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? As a worthy setting of a great and powerful story 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 been overlooked tnat woulfl complete a consistent scheme, suitable to the period pictured in the book. As a matter of fact no description can be ade quate to the striking originality of the story, or the appearance of the book, and we can only assure you that you will find it well worth while to ask your bookseller to show it to you before his stock is sold out. Published Today By Robert Ames Bennet $1.50 A. C. McCLURG & CO., PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO 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 THE IMPERLVt, J" WPotter. AshlandlGco S White. Sallsbg 1 c urani, jvsniana ueo .ucK.ee, Chicago Jos S GUI. San Fran Edmund Forbes, do Roy F Rice, San FrnlE C Rogers. Doty 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 11 a cation, wai wis T Trelevun and wf. W L ThomDSOn. La I Fond, du lac Grande 'W D Gorman. Cot Gr Cured of Piles After Suffering More Than Twenty. Five Years. TRIAL. PACKAGE MAILED FREE. "Until about two years ago I bad had plies for about thirty years, at times bleeding and very painful. I got a fifty-. cent box of Pyramid Pile Cure at the drug store, and used It and was entirely cured: got another box In case I needed it, and as the plies did not return In six months I gave the remedy to a friend of mine who wanted the doctor to operate to cure him. My friend said he would use the 'pyramids" but he knew they would do him no good, but they cured him. of plies of twenty-five years standing, am free from piles today, and have been since using Pyramid Pile Cure. I was Captain In the Civil war. James Adams, Soldiers Home, CaL The majority of people labor under the Impression that an operation Is necessary In severe cases of plies, or hemorrhoids and are very skeptical regarding the rem edial virtues of any medicinal compound. Testimony like the above should certainly have a tendency to dispel this Imnression. although it Is odd that such a fallacy should prevail, and still more odd that. so many people should think an operation effects a permanent cure, whereas the con trary Is more often the case. Just send your name and address to Pyramid Drug Co., 1562 Main St. Marshall. Mich., and receive free by return mall the trial package In a plain wrapper. Thousands have been cured, in this easy painless and inexpensive, way. In the privacy of the home. No knife aad Its torture- No doctor and his bills. All druggists. 0 cents. Wire today for free package. New Princess Dressers rT in- GOLDEN OAK BIRDSEYE MAPLE AND MAHOGANY Here's a style of Dresser that will appeal to the woman who wants comfort in dressing. The low base and wide top permit one to sit while making one's toilet and the long mirror gives a full-length view of the figure. We can show you a number of dainty styles that are reasonable in price. Toilet Chairs to match. DRESSER AND TOILET TABLE COMBINED yoijb credit I IS G00D SfifiSSS MAXBYOCB GOWN TEEMS 38 E C Sklles. Pendletn Dr C S White and wf. Gervais W D Chamberlain, Athena C Simmons. Astoria M F Crandall. St L Warren Trultt. Moscw W F Nelson. The Dll S K Patterson, Hepp Geo u leans. do D S McCrea and wf. Kendrick S A Tobln. Chicago W B Beebe. Coos Bay F C Burton. Cathlam A E Hulme. Cathlam C R Wright. Astoria Geo H Ohler, Astoria J O McCallum, Knappa A G WItmer, Kenosha C V Brown. Astoria THE ST. CHARLES W H Graham, AberdiMrs A G Reynolds, Miss Chandler, do Mrs Q L Bennett, La Grande j W J Coulter, Hood R A N Hanna. Spokane J Newton. Blair, city Davis. For Grove Mrs Davis. do W O Pearson. Marion T J Anderson, Corvll V Gill. Hood Klver L Gabriel. do N H McKay. SauviesiO Blanc Hooulam S B Wiest. Stella Mrs Wlest. do H T Bagley. 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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- lerer, requires constitutional ucatmcnu o. o. a. is the renledy best fitted for this. It cleanses the blood of all scrofulous and tuberculous poisons, makes it rich and pure and under the tonic effects of this ereat blood medicine the general health im 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 and any advice wished, furnished by our physicians, without charge. 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. CONSULTATION AND EXAMINATION FREE " Office Honrs: h A. H. lo 8 P. 31. 3 Scutdays, 10 to IS only. St. Louis SaJrd Dispensary Car. Secontf and Yamhill Streets, Portland, Or. Twenty Years of Success In the treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver, kidney and stomach disorders, constipation, diar rhoea, dropsical swellings. Brlghfs disease, etc. Kidney and Urinary Complaints, painful, difficult, to frequent, milky or bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. v Diseases of the Rectum Such as plies, fistula, fissure, ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, sured without the knife, pain or confinement. . Diseases of Men c5' Blood poison, gleet, stricture, unnatural losses, ira- Mtw tanrnne-hiv mired No failure . Cure guaranteed. YOtfNU 3ikux troubled with nignt emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, bashfulness, aversion to society, wnlch deprive you of your manhood. OTfFITS. YOITFOR KVSIXBSS OR MJUIHIAGE. - , - MIDDLE-AGEO ACCN, who from excesses and strains have lost their BLOODjT SKnff DISEASES, Syphilis. Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urine. Gleet, Stricture, Enlarged Prostate. Sexual Debility. Varicocele. Hydrocele, Itid 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 treatment- His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent free to all men who de scribe their trouble. TATIENTS cured at home. Term3 reasonable.- All letters answered la plain envelope. Consultation freo and Bacredly ' confidential. Call en or address DR. WALKER, 181 First Street, Corner Yamhill, Portland, Or -"m. i i