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THE SUNDAY OBEGOfflAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 8, aSQQ.
CENSUS ENUMERATORS
RAPID, TACTFUL AVD ACCURATE
WOI1K BEaUIRED.
Every Citizen's Dnty and Responsi
bility In BrlniEins Ont Facta of
tbe Xatlon's l'rosrcss.
"WASHINGTON. April 1 In the Cen
sus building a great room Is now the
scene of bustling aclvity. The work of
preparing portfolios for use by enumera
tors In the coming count of the popula
tion Is fairly under way. These port
folios, of whltlsh-brown pasteboard, hinged
together with black cloth, are 18 Inches
long and 10 wide, and tied with four sets
of tape. The tape Is not that "red tapo"
which to the ordinary mind signifies cir
cumlocution and delay. The law requires
speed In the census of 1500, and common,
evccy day white cotton tape will fasten
the schedule-filled portfolios In their round
from habitation to habitation. For con
venient, acucrate and rapid enumeration,
the United States has been divided Into
300 supervisor's districts, and these In turn
Into about 50,000 enumeration districts, or
E. D., as they are called in the Census
Office. Each of the 50,000 enumerators is
yet to. be appointed, so on the portfolios
a Wank space is left for his name.
The last census found the unhappy
enumerator loaded down with from 10 to
13 schedules, each having voluminous In
structions, to master which required con
siderable mental ability and power of
memory. That census was taken under a
law which required enumerators to ask
many obnoxious questions. Under dire
penalties of threatened prosecution and
fine In case of refusal, at every home the
family skeleton murt be brought forth for
classification and record. Sensitive peo
ple, who. Spartan-like, (had long concealed
an Insidious malady gnawing at their vi
tals, jnunst divulge their hidden ailments.
Harassed persons, struggling under a bur
den of debt, yet striving to keep up ap
pearances, must confide to the enumerator
their financial woes. He sternly demand
ed, information as to defects of "mind,
eight, hearing and speech," and If a mem
ber of the family was "a prisoner, con
vict, homeless child or pauper." The In
firmities of "crippled, maimed or de
formed" must also bo duly classed and
catalogued.
Annoyances of Lent Census.
That answers thus obtained were not for
publication in the dally papers, but simply
for tabulation "by employes sworn not
to divulge census facts, failed to alle
viate the painful duty of making them.
The cencus act of 1900. happily for all, docs
not require these disagreeable queries.
Four schedules, not 10. cover enumerators'
Inquiries In l!KX-schedules requiring in
formation about population, vital statis
tic;, manufactures and agriculture. In
cities the enumerator will seldom need tha
agricultural, or in rural districts the man
ufacturing schedule, so he will frequently
carry no more than three. In preceding
censuses, many complaints and charges
of Inaccuracy have arien from distrust of
the enumerators. Not Infrequently the
gross ignorance of an enumerator rendered
his work valueless. A stream cannot
rise above its source, and the census can
not rife In accuracy above the standard
established by the enumerators.
Concerning affairs, whether local or Na
tional In Importance, but which only ad
mlt of National administration, the Indi
vidual citizen feels little personal respon
sibility. The Federal census Is primarily
of local importance. For the United
States as a whole, a general average wilt
be reached of a magnitude which inac
curate returns from a considerable num
ber of districts will not essentially affect.
On the other hand. In any political dis
trict, the people's constitutional rights may
be seriously Impaired by a dishonest or In
competent enumerator. "Where rival polit
ical parties predominate in different parts
of the same state, the constitutional ap
portionment of representnt'on upon the
census basis of population decides state,
and, at times. National issues.
It Is self-evident that enumerates In
such districts should be of unquestioned
ability and Integrity.
Interest nnd Responsibility of Cltl
xenii. Of the 50,000 enumerators for whoso ap
pointment and work the Census Office
must be held responsible. It can have no
direct knowledge, but It has prepared and
will send out a test schedule which each
candidate Is expected to fill out according
to accompanying instructions. From this
schedule, when completed and returned,
an Idea of his ability to comprehend and
follow instructions will be obtained. For
his honesty and Integrity those who rec
ommend him must be held responsible. A
general realization by American citizens
of thplr TArcnnnl tntrftt In mn..M-
ful prosecution ot the canvass by thlsTTi'
white-tape army, should arouse senti
ments of local Interest and pride, and In
each enumeration district citizens would
concern themselves about the selection of
their register and local arbiter.
A marked degree of prido and patriot
ism, local and National, was evoked when
the National Guard H-as called out for
service In the Spanish-American war. In
order that dread of lost employment should
not be added to the risk and danger of a
soldier's life, many employers held open
for their men the places they had left,
nnd not infrequently continued the pay
ment of their salaries, so that a private
soldier's small pay might not be the oniy
dependence of their families. The white
tape army should "be made up of men of
as high astandard as those who of rate
won the world's respect nnd admiration.
,Tfley should be quick, competent, courte
ous, tactful and truthful. Ten hours a
day for two weeks in urban, and four
In rural districts, they will spend in gain
ing entrance to those impregnable castles,
the homes of American citizens. To provo
their victor-, correct replies to all the
schedule questions must be recorded for
each of these castles.
The Cemm Soldier's Iterrnrd.
The white-tape soldier will have no
chance for glory or preferment. He must
find courage In feeling that "peace hath
Its victories," and that "the world knows
nothing of Its "greatest men." "When he
shall have completed his duties Incident
ally making enemies for life of village
gossips who did not want to tell their own
ages, but -demanded to read those of every
body else he -nill receive a compensation
which the Director of the Census Is en
deavoring to fix at such a rate that each
energetic enumerator may earn at least
13 a day under the conditions prevailing
In his district.
Now that the high tide of prosperity
leaves few men of the required ability
unemployed, the enlistment of this white
tape army should waken feelings of local
and Individual responsibility. Enumera
tors are to be residents of. the districts
where they perform duty. Voters In each
district should satisfy themselves that
suitable selections of enumerators are
made. If the local and Notional value of
the service were better understood, the
enumerator's office would attain greater
dignity in the public estimation, and each
.district -nould assure Itself against injury
through mistaken recommendations or ap
pointments. CEXSUS OF IIUUOATIOS".
Abundant Evidence of Progress In
Arid Ainerlen.
"WASHINGTON, March S. The prompt
and careful responses to the recent re
quest by the Director of the Census, for
Information relating to canals and ditches.
Indicate that the Importance and value of
a complete and accurate census ot Irriga
tion are appreciated by those engaged In
this branch of agriculture. Director ller
rlam Is very well pleased with
the great Interest evinced in the work
of collecting data, and Is confident that
with the continued assistance of the Irri
gators and the press, the present Investi
gation will be a success.
The returns from the preliminary In
quiries furnish evidence of the material
progress made In arid America, and give
promise of an advance in the 30th century,
exceeding tbe wonderful development ot
the Mississippi Valley during the past
decade. The boundary line, which so
long has divided the arid and humid re
gions, will no no longer stay the onward
march of agriculture. Today It Is- real
ized that just beyond that line lies an em
pire greater and far more resourceful than
any yet conquered. "With the narrowing
of the unoccupied limits of Government
lands In the humid xones the question ot
reclaiming the arid and subhumld regions
grows In importance, and Is today claim
ing the attention of the wisest minds of
the Nation.
Many of the preliminary schedules sent
out In December and January have been
received and are already tabulated. Tht
mailing of the principal schedules is be
ing pushed as rapidly as possible. Th
questions In this schedule are numeroui
and Important. Director Merriam re
quests that they be carefully answered, at
upon those answers an accurate and per
fect census of Irrigation largely depends.
The scope of the present Inquiry is broad.
Its purpose Is to determine tbe present
conditions and results of Irrigation, and
to tabulate the same In such a manner
that they may be fully comprehended by
every one. Such a work, successfully
conducted, will result In bringing about
a more complete realization of the. fact
that the development of Irrigation Is af
fecting the prosperity of our' Nation, as
well as the progress and stability of many
"Western states.
Pension Attorneys' Br Bon. H. Clay
Brans.
I am not the first Commtasloner of Pen
sions to discover the tricks, methods and
practices of the great and growing stand
ing army of pension attorneys that hoi
fastened Itself upon the country. There Is
but one Commissioner of Pensions. In the
City of "Washington alone there aro regis
tered about 1100 pension attorneys, with a.
probable force of ISO) subagentn and solicit
ors. It would seem to be an unequal con
test, and It has been one for many years.
Srmo of the critics of the present Commis
sioner seem to think he Is the author or
d'scovcrer of the pension attorney. In
tact, other Commissioners havo nhd like
trouDles they only seem greater and ou
the Increase now, as some of his predeces
sors predicted. Looking over the files of
the office, I find that as far back as 1SC8
Commissioner Cox said:
-Many of the attorneys prosecuting
claims before this office have, by courtesy
ct deportment, and evident honesty of pur
pose, commended themselves to favorable
consideration, while others have been sus
pended from practice for 'cause, and In
some cases convicted and punished for
flagrant violation of the laws."
Two years later Commissioner van Aer
nam eaid that soon after assuming the
duties of his position he had become sat
lfled that a gie.it number ot fraudulent
claims upon the Pension Office had been
xnide, many of them had been allowed
and paid, and others were still pending.
Not n fen of these claims were based upon
applications, the signatures of claimants
or witnesses in which were forged and sup
ported bv false evidence, and there were
also claims on the ground of dependence,
tbe claimants In whlci. nere, for the most
part, never dependent. These were frauds
upon the Government tlotie.
The attention of the office at .about this
time was called to another class of cases,
v.'hlch wuc not wholly fraudulent, nor In
deed without merit, when properly pre
sented;, but by reason of the large fees
demanded by and promised to the parties
prosecuting them, of one-fourth, one
third, ana even one-half of the amount col
lected, vb.cn the claim was allowed, the
testimony In support of these claims had
distorted and perverted the facts so as to
magnify the character of the claims upon
the Government. Here was not only fraud
.upon the Government, but extortion and
fraud upon the pensioner also.
Under the laws regulating the fees of
attorneys, 40 were arrested In one year for
charging exorbitant and illegal fees and
forging vouchers and other papers in pen
sion cn&es. This, remember, occurred 30
years nfeo, only five years after the closo
or the Civil War.
In the year following Commissioner
Baker made a determined effort to prevent
frauds and remedy abuses prejudicial to
pensioners, and through, his efforts 301
persons were dropped from thet rolls and
32 indictments were found against un
scrupulous attorneys and agents.
In both 1572 and 1ST3 Commissioner Ba
ker spoke of the loop-holes for fraud In
the pension laws, of which attorneys were
quick to take advantage. The principal
weakness of the system he found to be the
acceptance as a basis ot adjudication of
ex-parte affidavits, which the Government
had no power to discredit by cross-ex
amination, while at the same time It had
10 means of research for adverse testi
mony. Under these conditions there could
be no security to the Government against
dishonest claims, "and probably the pro
portion of such claims which will be suc
cessfully prosecuted." said Commissioner
Baker, "will increase rather than dimin
ish, the dishonest attorneys becoming mora
skilled, and the temptation to frauds be
coming greater as the average value of
pension Is enhanced by the accumulation
of arrears and growing liberality of leg
islation." That the prediction of Com
missioner Baker was amply verified is
proved by the files of the pension bureau
and by the testimony of his successors.
In 1S75 Commissioner Atkinson found
that the development of frauds of every
cnaracter in pension claims bad "as
sumed such a magnitude as to require tho
serious attention of Congress." He. too.
fottnd that while the right to pension was
determined upon ex-parte evidence, the
successful prosecution of many fraudulent
claims could not be prevented, even after
the utmost caution had been exercised. It
had been found by actual test, In cases
taken from the files of the office, that a
largo percentage of the evidence filed In
support of the claims for pensions was
signed and sworn to without being read
to the affiants, and without their having
a full and proper knowledge of Jtho con
tents, though they were accompanied with
the certificate of the magistrate before
whom they were executed that tho wit
nesses had been fully Informed of the Im
port. In many Instances, too, what Is
called manufactured evidence had been
filed by "unprincipled claim agents," as
the Commissioner described them.
Speaking in his time of the settlement of
claims upon ex-parte testimony exclusive
ly. Commissioner Bentiey called attention
to the fact that these affidavits were al
most universally prepared by claim agents
who can receive no compensation for their
set vices unless the claim was allowed.
Moreover, he sold, the examining' surgeon
who certified to the existence, character
and advance of disability was almost uni
versally tho neighborhood practitioner,
"whoso professional Interest It Is to please
the claimant at the expense of the Gov
ernment; so, not only Is the door thrown
wide open for the perpetration of fraud
and deception, but every interest connect
ed with the preparation of the case for
adjudication (the claimant, his attorney
and the examining surgeon), la adverse to
the Government."
Mr. Bentiey seems to have had some
thing of the experience of the present
Commissioner with the attorneys, for In
his administration was passed the act
of June 19, 1S7S, limiting the fees of attor
neys. This law met the determined oppo
sition of a class of claim agents who cir
culated through the country the statement
that the law was Inimical to the-Interests
of the soldiers, both pensioners and claim
ants, and was Intended to be so when
passed. They claimed that the reduction
of the' fee and the uncertainty of Its collec
tion would deter oil reliable and respon
sible attorneys in aiding the soldier in
the prosecution of his claim, and thus h
would bo prevented from securing his
rights. Several professional claim agents
and claim firms at Washington and some
other points-in tbe country made this war
on the Pension Commissioned through the
intervention of subagents and by extensive
advertising, employing for that purpose
In some Instances sheet Issued under the
form of periodical newspapers purporting
to be published In the interests of the sol
diers, the columns of which contained
matter In which apparent anxiety for the
soldiers' welfare and appeals to their love
ot gain were cunningly Intermingled, al
ways representing the advertisers as In
the enjoyment of special and peculiar
faculties for the successful prosecution ot
claims, and usually adding the suggestion
that no charge would be made unless a
pension should be obtained,
old frelend (old friend underscored), as
These methods withdrew a large pro
portion ot tbe pension claim business
from the local, resident magistrate .and
attorneys, who at first handled it, - and
centered It In tho bands of the claim
agents and firms, whose 'offices thus be
came great claim bureaus. Under this
system, the claim agents and their clients
were strangers to each other, the agent
having no personal knowledge In rela
tion to the merit of the claim, or of the
truthfulness of the testimony which he
filed in its support, and he was therefore
relieved of personal responsibility to the
office as to the good faith of the claim
ant, and had no fear except to secure a
favorable consideration ot the claim pre-
THE CASE OF
scnted by him. Under these conditions.
Commissioner Bentiey found that "un-
"meritoriouS and fraudulent claims and
false testimony have been flooded upon
tho office to such on extent that almost
all claims nre alike suspected. For the
protection of the Government." said tho
Commissioner, "tho offico has been forced
to the adoption of very stringent rules
to govern the consideration ot cases, and
the honest claimant Is not Infrequently u
sufferer thereby, and he Is always a suT-J
lerer on account or tne delay entailed
upon the consideration of his claim by.
reason of tbe time consumed in tho con
sideration of the claims which are with
out merit."
General Dudley, who succeeded Mr.
Bentiey as Commissioner; believed that
tho actual results of tho enactment of
June 30, 1STS, had been deleterious to
the Interests of claimants and agents
allke-to the claimants In that the abol-
lshmcnt of the contingency of success and
removal of tho security tho agents stim
ulated many irresponsible persons, who
could be of no possible service to the
claimants, to Invite a general application
of soldiers for pension, regardless of dis
abilities incurred, by which af ter"fillng the
claim they might obtain In advance tho
legal fee of $10 and thenceforward nban
don the claim, thus incumbering the files
of tho office and hindering or delaying
meritorious claims: and to the agents by
degrading tho profession and bringing i
Into disrepute on otherwise legitimate
employment. Later, speaking of the op- I
eratlon of this law. by which agents gen
erally exacted their fee In advance. Gen
eral Dudley said that It had "operated to
practically cxcludo from the practice many
educated, responsible and useful attorneys,
and had attracted to It many Ignorant,
unscrupulous and useless persons, whose
only object seems to be, first, to procure
applications from soldiers, regardless of
merit, to be filed through them, and then,
while acting simply as transmitters of tha
papers, sedulously dun the claimant until
the 10 tee Is secured and thereafter prac
tically abandon the cose like an orange,
preferring to seek new victims than to
spend time serving old ones."
The Commissioners whom I have quoted
above were Republicans, were ex-Union
soldiers and were Interested In seeing that
their comrades received the benefits pro
Aided by law; and at the same tlmo were
interested In seeing that the Treasury was
not looted by men who were" trading nnd
trafficking In patriotism under the gener
ous soldier sentiment of tho country.
Now comes the first Democratic Com
missioner, who reported In 1SS3 170 cases
submitted through the Department of
Justice, CO for offenses by attorneys and
110 for crimes committed by attorneys and
others. In the following year, under Com
missioner Black, ITS criminal prosecutions
were certified to the Department of Jus
tice for offenses against almost all tha
criminal clauses of the pension laws re
lating to the defrauding of pensioners,
false impersonations of dead pensioners,
embezzlements In office, etc.
The second Democratic Commissioner
was Mr. Lochren. In 1SS1 he said:
"Most of tho pension attorneys nnd
claim agents are capable and honorable;
but some among them are the most dis
honest and unscrupulous ot men. dealing
habitually In perjury, forgery and every
species of fraud and falsehood. Without
special examiners the villainy of such men
would operate without cneck or fear of
detection, and be generally successful, as
It Is too often now. In eplte ot all .safe
guards. Such men attract the unworthy
as clients the bounty-Jumpers, cowards
and deserters, and the fraudulent mallgn
erers. As many of their crimes are discov
ered, their fraudulent cases overthrown,
and themselves and their guilty confeder
ates brought to deserved punishment by
the work of special examiners (there were
VA convictions for pension frauds last
year). It Is but natural .that such men and
their clients should be roud and unceasing
In decrying special examiners as spies,
and seeking, with the aid of unscrupulous
partisan newspapers and politicians, to
create a prejudice against special examin
ers In the minds of deserving pensioners
and others. The worthy and deserving
oldlers are still modest, and In the race
for pensions are elbowed to the rear by
the unworthy, who are as truculent In their
continued strife for pensions and increase
as when operating for bounties. They
crowd themselves to the front at soldiers'
gatherings with clamor for resolutions for
more pensions, and denunciations ot every
regulation tending to unmask or prevent
dishonesty and fraud, as "unfriendly to the
soldier.' Their Insatiable greed and de
testation of all regulations made to insure
honesty and restrain or discover fraud,
shamelessly proclaimed, has done much to
lower the regard which would otherwise
be universally manifested for the deserv
ing soldiers."
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PRISONERS LIBERATED
JUUZOSTA TRACT ROBBERS GAIK
FREEDOM THROUGH A PAI-
Held TJp and Shot a Deputy Sheriff,
"Wno "Was Alone. In the Jail
ot the Time.
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TOMBSTONE, Aria., April 7. During
the noon hour today, when the usual
guards of the Jail were at lunch. Billy
Stiles, who recently turned state's evi
dence "and gave Information that Ud to
the arrest of Bert Alvord and a man
named Downing for the robbery of the
Southern Pacific train last September at
Cochise Station, entered the Sheriffs of.
flco. where George Bravtn. a Deputy Sher.
iff, was alone, and ordered him to hold up
his hands, at the point of a pistol. Bravls
struck the pistol, which was discharged,
the ball entering his leg and passing
through the fleshy part below the knee;
severing one ot his toes. Stiles then took
the keys ot the Jail and liberated Alvord
and Bravo Juan, tbe latter being one ot
the robbers who held up the train at Fair-
PUERTO RICO.
banks less than two months ago, and all
three started west on foot. Going to the
ranch" of John Esqulpoot and taking two
horses they headed for the Dragoon Moun
tains, i
Within a few minutes a posse started In
pursuit, nnd It Is expected the fugitives
will bo overtaken before night, as they
were handicapped by two having to rldo
one horse. They took rffles from the Sher
iff's office, and. If overtaken, a hard fight
will result. Downing refused to leave tho
Jail. Matt Burts. another of tho accused
Cochise train robbers, was. eating at a
restaurant under guard at the time of tho
delivery.
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- A MURDER. DT INDIANS.
Soldiers and Coivlioys on the Red
Men's Trail.
CHICAGO. April ".A special to the
Tribune from Tucson, Ariz., says:
A detachment of cavalry from Fort
Grant It In pursuit of a band of Indians
and a young ranch woman Is leading a
body of cowboys. One white man has al
ready been shot by the Indians, and there
is an unconfirmed report that others havo
been killed. The news was brought to
"WIllcox today by messengers.
The known victim of the Indians is J.
D. Mack, a mining man. who was shot
last night in Pinery Canyon, Just outside
the Apache reservation. He was left for
dead, and his camD was plundered. Mack
dragged himself to the ranch of Miss
Ithoda Rlggs. four miles away. There
were only three Indians In the party that
attacked him, but others were near, he
says. Miss Rlggs mounted a fleet horse
and rode at once to Fort Grant, where
sho notified the Army officers. A detach
ment of troops was sent at once to the
scene of the shooting, guided by the girl,
who rode with the soldiers as far es her
ranch. There she organized a band ot
cowboys, and. herself assuming command,
the party took the trail.
The troopers went to Mack's camp, and
there caucht the trail of the Indians and
followed it through Into the mountains.
Pepo Hansrcd In Montana.
HELENA, Mont., April 7. A special to
tho Herald from Choteau, Mont., says
that "William Pepo was hanged there this
morning for the murder of Julius Ploth
In June, 1S9S. Pepo retained his cool
ness to the last and died proclaiming hit
Innocence. The execution took place at
6:03 A. M., and he was pronounced dead
in 11 minutes.
SAYS PAPERS WERE TAKEN
Sailor Tells Story of n Strnnse Bnr
Klnry East Side A tin Irs.
According to a. peculiar etory given by
Otto Ranft, who rooms on the second
floor ot the dwelling ot lire. Ross, East
Fifteenth and East Division streets, which
was robbed "Wednesday night, he was
chloroformed In his bed and the burglars
stole some papers pertaining to a damage
suit he has In the court against a sailor
boarding-house keeper. He said that he
was shanghaied by this boarding-house
keeper and brought suit for damages.
Ranft to a young German, employed at
the Wolff & Zwlcker iron works. Ho
moved Into the Ross houeo about a month
ago. and had his papers in a chest In his
room. For several nights there were at
tempts to enter the house, several win
dows on the ea?t side of the house hav
ing been tampered with. Finally the bur
glars found easy access to the sitting
room through a window on the west side
ot the dwelling, and once in this room
there la a clear way upstairs to tho room
In which the sailor elept. At the head of
the bed was a bureau. From It the draw
era were pulled out. and Mrs. Ross says
thtt this could not have been done with
out making a considerable noise, which
would have awakened a sound sleeper, but
Ranft was not disturbed in the least. A
large chest, such as sailors usually havo
for storing their belongings, was carried
down stairs into the sitting-room. Here
thero appeared to have been an effort made
to open it. but it was fastened too se
curely, and It was then pasoed out of the
window. It was carried Into the rear of
the house, where it was broken open and
Its contents rifled. The contents were
scattered about. Ranft states that only
papers pertaining to his damage suit
against the boardlng-houso keeper were
taken, and he Is confident that he must
have been chloroformed by the burglars
the first thing they did on entering the
room. No money was eecured and little
of value taken. One of the burglars left
bis hat and took that of Ranft, probably
becauso It woo the better one. No other
portion of tho house was visited by the
burglars, and they gave their entire at
tention to Ranft's room. Mrs. Ross does
not express an opinion as to whether
Ranft was) chloroformed or not, but she
says that she does not see how it was
possible for the burglars to have entered
his room and make the racket In open
ing the drawers and carrying' the heavy
chest down stairs without hla being awak
ened. However, she thinks that her house
has been marked since it was published
that she kept SSOOO in cashi In' it, Ranft
says only papers pertaining to hla suit
were abstracted from the chest. What
bearing these papers have on the case he
does not say.
The records of Justice Vreeland court
show that Ranft commenced suit for dam
ages In that court In 1898, against a Port
land sailor boarding-house keeper. All the
papers pertaining to the suit were with
drawn and the case was dismissed. The
complaint alleged that he was shanghaied
and carried to sea without his t consent,
and after having been badly 'treated was
left In a foreign port. The papers, he
says, that were stolen refer to another
"case In another court. ,
East Side Notes.
The remains of Mrs. Sarah Robinson,
pioneer woman of 1S5Z. who died at the
home of her eon at Sunnyslde, were taken
to Dallas yesterday evening for Inter
ment. Professor R. F. Robinson has gone
to attend the funeral services, which will
take place today.
The Sunnyslde Republican Club has Is
sued Invitations for a grand ratification
meeting In Hunter's Hall, Sunnyslde, next
Saturday night. Wallace McCamant and
other prominent speakers win be present
Good music will be provided that evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Jlles G. Stephens. weU
known residents of Pleasant Home. cele.
brated the fifth anniversary of their wed.
ding at their home. April 4. There was a
large number of their friends present, and
the occasion was very enjoyable. Rela.
tlves were present from Portland and else,
where.
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HOTEL ARRXVAXS.
THE PORTLAND.
VTtn Jackson. Newark.
Frank Bruce. JT T
Geo Doran, Chicago
H A Thompscn.CaIcage
C S Doushtr. Omaha.
L, R BoIIes. Kanaaa Cr
Mrs II K-Wlntera. city
C O Jaiobs, Crtgon, Cy
Peter Koch & w. Bow
man. Mont
S P Mslck. San Fran
Henry Cochran, Chgo
O B XlcolL Seattle
Louis Freund. N Y
E Y Judd. Pendleton
O fj Wlnhelm. Chro
C H Castle. Clulncy. Ill
C II Hamilton. Seattle
Phil P Kellev. Km
J S Van Bowen. China.
a j Jiiuion. lit Ver
ions uoyie. Tacoma
U C Van Ness. 8 F
Ouirles Loller. Jf Y
Ph Jacobovlrs. S P
Ir E T White. Chgo
Max Frittt. Chicago
C H Porter, Hex City
Mr & Mrs J O Wood
worth. Seattle
D Drysdale, San Fran
J Metcalfe- San FVan
non, wash
Mrs Jennie Gillespie.
New York
S J Sternberg. S F
J R Maaon, Seattle
Geo A Burch. Seattle
A G Jacobs. Oregon Cr
A R Jacobs. Oregon Cy
Harwood Morgan.SeattI
B O Tattle. Boston
B H Cooper. Chicago
D McLean. Omaha
F W Hurty, St Paul
D G Black. Duluth
R C Beede. Seattle
F 1i Srlvla. Boston
Geo V Hodges; Chicago
aicx loan, tan Tan
R A Graham. Ran Fr
Miss F E Johnston.NTi
i a ungga. Qulncy
O II Richardson. S F
Mr & Mrs J E How
ard. Chicago
H J Ottenhelmer. S r
WD Gillette, San Fr
G Rosenblatt, etty
Cant W A Evans. S S
Monmouthshire
a B Fercald. St Paul
s c Thompson. St Paul
G Undgreen. St Paul
R B Kells. San Eran
Geo H George. Astoria
Win. H Barker. Astoria,
I Gerilnger. Vancouver
M B Gwtnn. Idaho
THE PERKINS.
RF Robinson. PortlndlJ P Rhea. Heppner
xrux, .i rouiaaie it A Anderson,
do
i? r raiTier, Asniana
Geo A Durban. do
II L, Boardmui, McMlu
W T Graves. ComUlIs
F S Hoffman. Itosebrg
J H Robb. Walla W
P K Ahern. Portland
Mrs P K Abern. do
John D Lund. St L
E A Longshore, Glov-
errtlle. N Y
P H Tynan. San Fran
Tom R Wilson. San Fr
J B McCann. San Fran
M M Williams. Chgo
H S Keller. San Fran
M Taylor Hill. Prlnevl
A B Utile. Houlton
Wm Bergfeld. Dalles
U R FaJrchtld. St I
G W ChurchllL N T
T C Burgess. -.'Walla. W
E Hermann. Vlerrto, Or
T W Macnim, Vlento
A Larsen. walla w
K W White. Los Anzls
B W Marder. Rosebun;
Jas White. Los AneU
A it. Kanaga. San Fr
R D Johnson. Astoria
J W Berry. Mlnnpls
W A ButterSeld. S F
BJI Hous. Seattle
Edgar J Dlven. N Y
II L Wise. Tne Dalles
F A Elliott. New Yrk
IP F GaudeU, McLeod,
UKjanoma
R B Allison. Ashland
V H McChesney.Omaiia
IT GanKhef!. San Fran
ti w itanch. Tacoma
C H Robinson. Neb
Geo A Murray, Portlnd
W A Holmes. Hoqulam
Wm. Hlpplnger, Monte-
sano. Wash ,
L Vanstandlng, Toledo,
G A ScaaUnd. Leban
on. Or
W E Garretson. Dallas
Iiruce Brier. Seattle
J Wood Smith. Cho
vtasn
J W.Howard. Prlnevlll E B Williams, citr
V Harm. Wallowa. 1C L Alnsworth, St PI
J C fasjr, Walla. W j Babler. Astoria
THE IMPERIAL
C. W. Knowles, Manager,
L Vanlandtg. Toledo
Mrs Vanlandlg. do
Geo J Moher. citr
H S Mitchell. Suwano
imer
R E Newland. M D.
Z F Moody, The Dalles
Salt Lake
J iilcnoias. uanes
J II Roberts. Portland
C J Smith. San Fran
ii it uarr. urlual veil
K Wade, Portland
Geo H Baker, Goldndl
W II Hodson. do
D J Hanna. city
J B Nye. city
M Acteson. Bridal Veil
lrTanic exnber. do
C J Hobson. St Louts
Mrs Hobson. St Louis
Miss Hobson, St Louis
W O Patterson, citr
B A Convlral, Chicago
Mrs Convtml. Chicago
Mrs C C Van OrsdaU.
Pendleton
Miss Van Orsdall. do
II B Kenworthr. Seattl
II II Harlow. San Fran
Mrs K cockrlll. Great
Falls, Mont
Miss Julia Cockrlll. do
Mrs P H Leslie. Hel
ena. Mont
Chos O'Brien. Seattle
Mrs O'Brien. Seattle
J C Friendly, citr
Mrs Kenworthr. Seattle
JEddte Kenwortby, do
Mrs J A Veritas, Win-;
iock. nun
John L Day. Idaho
E D Rrssler, Eugene
Ml Barton. San Joss
C M Pierce. San Frai
Mrs V,' I GrUnta, Ross-
land. B C
II S Elliott. Chehails
Root Gibson. Astoria
B I McKennon. Buffalo
Mrs Allan Wilson. Cot-I
L A Conn. Ft Sterehs
vallls
w i bnanon, city
THE ST. CHARLES.
J B HllL Kelso
)B F Shaw, Jr, Vancvr
J Hamblet. Seattle
J ilagulre. Salem
Mrs II B Ely. Seattl U P McMerry. Dalles
C A Sanford. Seattle
B A Wilson. Missoula.
R W Gray. Missoula
Mrs Gray, Missoula
N Merrill, Clatakanle
F B Elliott, do
John Outerion, Detroit
John M HolUngsworth.
Detroit
J S Hargr&re. Albany
J F Olaen. Albany
R T Croswell. Albany
Robt Judy. Centervllle
'i nos iiocJCDurn.tugsnc
J H Richards, Woodbrn
11 J Redder, wells
W S Conner. lone. Or
A L McGutre. Kelso
W Hutton. Kelo
S A Down. Houghton.
Mich
James Fliher. Etna
P Mullhampt. Wardnet
C O Anderson, Rlparla
Geo B Ward. Dalles
Chas Carlson. Dalles
Mrs M Benson. Astoria
Miss S M Pearson, do
John Foler. Sauvle's
S H Blackburn,Rldga-
neld
Mrs Harris, Astoria
I4n Halddle. Astoria
D H Gary, Washougal
Mary nalch, Scappoos
Eva McKay. Scappoose,
c Glade. Astoria
F Egan. SllTerton
C Roscoe. Kalama,
C W Wilson. Saurte's
ii j jonnson. fortiana
H Woodson. Wlnlock
C F Farron. Wlnlock
J W Hlckman.Kalama
B Abbey, Kalama
H W Cade. Kalama
J Wentworh. Bay Cy,
Mich
G K Wentworth, Chgo
Chas Srdtibert, Hawk-
eve. la.
IWalter Oliver. Wlnlock
W I James. Wlnlock
C J LltUepage. Corbett
Al Cleveland. Gresham
Edw Llttlesage. do
J Maddox. Oregon City
Capt C Lutzen, San Fr
Wm Parmer. Xroutdal;
J 11 uusing. etna
Stuart Shepperd. Bridal
Veil. Or
W B Hutton. Bridal VI
E Willis. Scotts
L S Mason. Maygrs
R W Dillon. Kelso
Snronean plan: headquarters for com
mercial men. Chllbergs restaurant la
connection.
For Goldcndale. Wash., take stage at
Grants. II. Glass, prop.
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Street Fakers Reaping; n narvest.
Qulteanunrbcr of street fakers are doing
Portland there pleasant evenings, and tha
little crowds that gather around them on
prominent corners suggest that the ven
dors of novel trifles must be making tha
business pay. The man with the potato
parer, who draws a crowd by showing how
spuds can be peeled with little .waste, fre
quently sells one of hla wire-handled
blades for 10 cents. The fountain-pen ven
dor sells his Indestructible brass pens at
Ix for a nickel, and throws in a lot of
what ho calls "Filipino bugs." which nre t
b half a century
absolute success.
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the sighs and heartaches over a poor appear
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means of every lady, young or middle aged, to
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eo dear to a woman'a heart. And wnat Is still
more pleasing and com Indng Mme. M. RIbault.
who discovered this great secret and sends tree
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103 Ward Ave., Bellevue, Ky., obtained a fres
trial ot Mme. RIbault. and this is what she
says of It: "I am perfectly delighted with the
result. My complexion from the time I was
a little girl was always a source of vexation, and
simply gelatinous capsuls supplied with
shot at one end to enable them to hop
about'on the leaf of a hat. At another
corner a phonograph Is stationed in front
of a picture of a Southern darky being
burned at tho stake. The phonograph la
supposed to reproduce h'-a dying groans,
but the grewsome entertainment is poorly
patronized. The biggest crowd Is drawn
by a glib young man who pretends to givo
away vulgar pictures which his victims
are directed to "hold to the light." Some
of these have found their way to the Police
Station, but the cards are opaque, and
those who hold them to the light descry
nothing. The vendor who circulates these
also sells a lot of ballads which, by their
titles, suggest vulgarity.. His language li
of the double-entendre order, and Is huge
ly enjoyed by the numerous small boys
In tho crowd. The police have had this
faker under surveillance for the past two
weeks, but as yet can get no hitch on him.
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PUERTO RICAN BILL,
Representative Tongue States ITls
Position on the Measure.
In a personal letter to the editor of the
Newberg Graphic. Representative Tongue
explains his attitude toward Puerto Rico,
and some features of tho tariff bill, as
follows:
"It Is Impossible to comprehend what
an Immense amount of misrepresenta
tion there Is about Puerto Rico. Every
body agrees that we ought to have free
trade with Puerto Rico. Everybody
agrees that we shall have It In a
short time, but we are confronted with
a condition. The Island has no local
government. It can enact no legislation
for collecting taxes. If it could do so, the
coffee plantations and the coffee indus
tries for last year and this have been so
injured that the collection of taxes would
be very burdensome. It Is alleged that It
would be disastrous to attempt to en
force the Internal revenue laws. The
working people there earn about 30 cents
per day, and In many Instances are work
ing but two days In the week. All of
them use a cheap form of cigar, and In
the place of tea and coffee use rum that
they purchase for 40 cents a gallon. Add
ing to theso articles the pride ot our in
ternal revenue taxes, which are very high,
would prohibit this class of people from
buying those articles, and General Uavis
says would probably produce a riot. Now,
under these conditions, what Is the best
wayT To raise revepue temporarily until
the present distress Is over and until
Puerto Rico has a Legislature of Its own.
That is the only question that is Involved
In the bill. The bill was Introduced for
the purpose of helping Puerto Rico. As
Originally introduced, it Is true. It did not
look that way on Its face. It looked n
little like It meant protection In i very
small. Insignificant way. I did not hesi
tate to express myself as absolutely op
posed to entering upon an era of protec
tion against the products of Puerto Rico.
I felt very strongly on that subject, and do
yet. In deference to the opinion ot such
men as myself, the title of the act was
changed, and now Is entitled: 'An act
temporarily to provide revenue for tho re
lief of the Island of Puerto Rico and for
other purposes.' At our request, also, a
section was added, whlen Is as follows:
" 'Section 5. This act shall be taken and
to be provisional in its purpose and in
tended to meet the pressing and present
need for revenue for the Island of Puerto
Rico, and shall not continue in force after
the 1st day of March, 190i'
"In all the adverse comments upon this
hill, I have not seen this section referred
to, nor the title of the act. There Is no
question of principle involved In this bill,
except the one raised by its opponents
as to whether It is in conflict with the
Constitution. Nobody sug-gests a better
way to raise the taxes under present con
ditions. There may be better ways; some
body ought to suggest them. The Con
Btltutlonal question, ot course, is the
proper one for the Supreme Court, and I
think any one will concede at least that
there Is enough ground for on honest
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old. It carries behind It a record of
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Nervousness, Liver and Kidney Trouble.
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difference of opinion that it will do no
harm to go to the Supreme Court as
quickly as possible. The claim that It Is
for a protective measure is too ridiculous
for consideration. A 15 per cent tariff could
protect nobody. Remember that this "3
not a 15 per cent tariff, but 15 per cent
of the Dingley tariff. For instance, meat
going from" the United States Into Puerto
Rico would pay three-tenths of a cent
per pound. Coarse raw sugar comirg
from. Puerto Rico Into the United States
would pay about one-seventh of a cent
per pound. The principal duties would bs
paid upon sugar and tobacco coming front
Puerto Rico here. Nearly all of this u
in the hands of wealthy men who will ba
immensely benefited by- the taking off oi
the 5 per cent of the Dingley tariff-.
These Interests prospered under full Ding
ley tariff and shipped their surplus pro
ducts Into the United States. It Is sin
gular that these people who are so noisy
about Puerto Rico and so much Interested
in doing something for Puerto Rico should
be perfectly motionless while for two
years we havo collected 100 per cent if
the Dingley tariff from the people of
Hawaii and have put It Into the Federal
Treasury, not devoted to their govern
ment, as we are devoting this to Puerto
Rico."
THE FEAR OF HUMBUG
Prevents Many People From Trylnsr
a Good Medicine.
Stomach troubles are so common and !n
most cases so obstinate to cure that peoplo
are apt to look with suspicion on any
remedy claiming to be a radical, perma
nent cure for dyspepsia and Indigestion.
Many such pride themselves on their
acutcness In never being humbugged, es
pecially In medicines.
This fear of being htrmbugged can bo
carried too far, so far, in fact, that many
people suffer for years with weak digestion
rather than risk a little time and money
in faithfully testing the claims made of a
preparation so reliable and universally
used as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Now Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets aro
vastly different In one Important respect
from ordinary proprietary medicines for
the reason that they are not a secret pat
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gredients, but analysis shows them to con
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aseptic pepsin, the digestive acids. Gold
en Seal, bismuth, hydrastls and nux. They
are not cathartic, neither do they act pow
erfully on any organ, but they cure In
digestion on the common-ense plan of di
gesting the food eaten thoroughly beforo
It has time to ferment, sour and cat"o
the mischief. This is the only secret of
their success. r
Cathartic pills nevterhave and never can
cure Indigestion and stomach troubles be
cause they art entirely on the bowels.
whereas the whole trouble Is really in tho
stomach.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken after
meals digest the food. That Is all there U
to It. Food not digested or half-digested U
poison as it creates gas. acidity, head
aches, palpitation of the heart. loss of
flesh and appetite, and many other trou
Dles which are often called by some other
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