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THE SUNDAY OBEGQInIAN, POBTLAND, FRBRUABY 19, 1905. 13 Climbs to Top by Long, Hard Road B. A. Worthington, New General Manager of Harriman Lines in Pacific Northwest, Started in Life as Messenger Boy at $20 a Month BA. WORTHINGTON, the new gen eral manager of the O. R. & N. and of the Oregon lines of the Southern Pacific, is a man -who has risen from the ranks, one who has started from, the very bottom of the ladder and by systematic and conscientious climbing has mounted Bteadlly toward the top round in his chosen business calling. He is a man of action, of calculation and of execution, though, -withal, a man of geniality and power to win and to please. Forty years ago, about, Mr. Worthing ton was born in Sacramento, CaL It can be judged that he is an American, for, to put it in the words of the gentleman him self, "My mother was an Irish girl and a Catholic, while my father was a Metho dist, and a member of that society which afterwards became the A. P. A. So you see I am born to liberal views." While yet a small boy Mr. Worthington commenced his business career by enter ing the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company as a messenger, re ceiving for his services the monthly wage of 120. In this position he showed an in clination for something more than his dally round of duties and it was not long until he began to pick out the messages as they came over the wires. This was noticed and in a short time the messenger became the "extra" man at the key. From Messengers to Operator. The "'extra" wore off in a littl time and the messenger became one of the regular operators at the Sacramento oQlce, where he remained for seven years, or until he was sent to Los Angeles as the assistant manager of the office in that city. This position was held for two years when he was recalled to become secretary to A. J. Stovcns, at that time master mechanic of the Central Pacific When A. N. Towne became the general manager of the Central Pacific, he made Mr. Worthington his confidential secre tary, and when H. E. Huntington suc ceeded Mr. Towno he made no change in the position of the young clerk. J. Kruttschnltt became general man ager of the Southern Pacific and in 1900 appointed Mr. Worthington the company's agent in charge of tonnage rating for the Coast. The next step up made by the railroad student was when he was sent to take the superintendency of the Tucson division of the Southern Pacific, by J. M. Herbert, who was then general superin tendent of that company. From this po-1 sitlon Mr. Worthington came back to San Francisco as the superintendent of the Coafit division of the Southern Pacific Company. In 1903 Mr. Worthington again attracted the attention of Mr; Kruttschnltt and was delegated by him to represent the gener al manager's office in the division of bet terments, maintenance and operation. From that nlace he became assistant di rector of maintenance and operation when Mr. Kruttschnltt became the chief of the Harriman lines In that division, and it was from that position In Chicago that Mr. Worthington came to Portland to as sume the chair and office left vacant by the tranoferral of a a Calvin to San Francisco as the general manager of the Southern Pacific It was In this now chair and new office that the head of the Northwest division of the Harriman system was found one afternoon surrounded by many letters and A. WORTHEfGTON. NEW GEXERALi MAXAGKK. OF HARRIMAN XXNE3 IK PACIFIC NORTHWEST. 'T know, too." continued th sneaker. a delegation rrom tnc j-oruano wraraer- i tnat Mr Calvin did not know of his ap- clal Club, come to pay respects to the newly acquired citizen. "I don't know," he said musingly, after he had bidden his visitors good aft ernoon and handed part of the letters over to a clerk, "What can I tell you that would, be interesting? I never wrote an autobiography, and do not know how to begin." It was suggested that there xwere two things which would prove of interest to the public his picture and a story of how he reached the top so Mr. Worthington faced the light rcolgnedly and thought for a short time silently. Hard Row to Hoe at First. "Well," he commenced at last. "I had a hard row to hoe at first. I started in Sacramento at $20 a month aB a messen ger boy, and worked up from that slowly. I had a mother, a brother and two sis ters to help, and upon tho death of my mother, when I was 18 years old, I was left as the head of the family. I man aged to keep my sisters and brother in school, and the latter Is now executive secretary to Mr. Kuttschnltt, with a sal ary of $5000 a year, which Is pretty good for a young man." The speaker drifted off into the ways of the railroad business In general, and deemed It fit to talk of some one besides himself. He spoke of the reputation held by his predecessor in office, Mr. Calvin, and gave him the highest praise as a thorough and practical railroad man. "I did not know I was coming to Port land until a day before I started." con tinued Mr. Worthington, coming back to his connection with the story. "I was called Into Mr. Kruttschnitt's office in Chicago to talk over details of business, and at the close of the convereatlonXhe said: 'How soon can you start for Port land to take Mr. Calvin's placer It was then the middle of the afternoon, but I told him I could leave In the evening. Well,' said Mr. Kruttschnltt, 'tomorrow night will do as well, and I took the time given nues. It la midway between tna .ucrman and Russian Embassies, and in tho very heart of the fashionable section. On Thursday, Mrs. Long gave one of tho pret tiest receptions of the season, having as her guests of honor, Mrs. Houston White side, of Hutchinson, Kan., and Miss. Mary Best of Medicine Lodge. She was further assisted bv the ladles of the Kansas dele gation in Congress. Mesdames J. M. Mill er. C. F. Scott. Phillip P. campDeu, Jusun Bowersock, Victor Murdock and Charles Curtis. Miss Best, who is Mrs. Long's house guest, is en route to Kansas from a visit to her iormer home In England. Mrs. Whiteside will remain here until after the inauguration, for which preparations are being rapidly made. Mrs. Henry C. Adams, of Wisconsin, Was anotner cnarming nodosa oi mo week. Assisting her were Mrs.' Morley, of Wisconsin. Mrs. Henry Casson and sev eral Washington friends. General and Mrs. Fred Funston, and Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid were the most feted visitors. The former arc house guests of General and Mrs. Chaffee, and the latter arc with Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Boardman. General Chaffeo is Chief of Staff of the Army, and his assistants in Washington were invited to meet tno captor of Agulnaldo at luncheon on Wed nesday. Mrs. Chaffee and Mrs. irunston were the only ladles present. Amoqg the courtesies extended to Mr. and Mrs. Rcid was a dinner of 20 covers given early In the week by their hosts, and was followed later by a brilliant re ception. The occasion gave tho visitors an excellent opportunity or meeting In a personal way the chiefs of tho various embassies and legations, cabinet officers. Justices of the Supremo Court and repre sentatives of resident, as well as official, society. Mr. and Mrs. Rcld were also guests at the White House reception, when they said many good-byes, as they will soon sail for England, whero the former will succeed Hon. Rufus Choate, as American Ambassador. Very scientific was the dlnner'company entertained Tuesday evening by Dr. Al exander Graham Bell, the former presi dent of the National Geographic Society. During the progress of the banquet plans wero discussed for the development of the usefulness of the society, which In one of the largest scientific organisations In America, having nearly 4000 members aisitrubuted throughout the states and In every country in the world. GRACE PORTER HOPKINS. NEW PASTOR HERE Rev. Clarence True Wilson Ar rives in Portland. PREACHES SERMON TODAY Pulpit Career of New Minister of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Began When He Was Fif teen Years of Age. Rev. Clarence Trub .Wilson, the new pastor of Grace M. EL Church, whose coming has been anxiously awaited for some weeks past, since It was definitely known that ho was to be the pastor of polntment much beforoI did, for he had telegraphed his answer not two hours previous to my visit to the office of Mr. Kruttschnltt" Long Road to Travel. "The railroad business is a nice one, when you get up a little way," said Mr. Worthington, smiling slowly, in answer to a question. "But It is a long, hard road to travel. It is said that it Is all a mat ter of effdrt, of capability, of service and attendance to duty, but I hold that there is a great element of luck in It. "I -have always tried to make myself believe that my good luck is due to hard and persistent effort on my part, still I think there Is an element of chance In all advancement. I must attribute my suc cess, such as It has been, to the fact that I have been on the ground. "There is a persistent and never-ending struggle for preferment, and it is hard to rise. There are many men of merit, and not always the most fitting man Is chosen. So It is due to the efforts of the persistent man, In part, that advancement is made." "I made no application for this place," continued Mr. Worthington; "or for the California place, though I was mentioned In a vague way. for both. But I went on my way doing the best there was In me. As assistant director of maintenance and operation, I sent In report after report, each one of which, though on an entirely different subject, and not related In the remotest to either of tho places, was having its effect. I tried to domy work well, and to show by my reports 'that I knew my busi ness, and I am sure that they did me good andOielped In my preferment for this place. "Therefore," continued the speaker, "It Is, in my opinion, not only the man who is capable and who works that gets ad vancement, but ho who keeps' himself in evidence. During my career, I have at tempted to bring myself into favorable notice with those above me; to do my work well, and to show what I have done. During the time I spent with the South era Pacific In California, I even went into politics, and for 15 years represented the company in the political life of tho state. I did this, not because I liked politics, or because I wanted money, but because I thought it would show to the nxn at the head that I was capable." Alertness Leads to Success. "So," concluded the speaker, as tho artist rolled up his materials, "it is the man who Is awake to every opportunity that Is a success. It Is he who watches for openings, who Is alert. Is on the ground and in evidence the man of the hour and the minute who will take pre cedence over as good a man. if the lat ter simply does his work well and allows no one to see what he has done." Mr. Worthington will make provision for bringing his family, consisting of Mrs. Worthington and two children, to Portland at as early a date as possible. He is, by his own admission, a "domestid man," with but little desire or opportunity for the more strenuous demands of socl ety, but tnrough his quietness shines a courtesy and a dignity which marks him aa a man of poise, one to whom the busi ness men of Portland can turn in hope fullness of justice In the settlement of any commercial knot or tangle. HIS CRIMES CHARGED T0;H0CH Double of the Bluebeard Is. Busch, Also a Swindler. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Johann Hoch has n double in Frank Busch. Today at a police station where Hoch once received women whom he married, isuscn, wno also Is a prisoner, looked the part of Hoch In every respect and talked wltn the German accent, as does Hoch. In fact. Busch looks so much like the man who has confessed to marrying 11 women that victims whom Busch. it Is alleged, had robbed and who had Identified Hoch as r I "".TT?, , . . ' Congress Set Guests of President DEMOCRATIC SIMPLICITY AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP MANIFEST AT ANNUAL RECEPTION WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (Special Correspondence.) With the ln ugural festivities only three weeks off. society Is not' to be daunted by zero weather and Its consequent discomforts, and the record for large attendance was maintained on every occasion. No entertainments were postponed, de spite the sad condition of Washington thoroughfares, and few gave up the the- ater or the dinners and dances for which j invitations had been Issued some time ago. The evening reception given on Thurs day by President and Mrs. Roosevelt, in honcr of tho members of the two houses of Congress and their families, was, -ot course, the largest and most successful affair of the week. As our law makers content themselves with the con ventional black evening clothes and some of the ladles of their families do not affect the low-cut gown, the occasion lacked some of the dash and brilliancy which characterized the diplomatic re ception a few weeks ago, but in demo cratic simplicity and general good feel ing, it more than compensated for any lack of Continental gorgeousneas or Ori ental gew-gaws. The North and the South, the East and the West, gave each other the glad hand of good fellowship, and the social lions among the states men mingled freely with their colleagues of lesser rank, until "all went merry as a marriage bell." Bach of the 41 sover eign states was well represented In -the gathering, and the territories whose knocking for admission Into the Union Is just now disturbing the even tenor of Congressional way, had a double showing from the fact that many prominent citi zens are In tho city looking after the statehood interests of Arizona and New Moxlco, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Jonah K. Kalanlanole, or Prlnco Cupid, as the Delegato from far-off Hawaii is known to his Island friends, was the only titled member In line at the re ception. Mr. Kalanlanolo was accom panied by his wife, a handsome repre sentative of the Malay race, whose speech is as American as her looks are foreign. Gowned In a superb Paris dress, and wearing magnificent jewels, the Princess was easily among the most striking-looking people present. Next in official importance was the afternoon card reception given Mon day by Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the Vice-President-elect. Miss Edes' tea the same day was a counter attraction, and was to the younger set what Mrs. Fairbanks' at home was to tho grownups. Mrs. Victor H. Metcalf, wife of the. Secretary of Commerce and Labor; Mrs. Burrows, wife or tno re-elected Senator from Michigan; Mrs. Samuel Spencer, wife of the president of the Southern Railway, and Mesdame3 A S. Barker and George M. Sternburg, of the Navy and Army circle, assisted Mrs. Fairbanks to receive her 400 or more guests. Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, served tea in the dining-room, assisted tjy her house guests, Mrs. Loose, of Chicago, while Miss Bryan, sister ot Hon. Charles Page Bryan, American Minister to Portugal, served punch In tho music-room, assisted by the lovely daughters of Representa tive Warnock. of Ohio. The Chinese Minister and his daughter, Miss Chen Tung, were among the inter esting callers, and quite unconsciously became the center of attraction during their stay at the Fairbanks' home. Sir Chen Tung and his staff are the only members of the diplomatic corps who etill wear their Oriental wearing apparel, and as each garment is made of almost price less silk, richly embroidered, they make a gorgeous appearance. They never lift their hat, which la. in tact, a small round affair fastened to the head by a "bit of rubber and ornamented with a brush-like decoration that extends out 12 inchca on the left side, as much aa to say "Thus far shalt thou come, but no farther." The Minister's daughter has not yet made her formal debut, but as eae is the official head of the legation, she has been calling with him several times of late, to mark the laying aside of her mourning for her late mother. Her visiting dress con sists of a short blue silk coat and long. full bloomers, caught at the ankles to show her tiny feet and Oriental shoes. Miss Edes. whose old-fashioned family homestead is far-famed as a delightful social center, had aa her guests of honor Miss Pauline Morton, the Cabinet debu tante, and Miss Katherine Elklns. the season's Senatorial bud. The hostess was further assisted by Mrs. Oliver Crdtawell. the Misses Miller, Miss Azplroz, or the Mexican Embassy; Madame des Portes, of the French Embassy, and Miss Tyler. Hon, and Mrs. Robert J. Wynne, who succeeeded the late Postmaster-General and Mrs. Henry C Payne in the Cabinet circle, gave their first and only official dinner of the season on Tuesday evening. when President and Mrs. Roosevelt were the honored guests. The occasion was made an opportunity for double congrat ulatlons, as It marked the return of the hostess to her official duties after a se- .vere illness .which for a. time threatened her life, and was her first appearance since the announcement of her husband'o appointment aa Consul-General to London. After March 4 Hon. George Bruce Cor telyou will become Postmaster-General. and Mrs. Cortelyou will be welcomed back to the circle of Cabinet ladles. Mr. Wynne succeeds Hon. H. Clay Evans, who. by tho way, will be remembered as the predeces sor of Eugene F. Ware as Pension Com missioner, and, now that Representative Vespasian Warner, of Illinois, has been scheduled to succeed them both, specula tion Is rife concerning the provision. If any. they will receive at the official ple- cutung. The Misses Ware, like the Mlssea Evans, have been popular In Washington, ana tnetr places win dc nard to nil. The newly appointed Commissioner of Pensions has been a member of Congress for five consecutive sessions, and is there fore not a stranger in official society He and Mrs. Warner have apartments at the Calre, where they entertain with ele gant simplicity. Mrs. Frank Rcesldo gave a large tea and musical this afternoon (Saturday) from 4 to 6, when she was assisted by her mother, the widow of Representative Harmer of Pennsylvania, for years at fectlonately known as the Father of the House of Representatives. Gray heads are now so rarely seen in the popular branch of Congress that when. Hon. Sereno Payne said to Mr. Grosevenor, of Ohio, the other day, "I'll bet we can go to our seats and be the only white haired men in the Hall," he was nearer the truth than his colleague suspected. In fact, there are a number of men in Congress now, and others are due to ar rive next session, whose combined axes do not more than equal the sixty-odd years that are separately credited to the vet eran leader Payne and Grosvenor. This Influx of young members makes a corresponding number of young hostesses In official society and the old Washington with Its stately gatherings Is rapidly glv ing way to a more sprightly social regime. Among the newcomers, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, wife of Representative Hearst of New York. la a leader, though much of her time la necessarily divided between the capital and the metropolis. She gave a large at-home at the New Willard on Tuesday, with several New York friends to assist. Mrs. Chester Long, wife of the senior Senator from Kansas, belongs to the ever-growing class of ladles who have passed from tho Rep resentative to the Senatorial circle. The Senator and Mrs. Long recently moved to their new home on Massachusetts avenue, and now have one of tho' hand somcst residences on that longest of vivo this church, arrived In Portland last night over tho O. R. & N. Dr. Wilson comes direct from his for mer charge at St. Luke's Church, New ark. N. J., one of the leading churches of the denomination in that state, and Is known as a most gifted and versatile pastor and platform orator. Though still a young man, being now .ui? xtY, V but 33 yeara of aee. ne has been preach the swindler, admitted they had made . . . . , T , mistake In Identifying Hoch, and and lecturing for 17 years. He Is pop nicked out Busch as the right man. Busch, like Hoch, was not movea oy the identification. He would smile, like Hoch, and at time utter witty expres sions, Busch, it is alleged, preyed on women, but did not bar the men. Busch's alleged method of swindling was to advertise in a German newspaper for a man and wife to take charge of a Asbury M. E. Church, Wilmington, Del ular as a lecturer and the author -of many writings upon religious themes. Dr. Wilson was born April 24. 1S72. in Milton, Del., from which place a 13-mile Tadlus would Include the area wherein nine generations of his ancestors have lived and died. He is the son of Rev- John A. B. Wilson, who served the erea: big farm In Michigan. Then ho would demand a bond and fix the amount at a figure which he thought would be paid by the victims. The police claim to have evidence tnat Busch has two wives. 3KITISH COMMISSIONER HERE Tom L. Johnson,- Comes to Arrange for Display at Fair. Tom L. Johnson, commissioner for Great Britain at tho Lewis and Clark DEATH OF A PIONEER WOMAN. and for years has been most prominent as a pastor In San Francisco. As a young man he waa popular, being president of nearly every organization to which he belonged. He began preaching wnen nut 15 years of age. and at received his first call to preach, and from this time on has preached, lectured, writ ten much and conducted many great re vlval services. Dr. Wilson has earned the degrees of A. B., Ph. B. and has also the title of D. D. It is said of Dr. Wilson that the characteristics which mark him as speaker are. continuity of thought, tho power of close cogent reasoning, and remarkable facility of expression. His 6tyle In epigrammatic, clear, forceful and eloquent. Dr. Wilson will preach at Grace M. E. Church both morning and evening to day. Professor W. M. Wilder, organist and director, has prepared the following musical programme: Mornlns Prelcdlum. "Adaclo Andantlneo" Mozart Anthem, "when rower JJlvtne" Shelley Antnem. "it is uoa'a way ' Bartlett I'ostludlum, "March in C ....i.Mec Paulson Evening Freludlum. "Harplst'a Dream" Auber Response, "Through tho Day Thy Lovo Has bparea us- Schencker Antnem. "The Kaaiant Horn Hath Passed Away" Woodard Anthem, "aavior. when Jlght Involves the bKirs" Shelley Postludluin. "March Commemoration".. Clarke A nubile reception Is olanned for Dr. wuson in tne near iuture. .Mrs, E. A. HarAIe. The death ot Mrs. E. A. Hardle at her home. Trail Creek, Gilliam County, on February 11. recalls many of the in cidents connected with the early settle ment of Oregon. Mrs. Hardle was born In Richland County, Ohio, November 8, 1835. and, first came to Oregon in 1852. She was then married to Lafayette Colwell, at The Dalles. They came to Portland to reside, but tho following year returned to The Dalles, where they located upon & claim on Mill Creek. It waa at this place that Mr. Colwell died In 1583. In 1S63 she was married to J. H. Phillips, and In 1ST1 they went to Lone Rock, Gilliam County, where Mr. Phillips died In 1S78. During the year 18S1 she was married to Alexander M. Hardle, who survives her. She also left six children W. H. Cowcll, Mayor of Arlington, Or.; J. L. Colwell. of Twlsp, Wash.; Mrs. E. A Salzer. oi Tacoma; Mrs. Julia Bweeney, o Portland; Harrison Phillips, of Klamath Fall. Or!, and George Phillips, of Baker City, Or. Crown Princess of Corea Dead. SEOUL, Feb. 13. Tho Crown Princess who recently died spent her life as a lone prisoner. She was the wife of a half Imbecile Prince, who hated domesticity Hitherto unnoticed, her name is now on everyone's Hps, as her coffin Is beln; carried up and down the streets. It is painted red, and decorated with dragon heads. Tho funeral will take place in month or two. She had no children, and she was the last of royal woman kind In the palace. There doubtless will be a lively scram ble for the hermit throne when the Em peror Qies, ior me incapaoic thrown Prince, His Majesty's second son, Eul Wha, has been absent for nine years, and 13 at present in tne United States. Prince Chun long, the eldest son of the Emperor's elder brother, now in Japan, and Queen Ora's son, Yimg Chin Wong, each have their following. IS THE TIME TO JOIN A MUSIC CLUB Ladies Forming Co-Operative Clubs Have New Instruments Arrive for inspection. Fine new Planoa at a guaranteed sav ing of from 573 to 51S0; weekly payments of XLS, $1.60. 11 and ?20 If desired: pianos delivered immediately upon joining; no delays; no extras; no red tape: that's what the new EILER3 Co-operative Clubs mean to the buyers of pianos. The an nouncement of the formation of the EILERS Piano Clubs two weeks ag&xre- atcd little less than a sensation. Shrewd business men and women have Investlr gated the plan and have been so enthusi astic over it that not only are they join ing themselves, but they are insisting upon friends and neighbors doing the same. From early morning until closing time the entire force of the Ellers Piano House has been kept busy explaining tne plan, showing the instruments and taking orders. With every Instrument brand-new ana accompanied by an unconditional guar antee, the enormous stcck gives an un paralleled chance for selection at these unheard-of little payments and at prices never equaled In the retail way. and only to be obtained by a lew oi tne largest Jobbing concerns In the United States. How it Is Done Tha underlying principle of this Piano Club Is slmolv the anolication of whole sale methods to the retail department. You know that wc can sell a dealer a hundred nlanos each for less money man we can sell a single Instrument. By Joining one of our six clubs you are placed m exactly tne same posmon aun eiijoy tbs same advantages possessed by the largest retail dealers. That Is all there Is to it. The Very Finest Pianos Included Do not imaslnc because the payments are so very small, and because thetprlces are so astonishingly low, mat me pianos arc not of the very highest order. Every instrument Included in this club scheme Is brand-new and every Instrument Is fully and unconditionally warranted, both nn in nualltv and also as to price. "Money DacK u not sausnea applies to everv instrument, nign-pncea or uw- prlced. that ever leaves our house. Genuine brand-new Weber and Chlcker tne- Pl.ma are included in these clubs: new scale KImballs, Chicago's world-re nowned art piano; ueauurui uesiers, Philadelphia's best make; Schumanns. -cvpspit- tiroa.. Storv & Clark. Hobart M. Cable; the superb liazeiton .Bros, as re liable and half as old as the United States, and almost as far-famed all of these and many others whose names are also household words, are offered In this magnlflcent Club saie. The Prices and Payments CLUB "A" consists of 157 piano3 that sell regularly in the old retail way for from ?2QQ to $30Q. The club payments on these will be $3 down and ?L25 per week end these pianos our company agrees to supply at from $11 to CLUB "B" Pianos (232 In all) ranging In prices from 527o to $37o. will he sola for from SIStS to $278. with deposits of $7.50 and $1.60 per week. CLUB "C Embraces -us or tne average highest-grade pianos that are found in the greatest number of homes and sell in the regular way for from $350 to 5450. To club members they will got at prices run ning from $247 to $336. according to the exact grade and make, and will be sent out on deposits of $12,oO down ana pay ments of $2 weekly. CLTTR "D" contains 154 of the most costly American upright pianos made. Pi anos casea m elaborately nnisnea. oetu tlfully hand-carved mahoganies. English oaks and walnuts. They are pianos that sell for from $423 to $550. and which club members will secure on the co-operative plan for from $312 up. Payments will bo from $00 to $23 down and $2.50 per week. CLUB "E" The costliest grands and uprights in special stylea. all of them reg ularly priced at over $550, are In Club E. There will be 14i members in Club E, and they will effect an average saving of $117 on each piano. Payments are $5 to $50 cash and 53 to $3 weekly. rj CLUB "F" In this club will be found numerous odd pianos, manufacturers samples, discontinued '04 catalogue styles of Chlckerings. Webers. KlmbaTls, Steln waya. Krakauers, Crowns; also instru ments of numerous different makes that have been received by us in part pay ment for new Chlckerings and Webers and Klmballs and for Pianola Pianos. Not a single one ot Club F pianos, however, shows any sign of usage. There will be only 108 members, and payments are $10 down and $1.75 weekly. JOIN TOMORROW Tou cannot afford to miss this offer you cannot afford to delay it. even" for a day. The sooner jam call the surer you are of finding instruments to please you in every particular. Everybody wants a piano; every home should have one. The question Is always, "When shall wb get It?" Our answer is. "THE TIME IS NOW," and that will bo YOUR answer when you see these pianos and the prices at which we have marked them fpr this great co-operative sale. Remember the name and tho number Ellers Piano House, 351 Washington street, corner Park. Portland, Or. Large stores also San Francisco, Stockton and Oakland, Cal.; Spokane and Seattle, Wash.; Boise and Lewlston, Idaho. IN HATTY UNIFORM Oregon Piliiitiamen Will Make Brave Showing at Fair. GUARD OF 150 ON GROUNDS Major Charles E. McDonell Wilt Have Command of Two Compa nies Yet to Be Picked From State at Large. Final plans for the guard and patrol of the Fair have been announced by Presi dent Goode. The Oregon militia will have that honor, and every member of It will have an opportunity to be in the guard. So far the commanding officer alone, Major Charles E. McDonell, has been named. Adjutant-General Flnzer will see to it that the mllltla men, not only from Port land, but from all parts of the state, will have an opportunity to be In the guard. Mr. Goode said yesterday regarding the Exposition guard: Major Charles E. McDonell, -who wilt retain hi3 rank and title la the Oregon National Guard, is appointed commandant of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Guard. Com mander McDonell will, nert week, commence selecting the men who are to compose the companies that are to be Immediately In stalled on the grounds. By the openlns of the Exposition. June 1, the guard force will be recruited up to Its fulled strength of 130 men. There are 12 companies In the Third Regiment and four In the First Separate Battalion, from which the men will be chosen. They are to report for duty fully equipped. Tho organization will consist of two pro visional companies, as follows: One Major, two Cantatas-, two Lieutenants, one First Ser geant, one Quartermaster-Sergeant, one duty Sergeant, three uorporaia. two musicians, iu privates and two cooks. It has been decided that the uniforms will conMst of dark blue blouses with light blue faclnira and agullette. light blue trousers, bell- shaped caps with full dress band, web belt with bayonet ana scaDoara, wnue couars ana cloves and black shoes. Xhe full-dress uniform, with Its trimmings of agullette, is very enecuvc, ana i am quno aure will make a very attractive looking or-o-anlzation. The Exposition Guard will be established at a. convenient place on the grounds, where It will be housed In Its own tents with all neces sary equipage, and tne camp site win De oermanent one. Oregon National Guardsmen only will be em ployed, and each candidate will have to pass a. first-class examination and prove by his at tention to detail duty, as well as his good sense In carrying out his Instructions, as to his fitness for the position. Strict mllltary dlclpllne will be enforced, ami uoiwmiwier McDonell. 1 am satisfied, will e that the bst service is rendered the Exposition company. I am sure that the arrangemont affords gen eral satisfaction, and feel that the National Guard boys will have every opportunity to acquit themselves with great credit. The companies will no aivwea raw mree re liefs of eight hours each, and their maneuv ers, no doubt, will at all times be an object of Interest to visitors. The ceremony of guard mount will be held every afternoon for the benefit of visitors. . , , Commander McDonell Is Instructed to proceed at once to arrange for the installation of his company and the selection ot oincers. Men will be detailed to Exposition duty and will 1 under Its control. The Exposition will pay ealaries and provide maintenance. Kit Carson as Dispatch Bearer. Emerson Hough in Outing. There was needed a messenger to tho Government at Washington. Who better could serve at this than this Iron-framed little rider. Kit Carson? He started on September 15, 1846. and had won across the Rocky Mountains when he met Gen eral Kearney's column, and waa ordered to return to California. In this return the Kearney column was assailed by the California Mexicans,, stern fighters them selves, who pushed Kearney's forces into a desperato situation. The beleaguered troops needed a messenger out to Sari Diego. Kit Caraon and Lieutenant Bealfe of the navy undertook the task. The hardships of the march wrecked the mind and body of Bcale. who was an invalid for two years thereafter. It was noth ing to lilt Carson. In March, 1847, he was started once more as a dispatch bearer to Washington. This time he mot the Indiana on the Gila, fought them, got through, crossed New Mexico, descended the Ar kansas River, and In tho month of June arrived at Washington, after having made 4C00 miles In three months' time. The Jorney requires little more than threo days now .but we do not make It on horseback. At Washington, as some sort of reward for his services. Carson was appointed Lieutenant of the Rifle Corps of the United States Army. His commission, however, was never ratified, though this he did not learn until some months later. He was sent back to California with dis patches. He crossed the Missouri River, fought the Comanches at the Point of Rocks, got through them, passed the Rockies, and had won as far through as the Virgin River before he met his next Indian fight. He and 15 companions hero stood off 200 Indians. In time he reached Monterery. and later, simply to keep him self In. practice, took service against the Mexicans on the border for a time. There was no man of all those known to the army officers who had the resources or was so well qualified a3 a dispatch rider as Kit Carson. He was sent back once more to Washington. In the Spring of 1848. The physical frame of any other man except himself had been by these journey lngs too far racked to enable him to make this long and hazardous trip. The souls of most men would havo failed them long ere this. Yet this hardy, tough little man. Just big enough for steady riding, cheer fully undertook this third Journey across ; a continent as dispatch bearer. BLOOD Exposition, arrived yesterday and BDent the afternoon arranging for English participation in the Fair. Since he has been here ho has spent most of his time conferring with Di rector of Exhibits H. E. Dosch for the best possible method of representing Great Britain here. Today he will visit the Fair grounds and look over possi ble sites for a building. Mr. Johnson is one ot the group of forclirn commissioners appointed last Summer In St. Louis by Mr. Dosch to look after foreign Interests. Most of these foreign representatives will be here in the next few weeks, and work on foreign exhibits will soon be com menced. D&ut 8ms : I didn't find out that I had contracted Costaious Blood Poison until it had made considerable headway, and fortuaately for me the friead that I first consulted had had some experience with the disease, and. advised me to take S. S. S.. so I didn't fool with any doctors, but began at once the use of your medicine, taking it as di rected. My friend told me to stick to it, and that was what I did, and got along- splendidly from the very first, and my re covery was rapid. I took only abot one dozen bottles, and am now as well a3 ever. "When I began S. S. S. my face was so fall of sorea anderuptioBa that I could not shave, and now there is not a blotch or pimple on my body. 204 Oaklejr St, Evansville, Ind. WALTER Weber. I was afflicted with a terrible blood dis ease, which was in spots at first, but af terwards spread all over my body. These soon broke out into sores, and it is easy to imagine the suffering I endured. Be fore I became convinced that the doctors could do me no good I had spent a hundred dollars, which was really thrown away. When I had finished my first bottle of S. S. S. I was greatly improved, and was delighted with the result. The large red splotches on my chest began to grow paler and smaller, and before long disappeared entirely. I re gained my lost weight, became stronger, and my appetite greatly improved. 1 was soon entirely well, and iny skin as clear as a piece of glass. 58 Clinton St, Newark, N. J. H. L. Meyers. Five Persons Burned to Death. ISLAND FALLS. Me., Feb. 18. Five persons were burned to death In a dwell ing-house at Howebrook plantation, 50 miles north of here today. The dead: MRS. JOHN SHOREW and daughter. MRS SAMUEL ANTWORTH and two daughters. y No. 70 Welsbach Burner. coraplete,.for SOc; put up by Barrett. Phone Main 122. Contagions Blood Poison, sometimes known as "THE BAD DISEASE, " begins ns.tially -with a little pimple or sore, and this may be the only external evidence for several weeks; but soon the glands in the neck and groins swell, pimples and red eruptions break out on the breast and other parts of the body, the mouth and throat get sore, the tongue heavily coated, the hair falls out, and as the contamination more thoroughly saturates the system, copper-colored spots and other severe symptoms make their appearance. Too often the sufferer turhs fo the Mercury and Pqtash treatment and smothers and hides the disease in the system, and when they are left ofiLfce finds that this masking of the disease has concentrated its strength, and it breaks forth again with consuming intensity. Mercury and Potash, not only fail to cure Blood Poison, but produce other severe troubles such, as Mtr- cunai .tineumausm, necrosis 01 me Dones ana mnammauon. 01 tneotomacii ana Bowels. S. S. S., the great vegetable blood purifier and tonic, cures this disease and the cure is permanent. It goes into the circulation and searches and filters out every particle of the poison, gives renewed strength and energy to the blood and brings back robustand satisfying- health. It does the work surely and safelyT eradicating at thesame time any poisons-that may have accumulated from the use " of harmful minerals. It is purely vegetable, and we offer a reward of 1.000 for proof that it contains a particle of mineral. Our special book on Contagious Blood Poison is a complete treatise on this disease. It will be mailed free to all who ask for it, and our physicians will gladly give personal attention to the cases of all who write. We make no charge whatever for this. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA. GA,