THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1904.
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WILL ASK FOR BIDS
Fair Directors Approve Plans
of Buildings.
BIG CONTRACTS TO-BE LET
Army of MVn Will Be Put to Work
Within Next Few Weeks on Ex
position Grounds-Motto for
Entrance Is Selected.
The next few weeks will see an army
of tiusy men put to work on the Lewis
and Clark Exposition grounds. Contracts
lor 1300,000 worth of buildings are to be
advertised for. possibly next week. As
eoon as desirable bids have been returned
the big contracts will be let.
At a meeting of the Lewis and Clark
Corporation yesterday afternoon the plans
and specifications of nine structures were
presented by Director of Architecture
Xcwls, and the plans of the bridge across
Guild's Lake were approved, the specifi
cations not yet having been approved.
This approval has only to be indorsed
by the Lewis and Clark State Commis
sion before all will be In readiness for
the call for construction bids on the build
ings, which range in cost from $20,000 to
$75,000 each.
Following is a list of the 'buildings and
their cost:
States building 12-2$
Liberal Arts building 4o,000
Festival Hall , ..... 45.000
Forestry building 20.000
Public shelter 20,000
Bridge across Guild's Lake 30,000
Fire Department building 20.000
Public Comfort building 20,000
Administration building 20,000
Main entrance to grounds 20.000
Balance for emergency a.OQO
The corporation meeting was attended
by Director-General Goode and the di
rectors of the corporation. In the absence
of Chairman "Wesslnger the session was
presided over by Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie.
The plans and specifications were gone
over carefully, but no amendments were
mnrto Thp onlv addition to the nlans as
they already stand was a motto for the
entrance. It was decided that the familiar
quotation from "William Cullen Bryant,
"Westward the course of empire takes Its
-way," shall be placed over the main en
trance. STTBGEONS A2TD PHYSICIANS.
One Man Rarely Combines Qualities
of Both Professions.
RICHFIELD, Kan., Feb. 10. (To the
Editor.-'-In your issue of 31st ult.,' under
the head, "Are drugs useless against pneu
monia?" I find the following inquiry:
Is drug: treatment In cases of pneumonia
useless, and is the medical profession to
day without a specific successfully to fight
the disease? Dr. Arthur D. Bevan . . .
eays. "yes..
As upon a former occasion my letter to
The Oregonlan. with reference to medical
legislation, was honored by favorable edi
torial indorsement, I presume upon your
indulgence again to differ with the some
what noted surgeon, and to point out
that the use of the word "specific" may
to the general reader be misleading. The
Allopathic school of medicine use it as
meaning a drug that will effectually re
move tho cause of a fflven named disease
Simple Recipes
Stamped "With Approval by
HE following recipes have all been
approved by the Portland School of
Domestic Science, and may be fol
lowed with impunity by any housewife.
Several of them are recipes which have
been corrected and approved by the gov
ernment cooking school of England, situ
ated at Kensington. All are compara
tively simple, and If followed carefully
will be found successful. Remember
that in measuring flour. It should be
sifted first, as It loses In bulk by sifting, j
All spoon measures mean level spoon
fuls. Ingredients measured in cups unless
otherwise specified.
Tho following recipe for Saratoga chips
or French fried potatoes was demon
strated by Mrs. Rockey at the cooking
school yesterday afternoon with great
success:
Saratoga Chips.
Peel six large potatoes and shave or slice
very thin. Let stand in oold water or put on
Ice until thoroughly chilled and crisp. Have
a pot of ollvo oil or nut lard on stove and
boiling. Drain the chilled potatoes carefully,
put in frying basket and submerge In the
boiling oil or lard. Shake the basket several
times while frying, and when nicely browned
turn out on dish lined with browned paper,
which will eoak up the grease. Sprinkle with
fine salt. These will keep several days if shut
tightly in tin box. Great care must be taken
to have the potatoes very crisp and cold when
put into the boiling oil or lard. Test the lat
ter with one piece of potato to see If hot
enough.
If French-fried potatoes are desired cut tne
potatoes into long strips, quartering the potato
before slicing. Then proceed as with the Sara
toga chins.
Tho following method of preparing fried
smelts was also demonstrated at the
School of Domestic Science yesterday.
The recipe given is. for only one pound
of smelts. If more is required for a
family, double tho Ingredients for the
batter.
Fried Smelt.
Three 'tablespoons flour, two tablespoons
milk, two yelks eggs, one tablespoon salad
en, white one egg. salt and pepper. Put flour
in bowl, aid yolks eggs, salad oil or melted
butter, milk, salt and pepper and "work to a
smooth batter, and last add beaten white of
tgg. Dip smelt into the batter and drop
into deep, bailing lard toocoanut lard pre
ferred) and fry until deep golden brown. Serve
with brown bread and butter and garnish to
taste.
Fish TImbales in Aspic Jelly.
One pound of cooked white fish, one pound
cooked salmon, lemon Juice; one-half pint of
aspic jelly; one teaspoon anchovy essence;
one-half pint of rich brown gravy, pepper and
salt. Flake the cooked flan and mix with the
anchovy essence and lemon Juice. Dissolve
the aspic jelly and mask the inside of a tun
bale mold and freeze It. Then place in some
white fish, then brown sauce and then the
salmon; again the white fish, the brown eauce
and the salmon until the mold Is full. Pour
around the sides a little Jelly and set on ice.
This can be done the same way by steaming
and greasing1 the molds to serve hot.
Braised Veal.
This may be either the frlcandeau or prime
piece of a leg of veal, which weighs from three
to four pounds, the shoulder, boned and stuffed.
or the breast. Many of the bones of the latter
do not need to be removed, as they become
tender when cooked. Braising is the ideal
way of cooking veal which lacks richness and
reculrcs long and thorough cooking. The old-
time braising was done in a regular braising
kettle with a cover which held coals thus
cooking both the top and the bottom at the
same time. Today, nearly all braising is done
in the oven in shallow braising pans, with
deep. close-nttlng covers. The seasoned and
faffed meat Is put In the pan. covered with
hot stock, with an abundance of herb season
ins and vegetables like young onions and car-
ts, covered closely, and. UU brown. Juicy and
nnfl nil conditions. In that re
spect that school follows the example of
the man who carried his grain to the mill
in a. "bin- bair on horseback, having the
grain in one end pi the bag and a stone to
balance it in tne otner ena. xi a. uiacaoc
could be successfully treated by name
only, then a diagnosis of name would
be all wherein education. Judgment, skill
or other ability would be necessary to a
physician, as in that case only routine
mechanical treatment as prescribed by
such therapeutics would be required for
success. On the other hand, the physi
cians of the eclectic school use the word
"specific" with reference to a pathologi
cal or diseased condition of the system,
without reference whatever to any arbi
trary name, and as in all serious illness,
pathological conditions change more or
'less frequently, the eclectic physician
changes the remedy to remove that con
dition, and as in most cases of illness
more than one pathologic condition exists.
It Is necessary that more than one rem
edy be exhibited, and in that manner the
case is followed through to the end. This
requires a vast knowledge of therapeu
tics as well as bedside experience and
Judgment, not seemingly supposed by the
allopaths to be required. In the allo
pathic sense there is no specific for any
disease. It is asserted by them, I be
lieve, that quinine is a specific for "ma
laria," yet in "most" forms of malaria
it Is quite as often Injurious as benefi
cial, while in the one condition only, that
of periodicity. Is It a specific
So much for specifics for disease.
Dr. Bevan is stated to be a surgeon who
"ranks next to Dr. Nicholas Senn," etc
If this statement be not enough to In
validate his opinion on "drug treatment,"
it Is because the reader has not observed
and understood that as a rule the "genius
of the knife" has little thought of aught
else than where he shall use It there is
an occasional exception to the general
rule. Dr. Rockey for example, yet even
he says that "in malaria quinine Is spe
cific In Its action," which he perhaps will
say is quite too general a statement, so
is it not reasonable to suppose that when
an opinion is wanted on medical (drug)
treatninnt w should ohtflln it from One
who thinks of drugs and their affinities
for various organs, their specific acuon
In vnrlmis nnthnlorfe conditions, and has
an accurate knowledge of the different
effects in dosages, rather than heed the
"genius of the knife." of whom Dr. Tilzer
says In the article referred J.o, that "un
less he has acquired It since being here
he has scant knowledge oi tne acuon
nf moilWtiM in thA treatment of dls-
o" A siircwin la onft thine:, and a
physician' using drug treatment Is quite
another and different tnmg.
Three score and ten years have passed
with the writer, and it has until very
TOi-ont ir rr hvi now rptirea irom nrac-
tlce) been a busy life, and he has yet
to know an instance of a "genius of the
knife" whose opinion on treatment of
disease by the use of drugs naa any vaiue
eiKfitit to himself, or a competent physl-
flnn troatlnir without the Use of the
knife, whose opinion on surgical matters
was worthy of attention. It is a grand
height to attain to be anywhere near
hnmmii nmndtpnov in either branch.
Although most recent graduates will pity
me In my Ignorance l win wun mance
toward none and charity for all" admonish
them to heed that old saying, "Let the
shoemaker stick to his last."
TALCOTT ORMSBEE, M. D.
Corruption In Miners' Ranks.
CHICAGO. Feb. 17. Corruption within
the ranks of the United Mlneworkers of
Illinois was charged in open convention
today by Secretary W. D. Ryan, who de
clared delegates were bribed to secure the
passage of a resolution that would create
fnr rv rrhlencro eomrvanv a monopoly of
furnishing legal talent to represent miners
In damage suits against the mine opera
tors, rino miner was directly accused by
TinmA of hfllnir one of those who has been
promised compensation if the measure was
passed compelling the 45,ooo men engaged
in thi iop.nl mines of the state to nay in
advance 51 each for a fund to be used for
that purpose.
for Housewives
School of Domestic Science, i
thoroughly cooked. The time required Is usu
ally about three hours. A good foremeat to
usf- in stuffing the shoulder or breast of veal
is made in this way:
Forcemeat for Stuffing Veal.
' Run through a chopper a pound of lean veal
and a quarter pound of sausage meat. Add to
the crumbs of half a loaf of bread soaked In
cold water, then squeezed dry. a tablespoonful
of salt, a teaspoonful of pepper, two onions
chopped fine and fried in a little olive oil of
butter, and parsley, sage or thyme to season
to taste. Stuff the breast or shoulder with this
mixture and sew up.
Other successful demonstrations were
Grated Pineapple Fritters.
One two-pound can grated pineapple, drain
off the iuice. but do not press the fiber. To
the Juice add enough milk to fill a cup; two
eggs: two tablespoonsful sugar; three cups
flour: two teasponsful baking powder: tne
grated pineapple. As flour varies in Its thick
enlng qualities, cars should be taken that the
batter Is rather stiff and not stringy. Often a
tablespoonful more flour will be all that
needed.
Pineapple Sauce.
Mir one heaping tablespoonful flour with one-
quarter cup cold water, add three-quarters cup
boiling water, three tablespoonsful sugar, one-
half cup grated pineapple, yolk of one egg. Set
on stove and cook till a tnin custara. Aiier
removing from fire add the well-beaten egg
white.
Salted Almonds.
One cup blanched almonds; one tablespoon
melted nutlard; one teaspoon salt- Mix together
and set on back of stove for one hour. stirring
every ten minutes. Brown in a hot oven.
Doughnuts.
Two eggs; one cup milk; one cup sugar; one
teaspoon nutlard; flour to thicken; one tea-
spoonful cinnamon or one-half teaspoan nut'
meg. Fry In deep boiling lard or oil.
Cooked Mayonnaise Dressing.
Six tablespoonfuls vinegar; two tablespoon
fuls sugar; one scant teaspoonful mustard; two
eggs; nutlard the size of a walnut; one-halt
teaspoonful salt. Mix sugar, mustard and
eggs and add to vinegar when It bolls. Cook
till a thin custard and then add the nutlard.
Pastry.
Three-quarters cup nutlard; three cups flour;
a little salt. Sift the flour,, measure, add the
ealt and rub in the shortening (either shave
the nutlard or soften with heat till It can b
creamed with a fork). Use enough water to
hold together, handling as little as possible.
One-third the quantity given is enough for
one pic.
Baking Powder Biscuit.
Sift one quart flour, two teaspoontuls baking
powder and one-half teaspoonful salt. Bub In
a piece of softened nutlard size of an egg and
wet enough sweet milk to make a soft dough.
Handle as little as possible and roll out about
an inch thick. Cut the desired size and bake
0 minutes.
White Cake.
One and eno-half cups sugar: one-halt cup
milk; one-third cup nutlard softened and
creamed; two rounding cups flour; white four
eggs; one heap teaspoonful baking powder;
one teaspoonful white flavoring. Mix sugar
and milk, then add 14" cups flour. Cream
the nutlard and add next. Mix the baking
powder in the remaining one-half cup flour
and add. "Whip the whites to a stiff froth
and fold In. Flavor and bake in a moderate
oven.
Baked Ham.
Soak ham weighing 12 or 14 pounds over
night; next morning scrape oft all dirt and
wipe thoroughly dry. Make & paste of flour
and water. Just stiff enough to roH nicely
have it fully three-quarters of an inch thick,
shape of under side of ham. Lay the ham
on it. Have ready the upper crust and Join
around sides. Just as you would a pie eras:
Lay nam. with Its paste shell. In baking pan,
and bake in moderate oven for four hours. It
its bursts during baking time, cover hole with
piece of paste, having some in readiness. Bake
two hours, then turn it over to finish baking.
Break the crust with a hatchet when done and
take off the skin. This is fit for the table of
& king, and. you, will never Again broil & baa.
GATHERING WAR NEWS
ASSOCIATED PRESS' WELL-OR
GANIZED CORPS.
Pacific Cable Likely to Make San
Francisco and New York Centers
of News Instead of London.
New York Times. Feb. 1L
The gathering of war news of the kind
the American public wants, complete and
at the same time confined to ' facts re
quires a small army of trained corre
spondents, up-to-date methods, and the
highest order-of organization. If the sys
tem Is to be equal to the test and the re
sult satisfactory.
No one war correspondent, however per-.
sistent, efficient or brilliant, nor any two
or three, could undertake to furnish their
paper, no matter at what expense, with
complete news of a struggle such as the
one that has just commenced between
Russia and Japan in the Far East. Every
source of news must be closely watched,
and at every strategic point there must be
a man who can observe each move on tho
chess board and explain to the world what
It means.
For that reason, as experience In the
past has shown and as has again been
demonstrated at the very opening of this
campaign In the Far East, the most effi
cient work in an emergency of this kind
Is done by the large news agency which
has both the men and the machinery at
the scene and only needs to start the
wheels going.
Associated Press Staff.
The Associated Press, the greatest news
gatherer In the world, at the outbreak of
hostilities between Russia and Japan
had not less than nine trained war cor
respondents at or near the scene of con
flict. Of these, the staff correspondents
at Toklo. Manila, Pekln, and the resident
correspondents at Seoul, Nagasaki, Che-
foo, Shanghai and Hong Kong, were al
ready on the ground and had more or less
familiarity with the diplomatic- negotia
tions that preceded the struggle, and, in
addition, of course, a more or less intimate
knowledge of the topographical conditions
of what was to become the theater of the
war.
Three war correspondents, who had
served through the Spanish "War, the
Philippine campaigns and the Boxer up
rising, were sent to reinforce this staff.
of workers as soon as It was seen that a
clash was Inevitable and Imminent.
When the news of the naval skirmish
off Port Arthur, which cost Russia so
dear, was received at the Associated Press
office In this city, it did 'not come In the
way of any great surprise to the men In
charge there. That actual hostilities were
under way had been known there for
three days, though the Information was
not to be givon to the newspapers.
The Toklo correspondent of the As
sociated Press, Mr. Egan, had been in
formed by the Japanese government
that in order to mask the Initial move
menis oi the fleet there would be a
three days' embargo on all press dis
patches, beginning- at the moment the
order to begin hostilities was given.
This information reached the New
York office with little delay, and when
some time later the code word which
meant that his dispatches had been
held up was received from Mr. Egan,
the Associated Press people knew in
an instant that this meant that war
had begun.
The pact of. secrecy was held invio
late as a matter of course or perhaps
the Russian warships would havo
worked their searchlights with a llttl
more diligence on that fateful night,
but without loss of time a code word
was flashed to every correspondent at
point on the Yellow Sea. warning
them to be on the alert for dovolop
mants.
Durintr the three days or, rigid cen
sorship the Associated Press knew
that it could not handle any Japanese
dispatches. but worked its Che Foo
cable, which is near Port Arthur, but
not under the control qf either of the
contending powers, for all It was
worth. Since then the Japanese cen
sorship has been raised to a certain
extent, and news can now bo obtained
from there, but on account of Its frco
dom from censorship, Chefoo will be
maintained, as long as the naval con
filet lasts, as the base from which
cable news will be transmitted.
During the Spanish "War the dls
patch boat played an important part
in the transmission of war news. The
Associated Press spent more than
$300,000 during the three months that
war lasted for war news, much of It to
maintain its fleet or five specially
chartered dispatch-boats. These fleet
little vessels, besides carrying dls
patches to the various points in tho
West Indies, where they could be filed,
followed the American war vessels,
and thus were able to roport their
movements with great accuracy.
There will be -nothing of that kind
in the Russo-Japanese war. at least
not with official sanction, nor will the
correspondents be allowed to board
either the Russian or Japanese naval
vessels. What may be done is qulto
another thine should the war be car
rled so far out to sea as to make tho
points of vantage already occupied by
the Associated Press men on the seen
useless, which, however. Is not regard
ed as likely. Tho ,naval fights will
naturally be to cover the landing of
troops or to threaten some strategic
point on shore, as was the case at Port
Arthur.
Going With the Troops.
. The Associated Pres3. with the per
mission of the Japanese government.
sent two men with the expeditions
landed in Corea. They will accompany
the troops during .their campaign in
the Hermit Kingdom. Other corro
spondents have been sent with the
Russian force starting from Port Ar
thur for the Yalu River.
From interior points the sending of
news will oe slow necessarily and
fraught with difficulties, not only on
account of a rule issued by the Jap
anese government, which makes it
necessary for all dispatches destined
for points beyond Toklo to be filed
with the censor in Japanese
This necessitates the sending of Japan
e3e translators with each correspondent.
and, of course, retards the work of getting
out the news to a very considerable
extent. But the Japanese newspapers
are very enterprising and are likely to
get more freedom in the handling of news,
and the Toklo correspondent of the
Associated Press has been instructed to
Improve the opportunity that will thus
come his way.
To get news through from the Russian
side will undoubtedly be harder still
First of all. the censorship will be more
rigid within the Russian lines both as
matter of well-known Russian principle.
tn account of the early setback to the
Russian arms, and on account of wretch
ed telegraph facilities. But the Associ
ated Press has taken all that Into con
slderation and made ample preparations
to meet this emergency. Already Its
ability to get war news out of uie ilus
covlte Empire has been put to the test
during the present campaign and not been
found wanting.
From the interior of Corea and Man
churia where the land -campaign undoubt
edly will be carried, there Is one single
telegraph line operated by the Great
Northern Telegraph Company, which
straggling across the Siberian steppes
and following the windings of the Trans
Siberian Railway, finds Its way to St.
Petersburg, and furnishes the sole purely
Russian connecting link between the
modern capital of Russia and Its forbid
ding sentinel in the extreme East, Port
Arthur. While this line is likely to
suffer from the ravages of warfare
It will form the most reliable medium for
transmitting news of the movements of
Russian- troops in the Interior.
In view of this fact the- Associated
Press has established a full bureau in
St. Petersburg, and has sent Its Wash
ington correspondent, Howard Thompson,
who served throuh the Spanish, war, to
take charge. A few days ago the
general manager of the Associated Press,
Melville E. Stone, had an audience with
tho Czar, at which Mr. Stone received
assurances that his St, Petersburg bureau
would be made the medium of transmit
ting official news from the Russian
capital to this country.
Already trus bureau has rendered ex
cellent account of itself. For over a
week it has transmitted graphic and very
full dispatches of news from the Russian
capital affecting the war. It was through
Mr. Thompson that the full report of
Admlrak AlexIefTs report of the Port
Arthur defeat was sent out without
delay, and practically uncensored, though
damaging to the prestige ot Kusstan
arms and Russian credits, and on Tues
day evening the Czar's war edlcLwhich
was given to the world excursively
through the Associated Press, came
through from St. Petersburg.
From Toklo Mr. Eagan sent In advance
the full text of the official statement
regarding the causes leading up to the
war given out by the Japanese government-
This was sent -to Chefoo and
cabled frdm there to the New York office.
The sending ot this important dispatch
involved an expenditure of almost $2000.
It was turned over to the Associated
Press papers only yesterday afternoon,
but arrived In the New York office fully
16 hours In advance of the giving out of
the statement for publication by the Jap
anese Ambassador In Washington. He
made It public on Tuesday evening at a
time when it had already appeared In
print in some of tho Washington news
papers, which had received it through the
Associated Press-
With equal foresight the Associated
Press has prepared to utilize various other
avenues through which news is likely to
trickle from the Interior of Manchuria,
From Harben and Mukden there are some
Imperfect lines, with many relays leading
through Pekln to points on the coast.
Already a few brief dispatches have come
through thls-way to the coast from where
they are sent through various connections
over the new Pacific cable, which was ex
tended a year ago to cover the entire dis
tance between San Francisco and Manila.
Pacific Cable a Factor.
The Pacific cable will be an important
factor In the transmission of war news.
Its existence marks a distinct forward
step In the rapid handling of news. The
old way of sending news from the Far
East was from Shanghai through the In
dian Ocean, the Red Sea and Suez to
London. This- Involved 32 or 33 relays. By
thl3 route dispatches were likely to be
long In transmission and less accurate.
Across the Pacific, with the new cable,
there are only five relays.
Under the old system the British cap
ital practically became the clearing
house for news from the extreme East.
The British papers and those in other
European capitals as well not only had
time to receive extensive news dispatches
and get them into print where only tho
briefest account of some Far Eastern
event appeared In the American papers.
but they even had time to make the fullest
editorial comment on them.
This has all been reversed by the Pa
cific cable, which ends in Manila, where
the Associated Press has a well-organized
and fully equipped bureau, in charge of
an experienced correspondent, and already
at this early stage of the trouble In the
Far East It has .been demonstrated that
San Francisco and New York are likely
to take the place of Londonas news cen
ters in this war.
Early on the afternoon of the day of the
fight a dispatch of 1200 words, containing
the story of the sea fight at Port Arthur
from the lips of eye witnesses on board
the Indo-Chlna steamship Columbia, be
gan to come Into the New York office of
the Associated Press. It was sent by
George Denney, the Chefoo correspondent
of the Associated Press. The dispatch
was printed in full in late editions of the
evening papers of this city ana else
where in the country. The reports of the
London morning papers were brief and al
most destitute of details.
HAD BILLS ON DEFUNCT BANKS
But No Charge of Passing Them Can
Be Made Against Hartman.
A number of "bills on defunct banks
have been passed in Portland during the
past few weeks. The source of their sup
ply was discovered yesterday when Hen
ry G. Hartman was placed under arrest
on a charge of vagrancy. As the officers
hod no conclusive evidence, they did not
charge him with passing bogus bills.
Howard Galllger, a youth of 1 years.
who halls from Vancouver, B. C, was
with the man and gave the officers facts
which led to theIr"Information. The bills,
he said, had been received by Hartman
through the mall In a registered letter.
By inquiring at the postofflce. Police
Sergeant Carpenter found that the letter
had been received irom tne umana
Stamp & Coin Company.
The police are of the opinion that the
Omaha Company is In the business of
collecting such currency and selling It
at a discount. Chief Hunt has tele
graphed to the Chief of Police of Omaha
to have the matter looked Into. The
authorities here are of the opinion that
no charges can be made against tho
company, as the bills are not counter
felts or forgeries, but genuine bills on
defunct banks.
CALIFORNIA BEADY TO PAY.
Offer Is Made to Get Delaware Wit
nesses in Botktn Case.
WILMINGTON, DeL, Feb. 17. Attorney-
General Ward today received a letter from
District Attorney Byington, of San Fran
cisco, relative to the attendance of the
Delaware witnesses" at the second trial
of Mrs. Cordelia Botkln. of that city, on
the charge of causing the death pf Mrs.
John P. Dunning and Mrs. J. D. Deane.
of Dover, Del., by sending them a box of
poisoned candy through the mall. Mrs,
Botkln was convicted at the first trial,
but a long legal fight resulted In a sec
ond trial being granted. In his letter
District Attorney Byington stated that
the State' of California will pay $4000
toward the expenses of the Delaware wit
nesses. Attorney Ward said that $6000
will be necessary, but he will at once com
municate with the witnesses and ascer
tain how far he may secure their attend
ance with the sum proffered. Since the
first trial, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Penning
ton, the parents of Mrs. Dunning and Mrs.
Deane nave died and several other wit
nesses at the former trial are now dead.
Testing Bond Sale.
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 17. The threat
ened suit to test the validity of the ac
tion of the Board of Supervisors in pro
viding for the Issuance of 51S.00O.O0O worth
of bonds to raise funds for the Improve
ment of the city, voted for at the last
election, has been commenced by Herbert
E. Law, one of the biggest land owners
In the city. It Is in the nature of a
suit for an injunction restraining the
Board from issuing the bonds on the
ground that the Issuance of bonds Is be
yond the powers of the Board, and there
fore Illegal. With the filing of the com
plaint, a temporary Injunction was is
sued by Judge Sloss, returnable before
him Friday.
TO CURE A COLD IX ONE DAT .
Take .Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH
drugglstsretund the money it it falls to cure
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Every woman should know that Carter's
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CHANNEL IS NO DEEPER
ENGINEERS FIND NO IMPROVE
MENT IN COLUMBIA BAR.
Dredge Chinook Has Not Got to Work
j Yet Owing to Severity -of
the Weather. '
Government engineers And no Improve
ment In the bar channel at the mouth of
the Columbia River. Bar pilots were
entirely mistaken in alleging that the
channel had deepened two or three feet
and that the dredge Chinook had already"
demonstrated her effectiveness.
Last June the engineers made their an
nual survey and found the minimum'
depth at low tide to be between 20 and 22
feet. The announcement of the pilots
sounded to Uncle Sam's men like a pipe
dream; still, they set about to ascertain
whether It were true, v
Tha Chinook has done little or nothing
for the bar as yet, and probably cannot
get to work before the latter part of
April, owing to the severity of the
weather until that time. Major Langfitt
hopes to put the dredge to good service
this Summer. Although the Chinook needs
new boilers, the old can be made to last
for this season. What the dredge can ac
complish Is still a matter of- speculation;
At most Its benefits can be only tempo
rary. The Jetty, however, will bring
permanent results and upon the Jetty most
shipping men place their reliance.
Unfortunately there is not enough
money available to extend the Jetty ac
cording to plans. The money on hand will
add less than one mile to the Jetty,
whereas the extension as pianned would
be 24 miles. Last year the old jetty was
lengthened only about 500 feet. Should
Congress fall to appropriate money for
the jetty at this session, nsxt year's work
will certainly be curtailed and perhaps
nothing will be done a.t al'.
On January 1, 1S04, the fund for the bar
amounted to some $900,000. Of that sum
$100,000 will be expended this year for
operating the dredge, and $200,000 will bo
reserved for contingencies. The remaind
er, $00,000 will be used for extending the
jetty. But as It costs about $170 a foot
to build the breakwater, the $600,000 will
lengthen the Jetty less than a mile.
Building of the jetty will be resumed
about the middle part of ApriL The Gov
ernment expects to use 500,000 tons of
stone this season.
GEM MAY BE SAVED.
Schooner on Nehalem Beach Is Un
injured.
TILLAMOOK. Or., Feb. 17. (Special.)
The lumber schooner Gem, from San
Francisco to load lumber at the Tillamook
Lumber Company's sawmill. In this city,
which went ashore on the Nehalem beach
when trying to sail In. Is well upon the
beach and uninjured. The tug George R.
Vosburg, which was on the mud flats do
ing some repairs to her screw when the
Gem went ashore, could not go to her
assistance, but will get off on the next
tide.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Feb. 17. Arrived at 10:35 A. M.
British bark Thlstlebank, from Port Los An
geles. Arrived down at 1:30 P. M. Schooner
Virginia, Left up at 3 P. if. French ehtp
Verclngetorlx. Condition of the bar at 5 P. II.,
smooth: wind southeast; weather cloudy.
San Francisco, Feb. 17. Arrived at 3 A. 3d.
Steamer Whlttler, from Portland. Arrived
Schooner Zampa, from Portland. Sailed at
noon Steamer Oregon, for. Portland; schooner
Laura. Madsen, for Columbia River.
Walmer. Feb. 15. Passed German bark Nau-
archos, from Portland.
San Francisco, Feb. 17. Arrived Steamer
City of Panama, from Panama; schooner B.
C. Wright, froirf Mahukona; steamer Jeanle,
from Seattle; steamer Wvefleld, from Nanai-
mo; steamer C T. Hill, from Tillamook.
Sailed Barkentine W. H. Dlmond, for Hono
lulu; steamer Iaqua, for Seattle; steamer Ar
eata, for Coos Bay.
Hons Kong, Feb. 17. Arrived Empress of
Japan, from Vancouver, via Yokohama, .Kobe,
Nagasaki and Shanghai.
Tacoma, Feb. 10. Arrived Steamer Centen
nial, from San Francisco.
Seattle, Feb. 17. Arrived British ship Bor
gore, from Antwerp; steamer Melville Dollar,
from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Melville
Collar, for Tacoma.
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