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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN. PORTLAND. JANUARY 2?, 1907. locomotive! In Wyoming for the use of oil for fuel Instead of coal. Orders have also been given to bore a number of oil wells upon the right of way of the ?Jorth- western near Caspeij o that the road may have Its own fuel instead of buying from others. The coal used by the Northwestern in Iowa is a hundred mllealrom the Iowa coal fields, and 1600 gallons of oil has been found to do the work of M.O0O pounds of coal. ' ments for a new trial. " The suit has been twice heard and twice Mrs. Ktsher was awarded damages. The motion for a new trial was presented by the com pany and extensively argued some time aro. The motion of Brown A llcCatn for a new trial In the damape suit against them filed by 'Karl Amons was denied. Amons lost a leg while In the company's employ and was awarded damages in the sum of $1GW0. , MESSAGE OM GARS PIERCE ANXIOUS TO DEFEND BAILEY President Will Urge Laws to Cure Shortage. ll ' 1 t ill Oily Senator's Friend Cannot Be Given Immunity in Texas. IS INDICTED FOR PERJURY Pierce Offers to Xestlfy, but Lawyer jVeara Arrest Two Charges De nied by Witnesses, but Pierce's Lawyer Makes Admission. ATTCTIIC. Tel., Jan. 26. (Special.) The question of attaching H. C. Pierce, ex president of the Waters-Pierce Oil Cora- pany. who Is now said to be In New York, and bringinic him to Austin as a witness in the legislative investigation of the charges which have been made against Senator Bailey, was discussed at today's session of the investigating com mittee. Mr. Senter, a member of the committee, made the motion that an at tachment be issued for ; Mr. Pierce and that he be afforded protection under it while In the state from arrest upon the indictment for perjury, which Is pending against him In the District Court here. Pierce Offers to Testify. N It was stated that Mr. Pierce has ex pressed a willingness to come here and testify on behalf of Mr. Bailey. J. I. Johnson of St. Xjouls. Mr. Pierce's attor ney, informed the committee he received a letter from Mr. PioriJe about three weeks ago expressing a desire to come to Austin to testify In the case, should an Investigation bo ordered y the Iegle- lature. "I should advise Mr. P!or?e not to come riir t.t thla time," Mr. Johnson said. "It would subject him to a. great deal of an- noyance on account or ws jnd.cta.ent, which Is said to exist' against him. I would not advise him to come here un der ex If tins conditions while the nolttltstl agitation against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company is on." Some of the members of the committee thoufiht that by attAchlns him be could. he protected from arrest while in the state, but It was decided th.lt the com- mlttee cannot relieve Mr. Pierce from the Travis County Indictment. Denies raying Bailey Fees. ' J. Williams, of Pa. Texas, former United States Mamhal for the eastern din. trie, of Texas, which at that time in cluded Jurisdiction over a portion of Ire clla-n Territory, was niaced on the stand thin afternoon and examined nn to the charge made by Representative W. A. iVke. that Mr. aBiley received money for uecuring the passage through Oon Rr?BB or the Federal Court fee Dill a num.- tier of years ago. Mr, Williams denied that he ever had any transactions with Mr. Ha i ley relating to the fee bill. He stated that there was absolutely no trutb In the charge, as far as he knew. Xo Graft In Muie Contract. J- E. Ta bat, of Snreveport, La... who was associated with W. J. H. steger, of Bunhara, Tex., In selling mules to the United States Government during the SpanlKh-Wmerloan war. testified as to the alleged connection of Mr. Bailey with those Government transactions. He den lej that he ever had offered or Riven Mr. linl ley any money or other consideration to aid him in Inducing the Government to take mules which had been contracted for. Borrowed $156,000 From Pierce. Mr. Johnson continued his testimony when Air. Lnbut had finished. He causod ome stir when tie testified that Mr. liuiley had borrowed 15t5,QOO from 11. c. I'lerco at one time and mat he understood tBat" Mr. Bailey used the money tr buy securities of the South- we" torn OH Company. IJl Bailey interposed objections to th.. admission of Mr. Johnson's testl- mony on t lie $10 6,000 loan. EIGHT FEK CENT TO INITIATE Firtecn Per Cent or Voters to Amend Constitution In Oklahoma. GUTHRIE. Okla.. Jan. 2S. The report of the committee on initiative and refer endum was today adopted by the Consti tutional Convention, sitting as a commit- tee of the whole. The provision cites that, 8 per cent of the voters can propose new legislation, while 15 per cent is required to advocate an amendment to the state constitution. The legal minimum for ex ercising the second or referendum power is 5 per cent. CZAR DECORATES MEYER High Honor Follows Farewell as Ambassador to Russia. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. M.-Ambag. sador Meyer was received y Emperor Nicholas In special audience this after noon and presented his letters of recall. At the conclusion of tho audience, which lasted half an hour and was marked hy Kreat cordiality. the L'mperor, Mr. Meyer's term as Ambassador having: ex- plred with the presentation o his let ters of recall, personally conferred on him the Grand CTordon of the Alexander N'rvgkl Order. The Emperor expressed regret at his departure and asked him 10 transmit greetings to President Roose vel t. '1 ne Order of the Alexander Nevskl la one of the highest In Kussla, and was founded by Empress Catherine III. The Insignia consists of a broad scarlet rib- bon. worn across the breast and fasten ing at tho hip with a Jeweled cross and a large silver star worn upon the left breast. Ir. Meyer's audience was attended bj all the state ceremony of . the Russian Court. As a special mark of favor he was met in the Imperial Pavilion of the railroad station at St. Petersburg: bj .Prince Dolgoroukl, errand marshal of the court; Count Hendrikoft and Baron Korft. respectively first and second grand mas ters of the ceremonies, and Baron Ram say, first gentle man of the bed cham ber. At Tsarskoe-Selo station, Mr. Meyer entered a gilded state coach drawn by four white horses, with liveried outriders nd an escort of the Kjn peror's Own t?ossacks, and was driven to the palace in solitary state. He was met at tho palace by Princess Galltzln. grand mis tress of the court, and Count Behken-. dorff. marshal of the court, and conduct ed Into the presence or the Emperor, Railroad Gctd New Xrlal. Motion for a new trial' was allowed by Judpre Oleland yesterday In the damage fult of Carrie R. FMsher against the Columbia River & Northern Railway Company. Mrs. Fisher had been given a verdict for SllHnO In consequence of a full from . Ir.ntle 11 , T WacK .' nn.1 ARE HELD AS WITNESSES Two Men Restrained to Tel! of Bru tal Mnrder of Addle Roper. BELLINGHAM, Waste. Jan. 26. Harry Watts and It&yxnond Lang were held before the Superior Court or Whatcom County today, on bonds of S lOOO each as witnesses In the case of Addle Roper, who was murdered at Blaine last Saturday . night. Formal Allng- of Information, charging John Doe with the murder, was made. Watta' and I.iinK'B attorneys made Kreat ef- forts to have their clients released on writ of habeas corpus, which was de nied. ; Today it was learned that about ten" days ago Miss Roper was chased by two men to her home, but escaped them, and although cautioned after' that not to venture out alone, she did not heed the advice. On the day of the murder Mrs. Brlnnin, who lives In the same neighborhood, was passing near the house with her'' 10-year-old son. The child saw a man running- across a vacant lot "find called his mother's attention to the fact by ex claiming: "Look, mamma, there goes Harry Watts." There Is a reward of approximately $2000 for the 'arrest of Miss Roper's murderers. Detectives from Vancouver, B. C., have been engaged on the case. - Visit Exposition site. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 26. Almost all the members of the Washington Legislature came to Seattle today as guests of the city, viewed the State University and tile site of the proposed Alanka-raclnc-Tukon Exposition and were entertained tonight at the Rainier Club. They will return to the Capitol Monday morning. OPPOSED TOUND GRANT Delegate Says Trusts Have Ample to Bnlld Railroads. OREQONIAN N" E "W s ' BTJREAXJ. Washington, Jan. 26. Delegate Was- Hey, of Alaska, stirred up a commo- tion in the Senate committee on terri tories today by vigorously opposing a bill proposing to make a. land grant to five projected railroad? along Cop per River. He said these grants are all in the Interest of J- F Morgan and the GuRgen helms. He declared there was no warrant Tor land grants any way. as there Is ample capital to build the roads without Government aid. All the roads projected, he said, .were Jn- tended principally to reach, the copper and coal fields and were rftt built with a view to opening .up the Interior. llawlcy ana Ellis Jiame rostmastcrs. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. Jan. 2 6. Senator Fulton today Tecommended the appointment ot J. S. Van winkle as Postmaster at Al bany, also the reappointment of Post masters J. M. Parry at Moro and A. Tj. Sproul at Ontario. Since Hermann and Williamson were Indicted Mr. Fulton has had tho appointment of all Post masters. Now he morely Indorses "the recommendations ot the Congressmen- elect, who will serve after March 4. Messrs. Hawley and Ellis control this patronara Pay Lump Suit to Colvllles. OREGONIAN N E W s BUREAU. Washington, Jan. 26. The Senate com mittee today adopted Senator Dubois' amendment to pay SI. 503,000 to tne - o I villi. Indians for land they relin quished to the Government. This pay- merit wai authorized last session on the Installment plan, but the Dubois amendment proposes payment In . lump sum of the whole amount. TEACHERS GET RATES WEST Thirty Thousand Expected at I clonal Association July 8 to 12. . WINONA, Minn., Jan. 26L President Nathan C. Sehaefer. of the National Edu cational Association today announced that the Western Railroads have granted a rate of one tare tor the round trip, plus the member's fee from Chicago to Loa Angeles, where the National convention of the association is to be held July 8-12 next. President Schaerer said: "All rail road lines of the United States and Canada will doubtless grant the same rates.' The teachers of California join with Los Angeles In guaranteeing an attendance of 5000 from that state, and 5000 more from other Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain States. It is believed that 20,000 will at tend from East of the Rocky Mountains. The convention expects to accept the charter as a National organisation provid ed by act of the last session of Congress. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Deaths. ADAMS At St. Vincent's" Hospital. Jan uary 25, Thomas J. Adams, a native of Ireland, aged 52 yearn. BAK-At 343 Fourteenth street North. January 23, infant eon of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bak. COMBS At 9 Hoy t street. . January 24. Mrs. May S. Combs, a native of "New York, mi 12 years, 9 months, 28 days. MAGRUSON At 8i51 Warren street. Jan uary 24. Mrs. Guata MaRruaon. a native of Norway, ased 31 years. . li months, 20 days. . . FALMER-At 817 Bast. YamB.ll street, January 23, Britina L. Palmer, , an Xt" Tl - N At Good Samaritan Hospital January 23. FV M. Putman, a -native of Iowa, aged 59 years,: , . RILEY At Good Samaritan Hospital. January 23. William Riley, a native of Oregon, aged 37 years. RUNNING At 558 Mississippi avenue, January 25. Willie Running, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 13 years. 7 days. VREELAND At 212 Sell wood street. Jan uary 24. Mrs. Johanna Vreeland, a native of Denmask, aged 25 years, 6 months, 28 days. WILLIAMS At Northern Pacific Sani tarium, January 24. Jonathan L. Wil liams. . a native of Tennessee, aged 80 years, 10 months, 17 days. Births. MKTER-To wife of Harry Meyer, 6S5 Everett street, a daughter; January 25. Building Permits. MRS. R. CT'RRIF.R One-story frame dwelling. Forty-fourth street, between East Harrison and Hawthorne, J120U. C. A. LEIGH0W One and a half story frame dwelling. Belmont street, between 1: ' ' l- oi t y - 111 i h and Bast Forty-sixth. 11000. A HEDJCAL DISCOVEKY. , SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Jan. 27. A wonderful new medicinal principle has beon discovered by the chemist of the Daldwtn Drug" Co.. 333 Devlsadero street of this city. By a combination of vege table extracts he has perfected a remedy which seems to be a sure cure foi catarrh. Many sufferers have already reJ eiven I'li.i. .-v 1 1 inquiries concerning It '.'y riir iirni. MEETING AT WHITE HOUSE Principles Recommended by . Inter- state Commerce Commission May Be Incorporated In Next) Advice to Congress. . ; WASHINGTON, ' Jan. 26.-The car shortage question was considered at the White House this afternoon dur ing: a conference participated in by the President, ' Secretary Root, Secretary Taft, Postmaster-General Cortelyou! Assistant Secretary Bacon. Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Commissioner of Cor porations Garfield. The President has announced his intention of sending to Congreaa a special messaa-e urarincr lear lslation of a remedial character to meet car shortage emergencies like those ex isting. The Interstate Commerce Commission has submitted certain principles which the members think should form the basis of any legislation to be recom mended on' that subject to Congress, and if these meet the views of the President they will be submitted to that body. The President's decision is one of the results of the recent Chi cago reciprocal demurrage convention, and of the very general complaint which has been made to the Interstate Commerce Commission of a shortage In the car carrying- equipment of the country. I1LEEDI.VG XOKTH DAKOTA -NOW Northern State, Hungry and Cold, . Wrests 'Title From Kansas. WASHINGTON, - Jan. 26. Condition arising from a shortage of fuel and of food supplies continue to be bad In portions of North Dakota, accord -infer to dispatches received at the Inter-. state Commerce Commission, At tne same time other dispatches show the railroads are making efforts to reach the places sufteTlng from the want or these necessities ol life. Mayor James J. Dousrherty.. at Park River. N. D.. complains that the Great Northern Railroad Is not making any effort to movfi trains over the lines reaching there. The city Is entirely out of coal. Thr has been no - mall for six days. The weather Is due. Prompt action. the Mayor urges, should be taKen to compel the delivery of fuel and mail. -A. dispatch from Sherwood, X.. dated J an uary 2 6. says the place Is entirely without fuel pt anf kind. Three cars of coal for Sherwood, It is asserted, were confiscated at llohalt. There has been no train for a week. As provisions are low, the situation Is reported alarming. Under yesterday's date a dispatch from Milton. N. !.. says that two cars ot soft coal have arrived hut no mail train as yet From President Hill, of the Great Northern, a dispatch was re ceived dated St. Paul. January 26. lay ing that two freight trains with 17 cars of coal1 got through Thursday on the line reaching Hannah, one of the places that have been surferina- Irom a lack of coal. HIIrj DENIES WATERED STOCK Says Attack on St. P., M. A M. Char. ter "Will Prove Futile. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 26. Fresiaent J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern, says the application of Attorney-General e. T. Toung to the Supreme Court for the - forfeiture of the char ter of the St. Paul. Minneapolis A Manitoba Railroad Company, on the around that It has ceased to be a rail road, ; will be absolutely futile. Mr. Villi further declares that the allega. tion as to the watered stoelc of the Great Northern has needlessly been in jected Into ' ttae case for reasons best known to the "Attorney-General. Mr, Hill, through General Counsel W. R. Begg. made the following; statement to the Associated Press: " "The Manitoba Company wns prac tically all the lines operated by the Great Northern and collects' the rentals accruing: under the lease to the latter company.' It Is administering; its land. grants In Minnesota and Is actively engaged in conducting and carrying on Its business, except that It does Irot actually operate its lines. It executed a lease to the Great Northern 17 years ago. The document was riled and the fact of the execution was Known to the state from the first. The lease has been Involved In litigation and has been before the Supreme Court of the state In at least six different cases. "The allegations that the Great Northern has issued watered or ficti tious stock are utterly without founda tion. The road has never Issued one dollar's worth of stock except for a full dollar of value in return." HAVH TO BRIBE SWITCHMEN Sn Francisco Shippers Pay to. Get - freight Cars. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. The Bui- letln today publishes a story to the effect that when Interstate Commerce Commis sioner Lane arrives here next week to In- vestigate the relations tetween the rail roads and shippers, . he will find condi tions very similar to those at Seattle with respect to the "Upplns" system, resorted to by shippers and warehouse men, in order to get their cars. Accordinit to the Bulletin's information. the practice has been followed at the Oak land yards for some time, and merchants have found that, hr order to get their cars to the warehouses they have to "tip" the switchmen In thewjrards. At the office of General Manager Cal vin, of the Southern Pacific Company, to day, it was admitted that this is being done, but it was stated tbat the fault lay witu the merchantsthemselves, who, of heir own volition, resort to this practice in order to g;et speedy delivery.- It was approval of the company. Rebate Demurrers Overruled. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 26. A decision was filed In the United States District Court in Minneapolis today, overruling the demurrers to the Indictments In the rebate cases recently brought by the Gov ernment against the Oma.ha, Great North- ern, Wisconsin Central an Minneap. oils & St. Louis Railroads. The cases will so to trial at the April term, f i Northwestern to Tse Fuel Oil. LANDER, Wyo., Jan. 2G. The North Western Railroad haa poncluded the ex periments which it has been carrying on for the last three months with II bum in r locomotives on Its Western division, and orders have been Isaued to prepare all JAPAN IS REACHING SOUTH Oriental Explorer Predicts Straggle "VVitri America for Islands. - DENVER. Colo.. Jan. 56. In a sisrned article - on "Japan." published in the Denver Times today, Major William Cooke DaniSls, explorer, who recently returned from an expedition In Bor neo, says that "a Japanese-Rutalan entente is by no means impossible, for foes who have learned to respect each other in flgrht often become the best of friends." "Japan,"-. Major Daniels says, "must colonize to fulfill her destiny assha sees It The tropics do not attract Japan, even as possessions, at present. China, or at any rate a large part of China, comes first, an infinitely richer prize than all the north of 10 south latitude and west of 100 east lonsritujSe. In Rood time she wilt turn her attention to those lands, excepting- the Philippines, since the States cannot be bribed with bits of China nor blocked by a European combina tion and would not give them up with out a struggle. Java and Sumatra would , do instead; bo would 'Dutch Borneo, with Celebes and Gilolo for pendants, lying: In the shadow of Dutch. tJew Guinea. "There are tropic possessions enough for Japan when the time comes with out tampering- with tho States, or. if it should seem wise, touching England. For such things there la no urgency, and in the getting- of them there will be no baste, but a colony she must have, and haw sooner, perhaps, than any one outside her own rulers dreams. Where will she seek one. Whither la she looking: even now? South, south past the tropics; south to Australia. 'England may .easily find that an un profitable Australia under the British flaa- is unnecessary to ber existence: Eogland may see that ber safety will be better saved by a flourishing Aus tralia under th flag; of the Rising' Sun. "Unless conditions rhanfe in a man ner and In a degree vhlch It Is Irnpoe- sible to foresee now, Japan has every . reason for leaving the ralllpplnei as they are at present. We need not fear any direct and Immediate Japanese1, asr r ess Ion we need not fear Japan now or ever, But between fear, which we need not feel, and a blind neglect and ignorance of the changed and chang ing conditions. In the far, far cast, there lies arwlde field lor wise, careful forethought, for such diplomatic and even military and naval preparations as may Insure our readiness when the time comes, And that time will' come. Sooner or later and sooner, I think, than most of us faryy we 'must come face to face wl th J apan some w here In the Pacific. Our diplomacy may post pone this meeting for a time, but not forever; and only Japan's understand ing of our strength and of our reio- lutlon to use force it necessary win make her Etop when and where w cry -halt.' " . Hear Japanese Case Marcb 7. SAN FRANCISCO. Ja heurln. of the case bv eminent will test the right of the local Board of Education t exclude Japanese from the public schoo's) will be held in the Circuit Court on March "A This date was fixed this morning', when members of the Board of Education, with all the prlncipala of all the schools in the city. were served with summons to appear In court on that day and answer the suit filed on behalf of the Japanese bof, Keikicbl Aokl. SCENTS COTTON COMBINE LlTlngflton and Burleson Want Cot ton Exchange Investigated. WASHINGTON. Jan. 26 Representative Livingston of Georgia ana Representative Burl en on of Texas together Introduced a resolution today directing t Corporations of the Departi merce and Iabor to make an mvestiga- tion of the New fork Cotton Exchange. The Investigation is to be with a view to ascertaining whether the fluctuations and unnatural depression in the price of cotton Is flue to any. combination or con- spfracy which It has with commerce among the several states and as to whether prices have been manipulated on the New York Cotton Exchange. BURNHAM, JR., AT SING SING Mutual Reserve Official Goes to Serve if is Two- Year Term. 1 NEW YORK. Jan. 26. George A- Burn ham, Jr., who was convicted of grand larceny from the Mutual Reserve Life In surance Company, of which he was coun sel and vice-president, and sentenced to two years imprisonment, wes taken to Sing Sing today. FOUR ARRESTS FOR CRIME (Continued (ram First Pare.) around, and the robber opened Are. - A. pltstol duel ensMed between orflcer and trnndlt, in which the former was wounded, being shot through the left foot. The two men emptied their weapons, after which the robbers fled. So re n son pain- fully made his way to a patrol-box and notified Captain Bailey at police head- Ixso Xrall In Snow. The police took up the trail in the new fallen snow as soon as possible, and fol lowed the footprints of the three bandits a long distance, but In some mysterious manner the men pursued managed to cross the river and so Into hiding-. No arrests -were made until three days later, when the room In a lodging-house at 22814 Front street was raided by De tective Sergeant ' Baty and a squad, and ten tough-looking men were taken to the City Jail. Stye then It has become known that me sang with which they worked numbered IS. AH out, two of the IS are now under arrest. It is probable most of the gang will be turned over to the Federal -officials soon. Some of thorn have since been identified as ex-convicts and all-around criminals Charles Anderson has been Identified by Conductor L. X Morgan, of the Oregon Water Power company, as one of a erowd of passengers who rode to Sell wood with him the nia-ht of January 18 shortly "before the FtostofAce was robbed and Patrolman Sorenson' was shot. An derson was one of the ten men arrested In the lodgins-house raid. Twelve Bodies Found Out of Cl. TRINIDAD. Colo.. Jan. 28. Four mora oodles were recovered this morning at the Frlmero mlna, where 24 men were killed by an explosion on Wednasrify. Twelve bodies in all have now been f -covered. . - very best manner, at the radieal reduction of $23.50 just think of it, $22.50 and to make it still more remarkable, we will include an extra pair of trousers free. Workmanship shall be as good as we know how and we have the repu tation of turning out the finest finished and handsomest garments hereabouts and a perfect fit or no sale. - Now, then, gentlemen, this is too good to miss. Set your expectations high, come pre pared to have them fully realized, and come as early as you can. There'll be a gener ous, quick response that's sure and this offer cannot hold out foe long. The reason?. Yes, we never carry over from one season to another no matter how good the goods new patterns all the way through, twice a year, that's our rule ; so all "winter" weights go now before spring trade gets started in earnest. S ELKS' BUILDING ii E" TO STAY . 1 Conried Says It's His Duty to rrotluce Great Drama 1 OWES IT TO MUSICAL ART Hopes - Directors off Metropolitan Grand Opeta.House Will Rccon- aider Protest Directors In- innate That They Will. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. After the dl- rectors of the Metropolitan Grand Op- ra-House had held a meeting tonlgrht to further consider wt aralnst the production of "SalorW In the Metropolitan, a state men L .v a is sued In which it was Intimated that the production would bo continued. Atter settins forth that th subject ot? thft protest was beinr further diseusaed between the directors of the opera company and the owners o, the opera- house, the statement continues to part; "Mr. Conried holds that the produc tion of "Salome" lm a. great artistic achievement Inasmuch, as this muslo drama been acknowledged by tne musical world M one of the most im portant, if not the most Important, mnxlral productions since Warner, and THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Few People Kaon Hon- liffnl It Ii Ii PRaerrlss Health aaa Beaaty. Costs Notblas ta Try, , Nearly everybody knowg that charcoal Is the safest and most efficient disinfect ant and purifier In nature, but few real ize Its value when taken Into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the mora you take of It the better; it's not a drus at alt, but simply absorbs the sues and Impurities always present In the atomacn and intestines and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the oreath after smoking, Crlffliing; or arter eating gniom and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and Ira- proves thi complexion. It whitens the teeth "d further acts aa a natural and eminently wfi' cathartic. It absorbs the Injurious vases which collect in the stomach and bowels; tt dis infects the mouth, and throat from the poison ot catarrh. AH druggists sell charcoal In one form or another, but probably the best char coal and the most for- the money is In Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form or rather In the form of large, pleasant tasting loatenjrea, the char- coal being mixed with "noney. The dally use of these lozenges will soon teil in a much Improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it Is that no possible harm can result from their continued use. but. on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician In -peak ins of the benefits of charcoal, sayg : "I advise Stu art's Charcoal Lotenge o all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bow- els, and to clear the complexion and puri fy the breath, mouth and throat: I also believe the liver le greatly benefited by the dally use of them: they cost but twen- ty-five cents a box at drug stores, and al- though in some sense a patent prepara tion, yet I believe I sret more and better charcoal In Stuart's Charcoal Zosenss than In any of the ordinary charcoal tab- lets.". Send your name and address today for a free trial package and see for yourself. F. A. Stuart Co., 66 Stuart IHdit-. Mar Shall, Mich, GALL STONES This torturinsr ailment completely cured without surgical operation. Write for particulars and free book let. Address DR. F. CRASOAH. RKMEDT CO. Freeaao. Oaallforaataa. SAL01Y1 Tomorrow morning we want you men folks of Portland to drop in here to see what a first-class tailoring bargain really Is one f the once-in-a-long-time kind something extra good one that should prove so unusually attractive that every man in town who hasn't an actual surplus of wearing apparel will be inter- cstci Now, then, here is our proposition and it won't take much reflection on the part of any manWo "has his ears to the ground" to appreciate that he wants to "get busy quick." For a very limited time we're going to give you practically two dollars of high-class tailoring for the usual cost of one. Com mencing tomorrow morning, we shall offer unlimited choice of all our winter line of Tweeds. Cassimeres and Cheviots mate rials that are really seasonable ten months out of twelve, and many men would say the year 'round splendid all-wool goods serviceable, dependable, stylish and exclusive the sort that appeal to men of critical taste and judgment and values that have sold right to now up to $30 made to your measure, in the since it has been produced In many of tHe most Important opera-houses Iti Europe, Mr. Conried said It was his duty to the musical public of New York to produce It here. Mr. Conried hopes tne directors of the Metropolitan Op era and Real Estate Company, on full consideration or tne subject, will with. draw their objections and share his view that the musical public in entitled to opportunity to hear this master worn adequately produceaY" The text of the directors' protest follows; "ar sir The directors of tne Met ropolitan . Ojera-Hou8e consider tho performance of 'Salome' objectionable and detrimental to the beat Interests or the Metropolitan Opera-Hogae. They protest against any repetition of this opera." "Salome" is based on Oscar Wilde's dramatic -variant of the Biblical story ot the beheading of John ' the Baptist by Herod'g order to satisfy the caprice AMAZING PROSPERITY '; Never in the history M this country has business been go active and people so prosperous as now. Never has the oppor tunity been so great for saving a portion of the earnings of the individual. GooA times do not always last. Therefore, while it is comparatively easy to do so, put away something eacl. day for the future, where it will not only be safe but will itself be earning more in interest accumulations. "We pay the highest interest rates consistent with safety on Savings Accounts and Time Certificates, and shall be pleased to have you open an -account with us, no matter how small. We also receive deposits subject to check and do a general banking and trust business, lend money on improved city and farm properties, act as trustee in realty transactions, bond issues, etc' Merchants & Trust 27 'WASHINGTON ST. CAPITAL FULLY PAID $150,000 IMkM WATSON. Pres. W. H. FEAR, Sec'y. R 1- DUBHAJI, Vice-Pres. S. C. CATCHING, Asst. Sec 'y. 0. W. T. MUELLIIAUPT, Cashier. i -y- im .na-.Jh,..T,.tf .. ., Wi n y L. I . VflT Al ITS SEVENTH and STARK of Salome. The presentation last Tues Ooy maht Wiia the sensation of the opera seuson ana attnit?tf cl. a great amount of criticism, mostly directed at the text of the opera. "The Dance of the Seven Veils." performed by Salome before Herod, and the kissing of the Hps of the severed head of John ' the Baptist by Salome- The directors of the Conreld Opera Company leasee of the opera-house, will meet at V. M to consider the protest. Thr.'e more performances of "Sa lome" had been announced, and a sale of ticket began on ThuiBday. 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