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PHYSICIANS I'm SESSION.
American Association Meets at the
New Willard Hotel.

More than one hundred physicians repre-
sentfng practically every state and territory
OF the Union, were assembled in the banquet
hall of the New Willard Hotel this morning.
when President William T. Councilman of
Boston allied to order the nineteenth annual
convention Of the Association of American
Physicians. Delegates from like organiza-
lions IN Europe were also in attendance and
took q lively interest in the session. The
opening session was given largely to rou-
tine matters.
In his annual address, President Council
man reviewed the work and events of the
society during the past year and talked at
some length upon the advancement in the
science Of medicine, which he characterized
as phenomenal. He referred to the various
discoveries and explained in an interesting
ana clear manner the uses to which they
may be put.
Upon the conclusion Of the remarks of the
president and. after the appointment OF the
and John Auer of New York read a Joint
paper Upon THE influence of Supranenal
Extract Upon Absorption and Eliminat ton. I"
Ihey gave demonstrations as they address,
ed the convention. Drs. M. H. Fussel, H.
Germany and H. Hudson of Philadelphia
talked upon "Polyuria in Typhoid Fever"
Dr. James c.. Wilson of Philadelphia also
READ Paper upon the same subject.
The other papers read before the session
were; Cases of Venous Thrombosis Occur
ring In the Course of Typhoid Fever" by
Dr; w g. Thayer of Baltimore Md; ''Cln-
ical Studies in Arterio-Selerosis." nv DIR.
Alfred Stengel of Philadelphia; IAN inves-
tgation Of the Effects of Cardiac Stinu-
lants, Especially Strychnine. on the Blood
Pressure in Febrile Conditions" by DIR. r.
Of High Tension Pulse in Nephritis," by DR..
w. II. Thompson of New York; Poison
Ing by Illuminating Gas; a Clinical Study
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GEN. HARR1Es' DEcLINATIoN.
Expressions Of Commissioners and Col
leagues at Close of His Term as Trustee

The publication by the Commissioners Of
their findings based upon their investigation
into charges affecting the status of men,
bers of the school organization revives in
terest in the correspondence, published at
the time, which occurred four months after
the rendering of those findings. when the
Commissioners reappointed General George
H. Harries as a member Of the board of
education and he declined the reappofnt-
ment on the score of the increase In his
personal and business interests. Commits
sioner Macfarland's letter to General Har-
ries notifying him of hts reappointment
follows, under date of June 10, 1903:
Il have the honor to inform you that
the Commissioners of the District Of Co
lumbia have reappointed you member Of
the board of education of the District OF
Columbia from June 30 next, when your
present term expires. .f-
.'This action was taken by the Commits
siohers In recognition of your long, faith
full and useful service In the public school
system of the District of Columbia"
In reply General Harries wrote to Com
missioner Macfariand:s 80
your esteemed favor of the 18th instant,
announcing my reappointment as menu
Der of the board of education, has been re-
ceived. Believe me wlfen i say that APP
preciate to the fullest extent: the compli-
ment conveyed in the reappointment and
the further encouium contained In the
statement that the action of the board of
Commissioners. was takenvin recognition of
the services rendered thep public schools OF
the District of Columbiaaists
.sFor eight years it hakibesn my constant
endeavor to advance 'tife.hest interests of
our schools, and fronR this eeffort / have
derived much satfsfactiun,s fnNy interest has
been deep and broad, aafi yesH undoubtedly
continue so to be- even, syvasen my official
relationship with the edurationai phase of
public work has ceaseasrssJiI
Notably during the cpasst. three years
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KILLING THE TREES.
Wasteful Methods Of Obtaining Gutts
Percha in the Philippines.

The bureau of insular affairs. War De-
partment has received from the bureau Of
government laboratories. Manila, bulletin
which treats of gutta percha and rubber
In the Philippine Islands.
The commercial history OF gutta percha
runs parallel with that of submarine and
subtarranean electric cables, for three
fourths of all the gutta percha produced
has been used on them. With the construc-
ton of the observation-disclosures cables in the
sixties and seventies the demand for gutta
percha became enormous. When the Malay
Peninsula, adjacent to Singapore, failed to
supply sufficient quantities to meet the de-
niand, the adjacent islands of RHO archf-
pelago and Sumatra were invaded and rich
finds made. Finally Borneo was included
in the producing zone. and lastly the Philip
pines.
In the Philippines the regions which pro-
duce gutta percha for market are confined
Islands OF Mindanao and Tawf-Tawi.
AS soon as the forestry bureau was estab-
lished, In 1900. the telling Of the gutta per-
cha trees was prohibited. and rules were
provided for tapping the tree with q bolo In
such manner as to secure the milk with
out destroying the tree but the Wild ma
tfves never practfced this method. nor did
they ever hear of It, and all the gutta par
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NURSES GRADUATE.
Diplomas Presented by Freedmen's
Hospital Training School.

Nurses diplomas were last evening given
to q dozen young colored women, graduates
of Freedmen's Hospital Training School.
The exercises in connecting with the pres
entation were held in the Andrew Rankin
Memorial Chapel at Howard University,
the university band lending its music to
the occasion. An address was delivered to
the young nurses by Rev. Alexander Gar
ner. pastor OF the Plymouth Congregational
Church. in which he cautioned the gradu-
ates against indifference in their calling and
told them to give more work than their pay
called for rather than less. He held be-
fore them the attractive picture Of women
nurses who have made their names fal
nous and told them that they, too. could
do these things II they willed.
The following are the graduates:
Hattie Elizabeth Baker. Darlington, g.
c.: Wilhelmina LUCILLE Blackwell. New
Berne, N. c.; Elizabeth Virginia Carter.
Philadelphia; NJ Elizabeth Carter, Nippon.
w. Va; Nary g. Gilmore, Leavenworth,
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determined Suicide Fought Boys.

A dispatch from Winchester, Va, says:
Edward Maupin. sixty years of age. was
run over by passenger train on the Nor
folk and Western railroad Saturday morn
ing near Boyce and killed. 1t is said the
man was Intoxicated and was sitting on
the track Some boys noticed him as the
train was approaching and tried to pull
him OF the track. Maupfn fought his
would-be rescuers like a maniac, ana as
they stepped back to safety the train sped
by crushing Maupin to death. Both legs
were cut or above the knees. He leaves a
widow and two children
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JAps NOT EXCITED.
Huntington Wilson Says They Show
Remarkable Possession.

Mr.. Huntington Wilson, secretary of the
American legation at Tokyo. who is in this
city on leave of absence, called at the
State Department last week and had talk
with Secretary Hay and other officials of
the department. Mr. Wilson left Tokyo In
March and has come home by easy stages.
He will be in Washington for several days.
Mr. Wilson came to this country to marry.
and after visit to his home in Chicago
he will return to his post. When asked as
to the excitement prevailing In Japan, he
said the Japanese people were remarkably
self-possessed and calm.
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an Anna Elsie Grant, Savannah q.
Aaea.hia Deilah James. Rochelle. Fla: En-.
M, ma Madiyn ,Jefrries. Red Bank. ~. =: Vio-
ae. HeoIgetta Jones. Hartford. Conn: Lou
M zeeia A Lewis. Montgomery, Ala: Fine
viola Richardson. Washington. d. c.: Marie
NJ Thomas, Richmond, Va.
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cha so far exported has been at the exnensa
of so many trees, killed 2

of so many trees killed =
Islands such as Mindanao and Tawi-Tawi
cannot stand this for any length of time
and already the gutta percha trees have en-
urely disappeared from the vicinity of the
coast region and Of tina large rivers
Most CT the Philippine gutta percha passes
through three hands and rise In price Is
quick and decided; the native collector re-
celving about $40. Mexican. for picul of
i62h pounds. This Is then carried by the
trader to export towns and sold to the Chi
nese at $40 to $50. Mexican. per picul of
157M pounds and the same Is worth at
Singapore about $50 per picul
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partment of Commerce and Labor that the
loss sustained by the fire insurance COM
panies OF Germany in the recent Baltimore
IRE was, In round numbers, <352, 240.
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DIR. Lehman the Only Witness.

Inasmuch as no other witness to alleged
facts that had been made known to the
Commissioners, and inasmuch as DR.. Len
man seemed from her affidavit to be pos
sessed of the alleged facts which were the
basis of the charges, 1t seemed necessary
to examine her before attempting to Sc
board of Commissioners believed that IL
Dr.. Lehman were produced. as they desired
and ordered, Immediately after the 23d of
April, all the other witnesses necessary
might be examined and the case deter
mined before the date June ~ upon which,
Commissioner Biddle was to proceed on an
official mission to London, England. The
failure of DR.. Lehman to appear, however,
before that date compelled a suspension of
the investigation Moreover, at this late
date, the 4th of June, the probable passage
of the District of Columbia appropriation
bill within a short time made 1t desirable
to await the enactment of the above-men-
toned provision.
''On the 9Th of July Commissioner Ross
became Ill, and died on the Goth of July.
The surviving members of the board
awaited the appointment of his successor.
which they supposed would be made imme-
diately, before proceeding with the investi
cation.
Announcement of the appointment Of
the successor to Commissioner Ross Henry
l.. West was made October 13 Commits
sioner West took the oath of Office on Octo-
Der 16. On the next day, October IT, COM
missioner Macfarland moved that the inves-
tgation be at once resumed, and this mo-
ton was adopted. That action, and the
action of the board at every stage of the
proceeding subsequently to and Including
the adoption OF this statement, was taken
by the unanimous vote of the board of
Commissioners.
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Board Of Education Responsible.

Third-That all matters relating to the
internal management of the schools. such
as the appointment and conduct of subor-
dinate officials. transfers. etc, are by law
under the Jurisdiction of the board of edu-
cation and should be dealtrtwith by that
body. The assistant superintendent being
an official under the exclusive Jurisdiction
OF the board of education. the Commission
ers would not have considered her as fac
tor in this case, except for the reason that
If her character could be successfully at
tackled, this proof might'be regarded as cor
roborative evidence. consequently, the
Commissioners listened to. ana Investigated
every hearsay rumor, every Shit of gossip.
every conversation which. directly or indi-
rectly, bore adversely upent Mrs Myers
character during her careers of seventeen
years in this city. TheoresaIt was that no
cepted for moment as successfully re-
fecting upon Mrs. Myers character. fgsH So
HENRY b. F. MCFARLAND,
HENRY Il WESTGo fa12stt;sta .'a
JOHN BIDDEE, fsfs9 sffssj Fz:Ss..,t ii
Commissioners, District of Columbia.
Confidence in Assistant,
The Commissioners also made public the
following communication from the board
of education, dated March 10. 1903i
Board OF Education of, the District OF
Columbia, 7sH'5#
Franklin School Building.
washington. D. c., March 10, 1903.
"The Honorable Commissioners Of the Dis
trfct Of Columbia.
Gentlemen: have been directed by the
board of education to forward you copy
of the following resolution, adopted at the
meeting held February "a, 1903:
Resolved, That the board of education
has full confidence in the integrity and
character of our assistant superintendent,
Mrs. Ida g. Myers.
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German Losses In baltimore.

United States Consul General Woman
~ Munich, Germany. reports to the De-
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Had No Formal Charges.

Gen. Boynton having expressed desire
to appear before the board to submit list
OF witnesses, came on October -. Gen.
Harries was represented on that occasion,
and subsequently,. by J. J. Darlington as
counsel. while A. s. Worthington and John
B. Larner subsequently appeared as coun-
sci for Mrs. Ida G. Myers. Gen. Boynton
having stated that he had no formal
charges to make. Gen. Hairless counsel
asked that Gen. Harries be excused from
further attendance. unless some charges in
writing were filed. so that he might know
the accusation which he would have to
meet. Counsel intimated the willingness of
Gen. Harries to treat the affidavit of Dr.
Lehman as the equivalent of formal
charges. The Commissioners considered
the matter In secret conference, ana au-
thorized Commissioner Macfarland to make
the following statement:
The Commissioners will proceed to In
.vestigate the subject matter set forth in
the affidavit Of DR.. Lehman. and will hear
testimony respecting the sames IL any SUBJ
.ject other than that embraced in said am
davit Is to be examined Into an affidavit or
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12

judicial district, over which Humes
was scheduled to preside. Judge
James H. Wickersham, now on the
bench, whose term expires in June,
wishes to succeed himself in the Val.
dez district, and Humes will have a
hard time getting the place away from
him, for he has made a record salts
flying to the department of justice.
When Humes declined to be a can.
didate to succeed himself as mayor OF
Seattle in the recent campaign, the
was that he was to have
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12

IKeene. of Medford, and others, mad'
the fight, and won out on a handsome
majority. The delegation arrived to
day: George Brown, w. !. Vawter, |
IL. Hamilton, H. D. Kubll, w. G. Ken
ney. C. vrooman, w. II. Gore, ]. M
Keene. e. H. Durham, J. d. Heard, j.
w. Robinson, C. E. Stewart.
Harris Buttons.
The Harris contingent at Salem
took great encouragement from the
boosting of the Statesman this morn
ing for their favorite, and got busy
distributing Harris buttons among
the new arrivals in the city There
will be a strong pull made. for Harris
by his friends on the delegation. A
number of young men arrived from
Eugene, and the rest will be down on
the afternoon train. w. L. Tooze, of
Woodburn, was the recipient of one of
these political favors, but, as soon as
he was out of the push, he quietly put
it in his pistol pocket, as he is one
of the most enthusiastic Hermann
supporters.
Linn Solid for Hermann.
The selection of a solid Hermann
delegation from Linn county will prac.
tically end the contest for delegations
and gave the Hermann forces and in.
disputable majority in the conven.
tion. The Albany Herald, a Harris
paper, has the following-this being
the day of their convention:
"The congressional question is set
tied, and there is now no doubt but Mr..
Hermann will have a delegation from
this county to the congressional con-
vention. In many of the county pre-
cincts, where ardent Hermann ad-
herents contested for control of dele
cations and failed, the delegates
chosen were also Hermann men, and
in view of the fact that the present
has control of the con-
vention it is said the opposition to him
will not be very pronounced, as the
aim of all is to avoid all bitterness
Or cause for such feeling, and unless
unforeseen happens to
change this program Herman dele
cation will be named from Linn
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12
WE'RE NOT HELD UP.
a$tunsr Davenport and Friends In I'm.
aginary Trouble.

After the lecture at Corvallis before
IA big house, Homer Davenport, his
manager A. Il. Pond and w. w. Craw-
ford len for home in a Corvallis rig.
Coaning along a dark place what ap.
pared TO be a man loomed up In the
middle of the road, and acted in such
n strange manner the occupants
tthought they were in for a holdup
Davenport hiG his $500 watch, Pond
tried to secrete his sack of money
and Crawford disposed of his large
stock OF valuables, but It was young
heifeT,-Albany Democrat.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12

a good federal appointment, ela
Alaska or perhaps as postmsa,
Seattle, and he is beginning to ,
for fear that he will not get Id,
is due him. Representative I'M
ries is working hard in his inters
Washington.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12
commuted SENTENCES.

Governor Chamberlain yesterday
commuted the sentence of George
Frazer who is serving six months in
the Multnomah county Jail. He was
sentenced on January 18th, and the
commutation will take effect April
18th. The action of the governor was
recommended by the committing mag
istrate, Judge Hogue, and District At
torney Manning, of Portland, as the
prisoner is but 16 years of age, and
his parents promised to care for him
in the future.
GA - III Ca.
Bears tho HIhs Kind You Have Always Bought
ssa:.''' E1HzZZZ1
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Humes eecomes Worried.

Seattle, April 12.-Thos. j Humes,
formerly mayor of Seattle, will have
a hard fight to secure the appointment
to the United States bench in Alaska,
for opposition has been gaining
ground in the house of representa-
tives to the bill providing for another
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12
Oil Wells Rurnlnn.

Batoum, Russia, April 12,-A
structive fire is raging in the Ron
district at Bakuk, and 16 oil wells
burning furiously.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12
BITTER BATTLE
RAGING OVER
CONGRESSMAN
Continued from first page.)

revived in the columns of the Demo
cratic organ at Portland, in the hopes
of Turing some Democrat, with a few
thousand to blow in, to make the
campaign. The whole matter was
threshed over, to the advantage of
Hermann, in the campaign a year
ago, when Hermann made the race
alone and single-handed, and won
against the whole category OF accusa-
tions, establishing beyond a contro-
versy that he was in all his official
acts the personal friend and champion
of the small holders of public lands.
In other words, Binger is politician
like Mckinley, who keeps his ear
close to the ground, and never parts
company with the horny-handed
homesteader, the little fellow who is
trying to get a cinch on quarter
section for himself. other politicians
in this state too numerous to men
tion, are closer to the big land grab
bers than Hermann, and cannot keep
in sight of the old man when 1t comes
to a display of records on this tick
lish matter.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12
Good Health
to the
children

Children especially arefond Of dainties,
and the housekeeper must look carefully
TO their food.
AS good cake can be made only with
good eggs, SO also cake that is health
fd as well as dainty must be raised with
a pure and perfect baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
IN the preparation Of the highest quality
of food. 1t imparts that peculiar light
ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the
finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc.,
and what is'more important, renders the
food wholesome and agreeable to young
and old.
CO.,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-12
Jackson for Hermann.

The delegation from Jackson coun
y was elected on printed slate
naming the men and headed: ~Tbis
delegation is pledged for the renom.
nation Of Hon. Binger Hermann DR.
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WOmen's New
KimOnaS for Fall.

Among the garments for negligee
and the boudoir none receive great
er favor than the kimona, because
of its simplicity and loose adjust
ment and the advantage that it can
be slipped ON and off with ease.
We are now showing complete
line of Kimonas-imported and do
mestic-for fall wear, of crepe, fan
mel and silk-solid colors and dainty
figured effects-sofile with plain
borders and others enhanced by rich
Persian trimmings-all of which we
have priced very reasonably.
Crepe Kimonas In pink blue, gray, D.
white and black with Persian borders. Ea. pl.<5
with Persan 5
% In saa rde Ese
silk and Wool Kimonas in plain colors, @, ,-
with Persian satin borders. Each. Po./o
with Persian rbsan horsers 5000
w Sorer Eacs %
japanese Silk Kim0nas. large figured designs
f Eaeh eol0rs with Persian ribbon borders $875
Third floor Eleventh st.
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$500 Each.
New Fall Silk Waists.

Beautiful styles Crepe Chine Pau de Cygne and Tai
feta Waists at
$780, So. CO. 81. so, SS.75 and $1,000 Each.
All distinctly and just received
We also offer three very exceptional values in
New White and Cream Lace Waists
Styles distinctly different and refreshngly
throughout with silk and have or less trimming
mss S575, $3.50 and S8.75 Each.
These handsome hgclass goods
less than regular prices.
Also New Golf Blouses and Sweaters,
In generous assortment of styles and colorings
$500, $500 and $3.50 Each.
Special for Tuesday,:
Womens Golf Vests, variety plain fancy effects
double and single breasted
An Exceptional Value at 90.
floor