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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.
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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
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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.) A certificate of increase of capital
stock from $300,000 to $500,000 was filed at
the office of the County Auditor here
yesterday by the Hoquiam Lumber &
Shingle Company, it being the intention
of the company largely to Increase the
capacity of its plant.
TORTURED BY
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Suffered Tremendous Itching Over
Whole Body-Scratched Until
Bled Worse at Night, With
Soreness and Excruciating Pains
A Western Lady's
WONDERFUL CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES
"Last year at this time I suffered
with a tremendous itching on my
back, which grew worse and worse, un
til it spread over the whole body, and
only my face and hands were free.
For four months or so I suffered the
torments of the damned, and I had to
scratch, scratch, scratch, until I bled.
At night when I went to bed things
got worse, and I had at times to get
up and scratch my body all over, until
I was as sore as could be, and until I
suffered excruciating pains. I did not
know what it was, and resorted to a
number of blood purifiers, using at
times also Cuticura Soap. They told
me then that I was suffering from
eczema. Then I made up my mind
that I would also use Cuticura Oint
ment and Cuticura Resolvent. I used
them according to instructions, and very
soon indeed I was ereatly relieved. I
continued until well, and now I am
ready to recommend theCuticura Rem
edies to any one who suffers as did your
.obedient servant. Mrs. Mary Metzger,
Sweetwater, Okla., June 28, 1905."
1
Humors, Eczemas, and Itchings
Cured by Cuticura
The agonizing itching and burning
of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful
scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair
and crusting of scalp, as in scalled
head all demand a remedy of almost
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Sold throughout uia world. Cuticura Soap, 26e., Oint
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I1C1G
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"THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS."
HAS CONSTANTLY and STEADILY
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ENTIRE CIVILIZED WORLD as The IDEAL
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Contains its PURE" NATURAL CARBONIC ACID
CAS which Greatly Improves Digestion.
In the Name of Sense,
that good common sense
'of which all of us have a
share, how can you continue
to buy ordinary soda crackers,
' stale and dusty as they must
be, when for 5 you can get
Uneeda Biscuit
fresh from the oven, protected
from dirt by a package the
very beauty of which makes
. you hungry,
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
I WILL
CURE
YOU
When I have accepted your case
for treatment you may look for
ward to a complete and perma
nent cure, and with the very
first treatment the curing will
begin. 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.
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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