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2THE MORNING BBGOKIlf. THUKSDAT; MAY 11, 1905. WAR OFCREEDSISON Christians and Jews Fight Bat tle in Russia- SIXTEEN DEAD THE RESULT Attack on. Jews, Ty Toughs Arouses Race and Religious Hatred, and Zhitomir Is Given Over to Bloodshed and Pillage. ST. PETERSBURG, May 1L (1!3 A. M.) According to private advices from Zhitomir, the fruits of the anti-Jewish riots there are 26 dead and over 100 wounded, mostly Jews. Martial law -was proclaimed at Zhitomir today. The city Is -filled with troops and order generally is restored, though individual cases of -violence are etill occuring and a renewal of rioting is feared Saturday evening and Sunday next. Stores, -which have been barricaded in fear of tumults, are grad ually reopened and ordinary life in the city Is resuming. The same prltate advices bring news of a further anti-Semitic outbreak in Gostynln. in the Province of "Warsaw, in which many Jews were injured and bouses pillaged. No fatalities are reported, but Jewish circles here fear further develop ments, not only in Zhitomir and Gostynln, but also in other localities along the Polish frontier where the Jewish ele ment is numerous and the anti-Semitic sentiment strong. The official account of the Zhitomir tumult assigns as the origin of the riot ing an encounter between a party of Jews who were boat-riding and some roughs on the bank of the river. The latter stoned the Jews, who defended themselves with revolvers, wounding sev eral of the attacking party, but not seri ously. Reports of the encounter, quickly spreading, aroused the Christian popu lace lo frenzy. The Jews also banded together for mutual protection and, though a general encounter was pre vented by the troops, several minor riots occurred, in one of which a Jewish boy -was killed and several persons wounded. The disorder culminated on May 7 in a pitched battle between Jews and Chris tains in the public square in the center of the city. Simultaneously there were col lisions In several of the suburbs. The principal bloodshed occurred this day and the rioting assumed apparently an organ ized character. Finally the military, of which there were three regiments sta tioned in the town. Intervened and dis persed the crowds. Numerous arrests were made. Including 40 Christians. May 8 saw no renewal of fighting on a grand scale, but Instead the rabble, dividing into small parties, plundered stores and houses where they could evade the military and committed several murders. Tuesday and "Wednesday the events were comparatively unimportant, though plundering and outrages occurred. The regular garrison of three infantry regi ments has been augmented by a battery of artillery and a detachment of dragoons. REVAIi WORKMEN'S THREATS "Will Burn Factories if Employers Reject Demands. REVAL, European Russia, May 10. At large "meeting of 'workmen here today, T-hloh was attended by delegates from St- Petersburg and a number of masked men, it was decided to proclaim a three days" strike in connection "with Labor Day, May 14. It was further determined to serve fresh demands upon the em ployers, coupled with the intimation If theyvwere not complied with inside of 12 hours the destruction of the factories by Are would follow. The meeting separated after a song ending with the refrain "Not from the Emperor, but from our own strength, comes succor to us." The song "was sung to the music of Martin Luther's well-known hymn, "Ein Feste Burg 1st Unser Gott." The meeting took place at a village out side the City of Reval. It was resolved to participate in a general demonstration on Sunday. Elaborate precautions were taken to prevent police Interference. The roads leading to the meeting place were picketed by bicyclists. Several speak ers were masked In order to conceal their Identity. The police, deceived by false re ports, rendezvoused in a village several miles distant, and the meeting, warned by scouts of their approach, dissolved quietly. JOINED POLICE TO ACT AS SPY Fact Brought Out at Trial of Hohen thal, the Assassin. HELSINGFORS, Finland. May 10. During the trial today of Karl Leonard Hohenthal for the assassination of Procurator-General Solsalon Solnlncn, the fact was elicited that the prisoner up tp the day before the crime was a member of the Russian secret police, having Joined it in order to obtain knowledge of the plans of the police. Though maintaining that Hohenthal had no accomplices, the public prosecutor claimed that the real responsibility for the enrae rested on a number of Finnish nationalists whom he named, especially the publishers of the newspaper Free Speech, whom he charged with conducting- a propaganda of revolutionary ter rorism inspiring such crimes as that of Hohenthal. The public prosecutor also announced his Intention of beginning proceedings under the international ' anarchist conven tion against a number of Finns livln abroad on account of their designs to cause the importation and use of bombs and revolvers. Arrest or Assassin's Lawyer. ST. PETERSBURG, May 10. (4:05 P. M. M. Bercnstaum, of counsel for Ivan Kalieff. the assassin of Grand Duke Ser gius, - who arrived here recently In an effort to appeal the case, was arrested to day and the police searched the papers of Ju. Roditchefi, a mcmoer of the execu live committee of the Bar Association, who is associated with M. Berenstaum. WILL ELECT TWO BISHOPS United Brethren Conference "Will Change Form of Government. TOPEKA, Kan., May 10. Two new bishops will be elected by the United Brethren General Conference, wtich meets in Topeka tomorrow. New general officers will be elected. Important changes in the discipline are contem plated and the session -will be the mast important the church has held for years. A plan of government similar to that of the Congregational Church is planned. part of -which consists in doing away with the presiding elder system. Most of the delegates are here. Bishop N. Castle. Portland, Or., ia among them. Mission Work of Charch Growing. HCir.Tn" TCmti -UTaw Ifl T '.w:irn of the -Women's Mission'. Board . of the United Brethren Church here today was devoted largely to hearing reports of the work ia foreign lands. The work of the church in this, direction was reported as growing rapidly. Reports were received from Mrs. Austin Patterson Schumacker, missionary to China; Mlsa Ella Groen endyke and Mr. and "Mrs. J. R. King, missionaries at Sierra Leone. "West Af rica. The session will conclude tomor row, when the delegates will go to To peka to attend the general conference of the church. ON PERMANENT BASIS. Stockgrowers' Association Adopts Constitution and Elects Officers. DENVER, May 10. The American Stockgrowers' Association .which was organized on January 15 of this year by seceders from the National Live stock Association's convention in this city, and is now holding Its first an nual convention here, adopted a con stitution and by-laws today. The new association is to be com posed of growers of and dealers in cat tle, sheep and horses. The basis of rep resentation is individual and not by delegates. However, the executive committee is authorized to pass upon and admit representatives of stock as sociations. The following officers were elected without opposition: Murdo Mackenzie. of Trinidad. Colo., president; A. D. Ricquels, of Denver, first vice presi dent; J. B. Boardman, of Helena, MonU, second vice president. The president was authorized to appoint an executive committee of thirty members. This committee will appoint the secretary and the treasurer. Mr. Mackenzie, in accepting the pres idency, dwelt especially on the atti tude of railroads to stockmen. He con tended. that the present law should be amended "so as to give the Interstate Commerce Commission power to cor rect rates -where such are found to be Unreasonable and discriminatory." He also advised the association to take up and endeavor to put on a more satis factory basis the rates for export trade. Ten thousand dollars has been sub scribed to pay the immediate expenses of the association. More ia promised if needed. Hon. F. H. Cowan, of Fort "Worth, Tex., spoke this afternoon on "Legis lation Needed by the Livestock Indus try." The greater part of his address was an attack on railroads. He said among other things that the railroads were compelled to charge exorbitant rates because they nearly all had so much water in their stock and bonds. He asserted that the commission ad vocated by President Roosevelt was the only fair method of securing fair rates. Resolutions of Tegret at the death of Conrad Shafer, the first temporary president, were adopted. Professor C F. Curtiss, dean of the Iowa Agricultural College, at Ames, Iowa, delivered an address on The Re lations of the Agricultural College to the Stockgrowers and Farmers." Hon. M. P. Buell, president of tho Chicago Livestock Exchange, spoke of the benefits of co-operation, saying it was the hub around which life and pro gress rovolve. Conditions for the .rais ing and maturing of cattle, he said, have undergone such changes during tho past 20 years that the business re quires more careful management. This gathering should carefully consider in building its organization the benefits that will result by having that co-operation, which will give to the asso ciation the strength and power and recognition that is most desirable. LAST SEEN OFF , CAPE. Ncbogatoff Receives Orders and Sails Northward... . . SAIGON, Cbchln-Chlna. May 10. The Russian cruiser Jem ten ug and the Russian auxiliary cruiser Rlon, belonging to Ad miral Rojestvenskys squadron, arrived off Cape St. James, near here, during the night of May S, and left yesterday morn ing at the request of tho Governor of French Indo-Chlna. These cruisers brought Instructions to Rear-Admiral Nebogatoff, and he an chored three or four miles offshore. A heavy sea was running, exposing a good deal of the warships' hulls, which were quite free from barnacles or seaweed. The ships appeared to have unusually large crews and the men all seemed in good health. The main Russian squadron Is said to be well provisioned, but short of. tobacco and cigars. It is considered likely here that Nebo gatoff's division has already passed the Cape. The hospital ship Kostroma, whose ar rival here was announced May 8,k sails May 12. LAWS0N IS GIVEN FEES Fullcr-Coudert Suit Against Boston Broker Is Settled. BOSTON. May 10. "Neither party, no further action to be brought," is the sim ple statement of the settlement of the suit brought by Frederick R. Coudert and Paul Fuller, of New York, against Thomas "W. Lawson for $225,000. This le gend was written on the hack of the writ filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court today. Mr. Lawson said tonight that the terms of the settlement were that the plaintiffs should pay him $11,000 as counsel fees and no further action would be taken in the case. PERS0NALMENTI0N- P. Nester, of Baker City, is reglB tered at the Hotel Portland. "Ex-Governor T. T. Geer, of Salem, Is a guest at the Perkins Hotel. Ben B. Boswell, of Boswell Springs, is in Portland for a few days. He is a guest at the Imperial Hotel. "Word was received yesterday that Dr. Gustav Baar, who has been abroad for the past six months, had landed in New Tork, and will arrive in Portland about May 20. NEW TORK. May 10. (Special.) Nprthwestem people registered at New 'l.ork hotels today as follows: Portland Astor, S. W. Blasdell; Marl borough. H-. Butler. Everett, Wash. St. Denis, "W. How arth. Seattle Imperial, E. Morgan stein. : Coal Presidents Are Summoned. "WASHINGTON. May 10 Chairman Elkins. of the Senate, interstate com merce committee today summoned by telegraph, to appear and testify on the rate question, the presidents of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, the United States Steel Corporation, the Falrmount Coal Company and the Pittsburg Coal Company. The principal witness at today's nearing was President Joseph Ramsey, Jr., of the "Wabash Railroad, who op posed legislation empowering the In terstate Commerce Commission to fix rates. Sir Bernhard Samaelson. LONDON. May 10. Sir Bernhard Sam elson, the well-known authority on rail way ralfts, died today, aged X years. G LU B FQ R G ETS PRBTY (Continued from First Pagr.) President again -was cheered with en thusiasm and several-members of the club nearest to him pressed around him to shake his hand warmly In congrat ulation. 3Iayor Dunne's Tribute The next speaker "was Mayor Edward F. Dunne, who spoke on "The City, of Chicago." He said: This city greets Theodore Roosevelt because he Is the chosen chief of 80.000,000 of free people: because by his sterling manhood, pat riotism and energy he has fairly and honestly won the proa A position he now occupies he proudest on earth and because in hU character he typlfles that which the clutens or uj city honor above aU else honesty of purpose and Intensity of effort. STRENUOUS DAY IX CHICAGO President Kept Busy Shaking Hands and Making Speeches. f!HTf!Af?o. Mav 10. President Roose velt's train arrived here a few minutes ffr noon. And was met. by Graeme Stewart and other members of the recep tion committee. President Roosevelt and party Immediately started for the Au ditorium Annex. The President was given a hearty welcome by Governor Deneen, Mayor Dunne, delegations from the Merchants', the Hamilton ana xne Iroquois Clubs, a number of Aldermen and other city officials. The streets through which the Presi- i"ont'c rarHofp nnsefri DPre lined with police, and men in uniform and plain PRESIDENT'S DAY'S "WORK. On arrival has luncheon with Mer chants Club; makes speech and holds reception. Confers with Mayor Dunne on strike. Receives foreign consuls at Hamilton Club. Shakes hands with 3000 members of Hamilton Club and others, and makes speech. f Gives Harvard Club reception. Hears delegation of labor leaders and makes reply. Attends banquet of Iroquois Club and makes speech. On way to Chicago makes speeches at Dixon. Sterling and Dekalb. Leaves for Washington at midnight. Total for day: Seven speeches, four receptions. clothes mingled with the crowd every where. Chief of Police O'Neill preceded the President's procession In a carriage, and personally, supervised the arrange ments and saw that the streets were clear. In the advance pf the line of carriages were 60 mounted police, and the pick of the department. Behind the Presi- dents carriage rode bis personal body guard. ' Secrecy Can't Fool Crowd. Although the route had been kept secret and the streets cleared for a block from the station, the police cordon lining cer tain streets gave the crowd sufficient clew. The sidewalks along the line of march, which was through wholesale dis tricts, were packed with -people, for the most part worklngmen. There was no demonstration of any kind, but good will along the entire route. Many of the buildings were decorated, while flags were waved by the -workers within. The route, taken to the hotel was almost "the only one by which the President could .have, reached there with out passing under the elevated railroads numerous times. This was avoided by the police arrangements, which were car ried out admirably. Hardly had the President's carriage stopped at the entrance of the Audi torium Annex when President Roose velt, tanned and smiling, stepped briskly to. the sidewalk, followed by Mr. Deneen and Mr. Dunne. .He hurried Into the hotel and was whisked to the sixth floor to his apartments. After a short stop he was on his way down to the banquet room, where luncheon was served. The other guests were already assembled and there was no delay. President Roosevelt was introduced by President "Wacker, of the Merchants Club. High Ideals in Business. "No business community can succeed unless It Is based on high ideals. Perma nent success comes only when the aver age man cart be trusted in dealing with his fellowmen. "So it Is In fact with the success of the Nation." "With these words, applied by many who heard them to the critical industrial situation in Chicago, the President ad dressed the Merchants Club. It was the only point In his speech which was con strued at all as referring to the strike, and with these words he led up to tire theme of his talk, the upbuilding of a great Navy for the sake of the Nation's commerce and the Nation's honor. He appealed to the Merchants' Club and the other commercial organizations of the city to propagate the Idea of a big Navy. He spoke of the great pleasure and the great honor of being tho .guest of such an association and continued: This country of ours Is pre-eminently a busi ness country, and we can succeed and I say thls in my turn with entire sincerity, gentle menonly If as a country we carry on Na tlonal business as a member of this association carries on his business, that is. In an entirely practical spirit, in a spirit which "lrcb and commands success, but which detlres and commanda It, as an Incident of acting with decency toward all our fellow-citizens. Must, Have Efficient Navy. Of the navy, the President said: I do not think it very necessary to make any argument for an efficient navy. We are so fortunate that in this, country we can get along with a very small army. With the navy tne case m ainerent. we nave not the choice, gentlemen, as to whether this country will play a great cart In the world; we cannot help playing a great part. We cannot aban don our position on the Moroe Doctrine; we cannot abandon the Panama Canal; we cannot abandon the duties that have come to us from the mere fact of our growth as a nation. from the growth of our commercial interests In the East and In the West, on the Atlantic and on tne nunc. Before the luncheon was ended the President was noticed to be talking earn. estly but in low tones with Mr. "Wacker ana Mr. Dunne. He appeared Intensely interested and at several points In the conversation brought his hand down utson the table in a vigorous and characteristic gesture. At the close of the luncheon the Presi dent snook hands with the club members. wno lormea. in line. ana Illed by. After. wards he greeted and shook by the hand 3W0 Chicagoans at the Hamilton Club rooms. He was escorted from the Audi torium uotei to the Hamilton Club by a committee Including four Representatives, James R. Mann. George Foss. William Wilson and Martin B. Madden. The route was lined . with people, who greeted the President with cheers and he bowed con tinuously in response. Dare Not Say "Strenuous Life." At the Hamilton Club the President received the foreign consuls at Chicago resplendent in their varied uniforms. As he greeted the last of them the doors were thrown open, and a double line of those Invited to jthe general reception en tered. It was an hour .before the last raan had shaken the President's hand. "When the last guest had passed down the stairs, President MeGaagber, of the Hamilton Club, made a brief speech of welcome aad the Preside t, standing o " ( a chair, spoke feHcltessIy la. reply, say I have been year guest agala aad again. but long before I bad rises to what we will call a petition of notoriety. It was before the Hamilton Club that I made a s?eech with a title which I had no idea, weald, attract any attention, bat which dltJ ."The Strenuous Life," (laughter) and I mention it sow, be cause from that day to this I have never dared to use the phrase. "The strenuous life," at all. At the conclusion of the speech the President retired under the canopy before which he had been received and, while seated, kept up a general, rapid fire of conversation with a few around him while the parlors were cleared and turned over to the Harvard Club of Chicago. Reception to Harvard 3Ien. The Harvard Club's president, Kellogg Fairbanks, stood at the President's left and made the introductions. More than 300 graduates of Harvard filed by. the earlier classmen leading, when the last graduate had retired to the rear of tho parlor, Mr. Fairbanks introduced Samuel S. Greely, who read a short address to the President. In reply President Roosevelt spoke of the need of Harvard "for West ern blood." The Harvard yell was given with a will. The reception committee of the Iroquois Club was now Introduced and took the President in hand. The whole party hur ried to the waiting carriages and was rushed to the Auditorium Annex, where the President was scheduled for an hour of rest, broken only by the reception of a labor delegation presenting to him a protest against the use of troops here'in connection with the teamsters' strike. BOYS AND GIRLS BEAT CORN President Tells Nebraskans "What Is Best Crop. SCHUYLER, Neb., May 10. President Roosevelt's train stopped here a few min utes last night. The President spoke as follows: "It Is a great pleasure to seo you this evening. I cannot say how I liavo en- Joyed passing through Nebraska today. I passed through much tho same region two years ago, and it Is an ever fresh pleasure to see the progress that you have made in this great agricultural state. the way you have pushed the fertile dis tricts steadily west, what you have done with irrigation out in the western part of the state, and what you are doing with tho farm and ranch here. I have been glad to see tho evidences of your ma terial prosperity, but more than that, I havo been particularly glad to see the type of men and women that you have produced here In Nebraska. That Is what really counts, ana that Is the rea son thai the crop In which I am most Interested Is the crop of children, and for that reason I have been particularly pleased in passing through this state, to see the great attention that you are pay ing to the schools, the great attention i?e- Ing paid to the boy or girl, who Is to be the citizen of a) years hence. It Is in civil life, as it is In military life, weapons have changed snce the cavil war: tactics have changed; but the qualities that make a good soldier hava not changed. So It is with citizenship. The qualities that make a good citizen now are the qualities that made a good citizen In the days of Lincoln and in the days of Washington. In the first place you havo got to have honesty. If you have not honesty, the abler you are the more dangerous you are, and honesty Is not enough. Beside being honest and decent, you have got to be a game man, and then you have got to have the saving grace of common sense." THREE SPEECHES IN ILLINOIS President Congratulates Grand Army on Union 'With Gray. CHICAGO,- May 10. On the way to Chicago, the President made three speeches in Illinois today, one at Dixon, one at Sterling and one at Dekalb. In the course 6f his remarks at Sterling he said: "My comrades of the Grand Army, I want lo say something that I know will please you. I have Just come back from a trip In course of which I went through the State of Texas, and you would feel more than Justified for your efforts to have once more made this nation whole if you could see how completely whole It was, for the veterans who wore the blue and the veterans who had worn the gray stood there, shoulder to shoulder, to greet the President of their common country." The Presidential special passed through nearly all of Iowa in darkness. Mr. Roosevelt was retiring when the train crossed the Missouri River last night. He was called only a few minutes before reaching the Mississippi. The only stop in the state for the purpose of speech making was at Clinton. Tho first stop in Illinois was at Sterling. Other stops in the state were at Dixon and Dekalb. PUT ON QUESTION RACK Hendricks Begins Examination of Equitable Officers and Directors. NEW YORK, May 10. The examina tion of the officers and directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society by the State Insurance Department was begunyesterday, when President Alexan der spent considerable time with Super intendent Hendricks. The examination was conducted In the society's board room, and Representative M. E. Driscoll, of Syracuse, who is Mr. Hendricks legal adviser, conducted the examination. It is expected that Vice-President Tarbell's examination will follow that of Mr. Hyde. It is expected the examination of offi cers and directors will continue at least one week. Mr. Hendricks- will examine not only the officers and directors who have been directly accused in the recent bandying of charges over the society's affairs, but every" director who holds office by reason of the 'transfer to him of stock by James Hazea Hyde or his father, Henry B. Hyde. There will be nothing compulsory about the proceeding, which, however, will be carried on largely In executive session. MUTUAL PLAN MAY GO AHEAD Court Refuses Injunction Against Changes in Charter. NEW YORK. May 10. Justice Mc Lean, in the New Yors.Supreme Court today, denied the application of Her bert G. Tull, of Philadelphia, a policy holder in the Equitable Life Assurance Society, for an injunction restraining that society and the New York Super intendent of Insurance from proceed ing further with respect to the pro posed amended charter of the Equita ble, which -was sent to the Superin tendent of Insurance for his approval. The amended charter provides for the mutualization-of the society. Two Inches of Snow in Wyoming. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. May 10. South western Wyoming is covered with a heavy snow after the sterm of yes terday and last night. The snow is over twp inches deep on the level. Wasted at Oaee. A little forethought will often save no end of trouble. Think of the pain and suffering that must be endured in case of aa attack of pain in the stomach or era arjp colic whea medicine must be sent for. Bvery family should have a bottle of Chamberlain's ColIc..Cbolera aad Diar rhoea Remedy -ia the hosse. It Is sure, to be needed seoaer -or later, and whea that time ceraes. It will be wanted at once. Bay it aew. It may save life. Sold by all druggiets. W. H. HILLS IS DUD Chairman of Government Ex position Board. END IS SUDDEN IN MEXICO Was- Chief Clerk of 'Treasury and Most Valuable Member of Lewis and Clark Board No De lay to Exhibit. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 10. A telegram was received by Secretary Shaw today announcing the death at Carlzozo, N. M., of Wallace H. Hills. Chief Clerk of the Treasury De partment and chairman of the Govern ment Board of the Lewis and Clark Ex position. According to advices. Mr. H1113 was found dead in bed this morning at the hotel whera he was stopping. Mr. Hills left Washington May 2 on offi cial business for a period of three weeks and was apparently in good health. He was 55 years old, and had been an employe of the Treasury De partment for 41 years. The death of Mr. Hills will not delay the Government exhibit in any way. The Treasury exhibit, which was under his immediate' supervision, has all been planned for. and the subordinates ap pointed by Mr. Hills have their work well In hand. The work of the Government Board Is practically completed for tho time being, and before other questions of moment arise for their consideration a new chairman will be appointed. Mr. Hills was far and away the most influential member of the Government Board, and did more than any other member to insure a fine exhibit for Port land. He assumed general direction of the work of the board and it was due largely to his personal efforts that so fine and so comprehensive exhibit and building were provided. Hubert C. Besclcr, Organist. CHICAGO, May 10. Hubert C. Bese ler is dead at a hospital here, follow ing an operation.' He was known throughout the United States and Eu rope as an organist and finished inter preter of church music. George H. Broderic. Basso. AURORA, III., May 10. George H. Broderick, basso of tho "Chinese Honey moon" Company, died today of pneu monia, aged 52 years. TRIPLE MURDER URGED ACCUSED MAN CAPTURED AFTER FIERCE BATTLE. . George H. Wright Taken in AVest Virginia for Crime Committed in .Utah Ten Years Ago. . HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. May 10. George H. Wright, for whose capture there Is a reward of $3000 for killing three men at Provo. Utah, was arrested at Williamson after a desperate battle with officers. Marshal Johnson was shot In the leg during the fusillade. Wright wag working at Williamson In a coal mine. SALT LAKE CITY, May 10. Sheriff Harmon, -of Utah County, will send a deputy to Williamson, W. Va., to identify George H. Wright, who Is wanted here for the alleged murder of three Provo boys who disappeared from their home in February, 1S35. Later their bodies drifted ashore in Utah Lake, and It was evident that they had been dropped through a hole In the ice after being murdered. Henry Hayes, stepfather of the boys was convicted of the crime and sentenced to be executed, but the evidence was produced which secured him a full pardon. WrlghL-fc about 40 years old, is a son of a well-to-do Minnesota farmer and was educated for the law at Ann Arbor, Mich. The charges against Wright are largely due to statements made by his former wife, who ha since married the brother of Henry Hayes. PRICE OF ARKANSAS VOTES- Bribery Charges Show Scale of $50 to $100 for Legislators. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. May 10. C. B. Andrews. Representative from Nevada County In the General Assembly and edi tor of the Prescott Picayune, is in Jail here on the charge of having received a bribe and of offering a bribe in connec- j tlon with legislation. The information on i which the warrants were based was fur i nished the prosecuting attorney by Rep i resentatlve Simpson, of Hempstead Coun ty, who alleged that Andrews offered Representative Simpson $50 for his vote on the Klllough Levee bill, and that he CAndrcws) accepted a bribe of $100 for his vote on the same measure. Andrews denies the charge. AT THE THEATERS What the Prcas Agents Say. 'RED FEATHER" TONIGHT. Beautiful Grace Van Studdiford in Comic Opera at the Marquam. Tonight at the Marquam Grand The ater the charming lyric soprano Grace Van Studdiford and her excellent com pany will begin an engagement of three nights and a special matinee Sat urday in De Koven, Klein and Cook's brilliant romantic comic opera success, "Red Feather." Miss Van Studdiford has been surrounded by ajirilllant cast. The surrounded by a brilliant cast. The principals and chorus number over 60. Many of these are beautiful show girls of the style seen in the Anna Held pro ductions. Critics say that her work" in the new production excels anything she has hitherto given, surpassing: the roles she played in the Bostonians' performances of "Robin Hood'1'- and. "Maid Marian." Our Bdys. The Empire Stock Company is present ing a comedy this week that, besides being a great laugh-producer, contains a very interesting story of two fathers, ex actly opposltft ia character, who send, their two sons to a German university. The soss form a -friendship there, asd each falls in love with a beautiful girl, who however, proves to be entirely dtepleas lag to the father f. the -young man. A great many mixap and- comical sitae tioas arise, wMcfc- are raet excellently "PE-RU-NA SAVED MY L Writes Mrs. W. Mcffcoberts. MRS. W.McROBERTS. When a mother is healths', her chil dren are healthy, A healthy mother ia calm, serene, strong-, cheerful. A mother afflicted with systemic catarrh Is fretful anl nervous. . This makes the children sick and weakly. Peruna protects the health and pro mo ten the harmony la the home by maklBK the mother strong, aad free from BervouHueKji. Mothers all over the land are the best friends of Perunai Peruna protects the little ones, also, and shleliln them from the many little ailments to which they if re subject. enacted by the members of the popular stock company. The entire evening per formance is one round of delightful pleas ure. Daily matinees at the Empire and evening performance at S:15. " COMING ATTRACTIONS. "A Woman's Revenge" Sunday. Sunday afternoon the Empire Stock Company will change its bill from com edy to the stirring five-act melodrama, "A Woman's Revenge," which will be the attraction all next week. The story of "A Woman's Revenge" Is strong, original and Interesting; the" play abounds in stir ring climaxes and Is brightened through out with a running vein of clean comedy. It ia sure to merit and achieve immense success at the Empire next week. Reginald L. Hidden to Give Recital. The many friends and pupils of Regi nald .L. Hidden will-be glad to learn that he- Is to give a violin recital at the Mar quam Grand Theater on Wednesday even ing. May 17. Mr. Hidden returns from Prague after being absent from Portland for nearly two years, and brings with him well-earned laurels from the Bohemian capital, where he had the good fortune to be a favored pupil of Professor Seveik. To Repeat "Parsifal." J. Alex Hanna has been prevailed upon, thrtjugh numerous requests, to repeat his animated picture lecture of Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," and will do so at the Marquam Grand Theater Friday and Saturday night, May 13 and 20. AT THE HOTELS. The Portland L. R. Plechner. St. Paul; D. Hardy, I. E. Stein, New York; R. R. Elliott and wife, Springfield; G. C Thomp son, Ogden; B. A. Rockfellow, H. H. San ders. R. T. Bent, New York; P. A. Wing, Seattle: W. A. Williams, Chicago; B. G. Williams, Seattle: C S. Long. Tacoma; C. L. Wernicke. Pittsburg; N. Kauftxnan, New Tork; H-. Strausse. Philadelphia; it H. Well. New York; T. O. Hillburn, Chicago; W. T. Cary. Chicago; C. Kcredall and wSfe, Toledo: H. W. Day, New York; B. F. Myers and wife. San Francisco: R. J. James and wife. Columbus, Or.; J. W. E&gan. Qulncy. III.; R. K. Hartwell. Chicago: C. W. Rider. B. Moran. Boston; E. 1L Uelgho and. wife. Welser. Idaho: G. B. Bartlett. Providence. R. I.; P. Nestor. Baker City: W. L. 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