THE OREQOK DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 14, 1904, ASK RECOMPENSE FOR LATE ROOD Property Owners - Who Suf f ered From Tanner : Creek Flood .Believe City Is Liable and -Claims Have Already Been Filed. . Already the city of Portland has been served with a notice that claims will be made for all damage wrought to the property on which the shaft la being sunk back or the engine-house on Six -teenth and Washington streets at the scone of the break In the Tanner-creek sewer. Frank Robertson, of the firm t Corbett. Failing & Robertson, owner of the property, served the written no tires. "The city has clearly been negligent," ' said Mr. Robertson, "and when I saw ; they were starting to sink a shaft on mv property.--I- served notice, on ...the city attorney, the mavor and the city .engineer that I wanted the work stopped Until a guarantee was given me that I would be reimbursed for all damages." "I was notified," Said City Attorney .McNary, ''but of course the city has to take some excess of authority in such .cases, for something had to be done, and done immediately. It would not do to atop and ask all of the property owners' what to do, for they would all have some objection." The Tanner creek sewer is one of the largest and longest In the city. It was completed in 1891 and is built of brick. It carries all of the water from Canyon .creek, a stream that flows down the steep hills back of Willamette heights, and which at times Alls with an immense volume of water. When the sewer was built it was started at an old tannery over the Washington street hill back of the heights, and from this it received . Its name. . "We have previously had trouble whh PETTICOAT POLICE ;. . : ROUT A THIEF Pursued by .a dosen, screaming women, a man who snatched a fur boa from the shoulders of Miss Stella Watkins, a stenographer, at the city auditor's office, ran madly down the street this, after noon, and was : obliged to drop his : plunder In order to escape. . The Incident took place at 1 o'clock. Miss Watkins was Just returning to the city ball from luncheon and as she en tered the building a man stepped from the doorway and snatched her fur boa. The thief ran and with a cry of "stop Three suits growing out of the fight , between the Mitchell and Simon factions of the Republican party, air In the inter est of the Simon faction, were heard be fore Circuit Juge Sears this afternoon. The first is a petition for an injunction .to prevent prisoners from the county jail, registered' recently, from voting at the primaries. This .t petition - names Sheriff Storey, Jailer Jackson, County Clerk Fields, Judge Carey and "Jack" Matthews as defendants. Judge Sears said that the sheriff is the only defend ant who has custody of the prisoners, therefore the only person concerned In-the case. In spite of objections by Attorney Mays . for Judge Carey he' - continued the case until tomorrow after ... noon at 2 o'clock. 3. C. Moser, for the plaintiff, consenting. . Argument was then taken up in two exactly similar suits for writs of man damus to compel the eounty clerk to place on' the ballots Simon nominees substituted for those withdrawn In two precincts. Judge Sears at S o'lock granted writs , of mandamus In both' cases.- Attorney J. C. Moreland appealed for County Clerk Fields, Wallace McCaroant : and a. C. Moser for the two plaintiffs. . - W. H. Foster, Simon's nominee for delegate In precinct SI, has resigned from the ticket. Despite his refusal to offer himself as ; an Independent Republican candidate at : the primaries for the Republican county convention. William Taylor's name was appended to a ticket from precinct 42 with that of J. M-Kelty. On his writ ten representation that the use of his ' name was unwarranted County Clerk Fields canceled It Sydney Smyth's name was placed on an Independent ticket from precinct it after It had been signed, lie declined to accept the nom- : ination and his name was also canceled by the county cleric Because Fields refused to substitute - the name of Charles A. Oeil In precinct 42 and II. L. Neville In precinct 49, ap plication was made in the circuit court this morning for a writ of mandate In structing the, county clerk to place their ' names on the official ballot. An order for Fields to appear In court at 2 o'clock ; this, afternoon and show cause why an imperative writ of mandate should not , issue was signed by Alfred FJ Sears, Jr., judge Of department 2, In speaking of the unauthorized use . . of his name as a Simon delegate. W. M. Taylor said this morning: "l don't knew who signed my name, but It was doubtless done through a miaunderstand , Ing. I don't think there was any bad intention. I declined several times to be a candidate, though they urged me very strongly to run. All of these oeo- ple concerned in getting up the petition are menus or mine." The suit to enjoin Sheriff Storey, Jailer Jackson and County Clerk Fields from allowing inmates of the county Jail to vote at tne primaries. Judge Carey ' and Jack Matthews being co-defendants, Is also before the circuit court this af , ternoon. A dosen of the county prison ers were registered several wek ago .' and this suit is brought by Harry E. Estes, a Simon candidate for delegate " from the courthoue precinct, to prevent . them from voting. Frank P. Mavs and J. C. Moreland represent the county ciera anu juate v;arey. Air. Mays said this morning: MOROS AGAIN IN FIERCE ATTACK . (Jnnruel Ppaclal Servlct.) Manila, March 14.-General Wood re. ports that a Here attack was made on a reconnoltering force east- of Cottabato by a strong party of Moros, whose. po sition was shelled. ; Tha rebels' out works were taken. There were no' Amertran casualties. ! . - Wold's report makes no mention of Moro losses, other than to say that mui.li punishment was wnicted. SIMON MEN WIN MANDAMUS SUITS the Tanner creek sewer, and It Is said by Home that it is not built of the best of material and is faulty In construc tion." said Deputy City Engineer Shan non. "It has been charged that In this break the city engineer's department has been negligent, but this is not true," said City Engineer Elliott. "The dangerous condition of the sewer was reported to the office three weeks ago last Saturday and a force of sewer men went out .at once and did all that could bs done at that time. The water was high and It was impossible to get at the sewer until the weather cleared." The first break occurred three weeks ago last Saturday. The last break oc curred, with the results already known. All ; of the city officials, Including Mayor Williams and City Attorney Mc Nary. deny that any blame attaches 'to the city ,for the damage done by the break and subsequent flood, but property owners who have suffered take a differ ent view. The city engineer's department has not yet solved the problem of how to repair the Tanner creek sewer break. The pile driver did not suffice to open the newer, and late Saturday afternoon a force of men began to sink a shaft for the- purpose of reaching the break in the sewer. A mass -of rock was encountered late yesterday, and late today the men had not been able to penetrate it. There fore the water still stands over the Meld and adjacent blocks, although it does not rise any higher. thief," the stenographer gave chase. Several other women were passing at the time. Each added her cry to that of Miss Watkins and clutching her skirts joined in the chase. With one frightened look the running man glanced at the rapidly increasing number of his pursuers, and at length he let go the boa and sprinted. Out of breath, but triumphant. Miss Watkins recovered her wrap and walked slowly back to the heltf surrounded by an Indignant group. MILITIA TO FACE; AN INSPECTION Portland assumes a martial air today which will : . continue throughout thfl WPftk and until h WiJnui, following. The shrill call of tha buglo will mingle with tha hoarse commands Of tha Officers in tnuatarlnor thA Natlnnnl Guard of Oregon for an Inspection which will begin promptly at 8 o'clock tonight xuriug me pasi wees: memoers or tne guard have been busily engaged In bur- nlstline- Sabres and nnltahina- ITpar.Jnr. gensens in anticipation of the event apauiets are Deing DMgtuened and uni forms are being pressed to enhance the appearance Of the a-uard as muoh a a possible,'.' .; ;. ,., - Beginning tonight, Lieut-Col. Frank Taylor, Nineteenth - United States in fantrywlU Inspect the militia of the state. All the organisations and detach ments of the service which are located in Portland will be Inspected separately and - minutely, by the regular army officer. The troops will be examined concerning tha manual of arms, in mil- nary lacucs ana in an things which pertain to military service, particularly those' thlnffa which refer tn rllao1r.ll., and physical adaptability. Bince February 26, Colonel Taylor has been inspecting the troops of tha state. On that date he reviewed Company I, Third infantry, at Woodburn. From that place he visited Salem. Albany, Lebanon, Eugene. Roseburg, Ashland and every other place where detach ments of the National Guard are located. During the present week he has visited Baker City and The Dalles, where Com panles B and A of tha Third Infant are located. LOCAL JOBBERS A temporary organization of the North Pacific Coast Jobbers' and Manu facturers' association was effected at a meeting Saturday night in the rooms of the Oregon Wholesale Grocers' associa tion In the Newmarket block, corner of First and. Ankeny. streets. . The organization la composed of the leading wholesalers of the northwest and the principal business for It now Is to secure better traffic rates from the rail roads. It is one of the principal pur poses of the organisation to oppose the granting of terminal rates to Spokane merchants, which they are now clammor ing for. "The organisation' says Edward Ehr mann, of Mason, Ehrmann & Co., "has been contemplated for some time. Of late Spokane has been gutting all the rates in her favor and we thought It was the proper time to do something for .ourselves. The organization is a separate one from the Pacific 'Coast as sociation which ha Its headquarters In San Francisco." Those in attendance were: From Port land T. D. Honevman. of tli llinv. man Hardware company; Mr. Smith, of tne Marsiian-weus Hardware company; A. V. Biles, of W. P. Fuller & Co.; A. L. Lewis, of Allen & Lewis; Henry llahn, of Wad hams & Co. ; E. Ehrman, of Ma son, Ehrmann & Co.; 1. Lang, of Lang ft Co.; A. and Frank Kerr, of Wadhams & Kerr Bros., and W. A., Mears. From Seattle -J. S. GoldHmtth, of Schwabacher Bros., company; A. B, Burwell, of the Seattle Hardware company; Mr. Boole, of the Schwabacher Hardware company. From Tacoma Mr. Messenger, of the Hunt-Mottet company; F 8. Harmon, of F. 8. Harmon ft Co., snd Mr. Hyde, of the West Coast Grocery company. roxm deb nr ztxFLoaxoif. " "i - n (Journl Hpertai Rerrtct.) ' Oaklsnd. Cat., March 14. An explosion took place this afternoon in the Sobranle powder works. Four men are reported killed and several pthers Injured. OPPOSE SPOKANE JUDGE DISSECTS A PRESS GHOST X. X. PETES TEU CITY PMSS dlUB WE1T JilBSfc IS Aid HOW ZT CAST BEST BS ESCAPED TWB SPEAXEB ZS RECEIVED IWTO THE CLUB JJTTSB BIS ADOBESS. . Forty newspaper men assembled at the City Press club Saturday night and listened to the paper by Judge Martin L. Pipes on the law of libel. The ad dress was followed by an impromptu en tertainment of newspaper reminiscences, singing and recitations. Refreshments were served. At the conclusion of the evenings entertainment Judge Pipes was elected to membership in the club. The speaker was introduced by President John H. Stevenson. His paper follows: Gentlemen of the Press Club: When I was a boy in the south I used to hear of a "lie bill." This was understood to be a signed retraction of a deroga tory statement made concerning some one - By what -process of reasoning the unlnstructed mind came to give this instrument Its name, I know not A lie bill came to mean a retraction of a falsehood. But this was a mistake, both of ety mology and law. The word libel has etymologlcally nothing, to do with a lie. It Is the diminutive of the word liber, a book. Originally la law a libel was not noee.isarlly false. The crimi nal law against libel was aimed at pro venting breaches of the peace, and the truth or falsity of the matter was not in issue. ' ' The procedure in case of a "He bill" was simplicity itself. It began with m exhibition of firearms, and the ver dict was usually rendered by a coroper's Jury. ' I picked up an old law book the other day which contains one of the earliest laws of libel known to men a doob with which you are all doubtless unfa miliar. It was first published "'exclu sively" by a man named Moses, and the law Itself Is written with a brevity not copied by lawmakers of the presoht day. It reads: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against' thy - neighbor. . That Includes both the law of libel and slander. In modern times libel Is con fined to bad things only that are ex hibited by the graphic art, while slan der consists of bad words spoken. The Kola of a Bewspaper. I am aware of your difficulties. Tou are obliged, by the very nature of your business ' to prjnt events as they hap pen, and to print them witnout aeiay. Most events are connected with the doings of persons, and the most inter esting news relates to tha ill doings of persons. When you record tha convul sions of nature you are safe, for you cannot libel Mont Pelea or the Hepp- ner flood, but most commonly you are required to determine, at your pern, whether some human transaction In volves a bad action. In getting at the truth, you are obliged to rely on tha very common Inaccuracy of people who pretend to know of the transaction. An Inaccuracy In observing and In relating what Is observed. You are also con fronted with the usual source of men dacity arising from interested motives. In getting your story, you hava no time to verify or sift, satisfactorily, the details that you gather. And that Is why you are legally guilty of .libel nearly every day of your troubled lives. When you hava done the very best that you can, you will constantly find per sons who will not agree with you aoout your statements. That In this difficult duty you so usually coma forth un scathed of life and limb and purse, must be due to marvelous skill or In vincible prowess. Libel divides Itself Into two heads it is a civil wrong, anfl it is a crime. As a civil wrong the person injured has his redress In an action for damages. But a libelous publication is also deemed , to be an offense against the peace and dignity of the state; that is, it Is a publlo-as well as a private injury. Tha libel,- however, Is of; the same nature in either case. It Is de fined as a "malicious defamation ex pressed by writing or printing, or by signs, pictures, effigies or the like, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to Impeach the hon esty, integrity, virtue or reputation, or publish tha natural, or alleged defects. of one who is alive, and thereby ex pose him to public hatred, contempt, ridicule or obloquy, or to cause him to be shunned or avoided, or to Injure him in his office, business or occupa tion." ' Tou will have noticed that the defi nition requires a malicious defama tion, and from that you may conclude that it Is a good defense to show that the publication was not made from ill will or a bad motive. But if yoa so conclude, you will be making a griev ous 'mistake. Tou are guilty of libel when you print what Is llbeloualy un true, though you may be ever so hon est or have the purest rnotlve. Malice In law does not Imply ill-will or a bad motive. Itjonly implies a wrongful Intent to do an act whoreby another is or may be injured, without just cause or excuse. The law calls this Implied malice, and It requires no proof other than the publication itself. There is, however, a kind of malice that the courts call express or actual malice, and this requires proof of bad mo tive. It is only material to be proved where the plaintiff claims punltivo or exemplary damages. Ordinarily a per son Injured by the wrong oC another is only entitled to be made wholo, to be compensated for his Injury. Hut in libel, as in some other cases, the courts permit the injured person to recover more than compensation as a punishment to the wrongdoer, and to deter others by his example, puni tive damages are allowed In libel, as in other cases of injury, only when the wrongdoer has been actuated by a wicked heart. Tha Xoaest LibeL The law that a libel published umler an honest mistake of fact und from good motives, yet subjects the pub lisher to pay damages for the injury, Is sometimes criticised by newspuper men. I do not think any law would be valid that would deprive a man of his full compensutlon for damage". to his reputation more than for diimuijes to his person or property. Indeed, the courts hold, independent of this pro vision, that reputation is a species of property. , Tou have noticed from the definition that libel is not confined to writers. The picture maker is within its provl slons, . I am afraid if the caricaturist, were called strictly to account to the law, we should lose a very humorous and significant feature of the modern newspaper. t -. j How we are ever to reconcile the le gal right of every man to, be protected from the ridicule of the caricaturist with our universal enjoyment of the discomfiture or his victim, I cannot tell Practically, however, the humorous caricaturist is Immune from the iudit ments of the court, because the nubile Is participle crlmlnis ' with him. We all relish his crime too much to suffer b.trn to be punished. ' ' . What Words Are libelous,' " - I cannot hop to give 'you accurately BARBOUR ASKED TO - PRESENT DEFENSE Copies of - the ' charges preferred against J. It- Barbour, the Immigration inspector for this district, by Attor neys Jam' Gleason and Charles F. Lord ' have been returned from Wash ington and the accused official called on to prepare, his defense, Watchman Charles Alisky was at the county clerk's office Saturday afternoon and this morn ing procuring certified copies of tha official documents in connection with the death of Jeung Sow, or Jeung Shuey, DRYER WEATHER IS COMING. MAYBE "The time has arrived," remarked District Forecaster Edward A. Beals of the weather . bureau this morning, "to expect a change In the weather in regard to the heavy rainfall. Since the first of the yeaj, with. the exception of two days, wa have had showers in Portland, I now believe we may expect fairer weather. . "Tha rainy season lasts until about July . Bach month during tha spring the periods between the rain storms grow longer. Usually we have,more rain in February than In March, and more AFTER MANY BECOMES A CITIZEN A -ft A 1 1 1 1 rv Im Vt 1 AAMf'V saKjflsllf 14 years, M. J. Walsh, president and treasurer of the M. J. Walsh company, engaged In business at 843 Washing ton street, concluded that be would all the words that are actionable. Gen erally, all words that clearly Impute to another the commission of a crime are libelous. But by many authorities the Imputed crime must involve moral tur pitude or subject the person to an Infa mous punishment, But it is not necessary that tha words used shall impute a crime to -make them libelous, as is tha case In slander. To picture one as an ass, to apply the fable of the frozen snake, to refer to a woman whose name is "Hoss" as a filly, to - designate tine as Jo-Jo, to impute beastliness, as "swine," "skunk," "snail," have been held actionable. To exag erate a woman's age has once subjected the writer of an obituary notice to an action where he wrote that the woman departed this life in the 05th year of her age, when she was in fact not dead, the sting being not in the false assertion of her death, but in making her out con siderably older than she was. It is a drop of comfort to you that it is libelous for one to Impute to you the publication of a libel. B"o Bedzess Sot Dead. To blacken the memory of one who Is dead la libelous, but for it there is no civil remedy, for the action is one which dies with tha person. But it is the ground of a criminal charge. There are certain privileged communi cations whtyh do not subject tha author to prosecution, civil or criminal. ; . Privileged C ommnnloatjoBS. , . Among communications absolutely privileged are. the proceedings of the legislature, and of the courts, acta of state and of military and naval author ity. Fair criticism of public officers or can didates for office, being of public con cern. Is allowed, provided the facts stated are true and the opinion is hon est. . , It is Judicially settled that this lia bility of newspapers is not inconsistent with the liberty of the press. That liberty must be understood to mean the right of every one, whether a publisher or 'not, to freely print what he pleases without the license or censorship .of the government The proprietor is civilly responsible for what appears in it It Is held In this state that he is liable criminally also, even though the injurious publication was made without his knowledge or con sent, unless he can show that he was not guilty of negligence in permitting the publication. I venture to question the soundness or Justness of this rule. The statute of this state concerning libel requires an "Intent to defame." How can a man have an intent to defame when he did not know of the defama tion? - .. Truth a Good Plea. The newspaper publisher may always plead the truth of the matter in his justification, and if he succeeds in es tablishing it to the satisfaction of the Jury, he comes clear. In practice, the law of libel is much stricter in its terms than in Its enforce ment. The publio regards the press as an institution preservative of public in terests. It Is therefore an instinct of self-preservation that cherishes Its in dependence. It Is in its relation to the government and Its officers that the greatest ' con flict has arisen concerning the law of libel. There is nothing so fatal In a free country to corruption In high places and to the unwarranted encroachments of power as a free press. Hence there have been efforts to curtain or hamper this freedom by libel laws directed against the critics of the publio officers. In this country in an early day an effort was made to repress criticism of the officers . of the government by the alien and sedition laws, which made it a crime to make such criticism. At least one conviction was had under this law, but It, raised such a storm of popular protest that It was soon repealed, and no such law has since ventured to show its head. . I think no libel law, however lenient to the publisher, is near so much a safeguard to the genuine-Interests of the press as an enlightened and generous public opinion. If a free press makes a free people, It Is no less true that a free people make a free press. It Is the greatest function of the .newspaper to conserve to each Individual his rem edy for wrong done him, whether from libel or otherwise, for a free people fosters a free press, as a free press fosters a free people. CALL FOR FEED FOR ARMY HORSES The United States quartermasters at Seattle, Portland and Sun Francisco have been authorized ttf send out proposals for bids on 2,382 tons of hay and 2,548 tons of oats for shipment to Manila; the hay and oats to be of the best quality, SAW DOMXITOAHS AOAIH FXQBT. . (Journal Kpretat Hrrtlt. ;.".':?.; Washington, V. C, March U4.Miu ister PowelU at San, Domingo, report another engagement, between 'the - government- forces and insurgents at Ma koris. The government was victorious, but the insurgent leaders escaped.. whose demise occurred at the county Jail. - In tha complaints sent to Washington by Lord and Gleason It was declared that Sow, or Shuey, waa'arrested without dua process of law and held at the county jail without a charge being; filed against him or without his being taken before the United States commissioner. This unusual procedure, according to the al legation, caused tha prisoner to become so excited that he -died of, heart disease. In March than in April. May Is fairer, than March and June has mora clear days than Ma.y." ' The Willamette river Is rapidly fall ing and; the, forecaster declares . that the freshet is, 'no longer a subject for discussion. The" river this morning was 13.S feet, which is a fall of 0.8 of a foot alnca Sunday morning. Storms are predicted at the mouth of the river and along tha coast, but so far no reports of serious disturbances hava ' been v received. Tha rainfall throughout the northwest, during tha past 14 hours, has been copious. ' YEARS Ilka to become a citizen, He went to tha county clerk's office and took out his first papers this morning. Mr. Walsh la one of tha best-known busi ness men in the city. IS IN SEATTLE WVXTS8 THAT SEB ZS WTUZBCr TO S2ZTD BACK: XAX4T TKB MOVET KB CABBXED OPP. AHD RATS SHE IS HOW JAOVS ABUSE STOBY SEHXED. Mrs. Rosina Mantello, who ran away from her home In this city a week ago last Sunday, leaving her lS-months'-eld babe, has written that she Is now living In Seattle all alone, and that if she Is wanted here she will return. She said that she did not take I486 of her hus band's savings, but that she only took 3400, a part of which aha loaned to va rious friends. Mrs. Mantello left home in company with two boarders at her residence, Frank and Joseph Pateatlo, on the night of March 6, 1804. The same evening Mantello said that bis gold, which amounted to I486, also ' disappeared. The latter was reported to the police, and Detective Hartman was detailed on the case. It was learned that the runaway trio kept in hiding in Portland oil the day following the runaway, leaving the city that night in a cab for Llruiton, where they took the north bound train. i . Joseph Morak, who has charge of the case for Mantello, said this morning that Mrs. Mantello had written that the- reason she left home was because her husband abused her. : , 'This we know la not true," said Morak. "He had alwaya worked hard for the support of his family, and seemed to do everything in his power to please his wlfer - She says that she will return to Portland If I want her. She also stated that she was -willing to refund ha,lf of the money she carried away.".,'' - . The husband of the runaway woman spent a. day In Seattle last week look ing for his wife, but was unable to lo cate either her or the men with whom she eloped, " COURT KNOCKS OUT NORTHERN SECURITIES (Continued from Page One.) combination to restrain the movement of that commerce. I know of no round principle of law which would deny to an Investment company, or to any tank, or to any individual, the right to -acquire I a majority of the stock In two curnis4-j lag railroads. Those who contend that the Sherman act covers the case lose sight of the distinction between owner ship of property engaged In Interstate commerce and a combination of those who own these instrumentalities to re strain the free movement of such com merce. j "If the decision when read prevents combination between connecting roads under lease or other contracts, It Is far reaching and may dismember many sys tems that are composed of leased lines owned by separate corporations. If the court limits the effect of the decision to roads parallel to each other and In a sense competitive I do not see that it will have much practical effect." ASK MANY THOUSANDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS 1 ' ' -,w. 1 (Special Dtipatch to The JoaruL) Washington, March 14 Senator Ful ton today proposed amendments to the sundry civil bill appropriating 3500,000 for Improvements to Tillamook bay, 3250,000 for Improving Yaqulna bay, 8100,000 for work at the mouth of the Sluslaw river.. ; Senator Mitchell Introduced an amend ment to the Indian bill appropriating 318,000 for an assembly hall at the Che ma wa Indian school. BUSINESS LOT IS VALUABLE PROPERTY The lot at the northwest corner of Ninth and Davis streets was sold to day bv Thomaa Walon In ffVMdman brothers for 316,000. The lot Is 100x160. reet ana contains five dwelling homes. The purchaser will erect a business block on the lot.-1 The property has not changed hands prior to this sale for .24 years. , . QUBEW SOWAOEB'S PTTBEBAXt. Seoul, March 14. The funeral of the queen 'dowager,, who died in January, was held today, presenting a most weitM eoene.-. The procession was two miles long, and 100 pallbearers walked be side the bier. Throughout the city the scene was made more somber by fu nereal decorations and draping. MRS. ft. filANTELLO OJ'ifBcDe Samni ;i Vj: Has Pyspepsia Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Are a Positive , and Permanent Cure for the National Disease ' As a people we eat too much and the wrong kind of food. Because It tastes good we crowd the stomach with rich, unnutrltious food and drink. We over tax the digestive apparatus to such an extent that it . refuses to perform its duty and a conglomerate mass of half chewed, undigested materiel lies In the stomach until it rots, causing tha, for mation of acids, gases and ptomaines which produce - the painful condition which ge know as dyspepsia, . For business men, ofAce men and Clerks, and in fact every one engagea in sedentary or indoor occupations, grains, milk and vegetables, with a moderate meat allowance, are much more health ful than a heavy meat diet , Only men engaged in severe Outdoor manual labor can live on a heavy meat diet and continue in health. It is a well-established truth that nine-tenths of all diseases originate with a breaking down of the digestion. A weak stomach weakens and Impover ishes the system, making It easy for disease to gain a foothold. EXCLUDE LANDS FROM RESERVES OKZEP POBESTEB PIJTCHOT OZTXI OUT SSOIBZOsT ZTAMZBCr WITH- DBAWAXS PBOM BX.TTB KOTTB TAJB POBEST BX8TBI0T AX.OHCt XJJTB OP PBOPOSED BAXtWAT. j (Special Diipttch te Tha Journal.) Washington, D. C, March 14. Chief Forester Hon. Gifford Plnchot has de cided that the following lands, included within the withdrawals for the1 proposed Blue Mountain forest reserve, shall be excluded from such reserve in fixing the final boundaries of the same: All of sections 21, 22, 25, 2(, 27, 88, S3. 34, 35 and 36 in township 10 south, range 36 east; also all of township 11 south, range 85 east; also sections 13, 14. 84, 35 and 36, township 11 south, range 34 east; also sections 1, 2 and 12, township 12 south, range 23 east, Wil lamette Meridian, jt " ,' Mr. Plnchot further states In his com munication, which Is addressed to Sen ator Mitchell, that the remaining lands in township 11 south, range 85H east, and in township 12 south,, range Si and 85H east are practically all held by the federal government, and ' are . covered with merchantable . timber and . well suited for the purposes of a forest re serve,. " . ,'.;'..'':. Mr. Plnchot makes a further state ment as follows: "I wish to emphasize very strongly the fact that In case this reserve is created, the merchantable timber will be sold upon application, and that the policy of the government will be to encourage in every way the gen eral development of the region." ' , . Tha lands Withdrawn from the reser ve ttorr lie along the proposed lino Of railway from Sumpter to Burns. t APPROPRIATIONS . FOR EXPOSITION (Journal Special Service.) e Washington, D. C March 14. 4 Commissioner Mclsaac says he , e has assurances that . Massachu- , sett and, New York will appro- : prlate 325,000 each for the Lewis 4 and Clark exposition, and that these states and" New Jersey, ' Rhode Island, and probably Mary- land, will remove their St. Louts exhibits to Portland Immediately 4 after the close of the Louisiana Purchase exposition. . - 1 Nobody need fear consumption, kid ney disease, liver trouble or a weak heart and nervous system as long as the digestion is good and ths stomach . able to assimilate plenty of wholesome fOOd.. .-V..' -..-' i- if Thousands have some form of stom- . ach trouble and do not know it. They ascribe the headache, the languor, ner vousness. Insomnia, palpitation, consti pation and similar symptoms to some other cause than the true one. . Get your digestion on the , right track and the heart trouble, lung trouble,, liver dinease and nervous debility will rap Idly disappear.-..;?!....;: .:' ,i- -j. Nothing It more certain than that the use of so-called tonics, stimulants and , medicines, which depend upon alcohol for their effect. Is injurious to health in the long run. -.-v -.':? .i- ! i-.v:i'i, 'Many liquid patent medicines derive their . effect entirely . from the alcohol they contain. ' Alcdhol and medicines containing it . are temporary stimulants and not in , any sense a true tonic. In fact, it ll doubtful If any medicine or drug is a real tonic . - .. A It rue tonic Is something which will renew, - replenish, build up. the .ex hausted nervous system ' and wasted tissues of the body; something that will enrich the blood and endow It with the proper proportions of red - and white corpuscles which prevent or destroy disease germs.. . This is what a real tonfo should do, and no drug or alco holic atlmulant will do It The only true tonic in Nature is wholesome food thoroughly digested. Every particle of nervous energy, eveiy minute muscle, liber and drop of blood is created daily from the food we di gest. -.;'-. - '. t The mere eating of .food has little to do with the repair of, waste tissue, but the perfect digestion of the food eaten has everything to do with It. The reason so few people have per fect 'digestion is because from wrong habits of living the stomach has grad ually lost the power to secrete the gas tric Juice, peptones and acids In suffi cient quantity. . To cure Indigestion and stomach trou bles it is necessary to take after men In some harmless preparation which will supply the natural peptone . and dias tase which every weak stomach lacks, and probably the best preparation of this character Is Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found in every drug store and which contain in pleas ant palatable form the wholesome pep tone and diastase which Nature re quires for prompt digestion. One or two of these excellent Tablets taken after meals will prevent souring, fermentation and acidity and Insure complete digestion and assimilation,. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are as equally valuable for little children as for adults, as they contain nothing harmful or stimulating, but only th natural digestives. One of . Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest 1,800 grains of meat eggs or other wholesome food, and they are In . every sense a genuine tonic, because they bring about in the only natural way a restorative of nerve power, a building up of lost tissue and appetite. In the only way it can be done by the digestion and assimilation of whplu some food. The root of the matter la this, the di gestive elements contained In Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest the food, five tne ovesworked stomach a chance o recuperate, and the nerves and whole . system receive the nourishment which can only come from ' food; stimulants and nerve tonics never give real strength, they give a fictitious strength, invariably followed by reaction. Every drop .of blood, every nerve and tissue, is manufactured from our dally food, and if you can Insure its prompt action and complete digestion by the regular use of so good and wholesome a remedy as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, you will have no need of nerve tonics and sani tariums. - Although Stuart's Dyspepsia .Tablets have been in the market only 'a few rears, yet probably every druggist in he tTnited States, Canada and Great Britain.- now- sells them and considers -them the most popular and successful of any preparation for stomach trouble. COUNCIL SPLITS OVER JAIL SITE 1.1 bomb patob zzTSTAXunra jaix. nr CItT BCAXXr-OTSEBS OPPOSE THE KO YB--4. P. PZiEOEZi SO Vt PAYOB A JAXL POB HOBOES WITH HOMB OOKPOBTS. "If there Is room In the city hall for the police station and city jail, I favor placing the departments there, provid ing there are no other serious reasons why It should not be there," said Coun cilman L. Zimmerman. "I favored the selling of the old site at Second and Oak, and the building of a new jail elsewhere, but if the city hall project can be worked, well and good. I would favor a committee of the council to In vestigate the matter-thoroughly, that it may be ascertained definitely whether the plan is feasible." ? It Is probable a resolution will be In troduced Into the council at its meeting Thursday asking for an Investigation of the plan proposed by Councilman A. K. Bentley to Install the police depart ment In the city hall. If there is no committee at present that should tako charge of the matter, it is probable that the resolution will ask for the Immedi ate appointment of one by the mayor. "I 'am opposed to. the' move,"1; said Councilman A. F. FlegeK "I favor fitting up the present Jail so that' it could be kept clean by the use of water. I do hot favor fixing up a place with alf the com forts of a home for the hoboes."; "I think- the plan la not good." said Councilman Fred T. Merrill. ;.'The city hall was not built for It. I' thnk the old . jail should be made good for 10 years to come." . , BUSINESS LEADERS CONSIDER TARIFFS A meeting of local business men to discuss freight rate matters was held this afternoon. "The meeting," said W. A. Mears, "Is of a private nature, and Is held for the purpose of discussing future action. We haye no especial matters under discussion. The meeting is hot that of any special organisation." trirwEXiOOMB vxsitob. Mrs. Louise West swore out a war rsnt In "the municipal court this Inorn ing for the arrest of Joseph Bad lira, whom she charged with larceny. Mrs. West said that last Saturday Badura, who is said to live at 22 Grand avenue, broke into her room,, No. 2 Burkhart building, and stole 15.00. . , ' 1