4 THE 3IORXIKG--. OREGOXIAX,- TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1906. BACK TO THE HOUSE Conferees Will Decide on the Changes in Rate Bill. WILL BE GIVEN FREE HAND Acceptance of Allison Amendments Assured, but Provision Slaking Pipe Lines Common Carriers may Be Eliminated. WASHINGTON. May 21. The railroad rate bill was considered for three hours tonight by the House committee on inter state and foreign commerce and the de cision reached to recommend disagree ment to all of the Senate amendments and to send the bill to conference. The committee will not ask that Instructions of any character be given to the House conferees. There was no disposition to criticize the amendment conferring Jurisdiction on the courts to review orders made by the In terstate Commerce Commission, for in the House committee as well as in the Senate many members contended that the bill as it was passed by the House gave that authority to the courts. This amend ment and others, which collectively are known as the Allison compromise, un doubtedly will be agreed to by the House con f erees. The amendment which gave the House committee the greatest concern tonight was that making pipe lines common car riers, which the committee thought in consistent with the amendment prohibit ing common carriers from producing com modities carried by them. Formal action was not had on any of the amendments, and therefore the House conferees likely will be left free to exercise their, best Judgment. WILL OPPOSE BIG BATTLESHIP Some Senators Doubt Wisdom of Du plicating Dreadnaught. WASHINGTON, May 21. The naval programme providing- for the con struction of one great battleship of tonnage equal to any afloat or now building will meet opposition In the Senate, but not of such stubborn char acter. It Is thought, as to endanger its pasasge. Several members of the Senate committee on naval affairs have ex pressed themselves as opposed to the building of "the great unwieldy type of the Dreadnaught." now being constructed for the navy of Great Britain. These men have announced that they will ex press their doubt, although they have not determined to record their votes against the policy of the Administra tion. The battleship proposed. In some fea tures will be greater than the Dread naught. The tonnage must be as great ns the biggest battleship now planned. This Is estimated at about 20.000 tons. Its speed must be at least 21 knots, and its draught will be about 28 feet. It is In the armament that It will surpass the Dreadnaught. According to the plans for the giant defender for the British navy. It will have 10 12-inch guns. .Chairman . Foes, of the House committee on naval affairs, said the battleship of the United States should have 12 12-inch guns. The South Carolina and Michigan, plans for which have recently been completed, are the biggest ships now authorized for the United States Navy, and they will have eight 12-lnch guns. The naval appropriation bill will not be taken up by the Senate committee until the last of the week. Hearings will not be had. so that it should be reported to the Senate by Monday next. SIGNS TREATY WITH MEXICO Hoot Arranges for Division of Water of Rio Grande. "WASHINGTON, May 21. Secretary Root, for the United States, and Am bassador Casasus, for the Mexican Government, today signed a treaty regulating the use of the waters of the Rio Grande, which. If approved by the Senate, will remove what has been for Ij years past a source of friction In- the relations of the two countries. For almost a century the Mexicans living along the lower river have made large use of Its waters for the pur pose, of Irrigating their lands. But in recent yeura private companies on the upper waters . in the United States have, by the construction of wing dams, diverted a large part of the water to this side of the river. The Mexicans have preferred claims for the damage sustained, but so far with out success. Now the plans of the reclamation service have made it cer tain that practically all of the water will be retained on American soil un less some proper scheme of division can be arranged. The construction of the J7. 000,000 dam across the Rio Grande at Engel, N. M., brought the matter to a climax and led to nego tiations between the two countries which culminated in the treaty signed today.' ALASKA RAILROAD BILL FAILS Williams Condemns Exemption From Taxes and Succeeds. WASHINGTON. May 21. Decided op position developed today in the House of Representatives against the passage of the bill to extend the time for the com pletion of the Alaskan Central Railway. Williams, of Mississippi, Insisted that the bill was obnoxious because It ex empted the property from license tax and tax on Its railway during the period of construction and for five years there after. He believed that every individual as well as every corporation should pay hi proportionate share of the tax burden. Powers, of Maine, insisted that the bill was a good business proposition. . The yeas and nays were ordered and the bill was defeated, yeas 109, nays 60, present 25, two-thirds not having voted in its favor. HOUSE PASSES MANY BILLS Twenty-Two Slip Through Obstruc tions Offered by Williams. WASHINGTON, May a. Notwithstand ing that the leader of the minority, "Wil liams, of Mississippi, Insisted upon the presence of a quorum throughout the day, delaying as much as he could the orderly procedure of legislation, the House today passed 22 bills, six Senate and 16 House measures. Among the bills" passed were a number In which the country has spec ial Interest, .Including the following: To rogulate "enlistments and punish ments In the United States revenue cutter service. To authorise additional aids to naviga tion In the lighthouse establishment. To amend, section 6 of an act entitled "n act-to define and fix the standard value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States to refund the public debt and for other proposed legislation," approved March 14. 1900. The omnibus bill, authorizing additional aid to navigation In the lighthouse estab lishment; was passed, Mann of Illinois explaining that, while the bill carried no appropriation. It carried authorizations which would be provided for in one of the appropriation bills. The Improvements authorized to be made, with the money amounts, were published a few days ago. The total amount of authorizations car ried by the bill is J15.313.S00, but in the totals given are included approximately (300,000, for which appropriations already have been made. The following bills were also passed: Prohibiting shanghaiing In the United States. Authorizing the sale and disposition of surplus or unallotted land of the .Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation. In the State of Idaho, and for other purposes. Providing for the disposition of certain property in the Territory of Hawaii. Providing for the manner of selecting and empaneling Juries In the territories of the United States. APPROPRIATION FOR CANAL Sums Asked of Congress for Each Item of Expense. WASHINGTON, May 21. The detailed estimates for all expenses incident to the construction of the Panama Canal for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1907, were sent to the House today by Secretary Taft. The estimates aggregate J28.S48.281. They are contained under five heads, and are given In such detail as to occupy 20 printed pages. The subdivisions are aa follows: Salaries of members, officers and em ployes of the Isthmian Canal Commission, $284,260-,' Incidental expenses. Including rents; cable and telegraph service, sup plies, .stationery and printing, and travel ing expenses In the United States, J133, 854; pay of officers, employes and other than skilled and unskilled labor on the Isthmus, $3,915,398; for skilled labor on the isthmus. $5,593,020; for unskilled labor on the isthmus. $4148,459; for purchase and delivery of material, supplies and equip ment for the Isthmus of Panama, $10, 374,511: to authorize the loan to the Pan ama Railroad Company, under the terms expressed in the act of Congress of Feb ruary 27, 1906, for the purchase and de livery of new equipment and improve ments, $1,250,000: for miscellaneous ex penditures, cable and telegraph service, stationery and printing and traveling and Incidental expenses on the isthmus, $648, 670; total, $26,348,218. SUBSIDY FOR OCEANIC LINE Senate Committee Provides for It In Postal Appropriation. WASHINGTON, May 21. The postofflce appropriation bill will take care of the oceanic service In the manner provided by the ship subsidy bill, which passed the Senate but apparently Is sidetracked In the House. The Senate committee on postoffices and post roads, believing that there is no chance for the shipping bill to pass at this session, has taken from that measure this subsidy provision: From a port of the Pacific Coast of the United States, via Hawaii and the 8amoan Islands to Australasia, on steamships of the United States of not less than" 16 knots spend for a service once In three weeks at a maximam compensation not exceeding $217, 000 a year. In addition to the compensation now provided under the existing contract for ocean mall service between this country and foreign ports. Under the shipping bill there were 11 routes subsidized, but the oceanic service Is the only one in existence that the com mittee says absolutely demands at this time compensation In additions that pro vided by existing contracts. The commit tee expects to conclude Its consideration of the bill next Thursday and report It to the Senate. STATEHOOD BILL AS RIDER Senate May Admit Oklahoma and Indian Territory. WASHINGTON, May 21. There has been a revival of the question as to whether the bill for the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as it passed the Senate will be made a rider. on an appropriation bill. This talk has been going on for some time, but was given more attention today' because the propo sition was broached by one of the close friends of the President. But no sugges tion of this kind was made by the Presi. dent, so It was stated. The President is anxious that a statehood bill shall be passed In some form. It Is said, but has made no suggestion as to the method of securing action. Dragons for American Consuls. WASHINGTON, May 21. Richard T. Greenor, former commercial agent at Vladivostok, has received through the State Department the -order of the double dragon, tllrd class, from the Chinese Em peror, for "services rendered distressed Chinese subjects during the late war. The decoration was withheld until, by reason of his retirement from the Gov ernment service. Mr. Greenor was able to accept It. Under the same conditions a similar decoration has been awarded to Dr. Grade, ex-Consul at Amoy, and John Goodnow, ex-Consul at Shanghai. Batch of Consuls Appointed. . WASHINGTON. May 21. The President sent to the Senate today the following nominations: - Consuls-General Louis H. . Ayme. Illi nois, at IJsbon, Portugal; Leo Allen Ber holf. New York, at Canton,- China; "Wil liam T. Fee, Ohio, at Mukden, China; Julius G. ; Lay. District -of 'Colombia, at Cape Town. Cape .of Good Hope;. Ernest A. Man. Florida, at Copenhagen. Consul-General Charles Eberhard Kansas, at Iquitos, Peru. Commissioner-General of Immigration Frank P. Sargent, minds. - No Agreement on Statehood, v WASHINGTON, May 21. Another meet ing of the statehood conferees was held today without result, so far as reaching a conclusion Is concerned. The Senate conferees have submitted a basis of com promise, which Is understood to be on what Is generally known as the Foraker amendment, namely to allow the people of New Mexico and Arizona to express them selves on the statehood question, at, a special -election for that purpose. Senate Passes Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON. May 21. Tha legisla tive, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was passed by the Senate today with in three hours from Its reading. It car ries appropriations aggregating $29,815,259, an increase of $69,345 oer the amount re ported to the Senate. A number of un important measures were passed and at 3:30 o'clock consideration was given to pension bills." ; Settlers' Relief Bill Signed. WASHINGTON, May 21. The President today signed Senator Fulton's bill per mitting settlers on land within conflict ing limits of the Northern Pacific grant between Portland and Wallula to retain title to the same, the Northern Pacific to be allowed to make an indemnity selec tion in lieu of these lands, such selections to be confined to the state In which the Oregon holdings are located. I ' Archaeological Institute Founded. WASHINGTON, "May' 21. The Senate bill incorporating the Archaeological In stitute of America, passed the House today. SMOTHERED !fJ MUD Villages Around Vesuvius Meet Fate of Pompeii. LOSS OF LIFE UNKNOWN Whole Population In Panic and Au thorities Powerless to Stay Black Flood Brought Down by Torrents of Rain. NAPLES, May 22. (Special.) Neighbor ing towns and cities are panic-stricken, and hundreds are fleeing from the mud torrents of Mount "Vesuvius. It has been raining heavily here for several days, and a deluge of water has undermined the shaken earth all along the precipitous sides of the volcano. Yesterday floods of mud :began streaming down the slopes upon the neighboring cities and villages nestling at the foot of the mountain. Thousands of dollars in property are already destroyed, houses are Inundated and traffic on all 'nearby railroads -Is In terrupted. It is reported that many lives have been lost, but the panlcmong the peas ants Is so far uncontrolled that all ef forts to find out casualties have been abandoned until quiet is again estab lished. ' ; The authorities and military are power less. It Is impossible to check the tor rent of mud, and further devastation Is hourly expected. WHY DID KAISER LOSE HEAD? Was Warned of Triple Alliance Re garding Morocco. NAPLES, May 21. The Matin today publishes an Interview with Foreign Minister Jrinettl, in which Signor Prinettl says that In February, 1901, when Mar quis Vlscontl Venosta banded over the Foreign Office portfolio to him, he dis closed the existence of an agreement among Italy, France and Great Britain concerning co-operation In the Meditter anean, and explaining . that the agree ment had not been communicated to Germany. Signor Prinettl, seeing that difficulties might arise from the omission, took the first opportunity and made a statement before the Chamber of Deputies in 1902. The German Ambassador, Count von Wedel, immediately called upon him at the Foreign Office, asking for particulars, and Signor Prinettl read to him the text of the agreement recognizing France as the preponderating interested country in Morocco and Italy In Tripoli. In May, 1902, Signor Prinettl renewed the triple alliance without difficulty, In spite 'of the agreement. In September, 1902, he met Chancellor von uuelow in Berlin, who spoke of the agreement aa a new guarantee of peace. Therefore, ac cording to Signor Prinettl, the German resentment displayed after the recent Al geciras conference la inexplicable. SHOT DOli IN DARKNESS CONSUL- STUATlT AMBUSHED BY ASSASSINS NEAR BATOUM. - No Cause of Crime Known, for AH Races Respected Him Mur . alerer Flees in Safety. BATOUM, Trans-Caucasia, May 21. Vice-Consul W. H. Stuart, representing the United States here, who was- killed last night, was a British subject, and one of the largest shipbrokers and ex porters of Batoum. During the revolu tionary troubles last Fall his life was manv times threatened by longshoremen. and a Christmas deputation visited Mr. Stuart's office and praotlcally compelled him to give $1500 under the guise of a holiday gratuity for dock laborers. Mr. Stuart, having dined at the house of a friend, was returning to his coun try place at Mansladjanl, five miles from Batoum. He was fired on twice from a clump of trees half a mile from his home, one bullet piercing his leg and an other his breast. Mr. Stearne, the British Vice-Consul at Novo Rosslsk, who was a guest at Mr. Stuart's house, hearing the shooting, hurried out with the servants and found Mr. Stuart lying on the ground bleed ing from his wounds. He was still con scious. but said he would not be able to recognize his assassin on account of the darkness. Mr. Stuart was conveyed to a military barracks in the vicinity, where he expired two hours later. The body 'waB transported this morning to the Consulate at Batoum. Aside from the troubles during the revolutionary disturbances last Fall, Mr.. Stuart had had no friction with the na tive population. He was so generally re spected that he was on several occa sions called upon to act as Intermediary during the racial war between the Tar tars and the Armenians, saving the lives of several of the latter. Mr. ' Stuart, who was 49 years of age. spent the greater part of his life In Russia, the last 12 years in Batoum. Be sides his official connections, he had busi ness relations throughout the entire Cau cusus. He spoke several native dialects and was considered an authority on land. The police have no trace of the mur derers. WASHINGTON, May 21. The State Department received confirmation of the murder of W. H. Stuart, the Amer ican Vice-Consul at Batoum, Russia, in a dispatch from Ambassador Meyer at St. Petersburg. No details of the crime were given. Mr. Meyer, hav ing taken cognizance of the case, the State Department officials do not be lieve that It requires action at their hands at this moment. Mr. Stuart, who was killed at Batoum, was an Englishman, 49 years old, and had filled the position for about two years. At the time of his death he was Acting Consul. AGAINST IRISH INTERESTS. Gaelic League Will Not Help London Exhibition of 108. DUBLIN. May 21. Secretary O'Dealy. of the Gaelic League, today made the fol lowing statement to the Associated Press: "The executive committee of the Gaelic League repudiates the . statement circu lated In the American press that the league intends taking part In the proposed International exhibition of 1908 in London, and reiterates its former resolutions con. demnlng the proposed International exhi bition as Injurious to Irish industrial de velopment." . . Allan Line Angers Irish and Scotch. LONDON. May 21. The announcement that the Allan steamship line. In connec tion with the Canadian Pacific Railroad, has decided to abandon Moville as a port for the dispatch and reception of mail cre ates great disappointment In Ireland and Scotland, because it means a delay of a whole day for the Irish and Scotch malls. The local board of Londonderry Is try ing to get the decision altered. The Postmaster-General has Intimated "his disap proval of the Allan line decision. - DON'T TOUCH BAGDAD RAILWAY Germany Issues Warning to Britain and Russia. BERLIN, May 2L A semi-official state ment was issued today concerning the agreement - which . possibly may be ar ranged between Grea Britain and Rus sia regarding Persia, Thibet and Afghan istan. ' It says that Germany does hot wish to stand in the way of Russia or Great Britain, but, so far as the Bagdad Railway is concerned, German interests must, beyond doubt, be considered. " The Deutsche Bank has been granted a concession "for the construction of the Bagdad Railway, which is guaranteed by the German government, and neither Rus sia nor Great Britain would be able to dispose of the railway without consulting the German company owning it. LONG - DISTANCE BALLOONING Prince Jaime and Austrian Baron Will Sail 1000. Miles. NEW YORK, May 21. A cable dis patch to the Herald from London says: More remarkable than any feat of aerial navigation on reoord is the bal loon trip to be made from London this week by Prince Jaime of Bourbon and Baron Josef von Korwln. a Lieutenant in the Austrian army, in the interest of Austria. They will attempt to cross the Baltic Sea to some point in Aus tria, approximately 1000 miles. The expedition Is without parallel, the nearest approach to it being- the voy age made by Comte de la Vaulx from Paris to Kelff, ' in Russia, during the Paris Exposition. Send Address Through Ministers. ST. PETERSBURG, May 21. Count Solsky, presideiy of the upper house of Parliament, has; been notified In terms Identical with the reply to President Mouromtseft of the lower house that the address of the upper house should be pre sented to the Emperor through Baron Fredericks,' the Minister of the Imperial House. New Director of Police. " ST. PETERSBURG, May 21. S. A. Alexandrovsky, the former Russian Com mlslsoner to the St. Louis exposition, and later in charge of the Red Cross field work In Manchuria,, has been appointed director of the Police Department of the Empire. CAME WEST TO SEE HENEY ; 1 PTJTER SAYS SIRS. WATSON WAS TO ARRANGE INTERVIEW. Blames Women With Making a Mess of Negotiations Mrs. McKln ley Was Not Decoy. SAN FRANCISCO. May 2L Francis J. Heney, special prosecutor for the Gov ernment in the land-fraud cases, said to day that he had telegraphed to Oregon for a bench warrant and upon receipt of that document S. A. D. Puter, who made a sensational escape from Secret Service Agent. VUUam J.. Burns In Boston some months ago and was captured in Ala mda yesterday, would be taken to Port land. Puter said today that he came West to see Heney. He requested Mrs. E. L. Watson to arrange an interview, and when she was doing so she asked his wife and Mrs. Horace McKlnley to do it. He added that all of them made a mess of It. Puter denied that Mrs. McKlnley (Ma rie Ware) had been traveling with him. The latter has six indictments hanging over her for alleged complicity In the land fraud. Mrs. McKlnley indignantly denied the rumor that she bad decoyed Puter to his arrest, saying: "I have been living for the last few months in San Francisco and could not possibly have been traveling with Puter about the country. I became entangled in this case because I was a witness at the trial several yeara ago. but 1 have had nothing to do with the efforts of the Government to capture the fugitive." INDICTMENTS IN NEBRASKA Bankers, Government Officials and Railroad Men Accused. OMAHA, May 21. The Federal grand jury today returned a number of indict ments In connection with the alleged land frauds In Cherry County and else where In Nebraska, The charges are con spiracy to obtain Government land through fraudulent entries, subornation of perjury and similar offenses. Those against whom indictments were reported are: A. R. and A. M. Modsett. president and vice-president, and H. C. Dale, cashier, of the Stockmen's Bank of Rushvllle, and William Smoot, Govern ment farmer at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency, who are alleged to have secured 2000 acres Illegally: Earl Comstock. of Los Angeles, brother of William G. Corn stock, of the firm of Richards & Com stock; E. C. Harris, an official of the Kansas City, Menominee & Orient Rail way and R. Hudgill, a retired farmer of New Virginia, la. Several of the persons Indicted were in court when the jury re port was made, ready to give bond. POPE'S GOUT IS OBSTINATE Has Left Knee, but Anxiety Contin ues About Fever. ROME, May 22. (Special.) The Pope's illness stubbornly refuses to yield to medical treatment and anxiety over his condition Is generally Increas ing. Dr. Lapponi persists In his refusal to discuss his holiness' case, except to say that he is not at present In dan ger. Monday there were several recur rences of fever, which Is now regarded as the most menacing symptom of dis ease. ROME, May 21. When Dr. Lapponi vis ited the Pope this morning he found that the pontiff had passed good night; that the gouty pain in his knee had almost dis appeared, and that his general condition had improved. Although his temperature was slightly above normal, the doctor allowed the Pope to get up "for a few hours, but advised him not to resume his audiences until the end of the week, and even then only If he continues to make satisfactory progress. Relief in Hands of Red Cross. WASHINGTON, May 21. Red Cross au thorities In San Francisco are making preparations to take over all the relief work on the withdrawal of the Army on June 1. Tunnel to Release Prisoners. BAKU. Trans-Caucasia, May 21. The authorities here today discovered that a tunnel had been dug under the military prison. PEACE OH ISTHMUS Small Army of Marines Will Prevent Revolt. LIBERALS THREATEN WAR Taft Sends 600 Marines to Aid Zone Police in Guarding Against Dis turbance at the Election Next Month. WASHINGTON, May 21.-More than 600 marines will confront Liberal leaders on the Isthmus- of Panama In case they at tempt to promote riots and revolution at the time of the election in Panama, on June 20. Although, the canal zone Is un der the Secretary of War, there io no Indication that the War Department will have any troops near the isthmus at the time of the approaching .election, and Secretary Taft must rely upon the Marine Corps to protect the canal zone. Only 200 marines are on the isthmus at present These are under command of Major C. G. Long. More than 400 mar ines are on the Columbia, which Is on its way to Guantanamo and will be within easy call In case the politics become stormy on the isthmus. The zone police force has, been strengthened materially and is so well equipped that it Is in re ality a miniature army and is In readi ness for service at any time. Under the leadership of the well-trained marines. It is believed the police force will be able to quell any disturbances which may arise. Secretary Root and Secretary Taft have also made it clear that they will take a hand in disturbances outside of the zone, and, If the Liberals begin any movement against the present government of Pan ama it will be with full knowledge that the United States expects to Intervene In disturbances whl;h will delay the canal work or affect ft In any way . Certain Inquiries that have been di rected to Governor Magoon by dis gruntled party leaders have been fol lowed by threats of an uprising against the Amador administration. These have led Secretaries Root 'and Taft to serve notice on the malcontents that no such manifestation will be per mitted anywhere near the Canal Zone or atany place where the peace of the Zone may be threatened. To give effect to this notice, the Navy will have a suffi cient" force of marines on either side of the Isthmus to maintain order. PHILADELPHIA, May 21. The cruiser Columbia sailed from the League Island Navy-yard today under secret orders with 600 marines aboard. It Is under stood that she will go to Guantanamo, and thence to Santo Domingo. Suit Over Hop Contract. SALEM. Or., May 21. Special.) Krebs Bros, commenced action in the Circuit Court this afternoon against T. A. Lives ly & Co., to recover $4000, alleged to be due on a hop contract, made August 25, 1904,- whereby Llvesly & Co. agreed to purchase 100,000 pounds of hops from Krebs Bros, each year in 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909. 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Ashland, Or.; George O. Masters, Hood River; T. W. Riches. Silverton; William Belono and wife. Seattle: J. F. Ramacrath, San Francisco: F. J. Eldrldge, Gervais, Or.; Rebecca Hewitt. Acme, Or.: Grace Neely, Mapleton. Or.; G. M. Latimer, Boise, Idaho; J. E. Selkirk and wife. Detroit. Mich.; Frank Nash. Arlington; J. W. Digboslngle. city; J. Watson. Salem; Nancy Welch, Mrs. D. H. Welch. Dan Welch, Astoria. The Imperial MrB. T. B. Flser, Mrs. R. L. Rutherford, Ontario, Or.; O. J. Levey,- Los Angeles: C. M. Hamshaw, New York; F. Spees and daughter, Columbus, O. ; Mark Baker, Charles H. King, D. L. King. J. W. Mitchell. Med ford: Mrs. J. E. Sibley, Sallas, Or.; Taylor Herdham, Aberdeen; M. C. Har ris, Eugene: Mrs. H. S. Pernott- C. M. Ram sey and wife. Klamath Falls; E. E. Martin and wife, Merrill, Or.; Lewis S. Warnlck. Roy Trunnell, Eugene: A. M. Cleaves, Brain ard. Minn.; L W. Kelly. Seattle; A. H. Kuettner. Charlotte Rerchal, Astoria; Georgo S. Parks and wife, Jordan Valley, -Or.; Ira Rubles, Dempsey, Or". ; Mrs. G. D. Richard, S. - E. Gould. T. .B. Taylor, Sumpter; I. W. Hope and wife, R. G. Wheeler. Leo H. Schmidt, Vale; Martin Foard, Astoria; G. R. Dixon and wife, Upton. Cal.; J. C. Thomson. " .The ingredients of which . S. S. is composed, and the method of corn? birring and preparing them so that they gently and pleasantly build tip and strengthen every part of the body, make it the ideal tonic for a disordered condition of the system. Every one feels the need of a tonic sometimes.' energies are depressed, sleep is not restful or refreshing, and the entire body has a nervous, worn-out feeling. When the system is in this depleted, run down condition it must be aided by a tonic, and S. S. S. is recognized every where as the standard. Being made entirely of roots, herbs and barks selected for their gentle action as well as their invigorating effect on the system, it will not disagreeably affect any of the delicate members or tissues as do most of the so-called tonics on the market which contain potash or some other harmful mineral ingredient. These derange the stomach and digestion, unfavorably affect the bowels or otherwise damage the health. S. S. S. tones up the stomach and digestion, improves the appetite, produces refreshing sleep, rids the body of that tired, run-down feeling, and supplies tone and-vigor to the entire system. It re-establishes the healthy circulation of the blood, acts more promptly and gives better and more lasting results than any other tonic, and because of its vegetable purity is an absolutely safe medicine for young or old. S. S. S. acts admirably in cases of dyspep sia, indigestion and ether stomach troubles, and after -using it that uncom fortable feeling of fullness, dizziness or drowsiness, after eating, are no longer felt. Not only is S. S. S. the greatest of all tonics but possesses puri fying and alterative properties, and if there is a taint in the blood it will promptly remove every trace and restore perfect health. In selecting your tonic for this year do not experiment but get S. S. S., the recognized stand ard. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CA, WE CURE MEN FOR to I a Life long cure for VARICOCELE We cure this die without operation or ligature, and under our treatment the congested condition soon disappear, tha parts are reetored to their natural condi tion, vigor and strength, and circulation Is re-established. STRICTURE "We cure stricture without the knife by an application which acts directly on the parts affected, dissolving the stric ture completely. Our treatment Is pain less and in nowise interferes with your business duties. rtfi TC? Or Hemorrhoids, are small vascular tumors situated at thn . ill r lower opening; of the bowels, or rectum, and they have a most degrading- Influence on the general health. We cure Piles without cutting-; nor do we use Injurious ligatures or injections, which treat ment is seldom successful. Our treatment la safe and reliable, and when you are dismissed by us you are cured for life. WRITE! If you cannot call. All correspondence strictly confidential and all repliea sent In plain, envelopes. We do not offer you any FREE TRIAL TREATMENTS. KLECTRIC BELTS. WORTH LESS CRAYONS, or other useless methods of treatment. Our ads are our own, and -while others may copy them, they cannot Imitate our superior methods of treatment. WK ARE THE LONGEST LOCATED AND OLDEST SPECIALISTS IN PORTLAND, hav ing been located here 25 yeara. We do not advertise cheap. Inferior treatment, but we give you all the results of yeara of ripe experience, gained in the treatment of many thousands of patients. We give you our skill and ability In the treatment of diseases of men for a fair fee, which may be paid In any. way the patient desires. INVESTI GATE Ol'R METHODS AND LEARN THAT WE ARE ALL WE CLAIM TO BE. AND WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR CASE IN OCR HANDS YOC ARE SURE OF jTTINO THE BEST TREATMENT THAT CAN BE OBTAINED AN YWI1ERK. HOURS A. M. to I P. M. Evening. T to S; Sundays. I 1 H. to 13 boob. ST.LOUIS "SSif DISPENSARY tOSyiB SECOND AND TAMHII.L STREETS. PORTLAND. OREGON. 8. Thomson, Seattle; Mrs. F. Stewart. Mine V. Stewart, Hood River; O. M. Morrison and wife. T. A. Lei na lien and wife, Adams; B. F. Mecler, Wasco; O. M. Erb, Pendleton; B. O. Snuffer, Tillamook; J. 8. Cooper, Inde pendence; C. G. Copeland. Siletz; O. Doane, The Dalles; Maud E. Baldwin. Klamath Falls ; Mrs, H. B. Cooper. Eal las ; J.. C. Reynold. Spokane; John Bradford, city; H T. French, Moscow; Ira S. Smith, Marsh field; H. M. Simpson and wife, W. J. Wtntff and wife, Medford; W. E. Mead and wife, Columbus; L. H. Dane, W. H. Dane, Seattle; A. L. Brown and wife. Astoria; H. A. Whit ney. Tacoma; D. A. Paine. Eugene; H. E. Phelps. J. D. Marryman. Brltton; J. W. Dtgborough. city; John Kane. Denver; B. R. Fatrchild, Slletx; George W. Blar-kburn, San Francisco: A. J. Pitts. Washington, D. C; W. H. Wlthrow, B. B. Borard. Irving; C. M. Hoover, Halsey : A. J. Richardson. Buena Vista; Jennie Arnold. Matilda Espy, Ada Soule. Toledo: C. G. Hackett, Grant's Pass; Mrs. Corman, Illinois; W. C. Tweedale and wife. Albany. The St. Charles A. O. Wells, Boring: Q H. Coe, Orient : S. W. Allen, Independence; V. Carson. Stella; W. Downing and wife; J. S, Crumbley. Seaside; S. J. Brown, The Dalles; Miss Maud Rothrock; H. Schraedw, Camas; E. M. Taylor and wife. Glen Falls; J. R. Nixon; P. C. Pearson; O. W. Lewis, city; Mrs. C. H. Yeats; F. Foster; A. U Walters, city; F. Seely. 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Musky, Sprlnghrook; Mrs. Clapsum, Clara Haynes, Hillside; C. C. Hubbard. Carlton; E. G. Kington, Carlton; R. D. Saunders, city; W. O. Gallaway, Banks; G. W. Kinney, Gres ham; F. D. Dudley, Carlton; H. E. Wing. Washougal; J. C. Drum, Hillsboro: W. L. Stone, Kelso; R. Barplents. C. Phillips, Sil verton; L. Erdman, Eufaula. 1 Hotel Donne!))-. -Tiesms, Wash Ingten Xnropean plan. Ratsa, Tft cat te per day. Free 'bms. j THE l STANDARD T0!:iC Under Absolute Guarantee No Pay Unless Cured. CONSULTATION FREE We desire to reach the poor as well as the rich man, and by making our fee only 112.50,. payable on easy terms, -wo Increase our business and secure last ing gratitude from thousands, who would otherwise remain afflicted it it were not for this liberal offer. CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON It may be in its primary stage, or It may have been hereditary or contracted in early days, thereby being constitutional. We cure all its complications. We stop Its progress, eradicate every vestige of poi son from the system, and this without the use of mercury or potash. We cur Skin Diseases, Blood Poison, Varicocele. Stricture. Nervous Decline, Weevnneee, PUee. Fistula. Hydrocele and Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder and Prostate.