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THE MOENISG OREGOKIA, tlfONDAY, 5IAY 1, 190o. BUMPER CHOP OF WHEAT IN VALLEY Heavier Acreage Than Usual With Every Indication of . Increased Yield. FROST HELPS PRUNE CROP tTrees Were Loaded Down With Blos soms, and Fruitmen Arc Saved the Trouble of Thinning ' Out the Fruit- ' ALBANY. Or.. April 50.-(Speclal.)-The year 1903 bids fair to be the banner wheat year In the Willamette Valley. As much may be said for every department of Xarm products in Linn County, but it is particularly applicable to the wheat crop because there Js a greater acreage of wheat and it looks better than ever be fore. Last Fall was an ideal season for getting In a crop, and farmers generally took advantage of the opportunity to put In more than the average acreage of the brcadBtuff material. Then the early Spring and fine weather renewed the op portunity, and more than the usual acre age of Spring-sown grain was planted. Ab a result, the wheat output of Linn County will undoubtedly be larger than ever, both because more of it has been jsown, and because there is every indica tion of a banner yield. The Winter was ideal for Fall-sown grain. 7 here was not enough cold weath er to hu-t anything, and the one quite cold snap in the late Winter was pre ceded by a light snowfall that did much to profit the grain. The rain was so scattered that grain made good growth during the entire Winter, with the result that the early Spring has brought wheat out wonderfully. The wheat Is much far ther advanced than is usual at this sea son, and presages an early -harvest. It lias j-toolcd out well, and the warm weather has caused it to shoot into the air until it is tall enough in many in stances to be bound now, were it ripe. Green Fields Line Road. A drive over the valley shows condi tions more than good, and the fields oi green waving wheat that line the road across the country arc good to look upon. The acreage of wheat is much larger than usual, and it is about equally divided between Fall-sown and Spring-sown grain. Both varieties will be an excel lent crop. Other crops look equally well, but there is no more of it in the ground than usuaL About the customary acreage of hay and oats was sown, and while the yield will be fine, they will not be bumper crops like tho wheat, because of the small acreage. No class of grain was injured material ly by the rather heavy frosts which have visited the Valley in the last two months. The earliest frosts turned the tips of some of the wheat blades rod, but they have already begun to regain their nat ural color. The warm rains and sunshino have overcome any evil effects of the frosts on the grain. Early Strawberries Killed. Early fruits, however, have not fared so well. The two first crops of straw berries arc very much hurt, if not en wrely ruined. The frosts of the last week, which were quite heavy, caught the straw berries at a most inopportune time, and most of them were killed. Yet there will be strawberries and lots of them in Linn County. We regularly have three crops, and never have all of them been frost bitten. The third crop will be larger than ever. If no more bad luck is had, for the full strength of the vines will go to the iast crop. Prunes will undoubtedly be a good crop, in spite of many adverse reports. It Is true that many of the tender fruit blos soms were caught by the early frosts, and also that a few were injured by the late frosts. But at that, even if halt or more of the littlo fruit was killed, there will be an excellent prune crop. Frost Helps Prune Crop. Never were the prune trees more heavily laden with blossoms than this year. It looked like an unprecedented crop. If there had been no frosts or cold, strong w inds to put some of the embryo fruit out of commission, it would have been ncccs sarv for fruitmen to knock half of "the fruit off the trees to save the trees, to a nothing of the necessity of doing this that the ft "It may become large and well developed. The leading horticulturists of the county state that the prune crop -will be good, better than usual, if all is saved that is now alive on the trees. One of the crons that is attracting a great deal of attention among farmers now Is alfalfa. Where a few years ago there was not an acre of this best of hay grown In the county, there arc now sev eral acres of it. But it Is scattered in small patches. Every one was of the ojilnlon that it would not grow in the Valley, and no one could be Induced to put out more than a few acres of It. It has made good, and will grow as well here as anywhere. Where it has been sown in the county, three crops per year, in May. July and September, have been cut. and the meadow has beon pastured in the Fall. The yield here is just as good as any where, and many acres more will be dc otcd to alfalfa another year. The first crop is now tall enough to cut, and will be harvested earlier than usual thjs year. Product of the Dairy. Dairy farms, of which there are several in the county, are in better condition than ever before at this season of the j ear. Cows are well kept, pasture is fine and the product of the dairy is large and of good quality. In general, farmers have prospects ot better crops, earlier harvests and better times than in years. This will be the ban ner year; it will give a bumper crop. PASSES OX XEYV LEGAL POINT Judge White's Decision in Regard to Administrators. BAKER CITY. Or.. April 30. (Special.) Considerable comment and interest has been evoked by the recent decision of Judge White, of the Circuit Court, upon a legal point which has never before been raised in this state. He holds that the statute relative to the removal of admin istrators does not apply to a surviving partner duly qualified as administrator, administering upon a partnersnip estate. The decision Is very voluminous. The following is a digest: H. H. Hlndman and Frank Hlndman were riartners. Upon the death of H. H. Hlndman. Frank Ulndmin was appointed administrator of the partnership estate. He gave the re quired bond and duly qualified. The admin lstr&tora of the personal estate of H. H. Hind- man filed a. petition In the- County Court al leging mismanagement of the partnership mutate on the part or frank Hlndman ana amced for his removal. The court removed Frank Hlndman and appointed I. H. Me Com administrator of the partnership estate. F-ank Hlndman appealed. The ourt, in passing upon tho authority of the Ccusty Court to remove Fraak Hisdau as administrator of .the ptrtserihlp etate held that sections 1121 and 1122 of the code, providing for the removal of administrator, applied only to general administrators, and not to a surviving partner, who had qualified as administrator of the partnership estate; that tald surviving partner was entitled to all the rights and privileges and was Invested of all authority he had under the common law and could not be removed by the Probate Court, and that the representatives of the deceased partner had no Interest In the partnership as sets until such time as the debts of the part nership had been paid, and that In case of mismanagement, misappropriation, waste or loss on the part of the surviving partner, that the remedy of the personal representatives of the deceased .partner was an action on the bond given by the surviving partner as ad ministrator of the partnership estate; that the partnership administrator had the abs lutc right to the possession, control and man agement of the partnership estate for the pur pose of paying the debts and winding up the partnership, and. he could not be deprived of this right by the Probate Court, or the. rea son that as surviving partner he was the owner of the partnership assets and was per sonally liable for the payment of the debts of the partnership; that said eectlonts 1121 and 1122 applies only to administrators of the personal estates and that the surviving partner could not be deprived of his prop erty by an order of the Probate Court unless the statute providing for the removal of ad ministrators clearly Indicated that it was to apply to administrators of the partnership es tates, and the court could sot assume by im plication a power of taking away the right of control which a. man has over his own prop erty. ROCKPILE FOR IDLE CONVICTS Stove Foundry Does Xot Give Em ployment to All. SALEM. Or.. April 30.-(Special.)-A rockpile has been established at the state prison, and hereafter all prisoners not otherwise employed will be set at work breaking rocks for use In Improving tho roads In the vicinity of the prison. About 20 men were thus at work yesterday, and as soon as mora hammers can be secured this number will be Increased to about 30. For many years the "ring" has fur nished the only means of physical exer cise for those prisorfers not employed in the foundry or on the farm. The "ring" is a circular path around which the men walk in single flic Sometimes a hundred or more men have found pacing this path their only occupation. The prison author ities recently concluded that this was a waste of strength, and decided to inaugu rate the rockpile. Boulders -were hauled in from the farm and a circle of seats was arranged in tho yard In the rear of tho prison. The boul ders arc first broken to a convenient size with a large sledge, and then a. quantity is deposited In front of each scat in the circle. Each unemployed convict is given a hammer and a place to work, and he puts in the day breaking the rocks until the pieces are reduced to the size of an English walnut. The stove foundry gives employment to the greater portion of the prisoners, the state receiving Z cents an hour for their labor, but at nearly all times there arc a considerable number of men for whom there Is no employment. Hereafter there will be no idle men at the prison, unless the supply of rock gives out, which it will not do for some years to come. The pris oners are not worked hard and do not crush rock enough in a day to make that a profitable employment. If there were anything else for them to do. Two gangs of convicts, with 20 men In each gang, have been working a week on the public roads south of this city, and thus far no trouble whatever has been experienced. Two guards are employed by Marion County to take charge of the men, and there has been no Indication of Intention on the part of any of the con victs to attempt an escape. IGORROTES FEAST OX DOG Local Butcher Docs Killing to Sat isfy the Police. SEATTLE. Wash., April SO. (Special.) The activity of Humane Officer Clark did not prevent the Igorrotes' dog feast to day. The natives ate roasted and stewed canine meat, danced, sang, threw spcan and otherwise celebrated their triumph over Seattle pollee official?. They held their feast in a public park, as they said they would. This much and no more the Igorrotes conceded to the police they did not kill their dogs before a curious throng. A local butcher undertook the slaughtering and not only killed but dressed the dogs for the native banquet. Two Igorrotes, in cluding the chief who is with the party, oversaw the butchering and afterward tatl.fied the natives that the dog? were killed properly. The butcher removed the hide from the dogs. something the Igorrotes did not like, but tolerated. Humane Officer Clark expected the Igor rotes to attempt to kill and dress their own dogs and he watched them closely to prevent the slaughter. The humane officer and the police made no attempt to Interfere when the animals were handled in accordance with American methods. In most respects today's dog feast was a repetition of that of last Sunday. It lacked the wild abandon of the original celebration and the whole affair was more temperate. A big crowd watched the ceremonies and celebration. CUPID CORRECTS AX ERROR Jilted Girl Finds Husband In u Voting Farmer. DAVENPORT. Wash., April SO. (Spe cial.) While the courts were considering the brcach-of-promlse case arising from a love affair of Laura Hcasty, Cupid went to work to do a better Job than he did at first, and success crowned his ef forts. 31iss Hcasty was married to a young farmer of the name of McCann. living near Edwall. The marriage took place while a suit for brcach-of-promlse brought by the bride against Dura L. Xichols was pending before tho Supreme Court. The jury awarded the young lady $4560. The girl was given tho option by Judge Neal of standing a new trial or accepting 520. The defendant appealed from this decision, and the Supreme Court has Just ordered a new trial. H. X. Martin, at torney for Miss Hcasty. said the trial would take place. The girl's parents are also in the courts here, the wife asking for a divorce from G. A. Matthews. He has some valuable mining property in the Meteor mining camp, and has been there doing develop ment work most of the time for several years. Mrs. Matthews has been making her home here. Will Insure Themselves. ASTORIA. Or.. April 30.-Special.)-In order to protect themselves against what they term exorbitant rates as adopted by the Grand Lodge. A. o. u. W., at Its recent session, the members of the local lodge held a mass meeting last evening and took the first decisive steps toward the formation of a local insurance or ganization. A constitution and 'by-laws were adopted, and at the next meeting of ficers will be elected. The charter membership will be com prised almost exclusively of persons be longing to the local lodge of Workmen, and it is understood that as soon as the new organization Is well established the charter of the old lodge will be surren dered. Roentgen Conference Opens. BERLIN. April 30. A conference opened today in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the discovery of the Jloentgcn rays. Dr. Leonard, of Phila delphia, returned -thanks for the recep tion accorded lo the foreign delegates. An exposition of Ttoentgen apparatus itj a feature of the cosgress; ROUTED FROM BE! Seattle Chinese Angry at Ac tivity of Inspectors. WORK TO HAVE REMOVED Oriental Quarters in Pugct Sound Town Have Been Subjected lo Raids in Search of Contra 'band at 'All Hours. SEATTLE, Wash., April SO. (Special.) Seattle Chinese have started a fight to have Ave immigration Inspectors dis placed. . The activity of the Immigration agents is displeasing to the Oriental col ony and through a series of damage suits filed yesterday and petitions sent to the State Department, the Chinese colony hopes to force the men out of the service or into new territory. For months the Chinese inspectors sta tioned here have been unusually active. They have Invaded Chinatown at all hours of the day and night, raiding well-known establishments and breaking down doors In the lodging-houses, where sleep scores of Orientals. Arrests have been made by the wholesale and several deportations have resulted. The angry Chinese have accused Chin Jack, the interpreter, of falsification and Ql'EKX OF MAY FESTIVAL. MIm Frances Kates. M'MINXVII.LE. Or.. April CO. t Spe cial.) MIm Frances Estcs bas been chosen queen of festivities for May day, which will be observed by the collate students Monday. Considerable excite ment prevailed and voting was heaviest JiK-t before the poll closed, Miss Estes received 2215 vote, or a margin oi SOS over her nearest competitor. Queen Franees 1 comes from Astoria and Is tho Recommit-lied daughter of Dr. O. B. Etos. She is In her fresh man year, if a bright student and ;ulte opular in college circles. of being a "stool pigeon" in the employ of the immigration officials. They have afked for his removal. Chin Jack started a sensational report that they had offered J1000 reward for his death, but that story has not been vertified. A placard that has not been satisfactorily interpreted was posted, but the Chinese hold It merely asked for Information regarding the man or men who were making trouble for them. Immigration officials are securing a reading elsewhere. ' The attack upon the immigration inspec tors made in two directions Is a new move of the Chinese colony. Three local Chlncso merchants who were arrested on the charge of being illegally in the coun try have asked for heavy damages and a demand for an investigation has been made at Washington. Chin Gee a "Big Man." Chin Gee Hee, manager of the Quong Tuck Company and a Chinaman of strong standing here, Is going cast within a few days to place orders for motive power and rolling stock to equip a railroad he and his associates will build in the southern part of Canton province. The railroad is one of Chin Gee Hee's hobbles and his Eastern mission is easily explained. But It was In Chin Gee Hee's store that the big meeting of the six tongs was held when the Chinese decided to ascertain the Identity of their betrayer. It was from that meeting that the. placard was issued which Chin Jack says meant an offer for his removal. The most sensational of all the raids the Immigration Inspectors have made was that directed Into the sleeping-rooms above Chin Gee Hee's building. That a number of Chinese were arrested and taken from a building in which Chin Jack was living is an incident to the fight. Chin Gee Hee is going cast. The Chi nese have begun their fight against the immigration inspectors at the time he is ready to start. An effort has already been made, through tho Chinese Minister at Washington, to have Chin Jack re moved from office and Chin Gee Hee Is armed with a petition he will take to Washington asking for a change in tho Immigration Bureau's force at Seattle. Strong Case of Chinese. The Chinese make out a pretty strong case in tneir own behalf. They claim that the Immigration men have broken into houses where it is wel! known that none but reputable Chinese merchants live and have arrested men who have long ago cstaouanca tneir right to live here. They protest merely against the contin uation of these assaults upon reputable enmese merchants. Not even the immigration men them selves accuse the leading Chinese mer chants of a desire to shield countrymen illegally in this country. But it is un doubtedly a fact that of the 300 or 400 Chinese In Seattle during the Winter there are many who have been slipped across the border and who are accepted into the Chinese headquarters without question. The Chinese merchants do not want to be interfered with; the tongs do not want their . countrymen attacked. The present burst or activity on the part of the immi gration Inspectors does both. That is the reason that the local colony has decided upon the policy of driving the immlgra tion officials out of Seattle. Claims for Damages. So far as the records of the courts here show, the suits filed yesterday are the first of their kind ever started here. Three Chinese merchants claim damages for raise imprisonment. It Is easily shown that they were entitled to remain In this country and the principal question seems to be whether the immigration officials had a right to seize them or whether a Chinese merchant can be damaged. The immigration officials maintain they were justified in the arrests. The three suits are rB$bt agalat Ave immigration official and three Chinese merchants are involved as plaintiffs. The complaints of Chin Ning and Chin Kau are identical. They allege a residence of more than 24 years here and that they are engaged as merchants. They were arrested April 5 and acquitted April 21. being held In jail in the meantime. Chin Kau claims he lost a $500 contract in Alaska by the imprisonment. Gon Leon alleges a 21-ycars residence here; that he is a merchant and that he was arrested and held in Jail from No vember 26 to December IS. This term in Jail Is valued by Gon Leon at 51S30 and he wants an additional J150 for attorney's fees. The three Chinese want ft total of J5C00, but the damage claims. It Is stated, are not as essential to the success of the Chinese fight as the change in the immi gration men's actions. GREAT RESPECT FOR KELTiY O. A. C. Sprinters Expect, However, to Give Him a Race. CORVALLIS, Or., April 30. (Special.) There is very wide interest here and In neighboring towns in the outcome of the sprinting events incident to a dual track meet between O. A. C. and Colum bia University, to take place here next Saturday. The Interest ftimres on the question of how Kelly, the Columbia star. win make it In the sprints against Smith son and Williams, the O. A. C. fast men. ivelly is recognized here as one of the great men of the coast, but belief in college circles is that not In the 50, 100 or 230 will he be able to show his heels to either Williams or Smlthson. Smith son and Kelly each have a victory over the other in the 0. and Kelly has beaten Smlthson by scarcely more than a foot in the 220. In the past. Williams has always been the superior of Smlthson In the latter event. The two O. A. C. men have never met Kelly in the 100. The present Is the only occasion In which the three men will meet this sea son. Early as It is In the season, there Is expectation that state, northwest and possibly coast records will be broken. witn nothing certain as to the outcome. save that the running will be, in all prob ability, the best and speediest ever seen in Western Oregon, if not in the entire Northwest. The meet is to include all the usual events except the high hurdles and the pole vault, both of which are eliminated at the request of Manager Loncrgan of Columbia. A relay race with four quar-ter-mllers to each team will be one ot the features. BIG DANCE IN NEW .'MESSHOTJSE Gray's Harbor Commercial Company Entertains a Thousand Guests. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Anril Srt. fSne- cial.) One of the largest social affairs ever given on the Pacific Coast was the ball Saturday evening of the Gray's Harbor Commercial Company of Cos raopolis. Fifteen hundred invitations were Issued and at least 1000 of them were responded to. The affair was the dedication of the messhousc of the lum ber company, which has been rebuilt at a cost of $5007. The Old messhouse of tho mmmirflnl com nan v has been thf mhiwt- r nttofir by the labor unions of Washington and was the subject of investigation by ex piate Labor commissioner Blackman. The report of Mr. Blackman occupied pretty much all of his annual report and there was talk of an Investigation, out nothing came ot it. The messhouse Is conducted on the plan of a logging camp, but the unions object on various reasons. Whether the agitation resulted In the re building of the house or not cannot be said, but the fact is that the company has overhauled it and so well equipped ino piacc mat mere can be no objection to 1 on the lines of cleanliness or de cency. The dining-room, which Is over 150 feet long and 40 feet wide, was used for a ballroom and It was lavishly decorated with flasrs and buntlnc nH dmriro There was a large orchestra and 1000 oanccrs. J.nc dining-room was the kitchen part of the house, which is also a big room In which 200 served with refreshments at a time. ne rare was as tempting as any union could desire. The company was cos mopolitan In that there were persons present with dress suits and others in great variety. The crush was great dur Injr the earlv nart of tho nrnnini. in.i until after refreshments had been served. ine omcerx of the company were on all the committees and Manager White and his wife led the grand mareh. Thi 3 rr il ls said to have cost the Gray's Harbor commercial company 71500. The ex penses Included finely printed invitations and free excursion boats to carry the guests to and from the scene of the festival. PENDLETON HOTEL- BURNS. Thirty Guests Escape With Lives, Though "Women Faint. PENDLETON. Or.. Anril 33 ffine- cial.) The Hotel Eastern, a two-story frame building, was destroyed by flro early this morning. The 30 guests es caped uninjured, thoucrh several wnmn fainted from fright. The loss is cstl- maiea at 57000: insurance, $4000. The owner of the hotel will erect a two story brick building immediately. OLD MAN BURNED ALIVE. Blind and Aged, He Cannot Escape From Flames. BELLINGHAM, Wash.. April 3J. (Special.) Burned to a crisp, what re mained of the body of David Benjamin. SO years old and blind, was last night taken from the ashes on the ground where, a short timo before, stood Ever son College, occupied by the old man, his wife and son Fred. The latter two were absent at the time of the fire. The origin of the fire Is not known. Sorosis Girls Win Debate. CORVALLIS. Or.. April 30. (Special.) The fifth debato In the series for the Gatch cup took place in the college chapel last night, and was won by the Sorosis girls over the girls of the Pierian So ciety. The question was, "Resolved that the government should own and control the railroads of the United States." The teams were: Sorosis Miss Sweek, Miss Snipes and Miss Bonney. Pierians Miss Smith. Miss Phillips and Miss Edwards. The Sorosis had the negative and won a unanimous decision from the three Judges. The victory is the second in the series for the Sorosis society, and en titles that organization to participation in tho final debate which takes place commencement. The sixth and last of the preliminary debates occurs next Friday nigfit between the Amicltia boys and the Utopian girls. The question Is, "Resolved that the pres idential form of the government In the United States is better than the English cabinet system." Special Alumnae Meeting;. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, April 36. (Special.) Phllomathean, the girls' literary society, held a special alumnae meeting last evening. Mrs. Belle Walker and Miss Olivia Haskell, charter members of the society, were among those on the programme. Mrs. John Whalley and Mrs. Lois Parker of Port land also spoke. Letters were read from former members from all parts of the United States, and a, cash subscription was received from each of the old mem bers to assist In buying furniture for te society reoms. MEETING ST VENICE Italian and Austro-Hungarian Ministers Agree on Attitude. UPHOLD TRIPLE ALLIANCE Line of Action to Be Adopted by Two Countries on Cretan, Mace donian and Moroccan Questions. ROME, April 30. While it Is offlcially stated that the purpose of Count Golu chowskl in going to Venice was mainly to return the visit which Foreign Minister Tittoni made at Abbazia in 1904, there Is high authority for the statement that the two Foreign Ministers were moved by the desire to strengthen the triple alliance by cementing the friendship of Austria Hungary and Italy and that they agreed on a common attitude for safeguarding tho reciprocal interests of the two coun tries in the Adriatic. Mediterranean and Balkan states. The Cretan question was discussed and it was agreed that It is necessary for the present to moderate the impatience of the Cretans who are desirous ot union with Greece. The Ministers reached an accord on Macedonia, deciding to acquit the pro posal of Great Britain for European con trol of Macedonian finances, while appli cation of reforms will remain entrusted to Austria and Russia, supported by an internal gendarmerie under the command of an Italian General. The control of Macedonian finances will be exercised by a body composed of the present Austrian, and Russian civil agent? in Macedonia, with the addition of spe cial delegates from other powers. Both Austria and Italy will endeavor to avoid complications In Morocco, both be ing allied with Germany and friendly to France and Great Britain. CONSUL GIVES HIS ANSWER Complaint of Saxon Exporters Arc Without Grounds. GLAUCHAU, Saxony. April 30. Edward A. Creevy. the American consul here. In an Interview with the Associated Press concerning the complaints of exporters that he was unreasonable in asking for information about the financial status of their factories, said: "In view nf the fact that SO per cent of the recommendations have been accepted by the Board of General Appraisers at New Tork I shall continue to require cal culations ,in accordance with depart mental Instructions and consular regu lations. No honest man need fear the light of Investigation. Experience has proven that exporters receiving the most consideration are the first to complain when called to account for irregularities. "There Is nothing more to say, even should I write a book. Paraphrasing the familiar quotations. 'For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain some grumbling exporters arc peculiar.' " Precise Details Required. BERLIN. April 30. The Saxon Industry, organ of the Saxon manufacturers, says the American correspondent at Glauchau. requires of exporting textile manufactur ers not only precise details of the con stituents of goods, the number of yards, etc., but also exact figures regarding the amount of capital invested, dividends paid, weavers" wages, mortgages on the works and a variety of other particulars of the business side of the weaving in dustry. The Cologne Gazette, commenting on what German exporters have to suffer at the hands of the American customs au thorities, says this case (referring to the requirements of the consul at Glauchau) will be made the subject of a direct com plaint on the part of Chancellor von Bue Iow. The newspapers during the last few days have published many editorials on the necessity for new tariff arrangements with the United States and comments upon customs methods. REPORT ON MANITOBA SCHOOLS 3Igr. Sbarrctti Gives Side of Case to the Pope. ROME, April 30. The Vatican has re ceived from Monsignor Sbarrettl, the apostolic delegate at Ottawa a full re port concerning his alleged interference in. the Manitoba boundary extension. Monsignor Sbarrettl gives the most de tailed particulars of the whole affair, denying emphatically that he had any understanding with Premier Laurior or other members of the Canadian gov ernment lo have the Catholic school question connected with the extension of the boundaries of Manitoba. He only admits that he met Attorney-General Campbell, of Manitoba, and discussed with him the best means of ameliorat ing the educational system in connec tion with Catholics and also in the in terest of Manitoba, as otherwise, the territories where Catholics are entitled to have separate schools would be op posed to joining Manitoba. ' Cardinal Merry del Val. the papal secretary of state, took the report to the Pope and they had a long discus sion on the subject. AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW SUIT Germany. Trade Relations AVith . America Closely "Watched. VIENNA, April 30. 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The Anti-Dueling League is endeavoring to strike at the causes of duels, and urges the government to support a bill providing for the punish ment of unfaithful husbands and wives with imprisonment of from 6 to 21 months; punishing persons who untruthfully as sert that a woman has been unfaithful to her husband: punishing with imprison ment, instead of by a fine alone, a man who Insults another or who libels him. IN A WEEK We guarantee a cure in every case we unJ"&k.S or charge no fee . Consulta tion free. Letters confidential. Instructive BOOK. FOR MEJs mailed free in plain wrapper. We euro the worst cases ot piles in two or three treatments, without operation. Cure guaranteed. If you cannot call at office, write for question blank. Home treatment successful. Office hours, 9 to 5 and 1 to 8. Sundays and holidays. 10 to 12. - DR. W. NORTON DAVIS & CO. Offices in Van-Noy Hotel. 52 Third st, cor. Pine. Portland. Or. 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Gleet, Stricture, Enlarged Prostate, Sexual Debility, Varicocele, Hydrocele, lOd- ney and Liver troubles cured without MERCURY OR OTHER .POISONING DRUGS. Catarrh and rheumatism CURED. :-:- Dr. Walker's methods are regular and .scientific. Ho uses no patent, aw-, trums or ready-made preparations, but cures the 'disease by thorough medical, treatment. Kis New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent free to all men who ae scribe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. AH letters, answered in plain envelope. Consultation free and sacredly confidential.. Call on or address - '" ' DR. WALKER, 181 First Street, Corner Yamhill, Portland, tir. course consumption can be cured. Modern medicine teaches it. No one longer doubts it. Babies have it. Young mothers have it. The aged have it. None are exempt. For over 50 years doctors have prescribed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for this disease. It quiets the cough, controls the inflammation. If inter ested, talk this over with your doctor. Ktda by the J. O. JLyar Co.. X.own. Kim. XUo xaasofketurnre of ATEH'S SARSAPAMLLA. AYER'S AGHS CUKE. ATER'S HAIR VIGOR. ATER'S PILLS. . - iai;il l!!l,l,:a.ll)l!I..Tff,H,r.Q WW,II.,IIIIBIIIUII)IJ.,UIIBI11.I and treating killing in a duel as murder, and all who participate in a duel as crim inals under the ordinary code. Americans at Trench Salon. PARIS. April 30. The notable feature; of the National Salon of the French ar tists, just opened at the Grand Palace, are Edourd Detaillc's "Apotheosis oj Glory." intended for the Pantheon; Hen ry Martin's large canvas representing "Summer"; Hoffbaucr's "A New York Roof Garden." and a portrait by Lawton Parker, of Nebraska. Other American exhibitors attracting attention are: Dan iel RIdgeway Knight, of Philadelphia, with "Peasant Girls Gathering Grapes": Aston Knight, of Philadelphia, with a strong landscape, "The Torrent"; Perci val Rousseau, cf New Orleans. "Hunting Dogs." and Jules Page, of San Francisco, "A Dutch Interior." Among the other Americans represented are: Bridgman, MacEwcn and Richard Miller, of St. .Louis, and Arthur Spear "and Everett "Warner, of Washington. Includ ed among the American sculptors exhib iting are Frederick MacMonnics, Richard Brooks, Amory Simmons and Janette Scuddcr. AVirc Guns to Be Discarded. LONDON. May 1. Cabling from Hong kong, the correspondent of the Mail as serts that the 12-inch wire guns on 'the British battleships Ocean and Vengeance are to be replaced as soon as new guns arrive. Your health depends upon the condition of your blood. Keep it pure by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. We treat successfully all private ner vous and chronic diseases of men, also blood, stomach, heart, liver, kidney and throat troubles. We cure SYPHILIS, (without mercury) to stay cured forever, in 30 to 60 days. We remove STRIC TURE, without operation or pain, in la days. We stop drains, tho result of self-abuse. Immediately. We can restore the sexual vigor of any man under 50 by means of local treatment peculiar to ourselves. , We Cure Gonorrhoea In a Week The doctors ot "this institute are all regular" graduates, have had many years' vnirience. have been known in Portland - 5? for 15 years, have a reputation to main tain, and will, unaeriarce no ctLao uiub33 certain cure can be effected. Above nil other things, ttc strive to save the thou sands of young and middle-aged men who are plung ing toward the grave, tortured by the woes of nervous debility. We have evolved a special treatment for Nervous Debility and special weakness that is unl- formly successful in cases where success was before and by other doctors deemed Impossible. It does not stimulate temporarily, but restores permanently. It allays irritations of the delicate tissues surrounding, tiie lax and unduly 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 MEN WHO ARE SUFFERING from any disease or special weakness to feel that they can come to our office freely for examination and explanation of their condition FREE OF CHARGE, without being bound by any obligation whatever to take treatment unless they so desire. We cure Twenty Years of Success In the treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver, kidney and stomach disorders, constipation, diar rhoea, 'dropsical swellings, Bright's disease, ctcV Kidney and Urinary ; . Complaints, painful, difficult, too frequent, milkyor bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily ciited ." Diseases of the Rectum fistula, fissure, ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, cured without the knife, pain' or confinement. . Diseases of Men ' Blood poison, gleet, stricture, unnatural losses, im-