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V THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, POBTIiAND FEBRUARY 18, 1906. WATGHINGHOPPQOL Traders All Over Country In terested in Durst Project. VIEWS FOR AND AGAINST IT lilabcr, or Tacoma, Believes -'That the Season Is "Already. , at a Close Figures on Crop of Oregon "Last- Year.' HERMAN KLABER'S HOP STA TISTICS. 1905 Crop. "Sold. Unsold. Oregon 115.000 100.000 13.000 Washington.. 50.000 45.000 5,000 California ... 70.000 50.000 . 20.000 New York... 50.000 30.000 20.000 Total. .265,000 225,000 C0.000 Hopmcn all over the country are watch ing with interest the formation of the consignment pool in which it is proposed to put some 3000 bales of the Oregon prod uct for shipment to London. M. H. Durst, who is back of the movement, reports that satisfactory progress Is being made In getting the hops together, about 400 bales having been entered yesterday. Ho la confident that the scheme has been successfully started, and last night left for his home in California, leaving H. I. Bents to conclude the work here. Hop dealers of this city are divided as to the practicability of the project, some op posing it strongly and others Indorsing it: while hot a few are indifferent, declaring it can neither hurt nor help the market here or in London. Mr. Durst's idea Is that the taking of a large block of hops off the Coast market cannot but favor ably influence prices here, while the goods shipped will net good returns In London. This is the view that a great many deal ers take, and they are only too glad to see the hops go, as they want a bare mar ket here when the new hops come in. The Idea that values can be stimulated by the reduction In the American supply at this time is not shared by "Herman Klaber, the Tacoma hop dealer, who was In the city yesterday. He thinks the big sales already .made will operate against any such course of prices. "Only five months have passed." he said, "since the crop was harvested, yet an enormous quantity .of hops has gone into the hands of brewers, enough, according to my Idea, to satisfy their requirements. Oregon has sold and shipped, in round numbers, 100,000 bales, leaving 15.000 bales in growers' hands: Washington has shipped 45,000 bales and has but 5000 bales unsold; California has sold 50,0(50 out of Its 70.000-bale crop, and New York 30,000 out of 50.000 bales. Here jTJu have 225,000 bales of hops sold by farmers up to date. Fully 25.000 bales of this amount are In the hands of dealers, which gives the brewers a known supply of 200,000 bales, and the American consumption docs not exceed this quantity. I take no account of ex ports, as they are offset by an equal amount of imports of foreign hops. Where the 60,000 bales left in the hands of grow ers can be placed at any higher prices, I cannot see." Klaber, Wolf & Netter are opposed to the Durst consignment pool and have ad vised growers not to go into it. One grow er who -was given this advice was J. B. Fletcher, who attended the pool meeting in Allsky Hall last Wednesday. The firm advised him to sell his hops at home, and made him an offer on his crop above any thIng""now being paid In the local market and likewise an offer of a 10-cent advance on consignment. Mr. Fletcher is now considering the matter. M. J. Netter, of the local firm, leaves today for San Francisco, on his way to Europe, where he will make an extended visit. Mr. Netter proposes to introduce Oregon hops into a number of Continental markets, where they have never been known. The Portland market has been very quiet for the lasti half of the week, though a few sales have been made every day. The inactivity, in the opinion of most dealers. Is no more than is to be expected after the great buying flurry of the preceding week. "It looks now." said A. J. Ray, a well posted Portland dealer, "as If the market would be a quiet one for the remainder of the season, with a good steady demand that would absorb all the remaining stock. The market is In healthy shape and I am sure will continue so until the end. The superior quality of the Oregon hops has kept them at the top, and will safely carry them through this low-price year." Mr. Ray estimates the crop of Oregon at about 112,000 bales. His figures show that shipments to January 1 were 77,311 bales, the January movement by rail and steamer being n.isi bales, and the ship ments In February to date 3SC0 bales, while 16.S05 bales remain in warehouses here and at points in the hop belt. The Southern Pacific has dispatched a train of 26 cars of Oregon hops to the London market. The shipment was made by Klaber. Wolf & Netter. and includes the 1500 bales of 1904 hops that were sold recently by Krebs Bros. This shipment, while a heavy one. is by no means the largest ever made from this state, for on December S. 1901, the same road carried out a train of 36 cars laden with between 2300 and 2400 bales. They. 'too. were sent to the London market and were the first consignment which M. H. Durst and' Francis Feller took over. Quashes Service of Summons. The motion to quash the service of sum mons as to Ihe Commercial National Bank in the suit of George H. Williams." Perry "Oscle S&ba . Re&ar far G. Hlnkle, the estate of Henry Welnhard and others against that corporation and Wells, Fargo & Co., was allowed yesterday by Judge Cleland. The plaintiffs -were stockholders in the Commercial National Bank,- and they hold Judgments against it amounting to about $36,609 because of the sale of their stock In the institution for nonpayment of an assessment- They are trying to make TVells, Fargo & Co. pay the Judgments as the purchaser of the assets arrd business of the Commer cial National Bank. The service was quashed because it was not served on any officer of the bank. The books of the Commercial National Bank and its offi cers are now in San Francisco, and are with persons connected with Wells. Far go &-Co. The decision of Judge Cleland Is important, as it may defeat the collec tion of the Judgments. MOUNTAIN WILDCAT POSED So Lifelike Is the Sniffed Animal It Frlghtcns'visltors. Posed on top of the safe In the Cana dian Pacific office Is a mountain wildcat, seemingly about to spring upon a victim. From tho best evidence obtainable it seems the "varmint" was shot by F. R. Johnson near Samleh Lake, Washington, although, should you ask any other inmate of the office, from B. H. Trumbull, com mercial agent of the Illinois Central, to the stenographer, each will tell you he shot the animal and the manner -of his killing will be as elaborately told as the would-be nimrod has time for the telling, and the number of deaths the wildcat has died In this way exceeds many times the traditional nine that all cats have. In the mounting of this trophy or the chase, the taxidermist has demonstrated the superiority of art over Nature, for he has succeeded In imparting a degree of fierceness to the couchant animal that it never had in life. This Is by reason of its large, glittering eyes, which are not counterparts of the optics of the animal. "Those were the only eyes the taxider mist had. so I told him to go ahead and put them in," is the naive explanation Mr. Johnson offers for the fierce glare the stuffed wildcat gives every one who en ters the Canadian Pacific office. A big dog came Jn a few days ago with Its' owner and, seeing the cat in Its atti tude of extreme defiance, gave a loud bark and tried to climb the safe. Mr. Johnson pulled the cat down and slid It along the floor towards the canine, when the latter turned tail and ran out the door. It was a full day before the dog re turned to its owner. A lady came into the office once, and the wildcat, poised ready to spring upon the nearest victim, was the first thing she saw. She advanced slowly toward the counter, fixing the enraged feline with her eye. Keeping her glance directed to ward the glass optics of the -cat, she atked. "Are you not afraid that cat will jump on you?" "No," said the mendacious Johnson, "that's a tame cat. He won't Jump." The woman uncertainly came a step nearer and started to ask about passen ger rates, when she caught a particularly baleful gleam from the jstaring eyes of the wildcat and backed precipitately out of the room. PENN MUTUAL REPORT. Company Shows Marked Progress During: 1905. The fifty-eighth annual report of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Is presented to its policy-holders and the public today. The report shows that the Penn Mutual wrote S4.2BS new policies during 1905, insuring S6,719.8M. the largest amount in the history of the company and an increase over the preceding year of $6.C33.60L The sum of $1,870,470.67 was declared as a dividend for the year and distributed to policy-holders. The company is purely mutual, man aged and controlled by the policy hold ers themselves through the trustees, whom they elect y direct personal vote. Under the provisions of the company's charter proxy voting is prohibited, and the members are thus given the privi lege of exercising a degree of control Im possible where the voting power is dele gated to others. Notwithstanding the unfavorable con ditions prevailing In the life Insurance business during the last year, and which -would naturally have been "expected to affect all companies, there was no Inter ruption to the prosperity of this old Philadelphia institution. In the state of New York, the "storm center." the Penn Mutual wrote $3,000, 000 more new Insurance during 1505 than the prevous year. IN OREGON. The North Pacific Department of the Penn Mutual, including the states of Ore gon. Washington and Idaho. Is under the management of Messrs. Sherman & Har mon, general agents. Portland, and on their books is carried the largest amount of life insurance In any office In Portland. During 1905 the Penn Mutual wrote new Insurance in Oregon amounting to JL.053, 761. a gain of nearly $300,000 over 1904. The advice of Sherman t Harmon has always been: "Investigate BEFORE In suring." The results of the business of the Penn Mutual and one or two other careful, conservative, purely mutual companies for 1905 indicates a tendency to follow this advice. Malley a Member of T. Pi A. PORTLAND. Feb. 17.-To the Editor.) The Oregonlan of February 16 says both Word and Malley are after the traveling men's vote, and 'also says that Malley belongs to the Traveling Men's Association. Now, as a traveling man of Portland, I would like you to answer and tell us how Mi Malley ever got to belong to a traveling man's association. By answering you will oblige a commer cial traveler and one of your readers. JACK HOGAN. i Mr. Malley Is a member of the Travelers'-Protective "Association, and that or ganization knows for Itself how he be came' suchT ' the CalL I There CANDIDATE FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR H. M. CAKE H- M. Cake. candidate for nomination for United States Senator at the Republican primaries, April . Is a lawyer .of. Portland, being senior mem ber of the firm of Cake & Cake. He Is 4S years of agc-a. graduate of Oberlln College. Ohio, and has practiced law In Portland 22 years. He studied law in Cleveland. O.. with the firm of Pcnewell & Lamson. and In Cincin nati at the Cincinnati Law School. At the age of 23 years he camo to Portland and began practice of his profession. In his practice he has been Independent of large corporation interests. Mr. Cake has always been an ardent and consistent advocate of Repub lican principles, though not actively engaged in politics heretofore, nor Identified with any faction In the party. He has high reputation before the bar for his attainments and success In his profession, and for his character as a citizen. For many years he has been prominent In promotion of the public Interests of the state along commercial and industrial lines, and is well known throughout Oregon for his ability In those directions. In his position as. president of the Portland Commercial Club, . for -the last six years, he has had a prominent place in the development of the state. The primary law, Mr, Cake believes, should receive full recognition and faithful application at the coming primaries. BATTERY'S PINE SHOWING EVERY OFFICER AD 3IAN IS PRESENT' AT INSPECTION. Hope or the Artillerymen Is lo Wrcst First Honors From Company JIZ. Colonel James Jackson, U. S. A., retired, who Is conducting the annual inspection of the Oregon National Guard, was treat ed to a surprise when he Inspected the First Battery Friday nJght, for that or ganization appeared on the drill floor for inspection with every member presents It Is such an exceptional occurrence among military organizations that the veteran Army officer expressed his surprise and heartily congratulated the officers and men of the battery for their Interest in their work as manifested by the attend ance. The First Battery entertains hopes of wresting the honors for first place In all departments from the present holders of the premlershln. Comnanv ir Thi-. in fantry, which organization won the hon- n lift .1 .rt. " j . u iuc aruuerymen are willing to abide by the decision on their showing last Friday night. Only two more organizations remain to be reviewed by Colonel Jackson Compa nies JC and C, Third Infantry and these will be Inspected this week, after which the results will be announced. Captain H. U. Welch, commander of the battery, and Lieutenants Lee M. Clark, F. H. Burns and Frank I. Randall are all confident that they will win the cov eted honors, and claim they will be doubly entitled to the vlctorv shouM thov u-in for the reason that the battery has won. second place three successive times, which is evidence that the organization has not deteriorated In the least. The battery Is composed of four officers and 70 enlisted men. including noncommis sioned officers, and to have every man present on inspection night speaks very highly for the ability of its commanders, as well as the rank and file. The new equipment recently acquired by the battery will arrive here shortly, and as soon as It is Installed the artillerymen EVENTS OF THE WEEK a Cksaee for Kiss te Icrt th Orktcrewr will arrange some sort of a programme commemorative of -the event. They aro to be .equipped-, with some of the latest guns? and. .will have new ac coutrements and other paraphernalia from the United StatcaArtillery Corps. Another feature of. the artillery portion of the Guard and the high rating Is the fact that it has more accoutrements to take care of than do the infantrymen. In addition to the regulation uniform, belts, caps, etc., the battery boys have sabers and revolvers, and also harness and other appendages to the caissons and gun car riages to keep In order. Company K will be inspected tomorrow evening. and Captain Scott and his men can be depended on to make the best showing possible, for they are out to win the honors again If possible. TRACTION COMPANY BUSY Surreys and Grading In the Willnrh cttc Valley Prosrcssliiff. Considering the fact hat no franchise to enter the city has yet been granted by the Council, remarkable progress Is being made by the "Willamette Valley Traction Company. Work Is proceeding at the Salem end of the line and the force of men In the construction department is being constantly enlarged. J. W. Cou vert. a constructing engineer of the Wal lulu Pacific, has been attached to the service of the Willamette Valley, and additions wilt be made to the number of men engaged In the work as soon as construction can be begun on this end. Three crews of surveyors are strung along the route from Portland to Salem and are busy on the task of choosing the line having the best grades, for the hauling of heavy freight Is one of the objects or construction, and the best pos sible grades are being sought. Surveys are being made to select the best bridge site for crossing the Willamette Valley a short distance below Salem. Several draughtsmen are at work in the temporary office of the company In the Stearns building making maps of the route to be followed, and Chief Engineer Donald Is busy directing the work of the force of men Inthe field. The com pany expects to move Into permanent offices In the Falling building about the middle of March. By that time the Uni versity Club will move to Its new build ing and Its present quarters will be given over to railroad purposes. AS THEY APPEAR TO Bsrd Jeb. bet It Mst Be Dese. S TOO TO MEW Patrol Depleted to Enlarge the Detective Service. POLICE WORK IS GRIPPLED Much Criticism Follows the Order or Inspector Bruin Increasing the Plain Clothes Force or the Department. INSPECTOR BRUIN CRITICISED. Methods of pollclnc. tlje city, un der the direction " of" inspector Pat- rlclc Bruin, arebetn-r. severely criti cised. The principal objection at present Heir In tho exceedingly large number of -plain-clothe" men and detectives, he ' baa gathered about hlro. While these favorites walk about doing little or nothing, lives and property go unprotected In vari ous districts beoaute ef lack of uni formed patrolmen. Inspector Bruin has more men In plain clothes than any Chief In the history of the department, and ac complishes less. It Is uald. His pres ent start" numbers H. as follows: Detictlvei Jee Day, Andrew G. .Vaughn. John J. Kerrigan. Frank J. Snow. K G. Carpenter. Joseph F. Reslng and ljwl C. Hantaan. Acting Detectives C. 'H. Hellyer, Tom Kay. S.- D. White. William C. Jones. M. P. Murphy. J. A. Hears and Ace C. Welch. !A small army of men who draw sal arles from the cttj- as patrolmen have been selected from the uniformed ranks by Inspector of Police Bruin for "plain clothes daty." and while they- Idle their me away coins little or nothing for the good of the municipality, large dis tricts throughout Portland go practically unprotected ana lives and property in terests are disregarded. There ure not enough officers on the roll to supply patrolmen so long as the ranks are re duced to swell the secret service staff. It Is charged that there were not nearly sufficient patrolmen on the second relief to properly handle the East Side fire last Monday morning, and many declare that because of this lives were lost. In a district covering many square miles on that side of the river, there were but two patrolmen on duty at the time the flames burst out In the frame buildings at Morrison and Water streets. This Is the case In many portions of the city where hotels and rooming-houses with sleeping thousands are apt to take tire at any hour of the night. When the East Side fire broke out. not a single "plain-clothes" man wan avail able, until he had been summoned from his slumbers, for all had gone home hours before, and only two patrolmen were walking beats within miles of the scene of the conflagration. Had the seven officers now acting as detectives been on patrol duty. It Is said that the district would have been more properly covered, and In the event of a serious fire such as occurred, plenty of help' would have been at hand. Methods Formerly Used. Under former administrations, except in Imes of exceptional activity by criminals, the rogular staff of detectives has been thought sufficient to cope -with the situa tion, but Inspector Bruin has seen fit to add patrolmen to the secret service branch from time to time, although re sults satisfactory to the public are not to be seen. Because of this situation. Police Com mitteemen R. I Sabin and Thomus G. Greene, as well as Mayor Lane, are re ceiving their share of criticism. They have the power to put a stop to Inspector Bruin's methods of policing the city, but have not Interfered as yet. The first relief or police Is badly crip pled nt present, owing to the suspension or Sergeant Hogeboom. who Is awaiting the outcome or charges preferred agalnnt him by Inspector Bruin. No date for his hearing has as yet been announced by Committeemen Sabin and Greene, al though the officer has been waiting for several weeks. There Is no superior of ficer to command tho patrol forces out side the station until Hogeboom Is re instated or another sergeant selected. To Advertise Idaho. WEISER, Idaho. Feb. 17 (Special.) The Wclser Commercial Club has extend ed an Invitation to all commercial bodies of Southern Tdnho and newspapers to send representatives to a convention to be held In this city March 15. The object of the meeting Is to perfect a permanent organization and formulate plans for ad vertising the state. The purpose Is to work on lineo similar to that promulgated at the "See America First" convention, held at Salt Lake City recently. It Is expected that the attend ance of delegates will be large. Y. M. C. A. for Xorth Yaklmn. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. 17. (Special.) A committee of North Yakima citizens, composed of W. B. Dudley. Alex Miller. B. F. Barge. W. L. Steinweg. A. E. Larson and Miles Cannon, held" a meet ing here today with C. W. Wilcox. State Secretary, and decided to raise the funds to build a 125.000 Y. M. C. A. building. A soliciting committee will be put to work to raise the funds for the new structure, which . It Is expected to have completed by next Fall. CARTOONIST MURPHY It SsTCd Him Osce; Will AN IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. Likely to. Revolutionize Pharmacy. - - A HAPPY COJIBIXATION ! OPEN' TO ALL. Or just the right proportion of each of This little book of extracts, contains, fn the roots of several indigenous, or native, plain English, tho name of every ingre- mediclnal plants, or rather of the active, dlent which enters into Doctor Pierce's medicinal orincinles skillfully extracted XJoIden Medical Discovery, the famous therefrom by the use of chemically pure glycerine of just the right strength, con- stitutes Dr. Pierce's -Favorite Prescrip- tion for the cure of weak, invalid, nerv ous, "run-down." over-worked women. Many years ago. Dr. Fierce uiscovereu that chnmiiLillv nnre trlvcerine. of nroDer strength, is a far hotter solvent and nro- , dients of the"Golden Medical Discovery" scrvative of the medicinal principles ; are recommended by the medical writers found In our Indigenous, or native, medi- ! of all the several schools of practice for cinal plants, than is alcohol. Believing, the cure of diseases of the mucous sur as he does, that tho use of alcohol, even j faces, as catarrh of the nasal passages. In amill nnrtlniN If Tone rmt.rnnnl i of tho stomach and bowels, includincr works great harm to the human system, he determined not to employ wits com monly used agent In making his medi cines, but to use nure, triple -refined glycerine Instead. Now. glycerine is not : only perfectlv harmless but possesses intrinsic medicinal properties, being a I most valuable demulcent, solvent, nu- fxLUv.e. anti-.xeptic and anti-ferment. 1 Since they am non-alcoholic Dr. Pierce's I JJamily Jfw'lfeineS belong nil by Uiem- ' ,jtefre. Tlieyae neither patent nor secret medicines. Thciringredient5 are 'printed! In plain English, on each bottlo vrappsr. iiie cxotl prnponinn or tne several ingredients used in these medicines, as well as the working formula and peculiar processes, apparatus ami appliances em- ployed la their mtnufacture. are with- held from publicity that Dr. Piwce's proprietary rights may not lie infringed and trespassed upon by unprincipled imltator and tuoso who may be piratic- ally inclined. v WHAT OTUEP-5 SAY. Flth Dr. Pierce's medicine you don't have to pin, your faith wholly to what the' manufacturer says of their ctirativo potency as with other ratHllelnos. Mer cenary- motives, the greed for money - getting.it is feared, of ton t lead ran, and womeu wo, u puu iuu iiiucbwuuuih claims f6r -their loudly praisod but many nines nreany woruuess compound. , Especially should the afflicted beware of ! the "Cheap-John," free, give away, "trial j bottle " dodge. It don't pay to tntlo with ; ones health It shoultf be regarded as too sacred to bo experimented with. of nearly forty years s of curwj behind rhundrods of thou- them, embracing many sands of bad cases-restored to health and happiness. THEY" STAXU ALONE . in having the professional endorsement of scorsof eminenfcmedkral practitioners and writers, of, ail the several schools of medical practice, who pral3e:the. curative properties of tho several Ingredients of which tho; are composed, away be- case written wi:hont the author know- iug that he Avas praising articles entering into these popular medicines, the matter being composed for publication in varl- ous medical journals and books designed exclusively for professional reading" aud instruction. The afflicted can. therefore, rely upon such testimony as iu every way truthful and trustworthy. A LITTLE ROOK has beon compiled, made up of brief extracts from many standard medical works, giving, but only in part, some few of the many good things writtpn by leadlnc medical authorities concerning the several native, medicjnnl roots that is sent free In paper covers on receipt of enter into tho composition of Dr. Pierce's , 21 one-cent stamps to pay the cost of medicines. Any one sendintr. by postal mailing onf. For 31 stamps the cloth card or letter, to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf-1 bound volume will be sent. It was falo. X. Y.. and requesting a copy will j formerlv sold for $1.50 per cony. Address receive it Jrcc by return post. I Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. WILL GREET THE CHINESE POHTl.AXU IJCLKG.VTIOrS AIL1. .HAKE Tit II TO SEATTLE. DfjcnitaricM Prom Acrnsn the 1'itcine Will Be OrKert to In- Tort land a Vl.nlt. The party or rcprontatIvo of the Portland commercial bodies which loaves next Sunday for Seattlo under the leadership or A. D. Charlton, to meet the. Chinese high commissioners, will make a strong eftort -to have the distinguished foreigners visit Port land. Idealizing the importance of their visit to the Coast soction. the Portland delegations are anxious to have the party of titled Chines make the trip to this city. Hopes are enter tained that these efforts will be sue cessrul. . The Chinese high commissioners are due at SCHttle next Sunday oryMondny on the Croat Northern steamship Da kota. The party comprises 30 men or more and is en route to London, Eng land, to make an investigation of po litical and trade conditions in Europe with a view to introducing modern ideas In China. The party is similar to that landing at San Franclseo some time ago to make a study of condi tions in the United States. Twenty Chinese merchants, under the leadership g( Twin Wo, will go rrom Portland to pay their respects to the titled envoys rrom their own coun try. Two Chinese Consuls rrom San Francisco will be included In the party. These will, unite in urging the visit .ors to rearrange their itinerary so that Portland will be included. Ac commodations ror the reception or the Chinese commissioners -and the Port land delegations are being reserved at the Washington Hotel. The entertain ment to be provided is said to be elab orate and will be attended to by tho Portland and Seattle Chinese. The Chinese envoys are high digai tarles in their own country and Mr. Charlton and the local commercial bodies realize It Is vital to the trade It Asamr " r " Jli cure for weak stomach or dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness." bad blood, and all catarrhal diseases of the several mucous passages, By reading tlIs little book, you win learn ipij this medicine cures such a wide ranee of diseases. You . will find that two of the prominent ingre- Ulceration os. me same, ion win nnu these agenfs also spoken of as the best of remedies for all cases of atonic dys pepsia, that Is dyspepsia dependent upon weakness of the s-tomaeh itself mitscu lar weakness; also, for kidney and blad der diseases. Several of the ingredients entering into the "Golden Sredieal Discovery," viz: Queen's root. lilaek Cherrybark, Stone root and Woodroot are highly recora mendrd for chronic, or lingering coughs, and for all chronic, bronchial and laryn geal, or throat affections. In fact, some of the writers go So far as to state that int active meaiciuat principle comaiucu 1 in Queen's root frfoncAv'11 cure bad cases r of bronchitis, is it not reasonable then ; to expect much in the way of curative , results from a compound containing not one but Jour ingredients, each of which ! has a-reputation for curing bronchial and i throat affections accompanied with ol- stinute cough? Uosorvation, however. leads the makers of this famous ni"di- olna to "recommend the "Discovery" for clircmic or limjcriitg coughs, rather than for acute colds and coughs. In tho latter case it is generally not'qulte "loosening." or exnectorant enough unles mucilaee of slippery elm. flax seed or Gum Arabic ; be drank Treclv at "same time it is being used, but when the cough has passed its acllto stage.. if still persistant, the"Dis covcry" will prove a sovereign rcmed- ior its control. KEAD .VXD YOU" WILL KNOW. From the same little book of extracts j it will readily bo seen whu Dr. Pierce's velous cures in those chronic and dis- tressing diseases peculiar to women. In I all cases of pelvic catarrh with weaken ing drains, bearing or "uragging-down " Sains or distres. and in all menstrual erangomcnts anj irregularities, tho ".Fa vorite Prescription" will be found to be made of just the right ingredients to meet and cure the trouble. Your druggists- sell the " Favoritk Prescription" aud also that famous alterative, blood purifier and stomach . toniL tnfT gOLDkn. Medical Discov- our ian Krlnii- , tini and without chnrvp. for corrasnond- I cnce. Address him at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Unffalo, jf. Y.. of which he is chief consulting ; ohvsician It is as easv to be well as ill and much j more comfortable. Constipation is the I causo of many forms of illness. Doctor i Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa ! tion. Theyare tiny, sugar-coated gran ules. One'llttle "Pellet" is a gentle laxa tive, two a mild cathartic. All dealers In medicines sell them. Dr. Pierce's ICOO-pago illustrated book, nt, r - t l a .i .. m "The Common Sense Medical Adviser. interests or the Northwest that the impressions they may receive or the CoHSt shall be ravorable ones. In con nection with the local Chinese who are interested in suitably entertaining the princes from China while they are on the Coast. Mr. Charlton has been ar ranging the details of the pilgrimage to tiie Sound. Upon the landing of the Dakota the Portland representatives I will meet the distinguished Chinese at tne iiock and win join witn tne faeuttie commercial Interests in making their stay on the Const a pleasant one. CAPTURED JTHE MAYOR. While enrouto to California. Major Black, or Bellingham. Wash., and whe. who is one or the most emint'ir musicians or the Sound country, stopped over long enough iu Portland last weok to purchase a beautiful Chickering Gran l piano to adorn their palatial new home in Bcllinglinm. Mayor Bkick's residence contains a spacious music-room, hi which there 4s a beautiful Kimbalt pipe organ, installed by Ellers Piano House. As Mr. Black stated, "nothing hut the finest baby grand wilt do to make the setting complete, and the one we have secured is just what we've been looking for." Another notable purchase on the same day was that of Mrs. O'Hara. who pur chased a, superb Chickering grand, in an elegant mahogany case, for her beautiful now home in Walla Walla. Labor Sleeting: Will Hear Report. The committee of 15 appointed at last Sunday's meeting of the labor organiza tion, to draw up a platform that Is to be presented to the various candidates at the coming election, will make its report at this afternoon's meeting, which will be held at "1:30 o'clock in Carpenters Hal!, OS North Sixth street. The labor or ganizations voted against putting a labor ticket In the Held and will confine them selves to Indorsing candidates who favor their platform and interests. Information Against Soldier. District Attorney Manning Yesterday filed an information in the State Circuit Court against Earl Wood, the soldier who induced Myrtle Davis, a girl IS years old. to leave her home. Wood is in custody and the girl is held as a witness under tho care of the Juvenile Court. Kunnin- the Gauntlet.