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Good Quality Flour
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Here Is a List
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KALSTON HEALTH PCUDS In great variety
fresh from the mills.
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UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Subscribed Capital $5,000,000 "
Paid-Up Capital " . ' " 1,000,000
AssoU 2,545,114
Assets in United States ' 300,000
Surplus to Tolioy Holders 1,718,792
Has been Underwriting on the Pacific Coast over Twenty-two years.
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Select Bran
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1 Suck .75.
12 Can. 1.00.
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IS IN SAMPLING
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ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
ElUbllshed during tb. rslfH or QaM
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FIRE AND LIFE.
Subscribed Capital I DM tot M
asset. U,M,t
Surplus to policy balder. iW J N
Bxeloalvo ot paid otpttal
Law Union and Crown
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Subscribed or futraateed aap.
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Capital paM no IMt.too M
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Catton, Bell & Co.
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ALGER HAS
RESIGNED
Sadden and Unexpected Sev
erance of His Cabinet
Relation.
NO REASON IS GIVEN
Bat Poptcre With the President
Believed to Be tte Prot
etle Cause.
WHO WILL SUCCEED HIM
Many Kimis Mentioned. Amoni ratal
Governor Roosevelt of
Hew York.
WAi)IIIN0TO.V. July ll.-cretrr A!
(it Uh1' tnlrrd to tho pmiiVnt hit
ivalKnitlkia of the wr purtfolh. Th
rrt(n(kjn wtll tmwm ff-tl Auuft
I. lhuiji It ni f nkrt) "ot tb pl
an ot ttw pnrMnt."
U lp hut n.mty btia u to bU uo
wtur, but It rntlrrly pwuUalvo, fur
nMHhMtu)JUi( tlv rpportf that Alger
would nut long continue at the brad of
tho war dtMrtnwot, hU aotual rigna.
Hon unf u t l.Ml)- and um-tprctMlly.
That It would oomi by h end of in
y-r waa tif rmlli bellrvfd but m little
wa ll exir.nd al thia time that cMnet
omw. whrn the twws flrat became pub.!
llo, were Inclined to recarj the announce
ment at premature. The announcement
that It was actually In band coming to
them In the nature ot a surprise.
No formal ac-eptance of the resignation
had b,rn ms.le by the prertvient up to a
late hour tonlvhl. but will be In a letter
within the next dy or two. No official
-tatoment as to the cause of tne reeagna-
lion was pr-vurtble either from the
president or f rra Secretary Alger,
neither of whom would talk on the tub.
Jeel. Nor was the letter of resignation
obtainable at this time.
For the present nothing will be made
known onVUlly convernli.g the severance
of n official relations botween the pre.
Ident and tifa war minister, but later on
the official correnpondence cloning the
tatter's oirrr as chk of the war de.
partniem. doubtless will be given to the
I res.
The b-IW Iwd prevailed in Washington
for some time tlkvt Secretary Alger would
rthrn from the cabinet, but the date
generally set for k was towards the close
ot the year, alter he had submitted his
annual report which he Intended to sum
up what had been accomplished during
his brief but eve'itful direction of the
war department. Its tender then had
bevn regarded as almost a foregone qui
elusion. In view of Alger's announcement
tiboiit a month ago that he bad concluded
to enter the oo.nie:lUon for the vacancy
In the I'nrted States senate to be caused
by the expiration of the term of Senator
MitMHUn. and th&t he httd enlisted In
his active support Qovernor Plmiree, to
whom had been attributed certain free
criticisms of the policy that wua tup.
posel to be cherished by the president to.
v.anl the nilplnoe.
Tlter have been many explanations and
denials of the facts In the case, but In
the end the Impression was conveyed
that the result of the Michigan vlrtt of
the secretary had been to change the
relations between the president and him
self o such a degree as to make the res
toration of their former status Impossible
and to render the connection of the two
as a part of the same official family un.
desirable
A-t one time slnoe then there was
ground for the belief that the rupture
might be avoided, but this belief ceased
to be held when the new spread that
VtoeI'tvluV.nt Hobart and Secretary Al
ger were In oonerenoe at Normanhurtt.
It was largely at least as a result of
this conference that Secretary Alser de
cided to leave the cabinet at this time.
There has been no disclosure of what
passed, but it Is significant that the re
turn of the secretary to Washington was
followed by hla prompt aotlon.
He arrived In Washington last night,
too late to make any official oalls. A
most bofor the executive department,
orrrt Ofwned for bun 01 norotnt
w rallnl at th WhMe Houoe and rlulu
litir th prmM-nt In M ofQo., announed
that tie had ooiKludrd to reatirn bl offl'e.
What paaawt tatween hlmarlf and the
ptVlInt to only a oiatter ot .urmUe,
t'tr oliher baa anything- to aay on 4bM
point.
Law 8e'-r?tary Alr wrote out bit
formal letter of "nWnaiUm and prrauo.
ally carrkrd K to the White Holla. IUt
call on ttila xywion waa brief.
Amnnc the ratvfn which, have beeo
mentioned for Ala- .ucaneor bav
been chiae ot OeonU Hormeei Forter, of
New York, now atnbaaaador to France;
Governor RoMerelt, of Nww Turk; Oen
rral Ilarrtaoa Gray Ort, ot hot Aneie,
antl Aealetant Secretary MrtklWohn.
The name ot Orneral Corfetn hat been
mentioned In oonnec'loit wltb the ad.
interim atlrilmrnt, petvilna- tho eeleo
lion of the permanent ocrupant of the
fflfe. All thbi. however, (a ro're eperu
latlon. . ,
FOR BETTER ROADS.
InirilU Aljn a Reaeon for tbe
Kallure of the Vreeent Syetem.
Mr.
CHADWELL. July 1-Editor Aetortan:
Allow me eiac to dlMMua a aubjeot of
vltai taipunanc to the people of Clatsop
county and you wHI confer a favor upon
an affllcerd community.
My text It on tbe buildUm. repairlnf
aixi kiviiif up of our roads and pubHc
lilbwayt In Clatsop county, and while
my remark may aeon personal, no p?r
eonallty I nvant or Intended. I simply
wish to aiail our preeeot laws and sys
tem in vogue and point out Its weak
points and suggest a remedy.
I teak mainly from my observations
for the past several yeans In three or
four road dtstrkH. but condtttons and ex
perk-nce wHI probably apply to every
dlsertt In the county.
Meters. Reltfc and Larsen have Just U
luetrsued what can be done In tbe shape
of road building on the Lewis and Clarke
unJw. , competent boss, and a
chance In fee road can. be seen, as toon
as the boasnl work Is, finished.
Tbe majority of road supervisors, wkb
out a bOM. work on tbe good places on
4 arMj ,tve U(1 onft
J arra years ago Mr. ReHh, when
j .urvisor In dlstrtot-Xo. S expended aev.
lral hundred dollars on lees than two
( of road wWch tas been rebuilt
more or lei every year since, and since
be g't out from under a boat he bas been
picking out tbe nice dry places to repair,
while the rough ones be Ignore; all for
Um wun cc a boss. ,
Dan Ingallt bas been reappointed for
the third time on the upper lwhi ar.d
Clarke, and he ought to nave been fired
or fined every 15 mmutea for repairing the
good places and leaving the logs and mire
twk-a untouched; and all tor want of a
boss.
I cursed ami quarreled with Mr. Jowiah
West for the last two years and praised
up 'Mr. Ober. Now, Mr. Ober Is read
supervisor. I had the Hpleaure of rid
Irg over the road In Mr. Ober's district
recently and there were log, brush,
stumps and holes which would make tn
Insane man craxy, here In tbe mkMIe ot
July; all for the want of a boss.
Down in Mr. Condtt's district I found
roots and logs right In the center of the
roaj that were extremely dangerous;
and all for the want ot a boss.
Now, the law y that road supervis
ors shall keep all the roads tn his district
In good repair and erect guide boarda,
and common tense says repair the roadt
in the fore part of the season, so tbe
public can get some benefit for the use
of their money.
Now. the remedy:
I would augest to our Hon. County
Court, until we get remedial legislation I
In the elctton of county superintendent
of roads and btidgee, that they make It
a rule to appoint ech other tor a speci.
fled time, either quarterly or monthly.
Say let Judge Gray serve four months,
then 'Mr. Lewis or Mr, Peterson, and dur.
lng the time tho one Is serving as boss,
let the other two agree to sustain nim
In everything bo does or ouggests during
his Incumbency and when the one who It
boss rides out into a road district where
the road supervisor Is hoeing or baying
or dolnflt hds own work, when the road in
his dlstrlot It full of roots, stumps, logs,
and mud' hotet, and the bridge, have a
Jump of a toot to get on or oft ot them,
fire thetn or fine them. Then, and not
until then, will a suffering community
get some benefit from their money paid In
road taxs, Tours respectfully,
W. J. INQAIXS.
A man always feel, especially pleased
when bo karna that another man is jcal
oua of him.
THEY USE
New York Strikers Apsly the
Old Time-Honored
AtTDcieot.
TWENTY-TWO ARRESTS
Suspected of Complicity in Dyna
mttlneaoiWUI Be Given
a Hearing Today.
SITUATION STILL THE SAME
Cars Rdi Irreruiarly, Altbooel Eaca
Side Claims tbe Best of tbe
SKnatioa.
NEW YORK. July lJ.-WilUam Askley.
employed as an investigator by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, made
an offi-WvU today In which be said be
had attended a meeting of strikers late
Monday night at which the statement
was made that unless the elevated peo
pie Joined the striker, they would pur
chase dynamite and blow up the struc
ture. ,
Asky affirms that the; 16 men arrested
thia morning were at the meeting and
endorsed the soggmtioii with shouts.
The polks claim they bav evidence that
these men purchased the dynamite this
morning.
President Rossiter has offered 11000 re.
ward for the arrest and oonvictton of
one or more dynamiters.
FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.
Strikers Demand Observance of the Ten
Hour Law and Will not Cease Their
Efforts Until They Obtain It
NEW YORK. July 1.-The strike began
this morning on the Second avenue line
of the Manhattan side of the river.
About half of the men quit work. The
strike was not authorised by tne leaders.
Disturbances have occurred at various
points and several men bave been ar
rested. Strikers claim to bave induced
men to quit work on various other Unes
of the company, but cars were running
on all these lines. Commissioner Dele-
hanety. of the state board of mediation
and arbitration, said it tbard would
meet today and try to arbitrate the diffi
culties. President Vreetand. of the Metropoli
tan Street Railway, sakl: "There Is no
strike and I defy them to tie our lines up.
Tou can look on the streets and see for
yourself that all our cars are running.
Every line Is In good shape except the
Secon!avenue line, where there was
some slight disturbance this morning."
Qeneml Mater Workman Parsons sa'd
today that while he had advised against
the strike today In New York, he would
stand by the men to the last. "I ad
vised delay for a day or two." he said,
"but now the strike Is on, I will make
the fight of my life to sustain the men
In compelling observance of the 10-hour
law aid redress of other grievances."
LITTLE CHANSE IN SITUATION.
Although There Are Fewer Cars Run.
ning Than at the Same Hour
Yesterday.
NEW YORK, July 19. There was little
change In the Brooklyn strike situation
today. Rapid Transit offiotala claim to
have operated from 60 to 90 per cnt ot
their surface ears on all Unes during
the night, but all oars on all lines were
stopped at midnight. From general oh.
tervatlon at 8 o'clock this morning, there
were feer cars running past the city
hall than at the same hour yesterday.
Daooage o the Fifth avenue elevated
ft I 1
Makes the food more delicious find wholesome
ovtu kwo wwrTtw co. , wrY rr. ' '
Isructure tn Brooklyn caused by tbe dy
namKe explosion, was repaired this
morring.
' DYNAMITE IS USED.
Striker Attenpt to Blow l'p Elevated
Rithray In South Brooklyn.
NE".V YORK, July 1.-Jut before I
'ciock this morning there were two ter
riflo txpiosloiM Id Soutb Brooklyn at
Fltb arrrje and Tbtrty-OVth street. It
was found that dynamite or sum other
high explosive bad beeo placed egalnet
tho bas. of tbe pr.lars of the Fifth ave
nue road at that point.
Tbe dynanlts bad beta put beside tho
pillar on the opposite side ot the street
and the explxl ns were almost simul
taneous. The force of tbe explosions was
such that windows in near-by house
were blown In. On one aide of the ave
nue at that point is the pumping station
of the wacervjrits, and oa the ether
Greenwood cemetery. Underneath tho
roadbed is a tutnel leading to the ceme
tery. Word was Immedla'.ely sent from the
power bouie at Thirty-sixth street to
Brooklyn poll:. bMdq'aarters. The re
serves were called out and a tew mto
u:esvlater a hundred policemen were on
Shetr way to the scene. The spot where
the explosion occurred b a dark and
lonesome one.
MILES SHOULD BE
SENT TO PHILIPPINES.
Senator Xekton Sayt There U a Strong
Feeling: Against Major General Otis.
NEW YORK, July 19.-A special to the
World from Washington says:
Senator Neljoo of Minnesota, la ait
Interview today said:
"There sewn, to be a strong feeling
among the people that Major General
Otis bas not pushed the campaign tn tho
Philippines as vigorously as be should,
and it mi(it be weil for the prciuVnt to
put another general In authority.
"I believe tbe people would like to tea
General Mle sent to the Philippines and
plaoed in command. There it a general
confidence In hla ability as a soldier and
campaigner.
"I da not think the nresMent or tbe
war department bas been to blame, Otby
should have asked for more men and
should have seen to it that when he took
an Insurggent village or strongbold b
had strength coough to hold U."
GENERAL 311 AFTER WILL ' .
BJ3 SOON RETIRED.
Efforts Made for His Retention Beyond
the Age Limit Will Not
Succeed. ,
NEW YORK. July 19.-A special to th
Times from Washington says: Those
friends ot Major General Shifter who are
working In San Francisco to ltve him
retained in the army after bis timet to
retire has arrived, will not meet whh
success here.
If comrrees was In session and there
aas an overwhelming desire to prolong
the services of Shatter as an officer of
the army, the Taw might be amended tn
bis case, but under the statute that will
control the president on October IS. 1S99,
Shufter must be placed that day on the
retired list. After that he cannot be ettvi
ployed without an act of congress, even
rf rhe Santiago campaign were about to
be fought over again.
CAPTAIN GOOD ALL'S SAD
VOYAGE WITH THE STATE.
Nftws of His Father's Death Signalled
As He Left Out of the Golden
Gate.
The State of California, en route to
Portland, pulled to her mooring at tbe
O. . & N. dock yesterday, her flag at
half-mast, ber captain ill haggered and
distressed. The OVafh of Captain Good-
all's father had Just been announced
.'rom Europe. The flag was half-masted
in formal def.'Mee to the deceased. A
passenger, who looked both anxious and
weary, talked drourlly ot the trip.
"The Journey was barrowlng,'' he said.
From tbe moment we poked our nose
out of -the Golden Gate the weather
thickened and settled over us like a pall.
The fog continued ail the way. As If
this affliction wasn't sufficient, a head
wind Joined it compaviy, and kicked up a
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