THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN. POETLAND, DECEMBEE 22, 1901.
COME DOWN IN PRICE I
PAXAMA CAXAL SHAREHOLDERS
ARE ALARMED.
Excited Meeting at Paris Willing? to
Sell at Any Figure 31. Hu
tln Resign.
PARIS, Dec. 2L At the meeting of the
board of directors of the Panama Canal
Company Thursday, President Hutln, who
recently returned here from, the United
States, and M. Choron, the director of
works, resigned their offices. The report
presented at the meeting of the share
holders of the canal company here this
afternoon reviews the negotiations for the
sale of the canal property to tho United
States', and says:
"The decision of the Isthmian Commis
sion was evidently due to a misunder
standing, which must be dissipated. "We
shall ask you to give us full powers to
negotiate with the Government of the
United States under the reserve of sub
mitting for your approval the figure upon
which the representatives of the Ameri
can Government agree. Our negotlatior
will be Instructed to notify the American
Government that we are prepared to set
aside the valuations which have been con
sidered as the price asked, and which
have been judged unacceptable, and we
offer to take as a basis of discussion the
figures and declarations contained in the
conclusions of the Isthmian Commission's
report. "We shall, moreover, give our
mandatory power to close the discussion
by proposing a fixed price. We hope this
simple categorical offer will exercise a
favorable Influence upon the future ne
gotiations." II. P. Forot, the ex-Controller-General of
the Army, and M. Bourgeois will replace
MM. Hutln and Choron.
After an uproarious session the share
holders almost unanimously voted to adopt
the proposition eet forth in the report,
empowering the board to conclude tho
sale and concession to the United States
of all the Panama Canal Company's prop,
ertles, subject to the limitations specified
above. "Get the United States to buy the
canal at any price, in order to save some
of our money," seemed to be the prev
alent feeling and gist of th espeeches
of the shareholders. About 250 sharehold
ers were present, including a number of
ladies. In the absence of M. Hutin a
shareholder presided.
A storm broke out directly after the re
port had been read. The shareholders
were greatly excited by the news that M.
Hutin had resigned and demanded explan
ations of what had occurred at the meet
ing of the board at which he had re
signed. The chairman's delay in reply
ing to questions led to vituperations,
which were launched at the heads of the
directors by several shareholders, whose
modest attitude indicated that they had
been severe sufferers on account of the
Panama failure. Eventually, the proceed
ings degenerated to such a tumult that
policemen were summoned to expel one of
the noisiest shareholders, who approached
the directors' table, thumped It with his
fist, yelled at the top of his voice and
shook a handful of papers in the face of
the chairman. The intrusion of the po
licemen raised such pandemonium that
they felt compelled to withdraw, and the
delinquent subsided.
The few speakers who secured a hear
ing urged the adoption of the board's pro
posals, as being the shareholders' only sal
vation. One speaker said it was palpably
Impossible for the company to finish the
canal, as It could not raise money any
where In France or In the rest of Europe.
He added that a large shareholder, M.
Bunau-Varllla, who had published an ap
peal to the shareholders and others at the
beginning of the year to contribute funds
to carry on the work, secured promises of
only 200,000 francs. Other speakers ap
pealed to them to cease the tumult, as
the moment was decisive in regard to the
fate of their millions.
Finally the chairman rose and made a
statement which soohed his hearers. He
said there was no contradiction In the
resignation of Hutln and the expressions
of appreciation of his labors contained In
his report. The board had considered the
situation resulting from the Isthmian
Commission's decision, and had come to
the conclusion that a change of policy
was needed. They therefore adopted the
proposition contained in the report, but
as it was thought that the negotiations
with the United States might run smoother
without M. Hutln, the latter resigned.
Th meeting, appeased by this explana
tion, then approved of the proposition
made in the report.
MASSO OUT OF IT,
Cuban Candidate for Presidency Of
fended at Root's Action.
HAVANA, Dec. 2L The supporters of
General Masso, in his candidacy for the
Presidency of the Republic, have decided
to take no part in the coming elections,
fixed for December 31. All the candidates
of the party have withdrawn, and the
Masso members of the Provincial Boards
have been requested to resign. These
steps were decided upon after the re
ceipt of a letter from Governor-General
Wood, refusing to grant the party repre
sentation on the Board of Scrutiny or an
extension of time in which to modify tho
voting list.
At a meeting of the party leaders a res
olution was adopted declaring that "the
Central Board Is a coalition of partisans,
and that General Masso, after exhausting
every means to insure impartiality, rec
titude and justice at the coming elections,
has become convinced that-, neither In
official circles in the United States nor in
Cuba does the intention exist to see that
the elections are carried out with suffi
cient legality to reflect the real wish or
the Cubans, who are desirous of Inde
pendence and anxious to elect freely their
first constitutional government." It was
voted to inform Secretary Root of the
decision arrived at, and also to publish
ft manifesto to the country.
La Lucha applauds the withdrawal of
the Masso candidates, and says that with
out the guarantees asked from Secretary
Root every one knows that the election
will be a falsification of the will of tho
majority. "The Masso coalition," says La
Lucha, "should not lend themselves to
the betrayal of the public will, and should
not co-operate In a policy which tends to
lay the foundation of the republic on a
gigantic fraud."
Besides the so-called Conservatives with
him, Masso is said to have a strong fol
lowing among the blacks In the country
districts, and it is intimated in Havana
tonight that this element may not take
kindly to the present condition of things
and may cause trouble.
The Dlscusclon, the Palma organ, as
serts that the withdrawal of Masso's sup
porters Is due to the fact that they are a
hopeless minority and the candidates have
no chance of being elected.
Killing; Reciprocity Treaties.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2L A careful poll
of the Senate committee on foreign rela
tions indicates that the new men were
added with a view to preventing any reci
procity treaties from receiving favorable
action. Neither Spooner, Fairbanks nor
Kean, Republicans, are favorable to any
of the treaties, and It Is doubtful wheth
er these much-tilkcd-of documents will
ever see the light of day. Even If they
should be reported from the foreign rela
tions committee, the finance committee
stands ready with a club to kill them. Tho
make-up of the foreign relations com
mittee, however, was for the purpose of
preventing them from ever getting before
the Senate.
Texas Convict Labor.
HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 2L Governor
Bayers has returned from a visit to Bra
zoria County, where a meeting of the
penitentiary board was held. He an
nounced that he has definitely decided to
purchase for the penitentiary the Clem
ens farm of 2500 acres, and to erect
thereon a sugar mill, to cost J250.WO or
$300,000. The plantations owned by the
state, now comprising S000 cres, are to be
devoted solely to the raising of sugar cane,
and convict labor Is to be employed In the
mill. This will remove all convict labor
from railroads and other contract employ
ment. The mill will be built next year.
PLAN FOR ARBITRATION,
Acceptable to the Delegates to the
Pan-American Convention.
MEXICO CITY, Dec 21. The United
States delegation to the International
American Conference conferred today
with the Mexican delegation, and tonight
the delegates of the different countries
met and discussed the subject of arbitra
tion, and, as a result, it Is believed that
a plan acceptable to the majority. If not
all, of the delegates to the conference
has been reached. The projected conven
tion provides that contracting nations
will oblige themselves to submit to the
decision of arbitrators all existing and
future controversies which cannot be set
tled diplomatically, provided that, in the
exclusive judgment of either of the par
ties to the dispute, the said controversies
do not affect the national honor nor In
dependence. Controversies concerning dip
lomatic privileges, boundaries, rights of
navigation and the validity. Interpreta
tion and enforcement of treaties shall
not be considered as affecting national
honor nor independence. Under article 25
NEW PRESIDENT OF
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DR. JOSEPH ZEMP.
Dr. Joseph Zcmp, the newly elected president of the Swiss Republic, Is re
garded as a genuinely capable statesman and eminently qualified to preside over
the national council which Initiates alt legislation In the little mountain state.
Re is a leader in the conservative party, although he Is- known to hold tolerant
and even liberal views In matters of great -weight. Dr. Zemp la C7 years old,
and Is a native of Entlcbuch, Lucerne. One year ago he was elected vice-president,
and he comes Into his present office by virtue of the unwritten law that
the vice-president shall succeed to the highest office, providing his services In tho
subordinate position have been satisfactory to tho people. As vice-president he
was head of the department of 6tate railways and telegraphs, where he was well
tested In the art of government. He was elected over two opposing candidates.
of The Hague convention for the peaceful
settlement of International conflicts, the
contracting parties agree to submit to
the decision of the permanent court of
arbitration established by said conven
tion all controversies embraced under the
proposed Pan-American convention unless
either party to the dispute prefers that a
special court be established to try tho
case. In case It Is agreed to submit
the case to The Hague court, the parties
to the dispute agree to accept the pro
cedure and rules laid down by The Hague
convention.
MAY TAKE GAGE'S PLACE.
Governor Crane Offered the Treasury
Portfolio.
BOSTON, Dec. 21. A close friend of
Governor W. Murray Crane today con
firmed a report from Washington, pub
lished today, stating that the Governor
had been offered the Treasury portfolio
by President Roosevelt, and had asked
"W. Murray Crane.
for time until next Monday before de
ciding whether or not he would accept.
Family and business considerations are
the cause of the Governor's hesitation.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. While no offi
cial confirmation can be obtained at the
White House, it is believed that Presi
dent Roosevelt has offered the Treasury
portfolio to Governor Crane, of Massa
chusetts, and the latter now has the
tender under advisement. One of the
difficulties In the way of Governor Crane's
acceptance Is understood to be his con
nection with the paper company at Dal
ton, Mass.. which furnishes the paper
for Government notes. This paper is
prepared by a secret process and the
Government's contract with the Dalton
Company is a large one. Should Gov
ernor Crane accept the Treasury port
folio, it is considered probable that he
would dispose of his Interest in the pa
per company.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Reception.
WASHINGTON, Dec 21. Mrs. Roose
velt held her second public reception of
the season this afternoon at 3:15. Hun
dreds of ladles availed themselves of the
opportunity to call on her. The Marine
Band played throughout the reception.
Xejrro Frozen In Alabama.
MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 2L All records for
December weather in Mobile were broken
early this morning, when the thermome
ter registered 15 above zero. A negro
was frozen to death jn Baldman County.
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THE EMPEROR AND ART
POLITICAL BIAS OF WILLIAM'S
OPIXIOXS OX THE SUBJECT.
Gloomy Christmas -In Germany Half
a Million Persons Are With-
onc Employment.
BERLTN, Dec. 2L Emperor William's
discourse on art during the dinner which
ho gave at the palace Wednesday evening
to painters and sculptors Is the principal
topic discussed In the drawing-rooms and
assemblages here. It has even got Into
those socio-political controversies which
occupy so much of the attention of the
educated clashes in Germany. His Maj
esty's repugnance to naturalism arises,
the defenders of the modern school aver,
solely from his antipathy to social democ
racy. It is common talk at court that ar
tists such is Llbermann and Uhde, who
delight In scenes representing the life of
the poor, must be socialists, fellows with
out a country. The political bias of the
Emperor's artistic opinions is the only
explanation the critics And for his con
demnation of the work of Borelaln,
Thoma, Llbermann. Stuck, Uhde and even
Menzel, on whom His Majesty bestowed
the Order of the Black Eagle. None of
these were present at the dinner, but
THE SWISS REPUBLIC.
they found defenders among those who
were there.
After the ladles withdrew Emperor Will
lam took the guests to the Helnrlch's
Halle, where over beer and tobacco they
discussed the doctrines His Majesty had
laid down In his speech. The Emperor's
good humor emboldened several of thoso
present to disagree from him, and they
rather plainly Intimated that they believed
Injustice to some of the first artistic
names In Germany had been done In say
ing that their work brought art down to
the gutter. His, Majesty returned argu
ment for argument, as he loves a fight
of any kind, and he Is described as having
been lively In repartee. The sitting was
prolonged for several hours.
The completion of the 32 groups of
statuary In the Sieges Allee, Emperor
William's gift to the nation. Is the text
of a number of articles surveying the
artistic merit of the series. The general
opinion seems to be that It Is of doubtful
value. The whole series Is tiresome and
monotonous. The cost, which His Majesty
paid out of his own pocket, exceeded
2,000,000 marks.
O. C. Barber, W. A. Smith, of Glasgow,
vice-chairman of Bryant & Mays; George
W. Pater, managing director of the Dia
mond Match Company's Liverpool works;
J. W. Bartholomew and Mr. Graves, di
rectors of Bryant & Mays, met at Mann
helm this week to consider the reports of
their agents, who have been negotiating
for the absorption of the match factories
of Europe. Some Important concerns are
not willing to sell on the terms offered.
After a conference the directors separ
ated, two of them going to Norway and
Sweden, expecting to close with four of
the largest works there, though even re
garding these some of the conditions arc
not yet settled. Mr. Barber will sail
from Liverpool for the United States De
cember 26 with the propositions which he
will lay before his American associates.
This is a gloomy Christmas in Ger
many. Half a million persons are unem
ployed, and the consequent wretchedness
darkens the holidays. Even the well-to-do
are most Indifferent. They are unable
to avoid seeing the misery of the cellar
dwellers In Berlin, while reports from
every part of the empire Indicate that ex
traordinary demands are being made on
the poor funds and private agencies for
the relief of the destitute. Several new
charitable societies have been organized
in Berlin, and three or four times more
than the usual holiday contributions to
the poor have been distributed, yet the
distress seems scarcely diminished. Tho
Municipal Councils of Cologne, Stuttgart,
Leipslc, Berlin and other cities are dis
cussing the question of municipal aid,
without reaching anything very definite.
The provincial government of Welsbaden
has determined to distribute relief from
the provincial treasury. One amelioration
of the situation upon which both trades
unions and employers have agreed is the
dismissal of foreign laborers, many thou
sands of whom Czechs, Poles, Italians
and Russians obtained work in Germany
during the boom period. The government
approves of the dismissal of these men
and of giving preference to Germans. The
manager of the great Laura Iron Works,
in Silesia, In discharging SOO foreign
workmen, said the authorities had advised
taking this step. Other largo establish
ments have taken the same course, and
the governmenz of Anhalt has discharged
and expelled from the duchy all foreign
laborers In the government establish
ments. Expulsion of foreigners by the
local authorities have occurred In other
parts of Germany. The census of the un
employed in Berlin shows that 59,593 per
sons are out of work here.
Must Face the Music.
NEW YORK Dec. 2L The French
Chamber of Deputies, says the Paris cor
respondent of the London Times and New
York Times, has agreed to a bill inflict
ing from six days to two months' Impris
onment with a fine of from 16 francs to 500
francs on any cyclist or motor car driver
who, after causing an accident, attempts
to run away.
Riots at Bnda Pest.
BUDA PEST, Dec 2L Serious riots by
unemployed workmen occurred this after
noon, resulting in the arrest of many per
sons and serious Injuries to both the po
lice and rioters. The demonstration was
organized by the Social Democrats. Five
thousand unemployed men paraded.
TRUSTS DEAD, SAYS SCHWAB
Consolidations, lie Declares, Con
ducted on Opposite Principles.
CHICAGO, Dec 2L In a speech to
night before the Bankers' Club, Charles
M. Schwab, president of the United States
Steel Corporation, declared that "tne
trust is a dead business proposition, built
on a trinity that would wreck anything
the restriction of trade, the increase ,of
prices and tho throttling of competition."
In distinction from "the trust," he de
clared that consolidation had for Its guid
ing principles the reverse of this trinity
that instead of restricting it expanded
trade by creating new avenues and re
ducing the prices of commodities pro
duced. For particulars he discussed the
United States Steel Corporation, plead
ing that It was with this consolidation
that he was most familiar. Mr. Schwab
was the second speaker. W. B. Ridge
ley, Controller of the Currency, preceded
him, and two others followed, him H. H.
Hanna, of Indianapolis, and Professor J.
P. Hugget. of Coe College.
"Before a company of bankers It Is, of
course, unnecessary to defend the principle
of consolidation." said Mr. Schwab. "Men
in your business are of necewlty too well
grounded in industrial sclenco to be af
fected by the timorous advocates of old
line method? or the silly outcry against
consolidation as 'trusts.' No one has
a clearer appreciation than myself of the
evil that lurked In the trust scheme. I
say 'lurked' advisedly, because the trust
Is a dead business proposition, with which
we will never again be troubled. It was
an experiment and to that end served its
purpose. But it was founded on miscon
ception and promoted along lines oft self
destruction. Its fundamental principles
were the restriction of trade, the Increase
of prices and the throttling of competition
a trinity that would wreck any proposi
tion, business, political or social. The con
solidation, as organized today, has for its
guiding line the very opposite of this.
Instead of restricting trade It expands
trade by creating new avenues and re
ducing the price of the commodities
which It produces. It Is enabled to do this
because the chief advantage of consolida
tion Is the reduction in the cost of the
articles produced."
CHICAGO'S COAL FAMINE.
Most Serious Aspect of the Shortage
Is Passed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2L Chicago has passed
the most serious aspect of the coal short
age, and after Monday manufacturing
establishments and big downtown build
ings will be In a better position to fight
the possibility of anything approaching a
famine. The coming of Sunday and the
apparent break In the cold spell are the
two things that coal men believe will
bring about this change In conditions.
Tomorrow the great majority of the coal
supplies of various plants will remain
undisturbed, and within the next 4S hours
the railroad managers say that they will
be able to pour enough soft coal Into the
city to prevent any further shortage. The
actual shortage and a scare resulting
from it, accompanied by a frantic rush
for coal by the owners of office buildings
and factories, have combined to disrupt
prices and derange the fuel scales worse
than at any time during the year. All
kinds of prices have been asked and paid
within the last two days.
THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM.
Senator Hoar Still Has a Leaning
Toward the Tagals.
NEW YORK, Dpc. 21. In speaking to
night at the 22d annual dinner of the
New England Society In the City of
Brooklyn, Senator George F. Hoar, of
Massachusetts, who was the guest of
honor, said:
"There was a wireless telegraphy that
came down across the ages from the
men of Marathon and Thermopylae to
the men of the Mayflower, and came from
the men of the Mayflower to the men of
the Revolution, and came from the men
of the Revolution to our splendid youth
of 1S61. It Is not everywhere on earth
that the receiving stations of these sig
nals are to be found. Possibly there Is a
spot in South Africa today where a race
of Dutch farmers have been able to com
prehend the message. I trust there are
some men still left In the United States
who have ears to hear. Possibly Agul
naldo may have got a little Intimation
of It."
i
Races at Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. One of tho
best cards of the season drew a large
crowd to Oakland today, and good sport
was witnessed. Headwater broke the Cal
ifornia record for six furlongs. The dis
tance was covered In 1:1214, the previous
record being 1:12. The star attraction
was the match race at five furlongs be
tween Old England and San Nicholas for
JjOO a side and ?500 added by the associa
tion. Old England was always a favorite,
and proved an easy winner. The sum
mary: Six furlongs, selling Cousin Carrie won.
Afghan second, Rio Shannon third; time,
l:13U.
Five and a half furlongs, selling St.
Phillpplna won. Dr. Scharff second, Shell
Mount third; time, 1:07.
One mile and a quarter, selling Position
won. Commonwealth Attorney second, El
mldo third: time, 2:0S.
Six furlongs, free handicap Headwater
won. Sombrero second, Mercer third; time,
1:12.
Junior stakes-, seven furlongs, purse
51500 Crusados won. Botany second, Wa
terscratch third; time, 1:25.
Match race, five furlongs Old England
beat San Nicholas easily by three lengths;
time, 0.59.
One mile and 50 yards, selling Colonel
Ballantyne won. Courtier second, Romany
third; time. 1:444.
Roosevelt Was Xot Assaulted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Both at the
White House and at the British Embassy
an emphatic denial Is made of Ihe pub
lished story of an assault alleged to have
been made upon the President Thursday
afternoon. The President himself de
clares the story is not true, and author
izes the denial of it. Lord Pauncefote,
the British Ambassador, who is said to
have been a witness of the assault, em
phatically denied the statement.
The story of the assault grew out of the
fact that an intoxicated man was lurch
ing along Massachusetts avenue Thurs
day afternoon as the President was tak
ing his daily walk, and that the man
brushed against the President. A secret
service agent arrested the man, but it
is understood he was shortly afterwards
released. The stry was that the Presi
dent had been struck in the presence of
Lord Pauncefote, and it was printed in
New York today.
Immorality on London Streets.
LONDON, Dec 21. The hopeless answer
of the Home Secretary, Mr. Ritchie, to
the deputation from the Westminster
Council, protesting against the flagrant
Immorality witnessed In the streets of
London, has given zest to the press and
religious campaign having for Its object
the remedying of the present conditions.
It is maintained that the scene's witnessed
in Piccadilly and other well-known streets
are worse now than at any time in the
history of tho metropolis. The Saturday
IS IT AN EPIDEMIC?
Vital Statistics Shovr an Alarming:
Increase In an Already Prevail
ing: Diseases Are Any Exempt f
At no time In the history or disease
has there been such an alarming Increase
in the number of cases of any particular
malady as In that of kidney and bladder
troubles now preying upon the people of
tnis country.
Voday we see a relative, a friend or an
acquaintance apparently well, and In a
few days we may be grieved to learn of
their serious illness or sudden death,
caused by that fatal type of kidney trou
ble Bright's disease.
Kidney trouble often becomes ad
vanced into acute stages before the
afflicted Is aware of Its presence; that Is
why we read of so many sudden deaths
of prominent business and professional
men, physicians and others. They have
neglected to stop the leak In time.
While scientists are puzzling their
brains to find out the cause, each indi
vidual can, by a little precaution, avoid
the chances of contracting dreaded and
dangerous kidney trouble, or eradicate it
completely from their system If already
afflicted. Many precious lives might have
been, and many more can yet be, saved
by paying attention to the kidneys.
It Is the mission of The Oregonian to
benefit Its readers at every opportunity,
and therefore we advise all who have any
symptoms of kidney or bladder trouble to
write today to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blng
hamton, N. Y., for a free sample bottle
of Swamp-Root, the celebrated specific
which Is having such a great demand and
remarkable success In the cure of tho
most distressing kidney and bladder trou
bles. With the sample bottle of Swamp
Root will also be sent free a pamphlet
and treatise of valuable Information.
Avoid acid dentifrices.
To be safe use only
AKTISEFTIC
Forth. TEETH "d BREATH.
Bymall;85and75c Haix & Ruckel,N. Y. Oitj
Review, In advocating a trial of state
regulation of, vice, declares that "London's
streets nightly bear witness not only to
state recognition and tolerance of vice,
but to ruinous indifference to the course
it takes and the manner in which It
works."
WHY DID NINE FAIL?
(Continued from First Page.)
could not be answered by the applicants,
and hoped for better luck next time.
Dr. O. F. Ireland, who was the fortu
nate one of the 10 to pass tho examina
tion, was raised near Monmouth, tills
state, and attended the Normal School
there, afterwards going to the North
western College of Dental Surgery In
Chicago, from which Institution he was
graduated. 'The examination was the
hardest I have ever seen," said Dr. Ire
land yesterday, "and I am not surprised
that so many went down. I wa3 fortu
nate In having had access to the ques
tions submitted by the Minnesota State
Board for several years past, and they
are as hard as the ones submitted here.
The chemistry questions were unusually
har., but I managed to pull through."
Dr. Arthur W. Chance, who has been
a practicing dentist for several years,
and whose father, Dr. George Chance,
was one of the earliest workers for dental
laws In the state, defended the examin
ations, and In an Interview said:
Board's Intentions Good.
"I do not bHevo that It Is the Intention
of any member of the State Board of
Dental Examiners to make their exam
inations in any way prohibitory. No
doubt they require a more thorough
knowledge of the theoretical and prac
tical principles of dental science than
ever before. And this Is as it should be.
for dentistry has so far advanced In Its
requirements during the past few years
that an examination such as was given
candidates at that time would today be
no adequate test at all of their ability to
practice tho dentistry of the present time.
"I have seen the list of questions for but
one subject in the examination, but, as It
is regarded by the disappointed candi
dates for licenses as being the most diffi
cult, I take it that I can speak with
some authority on the subject. Modern
dentistry being a profession which has
had Its birth and growth to Its present
hlgn standard among the professions in
the remarkably short space of 60 years,
It Is no argument to say that because a
person has passed examinations to en
title him to practice In some other state
10. 15 or 20 years ago, he Is able or com
petent to practice now.
"For such strides have been made In
the last decade that, unless one were
constantly keeping up, by reading and
study, he would be entirely unfitted to
do more than the simplest operations,
and those In but an indifferent manner.
In my opinion, the failure of the candi
dates to pass the recent examinations
before the State Board of Dental Exam
iners Is due to one of three reasons.
Either they are men who have been grad
uated at a time when the dentistry of
the past 10 years was not taught, and
have been engaged In practicing along a
straight line, with no attention to the
advances that have been made by their
fellow-practitioners, or they have failed
by neglect, or, otherwise, to review the
foundation subjects which they wcro
taught.
"Or they havo been men who are, per
haps, recent students, without the neces
sary preliminary education to flt them to
properly grasp the work they have been
attempting to do. The State Board of
Examiners must keep up In Its questions
the standard as It Is advanced by
thoughtful, progressive practitioners and
by the colleges. But a few years since
THE FEAR OF HUMBUG
Prevents Many People From Trying;
a Good Medicine.
Stomach troubles are so common and In
most cases so obstinate to cure that peo
ple 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
acuteness In never being humbugged, es
pecially In medicines.
This fear of being humbugged can be
carried too far, so far, In fact, that many
people suffer for years with weak diges
tion rather than risk a little time and
money In faithfully testing the claims
made of a preparation so reliable and uni
versally used as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets. Now Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are
vastly different In one Important respect
from ordinary proprietary medicines, for
the reason that they are not a secret
patent medicine, no secret 13 made of
their Ingredients, although they are sold
by all druggists under protection of trade
mark, but analysis shows them to con
tain the natural digestive ferments, pure
aseptic pepsin, the digestive acids, Golden
Seal, bismuth, hydrastls and nux. They
are not cathartic, neither do they act
powerfully on any organ, but they cure
Indigestion on the common-sense plan of
digesting the food eaten thoroughly be
fore It has time to ferment, sour and
cause the mischief. This Is the only se
cret of their success.
Cathartic pills never have and never
can cure indigestion and stomach trou
bles, because they act entirely on the
bowels, whereas the whole trouble Is real
ly In the stomach.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken after
meals digest the food. That Is all there
Is to It. Food not digested or half di
gested Is poison, as it creates gas, acidity,
headaches, palpitation of the heart. loss
of flesh and many other troubles which
are often called by some other name.
OOPOHl
MASTERY OF DISEASE
The Copeland System Now Perfected So That It In
cludes the Treatment and Cure of AH Chronic Dis
eases at a Price Within the Reach of the Most
Slender Purse.
$5 a Month-All Medicines Free-$5aMonth
To those unacquainted with the great work carried on at the Copeland Insti
tute the reach and range of that far-famed medical system and its admirable
adaptation to the needs of every class of invalids may be Indicated by the diver
sity of disease accepted for expert treatment.
The Copeland system inclndcs catarrh and all catarrhal maladies, the
treatment and enre of deafness, of asthma and bronchitis, incipient con
sumption, diseases of the nervous system, the stomach, liver and bowels,
rheumatism, kidney diseases, and all affections of the skin and blood;
under the nominal assessment, of $5 a month, including nil appliances,
medicines and treatments nntll cured.
The advanced methods employed In the treatment of the maladies here enumer
ated are the development of many years' experience in the largest and most di
versified practice ever known, and their success is indelibly written in the multi
tude of recorded cures.
The Proper Cure for Sufferers.
Great numbers of people suffer from the
malign poisons of catarrh, as from other
chronic maladies, without any correct or
definite idea of tho nature of their afflic
tion. The following symptoms have been
carefully arranged to enable many suf
ferers to understand just what It Is that
ails them. Many diseases, known under
various specific names, are really of a
catarrhal origin and nature. Every part
of the mucous membrane, the nose, the
CATARRH OF HEAD AND THROAT
The head and throat become dis
eased from neglected colds, earn
ing Catarrh when the condition of
the blood predisposes to this con
dition. "Is tho voice husky7"
"Do you ever aplt up sllmel"
"Do you ache all over?"
"Do you more at night?"
"Do you blow out scabs?"
"Is your nose stopped up?"
"Does your nose afscharge?"
"Does your nose bleed easily?"
"Is there tickling In the throatr
"la thU worse toward night?" N
"Does the nose Itch and burn?"
"Do you hawk to clear the throatr
"I there pain across the eyes?"
"Is there caln in front of head?"
"Is your sense ot smell leaving?"
"Is the throat dry In the morning?"
"Are you 1 opine your sense of taste 7
"Do you sleep wltn your mouth open?'
"Does your nose stop ud toward night?
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH.
This condition may result from
several causes, but the usaal cause
la catarrh, the mucus dropping;
down Into the throat and being
sivallorved.
"Is there nausea7"
"Are you costive?"
"Is there vomiting?"
"Do you belch up gas?"
"Have you waterbrash?"
"Are you lightheaded?"
"Is your tongue coated?"
"Do jou hawk, and spit?"
"Is there pain after eating?"
"Are you nervous and weak?"
"Do you have sick headache?"
"Do you bloat up after eating?"
"Is there disgust for breakfast?"
"Have you distress after eating?"
"Is your threat filled with slime?"
"Do you at times have dlarriea?"
"Is there rush of blood to the head?"
"When you get up suddenly are you dizry?"
"Is there gnawing sensation In stomach?"
"Do you feel as If you had lead In stomach?"
"When stomach Is empty do you feel faint?"
"Do you belcn material that burns throat?"
"If atomach is full go you feel oppressed?"
CATARRH OF BRONCHIAL TUBES.
This condition often results from
catarrh extending from the head
and throat, and If left unchecked,
extends down the windpipe into the
bronchial tubes, and in time attacks
the lung).
"Have you a cough?"
"Are you losing flesh?"
"Do you cough at night?"
"Have you pain In side?"
"Do you take cold easily?" r
"is your appetite variable?"
"Have you stitches in side?"
"Do you cough until you gag?"
"Are you low-spirited at ilmesr
"Do you raise frothy material?"
"Do you spit up yellow matter?"
"Do you cough on going to bed?"
"Do you cough In the mornings?"
"Is your cough short and hacking?"
"Do you spit up little cheesy lumps?"
"Have you a disgust for fatty foods?"
"Is there tickling behind the palate?"
"Have you pain behind breastbone?"
"Do you feel you are growing weaker?"
"Is there a burning pain In the throat?"
"Do you cough worse night and morning?"
"Do you have to lt up at night to get
breath 7"
HOME TREATMENT You can be cured by the Copeland Physicians
right In your own home under their perfect system of mall treatment
Write for Information and Home Treatment Symptom Blank.
The COPELAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE
The Dekum, Third and Washington
W. II. COPELAXD, 31. D. J. II. MONTGOMERY, M. D.
OFFICE HOURS From O A. M. to 12 EVEXIXGS Tuesdays and Fridays,
M., from 1 to 5 P. 31. SUNDAYS From 10 A. 31. to IS M.
SPECIAL NOTICE Off ice Hours Xmas and New Year's
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.
It required only two years to complete
a course in a dental college. Beginning
with the year 1902, It will require four
years for graduation.
"The examinations In this state have
been so lax heretofore that the Impres
sion has gone abroad, particularly as the
requirements were raised in Eastern
States, that about all a person was com
pelled to do before being permitted to
practice here was to make an affidavit,
pay the state fee and present himself for
examination, when, after one or two
days session, the board would confer
upon him a license. It is high time that
we place ourself on an equal footing with
other states in this respect, and not per
mit 'the failures' there to slip Into prac
tice here."
Dr. W. A. Wise, who had charge of the
examination in chemistry, which has
called forth the protests from the unsuc
cessful applicants, could not be seen yes
terday, being out of the city.
3IAXY FAIIi TO PASS.
Some Have Had to Try T-nro or Three
Times Before Dental Board.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., Dec. 21. From
June 12, 1S09. to December 17, 1901, thero
have been 69 applicants for certificates
before the State Dental Examiners, of
whom 49 succeeded In securing certifi
cates. Of the 49 who passed, about 20 took
the examination the second time, about
10 the third time, and some applicants are
yet trying after several failures.
At the meeting of the Board of Exam
iners on the 16th and 17th of this month,
out of 10 applicants only one secured a
certificate.
Will Command Philippine Marines.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Colonel James
Forney, of the Marine Corps, who Is now
In command of the marines at the League
Island navy-yard, ha3 been ordered to
Cavite, to assume command of the Philip
pine brigade of marines.
The transport Crook sailed from Gib
raltar today for Manila, and the transport
Warren arrived at Nagasaki with troops
from the Philippines for San Francisco.
XiOvrest Point at Toledo.
TOLEDO, Dec. 21. The thermometer to
day registered 8 degreea below zero, the
throat, eyes, ears, head, lungs, stomach,
liver, bowels, kidneys and bladder, are
subject to disease and blight by catarrh.
The proper course for sufferers is this:
Read these symptoms carefully over,
mark those that apply to your case and
bring this with you to Drs. Copeland and
Montgomery. If you live away from tho
city, send them by mall, and ask for
mall treatment. In either Instance, and
whether by mall or office treatment, tho
patient may be assured of the speediest
relief and cure possible to medical science
SYMPTOMS OF EAR TROUBLES.
Deafness and ear troubles result
from catarrh imsslng along: the Eu
stachian tube that leads from the
throat to the ear.
"Is your hearing falling?"
"Do your ears discharge?"
"Do your ears Itch ana burn?"
"Are the ears dry and scaly?"
"Have you pain behind the ears?"
"Is there throbbing In the ears?" ,
"Is there a buzzing sound heard?"
"Do you have a ringing In the ears!
"Are thero crackling rounds neard7"
"Is your hearing bad cloudy tlds?"
"Do you have earache occasionally?"
"Are there sounds like steam escaping?"
"Do jour ears hurt when you blow you
nose?"
"Do you constantly hear iioIsps In the ears?"
"Do you hear better some das than others 7"
"Do the noises la your ears keep you
awake?"
"When you blow your nose do the ears
crack?"
"Is hearing worse when you have a cold?
"Is roaring like a waterfall !n the head?"
CATARRh OF THE LIVER.
The liver becomes diseased by ca
tarrh extending? from the stomach
into the tubes of the liver.
"Are you Irritable?"
"Are you nervous?"
"Do you get dizzy?"
"Have you no energy?"
"Do you have cold feet 7"
"Do you feel miserable?"
"Ih your memory poor?
"Do you get tired easily?"
"Do you have hot Hushes?"
"Is your eyesight blurred?"
"Have you pain In the back?"
"Is your flesh soft and flabby?"
"Are your spirits low at times V
"Is there bloating after eating f"
"Have you pain around the loins?"
"Do you have gurgling in bowels?"
"Do you have rumbling bowels?"
"Is there throbbing in the stomach?"
"Do you have a sense of heat In bowels?"-
"Do you suffer from pains In temples?"
"Do you have a palpitation of the heart?"
"Is there a general feeling of lassitude?"
"Do thest feelings affect your memory?"
CATARRH OF THE KIDNEYS.
This condition results cither from
colds or from overwork of the kid
neys in separating; from the blood
the poisons that have been absorbed
from catarrh.
"Is the skin pale and dry?"
"Is your hair getting gray?"
"Has the skin a waxy look?"
"Is the hair dry and brittle 7"
"Is the skin dry and harsh?"
"Do the legs feel too heavy?"
"Is there nausea after eating?"
"Dc the Joints pain and ache?"
"Is the urine dark and cloudy?"
"Are the eyes dull and staring?"
"Is there pain In small of back?"
"Do your hands and feet swell?"
"Are they culd and clammy?"
"Have you pain In top of head?"
"Has the perspiration a bad odor?"
"Is there pufllness under the eyes?"
"Is there a bad taste In the mouth?"
"Is there a desire to get up at night?"
"Are there dark rings around the eyes?"
"Do you sevs spots floating before the eyes?'
"Have you chilly feelings down the back?"
"Do you see unpleasant things while asleep?
"Does a deposit form when left standing?"
lowest point reached In Toledo during
the month of December since 1S72. Today
a number of the largest factories in tho
city were compelled to shut down on ac
count of the shortage of soft coal.
Rosebery Talked of Local Affairs.
LONDON, Dec. 21. Those who antici
pated that Lord Rosebery would again
discuss national politics on the occasion
of the presentation to him of the free
dom of Swansea today were disappointed.
His Lordship confined himself to an allu
slon to municipal matters.
Argentina "Wants Gold.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21. A dispatch, to
the Herald from. Buenos Ayres pays:
It Is reported that the government has
decided to order that the payment of du
ties be made in gold Instead of In paper
at the dally exchange.
Twelve Years of
Awf is! PII Fafe.
A. E. Aurlnger, Braldwood, III., says:
"After suffering untold agony for over 12
years from both forms of piles, and try
ing all sorts of pile remedies without re
lief, I am completely cured by Pyramid
Pile Cure." Sold by all druggists. 50 cents
a box. Book, "Piles, Causes and Cure,"
mailed free. Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall.
Mich.