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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
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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
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Raits. - Lurriber, Piles', and Rock
. for Government Use at Mouth
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PORTLAND FIRMS GET
BIG SHARE OF BUSINESS
Laying Off '. Dredge ' Chinook
Would Give , Considerable
Money for Construction.
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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
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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
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(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
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