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f-T' THE ZUORNINfr OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1906. 5
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KfilSER GETS READY
Fortifies Kiaochou and Pre
pares China Squadron.
GERMANY ADMITS ALARM
Daughter of English Missionary Dies
or Wounds Chinese Magistrate
Dangerously "Wounded by
Priest in Itiot.
BERLIN, March L (Special.) Admiral
von Tirpltz stated Jh the Reichstag
"Wednesday that the government had de
cided to fortify Klao Chou In order that
It may be made Impregnable from both
the land and water sides. He expressed
the belief that German residents of the
poet were In danger from a threatened
uprising in China.
This Is the Jlrst admission officially that
Germany is anxious as to the outcome of
the jiresont anti-foreign agitation through
out China, and is held here to mean that
:he situation Js much more serious than
formerly has been admitted.
The German warships on the Chinese
station were recently overhauled, and arc
in readiness for any action that may be
come necessary to protect German inter
sts at any point on the Chinese coast.
Arrangements have been completed by
which the Admiral In command is keeping
in touch with the German Embassy at
Pokin, and will act under orders from
there. All vessels in the squadron, ac
cording to the latest advices, arc well
provisioned and coaled and ready for ac
tion at a moment's notice.
FUXSTOX EXPECTS CONFLICT
Thinks Violence Will Increase.
Wood Is Liogical Commander.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2S. "Tilings are
beginning to look serious in the East,"
said General Funston In an interview,
"and the action of the War Department
in reinforcing the troops already in the
Philippines will, in my opinion, be Justl
llcd before the end of the present upris
ings. Though the dispatches thus far re
ceived seem to indicate that the outrages
have been confined to English residents
in China, it is unreasonable to suppose
that the uncontrollable mobs which have
hitherto wrought such havoc among for
eigners will make any distinction of na
tionality if they ever start a massacre."
Speaking of who would likely be In com
mand in casf it was necessary to land
troops in China, the General said that
Major-Gencral Leonard Wood was the
logical commander of an expedition of the
kind, but that he had a number of Gen
erals under him in the military depart
ment of the Philippines, any one of whom
was available for service in China.
WILL PUNISH THE MURDERERS
China Orders Governor lo Act and
Compensate Sufferers.
PEKIN. Fet-. 28. The Government
has instructed the Governor of Nan
ehangr. Province of Kiangsu. where on
February 25 six French Josuit mission
aries and four British subjects were
killed, to punish 'severely all partici
pants in the massa'crc. and declares it
is willing to mako without question
any reasonable reparation demanded.
Many foreigners at Pckin know the
Governor of Nancliang and consider
him efficient and friendly. They be
lieve his version of the troubles and
credit his statement that he was un
able to prevent the disturbance.
American, British and Gorman jrun
boats arc proceeding- to the nearest
possible point to Nanchang. River
navigation is seldom safe beyond Po
yang Lake. British and German pun
boats have been stationed at the lake
for two years, despite frequent Chinese
protests that it was an infringement
of China's river regulations.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF HTOTEKS
Kingham's Daughter Dies French
Priest Stabbed Magistrate.
LONDON. March 1. The Daily Mail's
correspondent at Shanghai reports that an
American gunboat (the Quiros, probably)
has arrived at Nanehang.
On the same authority It is stated that
Rev. H. C. KinghamV? eldest daughter
has died from the effects of injuries in
flicted upon her by the Chinese mob thut
killed her parents.
The correspondent at Shanghai or the
Tribune says that witnesses at Nanehang
assert that a priest named La Cruche
stabbed tho magistrate twice in the
throat
'The Morning Post's Shanghai corre
spondent says that a dispute about land
was the origin of the trouble at Nanehang
The correspondent adds:
"It is felt here that the official rank, of
Catholic missionaries is a source of diffi
culty and ought to be withdrawn."
MAGISTRATE BADLY WQUXDED
Natives Flee From Xanchang at Ap
proach of Gunboats.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 28. The Nanehang
magistrate, tho injury to whom was the
reputed cause of the attack by natives
on Catholic and Protestant missionaries a
few days ago. is still alive, though his
wounds are dangerous.
The native population of Nanehang is
fleeing, dreading the arrival of armed
forces from European and American gun
boats. There have been many arrests.
PINE ISLANDER IN JAIL
Arrested hy Cuba for Refusing to
Pay Republic's Tax.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2S. A Mn-fono
patch to the Herald says that it is re
ported that an American, acting as post
master for the territorial aspirants In the
Isle of Pines, has been arrested and con
fined in jail.
HAVANA. Feb. 2?.-Thc American im
prisoned in the Isle of Pines Is A. TV.
Mocrkc, Postmaster of Columbia, Isle nf
Pines. He was taken Into custody b-'
cause he refused to pay the storekeeper's-tax
on the ground that tho Isle of
Pines, Is -not under Cuba's Jurisdiction.
HEARING 0NLAB0R BILLS
Injunctions and Employers' Liability
Before House Committee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. A general
y hearing v on anti-Injunction bills and bills
to enable employes to recover from cor
poration for personal injuries was held
to4ay. by the House committee on Judici-
ary- President Gompers. of the American
Federation of Labor; H. R.. Fuller, rep
rrwRtkig the Brotherhood of Locomotive
eWi:r and several other organiza
tions of railroad men. .were among the
representatives of labor in attendance.
Relief associations of railway companies
were attacked by Mr. Fuller, who said
employes were forced to join them and
then sign contracts exonerating compa
nies from liability for personal Injury
suffered.
Increasing Output of Mines.
SHAMOKIN. Pa., Feb. OS. At the col
lieries controlled by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company notice? were posted to
day announcing that hereafter until fur
ther orders all collieries will be worked
full time on Saturday. Heretofore the
mines have closed at noon.
Discharged for Joining Union.
JEANNETTE. Pa- Feb. 28. Thirty-five
mlnniv wopd A srha nrpd today from the
Westmoreland Coal Company of Pennsyl
vania, The action Is said to be due to the
men's having formed a miners union
about 30 days ago. A general strike Is
predicted.
BRITISH NAVAL BUDGET.
Economy flic Watchword, hut Many
Ships Arc Being BullL
LONDON. Feb. 28. The new govern
ment, having little time in which to frame
a new naval budget has practically
adopted its predecessor's estimates, thus
continuing the policy of economy already
initiated and considered justified by the
altered circumstances resulting from the
Russo-Japanese War. In view of the de
struction of the Russian sea power, the
Anglo-Japanese alliance and the Anglo
French entente, the government consid
ers it possible, without detracting from
efficiency, to call a halt on the constantly
increasing naval expenditure.
Lord Cawdor last December foreshad
owed a reduction of 57.500.OW, and thus,
with the reduction of 517.000.000 effected
last year, a total of 523.OW.OCO Is knocked
off the naval expenditure in two years.
The government gives no details of the
new programme, but It Is understood that
the projected four armored vessels will
be large vessels, presumably of the
Dreadnought class. The naval estimates
for 150G-7 propose a net total expenditure
of J1D9.317.500. being J12.500.OW less than
the estimates for the present fiscal year.
In his explanatory statement the First
Lord of the Admiralty says that for the
present year ending April 1. there will
have been completed three battleships,
eight armored cruisers, one second-class
cruiser, eight scouts, 1C torpedoboat-de-stroyers
and 13 submarine boats. On April
3, there will be under construction six
battleships, ton armored cruisers, 12
coastal destroyers, five ocean-going de
stroyers, including one which will be the
fastest of its type, one royal yacht and
13 submarine boats.
It is proposed, the statement continues,
to begin during the coming fiscal year
four armored vessels, five ocean-going de
stroyers, 12 coastal destroyers and 12 sub
marine boats. It Is hoped that the bat
tleship Dreadnought will be commissioned
at the beginning of 1107.
It has been decided to adopt turbines
for all vessels provided for during the
present year. Oil will be largely used in
the British navy In the future.
The First Lord or the Admiralty "re
marks that the question of firing guns by
dynamo power has been settled and that
wireless telegraphy has been extended.
Three new stations will be erected. The
comfort of the crews Is receiving greater
attention. Improved appliances for cook
ing, as well as bakeries, being Introduced.
Many Improvements have been intro
duced at the dockyards and training
schools. It has been decided to reduce the Royal
Marines by 1W0 men.
PUTS GILLETTE IN CHARGE
Mayor Weaver Secures Abie Army
Engineer In Grafter's Place.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 2S.THavlng
been unable to obtain an indefinite loave
of absence. Major CaHsius.GUlcttc, one of
the best-known engineers in the United
States, today resigned his commission
and Mayor Weaver immediately appointed
and swore him in as chief engineer of the
Bureau of Filtration for the City of Phila
delphia. The position pays J 17.000 a. year.
Major Gillette has been in practical
charge of tiie Filtration Bureau since last
Summer, when John W. H11L the former
chief, resigned. He had obtained a leave
of absence from the War Department, but
was unable to get further leave.
HcarsL Parly Besieges Lawmakers.
ALBANY, N. T.t Feb. 2S. A delegation
of 5W New York advocates of municipal
ownership of New York, headed by Will
iam Randolph Hearst, arrived in Albany
on a special train to spend two or three
days here in almost continuous appear
ance in favor of a number of municipal
measures pending before the Legislature.
Among tho legislative measures the dele
gation will advocate are those providing
for an investigation of the New York City
traction merger: direct nominations; sup
pression of corrupt practices; half month
ly payments of wages by corporations and
eight-hour labor.
Copyright Treaty With Japan.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. The Senate in
executive session today ratified and made
public a treaty between the United States
and Japan relating to copyrights nego
tiated by Minister Griscrom and Minister
of State Katsura on November 30. 1103. It
provides that the citizens of each country
shall enjoy in the dominions of tho other
the possession of copyright for their
works of literature and art as well as
photographs and against illegal repro
duction on tho same basis on which pro
tection is granted to the subjects or citi
zens of the other. The subjects or citi
zens of each country may without au
thorization translate books, pamphlets or
any other writings, dramatic works and
musical compositions, published in the do
minions by the subjects or citizens of the
other and print and publish such trans
lations. Shaw Opposes Souvenir Coins.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Secretary
Shaw of the Treasury Department ap
peared today before the House commit
tee on Industrial arts and expositions to
discuss the bill providing appropriations
for the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposi
tion. Ho expressed emphatic disapproval
of the provision of the bill for the coin
age of 1.000.0W J2 sliver pieces upon which
the exposition company desires to realize
JG00.OW profit on the coal of selgnorage.
Ho said this means of raising money is
deception and that we have enough dif
ferent kind? of money and should have
no new coins.' Mr. Shaw advised that the
Exposition should be distinctly different
from previous Expositions and suggested
that the marine feature should "be empha
sized and no attempt made to rival pre
vious exhibits of industrial arts.
Aid Sent to Famine Sufferers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. The National
Red Cross today cabled to the Japanese
Red Cross $3000. making a total of 327.003
contributed by the American people and
transmitted to Japan through that organ
ization for relief of tho famine sufferers.
Deaths in Alabama Disaster.
BHtM INGHAM, Ala,, Feb. ZL Passen
gers arriving here today from points near
the Hlpner mines, where a gas explosion
occurred yesterday afternoon, report that
32 miners aro dead, seven fatally hurt and
half a dozen badly injured.
CALLS DOUMA FAKE
Russian Liberal Leader Punc
tures Balloon.
ONLY ONE PER CENT VOTE
Will Be Adjourned After Approving
Budget if Bombs Do Xot Dis
perse I U Campaign of Ter
rorism Is Rampant.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 2S. (Special.)
The ukase convoking the Douma on
May 10 was received with indifference,
because the people had no confidence in
it Prince Dolgoroukl, one of the leaders
of the Constitutional Democrats, said:
Thc plan is on an expedient to
smooth over difficulties. Three per cent
of tho population Is entitled to vote.
Hardly one-third of these arc registered.
Should all who arc registered vole, it
makes only 1 per cent of the population.
"Even this Assembly Is considered un
safe, and the government announces that
after a short opening session for approv
ing Wltte's financial expedients, the
Douma will be adjourned until next year.
"This only complicates the situation,
because tho famished peasants, demand
ing land reform, and the Poles and
Jews, demanding humane treatment and
the foreign bankers, wanting national
representatives to guarantee loans, will
not be deceived by a sham Douma which
the revolutionists promise to disperse
with bombs."
DUIIXOVO'S ACTION DISOWNED
Minister Must Let Elections Alone
and May Soon Retire.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 2?. The reac
tionary policy of Minister Durnovo re
ceived another decided setback today,
when the action of the St Petersburg po
lice in closing the central bureau of the
Constitutional Democrats was disowned
by the government and the bureau was
allowed to be reopened, and the pollco
were ordered to abstain from further in
terfering with'the campaign work of the
party.
This flagrant attempt to intcrfen? with
the elections, which is condemned even by
the Conservative parties, is generally
siscrlbcd to M. Durnovo. without whose
authority the police would hardly have
dared to take suck action. The event re
vives the rumor of Durnovo's approaching
retirement which a trusted subordinate
of Premier Wlttc today said was certain
to occur as soon as the National Assem
bly meets, and which might be expected
sooner.
The plans of the Social Revolutionists
to interfere with the elections in St Pe
tersburg have been broken up by the ar
rest of another large batch of 25 agita
tors, among them being 32 Jews and two
Germans.
The police have also arrested the man
who throw the bomb which broke up the
loj-alist meeting upon the Schlucftselburg
Embankment February 9. He is accused
of a number or rolcal murders.
The weekly official report of political
crimes throughout tho empire shows that
assassination, bomb-th rowing and robbery
are still in full swing, especially in
Poland, at Odessa and in the Caucasus.
The most atrocious case was at Brest.
Government of Grodno, where revolu
tionists locked four policemen in a house,
poured petroleum on tho building and set
It on fire
TRESS CLAIMS IX COURTS.
Americans Advised to Exhaust Ilcgu
lar Remedies Against Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 2S. Ambassa
dor Meyer has sent to Americans claim
ing damages during the recont internal
disorders in Russia instructions to present
and press their claims through the reg
ular Russian courts. The Embassy will
not interfere in the preliminary stages,
and the instructions state that it is pref
erable to exhaust the statutory remedies
before resorting to diplomatic channels.
The case of the British steamer Old
hamia. carrying a cargo of petroleum con
signed to the Standard OH Company,
which was captured by a Russian cruiser
in the Sen of Japan on May 19. and sub
sequently retaken by a Japanese warship
on May 27. will be taken up by the
prize court at Libau as soon as the trial
of the Cronstadt mutineers is finished.
The attorney for the American claim
ants claims to have evidence going to
prove tnai tiie vessel was seized and held,
not for contraband, but to provent In
formation from setting abroad regard
ing the whereabouts of Admiral Rojest--vensky's
squadron. '
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American Consul Decorated.
ST. PETERSBURG. Fob. 2S. The Rus
sian government has conferred upon
Thomas Smith, the American Vlce-Consul
at Moscow, tho order of Anne of the
second degree in recognition of ills ser
vices in looking after the Japanese pris
oners at Mcdvid during the recont war.
lusso-Amcrlcan Commerce.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2S.-Tho offi
cial Russ-Zosudarstvo announce that a
direct steamship betneon Libau and New
York will be Inaugurated at the opening
of navigation. The journal comments en
couragingly upon the increasing Russo
American commerce.
AT THE THEATERS
What the Prets Agents Say.
SHELDON CONCERT TONIGHT
Portland's Xcw Prima Donna So
prano in Recital at Marqunm.
' At S:30 o'clock tonlsht at the Marquixa
Crnd Theater Anne Beatrice Sheldon. Port
land'i nrw prima donna soprano, asslcted br
Franz Boyd 1V1U, the young American pl
anlK. will appear in concert Mm Ehelflon
has Just returned from a 15 month" vtult to
Paris. Berlin and London, whr he furthr
perfected benlf In vocal atudy tinder tb! In
struction of several of the Rrratt masters
In the world. Tnl covcert ia rolng- to be one
of the sreat muMca! and society event of
the nftfon. The nale of ticket ! Urge, but
there are a few declrable seats left.
"Human Hearts" at the Empire
Do not let the week ret away from you
without teelns "Human HearU" at the Um
pire. The beautiful tory baa never been bet
ter predated before, the company being ca
pable In every particular. Gretchen Sher
man, aa the .faithless wife and wicked woman,
it as actress of more than ordinary ability,
and without doubt the handnomest to appear
on the .Empire stage this season. It Is a
pity fce Is cast In such a wicked part, for
every one want her to be the good, that
she mar be loved rather than hated, as the
part calls for. Lincoln Plxxmmr. as Tom
Loran. the turdy blackumlth and wronged
frmband. fnlnlls every requirement of the
atrcasous part. See "Hsbu Hearts" at the
Empire asd weep at the suffering, laugh with
the joyful ones and love little Baby Xath
erine. Matinee Faturday
"The High School Girls."
There will be only three mere perform
ances of the popular "High School Girls"
burlesque company at the Baker. Tonight
and tomorrow night the curtain gos up on
tblfl elaborate muMcal farce-comdy ehow
at the regular hour of 8:15. and Saturday
matinee at 2:15 the lax performance will be
given. Don't mlrs the "High School Girls." fer
they are a lively and charming lot of merry
maids, with new or.cs and chorus numbers
galore, pretty costume and figure that vie
with Venus. The comedy Is clever and
funny, and the vaudeville olio Is great.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
The Imperial Burlcsqucrs "Scxt Week
Harry Williams has never ixnt a company
upon the road that Is as good as the present
"Imperial Burleqcers. This season' show
Is above reproach, and the new two-act com
edy that waa earpresoly written for the shew
by Harry 'Will lams, the brilliant Eastern
writer, will surpass anything ever attempted
upon the burlesque stage. The company,
which numbers orer 40' people, contains auch
well-known names as Lillian Washburn. Patil
ine iloran. Lew Palmer. AVlllara J. Evans.
Jack Crawford. Dan Manning, the Clipper
Comedy Four. Sam Cooley and a bunch of
lovcJlnw containing over 30 charming girts.
The company wilt b the attraction at the
Baker next week, commencing with the mat
inee Sunday.
Murray and Mack Next "Week.
The Empire offer its biggest musical com
edy of the ason next week, starting Sun
day matinee, and all next week Murray and
Mack will be the attraction in a new farce
entitled. "Around the Town." Murray and
Mack are new the oldest team of farce-comedy
tar before the public Up to the time of
their dissolution Weber & Fields held this
distinction. Though not the eldest in years.
Murray and Mack cave appeared together
for U consecutive eeasona. and today stand
as the oldest team, in point of services, be
fore the public.
WILL DIVIDE ITS SURPLUS
UNION PACIFIC HEEDS DE
MANDS OP STOCKHOLDERS.
Directors AVHI Give Them $35 a
Share in Scrip, Uslnjr Money
for Extensions.
OMAHA.' Neb.. Feb. 23. (Special.) A
scrip dividend of about 535 a share will be
distributed July 1 to holders of Union Pa
cific common stock. This plan has been
decided upon, according to information ob
tained today at the headquarters of the
road In this city, to forestall threatened
litigation on the ptfrt of the stockholders
who arc clamoring for their share of the
road's earnings. The company's conces
sion will be recognition of the stockhold
ers' contention that they are entitled to
receive and own the divldable surplus of
tile company, for it is proposed to appor
tion the entire JS0iO.K of this surplus
among the stockholders.
The plan contemplates the issuance of
Union Pacific 4 per cent preferred stock.
In view of the fact that the Union Pa
cific needs at least $75,010,000 In cash for
tho completion of work outlined for the
next jtwo years and finally to absorb its
shares iq the Los Angeles, Suit Lake &
San Pedro, together with the fact that
the Union Pacific will be paying only
about $3.a.C0 for the use of the entire
surplus fund obtained from the profits on
the original Northern Pacific purchase
profits amounting to $SO.C(X.CiX-thc advan
tage of a scrip distribution over a cash
distribution is apparent to the stockhold
ers, and they therefore favor the plan
adopted.
FULTON PUSHES HIS FIGHT
Asks County Judge for Information
About Timber Land.
OrtEGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Feb. 2S. The following is a copy
of a letter which Senator Fulton Is-vending
to County Judges in various purts
of Oregon, with a view to collecting dRta
with which to carry on his fight agalnat
the repeal of the timber and stone act,
unless tho committee will yield to him
in his demand that 25 per cent of the
money received from tho sale of timber
shall be turned over to the counties in
which such timber may be cut:
At an early date I expect the committee
on public lands of the Senate to recommend
repeal of the timber and .-tone art. with the
purpofe of leaving the timbered public do
main so that it cannot be acquired by pri
vate individuals. The effect of such legis
lation, an I construe It, would be to prevent
development of any of our timbered land or
ue for any Industrial need save forestry,
where such land has not already passed (mo
private control. As I know of much Umber
land yet the property of the Government,
which will prove of far greater value to the
state for grazing, orchard, gardening and
general agriculture when it y cleared and
reclaimed, especially In th coast counties.
I fear the threatened 'policy will be ex
ceedingly inJurlQU2''ffvonr state.
I write to xk that you kindly furnish ma
'at the earliest possible date with additional
data, and fortify me with your opinion on
this subject. Give me an estimate of the
timbered land in your county which Is yet
publlc'domaln. and whether, when cleared
of timber, all or any portion of this land
would be more valuable for any other pur
pose tbas forestry. If, not too much trou
ble, estimate the proportion of said land
that will be amenable to varioua kinds of
agriculture. When referring to rrrnber land
in the public domain I intend that which is
not embraced within any forest reserve, but
would appreciate an estimate whether any
that has ben withdrawn would. In year
oplnloo. ever be worth more to your com
munity If cleared and used for other than
forestry purposes.
Time for action. I apprehend. Is limited,
and 1 will be greatly aided by an early reply.
Democrats IIac One Candidate.
OREGON CITV. Or.. Feb. 2S.-(Special.)
R. B. Beattle. of Beaver Creek, today
filed notice of his candidacy for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Sheriff. lie will
probably be the only candidate of his
party for the nomination. There is a
lively contest on among the Republican
aspirants for this nomination, however,
there being not less than nine candidates.
Calls for Reports on Consulates.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. Representa
tive Williams of Mississippi Introduced a
resolution today directing the Secretary
of State to furnish -to tho House the re
ports made by Herbert H. D. Plorce. cx
Thlrd Assistant Secretary of State, as a
result of his Inspections of United States
consulates in the Orient and especially
In Shanghai and other Chinese cities.
Troops Charge Church Rioters.
MAZAMET. France. Feb. 2S. A detach
ment of troops today charged a mob -of
manlfcstants outside the Church of SL
Sauvcre, where the government officials
were taking an inventory. Colonel Berge.
In command of the soldiers, and a number
of men were wounded. .
Postmaster Accused of Stealing.
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb. 25. Postmaster
Albert Hoemer, of the West. Seneca
postoffice, was arrested today charged
with embezzlement of JGCO) postofflco
funds.
John D. Sprcckels Recovering.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 28. The condi
tion of John D. Spreckelst proprietor of
the Call, waa improved tonight, and he
la reported te fee ea the way to recovery.
LOSE AIL
1
Cash Buyers' Union Will Pay
Nothing on Stock.
VAST SUM IS SQUANDERED
Kahn, the Promoter, Received $1,
113,000 for Stock and All Is
. Gone Started Business
Without a Dollar.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2S. (Special.) Deeper
Investigation Into the affairs of the Cash
Buyers Union shows less prospect of any
dlvldend to the 1CO.OX) stockholders scat
tered all over the United States. Men,
women and children who Invested savings
in the company will lose everything, ac
cording to the belief of attorneys and
postofficc authorities.
It is said that investigation of the ad
ministration of Kahn In the last three
years shows some remarkable facts. Ap
parently 51.141.CCO In cash has been re
ceived from the sale of stock, yet all this
has been used. At the time the receiv
ership was created the concern had only
1 In the bank and owed $001,0(0 for
goods. .
Receiver Day expressed the opinion that
Knhn made nothing out of the concern
except his salary of S12.C0O a year. He
paid J38.0CO a year rent and had a weekly
payroll of $270). The expense of run
ning the business is said to have been
J1.2i.0:0 during three years. Nearly
Jl.OOO.COO Is said to have gone Sot adver
tising. It is said that Kahn started the busi
ness without putting a dollar of cash into
It. except what he received for the sale
of shares.
SHRINKS AT TRUE ECONOMY
Congress AVill Not Abolish Custom
IIouscs Which Don't Pay.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Feb. 2S. Notwithstanding its In
tense desire to hold down appropriations
and generally economize. Congress Is not
willing to pass a rather Important bill In
troduced and reported by Representative
Payne, of New York, the Republican floor
leader. It is generally recognized that the
Government Is maintaining a lot of use
less customs offices in various parts of the
country, where little or no business is
transacted, yet where fair salaries are
paid to collectors and other employes who
perform no work. Mr. Payne Introduced
a bill intended to abolish all such customs
oftlces and obliterate the coUcctorships.
which Jire of no value whatever to the
Government.
But his bill is doomed to fail: the House
lias several times refused to give It con
sideration; but even if it gets through
live House, it will die in the Senate, be
cause Its passage would mean the cutting
off of a nice lot of Senatorial patronage,
and the United States Semite is not leg
islating to destroy offices which arc now
in its grasp and which afford a desirable
means of paying off Senatorial obliga
tions. The Senate is resourceful, and will
sc to it that the bill is not given consid
eration, in case it should happen to get
through the House.
In a speech advocating the passage of
his bill. Mr. Payne called attention to
some of the absurdities that arc now in
dulged in by the Government. He in
stanced the port of Yaqulna. Or., where
the Government annually expends $1040.73
in salary of a collector, office rent and
Incidentals, yet that port yields .not ono
cent of revenue; no duties are collected.
At Elizabeth City. N. C. the customs re
ceipts last year amounted to $5, and the
cost of collecting was $1601.90. In other
words, it coat $321.SS to collect $1. At An
napolis. Md.. the customs collected last
year amounted to $3. and the cost of col
lection was $$29.41. A mild case was at
Port Jefferson, N. Y.. where It cost $12 to
collect nothing, while at Little Egg Har
bor. N. J., the cost of collecting nothing
was $3M.2S. At Paducah. Ky.. It cost $4o0
to collect nothing; at Vicksburg the cost
for similar service was $313.63. and so on
around the entire country.
The payment of salaries to collectors at
ports of this character is absolutely Inde
fensible. The actual work of collection is
dono at the larger ports, and even at some
of them the cost of collection exceeds the
duties actually collected. But in some in
stances it is good businss policy to main
tain ports of this character at a loss,
whore the business Is important. On the
whole, the customs service Is a very good
paying proposition, but there is no reason
why it should be handicapped by the
maintenance of a lot of unimportant ports
solely to provide offices for political hench
men. But there are too many "politi
cians" hanging around looking for Just
such snaps as this, and tho Senate can be
depended upon to look after its friends.
Ralph V. Blumenfleld. editor of the Lon
don Express, is an American, having been
born In Milwaukee, lie learned his profe
sin 'b rhlPijro and New York
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Kew reople Know How Uoeful it U In rre
servlos: Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
is the safest and most efficient disinfect
ant and purifier in nature, but few realize
its value when taken into the human
system for the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal Is a remedy that the more
you take of it the better; It is not a'
drug at all. but simply absorbs the gases
and Impurities always present in the
stomach and Intestines and carries them
out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
.Charcoal effectually clears and improves
the complexion, it whitens the teeth and
further acts as a natural and eminently
safe cathartic.
It absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; It
disinfects the mouth and throat from the
poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one form
or another, but probably the best char
coal and the most for the money is in
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they are
composed' of the finest powdered "Willow
charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics
In tablet form or rather In the form of
large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the char
coal being mixed with honey.
The dally use of these lozenges will
soon tell in a much improved condition
of the general health, better complexion,
sweeter breath and purer blood, and tho
beauty of It la that no possible harm
can result from their continued use, but.
on the contrary, great bene tit.
A Buffalo physician, in speaking of the
benefits of charcoal, says: "I advise
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients
suffering from gas in stomach and bow
els, and to clear the complexion and
purify the breath, mouth and throat: I
also believe the liver is greatly benefited
by the dally use of them; they cost but
twenty-five cents a box at drugstores, and
although In some sense a patent prepara
tion, yet I believe I get mye and better
cltarcoal in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges
than in any of the ordlaary charcoal
tablets."
SCROFULA
INHERITANCE
"While it is true that Scrofula may be acquired under certain conditions,
it is usually inherited. Parents -who are related by the ties of blood, or -vhc
have a consumptive tendency, or family blood taint of any character, are sure
to transmit it to their children in the form of Scrofula. Swollen glands.,
brittle bones, poor digestion, weak
eyes, Catarrh, emaciated bodies and ?Ir?oricd Sc5)f f71 abut sojea
J ' . . , - years asro suffered Intensely frors-
general "weak constitutions are the It. Tried ovary doctor available at
principal ways in which the dis- EfSvSS1?? ontw rapidly womb j
1 A , , , in fact, had given, up all hope of being
ease is manifested. The blood has cured, and as a dying man will grasp
been diseased from birth, and being-in iFi,wiL52JaJ5adi5iTb?l 22
., - .... . . aro trier, znucn, against znv will, to trx
this condition cannot properly nour- s.s.s. After taking' stc bottles, I felt t
ish the body and Scrofula is the re- 2J2S2a32?V! jor the better. Icon.
it -l. jt j- ii it.- tinued to take it for about sis months,
suit. A hereditary disease like this taking: in all about fifteen bottles!
can only be reached, bv a constitu- wMch entirely curedme.
7T , j ' " ontsromary, Vo. W. H. STOCKTON,
tional remedy and nothing equals
S. S. S. as a cure for it. It cleanses and strengthens the deteriorated blood,
drives out all scrofulous and tubercular
SeSeS
PURELY VEG ETA B LE. Purely vegetable S. S. S. is the best remedy for
Scrofula; its harmless but healing ingredients
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GHIRARDELLI3
COCOA
Buy a can of Ghirardelli's
Cocoa and notice the rich
dark color. Now that color
is just the same as in the cocoa
bean itself.
Ghiraixjielli's process is the only one that
retains the true cocoa color when the beans
are ground into powder.
But more than this Ghirardelli's process
retains all the nutritive qualities and delicious
flavor of the cocoa beans which make cocoa
the best drink possible for morning, noon
and night.
At your grocers in hermetically sealed tins.
D. GHIRARDCLU CO.
8an Francisco California
The Watch
Vest
Y
'OU can buy Health Insurance
now.
Several good " Accident "
Companies sell it.
Sixty dollars per year will bring you
$25.00 per week, for every week you are
Sick.
But, your time alone may be worth far
more than that.
And $200 per week might not pay for
your suffering.
Thai's why "Cascaret" Insurance which
prevents Sickness, is worth ten times as
much money as other " Health " Insur
ance. Yet "Cascaret Insurance' will cost you
less than Ten Cents a week.
That gives you a "Vest Pocket" Box
to carry constantly.
"Indigestion" means food eaten but
only partially digested.
"Constipation" means food retained in
the body undigested too long, till it decays.
It then supplies the poisons of decay
to the system, in place of the nourishment
it might have supplied.
Isn't that a tremendous handicap worth
insuring against?
What does it cost to Cure Constipation
or Indigestion, with their train of small
and great ills, and to Insure against a
return of-them?
Not so very much.
One 10 cent box of Cascaretsper week,
at most, perhaps half that.
One candy tablet night and morning,
taken regularly for a short time, Is war
ranted to cure the worst case of Constipa
tion or indigestion that walks the earth.
One tablet taken whenever you suspect
you need it will Insure you against 90 per
cent of all other ills likely to attack you.
Because 90 per cent of these ills begin
deposits, and there is a gradual bul
sure return to health. S. S. S. supplies to the
anaemic, lifeless blood the properties necessary
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this gently and so thoroughly that no signs oJ
the disease are ever seen in after life. Being
j
- Dog in your
Pocket
in the Bowels, or exist through pool
Nutrition.
Cascarets don't" purge, don't weaken,
don't irritate, nor upset your stomach.
No, they act like Exercise on the
Bowels, instead.
They stimulate the Bowel-Muscles to
contract and propel the Food naturally
past the little valves that mix Digestive
Juices with-Food. '
They strengthen these Bowel-Musclea
by exercising them.
The time to take a Cascaret is the very
minute you suspect you need one.
When your tongue is coated a little.
When your breath is not above
suspicion.
When your head feels dull, dizzy, or
achy.
When you have eaten too heartily, or
too rapidly.
When you have drunk more than was
good for your digestion.
When you have a touch of Heart
burn, Gas-belching, Acid-rising-in-throat,
or a Coming-on-CoId.
Carry the "Vest Pocket" Box where It
belongs, just as you would your Watch,
Pocket-knife or Lead-pencil.
It costs only 0 cents. At any drug
gist. Be sure you get the genuine, made only
by the Sterling Remedy Company, arid
never sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped
"CCC."
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hard-enameled la colors. It is a teanty fer the
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Send to-day, mentioning this paper. Address
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In the Treatment of Chronic Diseases
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