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A QUICK LUNCH
Why spend a couple of hours preparing your noonday
lunch? We carry a large line ot ready
cooked
Little Neck Clams, Canned Crabs. Chicken Tomales
Spanish, Asparagus Tips. Etc.,
which can be prepared in a very few minutes.
A. V. ALLEN,
Phones 3S71 and 711 Main.
Sale Agent for Baker't Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee.
ATTACK AGED MAN
Retired Portland Capitalist Puts
Four Robbers to Flight.
THEY THEN CALL ON NEIGHBOR
Daring Quartet of Thieve Attempt
First One Holdup and Then An
other Neighborhood Is Ter
rorized by the Affair.
PORTLAND, Jan. 19. Though he
lacks only two years of being an octo
genarian, H. D. Winters, a retired
capitalist, broke away from the
clutches of four desperate men who
attacked him In his house with the
probable motive of robbery Sunday
night, and, securing his revolver, put
the quartet to flight.
A sliort time afterward the ruffians
called B. J. McGovern, an employe of
a clothes-cleaning firm, living next
door to Winters, out of his dwelling
and made a vicious assault on him.
He, too, succeeded In procuring his
revolver and shot three times at the
thugs as they ran. One of the bullets
pierced the wall of a house across the
street and passed through a bedroom.
Imbedding Itself in a partition.
The police were Immediately In
formed of the occurrences and plain
clothes men were detailed to make an
Investigation. Beyond securing de
scriptions of the would-be robbers
they have accomplished nothing. Res
idents of the vicinity are much per
turbed over the attacks made on Win
ters and McGovern and the heads of j
families lock and bolt doors and win- !
dows and place firearms where they ;
ean be reached handily every night on i
retiring.
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They are the Greatest of
All Shoes
In single and double soles, warm and
strong, protecting the feet and health
at the same time. These shoes have
that soft, velvety feeling, and have
that peculiar action making walking a
pleasure. They are gratifying to the
most sensitive feet.
Our Specialty Line
of Loggers Shoes
guarantee satisfaction to the wearer.
No better but a leader of all.
S. A. G1MRE
543 Bond St., opposite Fisher Bros.
U G A fl B E Z
Oregon Restaurant
Is now open as an up-to-date house. Serves
the best meals in the city. Everything strictly
first class.
REGULAR HONE DINNER, 35c.
SUNDAY CHICKEN DINNER A SPECIALTY 50c.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Wm.G. PATTERSON, Prop
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ONCE IN AMERICA.
Central Figure of Russian Famine
Scandals Worked for Furrier.
.NEW YORK. Jan. 29. Krlc I.i lv.il.
the central tisuro In the sctuuluU In
Russia, unending the puivhiise of
grain for the famine sufferers it has
York furrier's establishment up to
York furrlei's establishment" up to
four years ago. when he returned to
Russia. He Introduced American san
itary fixtures In Russia and using
American advertising methods. It Is
s;iid to have prospered.
I.ldval is said to have secured the
contract for the grain for the famine
sufferers through the assistance of
Gurko, the assistant Minister of the
Interior, whom he is said to have met
In a gambling house, received an ad
vance of $400,000 and then disappear
ed. RESCUE BODIES.
Victims of German Coan Mine Disas
ter Are Brought to Surface.
SAARBRUECKEX, Germany, Jan.
29. The official report places the num
ber of dead in yesterday's mine ex
plosion at US, of which 62 have been
brought out. During the Jay, escap
ing gas was caught and analyzed by
chemists and the result showed that
the fire was diminishing. Late this
afternoon General Manager Von Hel
zen with 150 men started Into the mine
to rescue bodies still underground.
Two hours later the winding machin
ery began bringing bodies rapidly to
the surface. Work will continue
throughout the night
MAKE TEST OATH.
Idaho Senate Passes Bill to Discourage
Practice of Polygamy.
BOISE, Jan. 29. The Idaho Senate
today passed a bill under which all
citizens will be required on offering
to register to take a "test cath" that
:h-y do nut practice or encourag" po
lygamy and they do not belong to any
organization that does. The Democrats
wished to Incorporate a provl-lon
against condoning the practice of po
lygamy by the officials of any organ
iza'ion to which he might belong. The
bill was passed by a party vote of
14 to 6. The House, 30 to 19, passed
an anti-pass bill prohibiting the giv
ing of railroad passes to all except a
few classes.
BACTERIOLOGIST SICK.
PARIS, Jan. 29. The Berlin corres
pondent of the Petit Parisian tele
graphs his paper a report that Pro
fessor Behring, the well known bac
teriologist, is suffering from a nervous
breakdown and Is about to be placed
In a sanitarium.
TOLSTOI VERY ILL.
LOXDOX, Jan. 29. Dl-pfltches from
St. Petersburg report the condition of
Count Leo Tolstoi, the novelist who Is
ill, as critical.
AGED MISSIONARY DIES.
LONDON, Jan. 29. Rev. J. G. Pa
ton the missionary, is dead at Canter
bury, Australia. He was 62 years of
age, and was the pioneer missionary
to the New Hebrides,'
THE MORNING ASTUUIAK, AMUum, wiua.w
FOURYEARS SPEAKER
New Plan Suggested By Frank
Davey to Eliminate Politics.
WOULD HAVE VOTERS ELECT
Proposed Change Would Frje Speaker
From Embarrassment of Plodgot
Given During Fight for Posi
tionSame in Senate.
SAI.KM. Jan. 2i. iwlng to the
tlirht for nt'CUila.Uioti and speakership
at every session of the Ieglsl.it uic the
committees are sn farmed out and bar
tered for votes without any especial
consideration for the lit: ess and qiial
lilcatU us of nietnli' rs to htv on the
committee" to which they are assigned.
It frequently occurs that men are se
lected to serve on committees which
handle bills on subjects of which tacy
know absolutely nothing. I'hvslclans
generally land on the medicine com
ml! tee a:id lawyers on the Judiciary
committee and revision of laws, but
there are many equally Itrp'Ttant
standin committees which arc tilled
with Incompetents.
I'or the purpose of obtaining the best
results and having o::ly men of ex
perience discuss and act on measures
with which they are conversant
Speaker Frank Divey is considering
the advisability of introducing a bill
providing for the election , f a Speaker
to serve two consecutive esilons
Aside from the advantage of having
measures acted on by niembeis w.-ll
Informed on the topic, such a plan
woul Jalso eliminate politics to consid
erable extent.
Under existing conditions, a man
who makes a light for speaker has to
make all sorts of promises to tie ti
votes for his support. In making these
promises It is strictly a game of pol
itics. Te may have to promise a baker
the chairmanship of the Irrigation
committee, or a butcher a place on
the banking or railroad committee.
The ony consolation the candidate has
to salve his conscience Is that his op-
Iionent is making similar promises,
When the time com.s to make good
these pledges, the sincesful nominee
would avoid them If possible, but he
generally cannot and when he (111
them it goes ag.ilnst the grain, for h
knows the incongruity rf his appoint
eos. Speaker Davcy's plan is summed up
as follows:
Elect a speaker the same as a rep
resentative, but make ;he term four
years Instead of two. 'Phi' would make
him free and Independent of promises
or partisanship and unhindered in any
respect.
After the June election the speaker
would write to each representative
elect, asking his age, business, educa
tion and line ' f thought.
Having all this Information concern
ing the body over which he Is to pre
side the speaker could select and pub
licly announce his committees: at :isl j
three months before the leglsl.it ure
convenes, This knowledge of the mem
bers would enable the speaker lo ap
point on committees the men best
qualified and each committee would
have centered upon it the best mater
ial in the Ilou-e. to act on such pro
posed legislation as shall come before
It.
When the committees are announce,!
the speaker would call for copies of all
bills which members and others de
sire introduced. These he would refer
to their proper committees and the
members of the committees would have
a month or two In which to analyze
the measures. By this system, when
the legislature meets all Important
legislation would have been digeste ),
there would be no delay In organiza
tion, many of the bills would be print
ed and the committees could soon re
port and get action.
The same plan could be applied to
the president of the Senate, although
Mr. Davcy does not say that he would
Include the president in his; measure.
GHASTLY MURDER.
Washington Clerk Kills Wife and
Infant Children.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. At 2
o'clock this morning the police arrest
ed M, E. Copeley, a clerk In the census
office, on suspicion of murdering his
wife and his two children, aged two
and three years respectively. The
Copleys quarreler! before retiring. At
midnight Copley called a physician,
saying his wife had committed suicide.
The physician notified the police who
found the two children killed and hid
den under the bed covers.
ENFORCE BLUE LAWS,
Eugene Cigar Dealor Keeps Open Late
And I Fined.
Kl'tJF.NK, ore., Jan, 2!.-t'hnrlei
kilt ho, who was arrested early Sun
day morning for violating Ihe new law
compelling all cigar store" and similar
places to close their doors and cease
business al 1'. o'clock each night, his
being the (list arrest under the new
blue law," pleaded guilty In the I'"
Itce ('curt yesterday afternoon and
was given the minimum penally,
line of ; ainf costs.
WILL DISSOLVE CORTES.
MAI'IUU, Jan, J!). - I'rliue Minister
Maura, the t'onsii vatU e leader who
assumed olttce a few dayt ago. has
decided to diss he the orles. and
hold a general election. The ptosprcl.
so far its the new government Is con
cerned, Is not blight unless they adopt
the reforms regarding the octroi, lit
tles, (he association' law and mill
tary service. All of these subjects are
causes of popular discontent and must
tie dealt with.
ENGAGE ENGLISH DOCTOR.
l,t'N'l'N. Jan, The Itlrmlng
ham Post says that an Kngllsh doctor
and two Knidish nins.-s iv t u en
gaged to atend the ipiien of Spain dur
ing her accouchtneiit at the end of
April. The doctor engaged has fre
quently attended members of the ling
glish royal family. Dispatched ft- m
Madrid say that the (ucen's health
is all that could be dcslied.
FEARS ASSASSINS.
I'F.i D SIA. illlssl.l, J.in. '".. (lev
emor Divldoff. ,, fe.ir of assassination,
has ls-ue, orders that all wl eel
him shall turn their back and Know
up their hands.
HIGGINS IS WORSE.
nl.KAN. N. V., Jan. 29 - It Is be
lieved that former i Inventor Hlgglnn
has taken a turn for 'the worse. The
doctor was suddenly called ut 2 o'clock
tills morning.
Skin disease sufferers who have used
D. D. D. Prescription have found In
stant relief and then permanent cure
Thousands of grateful letters tell bet
ter than we can how comfort and
health came link to those who suf
fored agony from eczema. psoriasis,
salt rheiitn. ringworm, dandruff. A
powerful skin cure, yet ndld as a gar
gle. ;.-t It p.lay at Charles lingers1
drug store.
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Successors to Foard & Stokes, 589 Commercial Street, Phone Main 1883.
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Succeiiori to Foard h Stoket Co.
The Old
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t good or better than tht kind ht told here twenty yeart ago (tomt
of then ert beginning to wear out). Ht thlnkt ht hat found tht
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Capital
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Your house wired? Your door
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UP-TO-DATE ELECTRICIAN8.
We are anticipating your patronage and
will appreciate it.
We will do business on the basis of
"A Dollar in Value for a Dollar in Cash."
We offer nothing but the best and genuine '
Liquors and Wines
Our reputation going with the goods as they are sold.
Drop in and look over the stock we are handling.
We dispose of our wares only in bulk, bottle and
package. A wholesale line on wholesale terms.
Happy V
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but alto tht bttt of thlngt to drink,
and Champagnes.
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year or more to find a lint of
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