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gHE MORNING1 OREGONIAff, TUESDAY, OCTOBPJR 27, 1903. IX. EIGHT FOR TICKETS ''Great Rush at Opening of Press Club Sale. EAGER CROWD IS IN LINE Minstrels Will Put on Finishing Touches at, Full-Dress Rehear- sal Sale Continues Toda. Hundreds of people fought, crowded, jostled and struggled In one chaotic mass ol-humanltv at the entrance of the Em pire Theater. ' yesterday morning. One great Impulse to interview a handsome, though slightly bald-headed. Individual Who was handing out colored scraps of pasteboard seemed to have possessed it self of exery person. One broad-shouldered man coBs.red a smaller brother and cast him violently into the gutter; an elderly lady poked her umbrella maliciously and viciously against the lumbar vertebrae of a portly gentleman who promptly col lapsed; a dirty-faced urchin tripped an elaborately dressed youngster and leaped over his prostrate form; in fact there was a general reign of .disorder. A squad of policemen -was totally unable to cope with the crowd, for the human family scorns danger under the exhilaration of excite ment. The-'occaslon for all this demonstration was no less momentous " than the opening of the seat sale for the Press Club MJn .strels. Under the keen lashings of a consciousness that delay might mean poor scats, or possibly, debarment from this crowning event in the history of min strelsy, men and women and childr fought with an ardor bordering on des peration, Strong men thought of the possibilities of reaching tpe goal too late to get their tickets and their faces blanched. Young men thought of the re proaches of their sweethearts should they fail to get the coveted tickets, and fought the harder. Mothers thought of their trusting little ones at home whose hap piness would be blasted In a twinkling should' mamma return home without those tickets, and thus struggled on in a heroic endeavor to pass some hapless neighbor. Not until nearly all the choice seats were gone" did the fearful turmoil slacken, giv ing the poor ticket-man time to wipe away the beads of blood from his moist brow. By some strange ordination of fate there are some choice seats left for th seat sale of today and tomorrow, but -undoubtedly they will not last long. A strong guard of armed police was kept at the ticket ofilce all night .as a. rumor was heard that the desperate Sheridan bank robbers had designs on these remaining tickets. All is now in readiness for the enter tainment of tomorrow' evening. The final polish will be put on this afternoon at a full-dress rehearsal at the theater. All the principals will be there, and, for the first time since their arrival from Borneo, the wild-men chorus of 200 tribesmen will be' marched onto the stage that they may be given preliminary training. The original Idea of having this chorus ap pear In the extreme decollete of their na-' tlve land has been abandoned, their mod esty has been overcome to such an ex tent that hey have consented to appear in full dress. Besides the programme as previously announced, S. S. McGuire, a well-known baritone, will sing "The Message of the Violets," from "The Prince of Pilsen," and J. R. Fargo, a .new arrival in Port land, whS ls'accOmpanld'by a fine tendr voice, will render a popular ballad. The management of the minstrel com pany appeared very much annoyed yester day when asked for a statement regard ing the rumor that Chief Hunt and other local celebrities had tried to bribe the end-men, comedians and impersonators to leave the city. The management declined to make any statement whatever In this connection. AMERICANS POLYGAMSTS Cardinal Gibbons Deplore Condition, Saying Schools Are Defective. Newark, N. J. Cardinal Gibbons, at his residence in Baltimore, expressed his views on divorce and the public-school system to J. Martin Miller, Washington "correspondent of the Newark Evening and Sunday News. The Cardinal declared that polygamy existed in every state of the Union, and that the public-school system was vicious and' imperfect. The meager Government statistics on dl vorce gathered last year places the num ben.of divorces grante'd In New York City during 1902 at 817, and there is only one cause for which divorces are granted in New York State. In the City of Chicago 1S0S divorces were .granted last year. The Illinois statutes name eight causes for di vorce. New York City alone divorced 141 more couples than the total number of polygam ous families in Utah today, and Chicago divorced 2& tjmes as many as there are men with plural wives in Utah. Cardinal Gibbons asked that the inter vleV be written out and submitted to him for approval. This was done and the authorized Interview follows: "Your eminence, it is said that President Boosevelt will recommend that Congress, provide means for making an exhaustive inquiry Into the question of divorces in this country, with a view to making a National divorce law to take the place of the various state enactments that are far from being uniform," said the correspon dent "What do you think of such a rec ommendation, if made by. the Chief Execu tive of the Nation?" . 'T am not aware of the President's In tontlons, but any legislative measure that is calculated to check the growth of this social evil should be hailed with satisfac tion." said the Cardinal. "Do you believe there should be any kind of law granting divorce?" "Of course not: I am In lyror of the strict application of the gc-spq teaching," said the Cardinal. "We are confronted in this countryby polygamy I mean the polygamy that exists in every state of this Union, and there is no law against 'this kind of polygamy, but, rather, laws that V recognize It, and make it possible. There is a law agalnstl polygamy such as exists In Utah. Is not the law of divorce a vir tual form of Mormonlsm in a modified shape? "Evidences are accumulating each year that the cancer of divorce is rapidly spreading over the country and poisoning the fountains of the nation. Unless the evil Is checked by some speedy and heroic measures the very existence of .our family life is Imperiled. How can we call our selves a Christian people If we violate a fundamental law of Christianity? And If the sanctity and indissolubility of mar riage does not constitute a cardinal prin ciple of Christianity, wo are at a loss to know what does. "This social plague calls for a radical cure and the temedy can "Be found only Ip the abolition of our mischievous legisla tion regarding divorce and the honest ap plication of the gospel. If persons jcontem plating marriage were persuaded, that once united .they were legally debarred from en tering into second wedlock, they would be more circumspect before marriage in the -choice of a life partner, and would be more patient afterwards in bearing the yoke and tolerating each other's infirmi ties." "What flo you think, your eminence, of the public school system of the United States as a well-balanced system of edu- cation?" the correspondent asked. "The system of public education In this country Is imperfect and vicious and un dermines the religion of our youtn.""sald, the Cardinal. "We want our children to receive an education that will not only make them learned, but pious men anil women. We want them to be not only polished members of socloty, but also Christians. We desire for them a train ing that will form their hearts as "well as .their minds. We wish them to be not only men of the world, but above all, men of God. "The religious and secular education of our children cannot be divorced from each other without Inflicting a fatal wound upon the soul. The usual consequence of such a separation Is to paralyze the moral faculty and to foment a spirit of in difference in matters of faith. Educa tion is to the soul what food is to the body. The milk with which the infant is nourished at its mother's breast feeds not only its head, but permeates at the same time its heart and other organs of the body. In like manner the intellectual and moral growth of children should go hand in hand; otherwise their education Is shal low and fragmentary, and often proves a curse instead of a blessing. "Our youth must put Into practice every day the commandments of God, as well as the rules of grammar and arithmetic How can they familiarize themselves with these sacred duties if they are not dally Inculcated? "The catechism instructions," said the Cardinal, "given once a week in our Sun day schools, though productive of very beneficial results, are insufficient to supply the wants of our children. They should, as far as osslUle, breathe every day a religious atmosphere in those schools in which not only Is their mind enlightened, J but the seeds of faith, piety and sound morality, are nourished and Invigorated. By what principle of justice can you store their minds with earthly knowledge sev eral hours each day while their hearts, which require more cultivation, must be content with the. paltry allowance of a few weekly lessons? "I am not unmindful of the blessed in fluence of a home education, and especially of a mother's tutelage. But of what avail is a mother's toll if the seeds of faith which sho has planted attain a sickly growth in the cheerless atmosphere of a schoolroom from which the sun of reli gion is excluded? i "The remedy for these defects would be supplied if tho denominational system which now obtains in Canada were ap plied in our publlo schools." At this point the Cardinal returned to the subject of divorce, and smilingly re ferred the correspondent "to a clipping from a far Eastern paper. "From this," said the Cardinal, "It would seem that Af ghanistan has tho questionable honor of presenting a new plea for divorce which, if applied to this country, might fill with dismay many unfortunate husbands un congenial with their spouses." An Afghan lady recently applied to the Ameer Abdul Rahman for a separation from her husband on tho ground that be was becoming bald. The defender of Af ghan unity, recognizing the importance of vindicating the sanctity of domestic as well as governmental authority, decided, after due reflection upon the demoraliz ing tendency of feminine disrespect for Intellectual men, to make an example of the presumptuous plaintiff. His first step was to order a vial of milk to be poured on the husband's head, whether as an "In vlgorator" .or "tonic," the Eastern Jour nalist does not say. Then abandoning curative for punitive measures, the Ameer next commanded the wife to lick off the milk with, her tongue, and the husband's head shone like a bill iard hall. His highness directed thewo man to be placed on the back of a donkey with her face toward the tall and thus be forced to ride through the bazaar. After that she knew better. It-is reported, than to Jest heartlessly at the nflsf ortune of the head of the house. Ethics of the Duster. Chicago Tribune. To a man I would say:. "If you Tcnow a woman who is a conscientious duster grapple her to your soul. with TiQops, of steel, lor she Is bound to make ,'a. .good housekeeper." Dusting is one of the su preme tests of fine housekeeping, as. is instanced by this confession of a feminine fighter of dirt: "I always put away ray duster," she declares, "with tho sad con sciousness that I have dusted those things that ought not to have been dusted and left undusted those that ought to have been dusted Shelley's plaster curls, for instance, that are so hard to get the dust out of, and Thackaray's wrinkled marble stock. Then there is one round of a cer tain chair that my duster refuses to ap proach. It seems to symbolize a moral height which I am incapable of reaching. And JuBt because 'Mona Lisa' hangs low she gets her face wiped every day, while The Man With the Hoe,' who is out of. reach, receives but weekly attention." Feather dusters have gone out; they, permitted of nothing more than mere flir tations with one's furniture, but there- are various kinds of cloth ones in use. Some housekeepers are satisfied with any kind of a rag, others demand neatly sewed squares of cheeso cloth. But beware of the woman who uses fancy feather stitched dusters, for as arule when there are feather stitches on the duster there is dust on the furniture. Dusting may seem like a humble occupation, but in reality It Is a most serious oneT It is more than a mere displacement of atoms or superficial removal of germs. It Is an occupation that puts one in close touch with all the great arts and Industries and brings to light the true value of their products. This vital question a wise housekeeper asks herself when about to purchase some new convenience of com fort for her home: "Is it worth dusting?" New York Society Life. Mrs. Saym-Old Bluff, with tho assistance of a maid, buttons, coachman, footman, two horses and a brougham, can go to a Jeweler's and buy something. Her ma ternal grandfather was a Peddler. All charming people. Tho-'Knott-Brlghts, who have been -visiting this world some years, will remain here until called away. v Society Is looking forward to a bril liant weddmg at St. Greed's next week, when Miss Tinkle Gabbors will be led to the altar by Archie Lackluster. Both the Gabbgrs and Lacklusters are "well known in New York society. The entire nave of St. Greed's will be papered with Government bonds. Mr. and Mrs. Innlttor Dedd announce the marriage of their daughter Alice (6 millions) to Mr. Braynless Pupp. The Pupps are a very old family. Lord Borrowe and Holde, who was such a favorite at Newport last Summer, is visiting the Bonds Tooburn at Trust Hol low. Mrs. Dresta-Kyll is a charming hostess at her palatial Summer residence, Surplus-Surplus on the Sound. Handkerchief, Collar and Cuffs. New York Times. A handkerchief Is utilized In an attract ive way In making a set of narrow turn over collars and cuffs. The handkerchief has a narrow hem, and is edged with lace. The collar is simply made of one side, including two corners, of the hand kerchief. These corners aro used for the front or back of the collar where the ends meet. Tho cuffs are ingeniously made. One of the corners forms the center of each cuff, a little box plait be ing taken in to give the proper straight line to the edge, which fits over the sleeve. Makes Life Easier. Washington Star. "Are you fond of poetry?" asked the young man with curly hair. "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne; "poetry has done & great deal to make life easier. It gives people an opportunity to use quo--3jn pu-s rsujSpb Suiaq jo pxrajain; suopra some." Ex-New York Congressman. ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 26. Thomas J. Van Alystegne, ex-Congressman from this district and ex-Mayor of thls"ty, died today alter a. lingering Illness. SPIttR WITHDRAWS SUIT PEACE RESTORED BETWEEN HIM AND DR. GIBSON. ..v Mediator's Step to Avoid Trouble In Church, but Parties to. Suit Re-, fuse to Discuss It. "The suit has been withdrawn. That Is all there Is to It. There is nothing further for publication." This was the solitary remark of W.VE. Splcer. made at hls office In his feed mlll building on East Stark and East First streets- yesterday afternoon, with roference to bis suit commenced ten days ago In the Circuit Court to recover 51000 from Rev. J. H. Gibson, D. D., of the United Presbyterian Church,- Grand ave nue, for defamation df character. Mr. Splcer had been suspended from member ship and It was allcged.Jn tho complaint that Dr. Gibson had made damaging statements publicly In the church. Dr. Gibson, the pastor of this church, was also asked about the withdrawal of KEY. J. H. GIBSON, WnO WAS SUED FOK DEFAMING ONE OF I1IS FLOCK. the suit, but he simply reiterated what Mr. Splcer had said: . "The. suit has been withdrawn." To a question whether Mr. Splcer had. been restored to membership In the church. Dr. Gibson" answered that he had .noj, and Mr. Splcer said, .that the Vmatter bad been adjusted . as far as the" suit was concerned -and It was off." How ever, It is apparent that mutual friends "had been at work since the suit was filed, and through their intercession Mr. Splcer was induced to withdraw, so as to prevent the unpleasant notoriety It would necessarily bring to the church. It was Intimated that there had been a mqetlng and that mutual apologies had passed between Mr, Splcer and Dr. Gibson, but whether this took pjaco. neither wouldv confirm or deny. "When asked for details both declined to say anything. The principal charge ade by Dr. Gib son against Mr. Splcer was that he stole wheat stored in his warehouse. This charge related to a suit tried 'In court several years ago. Mr. Splcer showed that he owned the wheat and had a right to do as he pleased with.lt, and that tho affair was the result of a business quar rel, and he won tho case. MORE BUILDINGS IN BROOKLYN. Contracts Let for Nine Residences Bridge May Be Opened. Contracts for the erection of eight resi dences. In Raffcrtys addition aggregating $16,000 have just been let, and ground has been broken for the foundations of four. Four buildings facing East Eighth between Ellsworth and Brooklyn streets, for Dr. C. H. Rafferty, will bo erected by U. S. Blakney. Contracts for two on the corner of East Eighth and Ells worth streets for Dr. Dav Rafferty and two on the corner of East Tenth and Ellsworth streets for Mallory Rafferty were let to William Mprgensen. Work on Dr. C. H. Raffertys four cottages was started yesterday morning, and work will also start on the other four at once. On the corner of Ellsworth and East Sixth streets a 52300 dwelling will bo built for John S. Bevls, of Inman, Poulsen & Co. Tho nine houses represent improvements costing between $18,500 and $30,000. The Raffertys have Just completed four houses In Brooklyn, and tho new dwellings will be similar to the two new ones which, stand on East Eighth street, near Ells worth. It 13 expected that a gas main will be extended Into Brooklyn when these now cottages have been completed. A strong effort will be made to get tho bridge across Stephen's Slough repaired and re opened. It will be difficult to get ma terial into Brooklyn for these Improve ments with this bridge closed to wagon travel. It only needs replanking and some bolts In the sway braces. NO MORE WOODEN ROADWAYS. Property-Owners on East Washing ton WIII,WaIt for a Fill. Property-owners on East Washington street will not improve between East Water street and Union avenue until it can be filled up to grade. This was the statement made yesterday by W. E. Splcer. The Improvement by a fill has already been authorized by the Council. Bids were asked for a fill, but none were received. The Oregon Water Power & Railway Company was too busy to make a bid, besides It has to fill and build a track along East "Water street before It can reach East "Washington street. It wants to reach the lumber yard of the Sellwood sawmill at tho foot of East Pine street, so It can haul lumber from the mill to the yard. Mr. Splcer says the company will make the fill on East Water street this Fall, and then tho " property-owners on East Washington street hopes to get the com pany to make the fill on the latter street. Mr. Spicer remarked that ho has done with wooden roadways. East Stark Street Will Be Opened. East Stark street, between East Water street and Union avenue, will be opened to the public this week. It is being re decked and it only remains to complete the crossing of tho Southern Pacific Rail way on East First street and one block when tho Job will be finished. The track of tho Southern Paclflo Railway has been raised to grade and filled with solid earth from this crossing in each direc tion, but there remains space on both sides of the embankment yet to be cov ered before East- Stark street can be opened. It Is expected that the street will be filled when repairs aro again needed. Raspberries for Chrlstnias. Dr. George W. Wlgg, who lives in Irv ington, expects to have plenty of ripe raspberries for bis Christmas dinner. In his yard the canes are loaded 'with large green berries. Opposed to. Saloons. A temperance meeting was held at Lents Sunday night under tho charge of " 1 laaaaBtaBaMMakakakM Bargain Babies. If babies were Sr sale the most invet erate bargain-hunting woman Jjv the world would, not look foa. bargain baby. She -would ymnt the best baby that could be bought, regardless of price. Every woman naturally craves a healthy, handsome child, and her crav ing can be gratified if she will but re member that the child's health, is her own gift,: and to give health she mart have it tcgite. Mothers whose babies have been weak and rjunv have nursed in strength then: first strong child after using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is the best preparative for maternity, encouraging the appetite, quieting the nerves and inducing re freshing sleep. It gives the mother strength to give her child, and makes the baby's advent practically painless. My wife had been sick nearly all her life," says Mr. H. E. Fricke, of Petersburg-, Menard Co., Illinois. Box 367, "and after trying every thing I could think of I xasde up xsy mind to try Favorite Prescription.' I got ax bottles, which my wife took, a tablespoonful three times a day, until the baby came. She felt better after taking the first bottle, and when baby was born be weighed nine and a-half pounds. To day he la six months old and weighs twenty-two pounds. He Is as good a child as any one could wish. The doctor says he is as healthy as any baby could be, and also says the use of your Favorite Prescription ' was the cause of such a healthy baby." Df. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets arethe best and safest laxative for the tug of delicate -women. Rev. Mr. Eaton, Methodist minister in that district. B. Lee Paget .and F. I. Possen were the speakers. The object was to develop sentiment against admit ting a saloon to that place. A man was out there a few days ago looking over the place- with a view, to opening a sa loon, but. It Is said, found no encour agement AS BAD AS SLAVERY The Peonage Sysfem Found In Geor gia as Well as Alabama. Waycross (Ga.) Journal. Lulu Frazler, tho negro woman who was sent off to tho McRee camp nine months ago to pay her attorney's fee. was brought back to Waycross Monday night, and appeared before the County Commissioners Tuesday afternoon. It will be remembered that the Journal two weeks ago told the story of why Lulu had been sent to the camp. Sho had been arrested and put in jail, charged with living- In adultery and with bygamy. After three weeks of incarceration it was discovered -that she had been legally mar ried, and she was released. In the mean time she had employed a lawyer to de fend her, and to pay the lawyer's fee tho McRoes carried her to their camps to work out tho amount, which they con sidered to bo worth 14 months servitude. When Lulu was brought Into the Com missioner's room at the courthouse, Tues day, she wastvith her erstwhile husband, Nathan Frasrer. She was first asked why she had gone to tho McRee camps. She replied that Will Crawley had got her to go there to pay lawyer's fee. She was asked if she voluntarily Oilred to McReo. She replied that she Old not, but thought she had to go there. She said she went with Frank McRee. "Were you allowed your freedom when you got there?" asked tho Commissioners. "I was locked up at night till two weeks ago," sho replied. "How long havo you been thero?" "Nine months." "Did they pay you anything?" "They never paid jno any monay while I was there. They promised to pay me J5 a month, but never have paid me any thing." "What did you do there?" "I worked In tho field and milked and cooked for tho hands." "Did they whip you any?" . "They whipped me twice with a leather strap wide as your Xour fingers." "What did they whip you for?" "They claimed I was trying to run away one day when I wont to tho cow pen, and another time they said I was neg lecting my work." Lulu said that she had a boy 8 years old, and that the McRees had asked.- her' to bind the- boy to them, and when she re fused they told her they would havo him, whether -she consented or not, and that she finally consented to let them have the boy as long as sho stayed there. She was asked if sho had signed a contract, and said that sho had touched the pen. but did not know what it was about. Lulu was asked if she had not married Again while she was there. "Ed McRee made mo marry a man named Henry Hadley." "Didn't you tell him you wore already married and had a husband hero In Way cross?" was asked. "Yes, sir; I told him I hod a husband here, but he laughed and said it didn't make any difference, as I would never see him no more." "Who married your' "A man named Albritten." "Did you havo any license?" "They had a paper there, but "I don't know whether It was a license or not." Lulu said that she was locked up along with threo other womervnn'med Ida Wil son, from Valdosta; Sallle Powell and Maggie Hardy, from Waycross. She said that tho men were locked in a long house Just In front of tho house where the women were. i "You say you wero whipped there; who whipped you?" asked Commissioner. "Ed McRee whlpped lme one time, and Will McRee whipped me another time." Lulu said that when they thought she had run away, they put the dogs on her tracks. Sheriff Miller, who went after Lulu, s3m that when he arrived there. Lulu was represented as Henry Hadleys wife; that McRee told him to ask her if sho had not been getting $5 a month, and had not been well treated. The Sheriff declined to ask the questions, and then McRee said she had been paid $5 a month, and that his books showed it. Sheriff Miller said McRee told him that Hadley had wired to Valdosta for a lawyer. That the law yer came and held a conference with Mc Ree and tho woman. McRee wanted Had- rley to put In a claim for tho woman as his wife, but the Sheriff advised that Henry had better not come to Waycross, as he might meet the ether husband there. The Jail record shows that Lulu was let out on bond, but as yet no bond or war rant has been found. Ex-Sheriff McClel lan says that he thinks she was let out on bond on one of the charges, and that it Is likely that the bond has been mis placed. Hey says that he was not pres ent when the wonjarr was sent off, as he had nothing todo with the case after she was released. Mr. Crawley says that he did not re call what tho woman's fee was. and that he did not know what kind of contract McRee made with the woman. He had nothing to do with her 14 months' service there, any more than the officers of tho court do when they allow the' McRees to pay fines and take parties there who have been prisoners. a BROTHER AGAINST SISTER A. E. NUTT GIVES MRS. MUNSON - A BAD NAME. Startling Complication in Divorce Suit of Manuel Munson Wit ness Refuses to Appear. A. B. Nutt testified against his sister, Belle Munson, at the trial of her suit against her husband, Manuel Munson, for a divorce, and on cross-examination ad mitted that be previously encouraged her to obtain a legal separation, and went so far as to engage counsel for her. Nutt told the court he believed his brother-in-law to be In tho right and that, if Mrs. Munson behaved herself, her hus band would provide her with a comfort able homeland treat her kindly. 'Belle always carried tho pocketbook and Munson had to go to her when he wanted any money," said the witness, who stated that he meant that Munson always turned I1I3 wages over to hl3 wife. "Munson asked me to try and fix things up with Belle," continued "Nutt, "and I said I would do the best I could, but I didn't get a chance to speak to her much. One day I referred to the matter, and sho replied: You dirty devil, you want me to live with Munson again?' " ' Nutt next attacked the reputation of an other sister Mrs. L. Winters, and when he had finished N. D. Simon, attorney for Mrs. Munson, asked In severe tones: "You are hero to give your sisters a bad name; i3 that what you came for?" "I am here to tell the truth." "Just so. But did you not bring your sister Belle, who is asking a divorce, to my office yourself and ask mo to take the case and to make a success of it?" Nutt admitted this to be true. "You heard her story which she told me?" Nutt nodded assent "And you told me to win the case, and In the face of all this you have tho audacity to coma in here and testify against her." Nutt acknowledged having assisted his sister In the beginning- and said -he did not want to appear at the trial, but hav ing been -called as a witness he must testi fy truthfully. Mrs. Munson testified that she was mar ried to the defendant at Grant's Pass May 27, 19C0. She was then it years old and Munson was 19. She said her husband called her vile names, struck and beat 1 T sweeten, Dispels colds and 1 3 To cleanse the I bilious or con- a Wm systi&f J stipated; J jf S Effectually For men, women. 1 fey There is only Acts best on 1 111 B one Genuine ffl the kidneys ' MU SyrwP of Figs; I and liver l&ffti? to Set its bene- stomach and lf ftcial effects bowels; j 1 Wflys buy t&o genuine Mmufaciured by tbe Ell e genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale by all first-class cfmggists. The a mjgf M name of tic company California Fig Syrup Co. is always . I W printed on the front of every package. Price Fifty Cents per bottle m PORTLAND PROOF ) Mrs. D. Murphy, -widow, who "Years ago, when living in Kansas, I was greatly troubled with kidney complaint. At that time I was, I might say, perfectly help less for months, but in time it came. It did not bother me every -symptom of its return, and, merly, I began to look around for something to check it, and on looking over the paper I noticed Doan's Kidney Pills highly recom mended, so I procured them at the Laue-Davis Drug Company store, corner of Yamhill and Third streets, and took them as di rected. It only required a few days' treatment to ward off the at tack. Since then I have recommended Doan's Kidney Pills to a number of my friends.1 ' her and made false accusations of un chastlty against her. She said he earned $75 per month and was well able to pro vide for her. Munson m his defense denied all of these accusations and testified that his wife spent her evenings away from home, as sociated Improperly with Louis Reman and visited saloons and concert halls. Munson stated further that he gave up his position hero and went to California, telling his wie he would forgive every thing and they would commence life anew, but she refused to join him. Mrs. Munson, in telling of the California trip, stated that her husband went there to got rid of her. Mrs. Oliver, who conducts a rooming house at East Sixth and Belmont streets, where the Munsons once lived, told of visits made by Louis Reman. The wit ness said she remembered the time Mrs. Munson left her husband. Mrs. Munson told her she was going away after the 15th of the month after Munson was paid off. "She said she had been to see a fortune-teller," related Mrs. Oliver, "who told her to let well enough alone; that she would not better her condition by leaving her husband, and that Is what I advised her, too." Thero was' quite a sceno ju3t before the close oi the trial because, of the non-appearance of Henry Fisher to testify as a witness against Mrs. Munson. A bench warrant was Issued for Fisher and placed In tho hands of Lew Harlow, Deputy Sheriff, for service. A return was made that Fisher was sick and unable to at tend court. Munson asserted that he had seen Fisher, only a short time before, well and hearty, and Fisher told him he did not want to mix up In a family row. Judge Sears closed the case without the evidence of Fisher. Arguments were madto by N. D. Simon and C. W. Miller and- the court took the matter under advisement. Situation Not Critical. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Owing to tho failure to receive any advlce3 from the agents of this Government in Russia, Jap an or Corea touching 'the reported im minence of war. the officials are Inclined to the belief that the situation Is not really critical. The Embassies and Lega tions' here of the powers concerned aro equally Ignorant of warlike develop ments. Higglns Says Ho Is Bankrupt. A defense that he has been adjudged a bankrupt has been filed in the State Cir cuit Court by J. "W. Higglns, a contractor, to suits instituted against him by F. S "West, J. A. McKInnon and Octavia Ausplund, involving a total of about "ALWAYS AILING" When the kidneys go wrong one is sick all the time "Always ailing." Many aches and pains make life a burden headaches, sideaches and backaches, hip pains, back pains; side pains and groin pains wear on the nerves and tax the energy of the strongest. Keep the kidneys well, help them stimulate them when they become sluggish and you are free from aches and safe against the numerous ills that follow kidney neglect. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all disorders of the Kidneys and Bladder, Dropsy, Diabetes, Bright's. Disease. lives at 395 Ivon street. says : wore away as mysteriously as it again until last Fall, when there was knowing what I had suffered for JG000. Higglns contracted to erect house for the plaintiffs in Hawthorne's Addition, and the plaintiffs in these actions wero compelled to pay mechanics' liens on tho structures after they had been completed, which sums they seek to recover. 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