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THE MORNING OREGOXIAJi, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1906. lO MUST DEPEND ON -SUBWOOD SUPPLY Coal and Fir Wood on Hand Will Last Only Two Months. RAILROADS ARE BLAMED In spite of Fact That Large Quanti ties or Slabwood Are Being . Thrown Away, Price May Soon Be Rais-ed. rX EL SITUATION I PORTLAND. COAL It is estimated that the local bunkers and yards at present hold 1IVX1 tons, and that there Is probably lO.noo tons en route by steamer. This. It ts atd. will be barely sufficient to satisfy coal demands up to the first of the year. FIR WOOD There has been less flr wood cut than usual this year and while actual figures cannot be obtained on the total supply, dealers assert that there is not a eutfcient stock to last two months. , SLABWOOD There is plenty of slabwood with all mills having their usual daily output. This wood, how ever, is held, two-thirds of it by the "Slabwood Kins." M. C. Banfleld. and the remainder in the hands of a few. Further, while slabwood is being thrown away daily, it is announced that the price will be raised 25 cents within a month. i. Fuel famine is the cry of the dealers these days, which they follow up with the admonition to those who have not yet se cured their Winter supply that they will have to hurry, since there is -not over two months' visible supply of cord wood or coal. An investigation of present conditions shows that these statements are not with out fundatlon. except, however, i that the situation can be saved if those controlling the slabwood output see fit to do so. It is a fact that Portland's coal supply is a matter of serious concern and that the consumers of this class of fuel may consider themselves fortunate if they see the end of the year without having to resort to other fuel. In fir wood, includ ing that on hand and that cut and still to be brought to the city, there is not sufficient to supply consumers two months. In fact, several of' the yards have exhausted their supply, and in no case can four-foot wood he bought at any price. At the end of two months, there fore, those who have not stocked up on fuel for consumption will he absolutely dependent on slabwood. and although it is now more plentiful than ever before and prices are exorbitantly higher man in former years of scarcity, yet the pres ent fuel famine has enablfd the slabwood kings to charge what they see fit and make the announcement that the price will be still further advanced. Whether or not this condition has also been re sponsible for the formation of a combina tion to hold up the public will be the main point of the investigation to be made this week by the committee of the Methodist Ministerial Association of the city. Cause of the Famine. The shortage in the coal and fir wood supply of the city is due to several causes, but dealers are a unit in placing the blame largely on the railroads. Shortage of cars and a total inability to secure relief from the railroads is given as the prime cause for the scarcity of coal and fir wood. In addition, however, it is stated that the cut of fir wood this year has fallen far short of that of former years, this being attributed to the lack of appreciation of the growing demand and the further fact of the scarcity of com mon labor - Portland's coal supply has naturally been decreased by the withdrawal of the Northern Pacific coal from the market as a result of the recent rate legislation, which prohibits the company from haul ing Its own coal for commercial purposes. Prior to October 1 a considerable portion of Portland's domestic coal supply came from the Northern Pacific mines at Kos lyn. Cle-Elum and vicinity. Since this has been stopped the city now has to look to Wyoming principally for its do mestic coal. and. owing to the shortage of cars, where hundreds of tons were formerly received, the dealers consider themselves lucky now if they get one ton. Under these conditions. Portland is. therefore, dependent almost solely upon British Columbia for its coal. Of this there is less than H tons on hand, with approximately 10.000 tons en route. Fu ture supplies are entirely dependent upon the ability of the Pacific Coast Company to secure steamers. The exigencies of the coal situation, however, have brought bout a new departure in the shipment of coal, and as a result of Its Inability to secure cars to bring to Portland its own coal from the Washington mines, the Factfle Coast Company is shortly to undertake the experiment of bringing it from Seattle by water. This, of course, will increase the price of the coal, and the consumer will have to stand the pres sure of conditions. Concerning fir wood, the statements of the dealers may be summarized as fol lows: Every stick of cord wood in sight has been bought up and there is not enough to last two months; what is still left in the woods cannot be brought in owing to the lack of cars; there is enough slabwood on hand, however, to prevent any actual famine Source of the Supply. Until recently Portland obtained its fir wood from four sources; the west side of the Willamette River, via the South ern Pacific: down the Columbia River by means of the Northern Pacific and the river, and from along the line of the O. W. P. Railway Company. This year, however, owing to the lengthened dis tance from the m ket and the corres pondingly increased freight charges prac tically no wood has been cut along the line of the Northern Pa.-inc. At the other points it is asserted less wood has been cut than usual In this regard an of ficial of the O. W P. company said yes terday: "Last year, anfl the rear before as ' well, there was over 2rt.tVkfl cords of wood cut along our line, while this year I doubt if there has been over 12.00 or 14. 000, and this in spite of the fact that where two or three years ago the price wu $1 50 against the 42 75 offered now. This is due to the fact that it was al most impossible to obtain wood choppers and the further fact that the probable consumption was greatly understimated." In manv instances dealer? are ret'usins orders for fir wood and coal now. It Ls impossible to buy four-foot fir wood, nor can the sawed wood be bought in any quantity. In coal, a ten-ton order will Insure probably the delivery of one ton. It is further stated that within the past two weeks orders for hundreds of cords of wood have been refused by the dealers. In speaking of the fuel situation, how ever, dealers have no hesitancy in saying that there is no necessity for an in crease in the price of slabwood. It is believed that present prices fully take care of all the expense of handling the slabs and still allow a sufficient margin of profit, ana the one fact used in clinch ing the argument that there is a suffi cient supply of this grade of wood is that hundreds of cords of it are being con stantly dumped. "Why." it is asked, "should good wood be thrown away if there is a scarcity of it?" The estimated supply of slabwood on hand, 100.KM) cords, two-thirds of which is controlled by M. C. Bamfield, will it is said carry well over into the new year and that in the meantime the output of the Portland mills is sufficient to provide such a continuous stock as to preclucla the possibility of any actual famine. Nor. it is said, will the cost of its handling be increased in any way as to justify an increase in the price to the consumer. It is freely stated that if the price of slabwood is raised it will be solely for the reason that the controllers of this grade of wood see fit to take advantage of a shortage in coal and fir wood and use that opportunity to reap greater pro fits from their commodity. WHY DID KITIGAK1 RESIGN? Secret Still About Withdrawal of Japanese Middy, t ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Oct. 24.-Rear-Admiral Sands, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, today received the Navy Department's approval of the "withdrawal'- of Midshipman Asahi Kitigaki from the brigade at the Acad emy. The Department's approval. It is understood, was given "at the request" of the Japanese Embassy. The author ities here received their first intima tion of the action on Monday morning, when the young man tendered his res ignation under instructions from the Embassy. While it cannot be said pos itively that Kitigaki used the word "instructed." this was the understood meaning of his action. He was at once granted leave of absence, and left for Washington on Monday afternoon. At the Academy, nothing can be learned officially as to the causes which led Kitigaki to resign, further than the fact that he has done so. CHIEF SHEETS GOES FREE Not Enough Evidence to Prove He Compounded Felony. SALT LAKE CITY. Oct. 24. George A. Sheets, chief of the Salt Lake city police department, was released today in the District Court at the close of his preliminary examination on the charge of compounding a felony. Alex ander and William -McWhirter. Scotch men, were robbed of $10,000 by bunco men in this city. Chief Sheets secured the return of $1000 of this money to the Scotchmen, but permitted the man who returned the money and who was accused by the McWhirters of being one of the men who robbed them to leave the city and escape arrest. Judge Armstrong ruled that the evi dence was insufficient and did not show probable cause to warrant his being bound over for trial. SWEPT DOWN BY TORRENT Mother and Two Children Drowned in New Mexico Blizzard. SANTA FE. N M . Oct. 24 It has Just been learned here that Senora Guadalupe Vigily Bares, wife of a rancher at Bound Mountain, and her two little children lost their lives Monday as the direct re sult of the terrific blizzard that raged at that time. All were drowned in the Rio tiranae. near san naeioaso rucoio, iu i miles north of Santa Fe. While fording i the river, the animals became frightened I at the depth and coldness of the water j and the blinding snowstorm and. becom ing unmanageable, overturned the wagon. Senora Bares' body was recovered some time after the accident, but the bodies of the two children were carried down the stream and probably will never be found. DREYFUS RISES TO ATTACK Sues Paris Paper for Misstatement About. Vindication. PARIS. Oct. 24 Major Alfred Dreyfus has brought suit against the Libre Parole for refusing to correst a statement in that paper which was at variance with the decision of the Court of Cassation, July 13. annulling his condemnation with out retrial The case will come up for a hearing a fortnight hence. Pope Recovering From Gout. POME, Oct. 24. Dr. Lapponi, not withstanding the unsatisfactory condi tion of his own health, insisted on vis iting the Pope this morning. He found that the pontiff had improved. The pains in his knees had decreased and his temperature, while yet above nor mal, had diminished. In view of his improvement, the Pope decided to re ceive the English pilgrimage tomor row morning. TWO DOLLARS SPENT FOR EVERY ONE TAKEN OUT OF THE GROUND Nome's Output for the Season $6,000,000, While at Least $12,000,000 Has Been Expended, Says John Kigby. MOPE than double the amount of money taken out in gold in the Nome district was expended during the last season in the purchase of sup plies and development work. In other words, two dollars were expended for every dollar that was taken out of the ground in the form of mineral wealth. The Nome district produced about JS.Oj0. X in gold, and $12,000,000. or even more, was expended in the district. This is according to a conservative es timate made by John Kigby. chief engi neer of the Nome Improvement Company, the company in which Captain Chtlcott is interested, who has returned to Portland for the Winter. Mr. Kigby makes his res idence fn Portland, but has been in Alas ka all Summer looking after the interests of the company which he represents. I believe that Nome will produce fully $S.(VO.(KV worth of gold next year,'' he said yesterday. "Last season was a poor one. because of the dry weather, the conse quent low water interfering with much of the placer mining. Had there been plenty of water the output would have been much larger "Much of the money expended in Nome this vear was in development work, from which the investors will not realize, if at all. until later. The men who took out the money are not the ones who spent the most money. Those' who are after the gold are the ones who spend the most. "The history of nearly all mining camps is that more money is spent than is taken out in gold. But the world is all the richer for it Say a man goes to Nome and spend SWO. He mines Jo00 in gold. Individually, he is the loser of fcOO. but the world Is JS00 richer. The money he spent is still in circulation, but in other hands, and the gold he has mined is new money. "Nome is still the camp of the small NEW ROLLING ST DDK IS ADDED Reason for Car Shortage on 0. R. & N. Revealed in the Annual Report. NET EARNINGS $5,597,152 Despite Surplus of $24,404,673 Real Value of $1G2.900 in Pre ferred Stock Is Given as $92, 125 Loss on Water Lines. the assault, and point to the fact that The report of the O. R. & N. for the fiscal year ending June 30. which has just been filed with the Washington Pail road Commission at Olympia. discloses one of the reasons why the road is com pelled to labor under the disadvantage of & shortage of cars. Notwithstanding the fact that the busi ness of the road has increased tremen dously during the past year, only one new locomotive has been purchosed, although a number of engines have been leased. During the year the total purchase of freight cars was 28, but about 300 others were leased. The report reveals an inadequate pro vision for the increase of business that is surprising and leaves no doubt of the inevitable shortage of rolling stock and motive power. During the year the report states the net income for the year after paying all expenses, interest, etc., were $5,597,152.59 and this made the road's total surplus on nana June 30 amount to $24,404,673. De spite this surplus and the 4 per cent dividend, the company gives the value of $122,900 par value of its own preferred stock it holds as only $92,125.60. The report states the actual value of $99,300 par of stock of the Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company it holds is but one single dollar, and the same nomi nal sum is given as actual value of $2. 000 par value of stock of the Baker City Opera House Company, which it holds. Among other stocks reported as held by the company are the following, par values being given: Cascades Railroad Company. $300,000; Columbia & Palouse, $1,000,000; Mill Creek Flume & Manufac turing Company, $200,000; Walla Walla & Columbia River Railway, $700,000: O. R. & N. common, $500 (valued by the com pany in the report at $3ti0.). Bonds heia include the following, par value. Columbia & Palouse $2,829,000, 6s: Columbia South ern. $700,000. 5s (Valued at $635.7601 : North ern Pacific Terminal Company. $127,000. 6s. (valued at $139,333.75); O. R. & N. consoli dated. 4s. $543,500. The report states that there are only 25 stockholders of the company and that "Oregon Short Line owns the majority of the capital stock and thereby controls it." The report includes the business o,f the O. R. & N proper and also that of the Columbia & Palouse. Walla Walla & Columbia River, Snake River Valley road and the steamer line. Gross earnings entire rail line were $11. fll3.195.07 and operating expenses were $5. S40.S44.67. Miscellaneous income included dividends on stocks and bonds owned, in terests on bonds, $6000 from fishing rentals at the Cascades, $1,924,923 rentals, interest, discounts and exchange and other sources making the total miscellaneous income $713,879.60. The steamer lines are reported to have operated at a net loss of about $35,000 Out of the income there was paid $800,880 interest on funded debt. $317,420 taxes. $60.0S1 rentals for equipment and $440,000 dividends, being 4 per cent on the pre ferred stock. To private car lines $12. 338 was paid of which the Armour lines got about S5500. In freight tonnage lum ber led. 24 54, ore was 19.96 and grain 16 61 per cent of the total tonnage of the line. AFTER SPOKAXE BUSINESS Canadian Pacific to Carry Freight Over Xew Line From Yahk. The Canadian Pacific has issued an nouncements that beginning today the Eastern agents for the road win accept freight for Spokane. The adding of Spo kane to Canadian Pacific stations has just been accomplished through the com pletion of the new line from Yahk. at the kAnnirv htii.'Mn Rritish Columbia and the United States, through the Crows Nest Pass route to Spokane. Passenger service will not be begun over the new Qivtut h. flr.ct of th. vear. as the roadbea is not in condition for the running of passenger trains. For the pres ent the Canadian Pacific will not toe rep resentea in Spokane by its own agents. The Corbin Interests, who built the new road will act for the company. Methodist Bishops Convene. ROCHESTER. N. Y . Oct. 24. Method- miner. The big companies have not grabbed up everything as yet. and will not until the rich pay streaks are ex hausted When the rich pockets have all been found and only the low-grade ore and sands remain to be mined the big companies will have to do it. as that kind of operating requires a big initial investment- There are hundreds of individual miners near Nome who are working small placer claims. "Sani Samson, of Portland, is among those who have made a stake. He has a very rich claim and already has some thing like $150,000 to the good. Within two or three years he will have cleaned up a cool $300,000. When I came down on the boat from Alaska I met at least 30 men who a year ago had practically noth ing. Now they are worth all the way from S25.000 to $150,000. "There are hundreds of claims around Nome which are tied up in litigation, and because of the many lawsuits the produc tion of gold is not as large as it would be if all the claims were free. The Fed eral Court is crowded with work and is fully a year behind. "During 1900 and 1901 there was a great rush into Nome. People were wild in their pursuit of wealth and they had been led to believe that all of the land near Nome for miles around was good. So they staked out thousands of claims. Eventually they drifted back to the states and. for the most part, left their claims in the hands of others, to whom they gave the power of attorney. "But little development work was done on the claims and in later years many of them have been relocated. Rich deposits were overlooked by the first locators. Learning that the old claims were of value, many of the original locators, or those who represent them, are now trying to renew possession of them. This is the cause of the constant litigation." 1st bishops from all over the world are attending the first session of the conven tion of the Methodist Episcopal Bishops of the World. In Asbury Church. The convention will last through the week. Among the delegates are bishops who have been working in India. China, Japan, Africa, South America and the Philippines. MINE SCANDAL AT NOME Several Prominent Citizens Indicted for Perjury and Conspiracy. SEATTLE. Oct. 24. Three, and possibly from 10 to 12 citizens of Nome will face charges of perjury and conspiracy to per petrate the most sensational mining fraud case which has been brought to light since the notorious case of several years ago. At a recent sitting of the grand jury at Nome. William J. Gilman. attorney for the Scandia Mining Syndicate of Nome: John Luchinger. of Nome, promoter, and Director Johnson, of the Scandia Syndi cate, were indicted on a charge of per jury. The indictments are results of an inves tigation brought about by the District At torney regarding charges of fraud in the case of the Scandia people against the owners of the Bessie Beach. An injunc tion was granted by United States Judge C. S. Moore on July 7 in favor of the Scandia people, prohibiting laymen and owners of the Bessie claim from working the property. Also suit for $750,000 was brought by the plaintiff, claiming the above amount had been laken out during the Winter diggings. President H. H. M. Bollander. it is al leged, made a desperate attempt to es cape from Nome on the steamer North western, which left that port one week ago last Monday, but was captured by United States secret service men. Di rector Johnson, when before the recent grand jury, confessed having perjured himself. A strip of 257 feet in width, comprising very rich property, is involved. Judge Arender. of Minneapolis, who was called to Nome to conduct the case for the plaintiffs, refused to handle it. AWAY WITH BILLBOARDS Tax Them Off Earth, Is Battlecry of Civic Federation. MILWAUKEE. Oct. 24. "Tax the bill hoards out of existence" will be the bat tle cry of the American Civic Associa tion for the year, according to the plans decided upon at its annual convention which opened In Milwaukee today. Sen'.i ment in favor of aggressive action against the billboard characterized all the ad dresses today and the organization will bring to bear upon this problem the same powerful influence which made possible its protection of Niagara Falls. PERS0NALMENTI0N. M. L. Holbrook and wife have just re turned from an extended trip in the East. Mrs. T. W. Nordby and little son left Tuesday for Medford where they will remain for several days visiting friends and relatives, from there they will go to San Francisco and on to other points of interest m California. NEW YORK. Oct. 24 (Special.) The following from the Pacific Northwest registered at New York hotels today: From Portland H. Metzger, at the Breslin. From Salem. Or. Miss J. Sands, at the Holland. From Seattle P. E. Seatford. at the Brozelle; H. E. Gleason. at the Wood stock; J. E. Dixon, at the Herald Square. CHICAGO. Oct. 24. (Special.! The fol lowing from Portlana registered at Chi cago hotels today: Morrison Charles A. Miller. Sherman House Nelson Harvey and wife. Stratford B. M. Eastman. Auditorium Henry W. Coe. H. H. Hol land. ' Young Widow Takes Poison. PRINEVILLE. Or.. Oct. 24 (Special V Mrs. Emma Johnson, a young widow whose home is at Bend, Or., attempted to commit suicide last evening by swallow ing a small quantity of chloroform. De spondency is said to have been the cause of her act. The quantity of the drug she took was not sufficient to cause death and she soon recovered. Headaches and Neuralgia From Colds. Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world-wide cold and grip remedy, removes cause, call for full name. Look for signature E. W. Grove. 25c, Jive How it feels to be perfectly wellf Perfectly well means a lot. Not an ache, ail or protest of any kind from body or mind. The Heaven of perfect poise when the iife forces drive rich, strong: red blood through the veins and fill one with an indefinable joy, when nature and all the world seems to be sending caresses to ,you. - Then the sky is beautiful whether it be gray or a deep restful eternity reaching blue or covered with softly moulded, round bosomed clouds lazily floating about and the breeze is kind and sweet whether it smooth your cheek with the soft touch of the wom an who loves you or energetically fills your lungs with the strong tonic of iife. Trees nod, the fallen leaves frisk about in fairy grace, flowers smile and send their fragrance and every friend you meet seems a warm hearted broth er reaching out for companionship. Perhaps an open fire beckons, beside which tabby purrs out her soft song of peace. Harmony from every side greets the harmony within and there steals over one from head to foot the subtle, sensuous tingle of warm new blood, the perfect poise of a well-fed nervous system. All this is absolute evidence that the possessor has been fed right and should stick to that kind of food and habits which have produced the result. The facts stand forth and the conclu sions are certain. If trouble, distress Postum Cereal Co., Did Yon POSTUM VANDALS ROB Seeley Home Entered While Owners Are East. INTERIOR MUCH DAMAGED Intruders Break Silverware to Ascer tain Its Value, TTpset Furniture and Leave Behind Them Scene of Confusion. While Mr. and Mrs. Roy Seeley were absent in Pittsburg. Pa., for the purpose of attending the wedding of a. son, bur glars entered their handsome residence at 714 Davis street by cutting a hole in the front panel, unlocking the door, and up setting nearly everything in the house. Damage to a large extent was done by the intruders, who were in search of solid silver, apparently, as they broke up much triple-plated ware and left it lying strewn about the place. City Water Inspector Siggins, in his rounds, discovered the burglary yester day and promptly reported it to Captain of "Detectives Bruin. The latter assigned Detective Sergeant Jones and Acting De tective Tichnor on the case, and they went to the house to investigate. They found a scene of the utmost confusion. The burglars had turned everything in the place upside down, and had destroyed a great deal of property. Triple-plated knives, forks and spoons were found strewn all over the floors, broken in two, it being the evident desire of the thieves to ascertain the value of the ware. That which was found to be not solia silver, they rejected, it appeared. The officers were unable to determine whether anything had been stolen from the house, but the strong presumption is that at least a handsome silver set. pre sented to Mrs. Seefey at her wedding, was taken, and it may be that other very valuable goods were stolen. The police were retarded in their work by the fact that no one could be found who knows what was in the houso at the time of the burglary. Neighbors who were inter viewed had no 'information on the sub ject, ana not until the officials receive a reply from Pittsburg, in answer to a telegram that was sent to ine oeeies. will it be fully known what, if anything, was stolen. Whoever entered the Seeley home must have been very determined, for every effort was made to secure valuables. A safe, in which it is supposed costly goods are stored, was attacked and the knobs were broken off in an attempt to break into it. but without avail. The burglary is one of the most daring yet reported to the police and is receiving special attention- . It Is not known when it oc curred, as no one was in the house or near it at the time, and it may have been several days ago that it was en tered. The house is situated in one of the most fashionable residence districts In Portland. Husband Refuses to Go to Church. Mr. Anna Kennedy. Wife of Port land Barber, Asks Coart to Di vorce Her From Irrelig Ions spouse BECAUSE her husband would not ac company her to church, Mrs. Anna Kenneay wants a divorce. She was mar ried to J. Fred Kennedy, a barber, on May 21. 1S93. She asked for the divorce In a complaint filed in the Circuit Court yesterday. Mrs. Kennedy alleges that shortly after their marriage, her husband commenced a course of cruel and inhuman treatment towards her by going away to work early in the morning and not returning until late at night and that he would not ac company her to church, or places of amusement, or on visits to mutual friends. The plaintiff states' that when she wouia mention these things to Ken nedy, he would say naughty things to and inharmony fill the days and blot out the rightful peace, every human being has a right to, ehanse the food. If your present method of feeding makes imperfect cells and fails to build the soft gray matter in brain and nerve centres scattered over the body, look alive, quit the old diet, and take on a new and better one. That's plain common sense. Right then is the exact time to quit coffee absolutely and select meals wisely. Suppose you try for breakfast, A little fruit, A dish of Grape-Nuts and cream, Two soft-boiled eggs, A cup of Postum Food Coffee. Stop At that, it will carry you easily until the midday meal, which can be either a lunch of the same things (if a dinner is expected at night) or the heavy meal can be taken at midday. Take only one heavy meal in a day in addition to the two light ones. At the heavy meal have one good meat course, with one or two vege tables, and a rich, sweet Grape-Nuts pudding. After a few days on these meals a change for the better will come over the body in practically every case where the disease has not become too firmly fixed and chronic Remember health is a matter of wise ly selected food and a harmonious mind. It will be a tremendous help to read the little book, "The Road , to Wellville," found in pkgs. of Postum and Grape-Nuts. "There's a Reason' and a profound Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. r Kno w ig Firm Dissolves Partnershia pc rMic$ - m t -fit f F?ONT " -. , 30x100 feet, 2 floors on Front St. 25x50 on Oak St. Nathan & Wertheimer Co., New Tork and Portland, Oregon, agree to dissolve the partnership and commence at once to wind up all affairs. The Wholesale Stock of MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING Now in the Portland wholesale house will be sold at retail COMMENCING NEXT SATURDAY AT 9 A. M. And last for. seven days only. Between $50,000 and $60.00 worth of goods are on hand, and after the closing of the retail sale here the balance of the goods will be shipped to California. This firm does not expect to realize more than first manufacturers' cost, but the season is late to dispose of the goods to coast merchants, as the Fall and Winter stocks are all in and the stores have a full supply. Retailing was the only avenue for quick cash returns. Wholesale cost or less means a saving of two profits to the consumer, or about one-half regular retail prices. The sale will be conducted from the wholesale house, 73 Front St., Commencing' Saturday, Oct. 27 at 9 A. M. her. which caused her to become very nervous. In the complaint on file Mrs. Kennedy says that she stood this sort of treat ment for five years, then went to Cali fornia." After being there for a time, she avers that her husband wrote and urged her to return and promised to be good. For one year after her return, he treated her with kindness, she says, but in 1900 he Is alleged to have again refused to go to church, which again made her nervous. There are no children, and Mrs. Ken nedy asks to be restored to her maiden name of Anna Martin. Fatally Shoots His Wife. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24. William Johnson, a foreman for the Watson- BeJdinir Construction Company, shot and fatally wounded his wife last night The Kind You Have Always in use for over 30 years, and Jy7y J7-" sonal supervision since its infancy. t'COCCLttiit, Allnwnn nnn trtdf.iv vouin this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and" Just-as-good "are but Experiments that trifle .with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotio substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. ) The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS SI Sears the The Kind You Hare Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CCWT&un COMHNV, TT Old Dr. Grey's Sanitarium The only reliable place for confinements In Portland. Regular licensed physi cians and professional trained nurses, perfect seclusion, honest dealings. Infanta adopted. The finest equipped sanitarluiA for the cure of chronic and rebellious diseases in the Northwest Diseases of women a specialty. Graduate lady physi cians In attendance. Terms very reasonable. Address. DR. J. D. Grey, 251 Alder itreet, corner Third. Portland. Or. Correspondence solicited. Telephone Main 2T9S. 5 , rT.S. -i-Ej ; ivi on Montgomery street, near Pacific. The shooting arose out of the woman's re fusal to return to her husband, whom she had left to earn her own living as a. waitress. Johnson was arrested and the woman was taken to a hospital, where it was found that a bullet was imbedded near her heart. She haa identified Johnson as her assailant. Dressed Lumber Goes Up. OAKLAND. Cal .'Oct. 24 The Alameda County Planing Millowners" Association, last night decided to make an advance of 25 per cent in the price of its products. The reason assigned for the advance, which will fall directly on builders in this city, is that there has been a sharp advance In the price of lumber and the price of labor. The advance will go into effect at once 3 v. 1: Bought, and -which has been has borne the signature of has been made under his per- Signature of MURRAY TeCT, MCWVOMK CtTV.