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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 190
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TO PAY FOR GRIME
William Harris Will Serve
Sixteen Years.
IS CONVICTED OF ROBBERY
Negro With Two Companions Re
ceived Hospitality of an Old Man,
Then Beat Him, Tied Him Se
curely and Robbed House.
Robbery la a very -unpopular crime
Just at the present time. This -tact -was
demonstrated by Judge Sears yesterday
when be pronounced a sentence of 16
years and 5 months in the peniten
tiary upon "William Harris, a negro,
who had just been lound guilty by a
jury of robbing "Wlllard Willis. Accord
ing to the evidence in the case, the
amount of money obtained by Harris and
his companions, Raymond Jackson and
tDan Jackson, -was only $2 or $3.
The prisoner had certainly not antici
pated anything like such severe punish
ment, and ha gave vent to a low whistle
u'pon hearing the announcement, while
his face flushed noticeably and his frame
shook nervously as he was led away to
be returned to his quarters in the Coun
ty Jail by Penumbra Kelly, Deputy
Sheriff.
Harris, who is also known by his
companions as Bad Eye, because one of
his eyes has an unnatural appearance,
doubtless from the effects of an injury,
was placed on trial jointly with Dan
Jackson. "Willis, the victim of the rob
bery, lives in a little house north of the
mill of the North Pacific Lumber Com
pany. On the evening of November 23,
Harris, Dan Jackson and Raymond Jack
son entered the house and asked for
food, y which was furnished to them. Har
ris and Raymond Jackson next demanded
money, and when "Willis rushed to pro
cure his shotgun they Intercepted him
and struck him on the head with clubs.
Dan Jackson, it seems, did not take
part in beating the old man. Harris
and Raymond bound Willis securely and,
after searching the premises and taking
all the money they could find, the trio
departed and were arrested two days
later at Goble by Detective Hartman.
There was a discussion between Harris
and Raymond Jackson after they had tied
Willis concerning the advisability of
killing him so that they would bo safe
from Identification in the event of their
arrest, but they finally decided not to
do so.
It was because of these aggravating
features of the case that Judge Sears
decided to Impose such a severe penalty.
On Monday Raymond Jackson pleaded
guilty, and yesterday he appeared as a
witness for the state and told the whole
Btory of the crime, expecting as a reward
to be dealt with leniently when he
comes before the court for sentence.
Dan Jackson, who stated that he Is
but 17 years of age, testified that when he
took a walk with Raymond Jackson he
liad no idea they intended going on a
mission of crime, and he declared that he
took no part in the robbery whatever.
nor in the beating of Mr. Willis. The lat
tor, who testified as a witness, did not
deny Dan Jackson's statement, and the
jury consequently added the following
recommendation to its verdict, finding
Harris and Dan Jackson guilty as
charged:
"In rendering the verdict the Jury re
spectfully recommends that, in consider
ation of his youth and some mitigating
circumstances as developed by the evi
dence, some degree of leniency might
be extended to the defendant Dan Jack
son." Raymond and Dan .Jackson will be
sentenced later on. Harris is a young
man, probably 25 years old, therefore it
is possible for him to serve out his
sentence of 16 years and 5 months.
a recommendation accompanied the ver
dict that the Court impose a JIght sen
tence. The sentence can be mft as low
as a fine of 5100, and in an aggravated
case a sentence of ten years in the
penitentiary could be imposed.
Wilier and S track; cranrreled because
the latter stopped- a traction engine in
front of Miller's resort on the evening
of September 2, 1903. Miller claimed the
entrance to his wagon sheds used by
guests was obstructed. He testified that
S track beat him. blacking his eyes and
bruising his face, and that he fired in
self-defense, and shot at the ground.
not Intending to hit Strack.
S track, of course, told a different story
in which he endeavored to place the
fault upon Miller. Because of the in
juries be received. Strack has sued Mil
ler for large damages, and the damage
suit is set for trial today in the State
Circuit Court. George W. Joseph and
J. H. Van Zante will appear as attorneys
for Strack. At the trial of the criminal
case Miller called numerous well-known
citizens to testify to his1 good reputation
as a peaceame man.
NO JOKE FOR TUNK.
Was Beaten and Cuffed and Receives
No Damages.
Richard Tunk. manager of the Columbia
Chair Works at Front and Clay streets,
failed in his suit against W. B. and
Benjamin F. Honeyman to recover $1000
damages for personal injuries. The case
was tried yesterday before Judge George
and the Jury returned a verdict for
the defendants. The trouble all arose
over a mechanic's bench owned by the
Honeymans, which the latter forcibly
took from Tunk's place on March 18 last.
The Honeymans once owned the build
ing occupied by the Columbia Chair Com
pany, and the bench was left in the
place. The testimony showed that when
the Honeymans went to get the bench
Tunk demanded storage, and told them to
replevin. W. B. Honeyman went for the
bench, accompanied by a couple of his
workmen. Tunk declined to let him have
it. After some words Tunk called Ed
ward D. Barton to his assistance and they
put Honeyman down stairs and out,
Tunk's stiff hat being knocked oft and
stepped upon by Honeyman during the
struggle. Seven or eight men as a crew of
reinforcements arrived from Honeyman's
foundry, and they successfully renewed
the battle for the bench.
Tunk testified that he was beaten,
pulled, jostled, cuffed and kicked, his
clothing torn and that he was severely
Injured. The defendants said such was
not tho case, although admitting that
considerable of a tussle was Indulged in.
J. C. Moreland, who appeared as attor
ney for the defendants in conjunction
with Wilbur & Hogue. in his opening ad
dress to the Jury said the suit for dam
ages ought to be looked upon as a joke.
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SAYS HIS WIFE USES DRUGS.
A. C. Lohmire Gives This Reason for
Suing for Divorce.
A. C. Lohmire, the well-known horse
ehoor, yesterday filed suit for divorce In
the State Circuit Court against Elba Loh
mlre, to whom he was married in Port
land in February, 1SS9. In his complaint
Lohmire sets forth that in the year 1S93
his wife commenced the use of morphine
and cocaine, and ever since has con
tinued to use the same. It is alleged that
she commenced the use of these drugs
without tho same having been prescribed
by a physician, and acquired the habit
from certain relatives who were habitual
users of the drugs.
Lohmire says he owns a comfortable
home, provided with the comforts as well
fis many of the luxuries of life conformable
with his means, and he asserts that he
has always furnished Mrs. Lohmire with
Sufficient money for the purchase of pro
visions and other articles. Without his
knowledge and consent, he says, she has
obtained sums of money from merchants
to apply In the purchase of morphine,
which he has had to pay, and has bought
foods and had them charged to his ac
count, and has afterward sold the same
nd has taken groceries and meats to
the homo of her mother, who has a son
well able to support her.
Lohmire avers further that in order to
protect himself from these acts and to
prevent his wife from obtaining money
or merchandise from merchants he has
been obliged to humiliate himself and to
Inform them ho would not liquidate such
Eebts.
On many occasions, he alleges, although
Simply provided with funds, Mrs. Loh
mire has, gone upon the street cars and
represented that her husband had neglect
ed to furnish her with money to pay her
fare, and to his great humiliation has
sometimes been ejected from the cars.
During the month of October, Lohmire
states that he was absent on a visit to
Eastern states, and while he was gono at
tho unseemly hour of 2 o'clock one morn
ing his wife awakened a neighbor and
borrowed matches, and so annoyed the
neighbor that a box of matches, cost pre
paid, was delivered at the Lohmire home.
Lohmire also alleges that Mrs. Lohmire
has Insulted neighbors who visited them,
and used Indecent language in their pres
ence. Once when he was arranging the
strings of his shoe, ho asserts, his wife
struck him in the faco with her feet with
out any provocation.
The defendant's mother and brother, it
Is charged, have for many years past
and are still addicted to tho use of mor
phine and cocaine, and Lohmire says,
knowing how Impossible it would bo to
cure his wife of the habit, requested her
on many occasions not to associate with
them, but she did not obey and went to
boo them almost daily and told him sho
would visit them as often as she pleased.
Lohmire says his wife neglected her
household duties, and because of her ac
tions has humiliated him. both in public
and In private, and caused him to be held
In contempt by his neighbors and he has
been rendered sick and distressed in mind
and bod, has been unable to attend to
his business, and cannot live with her
longer. The parties have no children.
MILLER IS FOUND GUILTY.
Jury Recommends That He Be Given
Light Sentence for Shooting Man.
A. J. Miller, proprietor of tho Twelve
Mile House, who was tried before Judge
JTrazer on a charge of shooting Edward
F. Strack In the foot, was found guilty
tho jury yesterday afternoon and
AGREES TO FACE COMPLAINT.
H. A. Stiles Will Return to Spokane
With Sheriff.
H. A. Stiles, a young man who was
arrested on a warrant from Spokane,
charging him with failing to pay B. W.
Grayblll for 75 sacks of potatoes valued
at $3.7.50, yesterday agreed to return to
Spokane with Deputy Sheriff Butler, of
that place, who came to take him back,
and face the complaint. Stiles says ho
has not committed a criminal offense. His
explanation of the case is that his agent
at Spokane obtained the potatoes from
Grayblll, and shipped them to Kansas City
to be sold. The potatoes were frozen
en route, and Stiles says he has a claim
against the railroad company for damages.
He states that he Is willing to settle
with Grayblll, and then look to tho rail
road company to get even. Frank
Schlegel, an attorney who petitioned for
a writ of habeas corpus to secure the
release of Stiles, dismissed the petition
after Stiles concluded to settle the mat
ter In a way satisfactory for all concerned.
Court Notes.
The trial of John Keefe on a charge of
assault and battery on John Pfenning, on
motion of A. R, Mendenhall, attorney, was
set for trial January 27 by Judge Cleland
yesterday.
The trial of David Van Houten for the
murder of A. Toun? was set for Janu
ary 28 yesterday by Judge Cleland.
RECORD IS SMASHED.
Martinmas Sets Pace for Calforna at
Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. At Oak
land today Martinmas won the six and a
half furlongs handicap and broke the
California record by covering the dis
tance in 1:1S?J, the prex-ious time being
1:19. He came close to tho world's
mark, made by Jane Holly, when she
ran at Washington Park In 1:183-5. The
event was the feature of the day. as
some clever sprinters met. Hagerdon led
most of the way. but Bullman hromrht
Martinmas up In the final sixteenth, and
ne won dj- a length. San Nicholas was
third. Results:
One mile, selling First Chip won, Isa
bellita second, Hungarian third; time.
1:40.
Six furlongs, selling Letola won, An
anias second, Telephone third; time,
1:13.
Third race, seven furlongs, selling
Somenos won, Tom Slavln second, Vel
ma Clark third: time. 1:26:.
Six and a half furlongs, handicap
jinrunraas won, nagerdon second, San
Nicholas third; time, 1:1S.
One mile, selling Gwaine won, Mllas
second, Byronerdale third; time, 1:41.
Mile and a sixteenth. sfiiintT
Crawford won, IllUouon second, Frank
ooas tnira; time, 1H64.
MANY POOLROOMS MAY CLOSE.
New York Concerns Cannot Afford
the New Telegraph Tolls.
NEW YORK. Jan. lZ-Of the 400 pool
room which have been doing business re
cently In this city and Its suburbs, it is
said that 300 will be forced to close their
doors unless the telegraph company which
controls the distribution of returns from
the race tracks is persuaded to modify
the scale of prices just announced. Al
though the proprietors of the rooms have
generally stalled off the police and re
peatedly routed private detectives em
ployed to harass them, they admit they
are powerless to most the present crisis.
The notice they received from the tele
graph company says:
"Beginning next Thursday, our service
will be charged for at the rate of 525
for each set of races for each room using
tho service. We have thlsday appointed
ten inspectors, and thely must have ready
access to all rooms at any hour of the
day.
"Every room with telegraph or tele
phone connections must make a report to
the telegraph company, stating -how many
rooms they are serving and for each con
necting room full tolls will be charged.
"Our Inspectors must have the privi
lege of tracing and Inspecting all wires,
and failure to comply with their demands
will result In causing service to be cut
off without notice. Reports must be
made at this oce before Thursday morn
ing." It is said the price heretofore was $17 a
day for each room. By syndicating and
using telephones, many rooms were sup
piled with the news at nominal cost.
The poolroom-keepers are cast down,
to say the least. They admit there is no
way to circumvent the new order of
things. It simply means that many will
be compelled to quit.
SURPRISE IN HANDICAP.
Glennevls, at Three to One, Captures
Ch!efRace at Ascot.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 12. The defoat
of Golden Rule In the sl: furlong
high-weight handicap was the feature
of today's Ascot programme. Durnell's
entry, Golden Rule and Elwood, wa3
made favorite for the fourth race at
6 to 5. Glennevls, at 3 to 1, won, Sals
second and Best Man third. Golden
Rule carried 130 pounds, but did not
show as much early speed as usual.
Results:
Six furlongs Rough and Tumble
won, Wlllifreida second, Flea third;
time, 1:16.
One mile and 70 yards, selling Pla
tonius won. Flourish second, Merwan
third; time, 1:471.
Slauson course Anlrad won, Al
moner second. Brown Prince third;
time. l:12tf.
Six furlongs Glennevls won, Sals
second. Best Man third; time, 1:15.
Six furlongs Celebration won, Lau
retta Phillips second. May Spring third;
time, 1:17.
Slauson course, selling The Gold
flnJer won, Tower of Candles second,
Moxicanna third J time, 1:12.
At New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12. Crescent
City summary:
Six furlongs Mad Mullah won, Dusky
second, Wreath of Ivy third; time,
1:16 2-5.
Selling, six furlongs Vestry won, Jlm
along second, Caterpillar third; time,
1:15.
Seven furlongs Captain Arnold won.
Ostrich second, Harmakis .third; time,
1:29.
Selling, mile and an eighth Malay
won, GInspray second, Eliza Dillon third;
time, 1:561-5.
Mile and an eighth Lou Woods won,
Baronet second, Leviathan third; time,
1:57 2-5.
Mile and a sixteenth, selling Lady
Matchless won. Shotgun second, Hegira
third; time, 1:503-5.
COLMA CLUB GETS FIGHT.
Brltt and Corbett Not Yet Agreed as
to the Date.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. The Colma
Club will get the Britt-Corbett fight. Its
bid Is $15,000 cash, with a privilege of 76
per cent of the gross receipts.
At present it is not certain whether
the contest will take place In February or
March. Toung Corbett favors the for
mer month, while Britt would prefer the
later date. They will talk the matter
over and agree on a date before tomor
row night's conference.
Neary and Herrera to Meet Again.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 12. The Milwaukee
Boxing Club has rematched Aurello Her
rera, the Mexican, and Charles Neary, of
this city, to meet in a six-round bout
on January 22. The articles call for 130
pounds at 3 o clock on the day of the
oouu
Joe Gans Gets the Decision.
DETROIT, Jan. 12. Joe Gans got the
decision over Willie Fitzgerald at the end
of the tenth round.
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INGENIUS PLAN FOR UNION.
Chicago City and Federal Employes
Secure Option on Land.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. The Chicago pa
pers today print a story to the effect that
COOO of the employes of the city and of
the United States Government located In
Chicago have hit upon a plan which will
give them all the advantages of belong
ing to a labor union without in fact be
coming members of such an organlza
tlon.
The story in effect is that 10.000 acres
of land have been acquired In the Prov
ince of Chihuahua. Mexico, and are at
the present time held under an option.
This land Is the proposed property of the
corporation which was to be formed. Of
this corporation, which is ostensibly to
a jananoiamg organization, policemen.
firemen and postal employes are to be
the shareholders, and all the deliberations
of the body are to be held behind closed
doors. Lest any member shall acquire
undue power, and In order that the de
sire for profit snail not induce the gen
era! public to enter the corporation, one
of the chief rules Is declared to be that
no one member shall hold more than ten
shares of the stock, the par value of
which Is $1 per share.
With the money thus gathered, which
may be increased by assessment, when
ever the directors so decide, legislation
is to be influenced.
In this city an organization of the po
licemen was broken up after a hard fight,
and within the last six weeks Mayor Har
rison and Chief Musham, of the fire de
partment, have been compelled to issue
a strong order against the formation of
a labor union by the firemen employed by
the city. At present neither the firemen
nor the policemen In this city are al
lowed to be members of a secret organ
ization, which carries with it any other
allegiance than that of the city government.
TO ARRANGE FOR MONUMENT.
Germany's Gift of Statue of Frederick
the Great to Come Soon.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Baron von
Sternburg, Ambassador of Germany,
called on the President today, subsequent
to the Cabinet meeting, to ascertain the
wishes of this Government respecting- the
statue of Frederick the Great, which is
to be presented to the United States by
Emperor William. It was determined that
Ambassador Sternberg and Secretary Root
should examine. In the near future, the
location selected near the War College for
the statue, and arrange the details of the
placing of the monument.
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Bowers Died Under His Wife's
Ministrations
AT SANITARIUM HE IMPROVED
Arsenical Symptoms 'Were Very
Marked-Accused Wife Is Becom
ing Anxious at the Dam
aging Testimony.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. (Special.)
The trial of Martha E. Bowers, for
merly of Portland, accused of poisoning
her husband, was resumed this morn
ing: In the Superior Court and the tes
timony went to show that Eowera died
of slow poisoning.
Bowers was taken sick last June and
his symptoms.Naccording to several doc
tors who were on the stand today, were
those of poisoning-. Again in Ausrust
arsenic began to betray Its potent in
fluence over his body. When he was in
a sanitarium he slowly shook oft the
effects' of the fatal drug, to which he
soon again succumbed after returning
to his home on Clementina street,
where he was under his wife's care.
Dr. John F. Dillon, Dr. John Lagan,
Professor Frank Green, of tho Uni
versity of California, and Dr. Mc
Laughlin told of treating Bowers. Dr.
McLaughlin described Bowers symp
toms before death.
"Did the troubles" yield to treat
ment?" "Well, it was a stubborn case," re
plied the physician, "but the patient
gradually recovered while under my
care."
"That is, he had yielded to treatment
while at the sanitarium and away from
his wifer
"Precisely so."
Dr. McLaughlin said he had seen Mrs.
Bowers at the sanitarium but once,
when she' said that her husband was
not recovering as fast as he should,
and she proposed to take him home.
Upon removing the patient, Dr. Mc
Laughlin instructed Mrs. Bowers how
to treat her husband. 'Soon afterward
Bowers grew worse, and the' doctor
was called In. He found that the sick
man had a return ot me same symp
toms as he had on entering the sani
tarium. He remarked it wa3 very Jls
couraging to him.
"The symptoms during the month
while I attended him were those of ar
senical poisoning, and in my opinion
his death was caused oy arsenical poi
soning," concluded McLaughlin.
The defense In the case of Mrs. Bow
ers has made known its line of proof.
Af tar dotaillng the can re or death. At
torney Drury referred to the fact that
the defendant had sent for four dif
ferent physicians, none of whom trelTted
her husband for arsenical poisoning,
but they all from the beginning pre
scribed arsenic, strychnine, morphine
and other poisons.
Bowers was naturally a weak and sick
ly man, suffering from a number of ail
ments, and had been under treatment for
a number of, years. Drury said he would
show that Patrick Lervy was merely a
friend, and that Bowers never-made any
objection to Lervy calling at his house.
Regarding the alleged forged prescription,
he said he would show that the defendant
did not write If, nor did she cause it to
be written or filled. She never had any
arsenic in her possession, and none was
found at her house. Mrs. Sutton, he
said, never presented the prescription to
be -filled, as alleged.
The District Attorney said that the pros
ecution would prove that the illness was
caused by small doses of arsenic admin
istered in food. That an order for ar
senic purporting to be signed by Dr. Mc
Laughlin, but really in the handwriting
of the defendant, had been filled for Mrs.
Sutton, sister of the accused, at the drug
store, and that the medicines which had
been prescribed for the sick man by
physicians were found untouched in a
closet of the house, although Mrs. Bowers
had said that she had administered them
as directed.
As another circumstantial link, a note,
which Mrs. Bowers admitted had been
written at her husband's request to bis
brother, saying that he was ill and ask
ing him to come to him, was found with
the medicines in the closet. Attorney
Mclsaacs, for the defense, objected to
the statement as prejudicial to his
client.
Mrs. Bowers at last seems to realize
the serious position in which she is placed,
and shielded her pale, drawn face with a
thick yell.
COUGHS HIS LIFE AWAY.
Dalles Youth' Strangles With Exces
sive Exertion.
THE DALLES. Or.. Jan. 12. Special.)
A strange fatality occurred here today in
the case of Carl Spinning, the 17-year-old
son of a railroad employe of this place,
who choked to death while in a fit of
coughing. The lad was supposed to have
whooping cough, from which he had been
suffering for some days, but from which
no serious results were anticipated.
This morning he became violently ill,
and this afternoon expired in an aggra
vated coughing spell. The father of the
family Is at present In Minnesota, Mrs.
Spinning and five other children remain
ing in this city.
Suspect Is an ex-Convict.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 12. Leon
S. Soeder, the man arrested by the po
lice on suspicion of the murder of his
brother-in-law, Joseph Blaiz, Is an ex
convict. In 1894 he was sentenced to
three years in San Quentln prison for
burglarizing a Montgomery-street restaurant.
LAB0E DECIDES ON HIGH WAGES
Engineers and Cranemen Fix Scale
for Panama Canal Work.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. The seventh ' an
nual convention of the International
Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge
Engineers, and Cranemen- of America,
closed today. The convention appointed
a committee to urge the passage of a
bill by Congress to protect organized
labor In the construction of the Panama
Canal.
The following scale of wages was
adopted for Panama Canal work: $300
per month and board for engineers and
$250 per month and board for cranemen.
Charles E. Ray, of Chicago, was chosen
president. John Dillander, of San Fran
cisco, was chosen vice-presldent-at-large.
BANK EASILY STANDS BTJN.
Officials Will Keep Open All Night
to Accommodate Patrons.
SUPERIOR, Wis., Jan. 12. A run was
started on the savings department of the
First National Bank today and this
afternoon the line of depositors extended
out into the street. A notice was Issued
by the bank officials stating that tho
bank will remain open tonight until the
last person in the line has been paid.
The bank was still open at a late hour
tonight, and a long line of customers
were being paid their deposits as they
were demanded.
President Banks said he could keep open
all night if necessary, and pay every one
in gold.
Cashier Makes Sure Bullet Will Kill.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. A dispatch to the
Record-Herald from SIgourney, la., says:
Fearing that his bank could not meet the
cash demands of creditors, G. F. Utter
bach, cashier of the SIgourney Savings
Bank has shot himself In the head, InflfcN
ing a fatal wound.
To guide the bullet surely he fired
through a short ga3 pipe, one end of
which he held against his temple. The
bank Is in no danger, having good paper
to meet every demand.
Dr. W. Norton Davis.
N A WEEK
We treat successfully all private,
nervous and chronic diseases, also
blood, stomach, heart, liver, kidney,
throat troubles and female com
plaints. We cure SYPHILIS (with
out mercury) to stay cured forever,
in thirty to sixty days. We remove
STRICTURE, without operation or.
pain, in fifteen days.
We cure Gonorrhoea IN A WEEK.
The doctors of this institute are
all regular gradutes, have had
many years' experience, have been
known in Portland for 15 years, have
a reputation to maintain, and will
undertake no case unless certain cure
can be effected.
We guarantee a cure in every case wo
undertake or charge no tee. Consultation
free. Letters confidential. BOOK FOR
MEN mailed free in plain wrapper.
Dr. W. Norton Davis & Go.
145 Sixth Street, Cor. Alder
PORTLAND, Oi?.
DR. TALCOTT'S TALK TO MEN
I want every man who Is afflicted with any special ailment to come and
talk with me confidentially about his case. A word of euezestion will often
aid a patient to ret on the right road to a quick and lasting cure, If his caso
Is taken In time. Even diseases that have reached an advanced chronic stage
yield readily to my medicines and distinctive methods of treatment.
Are yoa sick and need a friend? I have made many a man happy who had
given up in despair. 1 can cure you of that unnatural discharge, can give you
strength and vigor, and make you a MAN. I have made a specialty of disor
ders of MEN for years, and will guarantee to cure you or you need not pay a
dollar.
Our institution Is the largest of its kind,
and our offices are especially arranged for
privacy. Colored chart of the organs sent
securely sealed, free on application.
250 Alder Street, Portland, Or.
Special attention given to Varicocele
Stricture, Piles, Hydrocele, Contagious Blood
Diseases and Acute and Chronic Urethral and
Prostatic Inflammation.
San Francisco Office, 1140 Market Street