THE STODAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. MAY 6, 1900.
PRAISE FOR OTIS
McKinley Records His High
Appreciation.
THE GENERAL SAILS FOR HOME
Warships at Manila Saluted as He
Took HIa Departure The Cam
paign in. the Islands.
"WASHINGTON. May 5. Tne order Is
sued by the "War Department yesterdiy
relicving General Otle of the command of
the division of the Philippines and as
signing General MacArthur thereto con
cludes as follows:
"On completion of the transfer of the
command, Major-General Otis, Accom
panied by his authorized aids, will repair
to San Francisco, Cal., reporting upon
arrival to the Adjutant-General United
States Army for the further orders of the
Secretary of War. Major-General Otis id
relieved from command only in compli
ance with his own expressed wish. The
President directs that this order record
hie high appreciation of that officer's dis
tinguished and successful service in the
Philippine Islands in both civil and mili
tary administration. They entitle him to
gratitude and honor from his country
"EL.IHU ROOT, ,
"Secretary of War."
General MacArthur, in addition to his
duties as commander, will exercise the
authority of Military Governor of 'the
Philippine Islands.
SAILED FOR HOME.
General Otis Tamed Over His Com
mand to General MncArthnr.
MANILA, May 5. The United States
transport Meade sailed for the United
States at 5 o'clock this afternoon, with
Major-General Otis and two Aids-de-Camp
on board. The warships in port fired a
Major-General's salute as the steamer
raised her anchor. The Governor's launch
left the palace at 4 o'clock, carrying Gen
eral Otis and General MacArthurs staffo
to the Meade. The Twentieth and Four
teenth Infantry were drawn up ashore in
front of the city wall at "present arms,"
and the bands played "Auld Lang Sync,"
while the shore battery saluted.
During the morning the Supreme Court
Judges and many officers called at the
palace to bid farewell to General Otis,
who kept at work with his accustomed
energy until the moment of leaving. Since
the beginning of the insurrection. General
Otis has kept at his desk from early
morning until midnight. He has 'never
been seen on the Luneta like the other
officers, and only two or three times has
he been seen in society, and these occa
sions were semi-official receptions. The
General leaves the Army admirably or
ganized, provisioned and clothed.
Colonel Hardin's expedition recently
landed two companies of the Twenty
ninth Infantry on the Island of Marin
duque. The troops have already taken
four towns without opposition, the few
armed insurgents encountered taking to
the mountains. Leaving one company to
garrison the Island, the expedition pro
ceeded to Masbatc.
The cable to the Southern Islands is
broken, and the details of the recent fight
ing are not obtainable at present.
IN SOUTHERN LUZON.
Report on Lientenant Gibbons' Ex-
pedltion.
' "WASHINGTON. May 5. The Navy Te
partment has made public a report from
Lieutenant J. H. Gibbons, attached to the
Brooklyn dated Cavit. March 4. upon an j
expedition conducted by him. in the south i
ol Liuzon, in me tuner pun ui rcuiuaij
last, which resulted In the release of 522
prisoners, mostly Spaniards, who had been
held by the Filipinos for many months.
According to the report. Lieutenant Gib
Ijons was placed In command of the
United States transport General Alava.
with a detail of officers and men from the
Brooklyn on the 25th of February, and pro
ceeded to the vicinity of San Narc'so, Gulf
of Ragay. at the southern extremity ot
Luzon, In search of these prisoners. Oft
Gulnayaban. some of the prisoners who
had escaped came aboard, reporting that
36 Spanish prisoners who were disabled
had been left by the insurgents at that
town and the remainder of the prisoners,
including some Americans, were being car
ried to Plrls.
The Alava at once made for Plrls and
landed a party of 20 marines under com
mand of Lieutenant Brown, U. S. M. C,
at the head of the bay. The insurgent
guard fled and the prisoners were re
leased and brought aboard the ship. There
were among them 10 Americans. 72 Spanish
officers, one accompanied by his wife; 17
priests. 21 merchants, four Filipinos, four
Spanish soldiers. Including the wife of one.
There was a good deal of hardship con
nected with the expedition and L'eutenant
Glbbonp' report states that he cannot
speak too enthusiastically of the energy
and zeal shown by the men.
AQTED WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY.
Otis Had Power to Dismiss Officers
From the Service.
"WASHINGTON. May 5.-Judge Advocate-General
Lieber has given an opinion
to the Secretary of War to the effect that
General Otis, commanding the division of
the Philippines, acted fully within his
legal authority In ordering the dismissal
of Major George W. Kirman, Forty-ninth
"Volunteer Infantry, and three other of
ficers In execution of pentences ot
courts-martial and conviction of violation
of various articles of war. This opinion
carr.es with It. by implication, the Idea
that a state of war exists In the Phil
ippine Islands, as otherwise under the
Army regulations the General command
ing in the field would not have final ju
risdiction in a court-martial case liuolv
lng the dismissal of an officer of the
Army.
Philippine Army Chnnjje.
WASHINGTON. May 5. Brigadier-General
William A. Kobbe. United States Vol
unteers, was today relieved as Military
Governor of the Province of Albay. Lu
zon, and the Islands of Catanduanes. Sa
mar and Leyte. and appointed Military
Governor of the District of Mindanao and
Jolo Archipelago, to the garrisons and
troops of which district he was assigned
as Commanding General.
Brigadier-General James Bell, United
States Volunteers, has been appointed
Military Governor of the Province of
Camarlnes. Aloay and Sarsogan, Luzon,
and of the small adjacent Islands In the
immediate vlclrlty, and Islands which are
north of the San Bernardino Straits. The
district will be known as the District of
Southeast Luzon.
WORLD GROWING BETTER?
Eminent Divine Answer
Question In the Affirmative.
the
Dr. Newell Dwight Hlllls. In the Woman's
Home Companion.
If kings' palaces In the ancient cities
were centers of vice from which the con
tagion of sin moved out in ever-widening
circles until the state died In sympathy
with the poisoned heart, now, having
! im-td the Intellect and sweetened the
rympaihy of the individual, Christ asks
each youth and maiden to hasten the work
of cleansing each tenement and slum until
ever- city is a center of sweetness and
light. For today art, industry, invention,
literature, learning and government, all
these are captives marching In Christ's
triumphal procession up the hill of time
The mere statement that eight of the
11 social sins that Gibbon mentions as
destroying Rome have been exterminated,
poverty, intemperance and the social evil
alone remaining, gives hope of a coming
era wten happiness and virtue will be ail
but urlversaL Chiefly is our gratitude
encouraged by the new and Increasing
faith in Christianity, as the religion of
rymrathy, service and self-sacrifice. As
never before the people feel that the secret
of progress is the secret of Jesus Christ.
Indeed. Christianity has been called "a
beiutlful civilization." Setting forth from
Bethlehem, it has Journeyed across the
cnt!nents. its breath summer, its presence
varmth. Its footprints harvests. Today
Christianity does not stand upon the cor
ners of the streets blowing a trumpet
before It It is stealing softly into the
human heart, rebuking coarseness and
vice and stealing away sorrow and sin.
"With a heart full of kindness and sym
pathy Christ has entered the earthly scene,
and his tears, falling upon man's vices,
are slowly dissolving them.
GOEBEL MURDER TRIAL.
Golden Gave Some Additions to His
Former Testimony.
FRANKFORT, KyTTMay 5. In the Goe
bel trial today, J. B. Matthews testified
that the telegrams s!gned by George
Denny, of Lexington, and filed Immediate
ly after the assassination, were sent to
different parts of the state, saying that
riots had commenced, and telling the re
cipients to send men to Frankfort at once.
Duan Sinclair, of the Postal Telegrapn
Company, testified that the morning of
the assassination he sent telegrams to
commanders of two Kentucky regiments
which only said, "All right," and were
signed by Adjutant-General Collier.
Golden gave some additions to his former
testimony. Among these was a statement
that Culton said the man who klled Goebel
was so drunk he could hardly stand up.
Another statement was that Caleb Pow
ers told him the day of the assassination
that the best way to kill Goebel was to
start an argument In the Capitol Hotel
and kill him there.
At the afternoon session. Golden toid
ahcut Youtsey getting the key to the Sec
retary of State's office from John Powers.
John Powers told him two negroes had
been brought here to kill Goebel. In cross
examination. Golden said that Flnley said
that if the contest was not Stopped "Goe
bel and his gang would be killed." Golden
replied: "I am with you in that that."
The wltne&s heard people around the
Statehouse say that Goebel would be killed
If the contest was not stopped. "When
asked If he was not testifying because
he had been prom sed immunity. Golden
stated that T. C. Campbell said he would
do all he could for him.
George R. Hemphill, clerk In Secretary
Power's office, and also there when
Charles Flnley was Secretary of State,
followed Golden. He saw Touts2y In the
office Saturday before the assassination
with a rifle. Youtsey came into the room
a minute or two after the shots. Gover
nor Taylor came into the room and asked
what the trouble was, and when told said:
"My God, this Is terrible!" "Witness heard
Sheriff Burton (now deceased) threaten to
kill Goebel several times.
Republican State Treasurer Walter R.
Day testified that a few days before the
assassination, Youtsey left word for wit
ness to come to his office and 6ee him.
"When he got there Youtsey told him he
could settle the contest for $300. Day
asked You'sey how he would settle It, but
he decllnea to say. and Day left the room.
In cross-examination. Day said he knew
nothing of any conspiracy to kill Goebel.
The commonwealth rested its case at the
conclusion of Day's testimony. After some
unimportant testimony in rebuttal, the de
fense closed and the court recessed until
7 o'clock to hear arguments. At the
conclusion of the motion of "W. H. Culton
for ball, tonight. Judge Cantrill denied
the application, and the defendant was re
manded. .
PHILADELPHIA STRIKE.
Worlc on Convention Hall May Be
Stopped.
PHILADELPHIA, May 5. All efforts to
compromise the dispute "between the Al
lied Building Trades Council and the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
have so far failed. Unless an amicable
agreement Is reached it Is expected that
the work on the National Republican con
vention hall will come to a standstill. By
Monday work on the hall will have ad
vanced to a stage where painters and
plumbers will be necessary. All Journey
men in these trades will refuse to go to
work unless the Brotherhood carpenters
are withdrawn from the Job. There are
about 10.000 idle men in the trades today,
practically the same as yesterday.
Strikers Canse a Rtot.
NEW YORK. May 5. The strikers at the
Standard Oil Works, at Constable Hook.
N. J.. made a determined effort today to
prevent men from going to work In their
places. A number of shots were fired by
the rioters, but no one was hit. The police
and deputy sheriffs charged the rioters and
used their clubs with -vigor. Two ring
leaders were arrested.
The Buffalo StrlUe.
BUFFALO, May 5. At a meeting of the
executive board of the Freight Handlers'
Union this morning. President Madgwlck
was authorized to go to New York with
full power to negotiate with the railroads.
Zinc Workers Strike.
LA SALLE. Ind., May 5. Six hundred
men employed In the zinc factory here
struck today for an advance in wages.
Posers, Every One.
PORTLAND, Oregon. April 24. i wisn
you would be kind enough to bubullsh in
next Sundays paper providing you know
about It there Is a standing reward of 500$
for any man who can eat 1 or 3 quails pur
day for 30 days a going I do not rember
for certain whether I read It In the po
lice gayyett or whether I heard It or not
and If It is so please state what Is so
great about It I can easly eat 3 a day for
30 days on a bet that would not be a do
ing very much.
please let me also know what Frank E
McDaniels Is goln to do about getlng a
new trial, why dont they try him or
aault him or send him over the road,
please tell me also what muscles a man
developes who punches the bag every day.
and I would also be very thankfull If you
could draw a Illustrations of Fltzslmons
or Joe Choynskl's of bag punching
and oblidge me a daily reader of your
valuable paper
yours truly a citizen
Boers Vacating Christiana.
WARRENTON. May 5. The Boers to
day vainly attempted to reach the British
new gun with their artillery, but some
of the shells from the big gun effectually
silenced them.
Natives report that the Boers are va
cating Christiana, many of them admit
ting that the situation is hopeless, and
apparently are trekking from Klldam and
Wlr.dsorton northward.
Baseball at Salt Lake.
SALT LAKE. Utah. .May B. The Rio
Grande nine, of Salt Luke, defeated Ogden
on Walker Field today. There was a
large attendance. The score:
RHE) RHE
Rio Grande.. 5 6 Spgden 2U 6
Batteries Pendergroft and Seare; Hans
ford and HenTy.
Umpire Griffin.
Kesratta Won by Annapolis.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., May 5. The Navy
won from Yale in 10:10.
Southampton, May 5. Arrived Bremen,
from .'ew York, for Bremen.
TROUT FISHING SCIENCE
EXPERIENCE AXD HINTS TO HELP
THE ANGLER.
If the Troat Sees Yon He "Will Not
Pnsh the Actinalntancc Certain
Kinds of "Weather Arc Best.
Volumes have been written with the
trout as the subject. The natural his
tory of the fish, the ways of luring him,
and, lastly, his preparation for the table,
have been descanted upon until It seems
as though nothing Is left to be said. And
still, as the Spring days come around
again the Inspiration- Is renewed and more
trout literature Is put upon the world. To
those who have been initiated into the
art and mystery of trout fishing and are
endowed with the proper temperament,
there is no other kind of angling which is
so engrossing or fascinating. The black
bass runs much larger and perhaps puts up
a harder fight, ounce for ounce, but its
capture does not 6eem to secure such an
ardent and enthusiastic following as that
of trout. The period of trout fishing Is hi
Itself an allurement, coming, as it does,
after the long Winter dreariness, grass
turning1 green, the shrubs and trees bud
ding and the returning song birds calling
and twittering on every side. It Is then
that the fever waxes in the blood. Tho
TTflrttt nrwl tVlA. nw A.te- rv,, rvt KXfTM
j quarters and overlooked; the devotees of
the trout cult foregather and exchange
tales of past successes. What matter If
the size and number of the "takes" are
a bit exaggerated now and then? Is any
body hurt? Does not each tolerantly
make due allowance for his brother's
poetic license? And is it not all poetry?
But there are certain hard facts con
nected with trout fishing, as with nil
things else. Most of the trout literature
deals In balmy Spring days, gentle south
erly winds with light cloudy skies days on
which the fish are only too eager to be
caught and the mastodon of the stream Is
a victim of the angler's skill, and the
aforesaid angler Is able easily to cast his
fly most skillfully Into all the likely places
and always goes home with a well-filled
basket. Tho actualities of a day's trout
fishing are sometimes a trifle different.
There are occasions when the day varies
slightly from the Ideal one of the trout
poets. Sometimes the gray morning turns
into a day on which the eun shines bright
ly and the wind blow" persistently from
the wrong quarter. The fish refuse to
rise to tho fly or take tho hum&lc worm.
You tramp along the stream, stumble
through the bog and underbrush and may
hap tear a hole in your waders and drag
about a wet foot which later on weighs
a ton or thereabout. Possibly your leader
catches on a tliorn bush. In some mys
terious way. entirely out of the direction
of your cast, and must be yanked ana
broken to free It: or tho tip snaps, in
volving: a long walk back somewhere to
get the spare one. The most likely pools
yield no sign of trout, but you persist
with a sort of dopperatton. recalling tales
which you (have heard and read of good
catches made after similar experiences, al
though you cannot quite recall the like as
ever having happened to you. Your better
Judgment tells you to quit and go home,
but no. you go on doggedly and perhaps
eventually you secure an unsophisticated
fingerHng which you heartlessly keep "for
luck." This gives you saorae encourage
ment; you think tho spell may now be
broken, and with renewed enthusiasm you
plod on further from your base of sup
plies. You become tired and careless at
last and make little effort to screen your
self from the view of the wary Ash; you
do not keep your hook well baited, and
generally fish in such a way that no trout
not afflicted with paresis would consider
you for a moment as a serious proposi
tion. At length you reluctantly reel up
your line, unjohrt your rod and, depart
Tho next day "What luck?" Is the in
quiry from various confreres of tho gen
tle art. Even the most notoriously un
skillful and unlucky of there listens to
your tale of the day with a look which
Implies disparagement of your skill. You
wish you hadn't gone Ashing. You are not
superstlticus, but for the time you are
half ready to believe In "hoodoos." Your
piscatorial enthusiasm suffers a temporary
eclipse.
Bui all thls'doesn't lasta little later ami
you are on the banks of the stream again
under entirely different conditions from
tho dny of your discouragement. The wind
is rights the sun is veiled behind a warm
gray cloud, there is that nameless some
thing in the atmosphere almost a taste
of perfume, which to the true angler aya
"flsh"-that is unmistakable and never
decdves him. There are at most but
two or thTeo such days In each Snrlnc.
'but the fisherman knows them when they
come, and unhappy Is ho who is then
tied to his desk or shop.
On such a day as this tho stream Is ap
proached. It is not "stocked" water, re
plenished each year with thousands of fry
to replace the flsh taken by some club ot
owners where the trout are tame enough
to come at a whistle, but It Is a natural
trout stream, with trout In It, which
cannot be said of all so-called trout brooks,
for many of the best natural waters have
been depleted In various ways by poach
ers with nets, by "liming," otters, minka
and tho destruction of spawn by eels and
other fish. Many streams where once
excellent fishing could be found have been
ruined by the erection on their banks of
portable sawmills, whereby the water be
comes filled with sawdu. No trout can
exist In them, and when onco depleted the
Increase later on Is very slow.
But. to return to our fishing. It Is too
early In the season to hope for much suc
cess with the fly, and besides bait fishing
with a fly rod and fine tackle is "sporty"
enough for most of us. Also very few
streams can be fished effectively with the
artificial fly. Underbrush, trees, leaving
no room for a proper cast, an adverse
wind at the most likely spots when the
fly cannot be placed where It Is wanted,
all tell against Its use In most waters in
the United Sstates. In England, where
the streams flow through cleared meadows,
readily approachable, and where there Is
little or no undergrowth or natural for
ests, tho fly can be used to great advan
tage. Also there are preserves In Ameri
ca where the conditions are similar, but
In most of our streams, where the Ashing
is free or partly so. tho natural conditions
are greatly against an effective use of the
artificial fly. This may be piscatorial
heresy, but it Is a fact nevertheless. To
some of tho Maine or Adirondack lakes
these remarks, of course, do not apply,
but they do to the ordinary brook or small
stream fishing, accessible In two or three
hours from most of our large cities.
The humble angleworm Is a killing bait.
In all waters. A fly rod can be used
Just the same, and casting resorted to
when there Is sufficient room. In most
cases no sinker Is necessary, but there is
one cardinal, positive rule you must, as
far as possible, at however much personal
discomfort, and Inconvenience, keep out
of sight of the flsh. for if they see you
they will not take your lure.
If the stream flows through a meadow,
with no Intervening bushes or shelter, you
must creep on your hands and knees until
you are near enough to cast, and you must
be very gentle about the cast and make
as few contortions as possible. Don't
march up to the water as If you expected
the trout to be paralyzed with admiration
at your outfit and general style. Begin
to be cautious when within 50 feet of the
brink, especially if there Is little shelter.
You may not look so much like a sporting
picture, "snooping" through a bog, as
you would posing gracefully by the edge
of tho water and gallantly brandishing
your rod In an exhibition cast, but j-ou will
catch more trout. Face the sun If there
is any, for the fish will flee from your
shadow or that of the rod. Cast with
the wind if you can; your bait will fall
more naturally, and you can cast much
further. Cross the stream to take ad
vantage of the wind. If necessary. Spare
yourself no pains If you want trout. To
ne lazy or careless means a light basket.
In rapid running water, you may be able
to wade and let your line run out to some
distance ahead, also in such water the
fish are not as likely to see you; but bear
in mind all the time that you are In pur
suit of the most wary of flsh. and must
stalk them as the hunter stalks the deer.
Where the stream flows through woods,
undergrowth and alder swamps, your dif
ficulties are Infinitely increased, for you
cannot in many cases wade or cast. There
is constant risk of your line being caught
by the innumerable twigs whlcn reach
their pestering claws for It on every hand.
But In such places lurk the largest fish,
and he who has the skill and patience to
get his hook Into the water catches them.
(On this particular day. mind you.) You
will more than likely lose your leader, or
part of It. more than once, and you may
bo tempted to utter cuss words but re
member the proverb. "Swearers catch no
flsh," at any rate try to keep your temper;
you will do better fishing. Don't stay
too long at any particular spot, for trout
become very shy after a few casts. Give
the placo a rest for an hour or so, and
come back and see what happens. Flsh
up or down stream, as best suits the
method of approach, and the direction of
the wind.
Sit down and rest now and then. Fill
up your pipe if you smoke and most
anglers do. Look about at the landscape
and give thanks that you are on earth
today, and are an angler, or, at least, try
to be one. Make resolutions to become
a better man and to be more moderate
than you have sometimes been In your
stories of your prowess In the piscatorial
art. Then you can have another try at
the stream.
Remember that the finer and more deli
cate your tackle, the better your chances
with so shy a flsh as the trout. A six
foot leader of fine gut will be long enough
four feet will generally answer. Use a
good six-ounce rod. On the whole noth
ing is better than split bamboo. Carry
plenty of hooks and two or three spare
leaders; sometimes a 6lnker Is useful.
Keep half a dozen adjustable ones In your
pocket. They can readily be put on or
removed.
Phenomenal success in tales Is credit
to the small boy with a stick and a string,
but In cases where some truth may lurk
In the legend, you will generally And that
the small boy had special knowledge of
some choice pool and fished It very warily.
You hear nothing of his bad-luck days;
but you may be sure he had them. Fine
tackle does not of Itself take fish; but It
helps every time.
If you use angleworms see that your
hook Is well and freshly baited. Use n
wholo worm each time, and let the ends
dangle above and below the hook. As
soon as it ceases to wiggle, rebalt, for
the trout will not touch a stale worm.
The belly fin of tho trout, next the tall. Is
often very killing, especially In waters
that will admit of casting, where It can
be used like the artificial fly, and has the
advantage of lasting a long time without
renewal.
Each stretch of the stream has Its own
peculiarities, which must be observed, as
separate problems. Consider the best
methods of approach, and where the flsh
probably are, but you will frequently take
fish where you least expect to, and fall In
the most likely looking spots. Care, pa
tience, and perhaps a certain natural In
stinct, distinguish the angler who habitu
ally Alls his creel from him whose "luck"
Is generally bad or mediocre.
Don't be a hog If the fates happen to be
good to you. and the trout bite freely.
You don't want more than IS or 20 If you
are lucky enough to get as many. You
cannot eat them all yourself, and It Is the
fishmonger's business, not yours, to sup
ply your friends. Don't keep flngerllngs
and don't try to make the record catch of
the season. Later on you will very likely
make some wild statements about the
days sport, but at the brookslde be merci
ful. This caution Is, however, very
probably needless, for trout-fishing Is apt
to be extremely uncertain.
Lastly, don't go fishing on Sunday.
SCHOOLS FOR ALASKA
Appropriation Asked for Bnlldlngrs
and Maintenance.
WASHINGTON, May 2. Although
rather tardy. Government officials have at
last awakened to the fact that very In
adequate provision Is being made for the
schools of Alaska, and an effort is being
made to secure an appropriation that Is
somewhat commensurate with the de
mands of that territory. Early In the
present session of Congress, an estimate
was submitted, amounting to $C5,CO0. for
the Alaska schools. A further Inspection,
however, has disclosed the fact that this
sum will be entirely Inadequate, and a
new estimate has been made, calling for
an appropriation of $100,000 for the next
fiscal year. This estimate Is approved
by the Commissioner of Education, In
dorsed by .the Secretary of the Interior,
and bears the approval of the Secretary
of the Treasury. Governor Brady, of
Alaska, submitted to tho Secretary of the
Interior his views on this matter, and in
the course of his letter said:
"The estimate of $63,000 was based on
conditions existing last year; but since
that time conditions have changed so that
It seems expedient that the amount should
'be increased to $100,000, the additional
money to be expended In new buildings and
the enlargement of old ones already erect
ed. Since the license law went into ef
fect over $100,250 has actually been turned
over to the Government from Alaska for
liquor licenses, and for that reason I have
less hesitancy In asking for the increased
appropriation.
"It was the original Intention of the
House that this license money should be
expended for school purposes, but In the
hurry at the end of the last session, when
tho license bill was passed, this feature
was omitted, so today Alaska gets no bene
fit from this additional revenue collected
from the district.
"Two substantial buildings are necessary
at Skagway, a town of 5000 people, and
having a school population of over 4C0.
and where the Government has no school
house of any kind. The Government now
has four teachers at Sxagway. At Jun
eau there Is one schoolhouse of one room
for the whites, and one one-room house
for the natives. The house for the whites
should be. enlarged. Fort Wrangel. Doug
las Island and Ketchikan also need at
tention. "If buildings are to be built or additions
and repairs made at these various points,
when there Is a crying need for Improve
ments. In my opinion any less sum than
$100,000 will be too small for this purpose,
and still keep up the schools In the dis
trict as they should be. Graded schools
are needed at Skagway, Douglas Island.
Juneau, and this will entail additional ex
pense." A letter from the Commissioner of La
bor. Mr. Harris, is also appended to the
estimate. Commissioner Harris shows
very conclusively that the schools are be
ing rapidly overcrowded and that the
school facilities at all points are totally
Inadequate. He recommends enlarged fa
cilities at Skagway, Juneau. Douglas Isl
and. Haines. Wrangel, Yakutat, Wood
Island and Unalaska. and says that for
tho past year, earnest pleas have reached
his department for the establishment of
a large number of mining centers, among
them Ketchikan. Point Hope. Nome.
Kotzebue Sound. Rampart. Peavy. Eagle,
Fort Yukon, Valdes. Teller, St. Michael,
York. Cook Inlet, Kenai and Circle. He
recommends that $103,220 In addition to tho
$65,000 be appropriated, making a total of
$174,230 for all educational purposes in
Alaska, $S3.000 of which amount he pro
poses to be expended for new school
houses. "The pending Alaska legislation." he
says, "provides that a certain percentage
of the license fees collected in Alaska
shall be devoted to the support of schools
In that territory.- but It Is Imperative that
at the present Juncure the provision for
education in Alaska be retained In the
sundry civil bill. Inasmuch as the Income
for school purposes In the pending legis
lation will not be avallame until a consid
erable portion of the next fiscal year has
elapsed."
Commissioner Harris makes the follow
ing apportionment of the proposed appro- i
FREE TO SUFFERERS.
The New Care tor Kidney, Bladder
and Uric Acid Troubles.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know of the wonderful
cures made by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney remedy.
It Is the great medical triumph of the
19th century; discovered after years of
scientific research by Dr. Kilmer, the emi
nent kidney and bladder specialist, and is
wonderfully successful In promptly cur
ing kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid
troubles.
Swamp-Root has "been tested In so many
ways. In hospital work. In private prac
tice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief, and has proved so successful
m every case that a special arrangement
has been made by which all readers ot
The Portland Sunday Orcgonian who have
not already tried It. may have a sample
bottle ssnt free by mall; also a book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out If you have kidney or bladder
trouble. When writing mention reading
this generous offer in The Portland Sunday
Oregonlan and send your address to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton, N. Y. The
regular fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes are
sold by all first-class druggists.
prlatlon of $10S,230, which he so earnestly
recommends:
Amt.
Town Pupils, needed.
Nome 100 $12,500
Eagle 100 6.900
Valdes 100 5,130
Copper Center 50 3,500
Skagway 400 H.7W
Haines GO 3.C00
Wood Island 100 4,920
Kenai 100 3.970
Fort Yukon 50 4,401
Unalaska 100 1.1C0
Point Hope 90 4.400
Kadlak ICO 2,100
Kake 0 1.5C0
Juneau 250 c.450
Ketchikan , 73 2.920
KUllsnoo 100 2 7C0
Rampart 100 12.000
Sitka 250 1.500
Douglas Island 400 6.4C0
Teller 100 1.400
York ...... 50 6,900
Fort Wrangel 100 2 970
"OUT OF ORDER."
Maine Yokels Press the Hotel Hot
Water Button.
This Is a tale of pressing the button.
Blaine Vlles, of Skowhegan, tells it to
me. I don't know where he got the facts.
Couldn't have been In Skowhegan, of
course. But. wherever It was, a couple
from the country came to the hotel of
which the tale Is told. Of course, this
may have happened in "Bob" Haines' ho
tel In Skowhegan. But I doubt It, for
"Bob" has told me many times that It Is
a liberal education for man, woman or
child to stop In his hotel five minutes.
Rural parties In question asked to be
shown to a room. Boy escorted them up.
Left them standing in tho center of the
room, looking around. Over the electric
push-button, of course, was tho usual card
directing a guest to ring once for Ice
water, twice for hot water, etc It Is evi
dent that the first business of the new
arrivals was to study the card.
In about five minutes the bell on tho
annunciator In the office commenced to
ring prln-n-ng, prln-n-ng; prln-n-ng,
prlnn-ng! giving the hot-water call over
and over. The number shown was the
number of the room occupied by the rural
parties.
Tho boy rushed Into the washroom and
drew a pitcher of hot water. Still the bell
kept sounding steadily, two rings In quick
succession.
"Git a move on!" shouted the clerk to
the boy. "Thorn parties In slumteen must
be considerably fussed1 up on the hot
water question. They must have cold
feet."
The boy was already half-way upstairs,
running like a deer. The bell still kept
ringing. Tho clerk, crazed by the noise of
the bell, stood up in a chair, saying things
In rapid succession, and held his hand on
the gong, dulling its sound.
Tho boy tore Into the room with his
pitcher of hot water slopping. The new
arrivals, man and wife, were standing
before the electric button. Their eyes
were on the card. Tho man held a bowl
carefully under the button, with his head
turned away, so that the hot water
wouldn't squirt in his eyes, and the
woman was pressing the button with reg
ular stroke. They were doing their best
to get hot water strictly according to reg
ulations. "Here, stop that!" yelled the boy to the
woman. "Here's your hot water."
The man with the bowl lowered that ar
ticle and looked at the boy.
"What!" says he the man from the ru
ral districts "D'ye have to bring It in a
pitcher In the. old-fashioned way? Wal, I
snum! What's the trouble with yer water
works here? I've been pressln this but
ton accordln' to the rewles here on the
card and there hain't a darned drop of
hot water come out ylt. When things
ain't workln' ye ought to hang up a sign
sayln 'Out of Order.' That's the way
they do on tho welghin' machine up to
Sile Cobb's grocery store."
And when the bellboy came out of his
swoon ho told the clerk, and the clerk
went gravely upstairs with a tiny visiting
AN OBJECT LESSON.
In a Restaurant.
A physician puts the query: Have you
never noticed in any large restaurant at
lunch or dinner time the large number of
hearty, vigorous old men at the tables;
men whosa ages run from 60 to 0 years;
many of them bald and all perhaps gray.
but none of them feeble or senile?
Perhaps the spectacle Is so common as
to have escaped your observation or com
ment, but nevertheless It Is an objest les
son which means something.
If you will notice what these hearty old
fellows are eating you will observe that
they are not munching bran crackers nor
gingerly picking their way through a menu
card of new-fangled health foods; on the
contrary they seem to prefer a Juicy roast
of beef, a properly turned loin of mutton,
and even the deadly broiled lobster Is not
altogether Ignored.
The point of all thl3 is that a vigorous
old age depends upon good digestion and
plenty of wholesome food and not upon
dieting and an endeavor to live upon bran
crackers.
There Is a certain class of food cranks
who seem to believe that meat, coffee and
many other good things are rank poisons,
but these cadaverous, sickly-looking indi
viduals are a walking condemnation of
their own theories.
The matter In a nutshell Is that if the
stomach secretes the natural digestive
Juices In sufficient quantity any wholesome
food will be promptly digested: If th
stomach does not do so, and certain foods
cause distress, one or two of Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets after each meal will re
move all difficulty because they supply
Just what every weak stomach lacks, pep
sin, hydro-chloric acid, diastase and nux.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not act
upon the bowels,, and in fact are not strict
ly a medicine, as they act almost entirely
upon the food eaten, digesting it thor
oughly and thus giving a much needed
rest and giving an appetite for the next
meaL
Of people who travel nine out of ten
use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, knowing
them to be perfectly safe to use at any
time, and also having found out by ex
perience that they are a safeguard against
Indigestion in any form, and eating as
they have to at all hours and all kinds
of food, the traveling public for years
have pinned their faith to Stuart's Tab
lets. All druggists sell them at 50 cents for
full sized packages, and any druggist from
Maine to California, If his opinion were
asked, will say that Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets is the most popular and success
ful remedy for any stomach trouble-
ALL ABOUT IT
JUST WHAT THEY ARE NOW DOING FOR
SICK FOLKS AT COPELAND INSTITUTE.
An Entire Month's Treatment for $5.00, AH
Medicines Included.
The diseases accepted for treatment at J
tne copeland Institute, and the remark
ably prompt and thorough mastery ot
which has made the reputation of the
Copelaad medical system, arc
DEAFNESS;
NASAL CATARRH;
CATARRH IN ANY CHRONIC FORM;
ASTHMA;
BRONCHIAL AND LUNG DISEASE;
CHRONIC STOMACH TROUBLE;
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE;
CHRONIC RHEUMATISM;
AFFECTIONS OF THE SKIN;
DISEASES OF BLOOD;
DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM;
In short, all aliments and Infirmities of a
seated and serious nature requiring time
treatment requiring a certain definite
period of close professional attention for
their radical and lasting cure.
ASTHMA, WITH
CHRONIC CATARRH, CURED.
MIis Emma Hcndrlclcs, Carlton, Or.t
"My trouble began with common catarrh.
My head and nose were stopped up, and
there was a constant dropping from be
hind the palate Into the throat. The ef
fect of this was to keep the throat irri
tated and to keep me coughing half the
time. After a time the catarrhal Inflam
mation extended from the throat to the
chest. I soon began to suffer difficulty In
breathing and
Cholclnpr Spells of Asthma.
There was a feeling of feverish soreness,
in my chest, and the air passages seemed
contracted to such an extent that It was
a continual effort to get my breath. I did
not dare to He down at night for fear of
suffocation, but was always propped up
with fpur or five pillows. When these
spells came on I would simply gasp for
breath, while the
"Wheezlnff and Cholclnn;
noises that accompanied each breath
could "be heard all over the house. My
general health became greatly Impaired. I
was thin and poor and without strength.
Walking a block or two tired me out. and
often going from one room to another
would be enough to completely exhaust
me.
"I was always using medicine. Inhala
tions, etc., and had also consulted a num
ber of good physicians, but aside from af
fording me a little temporary relief they
could do nothing for me. Upon the ad
vice of friends I began treatment at the
Copeland Institute, with the result of
A Perfect Care.
Now my breathing" Is natural, and I have
no signs of asthma. When I began treat
ment I weighed 113 pounds; now I weigh
14C"
Mr. Ernest Kroner, 107 Monroe
street, Portland: Our little boy Leo was
a great sufferer from catarrh, compli
cated with frequent attacks of tonsllitl3.
His condition caused us grave alarm; fori
In spite of all treatment, he grew steadily
worse, and his general health became
greatly Impaired. The Copeland physi
cians cured him. perfectly.
Consultation Free.
Miss Emma Hendricks, Carlton, Or.
Cared of Asthma and: Catarrh.
THE COPELAND MEDICAL INSTUUT
The Dekum, Third and Washington
W. H. COPEIvAXD, M. D. J. H. MO.VTGOMEItT, M. D.
OFFICE HOCUS From O A. M. to 13
M. from 1 to B P. M.
card, on which he had written, "Not
Working." He carried a spike and a
hammer, and, after gaining admission to
Hoom Slumteen he nailed up the card
with the spike. The guest surveyed his
work with Interest.
"There, that's business," said the man
from the rural districts. "Ef she ain't
workln, say so. And ef It's goln to
trouble ye any to fetch water up here, mt
and the woman will come down ter the
sink and wash up. Jest as soon dew it's
not." Lewlston Journal.
Well MIsht Be So.
Editor-in-chief I understand that young
Eluegore, the millionaire's son, has gone In
for Journalism?
City editor Yes. He's on my staff.
Editor-lncchiet And what do you think
of him?
City editor "Well, he's a unique figure
in Journalism.
Editor-ln-chlef You don't say?
City editor Yes. He's at once the rich
est and poorest reporter In the city. Col
lier's Weekly.
A Hint to the Porte.
WASHINGTON, May 5. It Is authori
tatively announced that until the pending
issue relative to the payment of the Amer
ican indemnity claims Is settled, to the
satisfaction of the State Department, no
United States Minister will attend at the
Turkish capital and Mr. Straus' leave ot
absence will remain as it Is now, indefinite
as to duration.
California Democratic Convention.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5. The Demo
cratic Central Committee today decided to
hold the convention to elect delegates to
the National convention at Sacramento
June M.
New Argentine Minister.
WASHINGTON, May 5. Senor Eduardo
Wilde, the newly appointed Argentine
illnister, submitted his credentials to the
President today.
NOTE THE CONTRAST.
The testimonials that are published In.
these columns today are testimonials that
"testify." They mean something. They
tell of years of suffering from real sick
ness. These people describe, In their own
language, the particulars of their afflic
tions, and of their vain efforts to obtain
relief from other sources. They tell of tho
complete, perfect and permanent cures
accomplished under the Copeland treat
ment. They are common, honest, conscien
tious and trustworthy people, who, if you
call upon or write them, will cheerfully
verify the truth of their published state
ments. They are not Governors, Senator?,
Congressmen, politicians, public men or
actresses, who court notoriety and pub
licity, and who are always glad of an op
portunity to be brought prominently be
fore the people, but who, as a general
thing, are not very sick, and who never
claim to have been cured of a serious
illness by tho patent medicine they ap
pear to Indorse and recommend.
A LETTER FROM
A CURED PATIENT
Mr. A. D. Hosklns, of McMInnvlllc,
Or., writes: Please excuse me for not
writing before. I (was Improving right
along and did not think It necessary. I
wa3 a great sufferer from rheumatism and
catarrh, and it seemed I could not bo
cured. Your medicine did more for mo
in a short time than all the other medi
cine I took put together. I feel better
now than I have in 18 months. I will not
send for medicine because I do not need
it.
I have recommended several friends to
you, and never fall to say a good word
for your excellent treatment, for I know
It does cure where others have failed. You
may publish this letter If you care to do
so.
Mr. John Lindstrom, Monnt Tabor
I was a sufferer from catarrh for years.
It destroyed my hearing and broke down
my health completely. I could not eat a
mouthful of food without suffering pain
and distress. People had to shout right
Into my ears to make me hear. I had no
strength, but was a weak, almost use
less invalid, unable to work or enjoy life.
Thanks to the skillful treatment of Drs.
Copeland- and Montgomery, I am now as
well as any man can be. My hearing Is
also greatly Improved.
Rev. T. R. A. Sellvf-ood, a TeeU-
known rector of the Episcopal Church, re
siding at Mllwaukle My case was a
very severe one, dating back 20 years.
I suffered severely with my head. Grad
ually my hearing failed. When I began
treatment I was very deaf. Today I hear
as well as- any man could my hearing
has been perfectly restored.
HOME TREATMENT.
Doctor Copeland requests all who are alllntr,
all who feel a gradual weakening:, or all who
realize that their health is being: undermined
by some unknown complaint, to cut out this
slip, mark the question that applies to your
case, and ho will diagnose your case for you.
ffi
"Is your nose stopped upT"
"Do you sleep with mouth wlda
open?"
"Is there pain In front of head?"
"Is your throat dry or sore?"
"Have you a bad taste in tha
morning?"
"Do you coughT
"Do you cough worse at night?"
"Is your tonguo coated?'
"Is your appetite failing?"
"Is there pain after eating?"
"Are you light-headed?"
"When you get up suddenly aw
you dizzy?"
"Do you have hot flashes?"
"Do you have liver marks?"
"Do your kidneys trouble you?"
"Do you have pain In back or
under shoulder-blades?"
"Do you wake up tired and out of
sorts?"
"Are you losing flesh?"
"Is your strength falling?"
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For thN Doctor Copland's services are free'
It means no charge will be made, not a ppnny
will be received. It means no promises to pay
no future obligation is implied or demanded.
It means what it says. To one and all it Is un
equivocally and absolutely free.
Dr. Copeland'j Book Fret to AIL
EVEWrSGS Tuesdays and Fridays.
BIIJIDAY Tom IOA. M. to 12 M.
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Manyoa gsarantees
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Cora will cure nearly
all cases of rbecma
tlsta la a few hears;
that his Dyspepsli CW
will cure lndigttloo asd
all stomach troubles;
that his Kidney Cue
will car 80 per cent.
of all cases of kidney
trouble; that bis Ca
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a fen minutes; that
his Cold Core will
... . quietly break up any
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