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V THE HORKING OREGONIAS, SATURDAY, 7AHUARY : 21, 1905. FRAUD IN MAJORITY Granci Jury Exposes Rule of ' Rascals in Pueblo. HONEST VOTERS HAD NO SHOW Public Affairs in Hands of Repeaters, Manufacturers of Fictitious .Reg istrstion and Fraudulently ' Naturalized Aliens. PUEBLO, Col.,, Jan- 20. The sxand Jury, whicih has, for .two months been investigating.- the. -election frauds In Pueblo County, reported to the court today and was discharged. One hun dred new indictments were returned. The grand 'Jury.- on which Democrats and Republicans had equal representation, reports the discovery ' of a conspiracy, with its fountain head in Denver, to con trol the election in this -county by cor rupt methods. 3he .report says: "We learn that the better element of our community. deluded"by the proud belief that by their suffrages they were determining the affairs of our city and county and deciding the destiny of the Nation," was two, three, a dozen, fifty times, overbalanced by venal re pesters and the manufacture of hundreds of fictitious "registrations by officers swbm to righteousness In public office. Nearly 1800 foreigners received naturalization papers during September and October, 1904, from the County Court, and In many instances they were issued to aliens who had never even applied for their first papers. The jury petitions the court, to bring the evidence of fraudulent naturalizations to the attention of the United States Dis trict Court and the United States Dis trict Attorney. The jury finds that the registration books were padded by at least 3000. lin ger the practice of paying political work ers in vogue, the vouching system, says the report, has become "worse than a farce." There were 32 indictments returned today against S. N. Walpole, the newly-appointed Postroaster'at Pueblo, making -a total of 40 charges against him. The grand jury was in session for nearly 40 days and returned in all 257 indictments, all charging irregularities and crimes in the last election. HALF THE BALLOTS SPURIOUS Contest Committee in Denver Reveals Secrets of Ballot-Boxes. DENY BR. Jan., 20. When the joint leg islative committee appointed to hear the Peabody - Adams Gubernatorial contest met this afternoon the Teport of the ex perts who examined three Denver ballot boxes turned over to them last night was made. According to their testimony 449 out of the 901 ballots found In the boxes were spurious. On cross-examination the witnesses re fused to express an opinion on special specimens of handwriting submitted to them for comparison with each other and with the alleged fraudulent ballots, un less they were granted at least 34 hours for examination. They all testified, how ever, that they had reached their conclu sions on the hundreds of ballots submit ted to them after from four to six hours' work. One of the experts contradicted. the tes timony of another on the question of comparing handwriting in pencil, and ink. Efforts were made by the attorneys for the contestec to break down the testimony ' ' the experts and to show their unfitness for the position. Aftor the cross-examination, two more ballot-boxes were opened and six experts were put to work on thfem. with instruc tions to report at 8 o'clock tonight, to which time the committee took a recess. After turning over two more ballot boxes to the experts, the committee again took up the examination of Supreme "ourt watchers. Four were examined and old stories of repeating similar to those ilready brought out. At 10:15 the com nlttee adjourned until 3:30 tomorrow f ternoon. when it is expected a report on he ballot-boxes now being examined will oe made and the answer of Governor Adams to the allegations of cx-Govcrnor Pabody will be filed. Both houses of the General Assembly irvo adopted a Joint resolution providing that only morning sessions shall be held while the contest continues. Tho commit tee hearing the contest will hold after noon and night sessions only. This ar rangement was found to be necessary, owing to the inability of the Republicans, unaided by the Democrats, to maintain a puorum In the Senate while the commit- tee is in session. NIEDRINGHAUS STILL LOSING. Rivals for Missouri Senatorship En gage in a Little Banter. JEFERSOX CITV. Mo.. Jan. i'O The fourth ballot for United States Senator o succeed Francis M. Cockrell. takon bv the Lcglsluture today in joint session, re sulted in no election. The vote stood Francis M. Cockrell SI. T. K. Xiedring haus SO. Kerens 9. Pcttijohn 1; necessary To choice 84. Niedrlnghaus lost one more vote today, which went to Kerens. Two men who yesterday voted for Pettijohn today went to Kerens. Adjourned until Monday. Before the balloting besan today. Colo nel R. C. Kerens, who started the recent bolt against Xledringhaus. and the latter held a IS -minute conference. Mr. Kerens told Mr. Niedrlnghaus that he claimed precedence for Senatorial honors on account of his son-Ice to the party and his long years of waiting. '1 would be willing to give up a Sena torship if I had your youth." said Kerens to Niedrlnghaus. adding that he thought the caucus jiomlnec could afford to wait. Mr. Niedrlnghaus smiled pleasantly at the comments of Mr. Kerens and the" best of feeling vrc ailed apparently. Later Mr. Niedrlnghaus said that the meeting as personal and not for the purpose of breaking the deadlock. "I am practically United States Senator from Missouri now,' he said, barring a Utile, formality in the joint session." LA FOLLETTE FOR SENATOR. Majority of Wisconsin Repubican Caucus Is Pledged. MADISON. "Wis.. Jan. 20. A Republican caucus has been called for Monday night for the purpose of nominating a candidate to succeed United States Senator Quarles. Forty-six out of 4S "Administrators.' or J-i Follette supporters, members of the A ssembly, have pledged themselves to vote In the "caucus until a Senator shall be nominated, and to prevent an adjournment without a nomination. They will vote for Governor La Follette. This action, it it said, practically assures tho election of the Governor. Delaware Deadlock Still On. DOVER. Del., Jan. 29. The Senate rook 26 ballots for President pro torn today, making 1ST to date. Has Wife In Spokane. "Laurier. It was learned, left his wife in Spokane Wednesday, to seek em ployment here. He had been out of work for some time, having jost his position with the Spokane Table Sup ply Company. His wife lives at 112J. Second avenue, -Spokane, and has or dered that his body be shipped' "there for burial. cut ran iiBEiTY. (Continued from First Face.) have furnished him with a bodyguard. He has been -accompanied everywhere by a score of Izvoschiks and has not been sleeping at his own home for a week for fear of the very contingency of arrest by the police which is reported to have al ready happened. As a peasant swine herder when a boy he showed such ca pacity for learning that he -was sent to the Poltava Ecclesiastical Seminary to be educated as a monk. His leaning to ward politics led to bis exclusion from the seminary and this exclusion prompted a desire to get close to the people and share their lot He was jdetermlncd to become a priest in distinction from a monk and overcame many obstacles, finally being graduated from the St. Pe tersburg Ecclesiastical Academy. He then took up work among the laboring classes, whose leader ho' speedily became. He shows an evident genius for organization. Father Gopon Is believed to be the heart and soul of the whole movement. No disturbance has so far been reported. There ere heavy guards at the wacr works and lighting plants and in the fac tory districts. Patrols'or cavalry are con stantly in motion throughout the city. Altogether 374 works In St. Petersburg have been closed by the strike. The man agement of the Puttloff t Iron Works, where the trouble began, posted notices last night ordering the employes to re ceive the pay due them today and resume work. This Is an ultimatum and there is apprehension of a probable conflict. A minority of the -workmen .are willing to return to work,- but the majority are de termined to prevent tbem. THEY PRAY FOR FREEDOM. Petition Which Striking Workmen Will Offer the Czar. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 20. Follow ing is the text of the strikers' petition to the Emperor: Sire: We, worklngmen. inhabitants of Et. Petersburg, of all classes, our wives, children and Indigent parents, come to you, our sov ereign, asking for protection. "We are poor, burdened with labor beyond our strength. We are Insulted, treated not as men, but as slaves, who ought to bear their rruel fate In silence. ne have suffered, but we -are being plunged deeper in the ml re and deprived of our rights. Untnstructed. .itlfled. by desUtutlon and injus tice, we are perishing. We have no strength left. Sire, we have arrived at the extreme limits of endurance: we have reached the ter rible moment then death Is to be preferred to & continuation or our Intolerable sufferings. We have left our work and Informed our em ployers that we will net resume until our de mands ar conceded. We have not asked much; we have asked but for means of liveli hood, without which life is a burden and con tinual torture. Our first request Is that our masters should Investigate our case. They have refused. We have been denied the right to put forward our claims, it being held that such right is not recognized by law. After referring to the eight-hour day and other joints in their case, the petitioners continue: Any one of us who dared raise his voice In the Interests or the working classes has been thrown into prison or transported. Kindness and good feeling have been treated as a crime. The bureaucracy has brought the country to the verge of ruin by a shameful way. It Is turnlnc It to Its downfall. WC have no voice In the heavy burdens Imposed: we do not know for whom or why thla money Is wrung from an impoverished people, and we do not know how It Is expended. This state of affairs, contrary to divine law. renders life Impossible. It were better Ihatj we all should perish, we workers and all Rust ela. Then good luck to capitalists. and ex ploiters and poor, corrupt officials, robbers of the Russian people. Assembled before thy palace. e plead our salvation. Refuse not thine aid. and raise thy people from their tomb. Give them means of working out their own destiny. Resoue them from Intolerable official domination; throw .lown the wall that separates; free thy people; order that they may rule the country with thee: create for thy people the happiness wrenched from us. leaving us nothing but sor row and humiliation. - We pray Tour Majesty graciously to receive our demands, which are Inspired by a desire for Tour Majesty's and our welfare and the consciousness of the necessity of escape from an intolerable situation. Russia Is Joo great and her needs too varid and numerous for officers only to rule. National representation is Indispensable, as only the people themselves know the country's real need. Refuse not this aid. but order a convocation or representatives of all classes, including workmen. Let all be free and equal In the election, and to this end permit the election of a constituent assembly by general secret ballot. That Is our chief demand, in which all else centers. It is the sole balm for our wounds, which otherwise bring us death. A single measure, however, will not heal all our wounds; therefore, we acquaint you frank ly and openly, on behalf of the whole of the Russian working classes, as to a father, with our further demands. After making these demands the peti tion concludes as follows: These, sire, are our principal needs, satis faction whereof can free Russia from rtavery and misery, make her prosperous and enable workmen to organize In defense ot their In terests against the capitalist exploitation and official robbry which are stifling the people. Order and swear they chsll be satisfied, and you will make Russia happy and glorious and inscribe your name forever in the hearts ot the people, while, should you repulse our prayer, we shall die in this square before your palace. We have nowhere else to go. Only two paths are open to us, either toward liberty and happiness or to the grave. Should our lives serve as a holocaust for suffering Russia, we shall not regret the sacrifice, but shall bear it wllllnsly. ALL MEETINGS FORBIDDEN. Police Issue Proclamation, Forcing Strikers to Print It. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 21 (6"; M.). A proclamation has been Issued this morning forbidding .all assemblages, pa rades or other demonstrations In tho clty and warning well-disposed workmen and other private Individuals to avoid gath erings, as the authorities arc determined to break up and disperse meetings im periling public safety. The proclamation Is printed In the Po lice Messenger, which is thi only publica tion appearing this morning, the police, having forced the printers to Temain at work until the paper appeared. PRIEST READY TO DIE. Father Gapon Says People's Blood Will Accomplish Most.- LONDON. Jan. 20. A special- dispatch from St- Petersburg says that Father Gapon "was summoned by the Minister of Justice on Thursday to receive a repri mand.' but that he refused to appear, pleading ill-health and pressure of work. Father Gapon declared that ho had taken effective measures against the possibility of arrest. Referring to Sunday's demonstration he said: "I shall stand at the front as behooves a leader, and if they shoot us down I shall be the first to fall. But our blood will accomplish more than the most suc cessful agitation-" Women, from their sedentarv habits, are often subject to' headache and consti pation. These are quickly removed by Carter s Little Liver Pills. "Sourboy Isn't very popular." remarked tfr eptimlrtle one. "But he has a lot of gocf-a him." Mybe hhas." replied the amlab.e critic "But T -never heard of his letting any of It out.' Cincinnati ComssercUl-Tribone. CASTRO HOLDS OUT Will Reject Terms Offered by United Stafes. COERCION HAY BE NECESSARY Asphalt Dispute May Require Resort to Arms Moody Studying Legal' . Phases Before Extreme Meas ures Are Adopted. PARIS, Jan. 20. Information reaching authoritative Quarters here from Caracas, Venezuela, says President Castro has de cided to give a negative reply to the rep resentations of the' United States. The President has left Caracas for a fortnight with the evident intention -of puting off an immediae reply. His attitude leads to apprehensions here that the situation In "Venezuela may develop serious compli cations. HIS OFFER CAN'T BE ACCEPTED United States May Resort to Coercion Against Castro. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. The Informa tion respecting the sttpatton at Caracas received by the Statu Department" from Minister Bowen, In a cablegram of yes- UNITED STATES SENATORS ELECTED IN 1905 STATE. NAMEL California Connecticut. Delaware........ Florida Indiana Indiana , Maine Maryland Massachusetts. . . Massachusetts. . . Michigan Minnesota Mississippi MIteouri Montana , Nebraska Nevada New Jersey...... New York....... North Dakota... Ohio Pennsylvania . . . . Hbode Island.... Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Wj t hlngton ..... West Virginia... Wisconsin. ...... Wyoming Frs: . Flint M. lkcley IXj - .ed J. V. 'luliaferro A. J. J x-v fridge J. A. Heaenway Eugene Hale Isidore Ravner J Henry C Lodge . -J. crane J. C Burrows 11. E-Clapp II. D. Money Deadlocked T. H. Carter fEJ. Burkett G. S. Nixon John Kean C. M. Depew P.J.McCumber Charles Dick P. C. Knox N. W. Aldrich W. E. Bate C.'A. Culberson Geerge Sutherland Redfleld Proctor J. W. Daniel Deadlocked N. B. Scott Not yet elected C D. Clark Summary Republicans, 22; Democrats. 6; not yet elected, 4, all of whom will be Republicans. -These will succeed 25 Republicans and 7 Democrats, showing a Re publican gain of 1 when elections are completed. The Republicans make gains. In Missouri terday's date, is to the effect that Presi dent Castro made a proposition for the settlement of the asphalt and other Is sues between the United States and Ven ezuela of a nature that makes it impos sible of acceptance by our Government, and being notified of that fact, and hav ing left the capital for an Indefinite pe riod, he has terminated the negotiations at least for the time being. The effect of this action Is to place relations between the United Stales Venezuela under a decided stra Though it is now almost certain tha some action of a compulsory nature will. In the end, be forced upon our Govern ment, this will not occur until every re source of diplomacy has been exhausted. Castro's, last proposition, it is learned, was to provide for permanent arbitration of all Issues arising between the United States and Venezuela. This Is regarded at the State Department as entirely un necessary, in view of the fact that the United States .and Venezuela were both signatories to the general arbitration treaty resulting from the last "Pan-American Congress, held at the City of Mexico some years ago. so that any special treaty would be surplusage. Then Castro proposed that it tho arbi tration proposal was accepted, the first question to be determined by the arbi trators would touch the right of the United States ta Intervene In the asphalt case, which It regards as purely an In ternal affair. This Is In effect another application of the old Calvo doctrine denying the right of diplomatic Interven tion in the internal affairs qf a state, which has been uniformly repudi ated by the United States. Lastly, as suming that the arbitration decides that the United States had a right to Intervene, then Castro proposed that the arbitration Should ascertain the merits of tho claim. The position of the State Depart ment, beyond the statement that it has found this proposal unacceptable, has not beerr -definitely laid down. Further Information from Mr. Bowen, tho American Minister at Caracas. Is want ed as a basis for future action. Mean time Attorney-General Moody, through his assistant, Mr. Russell is making a careful Inquiry to ascertain whether all of the proceedings in the last few years before the Venezuelan courts re specting the asphalt controversy have been conducted according to the estab lished legal procedure In Venezuela, and to ascertain whether or not there has been a technical as well as an act ual denial of justice to -the complain ants. The purpose ot the President in adopting this course Is to arm himself with well-considered opinions on the highest legal authority in the execu tive branch of the Government of the United States, before resorting to com- j pulsory measures in the case of Vcnes j uola. The State Department authori ties feel that they have been patient and long suffering in this matter. Mr. PuUdo. Charge d'Affalrcf of the j Venezuelan JLcgatlon, has been appointed First Secretary of Legation, the position he formerly held. He called at the State Department today to ask if aqy In formation has been received regarding the arbitration of the asphalt case. He has had no recent advice? on this subject TWO MEN ASE SUSPECTED. Officials Still Search for Facts About Shooting at Czar. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 20. In the midst of the fever of excitement today over the strike situation, the incident at the Winter Palace Thursday attracted secondary attention. Startling reports of "a widespread conspiracy and a wholesale disaffection In the army seem to be with out foundation. Grand Duke Sergtus Mlchaclovltch. in his preliminary report, shows that the caisson of the battery contained charges of grape in readiness for a Mtslble emergency, such as to rake the streets in case of rioting, and a shot ted charge was introduced into a gun In front of tho saluting charge. The pinners are under arrest, and their antecedents are under examination, but It is impossible to learn whether anything has yet been discovered. The military authorities are inclined to believe that the incident was the work of two men. one of whom inserted the missiles, while the other trained the gun. A witness reported that he had seen a cannoneer carefully training the gun, but this doea not agree with the statement made by Grand Puke Sergtus to a promi- ncnt military attache that the gun. must have been pointed downward, as the charge struck the Ice. ricochettlng, and two balls entering the imperial pavilion. One ball also pierced a palace window, others striking the facade of the palace or flying over the jpalace and dropping around the statue of Alaxendar I in the palace square beyond. McCermick Is Noit-Cemmittal. WASHINGTON. Jan. Ml The only in formation the Statcvpepartment has of ficially of the exciting incident at Sr. Petersburg yesterday Is a cable gram, dated last evening and received today from Ambassador McCorralck, stating that during the ceremonies connected with the blessing of the Neva, some shots from a saluting battery struck the pavilion In which were the Czar and royal family. The Ambassador's message does not Indi cate whether this was by design or acci dent. GREAT BLOW TO AUTOCRACY. Czar's Oppressed Subjects Thus Re gard Shooting at His Palace. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 20. Whatever may .be the facts, yesterday's events on the Neva have created a profound sensation among Scandinavians and the exiled Finns. It Li thought that, while the offi cial statement that the affair was an ac cident may bo correct, the episode will have as much moral effect as an actual attempt at assassination. "The whole world recognises," said a prominent Finnish exile thla morning, 'that conditions In St. Petersburg are such that political murder would be a pe rfcrtTy-fc, tural thing to happen. This Is vastly mofe4rportant than the mere question of Intent backvOt yesterday's dis charge of grape. It shrwXhat Oib au tocracy and bureaucracy are In dire straits and that government with any I POLITICS SUCCEEDS- I POLITICS Republican Republican T. R. Bard J. R. Hawley L. H, Ball Himself Himself C W. Fairbanks Himself L. E. McComas Himself Republican Republican Republican Democrat Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Democrat Democrat Democrat Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Democrat Democrat Republics Republican Democrat Republican Republican Republican Republican Democrat Republican Republican Republican Democrat Republican: Republican George T. Hoar Republican Himself Republican1 Himself Democrat Himself F. M. Cockrell Parts Gibson Republican! Republican Renubllcant W. M. Stewart Republican Hlmtelf Republican Himself Republican Himself Republican Himself Republican1 M. S. Quay Republican Himself Democrat Mimseir Himself Thomas Kearns Himself Himself A. G. Foster Illmielf J. V. Quarles Himself Democrat Republican Republican Democrat Republican Republican and Montana, the Den3Hkaryland. sort of persoi or practical efficiency Is bea next to lmpos- slble. "Finland, Poland and many other op pressed corners of the Czar's empire re joice, not at the attempt at assassina tion, but at the fact that the system that io room for progress or justice Is ,to Its fall." G THROUGH A MUZZLE ussian Press, Under -Censor- ; Discusses Attack on Czar. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 20. Nothing better Illustrates the conditions In Rus sian journalism than the appearance of the SL Petersburg papers on the morn ing after an occurrence which nearly added another violent death to the his tory of the ruling family of Russia. There are prominent headlines, but al most no editorial reference, and the most brief mention possible of the unexpected hail of grape shot around the little chapel In which ths Emperor and the Romanoff family had gathered for the great relig ious festival of the Epiphany and bless ing the waters of the Neva. The account of the stately ceremonial prepared by the court marshal is long and rich In detail, describing the appear ance and garb of the participants and the progress of events from minute to minute. Appended to this court circular are short paragraphs from various papers .alluding In the most guarded terms to the unex pected danger in which his majesty stood. These add practically nothing to the knowledge ot the event, In spite of half a day's opportunity for Investigation and inquiry. The Novoe Vrcmya, which publishes the most extended account, shows that chief Interest In the Incident followed the second and tfilrd shots, but offers no explanation. The paper editorializes briefly on the Inexcusable carelessness ot permitting so perilous a happening and on the general Joy at tho escape of His Majesty, and the relief to strained nerves. It concludes by expressing the hope that the miraculous escape of the Emperor from mortal danger while en gaged In the pious rites of the faith may be an omen that Russia Is under like pro tection; that Providence is watching over those who live by faltlv and that she may. emerge In equal safety from the perils In which she now stands. Other papers ppubllsh less regarding the event, not even the names of the offi cers commanding the battery or the artil lerymen tending the guns are given. The reader Is left largely to draw his own conclusions as to tile connection between the sound of the salute and the patter of the bullets about the pavilion. ' COMMISSION WILL INQUIRE. ! Artlireri: Officers to Find Out Who Did the Shooting. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 20. A special j commission under" the presidency ot Ueu I tenant Khltroro, commander of the ar j tlllery corps of the guards, has been ap j pointed to Investigate the origin of the . firing of yesterday. The commission will work under the superintendence of the ; Inspector-General of Artillery and of ! Grand Duke Sergtus. i The report published bj- a news agency of the suicide of Captatin Dayldoff. com j manlier of the battery from which the I shot Is supposed to ave been fired. Is un : founded. Looking Up. Harper's Weekly. Not many years ago there lived in a small town of Vermont a worthy Deacon Barker, who had managed to put by a tidy sum. the proceeds of the business done at his notion store. Now. Deacon Baker thought pretty well of himself, and an he progressed toward the realization of his Ideal, which was to become the richest maa in town. It was observed by the majority of his neighbors that his eelf-ateem Increased In direct ratio to his wealth. So that In time the worthy Barker actually deemed himself the most Important personage in the vi cinityalmost, in fact. Its patron Mdnt. One day a man from a place near by was visiting the deacon. Said he: "Dea con. It certainly seems that your towns men hold you In high esteem." The deacon smiled complacently, -i guess tha fs right," replied he. 'The peo Vle hereabouts do kinder look up to me, friend. And I well, r"iook up to God." laLaJBBBBBBBBl MITCHELL IS SUSTAINED RANDALL DRIVEN FROM COAL MINERS' CONVENTION. Praslolent of Union Demands That One of Them Go, and Convention Promptly Expels Assailant. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 20. Robert Randall, delegate to the United Mine workers' Convention from Wyoming, who charged President Mitchell with having sold out to the operators dur ing the recent Colorado strike, was expelled from the organization today by the National Convention. Randall ' took the floor and made a statement which was -marked by an absence of the abuse of President Mitchell, which he used yesterday. President Mitchell replied to him and demanded that either himself or Ran dall should not be in the convention. Jn his statement. President Mitchell said: "This man Randall says that my ac cusation that he made false state ments In his local union forced him to his attack. If anything were needed to prove his duplicity, that statement does It. Brother Randall, you should not have come here; you could have lied more successfully- front DIetz, Wy oming. The president of your district has said he does not believe a word you have said. -If- one charge that this delegate makes is true, I am unfit to occupy the place I do. I should be deposed. If they are not, I have a right to pro tection. Either -this man or I should not be here. One of us should leave this convention. I leave Is for the delegates to say which It shall be." Delegate Walker, of Illinois.' floor leader of the Socialists in the organization, then presented the following resolution, which was adopted with a unanimous vote: "Whereas, by .a gross misrepresentation of facts In connection with the Colorado strike, together with a torrent of abuse and tissue of false and lying statements, he has assaulted the character, person ality and Integrity of President John Mitchell and other National officers, not one word of which he has In any manner substantiated: therefore be It "Resolved. That this convention express Its full confidence In the honesty and In tegrity of our National officers, and fully Indorse their action in connection with the Colorado strike, and that Delegate Robert Randall make a public retraction on the floor of this convention of his un warranted attack on the officers of this organization or stand suspended from the convention and expelled from the United Mlneworkers of America until such time as he shall make such public retraction, and that the secretary of the local be so notified." Delegate Randall arose, and, standing at his seat, refused to retract, and walked from the convention. The convention adopted several resolu tions, all aimed at having all mining wage contracts expire March 31. 1S0S. The Constitution COmmitt nnnrtoJ favorably on an amendment increasing --.-......j uiiiui ioa irum iv cents to 25 cents. It was adopted, as wa3 a resolution providing for the increase of the minimum monthly dues from 25 cents to 50 cents. An. amend ment fixing the minimum local as sessment at 50 cents was defeated. STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED. Pennsylvania Railroad Manager and Trainmen'6 Chief In Conference. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Jan. 20.-A. strike of he freight trainmen In the employ of thePennsylvanla Railroad east of Pitts burg and Erie has been delayed. If not entirely averted, by the preeence in Phil adelphia of Grand MasterP. H. Morrlssey, of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. There appears to be a better feeling on both sides tonight, and, although the situation has not materially changed. It Is lss acute than when First Vice-Grand Master Lee, having exhausted all his ef forts to effect an amicable settlement of the differences, hastily summoned Mr. Morrlssey from Cleveland. At today's conference of Manager Atter bury and Mr. Morrlssey the situation was again gone over. 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It regulates the Stomach, and BoavcIs, giving bealthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The MotherV Friend. The Kind You Have Always BongM Bears the In Use For THt CCKTJU1 COMPANY. TT V9 . W. HARPER WHISKEY "ON EVERY TONGUE." A sweet breath from sun-kissed fields of golden grain; nectarized by perfect distillation; enriched, ripened and mellowed by old age. Sold by leading dealers everywhere. v BERNHEIM DISTILLING CO., Louisville, Ky. W c. CAXT, Salesman. 'Portland Hotel. Portland. Orecon. mt.. for f.fip. $111 potency tuoroushly cured. No failure YOU.N'U MUX troubled with nieht m m i, i, l est -m bashfulness, aversion to society, which deprive you ot your manhood. IHVFITS YOU Zor BUSINESS OK 3IARKIAGE. 3IDDE,E-AGKI MEN, who from excesses and strains have lost their XAXVr POWER. BLOOD AND DISEASES, Syphilis. Gonorrhoea., painful, bloody urine. Gleet, Stricture. Enlarged Prostate, Sexual Debility, Varicocele. Hydrocele, Kid ney and Liver troubles cured without MEHCUilV OH OTHER POISO.NOUS DRUGS. Catarrh and rheumatism CURED. s Dr. "Walker's methods are regular and scientific. He uses no patent nos trums or ready-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent free to all men who de scribe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terras reasonable. All letters answered in plain envelops. Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address DR. WALKER. 181 Fkst Street, Corner YamhIU, Portland, Or. ache, and as I have heard that you can gfr ueiprai advice lu giros in my coucuuon, x am writing you." Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, HI. Dear Airs. Pinkham: (Second Letter.) " It is frith the f eelincr of utmost srratitad that I v? rite to you to tell you what your valuable medicine has done for me. When I wrote you in regard to my- condition I had consulted severaldoctors, but they failed to understand my case and I did not receive any benefit from their treatment. I followed your advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkhanvs Veeetable Comnound and am now healthr and well, and all the distressing symptoms wnicn x sau at, mat uiuo nave ujsappearea. " Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, EL Miss Matilda iJorman writes Mrs. Pinkham as follows : Dear Mrs. Pinkham: " Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound my monthlies were irregu lar and painful, and I always had such dreadful headaches. " But since taking the Compound my head aches have entirely left me, mv monthlies ara regular, and I am getting strong and welL I am telling au my girt mends what xjydia iS. Pinkham's Vegetable ComDOund has done for me." Matilda Borman, Farmington, Iowa. If you know of any young girl who is sick and needs motherly ad vies, ask her to address Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her every detail of her symptoms, and to keep nothing back. She wili receive advice absolutely free, from a source that has no rival in the experience of woman's ills, and it will, it followed, pnther on the right road to a strong, healthy andhappy womanhood. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound holds the record for the greatest number of cures of female ills of any medicine that the world has ever known. "Why don't you try it ? Compoana Makes Sick Womea Well. Signature of Over 30 Years. MURRAY STRCCT. NRVYORK CITY. iiiiii They act like Exercise. ..HF""!ffl, w Rowftls Druggists Ail m Twenty Years of Success In .tha treatment ol chronic diseases, such as liver, kidney and stomach disorders, constipation, diar rhoea, dropsical swellings. Brlght's disease, etc Kidney and Urinary Complaints, painful, difficult, tod frequent, milky or oloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. Diseases of the Rectum Such as pUesJlstulB. Assure, ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, cured without the knife, pain or confinement. Diseases of Men Blooc Doison. sleet, stricture, unnatural losses, im pure guaranieea. emissions, dreams, exbaustlnsr drains.