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THE OBEGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, T CTESDAY EVElSTIXGr, MARCII , 1. :1904. RETUR AMAZONS FIGHT THE PARENT BODY FIG TO jj News, Gossip and Speculation i : From the National Capital t fti'S; f-.PP. ' Pplp P '"'' '';"''.:,:"'"'"" ''"-'-'.":?-- p:Jpp '::::p P! ' : CHICAGO DRIVERS &abob trcnoirs "" which szfessro , TKOM nBATXD TRADES COVK CO. U.ST STOKES IBB OOISQ ' BACK, OXTB BT OHB COUHCHi BE "OKQAjrmWO JTTJIB TAXB, Excepting the plumbers and machin ists all the labor unions whichWith drew from the Federated Trades Council last summer ' have again applied , for membership and been admitted Into' the parent body. Delegates from the palnt trs union were granted admlssfon Fri day nlsrht. It la believed that v the Plumbers and machinists will take aim- Mar action within the next1 two or three weeks." -. ,: -v, v.:-... After the big strike last summer sev ' eral of the unions In the building trades line became dissatisfied with the Fed erated Trades council, and seceded. They' believed that tbey were not given the support which they deserved. - At that time there was & strong build ing trades council In the .city,, but in terest in It began to wane. Union after union withdrew, quietly,, and a ? few weeks later the organization was diB banded. ' - Of late an attempt has been made to form another building trades council, but ' pressure, has been brought to bear upon those having the matter In hand to defer, final action for a. few wepks. - The FederatecfjTrades council is be ing reorganized . upon new lines, and when completed, it is said, will do away with the necessity for a building trades council. For this reason the building trades people have not as yet carried out their Intention of forming a central body of their own. f It has been explained to them that the Federated Trades council, under the new constitution, which will be adopted next Friday night, will be In a position to look after and closely guard the best Interests of every local in the city. Un der the new order there will be standing grievance committees in the- council composed of delegates from the water-' front federation, the allied printing trAd thn Kullrltnor traripa- h Iron and foundry men, the retail clerks, the com mon laborers and all others. It will be the duty of the members of these com mittees to listen to all complaints, and ,s soon as they are made to devise plans for investigating and rectifying them. v Should" differences arise, the members or the grievance committee will be given the task of settling the difficulty. By this simple arrangement many of the union men are confident there Is no real necessity for the organization of A building trades council.' A contract has been signed by the J"deratBd-Trade Council -with the Alfresco &. La Fiesta Amusement asso ciation of New York and Portland for a two weeks' Mardl Oras carnival. The entertainment will be given at Mult nomah field, beginning June 28, and will "be more" In the nature of a circus than anything else. It Is the Intention to build a labor temple with the funds that are realized. CAPTAIN ROWAN'S WATCH IS RECOVERED . Captain, Rowan, 19th infantry, who was robbed of a watch and a consider able sum of money by Private Thorn, of his regiment, has secured the time piece. While undergoing an operation at Vancouver, Rowan's watch was intrusted to Thorn, who ' disappeared. He was later arrested In California and returned to Vancouver. He had spent the money and said ho had pawned the watch in a Portland second-hand store. The watch was finally located by De tective AVeiner In the Oregon pawnshop, on Third street. It had been pawned for 120, and when the money was paid the watch, was turned over to Welner. Later Saturday afternoon the watch was turned over toColonel Huston, of the 19th Infantry, who delivered It to Captain Rowan. CHIMPANZEE HAD v LIFE INSURANCE (Journal Special Strrlce.) London, March 1. In a recent death In Berlin ' of a performing chimpanzee, "Consul" has brought to light another of those strange risks taken by Lloyds. It transpires that "Consul," whose Lon don engagements were worth from 200 to S0O pounds sterling weekly, was in sured for 20,000 pounds sterling at the rate of 10 guineas per cent for a year. It Is now a common thing to insure race horses. Bt Simon, now a very old horse. Is Insured for 20.000 pounds sterling and Flying Wax la Insured for 30,000 pounds sterling. SLEEP IS PRICELESS But ' It Caa Be Obtained By Simple Methods. Are you a hard worker? . Are you overcome with fatigue at the end of each day's labor, and instead of retiring to bed with a feeling of satisfaction at the prospect of a night's repose, do you wait the hour of bedtime with dread and shrinking? Is It your unhappy lot to be awakened every night. Just after you have dropped off to sleep, by an Intense, uncontrolla ble itching of the rectum? Do you then endeavor to relieve the sensation by scratching so desperately that the skin becomes raw and lacerated, and you finally sink Into the sleep of exhaustion? If so, you do not need to be told thai you are afflicted with itching plies. Tou have probably tried every remedy you could hear of, with but temporary relief, if any, and have concluded there was nothing left for you but to drag out a miserable existence. ; As, . a drowning man grasps at a straw, so should you eagerly devour the words -ot W. O. Mil bury, ?0 Pearl St., Reading, Mass. . "I am pleased to state that I bought one fifty-cent box of Pyramid Pile Cure at the drug store, and used about one half of It, and it. not only cured me of itching piles, but also of constipation, a trouble of about fifteen years' standing. I have tried almost everything without .any lasting benefit, but I can lionestly and truthfully state that Pyramid Pile cure has entirely cured me, and X havo had no return of that terrible Itching, which used to keep-roe awake by the hour, night after night . If the old trou ble should ever return I will know Juaj what to do, but I guess H won't, for It is now six or seven months since I first used this wonderful remedy." . We vouch for the authenticity of the testimonial, and as Air. Mllbury found relief and a cure, so you may also. Do not delay, but buy a box and try it to night and do not allow any dealer to sell you "something Just as good." You wtll dowell to write Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall, Mich., for thIr little book on the causes and cure of piles, which is sent free for the asking. ' "(Waablntton . Bureau of The Journal.) v Washington, Feb. 24. The .Roosevelt administration Is at - last making ..over tures to Wall street " The agent conduct ing the negotiations Is United States Senator Aldrloh of Rhode Island, and It Is assured that he Is well chosen since he Is the father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Senator. Aldrich's mission Is to as sure the leading, financiers, and.: large commercial companies that . they have nothing to fear from President .Roosevelt should he secure a second term. Sena tor Aldrlch Is not marching into Wall street with a brass band in full play ad vertising his operations, nor does he go like the Mormon missionaries, ."without purse and scrip," but all. the same with Industry he is influencing the Interests of the street and solemnly assuring them that what he has to say is true.- When it is pointed out to him, as it has been more than once, that two 'of the four planks the president has publicly declared he will stand on 'in the coming cam paign, are, first, his attack on the princi ple on' which the Northern Security com pany is based, and which the legal de partment of his administration has pushed to the court of last ' resort, and second, his attitude and participation in the great coal strike of a year, still shakes he the senatorial head, and re peats the assuVances that the great financial and large commercial interests of (he -country have nothing to fear "from President Roosevelt - In short, there are people In the finan cial district who do not hesitate to say that Senator Aldrlch is acting as Presi dent Roosevelt's political agent and that his mission is to placate the great finan cial and large commercial Interests, and allay their fears as to the acts and pro nunciations of the present administration Intended to be vote getters. And It Is asserted with a chuckle that the agent Is well chosen, since he is the father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. That Senator Aldrlch has been busy In his visits to financiers,' and .'that he has given them assurances will .not be de nied, for It cannot be. That this mission Is a part of a well defined plan Is also asserted and proof Is offered in this: That no person promi nent in finance and commerce goes to Washington but he Is Invited to dine at the whitehouse, while the fact Is com municated, not by the diner, to the press. One of the recent diners at the white house was. John W. Gates. He said so In "the street" many times after his re turn from Washington, and each time he added, -"Roosevelt's bark fs 'worse than, his bite." A. J, Cassatt who is a Democrat and is the head of a 'monster railway system which will be In an extra ordinary position If the contention of the administration In the Northern Securities case is sustained, was a diner at the whitehouse, but a short time ago, a fact that was widely spread by the press at that time. It Is but a day or two ago that-the -l.announcement ...was made in the press that J. Plerpont Morgan and John A. McCall . had been received at the whitehouse this week. Another Wall-street agent of the ad ministration is the late secretary of war, Hon. Ellhu Root. Mr. Root who has re sumed his practice of law In New York city, is In close touch with- the' large corporate Interests centered there, and like Senator Aldrlch he has a definite mission to perform in convincing these interests that their welfare Is better as sured in the keeping of President Roose velt -than it would be in the hands of a Democratic president. It Is pointed out that even should a conservative eastern Democrat be elected to the presidency the Influence surrounding his administra tion,, would be of the socialistic order and entirely Inimical to business stability. In fact, a carefully devised plan Is In operation to placate and allay the fears of the business Interests and hold these Interests- in line for Roosevelt There la a persistent rumor here that an understanding has been effected be tween William R. Hearst and General Miles by Which a Hearst and Miles ticket Is to be put in the field, and the questions have been asked a number of times re cently If General Miles is a candidate for the presidency, or will ha accept a nomination for vice-president General Miles makes no comment himself one way or the other, and no one Is qualified to talk for him. Recently when both questions were put at him .point blank, he said: "I decline ro talk on the sub ject of politics." It Is the general opin ion here that General Miles would not decline a nomination for the vice-presidency. He is leading a juiet life, but maintains a keen interest in the events here and abroad. Were he to enter the political field he would undoubtedly con tinue his oppossition to the policy of ex pansion as represented In the purchase of the Philippines. Recently, on this sub ject, he said: "The contrast between war and peace Is illustrated In the fact that what the treasury has expended in the Philippines would have put water on every quarter section of the arable land in our country where it Is required. It would have built for the farmers of this country a system of good roads,' or built two ship canals across the Isthmus. " And yet, with all that has been expended, the Philippines Is not a country for an American woman or family." . A party of white-capped and aproned American women nurses Is being organ ised here to Journey to the far east In order to take paYt In the hostilities there This band of nurses Is being organized , by Dr. Anita Newcomb Mc Gee, who was the moving spirit In the organisation of the corps of volunteer nurses in our late war with Spain. The list of those who will go on the expedi tion Is confined strictly to nurses who served in the Spanish war. The organi zation will be completed in time for the party to sail for the orient March 1. There will not be more than 12 nurses accompanying the first expedition. "We have ample funds to carry out our project," said Mrs. McGee today. VWe calculate that 2100 will provide for one nurse. This will cover all expenses. Including uniforms, up to the time of her arrival in Japan, when the Japanese government will foot the bills. We ex pect no salary whatever, giving our services entirely free.. The Japanese government will . provide rations and quarters and we will furnish the rest We will have two sets of uniforms, blankets, ponchos and other things that go with a full outfit The hospital uni form will be of silk pongee, and the field uniform will, consist of the usual blouse and skirt made of brown serge, em ployed In officers' uniforms In our army. Each of the nurses will wear on her left arm a red cross, the sign of neu trality. " We offered our- services to the Japanese government because we think that they ace more nearly like Americans than the Russians: that they are fighting practically for their Independence In pro tecting thetnselvesjagalnst the advances of the Russians, and the element of patriotism are found only on the Japan ese side. We realize that we have no child's play before us. None of the nurses are looking upon this business as a pleasure lark. It will be rough, hard work in a strange country, under ad rerse climatic and other conditions. Most of us expect to go direct, to the field of military operations In Korea and Man churia." . "Jti"s. McGee has been swamped with applications to Join her band of nurses, but she has confined the list to those who saw service In the Spanish-American war and who have special training as surgical nurses and dictists. Those who accompany Mrs. McGee must pledge themselves to remain in the service at least six months. Mrs. McGee holds a certificate of graduation from, a medical school, and In addition to being the organizer for volunteer nurses during the war with Spain, she was appointed an assistant surgeon in the United States afmy. She lives in a beautiful heme in this city, filled; with' artlstto furniture and decorations, and after vis iting it one appreciates that Mrs. Mc Gee Is indeed a true Samaritan to be willing to leave such attractive sur roundings for the uncertainties of Man churia and Korea. .. " '. T O. B. THOMAS BXTTTBHS TBOM BASTEBH TBCP WZTS VBWB 01 CHICAGO ' SHOP OXBS 8TBIXB 10W TEMPSBATTntB OBIT HADB MAIDENS 1SOBB BAJUBO. F, J. Payne, of the Yellowstone Na tional Par, who is visiting the capital, says that catelo, the cross between the buffalo and the cow, of which so much has been said, la pn unalloyed fraud and failure. . "In the first place," said he, "they are too -hideously ugly to be permitted In the sight' of sensitive persons, and In the second place well, everything else. '..,-''. ' ' "The only characteristic they have In common la their ugliness. One will have a neck like a giraffe, and another no neck st all; One will have a hump like a camel, while the other will present the dwindling - shanks of a greyhound. They are of so many different colors that the rainbow is cast in the shade, but, like other marks of the animals, the colors are invariable unattractive, running from a dirty white to an imi tation sky blue. In the matter of horns they are equally Inconsistent, their ap pendages in this direction ranging from a pair that would do -credit to a Texas steer to no horns at all." Chas. Dick, whose election as United States senator from Ohio to succeed Senator Hanna seems certain. Is the natura legatee of the late senator's po litical strength In. Ohio. His rise was co-incident with that of Hanna's, and with him he took a leading part In the campaign for the nomination of Mc Kinley in 1896. After McKinley was nominated, he had charge of the west ern headquarters of the republican na tional committee, and later was made secretary of the committee. Mr. Dick'o strength Is essentially with the politic ians, and be probably knows personally more republican workers than any other man In the United States. He has not the broadness of character that disting uished Senator Hanna, and he is almost entirely out of touch with the business world, The biography of Mr. Dick, as published In the Congressional Directory, states that he was born at Akron, No vember S. 1858, Is a lawyer, served In the 8th Ohio volunteer Infantry in Cuba In the war with Spain, was elected to the 6 St a, 66th and 67th congresses, and re elected to the 68th congress. A tradition of the senate that Us new and young members should be seen and not heard has been swept away. Senator Beverldge of Indiana violated the tradi tion when in the first year of his mem. bership he made a formal and lengthy speech on the Philippine question. Sen ator Patterson in his first session went beyond Beverldge, for he spoke on prac tically every subject which came before the senate. During the present ses sion of congress, ' senators Newlands, Fulton. Clarke of Arkansas, Stone, Hop-, kins, Latimer, McCreary and Overman,' all new members, have made speeches and' participated in debates. The older members of the senate like Cockrell, Hoar and Allison stana aghast at this infraction of the unwritten law of the body, but the rule that a new member shall do nothing beyond, presenting peti tions. Introducing bills .and answering to roll call, seems to have been swept away for good. p- J. Adam Bede, the new funny man of the house of representatives, besrs a striking resemblance, to James Whit comb Riley, both so fsr as personal fea tures go, bis gestures In talking, and in his brilliant wit Bede is a natural humorist and this fact crops out in his private conversations, as also In his efforts on the stump and on the lecture platform. Since -his witty speech in congress he has been deluged with in vitations to appear at dinners and ban quets to make addresses. Bede is sn old newspaper man, and Is credited by many with being the best paragrapher In the country. - He worked as a re porter in -Washington some years ago. and made the acquaintance of the many public men who gather in this el'y. When Cleveland was president Bede de cided that he wanted a government Job, and wrote a little note to the president on a piece of birch bark, saying he would like to . -e made United States marshal for Minnesota. He got the Job. Bede was a democrat -ten years ago, and supported Cleveland In 1892. He switched when Bryan was nominated in 1896. and since that time has been one of the most effective speakers on the republican side. Secretary Hitchcock Intends to make it as difficult as possible for entrymen to prove up on desert land filings. In a recent ruling he holds that entrymen must have absolute right to sufficient water to successfully irrigate the land: that the system of ditches to conduct the water to and distribute it over the land must be adequate for the purpose, and that the land must have been ac tually Irrigated for a period long enough to demonstrate the sufficiency of the water supply and the effectiveness of the system. Actual tillage must also be shown, and that if It appears that on account of climatic conditions crops other than grass csnnot be successfully produced, or that actual tillage will de stroy or injure its productiveness of a crop of hay of marketable value, the result of actual irrigation may be ac cepted as sufficient compliance with the requirements cs to cultivation. Proof which show that because, of irrigation there Is on the land, "a marked In crease In the growth of grass," or that "grass sufficient to support stock has been produced on all the land," wtll not be accepted ss showing compliance with the law. It is stated by the of ficers of the interior department that it has frequently been the practice of large canal companies in the west ' to sell water rights far in excess of the water supply, or the carrying capacity of the ditches, and this decision as rendering such water right as no value as proofs, will serve, the officials state, to protect innocent purchssers who .. contemplate taking up homes on desert lands in the vicinity of these canals. The committee on military affairs of the senate has favorably reported a bin authorizing the issue of obsolete-ordnance and ordnance Stores for the use of state and territorial educational in stitutions. These store will be Issued ' G. B, Thomas,' vice-president of the Port of Portland commission, returned home last evening from Newark, Ohio, where he attended a family reunion at the old homestead On the Teturn trip he stopped a day' at Chicago, and while there says he saw a sight which made an indelible Impression.. - "I eaw 600 girls," said he, "on the warpath. ' They were employes of Weld erman's big department store, which Is located on the corner' of Milwaukee avenue. They had gone on a strike for higher wages, and no fiercer fight was ever made than they were Making. "It seems .that the teamsters were bound down to their employers by a two-years', agreement Notwithstanding this the girls wanted them to declare a sympathetic strike, and refuse to han dle the Weiderman goods. The team sters could not see their way clear to, comply with the request, and a three cornered fight was precipitated. They be gan to spar with the teamsters more zealously than they did with their em ployers. . "Whenever one of the drivers loaded his fuck or dray with Wetderman frieght 'he was pounced upon by about 60 of the dauntless maids who made his Ufa a real burden. Some of them would seize the horses' bits and others would climb in the wagon and grab the driver by the ears, nose and hair and force him to get 'down and beg for mercy. But none was shown. All around the big store they had- wagons held up In the same manner, and they were certain ly mistresses of the situation. Big crowds gathered to take in the sight but no one Interfered not even the police. "The thermometer was 12 degrees be low zero, but it seemed to have no ter rors for the girls." upon the recommendation of the gov ernor of the state or territory, and the institution receiving the same will have to . pay the transportation charges. There Is a vast amount of ordnance and discarded equipment of every character lying around the different forts and posts throughout the country of no use whatever. Generally, after it ha's rotted and mildewed a board of army officers is convened at some expense who solemnly go over the different heaps of stuff and solemnly condemn It, and It Is either given to second-hand dealers or is destroyed. Many military academies throughout the country have requested ordnance and equipment which could no longer be used by the army, but under the law It could not be given to them. Senator Proctor of Vermont has there Yore introduced the above bill and it has been favorably reported and in all prob ability will be enacted Into law at the present session. The horse and carriage graft inquiry started by Representative Hitchcock has practically failed, and the real facts back of the graft have not been brought to light Mr. Hitchcock was on the right track, but the more experienced members out-maneuvered him, so that his inquiry when adopted, permitted the' heads of the departments, to whom It was directed, to give the most barren information on the subject As a matter of fact, the abuse of the public vehicle privilege extends away beyond what was indicated In the replies of the heads of the departments. None of them took the occasion to state in his report that chief clerks and heads of divisions are accustomed to take their Sunday drives and horseback rides in carriages and on horses bought and maintained by the government Heads of separate bureaus of the government were saved from re porting the abuses of the horse and carriage privileges, by the fact that the inquiry was directed solely to the cabinet officers. The reports of the cabinet officers merely stated the num ber of horses and carriages in use, and the value of same. This Information was of no particular use to the house of representatives, and consequently the proposed investigation has flattened out to almost nothing. ' "(?,li-v.'.wi;ii"..-,.-"sCM'4j "" Wtf'r mm - jja. la'.'WlT." JT 1 -' -vy on Merit For smoothness, . delightful aroma, and rich flavor, Golden 4- $ Gate has no equal. No matter from whom you buy, it's the same coffee. Always uniform.; 1 and 2 lb. aroma-tight tins. At high grade grocers. Grind fresh each day not too , fine, J. A. TOLGER OX CO., 4" frtselict Import and Rtaiisrs ef r In. OldiCof Officers of the Insular bureau of the war department say that the war in the far east will precipitate a boom In the Philippines. Even before hostilities be gan an agent of the Japanese govern ment arranged for the purchase of 24, 000,000 rations of rice. Japan Is de pending upon the Philippines to furnish the bulk of the rice needed for Its troops during the war.. Since this first order was given, large additional orders were placed for rice to be delivered at Yoko hama and Nagasaki. The Philippines would be unable to meet these orders but for the fact that the rice crop of last year beat all records. It Is de scribed as simply phenomenal. The yield of one province is said to be 825, 000.000 pounds. It was enough to sup ply the whole Island of Luzon. The re ports from other provinces all Indicate tremendous crops. Lack of transporta tion facilities Is all that stands In the way of making the year one of great profit to the growers. The Insular bu reau officers say that this is the first time Jn a generation that the natives have had a chance to grow and market rice without interference either from insurgents, tax collectors or political schemers. NEGROES ROB POSTAL CAR AND KILL CLERK (Journal Bpc!l SpttIc..) Birmingham, Ala., March 1. In an at tempt byagang of negro desperadoes to rob a postal car attached to train No. 2 of the Alabama Great Southern Lim ited, near Meridian, Miss., yesterday, J. T. Stockton, a postal clerk, was shot and killed and Postal Clerk A. J. Ban was shot in the ' arm. Jim Paris, colored, who did the shoot Ing. secured the registered letters, but in Jumping from the train crushed his leg. He dragged himself three miles where he was captured by bloodhounds. f It is worth your while, who ever you are, to know Schilling's Best tM , coffee baklBf-powAer BatorlDf tx tracts plots and the moneyback dealing by which they are sold by the best of the grocers on this Coast JS3 TALKING--MACHINES Sold on the Installment Plan ' $5 Down and $1 a Week Running in Price from $3.50 to $100 A VSKPETTTAXi OXIJOHT XTX THE ROIOS st all seasons of the year la that unfailing souros of more kinds of entertainmsnt than' caa be extracted from any aosen other Instruments combined, namely - The Wfclon la the prince of entertainer. The mnslo of band or orchestra is render ad by It in a manner absolutely faithful to the original, and It will sing your favorite songs as well as any artist can, or tell yon funny storias when yon are In the humor for amusement There la no other instrument known to science which caa furnish such a variety of entertainment. Xo not let your home be dull for want of one. On request' ws wtll send on to your house for examination. Phone, Main 1750. , ' Columbia Phonograph Company 345 WASHINGTON STREET 128 Seventh Street Our Columbia River Logger Jfnd tha Prle on it is Right Mr. Shoe Merchant: We are still making some rattling good shoes. We put Custom oak sole leather in the bottoms, Asbes tos leather in the tops and sew them with silk. Do you know what Asbestos leather is? It is the hardest wearing material on the market If you want some good shoes, let us hear from you and we will guarantee satisfaction. RE I'D fiJ E 9 AND II NORTH TlaST STREET Rise -a pc:ulad, crrcc-i at '