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THE MOHXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1908.
FEBRUARY EXPORT
BUSINESS LARGE
Shipments of Wheat for First
Six Days Amount to
694,492 Bushels.
FAR AHEAD OF DECEMBER
Buffon Clears for the United King
dom With a Full Cargo Tonnage"
In the River Will Be Rushed
Out as I'nst as Possible.
Uraln shipments for the month of Feb
ruary have reached a total of 694,402 bush
els of wheat. For the first six days of
the month this establishes a record far In
excess of either January or December.
During the first six days of January 460.
OM bushels were set afloat and during the
corresponding time in December only
302.365 bushels cleared foreign.
The French bark Buffon was the last
'frain carrier to get away. She cleared
yesterday with 117.8S3 bushels of wheat,
valued at J99.000, for Queenstown or Fal
mouth for orders.. She was preceded by
the steamships Baron Cawdor and St.
Hugo and the German bark Reinbek.
Business for February bids fair to ex
ceed that of January. There is a suffi
cient amount of tonnage In the river to
carry more than 2,xXMW0 bushels and ex
porters are exerting themselves to get the
vessels on hand out of the way before
any demurrage claims appear. There is
still upwards of 80,000 tons due here for
this season's loading and the necessity of
rapid dispatch is apparent.
JANUARY EXPORT BUSINESS
Export and Import Duties in Excess
of Same Month Last Year.
The regular monthly statement of the
business transacted through the local
Customs-House for January has been
completed. It shows the value of exports
to be $2,373,730 and the collections on im
ports to 4 $108,265.04. Twenty-five ves
sels cleared foreign- with cargo and 52
coastwise. The complete statement fol
lows: t
Number of vessels entered from foreign
ports. 7: vessels cleared for foreign ports, 25;
vessels entered from domestic porta, 52; ves
sels cleared for domestic ports, 40; entries of
merchandise for duty, 177; entries of merchan
dise free of duty, 30; entries for warehouse,
13; entries- for exports to adjacent British
provinces, 2; entries for re-warehouoe. It;
entries from warehouse for consumption! 43;
entries .from warehouse for exportation, 2;
entries for immediate transportation without
appraisement, 71; total number of entries of
merchandise, 341. ' Number of entries for con
sumption liquidated. 161; entries for warehouse
liquidated, 12; certificates of enrollment
granted. 1; licensee for coasting trade granted,
ft; licenses to vessels under 20 tons granted,
2; total number of documents to. vessels Issued,
8.
Value of exports Domestic, $2,373,730; for
eign, $110.
Receipts from all sources Duties on Imports,
$108,265.04; duties cn Imports,. Philippine
Inlands, $215; tines, penalties and forfeitures,
$54.84; miscellaneous customs receipts, $434;
storage, labor and cartage, $14; official fees.
$105.70; total, $108,875.73; amount of refunds
and drawback, paid, $730.17.
TOO MUCH COAL IMPORTED
Bunkers and Yards at San Fran
cisco Are Blocked.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6. For the first
time in the history of the port, cargoes
of coal from various parts of the world
have arrived In such numbers that a
blockade . has resulted and more than
60,000 tons of the black diamonds till ves
sels that are unable at present to find
opportunity to discharge their hugo loads.
Half that quantity of coal is now dis
charging Into bunkers and hoppers, 20,000
tons more is hourly expected in port from
the mines to add to the glut and 30,000
tons Is being stored in vessels chartered
for warehouse purposes.
The blockade is caused by the wholesale
chartering that followed a famine last
Winter and the previous season, when
some big yards could not serve even their
best customers. Whether the immense
i supily now here will result in cheaper
coal remains to be seen. So far prices
have taken no appreciable tumble.
Six ships and steamers that were idle
In port have been chartered for use as
warehouses and this fleet, with its ca
pacity for about 30,000 tons, will in all
probability be increased If suitable vessels
can, be secured.
ALESIA MAKES FAST VOYAGE
Regular Oriental Liner Comes
Across Pacific in 18 Days.
The Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com
pany's regular line steamer Alesia ar
rived up late last night from Hongkong
'and Japanese ports. The Alesia made
the run across the Pacific in 18" days, a
fast passage for this season.
The Alesia brings a valuable cargo and
all available freight space on the ship
was utilized. In the cargo is a large
number of firecrackers, Chinese merchan
dise, silks, gunnies and matting. The
amount of duty which will be realized by
the Government will be large. The
Nlconiedia, which arrived in port several
days ago, brought a small cargo and the
Government received little in the way of
duties.
The Alesia will follow the Xicomedia
out and will carry principally flour and
lumber for the Oriental ports. There has
been practically no demand for flour in
the Far. Kast of late but dealers look for
a new movement within a short time.
M. F. PLANT LOSES PROPELLER
. Disabled Ship Towed to Macshfleld
by Johan Poulsen.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
The steamer M. F. Plant, which left
San Francisco for Coos Bay on Monday
morning, met with an accident and did
not arrive until today. She was due yes
terday, but on Tuesday night dropped her
propeller near Rogue River. . The steanr
er was in a heavy southeast gale and
drifted north about 23 milts off shore.
The Alliance, from Portland, which ar
rived -in Coos Bay this morning, passed
the Plant last night off- Heceta Head,
but was too close to shore to see the
disabled boat. The searchlight was used
and early this morning ; the steam
schooner Johan Poulsen sighted the Plant
and towed her to Coos Bay. There were
many passengers on the Plant, but they
suffered no inconvenience. .
San Pedro Shlppiiig Notes.
SAN PEDRO,- Feb. 6. The schooner
Prosper, at Port Townsend, has been
chartered to load lumber for whole
salers at this port. The steamer Cas
cade, Captain Asplund, completed the
discharge of a lumber carsr and
cleared for Gray's Harbor via San
Francisco to reload. ,
The steamer Koanoke, Captain Dun
ham, cleared tonight for Portland via
San Francisco and Eureka with a
larre freight and passenger list.
The steamer Yellowstone, Captain
Rorvlck, coqpleted the discharge of a
parti of her cargro of railroad ties for
the Southern Pacific and cleared to
night for San Diego, where the re
mainder will be discharged.
The schooner Stimson, Captain Pe
terson, finishsed discharging a lumber
cargo and sailed tonight in ballast for
Ballard to reload.
Seaman's -Friend Society Concert.
In place of the usual Friday evening so
cial at the Portland Seamen's Friend So
ciety Institute, corner Third and Flanders
streets, a concert will be given this even
ing. The following programme will be
given under the direction of Arthur Cm
ford: Portland Boys' Orchestra, Miss E.
Vannoy Griffith, soprano: Miss Mary E.
Rust, reader; Miss Gertrude Tolsted, pian
ist; Master Archie Roth, boy soprano;
Fred Young, tenor; Lloyd Breed, bari
tone; R. R. Adams, basso; A.
Clifford, violinist; W. J. Peck, accom
panist. At the end of the programme
refreshments will be served. All sailors
and friends of seamen are cordially in
vited. Notice to Mariners.
The following notice to mariners has
been received in Portland and affects the
STEAMER INTELLIGENCE.
Due to Arrive.
Name. FTotn. . Date.
Northland ... San Kranuiaco. In port
Nlcomedia. . . Hongkong In port
Aleaia Hongkong In port
R. D. Inraan.San Francisco. .Feb. 7
JohanPoulscnSan Francisco. Feb. 7
Alliance Coos Bay Feb. 7
Breakwater. .Coob Bay Feb. 9
Costa Rica. . San Francico. .Feb. 10
Roanoke Los Angeles... Feb. 11
Roe City. .. .San Francisco. .Feb. H
F. S. Loop. .. .San Francisco. Feb. 12
Senator San Francisco. Feb. 18
Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro Feb. 18
Numantla Hongkong: Mar. 2
Arabia Hongkong April 20 '
Schedule to Depart.
Name. For. Date.
Northland. .. San Francisco. Feb.
JohanPoulsenSan Francisco. .Feb
Alliance Coos Bay Feb.
R. D. Inman.San Francisco. Feb.
Breakwater. .Coos Bay Feb.
Costa Rica. . San Francisco. Feb.
Kicomedla. .. Hongkong Feb.
Roanoke Los Angeles. .. Feb.
Rose City San Francisco. Feb.
F. S. Loop... San Francisco. Feb.
Alesia Hongkong Feb.
Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro Feb
Senator San Francisco. .Feb.
Numantla Honekinr Map
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Arabia Hongkong April 27
Cleared Thursday.
Buffon. Ft. bark, (Ameline) with
117.882 bushels of wheat valued at
$99,000, for Queenstown or Falmouth
for orders.
masters of all vessels plying in the
Oriental trade. The notice was published
at ' "Vladivostok, East Siberia, and is as
follows:
Notice has been given by the Administration
of Lighthouse and Piot Service that all ves
sels bound for Vladivostok should steer for a
point slutated 10 "miles true south from the
lighthouse on Askold Island, thence steer true
north for Elagln Point, and upon approaching
same within three miles should then bear for
Cape KoBheloft. steering to pass same at a
distance of' not more than one mile. After
rounding Kosheloff Point steer two miles true
north and then take the middle between
Skrlppleff Island and Basargln Point.
The approach to Askold Island should be
made in the daytime and the whole passage
between Askold Island and Vladivostok should
be performed In daylight in order to -wold
the dano-pr of flr.fttlnc mlna DiiplnsV ihA
Winter special attention is to be paid to float- I
mg ice. as it frequently happens that mines are
carried away by the same. According to
Vladivostok observations and according to the
Japanese reports the Japan Sea Is not free
of mines
The compulsion to take on pilots on Askold
will be withcrawn on the 1st, (14th), of Jan
uary. 1908, but pilots will be available for
those vessels which desire to obtain their
assistance.
Overdue Schooner Puts Into Port.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6, The long
overdue schooner William Nottingham,
on which 50 per cent insurance was
Quoted, arrived here today, 340 days
from New York via Melbourne, on her
way to Seattle.' During, nearly her
entire trip she encountered rough
weather and was obliged to remain at
Melbourne from August 29 to October
8, to repair damages and obtain a new
set of sails. After leaving that port
she sprung a .leak and 'for 120 days
the men were forced to work at the
pumps to keep afloat. The officers
and crew were almost prostrated when
this port was reached today.
Aberdeen Shipping N'otes.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.)
The steel steamer Leggett, now at San
Francisco, will come here for a cargo.
The schooner Carrier Dove, which h-as
been lviner hera som tlma waD tT,.Ar
t-Cosmopolis this morning to load. No
"a ueen received oi me Darkentine
Tam o'Shanter, 122 days out for .Chile.
Captain Bennett, the owner, expected to
sell his vessel on arrival, and has proba
bly, done so without reporting her ar
rival. Fruit Steamer AYrecked. -
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 The United Fruit
Company's steamer Baker, which plies
between Philadelphia and Bocas del Toro,
has been wrecked on a coral reef near
the Cuban coast, according to informa
tion received by the company in this city
yesterday. The crew of the steamer was
rescued and taken to Savannah.
Marine Notes.
The French bark Buffon will leave down
this morning.
The Walden Abbey will begin taking
wheat today. ,
The steamship Alliance is due to arrive
from Coos Bay this evening.
The steamship Nome City sailed from
Stella yesterday for San Pedro.
The steamship Hanalei is due this even
ing from San Francisco. She has on
board 600 tons of general cargo.
The steamship Rose City will sail to
morrow from San Francisco for Portland
on her maiden voyage for the San Fran
cisco & Portland Steamship Company.
Arrivals and Departures.
PORTLAND. Feb. 6. Arrived German
steamship Aleaia, from Hongkong and. Jap
anese ports. Sailed Steamship Geo. W. El
der, for San ' Pedro and way ports; steam
ship Nome City, for San Pedro; German bark
Reinbek. for the United Kingdom, for orders.
Astoria, Feb. 6. Condition of bar at 6 P.
M-, smooth; wind, northwest, 8 miles; weather,
cloudy. Arrived At 7:45 A. M.. steamers'
Daisy Freeman and Yosemlte, from San Fran
cisco. Arrived At 7:50 A. M. and left up
at 12 M.. steamer Alesia, from Hongkong and
way points. Arrived At 10:10 A. M., steamer
Cambrian King. Arrived At 11 A. M.,
French ship La Perouse, from San Francleco.
Arrived down during the night, 'and sailed at
11:30 P. -M., steamer Breakwater, from Coos
Bay. Arrived down during the night, and
sailed at 11:30 A. M., steamer Senator, for
San Francisco. Sailed at 9 A. M.. steamer
Atlas, for San Francisco. Arrived At IX A.
M., schooner Alvena, from Redondo. Left up
at 9:30 A. M., British bark Alexander B'acx
and schooner Virginia. Arrived down at 1
P. M.. and sailed at 3:20, steamer Nome City,
for San Francisco. Arrived down at 4 P. M.,
steamer St. Huso.
San Franciaco. Feb. 6. Sailed Last night,
steamer J. B. Stetson, for Portland via Grays
Harbor. Arrived Steamer Centralis, from
Grays Harbor; schooner 'A. B. Johnson, from
Aberdeen. Sailed Barkentlne Arago. for Coos
Bay; steamer Grays Harbor, for Grays Harbor;
steamer Colonel D. L. Drake, for Seattle, tow
ing barge three; schooner Geo. W. Watson,
for Wlllapa; schooner Albion, for Siuslaw.
Antwerp. Feb. . Sailed February 3,
French bark Eugene Fautrel, for Portland.
Coronel, Feb. d. A.rrlved--Febrtiary 5,
British steamer Craigvar, from Portland.
Antwerp, Feb. 5. Arrived Netherlee, from
Tacoma via Coronel and Monte Video.
St. Vincent. C V., Feb. 6. Arrived previ
ously Aparlma, from Tacoma and Queens
town. "Shanghai Arrived previously Winnebago,
from San Francisco.
Coronel, Feb. 5. Arrived--Cra!gvar, from
Portland Or., for United Kingdom.
Wellington Arrived Kazembe, from Van
couver via Suva and Auckland.
Aden. Feb. tt. Arrived Tiberius, from
Portland, Or., and Como, for United Kingdom.
Tides 'at Astoria Friday.
High. Low.
4:40 A. M 8.7 feet!ll:15 A. M 1.3 feet
6:05 P. M 7.2 feetll:U P. M 1.7 feet
BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
Honolulu Governor Solf, of German
Samoa, arrived Thursday on his way to
Berlin.
San Francisco A greyhound wulch "Doc"
Michael Ryan had sent to Western .Montana
last December has returned on foot to hts
former master In Oakland, a distance of
over 3 500 miles.
Chicago Gustave Walstedt, a carpenter,
Thursday shot . and killed his daughter,
Helen. 9 years old, and then killed himself
In their room In Fifty-fifth street. Walstedt
la believed to have been Insane.
Colorado Springs. Colo. Earl Ryan, aged
2.2 years, killed his young wife, of whom he
was Insanely jealous, at their home in Colo
rado City Thursday night, by shooting her
In the head and then blew out his own
brains.
Appleton, Wis. Frank Anklan. aged 63,
a tailor of Menasha, was arrested Wednes
day on a charge of murdering his wife and
fatally shooting his 14-year-old son. He was
traced by his gray whiskers, which he had
shaved off.
New York The Western Bar Iron Asso
ciation has decided to advance the price of
Iron bars $5- a ton, bringing It up to $1.50
per hundred pounds. The Eastern and West
ern manufacturers are said to be working
In harmony.
Chicago S. B. Mills, a member of the
Real Estate Board, has begun a crusade
to Induce women to do their shopping before
5 P. M. that they may not crowd the street
cars when weary worklngmen and women
are returning home.
Philadelphia Owing to opposition to the
erection of a 3tatue to the late Senator
Quay on the Capitol grounds at Harrisburg,
David H. Lane, chairman, of the Republican
City Committee, proposes that the question
be put to popular vote.
Middletoh, Conn. Students at Smith's
College have protested to students at Wea
leyan against the production of an opera,
"The Girl and the Graduate." because In
one act the Smith girls are represented as
wearing decolette gowns.
New York Captain Jack Crawford says
John D. Rockefeller and his -son-in-law,
Harold McCormack, will provide Summer
playgrounds for city children throurhout the
country, beginning with a tract on Portage
Lake, near Manistee, Mich.
Berlin Frel Herr von StengaJ. Secretary
of the imperial Treasury, has resigned "in
consequence of-the financial - embarrassments
of the German Empire and the difficulty
In finding a solution satisfactory to the
various states and political parties.
Chicago "Love of Fellowman" in busi
ness means honesty In business dealings, ac-
cording to Richard Kind, of Toledo, O., who
spoke beflpre the delegates to the Ninth An
nual Convention of the National Association
o Building Material Dealers Thursday.
San FranciBco Just as Judge Cook had
passed in front of his cell on a tour of in
spection of the city and cbunty jail. Arthur
Blesain waved a' quilt soaked In kerosene
about his cell, setting fh is clothes on fire.
His cellmate, John Olson, fought him and
both men were badly burned.
Chicago Just, call It beer and let it go at
that, was the advice given yesterday by rep
resentatives of the National Brewers' Asso
ciation to the Government food experts In
conference here. The brewers could not see
a bit of reason In the various classifications
as beer, lager beer, ale and porter.
Los Angeles Mamie Adams pfeiffer, who
married Lewis G. Pfeiffer in Denver about
a month ago and disappeared three days
later, has been located- in a convent at
Helena, Mont., by her father, J. R. Adams.
She is believed to have been Induced to
leave her husband because he has been di
vorced.
Stanford University. .Palo Alto, Cal.
Despite charges of President Julian and sev
eral prominent residents that the saloon of
Charles Meyer at Menlo Park was detri
mental to the best Interests of the university
and exercised a bad influence upon the
students, the Board of Supervisors renewed
the license.
Cumberland, Md. Three coaches of the
Western Maryland passenger train No. 2,
from Elklns. W. Va Thursday left the
track a half-mile north of Gorman and
rolled down a hill into the river. Express
Messenger Charles Cochrane and Adam
Reihl were killed. Several passengers and
trainmen were Injured.
New York The application for either a
writ of mandamus to compel the Schwarz
chlld & Sulzberger Company and its officers
to permit Moses H. Joseph and other minor
ity stockholders to examine the books,
papers and other records of the corporation
was Thursday denied by Justice Green
baum in the Supreme Court with costs.
Stanford "University, Cal. As a result of
a wish expressed by Mrs. Stanford just be
fore she died, the trustees have appointed
Mrs. E. W. Allen, 96. to be dean of women.
Mrs. Allen will have general supervision
over all the women's activities, social and
athletic, as well as over their scholarship.
She Is at present a teacher in the Brooklyn
N. Y.) High School.
Ocean Park, Cal. Mark Hewlett. 13 years
old. a pupil in the Ocean Park (School, was
badly bitten In the face, the back of the
neck and the legs Thursday by a large Af
rican baboon which escaped from Its cage
at the home of George B. McCIelian and
broke into the lunchroom of the school,
causing panic and confusion. Another baboon
chased the frightened children into the
schoolhouse.
New York The Treasury Department will
take no further action following the raid
by customs inspectors on the home of Theo-.
dore Shonts for alleged undeclared gowns
Imported from Europe by Mrs. Shonts and
her daughter. Mies Theodora Shonts. who is
to marry the Due de Chaulnes on February
15. Mr. Shonts is said to have satisfied
both the President and Secretary Cortelyou
that no excuse exists for the confiscation of
the gowns on the charge of smuggling.
No British Squadron Coming.
LONDON. Feb. 6. The Associated
Press Is officially authorized to de
clare that there is absolutely no' truth
in the report telegraphed from Hall
fax that the British squadron in the
Pacific is to be materially increased.
No changes whatever are contemplat
ed in the Pacific squadron and the
British Government has not the slight
est intention of replacing the old Pa
cific fleet, which formerly had Its base
at Esquimault, B. C-. and now repre
sented by a solitary sloop bf war.
Pope Joins Church With State.
ROME, Feb. 6. The pope received
today the 132 students of the Ameri
can College In this city. The pope
urged the students to be always true
Americans and loyal Catholics.
Tomorrow and Monday will positively
be the last days for discount bn West Side
gas bills. Portland Gas Co.
Spectacles $1.00 at Metzger's.
All of this can be avoided,
however, by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, as this
great liniment afwayf prepares the body for the strain upon it, and
preserves the symmetry of her form. Mother's Friend overcomes all the
danger of child-birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through
this critical period without pain. It is woman's greatest blessing.
Thousands gratefully tell of the benefit and relief derived from, the
Dse of this wonderful -
remedy. Sold by all
druggists at $i.coper
bottle. Our little
book, telling all about .
Til Brjifleli Rsjolator Co., Afluti. ei,
WOULD HURRY UP
LAND-GRANT GASE
Senator Tillman Stirs Up De
partment of Justice for
Delay" in Suits.
FULTON EXPLAINS DELAY
Says He Is Informed Attorney-General
Is Collecting Facts Regard
ing Forfeit by Oregon &
California Railroad.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 6. Now that Senator Tillman
has camped on the trail of the Oregon
& California Railroad, the land-grant,
subject is. likely to be discussed at con
siderable length In Congress, ' unless the
Department of Justice takes early steps
to institute the threatened suit against
the railroad company.
Senator Tillman was first interested in
this grant when he visited the Pacific
Coast last Summer and when he returned
to Washington last Fall, took the matter
up with, the Department and urged that
steps be taken to compel the railroad
company to either show a respect for
and compliance with the law or cancel
the grant. He received assurance that
the Department intended, at an early
day, to institute proceedings along the
line he suggested. But nothing has been
done, beyond the framing of the bill of
complaint, and Tillman has grown rest
less. It was this dissatisfaction that in
duced him to introduce in the Senate the
following resolution:
Asks for Information.
Whereas, .At divers .tlmts various railroads
and other corporations have received large
grafts of public lands of the United States,
under and by virtue of acts of the Congress,
containing conditions to the effect that such
1 lands should be sold to actual settlers only,
' or In quantities not exceeding for any one
purchaser a limit fixed by the act relating
thereto, or at a price per acre- not greater
j than an amount mentioned In the act authoriz
ing such grant, to the end that such lands
I might promptly become the homes of citizens
i of the United States; and .
Whereas, It fs currently reported and widely
j believed that the Department of Justice has
information to the effect that certain of the
i corporations aforesaid, or their alleged sue- !
! cessors In title, having obtained colorable title
', to large tracts of land within a state or states i
of the Pacific Slope by virtue of the grants j
! above mentioned, and etlll holding con si d- j
i erable portions thereof, have violated or evaded j
the equitable and sanitary conditions so as !
aforesaid imposed by the Congress upon such '
grants for the public good; yet the Senate Is ;
not advised that any action has been taken
by the Department of Justice to enforce the
said conditions or restore the said lands to
the public domain; now therefore be It
! Resolved, That the President be requested,
If not incompatible with the public interest,
to Inform the Senate what information, if any,
j has been received, and what action, if any,
has been taken by the Department of Justice
with respect to the matters and things in
the preamble to this resolution set forth.'
The Senator simultaneously introduced 1
a second resolution, which concluded as
follows:
Resolved, etc., That the Attorney-GeDeral
be, and he la hereby directed, authorized, and
empowered to take such proceedings or insti
tute such suit or suits on behalf of the United
States as may be necessary, . appropriate, or
expedient to Insure a compliance with the
above-mentioned conditions or to restore the
said lands to the public domain, or to report
to the Congress why such action as aforesaid
has not been or should not be taken.
Senator Fulton Disappointed.
Senator Fulton who is desirous of see
ing the land-grant question settled in ac
cordance with the law, and who Is him
self somewhat disappointed at the length
of time required by the Department of
Justice to get into action, objected to the
passage of the' Tillman resolutions, be
lieving they would interfere with the
very adjustment which Tillman and the
people of Oregon hope to see brought
about. In objecting to the resolutions,
Senator Fulton said:
There is a railway grant In the State of
Oregon which occupies very much the situa
tion outlined by the resolution of the Senator
from South Carolina. The grant was made
by Congress some years ago; I think some
time in the '70's. The grant was coupled
with a condition that the lands should be eold
to actual settlers only at a price not exceed- i
lng $2.50 per acre. A great deal of that land '
Is still - held by the railroad company, and j
' the railroad, company refuses to sell it at $2.50 ;
1 an acre. That is a notorious fact. I myself j
; have had some correspondence with the com- I
pany In an effort to Induce it to put the lands j
on the market In compliance With the statute
making the grant. But there is no disposition
to do that, and the Department of Justice,
I am advised, has the matter under consider
ation, and I think It has reached a conclusion
to Institute some character of suit, the ob
ject being to forfeit the grant; at least to
forfeit to the Government that portion of the
grant which is still herd by the company or
which Is still undisposed of. Whether it la
the purpose of the Department of Justice to
go beyond that and to institute suit to forfeit
lands that were sold, as a good many acres
were sold, I am advised, for prices exceeding
$2.50 an acre and in quantities greater than
1G0 acres to -one person, I do not know
But I suggest to the Senator from South
Carolina to let this matter rest for a time,
because it Is my information that the De
partment of Justice will probably request
some character of resolutions to be offered
and adopted which will-authorize the prosecu
tion of a suit and outline the character of
relief that the Government will be authorized
to demand. I do not know certainly that the
resolution will be asked, foe, but I under
stand there Is a question In the mind of the
Attorney-General as to whether or not, in a !
suit brought to forfeit a grant because of
noncompliance with the conditions, a decree
of forfeiture could be entered without some
declaration of Congress In that behalf. It
may be he has concluded that it is not neces
sary to get the Congressional declaration. But '.
I think - it would bl well to letv this matter
i lie over -for a short time, and then if no
action shall 1 be taken by the Department or If
Every woman coveti k
shapely, pretty figure, and
many of them deplore the
toss oi tneir giriisn iorms
after marriage. The bearing
of children ii often dutructira
to the mother's shapeliness.
-U 0 MU&MiJili
it shall finally conclude to go ahead without
Congressional action, it may be well enough
to get the information the Senator asks for.
But It would seem to me doubtful even It
the Department of Justice concludes to pro
ceed without the Congressional Instructions
or authority. In other words, I take it that
if the Department proposes to prosecute a
suit of this character. It would not care In
advance to give a public statement touching
what Its evidence was or on what line it
proposes to proceed.
WANTS HER MONEY BACK
Loans to Temperance Workers De
manded toy Seattle Woman.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. A .suit ol
ejectment Instituted by Mrs. R. L. Mc
Kenzte, of Seattle, against Mioses Isabelle
de Veiling and S. N. Cummlngs, who
have been Identified with the temperance
home at Sisson, near Mount Shasta, came
up before iudge Van Fleet in the United
States Circuit Court today. The evidence
showed that in 1897 Mrs. McKenzie, who,
was then Miss Thompson, became inter
ested in the movement to start a temper-'
ance home in Sisson, Siskiyou County,
and loaned money and lands to the Misses
Veiling and Cummings.
Mrs. McKenzie now brings suit to re
cover the loans and to obtain an order
of the court compelling the temperance
workers to leave the grounds oh which
they have made their home for 10 years.
The plaintiff also says that a considera
ble amount of house furnishings, which
she asserts were purchased by her, had
been taken. The defendants claimed that
Mrs. McKenzie had given them the prop
erty.. NEGRO MURDERER CAUGHT
Hayden Peoples Held at Tacoma
for Missouri Crime.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 6. Accused of
one of the most brutal and cold-blooded
murders in the criminal annals of. St.
Joseph, Mo., Hayden Peoples, alias Vvil
liam Marshall, a negro, was yesterday
arrested by City Detectives Fitzgerald
and Ellison, who may be in line to claim
a reward of $1000. For three and one
half years Peoples has been a fugitive
from justice. The crime for which Peoples-is
alleged to.be wanted is for the
murder of Henry Seyfried, an aged Ger
man saloonkeeper, the night of May 29,
1904, at St. Joe, Mo.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 6. Chief of
Police W. H. Franks will leave tonight
for Tacoma, Wash., to bring back Hay
den Peoples, alleged murderer of John
Seyfried, a wealthy saloonkeeper, who
was killed Vlth a hammer in his place
of business here. . in May, 1904. Rewards
for Peoples' arrest aggregate more than
1000.
TEST WATER-RIGHT CASE
State Laws Only Apply In the State
Where Water Is.
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 6. Local coun
sel for one of - th litigants in the 'Sage
Creek water-right suit of Morris and
Howell against Bean and others has. re
ceived advices that the Circuit Court of
Appeals has affirmed the decision of
Judge Whitson.
Sage Creek originates in Montana and
flows through Northern Wyoming. The
complainants . made prior location of
the water in Wyoming, which was after
ward appropriated by the defendants.
4
Weak
Heart Action
There are certain nerves
that control the action
of the heart. .When they;
become weak, the heart
action is impaired. Short
breath, pain around heart,
choking sensation, palpi
tation, fluttering, feeble
or rapid pulse,, and other
distressing symptoms fol-lo-vy.
Dr. Miles Heart Cure
is a medicine especially
adapted , to , the needs of
these nerves and the mus-
cular structure of the
heart itself. It is a
strengthening tonic' that
brings speedy relief.
Try it.
"For year I amTered with what I
thought wax stomach trouble, when
the doctors told me I had heart
trouble. I had tried many remedies,
when the Lr. Miles' almanac came
mto jny banda, and I concluded to
try Dr. Mites' Heart Cure. I have
taken three bottles, and now I am
not suffering at all. I am cured and
this medicine did it. I write this In
the hope that It win. attract the at
tention of others fwho suffer as I did."
, MRS. D. BARRON.
804 Main St., Covington, Ky.
Vour druggist sells Dr. Miles' Heart
Cure, and we authorize him to return
price of first bottle (only) If If falls
to benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Men, Isn't
This Best?
Is ft not better to treat wtta a medi
cal Institute composed of men ncientlfl
cally trained to cure and who are men
of standing and ability- than to treat
with self-styled, so-called specialists of
limited experience, whose vaunted cures
are no cures at allt We are the lead
tog: specialists In Portland and our
cures are thorooffh and permanent.
Talk with us about your aliment and a
personal Interview will convince you
that we know our business.
If this meets the eye of a man who, while
yet In his prime, through some weakness In
going backward Instead of forward. I want
him to come- and let me show him how I
am tak'ne broken-down wrecks of human
ity every day of my life and fixing them u
R4 good as any man of their years. I don't
care what has caused the trouble, nor what
has failed to cure them. I can cure them
and make them better and stronger than
they ever hoped to be.
Just because some other specialist haa
failed to cure you Is no good reason why
I should fail. My treatment for MEN'S
WEAKNESSES and other diseases Is aa dif
ferent from other sDeclallsts' manner of
treatment as day Is from night.
Write if you cannot call. All correspondence sacredly confidential.
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We want you to believe in them, too.
Suppose you let your doctor decide.
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Sixty years of experience
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will certainly have every confidence in it.
We have no secrets I We publish ,
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J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Mass.'
who are residents of Montana. Hence
the suit to quiet the title. Judge Whit
son held that the Montana laws could
only apply to unappropriated waters and
awarded the title to the Wyoming claim
ants. As the principle is one of vital in
terest to the Reclamation Service, the
cas probably will be appealed to the Su
preme Court.
Grange Convention Called.
GRESHAM, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) J.
J. Johnson, deputy state master, has
called a meeting of .the Multnomah Coun
ty Grange for Wednesday, March 11, at 1
o'clock. The convention will be held in
the Gresham Grange Hall. The object
will be to elect representatives to the
Oregon State Grange, which will meet in
convention at Eugene, the second Tues
day in May. . The 10 granges of Multno
mah will send three delegates each to the
county convention. Rockwood Grange
last night elected its delegates to the
county convention, they being F. H.
Crane, J. H. Richmond and E. L. Thorpe.
The other nine granges will elect at their
regular meetings during this month.
Incorporators of I'alr Meet.
GRESHAM, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) The
Incorporators of the Multnomah County
and Grange District Fair Association, J.
J. Johnson, H. E. Davis and E. L.
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Every Weak
Ix-
Seek. Expert Treatment AT OSTCE.
Delay Another Hour.
My F"ee for Complete Cure
in a -Simple Aliment la Only
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I want every, weak man to thoroughly
understand that I can make him strong-, vig
orous, healthy, alert and free irom every
taint of disease and weakness. I have lim
ited my specialty in practice to only a few
of the mora important disorders, so that I
could KNOW these thoroughly. My experi
ence along thiss'one path for twenty-five
years qualifies me to say positively that
such troubles as Spermatorrhoea, Loat VlBOr,
Varicocele, Hydrocele, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis,
Stricture nnA "Wfaknefin can be cured per
fectly so as to stay cured. Of course I use
different methods than the ordinary physi
cian. Most of these are original with me
and. were devised for Just such cases as the
ordinary courses of treatment fail to reach.
The Scientific Treatment of Weakness
Dosing the system with powerful stimulants and tonics In an effort
to restore functional vigor can have but one final result: The condi
tion Is rendered worse than before. "Weakness" Is merely an indica
tion of a low form of Inflammation in the prostate gland, and this in
flammation is but aggravated by stimulating remedies that excite tem
porary activity. I employ the only scientific, and fully effective treat
ment for "weakness," which effects a permanent cure by restoring the
prostate gland to a sound and healthy state. I obtain complete results
In every case I treat. Interesting literature and a beautifully engraved
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I offer not only FREE consultation and advice, but of every case
that comes to me I will make careful examination and diagnosis with
out charge. No ailing man should neglect this opportunity to get ex
pert opinion about his trouble.
If you cannot call, write for Diagndsis Chart My offices are open
all day from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. and Sundays from n to 1 only.
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rvous Debility. , ,
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and my advice will, do you
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with Ayer's Cherry Pec- 3
confidence in it for coughs,
Thorpe, met today and held the first In
corporators' meeting. Under the law
they are required to organize and besrln
tile canvass for subscriptions to the capi
tal stock. Mr. Johnson was chosen chair
man and Mr. Thorpe, secretary. Sub
scription blanks are being prepared and
will be given out to the solicitors next
week.
It Is the aim of the incorporators to get
all the stock subscribed on the east side
of the Willamette River, without coming
into the city of Portland. To encompass
that object a portion of the northern part
of Clackamas County will also be solicited
for the sale of stock.
Quits Locating Kail road Land.
COLFAX, Wash., Feb. 6. The Colfax
office opened some time ago by promot
ers of a Roseburg, Or., organization,
which . located applicants on lands
that were In early days granted
to the California & Oregon Rail
way Company, has for the present
refused to accept fees, and the office at
Colfax la closed. The Colfax promoters
are John Richardson and Andrew John
son. They say that since the ruling giv
en by Commissioner R. A. Ballinger re
garding the timber lands, they, as well
as the investors, are making thoroush
investigation. Their regular fee. was $35
for tendering tile $2.50 an acre and for a
locating fee.
Appeal to
Don't
$10.00
DR. TWI.OR.
Tbe Leading: Specialist.
MEN'S DISEASES
Xo Incurable rues Accepted.
There Is no risk, for I do not treat In
curable Cases under any consideration. I
do not experiment or use injurious drugs
to ruin your system.
NERVOUS IEB1IJTY.
Cured in a' few weeks. Improvement from
the start. If you suffer from loss of energy
and ambition, feel tired when you arise in
the morning, lame bark, dizziness, spots
before the eyes- and fell you are not the
man you orrce were. I will cure you for
1Ue" TISSL'K WASTE.
Either partial or total, overcome by my
Vlgorel Absorbent Pad for weak, diseased
men. Call and I will explain why it cures
when all else falls. A friendly chat will
coet you nothing. Call at once, and don't
delay.
URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION.
Cured by absorption In a short time; no
pain, no cutting, no operation. By my
method the urethral canal Is healed and
entire system restored to its healthy state.
No failure, no pain, or loss of time.
ELECTRICITY.
Properly applied with my Absorbent treat
ment gives old men the vigor of youth,
makes middle-aged men strong and re
vitalizes the nerves when exhausted from
overwork or worry. It cures nervous and
general riblllty. loss of ambition. lame
back. . difficulty in concentrating your
thoughts and the whole train of symptoms
that result from the above causes. If your
system has been overtaxed from any cause
consult us at once and be made strong
again.
ADVICE ALWAYS REE.
Man