliens and immi
grants coming into the United States must
pay the ?2 head tax, regardless of tho
moans of transportation. 'This will apply
to those who travel on the street-cars be
tween Juarez,. Mexico; and .El Paso. Tex.,
and affects numbers who dally transact
business between the two places. Among
them ir the German Consul at Juarez,
who necessarily makes two or three trips
a day.
MAY DROP PANAMA CANAL
UNITED STATES "Witts BROOK XO
IiOXG DEIAT."
XeROtlations Will Be Reopened to
Sccnre Control of Xicaragcaan
Route1 Hay Already at Work.
WASHINGTON, May 12. Dr. Thomas
H. Herran. Colombian Charge d Affaires
her said today he had not been ad
vised by his government that President
Marroquin had resigned, as reported in
dispatches . from Panama.
If it shall appear shortly that the Co
lombian Government Is disposed to defer
final action beyond the "reasonable time"
mentioned in the Spooner act, the State
Department will at once endeavor to re
open negotiations with Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, with a view to secure con
trol of the alternate route for a canal
through those -countries. In fact. Secre
tary Kay has already within the week
talked with the Nlcaraguan and Costa
RIcan Ministers. So much Ill-feeling was
excited in Nicaragua and Costa Rica by
the dropping of the Nicaragua route, after
the protocols had been drawn looking to
its acquisition, that the resident Ministers
of the two countries hero are very loath
to take up the subject again without an
express agreement that they are not to
be used to club the Colombian Govern
ment into terms.
The officials here, however, feel very
confident that it will not be necessary to
resort again to tho Nlcaraguan route, for
they believe that the present difficulties in
the Panama negotiations are solely attrib
utable to efforts on the part of the Co
lombians to roako the most of the oppor
tunity to induce the Panama Canal Com
pany to divide with it some part of the
520.000,000 to be received by the company
from tho United States.
Newspapers just received from Bogota
contain articles adverse to the Panama
Canal treaty, and private letters from
Bogota of recent date, referring to the
growing opposition there to the treaty,
affirm that even a certain number of the
government officers are wavering In their
adherence to the treaty and prophesy Its
rejection by the Colombian Congress in
Its present form.
There is some dispute as to the title of
General Reyes to tho position of "desig
nado," the one designated by Congress to
succeed to the Presidency in the event of
the death or incapacity of the President.
It is said here that General Reyes holds
to the" title of "designado" under the law.
although the last Congress failed to re
designate him. The attitude which Gen
eral Reyes will assume toward the pend
ing canal treaty Is a matter of anxious
speculation by the officials here. Ho has
been recorded on both sides of the ques
tion, and no 6no knows how he now
stands. It Is held here that the call is
sued by President Marroquin for tho spe
cial session of Congress June 20 will hold
good regardless of any change in the ad
ministration. HALT IX RURAL DELIVERY.
No More Routes Will Be Established
TJntil July 1. ,
WASHINGTON. May 12. Postmaster
General Payne today announced that
there would be no more establishments of
rural free delivery service until July L
tho beginning of the next fiscal year. This
is one result of tho investigation of post
office affairs, and tho discovery that at
the present rate of Increase of routes
there will be a deficit of $20,000 in the
rural free delivers' service by the end of
this fiscal yar. Instructions have been
given to Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow to curtail expenditures.
It Is not intended, however, that the in
vestigation of proposed routes shall be
suspended, and the field work therefor will
continue. Mr. Payne estimates that the
total .number of routes fairly entitled to
be established In the entire country would
be SS.O00, and at the present rate of in
crease this would be reached two years
hence.
Mr. Payne said tonight he had asked the
Civil Service Commission to have its rep
resentatives make an investigation of the
Washington Postoflice, in addition', to the
investigation already made by Postofflce
Inspectors. He said this action was taken
on account of charges of violations of the
civil service law in that office. Tho civil
service, men. he said, will make their re
port tomorrow.
TTJLLACH "WILL BACK UP CHARGES.
Ex-Postal -OSlcIal Honors Payne
Second Request for Facts.
WASHINGTON, May 12. Postmaster
General Payne today made public a letter
making a second request upon S. W. Tul
loch, ex-cashicr of tho Washington City
Postofflce. who alleged irregularities in the
service, for information in substantiation
of his charges.
The letter' is addressed to Mr. Bristow,
Fourth Assistant Postal as ter-General,-and
says:
"Some time since there appeared an in
terview with Mr. S. W. Tulloch, formerly
cashier of the Washington City Postofflce,
which reflected upon the official conduct
of certain high persons in the Government
service and others holding office.
"On the 5th instant I wrote, Mr. Tulloch
stating that I should be pleased to receive
from him- any statement confirmatory of
the charges. This he -has failed to fur
nish. I therefore request that you will call
upon Mr. Tulloch and ask him to give
you any statement which he is willing to
make in writing, accompanied by any pa
pers, documents or evidence confirmatory
of the charges he has made to the end
that they may be inquired Into, and if It
is found that any irregularities exist that
they may be corrected."
The Postmaster-General says Mr. Tul
loch has promised to submit arstatement
on Friday.
' 3IUST KEEP NAVAL RECRUITS.
Department Orders TeHts to. Relieve
Crowded Barracks.
WASHINGTON, May 12. To lack of suf
ficient shore barracks at the naval sta
tions on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
tho Navy Department attributes much of
the sickness that now exists at the sta
tions. Captain McCalla. at San Fran
cisco, sent an urgent telegram to the de
partment today asking that no men be
assigned there. The dispatch was brought
to the attention of Admiral Taylor, Chief
of the Bureau of Navigation, and acting
Secretary Darling, and aftr a conference
it was decided that the need for men to
man the new ships shortly to be commis
sioned was so great that the department
could not afford to call in the recruiting
officers. Captain McCalla was advised of
the necessity pf sending more men to San
Francisco. He was Instructed to ask for
as many tents as are needed there, and
to make the best of the situation for tho
present. Inquiries are reaching the de
partment from parents all over the coun
try "ho are becoming alarmed about tho
health of their sons.
HOLLS WILL DECLINE.
He Will Not Act as Umpire in the
Vcnczaclnn Dispute.
YONKERS. N. Y., May 12. F. , W.
Holls, who was asked by President Ro'ose
velt to act In the capacity of umpire in
the Venezuelan dispute, said tonight that
he would have to decline the honor.
Money Will Xot Tempt Her to Tell.
NEW YORK. May 11 Collector Strana
han's reply to the recent "statments of
ex-Special Agent Theobald, in which
tho latter declared that emuggling is go
ing on with increased activity, and that
he knows of four diamond necklaces,
worth at least $30,000 apiece, recently
brought Into this country without pay
ment of duty. Is to the effect that the
cx-speclal agent lias a remarkable oppor
tunity to make ?G0.OQ0. half the value of
the necklaces. If he will lay before the
authorities- information on which seizures
can be made. Replying to Collector Stran
ahan. Mr. Theobald said:
"Not for 500,000 am I am informer."
WoodrnfT to Be Promoted.
WASHINGTON, May 12. By direction
of the President, Colonel Charles A. Wood
ruff, the senior Colonel of the Commis
pary Department, is to be appointed a
Brigadier-General and retired in July,
when vacancies will occur as the result
of the retirement of Major-Gcneral Davis.
The retirement of Colonel Woodruff will
promote Lieutenant-Colonel William L.
Alexander to be Colonel, and Major James
N. Allison to be Lieutenant-Colonel In tho
Commissary Department.
Warships Unloading Ammunition.
NEW YORK. May iz. A telegram has
been received at the Navy-Yard from
Washington ordering the different war ves
sels In commission now stationed at the
yard, to unload at once all the ammuni
tion remaining in the. magazines. The dis
patch stated that the details would be
sent on by letter- The officers on board
the different ships immediately set about
carrying the order Into execution.
Many Tons of Money Counted.
NEW YORK, May 12. Clerks, from the
Treasury Department, Washfngton, have
completed the counting of the many tons
of money In the vaults of tho United
States subtreasury in Wall street. The
caeh was found to be correct. Tiho amount
for which Hamilton Fish, the new assist
ant Treasurer, becomes responsible, Is
$2S6.4T1.25G. of which 5200.774,007 is in gold.
Quarantine Against San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, May IT. Information
reached the State Department today from
Vice-Consul General Jones at Guayaquil,
Ecuador, that quarantine has been re
established against San Francisco.
YALE COURSE ELECTION.
New Rule Allows Freshmen to Drop
Three Branches.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 12. The
Yale Corporation has made the en
tire four years of the college course
elective by allowing freshmen In the fu
ture to pick five courses annually out of a
set of eight, dropping any three of tho
eight they wish. The vote makes it pos
sible for the vfrcshman to drop Greek,
Latin and mathematics If ho wishes.
(- Greek as a required subject for entrance
examination was abolished, the change
taking effect In June, 1901. Advanced
mathematics and modern languages will
be accepted as a substitute for Greek here
after. The change will make a large dif
ference In the preparatory schools of the
country.
Yale professors will be retired at the
age of 63 years, except when specially re
quested by the corporation to continue In
active service, according to a vote passed
by the corporation. This rule will take
effect three years from date, and will ap
ply to all officers of the university who
hold permanent appointments. Several
years ago the corporation voted to allow
professors to retire voluntarily at 65 years
old.
Gilford PInchot, National forester, was
appointed professor in the Yale forestry
school. Professor William H. Brewer,
head of the Yale department of agri
culture, resigned, and was elected profes
sor emeritus.
MISS EVANS WEDS.
Daughter of Famous Admiral Is Slur
ried in Tolclo.
TOKIO. April SO. via Victoria, B. C,
May 12. The wedding of Miss Virginia
S. Evans and H. T. Sewali took place In
the Trinity Cathedral. TsukiJIr Tokio, last
Wednesday. The ceremony was rendered
additionally Impressive by the large at
tendance of distinguished personages.
Baron Komur, Sir Claude Macdonald, N.
Wilson, United States Charge d'AffaIre3,
Baron Sannomlya, Lieutenant-Commander
Marsch, United States Naval Attache,
and wife were among those present. Mrs.
Sewall is the daughter of Admiral Evans.
BIG CATTLE QUARANTINE
Colorado Will Move Against Six or
Eight States.
DENVER. Colo., May 12. What wiU be
tho most extensive quarantine .of cattle in
the West for many years will be In effect
"within a few days, as the- result of the
.general prevalence of the mange. Gov
ernor Peabody will issue a proclamation.
Other states and territories to the num
ber of six or eight will come under the
same, rule before -the end ot- the "week.
Cattle from the Mexican border to Can
ada will come under those regulations.
WHAT A SAMPLE BOTTLE
OE SWAMP-ROOT DID
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Remedy, Swamp-Root, Will Do for YOU, EveryiReader
of The Oregonian May Have a Sample Bottle Sent
Free by Mail.. r
W. F. Lohnes, a prominent business man of Springfield, Ohio, writes the follow
ing strong Indorsement of the great kidney remedy, Swamp-Root, to the Editor of
the Springfield, Ohio, Republic:
Springfield. Ohio. Feb. 21. 1903.
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mail, I wrote to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle and It
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time, and consider It unsurpassed as a remedy for torpid liver, loss of appetite and
general derangement of the digestive functions. I think my trouble was due to too
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(W. F. Lohnes.)
43& West High Street.
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Officials of'-all states and territories In
cluded within these bounds are acting to
gether In the movement to stamp out the
disease and protect the herds. Practical
ly all of the territory from the Rocky
Mountains to the Missouri River will be
Included In this quarantine.
Washington Has Unofficial Word.
WASHINGTON, May 12. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has received unoffi
cial advices indicating that the States of
Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming aro con
templating quarantine measures to pro
tect their livestock" from mange.
It Is said at the department that the
mange, or scabies, which a contagious
disease, caused by a parasitic mite, pre
vails to a considerable extent In the range
country between the Missouri and the
Rockies, and that It Is steadily increasing.
CLEVELAND WILL NOT TALK
Ho Is in Ohio to Fish and Refuses
to Dlscass Politics.
MIDDLE BASS ISLAND. O.. May 12.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland and Cap
tain Lamberton, U. S. N., who recently
arrived here to fish, have been joined by
several other distinguished visitors.
Among those now In the party are ex
Governor Charles Foster and John U.
Lloyd, of Cincinnati; J. G. Mitchell, of
Toledo; Judson Harmon. ex-Attorney-General,
of Cincinnati; Le Roy Brooke, of
Cincinnati, and C. C. Dwight, of Chicago.
Mr. Cleveland steadfastly refuses to dis
cuss his possible candidacy for the Dem
ocratic nomination for President next
year, and politely Informed newspaper
men that he Is hero to fieh and not to talk
politics.
Republicans Will Let Negroes In.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., May 12. The
state Republican, executive committee
today adopted resolutions that will let
negroes come Into the next state con
vention, provided they can vote under the
Alabama constitution. The action of .the
last convention In eliminating them has
thus been overthrown.
LAST FOR THREE DAYS.
Joy of a New Jersey Man Nearly
Proves FataL
GfcASSBORO. N. J., May 12 For three
days Lewis Krechmer, of Monroeville,
laughed. The doctors who attended him
said it was hardly possible for him to re
cover, but he was finally stopped laughing
and will get well. He was seized with
laughing hysterics in the midst of the ex
citement of the burning of his home
Friday night. Relatives and friends did
all they could to stop him, but did not
succeed. The sufferer kept on laughing
Sarsaparilla
If you feel run down, are
easily tired, if your nerves
are weak and your blood is
thin, then begin to take the
good old standard family
medicine Ayer's Sarsapa
rilla. If constipated, use
Ayer's Pills. Two grand
family medicines. vSold for
6U years.
Avers
at intervals of a few minutes until he
was weak and practically helpless. Many
physicians were called, but their efforts
were vain for a long time. Finally, how
ever, tho paroxysms became less violent
and finally ceased.
Extensive Nntionnl Fraud.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hayti. May 12. The
Monateur Officiate today publishes the re
port of a committee of inquiry appointed
by President Nord, charging extensive
frauds in the issuing of Haytian govern
ment securities. The amount Involved is
about $2,000,000. and the securities are al
leged to have been fraudulently issuecf
with the complicity of the National Bank
of Haytl, a French Institution.
Remarkable Increase in Births.
NEW YORK, May 12. Statistics com
plied by the Board of Health shows that
the population of the City of New York
is increasing at a remarkable rate. The
births reported in Manhattan alone dur
ing the first four months of the present
year were 2000 In excess of thoso re
ported In the same period last year. At
the same time there has been a falling
off in the percentage of deaths.
The city has also gained enormously by
foreign Immigration. The Board of Health
estimates that the population of the city
has grown from 3,437.202 at the last Fed
eral Census in 1000,' to 3,732.390 at present.
Alaskan Boundary Commissioner.
TORONTO, Ont, May 12. Justice Ar
mourr, one of Canada's Alaskan boundary
Commissioners, Is HI, and may not be able
to act on the commission. He had Intend
ed leaving for England on May 22.
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constipation, jaundice, torpid
liver and kindred diseases.
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OREGONIAN BUILDING
""Thi 1
Rot & dark offlcQ In the bnlldlnc
absolutely- fireproof) electric lights
and artesian water; perfect sanita
tion and thorough ventilation ele
vators ran day and night.
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ANDERSON, GUSTAT. Attorney-at-Law.. 612
ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. L. Powell. iIsr..!W
AUSTEN. P. C. Maaaxer for Oregon and
Washington Bankeru Life Association of
Dea ilolces. la joi'-30a
BAAR. DR. QUSTAV. Phys. and Surff..b07-boi
BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION Oi DES
ilOINES. IA.; F. C Austen, iler W-'-BOi
BENJAMIN, K. W.. Dentist.... V at
BERNARD, O.. Cashier Co-Operative Mer
cantile Co
BINSWANGEK, OTTO S.. Physician ami
Surgeon t iuT-4oi
BROCK. WILBUR F., Circulator Orego
nian K)l
BKOWN, MYILA, M. D 313-311
BROERE, DR. G. E.. Pnys -m-iK-m-il
CAMPBELL, WM. M.. Medlcat Ketereo
Equitable Lire TOO
CANNING. M. J Ol-tAii
CARD WELL, DRr J. R.. Dentist Sutf
CAUKIN. G. E..' District Asent Travelers
Insurance Company 713
CHICAUO ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO.; W. T.
Dicltson, Manager ............GUI
CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J 7IO-7U
COFFEY. DR. R. a. Surgeon.. 406-lOvi
COGHLAN. DR. J. N 7W-ii-
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE CO 613-61U
CONNELL. DR. E. De WITT, Eye. .Ear,
Nose and Throat tSU-6Ii
CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE CO.; J.
Olsen. Gen. Mgr.; G. Bernard. Caonler..-L:-l5
CORNELIUS. C V.. Pnys. and Surgeon... 1"WJ
COLLIER, P. E, Publisher: S. P. McGulre.
Manager . 4.S
DAY. J. G. & L N i 3U
DEVERE. A E 403
DiC&aON. DR. J. i. Physician 713-i
EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth floor
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder Street
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SO
CIETY; L. Samuel. Mgr.; G. S. Smith.
Cashier , .........503
FENTON. J. D.. Physician and Surg...60-31u
FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear... .511
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 31R
GALVANL W. 11.. Engineer and Draughts
man .. ....600
GEARY, DR. E. P.. Pnys. and Surgeon..
GIESY, A. J.. Physician and Surgeon....70t-71t
GILBERT. DR. J. ALLEN, Physlclaa...401-40U
GOLDMAN, WILLIAM. Manager Manhat
tan Life Ins. Co. of New York 2ua-2ia
GRANT, FRANK S.. Attorney-at-Law tfl7
GRISWOLD & PHEGLEY. Tailors
131 Sixth Street
HAMMAM BATHS. Turkish and Russian-.
300-3U1-302
HAMMOND. A. B Zlj
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phyalciau and
Surgeon 504 -5 03
IDLEMAN. C. M.. Attorney-at-Law"..418-I7-13
JEFFREYS, S. T. Attorney-at-Law 313
JEFFREYS, DR. ANNICE F.. Phys. and
Surgeon, Women and Children only 40O
JOHNSON. W. C 315-31B-3U
KADY, MARK T Supervisor of ".Agents,
Mutual Reserve Life Ins. Co .....003
LANE, E. L., Dentist. 513-511
LAWBAUGH. DR. E. A 804-805
LITTLEFIELD. IL. R.. Phys. and-Surgeon..20J
MACKAY, DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg;..7H-71-'
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE Co. OF
NEW YORK; W. Goldman. Mgr 2W)-2I0
MARSH. DR. R. J., Physician and Surgeon
3C1-310
McCOY NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law tli
McELROY. DR. J. C. Phys. &Sur.701-702-7iM
McFADEN, MISS IDA E.. Stenographer. ..-Ul
McGINN; HENRY E Attorney-at-Law. 3II-LJ
McGUIRE. S. P., Manager P. F. Collier.
Publisher .. .jjj
McKENZIE DR. P. L.. Phys. "and Surg.5I2-lJ
METT. HENRY 2js
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C.. DenUst and
Oral Surgeon Ois-OOO
MOSSMAN, DR. E. P.. Dentist 513-31
MUTUAL RESERVE LIFE INS. CO.;
italic T. Kady, Supervisor of Agents.tio4-tK
NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.TliI
NICHOLS, THE DRS.. Phya. & Surgns.COO-0T
NlLEiv M. M.; Cashier Manhattan Life
Insurance Company of New Xork 2Lf3
NOTTAGE. DR. G. H.. Dentist rj
OLSEN. J. F.. General Manager Cc-Opera-
tlvs Mercantile Co. .. ......212-213
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY
409-410
OREGONIAN BARBER SHOP; MARSCH
& GEORGE. Proprietors 120 Sixth Street
OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU;
J. F. EtrauhaL Manager.. 200
PACIFIC MERCANTILE CO.; F." M.
Schwartz; Agent 211-
PAUUE. B. S.. Attorney-at-Law 513
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
Ground Floor. 133 Sixth Street
QUIMBY, L. P. W.. Came and Forestry
Warden , 718
REED, C J.. Executive Special Agent
Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New York.... 209
REED. WALTER. Optician... 133 Sixth Street
RICKENBACH. . Dr. J. F.. Eye. Ear. Nose
and Throat . .... ....701 -702
ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and
Mining Engineer sis
RYAN. J. B Attorney-at-Law., .. 3 5
SAMUEL, L., Manager Equitable Life 309
SHERWOOD. J. W.. State Commander K.
O. T. M. -. 517
SMITH. DR. L. B.. Osteopath.... 409-410
SMITH. GEORGE S.. Cashier Eultabla
Life 3o
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-703
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO. r. 703
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE .201
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist.. .610-611
VESTER. A.. Special Agent Manhattan
Life .. 200
WENDLING. DR. ROBT. F., Dentist 703
WILEY. DR. JAMES O. C. Phys. & Sur.70S-
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Physician
and Surgeon 304-303
WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surg;706-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phys. & Surg.507-303
WOLF-MORSE CO. 403
WOOD, DR. W. L.. Physician.. 411-412-413-41
Ofices xaay De had hy applying to
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room 201., second floor.
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ITILM NO PAY
TUB JiUUrw af-.n-a peuiiT
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