THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 25, 1907.
GOLTUGKER BUSY
MAKING EVIDENCE
Accused by Mother-in-Law, Is
Doing His Best to Prove
Charge.
VISITING WITH MRS. PLATT
AYoman In Case Receives Boxes of
Choice Flowers and Gets Cp
Dinner Party for Officer
in New Mexico.
RATON. N. M., Aug. 24. (Special.)
Lieutenant-Colonel William F. Tucker,
U. S. A., who Is the son-in-law of Mrs.
John A. Logan, and whose moral charac
ter is being probed by the War Depart
ment, and whose name has been linked
by his wife with that of Mrs. Myrtle
Piatt In her suit for division of his prop
erty, is in Raton, where he has been a
guest at the home of C. M. Frey, a
brother of Mrs. Matt.
Mrs. Piatt, who Mrs." Logan believes
has won the love of Colonel Tucker, is
. also visiting her brother. The concurrent
visit of both Colonel Tucker and Mrs.
Piatt has quite naturally aroused a good
deal of Interest here, and Mrs. Grundy
Is busy. It develops that Mrs. Piatt
came here July 10, but her arrival was
not announced. Colonel Tucker arrived
August 18, and since then he and Mrs.
Piatt have been seen frequently together.
Since her arrival here Mrs. Piatt has
been the recipient of many choice hot
house flowers shipped by a big Denver
floral concern. Who footed these bills
has hot developed. Shortly after her ar
rival in Raton, Mrs. Piatt made arrange
ments to give a big dinner party to
Colonel Tucker, but he failed to arrive
when expected, and for this and other
reasons the affair was definitely called
off. .
WOMEN HOLD HIGH OFFICE
One Keeps Diplomatic Secrets, An
other Gives Legal Opinions.
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, Aug. 24. Four women of
the thousands in the employ of the va
rious departments of the Government
stand forth pre-eminent and all four
hold their own In every single essen
tial with the men with whom they
come in daily official contact. These
are the ones called the "right-hand
women." And they're all pretty and
young as full of vivacity as they are
of tact!
There's Miss Henna, for instance.
Miss Hanna is known in Washington
as the "only woman diplomat." She Is
a blonde this attribute being derived
from Scandinavian ancestry and rath
er petite. The position which she or
dinarily occupies in the Government
service is that of nominal -Secretary
to the Second Assistant Secretary of
State, Alvey A. Adee. As a matter of
fact, however, she is Mr. Adee's princi
pal assistant in the management of all
diplomatic affairs. All of the most
important and confidential diplomatic
letters and other documents pass un
der her eye. Many of them contain
secrets which the Department of State
would under no consideration permit
to be divulged. Yet Miss Hanna,
. though a woman, is officially a sphinx.
"Woman Who Keeps Secrets.
It will be remembered, by the way,
that the original Sphinx of Egypt was
a woman a fact which in itself
should serve as a refutation of the
popular notion that a woman cannot
keep a secret. But as for Miss Hanna
it should be further explained th.at the
entire- diplomatic business of the De
partment of State falls under the con
trol of Mr. Adee who in any Euro
pean country would be called perma
nent Under Secretary for Fotiaign Af
fairsand every bit of the corre
spondence that is going on all the time
between our Government and foreign
powers is carried on, as one might say,
through Miss Hanna.
She, by the way, is the only woman
delegate to the peace conference at
The Hugue, acting there as an official
assistant to the representatives of our
Government. Miss Hanna hails from
Ann Arbor, Mich., and her salary Is
J1800 a year.
Equally remarkable In hr way is
another young woman who holds the
post of law clerk to the United States
Treasury. She is as young as Miss
Hanna blonde, pretty and slightly
built. Her position is the only one of
the kind In our Government service
that was ever held by a woman. And
no wonder. Inasmuch as it Is her duty
to prepare all of the legal opinions for
the department.
Uncle Sam's Female Lawyer. .
The name of this clever girl is Clara
Graecen. Half a dozen years ago. when
fcarely 17 years of age., she came to
"Washington from Kalkaska. Mich., de
termined to push her way Into some sort
of place in the Government service. She
possessed no influence whatever a thing
considered wellnigh indispensable, even
In these days of civil service reform but
for this lack she was compensated by the
possession of youth, good health, a buoy
ant spirit and some experience as a sten
pgrapher. obtained in the town of her
birth. I
The stenography gaves her the oppor
tunity she wanted. There was a vacant
place in the office of the Comptroller of
the Treasury for a typewriter, and Miss
Graecen's skill at shorthand enabled her
to secure the position in a competitive
examination. Before long she had ac
quired the reputation of being the most
rapid shorthand writer In the depart
ment. But, not content to be a type
writer, she devoted her evenings to
studying law a departure which led to
the utilization of her services as assist
ant to the law clerk.
It so happened that the place of law
clerk fell vacant, and, 40 the astonish
ment of everybody, Miss Graecen made
formal application for it. A number of
Washington lawyers wanted the job. But.
as the result of a competitive exam
ination, the girl from Kalkaska came out
a winner, and was duly appointed.
Since then Miss Graecen has prepared
all the legal opinions for the Treasury,
and they are said to be models of lucid
ity and accuracy. Her salary Is J2000 a
year.
Manager of Indian Schools.
The highest salary paid to any woman
in the Government service Is drawn by
Miss Estelle Reel, who ho.ds a position
of extraordinary responsiblity. She is the
Superintendent of all the Indian schools
the final authority to whom every ques
tion relating to their management is re
ferred. Her official headquarters are at
he Indian bureau in Washington, but
most of her time is spent In traveling
about the country, rrom one Indian
schoo! te another.
Miss Reel Is a handsome brunette, still
In her early thirties. Young as she iss it
Is said that the entire system of man
agement of our Indian schools is practi
cally her work. She originated and ap
plied it the main feature of it being prac
tical . instruction designed to fit Indian
boys and girls for life as they will fine"
It. Much of the teaching is in the way
of manual training, the boys being taught
to shoe horses, mend wagons and raise
crops, while the girls acquire the gentler
arts of the housewife.
Miss Reel's salary is $3000 a year, plus
expenses. The latter are a very consid
erable item, inasmuch as she is . obliged
to do so much traveling: In the more re
mote parts of the country she sometimes
covers hundreds of miles on horseback,
no other means of transportation being
available.
Translator Into French.
Miss Marie MacNaughton Is another
Michigan girl. She comes from Grand
Rapids. Half a dozen years ago she en
tered a competitive examination for a
2400 position in the Bureau of American
Republics and won It. The reason for
making the pay so 'high was that the
work required was extremely difficult
that of translating English into French.
Plenty of people can translate French
into good English, but to do the other
thing with accuracy is a rare accom
plishment. The bureau publishes a monthly maga
zine In which the articles are printed In
French, English and Spanish the same
articles, that Is to say. The most impor
tant part of Miss MacNaughton's work
Is done for this publication. She Is a
brunette, slender and with beautiful dark
eyes.
These' are the four most notable women
in Uncle Sam's employ at the present
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SECRETARY TAPTS PRESENT TRIP TO ORIENT WILL MAKE HIM MOST TRAVELED AMERICAN STATESMAN.
When Secretary Taft returns from the trip around the world which he is now beginning, he will have traveled considerably over 100,000 miles In seven years. In 1900 he went,
to the Philippines (8909 miles) as head of the Philippine Commission, returning (8909 miles) In 1902. and later in the year going around the world to Manila (21,664 miles) by way
of Rome, where he arranged for the purchase of the Friars' lands. In 1903 he came home from Manila to Washington (8909 miles), and In the same year made a trip to Panama and
return (4362 miles), and again in 1 904 (4362 miles). In 1905 he took a party of Congressmen to the Philippines and back (17818); in 1906 to Cuba and return (2860 miles) at the time
of our Intervention, and this year to Cuba and Panama and return (4362 miles).
time. It is to be noticed that all of them
are young and pretty and that three out
of the four come from the State of Mich
igan. FREE TO IUIIW
MARY ADELAIDE DROPS1XAME
OF MIZNER.
Gets Absolute Divorce From Man
Who Lavished Attentions on
Another Woman.
NEW YORK. Aug. 24. Mary Adelaide
Yerkes-Mizner is free to marry again,
should she desire to do so. Justice Guy,
of the Supreme Court, today signed a
final decree divorcing her . from W.llson
Mizner.
She was married to Mr. Mizner shortly
after the death of her husband, Charles
T. Yerkes, the street railway magnate,
and within a few months sued for an
absolute divorce. She charged Mm with
improper conduct with a woman whose
name was never disclosed. The case was
tried in private before Referee Louis B.
Hasbrouck and record in the suit cannot
be seen.
The decree authorizes Mrs. Mizner to
resume her name of Yerkes. It contains
a provision permitting her to marry again
as though Mr. Mizner was actually dead,
but forbids Mr. Mizner to marry- any
other woman during the life of the
wealthy widow who has Just divorced
him.
INCREASE SCOUT FORCE
Recommendation About Philippines
Starts. Rumor in Japan.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Inquiry at
the War Department on the report
from Japan that the authorities plan to
Increase the- troops In the Philippines
by the addition of 13 regiments of na
tives, shows that the story originated
in a recommendation of General Mills,
of the Department of Vlzayas, that
the scout force be increased to -60
companies. The recommendation is due
to a desire to reduce expenses, natives
costing less than American soldiers.
FOURTH DEATH BY WRECK
Miss Root Follows Other Victims of
Auto Collision.
PITTSFIELD, Mass.. Aug. 24. Miss
Mary P. Root, injured in the Ashley
Falls automobile accident Sunday, died
here today. She was prominent In lit
erary circles, graduated at Vassar in
1878, and was president of the Vassar
Alumnae Association at the time of her
death. Her death is the fourth from a
collision with a train. The other vic
tims were her brother, mother and aunt.
THREATEN BISHOP BURGESS
Blackhand Letter Sent Prelate and
Family With Demand.
NEW YORK. Aug. 24. Right Rev. Fred
erick Burgess.' Episcopal bishop of Long
Island, received a black-hand letter threat
ening to blow up 'his residence at Gordon
City with all his family If demands made
were not grantd- The bishop refuses
to discuss the demand.
Dowager Empress' Illness Denied.
PARIS, Aug. 24. The Chinese Legation
Is informed that cabled reports that the
Dowager Empress Is suffering from an
Incurable disease, is untrue. Her health
is, according to a cable, perfect.
Metzjjer & Co., headquarters Brauer'a
hand-painted art china, 342 Wash, st
Metzger A Co., opticians. 342 Wash, et
T OF FEAR
Moors Continue Reckless At
tacks on French.
BAND CAUGHT IN AMBUSH
Many Killed on Casa Blanca Beach.
New Sultan Assumes Crown.
Mulai Hafig" Marches
Against French.
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CASA BLANCA, Aug. 24. Absolute
fearlessness continues to characterize
the attacks by natives upon the French
forces. Yesterday many bands made
isolated, reckless attacks.
The French ambushed 100 who were
stealing toward the city along the
beach. Many were killed; the others
fled.
British Ships Patrol Coast.
MADRID. Aug. 24. Dispatches from
Tangier say several British warships
along the Moroccan coast have lowered
small boats with machine guns and
marines, which approach close to the
shore.
SULTAN'S BROTHER ON THRONE
Report Confirmed That Present
Ruler Has Abdicated.
TANGIER, Aug. 24. A courier from
Morocco City confirms the reports that
the Sultan's brother was proclaimed Sul
tan, August 16, and assumed the throne.
The new Sultan declares his intention of
appointing another brother Kalif of Fez,
and then proceed to take command, of
the Moorish forces besieging Casa Blanca.
MARCHES ON CASA BLANCA
Mulat Hafig, Fanatic Leader, Will
Attack French Invaders.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Aug. 24. Govern
ment advices from Spanish consuls In
Morocco say Mulai Haflg is marching
on Casa Blanca,
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria re
turned here today from France. s
GERMAN OFFICERS WATCHING
Spaniards See Them Studying Con
ditions at Casa Blanca.
CADIZ. Aug. 24. Letters from mem
bers of the Spanish force in Morocco
assert that German army officers are
at Casa Blanca studying the situa
tion. France Is Not Worried.
PARIS, Au. 24. Premier Clemen
ceau returns tomorrow from Marienad,
and will give President Fallieres an
account of his interview with King
Edward. The Foreign Office here offi
cially assumes that diplomatic compli
cations over Morocco are not likely to
occur, as Germany's official attitude
since the crisis has- been one of com
plete approval.
Europeans Are Leaving.
TANGIER, Aug. 24. The letters from
Fez. dated August 20, state that all
Europeans have decided to leave imme
diately on account of -the gravity of the
situation.
French Cruiser Takes German Boat.
TANGIER, Aug. 24. It is reported that
the French cruiser Duchayla has cap
tured a German vessel loaded with rifles
and flying the Spanish flag.
INSOLENT PORTER BEATEN
Refuses to Open Windows and Is
Thrashed With Saber.
SHREVEPORT, La., Aug. 24 (Spe
cial.) Dr. J. Ashton Blanchard. son of
Governor Blanchard and a Major In the
state militia, severely beat a colored
porter in a Pullman car on a Texas
and Pacific train today, using his saber
as a weapon.
The porter, when requested to open
windows by ladies, answered insolently
and the thrashing resulted.
An Ohio man In the car criticised
the conduct of the Major, when one of
the Loulslanlans promptly administered
a beating. Including two black eyes.
The conductor is quoted as having said
the porter had been repeatedly reported
to headquarters for previous insolence
but no results obtained.
HAS MANIA JF0R MARRIAGE
Tacoma Man Deceives Three Women
and Then Takes a Fourth.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 24. M. H. Wool
sey, a Tacoma man, has gone into the
matrimonial business with a vengeance.
Not satisfied with having his first wife
secure a divorce from him on the grounds
of non-support and desertion, a second
wife taking action to secure legal sep
aration on the grounds that she was il
legally married to Woolsey within the
GNORAN
six-menths limit, he married a third wife
in California and information has Just
reached Justice Llnck that the man has
deserted his third venture for a fourth
matrimonial experiment.
Lulu Day', tr.e woman who married
Woolsey after his first wife secured a
divorce from bin. has started legal pro
ceedings to annual her marriage. Mean
time, after destrtlng her, Woolsey -married
the "Georgia Magnet" She has
discovered that he secured no separation
from his second wife. Woolsey, becom
ing tired of hit third companion, went
to Lower California and married a cou
sin. The three deceived women are now In
correspondence with one another and will
prosecute Woolsey.
ENGAGED TO MISS NICHOLS
Charles Emory Smith Will Wed
Kew York Girl.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24. (Special.)
The engagement is announced of Miss
Nettie Nichols, of New York, to Mr.'
Charles Emory Smith,, of Philadelphia.
Miss Nichols is the daughter of Mrs.
Washington Romatne Nichols and the
sister of Mrs. James Francis Sullivan,
of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Oscar Liv
ingston, of New York.
Her father, who died some years ago,
was the valedictorian at Columbia, and
a lawyer of high standing. Her great
grandfather, Benjamin Romalne, was a
citizen of distinction. When a very
young man he served in the War of the
Revolution and was the foremost of the
famous Prison Ship Martyrs, for whose
care and commemoration he afterward
made liberal provision. He was the
second comptroller of New York.
Miss Nichols' brothers are Romatne
WILL COMPLETE 100,00 MILES
l v. O JO' yt Kttt t
Sc"rSL5 I
C. and Washington R., of New York.
The. wedding will, it 1s expected, take
place in October at Elberton, the Sum
mer home of the family.
Mr. Smith's services to country and
party are well known. He Is one of the
leaders of the Republican partyi was
Minister to St. Petersburg, and Postmaster-General
in the McKlnley and
Roosevelt Cabinets, and is the editor
of the Philadelphia Press.
SOCIALISTS OPPOSE WAR
Would Overthrow Capital However,
Should Hostilities Begin.
STUTTGART. Germany, Aug. ' 24. The
International Socialists' congress ended
today. ' Resolutions were adopted con
demning armaments both of land and
sea. Should war threaten, the congress
Is to. bring all pressure possible to pre
vent; should hostilities begin, to exert
every influence' to stop, then to take ad
vantage of succeeding conditions to over
throw capital. It was declared that the
best method for gaining universal peace
Is in educating the youth in socialistic
Ideas.
TAUGHT TO STEER BALLOONS
I
School of Aeronautics to Be Estab
lished in Paris.
PARIS. Aug. 24. (Special.) A school of
aeronautics is to be started In France
on the model of the Naval College at
Brest. It Is the idea of a number of
engineers and aeronauts and is the direct
result of the successful work of the
Patrie.
Now that several of the famous ster
able balloons are to be built, it will be
necessary to have- aeronauts capable of
gullding them, and hence it Is that the
state has been asked to establish an
academy for the teaching of aerial navi
gation and the education of special en
gineers. On leaving this college the pup'ils will
spend a term in the corps of military
aeronauts of the engineers, just as the
pupils of the Military Polytechnique
spend a term at the applied school at
Fontalnebleau.
CABRERA YIELDS TO WOMEN
Pardons Would-Be Assassins on His
Mother's Birthday.
GUATEMALA CITY. Aug. 23.
Women petitioned the mother of
President-Cabrera to intercede with her
son for the political prisoners. It was
the mother's birthday and the Presi
dent released manyprisoners. Includ
ing two Mexicans (Mendosa and
Ortega) held for alleged complicity in
attempts to kill Senor Cabrera.
Unionists Win Election.
BURY ST. EDMUNDS, England, Aug.
24. The Unionists elected Walter
Guinness to the House of Commons to
day with 1631 votes to 741 for W. E.
Yates, Liberal candidate. This is a
gain of 456 since the last general elec
tion.
Third Dreadnaught Launched
DEVONPORT. Eng., Aug. 24. The
battleship Temarac, third of Via
Dreadnaught class, has been launched.
SIX PEOPLE UP IN AIR
Biggest Balloon Makes Trip From
"Slow" Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 24. Wht Is
said to be the largest balloon In America
made a successful initial ascension today,
carrying six passengers. The balloon land
ed tonight at New Egypt, N. J., 40 miles
away.
Plow Man III.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 24. James
Oliver, a millionaire philanthropist, is
suffering from heart trouble and is not
expected to survive today.
Seven-jewel Elgin watch, 16 sise, 20-year
case. S9.75. Metzcer. 842 Wash. st. . ,
JABS WITH HATPIN
Plucky Girl Turns on Tramp
and Bests Him.
BUMPS HEAD ON RAILROAD
Member of Camping Party Loses
Way and Is Attacked, but Makes
Good Use of School Ath- ,
letic Training.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24. (Special.) Miss
Grace Stultz, the 18-year-old daughter of
P. M. Stultz, general superintendent of
the Illinois Steel Company, this afternoon
fought a desperate hand-to-hand battle
with a tramp in the lonely Indiana woods
and came oft victorious.
She is a member of a camping party
across the Indiana line and took a wrong
train out of Chicago. This necessitated a
walk of a mile through the woods. Half
way to camp a burly tramp sprang upon
her, but she jabbed him In the face and
stomach wl(.h a hatpin until he doubled
up with pain. Then she tripped him and,
seizing his enormous ears, beat his head
OF TRAVEL
upon the railroad until he became un
conscious, when she fled.
Miss Stultz rejoices that she went
for athletics while at college.
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WORK OF NEW RATE Li
MANY DECISIONS HAVE FIXED
NEW MAXIMUMS.
In' Year of Operation Commission
Has Tried 9 1 Cases, Decided 4 7
', Against Roads.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. (Special.)
Rate regulation under the present Inter
state commerce law will be a year old
next Wednesday and some Interesting
facts are to be told on the eve of its
first anniversary. During the year there
have been filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission 353 formal complaints.
A great majority of these alleged unjust
rates, the remainder sought to do away
with switching charges and alleged dis
criminations. Ninety-one actual decisions have been
rendered on complaints during the year.
In 47 cases charges have been sustained,
forty two have been dismissed and two
set for rehearing. Most of the cases had
to do with rates between certain points
or charges on certain shipments or classi
fication of freight. In most of the cases
where the complaints were not dismissed,
therefore, "Just and reasonable maximum
rates" were established. It would be
impossible to give figures on the actual,
far-reaching effect of the maximums thus
fixed.
COR TEL YO U ACTING WISELY
Controller Ricgely Commends His
Plan of Relief.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Controller of
the Currency Ridgely stated regarding
Cortelyou'8 plan to relieve a possible
stringency through the distribution of
Government funds to National banks,
that it was "wise and timely." Ridgely
said:
"Cortelyou's plan of depositing money
when and where needed wIU enable him
to apply It for relief wherever it will do
the most good to commercial and manu
facturing business vlth less reference to
the speculaltve situation. While trie sit
uation is one requiring cool and deliber
ate action, especially by timers, there
is no reason why the demand for liquida
tion should so spread as to produce any
thing like a panic or crisis. The bank
ing condition is unusually sound, more so
on account of the readjustment, of stock
values.
"These are tremendous demands, but
no greater than have been in the aggre
gate. The banks have resources "to sup
ply this credit, and, while it may be
necessary for them to. curtail new opera
tions and discourage expansion among
customers, they should have no difficulty
In taking care of current business. There
is absolutely no doubt that banks will be
able to take care of things this Fall. We
have raised between 15,000,000,000 and $6,
000.000,000 worth of grain, cotton, cattle,
hogs and other farm produce, besides
cot., metals and other wealth, but this
is not a situation to get frightened about
or make necessary the call on everybody
to suddenly pay their debts. It should
rather encourage the banks to take care
of customers and make loans conserva
tively 'wherever there is a proper basis
for credit. Our country's elements for
recuperation In this vast production of
wealth never were so great or available.
Prosperity Is proverbially hard to stand,
but there Is no sense in letting such evi
dences scare us to death."
Balllnger Back at Desk.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.' Wash
ington, Aug. 24. Land Commissioner Bal
llnger Is expected back at his desk Mon
day, after a vacation spent In Seattle and
the West.
1000 Lose Jobs In Panama.
PANAMA, Aug. 24. The number of em
ployes In the divisions of building, con
struction and municipal work and engi-
L5cO "7 INDIAN OAN
neering on the Panama Canal bas been
reduced 25 per cent because the appropri
ation Is less this year than last, also be
cause the work in these divisions has been
largely completed.
The reduction affects a thousand men.
CRUISER WASHINGTON SWIFT
Makes Speed of Over 2 1 Knots Un
der Forced Draft.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The fol
lowing official report on the recent
speed trials of the armored cruiser
Washington, off the Atlantic Coast,
has been received by the Navy Depart
ment: "Successful steam trials, average
speed for four hours, under forced
draught, 21.38 knots, and for eight
hours under natural draught, 18.33
knots."
New Oregon Postmasters.
OREGONIAN 'NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 24. Oregon pastmasters ap
pointed: Cleone. Joseph N. Martlndale.
vice H. W. Mathison. resigned; Starvout,
Wlnfield S. Booth, vice Lester A. Curtis,
resigned.
SHIP GETS $25,000 PRIZE
City of Puebla First In Race to St.
Michaels From Seattle.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) The $25,000 prize in the form of
BOO passengers that were awaiting
transportation from St. Michael and
Nome to Puget Sound was captured
by the steamer City -of Puebla, of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
fleet, after an exciting race with the
Northwestern, owned by the North
western Steamship Company. The City
of Puebla made the trip of 2780 miles
In six and one-half days, breaking all
Northern speed records. Her average
speed was 15.3 knots an hour.
The Northwestern did not leave
Puget Sound until after the City of
Puebla, and was thus handicapped in
the race. One vessel arrived at St.
Michael August 19, while the other
reached there August 21. The City of
Puebla will bring, besides the 600 pas
sengers, 3800,000 in treasure.
STATE BESTS CONTRACTOR
Idaho Regents Get $28,000 Reduc
tion In Second Bid on Work.
MOSCOW, Ida.. Aug. 24. (Special.)
The Board of Regents of the University
og Idaho, at their session this morning,
let the contract for the construction of
the central section of the new adminis
tration building to A. D. Whiteway. of
Boise, for the sum of 1162,817. This is
J28.4S3 below Mr. Whiteway's firjit bid for
the same work, and J26.088 below the low
est bid of the Campbell Building Com
pany, of Salt Lake, for the same work.
The successful contractor was given 10
days in which to file the required bond
and 30 days to begin the work.
This is considered a very fortunate
outcome of what apparently wbls a tan
gled mess. The bids first submitted were
considered excessively high. There were
certain incidents connected with the bids
that Indicated a probable combination
among the bidders and no time was. lost
In rejecting all th bids and notifying the
contractors that bids would be received
anew.
FOUR
SHOT IN HOLDUP
Finns and American Resist Robbers
and Capture One.
B1LJJNGS, Mont., Aug. 24. Four
men were shot, one fatally and one
maimed for life, in an attempted hold
up this morning at Huntley, one of the
Government townsltes on the recently
opened Huntley irrigation project.
Six Finns and one American were sleep
ing in a box car when they were
awakened by an order to hold up their
hands. The Finns refused and the
robbers opened fire.
Three Finns and one robber were
wounded. The latter was captured, but
his companion escaped.
POWERS SUSTAINS TAYLOR
Demands Return of Corruption
Fund and Fair Trial.
GEORGETOWN. Ky., Aug. 24. Caleb
Powers tonight issued a lengthy state
ment sustaining the position of ex-Governor
W. S. Taylor in the latter's de
mand "that the so-called . "corruption
fund" of 3100.000"apnroprlated bv the State
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gaining for itself their utmost confidence and respect.
For the Present and Future
We will endeavor to hold this esteem by fair dealing and attractive
prices, together with an absolutexunderstanding of what is best in
diamonds, watches, jewelry and kindred lines.
Corner Third and Washington Streets
Diamond Importers Opticians Manufacturing Jewelers
1 :
Suits $20 to $40
Trousers $4 to $10
Next
Saturday
Night
at 10 o'clock, the free trousers
offer will expire. Remember, an
extra pair absolutely without
cost with every suit at $22.50 or
more.
Think of it! Why, it actually
makes a SPLENDIDLY TAIL
ORED, MADE-FOR-YOU Suit
less expensive than the ordinary
every-day ready-made clothing.
The high character of Colum
bia tailoring needs little empha
sizing with the critical Portland
dressers. It tops the mark for
careful workmanship, excellence
of fit, fine quality of fabrics and
all-round satisfaction; AND IT
SAVES YOU MONEY.
OOLM
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GRANT PHEGLEY, Mgr.
Elks' Building
Seventh and Stark
Legislature be returned to the state
treasury before Mr. Taylor returns to
Kentucky to stand trial and testify for
Powers. The latter asserts that with fair
trials for himself and Mr. Taylor assured,
the murder of Goebel will be investigated
fully.
Hit by Train at Sand Point.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 24. S. J. Hol
land, president of the Washington Liquor
Company, was struck and Instantly killed
by a train at Sand Point. Idaho, tonight.
Holland, for many years was manager
of the. Comlque Vaudeville Theater In
Spokane. He was about 50 years Old.
Mrs. TaTt Decidedly Better.
MILLBURY. Mass., Aug. 24. Physi
cians attending Mrs. Louisa M. Taft,
mother of the Secretary, say a decided
improvement is observable during the
last 48 hours in her condition.
Metzger & Co.. jewelers. 342 Wash. st.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Has surpassed all other medicines, in merit,
sales and cures.
its success, ereat as it has been. Km ap
parently only just begun.
It has received by actual count more than
40,000 testimonials in two years.
It purines the blood, cures all blood dis
eases, all humors and all eruptions.
It strengthens the stomach, creates an
appetite and builds up the whole system.
It cures that tired feeling and makes the
weak strong. '
In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablet
known as SarsatabS. 100 doses tU
Toothache
Gum
fltor toothache
whether tivtr la a
canity or not. Kerer
dries np or loeet it
trrnstb..
Ke?p itlnthbotlM
forenierKnclft. Imi
tations don't do th
work.
A Smtll Affair.
CET TOOTHACHE 6CM.
a m iniffffiu. IB cents, or by null.
'C. S. DENT & CO.. Detroit, Mloh.
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