4 THE HORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, 10UH. BLIZZARD RAGES GOAL IS LACKING People of Prairie States in ; Danger of Freezing to Death. MILITIA MAY HAUL TRAINS North Dnkota Towns Bare of Fuel and Farmers Burn Buildings to Keep Alive Vain Appeal Sent to Mines. MINNEAPOLIS, Dee. 14. With the cold wave' signal flying, the coal short age In the, Northwest becomes not only a cause of severe suffering, but an ab solute menace to human life. This is the second chapter in the history of the rail roads' failure to handle the IMS traflic in the territory tributary to Minneapolis. Glenburn. N. D., is considering serious ly an appeal tn' the governors of North lakota and Minnesota to employ the state militia In moving coal trains. , Farmers Burn Buildings. Farmers are burning their outbuilding's for fuel. ;ienburn has Invited people from Its territory who will be without fuel to come and camp in the village school. .Evolcth. Minn., faces darkness and suffering through deprivation of coal and apprehensive reports have come from, numerous ' places. At Cando, N. D., dealers are out of fuel and the mills and electric light works will be shut down. Several families aro entirely without fuel. But ono freight train lias entered Cando this week, and no fuel was on that. Call Militia to Haul Trains. The Glenburn. .Is'. IX, Commercial Club in a telegram received here today says: "Our local dealers have coal ordered over two months, which is not even ship lied yet. Today we will wire Governor Carles requesting him to take up the matter with Governor Johnson, and if necessary, call out the militia of the two states to rim coal trains. "The situation all through this sec tion is desperate, and with the liability of blizzards any time, many will freeze to death if fuel is not available soon. Farmers aro already coming to town with stories of burning sheds and other outhouses. Mines Cannot Get Cars. "We will wire our Senators at Wash ington today asking their interest with the Federal Government We cannot put our words strong enough to convey the chance of getting railroads to haul spe cial trains of coal Into these sections suffering. 'We telephoned the Burlington mines and asked if they would not let us have five cars if we sent men to load them. They replied they were 60 cars or more back in orders and could not ob tain cars to load. Farmers cannot go to the mines and haul more than 1000 to 1500 pounds as the roads are almost im passable." - .. . ' TRAINS LOST IX NORTH DAKOTA Great Snowstorm Is Raging and Drifts Aro 20 Feet High. ST. PAUL, Dec. 14. The worst snow storm in years is reported by the rail road companies) which have West-bound extensions. The trains in Western North Dakota on every line are snowbound, and in some cases are lost track of. It is even' reported that some of the Great Northern through trains cannot bo lo cated. The snow in many cases Is piled 20 feet high and traffic is almost at a standstill. The only Coast trains- that have ar rived over the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and St. Paul lines in the last 24 hours have been from 24 to 48 hours late, and there are many trains which have been due for two days which have not arrived. GREAT DM MEAGER GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL . OF PRINCIPAL LINES. New Company Will Hold Majority of Stock in 10,000 Miles-Jcal Is Financed in New" York. CITY OF M1XI0, Dec. 14. The details of the railway merger, by which the Mex ican government takes control of all the important lines in the republic, are now known. By the terms of the contract, the government secures absolute control of the Mexican Central, the National,, the International, the Intoroccanio and IBdal go & Northeastern, all of which will be Tnerged Into one great railroad' system. The government also comes into control of the Tcxas-Mex!can,: a railroad at La redo. Texas, which is .owned by the Na tional. ' - .; . The mileage of ; the system will, with extensions which are rapidly ncarins completion, aggregate approximately 10, 000.' The Tehuantepec National and Vera Cruz & Facitic, two other" railroads con trolled by. the.' government,, will "continue to be operated as independent compnnies. A Mexican'compaiiy,. of which a majority of the stock-will- be-held y-the-Mexican government, will be organized, with head quarters in Mexico City. Tho banking bouses Interested in 'the transaction are composed of the firm of ladenbnrg, Thalman s& Co. and Hallgar ten & Co. of New York, bankers of- the Mexican Central Railway; -Speyer &'Co. of New York.v bankers .of the National Loan Company,' and Kuhn. Loeb & Co., who represent "tlie 'Mexican ' Central Se curity Company limited, of London.' ' STATE RATE LAW A - FAILURE Texas Commission Sas National Law Is: Only' Hope. GUTHRIE, Okla. Dec. 14. A feature of the session here today of the Constitu tional Convention was an address on rail way rate legislation by Hon. Oscar .B. Colquitt,- a.member- pf the Texas Rail road Commission. Mr. Colquitt declared that while the Texas Railroad Commis sion act-is a ' good law, . rate regulation in Texas has .been a failure, except in pro ducing uniformity, and he quoted Mr. Hayfield, of. the same commission, as acknowledging that it had been ".almost a failure." Commenting on the efforts of President Roosevelt. Mr. Colquitt said thai if strong men were kept on the In terstate Commerce Commission and the courts did not , nullify their work, the Hepburn rate bill might satisfy the peo ple; otherwise, be believed, Roosevelt would become the "forerunner of Bryan." - "It is my deliberate Judgment,", said Mr. Colqntt after exhaustively reviewing railroad rate regulation in Texas, "that the principal, if not the only substantial good the commission law of J'exas. as administered, has done the people, is the giving to them to each person and place uniform rates." . Much of the trouble, he declared, was in the incorporation laws of . the state. He suggested that Oklahoma could guard against this by distinguishing in its con stitution between the "citizen" and- the "artificial persons." Also that the Okla homa commission should be clothed with Judicial power, and that the commission should provide for the purchase of the railroads by tho state at their market value in the event the railroads should attempt to enjoin the rates by resorting to the Federal courts. In speaking of the Hepburn rate law, Mr. Colquitt said that "Roosevelt, with a master mind and hand,- foresaw that something must be done," and that, "if strong, courageous men were kept on the Commission and their actions were not negatived by applications of the railroads to the courts for restraining orders, the country may be contented. But, if re verses take place, then it will not sur prise me if Roosevelt does not become t5 forerunner of Bryan and .a preparer of the way for a different solution of the transportation question." Mr. Colquitt was an advocate of rail road regulation in Texas, when that cause was championed by the late Gov ernor Hogg. He is the first prominent man In public life in Texas to declare that it had been a failure in results. Will Sell All Its Coal Mines. NEW YORK, Dec. 14. Formal an nouncement was made yesterday by the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway of the sale of all Its coal company stock to the Mahoning Investment Company, a new corporation, the stock of which will be distributed .pro rata to the sharehold ers in the Buffalo. Rochester & Pittsburg Railway. Importance was attached to the announcement as the first of what is likely to be a series of similar operations by the coal roads, looking to the separa tion of their coal lands from the rail roads proper in reference to the recent amendment to the Interstate Commerce act which provides that after May 1, 1908, railroads engaged in interstate commerce shall not engage in other business than that of transportation. The Mahoning Investment Company is capitalized at $4,200,000 and all of this stock, with the exception of $75,000. has been issued to tho Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway, in payment for the t-tock, Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company. Kvery shareholder in the rail way will receive 25- per cent of tho par value of his holdingH of stock in the Ma honing Investment Company. llarriinan Officials Called. SALT LAKE! CITY, Dec. 14. Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church and director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company; W. H. Bancroft, vice president and general manager of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, and James M. Moore, general agent of the Union Pacific Coal Company, yester day were served with summons requiring them to appear In the Federal Court and answer tho charges of unlawful discrim ination set forth in the grand Jury in dictments returned a week ago. Lumber Convention on Car Famine. CHICAGO, Dee. 14. A convention of shippers has been called to meet in Chi cago January 4 to devise some means of remedying the car shortage which is an annual occurrence during the Fall months. A week ago the liunber inter ests in Chicago got together and com municated by mail with 100 of the big lumber operators of the country asking their advice upon the matter. Answers have been received from 85 of these com munications, and in each instance the re ply favored bringing the shippers to gether to endeavor to remedy the evil. REVOKE SPELLING ORDER But Roosevelt Will Use New Style in Own Letters. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. What probably will be the last act of the House of . Rep resentatives on the subject of simplified spelling occurred today, when, on motion of Representative Tawney, chairman of the committee on appropriations, the House, without debate or division, struck out of the legislative, executive and Ju dicial bill the provision relative to spelling. The action was taken because of the promise of the President to revoke his or der to the Public Printer, and the conse quent adoption of yesterday's resolution on this subject. The simplified form of spelling will be continued in all correspondence emanating from the White House, notwithstanding what action may be taken by Congress in the matter of spelling public documents. The use of the simplified form will in clude all correspondence passing between the White House and public officials, per sonal correspondence of the President, and, in fact, all communications which do not, require printing at the Government printing office. -Simplified Spelling Gains. NEW ' YORK, Dec. 14. Speaking of Congress' attitude toward simplified spell ing. Professor Brander Matthews, chair man of the simplified spelling boards, says that, basing his estimate on letters received by him, the cause Is becoming steadily more popular at present. He said the agreement to use the board's list ef words bears 1000 signatures, and fresh signatures are coming in at the rate of about 1500 each month. The action of the House,- Professor Matthews thinks, is offset by the adoption In all of the standard dictionaries of the new system and ' their being backed by the English departments of most of the large univer sities. BUILD HOUSE FOR WIDOW Wooilmeii ol the World Will Engage , t ' in Muscular Charity. At a meeting of Webfoot Camp, No 65 Woodmen of the World, last night, it was decided to assist Mrs. S. Cornut. the widow of a member of the , order, by building her a dwelling at Milwaukee.' 'The Mil waukie Camp of Woodmen has already given -her the material for the dwelling Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock members bf Webfoot Camp, and other Woodmen who desire to aid. will leave First and Alder streets in a special car for Mllwau kie. -Arriving there, .they win commence work upon the residence for Mrs. Cornut. whose husband was a past consul of the order. - it is expected to have the dwelling near ly completed before evening. ' ; Stores Burned at Hartford. HARTFORD. Conn:-, Dec. 14. Four stores in the heart of the business dis trict . were i glutted, by fire early today, and. the. loss will be large,. in view of the stock of furs and silverware that was destroyed.. - - - - - The fire broke out in the cellar of a building at SI Pratt street, and quickly spread to the adjoining stores, one of which Is the Jewelry hpuse of J. E. Grif fith. . E. H. Cook's fur store and the phono graph store of N. A. Sperry were gutted. After a hard fight the firemen checked the further spread of the flames. Schilling's Best Is like California gold, you- can get your money for it whenever xou waai r ' ." PUD RUEF MONEY French Restaurant Man Makes New Graft Charge. MEANS FRESH INDICTMENT Tells Grand Jury Boss Demanded $300 a Month, but Compromised on $1000 Graft in Clock Repairing. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14. .Special.) Sensational and direct evidence against Abraham Rucf was presented to the grand jury by Prosecutor Heney and Detective Burns this morning in the testimony of Camille Mailhebuau, ono of the proprietors of the Frank restaurant, located on Pine street, near Kearney, before the fire. Mailhebuau testified that at the time of the hold-up of the French restau-. rants by the administration he and his partner, Louis Potard, were approached by Kean Loupy, who, he understood, was acting as a collector of protection money from the various restaurants, and were told that, if they wanted to keep open three rooms connected with the Frank restaurant, they must pay $300 a month or at. the rate of $100 for each room for poiico protection. Paid Ituef in Gold Coin. The witness stated that he objected, maintaining that the amount was too large, and stated that, if he was pressed further, he would close tip the three rooms. Later he .testified that he went to the office of Abraham Ruef. whom he had known personally, for a year and asked him what ' could be done as far as his restaurant was con cerned. He says that Ruef told him that for J1000 paid to him in annual payments .of $500 each, Ruef would see that pro tection for a period of two years would be given to tho. Frank, the Poodle Dog and tho Jack restaurants. The witness further testified that he secured the money and delivered it personally to Rucf in gold coin in tho latter.'s office, obtaining no receipt for tho payment. He declared he received the 'protection for a period of two years. Mailhebuau is now conducting a restaurant and hotel in San Jose. Cost of Repairing Clocks. Evidently the witness was put through a severe "sw.eating" by Heney and the members of the jury. He was in the room for more than an hour, and when he came out he was white and trembling. This new evidence wilf result in bringing one more indictment against Ruef. A new issue came to light when J. K. Niemi was summoned before the grand jury. Niemi is a watchmaker, to whom was awarded the task of keeping the city clocks in repair. It has been learned that' bills for $250 each for the months of -March' and April were al lowed. They were certified to by Su pervisor Nicholas, now on trial ac cused of having, agreed to accept a bribe from turniture dealers. Made Water Companies Pay. In a second open letter published to day, James D. Phelan charges- that the five water companies which were placed en the Supervisors' list as available and suitable for a municipal supply were compelled to pay $25,000' each. Phelan does not state to whom he be lieves this money was paid. COMPETENCY7 OK JUROR WISE Judge Lawlor Overrules Technical Objection in Graft Cases.. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-Judge Will lam P. Lawlor today overruled the techni cal objection imposed by Supervisor Fred P. Nicholas and Peter M. Duffy to the In dictment found against them by the grand Jury. It was pronounced by the judge that' the alleged incompetency of Juror Wallace C. Wise does not violate a funda mental right of the defendants. The ob jection was made that Wise had served on a trial Jury within a year and was there fore barred from serving as a grand juror. Immediately after the Judge announced his decision, which was given orally. At torney Murphy rose in behalf of his cli ents and asked that an exception be noted to the judge's ruling. He then gave no tice that the defense would interpose a demurrer to the indictment, which will be filed tomorrow morning. On a previous occasion Judge Lawlor denied from the bench a motion to strike the indictment against Nicholas and Duffy from the files. No sooner had the Nicholas-Duffy cases been disposed of than an attorney asked to have the arraignment of Nathan M. Adler, a restaurant-keeper charged .with perjury, postponed until the members of the grand jury could be summoned. Judge Lawlor replied that the -jury had been bothered enough in the indictment cases, and the reply waa made that the point was peculiar to the Adler case. The hear ing in the Adler case was then postponed until 2 o'clock Monday. . Adler was the proprietor of a FVench restaurant and was Indicted for perjury on the charge that he withheld evidence in the examination regarding the alleged extortion practiced by Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef. Supervisor Nicholas was indicted on. the charge of agreeing to receive a bribe, while Duffy, a' "City Hall janitor, is ac cused of perjury. - RETALIATE pX RELIEF BOARD Indicted Officials Begin Fight and Refugees Suffer. . SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14. (Special.) The city administration has begun a determined attack . upon the relief board. The relief board has retaliated and, while the two bodies are fighting, the refugees are suffering from a lack of housing accomodations. The attack upon the relief board is In revenge for the graft investigation. Rudolph Spreckels, who has supplied the sinews of war for tho battle against graft, and J. D. Phelan, who has ex posed some of the largest grafts, are leading members of the relief board. The move of tho. city authorities is intended as a blow at Spreckels and Phelan. The supervisors have ordered the refugees to refuse to pay rent for houses in city parks. Police Chief Dinan tonight issued an order to all the refu gees to refuse to obey officers employed by the relief board. Dinan has sta tioned two policemen at each refugee camp to wrest control from the officers of he relief board. In retaliation, the relief board has announced that, if it must forfeit con trol of the refugee camps, it must re frain from paying the expenses of these camps. Affairs have reached a deadlock tonight. The police officers are instructed not to take any orders from camp commanders, also not to allow any persons to remove VfcoiLS.es, os j. ev.iut any Jhe. ficcu pants and to arrest all persons Interfer- j ing with the carrying out of these orders. ' The relief corporation has been collecting rrom $4 to $6 a month from the refugees occupying the cottages built from tho re lief funds. As the policing and sanitation of the relief camps has been in charge of the relief corporation, the enforcement of the ordinance will practically amount to taking the management of the camps out of the hands of the relief corporation. The cottages number 4741. SYNDICATE BUYS DOMAIN Immense Area in Congo to Be Ex ploited by Americans. NEW YORK. Dec. 14. According to the official bulletin of the Congo Free State It is learned here the rights conferred upon the Ryan-Guggenheim-Rockefeller syndicate by royal decree, dated Novem ber 9 last, gave it the right to prospect for metals over the whole of the un as signed public domain in the Congo Free State, for a period of six years. Wherever mines are established by this exploration they may be worked for 99 years, but one out of every three Is to become the prop erty ' of the state at once. A company called tho International- Congo Lumber & Mining Company has been organized to finance the concession. It has a capital of 35O0 shares, half of which shall be taken by the American syndicate. The other half stands in the hands of Belgian capitalists, who have Already begun de veloping the country. The syndicate paid $150,000 down, and it is pledged to bring the total payment for its half of the con cession up to $1,500,000. The grant covers an area of 7,500,000 acres. Besides min ing rights, the syndicate has a grant of about 741,000 acres of forest land and the right to harvest a rubber-producing plant, said to be like the Mexican guayule, over an area of 2,470,000 acres. The syndi cate holds the patent rights for extract ing rubber from this plant. The conces sion for the use of Its proceeds involves an agreement to replant 50 feet of the plaVtt for every 200 pounds of rubber ex tracted. Besides the concession of 2,470, 000 acres, the syndicate has secured rights to 120,000 acres on each .bank of navigable streams and a ten-year option in 1,000,000 additional acres. RUSSIA AND JAPAN SXARLLNG Each Accuses Other of Bad Faith in Manchuria. ST. PETERSBURG; Dec. 14. Tho rela tions of the Russian and Japanese diplo mats who are negotiating a treaty of commerce have been seriously strairted by the publication obviously in spired from Nagasaki, of a dispatch re flecting upon the good faith of Russia re garding the "open door" and insinuating that she is evading the stipulations of tile Portsmouth treaty in the matter of get ting her troops out of Manchuria. This Japanese statement is character ized here as a tissue of inexactitudes de signed to. influence public opinion while Japan Is taking advantage of Russia's weakness to obtain profit never contem plated by the treaty'of Portsmouth. Par. ticular apprehension is felt here over the effect that the Japanese insinuations with regard to the "open door" may have up on American sentiment. As an evidence of Russia's sincere adherence to that principle it is explained that she Is even contemplating opening to international navigation the Amur and Sungari rivers. The navigation of tllese rivers was re served by the treaty of Aigun of 1868 to Russia and China Jointly, but Russia in sists that Japan can under no construc tion of the Portsmouth treaty demand this as a right Japan bases her pretensions to the navi gation of the rivers on the argument that the treaty of Aigun was abrogated by the treaty of Portsmouth and the China Japanese treaty of 1905, by which all agreements infringing upon the sovereign ty of China were nullified and Manchuria opened to international trade. Russia contends that Joint .navigation of these rivers does not infringe upon the sov ereignty of China nor prevent the en trance of foreign goods into Manchuria. With regard to the evacuation of Man churia It is maintained here that Japan and not Russia is the real culprit. The Japanese force now in Manchuria is near ly double, that of Russia, and in view of the spirit shown by the Japanese in these negotiations, the presence of these troops is a source of serious anxiety to the Rus sian government. MOB HELPS ECUADOR REBELS New Bands Appear on All Sides. Move to' Crush Themi GUAYAQUIL. Dec. 14. When General Paez and the government troops were entering Cuenca today with the rebels captured at the battle of Ayancay; a mob tried to rescue the prisoners, whereupon the soldiers fired? and dis persed the mob. As the troops fired Colonel Vga, the rebel leader, who was among those captured at Ayancay, drew a revolver and killed himself. The Conservatives say that "Vega was assassinated by the government troops. In spite of reports to the contrary, the revolution against the government is not crushed. Re,bel bands have ap peared in the Province of Oro and oc cupied the towns of Santa Rosa, Ma chala and Pasaje. It is asserted that Colonel Larrea, who was Secretary of War in President Garcia's administra tion, has landed in the Province of Oro at the head of a new rebel band and occupied Tumbes and Pera. Other rebel bands are appearing. The authorities here have recently organized an expedition to attack the rebels. This force of 400 left Guaya quil for Machala last night on board the cruiser Cotopaxi. n Denver Capitalists Buy Coal Mines. CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 14. (Spe cial.) This week a large deal was con summated in Centralla. Nearly $100,000 was paid for coal lands lying to the north of Centralia, in the Upper Hanaford Valley, and - options for nearly $100,000 more are still held. The purchases are John McNeil, of Denver, Colo., and asso ciates. Mr. McNeil had an agent in Centralla for some time Investigating and finally decided to close the deal. About a dozen farmers in the Hanaford Valley have sold out their holdings and steps will at once be taken toward the development of the mines. Eight-Hour Law Upheld. BUTTE. Dec. 14. A Miner 'special from Helena states that the Supreme Court yesterday held the eight-hour statute of the state to be constitutional, the decision being rendered in a case appealed from the District Court of Park County. The opinion was written by Associate Justice Holloway, who says that while the word ing of the law might be clearer, "still its purpose is perfectly evident and Uie law is constitutional in every respect, ito object being to conserve the health and happiness of the wprkingmen. Dead Beside Dying Man. BUTTE. Mont., Dec. 14. May Kelley. an inmate of the under world, was found dead In her rooms early today, and be side her, dying of a wound in his temple, lay John Van Ness, a stationary engi neer, late of Superior. Wis. The man will not talk and cannot live long. It is presumed that murder and suicide were done, although who fired the first shot Is not known. A revolver, with two empty chambers, was found near the i j i .. . TRIES NEW SCHEME Lionel Stagge Holds Up New . York Millionaires. POLICE ARE SEEKING HIM Collects $250 Each for Articles In Imaginary Volume- on Proml . nent Men Jumped Bail on -Embezzlement Charge. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec. 14. The police of New Yolk are looking for Lionel Stagge, formerly of Portland, who was placed under ar rest here last week on a charge of being a suspicious character. It appears that Stagge poses as a nSagazine writer In New York and is wanted over there on a charge of grand larceny. Stagge is partial to multi-millionaires in his dealings and his list of "patrons" includes the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts. An'drew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan. He is the author of an imaginary illustrated volume ' entitled "As Others See Us," which Is represented to contain compli mentary lithographs of men who are will ing to pay for them. He is alleged to have: written scyeral letters to men of prominence soliciting subscriptions, to which he is said to have forged the name of Jlomer Davenport, the artist. . He claims the distinction of being a charter member of the Blue Pencil Club. In his recent dealing , with President Barney of the Knickerbocker Trust Com pany and others, Stagge is alleged to have represented that a popular maga zine had given over several of Its pages to bo devoted to complimentary notices of philanthropists who were willing to contribute $250 or more to a fund for broken-down professional men. Stagge gave as his address a number on Fifth avenue where a building is in course of erection. His face has been familiar along upper Broadway until recently, when the police began making inquiry for him. There is an old charge of grand larceny against Stagge in the Court of General Sessions by Roland B. Hennessy. who alleges that Stagge embezzled $iSO0 from him. Stagge was held in $2500 bail on this charge in 1901. but jumped his bail. Japanese Company Buys Much Oil. SAN FRAN CISCO, Dec. 14. General Manager Shirashl, of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steamship Company, and repre sentatives of the California Petroleum refineries, have put their signatures to a contract by which the petroleum com pany undertakes to deliver to the steam ship company 20.000,000 barrels ef liquid fuel over a period of ten years. The contract calls for crude oil to be delivered at the rate of 2,000,000 barrels a year. The high tariff on refined oil in Japan makes its shipment from here pro hibitive. The oil will be refined in Japan, where a large plant is to be erected for the purpose of handling the California petroleum. While a large part of the shipments will be used as fuel on the Toyo Kisen Kaisha steamers, quantities will be refined and placed' on the market in the Orient. Shipments will be made from Ollport, on San Luis Bay, where a pipe-line reaches tidewater, and where a large wharf is being constructed. Murdered by Ballard Thugs. BALLARD, Wash., Dec. 14. The body of an unidentified man, whose brains had been beaten out with some blunt instru ment, was found early this morning in a vacant lot in a lonely spot in Ballard. The man was apparently a laborer, about 35 years old, and nothing of value re mained on the body except a cheap watch. The skull was fractured in two places and his nose was broken. Shingle Mill Increases Stock. MONTB3ANO,. Wash., Dec. 14. (Spe cial.) 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This Is pretty definite talk upon what Is commonly regarded as an uncertain and speculative matter. But I am in a position to speak definitely and positively. With me the cure of men's diseases is not uncertain or speculative at all. MY FEE ONLY I hav .treated so manv cases that I Tchow Just what I can do and what I cannot lo, and I never promise or attemjtt too much. I accept no case in which I have doubt as to my ability to cure, and results are always equal to the claims I make. Following are some o the diseases I cure, and reasons why my cures are certain. Contracted Disorders In no other ailment peculiar to men Is a prompt and thorough cure so essential. Contracted dis orders tend to work backward un- ' til the most vital nerve centers be come Involved in the inflammation. Then follows a chronic stage that stubbornly resists all ordinary treatment. Safetv demands that every, vestige of infection be Eradicated at the earliest possible moment. My treatment is thor ough. The remedies employed have a more positive action than has ever before been attained, and so perfect is my method of applica tion that even chronic oases yield completely. I also rare to stay cured "we poison and all meava diseasea. Consultation The DR. TAYLOR Co. 234 Vi MOHRISO! STREET. Cor. Morrison and Second Streets, Portland, Oregon. Hours 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays 10 to 1. PERFECT HEALTH makes manhood equal to all emergencies at least equal to the ordinary duties of life. In seeking medical treatment there are certain qualifications that you should require of your attending physician. Ability, experience, skill and an established reputation for RELIABILITY. We claim the above re quirements, which are necessary for successful treatment of diseases of men. VARICOCELE BLOOD AND HYDROCELE SKIN WEAK ORGANS HEART NERVOUSNESS LUNG CONTAGIOUS LIVER BLOOD POISON KIDNEY RHEUMATISM BLADDER AND URINARY DISEASES Over 50 Per Cent o! Our Cases Have Been Cured at a Cost of $10, and Many Only $5 Consultation free. Letters confidential. In structive book for men, mailed free. In plain wrapper. If you cannot call at office, write for symptom blank. Home treatment successful. Office Hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. M-; Sundays And holidays. 10 A. M. to 12 M. Dr. W. Norton Davis & Co. The Lending; Specialists In the Northwest. Offices In VAN HOT HOTEL, 62 THIRD ST., Cor. Pine, Portland. Or. arts FN You Pay When Cured DR. TAYLOR. The Leading Specialist. LOSSES (iOOKRHOEA SYPHILIS fcll.EKT PILES Varicocele This most prevalent of all dis eases of men is also the most ne glected, either through dread of the harsh methods of treatment commonly employed, or. through Ignorance of the grave dangers that accompany the disease. As varicocele interferes dlrectlv with thj circulation and process of waste and repair tnroughout the generative organs, the necessity of a prompt and thorough cure cannot be too forcibly emphasized. I cure varicocele In one week by an absolutely painless process. My cures are thorough and absolutely permanent and are accomplished without the use of knife, ligatur or caustic. alLaeaa." hjrdrococele, apectflo blood. and Advice Free