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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1907.
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PUBLIC LETTERS
PRIVATE
Prosecution Makes Strong
Points in Case Against
Hermann.
ABUSED OFFICIAL FRANK
Hermann Subject to Prosecution for
This Action Letters Show Com
plicity In Blue Mountain
Reserve Fraud.
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, D. C, Feb. 2D. The Hermann
trial is now well under way and the
prosecution Is making rapid strides with
its cape. The evidence Riven today by
Jlermann's two private secretaries tend
ed to indicate that at least part of the
correspondence copied in Hermann's so
called "private letterbooks-' related to
business before the Land Office. An
other development was the establishment
ef the fact that many letters copied in
these books and designated by Hermann
as "personal" were mailed under the
department frank, which is permissible
only on official correspondence.
This evidence, iflven by Dr. Reger,
would tend to place Hermann in the
position of either destroying books which
contained official letters or of having
violated the postal laws, which impose
a penalty of $300 for every instance in
which personal matter Bent through
the mails under the Government frank.
Had to Consult Private Books.
With the Intention of establishing the
official character of many letters copied
In Hermann's private books, the Dis
trict Attorney .brought from Elliott P.
Hough, Hermann's secretary, the admis
sion that clerks and officials of the Land
Office were frequently obliged to con
sult Hermann' private letterbooks in re
gard to cases pending 'before the office,
t he Inference being that letters cop
led therein contained reference to de
partmental business.
In addition to originals of many of
Hermann's letters introduced' as evidence,
the prosecution brought in several sten
ographic notebooks of Hermann's secre
taries with the purpose of having their
contents laidl before the jury. Counsel
for the defense declared he would con
sent to their Introduction If the Dis
trict Attorney would state tliat he did
not expect to prove ty them criminal
intent on the part of the accused, as
was done in regard to letters submitted
by Senator Simon yesterday.
Letters Show Criminal Intimacy.
"I will make no such statement," re
plied the District Attorney.
The prosecution then offered in evi
dence stenographic notes of a letter
written by Hermann to Representative
AVIlliamson in regard to the Blue Moun
tain forest reserve, explaining that it
was his contention that every letter writ
ten by Hermann in reference to that re
serve Ib ' admissible in evidence to show
criminally intimate terms between Her
mann and those - to whom- the letters'
were addressd and to show conspiracy to
defraud the United States.
Counsel for th& defense objected to the
admission of this evidence on the ground
that the defendant was not called upon to
show that the destroyed letterbooks con
tained letters referring to thi reserva
tion. It Is expected that there will be
a protracted argument over this point
before the case can again proceed.
Ambition to Be Senator.
Elliott P. Hough, private secretary to
Hermann, and Dr. H. S. Reger, occa
sional secretary, identified many letters
that had "been written 'by them at dicta
tion to Senator Mitchell. Simon and Cor
bet t. State Senator Brownell and others.
The ground covered by these letters,
, which were read, ran from purely per
sonal matters to discussion of Hermann's
ambition to become United States Sena
tor from Oregon. In one an impetuous
office-seeker is given a dressing-down, In
others political friends are told to keep
him posted as to the 'chance he might
have to secure election to the Senate.
All the letters read were harmless in
themselves, but the prosecution will en
deavor to show that they were consid
ered ofricial and were copied in books
that were destroyed.
The defense succeeded in having kept
out of evidence for the time being the
stenographers' notebooks that were used
ty Hermann's secretaries.
POTTERY WORKS GROW
(Continued From First Page.)
"Ionhuda" of Steubenvllle has a good
sale. Artus "Van Briggle. of Colorado,
has produced excellent examples of l'art
nouveau. The Merrimac Pottery Com
pany of Newburyport, Massachusetts,
Charles Volkna, of Long Island, and the
Brush Gulch, of New York, have all
contributed largely to the development of
art In America, Stockton, California,
added "Rekston" ware to the list of
artistic things. 'However, of all art pot
tery in America, the Rockwood. Dedham,
Grueby and Newcomb are most widely
known.
Pilgrims Had to Make Crockery.
Pottery making was one of the first
Industries of the American colonies and
was an undertaking that grew our of
their necessities. A ship's company in
those days could not allow every settler
to bring over all the household effects he
needed, and as a result many new-comers
had to resort to primitive means when
equipping their homes. Home-made
crockery and table-ware soon resulted
from the versatility of our capable fore
fathers. Before 1649 early Virginia set
tlers had taken red clay from the hillsides
and fashioned serviceable ware for the
good wives and slaves to use. The Dutch
settlers up in New Amsterdam were not
far behind, and after many trials and
much discouragement finally put before
the delighted colonists a ware that was
almost equal to their beloved Delft. The
work spread and today Interested
archaeologists may find the remains of
old kilns at South Amboy, New Jersey,
where a famous pottery once stood.
Some of Josiah Wedgwood's dissatisfied
workmen left England during the colonial
times, shortly after that worthy had
made for good Queen Caroline a cream
colored ware known as "queens-ware."
These men were determined to set up
potteries of their own on this side of
the Atlantic. They sampled the clays of
the Carolines and decided to settle there,
much to Wedgwood's distress, because
he foresaw great rivalry. Although these
potteries failed, they taught Wedgwood
the value of American raw material and
for a long time he Imported ,clay from
the country of the Cherokees, 300 miles
from Charleston, and an even superior
kind from Florida.
All early potters had much trouble in
getting their work under way. Even
when they brought over competent and
"killed workmen, they found difficulties in
the business until they learned the chief
.differences in the material of this coun
try and) the old world. Climate and
smoke have also been factors In the
degradation of pottery at times, as was
shown in the case of the Chelsea pot
tery, which had -to leave that place to
avoid dampness and coal smoke. It was
moved to Dedham and the name of the
ware changed with the location.
About the time of the Civil War a
pottery was run at Bath, South Carolina,
by negroes. The slaves did most of the
work at idle times and were allowed to
divert themselves by making designs of
their own. As a result the museums and
private collections have been enriched by
some very novel "monkey jugs." These
water bottles resemble some of the pre
historic pottery and bear every trace of
inherited savage Ideas of art.
The American museums are filled
with many queer and Interesting
pieces of quaint ware and china that
the early- fathers made with what
crude materials and tools they first
found. Some of these are excellent
hits of work. There are examples of
"Parian" ware that resemble the fa
mous marble of that name, in Its purity
and smoothness. The famous "Ben
nington Parian" has -white figures on
a blue pitted ground. "Tortoise Shell"
was one of the odd wares of the early
times that is now found chiefly In
museums. "Sgraffiato," or incised red
ware, and quaint "slip" ' dishes in
scribed with verses or mottoes around
the rim are treasures that are greatly
sought after by the collectors of
American art. Judge Hemphill owned
a pottery celebrated In Jackson's time,
and the "Hemphill" ware with its 140
different designs and standard pat
terns is of great value. Portraits of
Presidents and great statesmen on old
pieces of pottery prove that the art
was not sleeping In the early nine
teenth century.
Work of Moiindbuilders.
Still older pottery in the American
museums of today Is the relics of the
prehistoric people known as Mound
builders. They show that great pa
tience and the crudest of materials
were employed in tnelr manufacture.
The value of these rough pots, jars,
vases, toys and water-bottles lies not
so much in their novelty as in their
value as historic documents. From
the rough designs the animals of the
times have often been learned; from
the impress of cloth on the sides of
some of the vases it is known that a
rough weaving was practised. On
other quaint designs are found Bimilar
figures used by the Greeks and Egyp
tians, hut the connection between the
races cannot be determined.
A Philadelphia firm was the first
to manufacture the ornamental tile.
The idea came through an employe,
and, like many other inventions, was
half an accident. This firm made a
specialty of octagonal cuspidors and
a worker cut one in two and suggested
Its utility as a wall decoration. The
idea was introduced with so much suc
cess that their manufacture proved a
most lucrative proposition. The first
tiles for flooring were made in this
country at Bennington, Vermont, in
1853. Roofing tiles were used in the
early days of the colonies, but were
imported principally from Holland and
England because they made excellent
ballast for tobacco ships returning
from those countries. Terra cotta
first established Itself as a permanent
factor in American architecture in
1870.
Tomorrow "Stories of George Washington."
HUNGER AND PLAGUE RULE
TERK1BLE MISERY IX RUSSIAN
FAMINE PROVINCES.
Wretched Pittance Given hy Govern
ment Stolen Red Cross Agents'
Work Callously Obstructed.
KAZAN. Russia, Feb. 20. A correspond
ent of the Associated Press has returned
here after a 25 days' trip through Kazan,
Samara and Ufa, three provinces of the
20 affected by famine.
The population everywhere was found
to be absolutely dependent on outside
relief. The present state of affairs is
characterized by slow starvation and ex
treme misery.
The relief machinery organized by the
government, the Red Cross, the Zemstvos
and private societies is working with rea
sonable smoothness and few localities are
utterly neglected. But the government's
allowance of 36 pounds of rye per person
a month Is most inadequate, and this
amount Is cut by 18 or 20 pounds by the
cost of transportation and milling. Men
and even women between the ages of 18
and 55 are excluded from receiving the
government ration. In the Province of
Ufa the peasants are in such a weak
condition that supplementary assistance
will be necessary for thousands to make
its possible for them to survive until
Spring.
The correspondent found sporadic cases
of scurvy in the provinces. In Kazan
Province there is a terrible malady of
the eyes, due to the. general chronic mal
nutrition, but the reports of widespread
outbreaks of hunger typhus are untrue.
It Is continually growing more difficult
to prevent epidemics from mowing down
the enfeebled population.
Aside from the distribution of Gov
ernment rations, the famine fighting is
carried on by the free kitchens originated
by Count Tolstoi in 1891 and maintained
privately by the Red Cross and the
Zemstvos. In Ufa these feed 210.000 per
sons, In Kazan, 230,000 and In Samara 100,
000. many of whom are children.
The relief work in Kazan is hampered
by quarrels between Governor Strljivs-ky
and the Liberals. The Governor inter
fered in the distribution of non-official
relief for' fear of political agitation, and
in one village he poured soup Into the
street and in others confiscated bread
from the hands of the peasants. Doc
tors and nurses fighting typus were ar
rested. The correspondent witnessed the arrest
of the superintendent of the kitchens at
a village on a charge of feeding persons
capable of working.
The correspondent's overland Journey
from Kazan into Samara through Alishev
and Pask showed him other conditions
typical of that region. Here scurvy pre
vailed, but the diet kitchens, which sup
ply a menu costing each person two cents
a day, are making a fairly successful
fight against the disease.
Children are the first prey of the fam
ine, and In many cases the school build
ings have been converted into asylums,
where the youngsters are sheltered and
fed by the Red Cross.
A lamentable feature of the situation
is the misuse of government relief. Many
salaried officials and prosperous residents
are receiving government rations, and in
several Instances the local prefects have
used the rations to Influence the elec
tions. Between 65 and 75 Are Dead.
LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 20. Not less than
65 lives were lost in the mine explosion
at Las Esperanzas. Mexico. When the
debris is cleared away the list of dead
may be increased to 75. The financial loss
will be large.
PHOTO POST CARDS SCEXERY,
Kiser Co. Lobby Imperial Hotel.
Good tea and coffee are worth while
Schilling's Best.
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POSTAL SALARIES
Restores Provisions to Post
office Bill Under Spe
cial Rule.
NO CUT IN RAILROAD GRAFT
All Clerks in First and Second-Class
Offices, City and Rural Carriers
Get Advance Vacations for
Railway Mail Clerks.
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The postof
fice appropriation bill, the largest ever re
ported by the committee on postoffices
and post roads, passed the House today.
All the provisions relating to Increased
pay affecting 90 per cent of the postal
employes, which yesterday were stricken
out on points of order, were today restored
to the bill. This was accomplished by a
rule presented by the committee on rules
after the bill had been . reported to the
House by the committee of the whole.
Points of . order were the feature of the
day. the battle continuing throughout the
session.
An amendment by Crumpacker of Indi
ana, fixing at J480 a year the limit of rent
on third-class postoffices was adopted.
This represents an increase of $80 a year.
Railroad Graft Untouched.
By a vote of 73 to 14 the chair was sus
tained in recognizing the point of order
made against the amendment offered by
Murdock .of Kansas that no part of the
sum paid for transporting the mails by
the railroads shall be expended in pay
ment where the average weight of malls
per day has been computed by the use
of a "divisor less than the. whole number
of days such mails have been weighed."
Murdock declared his amendment did
not change existing law, but was a limi
tation. The chair, however, held other
wise, and his decision sustaining the point
was supported by the House. Davis of
Minnesota, Finley of South Carolina and
Campbell of Kansas favored the amend
ment and it was opposed by Knapp of
Illinois. (
Salary Increase Cut Out.
When the item appropriating $17,339,000
for the pay of employes of the railway
mall service was reached, Macon of
Arkansas made the point of order against
the paragraph that it Increased salaries,
and the point was sustained.
Fitzgerald of New York. In conformity
with his pledge of yesterday growing
out of his controversy with Macon, made
a point of order against the paragraph
increasing the pay of rural free delivery
carriers and the chair sustained the point.
Murphy of Missouri made a point of
order against the provision for the In
vestigation of the Postoffice Department
by a committee of Senators and Repre
sentatives, but withdrew it. No sooner
was this done than it was renewed by
Macon, who made a speech explaining his
position and then withdrew his point of
order, saying that he did so out of defer
ence to the great unanimity with which
the legislation is demanded.
The remainder of the bill was adopted
without debate. The committee of the
whole then rose and Currier of New
Hampshire reported the bill to the House
with the amendments which were adopted.
Salary Increase Restored.
Before the bill was put upon its final
passage, Dalzell of Pennsylvania reported
a rule restoring all the paragraphs
stricken out yesterday having relation to
Increases in salaries of clerks in first and
second-class offices, city and rural car
riers and railway mail clerk? and making
a number of important changes in the
bill as reported to the House from the
committee on postoffices and post roads.
By the terms of the amendments re
ported from the committee on rules, seven
grades of clerks are established in first
and second-class offices with salaries
ranging from $600 to 1200. City letter
carriers are divided Into five grades, with
salaries ranging from $600 to $1100, the $700
salaries being omitted. Railway clerks
are divided into six grades below that
of . chief clerk, salaries in each grade be
ing Increased $100 and ranging from $800
to $1700. The maximum salary of rural
carriers is fixed at $840.
Vacations on Railway Mail.
New provisions were added, one pro
viding that the Postmaster-General may
in his discretion allow a railway mail
clerk 30 days sick leave in any fiscal year
with pay, his duties to be performed with
out expense to the Government during
the period for which he is granted leave,
and the other that carriers who on June
30, 1907, are regularly employed at $800
per annum shall be promoted to the fourth
grade upon satisfactory evidence of their
efficiency during at least one year's serv
ice. An order was adopted directing the in
sertion in the bill of the recommendations
of the Postal Commission relating to the
readjustment 'of railway mall pay by the
Postmaster-General beginning July 1 next.
The bill was then engrossed, read a third
time and passed.
FAVORS SAX 'DOMINGO TREATY
Senate Committee Reports on Plan
for Collecting Revenue.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The commit
tee on foreign relations today authorized
a favorable report on the treaty with
Santo Domingo relative to the collection
of the revenues of that country by Amer
icans. The Democrats voted against the
report with the exception of Senator
Morgan.
The treaty, which later was made pub
lic, provides for collection of the reve
nues of the Dominican Republican for
the benefit of creditors by a general re
ceiver and assistants to be appointed by
the President of the United States. The
Bums collected shall be applied as fol
lows: First, to paying the expenses of
the receivership; second, to the payment
of Interest upon bonds; third, to. the pay
ment of the annual sums provided for
amortization of the bonds, including in
terest upon all bonds held in sinking
fund: fourth, to the purchase and can-,
eellation or the retirement and cancella
tion of sifch bonds as may be directed
by the Dominican Republic; fifth, the
remainder to be paid to the Dominican
Republic.
The expenses of collection are limited
to 5 per cent of the total and it is re
quired that on the first day of each
month $100,000 shall be paid to the fiscal
agent of the loan. Any collection in ex
cess of $3,000,000 a year is to be placed
In the sinking fund. The Dominican
government is not permitted to increase
Its public debt or modify its import duties
until all its bonds are paid, without the
consent of the President of the United
States. 1 .
Will Not Recall Ma goon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Referring
to published reports of an interview
HOUS
INCREASES
with General Andrade in Havana yes
terday. In which the General gives the
substance of an Interview with Presi
dent Roosevelt, It is officially stated
that the President did not tell any one
that he was" about to withdraw Gover
nor Magoon from Cuba, and It is add
ed that he has not the slightest inten
tion of doing so at present or In the
near future.
Deficiencies Greatly Reduced.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. As a result of
the action of Chairman Tawney. of the
House appropriations committee, last year
in having the general deficiency bill so
amended that It prohibited heads of de
partments from creating deficiencies with
out full explanations to Congress and
then only in case of extraordinary emer
gency, the amount of deficiencies for this
year will be only about $2,500,000, as
against $3,300,000 last year. The general
deficiency bill will carry an aggregate of
$11,739,762. but of this amount $6,389,177 is
on account of the Cuban intervention,
$1,000,000 because of the service pension bill
just passed, and $1.SM8.866 on account of
the postal service, leaving a balance of
less than $2,500,000 for ordinary deficien
cies. The bill probably will be reported to
the House early next week.
Lelshman Again Prods Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE; Feb. 20 Settle
ment of the American school question Is
still delayed, owing to the obstructive
tactics of certain high officials. Am
bassador Leishman continues to press for
a solution, and has again sent a letter to
the Porte, couched in vigorous terms, de
manding early action in the matter.
Senate Parses Harbor Rill.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The Senate
tonight passed the river and harbor ap
propriation bill, carrying a total of $92.
720.472. All the committee amendments
were agreed to. The hill occupied the
Senate an hour and 26 minutes.
JLIDSON MADE PRESIDENT
ELECTED PERMANENT HEAD OF
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY.
Indorsed by Rockefeller, He Gets
Unanimous Vote Authority on
International Law.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. Harry Pratt Judson.
who has been acting president of the Uni
versity of Chicago since the death of W.
P, Harper, unanimously was elected presi
dent of the institution today by the board
of trustees. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a
member of the board, was unable to be
present, but he sent a letter stating his
preference for Dr. Judson.
Dr. Judson came to the university of
Chicago in 1902 and up to the time of the
death of President Harper occupied the
position of head professor of political
science and dean of the faculties of arts,
literature and science.
After graduating when 21 years old from
Williams College in 1R70. Dr. Judson
taught school In Troy. N. Y.. until 1885,
when he accepted a chair in the Univer
sity of Minnesota, where he remained
until he came to Chicago. He is looked
upon as an authority on international law
and political systems.
HOURS OF RAILROAD MEN
Unions Favor La ,.FolIette's. Not
House Bill in Congress.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. H. R. Fuller,
legislative representative of the Brother
hoods of Ivocomotive Engineers, Firemen
and Trainmen and the Order of Railway
Conductors, talked with President Roose
velt about the bill pending in the House
limiting to 16 hours a day work on rail
roads. Mr. Fuller told the President the
railroad labor unions are opposed to the
House substitute for the La Follette bill,
and that they would rather have no legis
lation at all than that the House bill.
The President, it is said, is in favor
of a measure limiting to 16 the hours of
labor for railroad employes.
Publishers' Treaty With Unions.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. New agree
ments, which are expected to avert all
labor troubles between the parties af
fected, and to guarantee an amicable
settlement of any matters of dispute
between them, were made at today's
meeting, of the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association with the Interna
tional Typographical Union and) the In
ternational Stereotypers' Union, and the
International Photo-Engravers' Union. Al
though the substance of the new trea
ty was not made public, it was said by
a member of the Publishers' Associa
tion that there is now a clear under
standing between the publishers and
the unions.
Streetcar- Arblrator--Agree.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20.-Chief Jus
tice Beatty. Major Frank McLaughlin and
Rev. Father P. C Yorke. composing the
board of arbitration between the United
Railroads and its employes, announced
today that their decision in the contro
versy will be made publie next Monday.
The terms have been agreed upon, but the
signatures of the arbitrators have not yet
been attached. '
Second Shea Trial Nearly Ended.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. The taking of evi
dence in the second trial of Cornelius P.
Shea, president of the Teamsters' Union,
and his associates was completed tonight.
The case will go to the jury Friday night,
it is expected.
BURGLAR SHOOTS OFFICER
Fresno Policeman Mortally Wounded
by Detected Cracksman.
FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 30. In a fight with
a burglar at 11 o'clock tonight Officer
Harry Vanmeter was shot four times,
twice through the body, and cannot live.
Vanmeter in patrolling his beat en
countered a burglar at the Boss dyeworks.
The man opened fire, the first shot tak
ing effect in the abdomen. As Vanmeter
reached for his revolver he was shot In
the back.
The policeman then opened fire on the
burglar, but was so badly injured that he
shot wild. As the burglar fled he again
fired on the officer, wounding him twice.
The burglar has not been caught.
CRUISER RAMS STEAMER
French Vessel Sinks Fruiter and
Seven Lives Are Lost.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 20. In hazy
weather the French cruiser Kleber to
night rammed and sank the small Amer
ican fruit steamer Hugoma In the Missis
sippi River just off the center of the
city.
Captain Lewis, of the Hugoma, said
that seven coalpassers and firemen of
his vessel, mostly Japanese, were missing,
but it is believed some of the men were
saved. 1
RADICALS TO RULE
Have Won Great Victory in
Russian Election.
DEMOCRATS PUT IN SHADE
Extreme Parties Control Douma, in
Spite of Government Terrorism.
Reactionary League Com
mits Outrages in Odessa.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb.. 21. (2 A.
M.) -At this hour the Radical success
in the Parliamentary election Is known.
Late returns show 351 Radicals elect
ed. At midnight. Professor Milukoff.
leader of the Constitutional Democrats,
admitted that the results spelled defeat
for his "party.
The Constitutional Democrats will
have at the outside a round hundred
delegates, less than one-fifth of the
total representation, and with the rec
ognition of this fact there disappears
the last hope of this party of takincr
over the Ministry. The party, however,
is strong in the character of Its ad
herents, who are skilled parliamenta
rians and who represent that body of
intelligent public opinion committed to
a clear programme.
But the organization of the Social
ists is equal to that of the Constitutional
Democrats, and the Radical tactics,
although simple, will be hard to with
stand. The results confirm the anticipations
of a strong drift to the Left party, and
shows that the Constitutional Demo
crats will be forced to seek allies
among the moderates in order to main
tain any independence of action. They
also indicate an .overwhelming major
ity in opposition to the government's
reforms and a majority against the ex
tremist demand for the immediate de
struction of Parliament.
The rumor that the date of the open
ing of the Douma will be postponed is
denied by the Ministry. It will meet on
March 5, as previously arranged. After
the officers are elected the ministerial
programme with the financial budget
will be introduced and the Douma will
be left to work out its own fate.
ODESSA GIVEN UP TO BANDITS
Reactionaries Murder, Malm and
Rob Governor Is Supine.
ODESSA. Feb. 20. Street attacks by
the Union of the True Russians, a reac.
tionary organization, are daily assuming
a more' dangerous character and have
brought about a condition of extreme ner
vousness among the residents of this city,
especially the Jews. Business has been
adversely affected, the grain bourse has
been closed and financial transactions
!;ave been susrended.
Gangs of roughs Invade shops and res
taurants belonging to Jews, order the
proprietors to throw up their hands and
then plunder and ransack the premises.
Today a Jew drew a revolver in self
defense. He was immediately seized and
conveyed to a deserted courtyard, where
his arms and legs were cut off. Pedes
trians are stopped in broad daylight and.
whether they are Jews or Christians, are
made to produce their passports. If they
are Jews, they are brutally beaten.
The police make no effort whatever to
suppress the anti-Semitic disorders and
fill the role of mere onlookers.
Representatives of local educational in
stitutions and of commercial interests
have repeatedly made requests to Premier
Stolypln for official intervention, but they
have received nothing more than evasive
and unsatisfactory assurances that the
cases referred to will be investigated. The
inhabitants of the city have now come
to the decision to suspend business as a
sign of protest until the outrages are no
longer tolerated by the authorities.
General Kaulbars, Governor-General of
Odessa, has at last been compelled to
take action against the Union of True
Russians for its outrages upon Jews, but
only to the extent of threatening them,
If the recent attacks upon citizens are re
peated. A decree promulgated tonight de
clares that the authors of the outrages
are youths belonging to the union. 18 of
whom have been sentenced to imprison
ment and exile.
Both the universities here and many of
the high schools have been closed as a
protest against the outrages.
This evening two sailors shot and killed
Captain Zolotaroff. who had arrested
some of their comrades who were on
strike.
Boers Will Rule Transvaal.
JOHANNESBURG. .Feb. 20. According
to the election returns thus far, the
Boers will have a majority In the next
Parliament. Eighteen Progressives, six
Nationalists, sixteen Dutch Party candi
dates, one independent and three Labor
ites have been returned. The returns
from a number of country districts have
not yet been announced, but these dis
tricts distinctly favor the Dutch party.
The Dutch party, the Nationalists and
the Laborites are allied. It Is said that
General Botha will be invited to form a
cabinet.
Sir Richard Solomon, ex-Lieutenant
Governor of the Transvaal, who has
Joined the Dutch party, regarding it as
representing the interests of the 'British
Liberal government, and the leader of the
Nationalists have been defeated at Vic
toria in the most exciting contest of the
election by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, the
No Appetite
Means loss of vitality, vigor
or tone, and is often a pre
cursor of prostrating sick
ness. This is why it is
serious. The best, thing
you can do is to take the
great alterative and tonic
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Which has cared thousands.
When
Dr- Graves
Tooth Powder
is used twice-a-day you will have
white teeth, hard gums, clean
mouth, pure breath, good diges
tion, good health. Listen to your
dentist's advice. He knows best.
In bandy metal cans or bottles, 25c.
D' Graves' Tooth Powder Co.
j Ppnian, lUolle go. j
Thursday
Linen Sale
$2.25 Tablecloths
On Sale for Thursday Only at
the Extremely Low Price of
For Thursday only we offer a special bargain in pattern
Tablecloths of extra fine quality linen, 8-4 size, bleached,
border on four sides, assorted patterns, values qi-u -I f
to $2.25 for only jll7
50c Squares, each 25c
30x30-ineh white Linen Stand
Covers, of fancy drawn work;'
regular 50c values, 25C
50c Scarfs, each 25c
lSxoO-incli white Linen Bureau
Prarfs of fancy drawn O
work; rog. 50c value.. aWJv
Progressive candidate The Progressive
are known, also a the British party. It
is still possible, however, that the Dutch
party will ask Sir Richard to accept the
premiership. In which event a seat for
him will be found.
nderbert
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Bitter Liqueur, delicious in flavor and
a powerful, invigorating tonic
Eajorable as a cocktail and
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H Merchants and Grocers.
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1 LUYTIES BROTHERS,
M 804 William St., New York,
Tjia General Agents.
TILLMAN & BEXDE1,, San Francisco,
Pacific Slope Distributers.
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A ,rit world's be1
Biiiers
liiiiniiiiiSa
G. P. RUMMELIN 6 SONS
Highest
Established 1870.
Free Embroidery
Lessons 2 to 5 P.M.
Stamping neatly
done in our Art
Needlework Dept.
17
85c Damask, yard 68c
b'fi-ineh Bleached Table Damask,
laifre assortment of dpsiirns;
regularly 85c a vard ; On
Thursday "Ot
$2.00 Napkins $1.58
CO-in. Bleached Napkins of grind
quautv rlemish linen; for this
Thursday Linen
Sale
$1.58
Bring Your Eye Troubles
To Experienced Men
if You Want the
Best Service.
OREGON
OPTICAL CO.
173 Fourth Street.
Y. M. C. A. Mid.
Free Eye Examination by (he Latent Scien
tific Appliances.
I WEDDING I
; AND VISITING CARDS .
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Washington Building "
SICK MEADAGtsE
Positirely cured by these
Little PilLs.
They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per.
fcet remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drovrsi.
cess, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue
Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. Thaw
Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
Small PIH. Small Do,
Small Price.
JjipiTTLE
affl H IVER
126 SECOND STREET
Bet. Washington and Alder Sta.
MINK COATS
PERSIAN LAMB COATS
ASTRACHAN COATS
NEAR SEAL COATS, Ett.
Fur Scarfs and Muffs
Made in Mink, Sable, Ermine,
Squirrel, Black Lynx, Beaver,
White Fox, Etc.
FUR CAPS AND GLOVES
FUR RUGS AND ROBES
Cash Price Paid For Raw Furs