THE MORNIXG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907.
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Fighting Evil More Destructive
to Democracy Than
Despotism.
LEADERS NEVER FLINCHED
San Francisco District Attorney Ad
dresses New York Audience on
Work Done by Himself and
His Comrades for Honesty.
NEW YORK, Doc. 11. William H.
L-angdon, District Attorney of San Fran
cisco, who. with Francis J. Heney, has
directed the prosecution of municipal
corruption In that city, addressed the
t.lvlc Forum at Carnegie Hail tonight
upon the "Struggle Between Graft and
Democracy."
After a brief review of the civic his
tory of San Francisco, showing the con
ditions which led to corruption, Mr.
1-fingdon described the incidents of the
rule of the city by grafters and said:
"What dops It mean? The graft which
thus delivers government to its foes la
treason to democracy. When men In of
fice take a bribe and give away what does
not belong to them It is more than the
double crime of extorting and stealing It
is treason! It Is a crime against govern
ment Itself. It means the despotic usurpa
tion of government by the forces of crime.
Such deeds make a despotism of govern
ment, as arbitrary as any we have known.
Worse Than Despotism.
The police and the supervisors no longer
represent the people, they perform the bid
ding of a selfish, vicious and dishonest
minority, using thlr own power, regard
less of constitutional obligations and re
strictions. The government no longer fol
lows the letter and spirit of the law as
laid down by the majority vote in the
charters, statutes and constitutions. It ab
rogates the law which the criminal minor
ity could not defeat in a fair vote. "The
divine right of kings," or "the might which
makes right," never yet raised a despot
Ism like that of graft. There have been
many virtuous kings, and many honest
feudal lords, but there never can be one
despotism of graft In government which
could found Its rule upon a semblance of
the moral law.
Asking again, "What does graft mean?"
he described how Ruef secured control
of ail three parties and then gave Gov
ernor Gillette and Boss Herrin a rap by
saying:
Hits Gillette Hard.
What does It mean when the people elect
as Governor of the State of California a
man nominated by the railroad machine in
a most shamefully controlled Republican
convention, ai'ior the chief counsel for the
Hnrriman railroads In California has paid
fM.0(K to Boss Kuef to deliver his dele
gates for' the nomination of Governor Gll
ht ter ? It means the paralysis of the
democratic will to resist Intrusion upon
free government and the "lnaleniable rights
of men." Then do men begin to express
thMr political cynicism In such phrases as
"No decent man can participate in pol-i:k-s."
"There is one law for the rich and
p.notlier for the poor," "Reform Is futile,
it will lie as bad as ever In another term"
Th'-n honest citizens will begin to say.
"What's the use of resisting further ?" and
they wlil fly from the political battlefields,
milking a scattered retreat before the weli
organlzed forces rf the political machine.
"What's the use?" that is the deadly
tkcptieal phrase that graft puts upon the
lips of men. That is the disheartening sen
timent w hlch Is killing our reverence for
democratic government, a reverence which
has been at tho bottom of every great
achievement In our National life.
Then he reviewed and mercilessly dis
ported the various arguments used to
head off the graft prosecution that cap
ital could not do business with a munici
pality without bribery; that the scandal
of the prosecution hurt the business of
the city; that a official who prose
cuted another official of the same party
was betraying his party; the appeal to
personal friendship, referring to which
he said:
Khali It be said that these men of the
better chances to be decent, may not only
violate government, but corrupt tho agen
cies of government, and still suffer less
than the ordinary malefactor ? We must
worship the present justice above our past
personal epteems, put right above our sym
pathies. When we have bravely done, it
may then be said that democracy Is In
deed "no respecter of persons."
Men Who Never Flinched.
Then he told of the need of leadership
in the fight against graft, saying:
The need Is always for a man who will
pre ml up In the popular assemblies and
point out the wrong. And having once
stood, be strong enough to stand until the
wrong. Is righted. Malice, and vice will
abuse Mm; social ostracism and personal
.solution will make him suffer; business
ruin and even the loss of personal life will
b threatened. But he must stand! It
was by the leadership of such men stand
In; in the face of all that San Francisco
was redeemed. It will be by the force of
others like them that every city, sooner or
later, will become clean.
When the rich and dishonest Patrick
Calhoun. grandson of a distinguished
American statesman, came to San Fran
cisco w in ting a franchise, he found weak
mn In office and with his fellows corrupt
ed a whole government. When the rich and
honest Rudolph Kpreckels sought a fran
chise htt found- the same weak men, but
he did Tot corrupt them. He gave over
the chance of pi of it, drew upon his own
bank account for $100,000 and said: "I will
give this to make my native city clean."
S said to him: "Will you stand firm, wher
Ter it leads? and he replied: "Even If
1t enters my own family." And he has
never f Hn 'hed. They heaped abuse upon
htm; they questioned his motives; they
snubbed him at the clubs; they tried to
ostracize him from his own social st; they
caused the withdrawal of deposits from the
bank of which he was president. But he
never flinched.
When h tnest men were trying to get off
juries and crocks were trying to steal on,
there were H grand Jurymen, all men of
bnslnesi, who gave without compensation
for five hours a day through seven long
months, their undllded service to tha
Investigation of the city. Through vicious
boycott and sacrificial neglect their ' busi
ness affairs cost many of them heavy loss.
Hut they never flinched.
Wept, hut Indicted His Friend. '
One man on the frand Jury, tho splendid
Sanborn, was the clos business associate
and intimate friend of Tlrey Ford, the coun
sel for the I'nlted Hallways. Sworn under
oath of (.lod to do his duty by the state,
be hard the damning testimony against
his closest friend. Weeping, and with an
guish in his heart, but unhesitatingly he
votd to bring In. the indictment. The fine
associations of a lifetime hnd to be sacri
iicd. But he npver flinched.
When the talented men of the bar from
California and other states were scrambling
fnr the large fes of the prnft defense, th
most talented at iorney and trial lawyer at
the, Ca'ifornta bar, Hiram Johnson, de
clined to tnur as an attorney for the de
fense, scornlrg to use his talents for such
a cause, and Immediately offered his serv
ices to the state. ' 1. cost him a great fee,
It cost him many cases at the bar. But he
never flinched.
Help From Newspapers.
lie declared it the glory of our form
of government that there are such citi
zens and said, when the public officer
turns traitor, it is the duty of the private
citizen to come to the defense of gov
ernment. The strong and devoted would
make their own public opinion. Then he
gave the newspapers their share of the
credit, saying:
The public press, next to the actual con
ingdon
OF WAR
duct of the prosecution itself. Is the best
asset In the establishment of a supporting
public opinion. Against the penny-a-llner
In the weekly press and the petty corre
spondents of the outside press, too fre
quently purchased outright by the graft
ers, the dally press of San Francisco, giv
ing Information to the people twice a day,
supported the graft prosecution loyally and
made It possible for the people and the
leaders to worlc together. In the moral
upbuilding of a nation, a decent press sys
tem Is as essential In carrying truth and
Ideas from the sources of supply to tho
remotest centers of distribution as is a
system of railroads In the industrial de
velopment of a country.
He next told of the necessity of ex
pert service in the prosecution to combat
all the devices of the grafters to hamper
it and then said:
Praise for Heney and Burns.
We confronted their detectives with Wil
liam J. Burns, the greatest detective In tho
Federal service. They set up their cross
examiners and their jury pleaders In the
courtroom and we combated them with the
greatest prosecutor that ever appeared be
fore a Jury, Francis J. Heney, a lawyer
who could not be coaxed Into a dirty job
by any promise of big profits. They or
ganized a law office of a dozen expert of
fice lawyers, and we outdid them with
such legal experts as Hiram Johnson, J. J.
Dwyer and Charles W. Cobb.
We met the forces of graft with the best
honorable and lawful weapons within our
command, organizing the forces of resist
ance as they had never been organized be
fore. We were criticised, but we tried to
be efficient. And so long as our Institu
tions demand it, the same kind of a fight
shall be made. The public duty must be
done and it is our business to organize the
means by which it shall be done, a right
eous God and an honest people willing.
Why Immunity Was Given.
He then discussed the subject of im
munity. Where the crime is secret, he
said, evidence must be got from crimi
nals. At the beginning an effort was
made to get this evidence from the men
of the public service corporations, but
they denied any questionable transactions
and kept up the denial for fve months.
Falling there, the prosecution got the
evidence from the bribe-takers and the
whole story came out. He continued:
We granted Immunity because this prose
cution had a moral as well as a legal sig
nificance. It was time to stop the cyni
cism of common men when they viewed
democracy and said it was only for the
powerful and the rich; that the poor must
go to Jail for the theft of bread and the
rich escape for the theft of privileges, the
purchase of men's souls and the degrada
tion of government. It was time to stop
the confident effrontery of the irresponsible
and criminal rich who commit crime and
rest back, thinking that they can buy
Judges as they bought legislator and ex
ecutives, and knowing that they can buy
legal talent to interpose every technicality
In every courtroom until Justice Is a hu
man travesty tangled in its own web.
After the Men Higher Up.
We are after the "men higher up" be
cause thy are the severest menace to our
Institutions, the enduring factors that pro
gramme and bribe each Board of Super
visors as they come and go. We are after
the "man higher up" so as to make crim
inal acquisition unprofitable In terms of hu
man desire. We are after the "man higher
ip" so that young men and women grow
ing up In this and other communities will
once more believe with ardent fervor, not
only that dishonesty does not pay, but that
of all the goods on this earth the great
est treasure Is a straightforward (Ife.
In the struggle between graft and de
mocracy let us see clearly that defeat
means the ultimate death of free Institu
tions. Above the misleading cries that
emerge from our Imperfect social ethics let
us have the courage to stand for high
things. With leaders who are not afraid,
with an honest people who are willing to
support the truth, with expert service and
an effective criminal procedure, democracy
can be saved from its new-found weak
nesses. It has been saved In San Fran
cisco and It can be redeemed elsewhere.
Every moral uplift In the community
leaves its permanent contribution in this
we must have deep faith.
The following message, preiiously in
dorsed by the board of trustees of the
Civic Forum, was presented to the aud
ience as a resolution and was unani
mously adopted. It wis also voted that
tills resolution be telegraphed to the
people of San Francisco in care of the
Mayor of that city:
To the people of San Francisco, In care
of Mayor Taylor: The Civic Forum, as
sembled In Carnegie Hall, and representing
the civic nterests of New York City, con
gratulate the people of San Francisco upon
the splendid devotion of its citizens In the
restoration of efficient democratic govern
ment in one of America's greatest cities.
We are thankful that you have set an ex
ample cf governmental probity which Is an
encouragement to the whole Nation.
HARRIMAN' NEGOTIATES FOR
JMMUX1TY UNDER TiAW.
Deal With Bonaparte Almost Com
pleted for Reparation of Union
and Southern Pacific.
CHICAGO. Dec. 11. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Negotiations are under way between the
Attorney-General and E. H. Harriman
looking to an agreement by which the
Union Pacific will abandon all its direct
control of the Southern Pacific, in re
turn for which the Government will
agree not to prosecute Mr. Harriman 'for
violation of the anti-trust law and of the
competitive clauses in the interstate com
merce law. The negotiations have not
actually been concluded, but they have
reached a stage where It Is believed an
agreement will be entered Into.
The Southern Pacific Is to be organized
as a separate corporation and the Union
Pacific either will take over the old Cen
tral Pacific line from Ogden to San Fran
cisco or else will operate over It as a
through line, as it Is permitted to do by
law.
The holding company organized by Mr.
Harriman and his friends to take over
the stock of the Santa Fe and Northern
Pacific will probably continue, but the
direct community of Interest between the
Union Pacific and its competing lines will
be stopped.
Whether this agreement not to prose
cute Mr. Harriman and Mr. Harlrman's
agreement to keep up at least a sem
blance of open competition between the
transcontinental lines he controls will re
sult In any benefit to the public is doubt
ful, but technically the triumph of the
Government is assured.
DECLARE FOR OPEN SHOP
Seattle Builders May Precipitate a
Long and Bitter Fight.
SEATTLB. Wash., Dec. 11. The Master
Builders' Association last night declared
for an open shop, thus renouncing an
agreement entered Into with the Building
Trades Council March 20. of this year, by
which they agreed to employ only union
labor until July, '1909.
The master builders contend the unions
violated the agreement when the strike
on the Federal building was ordered, sev
eral months ago. and deny that any
agreement now exists. The action will
probably result in a bitter fight between
the builders and organized labor.
Mall Pouch Hobbed.
HONOLULU. Doc. 11. A registered
pouch of United States mail, sent on
the steamer Kinau on her last voy
age to Hilo, was opened and $3000 was
stolen.
BLAST AT TRUSTS
Davis of Arkansas Makes His
Maiden Speech in Senate.
HOW TO DESTROY THEM
Says That Is Only Way to Kill the
Power of Wealth Forfeit Their
Charters and Put Officers
In the Penitentiary.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Passionate or
atory marked the proceedings of the Sen
ate today. Senator Jefferson Davis, of
Arkansas, who when elected declared
that he would attack the trusts immedi
ately after taking his seat, fulfilled his
promise, although he was a few days late
In doing so. The speech was filled with
sensational declarations and was given
with that vigor for which the Arkansas
Senator Is famous In his own state.
Quaint phrasing, pointed denunciations
W. .1. Batnett. Director of California
Safe Deponit Trust Company,
Charged With Bank-Wrecking.
and evidences of Intense emotion charac
terized his remarks. He was given a
careful hearing by Senators and the gal
leries were well filled throughout the time
he held the floor. Beginning shortly be
fore 1 o'clock, he spoke for a little more
than an hour. At the close of the speech
the Senate went into executive session
and at 2:10 o'clock adjourned.
The House was not In session today.
Forfeit Trust Charters.
After declaring that his ijill, rigorously
enforced, would kill the trusts, with dra
matic effect Mr. Davis challenged any
Senator to step forward and contest the
issue with him.
A domestic corporation found fixing the
price of any article would by his bill
have its charter forfeited, and a foreign
corporation gvilty of such an act would
not be allowed to do business In the
United States. He spoke of the Sherman
anti-trust law. "Has it proven effect
ual?" he asked. "Has it destroyed a
single trust? Under its operation have
they not grown stronger, more defiant
and arrogant? Almost for 17 years the
Sherman anti-trust law has been upon
our statute books, more than four times
as long as it took the North to wear out
the South upon the bloody flelds of bat
tle. Nearly seven years of Mr. Roose
velt's 'strenuous- term have passed, with
all the machinery of the Government at
his back, with the great power of the
chief executive In his hands, yet, I ask,
will some Republican Senator upon this
floor tell me one trust that ever has
been tamed, much less destroyed?"
Mr. Davis recalled Mr. Havemeyer's
statement before the Industrial Commis
sion that "the tariff is the mother, of
irusts."
Great Power of Wealthy.
"Under the operation of this sys
tem," the Senator said, "51 men In the
United States, multi-millionaires, if you
please, have amassed total fortunes of
J3.295.000, 000. Of this. John D. Rock
efeller, the oil king of the world, leads
with $600,000,000. Andrew Carnegie, the
steel king of the world, follows with
half this amount."
The Secretary of Commerce and La
bor has calculated, he said, that all the
property owned by 89,000.000 Ameri
can citizens is $107,000,000,000, ' so that
these 61 citizens own one-thirty-flfth
of the entire wealth of the Nation.
"What an alarming concentration of
wealth! What an alarming concen
tration of power!" the Senator de
clared. "How shall this condition be changed?
How shall this Government be saved?
One way, and one way only; that is, to
kill, destroy, annihilate the source of
all this evil the trusts.
Treat Trust Kings as Felons.
"What is needed today by the trust
magnates of thi3 Union In order to
make them reepect the law and obey
its solemn mandates is that they be
treated like ordinary felons; that the
strong arm of the law be laid against
them just as it would be against a
horsethief or anyone else charged with
crime. Land them in the pen! Place
the felon's stripes the doxology . of
a misspent ltfe-riipon them.' and you will
nee a trust busted and the people will get
relief!"
Expense of President.
Speaking of the great expense of the
Government, Mr. Davis said:
"Our President, and I speak of him in
the most respectful terms, besides . his
salary of $50,000 a year, and I say that
Is not excessive. Is paid by this Congress
v i WW r
fefF pM
Iff . f Im
:: SPlffiiRH t
$25,000 a year for traveling expenses, and
approximately $113,000 annually for liv
ing expenses. Ah. Mr. President! This
Is enormous! This Is unreasonable! The
President of the United States has five
children, I believe. I believe they should
live In accordance with the dignity of
the President's position the highest place
on earth but, Mr. President, I have
Roosevelt 'skinned a city block" In the
matter of family, and it does not take
$113,000 for my living expenses. No, sir!
The greatest President that ever lived
on this earth, that was ever Inaugurated
in this Capitol, in my Judgment, was
'Old Hickory' Jackson, who rode his
horse to the White House, dressed In a
suit of blue jeans."
The Senator denounced stock-gambling,
and said he would do away with gambling
In cotton, grain and the necessities of
life.
Two Officials Appointed.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. The President
today nominated Thomas J. Altkins, of
Missouri, to be Assistant Treasurer of
the United States at St. Louis, and Wil
liam S. Pope, of New Mexico, tl be As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the territory of New Mexico.
MRS. LONGWQRTH QUITE ILL
SUFFERING AT WHITE HOUSE
WITH APPENDICITIS.
Noted Surgeon Is Summoned From
Baltimore to Perform Operation
Which Is to Be Done Today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, wife, of Representative Long
worth, of Ohio, a diughter of President
Roosevelt, Is ill at the White House,
suffering from appendicitis. It was stated
tonight that Dr. Finney, of Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore, will perform an
operation probably tomorrow morning.
ONE MINE STARTS WORK
(Continued from First Page.)
United States troops at the polls In the
Southern states.
That act, under heavy penalty, prohib
ited the employment of any part of the
Army of the United States as a posse
comitatus, or otherwise for the purpose
of executing the laws, except in such
cases and under such circumstances as
such employment of said forces may be
expressly authorized for the execution of
such laws or by act of Congress.
In passing upon the St. Louis case,
Judge Advocate General Davis remarked
upon the fact that "it is unfortunate that
by reason of the skill shown in their
(the troops') employment, no occasion
has thus far arisen calling for an applica
tion of the statute."
In view of the fact that the regular
troops have been employed since 1878 at
many critical cases, and in cases where
public passion was highly inflamed, not
ably In the famous Coeur d'Alene mining
troubles, which have been referred to as
a precedent for governmental action in
Goldfleld. officers of the regular Army are
proud of the fact that not one of them
has so far been legally declared guilty of
an Infraction of the posse comitatus act.
Hence their desire to make sure that the
employment of the troops at Goldfleld, If
desired, shall be entirely within the limits
of the law.
KOOSEVELT SENDS COMMISSION
Wants to Ijearn Facts Troops Not
to Take Sides.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Assistant Sec
retary Murray, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, Commissioner
Charles P. Nelll and Herbert Knox Smith,
Commissioner of Corporations, left Wash
ington at 3 o'clock this afternoon for
Goldfleld, Nev., to make a thorough In
vestigation of the trouble between the
miners and mine operators at that place.
Mr. Murray and Mr. Smith made this an
nouncement after a conference with Pres
ident Roosevelt today.
The President is anxious to ascertain
the exact conditions at Goldfleld. He has
given to the commission a letter of In
structions broad in Its character, which
will enable the commission to make any
such investigation into affairs at Goldfleld
as it may determine. The letter is brief,
simply telling the commission to proceed
to Goldfleld immediately and make an
inquiry Into affairs as they actually exist
there and report to him personally.
The letter also directs all civil and mil
itary authorities to furnish the commis
sion with any information they may have.
The President gave no Instructions be
yond those contained In his letter, leav
ing the method of the Inquiry to Its dis
cretion. The following Instruction was sent to
the commander of the troops at .Goldfleld
today by order of the President:
"The troops are not sent to take either
side in purely an Industrial dispute, as
long as it is kept within the bounds of
law and order. They are to be neither
for nor against the strikers or the em
ployers. They are there to prevent riot,
violence and disorder, under and in ac
cordance with the Constitution and the
laws of the land. No man is to be inter
fered with as long as he conducts him
self In a peaceful and orderly manner."
A statement was made at the War De
partment that there was no Intention of
withdrawing the troops from Goldfleld,
notwithstanding the dispatch of the com
mission from Washington. The troops,
according to the department, will be kept
at Goldfleld so long as the commanding
officer believes their presence' necessary
for the maintenance of order.
FUN'STON GOES TO GET FACTS
Says He Is in Dark as to Goldfleld
Situation.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Dec. ll.-General
Funston said today:
"I am going to Nevada simply to fa
miliarize myself with the situation, so as
to make a report as to the conditions
there to the War Department at Wash
ington. Up to the present time neither
the department at Washington nor I my
self have been able to get much Informa
tion of a definite character as to what is
going on there. I Intend to Interview the
Governor of Nevada and get his views of
the situation: I shall also interview lead
ing citizens, mlneowners, and the miners
themselves. When I return I will make a
full report of the situation to the War
Department. Up to the present we have
been largely In the fog."
General Funston said he would not tak
command of the troops or engage In any
of the movements. He could not say
how long the troops would remain In
Nevada, or what their movement would
be with regard to the mines. These
questions, he said, could' only be deter
mined as the situation developed.
General Funston was accompanied by
his aide-de-camp, lLeutenant Hornsbji
Evans, and Major Walter Bethel.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11. General
Frederick Funston started for Goldfleld
at 8 o'clock this morning.
Federation Indorses Strike.
DENVER. Dec. 11. Official indorsement
of the miners' strike at Goldfleld was
given yesterday by the executive board of
the Western Federation of Miners. The
Glove and Merchandise Orders at Lipman-Wolfe's GiftVroblern
Doll and Teddy Bear Exhibition gToSdr Indian Blankets
For Full Friday
Established 1 850-FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS IN BUSINESS-Established 1850
Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are
The Greatest Millinery Sale of the Year
975 Superb New Winter Hats
e$L Values to $5
TRIMMED HATS,
Any Portland woman has a chance Friday to buy such a Hat as would
have cost her $4.00, $5.00 or $6.00 the embodiment of style, grace
and beauty in an assortment of color-
insrs
1 tume,
following telegram was sent to Charles
H. Mackinnon, president of the Goldfleld
Miners' Union:
"Executive board recognizes Justice of
your position. Will render all possible
assistance."
LOSE OVER $2,500,000
Western Union Report Shows Effect
of Late Strike.
NEW YORK. Dec. It. Tho directors of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
today declared a quarterly dividend of 14
per cent, payable in stock, of the com
pany. The company has $2,620,000 of un
sold stock, and the dividend will be paid
by issuance of this stock as required. The
board adopted the foljowing resolution:
"Resolved, That the appreciation of the
board is due to Colonel Robert C. Clowry
and the executive, officers of the com
pany for the tact, discretion and pru
dence with which they treated the situ
ation arising from the strike of oper
ators.' The report Bays :
The net revenues for the quarter to end
of December 31 are estimated at $1,000,000.
This Is $4W0.000 lens than Is required to pay
the Interest on the bonded debt .and the
usual dividend of 1V4 per cent. A net de
ficiency of $:tt 1.493 for the quarter ended
September 30, 1907, also Is noted. After paying-
interest on the bonded debt and the Is
suance of the new Block for the dividend the
surplus balance of the company Is placed at
$14.27,112. This Is a decrease of $2.Hll.fl69
as compared with the surplus of July 1 last.
On the subject of the strike of opera
tors the report of President Clowry says:
The strike extended to all parts of the
country, the aim of the strikers being to
force the company to recognize and deal
with the Telegraphers' Union, maintain a
closed shon and thus practically transfer
the management of the business to the offi
cers of the organization.
For some time previous to the strike many
of the operators in the company's employ
ment deliberatly delayed the transmission
of traffic, handling 25 to 40 per cent less
business than now handled by loyal em
ployes of the same ability on similar wire
circuits. A sufficient number of loyal op
erators remained in the service to move the
decreased traffic and stood faithfully at
their posts.
The property of the company is in first
class condition throughout the entire coun
try, the present employes are faithful and
efficient, and with the passing of the finan
cial depression our revenues will rapidly In-
SCEXIC PHOTOS FOR CHRISTMAS.
Kteer's make fine presents. 248 Alder.
A Blood
Disease
Whether it manifests itself in the
nose, throat, stomach, bowels or- other
organs, catarrh is a blood disease be
cause it depends on impure blood.
Therefore it must be treated with a
blood medicine for a radical and per
manent cure.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is the most suc
cessful. It purifies the blood, strength
ens the stomach and other organs, and
bnilda up the whole 6ystem. It
radically and permanently cures.
86?" The most easily developed form
of Catarrh is Nasal Catarrh, in the
treatment of which Hood's Sarsaparilla
is greatly aided by Antiseplets or
Catarrlets, which afford prompt relief.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets
known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1.
All druggists. Antiseplets 50c., druggists,
Dr mail. C. L HOOD CO Lowell, Mass.
COFFEE
If poor coffee is so good,
how good do you think good
coffee is?
Tonr grocer nturni your money If jam
don't Ilk Schilling', Stt; v, pay hlnk
Announcement See This Evening's Papers
UNTRIMMED HATS, READY-TO-WEAR HATS
HIS welcome news will throng the
millinery section Friday as never
before. For Friday Bargain Dav
we place on sale 975 superb new Hats in
this Winter's most captivating styles,
sold until today up to $5.00, and some
even higher, at the one quick-selling
price, 89.
We are tempted to describe individual hats,
but we think a visit to our Millinery Salons
will give you a better idea of the brilliant
variety of trimmed hats, ready-to-wear hats
and untrimmed felt, velvet and fancy shapes.
Combinations of materials and color blending
were never more artistic and pleasing.
ereat enough to match any
trimmed in smartest styles, at jffi
REPORT ANOTHER MERGER
BOSTON & MAINE COXTROIi IS
SAID TO PASS SOON.
Canadian Pacific and New York
Central Believed to Be Negotiat
ing . for Property.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Dec. 11. Intense
Interest has been aroused here by the
statement, coming directly from Presi
dent C. S. Mellen at Boston today, that
negotiations were in progress for the sale
to another railroad interest of 109.948
shares of the capital stock of the Boston
& Maine Railroad, held by the New York.
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, which
practically controls the 'Boston & Maine,
At first there was HVely speculation as
to the Interests which were seeking con
trol. The theory that it was the New
York Central was rejected on the ground
that It was only with that company's
consent that Mr. Melien had recently se
cured the Boston & Maine shares. As a
result of various conjectures, the con
clusion is that the interest seeking the
Boston & Maine shares was the Canadian
Pacllle.
The .strong financial condition of that
company, with its 9,000 miles of railroad
and through continental lines, and Its con
nection at several junction-points in the
United States, gave plausibility to this
belief. There Is high authority for stat
ing, however, that before any sale could
be made to the Canadian Pacific or any
other company the New York. CN'ew'
Haven & Hartford would feel compelled
to offer the Boston & Maine iihares first
to the New York Central.
ESCAPES HEAVY FUSILLADE
Alleged Cattle Thier Gets Away
From Armed Posse.
GRANITE, Colo., Dec. 11. James Bren
nan, Buffalo Peak rancher, who is
wanted at Cripple Creek for alleged cattle
High Glass Jewelry
The Most Welcome Christmas Gift
For Men, Women, Girls and Boys
,. Everyone knows the house of Heitkcmper as the most sub
stantial and reliable center for really high grade jewelry at
reasonable prices in the entire West. For twenty years thia
firm has supplied the most exacting demands of Portland's
leading citizens, and has gained an enviable reputation for
the highest grade goods, flawless jewels and honest repre
sentations. Whatever you wish in the jewelry line will be
shown you in the newest styles, best workmanship, and truest
beauty types.
By way of suggestion: For women Rings with rare settings,
watches, brooches, lockets, gold beads la valleries, bracelets, back
combs. For men Rings, both sealed and with settings; charms, Jew-,
oled, plain and with emblems; watches, scarf pins, cuff links, etc. For
boys and girls Exquisite novelty jewelry.
OPEN EVENINGS TILL CHRISTMAS
We manufacture jewelry, reaet diamonds, take old Jewelry la part pay
ment for mw, Mont artistic engraving In the Northwest.
HE IT KEMPER' S
JEWELRY STORE ,
as Morrison Street, Next to New Corhett Bid.
Lowest-Priced Jewelry House for Fine Gooda."
Always the Lowest
at
cos- Q B
stealing and who fought a running rifle
battle with a Sheriff's posse last eve
ning, during which 2D0 shots were ex
changed, Is not dead, nor even wounded,
as was believed. By pretending to have
been shot Brennan eluded the officers and
during the night gained a lead of &0
miles. -
BODIES ARE WASHED AWAY
Flood In Susquehanna Prevents Re
covery ol Bridge Victims.
BIXXIMSBI.'RG. Pa., Deo. 11. Owing to .
the high water in the Susquehanna River
and tho terrific force, of the current, no
attempt was made today to recover the
bodies of the seven men drowned yes
terday when the Mifflinsvllle bridge col
lapsed. The water rose rapidly until
noon, when it began to subside. With
the flood as it Is at present any attempt
to recover the bodies would be futile,
and probably nothing can be done in that
connection for several days. All of the
15 men who sustained serious Injuries ara
expected to recover.