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w t THE MOKNIKG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, tfAY 4, 1905. ES J. HILL TALKS ON MIES Tells Senate Committee a Few Things From His Long Experience. PREDICTS LOWER RATES He Declares Discrimination Neces sary and Advocates Exemption or Export-Kates From Law. Effect of Canal. "WASHIXGTOX. May 3. James J. Hill, -.president of the Great Jsorthern Railroad. gave the Senate committee on interstate commerce the benefit of his experience of the railroad business. He said there was one safe basis on which a low rate could be made, and that was the low cost of producing the transportation. The value of the servico is determined by the density of the traffic, and- that makes tho rate. Bates vary with conditions. In making: rates on his road, he said, they had to tako into consideration what the country produces. The railroad was charged with the prosperity of every man who lived on the road, if that man worked. Discriminations were necessary, declared . Mr. Hill. "When his road was built, he 1 went to "Washington State and found that its greatest product was lumber. There was a rate of SO cents per hundred pounds on lumber to the Eastern market. Lum ber dealers said they could ship at 65 cents. Ho knew they could not do it. and he made a rate of 40 cents, and was chipping large quantities of lumber. This was a discrimination against lunibcF on the eastern end of the road, but in 10 years there would bo no lumber produced in that section. It was because the cars going out with merchandise brought loads back that these low rates could be made. Besides the merchandise from the Pacific Coast, his road handled freight for the Orient. Largo quantities of flour at ono tlmo wcro hauled from the Twin Cities to the Oriont, but tho Interstate Com merce Commission stopped it. Saj-s Law Killed Traffic This statement produced a firo of ques tions from members of the committee, and In reply Mr. Hill explained that tho company was compelled to file its through rates with the commission. This rate, being made public, was cut by rival railroads, which were not compelled to make their rates public His company under tho law could not change its rate for seven or eight days, and meanwhile tho other lines took the cargoes. If the chips of tho company did not carry a pound of freight it would make no' dif ference with the dividends. Speaking of' the great tonnage of tho 'railroad, Mr. Hill warned the committee - to 4)0 careful not to cripple the business frf the country. "Kot for ourselveS," he added, "because before you got down to us there would be a great many corpses about the country." He spoke of the congestion of freight at Eastern ports and said business was go ing to the Gulf, altliough shipping rates to Europo from Gulf ports were very much higher. Roads cast of Chicago" would have to raise their rates In order to get means to build more extensive terminals. Mr. Hill said that, while Congress was legislating for safety appliances for em ployes, it might provide better safety for the public He attributed ?0 per cent of tho accidents to non-observance of rules. He told of a shipment of locomotives from Chile to Yokohama by his company .at a rate equal to what another company . charged for transporting locomotives 500 miles. "This Is a case." he remarked, "for the Interstate Commerce Commission to take up and Investigate. They would find somebody charging too much." Commenting upon the statement of Mr. Hill that in 20 y.ears there had been a reduction of rates from two cents to seventy-six one-hundredths of a cent per ton per mile. Chairman Elklns asked what ivould happen to rates in the next 20 years. Kate or Half-Cent r. Ton. "Give the roads fair treatment," replied A?r H,u "and ln 20 years I think the rate will come down to half a cent per ton per mile." . Mr. Hill said the ability of the railroads to ralso money for Increasing their equip ment and for building additional lines would be destroyed by taking away from them the power to make rates. He criti cized the terminal charges enforced below tho Harlem river in Xcw York, saying they were greater than the rate from Buffalo to Harlem. He suggested that the Interstate Commerce Commission might investigate these terminal charges. "Why do not tho commissioners take up that matter?" asked Chairman Elklns. "They are too busy." replied Mr. Hill, "trying to get power to fix railroad rates." There was an interesting discussion be tween Mr. Hill and Mr. Elklns about the competition of Canadian roads. The latter asked what ought to be done to meet the rates and rebates of the Canadian lines. "We are willing to work that out among ourselves," replied Mr. Hill. "Before we are through with them, they will cease cutting rates." .He said that some years ago the Trans continental Association paid the Canadian Pacific road $500,000 a year to .get out of certain business on which the road was cutting business from cw York to San Francisco. This arrangement lasted only three years. Exempt Export Hates From Law. -Replying to Senator Forakcr, Mr. Hill said no interest would suffer If export traffic with non-contiguous countries was exempted irom control by the Interstate Commerce regulations. This was brought out by the previous remark of Mr. Hill that his company had to withdraw Its rate on flour to Japan because the commission insisted that the Tate should be published. Replying to a question by Senator Clapp as to. the effect of the Panama canal on -the railroads. Mr. Hill said that for At Jantic .and Gulf ports and for 150 miles Inland, the canal would be of some ad vantage. "But," he added, "for an In terior points we will meet any rate raade by the canal route." Agalm questioned by Senator Clapp, 3r. 1 Hill declared that every railway officer should be disqualified from engaging in the production of traffic 'on a" line where he Is on the payroll, because of the temptation to favor the company in which he was interested. Restrict Commissioner's Power. Robert Mather, of the Roc): Island sys tem, was also before the committee and said no changes were necessary in the present law except the restriction of the scope and power of -the Interstate Com merce Commission. PUT END TO ALL FAVORITISM Paul Morton Outlines Roosevelt's fa Railroad Policy. WASHINGTON. May 3. Many members of the International Railway Congress met tonight at a banquet at the Raleigh House as the guests of the American Rail way Guild. Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton, . responding to the toast "The President of the United States." said: On the railroad question President Ttoosevelt wants nothing but that which Is right, and he Is Just as anxious that so Injustice shall be done to the railroads as he la that Justice ehall be done to the public. It is cratlfylnr to know that today there is leis discrimina tion, fewer rebates and more equality in freight rates than ever before in the hletory of the country. But" through one device or another there mill remain here and there preferential rates which favor certain large shippers and which, bear down unjustly on others. This is the condition of affairs that the Tresldcnt is doing his best to remove. The private sidetrack arrangement; by which un fairness In rates has been enjoyed by some of the big industries of the country; the earning or more than a fair return on private car In vestments: the payment of commissions of various sorts or rebates or preferential rates ln any form, ought to be entirely discontinued. 8110 FREAK OF TORNADO LIFTS. ROOF OF OMAHA BUILD IXG AND DROPS IT. Walls Arc Smashed and Three Per son's Killed and Six Injured in Collapse Which Results. OMAHA, Neb., May 3. Three persons were killed and six injured by the col lapse of a three-story building at Thirteenth and Grace streets today. The building was occupied by the Omaha Casket Company, and the killed and Injured were, with one exception, employes of the concern. The dead: JACOB KIRSCIINER. assistant ship ping clerk. L. M. MARTIN, a collector. HENRY DIETL. foreman. The Injured: John A. Simoncs, man ager of the" company, head cut and in ternal Injurlos: Miss Lulu Illnton, bookkeeper, badly bruised: Tony Lle blg. Council Bluffs, logs cut, body bruised; w. A. Smith, shipping clerk. scalp wounds; "William W. Stewart, left side and spine injured, serious: William KIrschner, apprentice, head cut, bruised. The collapse of the casket factory was due to a heay wind storm, which at a point near the factory assumed the proportions and action of a. small tornado. The building was substan tial, of brick, three stories high. The roof was raised Into the air and dropped, causing the heavy brick walls to collapse. BRIBERY IN GAS LEASE Grart in Philadelphia Affairs Ex posed at Puhllc Meeting. PHILADELPHIA. May S.-One of the sensations today In the proposition to lease the municipal gas works to the United States Improvement Company was the reading at a mass meeting held at the Academy of Music tonight of an affidavit made by Robert Dornan. a carpet manu facturer, that bribery was resorted to when the United Gas Company secured its present 20-ycar lease of the gas works ln 1S37. Mr. Dornan's affidavit declares that a syndicate of which he was a member sub mitted a better bid for the lease than that of the United Gas Company, but that In consideration of $10,000 cash paid to each member and other valuable consid erations the syndicate afterward with drew its bid. Mr. Dornan says, however, that he and one other man refused to ac cept their shares of the money, which was paid by Thomas Dolan, a representative of the gas company. BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS Ignace Padercwskl's health is Improved and his doctor has no fear of paralysis. The plant of the Springfield Boiler Manufacturing Company at Springfield, HI., burned yesterday. Loss, $300,300. Eugene V. Debs will head the Industrial Union, a new organization to be formed In Chicago as a rival to the American Federation of Labor. Anna Holzapfcl. the nurse who attend ed Mrs. Marie Walcker Hoch on her deathbed, has disappeared, and Is badly wanted as a witness against Joh'ann Hoch. Ex-President Grovcr Cleveland has made a liberal contribution toward the endowment fund of the Hastings Col lege, at Hastings, Neb. The sum is not stated. Joseph Ramse, Jr.. president of the Wabash Railroad Company, will sail for Europe f June, and on his return will Identify himself with other rail road Interests. Henry G. Goll, former assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, has been arrested in Chicago for complic ity in BIgelow's defalcations and returned to Milwaukee. The Board of United States General Appraisers has rejected the claim of Miss Mary M. Goodwin, of Boston, to the refunding of 43 cents duty collect ed on an American souvenir spoon re turned from Newfoundland. H. P. Raynard. accused of embez zling over 5900 from Schwarzschild & Sulzberger while working as cashier of their branch at Springfield, 111., has been arrested at Denver, where he was working under an assumed name. Shrieking and laughing and bran dishing a knife to keep off all who would Interfere, an unidentified man about 30 yearst old jumped off the cop ing of the entrance to a trolley tunnel in New York yesterday and was in stantly killed. Mike Broad deserted two hours after enlisting In the army and was cap tured last Sunday and imprisoned on Governor's IslanJ, N. Y. He committed suicide with carbolic acid, and will be burled with military honors, as he had not been convicted of desertion, though awaiting trial. The celebratejAcase of Chauncey Dewey, a millionaire ranchman, and Clyde Wilson and A. J. McBride. cow boys employed by Dewey, who was charged with killing two members of the Berr family, neighboring ranch men, In Northwestern Kansas, has been ended In the . District Court at Norton, Kan. "S PLER GREEN ISLE Urgent Need Is Education and Measure of Self-Government, Says He. APPEAL JO MODERATE MEN Xotcd Liberal Earl Denounces Pres ent System of Governing Ireland, and Says She Should 3fan age Own Affairs. LONDOXf May S. The Earl of Dun raven has written a remarkable pamph let entitled 'The Crisis ln Ireland: an Account of the Present Conditions, With Suggestions for Reform." ln which he exhaustively reviews tho existing situa tion. The Earl says: "Ireland is at a crisis in her history. Tear by year the country has been sink ing deeper and deeper in misfortune and has now reached a point at which it must be decided whether the dominant tendencies shall continue to the inevitable melancholy end, or whether a supreme effort shall be made to lift the countrv out of the bankruptcy In man-power. In telligence and material prosperity which so Immediately threatens it." Lord Dunraven says the land act made a good beginning, but that It Is -not suf ficient to save the countrv. "As a matter of fact." he adds, "in watching the Internecine political strife In England the world has overlooked the causes of the distressful condition and has seen merely the quarrels of political parties. ' Measure of Self-Governmcnt. He discusses at length the existing sit uation and states that the British gov ernment. If It desires to maintain the union, must provide money for the edu cation of the people and jrlve the countrv a measure of self-government which will afford the people an opportunity to an predate their own good Qualities ll appeals to the Moderates ln Ireland to lay aside their differences and do some thing for the salvation of the country. H says that Ireland's best are continually drifting out. while its worst are drift ing "toward lunatic asylums, and the re mainder will remain In Ireland only by necessity." Lord Dunraven says the land Question Is now in course of settlement and that the tlmo is possibly coming when Nation alists and Unionists will work together. Irish Lead in Other Lands. Lord Dunraven assails with the utmost bitterness tho present system of gov ernment In Ireland as a gross anachron ism which satisfies no one. He contends that the Irish are not lazy or devoid of intelligence and points out that they do good work and become leaders of men in every quarter of the globe.-. Their need at home, he says. Is that teaching which the responsibility of their own affairs alone can give. Lord Dunraven says -Ireland cannot be Anglicized, that she understands her own affairs best and should manage her own affairs. The pamphlet concludes: "If the union Is to be maintained, an active, loving, democratic, progressive policy must be applied to the causes of decay." TRIPLE ALLIANCE FOR PEACE French Sco France, United States and Britain Thus Combined. PARIS. May 3. The Temps ln a lead ing article today discusses Ambassador McCormick's remarks to President Loubet yesterday on the presentation of the former's credentials as being timely reas surances of the strong relations uniting the two countries. The paper says: "The Ambassador referred to the Franco-American nllinnro a a v,inr. stronger than If Inscribed-in treaties, and then by an initiative which is worthy of emphasis he expressed satisfaction with the Anglo-French rapprochement. It is not habitual for third powers to be men tioned In ceremonies of thin Irlnrf n,i t.i- makes the Ambassador's allusion to Anglo-French friendship more significant." The Temrjs adds that the frtonrfchtr. tv.., indicated between France and the United states ana v ranee ana ureat Britain, is suscentible of davMonlnc Into a trlni dcrstandlng for the benefit of the partlci- pa.nu tuia uiu peace oi me woria. The Journal des Debats also devotes a leading article to Minister McCormioV. speech. VICTORY WOX BY BRITAIN Compels Russia and Austria to Yield Control of Macedonia. LONDON, May 3. Confirmation has been obtained at the Foreign Office here of the statement from Vienna that Aus tria and Russia had acceded to the de mands of Great Britain, Italy and France, mat tne new .Macedonian financial scheme shall bo controlled by all the powers signatory of the Berlin treats, and not only by Austria and Russia. This Is considered here as an important diplo matic victor- and a long step toward the solution of the threatening Near Eastern question. The control of reforms In Macedonia Is in the hands of Austria and Russia, but Great Britain is satisfied with the two most important branches, the gendar merie and flnancias, now under Interna tional control. GOOD ROADS TRAIN STARTS Tour of Education "Which Will End at Portland Fair. CHICAGO. May 3. To further the movement for good roads a party of 15 or 20 members of the National Good Roads Association and Government engineers left Chicago today on a tour of Western cities, which is to end at Portland. Or In time for tne national convention. June 22 to 24. at the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion. Among tnose who win make the trip are Colonel W. H. Moore, president of the National Association; Martin Dodge, director of the Government pub lic road inquiries: George W. Cooley, president ot tne Minnesota branch of the Association, and Colonel T. P. Rlxcy, lecturer for the Association. The trip is to include t ernes, the first eiop sched uled being at Mendota. III. The party will be In charge of W. K. 'Manss, indus trial commissioner of the Burlington rail road. The train was provided and equipped. 1 Kingsbury Piano There is no piano of a medium price on the market today that will compare with the Kingsbury. It Is not only nice in Ha case design and finish but 'has an action and tone that is remarkable, and for standing in tune is equal to the best. We have had a very large sale on this beau tiful Instrument and not a single dissatis fied customer.. If you want a good piano at- a reasonable price you should not fall to see the Kingsbury. The Kingsbury Is not only a fine parlor piano but Is used extensively for lodges, halls and schools. We have a large number of other makes, ranging In price from the very highest to the medium-priced and all are sold on our easy payment plan which is so popular with the people. Indeed, If a customer could not be suited at our store as to make, price and terms they certainly would be hard to please. Second-Hand Pianos We have quite a number of good second hand and used pianos, some that are re turned from rental and are as good as new. that we will close out at about one half their value. You will find them rang ing In price from $75 up. Piano and Player We have placed a nice piano and player In our window and offer them both "for only $250. This Is a snap. Who will realize It and buy It? Allen & Gilbert - Ramaker Company CORNER SIXTH AND MORRISON. EYEGLASS INSURANCE Hereafter all Eye-Glasses or Spec tacles bought of the Oregon Optical Company will be kept In repair for one year. This includes broken lenses (the rimless kind included) whether spe cially ground or otherwise. OREGON OPTICAL CO. Y. M. C. A. Building:, 4th nad Yamhill. by the Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy and Northern, Paclfl 3 railroads and will tour the cntlje system of these roads. vLlt lng about W-of the im-ro prominent cities; RAILROAD DISPLAY OPENS Paul Morton Speaks oit Benefits of Railroads to America. WASHINGTON. May 3.-Thc American Railway Appliance Exhibition was for mally opened here today In the presence of nearly 1000 delegates to the Interna tional Railway Congress. Fpecchcs were made by Secretary of War Taft. Secre tary of the Navy Morton. President George A. Post, of the exhibit; T. L. Lawrence, deputy chairman of the Lon don Northwestern Railway, and Stuyvc sant Fish, president of the American sec tion of the congress. Georci Wostlnchnuso In arponllni. th chairmanship of the exercises, predicted a new era in railroading oy tne substi tution of electricity for steam in the mov ing of trains. Secretary Paul Morton spoke as fol lows: The rtorv of the transportation of this coun try and the Improvements In transportation jaciimefl i tne history of American progroa, It Is no exaereratlon to say that the sromi- nent commercial position of the United States In the world today Is chiefly on account of Its low railroad rates, and It Is not at all out of the way for me to nay that If It were not for American railway appliances the wt of transportation In this country would not to day be a cheap as It Is. It has been esti mated that where 1 ha been Invested In railroads In the United States, the value of agricultural property has been increased Sin The uteel rail and the steam enjlne. with all other railway appliances, have been pioneers In the development of ttls country. Today, with great luxury and comfort, and at n t of less than 3 cents a mile, travelers accom plish ln lees than one hour what CO years ago was more than a day's Journey. The railroad freight rates In the iTnitMt Statffl are low. No other countrv ha anv ouch cheap carrying of goods. There are very lew complaints or rates In this country be cause they are too hljcli. Complaints of ex. loraonate rates are the exception, not the rule. Rates are lower In the Unltrf st. than anywhere else In the world. They prob ably aggregate 40 per cent lower. This alone Is comelhlng to be proud of, but. coupled with the tact, with the lowest rate In ni,tn.. the wages paid by American railroads to their employes approximate at least 50 per cent more than the wage paid to niimart men In other countries, and considered fur- mer wur. tne ract that the American rail roads probably pay higher prices for ma terials than anv other rallrnari. in . . -. only nerves to emphasize the triumph In transportation which has been achieved in America. It has been rav observation that i-i of unreasonable rate to railroad men always Wi.. 4 euaciory attention. While In a sense railroad transoortatlon ts a natural monopoly, in a broader sense It is all competitive. Market competition prevails everywhere and ts always a controlling force It is A inum Af frrAt tatl.f.u. - ... - - - to an or us to have so many dlstlnguWied foreigners In our midst. We know there Is much that we can learn from them In regard to trans, porta Uoa. I know that we are studying the Improvement they are making with the same eagerneys that they are studying our. We hope that tbee International gatherings will be fruitful of creat uvvt in tv,. , abroad and at home, end I am sure that the results will be "In the long run cheaper, safer aim uvitc Minuc oi do in passengers and ircigai everywnere inrougnout the world. Secretary Taft followed. swaHni- i humorous vein. , Joseph Jefferson's Manager. BINGHAMTON. N. Y.. May 3. William E. Dennlson. well known to the theatri cal profession throughout the -country, died tonight at Great Bend. Pa. He had been business manager for Joseph Jeffer son and iewis Morrison, Three Men Burned to Death In Hotel -K-ere fewsed te dati la- afctel. le here towgM- 7777BSBBsV'BSBBBBBBBB9sBB9Kat Artistic Picture Framing Real Value $1.50. 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So far as the testimony roes, two persons most spoken oi durlnjr the entire proceeding?, the deceased, a man by the name or Young, a racetrack man. had thta defendant to live with him as his mistress The man death, because of the personality of this man Youn?. had nothing: ln It to excite your passions or your prejudices. He was a mere gambler, a racetrack man. Therefore, you should be able to consider the facts calmly without prejudice and passion. There Is no artificial atmosphere for you to be excited or distracted by. You must de cide the circumstances without any thought of the atmosphere, calmly and with a quiet mind. Of course, gentlemen, you must not think that because of the humble position of this woman, you should not give her the fame consideration as If she occupied a more ex alted position In society. "Whatever her posi tion, she Is entitled to the same legal rights, as the most prominent and most conspicuous. If there be a reasonable doubt jn this case on the evidence, this doubt must be thrown Into the balance for the defendant. A danger lies ln the remarks of couiwl which might take your mind off the direct Issue. You must avoid this danger. The cecorder described the two de grees of murder and manslaughter in the first and .second degrees, which, he said, he apprehended by the request to charge was thought by counsel to be applicable in the case, and proceeded: I understand that there is no claim on the part of the defense that if the defendant committed this homlcld It was either Justi fiable or excusable. I aleo understand that the defense claims that the crime was murder ln the first degree or nothing. But you are not botnd to accept the arguments of coun sel as to the nature of this crime. You the the Judges of the fact. If there was murder, and ln what degree. The crucial question Is, "Did the man kill himself, or did ttls de fendant fire the fatal shotr The accused falls to take advantage of her privilege to make a defense, under the" advice of her counsel. Her failure to do so must In no way be held against her. Tne recorder directed that questions and answers of witnesses which were stricken out upon objection of counsel miist be disregarded. He continued: Much has been, said relating to the motive which actuated this defendant. The prose cution claims that she shdt the man -because be had cast her off as his mfctrcsa. But It Is not necessary to prove the motive to con vict of murder. If it Is shown that a motive existed, then it tends to support the circum stances. But to da this the motive must be proved, not Imagined. Before giving the case to the jury. Be corder Goff ruled on the request to charge Interposed in Miss Patterson's behalf. He refused to submit one of the requests, saying It would be a, direction to the jury to acquit the defendant. He told the Jury, however, that it might disregard the testimony of Julia Smith if it thought it right to do so. He also refused to charge requests concerning "Pawnbroker Stem and the failure rt the defense to call J. Morgan Smith. He said that claims on their side were 'not to be con sidered as evidence. After gains- over the requests' one by one, Recorder Goff told tne jory it was Higft-Grade Watch Repairing Very Reasonable Prices man,Wblf e d Co. $7-$8 Hats $4.25 The offering of Trimmed Hats for today should crowd our Millinery Store to the utmost capacity, for among the as sortment are Hats. of all the popular and well-known shapes made of fine straw braids in a wide range of colors, and trimmed with flowers, foliage, ribbons and ornaments; real values $7.00 and $8.00, today at Novelty Fancy Silks $1.25, $1.35, Choice Today Only Skirts Drawers S .25 special Drawers. 22 All $1.00 Skirts.... $ .79 $ ,So special -Drawers.39 All $1.25 Skirts $ .98 $ .65 special Drawers. 49 All $1.75 Skirts ?1.39 $1.00 special Drawers 68 All $2.50 Skirts ?1.98 pnrf nnWrc All $3.00 Skirts S2.39 ttOfSei tiUVCrb All $3.50 Skirts ?2.'59 n , n rjA ah e cm- co-,a 40C Corset Covers.. ..26? All $4.00 Skirts $3.19 5QC Corset Covers 39 All $5.00 Skirts 3.98 75c Corset Covers 49 Better grades also less. Better grades also less. Sale Sheets and Cases Covert Jacket Bargains 78 98 Regular price $3.50, at $2.68 Regular price $4.00, at $3.10 Regular price $5.00, at $3.85 Regular price $6.50, at S4.95 Regular price $7.50, at $5.75 S1.49 , $1.98 $2.19 not necessary that there should be direct and positive evidence as to everything t and it was sufficient that the Tacts be 1 proved. He said: If you believe that It was a physical Impos nlblllty. so (ar as the nature of the wound Is concerned, for Young to hav shot himself, then that Is a fact. But you must remember that one Inference cannot be proved by an other Inference. It you believe the defendant fired the" shot without deliberation or Intent to kill, but in a moment of passion, then you may find her j guilty of one of the other degrees of man j slaughter. In reaching your conclusion you must not be swayed by sympathy or lnflu- encca. j Crowd Blocks the Streets. The case went to the jury at 1:02 P. IS. Following the retirement of the jury, the ! prisoner was taken back to her cell In the Tombs. The girl met her father at the Tombs and embraced him. She did not appear exceedingly nervous and looked as If she was relieved after the many days of nervous strain. As time went by and the word spread that the jury had gone out to consider the evidence, the crowd around the Crim inal Courtj building increased. A bat talion of mounted police was called out T and succeeded in making a passageway through Center street for surface cars and other vehicles, but at Elm street it was difficult. There the traffic was at a standstill, the street being tilled with persons who liad Jbeen unsuccessful in gaining admittance to the court building. Down -Eranklin street towards Broadway Spring Humors Come to most people aad cause many troubles, pimples, boils and othet eruptions, besides losa of appetite, thai tired feeling, fits of biliousness, indigestion and headache. The sooner one gets rid of them tho tetter, and the way to get rid of them and io build up the system that has suffered from them is to take Hood's Sarsapariila and Pills . Forming in combination the Spring Medicine par excellence, of unequalled strength i& purifying the blood as shoma by unequalled, radical and per xiaaent cures of trfuf a Salt Rheum Soul Head- lolfsf F!mpJs AH Kinds ef Humsr Psoriasis stts4 PsfcMnlng KhsuniatTsm Catarrh Dyspspsla, Etc Accept' o substitute, bat be sure id ftt HsWn, aad get it today,-. $4.25 95c Lace Curtains Co a crowd stretched for blocks. All were struggling to reach a point from which tne winaows oi me jsnage oi signs wouia be visible, so that they might see Nan Patterson. It was estimated that in Franklin street alone there were 5000 persons gathered close to the court building- Klccllon Fixer Is Convicted. PUEBLO. Colo.. Slay 3. E. H. Wilson. Deputy State Game "Warden, was today convicted of fraudulently registering names before tho last general election. His attorneys gave notice that they would file a motion for a new trial tomorrow. The chief witness for the prosecution was Blanche Shaw, the woman who was spirited away mysteriously and later found by the officers. AWARDED GRAND PRIZE Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis. Paris 1900, Buffalo 1901, Chicago 1893. Rosenthal's 149 THIRD ST. SOLE AGENTS For These Celebrated Shoes BBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBh