THE MORNING iOREGONIAN. TUESDAY, ItfAROH 21, 1905.
5.
TOO MANY BOSSES
Commission a Failure in Dig
ging Panama Canai.
PUT .ENGINEERS IN CHARGE
Army Officials the Men Who Could
Do the Work Successfully Wal
lace, Disgusted With Med
dilng, May 'Resign.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, March 20. One of the most per
plexing problems that ever confronted the
Roosevelt administration is that now un
der consideration, viz.: How shall the
Panama Canal be built? The selection of
a route: the preparation of plans, and
the acquirement of the rights of the
French Company were all Insignificant
questions compared with the determina
tion upon the best method of carrying
out the work, now tfcat preliminaries
have been settled.
The commission idea is not a new one in
this country; it has been many times tried
and has almost always proved a fiasco.
It so proved in the case of the Panama
--TmiT Government commissions do not
eeem to bo In line with good business
policy, largely because they provide too
many heads, and are almost always
made up of men unqualified for the duties
to which they are assigned. That is the
trouble with the Panama Commission.
Let Army Officers Dig Canal.
From the first, many practical men
have maintained that the Panama Canal
should be built by army officers. Wher
ever in the past army officers have un
dertaken great engineering works of a
public nature, they have carried out their
work promptly, efficiently and economical
ly. There has rarely been any scandal;
there has been little complaint. For this
reason it has been repeatedly urged upon
the President that he should place the
construction of the Panama Canal in the
hands of some good, reliable army officer,
and detail various branches of the army
to participate; the engineers to take
charge of the actual work of construction;
the medical corps to look after sanitation;
the quartermasters department to take
care of transportation, and the subsist
ence department to handle all matters
of subsistence of troops and employes
at work on the canal.
MaJor-3eneral Blwell S. Otis, retired, is
such a man as might well be charged
with the construction of the canai. The
work he did in the Philippines demon
strated his fitness to assume charge of
the building of the canal. "With General
Otis at the head there would be no scan
dal; there would be no frauds; there
would be good honest work, diligently
pressed, and the canal would be built
at the minimum cost consistent with
substantial work.
No Head, Too Much Red Tape.
Under the commission there has been
no practical man at the head; there
"has really been no head. Admiral
Walker has been nominally chairman
of the commission; but each of the
other five commissioners have, exercised
as much authority as Admiral Walker,
and they have continually complicated
tne affairs of the commission, with no
toriously bad results. The commission's
methods have not been practical; there
has been a superabundance of red tape;
t tnere has been too much meddling on
the part of some commissioners in the
Bpeciflc duties assigned to some other
one commissioner; and much of the dif
ficulty complained of grows out of the
fact that the various commissioners
have unwisely meddled with Chief En
gineer Wallace. Much of the recent tur
moil grew out of the fact that Mr. Wal
lace, by far the most practical and in
telligent man connected with the con
struction of the canal, complained to
the President of the frequent interfer
ence with his work by members of the
commission. Mr. Wallace plainly in
formed the President that he would re
sign and quit the work unless he should
be given absolute say as to engineering
problems. He would not tolerate inter
ference by impractical men who had
no knowledge of engineering matters.
The President realized the Justice of
Mr. Wallace's complaint, and the
shake-up followed.
The condition of incompetency and
almosr of demoralization In manage
ment of affairs on the isthmus Is In
stanced in the report on sanitation filed
with tie War Department a few days
ago by Dr. Charles A. L. Reed, chair
man of the legislative committee of the
American Medical Association, who has
been on a trip of inspection to the
Canal Zone. He scored the commission
?n severe terms, and especially Com
missioner Grunsky, in charge of Isth
mian sanitation.
preme Court of the United States today
took a recess for two weeks.
ASK RESTORATION OF OFFICE
Army Officers Regret Abolition of
Adjutant-General's Corps.
OREGON AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. March 20. The Adjutant-General's
department of the United States Army Is
absolutely dismantled and Is a thing of
the past, although the work of the Adjutant-General's
Corps, heretofore per
formed under the Adjutant-General. Is
now transacted by the Military Secretary.
It Is. rather a sad fact that this corps,
which was at one time the pride of the
Army, and which had furnished many
distinguished men for service lit times of
war, should degenerate into a nonmllitary
adjunct of the Army. Most of the men
now composing what was the Adjutant
General's corps and now the Military Sec
retary's office, have seen active serv
ice, and in case of hostilities would be
glad to again-engage in active service. '
During the Civil War quite a number of
men from the Adjutant-General's Corps
passed into the line and did valiant serv
IcCj One of them was General D. C.
BuelL who commanded an army in the
West during an Important period. In the
late Spanish War at least half a dozen
officers of the Adjutant-General's Corps
went Into the line, and a number of them
are now general, officers. The experience
they had in the Adjutant-General's Corps
was of great assistance to them In their
future work, and nearly every officer who
has spent 10 to 30 years in that corps has
been benefited and goes into the line bet
ter equipped for the duties of a general
officer.
There has been some suggestion that the
old Adjutant-General's Corps should be
restored by changing the name of the
Military Secretary's office to the Adjutant-General's
office. As a matter of fact,
they are both the same in many ways.
The Adjutant-General kept the records.
The Military Secretary now keeps the rec
ords. Orders rjre now Issued through the
Military Secretary, as they used to be
issued through the Adjutant-GeneraL The
Chief of Staff stands In the same relation
to the affairs of the Army as did the Gen
eral commanding the Army, save that his
office has been made more Important and
he Is in more constant communication
with the Secretary of War.
Army men generally believe that it
would be "better to restore the Adjutant
General's Corps' because It is more mili
tary than the present corps and because
officers had a certain pride In keeping
it up to the high standard' which it at
tained. Possibly bills for this purpose will
be Introduced and pressed during future
sessions of Congress.
INSISTS THAT HE BROKE PAROLE
BURT TO DIG CANAL
MILLIONS FOR THE CHEROKEES
Court of Claims Awards Them $4,-
500,000 From United States.
WASHINGTON, March 20. The cases of
the Cherokee Indians and of individual
Cherokees against the United States were
decided by the Court of Claims today.
They Involve a large amount of money
and are of an unusual and extraordinary
character.
The United States bought the Cherokee
outlet, agreeing to pay for It 58.300.OOOj
owns aaout i per acre, ana also agree
ing to reopen a long-standing controversy
between themselves and the Cherokees.
In 1S35 a treaty was made under which"
the Cherokees were to move or be re
moved from Georgia, Alabama and Ten
nessee to the Indian Territory. The Chero
kees contended before they were removed
that under the provisions of the treaty
they were not to be made to pay the cost
of removing from homes which they did
not wish to leave to a country to which
they did not wish to go. The Government
held to the contrary.
When the Cherokee outlet was sold the
Indians' attorneys contended that all
their accounts should be reopened and the
matter equitably settled, and for that pur
pose the United States should make out
an account and transmit It to the Chero
kee Nation. If the Cherokee Nation
adopted it. Congress should immediately
appropriate for whatever balance might
be found due. The account was adopted,
but Congress did not appropriate the
money, and for some time did nothing.
In the present suit the Court of Claims
decided that the account transmitted by
the Secretary of the Interior, followed by
this inaction - of Congress, renders the
United States liable for the balance of
H.U1.2S4. with Interest from June 12. 1S3S.
which amounts approximately to J, 500,000.
APPLEGATE HAS RESIGNED.
H. 6. Wilson Succeeds Him as Agent
of Klamath Indians.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 20. Horace G. Wilson, su
perintendent of the Winnebago Indian
School, ',in Nebraska, has been transferred
to the superintendency of the Klamath
Indian Agency School, in Oregon, reliev
ing Captain O. C Applegate, who has vol
untarily resigned. '
Supreme Court Takes Recese.
WASHINGTON, March 20. The Su-
Japan Answers Excuses for Russian
Officer. Captured at Slnmintin.
WASHINGTON. March 20.-The follow
ing dispatch from Toklo dated, March 20,
was made public at the Japanese Lega
tion today:
Respecting the capture at Slnmintin by the
Japanese garrison of a Russian officer, whir
repaired there In. breach of parole, a St. Peters
bur; semi-official telegraph ateney published
the excuse to the effect that in returning home
from Shanchal to Russia he took the route
by the Chinese Railway, and tirere'ore the Jap
anese report Is founded oa a misunderstanding.
As a matter of fact, however, the Russian
officers who were liberated upon the surrender
Of Port Arthur had each all sworn In writing,
according to the terms of the capitulation, to
the effect that they would not act contrary to
the Interest of Japan.
The Japanese government, being, convinced
that the returning to Russia of such officers
through the war zone is detrimental to the
military operations, decided that they ehould
not In any case be allowed to take that route,
and the decision was expressly communicated
to them at the time. It Is therefore clear that
the Russian officer's arrival at Slnmintin. ly
ing within the sone of hostilities, constitutes
a breach, of the parole.
W1TTE ASKED TO DISCUSS PEACE
Minister Hayashi Lets Out Proof of
Russian Weakness.
PARIS. March 20. In the tours of nn
interview In the Matin today, "Viscount
Hayashi stated that M. .Wltte, when In
Berlin last July, sent an emissary to
London asking- the Japanese Minister
there to meet him to discuss peace. Min
ister iayashl consented, but received no
further communication.
FACTORY A TOMB.
(Continued from First Page.)
torn down. "Mrs. Rockwell, who was
sitting by the kitchen stove, had a
miraculous escape from death, receiv
ing many cuts from flying bits of tim
ber when the boiler exploded through
the upper portion of her house.
Mrs. Rockwell snatched up her two
children, who were uninjured, and
started for the" home of the nearest
neighbor, Mrs. .Etta Pratt. She found
the cottage had been practically rent
asunder by the boiler, the head of
which was burled In the middle of It.
The cottage was thrown several feet
off its foundations, and Mrs. Pratt, who
was within, was knocked down and
stunned, but recovered.
Not until afternoon was it possible
to begin search of the factory ruins.
Several charred and headless bodies
were recovered near the boiler-pit and
the bones of others were found.
.Treasurer Weston, of the Grover
Company, estimated the loss on the fac
tory at 5200,000 and the loss on the
other burned structures was placed at
about $50,000.
In an interview given to the Associated
Press tonight, Mrs. D. W. Rockwell, wife
of the engineer at the factory, said:
"My husband had said many times of
late that he had to put on the boiler a
pressure it was unequal to. He had done
this, he said, because the factory re
quired It-
When shown Mrs. Rockwell's statement
Superintendent Emerson, of the Grover
Company, said that the amount of pres
sure on the boiler was a matter in which
the factory officials did not Interfere.
"Rockwell," said he. "took his orders
in this matter from the Hartford Boiler
Insurance Company, and if he over
worked the boiler, he did it without our
knowledge."
Defect Could Not Be Seen.
amjSTON. March 20. "A crack in the
lap-scam of the boiler was responsible
for the accident," said an expert engi
neer of the Hartford Steam Inspection &
Insurance Company tonight. "It was
practically Impossible to detect the
crack," said he. "as It was on the inside
part of the lap running beside the rivets."
The boiler, being Insured and inspected
by the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance
Company, was exempt from inspection by
the district police under the laws.
Chosen, by President" as Head
of Commission.
OFFERED $100,000 SALARY
Ex-President of the Union Pacific
Railroad May Be Supreme in
Construction of the Big
Isthmian Waterway.
OMAHA, Neb., March 20. (Special.) If
he wants the job at a salary of 5100,000 a
year, Horace G. Burt, ex-president of the
Union Pacific, now traveling In Europe,
may. be placed in charge of the con
struction work of the Panama Canal. It
is stated that Mr. Burt has been ap
proached several times on the subject at
the Instigation of President Roosevelt
The position offered him; according to a
statement given out today by the presi
dent of one of the Omaha banks, who is
a close friend of Mr. Burt and in con
stant communication with him, would
place him over Mr. Wallace, the chief
engineer.
Whether Mr. Burt would be willing to
sacrifice ten years of his life at Panama,
even for the Inducements offered him,
none of his friends hero is able to state.
The last letter from Mr. Burt received In
Omaha was dated at Rome on February
a. ii is oenevea ne is now in Vienna.
'PACIFYING THE MAD MTJXLAH
Britain and Italy Induce Him to
Stop His Antics.
LONDON. March 20. In pursuance of
the arrangement arrived at in December
last between Great Britain and Italy to
offer the Mad Mullah an assignment of
a settled sphere 'in Snmallland, together
with graziers rights in certain parts of
British and Italian territory, for which
the Mullah binds himself to keep the
peace, an agreement has been concluded
at Italiga. a village In Italian territory,
between the Mullah and the Italian dip
lomatic agent. Slgnor de Stalazza.
By its terms the Mullah undertakes to
observe peace towards both Great Britain
and Italy. The Mullah places himself
under Italian protection, and will reside
at a point between Pas Gbarlo and Pas
Gharoes, In the Italian protectorate. The
agreement gives Italy the right to ap
point a resident in the territory assigned
to the Mullah, in which free commerce
will be guaranteed, with the exception
of traffic .In arms anl slaves, which is
prohibited. The arrangement puts an
end to the difficult and costly British ex
peditions against the Mullah, and de
livers the protectorate tribes from his
continual devastating raids.
CAN'T BREAK THE DEADLOCK
Frances Joseph in Conference With
Andrassy at Budapest.
BUDAPEST. March 20. Emperor
Francis Joseph lias arrived here in
connection with the Ministerial crisis.
Count Julius Andrassy. the ex-Hun
garlan Premier, had an hour's audience
with the Emperor and he subsequently
said that no decision- had yet been
reached In regard to the Cablnetxlead
lock. Both the Emperor and the Count
adhered to the views they had respect
ively expressed at the time of the Vi
enna conferences.
Reward for Successful Bandit.
TANGIER, March 20. As an apparent
result of the Perdlcarls case, Raisuli has
received from the Sultan, a letter appoint
ing him uoverncr of a number of Impor
tant tribes between Tangier and Fez.
Fatal Mine Explosion in Hungary
VIENNA, March 20. By an explosion In
a colliery at Drenkova, Hungary, ten
miners .were killed and many others In
Jured.
Fighting Hawaiian Forest Fires.
HONOLULU. March 29. Five hundred
or more persons, mostly plantation la
borers, were today fighting the forest
fires at Wnhiawa. The fire la now be
lieved to be under control. About 2000
acres were burned, being mostly land re
cently acquired by the United States for
a military reservation. A trail 30 feet
wide was burned around It. The forest
is being- patrol ed tonight. The fires In
Olaa and Kona are also believed to be
under control. Rain helped to extin
guish the fires in the Olaa district.
Delaware Getting Up to Date.
DOVER, DeL, March 20. Governor
Lea tonight signed the bill abolishing
the pillory as an instrument lor the
punishment ot convicts.
BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
An addition Is being built to President
Roosevelt's Summer home at Sagamore
-Hill. L.. i.
Rev. Dean Richmond Babbit, rector of
the Church of the Epiphany, Brooklyn.
i., js seriously in.
The ashes of ex-Senator E. O. Wolcott.
of Colorado, arrived In New York yester
day on the steamer St. Louis.
A bill was filed in court in Chicago yes
terday by Clarence Eddy, the organist.
for divorce from Sarah Pearce Eddy, on
tne ground of desertion.
Fanny J. Crosby, the famous blind poet.
author of more than JO00 hymns, cclcbrat--
ed her SSth birthday at heruomo in
Bridgeport, Conn., Sunday.
The White .Star Line steamer Cedrlc ar
rived in New York yesterday, three and
one-half days late, havings encountered
hurricanes all across the Atlantic, which
flung waves CO feet high, 20 feet above
her bridge. A child born on the voyage
was named' Cedric Whitney.
A child was born to Mrs. W. H. Shin-
bar, of San Francisco, on board the Chi
cago & Alton sleeping-car Brazoria, on
the way from Kansas City to Chicago,
yesterday. Mrs. Shlnabar was on her way
to Toledo, O., to visit her mother, but
was taken to a hospital at Chicago.
Mrs. Mary B. Page, a fortune-teller.
aged 70 years, was found dead in her
home on Market street, St. Louis, having
been bound, gagged and strangled to
death. The absence of jewelry Indicated
that robbery, was the motive. Four per
sons living in the house have been ar
rested.
Policeman Henry Decker, of Chicago, on
Sunday was beaten to bis knees on the
street by Vito Malpedo. one of a crowd
of merrymakers at an Italian wedding.
which he had ordered to disperse. He
shot Malpedo fatally as the latter was
about to club him again, and arrested an
other man. A mob of 1000 persons was
about to kill Decker when the police ar
rived.
Work of the Volunteers.
PORTLAND, March 20. To the -Editor.)
Thocch there is an abundance of philanthropic
effort and philanthropic worlc of the volun
teers, which figures prove powerless to set
forth, yet there Is much of a practical and
benevolent character which they may brinr to
fuller view, and thus Insure the orrantsatlon
being better understood. We will quote a
few:
During the past year 1100 women hare been
cared for in our Homes of Mercy, and some
20,260 beds In all have been'provlded In these
institutions.
The Volunteer officers and workers; ' have
vtaUed and aided no less than 50,173 families
during the year In and around the large cities
where they labor.
Xo leas than 234.501 persons were lodged In
the homes and Institutions for working and
destitute men and women, not Including the
many thousands tvho were given temporary
relief during the strikes In several sections of
the country. ,
There were S 03, 037 'persons fed with substan
tial meals In the above Institutions, opart from
tho assisted temporarily daring- holiday and
festival seasons.
The. Volunteer Prisoners' League has em
braced In all eome 25.000 -members, of which
It is safe to assert that ot those coming to us
70 per cent are living reformed lives. By
cozTMsendence and service It has proved of
MeMteuiiisf
ROLAND and Oliver are its
heroes, and when has a ro
mance offered any that equal them;
v in honor, gallantry, and bravery?
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the publishers offer an example of bookmaking that
has never been equalled in "regular-price" fiction.
The full-page pictures are reproduced in full color '
from the original paintings by the Kinneys, each
page has a border in tint, and not one detail has
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scheme, suitable to the period pictured in the book.
As a matter of fact no description can be ade
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the appearance of the book, and we can only
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to ask your bookseller to show it to you before
his stock is sold out.
Published Today By Robert Ames Bennet
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Influence and help to forae 30,000 men behind
the bars.
It is estimated that over luO.OuO noor rxople
and little children were given an outing Into
the fresh air during the year through the In
strumentality of the organization.
Through the regimental reports from our
Volunteer officers, it Is found that 1.060.056
persons attended the Sunday and week-night
services, while, despite the unusually cold
Spring, there gathered at our 13,164 open-air
services 2.639.633 Individuals.
The above Is something ot the good accom
plished apart from the Volunteer reading-
rooms. Mwlng classes, distribution ot Chris
tian literature, hospital nursing. Thanksgiving
and Christmas dinners, temporal-)' financial
relief, boys frceh air camps and many other
worthy undertakings.
Surely, with the knowledge of the above, we
who labor under the Volunteer standard may
have every fcopefulners of seeing even greater
usefulness, while those who have aided us
may feel that their practical sympathy and
encouragement have not been misplaced.
CAPTAIX AND MRS. AKEXTS.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Marriage Licenses.
Andrew Johnson. 3u; Alvina Telr,
John T. Leonard, 23; Lucy B. Xtarsan, 22.
Paul B. "Wlllcutt, 23; Millie C. Forsyth. 23.
Stanley R. Tlmothe, 25: Ella M. Smyth, 23.
James A. Berry, 30; Minerva Spon, r.
Ray C. Long. IS; Mary J. Xelson. 17.
Edward Burke. 20; Marie Mueller,' 22.
"William McConnell. 21; "Laura. Hoke. 21.
Edward C. Golden. 30; Armlna William. 21.
Joseph Sharer. 36; Lizzie B. Gllman. 30.
Rots C Parker, 22; Minnie C. Pyke. 17.
Deaths.
March 17, Ida Brakabush, -12 years; Sunny-
side.
March 17, Moses Fried, 55 years; North Pa-
cine Sanitarium..
March 10, Owen Caraher, 64 years; 535 Curry.
March 10, Clara Brockle, 33 years; St. Vin
cent's Hospital.
John "V. Talbbtt, 0 years; 7CC Qulmby.
March 17. Charles Mockler, 54 years; 215
Alberta.
March 18. Eliza Close, 67 years; 347 Second.
Building Permits.
R. B. Sinnott, Lovejoy. between Twenty-
fourth and Twenty-fifth, dwelling; $4650. . .
IV. 11. Markell. East . Oak. between East
Fourteenth and East Fifteenth, dwelling;
S1S75.
Trimble & William?. Gist Nineteenth and
Tentno avenue, shop; $500.
Hlckey, Columbia, between Lownsdale
and Sixteenth, repairs; $200.
Jamca Mallett. Umatilla avenue, shop; C0OG.
John Swanson. Sellwood. between Alblna ave
nue and Borthwlck. dwelling; $1250.
Alcoholism Growing in France.
NEW ORK, March 20. Alcoholism
la steadily growing- worse in France,
while it is decreasing elsewhere, ac
cording to' assertions made by Dr.
Poitou Duplessy, ina public address,
cables the Herald s Paris correspond
ent. The speaker Is a well-known
physician.
"To the drink evil," he said, "could
be traced the gradual disappearance of
the family -and the .deterioration of
racial attributes. Gradual degeneracy
is sure to result .unless alcoholism Is
checked." s
Dr. Duplessy declared that drink Is
a prime factor in causing tuberculosis
and madness, misery and crime. The
only way to successfully abate tho evil,
he says, is to arouse the public con
science. The law of social solidarity,
he says, has a scientific basis, which
imposes a moral duty upon members of
society to defend themselves and their
fellows from such a menace as that
which alcoholism now presents. '
Pastor Comes From New York.
OREGON; CITY, Or.. March 20. (Spe
cial.) Rev. Henry B. Robbins, of Roches
ter, X. T., has been called to the pastor
ate of the First Presbyterian Chifrch of
this city to succeed Rev. J. H. Beaven.
who has resigned to accept charge of
the Walla VValla Church. The choice
of the pulpit committee that was ap
pointed to supply the vacancy caused
by Mr. Beaven's resignation has been
ratified by the congregation, and the
pastor-elect has been notified of his elec
tion. Mr. Bobbins Is 31 years of age.
unmarried, and 'was highly recommended
to the Oregon City congregation.
from the Impact of a noisy blow. He went
to Investigate and was deluged by
shower of water thrown up by the whale
In his efforts to turn around in the close
quarters. During this ' struggle he struck
the battleship s steel-clad sides vicious
blows with his head and then with his
tall. The whale finally escaped, disap
pearing down the Sound.
Ripley's Retirement Is Denied.
L03 ANGELES. Cal.. March 20. It Is
authoritatively, asserted at the focal Santa
re omces, as lmormauon coming airect
from Eastern headquarters, that there is
not the slightest foundation for the re
ports recently published in several quar
ters that President E. P. Ripley, of the
Santa Fe, Is about to retire.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
Mrs J A Finch. SpoklO H Chappell. Jr. N T
J R Cook. San Fran J M Jepson. N T
M J Kinney. San FrnjH H Fuller. San Fran
Or A Kinney. Astoria F Mlklnko. San Fran
T F Scanlon, San Frn,Q W Sherwood, Tacom
"E H Oatrander. AstojR C Polk. Tacoma
A L Duncan. Astoria:!! Boehmke. Clevelnd
Jir ana .Mrs t HaraeeiJ L. Curtis.
St Louis G V Martin, Cleveland
J S Cole and wf. N TF P Howard, Chicago
l, t-naries. san ran Mrs V JJalr. Dallas
E F Tv'ittier. Seattle IR O Hadley and vrlfe,
A C Churchill. Newhgl Belllneham
H D Lovcland. S 1'iR Portuguese., city
O L Peabody. ChcgoJL J McCloskey. Phlla
L H Houston. Jarajtn.W P Deveny and wife,
jr. a uyori. juinnpu 1 Minneapolis
L L Klistcrs. OlyniDlA W Frater. Seattle
o 11 uaviason. seamiK a Lee. Seattle
t' w Klrske. J y C E Klttridge. Mass
C M Levey, Tacoma G Mlsb. X Y
A A Miller. Seattle M Darrach. N Y
G TV Saulsbury. do I A WMcAustIand and
w A Morris. San Fran wife. Gardiner. Me
E B PIckel. Medford.M J Shell and wife,
u t. l-iatt, Chicago Moscow. Idaho
G Remdel. New York J "Wood and wife. Bait
H r Miller. X Y ,S Somcrberc S F
C S Jones. Philadelphia Cohen. San Fran
u v wnittaKer. a F,L T B Ferrill. Vancv
t- L aelon. 1 R Dew. Vancouver
D I Johnson. Cincln IR K Evans and wife,
u Olmsted, Chicago i Vancouver, Wash
THE PERKINS.
A C Long. Detroit lAnnie Christenson,
F B "Wait, Rosehurg 1 Dalton. MIn
Chas Levy. San Fran iMav Alberton. Pittahe-
J Lindstrom. AberdnIA J McCreedy. .Mllwk
Arrested for Illegal Fishing.
OREGON CITY. March 20. (Special)
Deputy Fish Wardens W. TV. Smith and
Louis Rail are becoming extremely active
In enforcing the laws as to salmon fish
ing during the closed season. Last night
they detected Carl Johnseu and J. J.
Edgren In the act In the Clackamas River
near this city, and having placed the
men under arrest, confiscated the net
with which the nsnermen are alleged to
have been Illegally fishing.
Whale Frisks About Battleship.
SEATTLE. March 20. Moran Bros.
shipyard, wherethe battleship Nebraska
Is being placed In fighting shape, had an
unusual visitor late Sunday evening. In
the shape of a huge sperm whale. The
leviathan, which Is one "of the first seen
on Puget Sound In many years, swam, in
close to the slip, getting between It and
the Nebraska, where tho water Is shal
low.
The first known of Its presence was
when the watchman felt the slip, rock
Jannett Randolph,
1.0 s Angeles
J N Shlnce, No Bend
G L Prather. Hood R
H A schuelzel,
Mrs Schuelzel.
Ed Buxton. Corvallls
G W Klggs. Corvallls
J C Cannuff. Corvllis
F M Smiths Prinevllla
SoIsclG C Col ton. Stokes
do JM Maltager. Seattle
L- J Porter. Idaho IMrs Maltaeer. do
Mrs Porter. do G B BIchmond, do
F C Halton. Wis !M S Manning, do
Mrs Appleman, CastllR H Smith. Denver
Rock E N Whltend. Chicgo
F "W Sllversloath. iMrs Whitend. do
Antelope 1W R Hudson. Bridal V
G A Koblnson, Che-Mrs M W Rellly. Pomr
halls iMrs Briers. Pomerov
A L Wattlngly. Chehl Dora Ohera. Pomeroy
j aiaring. ao id r Congell. Kent
Mrs J E Lancaster. IA1 TVesterlund. Kent
-Eugene S G Holland. Salem
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O A Poulsend. NeilsvllC E Detwlln. Tacom
F Flltner ,and wife. tT S Burley, Napanu
Pacific Grove E G Pake. Duluth
E H Caldwell. EdgewiT DiYoung. Rochester
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am free from piles today, and have been
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In severe cases of plies, or hemorrhoids
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Testimony like the above should certainly
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although it Is odd that such a fallacy
should prevail, and still more odd that.
so many people should think an operation
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trary Is more often the case.
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IR J Owens, city
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M Davoren
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W Buckley, Pullman
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M Burke. S F
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SCROFULA We Inherit
The tainted blood of ancestors lays upon the shoulders of innocent off
spring untold suffering by 'transmitting- to them, through the blood, that
blighting disease, Scrofula; for in nearly every instance the disease can be
traced to some family blood trouble, or blood-kin marriage which is contrary
to the laws of nature. Swelling, ulcerating glands of the neck, catarrh,
weak eyes sores, abscesses, appeared on the head of my little
skin eruptions, white swell- mflrhiH when only 18 months old, and spread
ing, hip disease and other rapidly over her body. The disease next attacked
deformities, with a wasting the eyes and we feared she would lose her sight,
of the natural strength and It was then that we decided to try S. S. S. That
vitality are some of the ways medicine at once made a speedy and complete
this miserable disease man- cure. She is now a young lady, and has never
ifr ir;1f The noison had a sign of tic disease to .return.
SSnittef "thSSffS the SSt., Salina, Kan. Iter. JL to
blood pollutes and weakens that health-sustaining fluid and in place of. its
nutritive qualities fills the circulation with scrofulous matter and tubercular
deposits, often resulting in consumption. A disease which has been in the
family blood for generations, perhaps, orat least since the birth of the suf-
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is the renledy best fitted for this. It cleanses the
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proves, the symptoms all pass away, there is a sure return to health, the. dis
ease is cured permanently while posterity is protected. Book on the blood
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THE SWiFT SPECIFIC GQ, ATLANTA, GAm
VITAL WEAKNESS
Above all other thlnns, ire triye to aave the thou
sands of young and middle-aged men. who are plung
ing toward tha grave, tortured by the woes of nervou
debility. We have ovolved a special treatment for
Nrvous Debility and special weakness that Is uni
formly luecesstul in cades where success was before
and by oiner doctors deemed impossible. It does not
stimulate temporarily, but restores permanently. It
allays irritations of tho delicate tissues surrounding;
the lax and unuuly expanded glands, contracting; them
to their normal condition, which prevents lost vitality.
It tones up and strengthens the blood vessels that
carry nourishment. The patient realizes a great blight
has been lifted from his life.
We want all aiKA WHO AllE SUFFERING from any
disease or special weakness to feel that they can come
to our office freely for examination and explanation
of their condition i'RBE OF CflAKGE, without being
bound by any obligation whatever to, take treatment"
unless they o desire. We euro
' Longest established.
I Best Bccessfnl assl
reliable yeeJallsts
diseases of .
s medical diplomat.
Hecates aad aewspa
B?r records show.
Stricture, Varicocele, Nervous Debility, Blood
Poison, Rectal, Kidney and Urinary Diseases
aad all diseases aad Treakaeascs due to lafeexitaace, evil Jsabita, ex
cesnea or the result of. Bpeciflc diseases.
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c5' Blood poison, gleet, stricture, unnatural losses, ira-
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ne and Liver troubles cured without MEHCURY OR OTHER. POISONOUS
DRUGS. Catarrh and rheumatism CORED. '
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
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