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J V ! iwm stniBAT omaoomMM towtlmmb, dkimbir si, it. ft. SALEM BOASTS OF FINEST HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING IN OREGON. A. C. Probert Ran, Bank at JpLtyton, Or., Short Time. LEFT BY LIGHT OF MOON BEN SELLING'S Clearance Sale lHiMiohlmar WJwxMMriH and Indlaaa Se ERCOHmtec Difficulties and - In Oae State Served Term 1m the Penitentiary HILLSBORO. O?.. Dec. 36. iSpecS&L) Relative te the dise.ppe8xa.Hce of Prebert. the banker -who -la accused- -of marry Ire a California woman under an assumed name, S. B. Huston, who h Misted in clos ing up. the affairs of the Dayton, Or., bank, has the following to say on the Dayton Incident: "About two years ago a gentlemanly appearing' fellow came to Yamhill County with letters of Introduction irotn serae prominent men In Portland, Introducing him "as A. C. Probert, and, after confer ring with different men of means, decided to start a feenk at Dayton, Or. "He profeseedto have plenty of money, and told the people at Dayton whom be wished associated with him that It wae immaterial whether they took any par ticular amount of stock or not, that he would furnish all the money that was" needed. All he wanted was their names to act as directors. . VHe succeeded in enlisting the co-operation of several of the leading citizens of Dayton, and had prepared and signed, ar ticles of incorporation. He filed one copy with the clerk of Yamhill County, but never had any stock subscribed, and never west any further with hta incorporation. He had a lot of literature published and circulated giving the names of several of the prominent citizens of Dayton as di rectors. He opened up the bank and seemed to be doing a fair business. "By and by an attorney at Forest Grove received a claim against him from the East, and with it came something of a history of the man's transactions -la Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana. It seemed that he had been in the banking business in all three of theso states and had gotten Into trouble In each place, and in -one of them had served a term in the penitentiary. "As soon as the attorney -began to press the claim, Probert took alarm and left Dayton in the night. He made the trip over to Woodburn and took the morning train for the south and was never again heard'of until the press dispatches, a day or so ago, mentioned his name. "When he left Dayton the depositors in the bank began ult,agalnst him, and also against the men whose names had been published as directors, seeking to hold them as partners. At the same time they attached the bank safe and furniture and fixtures. When the safe was opened it was found to contain quite a number of good notes, which were collected, and enough realised to pay most of the de positors' claims. "The persons whom it was nought to hold as partners made a vigorous defense, and, as It appeared that there woald prac tically "be enough to pay the depositors arising out of the property attached, the plaintiffs took a non-suit as to the alleged partners, and did not press thn matter further. The loss of the people ot Yam Mil County was not very great, ax.i Jt Is not believed that" Mr. Probert curled away" very much money "when he lefv.;j' JfEW DEPOT FOR ALL THE LINES Seattle Merchants Make Demand on City Officials. SEATTLE Wash.. Dec 36. (Special.) A committee representing all the commercial bodies in the city today de manded of the city officials that they require the St. Paul and the North Coast Raiiroaas to come to an agree ment with the Hill lines for the use of the hew Great "Northern passenger depot and local freight terminals ad joining those of the Hill roads. It Is pointed out by the committee that if the St Paul and North Coast establish the freight depots they threaten to build It will mean a teaming propo sltion of two or three miles. This is an added burden upon distributing firms. According to I. H. Jennings, of the Merchants' Association, the Hill sys tems have agreed to give favorable terms to the new roads for the use of the Union passenger depot. The Hill ones have also urged that they locate freight depots adjoining those of the Great Northern and TCorthern Pacific. These are located just south of King street In the heart of what will ultimately be the big distributing center of the city. As It Is, these freight depots lie in the extreme northern portion of the tidelands and adjoin the present wholesale district. The St. Paul's freight depots adjoin those of the Hill lines, but the North Coast has not purchased lands. The commercial bod les demand that the Council force the new lines to an agreement -with the -Hill systems. TOBACCO IN THE OKANOGAN Experiments Sltow Weed Cam Be liaised in Metliow Valley. SEATTLB, Wash., Dec 3s. (Special.) Bertram Holmes wltt put la a tobacco crop in Methow Valley, Okanogan County, during the next season, raising the finer grades of tebaooo hitherto grown exclu sively in Virginia. Mr. Holmes, now in Seattle, says ex perlraenta have been conducted success fully by Okanogan County farmers with the tobacco plant, and that the Methow Valley has been found to grow the weed as well as any of the Southern states Heretofore the plant has been raised as an experiment, but the succes will lead to a general cultivation of tobacco, with a promise of figuring materially in the market. ' "WHY BRADY IS UNDER COVER Republican Committeeman Is Cor troller of Democratic Paper. BOISE, Ida., Dec. 39. (Special.) la the Sheridan-Brady ease, involving control of the Capital "News, the political aspects of the matter were gone, into at much length today, J. H. Brady was on the stand much of the time, and narrated the dr- eumstanees surrounding the.loan of te the paper, ;bte testimony varying bat Httle ;fra that of Fisher and D Arcy. He exptatoed .that he desired te have his identification, with the paper kept secret. as he .did not think it wise -tot have it known that the chairman of the KepubM can State Committee was controlling Democratic paper. Mr. Brady -further explained that he was iamisnoed to ..make the Jean by the iaet 'that the Capital News pursued oeuwo friendly to -the yepwbMowt party in the' eampatgn- He had approved its p pit sr. at the time, and told D'Arcy qwtcreBC owftmtnatton, "be X4tJfted M tfti seeok. 71. was that he vmm. .om -twl -the payer r6mrimg the oaatpafea pif' jflflBl'- ' BBBBfF5vViH flK SSSBKdBBBBBsKflBiSBBBBBBfl fillsslt 9RlK vl iissflKsftl PjyTiSdLssssssssssssryLssssssssssssssss SjMisliPv9QRlSBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBB NEW SW.OM STRUCTURE AND HISTORIC SCIIOOLHOUSE Or PIONEER DAYS. SALEM. Or. Dec. 30 (Special) Salem's new S50.000 blub school building -will be formally dedicated Monday evening. January 1- on which occasion Super intendent or Public Instruction J. JL Ackcrman will deliver the principal add mm. All day January 1 the building w.111 be open to visitors and member of the School Board will be on hand show visitors through the building- and answer question. The utructura Is of a fine qualitr of brick, three stories high, with a basement, and has 10 commodlou classroom with a eatlns capacity of 40 stu dents each, or a ttal of CC There Is aleo a large assembly-room with a seating capacity of 1000. Kalem now claims to have the best hlsh school building in the state and In cne more year will have It paid for. The new structure Is MtHated on the site of the old Central school bulldlnc on Union street. .The old wooden structure was erected In 183" by Jonathan O'Oonald. a pioneer carpenter, who built many of the reldencrs and business houses In the earlr day of Salem. Mr. O'lKmald still resides in Salem and works at his trade. In the old bulldlnc all the children of. Salem pioneers received their elementary education. Ex-Gav-crnor Geer, Consrrssraan Williamson. State- Treasurer Moore. P. II. D'Arcy. C. B. II 00 res and Senator E. M. Crolsan are anion the many prominent men whose names are found on the old registers. The old building- Is now standing on a corner of the grounds, but will be sold and moved away. There were several other witnesses on the stand, and the taking of evidence closed at 6 o'clock. PACIFIC COAST DEAD. Theresa K. Brown. EUGENE. Or.. Doc. 30. (Special.) Theresa Elisabeth, wife of W. E. Brown. president of the Eugene Loan & Savings Bank, died at her home yesterday alter a lingering illness. She yrzs born In Rich- mondvlllc., Schoharie county. ?s. 1., icp- tember 25, 155, and moxed to Hopkinton. Iowa, in April, 1556. After her marriage. es May 16, ISm. she lived in Hopkinton until IMS, when tho amily made their homo In Manchester. Iowa. She lias been a resident of Eugene since October, 1ESS. when her family moved to Oregon to make their new home. Besides her hus band there survives a son, Willis AVar- er Brown; a brother. W. O. "Warnor, and her lather, e. IL Warner. Miss BlKncli Emerson. THE DALLES. Or Dec. SO. (Special.) Miss Blanch Emerson." only daughter of Mrs. Hannah Emerson, died at her home in this city of consumption. Miss Emer son was born at WaJdron, "Wheeler Coun ty. July 6, 1863, and had spent her life in Eastern Oregon. She was a graduate of The Dalles High School and had held a responsible position in the office of her uncle. Hon. Franklin Menefce. for two years before Illness incapacitated her. Be sides her mother, she leaves one cromer. Roy Emerson, of jthls city. Eliam Small Morris. M'MIXNVILLE. Or.. Dec 30. Eliam Small Morris, a pioneer of 1B5L died at his home near North Yamhill. December 23. Mr. Morris was born In Pennsylvania In 1S11. He crossed the plains with his wire and five children in 1S5L and in the fol lowing year moved near to North Yamhill. where he has resided continuously for the past 53 years. He left a wife, aged S3 years, and ten children. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson. . WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec 30. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, wife of County Attor ney Lester S. Wilson, died in this city this morning, following a lingering illnesa from Bright's disease. The deceased was 35 years of age, and was a native of Phil adelphia. She came to Walla Walla about 12 years ago, with her husband. She was very prominent In literary and women club circles. SCORN IDE MURDEROUS EARL STBWART TRIES TO SHOOT VARIETY ACTRESS. WeKB He Met Is Alaska Beats Him Up Badly, With Aid of New Admirer. SEATTLE, Dec. 30. Earl Stewart, a recent arrival from Fairbanks, Alaska, fired several shots at Hilda Davis, a variety actress and one at Frank Thomas, who was with her this after noon, In a room in the Detroit Hotel. His. aim was poor and before the police arrived "he was badly beaten by Thomas and the woman. Stewart met Miss Davis in Fairbanks last Summer and fell in love with her and came to Seattle in the Fall on the same boat. She would have nothing to do with him and the attempted shoot ing today is the result of pique and jealeusy. Stewart is In jail. Practicing Witltoal a Llcens-c. CONDON, Or., Dec. , 30. (Special.) J. O. Shelde has been arrested at May vllle on & charge of practicing medi cine without a licence. It is under stood that both 9heldo and his wife are practicing: medicine at Mayvllle without a Hceae. They are recent ar rivals to Gilliam County, having come here about six months age. Beavorto Orange JStectten. BEAVSRTON, Or. Dec. . (Spe clal.) Butte Oraae hld a vary i toroetlag: meeting at TlgardYlUe lat Saturday, followed by hr bttereeti addreee by the wwtfcy -4te waster. B. G. Dewdy. Of fleers were elected for jtite yr 3kMa CttrftewM jb SUIT ON BOUNDARY Commissioners-Are to Take Testimony in Controversy. AGREEMENT IS REACHED DocHiuentKry Evidence From Oregon and Washington Will Be For warded lo Supreme Court Willi State Arguments. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. . fSpecia The Attorneys-General of Oren and Washington have reached an agreement in the boundary suit affecting tho Ash ing grounds at the mouth of the Colum bia, by the terms of which Hi State of Washington will select one commissioner and the State of Oregon another commis sioner, to take evidence In the contro versy. The complaint of the Sta'e of Washing ton was served some time aso on the Attorney-General of Oregdli. and the lottcr will file his answer within a few days. The case will not be filed In the Supreme Court at Washington until both complaint and answer are prepared and served, and when filed will be accompanied by a stip ulation providing, as above related, for a commission to take and receive testimony. It Is expected that the cas will be filed in Washington City in January. The places where testimony will be taken will probably be Ilwaco and Olyro pla. Wash.: Portland. Astoria and Salem. Or. The testimony will consist largely of documentary evidence, such as early charts and Government records, tho tes timony of engineers, and possibly of pio neers who were familiar with the location of the channels at the time of the estab COXGRKSSIOXAL CANDIDATE FROM SECOND OREGON DISTRICT. W. J. Larhaer. t Bker Cky. BAKER CITT, Or,t Dec (See dat) William J. Lachncr. candidate for Coegrees from the Second Dis trict on the Republican ticket, it a native-born Eaatera Oregonlan. His parents came to Orrron by way of Panama, ia the early daya aad settled arst la Oregon City aad later la Canyon City. Great County, in which place William J. i born. He has been Meatlsed with the Republican party for masy years, belagr county chalnaea for four years, and is at present a member ot the Cosicres stoaal cofaialttse. Re I a graduate ef the law pariseat of Aas Arber Uaiversity. ftnfafet ha ISM !a the cVmm wUb Jde U JC Harris and Jefca X. cstt, of Xariee Conty. '4- fsL LbbbbbbIiibbbbbbbbbb! BBYPIBBBBBBBBBB! mPH--- ILbBBBBBK . ' BBBBBBj BssKft ' BBBT' bBsBssBs Br?5" bT -BBBBBm B A, ' 1 m BBBBBBBBk Bf BBBBBBBBBm lishment of the boundary line by act of Congress. It has been agreed that nil testimony shall be In by August 1, but it Is likely that the work will be accomplished even earlier. This will enable the Attorneys General for the two states to have print ed all the testimony and prepare their ar guments for submission to the United Suites Supreme Court in the October term of court. A decision will be handed down probably In December. 150b. The commission taking the testimony does not act In the capacity of a court, but will simply, put the witnesses under oath, he present during the taking of tes timony and certify as to the correctsifis or the printed transcript. The selection for this state will be made by the Attorney-General, and the commissioner will undoubtedly be a notary public and oroh ably a lawyer. SNOW FALLS IX SOUTHWEST Eastern Oregon Farmers Welcome Blanket for Wheat. CONDON. Or., Dec 30. (SpccIaL) Snow has heen fall In v vMtenliv nnrl trwlai- hut o iittir, tht it wilt h nut- .w i t ' . . "T , 1 Seattle Athletic Club football game In wheat crop In this county. There has . Portland New Year's day. He will prob bcen no snow of any consequence this ' ably accept. mtfx, ana late-sown wheat has not yet I come up. and will not unless a good deep ! snow falls, or the weather turns off warm for a week or ten days. SEATTLE. Dec A driving rain turned to snow this morning, when the wind shifted from the south to the north. The wind from the south reached a ve locity of 3) miles an hour. No damage reported. SPO.KANE. Wash.. Dec 30. A light, gentle snow Ik falling here today. The wind Is light but fresh, and temperature a little above the normal for this time of year. TACOMA. Dec. 30. The weather today is rainy and cool, and with a slight trace of snow this morning. Buys Kailroad Tax Certificates. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Dec 30. (Special.) Frank Williams, a Toppenlsh merchant, today paid the County Treas urer 137.000 for tax certificates covering the Northern Pacific right of way In Yakima County, on which 1301 taxes are delinquent. The company has refused to pay Its taxes on the ground that the as sessment was too high. MARRIES MOTHER-IH-LAW UNIQUE CHRISTHAJt WEDDING NEAR CEXTERVILLE. Frank L. Sterllax I the 36th Happy Brideicroem Who liaa Faced Preacher Blacksmith. CENTERVTLLE. Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) A very unique wedding took place near here Christmas day, -when Frank L. Sterling-, aged; 57. be came the husband of hla mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha McClaln. aged 77. The gran il daughter, aged 47. acted as bridesmaid, while a youthful bachelor of SO was best man. The officiating minister was our vet eran blacksmith L. Clunton, who served through (he Rebellion as pri vate horseshoer and counsellor to Gen eral Lee. This list wedding makes the reverend gentleman's record an even 200, of which number, he proudly as serts, none have yet been divorced. War Dance New Year's Day. PENDLETON. Or.. Dec 38. On the afternoon and evening- of New Year's day a big wardance will bo held by the In dians on the II math la Reservation. Prep arations for the occasion are now being made by the Indiana. The dance will be held in Chief No Shirt's big tepee, and about MX) Indians are expected to take part. Visitors will be allowed, and Harold A. Loriag, ef the Indian Service, who Is here for the purpose ef collecting- songs of tae laaiaas, win ae present. Freight Agent for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec X Wilder Col by, who for several years has been repre sentative ia this city of the Great North ern 'Rattread, he beest entered to Poct hutd t AM the position o freight co iraeteag agent hi that city. He wHI uc- ceed there Hamilton Campbell, who has been transferred to Belllngham. as the Great Northern commercial agent. Paul Shoup, who represents the Harri man freight Interests In Portland. Is In this city on a visit. He expects to leave tonight for the north. J Kailroad Files Yearly Ucport.. OLYMPLV. Wash.. Dee. 20. The Colum bia & Pugct Sound Railroad Company, of Seattle, has tiled Its annual detailed re port with the Washington Railroad Com mission, being the first transportation company to comply with the new law The report is for the year ending June 30. 1503, and shows many Interesting features. The company has 210 employes, whose an nual salaries aggregated J132, 53X33, or an average of n day. Tho general offi cers of tho company get an average of $2S a day. or less than the englnemcn, who receive J3.ft3; the conductors. the machinists. fZil; or telegraph opera tors. 10.17. Dick Smith Asked to Itcferec. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. SO. (Special.) Richard S. (Dick) Smith, of this city, has cn requested to referee the Multnomah RUSSIAN CHURCH TO JOIN Plan for Federation With American Episcopal Denomination. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. The Rus sian Church of North America haa been taking a deep Interest In the Protestant Episcopal movement toward church fed eration. To obtain an expression from the Russian synod on the question of union. Archbishop Tikhon, of the Ortho dox Catholic Eastern Church, who 'until last Summer was established In San Francisco, conferred with that body In St. Petersburg as to the part the church here might take. As a result of the in quiry, a committee was appointed by the synod to Investigate, first, the American Book of Common Prayer. The finding of the Russian committee was extremely conservative, disagreeing on many forms and expressions, which were not in strict agreement with the teachings of the Russian Church. In the hope of still bringing about closer relations with the American Church, the Russian synod will appoint a committee of Its clergy to meet a similar committee of Protestant Episcopal churchmen to' ob tain a clearer Interpretation of the prayer book. DEAD AT FOOT OF CLIFF Telegraph Hill Woman Went Out for Visit After Dark. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 30. The un conscious form of Mrs. George Daniel was found this morning at the foot of Telegraph Hill cliff that overlooks the bay. Mrs. Daniel left her home last night about 9 o'clock, without hat or wrap, to go to the house of a neighbor. When she did not return her husband, who is an agent for a music publishing- concern, became greatly alarmed. Later, he searched the neighborhood, but could find no trace of his missing wife. He sat up all night awaiting the dawn, when he found Mrs. Daniel, ap parently dead, several hundred feet be low the site of their home. 3IcCormack Buys Into the Star. CHICAGO. Dec 3. The Chicago Even- Ins: Post today will say that Alexander A. McCormack. editor and publisher of the Evening Post, has bought an Interest in the Star League, which publishes the In dianapolis Star, the Terre Haute Star and the M uncle Star, and that he will imme diately become the editor and publisher of those papers, succeeding John C Shaf fer as president of the company. Tinplate Trust Has Xcw Head. NEW YORK. Dec 30. Charles Bray, first vice-president of tae American Sheet dc Tinplate Company, has been appointed president in the place of John A. Topping; .who has resigned te become the active head of the Ten nessee Coal & Iron and the Republic Iron & Steel properties. Blessings ever watt on virtuous dectft. and though a. tote, a swre reward succeed. CgreTe. WILL BE Tuesday s tho situation suggests asking. What is the root of the evil? It is. Is It not. because the American people have set their hearts overmuch on the attainment of great wealth at a sacrifice of everything else that Is human and salutary? It cannot be repeated too often that riches and hap piness are not and never will be synony mous. .If tho number of Very rich happy men in this country were known, the knowl edge would be startling to say the least. For the amassing of great wealth almost Invariably narrows the outlook and dead ens the capacity for ordinary human en joyment. Wealth Is taken, one must con clude, too seriously by Americans as a people. But. returning to the recent exposures that have profoundly shaken tho country from end to end. the great fault has been that good men have given their names to diverse projects without Intending to guard them by close attention to the du ties Involved when their names are so given. Many good men have received a needed lesson of late, and our commer- , cls.1 and financial Institutions will havo more difficulty than heretofore In getting respectable, conscientious gentlemen to act as dummy directors, and, not. seldom, as decoy ducks. Tribute to Grovcr Clovcland. One of the greatest tributes paiil to a private citizen was rendered to cx Presldent Grover Cleveland when he was chosen as trustee of th Equitable Life As surance Society. There was a- consensus of opinion that his name of all names would carry assurance In all parts of the country to the policy-holders of the Equit able that their Interests would be at once faithfully and capably guarded; that the institution was to be In the hands of a man Incapable of being falso to any duty assumed. Polonlus advised his son to study char acter. Grover Cleveland has character the precious Jewel of spotless reputation, worth all else in the world. It Is a reas suring sign, let It be added, when there are still capable, honest men of high stature to fall back upon in time of ne cessity. Ot such men there is no lack In this country, and it Is such characters upon which the stability ot the republic must depend. I would say also that we have a special cause for thankfulness In that the history of these United State? shows that in au emergencies there has existed, and exists, a class of men capable of meeting them. There are some unprincipled factors In every direction, men whose only regard is their own private gam at tne expense 01 their own character, but It nas oeen my observation that the majority of our busi ness, professional and financial leaders are honest men. democracy is jiauuw in and by them. liaborers Preserve Nation. There le cause for congratulation, as wo pass this milestone of our progress as a Nation, in the large number of young men who are earnlug their way through. college as the peers or . tnetr weaiinier school-fellows. No one who has carefully observed the usual effect of the heritage of mUliondom uoon the sons of million aires can avoid concurring In the belief that it I neither to the rich nor to Uie richly Influential that human society has to look for its preservation and Improve ment, but to those who are compelled to labor that they may live, and thus make a proper return for what they receive as working bees, not orones, in me social hive. Not from the palace or castle, not from the mansion and villa, but from the cot- tane have come, or can come, the needed, leaders of our race, under whose guidance It is to ascend. And now looking abroad: The greatest cause for congratulation arises from the alliance between Great Britain and France hitherto foes, who now discover that there .Is nothing antagonistic between them; that they are complementary to each other. For a hundred years they have been Implacable foes, mostly active, always passive, foes. Today they are allies and friends. This change Is to be productive of much benefit in the coun cils of Europe for the promotion of peace. Revolution In Russia. At present the deplorable revolutionary. state ot Russia Is attracting attention. And It Is indeed serious, but In the nature of things transitory; Disorder Is always ot short duration. In one respect it Is a cheering sign, a handwriting on the wall. For It proves that tho people of Dark Rusria are beginning to feel the divine discontentment which lies at the root of all progress. They feel, or seem to feel, more than ever In the past that they are men, and. a? such, are entitled to a voice' In the management of their country. Will the autocracy be overthrown? Opinions may differ, but there Is nothing thus far that would lead to such a con clusion. Certainly the Russian monarchy will be limited, but the country Is not yet ripe for a government solely by the peo ple. Meanwhite everything, every up heaval and sporadic revolt. Is working for- good. Rue(a may- be expected to make a notable advance as a result, and that very soon We are soon going to see a Bright er Russia vice the Darker Russia of the present and past; Itetuming bow to our own country: In material t hi age, we are extraordinarily t pinwrpipp nniinn iion irh r i nruiruui UI.miL.Ull. U IIL.IIL.il 1 RESUMED Morning blessed. The last report of the Secretary of Agriculture reads like a fairy tale. Fortunatus with a cornucopia The earth. over which the Stars and Stripes wavo yielded more than 56,000,000.000 of wealth. the corn crop alone 51,100,000,000. The world never had; nor has It anything- now. that can be compared with the Re public as a wealth producer. Manufac turing Interests are enjoying an almost unprecedented boom. There Is a scarcity of labor In many places, and those at work are enjoying the highest wages paid in the world. In fact, the United States has never, within the memory of men now living, been so prosperous It is at tho zenith of Its prosperity, the South as well as the North. Our country Is to be congratulated espe cially upon its President and its Secretary of the Navy seeing at last that It would be folly," a wasteful piece of extrava gance, to build more warships, which in all probability would never fire a shot, but woulil rust to decay. The attitude of the Government Is to keep the present Navy In every way effi cient. And no American 'citizen would op pose such a course. The only Tegrettable feature of the case is that the stand was not taken years ago. Great Xavy Not Needed. Our victories and triumphs should be In other directions than in the military and naval domains: and nothing Is more cer tain than that an Individual or, nation with a chip on Its shoulder is pretty apt to. run amuck. Unarmed men hardly com mit murder. Is the same not applicable to nations? Today no power wlshea to attack us; and It is not because we are so formidablo as a fighting entity. It; Is because w'c are a dominant power in peace. This Repub lic of ours was not founded en so low a plane as a military or naval power, as are, for instance, tho old countries of Europe, but as a peaceful Republican and Indus trial Power. As President Lincoln said: "Four scora and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation consecrated In liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." That Is the gospel for the coming year 1306. May It and all succeeding years be years of our Lord In practice as well as preaching. No Peril in Immigration. Attention is being repeatedly directed to the Immigration problem. Dpward, ot a million newcomers have arrived to in crease our National population, and either to add to or detract from our wealth and prestige as a homogeneous people. Cer tain students of sociology find occasion for alarm In the situation. But there Is as yet no occasion for disquietude, it we look but deep enough Into the situation. We certainly are hale and hearty enough to swallow and assimilate all who come - to our shores, provided ordinary precau tions are taken In cutting- the black sheep out ot the herd. Finally, let us all contribute by both word and deed to tho stability of our com mon land. Surely we can best do his by following the ideals of our fathers, by pitying other nations burdened with vast military and naval expenditures, and by rejoicing that the triumphs we seek aro those ot peace and good will among men. Roosevelt Sent Fitz Sympathy. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. A dispatch to tho Tribune from San Francisco says: Robert Fltzslmmons has received a kindly, sympathetic letter from President Roosevelt, which he treasures above all his worldly possessions. The President wrote "Fitz" when he learned of the lat ter's defeat at the hands of O'Brien. Fltz slmmons telegraphed an appreciative an swer to the President, thanking him for his letter and wishing him the compli ments of the season. DIABETES Complete Recovery of a Well-Knowa Saa Franciscan. Adolph Weske, the capitalist, of 920 Green street, is one ot San Francisco's pioneer bul ness men. He was the founder of the Orig inal California Cracker Company at the cor ner of Battery and Broadway, In that elty. Hearing that he had recovered, from D!a betes (a disease that Is believed to be in curable) Charles Stewart, a buslae. man o Algona, la., wrote him asking; If it was true. We aro permitted to copy his per sonal reply! San Francisco, July 22. 1904. CHAS. STEWART. ESQ., Algona. Iowa. Dear Sir: Would have answered your let ter sooBer. but was at my mine in Slacer county. Will now say that it you have Dia betes, nothing In the world will cure you but the J. J. Fulton Compound. Yeu want to make up your mind in. the first place to stay with It not take a fw bottles aad then stop, either through Impatience or Imagialug you are al! right. It will take time, bat It Is sure to cure you. I took the medicine (a bottle a week) lor a whole year and am how as well as I ever Was In my life, and this was al! of four years ago. I am much ot the. time in my mine. 500 feet underground, and with na bad effect. Of course, one has to live rightly. The sooner you commence tak ing this Compound, the sooner you will com-, xnence to get out of your misery. If you commence at once, and live rightly, ia one year's time I guarantee you will be eatfreiy rid of the disease and as well a man as. aver. Yours very truly,. AD WESKE. 920 Qreea sr. Mr. Weske Is over 70 years eM. Medical works record Diabetes as incurable, but nearly nine-tenths aM recoverlag under Fulton's Diabetic Compound. Send for liter ature. -Woodard, Clarke & Co., ageats, Port land. When to suspect Diabetes Dryness of the throat unusual thirst large quantities ef urlae voracious appetite weakness witheu" apparent cause one or more of these;.