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THE OREGON DAILY JOTJKNAIi PORTLAND, v TUESDAY- EVENING, JANUARY" 26, 1904. INSURANCE RATE NOT YET FIXED tUt BB lOWIBXD Z8 TM - raxBsiOw--coinrcn. cobduttis WlX. . MXST J. C. ST0WB ABB trsrDEBWBXTBM TOMOaBOW BO ' j TOMMAJt DEMAND WILL BE MADE. No agreement has yet been reached between the council committee and the Insurance underwriter regarding a pro posed reduction of insurance premium in cane a full-paid fire department Is established in Portland. A meeting. of the committee has been set for tomor row, when the matter will be discussed with representative underwriters, and it Is generally believed that a substantial reduction will be, conceded by the in surance men. Pending this concession the bill providing for a full-paid de partment Is held up by the council. Councilman H. K. Albee. chairman of the committee appointed to confer with the underwriters, said today that no spe cific reduction would be asked for, but the committee - would hear what the underwriters were willing to concede. Ho Speclflo Demand. -i "We will not present any specific de mand at the meeting tomorrow he said, "but will listen to what they have to- say. We understand that they are willing to meet us with a voluntary, con cession. We hope to be able to reach a satisfactory .agreement." 3. C Stone, surveyor In charge of.tb board" of fire underwriters for the 'Pa cific coast, is acting In the matter on behalf of the insurance men, ahd tias been considering the reduction since the Installation of the full-paid' department lias been agitated by the city. He will confer with the council committee at the meeting tomorrow. Stone Befus to Talk. - - Mr. Stone yesterday refused to say whether or not a reduction by the underwriters would be made. He said: "I do not care to express myself on this Important subject without ' giving more thought ta it, - '"I have been away for three weeks and have all these things to look up before I know what I'm talking about' 'The city has arranged for a full-paid fire departments Will the rates be lowered V. -. ' "That's the subject I was referring to," said Mr, Stone. ; " : ; ; ' Mr. Stone found his desk In his office In the Sherlock building completely sub merged with papers requiring his In stant anJ undivided attention. SAYS PATROLMAN JOHH VT. XTOXX. A TOBEMAJT TO . POBTITO BAJXWAY, THREAT ENS TO BBJOTO CHABQEi AOMLXHST FOUCXMA OLE IXUOI-BOTH SIDES OF THE BTOBT. following bis arrest, on a charge of using abusive language, John W, Kubtlc a foreman for. the Portland Railway company, living at 17(0 Matron street, Woodlawn. asserts that he will prefer charge against Patrolman Ole Nelson, wh arrested him.? - ' ''V --vk . Kublk asserts that Nelson abused him shamefully. . The patrolman, while ad mitting thai he 'struck- Kublk with his club, says he used only what force .was necessary to, maintain his position and to defend JhiHiself. U V t 'The trouble occurred at Union avenue and Russell street last evening. - Accord ing to the officer's story, he stepped on a loose plank at Williams avenue. The board sprung up whenever a person stepped on either end. Nelson says he caUed Kublk' attention to the matter and suggested that tha company should repair the street. ' The patrolman says that the foreman then poured forth a tirade of abuse. The nollceman told him that lintusn of that kind could not be , tolerated ' arid then he attempted to arrest Kublk, al though, be says, the latter defied htm to do so. Then Kublk, he says, seised end. j' For several minutes the. two men straggled.. Back and forth they strug gled, neither gaining an advantage. Fin ally Nelson struck Kublk over the head with bis club, felling him. The arrest followed as soon a Kublk recovered suf ficiently. " In the vollce court today the case was continued until Saturday. Kublk was released on 110 ball. '1 was at Russell street and Williams avenue about S o'clock putting away tools when Policeman Nelson came up and asked for the foreman. He told ma that some plunks In the street at Wil liams avenue were loose. I told him that I had nothing to do with those llanka, that they were one foot beyond the rail. He told me to go down and ft them. 'Fix 'em yourself,' I said. 'You're one of them smart alecs,' said kelson, Then he cursed me. I cursed back. He tried to get out a club or re volver and I caught up an iron bar to keep him off. He got one end of the bar. While we were struggling I said: "If I am under arrest I'll go quietly, but if you don't atop kicking .me I'll paste you.' Nelson kept kicking me and I .hit him.' Then I said again. 'I'll go like a man if you are going to arrest me He never said a word, but got out Ms club and knocked me down. Ha knocked me about and pinched my arm on the way takthe patrol box and was aousing me so that a man passing bj Interfered." PATROLMAN PHILLIPS RESIGNS FROM OFFICE - Robert W. PhiUlps, patrolman, handed In his resignation this morning to Chief of Police Hunt the same to take effect on the 1st of February. Mr. Phillips has been on the force for eight months and during that time served mostly In tha fiAtm; Itv at mnfliloiit lei ,..t li. chief, part of the duties being the serv ing Karaoiinsr warrants, .jar. Phillips says that he leaves the force with the kindest feelings to Chief Hunt and the department, and that he will shortly en fag in business for himself. . "SWDOBBEB; XJBWXB AWO OXABX. . " Wubin(toa BarMO of The Journal.) ' Washington, Jan. 26. The good road convention today adopted a resolution Introduced by Jefferson Myers endorsing th JUewlS and Clark exposition meas ure. y' ' u -- SEBATOB BAMBA TEBT XXX ''s! (Jsral apc!al (teertce.) . ' Washington, I. C, Jag. 28. -Senator Maprtt llonna is worse today, and 1 nervously weak. , Dr. Rixey says,, how--ver. hi condition 1 not alarming, MALTREATED WILL SUE FOR COUNTY TAXES First Presbyterian Church ! and Fisher, Thorsen i& Co, Will Be Defendants in Suits to Col lect Taxes Irregularly Compromised; - Suits will be commenced . by , the county within a day or two against the First Presbyterian church and Fisher, Thorsen & Co.'. to recover taxes Illegally compromised under a former county ad ministration. The money paid by the two taxpayers was paid to W. O. Stlm son, the deputy county clerk to whom so many frauds have been traced since his death last year, and all of the money was pocketed by him. The two pay memts amounted to S7U0. The First PreBbyterian church owed mortgage taxes amounting to about $1,000.- They had been In arrears for several years and finally the' church trustees entrusted to one of their num ber, Wallace ' McCamant. the task of getting some compromise with the coun ty. McCamant entered into negotiations with Sttmson, who agreed to errect a compromise with the county. Instead of doing this Stlmson Interpolated into the cpunty commissioners' - Journal a forged order purporting v to cancel the taxes altogether. To McCamant Stlm son represented that the taxes were to be compromised for $500, and the at torney thereupon paid over that amount to Stlmson. McCamant nas aammea thai he paid the money with the ex pectation that Btimson was to get a "rake-off" or commission out of it, but he made no iRgulries, regarding that "as a matter for Stlmson's own con science." All the circumstances were such as to arouse in the mind of a prudent man the suspicion Jhat Stlm son was perpetrating a fraud upon the county.- Stlmson appropriated the en tire $500 and tha county never received a dollar of the money. The county will now endeavor to re- covet? the -entire $1,000, on the ground that there never was any compromise of the tax and that the payment of $500 to Stlmson cannot be considered as a OUT OF WORK, KILLS HIMSELF WITH ACID "Good morning mother and my dear Itelinen. v "Maria Peltoma, Maentaustan. Lappl. Finland. 'This is my mother's address,' and I would ask you Hlstlo, my kind and dear friend, -that you would write to my mother and tell her that I died. I have been trying to get along but cannot and have not .been very good to jnyself, so will end my life.". This is a translation of the not In the Finnish language left by John Koikl. who was found lying on his face dead in a room on the seoond floor of 41 North Sixth street at :15 o'clock this morn ing. Ha had swallowed nearly three i ounce of carbolic acid. The body was taken In charge by dep uty Coroner A. L. Flnley, who had the body taken to Finley's undertaking es tablishment ' Unless friend provide funds for tha burial, the body will be interred in the county plot ,; . v Koski was 28 years of age and for three years had resided In Portland. He was formerly a sailor and came here on a ship.- For- a time he was employed as nurse at Good Samaritan hospital. About nine months ago he secured em ployment In Brickson's gambling house but three weeks ago was dismissed. He was penniless and since then his friend John Histio, of the saloon firm, Crocker A Hlstlo. 41 North Sixth street ha been providing, him .with funds- Histio even took his friend into his room, permitting him -to sleep with him.- Koskl was out all of last night and, when he appeared In the. saloon when It opened at 6:80 o'clock this morning. he-was slightly in toxicated. ' As he went out of the door ha turned ndJalOQjhejmjiaj'hoJti4 befriended him: "You're liable not to see ma again; good-by." . Histio kept about his work, but in a short time ltbccurred "to him that the COLDEST WEATHER IN THE CENTRAL WEST (Journal flpeclal service.) Chicago, Jan. 2$. -With the thermom eter IS degrees below sero, it marked the coldest day of the winter. Two deaths from cold today are reported and two yesterday.' Tha suffering of the destitute is fearful, and business concerns are coming to the rescue with substantial subscriptions. At Milwau kee the weather la the coldest since 1887. A blizsard Is raging in St Louis and work on the fair grounds is tempor arily suspended. At New Richmond, Wis., a new record was made, when it Jumped to 48 degrees below. There are tierce north winds in Central and West ern Kansas, and it is 18 degree below at Des Moines, and the storm Is grow ing more violent The police of this city are distributing supplies of cool to the poor. ... BURNED TO DEATH WHILE BEING WARMED (Jowna! Spctl EerTlee.) La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 28. With the thermometer between 20 and 80 degree below sero, strangely enough the first death caused by the cold snap Is the case of a baby roasted to death in an oven, where it had been placed to keep warm. The daughter of Edward REV. PHELPS GIVEN CUSTODY OF CHILD i Rev. Guy F. Phelps of HUlsboro was today awarded the custody of his In fant daughter, Onneatta Naomi, - by Judge Cleland In tha contest which ha been going on in the district court for several day with F.and A. Anderson who hsve had charge of the infant . In making the decision Judge Cleland said there was nothing In the evidence to show that the father, Rev. Mr. Phelps, Is not mentally and physically fit to care for the child, and nothing to show that -he promised to let the Anderson keep her permanently, or that payment to the county. As the money was paid by McCamant at his own or flee to Stlmson by cheek to-the latter' personal order, ''it is not likely that the church would endeavor, under ymny cir cumstances, to assert that It was a payment to the county. It Is expected that the church will contest the suit. An effort win- proba bly be made to invalidate the taxes on technical grounds. Having failed in the attempt to settle the county's claim, tha church will now seek to defeat It al together. Fisher, Thorsen & Co. also attempted to settle taxes through Stlmson,. They owed the county $523.30, Stlmson en tered upon tho county commissioners' Journal a forged order purporting to cancel the taxes altogether, and then In formed the firm that the county 'had agreed te accept $260 In settlement of its claim. Fisher, Thorsen A Co. gave him a.check for that amount, payable to the deputy's personal order. The whole sum was embezzled by Stlmson. The county will sue for the full amount of the tax. It Is expected that the suit will be contested and probably the defense will be the contention that the taxes were defective. Other suits are to follow In the near future. One of them will be based upon the- pretended tax settlement made by the Portland Cracker company, through the agency of Stlmson. In settlement of taxes amounting to $884 the company paid him $250, and he appropriated all of It The county will probably also sue for taxes which Stlmson collected from R- W. Wilbur, who was acting as attorney for other parties. Wilbur paid to Stlmson $1,600, of which the deputy stole $1,000. There are a number of other cases of fraudulent or Improper tax settlements which may become tha basis of suits by tha county. JOHN KOSKL parting remark might nave some signifi cance. Accordingly he went upstair with John Wick and Oscrow Lindross to tha room and found the body. On the dresser was a three-ounce bottle, at tha bottom of which wa a little carbolic add. Koski had drunk the rest of it and had dted in spasms apparently, for bJsfor.eh.ead wa scut as It he Jh ad s truck it against the furniture. For the past few day Koski had been very despondent He told John Olsen, the porter In Hlstlo's saloon that, he .014 not care what ba aid. EXTBEMB OOX.S WAYS. Lincoln. Neb.. Jan 8 Th hnAn, eter is 12 degrees below In tha entire siaie. ii is me roost extreme cold wava this section has had. XABSAS SVBTEXS. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 29. It was eight below in Eastern Kansas and many poor are suffering. TOX7B BELOW XV BAB BAB CXTT. Kansas City, Jan. 2$. It is now four below sero. BIX BELOW AT UT. LOTJIS. St Louis, Jan. t9. It was six below ero at 8 o'clock this morning. The railways' service Is badly crippled by tne snow. Schmidt was left in charge of her 4 months-old - sister. The room being chilly the little girl placed the baby In the kitchen oven to keep It warm, a aha said. The Are was very, hot and tn a few minute when ah went to take the baby out it wa dead. It was literally roasted alive. ' 1 1 ' 1 . i 1 ' i. the child wa not well cared for by th Andersons.,' , Attorney A. T. Flegel gave notice of appeal from the decision to the supreme court and asked Judge Cleland to fix the amount of bonds tha defendants must give for the custody of th child pend ing a decision on the appeal. The court replied that .he knew of no precedent in law for such a course and seemed surprised at the request of the attorney. 4 Mr. , Flegel stated that there are precedents for such a , course. Judge Cleland asked to have them pro duced and this tha lawyer promised, to do. V VV j X ;y i v. 1 IS. ALICE PITMAN COMMITS SUICIDE POBTLABS WOMAB ZXLLS ' XBM- BELT XV SAB TBAHCI8C0 ATTEB LXATXBO A BOTE OT EESPATB TOM BEB riABCB LErT BSBB TWO WEEKS AGO. ----- A telegram to The Journal from San Francisco today -states- that Mrs. A. T. Pitman of Portland was found . dead early this morning in a room at 268 Turk street In that city. - A strong odor of gas wa noticeable In the room and it is supposed that she purposely asphyxiated herself. Mrs. Pitman had written end left a not addressed "Pear Harry.", in which she stated that life was no longer worth living to her.' -. The dead woman . has been identified as Mrs. Alice T. Pitman, who, until re cently kept a rooming house at 261 Sixth street She was , the widow . of the lata Henry M. Pitman who was in terested in a dry goods- store in this city; He died about two years ago. Mrs. Pitman sold her furniture and th good will of tha , lodging house to a Mrs. McConnell last December and a few days before Christmas she left Portland for San Franolsco to marry a man by the name of Harry Bennett. Mrs. McConnell thinks that these fact Identify the. woman as the sama. She aid: . "Just before she left her Mrs. Fit- man admitted-to m that she was going to ba married soon after she arrived in San Francisco to Harry Bennett I do not know Bennett and never saw him, but he has called on her at the house her. . A day or two before she left she became greatly worried at" not receiving a letter she expected from Bennett and telephoned him in San Francisco using the 'phone in the house here. She was very fond of Bennett It look to me as though he failed to marry her and that she became despondent and killed herself. She once told me that she had made a trip to San Francisco with Ben nett last spring. She said she - would stop at the Golden West hotel in San Francisco and - would write me, but ' I have not heard for her since she left here.; "Mrs. Pitman was a woman of 'some means. continued Mrs. McConnell. 'She told me she had money and that it was loaned out She waa easily excited I have seen network herself into al most a frenzy when she did not hear from Bennett Mrs. Pitman had a great deal of trouble, and it came upon her almost all at 'once. . She had four chil dren. All the children, her husband and her father and mother all died within two years! She has a married sister. whose name I do not know, living at Dufur, Or., and an intimate friend of hers in Miss Lulu Orcas who recently left Portland and went to Seattle." Nothing could' be learned today about Bennett further than that he is a travel ing man of some kind. He left Portland for Ssn Francisco several months ago. Mr. Alice Pitman was a woman under middle age and of prepossessing appear ance. She dressed stylishly, and is said to have had many sincere frfbnds In Portland. - -. : - : HUNT BEFORE TBE Charges of conniving at the operation of slot machine against Chief of Police Hunt were investigated by the special committee of the city council at a meet ing in the city hall this afternoon. Sev eral witnesses were examined. Includ ing Police Judge Hogue, . Police Clerk Olson, Frank Griffith, B. Morton Cohn and other prominent machine operators of the city. Chief Hunt was present with two attorneys, Henry T. McGinn and William D. Fenton. "This investigation la called with par ticular reference to any agreement which the chief may have made with the machine operator of this city," aid Councilman A. F.. Flegel,. chairman of the investigation committee. . -'It-lsHrumored-that December rl, -or soon thereafter, Chief Hunt entered into an agreement whereby slot machines were to be operated under police protection-. During - the next three ,-daya )2,160 was received In fine at th rate of 210 a machine. .'Then th machines were suddenly ordered closed, a every one know . . . "What the committee desires particu larly to ascertain is under what condi tions the money .was paid, and what promise, If any, were made by the chief, In lieu )f the fine. Mr. Hunt is anxious to be present at the investiga tion, and we are more than pleased that he is to attend." TWO IRE BOY . THIEVES CAPTURED Two more alleged boy criminal have been arrested in the persons of Lloyd Simmons, aged 16, and Thomas Grant two years younger. These boys were caught by Officer Hawley and Patrolman Hems worth last night and are being held until tomorrow when they will be tried for being member of the gang of young thieves whose" specialty wa the snatching of ; purses from women pedestrian. It 1 asserted by Rolley Casey, the lad who confessed to stealing the purse of Miss Lena Hadaway, a achool teacher, in which was 68, that he divided the money with Grant and Simmons, and since Saturday Officer Hawley has been looking for the two suspects. ;-r. Because of Simmons' age and the fact that he has been in trouble before the officers are inclined to think that . he is the leader of the young thieves, and that he may have induced the younger one to engage In a career of crime. Casey blame Grant and Simmons and Hell how he divided up the spoils with them. ' f ;.. That there were other in the gang be side Casey and Albert Finn, who were arrested by Offloer Hawley Saturday, is evident from : Casey' statement - He told The Journal that he wanted to tell the whole truth, but that he participated in only two purse-snatching thefts. The first was the time Mis Hadaway was the victim. The second was an attempt to rob Miss Palmer near the Empire theatre. Casey says that Finn robbed Dr. Chamberlain Friday night, but he admit participating In the spoils. , SICBXCT XAXBTTAXBBD. , t . ' i i Journal' Spatial Serrlce.') . Tokio, Jan. 28. The first .meeting of the supreme military council took place this morning and great secrecy regarding th outcome oi tne conrerenc is main tained. Subsequently the minister had a conference' with the emperor who out lined hi plan of action JLa the event of an outbreak in hostilities, -. , NVESTICATORS Saved Ear Lift frcsa Fnsumcnlj f'Mjr wife bad a severe attack of Pneu monia which followed a case of La Grippe and I believe that FOLEY'S HONEY" - AND TAR saved ber life," writes James Coffee, of Raymond, Missouri. -. - fo) PI If ll Lb as GUJLL, Cortd of Tirrlbb Cough en Lusjs N. Jackson, of Danville, I1L, writes: "My daughter bad a severe attack of La Grippe snd a terrible cough on ber lungs. . We tried a great many remedies without relief. She tried FOLEY'S HONE1 AND TAR which cured her. She has never been troubled with i cougti since." Z For Sale by WOODARD OFFICIALS PUT IN HARNESS The new board of officials of the chamber, of commerce held It first meeting this noon.' Those present were JTOsident W. j. Burn. Vice- President W. H. Corbett.- Secretary Samuel Con nell and Trustees Alfred Tucker, H. C, Wortman. J. B. Haseltine . and Ben Neustadter. In the course-of the rou'l tine business, a letter was read from a committee of the National ' Letter Car riers association to have the chamber make some arrangement for their enter talnment, in case they held their con vention here In September.-1205. They stated that It would require about 17,000 to do this in style, and -that the result would be the bringing to Port- lang of about 2,000 letter carriers who would do much to' advertise the state and leave many thousand of dollars In the country. The matter was referred to the entertainment committee, who may suggest , tha forming of a per manent committee on conventions. Permanent committees appointed: Navigation Committee George Tay lor, chairman; Alfred Tucker, W. r. Wheelwright, W. 8. Sibeon, F. H. Ran som. Public Improvements and Manufac tures 8. M. Mears, chairman Jay Smith, Graham Glass, B. W. Brown, H. Wittenberg. Gram Standard Committee ,. W. J. Burns, ; chairman; W. 8. Sibeon, Peter Kerr, '' T. B. Wilcox, A. ' Berg, T. W. Smith. ' R.' Kennedy. ' " - Auditing Committee W, R. Macken- sle, chairman; J,- C Robinson, E. Burr. Entertainment" Committee jr. A. Nitchy, C. F. Beebe, A. J.' Capron, R. jr. Prael, u. SamueL - ' , . Advertising Committee Ben Neustad- ter. chairman; H. Wortman,' W. E. Co man, R. I'- Darrow,- F. A. Jonea , Permanent Exhibit -Committee J. E. Batchelder, chairman; Blair T Scott, S. ' B. Cobb, ' Fred Hesse. . . Transportation Committee' L. A Lewis, chairman, to appoint his owa committee. Legislation Committee Samuel Con- noil, chairman; P. L, Willis, Benjamin I Cohen. ' ' Mining Committee J. , F. Batehelder. chairman; Dr. H. W. Coe, J. Frank Wat son, , J. II. Fisk, Paul BaumeL F. J. Hard, O. M. Crouch. State Fair -M. D. Wisdom,' chairman; J. G. Mack, W. K. McMonle. t Henry Jenning, F. B. Mallory. - t Open River Committee Henry Haha. chairman; L. A. Lewi, E. T. Williams, A. H. Devers, A. . F. 'Biles. Membership Committee w. H. Cor bett, chairman; J. E. HaselUne, W. F. wooawara. . - . ' Irrigation Committee A. H. Devers, chairman; E. M. Branniok, J. Thorburn Ross. .' WHEAT. MARKET GETS . AWAY FROM ARMOUR -. (Jottrnal Bpeclal Serviea.) ;t - Chicago, .Jart. 26. The wheat market for a time this morning got away from th Armour violent break. Mr. Armour bought 8,000,000 bushels to check the ran, and at one time it went as low as 87, cents. The weather' conditions and the foreign market aided the bulls and preventea a stampede. 7 " ' . REV M SOLD AHD RECOHL'EKDED DY " CLARKE & CO. and ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IHIIIS CELL Fearing imaginary enemies, Charles Schlecht, a young German who appears to be a stranger in Portland, attempted to hang himself In the city Jail this morning. Had it not been for the prompt inter ference of other prisoners, the demented young man might have succeeded 1n end ing hla life. Securing a atrlng from some unknown source, he placed it about his neck and tried to swing from a nail in an -upper bunk to which the-improvised hangman' rope wa attached. Th noise attracted the other prisoners who were asleep and they promptly rescued him. -, Schlecht was first arrested for dis orderly conduct early Sunday morning, but he soon bailed himself out . Sunday night another officer saw him acting strangly and sent him' to the station again. That his mind is affected is ap parent, and this morning , Captain Orltzmacher had him removed to th county jail. . r . A. 8mith, another, man whose mind has given Way, was also commuted to the county Jail today. He was arrested early yesterday morning by Officer Price, who thought he wa & burglar. At 3 a. m. Price aaw him trying the door of a grocery store at First and Market streets. ; Th policeman wanted to know why he waa attempting to break Into the store. He answered: . ."Nine men are after me and X am try ing to get away from them." . ' ; The officer, soon noticed that his mind was wandering and he will also be examined a to hi sanity, HOPE OF SAVING IS NOW ABANDONED (Journal Special Service.) Cheswlck, Pa., Jan. 38. Th Pittsburg police on guard at the mouch of the shaft announce aa a result of the in spection this afternoon that there Is no hope whatever Of saving any of the en tombed miners. They ordered th mine bratticed to keep the air pure.- Inspeo tor Bell returned to the mine at noon and said the corpses were wedged in a mass in th north shaft as solidly as though they had been rammed in. The res cuer will string out in a long line be cause when th barrier to the north shaft 1 broken through a big rush of after damp is expected. Twenty bodies were found in a heap between the bottom of the shaft and the entry; and unless the plans are changed none , of the bodle will be i removed before nightfall, aa the crowd around the entrances is im mense. . A TXJCfl tJXTTJIATtrM. London, Jan. tt. Reports from the far east are again sinister. - Dispatches to tha Central New state that Japan is actively .continuing 'war preparations. Berlin advices say that Russia in her re ply to Japan goes no further than to ad mit enough to prolong negotiations. It is believed Japan. will not accept this course but will either declare war or Is sue a time ultimatum. ' Csod Resets hjvtrj Casi Dr. C.J. Bishop, Agnew, Mich.wTites: r' "I hive used FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR in three very severe cases of pneu- - monls with good results la every caie.' r A. raj; Cond TTbia Very Low TTItb PniuaoaIa J.TT. Bryan, of Lowder, in., writes: My little bo was very low with pneu monia. Unknown to the doctor we gave him FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. The result was magical and puriled the doctor, as It Immediately stopped the racking cough snd be quickly recovered' 1J LAUE - DAVIS DRUG" CO. CAPTAIN THOUGHT ONLY OF MONEY Victoria, a C. Jan. 86. Chief Engi neer Delaunay of th steamer Clallam in hi evidence at the inquest yester day afternoon aa to the loss of life, took occasion to defend the reputation of the vessel against . th charges made against it. Before the evidence waa completed he said i Tf the Clallam aA been Insured for $100,000 I don't tHink any would have lost their lives. Tea, I have reached that opinion. 'The only object Captain Roberta had at that time . waa to save the ship. When he got to SeatMe and waa interviewed by a Seat tle reporter the first thing he spoke of waa hla vessel. He told of how' his money had helped to build th ship and he wasn't worrying about the Uvea that had been lost It waa the ahlp he was thinking about" Th engineer told of the-whistling when they were about' one hour out from Port Townsend and his asking Captain- Roberta to turn ' the ship's head into the wind ao aa to enable , him to stop th deadlight where it waahed and the water . wa coining through. Afterward he went on- the bridge and communicated with the pap tain telling him he would have to bring her around into the wind or the ship would sink. The captain ' turned, the. wheel hard a-port but a defective rud der prevented the ahip from answering. The pumps 'were set in operation; but after a time the flyer became choked with coat dust and ashes. The deck pumps also became choked later. The engineer did not think the baling did any good. ; The witness proposed Just about dusk that blankets and refuse be soaked in oil and set as a danger signal, but th captain said, "what, do you mean to set th ship afl ret We are in bad enough condition, now without that' PRESIDENT WANTS THE PUBLIC TO KNOW Washington, Jan. 21 At tha cabinet meeting today Roosevelt asked Whether any member still had any documents pertaining to Panama or .Colombia.. They answered in the negative.'. The president then suggested a further search and said he wished the entire matter to be as an open book for the publio to read. ATTRACTIONS TOR THE BAKER THEATRE ''; ' '',,, '. J,,'.'1 t ' aaPJaiPJs '''.''..' i i.".- M ' Th popular company of Juvenile opera stars, the little Pollards, will play a week's engagement at th Baker thea tre beginning next Sunday afternoon. The first production will be The Belle Of New York," which is put on la a way that would do credit to many of the old line companies, and la the hands of children quite wonderful. The Baker, theatre company are seen to good advantage in IEnnery A cor- -mon's great drama thla -week, "A Cele brated Case." It IS a play th older gen oration 'well , remembers, being one of the iforemost on the stage a' few year back. .It 1 still a fine drama, and wltll all the modern etect of acenery and light can mor than hold it own "with ' ,mat of th very, latest production.