THE MOKXIXG OREGONIM, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1907.
3
N GARAGUANS
HOSTILE CAPITAL
Capture Tegucigalpa and End
the War in Central
America.
ZELAYA'S GREAT AMBITION
Revolutions on Each Side Compli
cate War WitA Honduras and
Salvador Brutal Outrages at
Capture of San Marcos.
WASHINGTON, March 25. Senor Corea,
the Nicaraguan Minister, tonight re
ceived a dispatch from President Zelaya,
of Nicaragua, announcing the capture
and occupation of Tegucigalpa, tle capi.
tal of Honduras.
The fall of the Honduran capital today
was predicted by the Nicaraguan Foreign
Office yesterday, following the capture of
holuteea. the most strongly-fortified
town in that country, and the flight of
President Bonilla. of Honduras. Only
the bare announcement of the capture of
Tegucigalpa was received.
The capture of Tegucigalpa, the capital
of Honduras, by the Nicaraguans, coapled
with the recent defeat of the forces of
Honduras and Salvador at Choluteca and
the flight of President Bonilla, of Hon
duras, virtually ends the Central Ameri
can war. It is now probable that Nic
aragua will Install another President at
the Honduran capital In lieu of President
Bonilla and that she will then withdraw
her troops to her own territory.
The conflict has been short and. Judg
ing from the reports which have been re
ceived here, none of the engagements has
been serious. The casualties have been
comparatively light. 400 or 500 in the most
complete engagement reported, the fight
at Choluteca.
Honduras has been helped in this war
by Salvador, with whom she had an al
liance, and she has had to contend with
a rebellious outbreak of her own people.
This was also the case In Nicaragua,
revolutionists in each country taking ad
vantage of the difficulties of the govern
ment to further their own cause. Three
Central American states became Involved.
Costa Rica and Guatemala remaining neu
tral. no i iiuej states sent gunboats to
bbth the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts, and
marines were landed at two or three
points on the northern coast of Hnnrtn
ras for the protection of American in
terests, rnese ports were in the pos
session of enemies of the Honduran eov-
ernment at the time, and the government
oi nonauras approved the action.
Karly In January the trouble between
Honduras and Nicaragua appeared to be
becoming acute. Mexico and the United
states endeavored to avert an open con
filet, but in spito of the fact that the
Presidents of both countries assured
President Roosevelt peace would be
maintained, hostilities broke out early
In February. The TTnited States then
permitted the fighting to g" on, but stood
ft r..dy to put a stop to It the moment it
threatened seriously to endanger foreign
interests.
Setting aside the mule that the Nica
raguans are alleged to have stolen in
the frontier town of Las Manos one night,
the cause of the conflict apparently is
found in the ambitions of President Ze
laya. of Nicaragua, to see as chief ex
ecutive of Honduras a man who would
favorably consider the claims of Nica
ragua In the matter of delimiting the
boundary between the two countries. A
possible underlying motive is President
Zelaya's far-reaching ambitions. He is
credited with a desire to bring about a
federation of the States of Central Amer
ica, and Honduras stood in his way. On
the other hand, it Is asserted In some
quarters that President Bonilla brought
about the trouble for the purpose of
avoiding disaster at the hands of the
revolutionary party, which was daily
growing stronger in Honduras.
A feature of the conflict has been that
each country has disavowed responsibility
for the war.
The engagements of the past week have
been leading up to the taking of Tegu
cigalpa and with the routing of the forces
protecting the approaches to the city the
result was only a matter ot a tew nours.
The capital is a bare seven miles from
Choluteca. and both are in the heart of
a rich mining district.
The State Department has a represen
tative at the Honduran capital In the
person of Philip R. Brown, secretary to
the American Mission to Honduras and
Guatemala, and tt is possible that the De
partment will receive a Teport from him
tomorrow. Minister Corea, who has all
along predicted the early taking of Te
gucigalpa, had nothing tonight to add to
the news of the Nicaraguan victory.
OVTRAGKS DONE BY VICTORS
Brutality to Women and Looting.
Great Loss to American.
PUKRTO CORTBZ. Honduras, March
a via New Orleans. March 25 News of
the sacking of San Marcos. Honduras, an
account of a fresh revolt in the Interior of
Honduras and information oKconsiderable
loss to American interests because of the
war have been received here.
The sacking of San Marcos was re
lated bv General Carcamo, of the Hon
duran army. who. Nicaraguan dispatches
said, had been killed there on February
26. General Carcamo was concealed for
several days after his defeat at San Mar.
cos and finally gained the Honduran lines
uninjured. He then gave an account of
the autrages perpetrated on the women
and derenseless citizens of the captured
town, which, he said, was looted and
racked by the soldiers of Nicaragua. De
tails of his story have not reached here.
The revolt reported here occurred at
Camaygua. Honduras, where, on March
20. 150 men captured the plaza. Six
hundred men were sent from San Pedro
to suppress this revolt and orders wer
given for a body of Indian allies to Join
the expedition.
The principal losses to the Americans
have occurred in the banana industry.
The reports of the Honduras Inter
Oceanic Railrod. which transports the
larger part of the Honduras banana crop
to the seaboard, say that the shipments
have already fallen to about one-quarter
the usual volume. It Is reported that
dovs and girls cu and gather bananas
and, with the women, load them on the
cars. The men have gone to the war.
The American gunboat Marietta is said
to have done good .York in the interests
of American shipping at Trujillo. the
first Honduran port captured by Nicar
aguans. Upon arrival there March 19 the
Marietta reports that the Nicaraguans
were molesting some small vessels at
Trujillo which ' were the prerty of
Americans, but that they desisted on
warnings from Captain Fulalm, of the
Marietta.
BOXILLA WILL MAKE STXVD
Will Reorganize Army and Make
Prolonged Resistance.,
WASHINGTON. March 25. President
Bonilla. of Honduras, has reorganized
his army and intends to make a pro
longed resistance to 'the Nicaraguan
forces. This news reached the State
Deoartment late today from Phillip. R.
Brown. Secretary to the American mis
sion to Honduras and Guatemala, who is
now in Tegucigalpa.
American Gunboats on Guard.
PUERTO CORTEZ. March 25. The
United States gunboat Marietta and the
Nicaraguan gunboats Ometepe and Jacin
to were at Trujillo. Honduras, Saturday
night. The Honduran gunboat Tatumbla
has arrived from Ceiba. The Marietta
is expected here today. There have been
no encounters between the belligerent
gunboats off this coast.
PENROSE IS EXONERATED
Court-Martial Kinds Men of Twenty
fifth Did Shooting.
WASHINGTON. March 25. The Senate
committee on military affairs today re
ceived from the Acting Secretary of War
a copy of a telegram from Brigadier-General
McCaskey. commanding the Depart
ment of Texas, concerning the Penrose
court-martial. The following is the text
of the telegram:
"Maior Penrose was exonerated by the
courtmartial. but the court found that
the shooting in Brownsville was done by
the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry.
Finding approved by me." 1
EASY TO GET GUXS AND SHELLS
Soldier Tells How They Are Sold to
Junk Dealers.
WASHINGTON, JtJarch 25. The soldiers
invariably were able to secure extra
cartridges and sometimes extra rifles as
well, was asserted today by William
Ryan, corporal in Company K. Twenty,
sixth Infantry, in the Brownsville investi
gation before the Senate committee on
military affairs. Ryan was at Browns
ville prior to the coming of the negro
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry.
He was serving as an artificer under the.
Quartermaster-Sergeant. Under the same
man's orders, he said, he had defaced
the numbers on six Krag-Jorgensen
rifles. These guns were held out at the
time the order was issued for the surren
der of all Krag rifles. He said that he
did not know what had become of these
guns and declared that he did not con
sider that he had done wrong In aiding
in the sale of Government property.
When the session adjourned for the
day, Thomas Taylor, a former member of
Company B, Twenty-fifth Infantry, was
on the stand. The expert examination of
shells picked up in Brownsville is de
clared to show that his gun was used in
firing 11 of those shells. Taylor denied
that his gun had been fired since his
company left Niobrara, Neb., a month
prior to the shooting.
The cross-examination of Ryan was
taken up at .the .afternoon session. In
detailing the sale of cartridges to Fields,
the Brownsville Junk dealer, the witness
said he had placed the original' Govern
ment package inside of the kerosene box.
He said that he had no Jdea why this
precaution- was taken.
The extra guns, which were in the pen
of Company K. Twenty-flfth Infantry,
the witness said, were obtained in some
manner while the company was -in the
Philippines. Originally there had been 20
in the lot. He thought that captain jvii-
burn, the company commander, had given
some of them away; that one had been
sold by Cheesman and that Captain Kil-
burn still has one. He said he .could not
say what had become of the others.
GIRL OF 15 PUT ON TRIAL
Ecd Infant I'oisoned Peach Because
She "Loved It."
NEW YORK, March 25. Jennie Burch.
a quarter-bred Mohawk, who In Septem
ber last poisoned -the Infant son of Her
bert Winship. a weaithy farmer of Cowles
Corner, Putiyim County, was placed
on trial today for her life at Carmel,
N. Y. It is "her 15th birthday. On the
day of the baby's burial she sobbed out
a confession of how she had fed the in
fant a poisoned peach. She said she had
loved her little charge and because of
her great love had killed it. Medical men
and other men of science who nave exam
ined and studied the girl differ as to her
sanity.
Jennie Burch was a waif and was given
a home by the Winship family four years
ago. The farmer and his family treated
the girl as one of their own. When the
baby, Wilbur, was born, Jennie Burch
became its guardian. Her love rivaled
that of the child's mother. She has been
unable to give a satisfactory explanation
of the crime.
The murder lt:"elf was preceded bv sev
eral incendiary ilrcs. which the girl ad
mitted that she was responsible for. First
the barn was burned and then followed
nine different attempts to burn the Win
ship home. Jennie's explanation of the
Incendiarism was that she wanted to see
"flames shoot." After the barn had been
burned she said she imagined she was
suspected and this thought preyed on her
mind. Then she decided to kill herself.
She thought of the baby and concluded
that the child should die with her. She
poisoned a peach and gave the child a
portion of it and ate the remainder her
self. Within halt an hour the girl and
the infant were taktm violently UL Mrs.
Winship did all she could for both of
them. Before night the baby died, buit
Jennie Burch recovered. The girl insists
that she poisoned the peach with iodine.
Chemists employed by the state say that
she killed the child with strychnine. It
is believed her lawyers will attempt to
prove the insanity at the time of the
murder.
PROSECUTORS OF THIEVES
Special Corps of Attorneys Will Con
duct Land-Fraud Cases.
DEXVER, Colo.. March 25.-Owing to
the importance and volume of business of
the est, the Department of Justice has
practically organized a corps of special
assistant Attorneys-General for work in
connection with coal, timber and other
land frauds and offenses west of the
Missouri River, placing Special Assistan
Attorney-General M. C. Burch in super
visory charge of them. That Judge Burch
has been in Denver for some time past
quietly organizing present and future
plans was learned today.
Under his supervision a strong force of
special assistant attorneys has been em
ployed. Among these are S. R. Rush of
Omaha, Ernest Knaebel of Denver. F. A.
Maynard of Salt Lake. E. H. Long of
Durango, and tt. tt. Schwartz of Hel
ena. Mont. While none of these men
are specially located at the points named
and where they are at present, matters
are so arranged that any of them may
be called to any point needing their at
tention. Although Judge Burch has not
settled on any looatlon. it is probable
that the major part of his time for the
immediate future will be spent in Den
ver and this place will be the headquar
ters, at least for the time being.
FRENCH BLOOD UP
Occupy Moroccan Town to
Get Revenge.
FURY AGAINST GERMANY
Teutons Held Responsible for Mur
der of Mauchamp Cabinet De- .
cides to Occupy Whole Fron
tier or Morocco.
PARIS, March 25. As a result of the
Cabinet meeting today it was decided
to send French troops to occupy Oudja,
a frontier town in Morocco, until the
Moorish government gives full satis
faction to France for the assassina
tion of Dr. Mauchamp. The French
demands for reparation will be for
warded to Fez immediately.
The French press is clamoring for
energetic action In Morocco. A Ger
manophobe sentiment has beon aroused
by the intimations that Germans in
spired the attack which resulted in the
assassination of Dr. Mauchamp at Mo
rocco City, and this has been fanned
by War Minister Plcquart's transfer
of General Bailloud from the command
of the sixtenth army corps for a speech
which the General delivered on the
occasion of the retirement of a Colonel,
in which he referred to the "inevitable
coming war with Germany," when
France "would have an opportunity to
win back Lorraine."
Paul de Roulede, founder of the
league of Patriots, who was defeated
at the last election for member of the
Chamber of Deputies, in an open letter
published today says that, unless the
Ministers resign, France henceforth
will be the vassal of Germany.
Foreign Minister Piclion today
recommended to the Cabinet a policy
of reprisals, if necessary to secure
from the Moroccan government satis
faction for the murder of Dr. Mau
champ. The Cabinet subsequently de
cided to occupy the Moroccan frontier
with French troops. The armored
cruiser Jeanne d'Arc and the cruiser
Lalande, which sailed from Toulon yes
terday for Tangier, carried field equip
ment for marines.
The French Foreign Office has sent
a note to the powers explaining the
situation. .
The decision of the government to oc
cupy Ojda means that troops will im
mediately cross the Algerian frontier
from T'lemsen to compel a Moorish re
sponse to the repeated demands of France
for the repression of disorders. The Mo
roccan Government has refused to execute
agreements concluded with France in 1901
and 1902 and has absolutely Ignored the
French Government's representations on
the subject. Instructions were today
sent to Algeria directing the occupation
of Ojda.
The Oudja referred to is probably
Ojda, a small town in Morocco about
25 miles southwest of Tiemsen, a town
n the northwestern part of Algeria.
Tiemsen usually has a strong garrison
of troops of all arms.
WILL BE LIVELY DEBATE TODAY
Socialists Will Read Mauchamp's
Letters Demands of France.
PARIS. March 25. The Moroccan sit
uation, which has been, forced into the
background for a year past by acute
internal problems, has now been
brought to thefront by the assassina
tion in Morocco City of Dr. Mauchamp.
a French citizen, and a lively debate
is anticipated in the Cnamber of Dep
uties tomorrow. Members of the Cahm
ber from the department of Saone et
Ixiire. where Mauchamp lived, will in
terpellate the government. One of
them, Fcrnand du Bief, Radical So
cialist, has a number of letters from
he doctor in which he complains bit
terly of his abandonment by the
French authorities, giving instances of
their slackness and inactivity. It is
expected that extracts from those let
ters will be read.
Furthermore, the Socialists are liable
to seize this opportunity to attack the
government in retaliation for their re
cent defeat in the matter of the strike
of the electricians of Paris.
The Ministry is fully alive to the
importance of the situation and is
ready to offer a full explanation to
the Cnamber.
The decision of the government today
to send French troops to occupy Oudja
in Morocco was unanimous. The oc
cupation will be continued until full
satisfaction has been accorded. The
Frenca demands Include the punish
ment of the murderer of Dr. Mauchamp,
indemnity for the family of the victim
and the appropriation of a large sum
for the foundation of a charitable in
stitution in Morocco in memory of
Mauchamp.
Full instructions have been tele
graphed to the military authorities in
Algeria regarding the dispatch of
military column to Oudja.
TAFT COMES NEXT.
7r"rn scut-si:-.. f
rumor. But there Is no such man, at
least he has not been Introduced to the
public, and in his absence the clamor for
Mr. Roosevelt continues. Mr. Taft comes
as near filling the bill as any man, but
Mr. Taft is not Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Taft
is what would, in the slang of the day,
be termed a "near-Roosevelt," but he
would not and could not measure up to
the present chief executive. He indorses
Mr. Roosevelt's ideas on most questions,
particularly in regard to corporations.
and, while he is an exceptionally strong
man, there is a fear in some quarters
that he has not the independence of Mr.
Roosevelt, and that he would be more
susceptible to corporate influence. Mr.
Taft's friends deny this: nevertheless.
the opinion prevails, and it is the chief
weakness of the Taft boom. For all that
Mr. Taft is probably as near the Roose
velt type as any man who could be
found and. more than any other Repub
lican, would carry out the Roosevelt
ideas.
Foraker Would Support Taft.
For a time it was believed that Sen
ator Foraker would stand in the way of
Mr. Taft. Word now comes from Ohio
that Mr. Foraker will not be a candl
date for the Presidential nomination in
1098 if Mr. Taft aspires to that honor
and if there is a reasonable assurance
that Mr. Taft could be nominated with
the indorsement or the Ohio delegation.
If this is true, it but demonstrates the
keenness of Mr. Foraker, for he must be
aware that, unless there should be
complete reversal of public sentiment, he
could not be nominated next year, or,
nominated, could not be elected.
If Mr. Roosevelt is not nominated, the
man who is named will be a man of the
Roosevelt type, a man affiliated with
the Rosevelt idea, and one in whom the
public believe, one whom, they are con
vmeed. will carry out Roosevelt poli
cies. Mr. Fraker is not such a man. He
is very different from Mr. Roosevelt and
no one. not even his most enthusiastic
friends, would ever assert that Mr. For-
ker. if elected, would follow in the
footsteps of Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. For-
aker is no fol. He is a shrewd, keen poli
tician, and no one knows better than he
that the public is not now in a frame of
mind to drop Mr. Roosevelt and Roose
veltism for Mr. Foraker and what he
represents.. Mr. Foraker is wise enough
to step aside and wait, for he must konw
that some day there will be a change in
public sentiment and, when that change
comes, his chances will be far better
than they would be at the present mo
ment. Foraker Would Have Claims.
Moreover, if Foraker. who dominates
Ohlb and" controls the State Republicans,
should voluntarily step aside for Mr.
Tatt. he would place the Secretary ot
War under great obligations and. in the
event of Mr. Taft's nomination and elec
tion, Mr. Foraker could claim much cred
it for the result. For. should Mr. For
aker. - in his powerful position, block Mr.
Taft's boom by securing the indorsement
of the Ohio delegation for himself, he
might be able to prevent Mr. Taft's nomi
nation, a fact that Mr. Taft would not
likely overlook. Mr. Taft should be nomi
nated and elected with the support of
Mr. Foraker, the Senator would then
have a hold on Mr. Taft and at some fu
ture time might call upon him for a re
turn of the favor. Under such circum
stances Mr. Taft could ill-afford to dis
regard the appeal.
No Chanee for Fairbanks.
But, as stated at the outset, the fate of
the Taft boom depends almost entirely
on what becomes of the Roosevelt third-
term revival. If the people rise in a
mass and force another nomination upon
the President, he will not refuse. But,
hould his personal wishes be respected.
Mr. Taft's chances would boom, unless,
in the meantime, something should hap
pen which would stamp some other man
as Mr. Roosevelt's choice. That favor
will never fall upon Vice-President Fair
banks, however. He is not a Roosevelt
Republican. He is not an anti-corporation.
His ideas do not coincide with the
ideas of Mr. Roosevelt. He shows too
much of the corporation taint, and that
taint, in these days of revolt, will prove
fatal to any man with Presidential as
pirations. From present indications it will be
be Roosevelt or Taft an, unless the clam
or against corporations subsides and the
people get what they want In the way of
anti-corporation legislation with assur
ance that the legislation will be rigidly
enforced under Mr. Taft, the. indications
are that it will be Mr. Roosevelt in spite
of himself. .
COt'RT OF INQUIRY WILL SEEK
TO FIX BLAME.
Returning Passengers Say If Boat
Had Gone 50 Feet Further All
Would Have Gone Down.
VICTORIA, B. C, March 25. The
steamer Tremont, which arrived this
morning from the Orient, brings further
news of tne Dakota. Included in the
Tremont's passenger were 30 of the
wrecked vessel's crew. They admit there
was a blunder, but will not lay the blame
to aBy special officer.
When the Tremont left, the Dakota was
almost submerged, and very little hope
of raising the vessel was then enter
tained. Arrangements are being made to
hold a court of inquiry, but it is not
settled whether it will be held in the
United States or Yokohama. Residents
of the Orient desire that it be held in
Yokohama, and open to the public. All
senior officers remained in the Orient to
attond the Inquiry.
A statement Issued by the information
committee from the crew of the Dakota
give great praise to the whole crew.
With the exception of one lady who had
her knee cut getting into a lifeboat, no
other Injuries are reported.
The vessel struck about 5 o'clock and
had she gone 50 feet further she would
have gone down with all on board. The
Tremont left for Seattle at noon.
CHOICE OF A HUSBAND.
Noted Playwright Gives Advice to a
Doubting Girl.
Henry Arthur Jones' in the American
Magazine.
Take care how you choose your part
ner for life. You'll have a' wide choice,
and all your future happiness, and the
happiness perhaps of many generations
to come, will depend on the one moment
when you say "Yes" to one of the scores
of young fellows who'll ask you to be his
wife. Take care, dear! Take care! Look
him thoroughly up and down! Be sure
that he has a good full open eye that can
look you straight in the face, and be sure
that the whites of his eyes are clear.
Take care he hasn't got aj queer -shaped
head, or a low forehead. A good round
head, and a good full high forehead, do
you hear? Notice the grip of his hand
when he shakes hands with you! Take
care it's strong and firm, and not cold
and dry. No young man should have a
cold, dry hand. Don't say "Yes" till
you've seen him out of trousers, in rid
ing dress or court dress. See that he's
well-knit and a little lean, not flabby;
doesn't squint; doesn't stammer; hasn't
got any nervous tricks or twitchings,
Dqn't marry a bald man! They say we
shall all be bald In 10 generations. Wait
10 generations, Peggie, and then don't
marry a bald man! Can you remember
all this, dear? Watch his walk! See that
he has a good springy step, and feet made
of elastic can do his four or five miles
an hour without turning a hair. Don't
have him if he has a cough in the Winter
or the Spring. Young men ought never
to have a cough. And be. sure he can
laugh well and heartily not a snigger.
or a wheeze, or a cackle, but a good,
deep, hearty laugh right down from the
bottom of his chest. And If he has a lit
tie money, or even a good bit, so much
the better! There now! You choose a
man like that. Peggie, and I won't prom
ise you that you'll be happy, but If you're
not it won't be your fault, and it won't
be bis, and it won t be mine!
Worth of a Dog's Inheritance. .
Everybody's.
By the environment of his forbears for
generations back, you may know the dog.
An Eskimo or sledge dog. or a Chinese
Chow Chow could never create the deep
friendship that a deerhound, or an old
English sheep dog. or a collie, or a bull
dog, or a terrier is capable of inspiring.
Years before any of us were thought
of the sledge dog was a beast of burden.
tolerated because human lives depended
on his "motor" power, begrudged the
necessary wherewithal to keep his "ma
chinery" in good order and treated not as
a companion, but as a pariah and as a
brute without feeling, without thought,
without hope. How expect a descendant
of these half-starved, cuffed and buffeted
animals not to shrink from the uplifted
hand and treat with suspicion all friendly
overtures? All man has done for him and
his forbears has been to play the brute
and make life a dreary bondage. And
in all parts of the globe where the strug
gle for life is most desperate and people
according to our estimate are brutes or
semi or whole savages, so are the dogs
of that people. Persian Wolfhounds.
Chow Chow, ' Dingoes'' in the wilds of
IN HATS CtT THE BESHBilft
fit
STANDARD Of HAT VALUE
Sold Everywhere
Australia. Tibet Mastiffs, Russian sheep
dogs, Samoyedes, all more or less dread
man, who many years ago beat them into
iubjection, not affection.
With the J500, $1000 and S2O0O champions
and their brothers and sisters and cousins
who made last month's Westminster ken
nel show the success it was the story is
different. Neither they nor their ancestors
have known what it was to turn cannibals
to avert starvation. Man did not beat
them into drudgery. Man warmed to
them and they gave their all to man.
And of the 2000 dogs gathered together
from here, there and everywhere there
were probably not a dozen who would
churlishly snarl at a stranger's greeting.
Many Millions for Damages.
Everybody's.
These appalling statistics are backed
by still more remarkable figures as to
the amounts paid out for damages by
American and by European companies.
Thus, the various companies of Greater
New York reported for 1905 a total of
(2.098,009.59 paid out in damages. Two
million dollars In a single year! But
this was not all. The same companies
reported for legal , expenses in con
nection with accidents," the further
item ot $1,005,892.81, making the total
amount of damages $3, 103, 902.40.
This is equivalent to 60,000,000 fares
a year!
The total amount paid out by all the
tram companies of the United King
dom, including Great Britain and Ire
land, for the year 1903-1904, was only
1591,000!
Or take it by cities. The amount paid
out by the municipal system of Liverpool
for 1906 was J53.800. The amount paid out
by the Boston Elevated, operating the
surface systems of Boston, for 1906 was
$603,576!
The traffic of the chief Berlin com
pany Is greater by a half than that of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
The amount paid out in 1905 by this
Berlin company was 165,500. The
amount paid out by the Brooklyn
company in 1905 was $648,038.10!
So I might continue the list. This
is what accidents mean to the com
panies themselves, in dollars and cents,
in reduced dividends and reduced sal
aries. One would think that pure self
interest, if nothing else, would induce
the companies to do something to stop
this tremendous leak.
In the Earthquake Line.
Boston Transcript.
Lord KSlvin, the well-known Brit
ish scientist, foresees that as tho world
grows older earthquakes will grow
bigger, until it is to be supposed that
Jamaica and Sumatra latest of
earthquake victims will sink into
the sea. In the distant time, when the
central fires of the earth are burning
themselves out. Lord Kelvin believes
that earthquakes will occur only at
ntervals of a few millions of years.
But even when the earth has been
cooled down to a uniform temperature
throughout and all further disruption
by shrinkage has ceased, a new terror
looms on the Kelvin horizon a shat
tering and remelting- of the earth by
collision with some other large body.
- Origin of "Doll" and "Puppy."
New York Herald.
Two centuries ago Uttie girls called their
toy babies "poppets" or "puppets" in
stead of "dolls." Probably "popsy-wop-
sy is simply another form of the word.
'Puppet" is descended from the French
'pou-pee" and tho Latin "pupa," a little
girl or doll, from both of which have
come other Bngllsh words. "Poupee" has
given "puppy," so called because the tiny
dog was naturally petted as a plaything;
and the Latin word survives in the sense
of a chrysalis, and has a descendant in
the "pupil of the eye, the "baby" that
anyone may see reflected In it.
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Received
Yesterday
100 New Easter Suits
Distinctive and
ESTERD AY'S express
Easter Suits to be sold for from $15 to $50
entirely new conceptions which have not been
shown before. Refinement and distinction are marked
characteristics of these medium priced suits, and be
cause of artistic lines and colorings they also have
adaptability to type and an unusual becomingness.
$15.00 to $50.00
How to Cure That Cold for 15c
To cure your cold in 24
hnra take Ijav&tive
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Trommer's Malt with
L.Mi Phillips' Emulsion of
Same, 50c size for. .40i
Warner's Safe Rheu
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KrfervesclngT C 1 t r a. t e
Lithia, bottle 18
Henderson's Pile Ointment, per
box 19
Osborn's Rheumatic Cure;- nOo
size 39
Extraordinary
Sale of Well
Known Books
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- - i " ' vrwil U1C3C WCU'KllUWU
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50 Cents per Volume
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MANY
Richard Carvel
By Winston Churchill
People of the Abyss
By Jack London
St, Elmo
By Augusta J, Evans
The Rise of Silas Lapham
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A Great Love
By Clara Louise Burnham
DOZENS OF OTHERS EQUALLY GOOD. CALL NOW
WILL SURELY
END SATURDAY
CO-OPERATIVE PIANO SALE AT
EILERS PIANO HOUSE
ENDS THIS WEEK
Chance to Buy High-Class New Pianos
Greatly Under Price and on Pay
ments Ridiculously Small, by Means
of Co-operative Piano Club Member
ship, Closes Within the Next Few
Days Several Splendid Webers,
Also Two Chickerings and Three
Choice Kiinballs Left to Choose
From.
Yesterday saw another large crowd of
piano buyers at the Bllers house, and
many fine pianos were taken.
If you have been putting oft attending
this great sale of pianos, or perhaps, if
you have felt there was nothing at
tractive in the proposition, but simply
a new "advertising scheme," it will pay
you, and pay you handsomely, if you'll
take a few minutes today or tomorrow
to carefully investigate this co-operative
club offer. Our house is too large, too
well-known and has too much at stake
tn risk ita v-Anntatinn fnr tliA anlr nt ,.11.
ing a few pianos. All we ask is your in- !
vesication.
Only two fine Webers. two superb Chick
erings. a couple of elegant Klmballs. a
few Schumanns, some Story & Clark,
several of the old reliable Marshall &
Wendells, a very few Bailey pianos, are
still available at the greatly reduced
ffrices, and on the specially easy terms of
payment, In our piano clubs.
There are also a number of Iester
pianos, which Club B members will se
cure on payment of $1-60 a week (or $6
monthly), for $258, plain cases $11 less.
All the remaining instruments in Club A
now go for $137. $218, $15, $174. These
prices are almost balf what dealers usu
ally ask for this grade of instruments.
Remember, payments can be arranged as
low as $1.26 a week. Never again, we
are sure, at least not for years to come,
will anyone in Portland see fine new in
struments go at such enormous discounts.
Some singularly beautiful Weber pianos
in very choicest of mahogany are obtain
able In Club D. This means a payment of
$2.50 weeklv, ar $10 a month. Never again
will genuine Webers go for such small
prices and on such easy terms. There
are three families in Portland today who
have not yet definitely located, and who
are each one of them paying us rent for
Weber pianos at the rate of $40 a quarter.
Do you wonder ithat the shrewdest buyers
have recognized this Co-operative Club
sale as the piano-buying opportunity of
a lifetime?
There are 4S9 pianos originally included
In these clubs. There will be none by
next Saturday. Depend upon -it. all will
have been taken during the coming week.
Write today for catalog of whichever
piano you think you would like to pur
chase. Chances are it Is obtainable in
this sale, and If so, you can save fully
a third. If not more, of the purchase
price. Pay all crash If you want .to, to.ke
advantage of the easy terms if it bet
ter suits vour convenience. If you live
within a 'hundred miles of Portland it
will surely pay to take the first train In
here and investigate this matter person
aUy. All city buyers should come first
thing this morning. Nothing Is to be
gained bv waiting, for prices are reduced
to the very lowest point ever heard of.
and terms of payment are so easy that
no one should hesitate In arranging for
a piano at once.
353 Washington street, corner of Park,
is the address of Ellers Piano House,
biggest, busiest and best dealers, with
stores everywhere, known as the Houses
of Highest Quality.
Elegant Models
brought a hundred new
Aseptine Catarrh Cure, 50c
size 39
Sloan's Liniment, $1.00 size. 79
25c Baby Soothing Syrup... 18
Skookum Root Hair Grower.79
$1.09 Henderson's Dandruff
Cure 69
$1.00 Foley's Kidney Cure..79
63c Foley's Kidney Cure. ...40
$1.00 Kilmer's Heart Rem
edy 72
$1.00 Snoop's Restorative. ..72
15c Manhattan Porous Plasters,
three for 25
Henderson's Kidney and Bach
ache Pills, box 20
$1.00 Herplcide 79
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Prisoners of Hope
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Brewster's Millions
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