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the; Oregon ' -Sunday- journal," Portland, Sunday ". r : c.:::i: : a.' c ar : -, . ; ig -I. ( n l 1. I I. I"U 1. L I." I 'I l "I "I T l l 'l. J'l.l 'I " l " - ' - - ----- - - - - - " " - ' - - " M Sk pooiseui;:gs an i:ife . l 1 i ... . mm sue , . -- -y V."::ne Believe That Tagjart I Ma GreaV Affection t for. ,' " . Woman H Is Suing. ,- EEUTTAL ARGUMENTS ' FINISHED BY TUESDAY t , . - .... ! ' ft,- . i ' - 1 ' Charge" '-of Plaintiff ' Materially Strengthened . by " Deposition : of ; ,; Uajor Morton Courtmartial .' la Awaiting Major After- Lawsuit' " (Special Diapateb IUhH Win to The Jesrsel) Woo tar. Kept. J. That Captain El . more F. - Taggart atlU lore the wife from whota he Is try ins to eecure dl vorce, many who have vlelted the court 'during the last h dan believe. A well-known resident who poaea aa a otu- dent of human nature aaid tonight: "I Kara been watching Captain . Tag-. gart Tery Intently for aome daya and it ' la my opinion that Captaln-Taggart atlll loves the little woman, whom-behas , brought Into aucb ; unenviable , promt ! pence. I be Here, too, that It the right persona want to blm the major would , ladly. even at this time, drop the case. i hat there are people who atlll hop to , - u If r and Uri Tifnrt make un their differences nag .been, denionktrated 'within a few hours. '. ., It la expected that evidence In rebut tal will all be aubmltted by noon Tues- 1 day. when the arguments Will start. t The greater, part of thla morning-a .session waa taken up In the reading of , the depositions , of Major Charlea i O. Ilorton. who, at Fort Leavenworth,' waa the major of Taggart'-e battalion. Hie evidence w offered In rebuttal and to i materially strengthen the charges of the Plaintiff . In regard to Jhe alleged ac tion of Colonel Ulnar and Mra. ,Tag : -art. whereby Taggart waa cenftned In tne hospital at Fort Leavenworth oa the Oerge of acuta alcoholism. -wt: Whether or not Jia wins hla ault for divorce Major Taggart will face a court nartial In a fight (or . hla shoulder I The courtmartial.' aald . an army man involved, "waiting tba end of the trial, not becausa' the decision, aa -has re& auppnaad. w"'H fHtfrr,n whether . the charges would be pressed, but- be causa tba amended petition In the divorce caaa forma the basis of .tbe courtmar ' -tlal charges. - It la a privileged com munication and Taggart could not. be brought to courtmartial for It until the mm has been decided." .. Information that Lieutenant For tencue, kin of President Roosevelt, also will - flle charges for - courtmartial agatnat Taggart cornea from an authorl tatlva source. ,, ; ' . - "-.. HAPPER PREPARES FOR A SU.IGICAL OPERATION ( fSaeeUl Dispatch by Leased Wire te ThaJearaal) Chicago. Bept t. Dr. O. William Har per, president of the University of Chi cago, arrived at the Battle Creek sani tarium this afternoon. He la aceora rnled by hla wife,-and- tt la- natd hla r'y will be for an Indefinite period. V ,t waa declared at tba sanitarium and in Chicago that It la believed ha la re turned to the sanitarium for an opera. , tloa 'which he intended should be done !n abaoluta aecrecy. : "Hla collapse itt the"" commencement exercises at the university la believed ; to have, caused him. to . determine upon an Immediate return to Battle Creek. -i .Every effort waa made at the unlver alty to keep the news of the.atrlcken president's departure secret, but It la believed hla Illness la far more- Aggra vated than la admitted. Dr. Harper, left for Battle Creek Jn company with Mrs. Harper at 1:41 In the morning.' Care waa taken to keep the students at the Midway college from seeing the president's carriage start. - ' CHIf.'ESETO ENGAGE . ' m LUMBER BUSINESS (BeecUl Msaatek te Te Joaraal) v Seattle. - Waah.,-Sept. J.--Chln Chin "."flock of Seattle and Lee Chow -of Hono lulu, both wealthy Chinamen, leave on ! the next boat for Shanghai, where they i will establish themselves la the lumber business with the view to controlling ) a large share of that trade In tbe orient Chow has been a large operator In Hono : 'lulu and Hock has wealth to float the ' i enterprise. They will establish yards 1 i throughout China, with headquarters at : Shanghai, and In the latter place they 'will also erect a large sawmill. .At tbls mill they wUl cut logs shipped from the Philippines. . After tbe- busi ness baa been started in China it is the : intention to engage in export bualneaa ' of Philippine number to the United States. The new firm aznacta ta ih a million of Washington fir and Califor nia redwood - from the - start and In crease their business aa the demand! -rill warrant v .v. . ::s AS RESULT OF , PECULIAR ACCIDENT (Special Dispatch te Tse Tsarasl.l itte- Mont. Sept I. John Brown. r -J II years, is gead aa a result ef a I cul!ar accident which happened Frl cay afternoon while Brown waa driving a. team attached to an ore wagon up the of a mountain to Corra mine, where a - ie employed. Under the strain -of a ascending grade, one of the tuga d and permitted tba whlffletree i y back with , tremendous force, X Brown on the stomach and -tiing him -OHt.- Brown did not ap- tadiy Injured, but death seised him .t as he lay In bed talking to hla I r. The blow waa etruckJathe r jJtxua vicinity; -according to, the . -.- -r--r -. - t -r XIFUSE TO LC.V-.7ASSESSMENT f '.ieci.it tit te The foereaLI ' Pendletnn, On, fjpt 'J. Tax Agent Unrrow of tve O. ft N. company ap peared before the county board of equalisation toay 1 a'ed that the as- waament of tf e t t te lowered from I11.00 a mile to M,tOQ. The requeat wee denied. . t Cataas&aa at r t-i. A, gold pin' we a 4ot laat - nlihf by mm Wtnnna rrt: ' terror, Who waa - ni 'Chinatown v 1 l1 friends. ant Hoseboorn Y r Crad- 4 - were -assigned w ( und a Chlnamar w. ' 1 urf t'elestlal pick I ' ' he saw a . V but be s uname.te find t r x. The pin h . ' erai rearta, long Jamonds f llf . i l L . k h'Hi iHi'i'.i haz. in r4 iff . , -.-.-v-r. ' l mf r . - j, C!r,.-,-K . . -aw -ca mm r I ' 'X'iV S I lev-! '- - .. : f riARSIIALL FIELD CHICAGO llOU-IIHOIIDOII Br!deto-Be IsMrs. Delia Spencer . Caton; Who 'Is Very Wealthy v" y -iTl and TwentyF)ve Years YownKr 'Than ' ."fiVfJtKtr;! Special MspatEk by Leased Wire te The Joaraai) London, Sept 1. A license waa Issued t.r h m.m-l.g nf tarahan Field, the multimillionaire-Chicago mer chant, anil Mra. Delia Spencer Caton. also of Chicago. The wedding will be solemnised at St Margaret's church, Westminster, on Tuesday, i - Mara ha 11 Field haa been a widower for some years. His bride-to-be Is the widow of Arthur 1. Caton. who died laat winter. Field's wealth la estimated at more than $100,900,000 and he ta gen cosFOAL Ja?.:esta!:::er tlT co:.::.iai:d grai:d ar:.iy Cray-Haired Veterans Arriving at .; Denver From All Parts ; . f.C. " of Nation." V' X (SpeeUl DUpateh by Leased Wire te The. learasl) Denver, Sept i. The ' vanguard - of the Grand -Army -of the Repubilo has arrived in the city for the thirty-ninth annual encampment, It la predicted by General George W." Cook, chairman of the reception committee that 100.000 veterans will be In the city when the convention opens Its executive session September 7. .k. '. , Between $5,000 and 40.000 visitors are now In the city and every 4raln la loaded to the platform a with the old soldiers. '. ' Every schoolhouae end church In -the city has been thrown open for- sleeping quarters, and $.000 free beds have been placed In tha schools for old soldiers who have not the money to engage lodgings. Over (0 large tents nave been erected on vacant lots throughout the citrlpr sleeping quarters, and .thousands are Being taken Into the homea 'of -"-friends. An Immense tent tor the old colored soldiers has been provided close to the center of the city, The ladles of the O. A. R. and the Women's . Relief Corps are taking an active Dart ia the entertainment . of guests and nave put up tenis xor tnis purpose. " 'Talk of, tbe next commander-in-chief haa already ,..ommenced. but Corporal James, Tanner of Brooklyn so xar nas the race all to himself. This la the flrst time that he haa asKed ror ornce and he eeeme assured of victory. 1 Oen eral Robert Brown of ZanesvilleTDhlo. is also prominently In the neld lor the honor.- - V , " ,.' UbTIMATUW-JSSUED-TO STRIKING BREWERS laeateb -4e The JoernaL) . Seattle, Wash... Sept J. The five months strike against thetWaahtngton breweries, in which, the courts of Cali fornia and Washington Issued Injunc tions concerning the boycott was io have been settled today. The union men at a meeting decided to accept the ultl-' matum of the operators. Including their scale of wagea and the retention of the present force of non-union men, but al the last moment tonight a. question arose, regarding the- foremen to be employed. The brewerlea atand out for anion or non-union man as they may elect, and this the unions will not concede. . , .Tonight the brewery operators 'Issued a statement te the unions that unlers the three-year Agreement aa presented by the operators ia algned by the. union I men-before noon Monday all negotiations I ! -m be off fnrevae, . '"M More Pests to Plague the Farmer aelaeaaesasasgaSssaa,sssa a WILL HARRY RICH "Prospective Groom. - " erally-conceded to be the richest man In Chicago.' lira. Caton Is the daughter of the man who founded the hardware ,- establishment of Hlbbard, Bpeneer, Bart- lett dc Co., is 41 years old and a social leader In ' her native cityv- She is re ported to be worth between $1,009,000 and $$,000,000. v - . r . . . The ' wedding will be a quiet .affair, attended only by fhe Immediate- mem bers of the families of the contractlna partlea. Mr. and Mrs. Field will return to America after, a ahort. honeymoon in Europe.-- . I., 1 1 i --j., .. MONTANA MINISTER . GOING TO THE DALLES t tSpedtl .Dispatch t1 The; JoareaL) ' Dillon. Mont, Sept $. Rev. A. A. Luce, pastor of the Methodist church In this city,' will leave IMllon next week for The Dalles, Oregon, to take charge of a church at that place, having ex- enangea cnarges witn. ev. u. tuina ar son. The Rev. Mr. Luce. expects to oc cupy, the pulpit at hla new church Sep tember 10,. and Rev. Mr. Sanderson 'will appear In Dillon' for' the first time, on that 'date, i -.vi' ,. X' " . -tf"-V' I- v -'A-'J ' " ' - ' 'A. ( t A; ' ' t . , 't , - '. - " V r" K " I 'u ------ J Conitantln Petrovitch pQbiedonoitieff, the moot hated man in RumIs. ! Ht i Lehief procurator of the 'holy gynod, and la suspected today of having planned a ataee: asaaasinatton of hirnself in order to ooae aa a '.'hero and overcome, at least ht part, thit intenag hatred for him due ' . .. . . , j0 the belief. that b id ret ei ' . KUST-KOTSETTLESUIT - . OUT OF COURT ; Judge Issues Order in Breach of A Promise . Action. Against , '. . --7 7 Theatre Owner, ' . : r A- A.:r . tspsna isasaws . eseaaa.r.i.v--. Seattle, Wash, Sect,. 2. In the dis trict court -today Aleaander Fantagee owner of one of the middle-priced thea tres here, was ordered by Judge Frater not to attempt to settle the breach of promise ault brought against him by ate Rockwen to recover iio.oor on line grounds that her money started him In business and that it was loaned to mm after he bad promised to marry her. ..The Rockwell woman Is a well-known yaudevllle . performer all over the coast and alleges that she picked Pantagea up at Dawson when ha - waa a beerhall waiter and put hinrrln a position to be come one of the theatrical magnates. After Pantages marriage-with an Oak,, land girl, tha suit was brought - J .-The showing In court today waa that Pantagea had effected a settlement with the Rockwell woman but .not until after he had defaulted in the suit and a Judg ment waa about to. be entered against Lhlm. It la charged that he offered the attorneys for the woman $1,000 to allow the settlement but this baa been fused. Hence the order of the court for bidding the settlement ... ' . His Booam Bobbec. . ' Kallender Khan reported to the police laat night that hla room at 454 Davis street had been broken Into and $43 taken. ' Thieves pried off -the lock on the door te gain entrance. rctoontiblc for the cetmtry's troublga, - E88E0TQ . Profesor Innis. Relates Expe rience of Minnesqta Ctate .. : Fair tn This Connection. MADS MONEY ONLY WHEN CAM3UN0 WAS ENDED Net Returns Annually 'Crew 'Larger "After Close of Booking Ring and , Fifteen Years' Good Showing Haa -'Been Uade." p. i -. ; '. ' Professor George S. Innla, who ' waa in Portland tela summer, haa written a letter 'to The Journal. In which be re fere to the selling of pools at state fairs. 'Professor Innls lives within half a mile of the Minnesota fair grounds at Hamlfne. and has been Informed of the situation there for the past $0 years. . "I want to say something regarding poolselllng.' . said Professor Innla. 1 notice you have had considerable ex citement In Portland over the subject, and, while I wish not to be intrusive in the affairs of another commonwealth, perhapa the' relation of . our experience may be valuable at this time. "We have - proved , the truth of our ". contention - of - yeara pre vious io UK,' : whenTthe ' lflnne aota legiatature prohibited poolselllifg, that the state fain' would be' more pros perous without: than with the 'selling of pools. -1 hand you a statement com piled from the records of the state fair here since 118. which if read carefully will at least aaaiat one in - forming opinions that poolselllng at state fain Is unprofitable to the fair management" The , statement to which Professor Innls refers aaya: ..-, : "Receipts under -no poolselllng have been vaatly larger than under the former regime. Up to 1884, when tbe law pro hibiting the selling of pools was adopt ed, the expenses were greater than the revenues, and the legislature each year appropriated money to pay for the de ficit, in 18)6 the receipts exceeded the expenses, -and the -same haa been true every year since. Laat year tha reve nues were $148,000 and tha expenditures tlla.000 -la l0-the- receipts were $180,400 and the expensea $107,800. "There were four times aa many paid admissions ia 104 as in 184. 'The In crease waa largely from' the farmers. With the farm papers and other leading Journals opposed to the fair, as tbey will be if gambling ia reintroduced on the grounds st sny time, the fjdr will be ruined again. ; -: - 1 - ? "Another pool bill Is before the legis lature permitting. the selling-of pools during the atate fair " and for $0 days each year on the grounds, 8uch a suc cessful fair offers . too rich a, harvest for the gamblers to Jet it alone. . "Several national organisations of stockmen' have become . greatly inter ested in our state fair and offer large premiums for display of. ateck. The leading stock Journala now give the fair association their hearty support, all of which . must -be given up it we return to gambling. . ;,-:., . .: The selling of spools -ea 'races was attended with' ao. many evil eonse- dnences that the common eounella of St. Paul. and Minneapolis forbade it by ordinance."."-' 'y-f. -"The ' running races on the fair grounds 'are in no way for the benefit jfhaJiorseralere.trslcalers of this state, but solely for tha benefit of the sporting men In the United States. They havev been ' driven from, atate fair grounds with one or two exceptions as deleterious to morals, finance and to the honeat breeding and tracing ef horses. They offer nothing .to the harneas-horse men but , dlabonor ' to their honorable calling. .. . ' - - "The July -races from 1$0 to 184 were ao scandalous, with their " gam bling, liquor selling and other wiles that the state legislature forbade tbe sell ing of pools almost unanimously. -"The anti-pool law of 188 completely sioppeo mat. son or. gambllna- In this atate, rid the fair ' grounda of a lot of gamoiera, liquor sellers and bad woman. and made Minnesota the banner, state In- Ita agricultural exhibitions. "-"Through manipulation of the racee the cheap boras la given a false value to the detriment of the high class enl male, it doea away with sport for sport's sake and substitutes therefore gamming ror gambling's Bake. It In creases the number of touts' and skates.' instead . of adding to the num. ber of breeders and thoroughbreds. No sport, can be conducted ,on a purely money making or .gambling basis and at the same time retain ita dignity or high claaa," From the Breeder and Sports man, Ban Francisco, USAGE MAII LEAPS. ID - BAY FR0;.1 STEAF.TER ' Brother of Millionaire Fletcher 4 of I San Francisco Makes f - Sensational Escape. ' (Special Dispatch te The lesrsaL) .Seattle. Sept J WUliam Augustus Fletcher, an Insane brother of Million aire James A.. .Fletcher of San Fran cisco,' made a sensational escape from the steamer Centennial early this morn ing and narrowly escaped . drowning. During , the temporary absence of . hla guard. Henry Wilson, from the stateroom,-Fletcher-threw sit his baggage overboard and then followed himself. He had no Intention of ending hla life and swam directly to the dock where he climbed the piling and waa soon-rushing through ths streets at a ranld Fletcher disappeared in. the vicinity of., the aouO-aand-apiVwner he- waa captured during the day and taken back to the boat He Is now a prisoner In stateroom -and will- re main- ee -until the boat leaves for San Francisco tomorrow,- . .:- '. " " , .. . . ... . Two months ago Fletcher -waa sent to China in the custody of Vllson by James A. Fletcher. His condition did not Improve as hoped for and he le now on Ma way back to San Francisco. H reached Victoria on the Km press two days ago and came here by train to take -tha Centennial, as he la quieter on the weter than on the , train and ran be better' taken care of. -JHe Is none the worse for hla experience. i , , , 1 1 . . . i .. t aV Ooo4 Turn...' ' ' From the Chicago Journal. The Lady No, yon dirty - tramp; I won t give you a thlngt to eat! ' t The Tramp Thanks, - lady: If we didn't get turned down occasionally we Let of Brand New, Specially Made Meyer" Pianos for Si4, - $U5 and $157 at Eller T PlaooHoase. : v Two o carloads of brand-new pianos; oddly named. "Meyer" were received by fellers t-iano House laal ween, ana being sold while they last for $141 for the plain styles. $148 for the more elab orate styles and $187 for the very fancy genuine walijut, oak and mahogany ve neered cases. Terms of sale. are all caah or $ down and $1 or $ a month, with aihre Interest ' ' ..: These ''Meyer" pianos were built ao cordlng to apecincatlona of .a middle western dealer, aa is frequently done now In a number of the medium and cheap-grade piano factories. - They came to us aa a result of the following letter received during the early summer, when orders for pianos and cash -were both scarce avound New York piano factories: "Ellers. Piano House Gentlemen: We have a large number of earefully made nlanoa. aa fine aa have ever been turned -out of our a hop, which entire lot we are willing to sell at a auDsianuai saennca tn order to get tbe cash out of It - at once., . . . ' . ' "The planoa are large alee, full eeven and ons third octaves,-double-veneered rm mm m Wa wfllnuta - and mahoaanles. with spruce sounding boards, aheliacked. extra heavy platea, Jiuehed and nickeled tuning pins, standard nign-graae acnun. Schmidt hammers, Poehlman steel wire, eopper basal strings, good ivory, keys; can also supply -muffler pedals. "If you era Interested, please .wire your buyer to see ua and inspect these planoa.- We hope that you can arrange to take all or a large part of them be fore the first prox., for we are con strained to confess that we can use the nnnav tn a-rat deal hatter ad vantase Just now than to have so large a lot of speoiai pianos awamns structlons from the dealers for whom thev were specially made, .' "Very truly. - -r , , . "Manufacturera." We promptly Inatructed our New Tork representative to inspect carefully these pianos, and. finding them' aa--repre-aented. we secured the entire lot at our - Thla ia how we are in position to offer planoa of the grade ana quauiy De scribed In the above letter at the price of $142. $148 and $157. on terma of pay ment Just-about equal to rent - - Instruments such as these are fre quently eold for $278, and even $300, more than double the price we now ask for them. We guarantee them to be as represented above. thoroughly well- wmm nianna nf nlaaslnS tone OUallty, and alao durable to quite a degree. Our regular exchange agreement enabling a trn ihtu nimma hack to US at the aale prices (less . depPWSTetlbn of $- -month) -toward-paymen-wr-any new high-grade piano we may handle, accompanies the -regular live-years man ufacturera' warranty, thua making a purchaser doubly 'secure In his purchase. ' Note These planoa must not be con fused with the 'Meyer' planoa enumer ated In the "1908 pAino Quality-'. Pur chasers' Guide, aa an "X" atencll piano (meaning piano for which "no one ahonld pay more than $125. to-$178 for such a piano"). -The "Meyer planoa referred to In "Piano Quality'' are made for-atlll another dealer, and . emanate from one of the Very cheap eastern pi ano shops, -while the Meyer piano; advertised by ua for aale at $147, $148 and $187 posseee, at thO very . lowest iimiiiL at least 80 ner cent greater value .and merit-- Remember thay go -for il42, $148 and $la7, on terma oi is own. and $8 monthly. Modern. Woodmen Initiate Large " Class of Candidates, Then . -. 'Give Them a Banquet.' . SPEECHES, SONGS AND - v A, SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT District Deputy Davis .' Sees In the . Enthuaiasm Shown a New Era for . the Order, in This Jurisdiction- - California Viaitora Attend. ' . - V " . . Y 'A, i'A-''':.A .Following the Initiation of a class of 14$ candidates by the Modem Woodmen of America at the armory : last night, a banquet was given at the Hotel Soott Tha. work was -exemplified by Oregon Grape camp drill team, - The large num ber of -candidates was -the result -of a campaign for Increase of the member ship in Oregon In honor of Modern Woodmen day -at the Lewis and Clark exposition, and the exercises' at the ar mory laat evening were a fitting close of the day,. " ."It waa one of the most successful affairs I ever have been connected with In Modern Woodmen work," aaid Bute Deputy j. w. Simmon. "The results of our membership campaign fully met expectations. ' The large attendance of visiting Neighbors t the fair and the fraternal enthuaiasm manifested waa a great ahowlng for the cause of Wood craft In the Pacific northwest" ' 4 Tbe banquet at the Scott hotel Waa attended by a throng that greatly ex ceeded the capacity of. tbe dining-room, and several relaya of banqueters were served... Tnere were speeches by promi nent, members, a song by the Woodmen quartet of Seattle, and a performance by ,"Ted , McKenna, a famous dog that haa for five yeara held a championship aa the best trained dog In the world. Chairman - Foster of the ' local - com mittee on arrangements presided. C. D. Elliott of Seattle, state deputy for Wash ington, congratulated Portland Wood men -on--th success of -the dayscele bratlon and the genuine Woodmen en thusiasm shown. i , . J. W. Simmons, state deputy for Ore gon, responded. He thanked tbe visitors for their presence,- and for theirr share laupaklngUhs ,greaUj)arade.auccaa. lie said the celebration of Modern Wood men day... at.. thsJLewlaand Clark x pbsltldn was In a ainse a national -affair, aa was a similar day at St. Louis. and that. tha . burden. Lot yesterday's .cel. bratlon was borne bar the six Portland camps. ' .... , J. A. Shears; his associate in the Ore gon district waa called upon and spoke of the enthusiasm ahown by the Wood men: He, aald It reminded him of the spirit manifested by Woodmen of Illl nole and Nebraska, where the member ship of the order Is many, times greater than In the Pacific Northwest J. O. Davis, district deputy for Csll- fornia. aald the day waa the beginning of a new era In Woodcraft In Oregon. He congratulated the Portland camoe on the splendid success of the cetobrs. tied. Remarks ware made bv Senator Mi -Ar Millar ef Lebanon, atate. lecturer for Oregon; H. W. Klnr. McMlnnvllla. slate consul; William H.'TatJe of Port land, who was a rlassmste of Head Con sul Talbot and W. J. Pryan at the HUnnla,- and bumm ' - -. . cumins raEiismr A - ::' - ' J7S Uil:::a td e8ejse sjie ge. Va w ejaaaj !' wweaT JS) .Th Latest Styles Jn -Su!is,-Co:t3, mis, Waists r.;iiiii Silk Petticoat VCe.h . .. . , . Large aasortmenr-to select from ; ' "-Y" S 'erjr. small- prices.-. . SPECIAL DRESS SKIRT ; SALE Late style Pleated Skirts, as sorted colors, well made, $7.50 .,.. .':;!-. Talues . : - a''-'? $4.95 LADIES JACKETS Covert Cloth 'Jackets, 18.50 ; . values, special-- $5.95 T-tADIES" LONG COATS Made of 'good quality Covert" . and Kersey Clotha, $IZ50' . - valuea, speciaK-a . iJ $9.95 WASH SKIRTS ANDA WAISTS The prices ol "Tall Wash I L Skirts, Suits and Waists arc all cut in half. - V M. E. FRASEg FATFOtKQ- 2T lbs. 185 rbe. 1 IISS. .WltUAMS, 6M Blllestt se,. Satfala, ; ' . Uew Tork, ... XKe tn weight .,- v. , . st peaaasi Ijost is bturt ...g isjaheaj Irtmt ia waist ........,.,..,.10 taehea boot ta aipe m taehea This eirtwa flee yea SB Idsa ef aiy ssoear. sees baton asS efter air ndnctioB hi t ' Snyder. My beaith la perfect I amr aora Wttar aealtk Is my llt,ot a wriakleia 5e wm. Why earrr year harass leuer waea relief Is st saadl ...... . . Dr. Baydw suaraatess kls trearsMiit ta M Berfertly barmleM Is every Bartlcolsr. Is saerelaa, se starviDg. ae otat)oa fresi ked. sees, se wrinkles or dtaeomfarta. Tr. gayder has bees s snerlalltt Is the aaecaasfsl treat. aiest ef obesity for tba east SB years, sad has the snessllSed endorsement ef tha SMdteel fra ternity, A booklet telliag all about It rrea, Writs today, k .. , vc . ; ' r O. W. F. SNYDER, M. A 613 Xarqnaxe ldg, Slxtn and xCorrisoa , etreeta, rerUaad. Oregos. -; - FAVORITISM RUNS ftlOT t V IN GRANTING VACATIONS (SpecUl Mspsteh by Leased Wire b Ths 7 on rail) .Washington, Sept I. The Keep com-. mlBsion, the board authorised by the president to overhaul all of the de partments, has Instituted a new kind of Inquiry, the apparent! object ef which le -to show that favoritism runs riot In "the matter of granting vacations and extensions of vacations te clerks.' -Tlie specific inquiry of the commls- alon to the heads of departments Is how many clerka have been given more than 40 days in one year, with a pec Lai ref erence to the present year. . ' - When the postofflce department graft tn all Ita force waa being investigated it was shown that favored women clerks -could get as much leave ef abaence aa they wanted, with railroad -passes snd all that kind, of thing thrown In. It hag now occurred to the Keep commls- slon, that this kind of graft 'exists tn -every one a the -departments and that ; the Inquiry .has -been -started with -the promise of eensatlonsl development The Jlorae.as aTnmaa l'eod. From the Hclentlflo American. . The Increasing consumption of horse flesh, among a. large class of people of moderate means in Oermany, many of whom eat fresh meat of any kind onl,' 6n Sundays and holidays, has beeirspe- daily remarked upon. There la In the Oriefswalder Btrasse. Berlin, a regularly . Installed horse slaughter-house, which la under careful police supervision with a . veterinary surgeon In attendance to see . that no 'animal la killed, tha flesh . ef . which, by reason of dlaeaae or other cauae, would, be unfit for human food. In 1886 the whole number of horses killed in Berlin for human consumption " ' waa 1.71. In 109 tha number bad In- creased to 10.818 and 180s to about ' 18.000. Estimating that an average alsed horse will yield MO pounds of .edlble. flesh there wss derived from this source last year about 1,880,000 pounds of meat which was sold ror consumption In S4 -shys which sri, specially Jlcensed for " thV urooaev ' "-' : yl ' A-'::rA: 'A