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THE MOKNING OREGONIAN, WEDJTESDAY, OCTOEK .21, 3903.
BANKERS TALK SHO
Divisions of National Associ
ation Convene.
BIG MEETING OPENS TODAY
San Francisco Gathering Addressed
hy Tacoma Delegate on Trust
Companies In IVorthvreiit Ly
saa J. Gage Sends Paper.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20. The meet
ing preliminary to tomorrow's convention
of the American Bankers' Association
was held today. There was a fair at
tendance of delegates. The visitors were
welcomed to San Francisco by Frank J.
Bymmce, representing the mercantile In
terests of the city.
The response was made by Chairman
Potter, who paid a tribute to California
hospitality which was equaled only, he
said, by the unbounded resources of the
state. The report of the secretary showed
a balance of $2513 in the treasury and a,
total membership of 50L
An interesting paper was read by Philip
S. Babcock, trust officer of the Colonial
Trust Company, of New York. His sub
ject was "Escrows a Varied and Profit
able Feature of Trust Company Busi
ness." Mr. Babcock reviewed the various forms
of escrows, the occasions that usually
call for their use, the multitudinous de
tails arising from their employment and
the profits arising from commissions.
Secretary Branch then read the paper
on "Trust Companies as Trustees," writ
ten by ex-Secretary of the Treasury Ly
man J. Gage, president of the Trust Com
pany of New York City.
P. C. Kaufman, vice-president of the Fi
delity Trust Company, of Tacoma, read
& paper on trust companies in the North
west. He reviewed trust legislation in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Thfr
trust movement in that section, he said,
was of too recent birth to have achieved
ix position of Importance, and as yet did
not differ materially from ordinary bank
ing business, but the future development
of the vast commercial opportunities on.
the Pacific Coast promised a bright fu
ture. Clark "Williams, of New York, read a
ferlef paper on the business of trust com
jranles of. Greater New York and the ne
cessity for cash reserves. The deposits of
"the 49 trust companies aggregate $741,060,
O00. Breckenridge Jones, first vice-president
of the MlsElssippi Valley Trust Com
pany, of St Louis, Mo., was elected chair
man of the section, and the following were
elected members cf the executive commit
tee, to serve three years:
Clark Williams, of New York, vice-president
of the United States Mortgage &
Trust Company; E. H. Benlnger, of Al
lentown. Pa.; treasurer of the Lehigh Val
ley Trust Company, and Frederick W.
Seile, president of the Mercantile Trust
Co., of San Francisco.
Replying to a suggestion that strenuous
efforts be made to secure a larger attend
ance at the next annual meeting the
chairman said that the unusual conditions
doubtless kept many members away, the
chief cause? being the distance of the
convention from the East where most of
the trust companies are located, and the
financial iituatlon of today in Wall street
and otht-r financial centers. After pass
ing n vote of thanks to the citizens of San
Francisco, the retiring officers and the
gentlemen who presented papers, the
meeting adjourned.
PAPER OF LYMAN J. GAGE.
The Problem oFVenltli and the
Trust Company as Trustee.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20. The paper
contributed by ex-Secretary of the Treas
ury Lyman J. Gage to the American
Bankers' Association was read by Sec
retary Branch. "Trust Companies as
Trustees" was its title. The paper in
full follows:
"We are accustomed to think of the
.serious problems which beset the poor,
and we sympathize or ought to sympa
thize with them. The ever-present ques
tion of tomorrow, the possible failure of
employment the cost of living, the draw
back of sickness, the calamity of death
these may be briefly summarized as the
leading problems of the very poor. These
problems do press a painful burden upon
the larger mass of society. To secure
immunity from them, to find honorable
ai'enues for escape, to secure financial In
dependence, in short to accumulate
wealth, is and forever must be- a natural
and laudable ambition. But no sooner
does one pass over from the army of the
poor to the relatively smaller company de
nominated the rich or well-to-do, than
lie finds that the problems of life. If
changed in their nature, are yet vexa
tious and troublesome. Having become
possessed of a competence, he no longer
fears the approach of his landlord for
rent unprovided, nor is he anxious con
cerning tomorrow's bread, or as to the
wherewithal to clothe his family. Fre
quently, however, he learns that wealth is
a burden and often a heavy one. He dis
covers an Innate tendency in accumulated
treasure to take unto itself wings. He
finds that money files as well as "talks."
He is apt to learn how easy It is to lose
in an hour the careful savings of months
and years, and, in a sense wholly differ
ent from the Latin poet he learns that
the descent to the Avernus of financial
disaster is easy and swift and that it Is
difficult to recover his lost footing and
escape to the upper air of financial free
dom. He soon learns that when he loans
money he is apt to borrow trouble.
Lesson of Content Xot Learned.
"In this country' we have not well
learned the lesson of content with refer
ence to an acquired competence. The
American business man seldom retires.
He prefers to struggle on In the harness
and to carry his financial problems to
the Inevitable end. not as a general rule
from considerations of avarice (for in no
country are the rich more generous or
less avaricious), but from the sheer Joy
of achievement and the fascination which
the conflict of "business life has for him.
In England they have learned better than
we to be content with a competence, to
relieve one's self of the burden of wealth
and to devote one's energies to other pur
poses than the mere Increase of the bur
den. In other words, there is in England
a pronounced leisure class, men who have
not merely -withdrawn themselves from
business but who will not even be bur
dened with the care of their own posses
sions, and who leave it cither to family
solicitors or to fiduciary corporations.
Thus freed from the burden, they find
time to devote themselves to the politics
of their country, the pursuits of litera
ture, the cultivation of- art the enjoyment
of their landed estates, and to the legiti
mate pleasures which a large cosmopoli
tan capital like London affords.
"In America, an ever-increasing num
ber arc learning this lesson. Their great
est problem is to find a suitable custodi
an for their wealth, to whom Its cares and
responsibilities may be safely delegated.
"If, however, the American man of
vealth does not wish to retire from busi
ness but with his characteristic and in
exhaustible energy, prefers, for the mere
jieasure of achievement, to continue to
aid to his accumulated means, he is yet
confronted by the possibility of disability
tarough diseases or Infirmity or age and
jbo certainty of death.
"Sooner or later, the obligation must be
dscharged to make a wise disposition of
lis fortune, and as nothing is more cer
tain than that he cannot himself con
tinue, nothing is more certain than
the question, "Whom shall I consti
tute my executor or trustee? Shall It be
my eldest son?" Frequently he Is of all
the family the least qualified. Shall it
be .one of the Juniors? Such preference
Is apt to excife Jealousy and bitterness
and lead to unhappy dissensions. A trust
ed and experienced friend? He may not
survive, and in any event his a'ailablllty
may alter through changed conditions and
circumstances when It Is too late to recall
the trust A legal counsellor? His abil
ity and character may both be great but
the uncertainties' of life surround him as
they do other men, be he ever so compe
tent and faithful. If provision Is to be
made for children and grandchildren, a
long tenure of office In the trustee Is of
great Importance; and if any or all of
,the funds to be transmitted Is to be
devoted to public charities, a permanent
trustee then becomes inevitable- More
over, there always exists the possibility
of malfeasance and betrayal, the sins of
omission and commission, whereby for
tunes are too often dissipated and lost
Trust Company as Administrator.
"This problem which, to thoughtful and
conscientious men Is a grave one, the
trust company. In Its legal capacity as
administrator, executor or guardian or
trustee, is established to solve. Enjoying
perpetuity, it Is not subject to the vicissi
tudes of death. Controlled by the limita
tions and provisions of its charter. It is
kept by the strong hand of the law with
in the limits of conservative operations.
Presumably managed by a competent
board of directors, the "beneficiaries of the
trust have the advantage of the collect
ive wisdom of the experienced man, and
in financial matters, "In a 'multitude of
experienced counsellors there Is safety."
Inspected by Independent officers of tbo
state, any wrong doing "by the officers of
a trust company cannot long remain un
discovered. Possessed of ample capital,
the beneficiary Is guaranteed against loss
through errors or willful dishonesty.
Moreover, the trust company. In manag
ing many estates can do so with an
economy not possible to individual trus
tees. Undoubtedly there are often advant
ages In having as trustee an attorney who
has advised the donor in the lifetime, and
whose peculiar knowledge of the estate
is valuable, but as has been stated, such
management In the nature of things can
not bo long enduring, but its advantages
can be secured by uniting the family
counsellor with the trust company, as co
trustees. In this manner both the special
benefits of corporate management and
those of an individual trustee can bo
secured.
"I submit therefore, that the burdens
of the rich would be sensibly relieved 11
due regard were had to the advantages
offered by the trust company."
BANKERS' SPECIAL A PALACE.
They Hare More Thirteen Than a
Fevr, But Are Not "Worrylnsr.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20. Never in
the world has there been another such
train for luxury and comfort as the spe
cial which has arrived here conveying the
New York State Bankers' Association.
"We left New York on track 13, on the
13th of the month: there were 113 in the
party. We are due back home on No
vember 13. We have not had an. unlucky
moment since we started, and none of
our Fridays has been black."
This was the greeting Clark Williams,
of the United States Mortgage & Trust
Company of New York, gave Amos Burr,
the traveling passenger agent of the New
York Central Railroad, when he boarded
the special at Sacramento at midnight of
Saturday.
There were 11 cars to the New York
bankers special. M. C. Roach, the gen
eral Eastern passenger agent had been
told to make the Vanderbllt road excur
sion to the Pacific Coast a supreme suc
cess and he did so. Every car was of
modern build and convenience. There
were 35 servants on the train barbers,
porters and manicurists. It Is the custom
to economize space, for the Pullman
help to sleep in the dining-car, but none
of this for the New York bankers. A
separate sleeper was provided for the
waiters and cooks.
From New York to Ogden Mr. Roach
had full charge of the excursion, but at
Ogden he was partially relieved by C. C.
Crane, general Pacific Coast agent of the
New York Central.
Two of the cars were fitted up as dub
rooms, one for the women and one lor
the men. In each club are musical In
struments and standard libraries. On
Sunday there was service in the women's
club car. It Is the intention of the bank
ers to run the special wherever they go.
URGES THEM TO ADVERTISE.
Chicago Delegate and Others Ad
dress the Savins Bnnlc Section.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20. The sav
ings bank section of the American Bank
ers Association met this afternoon in
the Academy of Sciences building with
a good attendance of members. 'Myron T.
Herrick, of Cleveland, O., who Is president
of the section, was unable to attend, and
Vice-President James McMahon, of New
York, is 111. The section was according
ly presided over by Chairman of the Ex
ecutive Committee G. B. Latimer, sec
retary of the Irving Savings Bank, of
New York, who in his opening address
congratulated the section on the prosper
ous showing of the first year. Secretary
Hanhart reported an expenditure of
(690.50. and a membership of KS, or about
one-half of the savings banks of the
country.
The first paper read was written by
Colonel Charles E. Sprague, president of
the Union Dime Savings Bank, of New
York, and entitled "Bond Accounts." It
dealt chiefly with the technical details
of the bookkeeping of bond accounts, pre
miums. Interests and discounts.
"Savings Bank Advertising" was the
subject of a paper by Lucjus Teter, cash
ier of the Chicago Savings Bank. He
urged various forms of dignified adver
tising to increase business, and held that
some species were necessary to maintain
healthful life. It was the means by
which the banks notified the public of
their readiness and ability properly to
care for the savings of the thrifty and
frugal poor. He upheld newspaper ad
vertlring, advocating the selection of
Journals which circulated most among
the masses.
"Dangers Threatening Savings Banks"
was the subject treated by Fred Heinz,
president of the Farmers and Mechanics'
Bank of Davenport Ia.
"Trust Accounts" was an Interesting
paper read by the author. Secretary Han
hart and related to the various kinds of
deposits placed in the banks In trust for
other people, including Joint accounts of
husband and wife, administrators, guard
ians, societies and corporations, etc. He
suggested a number of ways by which
accounts may be opened In order to avoid
the later complications and trouble.
"Failed Savings Banks," by Willis J.
Paine, trustee of the Metropolitan Sav
ings Bank, of ew York, was read by
proxy. He reviewed the causes of some
recent failures and commended the con
ditions of New England and New York
where adequate legal protection is given
by law to both bank and depositors. In
stitutions managed solely for personal
profit and promising large dividends did
not meet his approval, and he suggested
that careful atentlon by the trustees to
the affairs of their banks would be high
ly beneficial.
The meeting adopted a resolution fa
voring the organization of state associa
tions of savings, banks in every state. . A.
C. Tuttle, treasurer of the Naugatuck
Savings Bank, of Naugatuck, Conn., was
chosen president for the ensuing year,
after which the section adjourned to 1&04.
StxIcIcIr DelihemIr Plnnned.
SEATTLE. Oct 20.-John McNeill, a na
tive of Canada, aged 50 years, shot him
eelf to death In a rooming-house this
morning. The suicide was deliberately
planned and carried out. Placing a rock
ing chair on the bed, he fitted the muzzle
of a shotgun against his left breast,
and, with a. cane, to which a string was
attached, pulled the trigger. McNeill had
been drinklnc heavily for several weeks.
SMOTHERED IN DITCH MUD
YOUNG "WOMAN MEETS TERRIBLE
" FATE IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY.
Caving; of Undermined Bank Throws
Her Beneath the Horse She
Had Been Ridlns. .
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Oct 20. (Special.)
Miss Fannie E. Hlllstrom, of Upper
Hood River Valle met an awful death
yesterday by a fall from her horse. The
accident occurred In the Bone Irrigating
ditch, the bank of which had been under
mined, and as It caved In the horse and
rider were thrown Into the water and
mud with the horse on top.
Neighbors noticed the struggling horse
and with the aid of a rope pulled him
out almost dead. The girl was then dis
covered with life extinct
MIbs Hlllstrom was highly thought of
In her community. Hor funeral will be
held tomorrow under the auspices of the
Order of Washington, of which lodge she
was a member.
SAYS FATHER TRIED TO KILL HIM.
Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Taken In Dy
lnar Condition to His Mother.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct 20. J. L. Har
riett, a physical giant, aged 45 years, a
constructor In the employ of the city
water department Is in Jail charged with
assault to murder his 15-year-old son,
Ernest an apprentice for the past three
months on the training ship Pensacola.
The boy Is in a dying condition, with two
fractures on the top of the skull and a
three-Inch slash across his throat that
Just grazed the Jugular vein. The boy Is
attended by his mother, who was divorced
from the accused man ten years ago. She
Is housekeeper at a local hotel.
, The boy came here two weeks ago and
went to stay with his mother. The father
had obtained Ernest's discharge from the
Navy by proving that the mother had not
been appointed his legal guardian, though
given custody of him at the time of the
divorce. The mother Immediately brought
suit for the guardianship and this action
was to have been heard In the Superior
Court tomorrow morning. Mother and son
expected he would return to his ship with
in a few days.
For the past week the boy had been
much In the company of the father, the
two taking many outings together. Mon
day night Bamett for the first time took
the boy to sleep with him. At 8 o'clock
yesterday morning the two reappeared at
the mother's room in the hotel. The boy
had walked five blocks from the father's
lodgings with the terrible wounds. He
was so weak the father had to half carry
him along, and his sailor suit was
drenched with blood.
The father said that during the night a
burglar had entered the room, first
wounded the boy and.-then dealt him a
blow that knocked him senseless. Barnett
said when he regained consciousness,
which was at 6 A. M., he was In the act
of washing blood from his son's face.
On being removed to the California Hos
pital, away from the father, the boy
promptly declared that his father had at
tempted to murder him as he slept The
hoy said he was wakened by a bruising
blow on the head from his father's fist
and then the latter attacked. him with a
razor and a club.
Physicians think the boy has small
chance to live. Mother and boy alike are
wholly unable to account for the alleged
crime, as the relations were peaceful and
father and son had been happy together.
Barnett gives no signs of Insanity, being
cool and composed.
ROASTED WITH BROKEN BACK.
Engineer Fell Where No Aid Could
Reach Him.
FRESNO, Cat. Oct 20. James A,
Duke, an engineer employed at the San
Ricardo vineyard, five miles northeast of
this city, was burned to death this morn
ing in plain view of a score of fellow
workmen who were powerless to lend him
aid. Duke, with eight other employes
of the vineyard, slept In a two-story
bunkhouse, two of the men occupying
the lower floor. At 2:30 o'clock this
morning one of the men below awoko
and discovered the building was on fire.
He gave the alarm at once, but so rapid
ly did the flames spread that the men
above barely had time to get out
Duke and George Kelly were the last
ones to awaken, and when they groped
their way through tlje smoke to the head
of the stairs they found the stairway a
seething mass of flames and escape by
that means impossible. Kelly ran to the
window and jumped to the earth. He
was already seriously burned, but was
unhurt by the fall arid soon crawled to
safety. Duke followed him, but In jump
ing caught his foot and tumbled head
long to the ground, lighting on his back.
Afterward it was discovered he had
broken his back in the fall.
CITY CLAIMS A THOROUGHFARE.
Enpene Made Defendant in Suit In
stituted by Etna Christian.
EUGENE, Or., Oct 20. (Speclal.)-Sult
has been commenced In the Circuit Court
by Etha Christian against the City of
Eugene, to restrain the defendant from
opening to the public use that part of
Tenth street lying between Oak and Pearl
streets. The street in question passes
through a block which was formerly
owned by D. R. Christian, and when the
street was opened to the east of the prop
erty this addition had not been opened.
Afterwards, however, Mr. Christian di
vided his property into" city lots, but as
Twelfth street would take in a portion of
the old residence, it was not opened.
This property Is now owned by Etha
Christian, a daughter of D. R. Christian.
The city claims the street has been dedi
cated to the public use, and cent the
Street Commissioner to the premises with
men to tear away the fences and other
obstructions to Its use as a street There
upon the plaintiff began suit in the Cir
cuit Court to restrain the city from open
ing the 3treet and the matter will be set-
! tied In the next term of the Circuit Court
31 OTHER RECOVERS CHILDREN.
Hnd Been Tnlcen From California to
Xexr York: by the Father.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. Mrs. J. S.
Buck has just returned to this city from "
New York with her two children, who had
been abducted by their father several
months aso. The boy Is 9 and the girl 7
years old.
Beck suddenly disappeared one day with I
his children, leaving the mother penniless, j
Mrs. Buck pluckily went to work, accu
mulated '5200, and with the assistance of 1
the California Society for the Prevention j
of Cruelty to Children, located her hus- I
band and children on a farm at Mina.
N. Y. She went East alone, and two
weeks ago reached Mina. She drove up
to the school the children were attend- !
Ing and awaited their coming. They "
gladly agreed to return with her and con- j
cealed themselves in the buggy. After '
several narrow escapes from her pursu
ing husband, she succeeded In reaching
California.
ARMSTRONG DOES XOT WORRY.
Say the Action of the Snpreme
Court Is Not a Snrprlse to Him.
BAKER CITY, Or., Oct, 20. (Special.)
Pleasant Armstrong, whose sentence of
death for the murder of Minnie Ensmln
ger last December was affirmed by tho
Supreme Court yesterday, said this aft
ernoon that the action of the Supremo
Court did not surprise him in the least.
He said he anticipated such a- decision
on .the part o the court.
When asked If it was his purpose to
renew his effort for a new trail he said
that he did not know what action his
attorneys would ta.ke. Armstrong did
not seem the least bit disconcerted over
the confirming of his sentence of death.
He was perfectly calm and collected, yet
there was nothing of the hragadocla spir
it about his speech or conduct
The Circuit Court Is now In session at
Union and It Is not known when Judge
Eakln will re-sentence Armstrong. It
will probably be some days before the
order of the Supreme Court affirming the
sentence will be received by the clerk
of the court
Under the law at least thirty days
must elapse after sentence Is passed be
fore the execution can take placo. In
the ordinary course of events the execu
tion will occur some time about the last
of November or the first of December.
Some time ago there was talk of an at
tempt to carry the case to the Supreme
Court of the United States In the event
of the State Supreme Court confirming
the sentence of death.
Sheriff Brown has doubled the guards
at the jail since the discovery of the new
revolvers concealed near the Courthouse
today. There is some question about the
weapons having been hidden for the pur
pose of aiding In a Jail break, as they
were unloaded, and It is Known a gun
store was robbed .In this city about two
months ago. It Is possible the guns were
hidden by the thieves. " The Sheriff does
not propose to take any chances, how
ever. Workmen removing some old sidewalk
rubbish near the County Jail found two
new revolvers cached under a pocket
handkerchief. There, has been a rumor
current among the officials at the Coun
ty Courthouse that a jail break was
contemplated.
AGED WOMAN FOUND DROWNED.
Evidence Points to the Snlclde of
Mrs. Eliza Gill.
COLFAX, Wash.. Oct 20. (Special.)
Mrs. Eliza Gill, an octogenarian, was
found drowned In the Palouse River near
Garfield this morning, -with strong indi
cations of suicide.
Mrs. Gill had boon living with her chil
dren since the death of her husband six
years ago, and was staying at the farm
of her son William, three miles south of
Garfield lately. When called at 8 o'clock
this morning, her usual hour for rising,
she did not answer and Investigation dis
closed her room empty.
Her tracks were found to lead from
the house to the river and her body was
found in the water. She left no note and
had never talked of suicide. It Is thought
she became mentally unbalanced during
the night and wandered to the river and
either fell or leaped In.
Deceased was the widow of W. H. Gill,
a pioneer of Whitman County, and was
past 80 years old. She left three son3
and two daughters, all married and middle-aged
people, living near Garfield.
Coroner Crawford has gone to investi
gate. TEST OF WEISER WATER WORKS.
Six Streams Taken From Reservoir
SUovr Good Pressure.
WEISER, Idaho, Oct 20. (Special.) A
test was made last evening of Welser's
new municipal water and light system.
At 6 o'clock six lines of hose were laid
and water turned into each. The water
was thrown over 75 feet perpendicularly
and about 130 feet in a straight line. The
test was made with, only eight feet of
water in a 20-foot reservoir and with the
pressure turned off at the power-house.
The test demonstrated that the system
is a success In every particular, although
not yet accepted by the City Council. The
reservoir is situated 158 feet above the
city and contains a little more than 500,
000 gallons of water. The pumping station
has an S5-horsepower boiler and two tri
plex pumps that -will pump 1.000,000 gallons
of water In 24 hours.
At 7 o'clock the electric lights were
turned on and shone brilliantly for several
hours. The machinery In the power
house worked perfectly. Several more
tests will be mado before final acceptance
of the plants by the city.
POISONED BY CARBOLIC ACID.
Perry Blacksmith Dies Under Very
Peculiar Circumstances.
LA GRANDE, Or., Oct 20. (Special.)
Otto Henning, a blacksmith at Perry,
died yesterday from the effects of poison.
At the Coroner's Inquest last night It was
decided that death was duo to carbolic
acid. The night of October $ he started
! to walk from La Grande to Perry, three
miles, was overtaken by a man In
buggy, who, it Is supposed, administered
poison to him.
He was found that night at the Perry
depot platform unconscious. He lived till
yesterday. Henning said while sick he
would explain all when he got well, but
he died without disclosing the mystery.
Henning was 45 years of age. He has
a family In Perry. He hadno more than
J12 on his person when he left home.
BODY FOUND ON OCEAN BEACH.
Lnvryer Moon, of Coquille- City, Last
Seen Alive in Bandon.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Oct 20. (Special.)
The body of C. L. Moon, the Coqullle
City Attorney who mysteriously dlsap
pearcd from sight in Bandon a fortnight
since, was picked up yesterday on the
ocean beach, four miles north of Ban
don. The body was In a badly decom
posed state, the head being gone.
Whether the -deceased met with foul
play or not remains a mystery as far as
can be determined from external evidence
of the body.
Rancher Kills Assnilant.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct 20. A German
named B. Wenzel, alias "Jack the Rip
per," had a fight with a German rancher
on Tumbo Island and got the worst of
It He rushed to his cabin, secured a
gun and shot at the rancher twice, miss
ing. The latter returned the fire and fa
tally wounded Wenzel. He has given him
self up to the police at Mayne Island. Lo
cal officers are unable so far to learn his
No. 211 North Limestone Street, Lexington-, Ky., April 2nd, 1903.
f suffered for nearly ten yeara with female trouble, bearing dorm pains and at timea intense cgonv. The doctor
said I must have fallen or strained myself and I had prolapsns uteri. It was a constant and chronic auTection forbid
ding any considerable effort, and at times I was eonfinea to my bed for days. I felt a heaviness and weight in the
lower abdomen, lameness in the back or across the loins. Wine of Cardai changed all this within a short time. Fif
teen bottles so far restored me to perfect health that I felt but occasional .
twinges of pain. I began to have a splendid appetite and new life, and xfc-u? JQfi) rfvrac
after nsing eleven bottles more was entirely cured". Thia is nearly a year (Zic CrC- S- trO'O
ago and 1 nave not had a sick day sinco. Tsusxzx, Helpio Haxd Mission.
Doctors are great benefactors of humanity and make thousands of cores but they admit that
female troubles are the most difficult cases they have to handle and statistics show that they make
comparatively few complete cures of these diseases. A doctor who has success in treating female
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SWINDLERS WILL GO FREE
NO LAW AGAINST PASSERS" OF
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
San Francisco Police Say They Can
not Hold. Boys Who Have Vic
timized Women.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20. (3pecial.)
Roy Garlalne, a former messenger boy,
who also gives hl3 name as Gorham and
at other times as Curtis, and who was
arrested early Sunday morning by Po
liceman Klssane with other boys on sus
picion of being one of several young
men that are passing worthless New
Brunswick Bank notes and Confederate
currency In various cities In Oregon,
Washington and California, was posi
tively identified by Mrs. Kelly, of 332 Turk
street, and Mrs. Qulgley, of 1210 Mason
street two of the women whom he swin
dled.
As there Is no law or ordinance under
which he can be prosecuted for passing
Confederate currency, the police are at
a loss how to stop his method of swin
dling, and do not know of any charge
that they can place against Garlalne.
The victims, who have been, numerous
the past two weeks, have in all cases
been women, some of them quite Igno
rant of the difference between Confederate
currency and Uncle Sam's greenbacks.
Although complaints have come In from
several cities in the three states men
tioned, the police say they will turn the
culprits loose.
MRS. SPENCER IS REMOVED.
Deputy Marshalsnip at Boise Given
to Frank L. Stobbs.
BOISE, Idaho, Oct 20. (Special.) Frank
L. Stobbs, of Pocatello, has been appoint
ed first deputy In the office of United
States Marshal Rounds, replacing Mrs.
George E. Spencer. Marshal Rounds
states that the change was made for the
benefit of the service. There were, he
said, no unpleasant circumstances in con
nection with Mr Stobbs' appointment, and
he had no criticism to offer on Mrs. Spen
cer's work.
Mrs. Spencer was notified on Sunday
that her place would be filled Monday
morplng by Mr. Stobbs. The reason for
the change was not stated, such procedure
being unnecessary and superfluous. Frank
L. Stobbs, the new deputy marshal, ha3
been connected -with the Bannock Ab
stract Company in Pocatello, of which
State Auditor Turner Is the head. He Is
well known In the southeastern part of
the state.
Mrs. George E. Spencer, who is the
widow of the late Senator George E. Spen
cer, received her appointment In the Mar
shal's office In Boise from Washington as
a compliment It 1b said, to Senator Frye,
of Maine, whose 'wife was a personal
friend of Mrs. Spencer. She entered the
Marshal's office March 14. 1S02, as stenog
rapher, and was appointed first Deputy
Marshal April 4. of the samo year. Her
books were examined last April by In
spector Merer, and aside from a trifling
error In addition, they were, It is alleged,
in a thoroughly satisfactory condition.
Mrs. Spencer, who states that her relief
from office was a complete surprise, Is
quite anxious that her work should be in
vestigated. Beyond stating that she had
wired Attorney-General Knox informing
that official that she had been dismissed
without warning and without cause, and
demanding Investigation, Mrs. Spencer
would say nothing for publication.
HOW HE RAISES BIG CROPS.
George Randall Seeds Nevr Ground
to Potatoes Each Year.
OREGON CITY, Oct 20. (Special.)
George Randall, a farmer residing near
New Era, reports a yield of 150 bushels
of potatoes per acre from a ten-acre field.
The potatoes are of the Burbank variety
and above the average size. Mr. Randall
accounts for his success In growing this
vegetable from the fact that he does not
seed the same ground to this crop for
two or more successive seasons.
Ho raises a crop of potatoes only about
every four years from the same field.
seeding the ground the other three years
to grain or clover with the result that the
soil Is immensely fertilized. Farmers are
this year receiving In the local markets 75
cents per sack for their potatoes.
KILLED ON RAILROAD TRACKS.
Charles Wolf, of- Clark County, At
tempts to Cross Ahead of Train.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct 20. (Spe
cial.) Charles Wolf, a well-known young
farmer of this county, was struck by a
locomotive of the Washington Railway
&. Navigation Company this afternoon
and Instantly killed. Wolf was about
33 years old and married. He was return
ing to his home at Lake Shore about 5
o'clock and attempted to cross the rail
road track at Fruit Valley with a team
and wagon when the locomotive struck
the wagon, killing the driver and one
horse and smashing the wagon to splin
ters. THREE YEARS FOIL FORGERY.
V. S. Chlldern Confesses, and Ik Sen
tenced at Lnlcevie.vr.
IjAKEVIEW. Or., Oct. 20. (Special.)
William S. Chllders was sentenced to
three years In the penitentiary today- by
H. I. Benson. Judge or the Circuit Court.
Chllders forged a check for $250 on Hep
burn & Innes. September 9. 1902, and has
since been out on ball. Chllders pleaded
guilty -without a trial.
Crushed Under Rolling: Lopr.
TACOMA, Oct. 20. G. W. Davidson, a
hooktendcr In a logging camp near Elect
ron, 25 miles from Tacoma, was crushed
to death by a log yesterday. His home
was at HIgglnsvllle, Mo.
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