THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1906. If. JT M'LEftN IS READY Big Fellow Will Leave for Stockton. NASHVILLE WANTS CASTRO St. Louis Experts Regard Xordyke, the Former Tiger, as the Big Baseball Discovery of the Season. I.rry McLean trill bid poodby to his JrlenJ this nfternoon and take the even I up trnln pouth. for the bip fellow Intends to report to the Portland club its noon ay possible. Mrs. McLean Is beinjr taken car of by friends with whom shi- is to ko to a near-by health r!Srt in a few days, and the blp fel lw hus urninped to leave tonlRh'L. larry says he Is In fine shape at present, as ne has been worklnpr out hfrt for several days, and expects to start off on the rlht foot when the f Sfen opens at Fresno. He will net to Stockton in time to participate in the frames there Saturday and Sunday. Castro Sends Terms to Nashville. Ietiis Castro has sent his terms to tH Nashville team in the Southern X."br:u iti response to a request from the manager of that club, who Informs ttro that his release can be secured f-m Kansas City. In case Nashville tos not accept th1 terms sent, Castro may not play bail this season at all, fr he is thinking seriously of accept ing a position offered him In Portland. Lew Nordyk Is nailed as the find of the season by the St. Iouis experts nmr with the Americans in the South. Thy rlnlm that the ex-Tipcr has dis placed Tom Jones from any considera tion fr the first sack position for the coming season. Glowing accountu are also being sft from New York each day rela tive to the performances of Bobby Koefe and Jimmy Whplon, who arc with the American Leaguers. Ginnts in Jianl Luck. The New York Giants arc experi encing the hard luck which was the lot of the Americans last Spring, for sev eral of McGraw's star players are on the sick list, and Mike Donlin, the re eakitrant. has again essayed one of his periodicals and cut up such a rempus that he was suspended, but on nfs promise to the manager he was reinstated with the Infliction of a slight fine. The great Christy Mat thewson is confined to a cot in one of the hospitals at the training quarters and is said to be suffering from diph theria. At any rate he is a very sick max and the chances are that it will be midseason before he can work with the champions. Several other members f the world's champions are on the disabled list and the prospects are not lright for them at this stage of the game. Advocates of Griffith's aggregation are Jubilant at the misfortunes befall ing the McGrawjtes, for they remem ber cortnin instances of gloating on the part of John T. Brush and others f the National League team, when tta American club was experiencing marc than its share of nard luck at tnc opening of the 190S season. One Eastern sporting authority picks the tw leagues one. two, three as follows: American Cleveland, New York Chi cago: National Pittsburg, Chicago, New Tork. Walla Walla Figures 4 on Team. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. March 26. Special.) At a meeting of business men f Walla. Walla this afternoon the pro posal of accepting a membership In the Northwest Baseball League came up for consideration. W. II. Lucas, president of the league, was present, and Informed them that it would require the sum of ?&'".) properly to equip and start the team out. A committee was appointed to fop what oonld be done toward raising the neces sary funds, and will report some time tomorrow. Umpires Tor Coast League. JAN FRANCISCO. March 26. Eu gene Bert, president of the Pacific Coast Baseball League, today an nounced the appointment of the fol lowing umpires: Fred Perrlne, James McDonald and llill Knell. SMITH GETS TWO FALLS. .Accepts Challenges or Two Other Wrestlers to Contest. ORBGON CITY. Or.. March 26. (Spe-rtaD-Charlcs (Strangler) Smith, of Port land, tonight defeated Robert Jackson, of this city, in a wrestling bout at the Ar mory. The contest was the best two in tfcrcc falls, for a side bet of 5100 and the gate receipts. Jackson secured the first fall In 1R minutes. Smith taking the next two falls in six and two minutes, respect ively. Two hundred persons witnessed the contest. The main event was pre ceded by a wrestling bout, also a two round boxing contest by local lads. Smith accepted the challenges of W. A Gordon, of North Yakima, and Conduc tor Simmons, of Milwaukle. Qr.. and is sued a challenge to Jackson, agreeing to sign articles for any amount to throw him Ave times within an hour or forfeit the purse. Smith weighed 1 pounds to night, while Jackson weighed 170. .Ed Rolchncr. of this city, was the referee. THREE JOCKEYS RULED OUT Discipline for Causing Favorite to Lose Race at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. March 26. The stew ards today 'completed their Investigation of the steeplechase at City Park, March 3. In which the favorite. Judge Nolan, was beaten, and as a result of the inquiry ruled Steeplechase Jockeys McClure, Mc Aullffc and E. Miller off the turf. Re sults: Hlf mile Tom Dolun won. Splon c otS. King Leopold third; time. 0:48 -3. Five nd a half furlong Broad Wjtg won. Cllqu recond. Silent "Water third, ttra. 1:01-5. Six furlong Annie Berry won. Pulque second. DundaJl third: time. l:lfi. Pteeplecnane. short coure Lights Out won. Bank Holiday second, Judge Nolan third; time. 3:02 2-5. Six rurlongs J. Ed Grille won. Jimmy Maher tecond, America, II third; time, 1 14S-5. Mile Envoy won. The Gleam second, Betllndian third; time. 1:40 1-5. Seven furlongc Granada won. Ruth W. ttcood. Ferronlere third; -time. 1:273-5. At Xcw Orleans Fair Grounds. N'Efr ORLEANS. March 26. Fair Grounds race results: Sir fBrloaa-a Electric Spark won. Bone brake second, Lythellat third: time, 1:14 25. Six farloBgs Enverite won, Shenandoah con. Arabo third; time. 1:14 1.3. Kile and a sixteenth Blennenwerth won, WhHwoorwill second. Footlights Favorite thlra; time, 1:47 1-8. Haa&tasp, wvb Juries--The- Freml&a won, Loglstell second. Columbia Girl third: time, 1:21. Six furlong Security won. Peter Ma thanle second. J. C Clem third; time, 1:13. Mile and an eighth Lemon Girl won. Don't Ask Me second. King of the Valley third; time. 1:54 4-5. At Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO. March 26. Not a fa vorite won at Oakland today, but a num ber of long shots came under the wire first. The failure of the racers picked by the talent was attributed to the heavy track. Results: Five furlongs Meada. won. Ethel Barry more second, Little Buttercup third; time, 1:03 4- Four and a half furlongs Doc Craig won. Clements second. Our Anna third: time. 0;57 Mile and a sixteenth Cardinal Sarto won. The Lady Rohesia second. Easy Street third; time. l:52H. Mile and a half Dufty Miller won. Har bor second. Leila Hill third; time. 2:39;. Five and a half furlongs Judge won. St. Francis second. Entre Nous third; time. 1:10. Dirk Wilson second. Two Bills third; time. 1:10. WJI1TMAX TEAM IS CRIPPLED Three Star Men Arc Expelled for Hazing. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla. Wash.. March 26.-r(Special. The expul sion of Ora Holdman. Carl Hall and Rob ert Fancher. Friday, for hazing will make a big hole in the Whitman College track team. Holdman was a star vaulter and good jumper, and Fanchcr a point-winner In the long-distance runs, while Hall, al though a new man. was training hard for the mile run, in which Whitman is very deficient. Three days ago there was serious talk of giving up the track altogether. The loss of Captain Jim Hill, several weeks ago, was the first blow. Then came the expulsion of Holdman. Hall and Fancher and the threatened departure of Frank Dimlck. hammer-thrower, and Phllbrook, high-jumper. Alpha Cox. who sprinted the 100 yards In 10 fiat twice last year, declared. If they left, he would go Into baseball and drop the track. Then Dimlck concluded to stay, so did Phllbrook. and now it looks like a fighting chance for victory over Idaho and Pullman In May. Handicap Handball. In the Multnomah Club handicap handball tournament, which opened last night, Zan and Huesner defeated Bildreback and Laltllaw (handicap 13), 21-5 and 21-$. Tonight Holladay and Harrigan will meet Dunne and Wlck ersham. McMillan and Bailey will con test with Stipe and Goodwin. T FIVE ARRESTED FOR ENTER PRISE BANK FRAUDS. Accused of Complicity With Cashier Clark, the Suicide, Jn Stealing Funds of Depositors. PITTSBURG. March 26. Five arrests were made today as a result of the failure of the Enterprise National Bank of Alle gheny, which suddenly closed Its doors last October, after the sensational suicide of Its cashier, T. Lee Clark. The arrests today were made by Deputy United States Marshals, who took Into custody Forest B. Nichols, private secretary to William H. Andrews; Charles Menzner. George B. Ralston and E. P. McMillan, employes of the Enterprise Bank, and George E. Cook, alleged partner of Clark In several real estate deals. A warrant was also issued for Thomas Harvey, former paying teller of the bank, but he has not been placed under arrest as he could not be found. The charges are certifying checks drawn upon the bank by persons who had not sufficient funds on deposit with the bank to meet the checks drawn and so certi fied: conspiring with an officer of the bank, who Is not named, to abstract and wilfully apply unlawfully money, funds and credits or the bank, and making false entries in the books to defraud the bank. In all there are 68 counts against the six men. WATER IN GAS STOCK Revelations on How JVcw York Trust Works. From the Oregonian, April 4. 1W5. Nearly 5.OO0.OO0.OW of the 13.OW.000.000 feet of gas supplied to consumers in New York City by the Consolidated Gas Company last year was purchased from the New Amsterdam and other gas companies at the rate of from 2S to 40 cents per 10CK) cu bic feet. This fact was brought out to day during the examination of Benjamin A. Whiteley, assistant secretary of the Consolidated Gas Company, before the legislative committee which is inquiring into the lighting conditions in that city. The Consolidated Gas Company supplies gas to consumers at $1 per 1000 cubic feet. Robert A. Carter, secretary of the com pany, who followed Mr. u..leley on the stand, was asked to -explain what disposi tion had been made of the S20.OW.O00 which was realized when the capital stock of the company was Increased from JSO,K0.000 to J100.000.000. He replied that It nad been used for "construction purposes." By re ferring to a statement which had been prepared for the committee, however. Mr. Hughes found that nearly J12.0CO.OOO of this sum had been Invested in corporated stock of the City of New York at a low rate of Interest, while the stockholders were being paid interest on the sum at the rate of 6 per cent. Mr. Carter ex plained that this was done because the company might need the money at any time and wanted to have it available. He did not know that it would be wanted in three months, or even in stx months, however. "Meantime, you are paying 6 per cent on this J12.O00.000 out of the profits of the company and charging up those payments as part of the expenses of gasmaklng?" said Mr. Hughes. "Precisely." replied the witness: The examination of Henry M. Edwards, auditor of the .New York Edison Com pany, developed the fact that, while the actual value of the properties owned by the Edison Company at the time of con solidation with the Consolidated Gas Com pany was approximately 519.500.000. the company had outstanding stock and bond issues aggregating 564.000,000. Practlcal Puzzle Problem. American Miller. Here are the conditions of a. first-rate puzzle problem. A man has a steel stack at his factory W feet high. It needs painting. There is no ladder to the top and no apparent means of getting there except by baloon. This was the problem presented to a Western millowner, and he solved It In the foll6wing ingenious way: A rude parachute, slightly smaller than the Internal diameter of the stack, was constructed; to tHls a pail filled with light fishing line was attached, and then the parachute was shoved up In the stack until It passed the draft opening from the "boilers. The hot gases caught It and rushed the whole contrivance up and out of the top of the stack In a jiffy, the fishing line in the meantime paying out as the pail rose, so that one end remained at the bottom of the chimney and the oth er fell to the ground outside with ,the pall. By means of this line a. heavier rope with a hook to catch over the rim of the" top was sent up, and with this the painter .mi able ts. eorapiete the job. NORTHWEST IN LEAD Railroad Construction for Cur rent Year. WHAT RAILWAY AGE SAYS Mileage Under Construction or Con tract In the Oregon Country, Ex ceeds Two Thousand, Ac cording to Statistics. For the first time In a good many years the Northwest is among the most favored sections of the country In regard to rail way constructions as Is shown in the sta tistics compiled by the railroad publica tions. There is great activity all oer the country in raflroad building, and not for years has the outlook been so favor able. While there was a total of 7600 miles under contract a year ago. 6000 miles of which was completed, ready for opera tion in IMS. there are already over 18,000 miles of new railroad under contract for 16, or actually under construction, while the live projects aggregate 5,433 miles, ac cording to advance proofs of the Railway Ago. The forthcoming Issue of that publica tion will say: "The center of interest for the next few years will be the West and extreme Northwest, where so many Important extensions are being built in the interests of the large Western sys tems. The mileage in the Northwestern states, either under construction or con tract, totals 2321 miles, while live projects amount to 1200 miles. "While over 2600 miles are under con tract In the States of Washington. Oregon. Idaho. Montana and Wyoming, it Is Im possible to say what percentage of this mileage will be completed during the pres ent year. Tho building operations will , be very, active and will be watched with great Interests for this section or tna country furnishes the stage for the var ious conflicts between the Hill and Harrl man Interests. "The mild weather has made possible the continuation of construction work throughout the Winter in many sections of the country, and if the promise of an early Spring Is realized, contractors will be enabled to get an earlier start than usual in the North and Northwest, where the forces are being mustered pre paratory to beginning the work of grad ing and where active operations soon will be under way. "If the new mileage of 19M does not exceed that of 1905 it will be on account of the inability to secure the labor nec essary to push operations with the speed desired and the difficulty of obtaining track material from the steelmllls." ALFALFA FOR EXPERIMENTS Shipments Made Which the Southern Pacific Will Sow. Advices have been received by Paul Shoup. assistant general freight agent for the Harrlman lines, that the SOD pounds of alfalfa seed to be supplied by the Government for the tests In alfalfa growing to be made through out the Willamette Valley by the railroads, has been shipped from the Bureau of Plant Industry of the De partment of Agriculture and should ar rive today or tomorrow. The feed is sent out by franked mall and the let ter was received here from C V. Piper, agrostologist. The shipments, which includes seed of many varieties, follows: 400 pounds from Billings, Mont; 100 pounds. Chi nook. Mont.; 220 pounds. Utah; 40 pounds, Turkestan, and 40 pounds. Ar gentine. Alfalfa was first grown In Turkestan, whence It was Introduced into Europe. Spaniards took it to Chill and In 1S34 It was brought to Califor nia. I The Government will also ship 20 loads of Inoculated soil tor planting tne experimental tracts and requests that half an acre of each of the 23-acrc farms be sown without inoculation and the results carefully noted to deter mine the value of inoculation. The seed will be sowed In all the ground leased by the railroads by April 13. and bul letins on the results of the experiments will be Issued from time to time. ASSISTANT TO GENERAL AGENT R. W. Foster, of the Burlington Line, Is Promoted. R. W. Foster, city passenger agent for the Burlington, has been promoted to the position of assistant to General Agent A. C. Sheldon to succeed H. W. Goddard. who resigned early this month. Mr. Foster Is one of the best- known railroad men in the state and has been with the Burlington for the past 13 years, having worked his way up through many different positions. The place to wnlch he succeeds is an Important one, as the territory covered by the local office Includes Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho. British Columbia and Alaska. Agencies at the principal cities of the Northwest re port to the Portland office. Mr. Foster is well known in railroad circles throughout the Northwest and has many friends who will learn of his pro motion with pleasure. Edward Ostrander, soliciting freight agent for the Burlington, becomes con tracting freight agenL Mr. Ostrander has held his present position for the .past sir years and has been In the railroad business for nearly 20 years. His position will be filled by C. V. Cow den, "who has been In the Burlington office for some time past and Is a young man of ability. Paul Wagner has been .promoted to succeed Mr. Cow- en. Jl ruccfeKor to Mr. Wapxer has J 1 I K-' 'SESKa t HHB'i-jjHIilHHHH " l R. W. Fetcr, BarllBgioa Official. 4 not yet been named. All the appoint ments become effective April 1 and were made- by A. C Sheldon, general agenL Surveying the Idaho Northern. WEISER. Idaho. March 25. (Special.) A surveying corps of 15 men. in charge of Engineers Jewell and Luck, left here this morning for the Salmon River, to begin thework of surveying the route of the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railway to the north. The work will be taken up where It was stopped last Winter by the cold weather. It Is stated the survey will be continued north to a connection with the Northern Pacific, somewhere in the neighborhood of Grangevllle. A number of contracts for grading work have, already been let by Vice-President and General 'Manager Helgho. of the Pa cific & Idaho Northern, and work will be begun as soon as the snow melts off suffi ciently to permit of It. Takes Position in Seattle. Stuart J. Harder, stenographer in the Great Northern office, left yester day for Seattle, whero he will become secretary to H. M. Adams, assistant traffic manager of the Great Northern. Mr. Harder Is the son of William Har der, general agent. His place will be filled in the local office by S. A. Withers. Will Extend Rate on Junk. The Northern Pacific freight depart ment will soon publish an extension of the rate of 12 cents on the 100 pounds on Junk In carloads having a minimum of 30.003 pounds between Seattle and Portland, making It apply to Seattle and Vancouver. RAILWAY HOSPITAL FUND COMMITTEE AND PRESIDENT FULLER WILL CONTINUE IT. City Will Be Districted, With Phy sician in Each Section for Benefit of Employes. President F. I. Fuller, of tho Portland Railway Company, met last night with committees from the different branches of the service to consider a moro equitable disposition of the hospital fund collected by monthly payments of 50 cents by each man In the employ of the company. About 20 representatives gathered in the presi dent's office and the question was dis cussed at some length. The conclusion reached was the determination to con tinue the present system with some modi fications for a time at least, and If any better method Is found a change will bo made. The principal change in the present system Is the appointment of a physi cian in each district who will give medical attendance to the men who need It. At present the company has one physician on the West Side of the river. When men are Injured in East Portland they find themselves too far from the company's doctor to avail themselves of his serv ices. As a doctor will be appointed for each bam, five physicians will hereafter look after the employes of the company when they require medical attendance. Practically the same change was made with regard to medicines. The drug store patronized by the company is located on the West Side and one drug store in each district may hereafter be used by the men in purchasing medicine, where it will be charged against the hospital ac count of the company. Although Information has always been freely given at any time as to the amount on hand In the hospital fund. It was de cided last night that a statement should be made each month so that all employes may know withour making Inquiry how the fund stands. The money contributed by the men Is used for the benefit of those who fall sick or are Injured In service. It Is collected by the company and expended for tha benefit of the employes, and has been maintained for a long time. One man in the employ of the company has paid into the fund for the past 14 years. Some who contribute do not realize as much benefit from It as others, but It Is a great help to hose who are sick or Injured, and it was the consensus of opinion last night that It ought to be maintained. There was complete harmony between President Fuller and the committees, as the only Interest the company has In the fund Is Its administration and the desire to promote the welfare and health of Its employes. It was decided to continue the present system, with sllflht modifications, for the next two months, when further changes will be made If desired. Railway Personals. LeRoy Tucker, traveling passenger agent for the Great Northern, got back yesterday from a stay of two weeks on the Sound. K. B. Miller, general freight agent for the O. R. & N.. returned last night from the Sound, where he went Sunday. Mr. Miller Inspected the Condon branch late last week. Assistant General Passenger Agent A. D. Charlton, of the Northern Pa cific, left Chicago last night for Port land, after spendlg a week with his mother, who Is III. J. Couch Flanders, counsel for the Portland & Seattle Railroad Company, Is In St. Paul, conferring with the Hill officials on the legal aspects of the entry of the new road Into Portland. M. J. Roche, traveling passenger agent for the Denver & Rio Grande, reached Portland yesterday after spending the week on the Sound. He also visited Spokane. E. B. Duffy, tra veling freight agent for the same road, arrived home yesterday from a trip to Condon. F. L Fuller, president of the Port land Railway Company, yesterday placed an order" with the Lorain Steel Works, Lorain; O., for 250 tons of 87 pound, grooved rails for uso on paved streets of the city. The steel will bo used in relaying city tracks during the Summer as well as on extensions planned by the company. General Passenger Agent A. L. Craig, of the Harrlman lines, returned last night from a trip through the Willam ette Valley. While away he made a trip to Yaqulna Bay over th Corvallls & Eastern to get In touch with the situation there regarding beach travel. The Southern Pacific handles a large business each Summer from the Valley to Albany and Corvallls, where passen gers take the Corvallls & Eastern to the Coast. Imtermtional Ccarteiy. Life. The three physicians who attended Baron Komura must have been thorough ly disappointed to have him gt well on their hands Just when they were all In disagreement as to what fatal disease was bothering him. Doctors should be careful not to leave such an eminent patient long enough to have him victimize them In this manner. Especially should they have been mora careful in the case of a Jap who has shown his skill In eluding the enemy. This leads to the reflection that in these piping times of peace no man of wealth is really safe with so many eminent specialists lying in wait. Some measure of international courtesy should obtain, however, for the benefit of visitors from foreign parts. Perhaps an ad valorem duty laid on all operations, or diagnoses, performed on distiagulahed guests might bs effective. E 01 TARIFF Present Not a Proper Time for Readjustment. DINGLEY LAW IS GOOD People, Declares Chairman or House Committee. Have Not Forgotten the Disaster Following the Changes Made In 1890. CHICAGO, March 26. What may bo regarded as the final pronouncement against tariff revision at the present session or Congress Is contained in a letter from Chairman Payne, of tho House ways and means committee, in reply to a communication sent to him by Representative McCall. on behalf of the Massachusetts delegation In Congress. Mr. Payne first calls attention to tho method by which the tariff legislation must be brought about by a concur rent view of the majority of the party In power. He next points out that this concurrent view does not exist. The House, he says. Is divided Into groups of members, each group favoring the modification of different schedules, while ne says a majority of the Re publicans In the House do not believe that there should be any change at all. He declares that the people have not forgotten tho disaster which followed the tariff changes of 1S90, and con cludes with the following reasoning: "Congress Is not prepared to review the tariff schedules In that calm, judi cial frame of mind so necessary in the preparation of a tariff act at a time so near the coming Congressional elec tions. The Dlngiey bill was the most successful ever enacted. Jts political results were, so evident to the country during the IS months that elapsed be tween its passage and the next election that the people have continued the pol icy of that bill to the present day. It would bo unfortunate should any pre cipitate action In tho future result in a temporary reversal In the policy of protection in the United States. "While it is true that some improve ments could well be made In the rates under the Dlngiey law. It was possibly as free of defects at the time of Its pas sage as any new law which could be en acted. During the nine years of its op eration the country has enjoyed prosper ity unparalleled, a prosperity which at the present time Is simply marvelous. We may well hesitate to take any chance of Interrupting the business of the country by a general revision of the tariff. anC we should never enter upon it until we are satisfied that such a revision will ac complish results far outweighing any well-grounded apprehension of business depression and consequent fatal results which would come even temporarily from such revision. "I cannot, therefore, agree with your delegation that it would be politic at the present session to enter upon a considera tion of the tariff with a view to read justment. While this Is my individual opinion. I have reason to feel that It Is the Judgment of the majority of the mem bers of the committee on ways and means." ODD USES FOR MEN'S HATS A Receptacle for Tobacco, an Aviary and an Icebox. Tit-Bits. Many Londoners will remember a ven erable man who, a year or so back, used to walk the streets wearing a large hat. on the ribbon of which was written a Scriptural text. The late E. P. Whipple, the American lecturer and essayist, used to tell of a parson of his acquaintance who every Saturday was wont to apprise his parishioners of the following day's sermon by walking abroad in a white hat on which was printed the text he had chosen. An eccentric LIverpudian has, converted his top hat Into a perfect smoker's vade mecum. The Inside Is most Ingeniously supplied with an invention of his own. so constructed that it will contain a dozen cigars, a packet of cigarettes, tobacco, pipes, a cigarholder and matches. Tiiere is, of course, the drawback of weight, while on one occasion the matches acci dentally ignited, to the man's consterna tion and to the utter amazement of the bystanders, who thought to behold a gen uine case of spontaneous combustion. Spontaneous combustion, by the way, was the terror that haunted a Norfolk man, who, to guard against such an even tuality, had his hat supplied with a small tank which, on a string being pulled, would empty Its contents over his person. On more than one occasion, on his being seized with panic, was his invention put Into operation, until, on his developing further and not such harmless eccen tricities, he waa removed to an asylum. Equally inventive was a certain Munich doctor, who. holding that an equable heat was necessary for the brain, caused to be constructed on the top of his hat a small metal chamber to contain ice in the Sum mer and hot water In the Winter. A small thermometer projecting through the side of the headgear enabled Its wearer to as certain the interior temperature. Although it could not vie In size with the hat of Quanglc Wangle Quee. which Is Immortalized in one of Edmund Lear's nonsense books as being the resort of all the fowls of tho air, that worn by a Viennese eccentric which was construct ed In tho form of a miniature aviary hold ing some dozen small birds, was assured ly out of the common. With this cover ing on his head he used to walk the streets until, his presence cnuBtng ob struction , to the traffic, his perambula tions were Interdicted by the authorities. Three Assistants for Bowers. SAN FRANCISCO. March 26. H". C. Bowers, of Portland, will manage the new Falrmount Hotel. This was decid ed at a meeting with the Law brothers today. He will have a staff of three assistant managers. rtheBabj Have you ever used Mellin's Food? If not, drop us a line aslring about it. 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