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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAX POBTLA1TD, JUNE 14, 1903. L E V EE BUT Suspect Nearly Loses - His Life. ST, LOUIS MOB AFTER'HIM Wealthy Stockman Arrested on Suspicion, NAVAL-RESERVES ORDERED OUT Attempt to Let Bade Writer From Flood Out of a Farm Driven the Citizens Wild One Man Is ....Killed. ST.- LOUIS, June 13. Word was received In East St. Louis tonight that a- gang of men were at work cutting a levee at Win atanley Park, near the John S. Bratton stockyard. In the extreme eastern portion of the city. A mob speedily rushed to the scene .and arrests followed,, which result ed In a company of naval reserves being rushed to the spot. Over 100 shots were fired, and after quiet .had been destored It -was found that Clifford Hanley. .a naval reserve member, had been killed. The trouble Is said to have resulted from a gang of men trying to cut the levee to let the water out of the Bratton stock farm. John S. Bratton was taken into custody and hurried, away, as threats were made to lynch him' He' is a wealthy man and well known throughout the coun try .as a turfman and breeder of fine horsjts.' It is not kndwn that 'the levee-cutting was upon his. orders. ST. LOUIS STILL flooded. Back Water Continues "Stationary, lint the River Is Falling ST. LOUIS, June 13. With 1J&.O0Q refugees to feed and shelter, -East Sti Xouis is stifl battling against the flo'pd.' . The- city Is entirely surrounded by water; 'and two thirds of Its territory Is under water The river stage continues to fall, but the back water which Inundates East St. Louis re mains stationary, and It will probably be weeks before It is gone. Diligent search has failed to reveal any bodies from the flooded bouses, and it Is now believed that all the inhabitants of the South. Side have escaped. t Business has not been -resumed" to any great extent, and the soldiers are still aiding the local police in preserving order. The dikes are constantly patrolled,, and when a. weakened place Is found it is Bpeedily remedied by volunteers. The paid laborers have received, their w:ages and have been dismissed. The total financial loss In East St. Louis is estimated at $50, 000.000. All trains on the Missouri Pacific, Iron Mountain, Missouri, Kansas & Texas and St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad are leaving the Union Station on schedule time and are arriving with almost equal promptness. With the exception of the Burlington, the Wabash and the Chicago & Alton train service to the West and Southwest from St. Louis is up to the usual standard. . Traffic to and from Eastern points is in worse shape at present than It has been since the flood began. The stoppage of the East St. Louis-Belleville electric line on account of the high water prevents the transfer of passengers to EdwardsvlHe. Belleville and CoUInsvllle, where the Clover Leaf, the Southern, the Louisville & Nashville and the Vandalla established terminals. At noon today it was almost impossible to get & train over any of the lines mentioned. The Wabash is still running by a round about way trains to Chicago and the East. The Illinois Central; which received pas sengers at the Broadway viaduct. East St Louis, Friday, has removed Its sta tion to the foot of Trendley avenue. The Mobile & Ohio, the Chicago, Peoria & St Louis and the St. Louis Valley are not running, at alL The Big Four, the Burlington and the Chicago & Alton etill have excellent steamboat service between here and Alton, their terminals. BAILEY REPLIES TO WARE. Asks People to Ignore Statement Tlint itonsas Steeds No Aid. TOPEKA, Kan., June 13. Governor Bailey tonight gave the Associated Press the following reply to Pension Commis sioner Ware regarding the ne&3 of Kan sas flood sufferers: -.' "I regret more than I can tell that the word has .gohe forth that we need no more alfl from outside the 'etate fpr our people who bavcf suffered from the Vecent floods, end especially that this had been proclaimed by one claiming to' be a repre sentative of Kansas. "Within the past week! have visited the stricken district. Including Kansas City, Argentine, North Topeka and the. fertile valley between Topeka and KansaVaty, and from what I saw and beard the calamity that has befallen our state is more appalling than was feared before the waters receded and while the Ipss of life was less, yet the property loss and suffering Is many times greater than was entailed by the Galveston disaster. "Today Kansas finds more than 30,000 of her people practically' nameless f rom no; fault of their own, and one of her fertile valleys; representing an -ares. 300 miles long and five miles-wide, that but a few days ago was covered by happy homes and filled with promise, la now a watery waste. . "In view of these fdcts, I wish t say to the charitably inclined everywhere, l4your contributions will be welcome; they are needed to relieve the necessities of the hour, and every dollar will be used to re lieve the suffering of those who are de serving and needy. " FLEE Fit OX IUSX.YG WATERS. XUo Grande Is Fast Inundating Sev eral Mexican. -Totvhs. EL PASO. Tex., June IS. The Rio Grande at Earlham. N. M., is very threat ening this evening. The rise Is 'mora than a foot and a half for the past 12 bours. and an additional rise of IS inches is ex pected tomorrow morning. The river Is more than two miles wide, extending- from Earlham to Beerino, a Mexican town. Beerino Is flooded, the inhabitants aban doning their homes arid farms, and ranches are submerged for miles along the valley in New Mexico. At Earlham the people are leaving for the highlands. The damage to farms will aggregate many thousands of dollars. At San Marclal the river Is a foot "higher than during the big flood of 1S97. At El Paso all lastnlght, upon instructions of Chief Wooton, mounted police 6fficers pa trolled the levee and watched at the flood gates. The two-foot rise from the north is not expected here until tomorrow morning. New Jersey Rivers Still Rising. PORT JERVTS. N. Y.. June. 13. Both the Delaware and Naveslnk Rivers aro still rising from the recent heavy rains. .Seri ous damage is feared from the Delaware. Many small bridges have been washed away along the mountain etrfexns. . ' fr "&F ' ' ' UNIVERSITY OF Ema Hendricks, Clnss Treasurer. Fred. G. Thayer, President. UXiyBRSITX OF OREGOK, Eugene. Juno 13. (Special.) The above 1b a picture of the oSlccrs of the University o Oregon graduating class. The d&rs is the largest that the uni versity has" ever graduated, there being- 36 members. 'The names and office held are as follows: Fred G. Thayer, president; Miss Ruby Hendricks, vice-president; treasurer. Miss Elma Hendricta; secretary and class poet. "Watts; eerge'ant-at-arms, "Ross M. Plumroer. "Watts; eargent-at-anna, Ross M. Plumroer. FIND ABUSE OF THE LAW (Continued from First Page.) tlons In the Washington Postofllce with out examination, by the devious methods of appointment In small, , unclassified of fices, or in offices about to be consoli dated, and subsequent transfer, and the appointments of those laborers who were appointed and separated during the ad ministration of the present Postmaster, show a wide divergence in policy from a strict regard for the public Interest, and afford Indications that the Department used the Washington Postoffice for polit ical and personal purposes to an extent which left the authority of the Postmas ter in transfers and appointments of this sort but little more than nominal, and placed the office In many respects in. the relation of a bureau to the Department. High. Officials Directed Frauds. "The investigation seems to show clear ly that most of the irregularities herein set forth were directed by the Depart ment, or requested or suggested by high Departmental officials, and in either case came to the Postmaster with all the force of a direction. With the exception of the appointment of eight laborers, afterward separated, three clerks appointed to of fices about to be classified and one em ploye appointed in the Good Hope (Dis trict of Columbia) Postofllce before its consolidation, it appears that Postmaster Merritt did not Initiate any of these im proper appointments or assignments, and his responsibility tor them seems to be secondary and dependent u'pon the extent to which a subordinate Is Justified In pro-testing-agalnst the orders or suggestions of his official superiors. "The investigation indicates that the employes who entered the service by transfer and without examination are in general inferior to those appointed through competition. The investigation by the 'Commission chows that many of the persons who entered the service by transfer, bad failed upon competitive ex amination, from states whieff-were-in ex cess of - the apportionment -or had not passed with sufficiently high grades to be recommended for appointment by the reg ular methods. "It is the observation of the Commis sion that where a eervice or any office remains unclassified, there is always a tendency to increase the number of -employes' beyond ' the number actually re quired for the transaction of business. "Among, the employes in the Depart ment -or In the Postoffice service who were brought Into the classified" service within the last few years by classifica tion, having been appointed without ex amination under the rules, were 30 war emergency -employes, classfied by the act of April 2S, 1302; 12 made permanent under paragraph 17, of rule "VIII. and 338 classi fied in the rural free delivery service on November- 27, The total number of employes in these three classes who en tered, the service .-upon considerations other than fitness, as ascertained by com petitive examination, were SS0. Service Packed WitX Favorites. "Nearly all of the clerks and messen gers in the rural free delivery service who were -(converted into the classified sen-ice were in positions in Washington, D. C. One hundred and thirty-three of them, -yere-ipppbated 'prior to July 1, 1501; 26 were appointed in the four months Im mediately preceding the classification, and E6 -were appointed in the 26 days preced ing classification. How many of these were appointed for reasons other than the needs of the service, it Is, of course, impossible for the Commission to deter mine but that the service was packed with employes the interest of the indi vidual is indicated by the fact that the number of appointments In the month of the classification was more than twice as great as Tor the preceding four months. This assumption Is strongly supported by the fact that during the entire 18 months that this service has been classified there have been 17 persons selected for ap pointments to positions within the Dis trict of Columbia, as against 56 clerks and messengers appointed during the 26 days preceding the classification. "There was no necessity of anticipating the needs of the service by an excessive number of. appointments Just before classification, for the Commission had registers ofellgtbles at that time which were ample and also appropriate, as Is shown by the fact that all but four of the 37 appointments which have been made to the rural free delivery sen-Ice in the District of Columbia and outside since November 27, 1S01, were from reg isters then In existence. Merit GivesWay te Pell tics. "The appointments made under the dr- curastances stove eet forth resulted la a BMksttilsslO BlBiSBBSSSBSSSSSSSSSsfl WSsbssbsbVSsI JbSssBssssbsbsbsbsbVSsI Ruby Hendriclcs, Class Vice-Fres. Hosier I. Watts, Class Orator. congestion of the service, and when a reduction Is to be made, the employes ap pointed for political or personal consid erations are cared for, sometimes at the expense of persons appointed upon merit and without Influence. In relieving branches of the service thus crowded with employes, transfers were made to other parts of the service, to the Injury of ell glbles In line for appointment by reason of their ascertained fitness. "The passing of the war emergency, the amendment on December 31, 1901. of the rule referring to transfers, and new pro visions of the revised rules, which be came effective on April 15, 1S03, will, it is believed, prevent the continuance of these abuses In the classified service, and the adoption at the earliest practicable date ot regulations for' the employmept of laborers in the Washington Postoffice, in accordance with the executive order of March 26, 1903, will, there is reason to hope, put the employment of laborers on the basis of fitness and the needs of the service." The investigation was made In response to the following letter, dated May 4, from the Postmaster-General to the commis sion; "I should' be pleased if you would have one of your examiners detailed to make an investigation of the Washington City postoffice, with a view of ascertain ing whether or not the civil service law and regulations have been and are being complied with in the administration of that office." Payne Discusses the Report. Mr. Proctor was in conference with Postmaster-General Payne for on hour today regarding the report. Later Mr. Proctor rln a verbal statement to news paper men said that in all his experience with the postoffice he had had less trouble since Mr. Payne's Incumbency than at any other time. The Postmaster-General gave out the following statement regard ing the matter: "Attention Is called to the fact that since my incumbency of the position of Postmaster-General the Civil Service Commission reports that there have been but ten persons transferred to the Wash ington postoffice by appointment from smaller offices, and that these ten per sons were appointed to their espectlve places six months or more prior to their transfer, which is in compliance with the law, rules and regulations of the civil service as they now exist. "It will bo noted that the commission reports that every person occupying com petitive classified places In the Washing ton postofllce Is there by right of a cer tificate regularly issued by the Civil Service Commission. "Regarding unskilled laborers, which have not been subject to classification. It is proper to say that there has been much consideration of the question on the part of the Civil "Service Commission and the department, and many conferences have been had,, on the subject. On July 2, lp02, an agreement was reached ' and regulations adopted, which were agreed to by the Civil Service Commission and the department, which will do away with all cause for complaints as to irregulari ties in the appointments of this class of employes. "The point raised by the report regard ing the promotion of certain employes in the office which have been directed by the department occurred previous to January 1. 150Z, No such directions for promotion as are referred to have been authorized by me since I have be so. Postmaster-General." Mr. Payne stated today that he expect ed to make public by Tuesday or Wednes day abstracts of the reports of the post office Inspectors who recently Investi gated the Washington office; a similar report made by tho inspectors during former Postmaster-General Charles Em ory Smith's administration, and the reply of Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Bristow to the Tulloch charge. R, M. Plaramer, Sergeant-at-Arms. KING BGGED FOR HIS LIFE (Continued from First Page.) with a view to Monday's meeting of the Skuptschlna, the proceedings of which, it Is alleged, are already arranged, and will consist merely of registering the de cree electing Prince Peter Karageorgo vich King of Senia. Prince Peter is expected to arrive in Belgrade Wednesday morning. His brother-in-law reached the Servian cap ital Thursday night, coming quite secret ly and proceeding to visit his relative, Premier Avakumovica. ALL Q.TJIET AT BELGRADE. Meetings of Any Kind Are Prohibi ted Until After the Election. BELGRADE, June 13. At midnight last night tranquility prevailed here. The streets had practically been deserted since 9 P. M., with the exception of small military patrols which paraded the' thoroughfares. The palace was guarded by a cordon of infantry, and all the ministerial residences In the vicinity of the palace were closely guarded by detachments of troops. A .general feellgg of cheerfulness per vades the city, and. according to reports, the country also. Ex-Minister Tudorovlcs has succumbed to his wounds. Minister of Commerco Genshlcs, lnon interview', said he con sidered that If there was' any republican tendency In the Cabinet it was Insurgent. The .election of a ruler, he thought, could not occur before Tuesday, but It is almost certain Prince Peter Karageorgevlch will bo elected. Prince Mlrko, of Montenegro, has no chance whatever. M. Genshlcs was reticent as to the event at the palace early on Thursday morning. The Minister added that since bis acces sion the late King Alexander committed constant errors, and lost his hold on the public by his marriage with Queen Draga. and the comedy played in connection with the preparations for the birth of an al leged heir. The coup d'etat was fixed for June U, because on that day Queen Draga wished to proclaim her brother. Nikodem heir to the throne. M. Genshlcs con cluded as indorsing Prince Peter as an honorable man and an earnest well wisher of Servia, Cavalry and infantry continue to patrol the streets, during- the day. The. people remain calm. Notices have been placard ed on the walls of Belgrade enjoining the people to observe the laws, and remind ing them that meetings of any kind on the day preceding the assmbllng ot the Skuntschlna or durlne- its sfcafnn ir. strictly prohibited. The War Minister nas issuea a aecree dismissing several military commanders and appointing suc cessors to their posts. ARMY If OT MARCHJSG TO CAPITAL, Troops Loyal te the Dead Kiss; Will Make Ko Trouble. PARIS, June 13. The Foreign Office here today received dispatches from the French Minister at Belgrade, saying there is no truth in the reports that a portion of the Servian army is marching to attack Belgrade. At the council of Ministers today, For eignMlnlsterDelcasse communicated to his colleagues telegrams from Belgrade say ing that the provisional government had communicated to the Servian Ministers abroad a formal notification of the new regime's assumption of power, and that Sfrvlan authorities were determined to give the Skuptschlna complete liberty of action In the choice of a King. The Servian Legation here has received a number of diap-atchss from Belgrade. They say bo wonan except Queen Draga was assassinated, and that, it was ut in tended to kill her, but to compel the reyal pair to consent to a divorce. When they refused, it was proposed that the Xlag abdicate and depart with the Queea. He answered by shooting Colette! 2feuBwies, which brought on a general melee. reilt ing in -various deaths. The Queen's sis ters have been conducted to the frostier. The official Servian dispatches confirm the press and other statements to the ef fect that the provisional government has decided to leave the choice of a King to the Skuptschlna. Patrie quotes M. George, Secretary of the Servian Legation, as saying that Queen Draga was the chief cause of the uprising, which was also due to popular resentment of King Alexander's course in establishing a legislative body without in cluding in It any representative of the opposition. RUSSIA'S HOPE IS FOR PEACE. Government' Issues a. Note Setting Forth Its Position. ST. PETERSBURG, June 13. In offi cial circles here it Is said that none of the powers Is Inclined to raise difficulties In recognizing the sovereign the Servian Parliament elects. An official note giving the views of the government follows: "The tragic events at Belgrade have oc casioned profound emotion in Russia, where there is the keenest Interest In everything affecting tho destinies of the Servian people. All the blood that has been shed can only awaken in Russia a feeling of compassion, whfch In the pres ent Instance Is Increased by the fact that the King and Queen of a friendly state have fallen victims of a violent death, and that the Obrenovlch dynastv, so closely bound up in the history of Servia, is now extinct. The most fervent desire prevails In Rilssia that Servia, after this1 fearful crisis, may be able to pursue peacefully the course of her National life in the direction which the patriotism of the people and a proper conception of their supreme Interests will indicate." ASSASSINS MUST BE PUNISHED. Powers Will Matte This Demand of the Xew King of Servia. LONDON, June 13. A special dispatch from Rome says a semi-official note pub lished there declares that whoever is made King of SerVIa. the powers will exact the punishment of the murderers of King Alexander and Queen Draga, as civilized countries cannot tolerate that administra tive and military positions In any coun try should be bccUpled by assassins. A special dispatch from Belgrade says the draft of a bill, with marginal notes, written by the late King Alexander, has been found in the palaue. It provided for the proclamation of Queen Draga's brother as heir to the throne. Thl3, tho dispatch adds; Is held by the conspirators to be complete justification for their ac tion. Autopsy on Bodies of the Rulers. VIENNA, June 13. The report of the 'au topsy Upon the body of King Alexander says, according to advices to the Interna tional Correspondent that the King's brain was abnormal, the membranes thickened and -unevenly developed, as in a certain type of idiots. The backbone was not straight, and showed a knotty formation in three places. The report of the autopsy on the body of the Queen says scars resulting from an operation for nephritis were found. Not Yet Ready for a, Republic BELGRADE, June 13. The Norodnl Listl concludes an editorial article regard ing the suggested establishment of a Ser vian republic thus: "Servia Is not yet ready for such an ad vanced government. The army, which is really the controlling factor In the situa tion, would not agree to Its establishment. Servia has had only two ruling dynasties, and since tho Obrenovlchs have been ex terminated there is no choice except the Karageorgevlches." END OF MERGER IN SIGHT Railroads Nevr Propose to Dissolve It Voluntarily. NEW YORK, June 13. It is stated by the New York American that the North ern Securities Company will be voluntarily dissolved, and that the stocks-of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Rail road Companies will be distributed among the shareholders. In this manner the properties mentioned will be returned to their former owners! That preparations are being made for the dissolution of the Securities Company Is declared by the American to have been learned on the highest authority, but of ficials of the company refuse either to af firm or deny the statement. It Is said, however, that the appeal now pending in the United States Supreme Court will be carried to Its conclusion so as to es tablish the legal status of such compa nies by the court of last resort. (The Northern Securities Company was Incorporated in 1901 with a capital of $400, 000.000. Its formation was the outcome of a struggle for control of the Northern Pacific, which, precipitated the stock mar ket panic of May 9. 190L) Five Are Buraed to Death, in Fire. NEW YORK, June 13. Five persons were burned to death early today In a flat building at S47 East 115th street. 'It Is believed the fire was of incendiary origin. The dead: THERESA DEC1CEO, aged 4. CAMILLO DECICEO, 2 years old. ALFREDO DECICEO, i months. FRANCIECA STAMANO, 8 years. GTHESEPFI CIPRAINO, 24 years. It is declared by the police that the hallways of the building had been cov ered with oil, arid that bundles of rags saturated with the same fluid also were found scattered about the place. Colorado River ea a 2la.-m-pa.gc. MONTROSB, Colo., June. 13. The TJn compahgre River Is -the -bighest It has been in years. Near Uncompahgre & cloudburst occurred which washed out the high line ditch, and flooded the 'Sig& fus ranch. A cloudbutst occurred on the Clmmaron side of the divide and Squaw Creek is on a rampage. For several hours the water ran three feet deep over the bridges. It has rained every day for a week and the storm Is not yet over. New King Writes Ruler of Italy. ROME, June 13. "Prince Karageorge vich has written an autograph letter to King "Victor Emmanuel. Ita contents are not generally known, but It is supposed that Prince Peter refers to ascension to the throne and asks what attitude Italy will take. The Foreign Office here denies that an agreement has been reached among the powers concerning Servia. Mere Bodies Found, at Topelca. TOPEKA, Kan., June 13. The bodies of two more children were discovered today in the wreckage of the Schunkweller home in North Topeka. The house, which was wrecked by the flood, will have to be blown up to recover the bodies. This makes a total of seven lives lost in this house. Adventurer's Courage Falls Hint GLOUCESTER, Mass., June 13. Ludwig Eisenbaum. who left Boston three weeks ago in a small open dory to cross the Atlantic, has returned and given up the trip. He went 350 miles to the eastward', making the Gulf stream. New Oregea Postmasters. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU". Wash ington, June 13. Oregon postmasterswere appointed today as follows: Lehman, Charles R. Dutton, vice John W. Endicett. resigned; Waplnltlt, E A. Hartman, vice HlraB T. Corumt removed. NIXON QUITS TRUST Resigns as President of the Shipbuilding Concern. AT - OUTS WITH RE0RGAHIZERS He Denies That He Was the Prompt er of the' Octopus Schwab' Rises to Explain His Fart in the Trouble. V NEW YORK. June 13. The World to morrow will say that Lewis NlxOn has re signed as president of the shipbuilding trust. In a statement Mr. Nixon admits serious friction with the reorganizers of the trust, defends himself against the charges recently made and denies that he was the promoter of the trust. SCHWAB MAKES EXPLANATION. . Bethlehem Stock Was Not Talked Of at First. NEW YORK, June 11 Charles M. Schwab, In an interview In reference to the allegations contained In the bill filed by Roland B. Conklln and othera against the United States Shipbuilding Company In New Jersey, reflecting on Mr. Schwab's connection with the organization and man agement of the shipbuilding company, said: "The first I knew of the organization of the shipbuilding company was when Messrn. Nixon and Dresser asked me to take a financial Interest in the enterprise by becoming one of the subscribers to the underwriting syndicate which was to finance the organization. Nothing was said about the Bethlehem Steel Company or the shipbuilding company acquiring any interest therein until long after my subscription was made. and. in fact, I be lieve, after the organization of the ship building company. "The stock of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany was worth all that the shipbuilding company paid for It, and It3 value has been demonstrated by Its earnings during the fiscal year just closed, which were more than 12,000,000 In excess of the un derlying Interest." Mr. Schwab further said: "If the first-mortgage bondholders sym pathize with the complainants In this suit I shall withdraw from the reorganization and seek the recovery of the Bethlehem Steel Company stock." GOVERNMENT SUES WATSON. District ot Columbia Clerk's Defal cation Is Placed at $78,000. WASHINGTON, June 13. The govern ment of the District of Columbia, through its corporation counsel, today Instituted civil proceedings against James M. Wat son, now In jail for alleged defalcation of district funds estimated at 573,000. The suit Is for the recovery of the moneys alleged to have been taken by Watson, but the aggregate of the specific sums mentioned in the civil suit Is' only J10.1S2. Watson's automobile, and a bulletin sheet, of which he is Joint proprietor, were at tached today. Watson has not yet been able to furnish satisfactory ball and Is still In Jail. PLATT MAN NOT NAMED Alvord Cooler Is Appointed a Civil Service Commissioner. WASHINGTON. June 13. Alvord Cooley, of Westchester, N. Y., has been appoint ed Civil Commissioner by President Roosevelt to succeed James R. Garfield, appointed Commissioner of Corporation. Senator Piatt, of New York, took lunch with the President today, remaining at the White House until nearly 3 o'clock. After his conference with the President he announced Mr. Cooley's appointment. He did not Indicate that Mr. Cooley wag his selection for the place. Indeed, It Is said that the appointment was decided on eome time ago, and was acquiesced in by Senator Piatt. ACTION ON CANAL TREATY URGED. President Gives Colombia to Under stand That Dallying: Must Cease. WASHINGTON. June 13. The President today sent for William Nelson Cromwell, attorney for tho Panama Canal Company, to confer with him on the canal situa tion. Mr. Cromwell spent half an hour with the. President in the forenoon, and the conference was resumed by appoint ment at 3 P. M It is understood that the President is much concerned over the canal outlook. The Administration Is not in the least dis posed to be Impatient with Colombia, and is willing to allow the Bogota government a reasonable time to execute Its obliga tions to the United States. At the same time, the Washington authorities regard these obligations as more binding than those of an ordinary treaty, and cannot admit the right of the Colombian gov ernment to recede from them. If not car ried out by ratification of the canal treaty, which comes before tho Colombian Congress at Its meeting this month, the United States hopes Colombia will find some other means of executing Its obliga tions to this country as regards the Pan ama Canal. Mr. Cromwell declined to eee callers after his conference with the FresTlent. HAD TOO FAR TO RUN. Two Boys Arrested oa Suspicion of Arson in. Alblna. Because a North Portland boy had shavings on his back and said that he had Just arrived at a fire at Dean and Derby streets, Albina, Andy Latscheik and Earl Dean were arrested last night 'oa a sus picion of' arson. The otory which they told of having run from home to the fire did not satisfy Officers Barter and Gabriel, who -made the arrest, for AlbJna is too far from North Portland. The fire which the two boys are sus pected of having kindled with the shav ings which were upon the back of one of them, destroyed an unfinished house be longing to H. Ritter. The building was practically completed, but the windows Ayer's Hah Vigor Stops falling hair. Makes hair grow. Restores color. Cures' dandruff. Could you ask anything more? And it's so eco nomical, too. A little of it goes a great ways. Sold for 60 years. and doors had not been placed. It was completely destroyed, only a shell of the roof remaining, supported by Its gables. The. alarm sounded at 13 OS and the. firs engines reahv tho tita no uvm o .x i'poor condition of the surrounding streets nuuiu jiwiaii. xna iwo Doys, wno are both 17 years old, were seen apparently leaving the building almost as soon aa the fire started. The attention of the police men was called to them and after a short "questioning they wera taken to the police station and locked up. The two boys are disreputable looking specimens, dirty and grimy. Latscheik gave his address as Twenty-third and Lovejoy, and Dean, the smaller boy, a number on Northrop street. CHOLERA IS INCREASING. Philippines Find the Rainy Weather Promotes the Disease. WASHINGTON. June 13,-OfllcIal ad vices to the Marine Hospital service In this city represent a sharp increase In cholera cases in the Philippine Islands since the beginning of the rainy season. Many of the cases have occurred In Ma nila, but a rapid spread down the coast of Luzon also Is reported. About half of the Manila cases have oc curred among the crews of the launches apd other smaller craft that never leave the harbor. Not a single case could bo traced to importation by sea. WAS MOURNED FOR DEAD Ex-College Professor Is Found to Be Crown Prince Rudolph. MARINETTE, WisTjune 13,-The Mar inette Star Is authority for a" story that President Hoffman, who recently resigned from the faculty ot the University of Iowa, Is Crown Prince Rudolph of Aus tria, who was supposed to have killed, himself 15 years ago- Hoffman's resigna tion at the university was requested be cause he refused to reveal his Identity after admitting that he. was going under an assumed name. Kaiser's Yacht First In Her Class. LONDON, June 13. In the Nore-Dover yacht race today. Emperor William's Me teor IDT was the first in, her class to ar rive at the finish, which she reached at 8:53:52 P. 31. She was beazen by the Bryn hlld. which arrived at 8:57:47, the latter's time allowance being 19 minutes 42 sec onds. The wind was light and fluctuating. President Beaitie Resigns. CLEVELAND. June 13. President J. A. Beattie, of Hiram College, today present ed his resignation to the board of trus tee?. He came to H'xam a year ago from Oregon, where he was president of the Normal School at Weston. Roosevelt's Wyoming Horse Arrives. WASHINGTON. June 13. The horse presented to the President by the citizens of Douglas, Wyo., arrived here today, and has been Installed in the White House stables. What are Humors? They are vitiated or morbid fluids cours ing the veins and affecting the tissues. They are commonly due to defective diges tion but are sometimes inherited. How do they manifest themselves ? In many forms of cutaneous eruption, salt rheum or eczema, pimples and bolls, and in weakness, languor, general debility. How are they expelled? By Hciod's Sarsaparilla which. builds up the system that has suffered from them. It Is the best medicine for all humors. READ! READ! READ! What the Well-Known Peo ple of Portland Say of C. GEE WO THE GREAT CHINESE DOCTOR Can it be wondered that ha Is called great, when his won derful remedies cure and help so many sick and suffering people, not only here, out throughout tho United States? Many are given up to die; others told that an operation was the only help for them, yet their lives were saved without tho great suffering of an operation. Cured by these powerful Chi nese herbs, roots. buds, barks and vegetables, that are en tirely unknown to medical science In this country. Throogh the use of these harm less remedies he treats any and all dis eases of men. women and children. This famous doctor knows, the action of over 600 different remedies that he has suc cessfully used in different diseases. He guarantees to cure catarrh, ostnma, lung troubles, rheumatism, nervousness, stom ach, liver, kidney, female troubles lost manhood and all private diseases- Read the following testimonials. He has hun dreds more at his office. Testimonials of wen-known people: G. W. Stafford. 6& Stxti. street Cured ot kidney and bladder trouble of one year's standing. G. A. Lane, corner Eleventb and North rup Cured of kidney, liver and bladder trouble of several years standing. Miss S. Starbuck, 692 Front street Suf fering from Inflammation, womb and stomach trouble. Mrs. N. A. .Dibble, Burns, Or. Stomach and female weakness, several years' stand ing. I recommend his wonderful treat ment. A. Jensen. 300 East Clay street, cured of indigestion, stomach and liver trouble of 10 years' standing, and cured In six weeks. Mrs. Hadson Suffering from hemorrhage of womb and female weakness ot four months, and was cured In a short time by this wonderful treatment. Charges moderate. Call and see htm. Consultation free. Patients out of the city write for blank and circular. Inclose stamp. Address The C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Company. Ofllca still same place. Entrance 253 Alder at., Portland, Or. 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