1 Tin: c:cc:j cu::day jourjiAL. rczrrLAUD. cu::day AKUMTIalET nAriED at st. joiins NEW; SEC-STORY mmm Douglas Men Call the Meeting, v : But the King , Faction -t ! ' Gets Control. VV. KING NOMINATED FOR Many Doctors Called It Chronic MAYOR BY LARGE VOTE Candidates for Councilman and and Said Sores Never Other Officers Chosen After 'a Hard Contest ,v'?1'"--'.-"! ' ..... , . - -. - - - ....... -,, i .1 f 5 .. - Work hu been commenced by Con tractor J. D. Traaham - on excavation work for the Stlvernald hotel, six stories and finished butmrat, to b erected mt- iUncretl Place, en Waahlng ton, between Twenty-second and Twenty, third streets. Architect H. J. Hefty haa let contract to P. A. Ryckman for the carpentering and roofing, to Ed Ryan 'for the plastering and asbeetollth floors, to the Jacoboen Bade company for1 the plumbing-. Gardner Kendall for the - eteara beating,' the Electrlcai Appllcance CONTRACTS LET FOR JETTY MATERIAL - -u Raits. - Lurriber, Piles', and Rock . for Government Use at Mouth ' ' " a f . . . ' . ; f n uoiumoia. -a :;f: PORTLAND FIRMS GET BIG SHARE OF BUSINESS Laying Off '. Dredge ' Chinook Would Give , Considerable Money for Construction. f i '; " - Pour firms 'were 'awarded contracts aggregating S3S. 430.4 1 yesterday by MaJ. W. C tngfltt to supply material An Invitation TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PROFESSION ... . r.,.. - . . .. in it , Tbis week I am treating myself for the eradication of wrinkles, and extend ' a cordial Invitation to the public to rail and i see. my face while undergoing the treatment administered by myself. , I am employing the famous A. I Nel den process- the latest and most lm- . proved. This is the only perfected sys tem, and were there, any doubt In my mind as to Its benefits I most assuredly - would not choose, my own face for the . experiment. This exhibition will cent mo all week and every one man or woman, rich pr poor, young or old la Invited to call. Free Facial Treatment . To' every one purchasing tl worth of ; our great preparations, that amount be ' Ing necesaarv for a course of home - treatment. We wish every one to know . how to treat their own faces, and we - are glad to teach them how. -, . We remove wrlpkles, superfluous hair, . eruptions of the ekTn. pimples, black heads, build up hollow places, take the haggard countenance and beautify It smoothIt - up polish It freshen It make It young Iron out, so to speak, the furrows of care and do this for , both men and women. .. :. MADAME AZA r HOLMES -R1BBECKE -Matter and Teacher f rtenattotogy lad Beauty Celtare. N4 Verrlaea, aear Park. r enout . Bood 8S3. -. Write for Booklet. company for' wiring, and Parker A Kehler for the painting. The building will eoat 140,000. In addition to a. - billiard. room the basement will contain fuel and boiler room, cold etoraxe... laundry, bakery, butcher ahop, ehlna-room and. bathroom, servants' dining-room and Janitor's room. - The main entrance to the first floor will be by broad atepa leading up from Washington etreet to a. large veranda. The central entrance hall, will bare for tba construction- of the government letty at the mouth of tba Columbia river. W. J. Hoffus aV Co. of BeatUe. who agreed to furnish 1M tons of steal rails at $5,S8.50, were the suceeaaful bidders for tbis part 'Of 4ha material. Oorman Brewster of t Hand, for tll.IM.6a, will supply 110.900 feet of plies. The City Lumber Boa company or Antona. win furnish HUM feet- of lumber at the rata of 110.10 a thousand, equivalent to IT.tST.41.. W. .H. Cola of this city wUl aupply 10.004 tons of rock at 11.07 a ton. The explanation ia made by this firm that tba rock will ba procured at the Maygara quarry. . -- The pilea will ba transported by water to Fort Stevens, and the remainder of the material will go by rail. Delivery will begin about April 1. In a few days another and very mueh larger contract will' be let for furnishing rock. This la postponed on account of tha fact that it haa not been definitely learned yet whether or not tba dredge Chinook will be placed In commission at tha moatn oi the rtver'durlng the coming season. Major Langfltt haa been expecting no tion from the department aa to the dispo sition to be made of the dredge, aa well aa on several other matters that nave an important beaiinn on tha contem plated Improvements at the month of tha Columbia. A copy -or ma river ana kacbor bill haa Rot yet been received, nd until it arrives the exact amount of funds available for making Improve ment in tha Various localities will not ba known. ' .STORM SIGNALS UPv ''"' Prom Com Bap to 7aa da Pnoa tralt ' Acting " District ' Poraenntsr Woilaber ordered storm warnings displayed yea terday afternoon all along tba coast from Coos Bay to Juan de Fuea strait. Tba storm" was not sufficiently developed last night to form an accurate con clusion as to how severe It will be. It made Its .appearance off tha northwest coast ef Washington yesterday, and was gradually working to tha southeast. The weather man says he expects It to reach the force of a gale by noon today. One ship, tha Henrietta, la known to be lust oft the month of tha Columbia river, and it Is supposed tha oriental liner Arabia la nearing the same locality. The latter has been out II daya from Yokohama, and It was expected that aha would succeed In reaching Astoria yes terday. Because aha failed to pnt in an appearance it la believed that boe encountered heavy weather. Frequently the freighters complete tba passage in 1 days. - Coasters are plying back and forth all tha time, Sod It la certain that n number of tbem will get caught In the storm. . .t . . .( r. FREIGHTS "AND - CHARTERS. Ore Prospect aVood, TsTlnrnrani Vnlem xV and Charters at kteg Probable. , Referring to 'tha freight and. shatter situation for the week the San Frao clsco Commercial News says: . . . "Grain freights to .Europe era atlll nominal. Tha crop outlook grows brighter every week and with fairly favorable weather later on an unusually large yield of wheat and barley will be gathered. There ia .aa.yeL.no charter ing to arrive, but with the good proa pecta business st the minimum union rates Is very probable in a short time. Lumber freight are steady and the outlook la for some Improvement In tba hear future. - "Private mall advice from Adelaide, South Australia, say freights ars decid edly easier and tonnage le freely offered for Europe at tia to .13a Id and Sla to tla Id for Africa; there isilttle possi bility of any more tonnage being fixed; charterers with heavy forward shipping engagements are meeting with difficulty In gtttlog grain for their vessel and It large lobby, with suites of room at each side, an office, main siaircaae and electric elevator. At tba rear of the lobby will bo the entranoe to tha dining room, which will comfortably seat . 110 guests. West of . the dining-room a conservatory will ba buOt and from the east and north windows tha dining-room will command - views of the city, tha river and aft, St, Helena. All floora will be of maple and aabeatollth. : Each of tha upper stories will contain II guest rooms, with private bathroom on each floor. There will bo a telephone in I thought that .Austral la ha not suffi cient grain to fill alt vessel engsga menta; as a result a great deal of ton nge will be diverted to Newcastle to fix for coal, Victoria la expected to have about 100.00 . tone exportable wheat surplus and South Australia I7t 001 tona tha latter aeetton ha fixed a standard of. II 'pounds, and most of tha. grain shipped ha run from It to pounds. ' ' MAY BE HENRIETTE. Horth Xaad rookout Bfport Oerman : Snip Outside nd Storm Srawtng. ; Off tha mouth of lbs Columbia river. lata yesterday afternoon, the lookout at North Head- sighted a three-masted Ger man ship. . It I supposed to be the Hen rtetta, ss she Is the only vessel due flying tha Oerman flag. She I coming from Antwerp..by way of Ioa Angeles, having sailed from the California port II days ago. The Henrietta I bringing a cargo of cement consigned to Balfour, Guthrie as Co. i The shipment Is for government What Sulphur Does For the Human Body in Health '. and Disease. The mention of sulphur will recall to many of us the early daya when our mothers and grandmothers gave us our daily ooee oi suipnur ana momeae ev ery spring and fail. ...It was the -universal spring and fall n.i ...... -.i... it . a I a ...uii t mind you, this old-fashioned remedy was not without -merit. The idea wae good, but the remedy was crude and unpalatable, and a large Juantlty had to be taken to get any er ect. "" '" " i ' - Nowadays we get all the beneficial ef fects of sulphur In a palatable, concen trated form, so that a single grain Is far more erreotive into a lanieapoonxui or tne cruae suipnur. - In recent rears research and exoerl ment have proven that the best sul- rhur for medicine 1 use 1 that obtained rora Calcium (Calcium Sulphide) and .sold in drue- stores under the name of Stuart's Calcium Wafers. They are small chocolate coated pellets and com tain the active medicinal principle of suipnur in a mgmy eonoenirsieu, eneo live form. Few people are aware of the value of tnis lorm oi suipnur in restoring, ana niHinuilllini vim 11 tiut mimj iiwiiii, sulphur acts directly on the liver, and excretory organs ana purines ana en riches the blood by ths prompt elimina tion of waste material. i r - - - - Our wrandmothera knew thla WTten they dosed us with sulphur and molasses every spring end fall, but the crudity and Impurity of ordinary flowers of sul phur were often worse than the dis ease, and cannot eomparo wHl -the mod ern concentrated preparations of sul- rihur. of which Stuart a Calcium Wafers s undoubtedly the best and most widely They are the natural antidote for liver and Kidney trouDiea ana cure constipa tion and purify the blood In a way that often aurprlaea patient and physician alike. Dr. R. V. Wllklne, while experiment ing with sulphur remedies, soon found that ths sulphur from Calcium was su perior to any other form. He says: r'Kor liver, kidney and blood troubles, especially when resulting from consti pation or malaria. I have been surprised at the-results obtained from- Stuart's Calcium Wafers. In patients suffering from bolls and pimples snd even deep, seated carbuncles, I have - repeatedly seen them dry up and disappear In four or five days, leaving the skin clear and smooth. Although Stuarts Calohim Wafers Is a proprietary article and sold by druggists and for that reason ta booed by many physicians, yet I know of nothing so safe and reliable for con stipation, liver and kidney trooblea and especially In all forma of akin dlaeaaes, aa this remedy." At any. rate, people who are tired of pills, cathartics and so-oatled blond purifiers" will find In Stuart's Calcium Wafers a far safer, more palatable and aSeoUv. preparation, , . every room. Large kitchen and pantries are on tha first floor. Tha architecture la In colonial style. There will be IC guests apartment, be side the rooms devoted to servants and other uses. The walla will be ttntad, and tha bathrooms will have tile wains- ootlng and monolith floors. Thar will ba fir protection by boss reals In tha main corridor of each story, and also stair and ladder Are escapes. - All the plumbing will ba In enamel, and tba In terior woodwork ; will . be grained fir stained in oak.. ; use at Port Canby, and tha freight win ba discharged at Astoria, after which tha vessel will come to Portland in anarch of a charter for the outward trip. 1 A storm is brewing off h coast, and It is probable that tba vessel will be unable to ante tha river for a faw days. If she i aar unlucky u.aom of the craft which have visited port of lata ah may be obliged, to remain on tha outside for a week or two. The French bark: La Fontaine, an route from Antwerp,, Is also expected soon. - She 1 out 117, day. . ALONG THE WATERFRONT., ' Local mariners say that the German ahlp Nauarchoa haa almost, if not . al together, broken tha fast record passage between the mouth of the Columbia river and Newcastle, N. 8. W. She sailed from Astoria on January 11, and IT day later she reached the great ooal port of Australia. Tba average passage between these porta I about 16 day. ' .Yesterday afternoon the German ship Nomia was moved from the Inman-Poul-sen mill to tha Victoria dolphins, where ah will complete her lumber cargo for tha orient. She Will ba ready to sail In about a week and will take In the neighborhood of 1.000,000 feet of Oregon fir. . ' Tha British bark Dumfriesshire will go to tha North Pacific mill to take on a lumber cargo for Melbourne. ----- Tha steamer John McCracken ha found the weather too rough to make a search for tha government cable near Astoria. When conditions are favora ble the lighthouse tender Manna nit will assist In the work. Steamer, Jessie Harklns was brought to the west side of the river last even ing and tied up it tha Washington street dock, where her-engines and boiler will bo Installed. About April 1 ahe will go out on the Washougal run. and It la reported that she 'will make two round trips between there and Portland every day. The steamer Ion of tha same line will soon be laid up for a few day to receive a-general overhauling. Aooording to tba San Francisco Ex aminer the steamer F. A. Kllburn win soon be taken oft the Portland route and operated between Ban Francisco And near by port. MARINE NOTES. 1 A atari. March II. Sailed at T a. m British steamer Ellerie for Kobe. Sailed at 7:40 a. m. Steamer Columbia for San Francisco. Sailed at I a. m Schooner Polarl for San Pedro. Out aide at S p. m. A thres-masted German ahlp. Condition of tha bar at I p. m, moderate; wind southeast ; weather cloudy.- i San Francisco, March 11 Sailed last nlxM R learner F. A. Kllburn for Port land and coast ports;' - LOST BOTH WIFE AND MONEY BY EMIGRATING i -, (ftpMla! Dltpatell te Tee fceraaL) Colfax, Wash.. March II. rJohn N. Thurman haa been, granted -a .divorce from Hannah Thurman on the ground of desertion. The couple was' married In Sweden in HIT. Two years ago they de cided to rmlgrateto America. The bus- band came flrst and was to aend nil wire money aa soon aa he bad earned It. Mr. Tharman located In - Whitman county and sent his wife enough money from time to time to live on. Finally ba sent her enough to bring her to America, but she put him off until he had sent her, over 1104, when sb wrote him saying that she did not Intend to come as aha had found another fellow who. suited her better.- Men over 10 can still vote, and reg ister their politics if they have any and want to, ., ... ' .''. A fourth .ticket waa added to those to be voted en at the St. Johna munici pal election April last evening ,wha soma 100 eltlsena gathered at the laun dry building and nominated what will be known aa tba 'Independent" ticket ' W. Isaacson waa chosen aa chairman, and tha following platform was adopted "We. tha legal voters of St. Johns, in man meeting assembled for tha purpose of nominating candidate for the. dif ferent city office to be voted for on April I, 1I0S, hereby resolve as follows: "First That tha- nam of thla ticket hall be the 'Independent ticket.'. , "Second That we- favor fair,-lm partial and economical administration Of the affair of the city. "Third That we adhere to no polltl eat body, but appeal to .the voters of the city for their support on tne pnn eloala expressed in the first above para graphs and under no consideration will we be controlled or influenced by any political or other organisation." . The name of A. S. Douglas and W. King were then placed in nomination for the off to of mayor, and Mr. King waa ohoaen by a vote of. 71 to 41. City recorder candidatea war M. F. Tufts. J. W. Hanks and Postmaster Clark. - Mr. Hanks received M votes and Mr. Tuft Hi Ft Valient Ine was chosen aa candidate for treasurer. ' Councilmen-at-larg were elected by acclamation and were p. J. Peterson, A. S. Douglas, G. H. Carlson. Councilman from the First ward were chosen by the ward voters, as were those, from the Second ward. . The First ward candi dates will be C. 8. Thompson and C D. Edwards; tha Second ward councilman will be H. W. Price and J. C. Walker. Though tha meeting was called by the Douglas faotlon tha King supporters were In the majority and practically the King ticket was nominated. . It la prob able that the ticket which waa by peti tion placed In 'the field on Friday with Mr. King heading It win be withdrawn and the latest ticket will replace it ; KNEES RHEUMATIC, fSO COULDN'T PRAY Quarrel Over-Demand Made on ! Butte Barkeeper Ends . In Murder.-. (SpseUl rMsaatoh to The soars!) Butte. Mont. March IS. Paddy Rog ers, a saloon rounder, today shot and killed George Burke, while the latter waa endeavoring to - say bartender George- Reynolda . from what seemed certain murder at the band a of Roger. Roger and a relative named Leonard had been ebgaged In a drunken brawl and both covered with ' blood had entered the St Lawrence aaloon, where Rogers attempted to change hat with Leonard, claiming they bad become mixed In the fight.--. ' . ' Bartender Reynolds, objected and. In the fight that followed( walloped Rogers, who left the saloon swearing vengeance Rogers returned In a short time" flourish ing a gun In each hand and leaping over tha bar ordered tba bartender to get to his knees and pray, "for thla time was his Inst." Reynolds expostulated with tha frantic man, claiming ha could not get on bis knees because rheumatism had stiffened one of them. Burke, who was standing near grabbed . a chair and brought It down with' tarriflo force on Rogers' head, felling the latter but not until he had fired one shot, that pene trated Burke's heart. Burke died almost In his tracks and Rogers escaped. SaiAtl AT PBOFUS POSUM. At the meeting of the People's Forum this evening at .the knights of Pythias SPLENDID BARGAINS IN NEW Our Shoe Department :. . ; There THE ONLY $3 HAT THE "WUCH" eihert far USt. $2, LSS tad fl 0W CURED BY (Md Was Gcttiiig So Bad Mother ; Wfa't KnoT7 WlialtoiDc yWasNo Hcpfr Ccmplctc and FcSnSf Crc by (Mem at lcnsc of i51.T5r:-; f , "Words cannot express the gratitude I feel towards you for j what Cuticura" Soap, Oirjtment and Resolvent have done for me.) My son had Eczema as bad as any child could have it" I.had sev i eral Doctors treat him, but they helped him only for the time being, courage, but I thought the change for the better was only tempo rary, as it had been with all the other' "medicines ordered by. ,the doctors and hospitals. I -continued with Cuticura, and by the time I had used-one and a half boxes of Ointment, one small bot tle of Resolvent, and one cake of Soap, I found that the cure was complete and permanent from that day. to this, two years and a half. My boy is now fiveyears old, and has not had a sign of a sore since I began with Cuticura. I shall never " be without Cuticura Soap, I find it so good for every purpose of tbe toilet and for the children. - ' t ' - ' . '. :-v - - ' 218 Frost St; Brooklyn, N, Y. ' .MRS J. SCHEPPERLE. Instant relief and refreshing sleep for skin-tortured haMeg aad rent tor tired, fretted mothers Jn warm bath with Cuticura Soap, and geatl anno tat- ' Inga with Cuticura Ointment, the great akin euro, and purest of emollients, to be followed in ever ease by"' mild doae of Cuticura Resolvent, Pills. This Is ths purest, sweetest, moot speedy, permanent and economical treatment for ( torturing disfiguring, itching, bnrtng, bleeding, scaly, crusted and pimply akin . and scalp humors, ecsemaa. rashes and irritation with loss of hair, of Infanta and children, a wen a adult, snd Is sure to succeed when all ether remedies , and physicians fan. A -single set costing but On Dollar Is often sufficient to enr the moat distressing cases. Parent, think of the future of such af flicted children and act now. Cure made In childhood are speedy and paium nent. Potter Drug Chemical Corp, Sola Prop., Boston. Mailed free, "How to Cure Every Humor of Infancy and Age." ball there, will be a debate on the lnlti-1 tlv and referendum. The afnrmattv In advocacy of the Initiative will be TO MISS WELL If you are troubled with this gladly relieve you, as well as knowledge of "How to Dree SPIRING Are here, and the showing was f,f varied, quality the beat you r $D2o5) SPRING SUITS, hand-talloredr hand-made , buttonholes, padded shoulders, all the latest mixtures, serge lined, every Suit bears our stamp and guarantee. We bought these Sufta to sell for $15. Other lines $25, $20, $15, $9.75, $7.45. SPRING UNDERWEAR. SHIRTS, K0SIERY, YOUTHS' AND BOYS' SUITS Is complete and we have Shoes from 5 $1.50 to $3.50. Is fio "better Shoe than our $3.50 Shoe. l 5 . , GDTICURA and after they discontinued treat ing him his head would begin to . get sore again,' almost the next 'day:. '.It got so bad I really didn't know what to do. At last we took him to the Hospitaf, where the . Doctors , said he had Chronic Ecrema. They, gave me a wash for it, but said it was foolish to thing of it ever being cured. "The child was failing, so I thought I must do something, and reading about the Cuticttra Reme dies, decided to try them. I went right to the nearest drug , 6tore ; and : purchased a bottle of Cut i-. cura Resolvent, 6ne box of Quti cura Ointment and a cake of Cuti cura Soap, and began using it I used half of it and fonnd some re lief and improvement. , Of course - that eave .' me ? consolation and 1 in i mi upheld by Hon. W. 8. TTRen of Oregot, City and tba nagattv by R. R. Duntwnju Jk glwirai aiaxiawauvu wui avaiww "eMtgf ' ' v problem come in and we will give you the assistance of. our Well." ? Our new SUflTS never larger '"styles more should eee our - .Every Statemc-.: Here .be Atr: Tr -