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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 190o. PUBLIC IS WISER Library Reports 'Show Fewer Calls for Fiction. DEMAND DEEPER SUBJECTS Annual Report of Miss Isom Shows Good Advance In Work of Li brary, a.nd Suggests Needed Changes for Future. The annual meeting of the Portland Library Association was held last nisht and the report of the librarian heard and accepted. There was no election of officers as this does not occur until next year. Plans were definitely made for changes which will be inaugurated just as soon as the art association moves out- Orders will be Riven for additional furniture and the necessary rearrangement of the rooms without delay so that the present cramped condition of the library may be re lieved. The reference-room will be es tablished on the second floor in what Is now known as tne castroom. It will be thoroughly fitted up and will be known as, the KHa G. Smith Memo rial Boom, and will be one of the fin est reference departments in the coun try. The Wilson books will be placed there .so that the public may have ac cess to them. The children's room will be enlarged, which is another miich needed change. Miss Isom's report was very com plete and treated of the work and progress of each department in fullest detail. She showed conclusively that the reading public is steadily turning from Action to more substantial litera ture and that the demands made upon the reference-room indicate an In crease in study and research. Increase in Service. She said in Introduction: "While the library has not quite kept pace witn the phenomenal growth of Portland as reported in the dally press, yet there has been a steady increase In Its service In all departments from its da of opening as a free library, which pernaps Is more wholesome and telling In the long run. The statistics of every working month have shown a little larger per cent of books Issued, of reference work done than the pre ceding month. More books were issued for home use this year than last. The great gain has been in the kind of work the library has been doing, the kind of work which statis tics cannot show. The figures of cir culation though they show In a. gen eral way the kind of books that are Issued from the desk cannot tell the quality of these books, the length of time they are kept in the homes and the number of readers they find in those homer. j The statistics of the reference depart- I ment cannot tell the actual amount of serious study that the reference collec tion makes possible nor even the amount of information which is daily supplied not only by the assistants, but also by those who come to consult the books for them selves. The drop In the fiction per cent to 63 is one proof that the Library is being visited more for a serious purpose and less for mere entertainment. This happy condition of affairs has been brought about largely by the book pur chases of the past two years. The in creased fund has permitted large addi tions to the Library and though the col lection is still too small for the growing membership and inadequate in many de partments, particularly In the class of useful arts, still It Is seldom that a vis itor to the Library is sent away empty handed or without some light being thrown upon his question, however ab struse. Work of Reference Department. The report on the reference department was lengthy and In detail, the condensed statistics being: Number of trooka brought for consultation from the Wilson, public documents and Oreson literature collections X9 Number of questions requiring research answered 4374 Number of articles Indexed...-. 1234 Number of maps indexed 3CT Number or reading lists Indexed S3 The circulating department was shown to have made the following record: New members (adults) S.6T.G New members (children) 1,607 Total number of members ll.0il Attendance 134.CG5 Circulation (adults) ..123.115 Circulation cubtatiin.i) 2.457 Circulation (children) 48.S13 Total circulation 174.385 The membership has increased in about the same ratio as the circulation 2573 more members joined this year than last. The teachers, both of the county and city schools, continue to show their ap preciation of the Library resources. 321 teachers cards being issued during the year and 1243 books having been drawn upon them from the main room alone, mostly from the classes of literature, his tory and the fine arts. In the Periodical Room. Attendance 54.7. Periodical fcub.scribed for. 143 TV.rlodlcal!. Riven 37 Newspapers subscribed for 17 Newspapers given S2 The attendance in this room shows an increase of 5S89 over last year. The room Is far too small to comfortably accommo date its patrons. From the noon hour on to 6 o'clock there Is seldom a vacant chair and many people look In the door only to turn away again because every seat Is oc cupied. Children's Department. New members "1 fi67 Total number of member "'707 Circulation 3 15' Circulation (school) tt'ccl Circulation (pictures) h'iso Attendance (children) .4 4&617 Attendance (adults) 6.P21 The growth of this department of the library during 1P04 was a gratifying ful fillment of the promise of the previous year. The most important work In this department is unquestionably that with the schools. The 1&00 volumes purchased for the use of the county schools were apportioned according to the size of the school and were so grouped into sets that in svlte of the number of duplicates each school would receive a different set each time they were exchanged. It Is a keen satisfaction to know that only one school of the 63 in the county has not had the benefit of these books for from one to nine months, and the teachers of that pchool. a small one at Arthur. In session only for a few months In the year, has asked for the books when the school re opens in April. The average number of months that these schools have had books Is five and one-half, and the total circula tion of these 1500 volumes has been about 10,000. with a fiction per cent of 32. The cordial co-operation of the County Super intendent of Schools, R. F. Robinson, has been of the greatest aid in interesting the teachers in the books and inspiring them to vis.it the library during their weekly trips to town. Saturday after Saturday the county teachers come to the children's room for mounted pictures to use In their history, geography and other classroom work to talk over the books and to draw extra volumes upon their teachers' cards to supplement tho boxes. The schools at Lents. Mount Tabor. Tigersville and Mont axilla have made, perhaps, the best use of their books. With the right help next year the teachers who did not know the books and wbP dd not make much use of them can Improve the records greatly. The books are read in the schoolroom and also taken home. One teacher wrote that her record of the circulation was not so large as It would haveJbeen, but that the books were read by the pupils whole families before thoy were exchanged. These county books were exchanged with in the district the last of March and were sent back to the library at the close of the school year In June. At least 3000 volumes, about double the present equip ment, could be used with splendid results by adding these suburban schools to the county list. The work with the schools in this library has now passed beyond the experimental stage into an established de apartment with Infinite possibilities for expansion. The County Stations. In the late Fall of 1903. three deposit stations were opened In the county, at Bridal Veil. Gresham and Falrview; with in the year the number had Increased to 11. By arrangement with the County Superintendent the school districts sent for the children's books for the schools. the messenger was usually tho school! clerk and the keeper of the general store. This was an opportunity to advertise the other departments of the library through the county, with the result that several substations were soon established. Other communities read the notice of these sta tions In the dally papers and asked for like privileges. The library lias not been able to enter upon a more active cam paign, therefore the county work Is not progressing rapidly and until the library can afford to put this outside work In charge of one person who can visit the remote communities, and advertise the library resources, who can visit the sta tions already established and note the circulation of the books and be ready with suggestions and advice, great results can not be expected. Theie are now stations at Gresham, Bridal Veil. Fairvlew. West Portland. Corbett. Pleasant View, Holbrook. Linn ton, Hillsdale, Peninsula and Lents. In all of which the books are well cared for by local volunteer librarians and much appreciated by the public at large. Cataloguing Department's Work. Volumes catalogued during: the year.... fl.227 Volumes plated, labeled and prepared for the shelves 8.349 Volumes prepared for binding. ......... 351 'Volumes prepared for reblndlng......... 2.4M Volumes discarded i9 Order Department. Addition by purchase 2.551 Addition by gift 1.2S4 Addition by formerly charged copies.... 41 Addition by binding periodicals SIS Addition for circulation 2.OS0 Addition for reference 1.532 Volumes entered, to January. liJ5 (In cluding Wilson collection) 38.520 Volumes estimated not cataloged...... 7,40a Volumes withdrawn 0 Number of volumes in library 4S.150 The book fund has been spdht with care during the year and much serious con sideration given not only to the kind of books purchased but to the cheapest mode of purchasing them. There has been no reduction in publishers prices, hence re mainder sales and the stock of second hand dealers have both been patronized with fairly good results. It Is the policy of the library to buy only the best of the new books Issued, consequently a liberal proportion of the book fund has been spent in replacing worn-out copies and in adding duplicates, both fiction and non fiction for use both in town and county. The discarded books have been sent as usual to city Institutions, to the Men's Resort and to the City Jail. Have Had Many Gifts. "The library has been unusually for tunate in its gifts this year. Miss Mary F. Failing, as a memorial to her lather, Henry Failing, who was so long president of the Library Associa tion, has presented to the library the sum ot $500 to be spent in the pur chase of books on art for the reference collection. Considering the unusual art Interest In Portland this gift will be of special value and will enable the library to purchase many expensive and useful works on art which other wise It could not afford to own. "The American Museum of Natural History presented to the library 24 volumes of its memoirs and 15 volumes of Its bulletins. These have been bound and placed upon the reference shelves ana are very useful to students. "Mrs. C, Lombard! gave to the child ren's room SO volumes of good child ren's literature, and by the bequest of the late Mrs. S. J. Reed, 239 valumes came to the circulating department. The library has thus received from In dividuals, universities, colleges, schools and other institutions, from li braries, publishers and firms, and from the various departments of the United States Government 1284 bound vol umes. 119 current periodicals, 203 li brary bulletins. 300 pamphlets, 75 sin gle numbers of periodicals a total of 1881. Tne library takes pleasure In ac knowledging the generosity of the Art Association in lending to the child ren's department the beautiful pic tures to illustrate the work at various times and is indebted to the daily pa pers for space given for book lists and notices. "To every member of the staff I must express my deep sense of appre ciation of the loyalty and splendid service during this year which has in deed been a test, particularly to those who carried the burden of responsibil ity during the difficult Summer months, and to the board of directors my indebtedness for their continued confidence and for their consideration ana patience during my long nines ATTORNEY WATTS' DEFENSE. Declares He Does Not Remember Col lecting Jessup's Money. Attornev J. F Watts, arrwiixi nr, a charge of embezzlement, will probably be released. When Watts was arraigned be- iore .Municipal judge Hogue yesterday mornlnir his bail, amounting to X2TA t reduced to 5100. There appears to be a law under which a person cannot be con victed Of larcenv whpn Tn taknc nmnort- In which he has an Interest and this. It is said, will be Attorney Watts defense. Watts Is charced bv Contractor n w Jessup of collecting $11 last Autumn and not delivering it. Watts declares that he does not remember anything about having collected "the money mentioned, and Jessup on the other hand says that he can produce a receipt showing that Watts did collect the money. The case was continued until inftnv vhon if ,-ii come up for a hearing. Watts says that ne can easily vindicate himself. PATROLMAN BUILUS RESIGNS Tried for Breach of Police Rules and Sentenced to Reprimand. Reading as he ran. Patrolman W. J. Bullus evidently became aware that he was soon to be discharged from th n- Hce force, he turned In his resignation to Chief Hunt, to take effect Februarv L Now, the head of the department, for reasons known to himself, vishx tn thwart the officer and dismiss him before the time designated for him to quit the business nonoramy. Policeman Bullus wan charred trtty, failure to salute an acting sergeant and with using prorane language toward him. He was given a hearing before the Chief yesterday afternoon and sentenced to be reprimanded. He has been ordered to re port for duty tonight. Minnesota Will Sail Saturday. TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. IS. The Great ."Northern Steamship Company an nounces officially that the h!r- fMm ship Minnesota will salt for the Orient next aiurany. j. ho Denver Rio Grande Krnrv 1. even man beautiful la Winter than Sara xner. Travel East via that linn and pea&5 WAR RISKS WRITTEN Fifty Guineas Cover Steamers Bound for Vladivostok, INSURING GERMAN COLLIERS Activity Among the Coasting Lin Portland Near the Top in Wheat Shipments Rough Trip of Melville Dollar. LONDON. Jan. IS. Much business was done at Lloyd's today on vessels bound for the Far East with cargoes consigned to belligerent ports. Forty-eight steam ers are now on their way to the extreme Orient, a number of which going to Vladivostok were reinsured at SO guineas net per cent. The British steamers Pow derham and Oakley, both of which sailed from Barry, the former on November 12 and the latter on January 1. whose own ers have already had two vessels cap tured, were reinsured at guineas per cent each. Another transaction which was regarded as significant was the issuance to 16 Hamburg-American Line vessels of war risks only lor the voyage from a port In the united Kingdom to a port not east of Colombo, Ceylon, and return and at an. exceedingly low premium. It Is under-' stood that each vessel will carry coal. The transaction created talk on the floor of Lloyds, where It was confidently be lieved that the Hamburg-American ves sels will act as feeders for Admiral Ro- Jestvensky's squadron In the event of It being ordered to return to European waters. , PORTLAND NEAR THE TOP. Ranks Second Among the American Wheat Shipping Ports. Figures for the past year compiled by the Department of Commerce and Labor how that Portland ranked second among the wheat exporting points in 1901. Gal veston leads the list with 3.5S2.1S4 bushels exported, valued 'at J2.904.4S2. Portland's shipments were 2,709. ST1 bushels, worth J2.27C.64G. Third in line was Puget Sound with ' 1,994,500 bushels and San Francisco was a close fourth with l.iSS,3W-bushels. New Orleans was in sixth place, having shipped 1.S91.0G4 bushels. Shipments from all ports were far be low those in 1903. when Galveston ex ported 20,039.633 bushels. New Orleans 11.SS9.273 bushels. Portland 5.614.719 bush els, Puget Sound 4.5S9.279 bushels and Svi Francisco 4.428.112 bushels. In flour exports Portland was sixth In the list last year, according to the de partment's figures, which are as follows: Barrels. Value. New York ,072.70": 512.872.S84 I'ugei seuna l.om.ojT S.sm.DfiO Baltimore 1.2S1.2O0 5.8i 7.520 Phlla.Mphla 1.25C.151 4.852,878 San Francico 744.8S5 3.CS7.17.T Portland 730.1W In the month of December, Galveston's wheat exports amounted to 1.695.0M bush els, those of San Francisco 372.676 bushels. Portland 296.S39 bushels and Puget Sound 115,795 bushels. BURNED HER WOODWORK. Melville Dollar Ran Out of Coal on Trip Up Coast. SEATTLE, Jan. IS. The Melville Dollar arrived In port today, nine days out from San Francisco. The owners were worried at the delay, and ap pealed' to the Treasury Department to send revenue cutters out to look for her. The revenue cutter Grant was Just starting out from here when the Dol lar hove In sight. Captain Fossen reports contrary winds that blew his ship far from her course. The Dollar was light and could not buck the head winds. The coal supply was exhausted and wood work on the steamer was chopped up and fed Into the furnace to keep steam. What little sail the steamer carries was hoisted and she limped Into port about five days late. The Dollar comes here for a cargo of coal, and carried no passengers. Pilots Not Partners. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. IS. Judge Graham has sustained the demurrer to the complaints In suits brought against the regular pilots of this harbor for damages on account of the deaths of persons who were on board th or Rio de Janeiro, which struck a rock ana satiK on February 22. 1903, as It was entering the port. The pilots were sued as an ac-ere ration or nnrfnirhlT and It was claimed that they were jointly responsible for the sinking of tne vessel, as one of their number. F. W. Jordan, had chnrire of tho cinm. ship when It was being guided Imo tho oay. juuge urn nam says that the pi lots cannot be regarded as partners. A piioi is a public orncer, he remarks appointed- under the state law. -inn tii functions of a public office cannot be performed by a partnership. Sea Foam Goes on Drydock. The new steam schooner Sea Foam will go on the drydock Friday, when A CHAT WITH MADAME GADSKI Famous) Slnjcer Say Pacific Coant Han More Good Voice Than Any Othexj Part of the Country. MUCH as I like to hear Madame Gad ski sing, I like better to hear her talk, for she has an accent that is de licious. The peculiar blend of German and English makes her speech sweet as honey In the honeycomb. I met her for a few moments at the Portland last night, and she talked so beautifully about nothing much in par ticular oxcept San Francisco, that it was a joy Just to hear her say things. She has mannerisms just a few: shrugs of shoulders and graceful little gestures when she is Interested. The raadame must be of the Alsace-Lorraine frontier, for there Is a strain of the Gaul In her or I miss my guess. She is blonde and large. Blonde naturally and not large, with the largeness of Schumann-Heinle or other "large parties" of grand opera. She Is big-framed and strong-looking, without the obesity of the German matron. She expresses herself rapidly and strug gles valiantly with her English. She says she finds more good voices on the Pacific Coast than any section of America. She Is besieged with callers who Imagine they have voices and desire that they be tried out. She does not refuse them, so every day for a little time she devotes to hear ing ambitious young candidates inflict their trills and quavers. She did this yesterday in Portland, and she says there arc many who can sing here. In San Francisco she heard eight voices that gave promise and at that ratio there should be at least three here. If there be three here It would seem that the place should be spared from the penalty of Its sins of ragtime and Charles K. Harris ballads. Next to Boston the Madame thinks San Frandsop the most musical city In the country and Jn telling just how good her propeller will be put in .place. The work of installing the machinery is being done by the Willamette, Iron Works. The dredge Columbia and the tender Wenona, which have been out of the water for some time will be un docked today. THREE COASTERS SAIL. Roanoke, Redondo an'd Alliance Carry Good Cargoes South. The steamers Boanoke and .Alliance sailed last night and the Bedondo in the afternoon, all with good passenger lists. Most of the Roanoke's passengers are for San Francisco. The steamer carried as cargo 00. COO sacks of wheat and 360,000 lath. The Redondo has 7250 sacks of wheat for Vallejo and 420.000 feet of lum ber and 1000 empty sacks for San Fran cisco. The Alliance took 123 tons of grain and merchandise for Eureka and 115 tons for Coos Bay. It Is announced that Russell & Rogers In the future will only operate the steam er F. A. Kllburn between Portland, Coos Bay and Eureka. This will give the coast points an excellent service with Portland as the Alliance now covers that territory and the Roanoke, when she goes regularly on the run, will also call at the coast towns. Search for Melville Dollar. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. IS. (Special.) ine revenue cutter commoaore .ferry j left out this morning in search of the j. steamer Melville Dollar, which sailed from San Francisco on January 6 for j the Sound and was thought to be off 1 the Oregon Coast. Shortly after she crossed the bar a dispatch was received at the Custom-House stating that the Melville Dollar had nrrived safely and requesting that Captain Dunwoody of the Perry be notified. An effort was made to signal him from North Head, but he was too far off shore to be reached. The Perry left port without Informing the Custom-House or any of the shipping Interests of her mission. Pilot's Sentence Lightened. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. IS. In the matter of the appeal of Charles C Manter. a licensed master and pilot, from the decision of the United States Local Inspectors of Steam Vessels" for Seattle, Wash., which board on Novem ber 2b, 1904, suspended the license of Captain Manter for six months for not blowing passing signals during a dense fog. John Bermlngham, Super vising Inspector of the First District, hud modified the penalty to 45 days. Turbine Engines a Success. LONDON. Jan. IS. The Glasgow cable dispatches with respect to the speed trial of the Allan line steamers Victorian and Virginian were prema ture. Tne tests of the turbines by tne builders fulfilled all expectations. The Victorian sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool March 23. and the Vir ginian April 7. They are in the Cana dian mail service. Government Jobs on Tap. The first Civil Service examinations for positions under the Government at the Panama Canal were held In the Custom House yesterday and will continue today. The positions for which applicants are be ing examined at this time are bookkeep ers, timekeepers, clerks, physicians and surgeons. Nineteen applicants are taking the examination and those who pass will then be eligible for the first vacancies. Hamburg-American Steamer Lost. HAMBURG, Jan. IS. The news was received here today that the Hamburg-American line steamer Bengalia, which sailed from Barry December 7 and St. Vincent, C. B.. December IS, for Batavla, has been wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. It was added that the crew had been saved, but that the ship was a total lost. Marine Notes. The schooner Eldorado has cleared for Shanghai with 1,055,316 feet of lumber, dispatched by the Pacific Ex port Lumber Company. The Oweenee shifted yesterday from the Oregon Water Power dock to the North Pacific mill. The Columbia River lightship will be repaired by the Portland Iron Works. She Is being brought up by the tender Heather. The steamer Dalies City, which was damaged by h rock near Stevenson, reached this city yesterday under her own steam, and In the evening went up to the Portland Shipbuilding Com pany's yards, where she will be taken out on the ways for repairs. The China liner Aragonia moved over to Alaska dock yesterday after noon from Montgomery No. 1, where she will discharge the remainder of her Inward cargo. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Orl. Jan. IS. Arrived down at 6 lam night Schooner Virginia. Left up at 7 last nlsht-Schooner Olsa. Arrived at 9:50 A. SL Schooner J. Evlston. from San Pedro Sailed at 10 A. M.-British ship Hampton, for AntofoRasta. Sailed at 11 A. M. Schooner Virginia, for San Francisco. Arrived down at 5:45 P. M. Dredge Chinook. Outside at 5 P. M. A three-masted hlp. CondlUon of the bar at 5 P. M. Rough: wind. cat; weather, rainy. San Francisco. Jan. 18. Arrived Schooner C A. Thayer, Gray Harbor. Sailed Schoon er W. H. Dlisond; whaling bark John Win throp. whaling grounds. New York. Jan. IS. Arrived Callfornlan, from Seattle and San Francisco. Hong Kong, Jan. 18. Arrived 'previously Gaelic, from San Francisco, via Honolulu and Yokohama: Siberia, from San Francisco, via Honolulu. Yokohama, etc. the California town is the eminent songstress expatiated in her most musical accents. During her visit to Redlands last week the Gadski paid 53 for a single orange and was arrested. Rather, she was ar rested first and parted with the five slmoleons afterwards, all because she saw a tree which bore fruit and, like the first of her sex. she coveted the fruit which was forbidden to gather. She yearned for a juicy orange which hung over the street and her maid did pick of the fruit of the tree and the Madame did eat. She was waited upon by an officer a few minutes before her train was to depart and placed under arrest. It seems that the grand jury fad has not reached Red lands yet. for she gave the zealous guar dian of the public peace, which she had offendea. a shining five dollar coin and was allowed to go her way in peace. Tho Madame sings four nights in this week under stress of imperative con tracts. Never more and usually less. She Is going to sing another series of traveling concerts next season In this country. She will leave In May for her home In Berlin and will return In October, probably to sing a short season of grand opera with the Metropolitan Company. She has been singing on this side eight years and says public American taste has developed much In that time. She sees the finish of the coon song and thinks America Is too young to produce composers. When I came to from my dream of rippling brooks and sighing breezes which her voice summoned out of the close confines of a little sitting-room, I re called that she had said those things and for the fear of destroying the harmony I have not attempted to quote her, for. as much as I like to hear Madame Gadski sing. I like more to hear her speak the speech of our glorious country with the delicious accent of another and older land. A. A. G. CLEAR FOR ACTION Court Ready for Sorensen Trial Today. HOP CASE BRINGS ON DELAY Grand Jury Is Grinding Slowly, and Announcements of Indictments May Not Be Made Until Close of the Present Session. The George Sorenson trial scheduled for yesterday morning In the federal Court, failed to materialize because the time of the court was taken up with listening to the hop contract case of LUienthal Bros. vs. Dove and Hershberger. That case was finished yesterday afternoon, however, and the way Is now clear for Mr. Soren son to provo to the world that he did not offer United States 'District Attomey Hall a bribe of $5000 during last March to get that official to quash the indictments against the Puter-Watson people. Mr. Heney will allow Deputy District Attorney Banks to conduct the investiga tions before the grand Jury for a short time while he takes charge of the Soren son trial. There will be no testimony Introduced by the Government other than that of the complaining witness, John H. Hall, when the case Is called. What "de fense Sorenson will make is not at this time known, but it is supposed he will attempt to bring witnesses who will tes tify that he was either at a different place at the time alleged In the indict ment, or some other defense along lines similar to this. It Is not thought, how ever, that the trial will consume much of the time of the court. Ormsby Pleads Not Guilty. Captain S. B. Ormsby, who was given 30 days by the court In which to plead, ap peared yesterday morning before Judge Bellinger and entered the plea that he was not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the Government out of a portion of its public lands. The date for his trial was not set. It is not thought Mr. Heney will call for any other trials at this time, after the Sorenson matter Is off his hands, but will allow the rest of the cases to wait for the April term of the court. The jury will not finish Its labors until the end of the month, and after that Mr. Heney will be compelled to return to San Francisco for a month at least. In order to catch up with his neglected private business. It will, therefore, be practically Impossible for him to return to Portland earlier than the middle of March. Grind of the Grand Jury. The work of the grand jury I3 progress ing slowly. Several witnesses were ex amined yesterday from different parts of the state, and today Mr. Banks will take up the case of Henry W. Miller and Frank E. Kincart. two Roseburg timber locators who are accused of having mis represented timber claims to prospective settlers and having extorted large sums of money from them by fraudulent means. Md. Banks conducted the examination of the case before the Land Comhlssioner at Roseburg, and Is therefore acquainted with It. It Is alleged that Miller and Kincart would take prospective entrymen to see fine timber In the vicinity of Roseburg. and would offer to locate them on the land for certain sums, at the same time prom ising them they could sell the land for large amounts to a timber company which was anxious to secure It. Many persons filed under these misrepresentations, but when they secured their patents and vis ited their claims, found them to be on strips of untlmbered wastes. There are no indications that there will be any Indictments returned before the middle of the coming week. Mr. Heney will be busy with the Sorenson trial a part of the remainder of this week, and will not be able to prepare any indictments after the conclusion of the trial. It is not thought he would make any indict ment public until the close of the session should one be returned, as It seems to be the Impression that ail further indict ments will remain unannounced until the conclusion of the labors of the jurors. UP TO MILITARY BOARD. County Court Will Not Prevent Rent ing of Armory. Mme. Melba will sing at the Armory on the night of January 30 as advertised. George I. Baker, through his attorney, John F. Logan, made -a complete surren der In the County Court. Mr. Baker on Tuesday vigorously protested to Judge George Webster against the use of the Armory Hall for concerts or other amuse ment enterprises. Mr. Baker argued that theatrical managers who pay licenses. rents and taxes can accommodate con cert companies In some one of the the aters and the Armory should not be rented In opposition to theaters. Mr. Logan, when the battle began, was sure the County Court had the supreme control of the Armory" building and not the military board of which Colonel Gan tenbeln Is the head. The attorney told Judge Webster that the courts ha-e held that a schoolhouse cannot be used for a dance and this was a parallel case. An armory building, he said, was exclusively to drill soldiers hi. The case was set for hearing before the County Commissioners court yester day morning, and in the meantime Mr. Logan looked up a little more law and the result was that he changed his mind. He Informed Judge Webster that he had reached the conclusion that while the Ar mory Is a county building, the military board has as much control over It as the officers of the United States Army have of tiie barracks at Vancouver of other military posts. Counsel conceded that Governor Chamberlain's authority only exceeds that of the military officials. After Mr. Logan had expressed this opinion. Judge Webster decided to agree with him concerning his view of the mili tary code and held that the County Court has nothing to do with the renting of the Armory. Manager Baker has stated that if the County Court has no authority and the military board can rent the Armory as it pleases for amusement attractions, he will go to Salem anil ask the Legislature to amend the- law and enact a statute prohibiting the renting of the hall. TRIAL OF DAMAGE SUIT. Workman Asks $10,000 From Expo sition Contractor for Broken Legs. The $10,000 damage suit of Arthur L. Dillon against J. E. Bennett, a contractor, was placed on trial before Judge Clcland and a jury yesterday. It will be con cluded today. Bennett. In August last, was erecting a building In the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds. Dillon was em ployed on the structure and fell "from a scaffold. Both of his legs were broken and his foot was Injured. Dillon says the scaffold was insecurely constructed and the defendant contends Dillon was careless and that he otherwise would not have been injured: also that It was his duty to see the scaffold was firmly built and safe. SAYS HUSBAND IS JEALOUS. Mrs. Johnson Thinks It Unsafe to Live With Him. Belle Jobnsoa has sued Frank Johnson for a divorce on account of cruel treat ment. She alleges In her complaint that Johnson Is of a very Jealous disposition, and on October 10, 1904, while in a rage, he beat and bruised her and slapped her face. Mrs. Johnson, avers that it Is un safe for her to live with her husband. The Johnsons were married In 1S31 In Ne braska and have four children. The mother desires to have the custody of one of them, and Is willing that the father shall keep th other three. How Much Money Has He? In the divorce auit of Cora B. Bettman against W. W. Bettman. pending In Olym pla, George W. Caldwell, attorney, of this city, has been appointed to take depositions so as to ascertain what money. If any, Bettman has in Portland banks. Mrs. Bettman wants to know about her husband's financial affairs. The cashiers of the Portland banks declined to state it Bettman has money In deposit In their Institutions unless ordered to do so by the court. This accounts for the appointment of Mr. Caldwell to take the depositions of J. W. Newklrk. cashier of the First National Bank: J. W. Ladd. of Ladd & Tilton: William A. MacRae. cash- ier London & San Francisco Bank; R. W. Schmeer. United States National Bank, ; and R. W. Hoyt of the Merchants Na- ! tional Bank. Sheriff's Demurrers Set. The hearing of the demurrers filed by Sheriff Tom Word in the suit brought against him by the Chinese firm of Kwong Fung Company has been set for January 31. This Is one of the damage suits arising out of the gambling raids and was brought In the United States Court. Indoor Baseball Game Set. A match game of indoor baseball will be played on the association floor on Fri day night between the Y. M. C. A. first team and the Oregon City Y. M. C. A, The Tiger basket-ball team will leave for Salem Friday morning to play a return game with the Salems on that evening. Legai Jottings. Bench warrants were ordered issued by Judge George yesterday for the arrest of Fred Fritz. John Jacobs. James Crowley, Nils Erickson, Mort Myrtle and Dick Sing, charged with playing poker on Jan uary H. S. C. Spencer, attorney, later ap peared in court and filed bonds for the appearance of each of the accused, and they were discharged from custody. Harry Jones, sentenced to one year In the penitentiary on a larceny charge, to gether with N. Lenthold, sentenced to two years Imprisonment, were taken to Salem yesterday by a Deputy Sheriff. Kotl and Abe, two Japs, and "Knuck les" Johnson, a white man. all charged with playing "21" on September 27, plead ed culltv before Judge George yesterday nnd were fined $10 each. They were ar rested In one of the bnerin s raids. THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Few People Know How Useful It Is in Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the safest and most efficient disinfect ant purifier In Nature, but few real ize its value when taken In to the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of It the better; it Is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and im purities always present In the stomach and Intestines and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and Im proves the complexion, It whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic It absorbs the Injurious gase3 which col lect In the stomach and bowels; It disin fects the mouth and throat from the poi son of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best char- icoal and the most for the money Is In Stuai-s Charcoal Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics In tablet form, or rather In the form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the char coal being mixed with honey. The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell In a much Improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of It Is, that no possible harm can result from their continued use, but on the contrary, great -neflt. A Buffalo physician, in speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says: "L advise Stu art's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bow els, and to clear the complexion and puri fy tile breath, mouth and throat; I also believe the liver is -reatly benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but 25 cents a box at drugstores, and although In some sense a patent preparation, yet I believe I get more and better charcoal In Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than In any of the ordinary charcoal tablets." Lots of goodness in Ghirar delli's Ground Chocolate good for the brain, the nerves, the muscles- for fatigue, for hunger and thirst, for jaded appetites, for in valids and the young good for the health in general. Best for cake and pastry. Children pass their cups for more of I the delicious bouillon made with g I Liebig Company's f Extract of Beef ( I It's as good for everybody as for the h youngsters. g I This is tha blue 5 ligs&tare on 1 erery label of the genuine : -oiuuiimn !iiM:iiiuii)auatBnnirinr3iii8iiMi:iiaaniiiniiiiu.'aaniiir Six Qui non.ixriicntH- rei3dr for Goaorrhcr Gleet. Spar a tor rh era Whites, nuns tarsi dit chares, or znr InQaJmai 1 emuttos. tloa of ancoai mem 13SEH9CHa3M.C8. brant. Sfoa-astrlacBEt Said Taj- I&raggl or Mat In data wrapper or expren, prraaia, 101 fl-TO. or 3 bottles. (S.TT, UfcwJ iw: mft Ty'oCStEaN. f Xlml4i7. A - 0-BTsts v V"-i r SSSks Newport News, Va., July 22, 1903. Last summer while recovering from ill ness of fever, I had a severe attack of Inflammatory Rheumatism in the knees, from which I was unable to leave my room for several months. I was treated by two doctors and also tried different kinds of linaments and medicines which seemed to relieve me from pain for awhile, but at the same time I was not any nearer getting welL One day while reading a paper I saw an advertisement of S. S- S. for Rheumatism. I decided to give it a trial, which I did at once. After I had taken three bottles I felt a great deal better, and I still continued to take it regularly until I was entirely cured. I now feel better than for years, and I cheerfully recommend S. S. S. to any one suffering from Rheumatism. 613 32(1 St CHAS. E. GlLDER5LEiVK. Rheumatism is caused by uric add or some other acid poison in the blood, which when deposited in the muscles and joints, produce the sharp, cutting pains and the stiffness and soreness pe culiar to this disease. S. S. S. goes di rectly into the circulation, all. irrita ting substances are neutralized and filtered out of the system, the blood is made pure and the general health is built up under the purifying and tonic enectsoi thevege- table remedy. Write for our spe cial book on Rheu matism 'which is sentfree. Our phy sicians will advise without charge all who will write us about their case. The Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, 6a. (Established 1379.) "Cures While Yov Sleep." Whoo ping-Cough, Croup, Bronchitis, Coughs, Diphtheria, Catarrh. 7o ti J tcne nan b 8 Dlac ed in a r emedr. which, for a quarter of a century has earned unquali fied praise. Ask your physician about it. CEES0LE5E Is a boon ta asthmatics. J.1I Drs;rlt. Snd p.tt.lf.ri crlptlT. booklet. Crrialen. Jtsit eptte TbrMt Tb leU fot lb Irrt tated throat, at your drajiUt or from of. lOcw la atampa. The Yapo-Cresolene Go. 180 Fulton St. N.Y. C. GEE WO The Great Chlnssa Doctor 1 caJJed great because hia wonderful cures are no well Jtnuwa throughout the. Unlied States and because ta many people are thank ful to htm for savin their Uvea from 0PLRAT10NS txa Heals nay nil v-l CUeases with powerful Chintdo nerhs, rootv buck, bark and veget bUs. that are entirety uniuiown to medical .-i.nc in this country. r.VSnimS ,r;h, Wml rem: tnxoina J ".now. the action of .rwtorMdle that he haa -uccejj-over KM dlflerent iere?:-ri7 He guarantee lull, wed in e"rYune to cur. f"h- "mach. liver, kidney, raatlam, "'Y00'0. Stvate diseases. Hua lemale trouble and a" fHe moderate. Ca4 dreds ot testimonials. Charges and e him CONSULTATION FREB Patients out ot the city write for blank ana circular. IncIo -tamp. Address THE C. GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO. 253 Alder Street Mention this paper. Portland, Or. Stairway of 251a Alder leading to my office. SAPOLIO Is especially valuable during th Summer season, when outdoor oc cupations and sports are most ill order. GRASS STAINS, MUD STAINS and CALLOUS SPOTS yield to it, and it is particular Bgreeable when used in the bath nter. violent exercise. -S-L GROCERS AND DRUGGIST Scott's Saniai-Pepsin Capsules A POSITIVE CURE Tor Inflammation orCatarrhof thm T?lu.ijre.nd DUeajsd Kid neys. MO COM VO PAT. Cures inickly and permanently th. wont mih at doaerntM and Jee. no matter of how Ions etandinir. Absolately harmless. Sold by drafgiit. Price ilXO, or by mall, post paid, (1X3.3 boxes. 2.73. THE SAHTAL-PEPSIS GO, r..'!Vontiae. Ofris. WOODARO. CT.IRVB A CO.. fORTLAN'D. S. ss& s&T. 1" tn. worst dlseas. oa 1 SI li ill )tt the ou-esc i 19 II lltu curb wu-on- you II 19 IlKKutv- WHAT TO DO. bTbTB " Many have pimples. Oat Bkv n BCuw uu uic afciu. surra) I S3 STifl PAH In the moutk. ulcers. I 2 I H CTy"UUni' taIr- bon Pln. 1 fiJ) 9JK catarrh. and don e X 3tfy K tl know n U BLOOD POISON, iiend to DR. BROWN. 033 Arch st. Philadelphia, pan.. for BROWN'S BLOOD CUKV. Ow per bottle, lasts0ne month. Sold Hotel ptirnisry. rf 1 1 an a cured to Stay Cured. RTH fti A PorFREtTESTtreatmeatpra- on of your case and satne3 of two asthmatio iffcrers. FRANK WKETZEL, M. D.,