THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 18. 1903.
S
POWDER BLOWS UP
Gun Crew Mangled on War
ship Massachusetts.
SIX DEAD, TWO MORE WILL DIE
Charge of Eight-Inch. Gun Accident
ally Explodes In Turret Quick.
Action Prevents Another Ex
plosion Funeral of Victims.
SAN JUAN, P. R-. Jan. 17. Five men
were killed and four others were wounded,
two of them probably fatally, by the ex
plosion of a powder charge of an eight
inch gun on board the United States battle-ship
Massachusetts yesterday morn
ing while at target practice off Culebra
Island.
Details of the accident were obtained
when the Massachusetts arrived here to
day. The explosion occurred in the star
board after eight-Inch turret, shortly be
fore noon yesterday, and was due to the ac
cidental discharge of a percussion primer
while the breach of the gun was open.
The full charge exploded in the turret
and killed or injured all the crew of the
gun, numbering nine men. Ensign Wark
K. Wortman. who was In charge of the
turret, escaped injury, though he was
standing near the scene of the explosion.
Magnificent discipline was shown by the
officers and crew of the battle-ehlp. Cap
tain Barry Lee, commanding the marine
guard of the vessel, and Ensign Clarence
Abele Immediately flooded the turret with
water, and Lieutenant Charles F. Hughes
and Gunner Kurlweln went below to the
magazine, picking up powder charges and
preventing further explosions, while
Lieutenant William C. Cole and Gun Cap
tain Soneman entered the turret and with
drew the charge from the other gun. the
breech of which was open. The survivors
of tho gun's crew when rescued were
burned, mutilated and nearly dead. One
man whose clothing was on Are Jumped
overboard.
In less than a minute after the explo
sion three streams of water were pouring
into the turret, preventing the charge of
the other eight-Inch gun from exploding.
Following Is a list of the dead:
K. J. Piatt, 369 Eighth street, Troy,
N. Y.
S. F. MallnowskI, S433 Ontario avenue,
Chicago.
C. H. Loesser, 313 East Eighth street,
Now York.
Andrew Hendrlcksen, Norway.
A. S. Tacke, coxswain, Miami street,
St. Louis.
R. Rule, Walnut Hill, Cincinnati.
The following men were seriously in
jured: A. N. Dossett, seaman, Durham, N. C;
will probably die.
J. G, Patterson, seaman, 22 Soho street,
Pittsburg: will recover.
W. A. Schert, apprentice, 375 Cleveland
avenue, Chicago; will probably die.
A funeral service for Piatt, MallnowskI,
Loesser, Hendrlcksen and Rule was held
at 1 o'clock this afternoon on board the
Massachusetts, Chaplain Wright officiat
ing. Afterward a procession was formed
on shore and proceeded to the military
cemetery of Porto Rico, where tho inter
ment took place. The regimental band
of the garrison of Porto Rico took part
in the ceremonies. Admiral Hlgginson
and the officers of the Massachusetts were
at the graveside, where military honors,
and also Masonic honors for one of the
dead, were rendered.
The three injured men are lying in the
military hospital. Coxswain Tacke died
this afternoon.
NAMES OF DEAD AND INJURED.
Admiral HlsRlnson Gives Particu
lars to the Navy Department.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Admiral Hlg
ginson cables from San Juan, P. R., un
der today's date, that by an explosion of
powder in the eight-Inch turret of the battle-ship
Massachusetts, Ave men were
killed and four injured. No commissioned
officer was injured.
The text of Admiral Higginson's dis
patch Is as follows:
"San Juan, P. R., Jan. 17. Secretary of
the Navy. Washington Powder charge
exploded accidentally in eight-Inch turret
of the Massachusetts. Cause is being In
vestigated by board. Dead: A. Hendrlck
son, boatswain mate; F. H. Losser, ap
prentice; S. F. MallnowskI, landsman;
. K. J. Piatt, ordinary seaman; Robert
Rule, ordinary seaman. Injured: W. A.
Schert, apprentice; A. S. Tacke, coxswain;
J. S. Patterson, ordinary seaman; A. T.
Dossett, ordinary seaman."
Two Killed by Explosion.
WEST NEWTON, Pa., Jan. 17. A boiler
exploded at Bell's Mills, wrecked a saw
mill, killed two men and injured two
others, one probably fatally. The dead:
William Hunter, Robert Pore. The In
jured: Hon. A. B. Hunter, ex-member of
the Pennsylvania Legislature, badly scald
ed, will likely die; James Dyke. It Is
thought the explosion was caused by low
water.
Robert Pore died tonight from tho
effects of his injuries, and A. B.
Hunter, according to his physicians, has
but a slight chance of recovery.
Nature of the Explosive.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The eight-Inch
guns are next in size below the 13-Inch
turret guns carried by the Massachusetts
and Just above the rapid-Are gun limit.
The charges were not contained in Axed
metallic cases and the powder was put
up In canvas bags. The regular guns re
quire that the powder bags should be
conveyed from the magazines to the
breech of the gun in a can-like metal re
ceptacle Intended to, guard against just
this kind of an accident.
Wortman Commands the Turret.
HELENA, Mont. Jan. 17 Ensign Ward
Wortman, who was In charge of the turret
on the Massachusetts, Is a native of this
city and was appointed to Annapolis seven
years ago as a result of a competitive
examination. He was at one time cap
tain of the Academy baseball team and
took a prominent part in athletics."
Dynamite Kills Two Men.
M'KEESPORT, Pa., Jan. 17. A dyna
mite explosion at McKeesport today killed
two men, fatally wounded another and
seriously wounded another. The dead:
John Copash, of McKeesport; Domlnlck
Plkanallo. The men were preparing
ground to lay a new track from the blast
furnace to the river.
Boiler Explosion Is Fatal.
GREENVILLE, Mich.. Jan. 17. Two
boilers in the Ranney Refrigerator fac
tory blew up today, killing two men, in
juring more than a dozen others and
causing an estimated money loss of $25,000.
The dead:
Charles Price, engineer.
R. A. Stanton, Areman.
Texas Oil Wells Falling.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17. A special to tho
Globe-Democrat from Dallas, Tex., says:
The San Jacinto Oil Company, one .of
the larjtest concerns of Dallas, operating
In the Beaumont Aelds, was placed in the
hands of a receiver today on the applica
tion of the Texas Cotton Products Com
pany of Texas, which company had a con
tract with the San Jacinto Oil Company
for a largo quantity of crude oIL Rev. J.
B. Cranflll, a well-known Baptist preacher
and editor of Dallas, president of the
company, said this evening that one of the
company's -wells had failed entirely and the
production of the other two had also prac
tically ceased.
DEADLY FIGHT IN COLORADO
Wolcott Issues Appeal and Each
Party Threatens the Other.
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 17. Ex-United
States Senator Edward O. Wolcott, who
Is a candidate for election as successor
to Henry M. Teller, has Issued an appeal
to the Republican members of the House
to unite and unseat 17 Democratic mem
bers, whose seats are contested. Other
wise, he declares, a Democrat will be
elected Senator. A majority of the 17
members of the House who were support
ing Wolcott have signed an agreement
that they will vote first, last and all the
time for him for United States Senator,
and will not cast a vote for any other
candidate.
Representative Frewen, the Wolcott
leader in the House, has served an oral
peremptory notice on Chairman Brecken
ridge, of the House committee on priv
ileges and elections, to the effect that un
less the committee report In favor of ar
bitrarily unseating all the Democratic
members from Arapahoe County, and un
less the vote on unseating- the 15 men be
made Jointly Instead of separately, the
Wolcott men will not vote to seat a single
Republican.
All the Democratic Senators but one
have pledged themselves to "unseat a
Republican Senator for every Democratic
member of the House unseated, man for
man, so lone as Republican Senators re
main upon whom retaliation can be had."
Concerning this proposed policy of re
taliation. Mr. Wolcott, in his address to
the Republicans, says:
"The threatened Importation into the
State Senate by Democrats of the bloody
methods which have forever blackened the
good name of the State of Kentucky
must not swerve us. The patriotic Repub
licans In the State Senate are loyal to
their party, and they are able, backed by
a Republican Governor, to take care of
themselves."
Many of the 17 Republican members of
the House who are opposed to Wolcott's
election are pledged not to vote for him
under any circumstances, and will not
Join In any caucus for the purpose of se
lecting a Senatorial candidate.
If the Republican factions fall to get
together Senator Teller will be re-elected,
or a deadlock will result, which may pre
vent an election of a Senator at this ses
sion. The House committee on elections
will make its report on the contested
seats next Monday and It is the intention
of the Republicans to have it acted upon
by the House on that day as the Arst
ballot for Senator will be taken next
Tuesday.
Philip B. Stewart, chairman of the or
ganization which Is opposing the election
of Mr. Wolcott to the United States Sen
ate, tonight gave out a statement In an
swer to Mr. Wolcott's statement. He de
clared that it was generally understood
during the recent campaign in the state
that Mr. Wolcott would not be the Re
publican choice for Senator, and In some
counties the Republican candidates were
pledged to oppose him, and on this under
standing, supported by Mr. Wolcott's ab
sence from the state during the campaign,
the Republican majority In the Legislature
was elected. Under these circumstances
he held that Republican legislators could
not honestly enter a caucus which must
put them under obligation to support Mr.
Wolcott, He added that If Mr. Wolcott
would withdraw harmony would be at once
restored.
DISAPPROVES WATER-CURE
President Expresses Opinion Re
garding Officers Who Applied It.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Final action
has been taken by the President and Sec
retary of War in the case of First Lieu
tenant Edward Hickman, of the First
Cavalry, one of the officers tried by court
mo rtlal by direction of tho President on
the charge of having administered the
water cure to certain Filipinos in order
to extort information in regard to the
movement of native bands of marauders.
Tho military court acquitted the officer
on the charge.
The President Indorsed the paper with
the single word "disapproved," evidently
intending thereby to deprecate the em
ployment of the "water cure," -without,
however, affecting the judgment of the
court-martial in acquitting the officer on
the general ground that Its employment
in this instance was justified by the cir
cumstances. TRIAL OF LOCOMOTIVE.
Run Is Made Out of Missoula, With
Ofllclals Aboard.
BUTTE. Mont, Jan. 17. A special to the
Miner from Missoula, Mont., says a new
engine of the passenger class, No. 2S0, was
given a trial run out of Missoula today.
The engine pulled a special train, con
taining the private cars of Superintendent
of Motive Power Mitchell and General
Storekeeper O. E. Paries, of St. Paul.
These gentlemen were also accompanied
as far as Hope by Assistant Superintend
ent Wentworth, of the Rocky Mountain
division. The two former-named gentle
men will continue to Spokane tomorrow,
after having inspected the Hope shops
and yards, and Assistant Superintend
ent Wentworth will return fro this city.
If this engine proves satisfactory the
Northern Pacific will order 20 of the same
class for passenger trains.
SEVEN DIE OF PLAGUE. '
Mozatlon Almost Deserted Except by
the Victims.
MAZATLAN, Mex., Jan. 17. There were
seven deaths from the plague today and
the number of patients at lazarettos Is
50. Business is practically suspended and
the majority of the Inhabitants are still
away.
Money beclns to come In for the relief
of the people and Is most welcome. Gen
erous contributions from all over the re
public are being acknowledged by the
local authorities.
DAY'S DEATH ROLL.
President Polytechnic Institute.
LONDON, Jan. 17. Qulnton Hogg,
founder and president of the Polytechnic
Institute and editor of the Polytechnic
Magazine, died suddenly today of heart
disease. He was born in 1S15.
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Mother of Charles W. Foster.
FOSTORIA, O., Jan. 17. Laura Foster,
mother of ex-Governor Charles W. Fos
ter, of Ohio, is dead, aged 100 years. Her
husband founded Fostoria, and from him
it took its name.
Hat Salts Disposed of.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17. After pending for
nearly 20 -years nearly all the 2000 suits
brought against the United States Gov
ernment by Importers of hat trimmings
have been- cleared off the calendar. While
there was a total of nearly 560,000,000 In
volved, the Government has escaped with
payments aggregating only $3,000,000.
Two Men Brought to Penitentiary.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 17. (Special-Sheriff
E. L. Parrott and guardsv of Douglas
County, today brought two two-year men
to the State Penitentiary, as follows:
Harry Howard, larceny from the person,
and E. G. Becker, burglary.
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GONZALES MAY RECOVER
TILLMAN'S VICTIM TAKES A TURN
FOR TUB BETTER.
After an Anxious Day, During Which
Hope Is Almost Abandoned, Doc
tors Give Good News.
COLUMBIA., S. C Jan. 17. After a day
of anxiety to the friends of Editor N. G.
Gonzales, who was shot on Thursday af
ternoon by Lieutenant-Governor James H.
Tillman, reports tonight from the hospital
are encouraging, although not fully assur
ing recovery.
During the early afternoon there was
grave apprehension for the llfo of tho
wounded man, and at one time practically
all hope had been abandoned, but there
is now some indication of a favorable
outcome of the case. Dr. Wylle, who was
called Into consultation late this after
noon, left for Rockhlll. stating that he
was better satisfied with tho condition of
Mr. Gonzales than he had been since he
had first seen Kim.
The chief concern this afternoon, was
caused by an obstruction of the intes
tines and It was considered, at one time as
a possibility that they would have to be
reopened and an Injection made to relieve
this. It was practically determined to
resort to this heroic treatment If Im
provement did not appear In a short time,
but before the limit of waiting for favor
able developments had expired, there was
noted a relaxation of the tension of the
abdomen and the physicians announced
that the remedies they had applied were
naving effect, and that. If they completed
the purpose of their administration, there
would be a chance of saving the life of
tne patient.
One of the most satisfactory features of
the case Is that after nearly CO hours there
has been not the least indication of peri
tonitis. Danger of this development will
have passed practically after 72 hours.
Colonel Tillman says he has received a
number of offers from lawyers In the state
to undertake his defense without fee. His
room contains several handsome bunches
of fiowers, which, he says, were sent to
him by friends. He is comfortably dis
posed In h!s prison quarters and one of
his counsel Is generally with him.
There Is not the least sign of public ex
cltement in Columbia.
Will Live Through Night.
COLUMBUS. S. C, Jan. S. At 2:15 A.
M. Dr. Mcintosh issued a hiiftptfn on Rnn.
zales condition, stating that the patient
was quietly sleeping, and would certainly
live tnrougn tne night.
SAYS STORIES ARE BIASED.
Tillman Appeals to the Public May
Ask Chnngc of Venue.
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 17. In a signed
statement given to a staff correspondent
of the Atlanta Journal this afternoon.
Lieutenant-Governor Tillman, who is con
fined In tho Columbia Jail, said:
"I would like to correct the biased re
ports of this unfortunate affair, but. when
the public recalls that these reports were
sent out either by the State, of which Mr.
Gonzales Is editor, or by his personal
friends, they can readily see that I could
scarcely hope or expect a fair account.
"Those who know me know that too
well to believe it. When the true facts
are proven my friends and the people
of this country will know how grossly I
have been misrepresented. Such will be
shown by witnesses of the highest char
acter. I am ready for trial by a jury of
my countrymen. J. H. TILLMAN.'
A Journal special from Columbia, S. C,
says: The latest development In the
Tillman-Gonzales case Is that, when
Tillman Is put on trial, whether Gonzales
lives or not, his (Tillman's) counsel will
ask for a change of venue from Richland
County. It is said that the claim will be
set up by Tillman's attorney that, on ac
count of this being Gonzales' home
county, a fair trial could not be secured.
BUILDING LOAN MAN SHORT.
Steals Over $100,000 From Three
Companies and Disappears.
CIRCLEVILLE, O., Jan. 17. Investiga
tion has disclosed the fact that G. Chris
tie Haver, late secretary of tho Rprmnnh
the New Citizens' and the Circlevlllo
Building & Loan Associations, is short in
his accounts from $00,000 to $100,000. Bayer
dlsanneared nn Jnminrv R anA Vitn
abouts aro unknown. Examiners sent
Here by the State Inspector of Building
and Loan Associations have been at work
on Bayer's books for nearly two weeks.
Their work Is yet uncompleted. Bayer's
accounts with the New Citizens' company
are $53,000 short, and with tho nfmlAxHilo
Building & Loan Association between $5000
ana snore Application was made to
the courts today for a receiver for the
New Citizens' company, and H. B. Wea
ver was appointed.
The greatest excitement prevails here
over the developments In the case. .Bayer
was one of the most highly respected citi
zens of Clrclevllle. He was a veteran of
the Civil War, and prominent In Grand
Army circles. Last Fall he was elected
Clerk of Courts, but had not yet taken
charge of the office. After leaving Clrcle
vllle on January 6 Bayer was seen in Co
lumbus, but since that time no trace of
him has been found.
BLOODHOUNDS TRACK ROBBER.
Scent Leads to Stephen Crandall's
Home and He Is Accused.
PERRY, Tenn., Jan. 17. Henry M. Pat
tee, son of the president of the National
Bank of this city was shot by robbers at
an early hour 'today. He was awakened
by a noise In the rear of the house, and
taking a revolver, slipped out on the back
porch. In an Instant he was confronted
by two men. He grappled with one of
them, and in the struggle the robber
wrenched the gun from Pattee and shot
him In tho breast. Indicting a dangerous
If not fatal wound.
Bloodhounds were placed on the track
of the man who did the shooting, and took
the trail which led to the home of Stephen
Crandall. Crandall was placed under ar
rest and Is being held for Investigation.
YOUTSEY'S STORY ENDED.
Completes Forty Hours Testimony
Regarding Murder of Goebel.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 17. After be
ing on the witness stand In the Franklin
County grand jury room for nearly 40
hours, telling what he knows of the mur
der of Governor William Goebel, Henry
Youtsey was today returned to his prison
cell. By direction of Circuit Judge Can
trill, the prisoner is to see no visitors
during the sitting of the Jury, as It may
be necessary to recall him.
Trial of Boodler KelSy.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17. At the trial today
of Charles "W. Kelly, member and ex
speaker of the House of Delegates, on tho
charge of briber', the $75,000 deposited in
the Lincoln Trust Company's vaults as a
bribe to the House of Delegates was pre
sented in court and counted for the fourth
time by Philip Stock, the "legislative
agent." He identified it as the same
money that he had received from Presi
dent Charles H. Turner, of the Suburban
Railroad, as a go-between. The state
closed Its case this afternoon. At the ses
sion tonight the defense introduced several
witnesses. Adjournment was taken until
Monday.
Society Man In Trouble.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Jan. 17. Hugh
J. Fagan, a prominent real estate dealer,
and one of the leading men in local so
cletv. has been indicted hv thn
Jury for . grand larceny. He gave ball
in $1000 for trial. It Is charged that Fa
gan, who Is the owner of tho premises
occupied by the complainant, Mrs. Mary
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Savrmill Man Assassinated.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Jan. 17. A special to
the Republic from Charleston, Mo., says:
J. W. Bowser, a wealthy sawmill owner
of Anniston. six miles south of here, was
assassinated last night by some under
person while he sat reading a paper In
his room. Both barrels 6f a shotgun were
fired through a window into Mr. Bowser's
head, almost tearing It from the shoulders
and causing instant death. No motivo
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Killed hy Jenlons Hnshand.
DOVER, N. J., Jan. 17. James P. Eck
hart, a real estate agent here, and man
ager of Baker's Opera-House, and Mrs.
Winnie Hill, wife of Oliver Hill, a brake
man, were found dead In a room in Mrs.
Hill's house todiy. Both had died from
shot wounds, and a revolver was found
grasped In Eckhart's hands. The woman's
husband and Eckhart quarreled several
weeks ago over Eckhart's attentions to
Mrs. HI1L
Streeter and Ills Men Appeal.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. "Captain" George
W. Streeter, Henry Hoeldtke and William
McManners, recently convicted of man
slaughter, were today given indeterminate
sentences In the penitentiary, a new trial
having been, denied by Judge Chetlaln. A
40 days' stay was granted to allow an ap
peal to a higher court. In the meantime
the three men will remain In the County
Jail.
Tov Be Tried for Embezzlement.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 17. Governor
Yates today issued a requisition on the
Governor of Indian Territory for the ex
tradition of Albert L. Elford, ex-asslst-ant
County Treasurer of Rock Island
County. Ho Is now under arrest In Miami,
I. T. Elford, It Is alleged, embezzled $10,
000 of funds of Rock Island County last
September.
Ills Ovrn Executioner.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Eugene Conlln, who
last night In a fit of Jealousy shot and
almost Instantly killed Miss Jennie Dwyer
and .painfully injured her escort, Frank
Fay Merrltt, and who then shot himself,
died at the hospital at 7 o'clock this morn
ing. Sew Idea for Submarine Boat.
WTNSTED, Conn., Jan. 17. Clarence B.
Gillette, aged 22, who served In the Spanish-American
War, has been granted a
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boats. He has been experimenting along
the line of submarine navigation since
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Mrs. Clark's Sinter May Die.
DENVER. Jan. 17. Mrs. Frank Shaw,
of Butte, Mont., sister of tho late Mrs.
W. A. Clark, Jr., 13 In a critical condition
at St. Luke's Hospital, in this city, where
she underwent an operation for a tumor
yesteiday. She came here with her hus
band Tuesday for treatment. The phy
sicians say she has only a fighting, chance
for life.
Scarlet Fever In a College.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Recitations at Lake
Forest College have been temporarily
suspended, owing to a number of cases of
scarlet fever that have developed among
the students. The disease has filled the
college hospital with patients.
S'ate Bank at Toronto Closed.
TORONTO, Kan., Jan. 17. The. State !
Bank of Toronto closed its door today.
The liabilities probably- will amount to
about 235.000. It Is said onlv a small Tier
cent cf the deposits, which amount to
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I ll DR. KILMER & CO. SEj
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Iff
4 sold brail Druggists. VfU
$la,000, can he paid. The bank was one
, of the oldest in "Woodson County. The
, cashier is P. V. Dickerson
OREGON CORPORATIONS.
Articles Filed "With Secretary Dnn-
uar Daring: the Week Jast Closed.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.) Articles
of incorporation were filed In the office of
Secretary of State Dunbar this week as
iouows:
Mann &. Beach, of Portland; capital
stock, $6000; incorporators, John M. Mann
James D. M. Abbott and S. C. Beach. '
Caroline Couch Estate, of Portland; capi
tal stock, $50,030; Incorporators, L. A.
Lewis, H. C. Wilson, J. C. Flanders and
R. L. Gllsan.
The Great Northern Mill & Mining
Company, of Brownsville; capital stock,
$120,000; incorporators, W. W. Robe W. A.
Templeton and J. H. Gkiss. '
The Golden Treasure Mines & Milling
Company, of Bourne, Baker County; capl
tol stock, $1,000,000; Incorporators, Edward
Rawson, N. P. Llppert and George M.
Dlehm.
Rue & Clyde Logging Company, of Port
land; capital stock, $200,000; Incorporators
A. C. Mowrey, F. Welst and Thomas n!
Strong.
Mount Defiance Water, Power & Light
Company, of Hood River; capital stock,
$35,000; Incorporators, Frank Davenport, C.
T. Early and G. W. Stapleton.
Columbia Southern Trust Company, of
Portland; capital stock, $25,000; Incorpo
rators, W. A. Laldlaw, E. E. Lytle and W.
H. Moore.
Garman-Hemenway Company, of Cottage
Grove; capital stock, $20,000; Incorporators.
W. D. Garman, James Hemenway and W.
A. Hemenway.
Columbia Land & Irrigation Company,
of Portland; capital stock, $25,000; incor
porators, John E. Atchison, John W. Cook
and William A. Munly.
Hidden Treasure Gold Mining Company,
of Baker City; capital stock, $1,250,000; In
corporators, Fred T. Kelly, W. A. Hous
ton and C. A. Johns.
May Queen Gold Mine Company, of
Baker City; capital stock, $3,000,000; incor
porators. John Thompson, P. Bascho and
George T. Simmers.
Oriental Mining Company, of Albany;
capital stock, $1,000,000; Incorporators, J.
Otto Lee, J. H. Roberts, J. F. Venner and
C. Sullivan.
The Coast Rango Copper Company, of
Roseburg; capital stock, $25,000; incorpo
rators, T. R. Sheridan, H. A. Champagne,
Frank Reed and Fred J. Blakeley.
Portland Baseball Association, of Port
land; supplementary articles of Incorpora
tion, Increasing the capital stock from
$5000 to $10,000; incorporators, J. C. Alns
worth, F. A. Spencer, M. Flelschner, C. K.
Zilly, A. H. Devers, J. P. Marshall and
Paul Wes3lnger.
Gallce Hydraulic Mining Company, of
Portland; capital stock, $1,000,000; incor
porators, A. B. Cousin, George E. Wag
goner, E. E. Cable and Robert C. Yenney.
First Baptist Church, of Ontario; capl-
Hair Vigor
Makes the hair grow
because it is a hair-food.
It feeds the hair and the
hair grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops falling
of the hair, too, and re
stores color to gray hair.
JI.H. All toalcU. J. C AYEK CO., Lnrell, Miss.
Avers
hrongs of Patients
Teach the Lesson
Not the Uniform $5 Rate Generously Given for AH Diseases, but
the Skill and Faith and Fame of the Copeland Prac
tice Account for the Large Attendance
and the General Interest.
It would be a very simple-minded person
who would attempt to account by the $5
rate In and of itself for the crowds throng
ing the Copeland offices, for the public In
terest, for the general gratitude and for
the very avalanche of letters from sick
people.
The fact that an institution was giving
medical treatment for $5 a month would
certainly account for none of these things.
Of course, sick people like to feel that they
are receiving medical care at a small cost,
but that is only a minor consideration.
What sick people want to feel and know,
what their loving and anxious families
and friends want to feel and know. Is
that they are receiving the very best
medical treatment that can be obtained.
If the Copeland practice were a mere
money-making venture. Instead of being
a public blessing, an offer of $5 a month
or an offer of "free treatment," for that
matter, would bo received with indiffer
ence. Bad treatment and bad teaching aro
bad, even If "given free."
No, tho throngs of patients, the inter
THE RECORD OF CURES GROWS DAILY
Discharging Ear Following Scarlet
Fever A Permanent Cure.
Mill Bessie Overaon, renldlns tem
porarily at 3S7 Twenty-fifth street. North
Portland. Miss Bessie Is tho daughter
of Mrs. J. C. Overson, a well-known resi
dent of Shaw, Marion County. In an in
terview regarding her daughter's case she
said:
"Bessie's trouble was the result of
measles, followed by scarlet fever when
MJss Resale Orernon, 3S7 Trrenty
flfth Street, North Portland-
I '.
she was a little glrL This sickness left
her head and throat in very bad shape,
also her ears. The
Right Ear Discharged
a foul, offensive substance, which con
tinued until her treatment at the Cope
land Institute. She had to wear cotton
In her ear all the time, and suffered great
discomfort.
"We spent large sums of money In hav
ing her treated, both here and In the
East, and had her under the care of some
of tho best
So-Cnlled Specialists,
who charged us large fees but
Did Her No Good.
Wo felt greatly discouraged about her
case, and having heard so much about
the Copeland physicians I decided to con
sult them regarding her case. After a
careful examination the doctor said he
thought ho could cure her, and she began
treatment. Under their treatment her ear
healed rapidly and the discharge entirely
disappeared. This was three years ago,
and as she has had no trouble since there
can be no question as to the
Permnnency of Her Cure.
"I cannot say too much In praise of the
Copeland physicians and their excellent
method of treatment. I will be glad to
answer any questions regarding Bessie's
case."
tal stock, $600; Incorporators, J. S. Jones,
T. J. Johnson and B. F. Nott.
Continental Gold Mining Company, of
Portland; capital stock. $1,500,000; Incor
porators, W. B. Stewart, E. W. Rowe and
H. J. Martin.
The A. H. AverllL Machinery Company,
of Portland; capital stock, $50,000; Incor
porators, A. IL Averlll, M. B. McFaul and
G. O. Graves.
Hood River Apple Juice Company, of
Hood River; capital stock, $10,000; Incor
porators, W. E. Potter, George W. Bates
and Martin L. Pipes.
Western Consolidated Development Com
pany, of Medford; capital stock, $500,000;
Incorporators, Guy T. Thompson, William
A. Freeburg, Charles G. Glschel -and E.
P. Hughes.
Northwestern Granlto Company, of
Baker City; capital stock, $10,000; Incor
porators, William Pollman, P. Basche and
N. C. Haskell.
Grant's Pass Irrigation Scheme.
GRANT'S PASS, Or., Jan. 17. (Special.)
The Advance Electric Power & Irrigating
Company, which is a branch of the Golden
Drift Company, or that portion of the en
teprlse which has In view the irrigating of
Grant's Pass and surrounding country, has
begun Its work here. C. G. Ament, presi
dent of the company, and a man who has
had an experience of several years in
Colorado In similar enterprises, has charge
of the work. The surveys for the ditches
have already been made. All of the farms
and orchards for a distance of nine miles
down the Rogue from here will be reached
by the ditches. Mr. Ament says he feels
confident that irrigation will work as great
benefits, if not greater, for this country
than it has worked for Colorado.
Freight Line Around Cape Horn.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. The steam
ship J. Ij. Liuchenbach, which arrived
today from New York, was .formerly the
North German Lloyd's Atlantic liner
Saale. and was In the memorable fire of
1900. at Hoboken nler. The Liuchenbach
la the pioneer of a line of cargo liners to i
run between New York, San Francisco and
Seattle. The Lewis Luchenbach, a new
6000-tonner, will leave New York In a few
weeks to be followed later by the Mac
Pherson, a former Army transport of
about 3000 tons cargo carrying capacity.
Private Enemy Killed Meyer.
The Coroner's Jury made an investiga
tion yesterday into the circumstances re
lating to the killing of Henry Meyer, the
saloonkeeper at Twenty-fourth and Thur
man streets, but no new evidence was dis
covered. A verdict was rendered that
Meyer was killed by bullets fired by a per
est and the gratitude aro accounted for
not by the $5 rate but by tho fact that
all these people know that under this
rate they are being admitted to the bene
fits of a practice that has commanded for
years the respect of the profession and
the public
They know that under this fee, low as it
seems, they are obtaining care and treat
ment that they could not obtain anywhere
else for any fee, high or low.
They know that under this opportunity
they may be relieved of diseases which no
other method of treatment has ever been
able to benefit.
They know that under this opportunlty
they obtain the best treatment and the
best professional skill.
They know that under this opportunity
they are going to be cured.
And It Is this that accounts for tho
throngs of people, the Interest and the
gratitude and the avalanche of letters,
and (what is of more importance than
anything else) for the warm and hearty
commendatlon of right-thinking people.
Catarrh and Bronchial Asthma.
Mr. Martin Blxbee, Forest Grove,
Or., a pioneer settler of that vicinity,
having resided there contlnuouslv since
1ST6. Mr. Blsbee was a great sufferer from
enronic catarrh, complicated by bronchial
asthma. In referring to his case he said:
"My experience with the Copeland phy
sicians can be summed up In a few words.
When I placed myself under their care I
was a very,
Very Sick Man,
with very little hope of ever getting well.
Today I am stouter and able to do mora
than In years before.
"The cause of my break-down was
catarrh, from which I had suffered all
my life, and which had finally affected
the entire respiratory tract and caused
me great suffering. There was always a
Profuse SiNcharse
from the nostrils, and a dripping into the
throat, which kept me hawking and spit
ting continually, but the worst feature of
this was the
Terrible Odor
of the secretions. I had a nasty, worri
romo cough, which bothered me day and
night. In the morning I coughed until
nearly exhausted, and raised large quan
tities of phlegm. It was a matter of
wonder to me where ltalZ came from.
"My breathing was short and labored,
with a rattling and wheezing In my chest.
I had frequent
Attacks of Asthma,
from which I suffered more than I can
tell. Many Is the time I sat up all night
In order to get a little relief.
"For a number of Winters I had grip,
and each attack left me weaker and moro
miserable than the one before, and my
strength was rapidly being sapped. I had
no strength to do anything and I knew
that unless I found prompt relief It would
be but a short time until I would bo
Beyond Help.
It was In this condition that I went to the
Copeland Institute, and as I said above I
am now enjoying
Very Good Health.
In the beginning I was scarcely able to
bo about. Now I can walk five or six
miles without any trouble, and this for
a man
00 Years of A pre
is pretty good. In fact this Is the most
comfortable Winter I havo had In years
I have had no trouble of any kind."
HOME TREATMENT
"So one deprived of the "benefits of
the Copeland treatment because ot
livlnjr at a distance from the city.
If you cannot come to the office,
write for Home Treatment Symptom,
Blank and Book and he cured at
home.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Dr. Copeland's Book Free to All.
The Copeland Medical Institute
The Dekum, Third and Washington
W. II. COPEIoAND. 31. D.
' J. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D.
OFFICE HOUnS 9 A. 31. to 5 P. 31.
EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays.
SUNDAY From lO A. M. to 12 31.
son or persons unknown, with Intent to
murder him. It Is not now believed that
the shooting was done by robbers" but by
some private enemy, and the police aro
working on a new clew, but will not say
what the clew Is.
ONLY A SUGGESTION
il ut It Has Proven of Interest and
' Value to Thousands.
Common sense would suggest that if
one wishes to become fleshy and plump
it can only result from the food we eat
and digest and that food should be album
inous or flesh forming food, like eggs,
beefsteak and cereals; in other words the
kinds of food that make flesh are tha
foods which form the greater part of our
dally bills of fare.
But the trouble Is that while we eat
enough and generally too much, the stom
ach, from abuse and overwork, does not
properly digest and assimilate it, which
is the reason so many people remain tftin
and under weight; the digestive ,organ3 do
not completely digest the flesn forming'
beefsteak and eggs and similar whole
some food.
There are thousands of such who are
really confirmed dyspeptics, although they
may have no particular pain or inconven
ience from their stomachs.
If such persons would lay their preju
dices aside and make a regular practice
of taking, after each meal, one or two ot
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets the food would
be quickly and thoroughly digested, be
cause these tablets contain the natural
peptones and diastase which every weak
stomach lacks, and by supplying: thla
want tho stomach Is soon enabled to re
gain Its natural tone and vigor.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digest every
form of flesh-forming food, meat, eggs,
bread and potatoes, and this Is the reason
they so quickly build up, strengthen and
Invigorate thin, dyspeptic men, women
and children.
Invalids and children, even tho most
delicate, use them with marked benefit as
they contain no strong. Irritating drugs,
no cathartic nor any harmful ingredient
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the most
successful and most widely known of any
remedy for stomach troubles because it
is the most reasonable and scientific ot
modern medicines.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by
every druggist In the United States and
Canada as well as in Great Britain, at 50
cents for complete treatment.
Nothing further la required to cure any
stomach trouble or to make thin, nervous,
dyspeptic people, strong, plump and well.