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IIARRIMAN FIRST Harriman Merger to. Be First ; Prosecuted Under New Rail-.'- ; road Rate Law. SALT LAKE AND UNION : U PACIFIC ROADS GUILTY Combining for Pooling Freight Is ' Misdemeanor Punishable fcy.Finc '-, ' cf $5,000 for Each Day It Is Con- . tinned Clark Tetifled. "f . ?' !: (Joareal Special garvlna.) i Washington. April ll.The comblna- tion between the Boutbern Pcino and the Salt Lake and Ban Pedro railroads : ia likely ta o th first railroad meraar '; to feel tba Iron handollbt.giWmiaBtK . iuiu ujb now nuiriwu iai, m " ; " terstata commerce commission la now - s conalderlnr the natter and when Com ' mlssloners Proutv and .Clark 'return 'from tba west aoroe action l espaeted,' . Tba eommlesloa ia understood to have evidence In band aufflolent to justify It In brinsinf tba combination to tba at- -.- tentlon of tba department of Jastlo for . the purpose of Invoking- the ; railroad ." ra law. This law provide that , om it binationa ' for tba purpoaa .off pooling freight ahall be mlademeanora and tbat eaob day continuance of the practice shall be retarded aa a separata offense . which- .may be punished by a fine of SS.OOO. At this rate pooling combina tions are extremely dangerous and may cost the lawbreakers a mint of money. . The combination between the South- . era Paclfle and the Bait Lake roads was admitted by former Senator W. A. Clark of Montana and others in their teatl- mony before the commission, and no one except tba , commissioners knows ' how much mora evidence they have. Thus far no proseoutions have been " made under the law which congress made such a fuss over. ... ...- GRAND LODGE, DEGREE - OF HONOR, AT ABERDEEN '. (Speatal Mspstch aTe eternal.) - H Aberdeen, Wash April J.--It la eetl mated that the meeting; of the grand lodges of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Degree .of Honor brought ' to this city 0ft delegates to the former and nearly 100 to the latter. At the I meeting of the Degree of Honor lodge. : the grand chief of honor, Adelaide W. I Clark, presided. Mamie Brigga of Port ia land, superior grand chief of honor, was invited to a seat on the right of Mrs. Clark and Loulee M. Push of Aberdeen, past superior chief of honor, waa given place on her left. - Besides jure. Clark th folio wing grand lodge chiefs were present: Past grand chief - of honor, Lucy Brownie- of Beattia; .grand f lady of honor. Jennie Wisoombe of 8po kane; grand chief of ceremonies. . llsa t '. both Richardson of Olympla) grand re ; celver, Hannah Lenfesty of - HoQUtam: l - grand recorder, Cora - Ii Pennoyer of .-" Chehalls: arand usher: Emma Chadwtok of Colfax; grand 'Mstde watch, Mary '-' Hodges of Walla '"Walla; grand outside " watch. Daisy IVylio, of North Yakima. t. The chairmen-of -the various oommltteea appointed by the chair were as follows: Credentials, Edith' W. Miller , Of Cen tralla; distribution, Lena. It AUn of , Spokane: good and welfare of ; degree, (.Ada Dutcher .f. Aberdeen; ways' and ' means, Jessie E. Lambert, of Seattle; .. resolutions, - Mary B. Beach-' of Palouse; .". fraternal greeting, Louise M. Bush of i Aberdeen; press reporter, Anna Camp- bell of Tenlno. At the reception at. the ti Workman hall a Urge crowd- of' Invited ' guests met the delegatee and a flna . ' program was rendered, 7 followed by a i . banquet. ;.- ' r v .-. :, . '-. i RAILWAY COMPANIES TO FIGHT RATE REDUCTION ' iV . (Joaratl Cneetal ' Atlanta, ul, apru ueorgia .rail .' roads are planning bitter opposition . against any lowering1 of the present tariff schedules and it' is expected that : this opposition will first- 'make ' itself manifest tomorrow when the state Tall . road commission will take up tha petl ?. tlon of the Georgia Farmers' union aak .. ing for a reduction In railroad passen ger rates. It is understood that it will roads of the south la general and. of -Oeorgla in particular will not be able . to bear any reduction of rates -on ao , count of present conditions, especially V the heavy increase In operating ax- . pensea Tha Farmers union desires a 1 . A A I v a. 1 . AW. K the state tomraissioiu' I ;;r;V: ' tMPir CAXISTElt v . And Xow It led Xaowledg at BsV ' - ter Tblngv. , ' A. housewife found the coffee eanlster , empty, one day, which proved a blessing to her husband and mother. it .. "Up to about tour years ago I had ,. been a great coffee drinker. "In an hour or two after my usual v morning cup I would be weak and .- nervous. . - "JL friend told me 1 roust quit drink . Ing oof tee anl suggested that I try t Postum. The nrst day 1 did not en , Joy tha taste of Postum very much, for - the reason, as I found out later, that I did not mako it right. "I soon learned to boll 1t lu.rj for is . minutes, according to jUnns, end ,- soon 1 was enjoying my Postum as igiiaA ! aa I had formerly enjoyed coffee, ."he headaches oult as well aa the weak.' ' nervous feelings and the Improvement In my health was commented on by mf ' family and eloe frif ndsv t . Tor. someume t serveq both, oof fee and ; and t o"" ai our wDie, ss my mother nurmana wauia not give up thotr coffee. : One morning 1 found the toffee , eanUttr empty, so- 1 took special; pains -. in preparing the Poalum and said .noth ' Ing about not having coffee to eerve. "My husband, and mother. both drank It' snd did ' not detect the difference. ftrr we had -finished the. meal I told them what they had been drinking, and aid I suBd 1 would all drink ; postum. It has mads a great differ . erwe with us. ,- . . - . "1 Hiring viwiv w flej aii dunk roffee except myeelf and, little nl- Dradnally one and then another wr(iia'tr-y postum unlll. wlia 1 eft for lif-me, all but tWQ out of the family ot were oalng it and all wera greatly " 1-nrroved In health, Later I .learned m rnffe nevrr arPrs on their table! h !ivi " Xama ki'Tpn . by Postum . ,, v, r'ttle Crvek, Mich.' Read the - I ', "The Bnad. to WellvUle" Id v ' " litre's a iieason.' - CURTAIL POWER OF TRAFFIC Klllfi Harriman Approves Plan to Take Away Hf Authority and v Give It to Directors. - ' - earaU Special aervlee.) New York, April 11. Edward H. Har riman, who ia president of tha Union Paclno . and baa practically been the director of this railroad company,, was interviewed in regard to ha reported schema to reorganise the executive com mittee so a to divide the authority which he baa been exercising. He said TI do not know who originated the plan, but It Is a fine idea." At present the executive" committee baa all tha powers of tha board of di rectors when this board Is not ia ses sion, and Harriman has. all powers of the executive committee when the com mtttaa la not in aeaston, so -ha can do about aa be pleases, and baa been do ing ao. """" Influential 'financier and Jbankera away with this one-man power by put ting strong men on the executive com mittee in place of soma of tba present members, who are regarded as Mam man's dummies. At tha next monthly meeting bf tba board of directors It is expected that the change will ba made. WIFE NUMBER ONE , f . . i . - J (Continued from Page One.) ' the others, ha will make clean breast of tba whole affair. The arrest waa brought about by Miss Marione rnu or tnis -city, wno mar ried Williams on February . Ha then used tha name of Mara hall. She com -plained that he bad deserted her and ehe ' will appear against aim-oa toe bigamy charges.--. r Posad aa Baagfcter. 'Williams, with his nrst wife, who baa posed as his daughter, going under the name of Tenie Marshall, have con ducted a matrimonial bureau.- operating all over the United States and Canada. f When confronted bjthe evidence which the detectives had unearinea, wuiiama admitted tbat Tenie Marshall was his wife, and that be bad married other women. The .detectives exaeot to Identify at least IV more of his, wives during this week. Both WllUams and tha original wife wr conflned: In Jail, being unable to obtain balL Tha two occupied house at aizz Brown street, where they established tha headquarters of their matrimonial bureau, and advertised that' an elderly gentleman of " mean 'wanted a wife. Two large trunks filled with letters and photographs of . husband-seekers were found In tha house, also a number of boxes filled with all sorts of disguises. -" - Vsed Many Bisgnlsea. - ' By means of these disguises Wil liams waa enabled to appear as a mem ber of any class of society, from the ordinary working men to the-rich tdler. that the circumstances might require. Mra. Williams herself had a vary ex tensive wardrobe. , Among tba papers found at tha matri monial bureau were letters from nearly every state in tha anion.. One from Buffalo says: ,, "Hello, you sleepy old thlnv - Your aa looks awful good to me. mora ao be cause you are wealthy. I think 111 take a chance. Am plump, jolly and 0. K. la general. ,..-m , i - Soma of the XVettera. ! ;"'t 1 " Another from Ban Francisco reveals tba affinity hunter:. . 1 am t( and of medium height, I would lor yon dearly if I thought you loved no one but me. I would rather marry an elderly man than any other, because -you- are sura that -sth them you will lira for love and a home." Williams ia IS years old. bavins been bora la New York, in 1114. He will ba given a hearing on tha. bigamy charge tomorrow. .- . GIRL MISSING (Continued from Page On.) tha police were notified. Four days have now elapsed and ' the detectives have been unable to locate the runaway. Th clue that led to the suspicion that Crews mar have been implicated In the affair waa found among tha ohlld'e effects. : In going over her daughter's belongings Mrs. Daley; dis covered a card of which a copy la given herewith. Scribbled on the corner ef the card. evidently In tha handwriting of th missing girl, is the number of the motorman'a badge, the number of the ear ana nis pours or duty.i ; . Crews states that a number of th street railway men have similar cards and tha "mushy" advertisement of his ability as a "heart-breaker" was printed oy a laa on mi east aide. ENDURANCE AND SPEED , TEST FOR AUTOMOBILES . I"' . Mooraal Sseeu ania. Indianapolis. Ind., April II. Tba com ing fall will witness a new motor ear test of national proportions. If plans discussed here today by leading spirits of th American Automobile association go through. Being of the opinion that auch teats as the Olldden tours are nec essarily unsatisfactory In their results. tha promotors of tha project are laying plans for a combined endurance run and speed contest. - It is proposed that th content take place Over th new park way la Long Island during the week fol lowing th vanderout cup race. BISHOP GRAFTON IS Vj SEVENTY-SEVEN TODAY ' (Jeareal Mneelal Srrvke.) ' J Fan da Lac Wla.. April It. Bishop Grafton, who has bsen tha bead of th Episcopal dlonese of Fond du Lao for nearly an years, waa 17 years old today. Bishop Orafton is a native of Boston and a graduate of Harvard. He Is on of th tew Episcopal clergymen in America who wear the clerical garb as it is worn bv churchmen. In Enalsnd. Under his long, black coat and over hi vest no weara a long ailk cloth that reaches to the knees, and he wears tight breeches and high silk legglna, fastened down the side. by. rows-of big black buttons. .- , -'. ' - ,v - TELEGRAPHERS TO HOLD NEXT CONVENTION HERE i.i iHpedal IMtsateh to T levsal.t -. Spokane. Wash. April 11-At their annuel convention here last night, the Weetern Assoelatlon of Old-Tlme Teleg raphers aooorted the Invitation to hold their neat convention at Portland Wi I A. Cobb chief operator at Portland, was fleeted president of the assonlatlon. The annual banquet wa held last night at lhe JUasoala tsmrUa. ' t ' THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,-PORTLAND, FRIDAY' Purifies and : Vitalizes Tho Blood TMg most asssovaw M.TMATIV. TON tO, AM , O TMg VtO(TACl C I. Hood Co., 'Uwll, Mm-., USA QUARANTCIO ODsraaai res cast. aLooaou 1st ii us t hi n m mm mt p mm nJHIwmrMmm , pum w i i mi. i mmmm, n mi mi mt . lJ Prepared fcrom Sarsaparllla root, Bine Flag, : Tellow jDock, Jorjlper Berries, Ut Urgl, Plpeia tw Quake, Wild Cherry, Bitter Orange Peel, Gentian, Mandrake, Dandelion, Senna, and other valuable Ingredients, by a combination, proportion, . and process peculiar to lteli, nntnown to any otner medicine, and giving it curatlTe value peculiar to itaelf. This u shown by its great cures of - "Spring-umor scrofula, eczema, all eruptions, rheumatism, catarrh, kidney and liver troubles ana all other complaints v caused by Impure blood or loy condition of the system. 1 It is an honest medioine of genuine merit. U7.1IMIUE RALLIES TO BOOST THE COLLEGE Enthusiasm Aroused, Committee , . Named and Active Can- -' . vasr Begun. , " rspedal Maeatek te Tke eeraaL) v McMinnvlUe, Or April 11. A college rally was held at the Imperial theatre Wednesday night, presided , "over by Mayor Macy, to arouse interest in Mo- MtnnVUIa college and to boost tba f lot,- 000 eampaign,. Mayor Macy spoke first and urged the people to get together and boost, V. 8. O. MlUer, apeeklng.'an "The College From th Bualneas Man's Point of View." urged Upon the business men tha necessity of boosting, from tha fact that it would inoree.se their pros perity as well as better th college in equi pment and efficiency-, sr. Martin stirred up enthusiasm as ha urged tha people to rally to the support of th college. His argument waa tbat the college is tba best asset tba town has. Dr. B rougher gave th main address ot tho evening on "The College's Bids of ths Affair." He said In part: - - 'If you wish to keep McMlnnvill col lege herayoa.jnnstlva. thatll,W)0 at oho. If-re-don't-went th -eel leg an yon nave to ao is not 10 give. Tne college is th best advertiser you have. Get up soma enthusiasm about it Don't let a few kickers -stand in tha way. If you believe in McMlnnvill college and want to keep it here, then get in. ana worn, j ne oapusis or wasning ton and the east will give when the peo ple of McMlnnvill do their part.. Talk about McMinnvllIe ' college; talk about your town: have some enthusiasm about It. Th best way to show your belief in McMlnnvill college is Just to plank your money flown, i propose to stand by McMinnvllIe college Just as long as I know you want IC" - President Riley mad tba cloalng ad dress ox ins evening. The meetln waa full of enthusiasm and loyal spirit Must was furnished by the Girls' Ola club, a male quartet or the town and l. k. wneeier. At the cloee of th rally Mayor Macy appointed, a committee of business mea to aid in this canvsss. The committee met yesterday and divided th cltv into districts and began a ayatematlo can vass. The committee is composed of the following; judge 4inoaes, Messrs. Davenport, w. r. renaer. u. n. o. Miller. wngm wnerry, jacona, iaioiirertn. wneeier. r. r . mescnneiaer, w. i Warren and President It. W, Riley. Woodmen Convention Delegates. ' (Special .Dteoetcli te Tke JoenuL) The Dalles, Or., April 1. At a resu. lar meeting of Mounts Hood camp. No, I. W. O. VV- th following were elected delegates to ths district convention at Pendleton, May I: J. I. Harper, Qeorge R. Baker, James Bnipe ana . B. Oolt; alternates, T. It Watts. C. H. Browne, C. A. Hunt and C L. Phllllpe. .COFFEE Get grocer and cook to gether and ask what's tWc matter I ';'. '" ; ' Toar sreoer ratwsa year SMSef U f eea't Uls SahUUM's Amcrica'o Greatest Spring Medicine It Is Not a, Patent -Medicine- , a Its.formula' Originated In a ' Prescription By the Famous Dr. Oliver Of Boston. .Wonderful, Unequalled Success, ,s Has marked Its History. On Sale From 5:30 6 rrHeffolar Vtlne)U5 - Lu h r. ' SATURDAY SPEC1ABS 8-Qt. Tea Kctllc Royal Enamel Ware Regular Valae 70c 6-QL BerUn KellleRoyal EnamelAYare iff) (O I -a YOUNG VOrJAH GOT HIS : V. COMFORTABLE fOHTIIliE Calutha A. Crow Had Comp tonca, but It Wa Wheedled Away From Him. ' . (Jotaraal tpedal erHea.) Washington, April It That the com fortable fortune of Galusha A. Grow, for to years congressman from Pennt sylvsnla and speaker ot the house dur ing pert of the civil war bad - been Ashaaaled twu from him by, g band ot EYENINQ, APKIL-13, IZZT. . - - . ....... ... I iD.Oa px. lllilOl w Tip ' T meet th wishes of those who prefer medicine la taMsT form, w are now patuag vp liood't BarsaparlUa in shoaolased tabiau- saroatabo Saneeab are prepared from Hood's 8arsapariUa- tteelf by a pre sees of rvaperaMoa and distillation, and have ideatieallir th" ' awMearaerre propartlea. Of erurrlita or lent promptly bf mat ' oareealptaf prtea. V doss 0,1. HOO0CQ4 Lowell. Vase. P. 11 to 9 P. U. Value $1.2$ ; Regular -Va)ae70c ids sharpers waa declared yesterday by James T. Dubois of to state depart ment, O row's executor and for many year bis nearest friend. . While ad mitting ' that Orow'S money had been stolen from him, Dubois resents th use ot the term blackmail. , Buch was not the method ot th sharpers. Ha said: ' "Orow's i resources ware - wheedled away from . him by a young woman whom he had assisted in many ways and to whom- he had shown 4 generous disposition tor many- years. In No- van. her, not, I wrote to Andrew Car negie, telling aim that Grow had lost all his property and waa in financial dlstresa- Mr. Carnegie asked ma how much money .would keep Mr Qrow In comfort , I knew it -would rost him IJ.- 000 a year to live and Mr, Carnegie said. It will, give me great pleasure to place him upon my private pension list at 1 1.000 a jrear, which ha OiXT ,x 5c The House of, Highest '?? Qnality THERE is a vast dif ference in the defini tion bf the word "duality." - as , applied to : the character, of pianos. . ' The aim of Eilers Piano v House, from the first day . of its existence in ' No vember, 1898, when the business was begun in. a i . little store at 107" First street, has been, not to sell pianos : of "quality," " but. pianos of highest - quality - '.':'':'- Tbe best pianos made the very best the pick of -r-the piano -world--are to ay,carriejdjby EHeraJPH ano House. Not one, or .- two, or three, but over thirty of the foremost, fm est arid . most popular , lines, for the piano-seeker ' of critical taste and iudg- : ment to choose from, Such a list as represented by Eilers Piano House ;i not duplicated by another ; h o u s e 'in &the t United States, iiGlance through the names : ,..T..... THE, With its wonderful and incomparable .tone. - The musician's ideal the artist's choice. . 4: "WffUL ';CHIGELRIN&v;: Oldest in iVmerica A Leader Among Leaders. rTHE. KIMBALL - - The Most Popular Pianb on thie Market Today. v ' The Harelton, Steck, Hobart M. . Cable, Bush & ; Gerts, Wheelock, Pease, Crown, Stuyvesant, Had-; , dorf, Lester, Schumann, Story & Clark, Clarendon, -Doll, Hinze, Bailey, Marshall & Wendell, Baus, Weser, , Cook, Foster, Haines, Whitney, . Eiler ; Bros, and others. ::r.Vf'y.- V. v , From -thfoslLXostlyJradeaL tohejcastiexinsiv ' worth btryin;, this list represents absolutely the best value for the price asked. , - ... ' . , r - .. .-vtnv -: r - .? -Our trade bas grown ta.be the greatest piano business . - In this country we ouy for a chain of stores covering eyery;. . important dty in the entire .Pacific; Northyrest-e buy': (ianos by the thousand we buy ior less and we sell for J ess. .' Not only by purchasing in such vast numbers, but v. 1 through our superior shipping, distributmg and handling' facilities, are we able to distance all competition, and we do. . Our liberal methods, our easy selling plan, our broad and , satisfactory guarantee, and the high character of the. makes we control are an inducement-for the piano-buyer .which ' cannot be overlooked. - - ' ' . O-THE HOUSE OF HIGHEST QUALITY 353 Washington Street, Con Park - BIGGEST, BUSIEST AND BEST ? ; Within the 923.00 . Buys a', fine white x perfect ' ; - stone v 8-16 karat ! size, in solid gold Tiffany -setting. A 6ae InvestmentThe Market Going Higher Every ' v 8ton Ti?n?ri?n?m)rp?i Onarantd 2sr- liiiuil li . as , . sntd Diamond Merchants , V Untrrittra Law TphHd. (Jonrul Spaelal aVrrW.) . - i . Baton Roars, La., April 11 The un wrlttea law waa aphaU her today when lm graoA jurat refused to indict Coacress- ; s V a , 1 ; '-" . . -Vi- WOLR Reach of AH $130.00 Buys a ' perfect , white J-karat .- stone in either r ''ti . laaies orAj fent's solid gold ring. Better Than Bank Account Ujlii U I : 409 Broadway msn Oeorse Favret for the murder i Dr. Aldrlcn. who had been his Ufa 1 friend. Favrot aaserted that br. A rich bad made aom slighting rem a about iUm, favrot. of :-r: f:- c .;- - aV 11