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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MAT 29, 1906. BILL FOR PUBLICITY House. Committee's Measure or Campaign Expenses. MUST BE PUBLIC RECORD Receipts Required for All Expendi tures Contributions Over $50 In Name of Giver Federal Courts Given Control, WASHINGTON, May 28. The House committee on elections of President, Vice-President and members of Congress today authorised a favorable report on the bill of Representative Gaines, of West Virginia, providing for publicity re garding election expenses: It Is quite an elaborate measure, provides to whom con tributions shall be made and defines po litical committees. The bill first defines political commit tee" and makes the measure apply to any committee, association or organiza tion which shall promote the sucoess or defeat of any person who shall be a can didate for the office of Representave or Delegate In Congress at any election or who shall be voted for at such election." The definition is also made applicable to Presidential and Vice-Presidential elec tions. ' i The term "personal committee" Is also defined and covered by the provisions of the measure as any committee, organi zation, etc.,- to aid or defeat the nomina tion of any person for the office of Rep , resentative or Delegate In Congress. . Who May Receive Contributions. .All contributions to aid the election or defeat of candidates milst be made only to a chairman or, treasurer of such "po litical convnittee"-as defined, and the same regulation is made to apply to con tributions for nominations; that Is, the contribution muet.be to an officer or tnember of the "personal committee." Candidates for other offices than those named, but. which are to be voted for at the. same election with members of Con gress or electors, are allowed personally tq pay their own traveling expenses and such other costs necessary properly to get before the public their views and posi tions. No committee is allowed to receive con tributions until It has a treasurer and other officers and such fact certified to the clerk of a United States District Court. Report Expenses to Court. Every payment toward election ex penses made under the provisions of the measure- musj be vouohed for, unless less than one -dollar, by receipted bill, stating the particulars of the expenditure, and such receipts must not be destroyed until twelve-months after the election, to which they relate. Every expenditure made must be certified to the clerk of a United States District Court within 30 days after it has "been made, with the provision that any expenditure made within six days preceding the election shall be certified on the day It Is made. Contributions Public Record. Likewise, an receipts of contributions which amount to' more than $50 are to be certified to the cleric of the court by the officer of the committee receiving them and are to constitute a public record In -such clerk's office: Contributions must "be made in the .name of the person making them. Jurisdiction is given district or cir cuit courts to compel the filing of the ex penses and contributions as - stipulated, and such proceedings are allowed prece dence on the court docket. The court procedure is outlined in detail. Nothing In the measure is to limit ex penses of contesting an election. The violation of its provisions is made a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $6000 or Imprisonment for one year, or both. Hardwlck, of Georgia, a member of the committee, obtained permission to file a minority report. . STRUGGLE TO GET QUORUM Williams Forces House to Gather In Absent Members. WASHINGTON, May 25. Early in the session of the House today, Williams (Miss.), the floor leader of the minority, made the point that there was no quorum present, and it took a call of the House to start the wheels of legislation. After the appearance of a quorum, the House concurred in amendments made ty the Senate to a number of House bills. The House resolved Itself Into a "City Coun cil" for the consideration of bills relating to the District of Columbia. The compulsory education bill for, the District occupied most of the day, being finally placed on its passage. On a divi sion; the absence of a quorum was dis closed. Williams made the point ot "no quorum," and a -call of the House en sued, the yeas and nays being called on the passage of the bill. The sergeant-at-arms and his assistants started on a round of the- hotels and other residences of members, and one by one ,. the members reported. Hedge of Iowa, after having voted, made a parlia mentary inquiry. "Is this compulsory education?" he asked, which created a round of laughter. After 7 o'clock a quorum was obtained, two hours having been consumed In the effort. The compulsory education bill was then passed.. Williams stated that, for the first time in the life of this Congress, the strict rule of the House had been put In oper ation as to bringing members before the bar under arrest, and. as there seemed to be some misunderstanding in relation to the rule, he asked unanimous consent that the whole matter of the making of a quo rum be stricken from the record. Payne objected, and the House at 7:40 ad journed. CONFERENCE ON RATE BILL Senate Names Conferees Bailey Con. demns Concession to Lumbermen. WASHINGTON. May 2S. The message from the House asking for a conference on the railroad rate bill waa laid before therSenate today by Vice-President Fair banks. , Tillman, who had charge of the measure during Its troubled course through the Senate, moved that the re quest be granted and conferees appointed by the chair. Bailey protested against a provision in what Is known as the coal amendment, which provision excepted lumber and manufactured' products thereof. He said he was out of the chamber when the amendment was adopted, and, although he knew It had been offered, he had thought It defeated. The conference asked was agreed to, and the Vice-President . named Elkins, Cullom and Tillman conferees. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE Appoints Rate BUI Conferees and Begins Debate on Canal. WASHINGTON. May 28. The Senate -dajr sent the railroad-rate bill to con ference, listened to a long defense by Klttredge of a sea-level canal and three Democratic speeches on the resolution In relation to the purchase of canal supplies In foreign markets, and devoted the re mainder of Its time to the Postoffice ap propriation bill. No objection was made to the appoint ment of ranking members of the inter state commerce committee as conferees on the rate bill, and they were not in structed in any matter. They are Elkins, Cullom and Tillman. Consideration of the Panama supply bill was interfered with by the canal type bill, which was laid before the Senate at 2 o'clock as. the unfinished business. Kit tredge's speech was the first on this sub ject, and was listened to with great In terest. The Postoffice appropriation will was read partially for committee amendments. SMOOT WILL HOLD HIS SEAT Committee Will Report to Expel, Which 'Cannot Win. WASHINGTON, May 28. Senator Smoot of Utah will. In all likelihood serve through his term, which expires two years from next Mrch. A canvass of the Senate committee on privileges and elec tions shows that it stands 7 to 5 in favor of a motion to expel him from the Sen ate In preference to a motion to exclude him. The exclusion advocates are Bur rows, Dolllver, Knox, Hopkins and Du bois. Those favoring expun.on are For aker, Beverldge, Dillingham, Bailey, Overman. Pettus and Frazier. The difference between the two parties is that, In order to expel Smoot, it would require a two-thirds vote of the Senate, while to exclude merely takes a majority vote. Bailey, who has returned, says he will Insist that the committee shall vote on the question at Its next meeting on Friday and thus bring the matter before the Senate. It has been practically decided, how ever, that the discussion of the question, which Involves a lengthy constitutional debate, will be postponed until next ses sion. This session will last only three more weeks and it is Improbable that the case can be brought to a vote In this-session. DENOUNCES "TOBACCO TRUST Kentucky Member Calls It Worst of Trusts and Asks Information. "WASHINGTON, May 28. The American Tobacco Company, the Continental To bacco Company and the Imperial Tobacco Company were the subject of a scathing denunciation at the hands of Stanley, of Kentucky, today in the House of Repre sentatives. Stanley said that "neither the Standard Oil nor the Pennsylvania Railroad Company or any other combina tion of men outside the penitentiary have openly violated the law as the American Tobacco Company during the past two years." .. During the course of his speech, which Stanley was permitted to make by unan imous consent, he said that he would not press his resolution, which calls on the President for any information in the pos session of the Department of Commerce and 'Labor as to the illegal combination of the tobacco companies named, as it might result in an "Immunity bath" and cause another decision of the same. char acter as that of Judge Humphrey. He prayed to God that "Presidents in future would spare the American people from his like." Torrent of Antl-Smoot Petitions. WASHINGTON. May 2S. Protests against the retention of Reed Smoot as a Senator of the United States flooded the Senate today. The petitions were elgnecl by women In every case, and were pre sented as follows: Minnesota, by Senator Clapp, 6802; In diana, by Senator Hemenway, 8341; New Hampshire; by Senator Gallinger, 3265; Kentucky, by Senator Blackburn, about 2S00; Alabama, by Senator Morgan, 801; Kansas, by Senator Long, 14,862; North Carolina, by Senator Simmons, 2098. It Is said that during the week similar petitions will be received "from every state and territory in the United States. Montana Land Officers. WASHINGTON, May 28. The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: Register, of Land Offices in Montana, James M. Burllngame at Great Falls; Frank D. Miracle at Helena; Elmer E. Esseltyn at Billings; Clarence E McKern at Lewiston. Receivers of Public Moneys In Montana, George O. Freeman at Helena; Chauncey Bevar at Billings; Willis A. Hedges at Lewiston. Grace N. Wooley, Postmaster at Pres ton, Idaho. Cannot Report This Session. WASHINGTON, May 28. The reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission In connection with the recent hearings in Philadelphia, Washington and Cleveland Into the subjects of coal and oil will not be prepared for some timo and may not be ready In time for presentation to Con gress at its present session. Further hearings will be necessary before the Commission will be In a position to report Its' conclusions. , May Buy Umatilla Grazing Land. WASHINGTON, May 28. Senator Ful tpn today Introduced a bill providing that persons who have heretofore purchased land on the Umatilla Indian reservation and shall hereafter make full payment for the same, shall receive title from the Government upon showing that the lands are chiefly valuable for grazing and not susceptible of cultivation. . . . . v Bills Through Both Houses. WASHINGTON, May 28. The House today concurred In the Senate amend ments to the following bills, which has the. effect of passing them: For the fortification of pure sweet wines. An act to provide for the subdivision and sale of land in the State of Wasn ington. Free Alcohol Finally Passed. WASHINGTON, May 28. The denatured alcohol bill, with the Senate amendments, was agreed to in the House today on mo tion of Payne (N. T.), the author of the bill, and now goes to the President for his signature. Immunity Bill Out of Committee. WASHINGTON. May 28. The Knox im munity bill was reported favorably by the Senate committee on judiciary today. Some minor amendments were made. v Register Stocking Confirmed. WASHINGTON. May 2S. The Senate today confirmed the nomination of F. W. Stocking, register of the land office at Olympla, Wash. LAND OPEN TO ENTRY Irrigation and Fore6t Reserve Acre age In Northern California. ' REDDING, Cel., May 28. The Red ding Land Office received notification from Washington that 320.000 acres of irrigation and forest reserve land In the Klamath Lake section in Siskiyou County will be thrown open to entry and location September 3. It is valu able agricultural, mineral and gracing" land and a big rush is expected. IV1AY DELAY AGAIN Government Wants Hermann Trial Postponed. CANNOT GET WITNESSES Summons for Portland Land-Fraud Cases Detains Them Hermann Will Oppose Further Delay as Expensive to Him. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 28. There may be an other postponement of the trial of Rep resentative Hermann in this city on the famous letterbook Indictment. District Attorney Baker this afternoon filed a mo tion for postponement until October and this motion will probably be argued next Friday. Mr. Baker says that seventeen wit nesses who are to testify against Her mann in this city have been summoned, to appear in Portland June 21 as wit nesses In land fraud cases and It will be impossible for them to take the stand here, if the letterbook case should be brought to trial, as now planned, about June 10. Hermann will resist this motion, for he has been to considerable expense in bring ing witnesses from Oregon and main taining them here and will Insist that his trial proceed as last ordered toy the court. He will probably Insist that the Govern' ment witnesses should have been sum moned heretofore to appear in Washing ton, so that a conflicting summons at Portland could not interfere with ' the trial in, this city. OPEN IRRIGATED TOWNSITES Ankeny's Bill for Minidoka and to Relieve Desert Claimants., ORDGONIAN NEWS BUREAJJ, Wash ington, May 28. Senator Ankeny today favorably reported to the Senate the bill opening the ' Minidoka townsite in Idaho. Several features were added, one permitting the Secretary of the In terior to fix farm units as low as 20 acres, another permitting "sooners" on Government land at Rupert, Idaho, to ac quire the lots they now occupy at the appraised value. The third is for the relief of desert land en try men in Eastern Washington whose land was brought within the limits of the withdrawal made for the Falouse project, since abandoned. As to these settlers, the bill provides that, when any bona fide desert entry may be embraced within the limits of a withdrawal for K 'ac-" fuipjaca aim mo ii 11 y man na I keen hindered from making improvements or 'reclaiming the land, because of its withdrawal, the time during which he has been hindered shall not be computed in determining the time within which he must make improvements. If, as in the case of the Palouse, the project Is aban doned, the time for compliance with the desert land law shall begin to run from the date of notice of such abandonment. If a project Is built and a desert entry man takes water from the Government canals, he must relinquish all his land save 168 acres. STAVE OFF WICKERSHAM CASE Nelson and McCumber Delay Action. President Stands by Him. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 28. Daily efforts are being made to secure a vote tn executive session on the nomination of Judge Wlckersham, of Alaska, but Senators Nelson and Mc Cumber repeatedly ask for delay, on the ground that they have had ample op portunity to examine the record of the case. Their plan Is to stave off action and leave Wlckersham unconfirmed when Congress adjourns, but, if they succeed, the President will make a recess "appoint ment, as he has done twice before. Since his first term expired Wlckersham has been twice nominated and, when the Senate failed to confirm him, has been twice appointed during the recess. The President stands by him loyally. Cement for Irrigation Work. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 28. The Secretary of the In terior today accepted the bid of the Pa cific Portland Cement Company, of San Francisco, for furnishing 8,000 barrels of Portland cement for use In the construc tion of the Okanogan and Umatilla irri gation projects. The bid was $1.65 per barrel f. o. to. cars at Tolenas, Cal. j Keep Clearwater Navigable. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 28. Senator Dubois has re ceived a petition from lumber interests on the Clearwater River, protesting against the abandonment of this river as a navigable stream, as proposed by the War Department. They say the aban donment will injure their business. National Bank at Medford. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 28. The Medford National Bank, of Medford, Or., has been author ized to begin business with $50,000 capi tal; H.E. Ankeny, president; J. E. En yart, vice-president; John S. Orth, cash ier; W. B. Jackson, assistant cashier. Raise Indian War Pensions. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 28. Senator Gearln today fa vorably reported the bill increasing In dian war pensions from $8 to $10 per month. Admitted to Highest Court. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May . 28. Representative French was today admitted to practice, before the United States Supreme Court. MINERS WIN ILLINOIS Operators Grant 1903 Scale, but Get Some Concessions. CHICAGO, May 28. Coal operators in Illinois have decided to yield to the de mands of the miners for .the scale of 1903. The question of a settlement Is de clared to be a matter of detail, and by the ' beginning of next week mining will be resumed in Illinois with union men. In return for the restoration of the 1903 scale of wages the Illinois miners have agreed to pay the wages of shot-flrers, and to ask for the repeal of the law by the next Legislature. They have decided also to Indemnify the operators for the loss sustained through the action of pit committtees in calling unauthorized strikes. This latter griev ance was one of the most serious objec tions the operators had against the union. Under the new agreement, the union will be responsible for the conduct of the miners, and guarantee that no such strikes will be permitted in the future. The strike began April 1, and Involved 55,000 miners. BREAK IX OHIO MINERS' RANKS Urtlon Men Resume Work When the Strike Benefits Cease. STEUBENVILLE. O., May 28. The first break in the miners strike in the Panhandle district occurred today, when several of the miners of the Hitcnman Coal Company, at Benwood, members of the United Mineworkers, entered the mine and resumed digging coal. The failure of the United Mineworkers to continue the payment of strike benefits is the cause of the defection, which, it Is thought, will spread, especially among the foreign workers. It la reported that the Eastern Ohio "stand-pat" operators will place the mines of the Provident Coal Company, at St. Clairville, at work Tuesday morning with nonunion workers. E KILLED IN BREAKING OF WHEEL CAUSES TRAIN DISASTER. Smoking and Ladies' Cars on Louis - ville & Nashville Train Smashed. Bodies Badly Disfigured. LOUISVILLE. Ky May 28. Eight per sons were killed and 22 injured by the derailment of two coaches of a passenger train on the Louisville & Nashville Rail road today. The train left Knoxville last night, was on time and was nearing the union station In Louisville at a moderate speed, when a flange on a wheel of the smoking-car broke, throwing open a switch and causing two of the coaches to side-swipe a cut of boxcars on a siding. The dead: HOWARD B. COLEMAN, Stanford, Ky. W. T. THORPE. Broadhead. Ky. GEORGE W. PONDER,, Broadhead. Ky. WILLIAM PRCETT, colored? Lebanon, Ky. JOHN C. BLACK. Louisville. , FRANCIS WEAVER, Broadhead, Ky. MARTIN HILTON, Broadhead, Ky. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, white, about 40 years old, laborer; supposed to be Lee ' Miller, of Broadhead. Ky. CHARLES SPEISg, New Haven. The seriously Injured: Josie Spelss, New Haven; both legs crushed; not expected to live. Murray Samuels, Lebanon Junction; right leg 'broken and Internal injuries. John McHord, Lebanon, Ky., brother of State Railroad Commissioner C. C. Mc Hord, is among the slightly Injured. The smoking-car did not break loose from the front of the train, and was dragged 200 feet along the ties until the side of the car struck a string of freight, cars. The front of the smoking-car was' uninjured, but the right side of the car was demolished and torn off. The front end of the ladles' coach, which was vesti buled. was stove In for 20 feet, seats being torn up aTld all the windows shat tered. The hot-water heater was torn loose from its fastening and hurled to the middle of the car, killing Mr. Coleman. The bodies of the dead were so badly disfigured that Identification was not made until late today. DISEASED MEAT IS SOLD (Continued From Paso 1.) would pledge themselves to remedy the evils discovered. "O. E. Dyson, the $5000 a year lob-' bylst of the beef trust," said Mr. Sinr clair, "was the man who approached Reynolds and Neill and who attempted to have them kill the report they were to make to Uie President. He did this an hour before they left Chicago and after having come directly from a con sultation of the packers affected by the report." Mr. Sinclair said today that an em ploye of the -Armours in Chicago, had been bought off after having offered to sell him for $2500 documents and letters dealing with the conditions in Packington. "I learned," said Mr. Sinclair, "that he had been paid exactly . $11,001 for the data he offered to me for $2500. Beverldge Bill Useless. "I intend to continue my fight for publicity of the report, as I feel cer tain that the Beverldge bill will bring no relief. The new system will not keep a pound of diseased meat from the public. The Federal inspectors can not compel the submission of any par ticular meat to them and packers' rep resentative3 will be able to sort It out so that nothing will be condemned. On top of this argument is the further fact that the entire inspection law has al ready been thrown out of court as un constitutional." THREAT TO EXPOSE PACKERS Roosevelt Will Publish Abuses if They Oppose Inspection. WASHINGTON, May 28. An Important conference was held at the White House today regarding the meat inspection amendment of Senator Beverldge, of In diana, to the agricultural appropriation bill. The party discussed the question with Senator Carter, of Montana, and Professor Charles P. Neill, Commissioner of Labor, who Investigated certain packing-houses and later talked over the mat ter with Mr. Beverldge. At the conclu sion of the conference Mi Carter dictated the following statement bearing upon the President's attitude: "The meat Inspection amendment placed on the agricultural' bill has met with the opposition of the packers and their friends, who seem to be bending every effort to defeat it. The President says that, if the amendment" Is enacted, he will be content to remedy the evils complained of through the law. "If, however, the amendment is defeat ed, he will be constrained In the discharge of his official duty to the public to send to Congress the reports in his possession relating to the abuses existing in the packing-houses. He feels that It is bet ter to refrain from making the reports public, not through any regard for the beef packers particularly, but because an official statement of the facts would In jure the stockraisers of the country, thus making them Innocent victims of a line of abuses for which they were not pri marily in any sense responsible. "The only answer that can be made to the consumers of our meats at home and abroad will be the enactment of a law through which an efficient and sufficient Inspection shall be made." Mr. Carter said that the packers have asked for more time in which to consider the amendment. One of the prin cipal questions they are considering, he said, la whether they or the Government shall pay for the Inspection service. It seems a foregone conclusion that they will decide that Uncle Sam shall pay for the work. Mr. Beverldge points out that the ex pense will not exceed 6 cents on a carcass of beef -and S cents on a carcass of hog. While the aggregate expense will prob ably be $1,500,000 a year, it will be so widely distributed that it will not fall as a burden on the packers. Kansas City. Mo. William BoffffB -pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to vote Illegally at thearecent election and waa sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. THANKS TO NATION Mayor Schmitz Writes to Pres ident Rosevelt. WARM PRAISE FOR ARMY Kxpresses Gratitude of Stricken City for Ready Help and Compliments Greely and Fu n s to n Wil 1 Build Greater City. WASHINGTON. May 2S. Mayor E. E. Schmitz, of San Francisco, has . written to President Roosevelt testifying to the excellent service rendered by the "United States troops during the fire and earth quake that devastated the city. On-behalf of the stricken city the Mayor extends to the President and the Nation sincere thanks for the prompt and loyal action taken to relieve the suffering incident to the calamity. The Mayor's letter was made public at the White House today, the text being as follows: San Francisco. May 22, 1906. My Dear Mr. President: It was with great pleasure that I received, your esteemed com munication of the 16th Instant, relative to my telegram of the 13th Instant. I am pleased to note that you have taken Jhe matter up with the Speaker of the House and hope that some thing may be done at this session of Congress. The people of San Francisco have shown a remarkable courage In the hours of this great calamity. The determination which each and every one exhibits to build a better and greater Ban Francisco speaks well for the true Amer ican spirit centered In the breast of every Calif ornlan. Oru people know not what It is to be discouraged, and with God's help. Mr. President, within the next live years we will return to the Nation her greatest sea port on her western shores. In the name of the brave people whom I am proud to represent, I extend to you my sin cere gratitude for the prompt and loyal ac tion that you have taken in endeavorinr to help to relieve the suffering of our afflicted people. Let me at this time say a word for the United States troops. Just after the earth quake on th morning of April 18, 1906, the United States troops stationed here were pu under the control of the municipal authori ties by General, Funston. He at ted nobly, and with General Greely, who took charge a few days later, has exemplified the standing for which the members of our Army have ever been noted, and exhibited an ability to cope. under any and all circumstances, success fully with great emergencies. I cannot speak in too high praise of the magnificent help given the municipal authorities by the United States troops stationed here or too highly the Indefatigable work and, I might say, de voted assistance of Major-General Greely and General Funston. Mr. President, as an Amer ican citizen, I am proud to be able to cer tify to their work and X am proud that we have men of such caliber In the ranks of the United States. GENERAL) PRAISE FOR ARMY All Behaved So Well That None Can Be Safely Named. WASHING-TON, May 28. Army officers and privates who played an Important part In lighting the Are and relieving the starving and suffering in San Francisco will not be singled out for special praise by the War Department. It Is contrary to the policy of the Army to- mark a few men for Individual commendation, unless their service be such that It de mands instant recognition. Generals Funston and Greely and their assistants were so busily engaged at the time of the calamity that they had no time to pay attention to reports of heroic deeds by soldiers and to make recommen dations. The general praise of the troops and officers of the Army is believed by the War Department to be preferable to an attempt at individual commendation. which might work injustice to many de serving officers and men whose heroism was unknown to the department. Damage to Federal Buildings. SAN FRANCISCO. May 28. Jude W. W. Morrow, of the subcommittee on Fed eral buildings, reported as follows at this morning's meeting of the committee of forty: . The estimated damages to Federal build ings In San Francisco on account, of the earthquake, fire and use -of dynamite is as follows: Appraiser's store, $10,000; Sub- treasury, $30,000; Mint, J65.OO0; Postoffice and United States Court building, JS0O.00O; revenue cutter storehouse, - $6000; total, $611,000. Judge Morrow reported that Secretary Shaw will purchase land on Commercial street adjoining the Subtreasury as a site for a new Federal building. Chinese Women Shipped East. CHICAGO, May 28. A dispatch to the Tribune from Philadelphia says: Chinese frirls, forced by the San A Valuable Agent. The glycerine employed in Dr. Pierce's medicines greatly enhances the medi cinal properties which it extracts and holds in solution much better than alco hol would. It also possesses medicinal Sropertles of Its (own, being a valuable emnlcent, nutritive, antiseptic and anti ferment. It adds greatly to the efficacy of the Black Cherrybark, Golden Seal root. 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Local applications of salves, pow ders", lotions etc. are desirable and should be used because they allay the itching and give the sufferer temporary comfort, but are in no sense curative, because they cannot reach, the seat of the trouble, which is in the biood. fa. S. S. as PURELY VEGETABLE. the i1"11? and burning cease, and the acid- fired skin, being fed by a fresh, cooling stream of blood, becomes soft and smooth again. S. S. S. is made of healing, purify ing roots, herbs and barks that will not damage any part of the system. Book on skin diseases and any medical advice free. THE SWIFT SPECSnC CO., ATLANTA, CA. " Francisco earthquake trom the under- f round dens that held them captive, re being smuggled eastward to es cape deportation, according to infor mation received by the police yester day. . The department has been in formed that several score of them are on their way hither. Five have ar rived and disappeared. Detectives of both Philadelphia and New York- are watching for the slaves. San Jose Closes Hospital. SAN JOSE, Cal.. May 28. The emergen cy hospital established the day after the earthquake was closed today, its seven remaining patients, all convalescent, being placed in other regular local hospitals. Since Its opening more than 300 cases have been attended to, nearly all from San Francisco, without charge, and only one death occurred. PERSONAUWENTION. Mrs. Jacob Rosenthal will be at home Friday before her departure for Europe. W. B. McBrlde, general agent of the Denver & Rio Grande, returned yester day from a visit to Sa Francisco. Mrs. E. L. Heller and Miss Margaret Heller, of New York, are! visiting Mrs. Heller's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Lip man, Wayne and St. Clair streets. Mrs. Heller and her daughter are making their customary annual tour of the Pacific Coast States. Rev. Robert McLean, well-known in Oregon, having been pastor of the Pres byterian Church of Grant's Pass for many years and of the Third Presbyte rian Church of Portland, has returned on a vacation from Porto Rico, where he THE THAT swept over San Fran " cisco, did not reach our factory and we are now running to the full capacity of the plant as before. Anybody can get at any grocery on the Pacific Coast, the celebrated Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate Ghirardelli's Cocoa J Same Quality J Same Price D. GHIRARDELLI CO. SAN FRANCISCO NOTICE cure MEM FOR SI 2. SO We Will Treat Any Single Uncompli cated Ailment for $12.50 for the Fee 1 We Never Dissappoint Our Patients! 2 We Accept No Incurable Cases ! 3 We Never Hold Out False Hopes ! 4 We Never Fail'in Any Case We Take ! BLOOD POISOX, SKIX DISEASES, SORES, FLCERS, STRICTURE, VARICO CELE, HYDROCELE, A'ERVOl'8 . DECLINE, WEAKNESS, FILES OR CHRONIC DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS AND PROSTATE. We do not offer yon any FRKE TRIAL TREATMENTS. ELECTRIC BELTS. WOHflt 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. WE ARB THE LONGEST LOCATED AND OLDEST SPECIALISTS IN PORTLAND, hav ing been located here 25 years. W. do not advertise cheap, inferior treatment, but w. give you all the results of years of ripe experience, trained In tha treatment of many thousands of patients. We rlv. 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 OCR METHODS AND LEARN THAT WE ARE ALL WE CLAIM TO BE. AND WHEN YOC PLACE YOUR CASE IN OCR HANDS YOU ARE Sl'Bi OF GETT1NU THE BEST TREATilENT THAT CAN BE OBTAINED ANYWHERE. HOURS A. M. to 6 P. H. Evenings, T to 8: Sundays. 9 A. M. to 13 noon. I ST.LOUIS Medical and Surgical CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL SKm m AHD FEVEniSIT- roes down into the blood, cleanses the circulation of all acids and humors, builds np the thin," sour blood and by removing every vestige of the cause cures Eczema perma nently. The irritatin? emotions disaooear. went five years ago as a Presbyterian minister. As Mr. McLean was learned In the Spanish language, having spent several years in Chile, he quickly became an important factor in missionary work in Porto Rico. Mr. McLean says that he is very optimistic over the present and future of the island. NEW YORK. May 28. (Special.') North-" western people registered today as fol lows: From Portland B. Solomon and wife, at the Albert; A. S. Newman and wife, at the Imperial. From Tacoma Mrs. C. B. Kellogg, at the Prince George. From Seattle Mrs. Lee S. Brown, at the Marie Antoinette; J. W. Edmlson, Misa G. Demey. at the Holland; Mrs. J. E. Chllberg, Mrs. N. Chilberg, at the Vic toria. , CHICAGO, May 28. (Special.) Orego nians registered today as follows;. From Portland A. L. Craig, at the Au ditorium; A. Lewis, S. W. Boblnson, B, L. Stayner, at the Morrison. Oregon Graduates at Columbia. NEW YORK, 'May 28. The follow l.g Oregonians are candidates 'for degr-jes at Columb'.a University: School of law, William C. Morrow, Portland: political science and philosophy. Eugene A. Ballfs, medieval history; James Henry Gilbert, Eugene, political philosophy. Teachers' College, Jullatua Hill, The Dalles, fine arts; Maude Idalla Keens, fine arts. Mrs. Jefferson Davis Improves. NEW YORK. May 28. The improvement' in the condition of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who was reported yesterday morning much better, continued today. F RE We will treat any single uncom plicated ailment under absolute guarantee. No pay unless cured We are established 25 years in Portland CONSULTATION FREE DISPENSARY STREETS. PORTLAND. OREGON.