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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1905. ONLY ONE JUDGE ill for Division of Ore gon Killed. HITCHCOCK OPPOSES IT No Hope of Creation of Two Judicial Districts. WASHINGTON BILL IS SECURE Whltson Is Choice for Judge of East ern District, Baker for Marshal Charges Against. Mar shal Powell. ORBGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Fob. 2L The Mitchell bill dividing the State of Oregon Into two judicial districts Is dead. Representative Wil liamson has worked long and earnestly to secure favorable action on this bill In the House and just before his indict ment secured favorable report from the coramlttco on judiciary. Since Williamson hno longer attends the sessions of the House, he has had Representative Gil lette, of California, look after the bill. 3ast Saturday Gillette called the bill up and asked unanimous consent for Its consideration. Objection was made on be half of the Democratic leader, Williams, and the bill -went over. Since that time several prominent members of the House have announced their opposition and, as the bill can be considered only by unani mous consent, the opposition of these men will defeat It. Representative Payne, the Republican floor leader, has been requested by Sec retary Hitchcock to defeat this bill and Gillette has also been advised that the Secretary of the Interior Is opposed to the division of the State of Oregon into two districts and that he will fight the bill to the end of the session. There appears to be no prospect whatever that tho bill can pass before adjournment. CHARGES AGAINST T. C. POWELL President and Attorney-General In vestigate New Alaska Marshal. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 24. Very careful examina tion Is being made by the President and Attorney-General Into tho antecedents of T. Cader Powell, of Portland, recently appointed Marshal in Alaska. Charges of a more or less vague character have been made against Powell and are being run down. Jt Is not known whether the charges will be found of such a character as to warrant the President's reconsider ing Powell's appointment. For the present Powell will not be disturbed. WHITSON FOR FEDERAL JUDGfc. Choice of Washington Delegation Baker for Marshal. ORBGOKIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 24. The House today con curred in tho Senate amendments to Representative Jones' bill dividing the State of Washington into two judicial districts and tho bill now lacks only the signature of the President to make it law. It seems even more certain today than e er before that E D. Whltson, of North Yakima, will be' recommended by the delegation for Judge and that Joseph Llnsley, of Spokane, will be recommended ftr District Attorney. It Is understood that George H. Baker, of Goldendale, w 111 be recommended for Marshal, though Joseph Canutt, of Whitman, and N. G. 2lckpon. of 2211cnsburg, are also being considered. DROPS FIGHT ON KINGSBURY Ankeny Will Allow Surveyor-General to Be Confirmed. onnnoKiAN' nvs ritrrait u-i,. lngOn, Feb. 24. Senator Ankeny today advised the Public Lands Committee that he had received no formal protests or charges against Surveyor-General Kings bury and was. therefore, willing that he should be confirmed. The committee thereupon reported Kingsbury's nomina tion and It will be confirmed at the next executive session. Piles Calls on the President. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 24. Senator-elect Piles made his first call on the President this morn ing. He was introduced by Senator Ankeny. His call was purely of a social nature. New Northwest Postmasters. ORBGON1AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 24. Postmasters appolned: Oregon Dolena, Columbia County, Zol lle Orosno; vice Annie Ingles, resigned. W ashlngton Holly, Kitsap County. Frederick D. Wyatt; vice John E. Young blood, resigned. WILL CONSULT COLLEAGUES Whole Delegation to Act 'With Ful ton in Selecting Appointees. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 24. In reference to the re cent action of the President in upsetting the order of Cabinet officers, Senator Ful ton said: "It Is a mistake to assume that I shall have or exercise exclusive privilege of selecting appointees to office in Oregon. I hope no person will believe that I would if 1 could thus ignore the rights of my colleagues. I shall consult with them as usual, and we shall, act on such matters exactly as usual. Tt Is not true that I have sent for Chairman Baker to consult about patronage. I have not sent for him." Ice Wrecks Railroad Bridge. LINCOLN, Neb., Feo. 24. Two spans of the- Union Pacific bridge over Bear ("reek, near Beatrice, were taken out by the Ico tonight, completely tying up this branch of the Kansas division. All the sroal streams In Southeastern Nebraska-uro. higher.- The Ice in the River Platte has not been known to move so late, and the critical time -will come when It finally goes oat. GREAT TUNNEL IS HNISHED Italy and Switzerland Have Bored Through Simplon Pass. GONDO, Switzerland, Feb. 24. Piercing of the Simplon tunnel through the Alps was completed at 7:20 o'clock this morn ing. The work was commenced in 1KC The meeting of the two boring parties (Swiss and Italian) was signaled through out Switzerland by ringing of church bells and salutes by cannon. Many unexpected obstacles were en countered, the most serious being hot springs, which threatened to wreck the whole enterprise, ' and a temperature which at one time rose to 131 degrees Fahrenheit, making a continuance of the work impossible until the engineers found means of cooling the atmosphere. Now that the borers have met. It is practicable for the water accumulated in the north gallery to be drawn off. The work of preparing the tunnel for a per manent railway will be rushed as rapidly as possible, and it is hoped to inaugurate the tunnel about March 2a The piercing of the Simplon Is re garded as being one of tno greatest en gineering achievements of the age. Many difficulties were encountered and over come. The length of the tunnel from Brlga, in Switzerland, to Isellc, on the Italian side of the mountain, is about 12 miles. 'J.'he work was begun over six years ago, and according to contract the tunnel must be ready for traffic on May 15 next. The Swiss and Italian Govern ments jointly financed the undertaking share and share alike, at the cost of $15, 000.000. As soon as the boring Is thor oughly completed and the truck laid, a smaller tunnel is to be constructed par allel to the large one, which will bo in creased in size so as to permit of traffic both ways at the same time. May Give Hint to Canal-Diggers. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The State Department today received the following cablegram about the completion of the Simplon tunnel from Consul Washington at Geneva: "Simplon pierced. News received with great rejoicing and firing of salutes." Tho successful outcomo of this engineer ing feat may have an Important bearing upon the project of Chief Engineer Wal lace, of the Panama Canal, to make that waterway a sea-level canal by driving a tunnel four miles long under a mountain to divert the surplus waters of the Chagres River. W0TJXD SIT DUMNG RECESS Senate Committee Proposes Thor ough Inquiry Into Rate Question. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. Tho Senate committee on interstate commerce today agreed to report a resolution asking that the committee be authorized by the Sen ate to sit during the recess of Congress and take testimony for the purpose of preparing some measure for the regula tion of railroad rates. A subcommittee consisting of Senators Foraker, Kcan and Carmack drafted the resolution. It pro vides that the full committee or a quorum of the committee meet immediately after the present session of Congress, and thereafter at the convenience of the com mittee and report to the next session. Senator Dolliver. who proposed at a former meeting that tho committee should continue the hearing and report a bill to the present session, ascertained by in quiry that the sentiment was almost wholly in favor or sitting during tjf. Summer. Therefore he did not press his resolution. The resolution by Senator Newlands creating a commission to frame a Na tional incorporation act for railroads en gaged In interstate commerce was or dered referred to tho Interstate Com merce Commission with directions to re port on the plan outlined by the reso lution, with such suggestions and modi fications as it may deem advisable. While no date Is specified In tho resolu tion for the first meeting of the commit tee after the adjournment of Congress, the time generally favored is April 15 In this city. BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Rev. Moncure D. Conway, the distin guished English- preacher and author, has arrived In New York. After holding out for years, the loading New York druggists have decided to join the National Association of Retail Drug gists. Martha Helms, 10 years old,. has died In a New York hospital of lockjaw caused by toothache paste which contained creo sote. The deadlock between contractors and bricklayers In Chicago has been ended by the former conceding a Saturday half holiday nine months in the year. Fire, broke out yesterday in the New York Juvenile Asylum, but all the" 1200 children were taken out in 15 minutes and the flames were soon extinguished. Twenty Important foreign exchange house of New York and Philadelphia have decided to form an association to further the interests of their business. Dr. Louis Wilcoxson, who was charged with having a 510.000 United States bond, stolen 20 years ago from the Manhattan Bank, was yesterday released In New York on 510.000 ball, and will now seek for S. W. Miller, from whom he obtained the bond. The administrator of the largo estate of Homer L. Bartlett, a Brooklyn, N. Y., physician, has searched vainly for his son Henry, who disappeared 23 years ago. He was once heard of from Kansas City, but his brother searched for him vainly there and all through the West. The Union Catechism Commission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, North and South, met in Cincinnati yesterday for the final revision of the principal or large catechism. A ritual that is agreea ble to both churches will be reviewed by the commission. The Maccabeans, the most representa tive Jewish club In London, gave a dinner and reception in London, Thursday, to M. Orlendeff, Mme. Naslmoff and the other members of the Russian theatrical com pany previous to the departure for America with the play entitled "The Chosen People." Uniform Rules for All Railroads. CHICAGO. Feb. 24. The train rules committee of the American Railroad As sociation has completed a code of rules to govern the operation of trains on roade having three and four tracks. Undoubt edly the rules will be adopted by all of the roads which are members of the or ganization.' The purpose of formulating a code Is to obtain uniform practice on all Im portant American railroad systems. With uniformity, it is said, in the rules and methods, of operation, railroad accidents will be greatly lessened. Osier Says Exceptions Prove Rule. BALTIMORE. Md., Feb. 24. William Osier today reiterated his, statement that the creative usefulness of a man reached Its zenith before he had passed his 40th birthday. "What fI said concerning the com parative uselessness of men. over -40 years of age," he said, "was wbt told Jokingly at all. I meant exactly what I said. I know there are exceptions, but these merely prove the rule." TO CURE COU) IN ONE DAT. Tate Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. All irusElau reronfl the money ir It -falU. to cur . .Wj GrevVi denature is o& ac& frq-r,. 2$z 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos Fifteen Hundred Pianos at Profit Sharing Prices This Is the most stupendous piano proposition ever offered here. The manufacturers join us in sharing the prolit with you in order to dispose of 1500 pianos. A big task certainly, but with our accustomed energy and push, coupled with practically wholesale prices and easy terms, we expect to reach the goal. AVhether we do or not you get your piano at the factory cost, which means pianos that sell regularly at 5250 to 5350 you get at prices ranging' from 5168 to. 5218: the 5275 to 5375 kinds go at 51S0 to S2GS; the 5350 to 5450 styles go at 5238 to 5334, and so- on, and all sold on our easy-payment plan of 56. 58 510 and 515 per month. Those who cannot call in person will find it greatly to their Interest to write us for particulars. ALLEN & GILBERT- RAMAKER COMPANY Cor. Sixth and Morrison - 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos 1500 Pianos Goods Bought Today Charged on March Account WAYNE TRIALT1RES Senate Bored With Sameness of the Evidence. FOISTED QH IT BY THE HOUSE Majority of the Republicans In the Lower Branch of Congress Be lieved the Florida Judge Un deserving of Impeachment. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. February 22. The trial of the Swaync Impeachment case before -the United States Senate Is proving- to be a very monotonous, uninteresting and tiresome affair. The case drags along from day to day; it lacks in interest because of the comparative triviality of tho charges and the sameness of the evidence. The case Is doubly uninterest ing because substantially all the facts" now being brought out In the Senate were laid bare before the House com mittee, and are well known to the pub lic generally. Senators are very bitter In their con demnation of the House for unloading upon' the Senate a case of this kind at the present session, when time for necessary legislation Is all too scarce. They are especially sore because It Is a foregone conclusion that the Senate will not vote to Impeach Swayne. By forcing the Senate to try the im peachment, the House has given the Sen nte a most unwelcome task, and the Senate holds a few Republicans In the House responsible for the whole proceed ing. The overwhelming belief of Re publicans in the House of Representa tives was that Judge Swayne had com mitted no offense which justified his Im peachment, and they so voted, but a mall coterie of Republicans, joining with the Democrats, were able to make a majority, and sent the case to the Senate. When the Swayne case was first brought forward, there was a general belief, without any understanding of tho facts, that Judge Swayne ought to be Impeached. But as the case was unraveled, and the facts were brought out, there was a marked change of sentiment. In fact, so rapid was the change In favor of Judge Swayne, that the House would probably have voted to sustain him rather than condemn him, could the de bate in that body have been prolonged a few days. The men most active against Swayne in the House are the men charged with prosecuting him before the Senate. They are the men whom the Senate holds re sponsible for the Impeachment proceed ings, and naturally the Senate Is not over-friendly to them. At every oppor tunity the Senate makes the House man agers feel their subordination; It humil iates Hiem In every way possible. They are, however, given every opportunity to examine witnesses. The vers manner in which the House managers have been examining witnesses has added to their unpopularity In the Senate. A vast amount of time Is taken up by first one House manager and then another, eliciting from witnesses Infor mation which has no possible bearing on tho case. There Is also much repetition of tho same testimony. Many Senators have ridiculed the ama teurish way in which the House man agers have conducted their examination, likening It to the manner in which a young lawyer conducts his first case in court. , "If one good lawyer could conduct the case lor me House, said a Senator who had been following the proceedings, "ho would get an Intelligent lot of evidence in a reasonably short time, and we would not be obliged to sit here day after day and look on while the House lawyers perform. They may enjoy It; they may relish the distinction of try ing a case before the Senate, but the Senate Is getting very tired of It. The House might at least have sent over some good lawyers." From present Indications the Swayne case will drag along until March 1. and possibly clear up to the last day of the session. The Senate is powerless to bring the trial to a close; It must take Its medicine. And it Is a very bitter dose, too, when the Senate is Itching to go ahead with appropriation bills and other legislation that is slated for pas sage before March 4. Indorsing Esch-Townsend Bill. ST. PAUL Feb. 24. A concurrent reso- CARTERS ITTLE iVER PILLS SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by tliese Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per fect remedy for Dizriness, Nausea, Drowsi ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tonguo Tain inthe Side, TORPID LIVER. v They Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. Small Pill. Small Dom. Small Price. lutlon was offered In the House today In dorsing Senators Clapp, Dolliver and Cul lora for their support of the Esch-Townsend bill In the United States Senate. The resolution went over. In the Senate an amendment was offered Indorsing Presi dent Roosevelt for his stand against the Standard OH Company and was passed unanimously. SENATORS TALKING ECONOMY Hard Thing to Practice With the Present System of Government. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 22. Three week3 beforo this Congress will adjourn several Senators began to talk economy, at least they talked economy on small items. Senator Elklns vigorously fought an appropriation of 523.000 for something for tho District of Columbia, but so far neither he nor oth ers of his kind have raised objections to largo appropriations for the Army and Navy, for river and harbor improvements, for public buildings, or for the commis sions and extra officials that are provided for at every session of Congress. Senator Elkins happened to be the first Senator who raised the point of necessity for cutting down expenses, and probably he was less effective on account of at tacking small Items. Small sums have always been the objects of attack on near ly all appropriations. When the river and harbor bill gets before the Senate .com mittee, of which Senator Elkins Is a mem ber. It will be interesting to note If he will attack ' the large and small sums there, for he lias declared himself In favor of large river and harbor appropriations. It must be admitted, however, that It was Senator Elkins who protested against the removal of the tax on beer and some of the o'ther war taxes incurred as a re sult of the freeing of Cuba and acquisi tion of the Philippines, and that his voice was not heeded. He warned such men as Aldrlch and Allison of the finance com mittee, and members of the House ways and means committee that wiping out all the taxes Imposed by the Spanish War revenue act would be a great mistake. His advice was Ignored, and he Is now in a position to say. "I told you so." be cause the deficit of which ho warned the Senate has appeared. Economy in the present scheme and system of government Is hard to practice. Senators Hale. and Gorman and Spooner at different times have called attention to extravagant appropriations, and some of them have alleged the extravagance was the result of dividing the appropria tion bills among various committees of the Senate. This is not true, because ap propriations have not Increased more than is natural on account of the growth and Increase of the Government, save only In the larger expenditures necessary for the Army, -the Philippines, the Navy and the Panama Canal. These additional ap propriations are part of the expansion of the United States, and will have to bo paid for by increased taxation of some kind. It will be Impossible to reduce ap- '' proprlatlons, and the attacks upon small expenditures will avail nothing. ! BURDEN OF THE PHILIPPINES Fad Among Republicans to Talk of Ho norable Disposition. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 22. There has been a decided change of sentiment among a great many Republicans, both In the Senate and House. A few years ago mi Republican would have dared advising letting the Philippines go. save with a few excep tions, like Hoar and Hale in Senate and McCall and one or two others in the House. Now It has got to be quite the thing for Republicans from .various sec tions to declare In terms that cannot be misunderstood that they regard the Phil ippines as a burden and a menace, and to suggest that they would like to see some honorable way by which they could be disposed of without sacrificing the honor of this country. Possibly the islands never will be disposed of, but It shows a growing disposition among public men to turn the Islands loose on their own re sponsibility. Some of them take their cue from what the President and Secretfary Taft have said. Indicating trfat the time was com ing when the islands will be granted inde pendence, and arc simply going a little further and expressing the hope that they will pass out of the hands of this Govern ment entirely. It Is no doubt a vain dream, because the best opinion concern ing the Islands Is that they are In such condition that they will not be fit for self-government for. half a century, and during that time the United States will have become such a heavy Investor In the Islands that It could not let them go without great sacrifice. SENATORS WERE PLOPPING. With Another Week President Would Have Won on Arbitration. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 24. It Is the confidential opinion of several very discerning Sen ators that the President would have won out in his contest with the Sen ate over the arbitration treaties If the vote could have been delayed a week. As tho record now stands, the Senate was overwhelmingly against the Presi dent. By a vote of 50 to 0 the treaties were amended. In face of the declara tion of the President on that same date that he would not present the treaties to the various nations named If the word "treaty" was substituted for the word "agreement." The nine Senators who voted against the amendment were Dolliver of Iowa.- Fairbanks of Indi ana, Hopkins of Illinois. McCumbe'r of North Dakota. Nelson of Minnesota, Piatt of Connecticut, Stewart of Nevada. Warren of Wyoming and Wetmore of Rhode Island. The President's closest friends In the Senate. Lodge of Massa chusetts and Foraker of Ohio, voteJ against him. , Up to the time President Roosevelt's letter to Chairman Cullom of the for eign relations committee was made pub lic, only two Senators, Fairbanks and Stewart were opposed to amending' the treaties. All the others Insisted that the dignity of tno Senate demanded a change. But -no sooner had the Presi dent's ultimatum gone forth than Sena tors began to flop, and to get .in line with -the Administration. Jn a single day seven Republican 'Senators swal- Upman ,Wo1f e & Co. 40c Tooth Brushes 22c Paris made Tooth Brushes, finest white bristles, pretty fancy handles. Women's Neckwear 25c Venise Lace Collars, Embroidered Linen Buster Brown Collars, Lawn Collar and "Cuff Sets and Embroidered Linen Turn over Collars. Women's Hosiery 50c Most exceptional values equal to goods shown elsewhere at 7oe. Sue; all newest designs of embroidered effects and colors. 35c Ribbons at 17c All silk, double faced Liberty Satin and Satin Taffeta Ribbon, i1; inches widej full line of colore. 50c Suspenders 29c Extra fine webbing, leather tipped, patent cantab 1 1 cast-off' ends: large variety of new patterns and colorings. $3.50 Curtains $2.79 Scotch Lsce Curtains in arabe. cream and white; wide variety of cluny and Kcnnais sance patterns; splendid value. 25c Socks 19c All the new stripes and fancy effects in vogue for Spring; 'best 2oc qualities for 19 65c-85c Veils .49c Big special purchase of lace and chiffon veils underprice; best 65c, 75c and 85c grades 49 $ 50c Papers 25c Great sale of boxed Writing Papers, broken lines, etc.; values up to 50c, today at 25 Baskets 25c Another great shipment of Swiss Shopping Baskets; lianrlin 4 (!im-.i II ' marlo each 25 25c Stockings 16c Boys' extra heavy lxl ribbed school stockings, double knee, spliced heel, perfect toe, fast black. 12c 'Kerchiefs 7c Women's pure linen hem stitched Handkerchiefs, good 12c value; today at 7 Drug Sundries 25c Regina Violet Toilet Powder.l?c C5c Regina ATiolet Almond Meal.l3c 15c Regina Witch Hazel Powder.llc l?c Regina Tooth Powder 13c 25c Celluloid Soap Boxes 19c 25c Pears' Soap Tablets 19c 25c Rose Complexion Soap 19c 19c MInetta Face Powder 12c 53c Hair Brushes at 59c 15c Hand Brushes tat 9c 23c Jap Cleaning Compound 17c Sc Washing Ammonia 4c 7c Sapollo for 5c 19c Llsteratcd Tooth Powder 10c 20c Stockings 15c Boys' and Girls' School Stock ings, fine ribbed, have double knees, perfect toes, absolutely fast black. 75c Nightgowns 45c Men's Muslin Nightgowns, long and wide, perfectly made, finished with colored embroidery; 75c val. at 45 "1905" Paper 85c The proper thing for polite cor respondence. "1905" era bossed in gold, cloth finished, dove gray and blue. $1.00 Buckles 25c Great variety of fancy Belt Buckles in gilt, silver and oxydized finishes o0c to $1.00 values at 25p Covert Jackets for Spring Jackets made of covert cloth in the various shades of tan are sure to be one of the most popular outer garments for Spring wear. There are various lengths 19 to 24 inches there are those with notched collars others with out any collars. Some are severely plain, others strapped, stitched, ap pliqued and inlaid with cloth. All of them are lined with either silk, satin or serge. The values we give at the various prices $10, S12.50, iplo.OO and up to $35.00 are exceptionally strong. We bought heavily from the best makers and secured every possible price concession You benefiting thereby. lowed their Senatorial dignity and were ready to vote as the President desired and contrary to their personal desires. It becamo apparent to the managers of the treaties that they were rapidly los ing ground, and they soon realized that" other Senators would desert them If they had time to ponder over what the PresIJent had said, so they adroitly forced a vote on the treaties, and suc ceeded In heading off the wobbling Sen ators. ' As the facts have gone forth to the country. It looks as though the Presi dent had lost his Influence with the Senate. As a matter of fact, if the President had been given a week, he would have won over enough Senators to carry his point, and could have pre vented the amending of the treaties. President Roosevelt Is still a powerful factor that the Senate must reckon with. And It Is only shrewd legislative practices, such as were resorted to In this Instance, that enable the Senate to get the better of him at times. President Harper Will Recover. CHICAGO. Feb. 2. President Will iam R. Harper, of the University of Chicago, passed through the crisis of the after-effects of the operation. At the hospital it was said the doctor had a good night and was resting quietly. . Tonight the physicians In charge of Dr. Harper's- case Issued a bulletin saying that his condition is excellent and that he will recover from the effects of the operation. Further bulletins will not be issued unless unfavorable symptoms arise. WILL SUPPKESS HLEBUSTEItS Government Acts on Request of Gua temalan Government. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. The Secretary of State has called the attention of the Department of Justice to certain mem bers of bodies of men In Mobile. Ala., who are said to be organizing si filibuster ing expedition against Guatemala. This action was taken at the suggestion of the Guatemalan Government, which repre sented that an American port was being used as a base of hostile overtures against a friendly nation, and that the men. who were represented to be merely laborers going to develop a railroad concession, were really part of a force recruited In the United States to unite a revolutionary movement In Guatemala. The State Department has asked the Department of Justice to make an In quiry, and if need be to take the neces sary steps to thwart the movement. The relations between Guatemala and Mexico threaten to become seri ously strained, the former government being disposed to connect the revolution ary movement with Mexican actlviUcs. Mexican troops placed on the boundary between the two countries, ostensibly to maintain neutrality and prevent the or ganisation of filibustering expeditions di rected against Guatemala, are under sus picion of being Intended to lnvado the smaller republic, and a rapid exchange of diplomatic notes Is In progress be tween Guatemala City and the City of Mexico. Meanwhile, following the prece dent established during the evidence of the last clash between the two govern ments over the boundary line, several years ago, the State Department has In structed Its agents In both countries to use their good offices to prevent tha growth of 111 feeling between the two countries. Fire In Hot Spring. HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. Feb. 24. tfire to day in the business quarter caused a loss of $70,000. The principal sufferer Is Simon Mendel, dry goods. 545.000. Peculiar to Itself In Merit, in Cures, in Sales Hood's Sarsaparilla 4 In combination, proportion and process Hood's Sarsaparilla ia Peculiar to Itself. 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