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,THE MORNING OREGON! AN, THURSDAY. JUNE 14, 1906. H RED ASSKSNS TELL THEIR STORY Spicer Adds Testimony , to : Jett's About Crimes of Hargis Gang. ., ". REWARD $100 AND A COW JMotWrs of BreathitJ County Mur ders In Court Face Men AVho , Derail Their l'art in Gratifying Vengeance. . JACKSON.-Ky., June 1Z. Ex-Sheriff Ed Callahan and Elbert Hariris were arrest ed today on the charge of murdering Dr. B. D. Cox several years ago. The war rant was Issued by Judce Tnulbee on an affidavit by Tom Cockrill. Callahan and Uargls were mentioned in the recent confession of Curtis Jett. Hargis and Callahan were Immediately brought before the court and put in cus tody of Sheriff Crawford. There is great excitement over the arrests, and some profess to fear an outbreak. Judge Har gis was brought into court on a motion for bail. At the afternoon session Asbury Spicer nid that shortly before the killing of Dr. B. D. Cox he went to Hargis- resi dence, where he found Judge Hargis, Ed ward Callahan. Elbert Hargis, John Smith, John Abner and Jesse Spicer. Jurtife Hargis, according to the witness, ssid that Cox waa a dangerous man and must be killed, or he would destroy all the Harglses. Hargis then told John Ab rter. John Smith and Asbury Spicer that if thev would kill Cox he would give them 1100 each. They agreed, and it was decided that Cox be shot from the shed near the Hargis residence. April 13 Abner Smith, Asbury Spicer. Jesse Spicer and Elbert Hargis went to the shed and there Elbert Hargis and Jesse. Spicer furnished guns to the other three men and went away. Spicer said that he had dozed off half asleep when he heard a shot. He looked up and saw that Smith had just shot Cox -and that Abner Smith was shooting at random. Spicer said that he did not himself tiro a hhot. The men then went to the rear of Judge Hargis' residence, where they left their Kuns, and then crossed the river and went home. Two weeks later Hargis gave Spicer S100 and a cow. Curtis Jett was the next witness, and he gave substantially the same testi mony as in his confession. Anse White testified that James Hargis gave him a pistol and told him to go to the Court house and kill McKinley Cockrill. V. W. Vaughn and Dr. Cox. A night session of court was held at which Mose Feltner testified that Har gis showed him the gun which he said had been used to kill Cox. Hargis, In his own behalf, denied all this. The court adjourned without concluding the hearing and Hargis was returned to Jail. - JETT'S STORY OF MVRDERS Implicates Other Participants In Breathitt County Feuds. LOl'ISVILLE. Ky.. June 13. The Courier-Journal today. In a dispatch from Cynthiana. Ky.. prints the confession of Curtis Jett, which gives the details of the assassinations of James B. Marcum and James Cockrill, and also throws new light on the murder of D. B. Cox, the three crimes having been committed during the lelgn of feudism in Breathitt County. The confession is authorized by Jett s attorneys. Jett says he, John Smith and John Ab ner killed James Cockrill; that Robert Doaton went with Abner and Smith to aid in the murder, and that Albert Har gis, James Hargis. Ed Callahan, Jesse Spicer and Bill Britton are the men who formed the conspiracy. Starting out with these statements, Jett entered Into the details of the murder and lays bare every feature oi the con spiracy and the events before and after the murder. He then confessed to the murder of James B. Marcum, which, he says, was at the instance of James Har gis and Ed Callahan, declaring that the pistol with which he did the shooting was furnished him by Callahan for the pur pose. He.aaya Owen told the truth about the killing. Jetfs statement in regard to the assas sination of Dr. Cox is little less sensa tional than his assertions in regard to the other murders. He says he was at the jail and heard three . shots, after which the telephone rang. ' He went to Alex Haggis" house and Hargis asked what the shooting was. Jett continues the story in these words: "I said I did not know, and Uncle Alex said, "Let's go down and see if Jim or any of them are hurt.' Uncle Alex stopped at Jim's garden, fence : I guess he was afraid to run in, but I was fearless and didn't care, you know, and I went into the yard, and in the shadow of the smokehouse, moon as bright as day I shall never forget it stood Ed Callahan, Jim Hargis, Bill Britton, Jess Spicer and Elbert Hargis, with two shotguns I saw no pistols." Jett closes his confession by saying that he has told the "plain truth, nothing more and nothing less." He relieves Alexander Hargis of any complicity in the Cockrill and Marcum murders, saying: "He is an innocent man." CORT CALLED TO NEW YORK Merger Interests of Theatrical Man agers Demands His Attention. SEATTLE. June 13. (Special.) Manager John Cort, of this city, recog nized in New York as the most import ant man in theatrical affairs west of Chicago, has been summoned to New York by telegraph. Who the telegram was from or what the nature of the New York "conference was, Mr. Cort re fused to divulge. He would only say: "The message is in connection with the big merger of interests recently completed by the leadlnR theatrical managers of the country." Mr. Cort hastily packed his grip and left today for New York. He will reach the metropolis on Sunday, attend the blg.talkfest on Monday, and leave on Tuesday, arriving home on Satur day of next week, thus completing: a business trip to New York in 11 days, which is about the shortest time on record. Election of Rathbone Sisters. BOISE, Idaho. June 13. (Special.) The Grand Temple of Rathbone Sisters con eluded Its session today. Next year It will meet with the Knights at Coeur d'Alene. The following officers were elected : Past grand chief, Delia Hollister, Rath drum: grand chief. Libbie Gordon, Ken- drick; grand senior, Rosa Bowen, Silver City: grand junior, Lillle Nlckerson, Lew iston; grand manager, Nellie McCrea, Kendrlck; G. M. R. and C, Nellie. Big gins. Boise; G. M. of F., Susan Mill, Idaho Falls; grand protector. Amelia Harte, Cocur d'Alene; grand guard, Louise Boyd. Shot While Trying for Liberty. SEAT'loE. June 13. (Special.) Brent A.. Neal. stenographer and trusted em ploye of John S. McMillin. Slate Railroad Commissioner, up to 18 months aeo. was shot by prison guards in North Carolina, while teadln? a dash for liberty, in which a group of negro convicts figured. Neal fled from Roche Harbor - aftcj .stealing checks valued at S100 from two Japanese, got into financial- difficulties in Nebraska within'a short time, and later was con victed of a felony in North Carolina. , TJeports From .-Medical Lake. OTVTMFIA. Wash., June 13. (Special.) The May report for the Medical Lake Asylum, shows a total of 516 inmates, 160 of whom are women.' Eight men and li women are on ' parole. During May, James Fry, Joseph Bryant, Mrs. S. Miller, Minnie Hart and Maud- Brown, employes, resigned, and F. G. Blake was discharged. The report for the 'feeble minded insti tution at Medical lake shows 78 inmates, 39 boys and 39 "girls. ' State Teuchers "'Association. - SALEM. Or.'. Jiine-lSSpecial.-The date for the annual session of -tfie west ern division of tne .Oregpn.State Teach ers' Association- has been fixed aCDecem ber 26. 37, and' 3S., at which time the as sociation will convene -it' Portland. This date was decided, upon" by -the executive committee so that the teachers could at tend during the Christmas holidays. The eastern division will be in session at Pendleton at the same time. Wins Suit for Commission. LA GRANDE. Or.. June 13. (Special.) A verdict in favor of "William Grant for J1000 in the case of William Grant vs. Hady Harrell, has been awarded in the Circuit Court. Action was brought by plaintiff for S1.V0O, alleged to be due as commission on the ale of Harrall's farm. Adolph Austin pleaded guilty to the crime of forgery, and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Only Candidate In Sight. OREGON CITY, Or.. June 13.' (Spe cial. ) In response to a largely signed petition of the taxpayers of the district. Judge Thomas F Ryan, retiring mem ber of the City School Board, has con sented to become a candidate for di rector to succeed himself at the annual school election to be held next Monday. No other candidate for the office has been suggested. Captain J- C. Hlgglns. TA'TiMA, Wash., June 13. Captain J. C. Higglns. a pioneer -of Higgins Beach, near Tacoma, was found dead in his cot tage this morning, his faithful dog by his side. The body was on the floor fully dressed, and death had apparently ensued fully 24 hours before the body was dis covered. He was 76 years old, and had lived in this county 20 years. Twelve Women In Penitentiary. " OLYMPIA. Wash.. June 13. (Special.) The May report for the state penitentiary shows 845 Inmates, of whom 12 are women. Twenty-nine men and two women are on parole, and 31 prisoners were received during the month. There were 169.000 grain bags manufactured during the month. Meet Next at licwiston. BOTSE. Idaho. June 13. (Special.) The Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star today selected Lewiston as the place for the next meeting.- The election of officers was deferred until tomorrow. It was ex pected to make the selections this after noon, but the time was taken up with a long discussion of some questions con nected with the by-laws. Spur to Block Harrtnian. OLYMPIA. Wash., June 13. By a de cision of the Supreme Court today the Northern Pacific is enabled to extend three miles of spur across the Tacoma tide flats. It has been claimed that this extension is to block Harrlman, as It forces the latter to cross the spur to reach tide water. Tacoma to Acquire School Section. OLYMPIA. Wash., June 13. (Special.) All the unoccupied and unleased blocks of the famous school section 36, lying with in the city limits of Tacoma. are to be withdrawn from sale and held in the in terest of a plan the city officials of Ta coma have for acquiring the property for public purposes. Awarded Fort Stevens Contracts. ASTORIA. Or., June 13. (Special.) Of ficial word was received from the War Department in Washington today that Ferguson & Houston, of this city, have been awarded the contract for construct ing a new railway depot and postoffice at Fort Stevens. The contract price is SH57. HIS OWN ELECTED HIM. Governor Chamberlain Southern Votes Aided by OREGON CITY. Jun 13. (To the: Bditor.) Various reasons have been given why Gov ernor Chamberlain was elected, to aucceed him self in the office he holds. . But there Is one reason greater than all the others, as it- seems to the writer, that haa been entirely over looked. There are several thousand voters in this state calling themselves! Republicans who are natives of Southern atates and who. when it comes to a choice between a man from the South and one born in England, will cast aside 'party principles and all they have pro tested to favor as Republicans, and will vote for the mere man solely for the reason that he Is of Southern blood. Enough waa said openly by Governor Chamberlain, in the be ginning of his canvass to draw attention to the fact that his competitor was English born; and then, following this up to the day of election, his secret emissaries quietly worked the "Southern idea" Into the' mind of every Republican of Southern blood that could be reached. The truth was wilfully perverted to gain votes. In this way theae people only followed the example set them by the one In whose behalf they Were working. Enough Re publicans, so-called, were swayed by this means to turn the scale in Chamberlain's favor. Why they ehould call themselves Republicans o why, if honestly holding Republican prin rlplea, they should sacrifice them on- a ques tion of mere locality of birth, la a mystery this writer cannot undertake to fathom. He states what he sees to be facts and leaves their ex planatlon to those better qualified for the task. He glvea it as his opinion, however, that if Chamberlain had been of Northern birth and Withycombe had been a native of any other country than Qngland. and all other matters connected with the Issue at. stake had malned exactly as they were, the reault of the election would nave been the reverse of what It was. OBSERVER. Sciatica Cured After Twenty Tears of Torture. For more than 20 years Mr. J. B. Mas sev. of 3322 Clinton street. Minneapolis. Minn., was tortured by sciatica. The pain and sunenng wnicn ne endured during this time is beyond comprehension.. Noth ing gave mm any permanent relief until he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm. . One application of that liniment relieved the pain ana maae sleep and rest possible, and less than one bottle has effected a permanent cure. Mr. Massey relates his experience for the benefit of others who may be similarly afflicted. If troubled with sciatica or rheumatism why not try a 23-cent bottle of Pain Balm and see for yourseir now auicxiy relieves the pain, x or Bate ojr u.u uxuiau. TROOPS COMBNE WITH REBEL MOBS Czar Can No Longer Trust Soldiers to Resist Revolution. THEY JOIN THE PEASANTS Governor of Poltava Clamors for Fresh Troops Since Mutiny. Radical Paper Kxposes Court Party. ST. PETERSBURG. June 13. Ominous of the Government's ability to cope with prospective agrarian disorders is the news from Poltava, one of the richest and most populous farming provinces of Rus sia, that the Governor Is in daily re ceipt of requests for troops for the pro tection of estates from the peasants, who have not the slightest fear of the rural guards. The Governor is unable to comply with these requests, because the local troop, one regiment of which mutinied Sunday, are so infected by the revolutionary propaganda that detachments sent to the villages immediately fraternize with the peasants. The Governor therefore begs the St. Petersburg authorities to send him fresh troops. Exposure of Reactionists. Two daily newspaper organs of the Revolutionary Socialists, the Narodny Vestnik (People's Messenger) and the Isvestia (Peasant News) were suppressed today. The final number of the Narod ny Vestnik gives statistics of General Trepoff's reactionary party in the Coun cil of the Empire, which it says is com posed of three Princes, four Counts, three Barons. 24 ex-Governors-General, Gov ernors and other high officials, and one metropolitan, who. together draw from the government over XnOO.000 In salaries. Besides this, all these reactionaries own immense estates, that of M.' Polotseff be- ng 1.500.000 acres. Strike Threatens Moscow. An Industrial tempest seems to be on the point of breaking at Moscow, whence t may again spread over the empire. A final conference between the employers and printers, whose strike produced the general strike of last October, is being held tonight. If it should be fruitless, the result will be a lockout of the print ers and probably a sympathetic factory strike. PROVOKING ARMY TO MCTIXY Activity of Revolutionists Alarms Czar and Court. ST. PETERSBURG. June 13. The Em peror and the court are understood to be much alarmed at the sudden recrud- escene of a mutinous spirit among the troops. Reports received by the Minister of War Indicate that the revolutionists a-re devoting all their energies to the propaganda in the army. At a dozen places their agitation has resulted in open, mutinies. Tour of Mutinous Garrisons. ODESSA, June 13. Generals Kaul- bars, of Odessa, and Soukhomlinoff, of Kiev, start tomorrow, accompanied by large staffs, on tours of inspection of garrisons in the southern and south western provinces, where the disaffec tion of numerous regiments Is increas ing In gravity. The seriousness of the agrarian situation is enormously en hanced by this military discontent, which independent testimony avers 13 purely political. MEMORY BECOMES BLANK Coal Official Scored by Cockrcll in Pennsylvania Inquiry. PHILADELPHIA. June 13. Orders for private cars to be used by independent coal mining companies were placed with the Pressed Steel Car Company by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and paid for by that corporation, which afterward had a settlement with the coal companies. This fact was established at today's ses sion of the Interstate Commerce Comnis Swartz, chief clerk of the sales depart ment of the car company, and by informa tion volunteered by Francis I. Gowen, counsel for the railroad. Frederick Macowen, treasurer of the Berwlnd-Whlte Company, was recalled, but professed almost entire ignorance of the business transactions of the company. His attitude, coupled with the Interrup tions of Charles Heebner. counsel for the coal company, elicited vigorous comment from Commissioner Cockrell, who, with a shrug of his shoulders, declared it was useless to Interrogate the witness. W. A. Guthrie, a mine operator, told the Commission that, when his represen tative applied at the office of General Manager Atterbury. of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for an order for company fuel, he was told he could get it by paying to a clerk named Huff or HofI, in Mr. At- terbury's office, an allowance of 3 cents a ton. He did not say who imposed the conditions. He reported the matter to Vice-President Pugh. and he secured the order without paying the allowance. Mr. Pugh at first discredited his story, the witness said. Commissioner Clements announced that the Commission would sit in Washington on June 21, when the railroad companies which have been under Investigation will be permitted to make any statement or present any defense they may desire. It was learned tonight that, in addition to inviting the presidents of Eastern soft- coal roads to appear, positive steps have been taken by the Commission to extend the scope of the coal and oil Investigation In this connection circular letters calling for important information and requiring that "this shall be furnished by July 15 nave been sent to the Ma railroad com panics which operate tne 213.940 miles of line comprised in the railroad system of the country. RIGHT TO IRRIGATED LAND Temporary Absence Does Not Dis qualify Claimant in Good Faitli. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash, lngton. June 13. The Secretary of the In terior has received a request for an opin. ion as to whether a citizen of the United States, whose duties compel him to reside temporarily in Washington during the ses sion of Congress, Is entitled to purchase land within the limits of a reclamation project from present owners and obtain the benefits of the reclamation act. pro viding he complies so far as his duties will permit with the rules and regulations as prescribed.. The Assistant Attorney-General states that the Question of residence is usually a mixed question of law and fact, and it would be Impracticable to attempt to for mulate a general rule to govern all cases; each must be determined upon the pecu liar facts. Temporary absences do not necessarily terminate a residence once es tablished. If the citizen shall estaousn in good faith a residence upon the land or in the neighborhood of the tract, and shall maintain such residence in accord ance with the true intent of the law, his temporary absence would not disqualify him from receiving and holding a water right. His right would have to be deter mined by the facts as they develop in tne future. LAST OBJECTION REMOVED Farmers May Occupy Agricultural Land In Forest Reserves. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. June 13. One of the most import ant pieces of public land legislation en acted at the present session of Congress is the law permitting the homesteading of agricultural land in forest reserves. This legislation is Important not alone in that it places these valuable farm areas within the reach of the homeseeker. but also be cause it knocks out the most pronounced objection to the Government forest re serve system. Of all the protests made asrainst forest reserves and their exten sion, none was so widespread as the argu ment that reserves withdrew from settle ment and entry countless fertile valleys lying along streams that had been brought within forest reservations. That objection can no longer be raised, for this land can be entered in the manner prescribed in the new law. President Roosevelt and the Public Lands Commission have recognized that the Government forest policy is not per fect, and it has been their endeavor to bring about such changes as will meet legitimate objection. They soon saw the Justice of the demand of men who sought to make homes in the attractive valleys which penetrate every forest reserve of the West, and at the very beginning of the present session the President urged the en actment of a law such as that which has just gone on the statute-books. He called the attention of Congress to the recom mendations on this subject made by the Public Lands Commission, and In due course of time the bill went through. The bill in substance provides that the Secretary of Agriculture, in his discre tion, may examine and determine the lo cation and extent of land within forest reserves, permanent or temporary, which are chiefly valuable for agriculture and which may be occupied for agricultural purposes without injury to the forest re serves, and shall file with the Secretary of the Interior a list and description of all such land, with a request that the same be opened to entry under the homestead laws. The Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of this request, will declare the land open to homestead settlement in tracts not exceeding 160 acres and not ex ceeding 1V4 miles in length. Prior to the actual opening, however, the fact is to be regularly advertised for a period of 60 days. The law provides that settlers who occupied land of this character prior to January 1. 1906. shall have preference right to make homestead entry of the same, if they can show that they are acting in good faith. Inasmuch as the agricultural land within reserves usually occurs in long, narrow strips, the entries must naturally be de scribed by metes and bounds, and will be so recorded in the department. The com mutation clause of the homestead law does not apply to land within reserves. A provision has been inserted In the bill to the effect that settlers upon agricul tural land in forest reserves on January 1. 1906, who have already exercised or lost their homestead privilege, but are other wise competent to enter land under the homestead laws, shall have the right to make an additional entry of the reserve land they occupy, but must pay S2.50 per acre for it. Portland Loses a Good Friend. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. June O.-(Ti) the Editor.! The unexpected death in Ashland. Pa., May SS. of .1. Irvin Steel, treasurer of the . National Kditorial Association, calls to my mind the fact that Portland has lost a good friend. Mr. Steel was the father or Will A. Steel, or Seattle, and Harry G. Steel, of Nome. In 1899. when the National Edi torial Association met In Portland in July. Mr.' Steel was one of the committee signing the following: Whereas, we have learned that it la the In tention of the citizens of this Coast to hold an exposition In Portland In 1902 of the re sources and Industries of all the Coast States; therefore, be it Resolved. That In our opinion such an ex position would be a great education and re sult In good to the whole country in building a broader knowledge of and closer Intimacy with the people of the different sections. MATT PARROTT (la.). C. B. M'COY (O.). JAMES H. DUKE (Misa.). B. S. LAKE) (Maas.). J. IRVIN STEEL tra.). Mr. Steel pledged 10O columns of free adver tising space, which promise waV kept. ALBERT TOZIER. Eight-Hour Rule Stops Race Suicide CHICAGO. June 13.-Employers who agree with President Roosevelt In his anti-race suicide ideas can do much to advance the cause by granting their em ployes an eight-hour working day. This is the belief of the members of Typo graphical. Union No. 16, who say the fact has been demonstrated in their own ex periences, and profess to have estab lished, among other things, a close rela tionship between the large family and the short work day. Since September 1. when the eight-hour schedule first was put into effect in print ing shops in Chicago, the total number of births recorded during the period is 24. which represents a 25 per cent better showing than appeared for the preceding ten months. Another effect the printers credit to the shortening of the hours of labor, is a lowering in the death rate among the members. From tables kept by the union in former years, the aver age mortality has been 40 out of a total of about 3000 .men. For the last ten months the records kept , by Secretary William McEvery show a death list of only 15 members. Wanton Waste of Child Life. LONDON. June 13. The abnormal in fantile mortality in England has led to the summoning of a national conference, which met in . London today under the presidency of John Burns, president of the local government board. "In the days when there were no canned meats and children were fed nat urally," said Mr, Burns, "there was no such sacrifice of "child life." He believed he would be well within the mark in saying that 100.1XK) lives are sacrificed yearly through neglect, carelessness and ignorance. Drinking among women, Mr. Burns further declared, is one of the most serious tragedies which confront Great Britain. "This is daily increasing the mortality of infants under 5 years old, and con stitutes a national reproach . demanding immediate attention," he declared. Dr. Stoess Wins First Prize. MUNICH. June 13. Dr. Randolph Stoess, of Zwickau, the 155th starter in the Her komer automobile competition, was the winner of the first prize, being- very su perior to the others. Many of the con testants had not thought of Dr. Stoess, who drive a 20-horsepower machine. Funds for Spanish Anarchists. MADRID, June 13. According to the newspapers the Minister of the Interior declared today that J1OO.O0O is in the Bank of Spain at the disposition of anarchists. It is believed to have been deposited by their political supporters. HUST5T0P-H0LD-UP Senate Leaders Warn Nelson and McCumber. ABOUT WICKERSHAM CASE Alaska Judge Will Be Confirmed in Spite of Personal Animosity. No Lightship for Mouth of Fuca Straits. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 13. Judge James Wicker- sham, of Alaska, will be confirmed by the Senate before adjournment. Notice was served on Senators Nelson and Mc Cumber today by the steering committee that the Senate will not stand idly by and permit them to continue their high handed hold-up of this nomination when it Is apparent to practically the entire Senate that Wlckersham has been un justly accused and that the fight against him Is not being made In good faith. It is unusual for the Senate to take sucn drastic measures with its own members, but Nelson and McCumber have shown such strong personal animosity in this case that there is no justice in permitting further delay. LIGHTHOUSES FOR PACIFIC Conference Committee Cuts Out Swiftsure Bank Lightship. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ngton. June 13. The omnibus lighthouse bill agreed to in conference today will carry the following appropriations: Light vessel for use at the mouth of the Colum bia River S130.000: llghtkeeper's dwelling. Robinson Point. Wash.. SoOOO: fog signal. Ediz Hook. Wash., 110.000; new tender for inspector 13th lighthouse district. $110,000: light and fog signal. Cape Hinchinbrook, Alaska, J125.000. The committee struck out Senator Piles' amendment for a steel light vessel for Swiftsure Bank, off the entrance of the Straits of Fuca. to cost JinO.OOO. This was one of the most Important provisions of the bill. CX'TS OCT APPROPRIATION. House Allows Nothing for Stream Measurements, Senate Will Resist, OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington. June 13. A point of or der was raised in the House today against the provision In the sundry civil bill appropriating J 100.0)0 to con tinue stream measurements, and the entire appropriation was stricken out. The committee has already cut this ap propriation in two. However, the Sen ate will restore it to the bill, and it seems probable that the regular amount of $200,000 will be insisted upon. This is an item in which the entire West is vitally interested. Bill for Court in China Is Safe. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, June 13. The Senate committee on foreign relations has in structed Chairman Cullom to favor ably report the Denby bill recently passed by the House authorizing the establishment of a United States Dis trict Court in China. As soon as the report is submitted Senator Fulton will endeavor to secure immediate con sideration of the bll and its passage this session now seems assured. Extension of Alaska Cable. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, June 13. The War De partment is completing plans for the extension of the Alaska cable at an outlay of S135.000. It is proposed to tap the cable in Frederick Sound and run a loop to Petersburg, thence to Wrangell, to Hadley on Prince of Wales Island and to Ketchikan. The balance of the appropriation recently made, amounting; to S44.000, will be spent on land lines. More Time for Minidoka Work. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 13. Owing to inclement weather experienced on the Minidoka ir rigation project in Idaho, during the past Winter, the Secretary of the Interior has granted an extension of 30 days for com pletion to the contractors. Orman & Crook, Monarch & Porter and the Bates & Rogers Construction Company. This calls for completion July 1, 1906. Condon Gets Another Bank. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. June 13. The Second National Bank of Condon. Or., has been author ized to begin business, with S.V1.000 capl- Whose Say-so is Best? With nearly all medicines put up for sale through druggists, one has to take the maker's aav-so alone as to their cura tive value. Of course, such testimony is not that of a disinterested party and accordingly is not to be given the same credit aa if written from disinterested motives. Dr. Pierce's medicines, how ever, form a single and therefore striking exception to this rale. Their claims to the confidence of invalids does not rest aoieJy upon their makers' say - so or praise. Their ingredients are matters of public knowledge, being printed on each separate bottle wrapper. Thus invalid sufferers are taken into Dr. Pierce's full confidence. Scores of leading medical men have written enough to fill volumes in praise of the curative value of the several ingredients entering into these well-known medicines. Amoorst those writers we And such med ical liahts as Prof. Flnley Ellinrwood. M D ot Bennet Medical Col lee e, Chicago; Prof. Hare, of the same city; Prof. John M. Scud der. M. D.. late of Cincinnati. Ohio: Prof. John Kine. M. D.. late of Cincinnati. Ohio: Dr. Grover Coe, of New York: Dr. Bsrtho low. of Jefferson Medical Collece. ot Pa and scores of othen eaually eminent. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures the worst cases of female weakness, pmlar 8us.antversloa and retroTezsion and corrects irregularities, cures painful periods, dries up disagreeable and weakening drains, some times known as pelvic catarrh and a multi tude of other diseases peculiar to women. Bear in mind, it is not a jparnt nor erven a secret medicine, bat the Favorite Prescrip tion ' of a resell arty educated physician, of lartre experience in the cure of woman's peculiar ailments, who frankly and con fid -lnsiy takes his patients into bis full con fidence by telling them jnst- what his "Pre scription is composed of. Of no other medi cine put np for woman's special maladies and sold through druggists, can it be said that toe maker is not afraid to deal thus frankly, openly and honorably, by letting every pstaent osinc tbe mom know exactly what she is taking". Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. 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