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THE MORNING -QREGOXI A Jf, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1907. GUSHMAN CULLS HERMANN GOOD Congressman Denies He Op poses Prosecution of Land Frauds. PUTER'S MONEY IS TRACED Gives Details Which Remove Reflec tion on Chaffee Dr. Smith Tells of Williamson's Claim to Inside Information. "WASHINGTON', March' 23. Representa tive Francla V. Cushman. of Washing ton, testified that the general reputation of Binper Hermann for honesty and in tegrity was "Rood, very rood," when the trial of tho ex-Commlssloner of the Gen eral Land Office for destroying public rec ords was resumed tills morning. Cush man said he had known Hermann for eight years. "Have you taken a stand against the prosecution of land-fraud cases?" "N'o.-' replied Mr. Cushman. "I have taken the stand that all of the entrymen on the public domain ought not to he held up: that the 499 entrymen against whom nothing has been charged ought not to be discriminated against while the Secre tary of the Interior is chasing one man who might be guilty." In refusing to interrupt tho ordinary course of the trial I hat the defense might put J. W. Rowland, of Oregon. upon the stand. Justice Stafford said that he understood the Government would con clude its case in a day or two. Putcr Traces His Sr'QOO. With these preliminaries over, S. A. D. Filter was again put on the stand. He was asked to explain more in detail just where he obtained the two $1000 bills which he said he gave to the late Senator Mitchell. He said that sinco testifying last week ho had recalled that he had made J()00 on a deal in November. 1901. and had received from Charles Chaffee, president of the First National Bank of Rhinelander, Wis., a draft for that amount. This draft wha cashed In the First National Bank of Milwaukee in Ie comber, and then he went across the street to the Wisconsin National Bank and got tho $1000 notes in question. Objection by Mr. Worthlhgton pre vented the Government from putting in evidence an alleged memorandum of the presentation of the $2000 to Mitchell made by Puter shortly after that time. A telegram from Charles Chaffee to United States Atorney Baker, confirm ing the explanation of the $9,000 deal was put in evidence. Kx-Governor W. A. Richards, who' was Assistant Com missioner of the General Land Office during the Hermann admlnstration. testified that he passed the "eleven seven" Puter claims to patent. He said Puter was Introduced to him by Senator Mitchell as a "reliable man." Williamson's Indian Information. Dr. Andrew C. !mith of Portland, Or., repeated the testimony he gave at the trail which resulted in the conviction of ex-Representative Williamson, that In September, l0i, Williamson applied to him for a loan of $4X00. William son explained to the witness that he had paid 20 per cent of the entry fees on 13,000 acres of state school land and needed the money to complete the purchase. When the money was finally produced, Williamson induced the wit ness to take one-third interest in the land, saying ho had "Inside informa tion' that the land is to be included in the Blue mountain forest reserve. The land was never so Included. The rest of the day was devoted by the Government to show the course of an official report of thu Puter claims In the General Land Office. Tho re port was placed in evidenco and was traced through several divisions with the conclusion drawn by Mr. Baker that It finally reached Hermann and never Was heard of again. . The report recommended that futher investigation of the claims be made in Oregon. WILLIAMSON CASE COMES UP Question of Privilege to lie Passed On hy Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, March 25. The ques tion whether a member of Congress can be imprisoned upon being found guilty on a criminal charge is in volved In the case of Representative John Newton Williamson of Oregon, in which a mntliSi to advance was made today in the Supreme Court of the United States. The motion is based on the ground of public Importance of the case. In 1905. Williamson, with others, was found guilty on the charge of con spiracy to unlawfully secure United States land and was about to ho sent enced to pay a fine of $500 and serve 10 months In prison when ho protested that his Imprisonment would prevent his attending sessions of Cong ress, from which deprivation he claimed protection under the constitu tion and when the protest was over ruled, ho appealed to tho Supremo Court. CAN SELL RELINQUISHMENT Supremo Court Vpholds IllJit of Homesteader Before Patent, WASHINGTON. March 2.. Announcing- the opinion of the court in favor of Flahiv. In the case of Kdward II. Love vs. Annie Flahiv, Involving a contp&t over land In Missoula County, Montana, Justice Brewer, of the Supreme Court of the ITnited States, today laid down some general principles regarding the relinquishment of homestead applica tions anil the sale of land taken up under the homestead law before the issuance of the patent. On that point he Bays: . Of course, whether there was a sale and -what u the thlnir oM were matters of fact to be determined by the testimony, and the findings of the Land Department in that re ject ara conclusive in the courts. It Is ar gued by tho plaintiff that a sale of homestead pplor to the issue of patent la void under statute! of the United States. This la un doubtedly the law and the ruling of the Sec retary w.-f not in conflict with it. but the fact that one seeking to enter a tract of land aa a homestead cannot make a valid sale thereof u not at all inconsistent with his rtrht to relinquWi him application for the land, and so the Secretary of the Interior ruled. While public policy may prevent en forcing the contract of sale, it does not de stroy the significance as a declaration that the vendor no longer claims title. He cannot sell and at the earn time deny that he has msde a aale. The Government may rightfully treat It as a relinquishment and abandonment of his ap plication and entry. No man entering land as a homcatviul is bound to perfect his title by the occupation, lie xuur abandua li at auy tlm. or he may In any other satisfactory way relinquish the rlsht acquired by his entry, llavlnr done that, he is ho longer interested in the title to the land. That is a matter to be settled between the. Government and other applicants. In this case. Ijove having relin quished his claim. It does not He in his mouth to cha.llen.fca the action of the Government in patenting- the land to Mrs. Flahiv. MUST ACCOUNT TO HAXLET Empire State-Idaho Company Loses Mining Contest. WASHINGTON, March 25. The Su preme Court of the United States to day dismissed tho case of the Empire State-Idaho Mining Company vs. K. J. Hanley. involving a claim by Hanley for remuneration for part of the ore' taken out of 'the Skookum mine In Shoshone County, Idaho. It was rep resented that the company had taken out of the mine more than $1,000,000 worth of ore .without accounting to Hanley, who claimed to be a part own er. The case was dismissed because the court held itself to be without jurisdiction. The action is favorable to Hanley. Advance Eight-Hour Cases. WASHINGTON. March 25. In the Su preme Court of the United States. Solicitor-General Hoyt made a motion today for the advancement upon the docket of several cases against dredging companies on the charge of violating the eight-hour law. ALLOWED TO CHARGE FEES FEIRCE EXPLAINS POSITION IN SEALING ARBITRATION. Minister , to 'orvay Says Action Was Authorized by State Depart ment and He Won Case. BOSTON. March 25. Herbert H. I. Pelrce, American Minister to Norway, ar rived today from Liverpool to spend a vacation with his family in Cambridge. Mr. Peirce Rave an Interview on the question of the charges which were the subject of a recent hearing before a Con gressional committee concerning his re ceiving nay d urine arbitration proceed ing at The Hague in ' the matter of the suit brought by four American seal ing vessels to recover damages from the Russian government for allegel illegal seizure and detention. Professor H. w. Elliott, of Cleveland, brought the charges before the committee which. In considera tion of papers of the late Secretary Hay and Secretary Root, in which they held Mr. Peirce to have acted within his rights, resulted in a dismissal of the charges. Mr. Peirce said: The dispute occurred while T was Charge dAflfaires at The Hague In 1SA4 and 1901 and. as the United States Governments rep resentatlve there, during the controversy, I was thoroughly cognizant or the matter. One of the vessels was a New Bedford whal ing bark owned by Wing & Co., and there were besides three schooners, one of which was owned by the Eagle Company of San Francisco. They Anally asked mc to act as their counsel in the matter and I wrote to Washington asking for permission to act as counsel for the American shipowners for stipulated remuneration which the shipown ers and I had agreed upon. The fatate De partment at once wired permission for me to act as counsel for pay. The Russian gov ernment, however, refused to submit the matter to arbitration unless it could treat with an official United States Government representative and about this phase I also wrote the State Department at Washington. A sain the department gave me permission to act In an official capacity and thus I was in a double role. I won the case for the shipowners and secured for them damages from the Russian government for the loss of time during the detention. Then, when I tried to get my fee as coun sel for the shipowners, I found that they had taken the case from me without the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia to San Francisco. I accordingly brought suit. That Is the sum and substance of the whole affair. Mr. Peiree said it seemed to him hard ly just that the objection should be made to a Lnited States representative abroad taking an offered opportunity with the sanction of the ?tate Department to "earn a little money on the side." espe cially when he was spending four times the salary he received to keep up the standing of the American foreign depart ment In diplomatic circles. ACCEPTS BONDS AS SECURITY Corlelyou Enlarges Basis for Gov ernment Bank Deposits. WASHINGTON, March 25. The Secre tary of the Treasury today announced that he would accept In substitution for United States 4 per cent bonds of 1907, now held to secure public deposits, any other Government bonds, Philippine bonds and certificates, city of Manila bonds. Porto Rico bonds, Hawaiian bonds, also state, municipal and high-grade railroad bond?, such "as are legal Investments for savings banks in the States of New York and Massachusetts,- upon the basis of 90 per cent of their market value.- It is understood that any of such bonds thus withdrawn must be assigned to "the Secretary of the Treasury for re demption, under the provisions of the de partment circular of March 14. 1907. REFUSED RIGHT TO LAND Three Japanese Detained by. Immi gration Officers at Seattle. VENICE. Cal.. March 25. Yamcto Ku Fhibikl. Commissioner from Japan to the Jamestown Exposition, has received a telegram stating that three Japanese ac tors are held at Seattle, where Govern ment Immigration officers refuse thera a landing. Kushlbiki says these people, who have Just arrived from the Orient, are to ap pear at the Jamestown. Exposition. He believes that the refusal to allow them to land is a result of the San Francisco school incident. Wint Buried as a Soldier. WASHINGTON. March 25. With full military honors the body of Brigadier- General Theodore J. Vlnt. v. S. A., for merly commander of the Cuban army of pacification, who died in Philadelphia Thursday, was buried in Arlington today. The funeral train arrived from Philadel phia at 3 o'clock and was met at the sta tlon bv tho honorary pall-bearers. At the grave brief commitmeat services were conducted by Chaplain H. A. Brown, or the artillery, ana me usual military cere. monies were observed. Epidemic Measles on Board. NEWPORT NEWS. Vs., March 25. The outbreak of measles on board the battle ship Georgia, which will delay the de parture of that vessel ior uuatanamo, scheduled for tomorrow, has developed an epidemic, more than 50 men having been taken from the ship to the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth. Parker Champion at Checkers. BOSTON. March 25. Charles P. Par ker, of Boston, successfully defended his title as National checker champion to night in the final game with A. J. Heff ner. also of this city. Parker received the first prize. JKA. Pn.KS CtKKI IJf TO 1 TATS- PAZO OINTMENT u guanuitMd to eur. My eu of Itrhln BU.d. BlMdlnjr or VrotrudlB I? Umm is. u 1A dam or wuu rinm luo. SOLDIERS ON TRACK Guardsmen Hold Indoor Meet at Armory. GOOD SHOWING IN EVENTS Private Vigelius, of Company F, Stars, Taking 50-Yard Dash, Hurdles and Bringing Victory to His Squad in the Relay. The indoor track meet held at the Ar mory last night under direction of Lieu tenant Ormandy brought out some good performers. Some of the events were close and exciting and enthusiasm was at a high pitch as loyal supporters cheered on their favorites among the contesting soldiers. Private Vigelius won the 60- yard dash in 0:50 2-5. V. Wetterborg was a close second. The high jump was won by Private Pettlt, of Company . F, who cleared the bar at 5 feet. 2 inches. The next event waa the "220-yard hur dles. This was one of the most 'exciting contests of the meet and was won by Private Vigelius, of Company F. in 35 seconds flat. In the tug of war contest Companies B and C struggled for five minutes, neither side gaining any advan tage. An extra three minutes waa neces sary to settle the tie, when Company C won by 33 inches. The contest centered around anchor men ' Spooner and Atter- bury j Both demonstrated they were ex perts at the business, Atterbury. of Com pany C, on account of his weight, having the best of tt. At the close of the con. test the Company B men were very tired. The half-mile relay race was won by Company F in 2:00 2-5. Company B took second place, covering the distance in 2:08. Magnificent bursts of speed by Pri vate Vigelius brought victory, to . the standard of Company F. A tent-pitching contest was won by Company F" in 0:31 3-5. Company B took second lace. Private Bachus. of Com pany a, won tne mile race in o:-(. uision, of the First Battery, took second place. Lundy. of Company B. won the bayonet race, 1:09 4-5. Henderson, of Company J took second honors. . An exciting and spectacular wall-scaling exhibition was given by Company B. TRAIN" FOR SPOKAXE TOCRXEY Multnomah Athletes Practicing Un der Renntck and Acton. The boxers and wrestlers who will represent Multnomah Club in the tour nament with Spokane on April 12 at the Eastern Washington metropolis commenced active training last night under the direction of Boxing Instruc tor Kennick and Wrestling Instructor Acton. Tony Merta, who was sched ulcd to box in the 135-pound class, is under a doctor's care and will not be able to enter the meet. It will be nec essary to select another man for the place or get the consent of Spokane to change the class. Tommy Roberts will not be able to go on account of business, and the club has no other man in this class who can possibly make the trip. Ren nick 13 not at all satisfied with the Parsons-Dranga fight, and will ask Spokane to send Parsons against Dran ga at 125 pounds instead of in the 135 pound class.. . - Edgar Frank will probably return from the East In time to join the Multnomah athletes' at Spokane and will himself go into the tournament. Spokane adherents say they have no hope of finding a man who will so much as have a chance with the crack Portland lightweight, but will put some wrestler against hlsi just to. see the Portland boy In action. Ed John son, 17o-pound wrestler, and Jack Walsh, 158-pound boxer, are the other men who will be sent by Multnomah. Both are old men at the game and should win their bouts with ease. Hood Bottler, 140-pound boxer, is another man that may go to Spokane. TACOMA FAXS LOSING HOPE Baseball Season Still a Distant Dream in City of Destiny. TACOMA, Wash., March 25. (Spe cial.) Despite the encouraging signs of last week, the local baseball pool is apparently as badly muddled as at any former stage of the game, and the 1907 season In Tacoma is just as prob lematical as before. The sticking point is still the vexa tious question of grounds, and now the promoters ask the people who are not satisfied with those chosen, and on which a considerable sum has already been spent, to come forward and offer any other suitable site. Lucas and Dugdale were to have been In Tacoma this afternoon, but it is believed they have gone to Belllngham instead, for the purpose of arranging for the transfer of the Tacoma fran chise to that city. THE DAY'S HORSE RACES. At Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. Re sults of races at Oakland: Four and one-half furlong Willie T. won, Adrian second. Husky third; time, 0:58. Mile ana one-slxteentn Wlcklow won. Kruka second.. Lord Rosslngton third; time. i:.ti. Mile and one-sixteenth Boloman won, Supreme Court second. Merchant third; time. i:.ti Mile and 20 yards Modicum won, Warte nlcht second, Eduardo thirti; time. 1:47. Six furlongs Confessor won. Sahara sec ond. Comilfo third; time. 1:17 l-r,. Futurity course Pimkln won. Karl Kofc ers second, Princess Wheeler third:- time, 1:13 2-3. At Lros Angeles. LOS ANGELES, March 25. Ascot race results: - Mile Sutnutva won, Perry Wlrke sec ond. Roman Boy third: time, 1:44. Six furlongs Daru roa won. Silver Stock ing second, Satnrida third; time, 1:15. Three and one-half furlongs Ed Davis won, Lulies Thrush second. Dally third; time. 0:434- Mile Chimney Sweep won. Toupee nec ond. Cello third- time, 1:42. OWN "YOUR. OWN HOME TTT CITY VA V JS i'AUK 130. Six furiones Stn&loa TI- won. Elota sec ond. Big Store third; time. 1:17.. jane f-toessel won. Foncasta second. Rama third; time, l:4.1i. At Xew Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. March 25. Fair Grounds race .results: Six furlongs Paragon won. Bitter -Miss second. Sylvan Belle third; time, 1:13 4-5. Half mile Rebel Queen won. Lady Caro line II second, Geneva third; time, 0:48 1-5. &lx rurlongs cutter won. Coltness second. Dapple Gold third; time. 1:12 3-5. beven furlongs Emergency won. Columbia Girl second. Fantastic third; time, 1:25 3-3. Five and one-half furlonirs Sally Preston won. Toy Boy second. Sir Mincemeat third; time, 1:06 4-5. One mile Solly M. won. r"lr.vlrnv second. Lucy Marie third; time, 1:41. Mile and a furlone Ferronlere won. Lemon Girl second. Sincerity Belle third; time. 1:53 2-5. At Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS, Ark.. March 25. Oaklawn race results: Three and one-half furlongs T.rlv Kllc- horn won, Brocasle second, Flown third; lime, 0:43. Half mile Seymour Buenter won. Ban- atyne second, Washakie third; time. 0:49 3-3. -ive ana one-naif furlongs Little Turner won, Edith M. second. Taunt third; time. Mile Hawkans won. Tlvollnl second. Tho Abbot third; time, 1:41 1-3. Mile and 70 yards Athens won. Ruelibo second. Wood Claim third; time, 1:47 8-5. Mile and 70 yards Frank Lubbock won. Charley ward second, Imboden third; time. i:0 3-3. Yale Captain's Heart Weak. NEW HAVEN. March 25. Robert Hale Noyerf. Jr., of St. Paul.' Minn., captain "of tne Yale crew, has. stopped rowing be cause of a weak heart He has 'notified Coach John Kennedy and General Ad viser Julian Curtiss. of New York City. that a medical expert has ordered him not to row for a year, and that he will re sign the captaincy if desired. He may be asked to remain as captain. while a lieutenant gives orders in the boat. If his resignation Is accepted, how ever, either Howard Boulton. stroke, . of New York City, or C. B. Ide, No. 7, of Syracuse, will be elected. Pabst Buys Jordan's Stud. ' WASHINGTON,' March 25. Eben J. Jordan of this city, has sold to Fred Pabst, Jr., of -Milwaukee, 121 head of horses, comprising the entire ; Plymouth hackney stud, which has been' one of the leading breeding establishments in the country, devoted to the production of high stepping harness horses. 'I he horses will be shipped to Milwau kee immediately. . Mr. Jordan's horses nave won scores of blue ribbons at vari ous horse shows in New Tork, Boston, Philadelphia and Newport. ' , Race Horses Burned to Death. NEW YORK. March 25. Eleven race horses were burned - to death in a fi which destroyed three buildings at the Sheepshead -Bay --racetrack, yesterday Among the horses destroyed were Iady Prudence. -Fine Cloth. Sir William John son and Star of the Ocean. These horses were all in the stable of Thomas Watt. . The loss is estimated at 80,000. Thomas Issues Double Challenge. NEW YORK, March 25. Joe Thomas has posted a certified check for $1000 for. a match with ekher Tommy Ryan or Honey Mellody. Thomas prefers to meet Ryan, who now claims the middleweight cham pionship, and to show his good faith, Thomas will let the tlOOO remain up as a side bet. Xavy Football Captain Recovers. ANNAPOLIS. Mi, March 25. A suc cessful operation of skin grafting was performed on the leg of Midshipman A H. Douglass, captain of the Navy foot ball team for next season, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, and he as returned for duty at the Naval Acad emy. . Beats Indoor Ilalf-Mile Record. NEW YORK, March 25. Melvin W. Shepard lowered the American indoor half-mile record at the games of the Twenty-second Regiment tonight. He fin ished in 1:58. two seconds faster than the best previous time. Bed Easily, Throws Rooney. CHICAGO. March 25. Fred Beel. of Wisconsin, easily won his catch-as-catch-can- wrestling match with John Rooney, ot enieago. in straight falls tonight. FEATURES OF NEWSPAPERS (Continued Prom First Page.) papsr in the world, except the London Telegraph, which manufactures its own paper. The Star has had in operation in Kansas City since 1903 a paper-mill turn ing out nearly 60 tons dally, the entire product being consumed by the daily Sunday and weekly issues of the Star. The pulp is brought from Canada and made into paper In Kansas City. The Star was first to sell a weekly newspaper at 2 cents a year and is one of the few newspapers tht has never used a comia cr color supplement. The Washington Herald, Scott C. Bono's new paper, advertises "no color; no com ics," and has enjoyed a phenomenal growth, despite the fact that the "funny section" is supposed to be the greater! circulation builder ever invented. Tho Nashville Banner is the official organ of Santa Claus. It publishes more letters from children each year just be fere Christmas than any paper in the world. This has been ail annual custom with the Banner for a generation, and it has become so well fixed that the child ren of Middle Tennessee think they will not be visited by their patron saint un lets they communicate with him through the Banner. Last year from December 15 ito 24 this paper published 29fl2 letters to Santa Claus, making in all 151 col umns. , Oregonian's National Fame. The strong editorial page of the Port land Oregonlan has given that paper a national reputation, entirely through the offices of H. W. Scott, who has been Its editor for nearly fifty years. Another interesting feature of The Oregonlan is that its manager and chief owner, Henry U. Pittock, has been continually connected with this paper since 1853 fifty-four years. He be gan as a printer and within five years had become proprietor of the property. Mr. Pittock has thus been chief owner of The Oregonlan for fifty years, and Mr. Scott its editor and part owner for nearly fifty years. There is no parallel, to this situation on any news paper in the United States. Great Papers of Texas. Two of the most remarkable papers In the country are the A. H. Belo prop-' erties in Texas. The Galveston News was started in 1842 under the flag of the Republic of Texas. It was pub lished for a short time at Houston while the Civil War was in progress, but was afterwards moved back t Galveston. The Dallas News started in 1885. The two offices are connected with a leased wire 315 miles long and three special trains are run every morning to carry the papers to distant counties in the state. The Dallas News is housed in one of the most elegant and commodious newspaper buildings in America. It covers the whole field from Texarkana to El Paso, a dis tance almost as great as from New York to Chicago. Such enterprise might well be boasted ,of by a paper l in-axity. of hail million inhabitants. The Best-Equipped Trust Company in tne Northwest Established April 18, 1887. , LOANS We have ample funds to loan in any amount on improved business and residence property in Portland and vicinity at lowest rates. TITLES INSURED ABSTRACTS FURNISHED TheTitle Guarantee & Trust Co. 240-244 Washington St, Corner Second Portland, Oregon ' but when it is remembered that, Dallas has only 80,000 people, the, achieve ments of its great newspaper are in deed remarkable.' For years the Memphis Commercial- Appeal has been carrying a daily. para- raph on its' editorial page credited to the Hardeman Free-Press. . These paragraphs are very funny on account of their, ludicrous errors . in orthog rapny ana phraseology, and they have been copied by papers in every state in the Union. ' The Hardeman Free- Press Is the name of a weekly paper published at Bolivar, Tennessee, but i"" iiiiiisa ii is creutiea w.ltn saying never appear in its columns. They , are merely the inventions of a clever writer on 'the ' Commercial-Appeal. This publicity gave the: Harde man County 'paper an increased cir culation and brought its ed' tor. Jack Keaves, into such prominence that 'he was put up for the lower house in the Tennessee Legislature and elected by a flattertng majority.- . A somewhat similar feature waa in stituted by the Buffalo Times some years ago.- In the upper corner of one of its pages it reproduced a miniature paper- called ' "The Daily Hammer." The motto of this sprightly little sheet Is "with mallets toward all and charity for none." Its stock in trade is local hits, and day after day it convulses the town with its sarcastic wit and ridi cule. Battles With Mormonism. The Salt Lake Tribune makes a spe cialty of fighting Mormon rule in Utah. In a letter to the writer. Colonel William Nelson, the veteran editor, says: "The Tribune Is today fighting the only fight that is being fought In any part of the United States for the prev alence of free government and equal rights among white citizens of this Republic. We have here a dominant, lecherous, grasping, avaricious priest hood in the control of politics and civil affairs, which has made repeated pledges to the United States Govern ment of obedience to the laws and con formity to American institutions, and has as repeatedly broken every one of these promises. It Is the mission of the Salt Lake Tribune to correct these evils and insist that the pledges made shall be kept." Tells AH About Schools. The Richmond Times-Dispatch is distinctive lor Its comprehensive re ports of educational and industrial work. Its page devoted to the discus slon of schools, school problems and school progress covers not ' only the htate of Virgtna but the whole South. Last Summer the Times-Dlsbatch issued a special educational number which contained more school adver tislng than has ever appeared in a single edition of any other paper in America. The Chicago Tribune, one of the best American newspapers, has for years maae a specialty or collecting statis tics on various subjects of. public in terest wmcn are not within the pur view of. any Governmental bureau Fourth of July accidents, lynchings and murders In all parts of the country are collected and tabulated In the Tribune offlce. and the press reports send tne results all over the country. Tomorrow Pioneer Editors of Amer ica. Piles Cured . Quickly at Home Without Pain, Cutting or Surgery. instant Belief. We Prove It. Sample Package Free. Seven people out of ten are said to have Piles. Not one man in a million need have them and we are proving It every day at our own expense. We send a sample package of the wonder ful Pyramid Pile Cure to any person absolutely free. We don't do this . as a matter of amusement or philanthropy, but be cause it is to our interest to do so. We know that the sufferer from Diles. tormented and driven almost crazy by this wretched trouble, will, find such immediate relief that he will go at once to his druggist and buy a box and get wen. We know that we have got the great est remedy in the world for piles, and we are ready and willing to stand or fall by the verdict of those who make the trial. We have been doing this for some years now and we never yet have had occasion to regret it- And the remedy at the drugstore Is exactly the same as the sample we send out- As, for Instance, here is a man who got such Immediate relief from t sample that he at once bought a box. Was it Just the same? Undoubtedly, since it cured him after all sorts and kinds of things had failed. Here is a sample of the kind of let ters we get every day and we don't have to ask for them: "Received your sample of Pile Cure and have given it a fair trial and It has proven the best I ever tried and effected a complete cure. I can recom mend you highly in this vicinity. Have used 'your sample and one box and It has been a complete cure. It has been worth 100 to me. "Thanking you for the sample and the cure, I will recommend you to everybody. Tours respectfully, Julius Mayer, dealer in feathers, ginseng and hides, Bedford, Ind." Pyramid Pile Cure is for sale at every druggist s at oo cents a box or. if you would like to try a sample first you will receive one by return mail by sending your name and address to The Pyramid Drug Company, 59 Pyi mid building, Marshall, Mich, rand - 'Ernani AT HOME with Journet parts. As with all the comforts of home. We them played in our Victor parlors or concert. . Sh&mwiwdy & Co "The House of Quality PURE DRUGS ACT June 30, 1906 In Effect January 1, 1907 A GOOD LAW STITUTES made of adul terated, impure, worthless and even dangerous drugs. This sort of thing has been an imposition, fraud and crime against the People, as well as against the responsible manu facturers of honest, reliable remedies, and it was high time for it to be stopped. Misrepresentation and substitution f "some thing just as good" will now be done away with. The principles of the Food and Drugs Act have been always favored by conscientious and honorable manufacturers, who recognized that Purity and Quality alone could permanently secure the favor of the nation. So the makers of Cascarets Candy Cathartic recognized the great prin ciples of PURITY, QUALITY and MEDICINAL MERIT when the first tablet was made, over eleven years ago, and have adhered to them ever since. Cascarets stand alone on their record, of having gained in that short period of time the friendship, confidence and patronage of millions of people, who are now buying Cascarets at the rate of over a MILLION BOXES A MONTH, the largest sale of any Bowel Medicine in all th world. 1 We endorse the Pure Drug Law. ' It suits us, because we have always stood before onr friends unafraid and clear of conscience, made our contracts good to every one, and in tha conduct of our business, had the good fortune to help hundreds of thou sands of our fellow-citizens back to health and life. We have no reason to hesitate, and so we do not hesitate, to recom mend Cascarets to all sufferers from Constipation and all complications) arising therefrom. Also any other diseases of the food-canal. We are ad vertised by our loving friends and whenever the American people pass judg ment in favor of an article after over ten years of investigation, trial and test, their verdict speakr for itself. The greatest merit of Cascarets however, is that of being a positive and reliable preventive of disease. The most important function of the human body is to keep its digestive channels and passages, with over thirty six feet of bowels, strictly clean and disinfected, so that natural operations can take place in a natural manner, and the growth and activity of disease germs can be prevented. A Cascaret at night before "turning in" will keep your Bowels regular, and your whole digestive canal wholesome, pure and normally active. No matter what you have been taking, buy a little 10c. box TODAY at your own druggist, and let the results tell their own story. It means a lot of health and comfort in store for you. - 79 INVESTIGATE THIS OFFER It Is Bona Fide ..... 1 No Strings Attached to It The Daily and Sunday Oregonian, one year, $9.00. A $23 Talking Machine and six records, or a $25 Violin, bow, strings, case and rosin, all for $25.65. In other words, you get $37.60 worth of values for $25.65, paid for in very liberal weekly installments. This is an extraordinary proposition, and if you want all the news, home and foreign,, before breakfast every morning, and a firie "musical instrument sto furnish entertainment for the entire family, .you can not afford to turn it down, without a careful inquiry into the merits jf the offer. " . EttERS PIANO HOUSE PARK AND WASHISGIOJC . PRIVATE EX. 23 The first Victor triumph was "TX Trovatore"; now "it is "Ernani," such artists as Mme. Sembrich, M. and M. Campanari complete in 20 - pleasing as the original and heard have these records ; come and hear carry away your favorite selections. Solos Duals QuartaU Comic Songs Cor. Sixth and Morrison Sts. TEAMSTERS T7"KT T'YV Ghirardelirs riLidKJl Ground Cho colate. They find it streng thens and fortifies them to withstand the trying duties of their occupation, and ex posure to all kinds of wea ther. The ideal preparation for the day's work is to drink for breakfast a cop of . . . Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate We endorse the Pure Drug; Law, because we have always believed in its prin ciples, and because it means that the American people will find the strong- arm of the Government protecting: them from RANK FAKES, IMITATIONS AND SUB THE OEEGONIAK MA IX 70TO -BOOM 200