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THE MORNING OBEGONTAff . WEPyESDAY, MAY 17, 1905. U0FH1 Senator Fulton jSays It Was J . Desire of .Heney. WHY MATTHEWS LOST JOB 2S'o One Has Asked His Recommen dation to Succeed; tlie Late Judge Bellinger and He Has 3fot 3Iade a Suggestion. Senator Fulton was in town yesterday, and his visit synchronous -with the dis missal o "W. F. Matthews from the of fice of United States Marshal, tle ap pointment of C. J. Reed as a successor and speculation over the appointment of a United States XHstrict Judge to succeed the late C. B. Bellinger, set gossiping tongues to wagging about what the Sena tor was going to do as to the confirma tion of Reed's appointment and as to se lection of the new Judge. But the Senator, let not a syllable es cape to Indicate what he was going to do. Though Reed was appointed without Senator Fulton's indorsement, the Senator does not regard the appointment as a whack at "himself or as a slight by the President, and he avers that the Presi dent would not slight him any more than any other Senator. The Senator adverted thereby to the oft heard report that dismissal of Matthews and the appointment of Reed was a. shaft aimed at himself. Semuor Fulton con tinued: "The removal of Mr. Matthews was based entirely on the request of Mr. Honey. 1 understood that no charge of official misconduct was made. Mr. Heney, who has Charge of the land fraud cases, evidently believed that Mr. Matthews was not sufficiently in accord with his views touching methods to be employed in the prosecution of those cases. 1 understood all the. time that should Mr. Heney de mand the removal of Matthews he would be removed pending thope trials: but when I left Washington I thought the matter had been adjusted to the -satisfaction of all. "While no charges of official miscon duct affecting the Integrity of Mr. Mat thews had been filed. I was given to un derstand that Mr. Heney was not satis fled that Matthews would give him the support he deemed necessary- Thereupon, Mr. Matthews, through me. submitted an offer to appoint such deputy or deputies as Mr. Heney or the Department of Jus tice mlgbt select to perform all work per taining to the Marshal's office In connec tion with those cases. That suggestion met the approval of the President and Attorney-General. "It sems, however, that Mr. Heney was still not satisfied, and, as he Is In charge of the cases and Is responsible for the results, quite naturally the Presi dent acceded to his request. It Is not remarkable, as has been suggested, that the President did not consult me relative to his successor, for the change was a proceeding pertaining to the trial and temporary In Its character. "As to the appointment of a successor to Judge Bellinger; I am Informed by the President thai no Immediate action will be taken. The intimation published in some Portland papers to the effect that my relations with the President are not the most pleasant are wholly without foundation. The President will extend to me the same consideration and courtesies in the matter of selecting a successor to Judge Bellinger that he habitually ex tends to other Senators In such cases. He has never yet appointed a Judge who was distasteful to the Senators representing thf state to which the appointment was made, and he will not in this instance. The President has fully advised me of his disposition and the course he will pur sue, and It has my entire approval. I am not yet prepared to say whom I shall recommend for appointment, but that he will be a credit to the position and will be approved by the members of the bar of jrhls state I am confident." The Senator would not reveal the cllgt bles he bad in mind for District Judge. No one had yet asked him for recom mendation. He said that he would make a recommendation in due season. Judge Thomas A. McBrlde. of the State Circuit Court, is believed to be favored by Senator Fulton for the place, but this the Senator neither affirmed nor denied. Heard in the Rotundas "I spent the most delightful day at Hood River, this afternoon," said John W. Tcrkes. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, last night at the Portland Hotel. "We took a 20-mlle ride through the, valley, ate of the famous Hood River' strawberry, saw Mount Hood In all Its majestic beauty and the apple orchards. It is truly a wonderful country. Why, I saw one little strawberry farm Just a back yard, consisting of about 30 acres. It Was a delightful trip. "No. there is nothing significant In my visit to Portland. I was in California on purely revenue business and while on the Coast 1 thought I would see Portland and meet Colonel David M. Dunne and talk over appropriations and other mat ters. I am pleased to say that I found no charges of graft, or shortage of ac counts," ventured Mr. Yerkes, with a smile that clearly meant that nothing of the sort was ever dreamed of In connec tion with Portland's revenue service. Mr. Yerkes, cx-Senator Thurston, Colo nel and Mrs. Dunne and Mr. Hall, of the O. R. & N., made the trip to Hood River. "It was reported some time ago that the Santiam trail across the mountains be tween Lebanon and Prineville was free of snow, but such is not the case nbw," said C P. Wells, of Independence, at the Per kins Hotel last night. "The trail. Instead of being free of snow. Is in terrible con dition. It Is covered with at least three ieet of snow. "As a, result of this report that has been circulated, dozens of men. In many in' stances with their families, are preparing to cross me mountains at this point. going from Lebanon. For all I know some of them are on their way now. "The result will be that a lot of people will try to cross and "be held up by the" impassable roaas wnen they get high up in the mountains. Let men with their families get stuck up in the mountains and have to stay there two or three weeks, when they were only counting on a few days to make the trip, and there is bound to be suffering. The road Is in worse condition now than t almost any time of the year, as the snow Is rotten and the horses and wagons break right through It. Last Sat urday I tried to drive through in a wagon. I had to leave the vehicle behind when I reached the snow and finish the remain der of the trip on horseback." 3?ERSOXAIi JIENTIOX. NBW YORK, May 16. (Special.) Northwestern people registered at .New York hotels today as follows: .Portland rAlbert, D. Solomon and wife: Manhattan. Mrs. A. C Pltblado; Imperial, F. & Morris. Seattle Girard, H. Riedo; Hollard, Mrs. J. Collmins, B. Contains. Found Drank in Saloon. . Vi Sours, a laborer, was arrested -by Special OfiScer Smith about i o'clock yes terday morning in a saloon at Front and Salmon streets. Sours says he climbed over the transom into the saloon for the purpose of securing a drink. He is suf fering with delirium tremens. He win be given a hearing today. FORREST STATUE UNVEILED Ex-Confederates Pay Honor to Great Cavalry General. & . MEMPHIS, Tcnn., May 16. To the ac companiment of martial music and in. the presence of thousands of citizens and visi tors, the statue of IJeutenant-General Xathan B. Forrest was unveiled this afternoon in the park that bears the Confederate- chieftain's name. JLittle Miss Bradley, a great-granddaughter of the dead hero, pulled the silken cord which exposed to view the monument. Captain "W. M. Forrest, son of General Forrest, and his family, and Colonel D. C Kelly, of Nashville, a surviving mem ber of General Forrest's old staff, were present General S. T. Cams gave a his tory of the monument and General George TV. Gordon delivered the dedicatory ad-, dress. General Gordon said in part: "We have not assembled here today to glorify war. We are not here to exalt CONDUCTORS HOXOR LOCAL RAILWAY MAX. 3. W. Crocker, of Mt. Hood Division, Klected Grand Inside Sentinel. J. W. Crocker, of iiu Hood DIMsIon. PI, it ho was elected frand Inside ttcnu nel of the Order of Hallway Conductors yesterday. Is a well-known railroad man of Portland. His election to the office in the grand division make a precedent In the order, as It is the flm time a Western man has ever been elected as one of Its head officials. It Is taken by the members of the "Western divi sions that the election is a dUtlnct honor to the city and to the division as a result of the pleasant Impression made upon the delegates by the manner In which the convention was entertained while in Portland. Mr. Crocker was born in Shasta, -Ca!., in 1650 and entered the railroad bervlce with the Central Pacific in 1675. lie remained with that road until lSb'7, when he came to Oregon and bgan work with the Wells Fargo Exprees Company as a messenger, running on ,the YVeet Side division for several years. He next went to the Oregon Railway Company,- the old narrow guage road, and ran out ot Portland. For 19 year he worked with the Portland, Willam ette Valley & Oregon Company, which road has since been fold to the South ern Pacific Sir. Crocker has been a loyal member of Jdt. Hood Dl vision ""et the Oregon Railway Conductors' Association" for many years, and has for some time been the chairman of the finance com mittee. He was a delegate to the grand division meetlnc at St. Paul in 1901, and also to Pittsburg in 1903, when it was through tite efforts largely that tho national convention was secured for Portland. the direful art and sanguinary science of human carnage, but to salute and accen tuate the name and to commemorate in language, in "bronze and in marble the masterful prowess and martial genius of Tennessee, and of America s greatest. most original and dazzling soldler-Lleu-tenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was one of the world'w few command ers who could personally engage In com bat and at the same time direct his men. He accomplished more with the resources at his command than any commander dur ing the war, at the same time displaying greater personal prowess than any, there by establishing a greater claim than any one to be called 'the American Mars'." Defends JXcstaurant Sign. PORTLAND. May 10. iTo the Editor.) The letter ot Sydney McGregor in your Issue of the 15th has been called to nty attention. In thle letter Mr. McGregor, while governed, appar ently, by the best and most creditable desire and intentions, unwittingly caets an unjust Btrlcturc ot criticism upon the government of the Exposition, owing, without doubt, to mis Information and lack of knowledge of the true Desiring to set him and "the other units in the general chorus of protest" right 1 would say: It Is Quite usual and eminently proper that every building, exhibit palace, state and restaurant should bear lettered signs telling the visitor the purpose of each. It is there lore quite as proper for the Administration Restaurant to have on its "stately .structure" such a sign, as It is for the Administration, Y-oos county ana uregon outiaings. surround ing It. to wear their badges of Identification. provided, ot course, that euch a sign should be a not too obtrusive advertisement. As to the criticism of placing a restaurant in so conspicuous a place, I am in position to state positively that this was done to help abate the cause ot Mr. McGregor' further criticism. This was done deliberately and wisely by the Exposition management In order and for the very purpose that In one -of the most prominent positions, and- at the very entrance, ladles and other people of refine ment might find a place where they might be free from Xear ot molestationf the Intoxicated and a place of refreshment where all features attendant upon drinking reeorts might not be found. Hence the restaurant Mr. McGregor mentions wo Installed where It was and with the strict proviso that no alcoholic liquors, wines, beers or beverages and no cigars should be sold or dispensed there. If critics would but make sure of their In formation the Exposition management - would be the subject of much less unfavorable criti cism for their motives may always be found to be In the best Interests of the ucctes ot Portland s beautiful Fair. Moral: Don't "knock." Just "boost." J. H. GRAY, 221 Thirteenth Mrcet. Jokers Blind a Man. TACOMA. May K. Jokers placed pow der In a stove at Puyallup. Floyd -Potts lighted a fire in the stove last night. The explosion destroyed the sight of his-eyes, and. set lire to his clothing, burning- him severely. j ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Sisters of Mercy wish to thank the following nrms, who so generously -donated refreshments, furniture and flow ers for the recent card nartv riven br'thc ladles of the city for the benefit of Mercy nomc: Pacific Coast Company, Olds, "Wortman & King. Hazel wood Creamery. "Washing ton Creamerv. Electric Coffee Company, Tresser & Co.. Duggan Grocery Company, Ann Arbor Bakery. Gordon Bakerv. W. B. Glafke Company. Portland Hotel, the Butler, .powers furniture Company, H. E. Edwards .Furniture Cobsd&bv. Hevwnorf Bros.. Irwtn-Hodson Company, Martin & Forbes, Clarke Bros., "ArllBgtGK Chib (for caxosj. MEMPHIS A WINNER Railway Conductors Select It - for 'Next Convention.'- - BOSTON J MEETS A -DEFEAT Members of the Order Express Them selves as HJjjhly Pleased With Their Entertainment AVhile In City of Portland. Memphis is. the lucky city, and will en tertain' kthc grand, division meeting of the Order of Railway Conductors when it convenes again in biennial sesslon-ln 19J7. The National meeting of the railway conductors came to .a close yesterday aft ernoon. a.Cter an all-day meeting, which lasted from 10 o'clock in the morning un til late In the afternoon. - Through the last hours the work, yet remaining to be done was hurried, and all of the. routine matters that had not been attended to beforehand were taken from the table and disposed ot by the delegates. The session of the day was prolonged and made exciting by the contest for the next convention city waged by the cities of Boston and Memphis. There were oth er cities, which had strong support in tlie beginning of the fight, but afterWhe first ballot it became apaprent that the real contest rested betw.een the Massachusetts city and the one in Tennessee. It took several ballots to decide the question, but at last the delegates supporting Memphis were successful in winning the necessary votes to elect, and it-was declared that the next convention would meet in that place. - More Officers Elected. About the only other business of im portance transacted during the day out side of certain routine matters, was the election of tnose officers, who had not been reached at the session of the day before for lack of time. J. "W. Crocker, of Portland, was elected grand inside sen tinel; O. I Bolfe, . of Monclava, Mexico,! grand outside sentinel, ana J. Arcner. of Houston. Tex., was re-elected to a position on the board of trustees. W. J. Durbln, or Milwaukee, andj-TV. H. Budd. of Cleveland, were" re-elected as members of the Insurance committee. During the afternoon all of the newly elected officers were obligated, after which the convention adjourned sine die. The most Important aqtlon taken by the convention during its sessions was in regard to the insurance members. U.p to this time it has been a custom of the order to allow those ,who have been mem bers of the order, but have dropped out, to retain their insurance benefits upon the continuance of their dues. This was done away with, and from now on when a member severs his connection with the order he will by that act forfeit the right to reap any benefits from the Insurance, department, whether he continues to pay his assessments or not. During tne meeting of yesterday resolu tions were passed thanking the members of the local division lor their kindness and efforts toward entertaining the vis itors. General Manager "Worthlngton, of the Harrlman lines, was also thanked by resolution for his kindness In giving the delegates the advantage of any side trips which they desired to make to see the slate. E. E. Clark, the re-elected grand chief conductor. In speaking ot the convention and its work and' the Impressions gained while a guest In the city, had only the hignest praise for Portland and the en- tertalnment committee of the local di vision which had charge of the entertain ment of the delegates. "The convention has been a most pleas ant and successful one," he said, "and I think the work it has done will meet w4th the approval of practically all of the mem bers of the order. "We have been most pleasantly situated while In the city, and all of the delegates have only the hlghestwords of praise for what has been done for their entertain ment, both by the committees in charge of the work from the local division, and also by the citizens of Portland, who have done everything that might be for our comfort and pleasure. We will all take bright memories of our trip home with us." Pleased With Portland. The delegates will begin to leave the city this morning, when the special trains will start over the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern for the East. Since coming to the city many ot the delegates have decided to return home by the south ern routes, and accordingly many of them will leave over the Southern Pacific trains and by steamer in the next few days. Many of them have decided to remain in the city for several days in order to take their time at visiting the many points ot Interest to be found in the vicinity. The excursions planned by the local di vision for the pleasure- of the delegates will be given today, and many of them will take advantage of these to sec more of the sights to be found In and around Portland Yesterday was a liusy day at the Mer chants National Bank, from which insti tution the delegates received their per diem for attendance upon the convention. The grand division had placed $30,000 in the bank to be used in paying the vouch ers, and the bank wag kept open from 9 in the morning until after i o'clock in the afternoon in order to accommodate all of the delegates who wished to cash their checks. It is estlmatedtbat an average of $50 each has been spent In the city dur ing the stay of the 3100 delegates'herc. MAKE ALLURING OFFERS Saloon Men "Will Furnish Money for St. John's Expenses. Some very alluring offers have been made the St- Johns Council in the way of inducement for a license to. sell liquor in that place, but the Councilme'n seem to show no disposition to grant a license to apy one. Recorder J. "W. Hanks says that a "Portland roan has on file a petition to sell liquor In St. Johns, and will pay St. Johns $3000 per annum, provided that no more than one license besides his own be issued. Another offer Is tor $100 from a SU Johns man on the same terms. Both are witling to pay these large sums per annum and yet share their patronage with somebodr else. The Recorder thinks it would be a good thing to hold off a while longer, when, perhaps, a. still higher bid will be made for an exclusive license to run a saloon In St- Johns. The Councilmcn are opposed to saloons, and so is the Mayor, unless the people shall say they want them. The "preachers are conducting a cam paign against a possibility of a license being granted, and are preachlnr .and holding public meetings In behalf of a public sentiment opposed to saloons. Next Sunday night a union meeting will be held In the united Evangelical Church, which will be addressed by Rev. G. I Tufts. Tries to Pass Bogus Check. ' Herbert J. Baumann, a young ama re- cently from Stockton, CaL, was arrested "kX algkt abeut. IS edfrck by 2ecUva THE SECRET OUT ' . To -refute the many false and malicious attacks, bogus formulas, and other untruthful statements published con-t cerning Doctor. Pierce's World-famed Family. Medicines the "Doctor has decided, to publislv all the" ingredients e.nteringjlnto his "favorite Prescription" for women. and his equally popular tonic alterative Jcnown as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Hereafter' every" bottle of these medicines, leaving the great laboratory at Buffalo, N.Y., wiU bear upon it a full -list of all the ingredients entering into 'the compound. Both are : made entirely from native roots, barks, and herbs. The ingredients of the " Golden Medical -Discovery" being- Golden Seal root, Queen's root, Wild-cherry-bark,'. 'Mandrake . root,, and. Blpodroot . Why. is.-it so many have been strengthened' and benefited by the tonic effect, of Dr. -Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery "? It is because at .this time of the " year "people' feel run down, nerveless, sleepless and .worn, out Poisons have .accumulated in their body during the long winter. The blood stores up a lot of waste pro duct, wnich pofsons the system. . That is .why ia ...the. spring and early summer a tonic is almost a necessity. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery being . made, of medicinal plants, is"next to Nature and .the best tonic, you can use. For the same reason 'that "vegetables and greens are .good for the system at this time .of the year, so is;it true that a tonic. made up entirely of medicinal plants, without the'use of alcohol, is. the proper medicine -to take at this time. It fills the blood with rich,. red blood corpuscles. It gives you a -feeling of strength, and it puts supshine into, your system as no other , remedy can. That is why ;Dr. Pierce's-Golden -Medical Dis covery has been such' -a favorite for the past forty years. He is not afraid to open his laboratory-no the public,, and he invites everyone to visit his Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y to see how system atically the sick are taken care of and cured, as well as looking over his huge laboratory and seeing the scientific methods of preparing this wonderful" tonic. Neither man Joe Day for attempting to pas? a forged check on P. Rosensteln. who runs a. cloth ing store at 23 North Third street. Bau mann has been working In the vicinity of Portland as a logger. Baumann went Into the store of Ro.en- steln .about 6 o'clock, last night, and in payment of a suit oY clothes offered a check for $3S. The check was refused. Rosensteln dI?covered that the check was worthless and notified Detective Day. Baumann. who left when told that the check would not be cashed, was found later In one of the North End resorts. Baumann Is a simple young man. and evidently did not realize the enormity of bis crime. When searched at the police station live checks, aggregating about 3100, were found on his person. He had a let ter from his parents In Stockton congratu lating him on his securing work and ad vising him to be good. Hurt by an Automobile. P. H. Hagey. an aged Portland pioneer. was severely brulsed yesterday morning about 10 o'clock by being knocked down by a ?lx-ton automobile of the Oregon Auto-Despatch Company, In charge of Frank Keller, at First and Madison streets. Hagey, who Is 7 years of age. was taken to his home In the witch Hazel building, where he Is resting under the care of his daughter, Mrs. F. Hammers- ley. The wheel of the machine caught in a depression In th& pavement, throwing the automobile against a telephone pole and striking Mr. Hagey. The damage to tho machine was slight. Michigan Society Entertains. It Its hall. Sixth and Alder streets, last night, the Michigan Society of Ore gon entertained the Michigan delegates of the O. R. C and Ladles' Auxlllary wlth an Interesting programme, which included dancing and refreshments. There were 22 visiting- delegates of the O. R. C present. The folowingr literary and musical exercises were given: Song. Miss Olson; piano solo. Miss Ruth Ballin: song, Dr. Start; recitation, Mrs. Transhall; song. Miss Ruble Petrie. NO'MOM FLOODING Mrs. Ann BeMe Thornton, of Ettza- vSe, Ky., writes: "Cardol has dene for mt what oar best doctors fatted to do. I safered surely what no other poor wesan has everytWag but death. ! had falling of thewoab, frreguUr periods, feeding, etc, Car dui has cared mt permiaeotiy in every respect, and' I ait now restored back to rood heaKh. My hoseasd joins mt is praWtbfc Messed raeway." HE SHAKES OFF TRAMMELS Chicago Professor lilves In Hut and ChuniH With Flhhermen. v CHICAGO. May 16. With the dual de sire ot getting away from neighbors who annoy with piano playing and singing, and of living a life which Ue can fashion as he chooses, Oscar Eckstein, an In structor in chemical research at the Uni versity of Chicago, has deserted the. neighborhood of Midway Plaisance, and now Is living in a fisherman's hut on the shore of Lake Michigan, where he pre pares his own food, chooses his compan ions from the few fishermen who live near by, and wears, the greater part of the time, a simple bathing costume. " Dislike for conventionalities of all kinds and awish to be allowed to live his own ex istence in his own way are the Influences which have led the scientist to leave his pleasant apartments for the lonely hut beside the lake. The hut or cottage in which he lives, consists of one room, 20 feet square. It Is simply furnished, con sisting" of a table and chairs and bed. There is also a bookcase, although the occupant does most of his work at Ihe universltyr He rises early, takes a plunge before breakfast, and wears the bathing: suit most of the time while he is at the cot tage. Laws governing the eating and living habits of the people, he declares, are useless. He procures whatever his fancy suggests and eats it wheneven 'his appetite desires. Oscar Eksieln was born in Munich 35 years ago, and has traveled in many out-of-the-way parts of the globe. Since Os car Eksteln came to the Western Con tinent he lived one Winter with the Crow Indians In Montana and be passed the Winter of 1S03-04 with the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico. Vaudeville Contract Binds. The vaudeville firm of Keating & Flood was awarded a verdict against Annie Abbott-, the well-known vaudeville actress. , it? nifmrmvinfa? X " 27 from pain, weakness or irregularity. Ask for WINE OF v Sold by all Drajgljts in $1.00 Bottles A -few doses of this marvelous pain cure and strength-tonic will auickfy put an end to your suffering, regulate all irregularities, relieve pain and cure the cause of your disease. It is a safe and certain cure for female disease, headache, backache, dizziness,' cramps, falling of the womb, weakening losses, etc. Try it. WXITE US A IXVtStL freely aod fmtfrhMn afeictet econckaee, toBtof us aH your symptenw aad troubiee. We vi8 sood fri advice (ia phen miM rrrfe), hv to cure them. Address Ladttt Advisory Dapt, Tie CMtteofi Tior woman can ' be handsome iilood,' for it :wjll show in pimples, boils, and eruptions, in the dark circles under the eyes and in the sallow'com plexion.. After taking "Golden Medical Discovery" you are bound to have pink- cheeks and a fresh complexion. The ; muscles get the. good," rich, red blood, that puts-on strength. It is a, flesh Jbuilder, but not. a fat builder; ' :- As an example -of. the. .goocL. results, thus. pbtained8 .note the following letter:- : ' v nI n the year 1S99, I had an attack of indigestion-and got so bad that my home dbctpr-said he"cquldn6rdp me any good," writes Mr. G-Irent,-o Gordonville, Texas, "'i wrote toiyourand you advised , me. to. use.iDr. -Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, so i bought six bottles, and when I commenced using it I was so weak I could hardly walk about the house. By the time ' I had ' used one bottle my stomach and bowels commenced to beaL There were strips of false membrane "as Targe as 'a man's -two fingersi thrown off,and I had a great deaLof misery in , nry stomach and, especially not eatr anything withqut warldx But' by the time I the 'Golden Medical Discovery' Y was . sound andv'well. ; and could- eat anything I pleased without suffering in ' the Jeast. Could, also do. as much work- in a day as I ' ever could. I have not suffered from the trouble since. n ff Dipkf rrQ Goa mper is Targeft a Lf Ivl matter of good health; -and Igood, health is largely a matter of healthy activity of "the ibowels. Dn Pierce's.-Pleasant Pellets cure -constipation. They are safe, sure and speedy, and once taken do not haye to be taken always. One little "Pellet" is-a gentle laxative, and two a mild cathartic. 1 They' never gripe. By all druggists. iCllCto The selfish seller who urges some substitute is thinking of the larger profit he'll make, and not of your best good. by Circuit Judge McBrlde at St. Helens on Monday. The contention on the part of Keating & Flood for an injunction against Miss Abbott, forbidding her to appear in any theater In Oregon except ing those owned by them was allowed. The. suit grew out of an alleged breach of contract on Miss Abbott's part. She was engaged to appear on the Keating Flood circuit, and was to ha'e been on the present week's bill at the Baker in this city. Without warning, however, she threw up her contract and agreed to ap pear in the Considlne Theater, at Astoria. Manager Keating at once went to Astoria and secured a temporary restraining or der, which was later made permanent by Judge McBrlde, sitting at SL Helens. The result of the suit is Important In that It establishes the fact that a vaudeville per former's contract is binding. True Bills Are Returned. True bills were returned yesterday after noon by the Multnomah County grand jury against Roy Mitchell, charged with larceny from a dwelling, and Jim Can dello, charged with Intent to kill. Can dello stabbed Pietro Pozzi during a flght. After these indictments had been re turned the rand Jury bad before them several witnesses In the theft of SITS which took place in the Portland Hotel Rathskeller. The witnesses In this case were Joe Penny, C. R. Nicholson, C. E. Holmes, W. C. Herrlngton, Phil Steele and Jacob Jones. The other case consid ered was in regard to the recent raid ot a poker game by Sheriff, Word. New President for Albany. ALBANY, Or.. May 16. (Special.) The board ot trustees of Albany Col-, lege have elected Professor H". M. Crooks, of Lisbon, O., as president of Albany College, to succeed Wallace Howe Lee. Today Mr. Crooks' accept ance ot the position was received. Professor Crooks graduated from the Worcester University in 1399, editing- a newspaper for a couple of years, and then became Superintendent of Schools at Lisbon. For Women's ....... .... shou d be taKen ail tne vesr roarto, dv every woman wno surfers CARDli tftdfcte Ceu Ghattaopdfi, Tob. who has- impurities n. the in the lower, part. . I could having much distress after- had taken eight bpttles of CLAIMS A HALF INTEREST Mining Broker Sues Colorado Mil lionaire on Mining Deal. NEW YORK, May 15.-Judge Piatt, In the United States Circuit Court today, lis tened to arguments in a case involving, if the claim of the plaintiff be sustained, several million dollars. John H. Thomp son, of this city, a mining broker, is plain tiff, and Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado millionaire mineowner. is defendant. According to the allegations of Mr. Thompson, Walsh secretly secured title to the Oro Cache and Chicago mines, in the San Juan district of Colorado, which he subsequently sold to an English syndicate for several million dollars. The ownership of these mines, Mr. Thompson declares, should have been vested in himself and Mr. Walsh jointly. Ex-Attorney-General John W. Griggs represents the plaintiff, and the defendant is represented by United States Senator Thomas Patterson, of Denver, and Julian T. Davies: Corn Corner Bulls Price. CHICAGO, May 16. Corn for delivery on the Board of Trade during the current month is said to have been cornered. As a result the price advanced nearly 3-cents a bushel on tne Board of Trade today In less than five minutes' time. It was not until the price was up to Si cents that all the anxious buyers were supplied. The close was 1 cent below .the top figure reached. Profits of Hubber Trust. NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., May 16. an increase of $3,761,923 In net earnings, more than double that of the precedlng: year. anJ, a surplus for the year of $1,879,888, an increase of $1,157,124. are reported in a statement for the year ending- March 31. which was given out today by the United States Rubber Company. Pains ir It Regelates theFonctions