1 THE MORNING OREGOyiAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1905. RiYERMEN SAY NO They Believe Closing of Draws Would' Hurt Traffic, COULD NOT KEEP SCHEDULES Stand Taken "by Navigators That De lays to Pedestrians on Bridges Are Slight, and That Boats M-ist Not Be Held Back. In the present agitation for the closing of the bridge draws for two hours each day steamboat men and those whose com mercial interests are identified with navi gation take a stand similar to that as sumed two years ago when the matter was up before. At that time petitions were freely cir culated and signed by numbers " of the workers who are required to cross the "bridges, and the matter was finally taken to the Government officials. Major "V. C. Iangfitt called a meeting at which both sides were allowed to present their re spective sides of the case, but when the meeting was held there was but one peti tioner In evidence as against an array of navigation Interests. Major Langfltt made a roport as a result of this meeting and forwarded It to the Chief Engineer at "Washington No action has ever .been taken on this report, however, and the matter was apparently allowed to drop. The general view of steamboat men Is that in the closing of the bridges to river travel for an hour at a time the benefits derived by the public would be 'entirely too small to offset even in the slightest way the loss to river commerce. Speaking of the matter last night, Alden B. Graham, manager of the Oregon City Transportation Company, said: "Few of these people who are agitating this matter of closing the draws seem to realize that it is the river that has made and keeps Portland, that In fact it is the mainspring of Portland's commerce. If tlioy would look at it from a commercial standpoint I cannot see how they can fail to be Impressed with the necessity of Jielplng. river navigation rather than hindering it. Would Delay the Boats. "There are other features which they seem to overlook also. They .seem to for get that for the sake of a few minutes aved to them an hour may be lost to other people. "As an example of this, let us consider our boat from Corvallis. It takes that boat 11 hours to come down from Cor vallis, and suppose that ' it reached Portland just a little after 6 o'clock. If the closing of the draws went into effect, under such a condition our boat with its passengers would nave to lie In the stream above the Madison-street bridge for an hour before it could get to our dock at Taylor street. "What about the passengers? Should they be kept waiting an hour? Yet we could do nothing: else, since we have no landing-place above Madison street. Our freightlmndlers would be kept working into the night an hour later because of the time lost. The down-river boats would be equally as bad oft and the en tire system would be disarranged. "I think the matter of delays to the people crossing the bridges is being greatly exaggerated. Of course, there is now and then an unusual delay, but this is the exception rather than the rule. I have made it a point to ob serve the boats passing through the draws, and it is safe to say that the average delay to the bridge travelers Is but from three to four minutes. "I live on the East Side myself, and have always found that by figuring on the possibility of the drawr. being open and leaving home a few minutes earlier J can always get over to town In proper time. From a commercial standpoint, it seems to me that we cannot afford to close the bridge to boats at any time of the day." Says Schedules Would Be Revised. H. C. Campbell, general manager of The Dalles. Portland & Astoria Naviga tion Company, said: . "It would work a great hardship on not only transportation companies but on the traveling public as well to close the draws for an hour at a time. It would completely disarrange schedules, and In many cases make It absolutely impossi ble to get the boats through their trips in any kind of proper time. It is true that people crossing the bridge are fre quently compelled to wait, but I do not think that they are detained more than three or four minutes as a rule. I think that Instead of keeping the draws closed for an hour at a time some arrange ment might be effected which would prove more satisfactory, if the draws were kept closed only for short intervals this would give the boats a chance to go and come without much of a wait, and this would be a measured relief to the people as well." Captain Charles T. Karam, superinten dent of the Vancouver Transportation Company, is also strongly opposed to the draw-closing movement. He said: ""The citizens arc taxed for the purpose of bettering the Port of Portland, and in that way aiding navigation, and yet they would apparently hurt It If possible. Some people seem to think that it would be no particular hardship on the boats to hinder them, but they overlook the fact that schedules are arranged for the purpose of accommodating the traveling public and the malls, and that for any boat to be held up for an hour at any time would be a serious loss in more ways than one. The steamboats make it a rule to get through the draws as quickly as possi ble, and since they do that It hardly seems just to obstruct commerce' In or der to give some people the benefit of a few minutes, which they can surely Bpare better than can a boat." TO MOVE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE Offices In Courthouse Will Be Taken to City Hall. The County Assessor's office will be moved next week from the Courthouse to the City Hall, fourth floor, and the County Treasurer's office will be moved from the City Hall to the Courthouse. County Treasurer Lewis will use the rooms now occupied by the Assessor. These rooms were, for many years, occu pied by the County Treasurer, but will liav.e to be refitted and refurnished to accommodate the Treasurer when' the office is returned" there. The reason for the change is that Assessor Sigler re quires more room to do the work of the office properly. Four or five large rooms can be secured in the City Hall. It Is also' considered more desirable to have the County Treasurer's office. In the Courthouse than la the City Hall, and the rooms which the Assessor now occu pies are ample in size for the County Treasurer. NEW TRIAL JURORS ARE DRAWN Names Selected to Fill Panel in State . Citcuit Coi.rt. Additional trial jurors 0 fill the panel in the State Circuit Court were drawn from the Jury list yesterday. The names and occupations are as follows: E. W. Rowc, druggist; George Jacobs, 'druggist; J. GaXcbet, capitalist; J. W. SIngletary. sta- a tloncry: G. Gobbl, merchant: Charles Ol son, laborer: F. K. Neale, laborer; James M. Acheson. tailor; M. Versteeg, brick manufacturer: Edward Everett, insur ance: Thomas Monroe, real estate: George W. Carpenter, capitalist; M. Steele, brick layer: H. H. Newhall, banker; F. A. K, Spagle. merchant: G. M. Strauss, shoe maker: Adam Yost, teamster. Jury trials will be resumed on February 13. The last Jury case now on the trial calendar is set for February 27. Confession of an Opium-Smoker. Fred Davis, whose bond way forfeited Monday. in the State Circuit Court, ap peared before Judge George yesterday morning. Davis was convicted a month ago in the Municipal Court of smoking opium, and he appealed to the higher court. He told Judge George he was ready to plead guilty. The plea was ac cepted and he was fined $100. which he paid. On motion of Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald, a vagrancy charge against Davis was dismissed. The cases against Grace Templeton and Leona Harris, arrested in company with Davis, are still in an unsettled condition. The court, on Monday, ordered the bond of $100 in each case forfeited, and the bondsmen, Eugene Blazior and A. B. Bur ger, have not yet paid the bond nor pro duced the accused In court. Will Exhibit Wild Animals. George Jabour. N. Salch and Alex Sweek filed articles of Incorporation of the New York Animal Show Company In the County Clerk's office yesterday, with a capital stock of $20,000. The objects an nounced are to conduct trained animal shows, and cafes of all kinds. Legal Jottings. Dr. J. T. Walls has sued C F. Johnson and wife, in the State Circuit Court, to recover $255 for medical services per formed for a son of the defendant's. Lumena Lemieux was appointed in the County Court yesterday administratrix of the estate of her husband. David Lc mleux, deceased. The estate Is valued at $2000. Articles of incorporation of the Second German Evangelical Reformed Church of Portland were filed In the office of the County Clerk yesterday, by Henry Roth, John Egger, Matthias Michel and Uirich Aplanalp, trustees. Mary E. rtoorklias sued James L. Roork for a divorce because of desertion begin ning July 3, 1903. They were married at Troutdale, February 27, 1KH. and there are three children, whq are with their mother. She asks the court to grant her the legal custody of the children. Aunlp Hachtman. who was divorced some time ago from her former husband, J. Rosencrantz. yesterday filed a petition in the State Circuit Court, asking that Rosencrantz be required to appear and show cause why he does not support their daughter, who is a minor, and provide for her education, as was provided for in the divorce decree. The petitioner says Rosen crantz paid for the tuition and board of the child at St. Helen's Hall for two weeks, and declined to do ho afterwards, and that the child came home to the peti tioner, where she has since remained. Judge George set the case for a hearing on February 15. Vater Pipe Plays Tricks. As the result of the breaking of a stand pipe on the west side of Third street, be tween "Washington and Stark, last night, considerable amusement was furnished a number of bystanders and incidentally a good deal of trouble caused the Police De partment. The hole, which was caused by rust, was about the size of a pencil, and emitted a stream of water that showered pedestrians as they passed by. Several ladles were drenched, and a number of men without umbrellas had their clothing soiled. Finally some one decided that boys were playing pranks and reported the matter to the police: others thought likewise, and for a time the desk sergeant was kept busy explaining the cause of the downpour. Lebanon Robbers May Be Here. From the crew of a train arriving in this city over the West Side road of the Southern Pacific, yesterday aftprnoon, it was learned that two men answering the description of the Lebanon bank robbers were seen upon the train just before it reached Portland. Both carried pails which seemed rather heavy, apparently containing eggs. It is supposed that the fellows, after committing the daring crime, crossed to this side of the river and made their way to town, while the detectives were searching for thorn near Lebanon. FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the character of SHERLOCK HOLMES he founded an absolutely unique type and reconstructed the en tire theory and nature of detective stories. Heretofore such tales had be longed largely to "dime novel literature." Doyle made his famous detective a deductive genius, and the style and nature of his adventures set the reading world to talking. 'When the author ceased at last to write SHERLOCK HOLMES stories there arose a universal demand for more of these great detective narratives. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has written, by special arrangement, a new and final series of the ADVENTURES OP SHERLOCK HOLMES, for which he received the highest price ever allowed for such literary work, " Collier's Weekly having paid him 45,000 FOB. THIRTEEN STORIES A RATE OF ABOUT 60 CENTS A WORD. These stories have achieved a'great success the greatest, jjerhaps, in the annals of. so-called light literature. This great success was, of course, due in part to the fact that the 13 tales comprising the series are the last SHERLOCK HOLMES stories that will ever be written. On this point Sir Arthur is firm he will write -no more SHERLOCK HOLMES stories, now or later. By special arrangement THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN has secured the right to publish these stories. They will appear every Sunday for the next three months each, week a complete adventure and mystery. e V PUBLICATION BEGINS SUNDAY; v. : - FEBRUARY 12 CALVIN STEPS UP Appointment to Manage S. P. Is Confirmed, SUCCEEDED BY WORTHINGTON Rumors of Past Month Confirmed by Official Announcement, and Mr.. Calvin Departs for San Fran cisco Successor Coming. E. E. Calvin, whose appointment to the general managership of the Southern Pa cific was officially confirmed yesterday, left last night for San Francisco, where he will assume the duties of hla new office immediately upon his arrival. B. A. "Worthlngton, who will succeed Mr. Calvin as general manager of the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation Company and Southern Pacific Oregon lines, was to leave Chicago last night for Portland, and Is expected to assume his office by Monday. Mr. Calvin's promotion, while looked for, was only announced yesterday. - A vacancy has existed In the managership of the Southern Pacific since the resig nation of Charles H. Markham. over three months ago, and from time to time re ports have gone out that Mr. Calvin was slated for the position. It Is presumed that the delay In his appointment was caused by the arranging of details. Mr. Calvin has had a wide and varied experience in railroading, and Is today considered one of the best men In the country. He began his career while a boy and has worked his way up. step by step From April 1. 1S04, Mr. Calvin occupied the position of general manager of the Northwestern grand division of the Har rlman llnes with headquarters in Port land, and through his business-like meth ods and treatment of the commercial public, has made many friends. The sudden announcement of his departure gave but little chance for these to con gratulate him, but the trustees of the MUSIC NOT ALWAYS IN HAIR Vladimir de Pachmann, Who Has Made His Way to Fame, Despite Cropped Locks, Says It Is the Fingers That Play. VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN is a most eminent player of pianos, who speaks almost Impossible English. If one be unceasing as a listener and hang closely to his words he may expect to tell what the pianist Is driving at. but otherwise It Is almost hopeless. Of course one might be deaf, dumb and blind and still be able to lure birds from the bushes with his music. An inability to speak the English, or in fact any other tongue, is comparatively nothing, gener ally speaKing, but when It comes to an Interview, It's different. Vastly different. From, a few minutes of conversation with De Pachmann I gathered that he doesn't think particularly well of America from a musical standpoint. Of Boston, yes. Of the rest of the country climati cally well, but musically very poor. De Pachmann came to Portland yester day and is at the Portland Hotel. He will give a concert at the Marquam on Satur day night, other things being equal, and 1 sought him for a talk. He Is Russian, of Odessa, but he seems German, perhaps because he has spent so many years there and he speaks Ger man like a native. It was In this lan guage, with occasionally a little English, that he talked yesterday. Boston Is one of the most musical cities of the world according to De Pach mann. He gave many concerts there and was well received. Philip Hale, who writes of music for a Boston newspaper, is one of the best critics of the world. He thinks De Pachmann a great pianist. One of the greatest living. This from De Pach mann himself. Chicago is tolerable. It patronized De Pachmann pretty well, but not enough, and San Francisco is a town after the De Pachmann heart. This particular great musician has- a hobby. It is Godofsky. another pianist, PUBLICATION OF THESE WONDERFUL STORIES WILL BEGIN IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN Chamber of Commerce called upon him yesterday afternoon to express their pleasure in his advancement. Mr. Calvin's family will remain in Portland for the present. B. A. "Worthlngton. who succeeds Mr. Calvin, received his railroad training in the employ of the Southern Pacific. His first position was that of telegraph op erator, after which he was successively chief clerk to Master Mechanic Stevens, secretary to General Manager Towne, secretary and chief clerk to H. E. Hunt ington, statistician under Julius Krutt schnltt, superintendent of the Tucson di vision, superintendent of the Coast divi sion, and then assistant to Julius Krutt schnitt. fourth vice-president and general manager. Since the appointment of Julius Kruttschnitt as director of maintenance and operation of the Harriman lines, Mr. "Worthlngton ha3 acted as his assistant. He is extremely popular with railroad men and Is looked upon as a worthy suc cessor to Mr. Calvin.- TEEES TO JUMP INTO EIVEE. Mrs. J. Nel-ion Saved by Policeman and Taken Home by Husband. About 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, while Officer Craddock was crossing the Steel bridge, "he noticed a woman stand ing near the middle of the draw acting in a rather unusual manner. He approached her and was about to ask her a question when she attempted to throw herself Into the stream below. Craddock JumDed for ward just In time to save the woman, catching her by the" skirt as she leaned over the rail of the bridge. Beyond the fact that her name was Mrs. J. Nelson, nothing could be learned from her. and, as she became hysterical, the officer took her to the office of Chief of Police Hunt, where she was closely questioned. She steadfastly refused to tell where she lived and what her reason was for attempted suicide. Later a man called and asked to be al lowed to take her home, as she was his wife. He, too, refused to answer ques tions., and as there was no charge against the woman, the pair were al lowed to depart. Run to a Chimney Fire. A still alarm was turned in from Third and Jefferson streets about nine o'clock last night, to which Truck and Engine No. 1 and Chemical No. 4 responded. A burning flue, which was extinguished be fore the arrival of the apparatus, was the cause. and a pupil of the man who has him for a hobby. De Pachmann thinks he is the greatest of all living virtuosos. De Pach mann expatiated at length on Godofsky's left hand transcriptions of Chopin and gesticulated with a truly foreign air while he talked of his pupil. He got up from his seat, paced the floor and still in sisted that Godofsky was the greatest of them all. De Pachmann is not a long-haired musi cian. He said most quaintly yesterday that the art is in the fingers, not the hair, and called attention to his own locks, which were well-trimmed and which he threatened to crop off more. "We reached the subject by way of Padercwskl, whom the artist, who was being Interviewed, does not grow en thusiastic over. De Pachmann had some where learned the good American slang word "bluff" and he Intimated that be thought that was what PaderewskI Is a huge bluff. No flowing pink hair for De Pachmann. The fact is, to drop into colloquial expression, he can't see Pader ewskI at all. i After the American tour, which will close next May. De Pachmann will go "back to "the other side." He may play sftne jjoncerts In London. but after that will itjBt a whole year. He has something up bjs sleeve. He refused to say what It it', but one might imagine it to be an opf.ra or another American tour. Amer ican tours pay well and musicians, even short-haired musicians, are human. De Pachmann is no Infant prodigy. In fact he Is no longer young. He confessed that he was born In 1843 and that was quite a spell ago. He Is counted one of the foremost pianists, no doubt properly so. and tomorrow night, when he gives his concert at the Marquam. there will be many who will listen to his sub secondary tone elucidations and say he's great. A. A. G. NIG0MED1A IN PORT China Liner Has Uneventful Passage Across. HEARD LITTLE OF THE WAR Whaleback Steamer City of Everett Rams and Sinks a 'Sugar;Carrier Off the Atlantic Coast Mis hap to Aberdeen Man. The Portland & Asiatic steamship NIco medla. Captain Wagner, arrived in port last night after an IS days' passage from Yokohama that was not marked by any special Incident. The officers bring no late war news and say they heard but lit tle of the Far Eastern conflict while in the Japanese port. In spite of the stirring developments of the first part of January, the Japanese appeared little concerned and were pursuing the even tenor of their way. The Kicomcdia sailed from Hong Kong January 9 and from Yokohama January 22. After leaving the Japanese coast sev eral days of bad wether were encoun tered, but aside from plowing through heavy seas, nothing occurred to mar the smoothness of the passage. During the remainder of the trip the weather was changeable, but never severe- The only thing that broke the monotony of the passage was the opportunity afforded the officers to shoot several birds that they described as eagles while skirting the Aleutian Islands. A new second officer, Mr. Partz. joined the ship at Yokohama, being transferred from one of the Oriental vessels of the Hamburg-American line trading between Shanghai and Tsingtau. Mr. Partz only former visit to Portland was as an A. B. on the old British bark Thetis, which was here about eight years ago. He does not remember much of the city, but has a distinct recollection of his experi ence out on the trip to Port Elizabeth, when the wheat cargo shifted and the craft nearly went to the bottom. The liner brings a lighter Inward cargo than usual, amounting to but 3016 tons. It consists of 19.S91 rolls of matting, 12S3 boxes of tea, 4271 boxes of Chinese pro visions, 316 bales of strawbraid, 5430 bags of rice, 433 tubs of camphor, 4 bales of silk goods and 64 bales of raw silk. The steamer made fast to Montgomery dock No. 1, where she will begin discharging cargo this morning. The silk will be Im mediately dispatched to the East by pas senger train. SENT DOWN BY WHALEBACK Sugar Steamer Leif Ericksen Run Into by City of Everett. ' NEW YOJIK. Feb. 9. After having collided with and sunk the Nor wegian steamer Leif Ericksen. of Cape Romalne. Fla., In a dense fog on February 4. the Standard Oil Company's steamer City of Everett returned to this port today, bringing 20 of the crew of the sunken steamer. The other two mem bers of the Ericksen's crew were drowned either in the collision or when the crew took to the boats. The whaleback steamer City of Everett was bound from New York for Sabine Pass for a cargo of oil. When In a heavy gale and fog off Cape Romalne, on February 4. the Ixsif Ericksen was first seen crossing the bow of the City of Everett. The latter's overhanging, cigar shaped bow cut into the Ericksen's hull deeply and ripped her open far below the water line. Several of the bow plates on the City of Everett were stove In. Perceiving that the Ericksen was sink ing fast, her crew jumped into their boats and were picked up by the City of Everett. The City of Everett then re turned to this port for repairs. The Leif Ericksen was bound from Ma tanzas. Cuba, with a cargo of sugar for Philadelphia. She was owned in Bergen, Norway. Steamship Ohio Changes Hands. The well-known steamship Ohio, which was bought about a year ago by Moran Bros., of Seattle, and since par tially gutted by fire, has been pur chased by Captain O. J. Humphries and will again go on the Nome route from the Sound. The Ohio in the past has made an enviable record in the Alaskan trade. She was originally brought around from the Atlantic Coast, where she had been in the trans-Atlantic trade for years. She has brought down more gold from Nome and other Alas kan ports and carried more prospectors to those ports, it Is claimed, than any other one vessel. Sailor Is Washed Overboard. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Feb. 9. Captain Blom, of the Schooner Reso lute, which arrived this morning 27 days from Guaymas. reports having lost a man overboard on the outward voyage. The unfortunate man has rela tives in Aberdeen, from which port the Resoluto sailed to Guaymas. His name was John Lind, and he had been with the vessel three years. He was on dcok at the time and was swept over board by the gaff. The accident oc curred a day after the vessel left Gray's Harbor. Work Progresses on Church. Major W. C. Langfltt. who has been in San Francisco Inspecting the repairs to the dredge Chinook, returned to Portland yesterday. He Is greatly pleased over the progress being made in the repair work, and thinks that everything will be com pleted within the contract time Unfit of 45 days. The dredge will be brought to the Columbia River as soon as the repairs are made, but it Is not known yet Just when she will be placed In commiasio. Wrestler's Mate Dies at Sea. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 9. The schooner Wrestler hus reached here from Mexico with her flag- at half-mast out of respect for the memory of Sec ond Mate Nelson, who died suddenly of heart disease on the voyage home. Nel son was a single man and resided in Aberdeen. American Mails Landed at Dover. DOVER. England. Feb. 9. The Red Star Line steamer Vaderland. from New York. January 30, arrived here today, having been delayed by fog. Fifteen hundred bags of mail from the steamer were sent to London by special train. This is the first time American mails have been landed at Dover. Sailing of Korea Delayed. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. Owing to .the necessity for repairs to her hull, the liner Korea will be delayed on dry dock and her sailing day has been post poned until Wednesday, February 15. Marine Notes. The monthly Port of Portland meet ing was postponed yesterday, as a ma jority of the Commissioners were out of the city. The French bark Eugenie Fautrei finished loading wheat at Oceanic dock yesterday and will leave down the river this morning. Her cargo consists .of 110.045 bushels. She goes to Queens town for orders. T. M. Stevens & Co. have chartered the British steamer Nairn to load flour, wheat or barley on the Sound for the Orient. The steamer Barbara Boscowitz. re cently purchased as a wreck by Bul len Bros. & Co., of Victoria, for about 3630, has been sold to J. S. Emerson, of Vancouver, for about $5000. The British bark Earnmount. I860 tons register, has been sold by William Hamilton & Co.. of Glasgow, to R. Thomas & Co.. of Liverpool, for 10. 000. The British ship Crown of Eng land, 1724 tons register and well known in Portland; has been sold by J. & R. Young & Co. to Norwegians for about 5000. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Feb. 9. Arrived at 6:30 and left up at 9:30 A. M. Steamer Costa Rica, from San Francisco. Arrived at 7:30 and left up at 11:15 A. M. German steamer Xlcomedta. from Hong Kong and way ports. Sailed at 8:30 A. M. Steamer Elmore, for Tillamook. Sailed at 1 P. M. Schooner Zampa. for San Francisco. Sailed at 4 P. M. Barkentine John Palmer, for Tslntau. Arrived at 4 and left up at 4:30 P. M. Steamr Homer, from Coos Bay and Eureka. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M smooth; wind northwest: weather, partly cloudy. St. Helens. Feb. 0. Passed at 5:55 German steamer Xicomedla. San Francisco, Feb. 9. Arrived at 9 A. M. Steamer South Bay. from Portland, tor San Pedro; put In for fuel. Sailed last nlBnt Steamer Asuncion, -for Portland. Arrived Steamer Czarina, from Coos Bay; steamer Tl tanla, from Ladyrroith. Sailed Steamer Aber deen, for Astoria; steamer City of Puebla, for Victoria. Queenstown, Feb. 9. Arrived Baltic, from New York. v Hon;; Kong. Feb. 8. Sailed Empresw of In dia, via Vancouver. London. Feb. 9. Sailed Pentaur, for San Francisco. BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Father John. of. Qronstadt. the vener able priest, who has been In Ill-health for some time, has suffered a relapse. His condition is critical. In consequence of the settlement of the difference between the court and the Ser vian Cabinet on the subject of the anti government campaign, the entire cabinet has consented to remain in office. Both sections of the radical party have voted confidence in Premier Pasics. Albert T. Patrick, who is under sen tence of death for the murder of Wil liam M. Rice in New York, hopes to es cape by proving at a second trial that embalming causes congestion of the lungs. The prosecution proved that Rice died of congestion, of the lungs, caused by chloroform administered by Patrick. In New York In a single quarter last year, with a total population of 3.83S.S24. there were 24,034 births and 21.053 deaths, a natural increase of 2056 In the popula tion of the city. The Industrial General Trust Company, of London, has asked the New York Su preme Court for a special jury to try its suit for over Sl.000,00 against J. Ken nedy Tod and others for damages for unauthorized sale of bonds of the Bir mingham, Sheffield & Tennessee Rail road Company, the ground being that an ordinary jury would not understand the case. The American Tobacco Company' de clared an Initial dividend yesterday of -xa per cent on Its common stock for a period not stated. A conference of 100 ministers in New York has decided to start a crusade against vice by holding a series of mass meetings. Presbyterians in India Unite NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Information has been received by the Board of For eign Missions of the Presbyterian Church here that the Presbyterian Churches in India have been united into one general assembly. The churches included are the Church of Scotland, United Free Church of Scot land, Presbyterian Church of Eng land. Presbyterian Church of Ireland, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Reformed (Dutch) Presbyterian Church of America and Presbyterian Church of Canada. Thoy have 33 presbyteries and 332 churches, and a total community of 7 3,9 S3. This is said to be the first occasion in which churches of America and Eu rope have been united. Must Strike a Month Without Pay. BLOOMINGTON, 111.. Feb. 9. At the convention of the Journeyman Tailors of America, the plan of paying strike bene fits was changed so that In case of a general strike or lockout involving 50 per cent of the members, strike benefits shall not be paid until the members In good standing have been out on strike for four weeks. THEORIES ABOUT FOOD Also a Few Facts on the Ssme Subject We hear much nowadays about health foods and hygienic living, about vegetari anism and many other fads along the same line'. Restaurants may be found in the large cities where no meat, pastry or coffee Is served and the food crank Is In his glory, and arguments and theories galore ad vanced to prove that meat was never in tended for human stomachs, and almost make up believe that our sturdy ancestors who lived fourscore years in robust health on roast beef, pork and mutton must have been grossly Ignorant of the laws of health. Our forefathers had other things to do than formulate theories about the food they ate. A warm welcome was extended to any kind from bacon to acorns. A healthy appetite and common sense are excellent guides to follow In mattera of diet, and a mixed diet of grains, fruits and meats is undoubtedly the best. As compared with grains and vegeta bles, meat furnishes the most nutriment in a highly concentrated form, and is di gested and assimilated more quickly than vegetables and grains. Dr. Julius Remmson on this subject says: "Nervous persons, people run down in health and of low vitality should eat meat, and plenty of IL If the digestion is too feeble at flrst it may be easily cor rected by the regular use of Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets after each meal. Two of these excellent tablets taken after dinner will digest several thousand grains of meat, eggs or other animal food in three hours, and no matter how weak the stom ach may be, no trouble will be experi enced if a regular practice is made of using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because they supply the pepsin and diastase neces sary to perfect digestion, and every form of indigestion will be overcome by their use. That large class of people who come un der the head of nervous dyspeptics should eat plenty of meat and insure its proper digestion, by the daily use of a safe, harmless digestive medicine like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, composed of the natu ral digestive principles, pepsin, diastase, fruit acids and salts, which actually per form the work of digestion. Cheap ca thartic medicines, masquerading under the name of dyspepsia cures, are useless for Indigestion, as they have absolutely no effect upon the actual digestion of food. Dyspepsia in all Its many forms is sim ply a failure of the stomach to digest food, and the sensible way to solve the riddle and cure the dyspepsia Is to make daily use at meal time of a preparation like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which is endorsed by the medical profession and known to contain active digestive princi ples. . 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