THE 3IQRXIXG OKEGONIAN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 12, 1906.
BIRTH AND RISE OF
RUEF'
Due to Invasion of Political
Field by Labor Unions
of Country.
TEACHES GAME TO SCHMITZ
Astute Schemer Becomes Mentor of
Musician Pitchforked Into May
oralty and Reaches for
, Graft on All Sides.
PAN FpANClSCO. Nov. 11. (Spe
cial.) In order to understand fully the
exciting events attending the. official
house-cleaning in San Francisco, one
must go back five years. In 1901 San
Francisco went through the most bit
ter strike known to the city. The
trumsters quit work in a body, and in
their endeavor to enforce their de
mands, the streets became the scenes
uf bloody riots. Before the struggle
ended some six men had been killed
and a large number injured. There
whs warfare on the water. front and
there. wore battles on the main thor
oughfares. In the end the teamsters
lost. They laid their defeat to the
policemen whom Mayor I'helan placed
on the trucks. Phelan gave the em
ployers full benefit of police protec
tion. Instead of crushing unionism, this
defeat gave it its impetus, which has
In the intervening time made San
Francisco the best union town in
America. It became -evident that the
unions could not successfully fight
their employers and the police force
at the same time. The seeds of union
ism had taken deep root. With defeat
in the strike came the knowledge that
heroic steps were necessary. To sev
eral labor leaders came the idea of
actively engaging in city politics in
order to put into office an administra
tion which would sympathize with
union labor. Among these leaders was
Michael Casey, a .teamster, who had
been prominent during the strike.
Kuef lMits Schmitz In Office.
Accordingly a Habor convention was
called to nominate a municipal ticket.
Eugene K. Schmitz, leader of the or
chestra at the Columbia Theater, the
foremost playhouse of the city, was
nominated. Schmitz was. a. member pf
the Musicians' I'nion, and enjoyed a
wide circle of friends in all walks of
life, one of his most intimate friends
was Abe Ruef.
Ituef, before this, had gainod some
notoriety as a district leader in the
Republican party. He had a large fol
lowing and was seldom in harmony
with, the main wing of the party. He
split his district with a league of his
own when lie could not control it.
Uuef was quick to see the possibili
ties of the labor movement. Operating
deftly but unseen, he directed the first
1-jibor convention, and put through the
nomination of schmitz. The entire
movement attracted but little attetL-. ,
-twnrns it was classed as ":r false hope.
It happened,- however, that the politi
cal situation was all awry at the mo
ment. Tile Republicans nominated Asa
Wells, then City Audjtor, add the Dem
ocrats Joseph Tobin, the young mil
lionaire. In both the Republican and
Democratic parties there were splits.
M. H. de Young and John D. Spreckels,
who -were in control of the local Re
publican party at the time, opposed the
nomination of Wells- and bolted the
ticket to support Tobin. The split in
the ranks of the Democrats caused
Hearst to desert Tobin. With condi-tions-
thus upset, with the candidacy
of Schmitz looked upon as a political
freak, the Labor party elected the
. Mayor.
Makes Hlmscir Solid Willi Unions.
Schmitz knew' little of municipal af
fairs. His friend Ruef knew the situa-
tion from A to 7.. Schmitz turned to
Rnef and Ruef took control.
Schmitz made his tirst great stroke in
April, l!HK. four mdnths after he took of
fice. The .streetcar 'inert .struck. It was
;a 'case of life or death for their union.
Men 'had been dismissed from the service
for joining the union, and the company
had maintained a spy system. Public
sympathy was with the employes. The
. ihayor refused to man the cars with po
licemen. He interceded, gained a big vic
tory for ...e'ear men, and ended the strike
in less than a- week. From thatmoment
he became the idol of organized labor.
, .As occasion afforded,, he surrounded him
self b ith officials from the ranks of or
ganized labor. In a few months a big
political machine had been constructed.
ISogl lining of Kuef's Graft.
Wetore the end bf the Mayor's first
, term of two years, there as a cry of
graft -in the police department, lie had
entrenched himself, and Ruef had called
the Southern Pacific into alliance. The
election of 1903 was a big victory for
Schmitz. .Opposed to him were Henry
Crocker, nominated by the Republicans,
and Franklin K. Lnine, nominated by the
Dpmbrrats. - i.
Early in . the second term Ruef began
.An. a big scale those practices which
have led up to the present investigation.
le made the saloon men his special mark.
He molded them Into a great ring and
made them part of his political machine.
' He became their attorney, accepted big
' "fees" and took the lid oft the city.
San Francisco became the most "open
town" on the continent: Anything went,
and It went all the time. Life was as
free and easy as in the fifties.
Graft in All Directions.
From the liquor dealers It was an easy
step to the corner grocers, and thence
to the small merchants. In this way Ruef
built up an-immense machine. Then, when
he felt himself impregnable, he began to
collect "fees" with increased vigor. There
. was a favored paving company, whose
hill called for more work than its plant
could turn out, there was a palace of
vice in which, it is alleyd, Schmitz and
Ruef were interested, uiere was the
building permit business, the Schmitz
club', to' which all municipal employes
contributed, and any number of minor
. systems of making the administration
' profitable.
: A fusion movement a year ago to dis
lodge Schmitz failed. John S. Partridge
ran as the candidate of the Republicans
and Democrats, but the strength of Ruef
was so. great that he elected not only
Mayor, "but every other municipal fticial
as well.
Before the new administration had
fairly', settled down to business the earth
quake' came. However, it was not long
in resuming business. Matters have fol
' ' lowed each other too rapidly since then
to admit of an attempt to relate them.
P. A. S.
Story With Obvious Moral.
Ashland Record.
Lee Grlgsby, of Agate, was bound over
to the Circuit Court by Justice Stewart,
at Medford Monday, the offense being as
sault with a dangerous weapon. The vic
tim of the assault was his wife, and. phe
1
swore to the complaint. There were eight
witnesses put on the stand. The scene
of the affair was during a country dance
at the Grigsby home, and Mr. . Grigsby,
under the Influence of liquor, became jeal
ous of his wife, invited her into a side
room, choked her, knocked her down and
was In the attitude of carrying out a
threat to amputate her tongue with a
knife when the dancing party came to
her rescue and took Mr. Grtgsby's knife
from him.
' LOST IX THE MOCNTAIXS.
Prospectors Kndure Severe Hard
ships Trying to Locate Claims.
ALBANY, Or., Nov. 11. (Special.) After
one -of the most trying though fruitless
trips in an effort to securea timber claim
under the timber and stone act that have
been made since the timber locators began
reaping their harvest in Oregon, Mrs. E.
D. Cuslck, wife of a prominent Albany
banker, and Allan and "William Stell
machcr, of Albany, have arrived home.
The party went to Grant's Pass several
days ago in response to word that some
claims were ready for location in the
mountains near that place. When they
arrived at the Southern Oregon town they
started with a timber locator for the
mountains, several miles distant, and had
penetrated into the trackless forest be-,
fore they discovered the alleged locator
wao not familiar with the country.
After searching for many hours for the
necessary corner-posts, etc., to secure
claims, and failing in their efforts, the
party started to retrace their steps to the
mountain trail. Then it was that their
hardships began in earnest. The locator
was unable to conduct them to the trail,
and the party wandered about In an effort
to reach a settlement and shelter. Dark
ness overtook them, and the locator start
ed out alone to find the way out and se
cure food for his charges. The three
Albany people spent the night in the
woods in a tierce storm of rain and sleet,
without shelter or food.
During the night a large pine tree that
had been hollowed out in some way was
found, and some protection from the
storm secured. On the following morning
the party succeeded in reaching civiliza
tion, exhausted and worn out by their
long fast, and benumbed with the cold
rain. Upon reaching Grant's Pass, all
three of the prospective timber claimants
returned to Albany without securing
claims.
SYMPATHY FOR PLUMBERS
TACOMA BUILDING TRADES
ADOPT "CAKD RILE."
Union Men Will Hereafter Kefuse to
Work With Those Who Cannot
Produce Proper Credentials.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 11. (Special.)
After a session lasting more than
three hours, the Building Trades As
sembly today decided to adopt the
"card rule" on all building operations
in Tacoma, as a means of assisting the
striking plumbers.
This action will result in union men
refusing to work where plumbers are
employed who do not possess cards.
Master plumbers affirm that the en
forcement of the card rule will be
practically the same as a sympathetic
strike.
The only action taken by the Assem
bly, the officers say, was the adoption
of the following resolution:
- "Resolved, That we support the
plumbers by refusing to work with a
journeyman plumberjvitViwjt ;ar wjrdj. or;
a boss plumber who was not in busi
ness in Tacoma October 1, 1906, and
then only on his own work, and he
shall be allowed only one helper, ac
cording to the plumbers' rules."
Representatives of the following lo
cals were at the meeting: Carpenters,
painters, plumbers, plasterers, electri
ans, lathers, building laborers and
sheet metalworkers!
A. M. Goddard, president of the mas
ter plumbers' association, characterized
the action as being practically a sym
pathetic strike.
"We will simply go ahead and mind
our own business," said he. "We have
men coming who will be here this
week. They will he placed on every
job in town, and the result will be a
sympathetic strike. The contractors
will naturally be compelled to take
sides with us, and thus the fight will
he extended greatly."
TRAGEDY AGITATES SALEM.
Murder and Suicide May Hesiilt, in
Putting on the Lid.
. SALEM. - Or., Nov. 11 (Special.) The
remains of Victor E. D'Anna who killed
Ben Gholson here, yesterday mornins
and then committed suicide will be buried
at Eugene. Tuescliy afternoon, under the
auspicies of a college fraternity of which
he was a member. D'Anna's home was
In Lexington, Ky., but his father is in
Oklahoma and the family is scattered so
they ent word today to bury the body
in Oregon. The funeral of Gholson oc
curred, this afternoon, near Zena, a large
crowd attended the services.
Salem has been intensely agitated over
the tragic deaths of these two men.
The fact that D'Anna ended his carou
sal at 5 o'clock in the morning has given
occasion for criticism of the policy of
permitting saloons to keep open all night
and members of the city Council are con
sidering an ordinance on that subject.
Several months ago. a reform movement
"was started with the result that gambl
ing places were closed and saloons were
not permitted to open Sunday. Soon the
enforcement of the law became lax, how
ever, and gambling places are: now run
ning, some of them open to minors.
Liquor has also been on sale Sundays.
- Tonight, Officer Longcor visited the
saloon of F. P. Talkington and found a
crowd in the place. He took the names
of many persons present and it is pre
sumed that he will swear out warrants
for the arrest of the proprietors, to
morrow. .
KILLS, HIMSELF BY ACCIDENT
Chehalis Lad Blows Smoke Out of
Gun With Fatal Results.
CHEHALIS, Wash., llov. 11. (Special.)
Peter Biegger. the 17-year-old son of
Gottlieb Biegger, of this city, was fatally
injird by his own gun while out hunting
near here today. While trying to blow
smoke out bf the barrel of his 22-rifle
the gun was accidentally discharged. The
bullet struck the young man In the fore
head, passing nearly through his head.
Young Biegger died later. Two compan
ions were with him. . ,
Will Cut Down Schedule.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B, C. Nov. II.
(Special.) A new time table in connec
tion with the Kootenay service of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad will go Into ef
fect November 18 and the run from Nelson
to Vancouver will be made in 12 hours
less than under present schedule. The
new route will be made by the Slocan
route, thus avoiding the narrows on the
Arrow Lakes, where freezeups occur dur
ing the cold weather.
Mllwaukie Country Club.
Eastern and California races. Taks Sell
wood or Oregon City car, starting from
First and Alder streets.
V
Itching. Irritable, chafing-, chapped skin
healed Healthy by Satla skin cream. 25c
DEPOT SAFE
Burglars Blow Up 0. R. & N.
Strong Box at Garfield.
THEY SECURE NO PLUNDER
Believed to Have Fled to Spokane
by Train, but Authorities
Have No Tangible Clews
to Work On.
GARFIELD. Wash., Nov. 11. (Special.)
Burglars entered the O. R. & N. depot,
at 11:30 o'clock -yesterday morning and
dynamited the big railway safe, blowing
It Into small pieces. No damage was
done to the office. The depot was en
tered through a window and after the
robbers had done their work, it Is be
lieved they got out of town on the
Northern Pacific passenger train, which
is due hefe for Spokane about the time
the robbery occurred.
When Agent House arrived at the de
pot this morning to meet the early train
from Portland his office looked as if a
Kansas cyclone had' struck it, papers,
books, tickets, etc., being scattered pro
miscuously about the room.
Constable James West and Mayor Mc-
Clure were notified and wired at once
for Harry Draper and his dogs, but the
Spokane (train had left before the message
was received, and Mr. Draper did not
come.
There Is no clew to the robbers other
than that there were three strangers seen
skulking around town Saturday night by
Constable West. Agent House never
leaves any money in the safe over night
and the robbers got only a small amount
of change from the till. The burglars
left a large canvas and some of their
tools near the wrecked safe.
Cracksmen broke Into the same depot
Reveral years ago and dynamited the
same safe, blowing the door off at that
time. About a month ago the office was
entered and the combination to the safe
badly damaged, but the burglars failed, at
that time, to get it open.
Local authorities will put forth every
effort to run down the guilty parties.
XEED NOT USE OIL FUEL.
St. Paul Road Wins Long Fight With
Forestry Bureau.
"SEATTLE, Nov. 11. (Special.) After a
fight that has extended over nearly a
year the Forestry Bureau of the United
States has abandoned an effort to compel
the St. Paul railroad to use oil for fuel
in passing through forest reserves of
Washington. Montana and Idaho. The
company will use coal, but is obliged to
send its employes to aid in putting out
any fires that may start along the right-of-way.
Were the use of oil required,
a serious handicap would be imposed.
When the St. Paul sought permission to
go through the Rainier reserve it agreed
to a forestry regulation forbidding the
use of coal as fuel without much thought
of the consequences. The company had
an impression that, if the regulation was
valid and binding, it could be removed by
congressional action and in the feverish
.rush. to. .the , Coast the. agreement was
signed.- . ; :'- -
As it developed, the. St. Paul did not
pass through the Rainier reserve. The
final route selected was through Snoqual-
mie pa3, between Rainier and Washing
ton reserves. This line enabled the com
pany to escape regulations forbidding
coal as fuel.
When the proposed route through the
Bitter Root reserve was being surveyed
in Montana and Idaho the same provision
was made about the use of oil and the
company agreed to the provision. At the
same time , St. Paul officials began to
grow nervous and to look up the right of
the forestry department to specify such
restrictions. :
Before anything was done a new route
was laid out and the company declared
its intention of getting away from the
Bitter Root reserve. Maps were filed and
a short time later a presidential procla
mation threw the company's new route
into the Lolo reserve.
Then a fight was made in earnest to do
away with the oil regulations. The com
pany Insisted strenuously that the right-of-way
had been located before the re
serve was created and no new regula
tions could be prescribed.
Whether the forestry department act
ually had authority to (l;mand the use of
oil was not settled in the controversy be
tween the road and the federal authori
ties. A day or two ago It was decided
that the company had selected its route
before the reserve was created and an
ex post facto regulation would not apply
to the line.
In the settlement of the fight the rail
road company has agreed to pay for all
the timber cut off the right-of-way and
to hold lis employes ready to assist in
the extinguishing of any fires that may
occur in the reserve near the line. "
CHARLES E. HUGHES IX OREGOX
Xew York Candidate Came to Cor-
i vallis to Buy Railroad.
Corvallis Times.
Charles E. Hughes, candidate for Gov
ernor of New York, was once in Corval
lis. That was in December, 1SS3. With a
colleague, he came as attorney for the
Blair faction of the bondholders to buy
the Oregon Pacific Railroad. It was in
debt Jl.250,000 for material and labor. An
expert had traveled over the line and
placed its value at $1,000,X. The sale
was at auction at the Courthouse, and
David Osburn was Sheriff. The reading
of the order of sale and other ceremonies
occupied an hour: Lawyer Hughes stood
in the group, and when the crucial mo
ment arrived he handed the Sheriff a cer
tified check for $HO0,Ceo and named that
sum as his. bid. Nobody else wanted to
buy. "Sold!" shouted the Sheriff, after
vain efforts for another bid, and the cere
mony ended. After tire sale, Mr. Hughes,
who is a genial gentleman, gave the fol
lowing interview to the Times:
"The purchase ot the road has been
made by the united aotion of responsible
parties Interested in the development of
the property. It Is expected that the road
will soon be put on, a strong basis, and
be operated so as to benefit the commu
nities contiguous to the road, as well as
its owners."
The road was purchased for J. J. Beld
en, Henry Martin, F. . L. Pendleton, S.
S. Hollingsworth, Joseph Wharton and
James A. Blair. The sale was not con
firmed by Judge Fullerton, and at a re
sale, some months later, went to Mr.
Hammond for $100,000..
GREEX B. RAUM, JR., INSANE
Son of Famous General Is Arrested
In Seattle.
SEATTLE, Nov. 11. Green B. Raum,
Jr., was arrested In the Rainier Grand
Hotel, this morning, on an insanity
charge. The prisoner is a son of General
Green B. Raum, ex-Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, Commissioner of Pen
sions and Congressman from Illinois and
a veteran of the Civil War.
The conditions leading up to the arrest
CRACK
of Raum, Jr., were such that the police
believe the man a fit subject for the In
sane asylum. He had taken his razor
from his room and started to a room of
another man on the same floor in the
hotel.
DUCK HUNTER LOSES LIFE
Astoria Man Falls From Boat and
Is Drowned.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 11. (Special.)
Emil Balmer, of this city, was drowned,
yesterday afternoon, by falling from a
small boat while duck-hunting near
KnapVa. His body was found on the tide
flats near there, this afternoon. The de
ceased was about 25 years of age and
left a father and sister residing in Port
land. Body Burned on a Pyre.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, Nov. 11.
(Special.) The body of Rudab Singh, a
recently-arrived native of the Punjab,
was cremated here with great ceremony.
Many citizens witnessed the rites as per
formed by the foreigners. The funeral
pyre was constructed of highly-scented
and inflammable wood, on which the body
was placed. After the chants had been
sung the torch was applied, and, accord
ing to the belief of the turbaned priests,
the spirit of the deceased went to the
happy land. The ashes were then gath
ered up and shipped to India to be thrown
In the Ganges river.
Railroad Work Is Tied Up.
NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C, Nov. 11.
(Special.) The construction crews on the
Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Kaitway
between Gloverdale and. Sumas are out
on strike and work Is suspended. - The
men claim they were not paid for the
time they were Idle at the opening of the
work, when tools and .material were de
layed. It is expected that the trouble
will be settled shortly.
Foul Play to Quaker City Man.
VICTORIA. B. C, Nov. 11. Joseph
Dale, of Philadelphia. Is reported missing
at Bella Coola. in Northern British Co
lumbia, and the provincial police suspect
foul play. An investigation is being
made.
EASY TO CONQUER DEATH
ONLY NECESSARY TO BELIEVE
IX LIFE, SAYS REV. GREEX. .
Exponent of DMne Healing Reveals
Secret of Methuselah's Long Life,
as He Understands It.
. Rev. P. J. Green addressed an audience
at the Auditorium on Third street yes
terday afternoon on the subject "The
Secret of Methuselah's Long Life." Mr.
Green, who ia an exponent of "rational
divine healing" and a psychologist, is of
the unalterable opinion that the law of
suggestion governs all things, even the
length of human life, and he imparted the
secret to his Audience at some length. All
that is necessary to live several centuries,
or as long as one cares to, according to
his belief, is to think and believe only in
life, keeping the suggestion of d?ath
away from the subconscious mind.
Mr. Green believes that in 25 or 50 years
from now telepathy will be ap well known
and understood and in as universal use
as modern electrical appliances and in
ventions are now. and will be no more
unusual than -the telephone or wireless
telegraphy. He further believes that the
soul is the seat of life and an intimate
knowledge of it is ot far more import
ance to health and longevity than a
knowledge of drugs and medicines.
"Psychologists are bringing life to men
from within them by teaching them to
have complete use of their thoughts and
faculties," he said. "Psychology, deals
with the laws and functions of the soul
in relation to the body life and death.
Suggestion has wrought death and de
struction for centuries when it should
prolong life and usefulness instead."
In speaking of' the possibilities of the
law of suggestion Mr. Green gave a num
ber of illustrations, familiar to all, where
in men were made to believe thing11 by
having them repeatedly suggested, with
fatal results. He used these to lead up to
the fact that in Methuselah's ' lifetime
there mas no thought or suggestion of
death, for then everyone lived long and
the question of ceasing to live was never
in mind. He also said that until the
flood the average life was many cen
turies, but the many deaths which oc
curred at that time brought the sugges
tion of death until it seriously affected
the human species.
"I believe that if the suggestion of life
were closely adhered to during the pre
natal period that we would soon have a
race of men who would live to the age
of several centuries." he said. "Stop
thinking of short life. Stop thinking of
death, of sickness. Let your mind rest
on pleasant, healthful things, make your
self useful and be happy, believing that
you will be here as long as you are use
ful, then yon will livelong."
A solo J'Just One Touch" was sung
while a collection to defray the expenses
of the hall was taken by Brother Spring.
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
Engine Boiler on Sunset Express Ex
plodes Many Hurt.
SAN JOSE. Cal.. Nov. 11. Two men
were killed, another fatally injured,
and many persons more or less shaken
up and cut by broken glass by an acci
dent to the Southern Pacific Sunset Ex
press No. 10, southbound, from San
Francisco to New Orleans, opposite the
depot at Sargent's Station, 87 miles
south of San Francisco, at 9:35 o'clock
tonight.
The dead:
ENGINEER GILLESPIE.
SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN
GOODFELLOW.
The Injured: Fireman Garvey, badly
scalded, both legs broken, will die.
It is also believed that four or five
tramps, riding on the platform or un
derneath the freight car. were killed.
The accident was caused by. the ex
plosion of the engine boiler, the force
of which b.ew the depot to pieces, tore
up the track for 100 feet on both sides
of the place, and turned over the first
four cars of the train. the sleeping
cars remained on the track and none
of the passengers in these cars -was
hurt.
Wrecking and relief trains from San
Francisco and San Jose are now at' the
scene. All is in darkness and the res
cue work is handicapped to a great
extent because of this.
The explosion wrecked the telegraph
wires, and it is not possible to get full
details.
Schwab in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 11. Charles M.
Schwab, former head of the Steel Trust,
and one of the principal stockholders in
the Union Iron Works, of this city, ar
rived in San Francisco today. He was
accompanied by his father, J. A. Schwab,
Oliver Wren, J. A. Stafford, Dr. S. A,
Brun and W. A. Mitchell, all of New
York.
The Killn electric furnace for the pro
duction of steel is about to be utilized on
a large Ecale in Sweden. This Is to be
done in connection with the development of
the. immense water power of Tralhatta, near
the extensive ore deposits in jsoraiana.
Li IS NOT SCARCE
Ample Supply of Its Devotees
Among Lawmakers.
TRADES OF NEW MEMBERS
Washington Legislature Strong Also
in Farmers, but Lumbermen Less
Xumerous and Labor Has
Few Representatives.
SEATTLE. Nov. 11. (Special.)
King County has furnished nearly half
tne attorneys who will sit In the next
House of Representatives and the at
torneys will outnumber those of any
other single occupation or profession.
Thus far there are 18 attorneys re
ported, or far more than enough to
fill out the ordinary judiciary commit
tee of the House. Eight of the total
number hall from King and the King
County, lawyers all have their shingles
out.
Heretofore there has been a groat
deal of trouble In the House to grct
lawyers enough on the judiciary com
mute to guarantee h quorum iU com
mittee meetings. The committee sits
every night but most of the members
sit elsewhere. The work of the com
mittee in both houses Is usually car
ried on by three or four faithful plod
ders, who scrutinize each bill and do
real, hard work.
With 18 men to draw from, the next
Speaker ought to be able to get to
gether a committee that could meet
once in a while with a respectable Pt
tendance. There are even enough at
torneys to permit the work to be di
vided up In sub-committees and per
mit a great deal of careful attention
to legislation.
Farmers Next In Number.
Next to the attorneys will be the far
mers and merchants of the house, a
dozen strong. The list of farmers does
not include the number of tillers of
the soil who pay more attention to
stockraising, horticulture, dairying or
other pursuits than to ali-around farm
ing. Of equal strength with the
farmers will be the merchants or
storekeepers, 12 strong. The real es
tate men are strong and the lumber
men fall far below their usual
strength.
Rather an interesting fact to th
lumbermen Is the circumstance that
Senator A. W. Anderson, of Stevens
County, who is waiting for a boat in
the Pend d'Oreille River to get pulled
off a sand bank and bring in belated
returns is a sawmill man, the only
lumberman elected from the east side
to either house. Anderson is now 12
behind with four districts yet to re
port.
The mix-up In Lewis County that in
volvos George McCoy and J. G. Start
up is a fight between two lumbermen
McCoy has a mill at Napavine and
Startup's plant is at Chehalis.
Senator-elect Alex Poison, of Che
halis, is the most prominent logger in
-cither house. Senator-elect Ralph Met
calfe, of Tacoma, manager for R. L.
McCorniick's political future, is the
most prominent shingle manufacturer.
Labor Poorly Represented.
The Senate has a preponderance of
awyers ten but 11 members are re
quired to fill out the judiciary com
mittee. Lieutenant - Governor Coon
might do as he did last session, add
Al Hunter, of Whatcom, to the com
mittee, for Hunter knows law, but for
sook that profession for the lumber
business. The farmers in the upper
house are no more numerous than the
real estate men and fall far below the
lumbermen In strength.
It is rather an interesting fact that
there are practically no laboring men
in the two houses. Jesse Huxtable, a
railroad conductor, of Spokane, Jesse
Jones, from the Tacoma car shops of
the Northern Pacific, Nick Klovberg, a
stationery engineer of Tacoma, Ed
Tonkin, a Black Diamond miner, and
George H. Armstrong, a telegrapher
of Arlington, form the labor brigade
in the House. Armstrong has quit tel
egraph work. He did not go back to
work after the last general strike of
the telegraphers on the Hill system
tills year. He is said to be a labor
agitator and is expected to make a
right for labor legislation.
There is not a single educator In
either house. There is also a dearth
of newspapermen. The bankers have
feeble representation and the hotel
men are poorly . represented. But on
the whole the Legislature is fairly rep
resentative. FIRE THREATENS MOBILE
Destroys Sawmill and Spreads,
Fanned by High Wind.
MOBILE. Ala., Nov. 12. Fire that
broke out at midnight in the big sawmill
plant of Hieronymus Bros., Madison and
Water streets, had at 1:30 caused a loss
of $100,000, and was still spreading. The
Hieronymus . plant was destroyed, and
firebrands carried by the high wind set
the mill of the Mobile Hardwood Com
pany on the river-front on fire. The yards
of the latter company were destroyed,
and the fire next threatened the Mobile
ways and Sullivan milling plant, one of
the largest in this secu.
New Railroads for China.
HONGKONG. Nov. 11. Chqwfu, who
was recently appointed Viceroy of th
Province of Kwang-Tung, has arrived
here, on. his way to Canton. Speaking
at an informal meeting of Chinese mer
chants -with reference to the Yuethan
Railway, he insisted upon harmonv be
tween the merchants and officials with
the object of bringing the scheme to a
successful issue. His policy in railway
Over 5,000 Druggists
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That In addressing Mrs. Pinkham you
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a woman whose experience with wo
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The present Mrs. Pinkham is the
daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham,
and for many years under her direction,
and since her decease, her advice has been
freely given to sick women.
Many women suffer in silence and drift along
from bad to worse, knowing full well that they
oueht to have immediate assistance, but a
modesty impels them to shrink from exposing' them
selves to the questions and probable examinations
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Without money or price you can consult a woman
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Mrs. PInkham's Standing Invitation :
Women suffering' from any form of female weak
ness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are. received,
opened, read and answered by women only. A
woman can freely talk of her private illness to a
woman: thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the wo
of America which has never been broken,
of the vast volume of experience which si
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ted thia invitation. Note the
result:
First letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
" For eight years I have suffered something
terrible every month. The pains are exaru
ciating and I can hardly stand them. My
doctor savs I have a severe female trouble,
and I must go through an operation if I want
to get well. I do not want to submit to it if
I can possibly help it. Please tell me what
to do. I hope ymi can relieve me." Mrs.
Mary Dimmick, 6tb. and S. Capitol Streets,
Washington, D. C.
Second letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
" After following carefully your advice,
and taking Lydia E. Pinkham'8 Vegetable
( v,mnoiind. I am very anxious to send you
my testimonial, that ohers may know their
value and what you ha.'o done for ma
matters, he said, would be dictated by
Western principles.
Regarding the Kowolon-Canton Rail
way, Chowfu predicted that its comple
tion would give an Impetus to the trade
of Hongkong and China.
Sixth Infantry Home From Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. It. The Sixth
Men who know will tell you
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Infantry arrived here today on the trans
port Thomas from Manila. The first bat
talion of the Sixth will leave Tuesday for
Its headquarters at Fort Harrison. Mont.,
the second battalion goes to Fort Lincoln.
N. 15., and the Third Battalion to Fort
Missoula, Mont.
Tilers are about 400 bowling clubs in Scot
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