THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAJgD, APRIL 13, 1902.
PEACE NOT FAR OFF I
END OP THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH
AFRICA XEA.lt AT HAND.
Cabinet Council Delays Presentation.
of the Budget Pending Result of
IClerlcsdorp Negotiations.
LONDON. April 13. "Peace Is within
measureable distance." That probably
sums up the present crop of rumors, con
jectures and deductions which has Great
Britain by the ears. "Is It peace?" meets
the eye in glaring posters of newspapers,
and the question is re-echoed throughout
the United Kingdom. As pointed out In
these dispatches yesterday, and confirmed
at midnight by Mr. Balfour, the gov
ernment leader in the House of Com
mons, the reports of the definite end of
a conflict of such length. Involving so
many lasting and Intricate issues being
reached practically without any time be
ing devoted to negotiations, are palpably
premature. It is announced that the Min
isters at today's meeting, which lasted an
hour, discussed a communication from
Lord Kitchener. This is quite within rea
son and the government circles expect
several similar messages from Lord
Kitchener before anything definite can
be announced. While Lord Kitchener's
message may have been of vital Im
portance, the Associated Press has good
reasons to believe that the sudden sum
mons of the Cabinet Ministers was due
to a desire to decide whether or not the
presentation of the budget could be
postponed until the Klerksdorp negotia
tions are settled one way or the other.
"Whatever the proposals of the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, may be, they are bound to
be greeted by storms of criticism from
various quarters. Peace will not modify
the crying need of additional revenue,
but It would take off the sting from the
additional taxation which is bound to
raise a protest from every class of in
dustry affected. In the national jubila
tion over the end of the war these in
dustrial protests will be lost to sight. It
will be no surprise if it is announced
Monday that the budget presentation once
more has been postponed and if this does
not take place. Parliamentary circles will
regard it as one of the best omens that
the government practically Is assured of
a successful termination of the Klerks
dorp conference.
The Cabinet Council today, while It
probably did not fulfill the sensationally
attributed function of deciding between
peace or war, undoubtedly reviewed the
entire situation, both as regards finance
and the- situation In South Africa. How
complicated and impossible of off-hand
solution is the latter question can be
Judged by an apparently authentic state
ment published In the Edinburgh News
this afternoon. The News, whoso editor
is In Jally touch with Mr. Kruger, says
on the highest authority that the Boers
are prepared to accept the following con
ditions: They will not make absolute Indepen
dence a cardinal feature If they can come
to a satisfactory agreement as to future
internal government.
The banishment 'and confiscation of
property proclamation must be canceled
and confiscated property must be restored
J to its owners with remuneration for pri
vate stock and property destroyed or
taken by the British.
Full recognition of state debts contract
ed before and after hostilities and up to
the date of the annexation proclamation
published by Lord Roberts.
The language question is to be mutually
agreed upon.
Amnesty for Cape rebels.
The release of all political prisoners'.
A date to be fixed when all prisoners
of war will be returned to South Africa.
The offices of one or two friendly powers
to be accepted to superintend the carry
ing out of the terms of peace.
Of these the cardinal point and the
hardest for Great Britain to concede Is
the granting of amnesty to the Cape reb
els, not so much because of British oppo
sition, but owing to colonial opposition in
South Africa" itself. While there Is no
reason to believe that this is not a semi
official summary of the Boers' demands,
there Is also reason to think that they
may be modified. How strongly the gov;
ernment shares that hope may be Judged
from the fact that the London police of
ficials today were ordered to keep large
forces In order to avoid any repetition of
"Mafeking night," which, it Is feared,
might ensue should the conclusion of peace
be announced.
It was ascertained late tonight that an
other Cabinet meeting has been arranged
for tomorrow afternoon.
SAYS THERE IS XO CRISIS.
Chamberlain Denies Rumors of Ap
proaching Changes in Cabinet.
LONDON. April 12. Both the Chancel
lor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, and the Colonial Secretary, Jo
seph Chamberlain, attended . the Cabinet
council, held at the Foreign Office at
noon today. Prior to the meeting of the
Ministers, representatives of the Bank of
England had a conference with the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, indicating that
the budget was a prominent subject of
discussion by the Ministers, especially as
to the best means of issuing a war loan.
In consequence of the, prominence given
by the afternoon papers to the report
that a Cabinet crisis had occurred, owing
to a breach . between Mr. Chamberlain
and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, on the
method of raising war funds, Mr. Cham
berlain today issued a signed statement
saying the report was pure invention and
absolutely untrue.
Notwithstanding the sensational and di
verse rumors evolced by the unexpected
summoning of the Cabinet, public interest,
as displayed in Downing street, was of
an exceedingly languid type. All of the
Ministers were present, with the excep
tion of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
Earl Cadogan, from which it Is Inferred
that the question of the immediate adop
tion of a more stringent policy towards
the United Irish League did not occupy
the foremost place at today's council.
Among the many peace rumors this
morning the most interesting is to the
effect that the Boers have Intimated that
they are willing to come Into the British
Empire as junior partners, to give up
their flag and become part of an African
Confederation, with a flag of its own,
Tvlth a Supreme Court, and with practi
cally an American Constitution.
Boers In Europe Confer.
UTRECHT. Holland, April 12. Dr
Leyds, the Transvaal agent, and other
Boer leaders, had a long conference yes
terday evening. Dr. Leyds afterwards .as
serted that the meeting was not connect
ed with the conference proceedings at
Klerksdrop, Transvaal Colony. Peace,
however, he added, could not be concluded
without previous consultation with the
Boer representatives In Europe. The Boer
delegates and Dr. Leyds had another con
ference this afternoon, and in the evening
the delegates returned to The Hague.
Boer Lenders Return to Pretoria.
PRETORIA, April 12 Acting-President
Schalkburgcr. Generals Louis Botha, Lu
cas Meyer and De Larey, Mr. Steyn and
General De Wet arrived here this morn
ing on a special train from Klerksdorp.
The Transvaal and Orange Free State
delegates Journeyed on separate trains,
both of which were rushed through, the
delegates traveling all night. The trains
arrived close together. The two parties
are not lodged together here, but are quar
tered in separate houses.
COROXATIOX PREPARATIONS.
Fittlnc Up "Westminster Abbey for
the Celebration.
LONDON, April 12. Westminster Abbey
in rapidly being turned into & lumber
yard. Hundreds o loads of lumber were
discharged at the stately entrances this i
week md taken in by the busy carpenters
who are erecting stands and otherwise
preparing for the coronation of King Ed
ward. Hew packed the abbey is likely
to be can be judged from the fact that
only 16 Inches of space are set aside for
each person. This alarmingly sma.ll al
lowance has caused several dowagers io
say that they will not attend the corona
tion, for with the long wait and -the heat
ed weather, to say nothing of the weight
of the thick velvet robes and the coro
nets, the abbey service would be alto
gether too trying for middle-aged women,
most of whom are not accustomed to
such strains.
The latest device for celebrating the
coronation is an energetic agitation for
lights and bonfires from John O'Groat's
to Lands End. These beaqons of rejoic
ing will probably be established on a
scale never before attempted in Eng
land. King Edward has expressed very clear
ly his wish that money expended In cele
brating his coronation should be devoted
to charitable and philanthropic objects,
rather than to mere ostentatious display.
Being informed that Greenwich purposed
commemorating the coronation by rais
ing funds for a permanent enlargement
of the local hospital, the King Informed
the borough, through Sir Francis Knol
lys, the private secretary of His Majesty,
that he was greatly pleased with the spir
it displayed and that the local charities,
were much the best objects for celebra
tion expenditures throughout the king
dom. The royal wish Is likely to have a
widespread result and benefit numberless
institutions.
Thanks chiefly to the arrival of a num
ber of Americans, the price of peats for
the coronation rose, by leaps and bounds
this week, until today a lively gamble is
going on. The extent of this can be
gathered from the fact that early In the
week two Americans paid 200 for three
small windows on the Strand, and resold
them for 600. In Piccadilly three bay
windows have gone to an American .pur
chaser for 35 guineas each. For a cor
ner bay window in the same locality,
1000 was asked. These prices are so ex
cessive that there Is bound to be a slump
later, but while the boom lasts speculat
ors are reaping a rich harvest.
A CHIXESE P1LGRAMAGE.
Emperor and Empress Dovf-nser "Will
Visit the Eastern Tombs.
PEKIN. April 12. The Emperor and
Empress Dowager, with 100 of the highest
officials, including Yuan Shal Kal, the
"Viceroy of Chi LI, and a retinue of S000
civilians and 2000 soldiers, will start to
morrow on the first pilgrimage in four
years to the Eastern tombs of the
dynasty, 100 miles distant, to offer sacri
fices. The imperial party will be absent
from the capital a fortnight and during
that time public business will be sus
pended. The assembling of the troops
forming the escort has afforded an oppor
tunity for the circulation of baseless
native rumors that the object of the
gathering Is an attack upon foreigners.
Reports from the central and southern
provinces agree that there is a growing
resentment In the richest provinces,
which did not participate In the Boxer
movement, against paying the largest
share of the foreign indemnity. The of
ficials of these provinces Incite this feel
ing by Issuing sinister proclamations com
manding the payment of the taxes "to
Increase the wealth of foreigners."
MEAT FAMINE IX ENGLAND.
Retailers Determined That Consum
ers Shall Also Suffer.
LONDON, April 12. The so-called meat
famine, which has been exploited through
out the British press, has become a mat
ter of keen interest tc Londoners, who
hitherto have not been affected by the
prevailing scarcity. A careful canvass
of London shows that the retailers at the
present time are the sole sufferers by the
advance In the wholesale price, which
amounts to a penny per pound on all
grades of meat. Since January, the ma
jority of the retailers have been running
their business without profit, because lack
of' organization prevented a uniform In
crease of prices. A meeting, however, has
been called, which undoubtedly will re
sult In a uniform Increase In the price of
meat on the part of retailers throughout
London.
At the London Theaters.
LONDON. April 12. At Wyndham's The
ater tonight, W. Dudley Morgan's four
act play, "The End of a Story," was kind
ly received by the audience. Its recep
tion, however, is said to be more on ac
count of 3Ir. Wyndham's personality than
because of the merit of the play, which
the critics agree Is a rather purposeless
story, reminiscent of Sardou, and not
strongly constructed, though redeemed by
some bright dialogue.
There was a hearty demonstration In
honor of William Gillette on the conclu
sion of his eight months' engagement at
the Lyceum Theater tonight. Mr. Gil
lette will begin a provincial tour with the
presentation of "Sherlock Homes" in Ed
inburgh Monday.
Revolt In the Congo.
PARIS, April 12,-The Minister of the
Colonies, M. de Crals, has ordered that
reinforcements be sent to the scene of
the troubles in the French Congo, as the
result of the dispatches he received yes
terday confirming the report of a revolt
of natives in the Sangha district. The
Paris manager of the Sangha Company
attributes the outbreak to the fact that
the fanaticism of the natives has been
aroused by human sacrifices which were
celebrated recently. He adds that the na
tives are well armed with modern rifles.
American Girl to Wed & Baron.
NEW YORK, April 12. Baron De Moro
ques, brother of Mme. De Saulty and
nephew of the Comte de Montsaulln, is
engaged to Miss Swan, whom he met dur
ing two seasons at Newport, says a Paris
dispatch to the Herald. The Baron and
his fiancee have Just returned to Paris
from Monte Carlo. The marriage will be
celebrated very shortly. It is presumed
that the Miss Swan referred to is Miss
Laura Swan, a daughter of Mrs. Ellsha
Dyer, Jr., who formerly was lira. S. Tur
ner Swan, of Baltimore.
Duse In Berlin.
BERLIN, April 12. Slgnora Duse began
a fortnight's engagement at the Leasing
Theater, with an Italian company, with
which she opened in D'Annunzio's Fran-
cesca da Rimini. The play had not been
translated into German, and the long
dialogues were unintelligible to the audi
ence. The applause was weaker t -nn
usual at Duse performances.
Revolt In Portuguese India,
BOMBAY, April 12. Another revolt
against the Portuguese has broken out at
Goa, the colony of Portugal, on the west
coast of India, The leader of the Mah
ratta landowners has taken up arms with
5000 followers, who have burned the mil
itary baracks at "Valpoy, where some sol
diers were killed.
Ambassadors White and Totver.
BERLIN, April 12. Andrew D. White,
the United States Ambassador to Ger
many, will return here -from- the Rivera
April 19, and has planned to visit the
United States In August. Charlemagne
Tower, the United States Ambassador to
Russia, has arrived here from St. Peters
burg. French. Revenue Receipts.
PARIS, April 12. The revenue returns
for the month of March show the receipts
to have been 203.131,000 francs, which Is
3,16S,200 francs below the estimate, but
4.44L000 francs above the receipts for the
corresponding period of 190L
The Pope's Health.
ROME, April 12. The alarming reports
about the pope's health which have been
current for some days are unfouxiatd
LULL BEFORE THE STORM
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facing the Maison du Peuple. A detach
ment of the civic guard thereupon
marched through the square, clearing it
and the contiguous thoroughfares. At
10:30 the mob again grew troublesome, and
the guard was ordered to clear the narrow
adjacent ; Btreets, in which threatening
crowns were massing. The gendarmes
charged with drawn sword3 and fixed bay
onets, and were greeted with a hall of
stones. The people In some of the houses
hurled flower pots, knives and lighted
boxes of matches upon the heads of the
charging police. A revolver fusillade was
begun by both sides,, and some of the
gendarmes fired their rifles. Several riot
ers were Injured, two of them, being shot,
one of whom has since died. A few of the
police were hurt.
After this encounter a wide area around
the .Maison' du Peuple was systematically
cleared by successive charges of gend
armes carrying drawn swords and re
volvers and civic guards with fixed bayo
nets. Mounted gendarmes, whenever the
crowd looked ugly, fired blank cartridges
from their revolvers, while the officers
shouted at the top of their voices. "Closo
your windows." Every open window was
covered by the rifles of the troops until
It was closed.
"Wounded Socialists Die.
BRUSSELS. April 13. 2 A. M. The
squares in the neighborhood of the Maison
du Peuple are still occupied by troops
busily engaged in dispersing the crowds
which have gathered on the outskirts of
the cleared zone. Most of the rioters,
however, had become worn and gone
home, and there Is little likelihood of
further trouble tonight.
A great Socialist demonstration oc
curred last night at Llcge, where a mob
numbering 3000 paraded the streets,
smashing windows und shooting. A mass
meeting wa held In the square In front
of the Maison du Peuple, .at which violent
speeches were made.
Two of the Socialists who were wounded
In the rioting hero last evening have since
died in the St. Pierre Hospital. The news
of their deaths spread rapidly and a mob
gathered with the intention of storming
the building and carrying off their bodies,
but It was intercepted and dispersed by
the troops, who are maintaining a guard
at the hospital.
2:40 A. M. A downpour of rain has
quenched the last flicker of the rioters'
enthusiasm. The guards have disbanded
and the town is quiet. Twenty-four per
sons have been taken to the hospitals,
suffering from Injuries received' at .last
night's disturbances.
THE HEYWOOD MURDER.
Police's Theory of Double Motive of
Jones, the Suspect.
DETROIT, April 10. The only new de
velopment today In the Heywood mystery
was the admission by Mrs. Heywo'od that
she had been Intimate with William
Jones, the roomer in Heywood's house,
who Is under suspicion of killing her hus
band. . She said he had an Influence over
her which she could not understand. "I
am Just beginning to come out of the
spell which he has cast over me," she
said.
When Jones was arrested, Mrs. Hey
wood insisted he did not leave the house
the night Heywood was murdered and
that she did not believe It was he who
first shot her husband and then crushed
his skull with some blunt Instrument
probably a hammer. Today, however,
Mrs. Heywood says that she agrees with
the theory of the police that Jones stole
out of the house about 3 o'clock Thurs
day morning and committed the murder.
Tonight, Mrs. Heywood Is sick in bed,
under the care of a physician. The po
lice say they are convinced that sho
knows nothing of the murder.
Jones was in the "sweatbox" again this
afternoon, but nothing was gleaned from
him by the officers. He Is cooler. If any
thing, than when he was first arrested.
The police maintain that Mrs. Heywood's
admission today of the Illicit relations she
had with Jones furnishes a double motive
for hhn to destroy Heywood. He prob
ably wanted, they say, to marry Mrs.
Heywood and also to secure the $10,000
life Insurance which Mr. Heywood car
ried, and his property, worth about $10,
000 more.
WAR INHAYTI.
Revolutionists Completely Defeated
Near Jacmel.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haytl, April 12.
The revolutionary forces, commanded by
General Nicholas Baptlste, which cap
tured Jacmel. April 5, held that town, for
24 hours and then retired to the hills,
taking with them all the arms and am
munition available, were pursued by the
government troops, commanded by the
Minister of War, General Gulllaume, and
wore completely defeated yesterday at
Fonds Melon, near Jacmel. General Bap
tlste was captured and was Immediately
shot. The revolutionists lost 12 men killed
and a number wounded. The government
troops sustained no losses.
Dominican Revolt Crushed.
WASHINGTON, April 12. A cablegram
received from Minister Powell, at San Do
mingo today, reports that the rebellion
which broke out there was crushed. No
details are supplied.
Status of Manila Fibre.
WASHINGTON, April 12. Assistant
Secretary Spaulding today addressed a
reply to the communication from the
Commissioner of Customs of Canada, In
which he states that under the act tem
porarily to provide revenue for the Phil
ippines, Manila fibre, the product of the
Philippines, cannot come Into the United
States and be exported to Canada with
out being subject to the Philippine export
taxes. With regard to rope and cordage
manufactured in the United States from
Manila fibre, on which export duties in
the Philippine Islands have been remit
ted, he advises the Commissioner that
It would have the same status as other
domestic manufactures and might be ex
ported to Canada without being subjeot
to the Philippines export duty.
In Favor of Mealy.
MONTEREY, Mexico, April 12. Th.e
Supreme Court of Appeals of -Mexico has
handed down a decision In the noted
Mealy case In which It Is held that the
imprisonment of Mr. Mealy by the Federal-District
Court at Ciudad Porflro Diaz
was Irregular and arbitrary. Mr. Mealy
was Imprisoned last year on a charge of
contempt of court. Sickness prevented
bis attendance as witness in a mining
suit. Thef court refused to accept his
explanation.
Programme of "Women's Convention.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 12. Mrs. Rebec
ca D. Lowe, president of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, today ls
Bued the official programme of the next
convention, to be held in Los Angeles
May -l. Mrs. Lowe declared today that
the forthcoming biennial would be the
largest in the history of the organiza
tion.. The South, she said, would send
the largest and most representative dele
gation yet sent by that section to any
national gathering of women.
Cummin Stems Merger Bill.
DES MOINES, la., April 12.-5overnor
Cummins today signed what Is known as
the Hubbard railway merger bill, author
izing railways organized in Iowa to ab
sorb connecting lines anywhere In the
United States and enjoy the same privi
leges as have heretofore been limited to
lines wholly in Iowa and adjoining 3tates.
The bill was amended so as to prevent the
merging of competing or parallel lines.
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NEW RAILROAD COMBINE
THE SOUTHERN IS SCHEMING FOR
LOUISVILLE it NASHVILLE.
Roclc Island Said to Be Concerned In
the New Deal Gates and
Moorci in It.
NEW YORK, April 12. As a result of
several conferences here today, there Is
a general conviction that control of the
Louisville & Nashville road has passed
or will pass to the Southern Railway,
Representatives of both these roads and
a member of the Gates faction were In
consultation early in the day, and later
John W. Gates was closeted for almost an
hour with George W. Perkins, at the
office of J. P. Morgan & Co. Neither Mr.
Perkins nor Mr. Gates would say what
passed between them, but It wag admitted
that the Louisville & Nashville situation
was discussed In Its several phases.
The most authoritative report dealing
with the recent course of Louisville &
Nashville Is substantially as follows:
Some lmo ago Southern Railway Inter,
ests, alarmed at tho Increasing strength
and prosperity of the Louisville & Nash
ville, made an offer for a majority in
terest. The offer was declined, do report
has It, by foreign holders of Louisville &
Nashville, who held the balance of power.
Recently when Louisville & Nashville in
creased Its capital stock by $5,000,000, Mr.
Gates and his associates saw an oppor
tunity to "squeeze" the insiders by buy
ing In the market and creating a scarcity
In the stock. To what extent the Gates
faction succeeded is still a matter of con
jecture, but It Is not doubted that they
were In a position to swing a large block t
of stock either way. Conditions seemed
ripe wr an unempi iu gain control oi me
Louisville & Nashville, and Southern Rail
way Interests, as represented by Morgan
& Co., authorized the Moore Bros, to
acquire as much of the stock as possible
In the open market, with the understand
ing that the stock would be taken over by
the Southern Railway.
Wall street believes that some sort of
a "community of Interest" deal between
the Rock Island and the Southern Rail
way will follow the change In Louisville
& Nashville ownership. Tho Evening
Post says:
"All Indications seem to point to the
fact that the control of the Louisville
Railway Is now so held that It can be
turred over to the Rock Island Railway.
Opinion in Wall street Is In a- nebulous
condition, but there Is a conviction that
control has passed from the Belmont In
terests, and th.at John W. Gates has been
a factor In its passing. There appears to
be good foundation for the opinion that
Mr. Gates may now be In a position, by
throwing his stock one way or the other,
to decide what- Interest shall hereafter
control the Louisville & Nashville. Not
much doubt is felt thai the Moore inter
ests will secure his prices or stocks."
Adding, the Evening Post says the
Choctaw road was purchased for the
Moore interests by Speyer & Co., as part
of the plan for Rock Island extension.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 12. If the Louis
ville & Nashville system has passed Into
the hands of the Southern Railway, It
will leave but two lines of road in the
Southwestern, States the Southern and
the Seaboard Air -Line. Although It has
3b,
CkJ&.
not been officially announced. It Is be
lieved hero that the Atlantic Coast line
and the Plant system will soon come un
der the control of the Southern Railway,
and that the culmination of the deal will
be a "community of Interest." The roads
controlled by the Louisville & Nashville
are the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis, the Western & Atlantic, the At
lantic. Knoxvllle & Northern, the Georgia
Railroad, and several smaller lines.
The total mileage controlled by the
Louisville & Nashville system 13 5174. The
capital stock Is $69,667,000, and bonded In
debtedness $110,000,000. The Southern Rail
way system Includes 642S miles, capitalized
at $1S7,7SO,000, and carrying bonds to the
total of 5162.000.000.
CHEAP RATES TO THE EAST.
Oregonlans Better Than Pamphlets
to Advertise This Country.
COMSTOCK. Or., April 11. (To the
Editor.) Why don't those great trunk
lines of railroads that are giving cheap
excursion rates from tho East to this
Coast give the people that came here and
helped to develop thl3 country an equal
chahce to go back to their old homes
GN 'FSREm
An exploding lamp the clothing In
a blaze; a paragraph in the paper tell
ing of horrible suffering from burns.
Tragedy in this form moves a man to
tears. Hut lor
women who are
daily being .con
sumed by the
smouldering fire
of disease there is
little sympathy.
Inflammation,
with its fierce
burning; ulcera
tion, eating into
the tissues ; the
nervous system al
most shattered "by
suffering , these
ore only part of
the daily agonies
borne by many a
woman.
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puts out the fire
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it almost always cures.
Wbea I fint commenced using Dr. Pierce's
aedidnes," writes Mrs. George A. Strong, of
Gantevoort, Saratoga Co., N. Y., "I was suffer
ing from female weakness, a disagreeable drain,
bearing-down pains, weak and tired feeling all
the time. I dragged around In that way for two
years, and I began taking your medicine. After
taking fint bottle I began to feel better. I took
four bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
tion, two of 'Golden Medical Discovery one
fUl of the 'Pleasant Pellets.' also used one
bottle of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Now I
feel like a new person. 1 can't manic you
enough for your kind advice and the good your
medicine has done me."
Dr. Pierce's Common Senre Medical
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receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr.
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ALL DISEASES
. $5 A MONTH
A VERY IMPORTANT FEATURE THAT SHOULD NOT
BE OVERLOOKED.
The Copeland Medical Institute Does Not Confine Its Prac
tice to Catarrhal Affections, but Treats All Chronic
. Diseases at a Uniform Rate of $5 a Month, Medicines
Included. ' ...
The Copeland physicians are in dally reoelpt of letters from all points Inquir
ing as ' to the application of their system of treatment to chronic maladies other
than those of a catarrhal nature. For the Information of those inquiring and tho
public generally, it Is again stated that the provision made by the Copeland Medi
cal Institute la for the treatment and cure of all persons suffering from, any
form of chronic disease or infirmity whatever at the uniform fee of $3 including
all medicines and appliances for one month's continuous and watchful treat
ment. The same measure of skill, the same degree of care, the same intelligent
exercise of professional energy and effort, and tho same certainty of cure, are
afforded to sufferers from other chronlo maladies as to thosa suffering; from
catarrhal troubles of any nature.
The Proper Coarse 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 the nature of their af
fliction. The following symptoms have
been carefully arranged to enable many
sufferers to understand Just what It Is
-that alls them. Many diseases, known
under various specific names, ara really
of a catarrhal origin and nature. Every
part of the mucous membrane, the nose,
CATARRH OF
HEAD AND THROAT
The head and throat become dis
eased from neglected colds, cous
ins? Catarrh when tho condition of
the blood predisposes to this eon.
dltlon.
"Is your voico husky?"
"Do you spit up aUme?"
"Do you ache all over?"
"Do you snore at night?"
"Do you blow out scabs at nlghtr
"la your nose stopped up?"
"Does your nos discharge?"
"Does your nose bleed tasllyT" .
"Is there tickling in the throat?
"Is this worse toward night?"
"Does the no3e Itch and burn?. -
"Do you hawk to clear the. throat?
"Is there pain across the eyes?" i
"la there pain in front of head?"
"Is your sense of smell leaving?"
"Is the throat dry in the morning?"
"Are you losing your sense of taste?
"Do you sleep with your mouth open?"
"Does your nose stop up toward nlghtr"
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 attack
the lungs.
TJyg yjju a COUgh?"
Are you losing flesh?"
"Do you cough at night?"
"Have you pain in side?"
"Do you take cold easily?"
"Is your appetite variable?"
"Have you stitches In side?"
"Do you cough until you gag?"
"Are you low-splrlted at tlmesT"
"Do you raise frothy material?"
"Do you spit up yellow matter?"
"Do you couji. on going to bed?"
"Do you ough In the mornings?"
"Is your cough short and hacking?"
"Xo 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?"
"la there a burning pain In tho throat?" .
"Do you cough worse night and mornings?"
"Do you have to sit up at night to get
breath?"
CATARRH OF
THE STOMACH
This condition may result from
several causes, but the usual cause
is catarrh, the mucus dropping
down Into the throat and being
wallowed.
"Is there nausea?"
"Are you costive?"
"la there vomiting?"
"Do you belch up gas?"
"Have you waterbrash?"
"Are you lightheaded?"
"Is your tongue coated?"
"Do you hawk and spit?"
"In thero 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?"
"In your throat filled with slime?"
"Do you at times have diarrhoea?"
"la there rush of blood to the head?"
on a visit? They will gh'e a better ac
count of the country and its resources
than a stranger coming into a strange
country can. Nine out of ten of them
will be homesick and can't see anything
good In the country. I think If the rates
from, this Coast East were the same as
from there here there would bo a great
many go back on a visit, and it would
do more good than all the printed mat
ter that can be sent East. A person has
got to Winter and Summer In this coun
try beforo he will like it, on account of
tho great change In the climate. And
then I think it would be a good adver
tisement for the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion of 1905. INQUIRER.
The railroads run excursions East more
often than they do to this Coast. Of
course, there is no settlers' or homeseek
ers movement from thi3 Coast to the
East, and It would be senseless to make
those rates apply that way. But cheap
rates to the East are made for many
occasions the big expositions, the G. A.
R. encampments, various fraternity meet
ings, church conventions, political con
ventions, etc. There wero cheap rates
to the Travelers' Protective Association
when Its national convention was held
on the Atlantic Coast, a3 well as now
when it Is to be held In Portland. Those
Specialist
Dr. Talcott
&Co.
PORTLAND OFFICE, 250J ALDER ST.
San Francisco Office, 997 Market St.
m gbt&
the throat, eye3, ears, head, lungs, atom,
ach, liver, bowels, kidneys and bladder
are subject to disease and blight by ca
tarrh. The proper course for sufferers
is this. Head these symptoms carefully
over, mark those that apply to your caso
and bring this with you to Drs. Copeland
and Montgomery. If you live away from,
the 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 tho speediest
relief and euro possible to medical science
"When you get up suddenly aro yon dizzy?"1
"Is there gnawing sensation in stomach?"
"Do you feel as it you had lead In stomach?"
"When stomach la empty do you feel faint?4
".Do you belch material that burns throat?"
"If stomach la full do you feel oppressed?."-
SYMPTOMS OF
EAR TROUBLES
Deafness and ear troubles result
from catarrh passing along the Eu-
stachian tube that leads front tho
throat to the car.
"Is your hearing falling?"
"Do your ears discharge?"
"Do your ears Itch and burnT
"Are the ears dry and scaly?"
"Have you pain behind the earn?"
"Is there throbbing in tho ears?"
"la there a buzzing sound heard?"
"Do you have a ringing In the ears?"'-
"Are there crackling sounds heard?"
"la your hearing bad cloudy days?"
"Do you have earache occasionally?"
"Are there sounds like steam escaping?"
"Do your ears hurt when you blow your
nose?"
"Do you constantly hear nolse3 In the ears?"
"Do you hear better some days than others?"
"Do the noises In your ears keep you
awake?"
"When you blow your nose do tho ears
crack?"
"la hearing worse when you have a cold?"
"Is roaring like a waterfall In the head?"
CATARRH OF THE LIVER
The liver becomes dlscaised by ca
tarrh extending from the stomach
Into the tubes of the Hvv.
"Are you Irritable?"
"Are you nervous?"
"Do you get dizzy?"
"Have you no energy?"
"Do you have cold feet?"
"Do you feel miserable?"
"Is your memory poor?"
"Do you get tired easily?"
"Do you have hot flushes?"
"Is your eyesight blurred?"
"Have you pain In tho Dack?"
"Is your flesh soft and flabby?"
"Aro your spirits low at times?"
"Is there bloating after eating?"
"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 bDwela?"'-
"Do you suffer from pains In temples?"
"Do you have a palpitation of the heart?"
"Is there a general feeling of lassitude?"
"Do these feelings affect your memory?"
CONSULTATION FREE.
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OFFICE nOURS From O A. M. to 12
M.J from 1 to 5 P. M.
EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays.
SUNDAY From 10 A. M. to IS M.
rates are not restricted to delegates to
the respective meetings, but apply to all
who may desire to travel. Our Comstock
friend may get cheap excursion, rates to
Boston by watching his opportunity, quito
as often as the Boston citizen can travel
to Portland for a reduced fare, except,
of course, that the settlers' and home
seekers' rates aro designed to accommo
date a certain class of travelers who do
not move Eastward.
Trolley Line Under Hudson.
NEW YORK, April 12. The "Union
Terminal Company, of New Jersey, which
has just been Incorporated at Trenton,
with a capital of 5100,000, will build and
operate the proposed trolley line under tho,
Hudson from Fourteenth street, Manhat
tan. The road will be extended from tho
New Jersey end of the tunnel to a point
on tho west bank of the Kackenaack
River.
McLcod Will Not Reslsn.
CHICAGO, April 12. It was stated by;
men high In the management of the West
ern Passenger Association that the re
port that Chairman Eben McLeod is to
resign and Is to be succeeded by G. A.
Parker Is erroneous.
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Varicocele
In tho past few months we have per
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Contracted Disorders.
Upon the establishment of the irriga
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reduced to two weeks. Our electric
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