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12 THE MORKING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1905. CASE ON T DM Famous Land-Fraud Trial to Begin. BOTH SIDES ARE READY List of Witnesses for. Prosecu tion Is Kept Dark. HIGH OFFICIALS AMONG THEM Case Is Expected to Be Long, Tedious and Hard Fought, and Jury May Be Secured With Great Difficulty. S. A. D. Puter, co-defendant in the famous case of the United States of .America vs. S. A. D. Puter, Horace G. McKlnley, Marie I Ware, Emma L "Watson. . Frank H. "Walgamot and D. TV. Tarpley. the trial of which is to com mence in tho Federal Court this moraine, is ready for the ordeal. For days the preparation for tho battle has been going on and now both sides are waiting. A portentlous sllenco fills the vicinity of the prosecution, but the office of tho District Attorney waves aloft' a list of witnesses, long, imposing and re puted deadly, but at this time inacces sible to the public. The defendants, when tho trial Is com menced, will have to plead to the charge of defrauding the Government out of 12 quarter-sections of land In township 11 couth, range 7 east, being land In the Cascade Mountains.. In addition to this aiario Ware and Horace G. McKInley will answer to the charge of having forged false and fictitious names to en tries. Case Will Be Tedious. The case will be a long one, a wearying procession of witnesses after a desperate struggle for jurors. For the past year the alleged gigantic swindle has been in the mind of nearly everyone in the state and has been made more sensational by the presence of two women in the list of defendants, one of whom is the daughter of a man who was prominent in tho state during his life. For this reason of sensa tionalism the task of collecting a Jury will be a hard one. It is thought that but few men capable of serving will be found who have not heard, read and dis cussed the merits of the case. It is pos sible that two days 6r more may elapse before the case comes to trial, and the first witness is heard. "What the prosecution will do, what line of attack It will follow is a mystery known only to John H. Hall, the District Attorney, Francis J. Heney, of San Fran cisco, who will help Mr. Hall conduct the case, and A. R. Greene, special Inspector of the Interior Department, who has gathered much of the evidence. Each of these gentlemen knows what Is about to happen, b:t neither will tell. Long List of Witnesses. Tho prosecution will show, so it is said, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that ficti tious names were used and false entries were made with Intent to defraud; that no settlement, improvement or cultivation was made on the land acquired; that the Jlctltlous entrymen transferred their Il legal holdings to Emma L. Watson and others, who, in turn, deeded it to the state in exchango for lieu land. All this was Illegal, a conspiracy and a fraud, so It Is claimed, and can be proven by a long list of witnesses, "However this trial may go," said one Sho knows what the prosecution is about do", "a suit will be brought to set aside the titles to the land In question on the ground of fraud and conspiracy." "What will tho prosecution do in the caso tomorrow?" Mr. Heney was asked. "A good General never tells his plan of attack," was tho laconic response. "He may claim everything, but tell nothing. I think that every one of the seven de fendants will be surely convicted, for wo have tho witnesses to testify to the facts that will convict." "What about the long list of witnesses for the prosecution. Who are they and are they as prominent and as high In position as Is rumored?" Mr. Heney smiled guilelessly through his glasses. "I don't want to tell," he said. This list of witnesses, It is said, is a long one- Tho entire Oregon City Land Office will attend the trial. Blnger Her mann, who was at the time of the con spiracy, tho Commissioner of the General Land Office, will also bo served with a subpoena by the prosecution. Others high uo will sit by the side of those not so high and toll what they know about Gov ernment land as their names are called, and from the testimony of somo of them most startling information is expected to come DIVINE HAND Iff HISTORY. Rev. William E. Randall Makes Strong Address. "It is a reason .for Thanksgiving that the great body of Americans stand for religious emancipation, a safeguarded home, the humanities, federation as tho welfare word of the new century." These were the words of Rev. William E. Randall at the Central Baptist Church. East Side, yesterday. He preached on the topic "Divine Hand In American His tory." Rev. Mr. Randall said in part: "The thoughtful student of the philos ophy of history, the purpose that runs silently through the centuries. Is filled with a conviction that Providence timed th rise of America for a master part in the drama of the gcs. Our 3,000.000 square miles Is the largest area ever occupied by a homogeneuos population. Our till able land exceeds the productive area of Europe, Asia and Africa. "Survey .the unfolding of great move ments that made the America of today possible. The ICth century yielded an in tellectual quickening. The minds and souls of men throbbed. The following century created the new. commonwealth of England, with principles that were to permeate the New World. The 18th. cen tury welded tho American colonies into a Republic and set hope thrilling through the civilised world. The 19th century ex panded C.OOO.000 people to 80.000.000; an Atlantic Ocean borderland into a conti nent; a timid people into a giant Nation, peaceful in spirit, terrible in war, the marvel of the ages. Mulhall says, "If we take a survey of mankind in ancient or modern times, as regards the physical, mechanical and intellectual force of na tions, we find nothing to compare with the United States." "The details of our National history are as suggestive of the presence of a divine hand as tho greater movements. Strong European nations were making moves upon the chessboard of the world for posi tions in America. Whaf chance had a new nation. Just emerging from stormy beginnings? "In 1SC0. by treaty. Napoleon regained the vast area known as the Louisiana Territory, which had been ceded to Spain 37 years previous. Three years later, rather than permit the possessions to fall to England, within 12 days of the open ing of hostilities, in a most providential manner the area came to us. It was then or never! "In ISIS we exchanged Texas for Span ish holdings, receiving Florida', a strip across three additional states, and all claim to the Columbia River country. Twenty-five years later Texas returned to us, and the treaty following the war with Mexico gave us four additional territories, including California. It was then or never, for within one year gold was dis covered and the territory would not have been awarded. "The political destiny of the area from which Oregon, Washington and Idaho were formed vibrated in the balances at -Champoeg. A majority of two persons turned the scales in our favor. "The Divine Hand timed the Invention of machinery for transportation and har vesting, making it possible to utilize the vast expanse of the continent. "The Divine Hand guided us through the saddest shadows that fell upon our Na tion from 1B61 to 1SG3, when brothers for a time forgot their relation and met in the conflict of war. ' TO STUDY MANUAL TRAINING Public School Pupils Will Enter Workshops Tuesday Morning. The culmination of many years of dis cussion, pro and con, of mingled, agita tion and lethargy, of meetings school board meetings, taxpayers ' meetings. In dignation metlngs, will be reached to morrow morning, when the pupils of tho public schools of Portland will have tho gates of manual training thrown open to them. At five school centers classes will begin, the pupils from other schools to go to these various workrooms for their In struction. Shops have been fitted up at the Harrison and Davis Schools, on tho West Side, and at the Stephens, Holla day and Thompson on the East Side, and a competent teacher at ech of these lo cations, all under the general manage ment and supervision of W. J. Standley, will receive classes dally. Mr. Standley has planned to have each pupil of the public schools receive one lesson weekly of an hour and a quarter duration. This will keep the five work rooms, which have been fitted up for tho introducton of the new branch, occupied during school hours. The equipment has not yet arrived, but is on the road and is expected to arrive In a few days. In the meantime lessons will be given In mechanical drawing and pattern-making, which can easily be done without the use of many tools. As each pupil will have to be provided with a work apron. It is Mr. Standley's Intention to have them make their first pattern that of an apron. Tho patterns satisfactorily drawn, the pupils will fashion the aprons at home, and by the time this Is done It Is hoped that the tools for further work will be on hand. Great interest is being manifested by the scholars in manual training, the boys es pecially being anxious to get to work in a shop with tools which always have such a fascination for youth. The work will be commenced on a perfectly prac tical basis, and only such tilings taught as will be of material benefit to tho pupils in tho future. Boys who will somo day take up a trade will be able to lay the foundation for it now, and girls will be able to learn homo lessons and school lessons at the same time. In order that there shall be an impetus for excellency in work. Colonel I. Lc Hawkins has agreed to give the use of a case in the City Museum for the exhibi tion of the most meritorious work. There Is to be an exhibit at the Exposition next year and the pupils will work with that end in view from the beginning. Mr. Standley is confident that there will be a creditable showing by them, as he has bright apprentices .who will soon develop into professional workmen In the various trades. Multiply the "Men's Resorts." PORTLAND. Nov. IS. (To the Editor.) I passed yesterday the fine building to bo used as 'The Men's Resort." and it struck me that, whether a county goes dry or not. places with that object should multiply everywhere. It neema hard when a man has to say, "The sa loon is the only place where I can spend a com fortable evening!" Social wants are real ones, and have to be supplied somehow. If all churches had one of its gathering' or working rooms always open as a "men's resort," the saloon would have a formidable rival. The churches; too, would be bringing "applied Christianity" to the worklngman In the most Christ-like way. Numbers of men avail themselves of the ad vantages arranged for them. Directly the cocoa houses were opened in Liverpool tons of cocoa were used weekly In preference to the gin at the corner "public-house." The com panies that started the "people's palaces" In England found them a good business proposi tion. 10 per -cent being paid on capital In vested. It Is to be hoped that la the counties that have gone "dry" great efforts will be made to provide many a men's resort on a. moderate scale, where & man "Can sit and talk. Or read or think. In safety, 'cause Without the drink!" L. A. NASH. STOP FOB COUJKS HOT SPRINGS. A covered platform has been - erected by the O. R. & N. immediately opposite Collins Hot Springs for the accommoda tion of passengers who desire to -visit this resort- The Spokane Flyer, trains 3 and 4, stop at this point on nag to take on or let off passengers. A commodious launch meets and carries all passengers and bag gage across the river to the hotel. WILL NOT RESIGN Register Bridges of Roseburg Has No Thought of Retiring. CHARGES ON FILE AT CAPITAL Land Office Official Says He Knows Nothing of Their Nature Sec retary Hitchcock Said to Desire a Change. . J. T. Bridges, Register of the Rose burg Land Office, was at the Imperial DEFENDANTS IN THE LAft'D-FRAUD Saturday night, having come to Portland to islt his daughter, who is a student at St. Helen's Hall, and to accompany her home for the Thanksgiving holidays. "Speaking for myself," said Mr. Bridges when asked concerning tho report that he was about to hand his resignation to the department, "I will say that I have no thought of resigning. Up to this time I have had no Information telling mo of any charges against me or the conduct of the office. I know that Inspector A. R. Greene has been making an investi gation of the office, and has been tak ing testimony, but so far he has made no charges, so far as I have been informed. I can therefore make no statement at this time one way or the other, for I havo no Information upon which to base them. "Every one knows the history of the reappointment of J. H. Booth as Receiver and myself as Register," stated Mr. Bridges In discussing the subject. "It will be remembered that Mr. McMillan was sent to make an investigation into the conduct of the office. He spent 12 days in Roseburg, and at the end of that time, at a risk to himself, for another inspector had been removed from office immediately after submitting a favorable report on the conduct of a California office, he submitted a report favorable to the transaction of the business and the conduct of the Roseburg office. "Mr. Hitchcock, upon the receipt of the report, recommended to President Roose velt that two new men be appointed to succeed Mr. Booth and myself. The Or egon delegation, at our request, asked to be allowed to see the report unfavorable to us, but this was denied by Mr. Hitch cock upon the ground that such reports were for the information of the depart ment. The question was taken up with the President, who made an appointment for Senator Mitchell, Senator Fulton and Sec retary Hitchcock to meet at tho White House. "During this meeting, and while Senator Mitchell and Mr. Hitchcock were arguing some question, the President picked up the report of Mr. McMillan and read it. Upon finishing the reading he asked uie secretary if he had read the report. Mr. Hitchcock said that he had not, but that it had been given him with the informa tion that It was adverse to the conduct of Mr. Bridges and Mr. Booth. " 'I can believe,' President Roosevelt is reported to have said, 'that you have not read the report, for It is the reverse of unfavorable, and if you have nothing more to offer against the reappointment of the gentlemen, I will order them ap pointed again.' " The appointments were made a short time after that meeting, but In the opin ion of Mr. Bridges the secretary Is still after him, and for that reason Inspector Greene has been making an investigation of the office. "I know nothing directly of what is or will be charged," continued Mr. Bridges, "but I have heard indirectly of what may be Included in Mr. Greene's report. About a month ago the office was instrumental, in sending J. W. Gardner and William H. McCrossen, two timber locators, to Portland, where they were convicted of having changed the markings on corner posts in order to locate homeseckers fraudulently. These men would mark the corner-posts of occupied and good land with the descriptions of land not filed upon and practically worthless. They would then take people to this land, show it to them and have them file upon It, believing they were securing good land, while. In fact, they were being located on the worthless pieces. The office turned these people down hard and had them convicted of changing, the markings on the corner-posts." "Some time ago," continued Mr. Bridges, coming to the point of the story and the source of his suspicions, "J. W. Gardner got drunk and while in one of the sa loons of Roseburg, said that he and hi 3 partner would get Booth and mo yet. He also said that he would show that the Land Office had been opened in the night and entries made, and that there was some entanglement with the script lo cators. This statement was without foundation whatever. A short time after this Mr. Greene came, and as Gardner and McCrossen were the principal wit nesses, I suppose they are attempting to make good their threats." Further than this Mr. Bridges did not wish to discuss the matter. Being in the dark as to the charges which have been made against him, he Is not in a position to make any statement other than that he is in the office and has no intention of resigning' or. so far as he can see, ha3 no cause to consider such a step. He left last night for his home, accompanied by his daughter. The foregoing statement was made -.by Mr. Bridges, In response to tne following telegram, received by The Oregonian Fri day and withheld from publication until Mr. Bridges could be seen: WASHINGTON. Nor. DO. Following close upon searching investigation that has been made into the affairs of the Roseburg Land Office, intimation has reached Secretary Hitchcock that Regis ter J. T. Bridges and Receiver James H. Booth, stand ready to tender their resig nations, if the Secretay desires to accept them. From the same source it is learned that Senator Mitchell is hurrying to Washington to ascertain Just what, the investigation of the Rosehurg office de veloped, and what facts have been brought to light which would warrant these offi cers, so soon after their reappointment. In wishing quietly to withdraw from serv ice. It is recalled that Bridges and Booth were reappointed only after-a protracted fight made for them by the entire Ore gon delegation. They were both indorsed for reappointment In Octdber, 1903, but Secretary Hitchcock promptly interposed objections to Booth's reappointment, be cause of his connection with the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, and later ob jected to Bridges. His objection held oft the appointments until February 29, when both Bridges and Booth were nominated, following a conference which the Oregon Senators had with the President. Before CASES WHOSE TRIAL BEGINS TODAY the President consented to reappoint Booth, he insisted that he should severe his connections with the Booth-Kelly Company, and this Booth promised to do. Further than this, the President could find no reason for opposing the wish of the delegation. No Intimation whatever is given as to what condition has been found to exist at the Roseburg Land Office, but it is said sufficient showing has been made to Justify the Secretary of the Interior in intimating a desire that the Register and Receiver withdraw from the service. UNWORTHY CHUECH MEMBERS Why Workingmen Do Not Fill the Pews. PORTLAND. Nov. 19. (To the Editor.) It Is often asked, and at present especially. What Is the reason that workingmen do not belong to or attend, the church? An evening paper cays ft is because the churches are opposed to some entertainments enjoyed by the working men. There is some truth in that. But it may also be said by enlightened workingmen. and they are many, that the creeds, senseless and unnatural In many respects, ore a great ob jection. Certainly. And still these are not the real objections. The real stumbling blocks are the life and doings of the church members. If It really is true that ideas are above matter, that what is done to "one of these little ones" Is regarded as of great value "In heaven," how is it then that commercialism, the curse of our age, and to "be seen by men" have Just as strong hold on church people, sometimes more, as on "children of this world"? I do not favor the liquor traffic, and think we would be better without it, but I have never taken part In any campaign against liquor-dealers, as I have ofen found them as good, and often better, than their customers and those who do not drink. And when I read lately in your paper how & certain brewer the writer was never acquainted with the man gave some money to his workingmen: no blowing of the trumpet, eimply "This Is from papa," I came very near weeping from delight, and 1 believe that brewer was far more a child of Gocf than many prominent church members. A wealthy woman of a "liberal" congregation died lately, and the papers have had a good deal to say about her gifts, but not a word Is mentioned about that woman having given a single cent to her servant girls or laborers I suppose she hired some or anything of that kind. The sum of $00,000 Is given o make the "world better," and I suggest that nothing better could be done than to hunt up fifty worthy workingmen there may be some in that very congregation and give them $1000 apiece to build a home. Nothing could be better or "make the world better" than. this. It would bring Joy to many a struggling family. The writer knows of men, church members, who refused a loan to a poor man of their own congregation, a worthy man of family, who would have paid back the small sums asked for, with Interest, within three months. But be could not, although he afterwards gave monuments to the city. Late, ly, some workingmen asked a prominent church member, wealthy, and with full power to do something, tor an Increase In their wages especially as he had to pay but a very small portion of It knowing they were under paid. But he could not do anything. "I think we can get men Just as cheap. If you quit." It may be true, they may be bad even cheaper, but where Is the Justice In such matter? Is a man simply "a. hand," a machine? Is he not entitled to pay that gives a decent liv. lng for himself and family? These facts, and others, are the rtasons why workingmen do not care much about the churches, and what makes Socialists every day. Tou have to mend your ways, ladles and gentlemen of the churches, otherwise we cannot trust you. A WORKINGilAN. LADLES WILL SEE PORTLAND. To Ride in Private Car With Wo men's Club Committee. All ladies of the Grange, or those ac companying delegates, are' Invited by the publicity committee of the Women's Club to take a ride over the city this after noon in a private car which has been placed at their disposal by the Portland Consolidated Railway Company. Those who will accept the invitation of the club are asked to be at First and Washington promptly at 1 o'clock, when the car and the hostesses will be in wait ing to receive the guests. This committee of the Women's Club has endeavored to extend some hospitality to the ladles at tending each of the conventions which have met in Portland the past season, and will continue to do so in the future. Strangers seem very appreciative of the courtesies extended through such a chan nel and always avail themselves of the opportunity to accept such an enter tainment. GKAACLATEJJ KYKL.LD3. Murine Eye Remedy cures this and other Eyj troubles, makes we&k eyas, atroog- LENS OF THE PUBLIC Dr. House Thus Describes the Modern Newspaper. HE IS HEARD WITH INTEREST Favors Suppression of Crime and Says the Function of the Press Ms to Conserve Public Safety and Defend the Home. Dr. E. L. House, pastor of the First Congregational Church, spoka last night on "Journalism and Journalists." This was one of a series of sermons to pro fessional men which Dr. House has been delivering for several Sundays, and was of great Interest not only to the news paper representatives, but to the readers of the daily press. Dr. House said: A newspaper represents more elements In Its make-up than any other enterprise. Capital, mechanics, art, the channels of physical and electrical communication, the results of science, the resources of language, the best logic and Imagination, the human factor from the editor to the newsboy; all these elements enter Into the make-up of a newspaper. There is the political, the legal expert, the literary man, the artist, the detective, the critic of drama, music and fashion. In briefest review, such is the make-up of the daily newspaper. It la true that the public has more reason for interest In the newspaper men than in the character of any class of men, clergymen not excepted. For It Is through these men that we see the world seven days In the weeks. They are tho lens by which we must see and gain many of our Ideas. They represent the greatest power in American life today. As long as that power keeps within, its honorable, legitimate sphere we have nothing to fear. But we have everything to fear, our faiths, our hopes, our schools, our homes, our courts, our liberties and our Institutions are in danger when tie press wantonly uses its great power in the wrong direction. Having made these statements, it might be well to ask. What- are the functions of a news paper? The first function of a newspaper ought to be to give a birdseye view of yes terday's events. And the" composite picture thus presented should cot have the shadows of life too prominent. Although the press is a phonograph reproducing the sounds and senti ments of the day, public morality demands the suppression of much that is bad, so that the press shall not become a school or suggester of vice. The next function of a newspaper ought to be to conserve the purity and happiness of the home. All that makes for the dethronement of the home should be eliminated. A paper Is not solely to make money at any cost. It has a grander mission -than that. Its mission ought to be as high as heaven let it not be lowered in the direction of the other place. Another function of the press Is to conserve a true American nationality a patriotism so broad, so pure, so discriminating, so. pervading, bo abiding, that neither demagogues nor an archists will ever be able to shake the solid foundations of our National Union. Some pa pers have been likened to cotton sheets, because a great many-people lie In them. Criticism is legitimate, and sometimes a necessity, but common-sense demands that rabid partisanship and unjust criticism be eliminated from some of our newspapers. And then the press conserves the public safe ty. The newspaper is our safety-valve; It Is our public conscience: it is the artillery that turns threatening revolutions Into needed reformations. "There Is no doubt but what the black ink of the newspaper has washed many a person's life clean." Among the demoralizing Influences that come to the journalists, Dr. House men tions the contact with the vicious on the street. In the saloon: the temptation to pessimism from dealing with the scum; of bribery, and the great temptation to pander to commercial Interests alone. He said In closing that "when the press is employed in support of morality, govern ment, court and education, and not for their weakening, then its services were equal to those of the best civilization, and then is the calling of the journalist equal in distinction to the highest In the land." REV. DR. PALMER SPEAKS. Addresses Congregation on "Why I Am Not an Infidel." Ray Palmer, D. D., the former pastor of the Second Baptist Church, occupied that pulpit last nlgh and preached on "Why I Am Not an Infidel." Dr. Palmer said In part: "I am not an infidel in the first place because infidelity does not satisfy my rea son; Christianity does. Again, It makes a diff erence what a man believes. A man In Chicago invented a life-preserver made of lead. He buckled it around him and Jumped from a ship into Lake Michigan. Of course his sincere belief did not keep him from being drowned. The arguments of infidels have all been answered a thou sand times. A masterly woik against In gersolllsm is by Father Lambert, a Cath olic priest. "Wise men told Copernicus he was a fool for believing the world revolved upon its axj3. He couldn't answer all their objec tions, but he said: 'Gentlemen, I know the world moves. A gentleman and his wife quarreled as to whether Lord Bacon or Shakespeare wrote the plays ascribed to the latter. The wife said. 'When JT get to Heaven I'll ask Mr. Shakespeare if he wrote them.' 'Suppose he isn't there? suggested the husband. Then you ask him was the rejoinder. "When the stars were said to fall Ih 1885, an old infidel saw the strange pfeeaeseaea and fell on his knees and cried: 'O God. have mercy oa my souL Thou knowest I have always been a liar.' "Again, the ridicule of infidels never had any weight with me. At one time a man la the East tried to ridicule Free Masonry out of existence. Of course he failed. That man who ridicules my moth er's faith, or her Bible, or her immortal hope, has no weight with me. Some things are too sacred to be ridiculed out of the world. "Again, the mere eloquence of an infidel has no charms for me. Ingersoll had a sil ver tongue, his words flowed like molten gold; spellbound he held his audiences, as if by magic, but that was no proof he had the truth on his side." AFTERMATH OF THE STORM. No Damage Done Shipping Though Velocity of Wind Was Unusual. As if angered by his long delay, Ore gon Winter rushed in from the ocean yes terday and heralded his coming with all the elements of wind and water at his command. As a notice of his coming the wind started in on Saturday and aided by a downpour of rain played havoc with the luckless pedestrian. This was only a preliminary, however, for yesterday morning the elements joined in earnest to make the day one of real November bleakness.' Shrieking and swirling round the corners the wind, with rain as a helpmate, had a merry time; not satisfied with the b'anglng of shutters, the beating on the window panes and the weird whistling down the shlmneys dur ing the night, they held high carnival during the early forenoon with those brave enough to face them. Ruined um brellas, hats-sent flying through the mud-covered streets, and portly gentle men receiving a jar of the spinal column through a sudden slipping while rescuing hats or umbrellas, only served to height en the mad glee. It has been many a day since so con tinuous a wind and rain storm visited this Coast. Beginning Friday the wind storm steadily increased in intensity until a velocity of 8S miles an hour was re corded at Northhead yesterday morning, while Tatoosh Island reported SO miles an hour. In Portland a minimum of 28 miles per hour was recorded, but to those obliged to be out in it a velocity of 40 miles seemed more correct. In this time a rainfall of 1.59 inch was recorded, making the total for the past eight days 4.02 Inches. Notice of the coming of the storm was sent to all Coast points early Saturday morning by Forecaster Edward A. Beals. But little damage has been reported as a result of the storm. The shipping has suffered nothing nor has any interrup tions been caused in telegraph. or tele phone business. The steamer Geo. W. Elder arrived from San Francisco last night. - Although encountering the heavy storm off the coast it proved rather a help than a hindrance, since it was behind the vessel during her trip. It had the effect, how ever, of making the larger part of her passenger list declare themselves In favor of land travel hereafter. The Weather Bureau reported last night that the storm Is practically over, but took the precaution of saying "for the time being." SEWER T.TTTR A MLLLRACE. Same Condltpn Exists as During Last January. As a result of the heavy rains a torrent of water Is rushing down the Tanner Creek Sewer, and n sennAri crsnlnotl. should one be deemed necessary. Is Im- vvaoiuiu mr several aays. rme grade throughout the sewer from the base of King's Hill to well Jllnncr BnrncMo .t.o.f Is very steep, and the Interior of the big .uuu iasc nigni lookea like a mlllrace. The SOlI Of the inilrh !j in nroMll,. V, same condition as last January, when the slide occurred on Alder street and the guicn was filled with water, forcing a rapid abandonment of the buildings facing on Washington street. The report of the four examiners, a summary of which was puuiisnea in yesterday's, oregonian, con tains the statement that one section of the sewer needs Immediate repair or it will cave in before Spring. Portions of the bot tom are also reported missing. Under these circumstances it Is well within the range of possibilities that one or more sections of th tnnnoi mav foil ir. completely before the scandal surround ing Its construction Is cleared away. The same disastrous state of affairs that pre vailed last January will then be repeated. aieanwniie, tne property-owners In the district to be tapped by the proposed Brooklyn sewer have become alarmed at the developments concerning the construc tion of the Tanner-Creek sewer, and will take steps to avoid a repetition. A meet ing will be held within a few days to formulate a nlan for the nnnntntmonf- nf a special supervisor of the Brooklyn sewer. xms sewer win do me largest in tne city, and its cost will be over $175,000. When the Cook-avenue sewer, the prin cipal drain of Alblna. was built, a special Inspector was appointed at the request of the local improvement association. M. E Thompson, then president of" the associa tion, says: , "We had a competent Inspector appoint ed supervisor, and he stayed with the work from the time the excavation began to the completion of the sewer. I know we got a first-class job." STATUE IS RECEIVED. Work of Art Soon to Grace St. Mary's Cathedral. The new statue of the Virgin Mary, with the child Jesus, has just been received and will be placed In its niche in St. Mary's Cathedral on December 8, that date being the occasion of the Feast of the Immacu late Conception. This statue Is of Carrara marble and is a companion to that of the Sacred Heart now placed on the altar of St. Mary's Cathedral. The occasion of the placing of thl3 statue will be marked by a pontifical high mass, followed by a blessing. It is also announced that on Thanks giving morning, at 10:30. solemn high mass will be celebrated in St. Mary's Cathe dral. Appalling Japanese Bravery. Cleveland Leader. According to official Japanese reports, one, regiment which went into one of the most desperate assaults upon the defenses IT WILL' KEEP It is not always necessary to use a whole bottle of Scott's Emulsion. What is left will keep. We have seen a bottle of our- Emulsion three years old that is still good. What other prepara tion of cod liver oil will keep sweet and permanent for half that length of time? Scott's Emulsion is always reliable because it's always absolutely pure, v TTe'll yea a i imyli free. JCQTT fc.QWNE fadS. Km Tat k THE RLLS THAT CURE PARTIAL PARALYSIS Mr. John Magann, 6 Chel 5k, Boston, Max, a. well ixiown maoofactc9ct says : "I suffered a. heavy stroke of par alysis two years ago. A second one followed, of still greater aererhy, and I coold barely drag myself around. The necessary exertion caused me the moet mterp am. Nothing gave me any relief until I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People I After using six boxes of these pilk I could walk with a cane i and wheal had taken eight I boxes 1 wai cxspfeteiy cured." No sufferer from any ner 1 vous trouble can afford' to M neglect this remedy. SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. i;u:miiHiuinuawui.mii!j)i.iMiiraiiia!ii!HBUhuiwiiiiiiBi of Port Arthur with more than 2700 ef fective men lost 2300. Only six officers and 200 men came back, from one of the most terrible struggles in the history of war. Such fighting as this is disheartening to the most stubborn, antagonists which any army can encounter. It reveals a willing ness literally to conquer or die, which Is appalling to officers commanding opposing force: i Amenities at Eugene. Eugene Register. Oregon has no influence in voting lor President, Senators- or Congressmen, on account of the one-sided condition of her politics. The Republican majority Is so large that there is no chance to overcome It, and for this reason nobody cares or pays any attention to the elections here. Oregon State Journal. Perhaps if Mr. Klncald had not switched over from Republicanism to Democracy more Democrats' might have stayed with the party and results would nothave been so one-sided in Oregon. If ilr. K. had really wished for better success of Oregon Democracy he might havo remained a Re publican. "All rij&t," said the Mill, "I understand yon -want to be ground just ri&ht or there will be trouble. I'll do my part and see that you are 'granulated,' not 'pulverized, as you pass through me0 I know that coffee ground too fine tastes" bitter. 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