IS THE MORNING QREGOSIAK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1904. YAWTER ASKS VOTES Jackson Man Wants Multno mah's Aid for Speakership, SAYS HE CAN SURELY -WIN Spends Day fn Portland, but Finds Local Legislators Undecided Southern Oregon Is Be hind Him. A three-cornered tusr-of-war Is the con tort for Speaker of the Oregon House of Itppresoirtatives, with A. A. Bailey pulling om Multnomah. T. B. Kay from Marlon and W. I. Vawter from Jackson. Mr. Vawtor yesterday paid Portland a visit, which Multnomah politicians have been expecting for several weeks. He said that with the aid of this county he could win. "The man," said he, "who shall have the support of Multnomah will be a for midable candidate very formidable," and added that that man will probably be elected. Mr. Vawter's stay was so brief that he did not cover much ground. But before leaving he promised to come back in a few days and go over the whole area. Ho was averse to saying anything about his Interviews with the local lawmakers, but it was learned that he chatted with hait a dozen. It is my opinion," said he, "judging from the present unsettled conditions in Multnomah, that the question of the Speakership will be decided in the eleventh hour, before the meeting of the Legisla ture. I find that Multnomah members of the House have not chosen their candi date." Mr. Vawter is prominent in Southern Oregon as a lawyer, a banker and a leader In Jackson County politics. He is tall and well-proportioned, has a frank and open countenance, is quick in his movements and decisive in his speech, and is alto gether a handsome man one who would xnaloo a good-looking figure in the Speak ers chair. In days gone by he was a gold-standard Republican, but not to the length of being an extreme factlonlst. In 3903 he was a candidate for Con gress, and received Jackson County's un wavering vote in the memorable conven tion at Eugene until ho withdrew. In that race he announced his candidacy early, and in the present contest for the Speakership did the same. He was elect ed last June, to represent Jackson and Douglas Counties in the Lower House. "Who's going to be elected Speaker?" he responded to a question on that -point. "Why, I am. and Dr. J. M. Keene, who hails from Medford, too. and was a del egate to the National Convention which nominated President Roosevelt last June, nodded approvingly. "Southern Oregon will give me its solid support; Indeed, the assurances which I have received make me reasonably sure of it." It was evident from this remark that Vawter expects to receive support from part of Southern Oregon east of the Cas cade Mountains, for when asked whether he had more votes from his part of the state than the six Republican representa tives from Douglas, Coos and Jackson Counties, he responded, "Yes," but did not mention them. Tho representatives who hall from east of Mr. "Vawter's coun ty are R. E. L. Stelner, of Lakevlew; J. L. Stltz, of Lawen, Harney County, and John S. Shook, of Dairy, Klamath County. "If I can gain the support of Multno mah County," he remarked, "I can be elected; no doubt about it." To what candidate this county will give its support is a puzzle of state-wide in terest. And right here In Multnomah the enigma is answered no more satisfac torily than elsewhere; Indeed, all tho rep resentatives give out that they do not know what they will do. If they should all vote for Bailey, he would doubtless win; or, perhaps, any other man to whom they should give their solid vote. But since wise men in tho political organiza tion of this county believe that premature announcement of Multnomah's Intentions two years ago brought defeat to Its can didate for president and Speaker, many persons take It that the sphynx-like si lence at headquarters will be maintained until the "eleventh hour." Prom the nature of circumstances, Bailey and Vawter seem destined to be allies, and It Is known that they are both relying on the same anti-Kay elements. AFTER BULL ETJN WATER. Montavilla Residents Also Wish to Incorporate Their Suburbs. After long discussion, the meeting of Montavilla citizens held in the Oddfel lows' Hall last night declared Jtself in favor of incorporation. However, the main question was made subordinate to that of securing water, should the place become incorporated. H. B. Dickinson called the meeting to order, and W. J. Burden was elected chairman, with Harry Toung as secretary. Speeches favorable to having a charter prepared were made by Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Burden, W. C. Aylsworth and D. W. Butler, the latter making the most extended talk. In which he declared It was Impossible to get an ample water supply without Incorpora tion. Dr. DeVenney made an argument against incorporation, setting forth that It means heavy taxation without, just compensation. The water question was injected Into all the talks, it being urged that Montavilla could not get Bull Run water, even if In corporated, and the contrary assertion was made. On motion, it was decided, first, to settle the question whether Mon tavilla can get water If Incorporated, and a committee was appointed to Interview the Portland "Water Company on the sub ject. H- B. Dickinson, D. W. Butler. W. J. Burden, O. P. Botts and A. M. Ayls worth . jconstltute the committee. The meeting adjourned to meet again next Monday evening at the same hall to hear the committee's report. PERSONALJEENTIOK. TJr. B. D. "Wells,- of Eugene, is a Port land guest. A. M Cannon, a well-known Salem lawyer, was registered at the Imperial yesterday. C. R. Ray and J. L. Alsop, prominent tnlning men of Gold Ray, are at the Portland. Mrs. Samuel Elmore, of Astoria, is In the city doing her Christmas shopping and has apartments at the Portland. Prank N. Menefee, District Attorney of "Wasco County; came down from The Dalles yesterday and -is at the Imperial. Senator R. A. Booth, of Eugene, who Is also president of tho Booth-Kelly Lum ber Company, Is a guest at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. "W. A. Page, of New York, are among the Portland arrivals. Mr. Page is here ahead of Maxlne Elliott In "Her Own "Way." Samuel Rosenblatt of the Arm of S. Rosenblatt & Co. will leave during the present week for an extended trip through the East, where he will purchase the Spring goods for his establishment. E. E. Calvin, general manager of the Harrlman lines in Oregon, left last night for Salt Lake, where he goes for a for mal visit in the interest of tho Oregon lines. Before returning ho may visit, sev eral of the Eastern cities. Manager and Mrs. H. C. Bowers, of the Hotel Portland, are expected to return from their California trip today. Mr. Bowers went to Santa Barbara to attend a meeting of prominent hotel men and the visit of Mrs. Bowers and himself to the South combined business and" pleas ure. NEW YORK. Dec 19. (Special.) The following people from the Pacific North west registered in hotels hero today: Prom Portland A. N. Stanton, at the Herald-Square. From Sumpter, Or. F.D. Fuller, at the Imperial. From Seattle H. PIckard, at the Im perial; J. F. Douglas, at the Herald-Square. GROWTH OF THE SECTS. Episcopalians Lead the List With Gain of Three Per Cent. NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Nearly all re ligious sects, as their figures of growth for last year are announced, show a larger percentage of increase than in previous years, says the Herald. In several denominations the ratio of growth exceeds the usual ratio of increase in the population. This is no tably the case In, the Episcopal Church, which last year gained 3 per cent on Its membership of previous year, and was In the population growtn estimated at about 2 per cent. The Episcopal Church has added 25,915 to Its member ship, making its present figures S07.351. In the Presbyterian Church the in crease In membership last year was NEW YEAR'S OREGONIAN FOR 1905 The New Tear's Oregonlan for 1905 will be Issued on Monday morning, January 2 next. The illustrations will be numerous; they will -be attractive, and they will cover every feature of THE WORLD'S FAIR that -will be opened in Portland on June 1 next. The text and the engravings together will advertise fully the merits of the great 1905 Exposition. . The New Year's Oregonian for 1905 will foe sent to any address in the United States or Canada, postage prepaid, for TEN CENTS a copy. Orders for papers should be sent to The Oregonian at once. at the rate of 2 per cent. The South ern Presbyterian Church, a much smaller body than the Northern, hav ing but 239.S88-members, gained 2 per cent last year. The ratio of gain by the Methodist membership Is not so large as In the other bodies named, but was 1 4-5 per cent, or almost as much as the estimated ratio of popula tion growth. For the previous year the Methodist ratio was only 1 per cent. Tho body has now 3,064,735 mem bers, of whom about 200,000 are con nected with foreign conferences and missions. It is stated in the Presbyterian hand book for 1905 that the religions of the world have 1,430,000,000 adherents, di vided as follows: Christianity, 477,080,158; Confucian ism. 256,000,000; Hinduism. 190,000.000; Mohammedanism. 176,834,372; Bud dhism. 147,900,000; Taoism and Shinto Ism, 57,000.000; Judaism, 7.056.000, and various heathen faiths, 118,129,479. Dixie Returns From Jamaica. COLON, Dec. 19. The United States cruiser Dixie returned here Saturday eve ning from Jamaica, bringing John F. Wallace, engineer in charge of the Pana ma Canal construction; Joseph W. Lee, secretary of the American Legation at Panama, and Claude C. Mallet, the British Consul at Panama. The obstacles to tho immigration of Jamaican laborers from Jamaica to Pana ma are still under consideration by the colonial government. TO CUKE COLD XV ONE DAY, Tales Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An druggists refund the money If It falls to cure. D. W. Grove' a signature is on each box. 25c Gadski Concert a Programme of Gadski Concert. Fart 1 ' (classical arias and eongs) "Wldmung" (Schumann); "IJebchen 1st Ta." (Franz), "Aus Melnen Grosecn Scbmerzen (Franz); "Erlkonlg" (Schu bert); "Melne Llebe 1st Grun" (Brahms). Fart 2 (miscellaneous modem arias and Bongs) Piano solo, "Wotan's Ab sented und Feuerzauber (Wagner), H. Selmar Meyrowitz; aria, "Samson et Dallla" (Saint-Seens); "Verborgenhelt" (Hugo Wolf); "Two Kinder Lleder" (Taubert); "Remembrance" (new), from "Shakespeare Cycle" (Wassail); "Cacl lle" (R. Strauss). Part 3 (arias and songs of Richard "Wagner) Piano solo, prelude, "Tristan and Isolde," H. Selmar Meyrowitz; songs, "Traume," "Schlummerlied"; aria, "Dlch Theure Halle" ("Tann haeuser"). SHOWERS of applause greeted every number sung by Madame Johanna Gadski, the great dramatic soprano, during her concert at the Marquam The ater last night, and a brilliant society au dience was willingly led away captive. Nearly every seat In the theater was oc cupied, and the event was also a pleas ant success for Miss Lois Steers," under whose direction the concert was given. Gadski is not new to Portland, for she has been here before, but how marvelously changed Is her art. She is that rare com bination in song that one reads about but so seldom meets, a dramatic soprano who also combines the qualities of a lyric so prano. Last night she did not sing an extremely high note, like Nordlca or Mel ba. and thrill one with the Intensity and height of her vocallsm, and it is a ques tion if she sang much higher than B fiat above the staff. But she made up for that in dramatic intensity, intellect, in the flute-like purity of her head notes and the fine sentiment with which she In vested her soft, piano passages. Born in Stettin. Prussia, and making her debut in Berlin when she was but 17 years old. as Undine in Lortzinc's opora of -that name, it naturally follows that Gadski Is a German of the Germans; that she sings best in that language and has achieved some of her greatest successes In Inter preting Wagner. Her great dramatic finale was reached last night In the third part of her programme, when she very quietly sat near the piano beside her ac companist. H. Selmer Meyrowitz, and watched his magic fingers call Into being the prelude Wizard Wagner wrote for "Tristan and Isolde." Suddenly she arose and had sung a very few notes when one felt that the supreme moment of the con cert had arrived. It was the "Traume" song, and In reply to an insistent en core she sang "Brunhllde's Cry" with a fire and yet with a pathos that will be long remembered. Singing into the lul laby, she again awoke memories of other famous singers In her magnificent rendi tion of the Tannhauser aria, "Dich Theure Hajle." This called forth her last en core, Schubert's "Halderosleln." In her classical arias and selections. Gadski chose German songs calling for soft, dainty finish, in minor mode, almost with the suspicion of a tear in them, and after finishing the Brahms number she gave her first encore In English, Nevla's LOSES HIS CAPTIVES UNDER SHERIFFS ARE RELIEVED FROM CUSTODY OF CORONER. Circuit Court Will Post Order in Case Growing Out of Raid on the Portland Club. There was another outpost skirmish In the eternal war between the Municipal League and the gambling talent yester day when hearing on the writ of habeas corpus against Coroner Finley charging that official to show cause why he held Deputy Sheriffs Morden, "Wise, Holllngs worth and Cordano In his custody, was had before Judge George In the Circuit Court. After a number of witnesses had been examined and tho matter fully set before the, court. Judge George announced, at 3 o'clock, that the Under-Sheriffs would be discharged from the custody of tne Coroner, but that he would later decide what particular order he would Issue In the matter. The affair grew out of the arrest of the officers at the instance of the proprietors of the Portland Club on the charge of assault and battery. Acting under the or ders of Chief Deputy Morden they en tered and took charge of the club's prem ise?, a week ago Saturday. In doing so It was charged that they exceeded their authoritv and committed constructive as- sault and battery on the persons of the proprietors. Acting for Messrs. Grant Dale, Solomon, et al, Attorneys Menden hall and Spencer secured cortaln warrants from Justice Reid's court. According to tho testimony of the offl cerg in question, they learned that the warrants were out against them and vol untarily gave themselves up to Coroner Finley. the competent person to arrest members of the Sheriff's office. Judge Henry McGinn, counsel for Sher iff Word, having knowledge of the issu ance of the warrants, in order to avoid trial In Justice Reid's court, sought tho benefit of ' habeas corpus proceedings' in order to bring the case Into the Circuit Court. The hearing yesterday resulted victoriously for Henry McGinn. Thad W. vreeland, who assisted him, the Munici pal League and the Sheriff's office. DR. ABBOTT WORSHIPS FORCE. His Religion Is Founded on Science, Not on the Bible. NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Dr. Lyman Ab bott, in a sermon to Harvard students, has announced his belief in a religion founded not on the Bible but on science and the outreachings of the human heart, says a World dispatch from Cambridge Mass. "I wonder," he said. "If you will un derstand me when 1 say that i no longer believe In a great first cause. My God Is a great and ever present force which is manifest In all tho activities of men and all the workings of nature. "I believe In a God who Is In and through and of everything not an ab- Brilliant Event Great Dramatic Soprano Captivates a Society Audi ence at the Marqtiam Grand. ' "Nightingale Song." Her purity of Eng lish Is remarkable, for she does not speak English like the In this number she skilfully worked up to u. ueuuuiui unaie, excelling In the power of repression. In Saint Saens' aria. "Sam son et Dellla," she used a mixture of pathos and fine headnotes so poetically that she was called on for a repetition, which was freely given. The gayest, daintiest moment of the concert was when Gadski sang the group of two children's songs by Taubert, "Slumber Song" and "Soldiers' Song." The latter was sung with a mock gravity that was delightful, and one saw a vision of the tramp, tramp of Prussian grena diers. The encore song at the end of the second part of the programme was Nev In's "Early Beacon." Gadski has a -fine stage presence, looks like the German ar tiste that she is, and although her vocal tone has not vibrating volume, it is per fectly sufficient for all the demands of art. Gadski excels In the purity of the language she uses, English or German The audience was so delighted with her that It would have listened to her singing for many additional numbers, had she been willing. Herr Meyrowitz, like Gadski, is a Prus sian, and is a most admirable accompan ist and solo pianist. He has a dainty yet sure, touch, and displayed' excellent judgment. His encore after the first Wair- "fv ,IlUmb?.r Z3 "Resiled." from the "Walkure." Wagner. The MusJn Concert. Part 1-Sonata In A Major (Handel. 1CS1), andante and fugue, adagio and allegretto, Messrs. Musln and Koenlg; "Border Ballad" (Cowen), Mr. Green: Polonaise In A Flat (Chopin), Mr! Koenlg; aria, "Samson and Delilah" (Saint-Saens). lime. Mlalck; Fantasia, on a Theme by Haydn (Leonard), Mr. Musln; Duets from Tuscan Folk Songs (Carraciolo), Mme. Mlsick and Mr. Green. Part 2 Xocturne -in F Sharp (Chopin), Concert Valse (Glazounow-Blumenfeld), Mr. Koenlg; "The Parting Rose" (written for and dedicated to Mr. Green), (Pontius). "Prince Ivan's Song" (Al litsen), Mr. Green; "Absent" (Metcalf), "I Know a Lovely Garden" (d'Hardelot). "A May Day" (Walthew), Mme. Mlsick'; "Paroles du Coeur" (Words of the Heart). Radoux-Musin, Mr. Musln; "Break, Diviner Light" (Allltaen). Mme! Mlsick and Mr. Green. The concert of Ovide Musln, violin ist, given at the White Temple last evening, under direction of Elmore Rice, was one of the most brilliant musical events that Portland music lovers have had the privilege of enjoy ing, and the church was crowded. En thusiastic applause greeted Musin at each number, and his exquisite play ing was charmingly accompanied by the pianist of his company, Gulllaume Koenlg. The soloists. Madame Grace Whistler Mustek, contralto, and Marlon Green, basso-cantante, had several delightful songs. Madame Musick has an exceed ingly mellow voice, too sympathetic in the low notes and velvety In the high ones, and Mr. Green's solos wore also admirable, being given with fine enun ciation and expression. sentee Godt whom we have to reach through a Bible or some other outside aid, but a God who kt closer to us than hands or feet. Science, literature and history tell us that there is one eternal energy, that the Bible no longer can be accepted as ultimate, that many of Ita laws were copied from other religions, and the Ten Commandments did not spring spontaneously from Moses, but were, like all laws, a gradual growth, and that man is a creature, not a creation. "No thinking man will say there are many energies. The days of polytheism are past. There is only one energy. That energy has always been working. It la an intelligent energy. No scientist can deny it. It was working before Christ's time, even as it Is now." SHOT FULL OF HOLES. Russian Gets Seventeen Wounds and Only Loses One Leg. MOSCOW, Dec 19. KIrincheneko, prob ably the most thoroughly shot-to-pleces man who has survived the present war, arrived recently from Harbin where, after weeks In the hospital the doctors ex tracted 17 bu.lets from him, amputated one leg and discharged him as cured. He gave his experiences as follows: "It was at Liao Yang. On the even ing of September 2 we had been ordered to nttacK some of the Japanese trenches. We had to cross a good piece of open ground under a heavy cross fire and there were men falling every step from the time we broke cover to the minute we rushed the trenches at the point of the bayonet. Nothing happened to me until we were close to the Japanese lines, when I got a bullet in my right foot that brought me down. From that time I was no more good except as a target. but I must say I drew a good deal of Japanese ammunition, if that counted for anything. . t "Our fellows went on and carried the Japanese trenches on the left in a hand-to-band fight. But there waB a long line of works on the right that we did not take, and where they kept shooting. They were the people who did for me. I was on the ground with my teeth chatter ing. I made up my mind to get out and crawled along toward tho trenches where our men had gone over the top. I had no more than started going until a bullet In my right shoulder rolled me over again. I got ray gun In my left hand and kept on crawling. Then I got shot in the left leg Just above the knee. Then two or three bullets got me in the right leg. I dropped my gun and helped myself along with my left hand. But they must have tnought I was having too easy a time of It, for I got shot through the left shoulder, and that brought me down flat. I kept on getting shot In my right leg, but all the feeling had gone out of it, so I did not mind that much. The last time I recollect getting hit was again la tho left shoulder. "It was dusk by the time I got to the trenches, and when I finally wriggled over the top I thought they were full ol Japanese. But it happened what Jap anese uniforms I saw were on corpses and the live people were talking Russian. The men took mo to a station two miles away, and the doctors did not think I was much good keeping. I had 13 bullets In my right leg and side, and four scat tered around other parts of me. But they tied me up and sent mo on to Harbin, and there they cut my leg off." PLATT CALLS A CONFERENCE Depew Is His Candidate for the United States Senate. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Senator Thomas C. Piatt has called a conference of Re publicans to meet in the Fifth-Avenue Hotel on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock to take measures for the re-election of Senator Depew. More than 50 in vitations have been Issued to leaders and legislators. Senator Piatt says that this conference Is called largely for .the purpose of neu tralizing' the effect of tho recent confer ence at which Governor Odell and many other prominent Republicans were present and which showed Itself strongly In favor of Frank S. Black's candidacy. When asked tonight whether he had invited Governor Odell to consult with him. Sen ator Piatt replied: "Of course I have not done so. The Governor is backing tho other man." Senator Piatt said that he had visited Wall street today and consulted with a very large number of prominent Republi cans, all of whom, he said, he had found to be enthusiastically in favor of tho re election of Senator Depew. Regarding who would be present at the conference. Senator Piatt said: "Republicans who are interested in the election of a United States Senator men from different parts of the state. I shall not turn anybody away. I want to find out where we stand, and I purpose get ting to the bottom of the matter." "Governor Odell was mistaken," said Senator Piatt, "If he believed that Black would have a majority in the Legisla ture. "He has not even a majority of the Rep resentatives," he said. When asked how Governor-elect Hoggins stood on the question of the Scnatorship, Senator Piatt replied that he did not know, but that he expected to be able to "smoke him out before long." Governor Black came to the city from Troy tonight. When aeked if the an nouncement of his candidacy in the Troy Times was authoritative, he answered he was not yet prepared to make a state ment of his attitude. PIMA INDIANS NEED WATER. Dr. Thompson Tells President of Their Serious Condition. WASHINGTON. Dec 19. Dr. Charles L. Thompson, secretary of the Presby terian Board of Missions, discussed with President Roosevelt today the serious con dition of the Pima Indians, of Arizona. He told the President that tho Indians actually were dying of starvation because their lands had been rendered unproduc tive by the diversion of the water streams running through them. The diversion of the water was caused by the development of plans of the Government for irrigation of arid lands. Through a commission, the President has already adopted an investigation of the matter and it Is not unlikely that pumping stations will be constructed on the Pima Indian lands to supply them with sufficient water for all purposes. These pumping stations will bo erected In connection with the irrigation plants which are being put In under direction of the Government. NO STAIN ON BAKER'S HONOR New Mexican Judge Reinstated Will Not Remain in Office. WASHINGTON. Dec 19. Judge Baker, t-f the Supreme Court of New Mexico, who recently was removed from office by the President, has received by the President and the Department of Justice a full hear ing, the result being a revocation of the order of remove!. A statement lsseud today by the De partment of Justice, says: "It will be recalled that Judge Baker was not removed upon any charge affect ing his honor or integrity. After a full hearing, the President has revoked the order of removal. Judge Baker, in view of all the circumstances, has concluded that It would be best for him not to con tinue to hold this office, and has ten dered his resignation, to take effect upon the' appointment and qualification of his successor." Mexican Four-Per-Cents in Demand. NEW YORK. Dec 19. Subscriptions to the amount of $15,000,000 of Mexican 4 per cent gold bonds, offered by Speyer & Co. and Harvey FIsk & Sons, closed today. The amount was several times oversubscribed. WIDE RANGE OF BIDS ST. JOHNS COMPANY GETS CON TRACT TO REPAIR WENONA. Port of Portland Will Dredge Between Morrison and Madison Street Bridges.. The contract for repairing the steamer "Wenona was yesterday awarded by the Port of Portland Commission to the St. Johns Shipbuilding Company, the lowest bidder. A special meeting of the board was held for the purpose of opening bids for the work. The proposals submitted showed a remarkably wide range, the fig ures being as follows: St. Johns Shipbuilding Company $ 376.50 A. "V. Mcintosh 575.0O Joseph Pecquet 664.00 Portland Shipbuilding Company POO. CO J. H. Roberts. 11S9.00 Anderson Crowe 1250.00 James Larson, the superintendent of the St. Johns company, was on hand with other bidders and promised that the work would be completed by January 10. The "Wenona will be repaired on the drydock and the Commissioners are anxious to have her off as soon as possible as other vessels may want the dock. It is likely that if the contract for repairing the Chinook Is let here the big dredge will be docked at St. Johns. Consideration was given tho matter of dredging a channel between the draws of the Morrison and Madison-street bridges. Major Langfitt is anxious to have a channel dug to a depth of 25 feet, but the Commissioners decided it could not be done at the present stage of water, but they will excavate to a depth of 20 feet with the dredge Portland. Another letter was read from the Penln Bula Lumber Company demanding that the material deposited by the dredge Co lumbia back of the St. Johns dike be re moved, but no action was taken on the communication. STRIKES ON EUREKA BAR. Captain of Kilburn Misled by Shift ing of Buoys. MARSHFIELD. Or., Dec. 19. (Special.) Owing to the shifting of one of the buoys that marks the channel, the steamer F. A. Kilburn had a close call yesterday In coming out over the Eureka bar. The vessel struck three times, to the alarm of the passongers, but got off without dam age. The Kilburn sailed for Portland this afternoon with the following passengers: F. B. Waite, Roseburg; J. H. Graves. Du luth, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burns, Coquille City: C. A. Lang, C. J. Clement, F. Gee, James Kelley. Myrtle Point; E. B. Seabrook, Thomas Buchanan, Miss Mattie Hall, Miss Mary Hall, James Bedford. A. Cowell, Frank Kelley, Miss Palmer, Mrs. W. A. Luse, Anson 0tl3 Rogers, James Dolan, W. H. Nlcholls, Carl Thomp son, Marshfleld; Miss F. Henry. Lafe Ba con, C. D. Waters, North Bend. The steamer Alliance will sail from Em pire In the morning with the following passengers for Portland: Mat Verklynd, T. M. Brickman. C. W. Gerbath and three steerage. Twenty-Five Years' Toll of the Sea. Excluding naval vessels, 13,716 ships of all descriptions, with a tonnage of 4,920,364, belonging to the United Kingdom, were totally lost In the 25 years ended June, 1903, says the London Daily Mall. During the same 25 years, according to a Bluebook just issued. 6541 of the wrecks and casualties to British ships were at tended with fatal results to 40,340 persons,v of whom 34,237 were members of the crew and 6103 were passengers, pilots or other persons,. The average annual loss was 1013 persons, but In the last of the 25 years that dating from July 1, 1902, to June 20, 1903 the number of lives lost was below the average, being 599 crew and only 25 pasengers. The vessels lost in that year numbered 350. During the year 1902-3, 5660 seamen, and passengers were saved from wrecks of British vessels everywhere, and of foreign ships on or near the coasts of British ter ritory. Northwest May Be Saved. The schooner Alice McDonald, en route from San Pedro for Eureka, will on her arrival load either a part or all of the cargo of the water-logged barkentlne Northwest. If the hull of the barkentlne Is found In a condition to permit the ves sel will be towed to San Pedro without taking the lumber from her hold. Cap-r tain Smith, of the Northwest, has been replaced by Captain Lund. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Dec. 10. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.. rough; wind northwest; weather cloudy. Outside at 5 P. M. A three-masted bark. San Francisco, Dec. 19. Arrived at 0 A. M. Steamer Redondo. from Portland. Arrived Steamer Santa Monica, from Gray's Harbor; ateamer Meteor, from Seattle; steamer Olympic, from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Steamer Coro nado, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Minnesota, for Seattle, via Victoria. Monterey, Dec 19. Sailed yesterday Steam er Rcoscrans, for Portland. Hoqulam, Wash., Dec 10. (Special.) Ar rived Steamer Homer, from San Francisco, for Hoqulam; steamer Llndauer, from San Fran cisco for Aberdeen, London, Dec. 19. Arrived Oanfa, from Ta coma, via, Yokohama. Hon? Kong, Bat a via, etc. Japanese Diplomat Married. TOKIO, Dec 19. Hannah, daughter of "Viscount Aoki, formerly Japanese Minis ter to Germany, and Count Alexander von Hatzfeld-Trachenberg, an attache of the German Legation here, were married today in the Catholic cathedral, which THE DOSE Aye r1 C h rry Pectoral jH ISycaf?sU..?St30arp IMHH tOpmaid 20ts2 crept -JJ Hj eytinold 1 2 to I S drop 3jMrtel4...8ol04rept ljtut di...t 8 dreg l7MraM....4to 'rrtomnriiuaijim A ft nt o ! tWU km to niMMliftiw nw mot wr fw fean. faiMIIWHlll(iMw ii i imur taEtw MfVan n a JB IB M .4 tiffllM u. 11 will was crowded with prominent Japanese and members of the diplomatic corps. The Japanese ceremony and the German civil marriage, which later was per formed by the German Minister, Count von Arco-Valley, who performed the reli gious ceremony in the cathedral. TAGGABT CALLS IT LIBEL. Story Published That He Demanded Money to Run His Paper. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19. (Special.) An article In the New York Sun of yes terday, reproduced In part by a local paper today, charging National Demo cratic Chairman Taggart with demand ing $50,000 of the National Executive Committee to keep his newspaper, the Indianapolis Sentinel, running through the campaign has created a sensation among politicians. Mr. Taggart was in consultation with his attorneys all after noon and tonight said that he would sue the New York Sun and the local paner for libel. "There's a sequel to that story and I may have something to say later on." ho said, "but I will say there was never any such a meeting described. In which I was represented as asking for 550,000 for the Sentinel." The Sun says that the executive com mittee was In session and Taggart said: "I want 550,000 or my paper, the Indianap olis Sentinel, will go into bankruptcy." The article continues: "Had the men who sat at the table seen the locked door of the conference room In the Hoffman House burst from. Its hinges and heard a masked man, pis tol in hand, shout 'Hands up,' they could not have been more astounded. The pale, Impassive face of William F. Sheehan, chairman of the executive committee, grew almost ashen, while his eyes blazed with fury." Further the article says: "Taggart's demand for 550,000 was met half way. so that in tho campaign he received 535000, exclusive of the money furnished to pay his hotel bills, and to which reference has been made, exclusive also of the money furnished to him for election ex penses In Indiana." MODEL PAPERS OF COUNTRY. Chicago Editor Places The Oregonian In List of Ten. LAWRENCE. Kan., Dec. 19. (Special.) The ten model newspapers of the United States, declared B. B. Herbert, of Chicago, editor of the National Printer Journalist, In a lecture before the Kansas University school of journalism today, arc: The Portland Oregonian, the Chi cago Tribune. New York Times, Brook lyn Eagle. Springfield Republican. Chi cago Record-Herald and Chronicle, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, New Orleans Tic ayune and Buffalo Express. Mr. Herbert talked of "The Modern Newspaper Editor and His Work." and mentioned Benjamin Franklin, Horaco Greeley. George Prentice. Sam Bolles. William CuIIen Bryant. John Greenleaf Whittier. Charles A. Dana and Henry W. Grady as the greatest American edi tors. The school of journalism has heard two lectures previously this year. T. S. Hlllington. editor of the Rhodesia South Africa Herald, spoke on "South African Newspaper Methods" and Profes sor C. Skelton on "Concert Reporting." Reform Manifesto Is Delayed. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 19.-Contrary to general expectation, Emperor Nicholas name day was not signalized by the Issue of a manifesto on the subject of the re forms, which Is now expected on Decem ber 20. A long list of honors was gazetted, however, principally army officers. The day was marked by the usual observances. The city was decorated with flags, a solemn "Te Deum" was chanted at St. Isaac Temple, a salute of 101 guns was fired from the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul and free performances were given at the theaters. Officers Held for Men's Excesses. KIEF, Russia, Dec. Vj. The Governor has issued a proclamation announcing that Emperor Nicholas has conferred on the heads of military districts in which martial law Is not declared the power of trying by court-martial all officers in charge of troops in the event of the latter committing excesses punishable by penal servitude under tho military codes. The officers are thus held responsible for the conduct of their men. Says Greene Wanted Him Out of Way NEW YORK. Dec. 19. James W. Good man, who was arrested on complaint of Cplonel W. C. Greene, of the Consolidated Copper Company, that he Intended to harm Colonel Greene, was discharged from custody after a hearing today. Mr. Goodman declared that he believed Colo nel Greene's anxiety was to get him out of New York to prevent his appearance in a civil suit which he had brought against the Colonel. Receiver for Jacob Berry & Co. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. At a meeting of the creditors of Jacob Berry & Co. today, Edward S. Thomas, the tempo rary receiver, said that the firm owes about $750,000, while the actual assets are only about $64,000. The creditors elected a receiver. Constellation Weathers the Storm. NEWPORT. R. I., Dec. 19. The United States training-ship Constellation, con cerning which much anxiety had been felt, arrived here today from New York. The historic old craft went through Sun day's storm without damage. Minnesota Sails for Seattle. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. The big steamer Minnesota sailed today for Se attle, where she will discharge 7000 tons of coal before going on her regu lar run to the Orient. vrrmi?w i;i;r mm ii.iEaaitniaiimotDnmana Do not undervalue the services of a skilful phy sician. Even the best medicine cannot take the place of the family doctor. Therefore we say: Con sult your physician freely about your case and ask him what he thinks about your taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for your cough. If he says take it, then take it. If he says do not take it, then follow his advice. ICuta tor tho J. C. JLyer Co., Ztrell. 3u. Jimo wnofcturera of AT2R'S PILLS For conitlpation. AYER'S HAIR VIGOR For tho hair. AYER'S 8ARSAPARILLA For tho blood. AYSR'8 AGUS CURB For EiLirii and agu$ . Jnst s little too far and the woman who reaches over the cliff for the coveted fiower goe9 crashing- down into the abyss below. 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