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t ; TUS. OEECJON DAILY JOUKNAU PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 27. 1D03. 3 NEW SMART GARB FOR SPRING AT Tin Portland Boomers Bounding Up Delegates in Effort to Jlave Rose City aamedas " ' Next Tlace for Meting of the lumbermen. i - . . . ... ... , . ,. . V . 1 (United rmi teaaed Wire.) ... ".' Taooma. Feb. 17. Lumbermen to the Dumber of BOO of the west are here.to ,', day and at 2 o'clock this Afternoon tha , . annual convention of the Western Re ; tall Lumbermen's association wu called fto order In the Kike- hall by President i inwn V.. Merrill of Bait Lake CltT. '' R. L. McCorraick welcomed, the dele ' Bates on behalf of the local committees and the city and Key. P. A- SlmpHns ot Bait Lake City responded for the vlslt ' era. The regular bualneaa . tu then taken up, commltteea appointed and the annual reports ,of President Merrill and , Becfetary-Treaaurer A. 1. Porter of Spokane read. .: Boom rortUad. The onenlna- session was attended by I feU visiting lumbermen, Including the '. Western Retail Lumbermen's associa tion, the Peciflo Coast Lumbermen and Manufacturers' association, the South 'western Lumbermen's association, the Oregon and Washington Lumber Manu facturers' associations and other asso ciations from all over the west and as far east as Illinois. . . Portland "boomers" are much In evi dence at the convention rounding. up -votes for that city as the place of meet ing In 108. Seattle may also be strong for the convention, in view oi me Alaska-Yukon exposition there. The Portland delegation is placarding every delegate with Oregon fir badges, how ever, and getting them lined up for the Rose City. Delegates are almost cov ered with badgea In addition to the silver watch fob souvenirs tha Hoo Jioos with their long-tailed black cats have board badges , and ribbon badges and button bad area until the delegates are almost welghtad down f v'. fi r-Yisltors. Sea Cy.v ,. Today local committees Were buay taking the visitors over the city. Ex cursions were made to the various mills, the parks and places of interest. - Every'' visitor la given a card which - rives htm free transportation on all automobiles, were also, kept constantly Bulletin's AttOlHeyS Say ioraorrow aoaressea win db aeuverea 'rhmr llavn WIrvrtarl I'Anfno fry. r. w. iousriaa of'seatue. oeoraa mey jiao Mgnea UHiies jM.t Cornwall 'of Portland, George H. I t - nw.i n. rni,i Emerson of Hrtqulain and D. Kings- S10I1 Of CUrley BOSS Tliat In the evening will be, the grand con-1 TpVIS Offprfid TTiltl firPflt. Mt.niHnn if thAlTnn.HOa.hAv with ml X C 1 13 VllCltAl X11U1 Ullttl tMRWS''u ' Sum for Assistance. El yen alt visitors .at the Tacoma .hotel; tf 0 ' mi rm m . b;ii j it yjfir itih vm m i a a i n om urn iu e l if IF BRIBE $1,000,000 mm MB (Vnlted rrew teased Wire.) San Francisco, Feb. 27. The stupen dous bribe of 11,000,000 was offered Abe Ruef by William Tevis, proprietor of the pay Cities Water company, to se curs the purchase by the city, through the boodle board of supervisors, of the water company for $10,500,000, which Is said to be twice lis value. This is tha sensational statement made in open court this morning during the trial of R. A. Crothers, publisher, and Fremont uiaer, managing editor or tne nan Fran cisco Bulletin, on a charge of criminal libel. Crothers snd Older are charged with having caused the publication of a story to the effect that Tevis naa orrerea TO REDUCE FARE Tprtland Streetcar Company Objects to New Rates Made 1- ( - , U.L.J..I . I.J...LL...1II 1 i',,T i. (IlLlted Press teased Wirt.) Calem. Or.. Feb, 27. The Portland Ruef a bribe. When the Crothers-Older trial was ":r.:iYT'r .7..r;,:r.,;T kHm tW. morning Attorney Hoff u,VUA.,v ,..v..wu -.v ... oo, ior tne aistrict attorney, movea the 1 circuit court against the railroad that the libel charge be dismissed, . commission to restrain the latter from cU,m,JK..vthat J,", not b1rou,rnt,J,n v.' jIo,, p. . good faith and that it was Impossible enforcing their, decision of February 1, t0 bring. Tevis Into court whereby the rate from Oak Grove to Tha attorneys for the Bulletin fought ' First and Alder streets in Portland the motion to diamias. claiming they i k u . ia f. hd ?' evidence necessary to v . ( successruny ngnt me case. ,. with transfer privileges and that from wnaf Confession. 10 cents to five ceat with transfer "w have the signed confesfiion of privilege! Abe Ruef that Tevis offered him It is claimed by the railroad company O,00-00,..10 secure the purchase of the that the rates, which they have been Bay Cities Water company by the old charging are as low as possible. Th board of supervfsors and we also have matter will, come up before Circuit the confessions of a number of the Judge Calloway next Monday, a day members of that board , that Ruef told previous to . that on which the rates th,6"1. enormous sums were to be dls- were to have become effective. trlbuted to secure the sale, said the ' . t. attorney for defense. tinm t TTWno Twnv-ir 1119 prosecutor upenea me proceea- IfFiTATTKlfS l)KY Inss bv reauestlna that the Jury be ex unA1 am ti a hA.BAVMrnl fryinnrtant mnt. ters to be Dresentea to tne court in re gard to the further procedure in the case. His reauest was granted and a, furniture business was hit hardest by P. E. Troy, an attorney, who instigated i suit aaainst the newspaper men. was called to tne stand, and tne at "It hurts us to be accused of belong- torneya for the defense asked the prose- (Contlnued from Page One.) tha late panic because of the peculiar the suit against : characteristics oi ine ousiness. "It hurts us to be accused of ';lng to a combination 'to rob' the peo- cutor for a statement of his reasons for pla. ' TDs peopje memseives can see caning iroy. ine pruisecuior maiea what the furniture men are dolnu by that he had asked Troy why he had ln merely reading the prices quoted in the stlgated the suit, but that Troy re newspapers. For awhile before the fused to make a statement, federal investigation we had a 'cost Troy was then asked it it was done price agreement' to prevent competitors for the purpose of proving the truth , from selling below cost but since that ot the charge against Tevis as made by time there has not been even the slight- the Bulletin or if It was a scheme to st intimation of an understanding be- exploit the Hetqhey-Hetchcy water tween the furniture dealers In Portland, scheme. The furniture men mentioned as belona-- Befttses to Answer. ing.to the comblnati04 will bear me To this Troy also refused to reply, eon uon was iry- ; lbs time comes." out and stand ready to prove It, when declaring that the proHe inir f I, Til nit. ii i rTi iti h thi Troj was again asked at whose re- - Legs Crashed by 3Log. . (Spwlsl Dicpatcb to Tt Jonnial.) La Grande. Or.. Feb. 27,Whila load Ing sawlongs on a wagon at the foot of Mount Emily, four miles west of this city last evening, Blackburn Gun noe, a farmer, had both legs horribly crushed below the knees by two heavy logs wmcn ronea upon mm. lie was alone at the time of the accident and lay for aome time in the snow before iiis snouts ror assistance were neard by neighbors. It Is possible that he win lose his legs at the knees. : HOME COUGH CURE, Go to your druggist and get one half ounce Concentrated oil of pine; two ounces of glycerine; half, a pint of good pure whis- - key;, mix It up, glycerine and oil first, then add the whiskey. Use , In doees of a teaspoon to a table-" ; spoonful every four hours, shak ing ttje bonis each time. The Concentrated oil of pine comes put up for medicinal use in tin screw top cases which pro tects it from heat and light- If yon do not find It i sealed you know that tou are not getting the real article. 4 There are also' several patent medicines put up to resemble th Concentrated oil of pln . and called by similar names. This tuff should be, avoided. The Concentrated oil of pine Is the only truly soluble .pine prepara tion known to science. It also - makes wonderfully effective lini- ' the raw oU into a aaucerful of noi jam, ai'piytns; not. "inis is : Invaluable in caaea of cold' In the chest or sprains and bruises, ,. ' quest he Instigated the suit and again Troy refused to reply, angrily declaring that the prosecutor impugned his mo tives. The court then peremptorily ordered Troy to answer and he said that Daniel Murphy, the former a member of the water commission of the board of supervisors, told him that this would oe a good time to air tne matter sur rounding the alleged attempt to put th deal throusrh. "Tevis had the reputation of corrupt insr everybody and every official and did not think the evidence could be brought out in Bakersfleld, where the oria-lnal' libel suit was brought by Tevis," said Troy. Then in biting lan guage he denounced ievis as a "norse thief a,nd a scoundrel." AiREIED FIVE DAYS KOW SEEKS DIYOKCE (United Press teased Wire.) Ran Joaa. Cal.. Feb. 27. Richard H. McDonald of San Francisco, son of "Dick" McDonald, former president of the Faciflo bank, has teen suea tor di vorce by Viola Sadler McDonald. She alleges curelty and desertion. The couple lived together only nve days. Mrs. McDonald asks for 1250 a month alimony and $100 counsel fees. f Kaiser's Wedding Anniversary. United Press trassd. Wire.) Berlin. Feb, 27. The - German em peror and empress observed their twenty-seventh wedding anniversary to day with a reception and dinner at Pots danw The emperor; then crown prince, was married to Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, February 27, 1881, S T5 hen " n his bride was three months his senior. ." Japs Are Happy. Hanford, Cal, Feb. 87. The Jap h2SretnS.n"ul tr?ra sn Francisco Is thli-id.a ""'nl. the condition of lift 1 Vf hf p,nT" ? 5tPed hlmt foiw,be,V Pieased wltb condlUons RANG SCO F OEIIIES REPORT Bay City Tolice Declare Van corner, B. C, Anti-Jap Story Untrue. (Special Dispatch to The JoornaLI San Francisco, Feb. '27. Police au thorities here say that the report of a conspiracy to start anti-Asiatic riots here at the time of the arrival of the battleship fleet is untrue. Local offl cluls of the Anti-Asiatic league say they Know of no such move as was mentioned In dispatches from Vancouver. British Columbia. The date of tho arrival of the battloshlp fleet never was set for March 10. There Is no particular feel ing here against the Chinese. In fact Ban Francisco knows much of the Chi nese and rather likes them. There is a feeling of antagonism against the Japanese-, but th6 authorities have been AfrrMn.lv n 1 art In nrv.iitlii0 tMnhl. and any demonstration on the part of would be rioters would meet with severe setback. Hllilll RAIDERS FIRE AT WOMAN Kentucky Outlaws Shoot at Farmer's Wife for Call ing for Help. (United Preni Leaaed Wire.) Hopklnsvllle, Ky., Feb. 27. Night raiders early this morning fired , the residence of Bruce Gregory, a farmer living west of this city. liregory, his wife and baby barely escaped alive. The raiders fired at Mrs. Gregory as nhe was telephoning for aid. A company of mllltla Is pur suing the raiders, who have recently caused similar trouble in the tobacco war. ROAD $25.00, $27.50 and $30.00 Values Strictly Tailored Suits International & Great North ern of Texas Asks for Re ceiver as It Cannot Comply With Bailroad Commis sion's Demand. , NEW ORLEANS READY FOR ANNUAL FIESTA (United Preas Leaaed Wire.) New Orleans. Feb. 27. Preparations for the Mardi Qras festivities, which will soon mark the beginning of the great celebration, are well under way today. The city is already assuming a gala appearance and hundreds of visitors are arriving on each incoming train. The festivities, which will culminate with the arrival of King Rex. will be of an unusually elaborate character this year, exceeding in magnincence tnose mat have gone before It. (United Press Ltased' Wlra.) Dallas, ex., Feb. J 7. On application made on behalf of the Metropolitan Trusf company of New- York, before Judge Meeke of the federal court for the northern district pf Texas, alleg ing default of the interest on a bond issue of 1892, T, 3. Freeman of New Orleans was named receiver for the International A Great Northern rail road. Freeman is general solicitor for the Texas & Pacific railroad, and high in the councils of the Gould lines. He explains the receivership as fol lows: 'The owners of the road and its stock, after consultation recently, de elded a receiver was necessary and agreed upon myself for the position. The company owes a large debt, much of it past due. and because of the finan cial troubles it has been impossible to secure tne necessary money. "An incident in the troubles was an order of the state railroad commission for the company to make extensive snd expensive, Improvements. This could not be done under existing financial con dltlons, and in order to protect the property and save Its revenues a re ceivership had to be resorted to. The International & Great Northern operates 1,158 miles of road in Texas. George J. Gould is president of the company. In plains and fancy mix tures; all leading shades, neat invisible stripes and broken plaid effects; ex tremely fashionable com bination color tones. Tail ored Suits arc advancing in popularity. See our line we now offer at this un usual early ff O QJ" season special. )utf u The Leading Feature of Every Gar ment Is Its Character We Specialize , in Showing Styles of Worth Far in Advance of Their Season Japanese Butter fly Suits You will find something here quite different from the assortments of other stores. Our Eastern buyer exercised rare judgment in his selections compli mentary to the tastes of ' Portland women. Some 50 distinct styles now on dis play; many included at this popular &4 Q "AIT special price $x9cf3 OPEN A PAYMENT CHARGE ACCOUNT PLAN DEATH (Continued from Page One.) states, - and as is provided for by1 the constitution of the United States." Chaff from a thresher shows which way the machine Is set and how the fan is working. Even so the scattering an nouncements of legislative candidates belonging to the old school, as they come in from different parts of the state, demonstrate xnai tnere is a com mon purpose in the political breeze. Those candidates who are not taking Statement No. 1 are also for the most part not taKing the modified statement pledging themselves to vote for the Republican voters' choice. In various par ing choice provided that choice is a Re- arts of the state candidates are pledg- memseives 10 vote ror tne people s I J4SSkI! J II "KlBg nttbtmmmr, ring fat th ttwi !U W f H gg so Ot ajas, iiat la tt tro.- mmmmi. 3 1 K...J DR. BELL'S 1 Pine4arHoney Hatare's moat natural remedy. Improved by science to a PLEASANT, PRBM ANBNT, POSITIVB CURB for coughs, colds and all inflamed snrfaocs of the Longs and Bronchial Tubas. WHY DO THE PEOPLE USB OVER g.ooo.ooo BOTTLES ANNUALLY? Btn It Ose f fat Mssy geasses girts ty Ost ef fts Mtar. Ja Tmm Dm Stoa4 Tfca Cwmgh. . . 4- . MltWACgE, WIS. I. Gevortz & 'Sons FIJIST- ON YAIHlXlr -SECOtfD Gantlmien i! want to ass say trnttnonlal to those of your aat Isflfld asd bensflttod pattenls, About two wtki ngo I eontnictM a, vary ted told whlea settled oa anTlnnn. Itgrewwoneanttll could banly whljiwr and I wm "all lnif ao to amak. Tried fonr or Urn reneiue mi uT aioai acip ma Uj wife weal to tbt drorrlat's and parchaaed .a too. bottle of your Dr. ItelPa Pine-Tar-Honey, and four doses stoaned toe otxuh sad 1 bad tbe ffrat ood nlclit't Slero In two woeki. AnrbortT wbo doabM It let t hrra write me or wle aboot It, Jteapecttnllr. savMjwaraeafandBeverasedan Mo. eWOiaenbsah Street, GKO. tJLlICH. emdy equal to Dr. BeU'a Pias-Tar- loo. for th Bell on Bottle and aw Cuarantta Na. od. jaonoy. it rives qntc ana permanent r - ,.... ' . Mllnl la Tin u All aa miiirki uil k r " ::- 'v BUWTIAOTOBB 0HXTWT "'.'"T, t awlds. It mate weak lonss-strong. , 72fB & & SUTHERLAND MBDKWB CO., Was. U. A. laxroatfe Padaoao, Kj publican. Still other candidates are making no pledges at all. Joker Bobs Up. In Multnomah county C. N. McArthur, fierhaps the first of tha slate to get nto the field, as a candidate for the Republican nomination for Joint repre sentative from Clackamas and Multno mah counties, has pledged himself to vote for the people's choice provided ho be a member of the Republican party. This pledge will be taken by the other members of the state ticket, and back of the Innocent looking announcement lies a most subtle Joker. What i the peoples' choice should happen to be a Democrat? Then whom would Kr. KoArthur and all those elected under, tbe new-fangled pledge he bound to support? It' most surely would no) ha the man receiving the highest Atepubliosn vote in the June election. Wor wonld H of necessity eaolude that man front reoeiTlng the support, Zt would simply mean that the lists were open and the bars down to all comers under the old rales of the game. Durinr the oast few weeks C. W. Hod- son, S. C. Beach, A. A. Bailey. John B. Coffey. John Drlscoll .and others who are the head and front of the machine effort In Multnomah county, have been seeking men wno wouia do ame to pon rood votes to enter into the agreement and become candidates for Jhe legisla ture on me nrncuiiie bulb. . The Mysterious Big Kan. In making their arguments and hold ing out their Inducements they have uraed that a "Big Man" should be elect ed to the United States senate. Some Of them have practically admitted that they were not rerernng either to ui ton, Cake, or U'Ren as the "Big Man," whom they want. Who the mysterious person would prove to be, however, was not divulged, it being apparently one of the secrets to be known only to those of the inner circle who signed up and went on the slate. 'We have got the county and the city governments back of us in this fight and we are sure to win," is the way it is doped out to tha desired initiate. Rut I can't afford to run. I cannot neglect my business to. make the race oerore tne primaries ror nomination, then again for election in June and again to attend the long 40 days' ses sion In January and February," is an excuse tnat nas Deen neara. Corruption's Breath Tslt "Don't let that worry you. Ton wont lose anything by being a candidate and by hebur a member of the legislature." Back of the whole effort la believed to ba cleverly thought ont plan. This will be the nomination and election of tha slate ticket, as far as possible throughout th Vrtite. zt will also in clude throwing tha silent rote of the machine to Governor Chamberlain for United States senator In June, It being taken for granted that he Is going to be a candidate. This is expected to giye him tha popular election by a large majority and thus open tha way for tha machine members' of tha legislature to take tha senatorial fight back onto the floor of the Joint assembly for one af tha old-time battles mads obsolete by tha enactment of the primary law u 1906. ' Thta la the Dlan originated in the futile brains of tbe machine leaders, tKnuarh not admitted for Dublicatlon. Uf course, and the announcement of the tha banner of the Hodson-Balles.-Beach combination la expected to damohstnUa It In the near future beyond a reason able doubt. H0WAKD AERESTED IN LITTLE E0CK A telegram was received by the local police department today from the au thorities of Little Rook, Arkansas, an nouncing the. arrest in that dty of T. S. Howard, wanted here. on a charge of felony and embexslement. An officer will be sent for the prisoner as soon as .necessary , arrangements can be mnue. Til? crA12ri Jrlth.iw?? -Howard is ac cused was committed last October. He Walker company. While In tha employ Of this firm It Is altered that he im propriated a considerable amount of the funds of tho company and decamped. Phelps a Candidate. ' ' (Special Dtapatrb to Tbe Journal.) Pendleton, Or., Feb. 17. District At torney O. W. Phftlna nf tha TTmAm. Morrow county district has announced that he will be a candidate for reelec tion, and his petitions are now in circu lation, no nas made an enviable rec ord as a prosecutor during his past term, and it Is not believed that there wm do any opposition. Mr. Phelps has been particularly active In stopping gambling in Umatilla and Morrow coun ty towns and will continue this cam paign during his next term If elected. of Vf ilv UnJi aaPrli'or..thl reason the gambling element or creamery owned by the Behnke- has declared war on him, , , PAINS IN THE BACK" Prominent Physician of Philadelphia Finds Great Relief, Using Warner's Safe Cure for Urinary Troubles THOT7tU.HnS 01" MBIT AJTX WOMEJT HAVM XXDITBT DISS ABB AV9 DO WARNER'S SAFE CURE is tha only positive remedy for all forms of kidney disease. There is health in every bot tle. We recommend to the. readers of Tha Journal tha frank, straightforward letter from Dr. W. H. May, Philadelphia, Pa., whose ex perlence Is worth reading. His letter carries conviction to the most skeptical mind of the wonderful curative properties, of Warner's Safe Cure, for all kid ney and bladder diseases. . This Is his letter: "The sample bottle you sent me had an lm mediate' good effect, so I purchased soma of the large bottles, and am now taking it and will continue to take it until I am perfectly cured. I used to urinate about 8 times a day, particularly at night. Now I urinate normally (no pain), and on testing my urine found It to be per fectly normal. I therefore highly recom mend it in an cases or urinary troubles, and will allow vou to "Use my name mibllelv. if you desire to do so. Dr. W. H. Ma v. 105 W. lth. Stw Philadelphia, Pa., June 2&th, 1907." This was quick action, but not auicker than it should be. If the kidneys are unable to do their work properly, the liver becomes affected, then the bladder, the blood and the stomach. V : The blood is thinned, the urine i muddy, contains brick-dust sediment after standing 24 hours; the liver is torpid and the pains in . If you are In the slightest doubt, TEST TpUR KIDNETS. ,. ' . Put some, morning urine la a glass or bot tle let It atand. twenty-four hours. If then, it is milky or cloudy, or contains a reddish, ttricK-ausi seaimeni, or ir pariicies or germs float about In it, your kidneys are diseased. If, after you have made this test, t you have still any doubt as to tha disease in vour system, send us a sample of vour urine. ' and our doctors will analyse it and send, you a report, with free advice. V . . CURES KIDNEY D1SBASB ..' When the kidneys are diseased, the uric acid Is not carried off snd this causes Gout, Lumbago, Rheumatism of the Joints, Rheumatism of the Musclss, Rheumatism of tha Heart. Rheumatism everywhere. Warner's Safe Cure drives out the uric acid. , ; In kidney disease the bowels ara often constipated and the liver torpid. Warner's Safe fills quickly relieve this condition, and no 111 after effect is experienced- . - WARNER'S SAFE CtTBE is put up In two sises and is sold bv all drug gists, or direct at SO CENTS and $1.00 A BOTTLE. Refuse all substitutes containing harmful drugs which injure the system. I RIAL BUIILE FKtCl To-convince every sufferer from disease lof the ,nwL U Mi"1 1 7 kidneys, liver. . bladder and blood that WAR. NEB'8 .SAFE CORE' will cure,; a trial bottle will be sent absolutely- FREE OF CHARGE, postpaid, to any one whd will write WARNER'S SAFE CURB CO... Bocheater, and mention having seen this liberal offer In Tha Jour nal, The sesulaeneM of this offer is fully guaranteed by jtaa publisher. t