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SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA

HAS CONFLICTING ASPECTS

PCRKIN'S CONSTITUENTS VIEW

HIM COMPLACENTLY FROM

HIS BETTER SIDE—IN WASH

INGTON HE IS SEEN AS A

REPRESENTATIVE OF SPE

CIAL INTERESTS—ONLY SAIL

OR IN THE SENATE.

This is the 13th of Marion E.

Pew's articles discussing whether

United States senators represent

general or special interests.

By Marlen E. Pew.

Staff Correspondence of The

Press.

WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 10 —

As a member of that all powerful

organization known as the "steer

ing" committee of the senate. Which

governs legislation ag surely as the

moon rules the tides, Geo. C. Per

kins, who Is supposed to represent

California In the upper branch of

congress, is an interesting person

age.

The state of California Is owned

by the railroads, and therefore Per

kins and hi 6 associate, Flint, went

in the bill of sale. The real sena

tor from California is W. F. Her

rin, general counsel for the South

ern Pacific railroad. He chose

Frank P. Flint, Perkin's present,

colleague, to succeed Tom Bard,

because that old Scotch Presbyter

ian (elected on a fluke) would not

bend bis neck to the Southern Pa

cific yoke. Flint bad been attorney

general at Los Angeles for the

Southern Pacific and was told to

resign from that position and be

come a candidate for the senate.

He did. A young man from Wash

ington received the offer of the po

sition of private secretary to Flint,

written on Southern Pacific station

ery and from the Southern Pacific

offices.

Neither Perkins nor Flint could

live a minute politically with the

railroad support withdrawn.

Perkins Is an astute man, hum

ble and democratic in his Ingoings

and outgoings, self educated and

well educated.

In California he Is rated as a mil

lionaire, is Interested ln banks,

mines, shipping, real estate and ag

riculture, all on a large scale. „He

is democratic and In San Francisco

made a "hit" with the people when

he cultivated the association in

public of men in overalls.

Perkins had few educational ad

vantages on the farm in Kenne

bunk, Me., where he was born, in

1839, or on the "wind jammers"

before the mast, of which he used

to sail the seas. Perkins was still

a sailor when he landed in San

Francisco In 1855. He settled down

in Oroville, Butte county, where he

coon accumulated enough money to

open a small merchandise business.

He made money fast and seeing the

power in politics ran for the state

eenate and won by a sweeping ma

jority, though from a democratic

district. He served two terms and

laid bis political foundation.

Moving to San Francisco, Per

kins associated himself with Ed

win Goodail and Capt. Chas. Good

all as Goodail, Perkins & Co. The

firm built up the Pacific Steamship

company, which for years held a

practical monopoly of coastwise wa

ter carrying trade. This business

coon netted a fortune. The firm

also controlled as a monopoly the

Alaska whaling business. Eight

ABSOLUTE SECURITY

Genuine CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS musi bear

Fac-simile Signature of

the, TOUCH the

■Mnulfit Wrapper Printed on

•SO PAPER BLACK LETTERS

book »•» the Slfaaturc

years ago the steamship business

was sold to the voracious Hill in

terests for a large sum.

In 1579 Perkins was elected gov

ernor of California, winning out in

a hotly contested, three cornered

fight. He declined to be a candi

date for a second term. Devoting

his attention to his business inter

ests he did not figure in official life

thereafter until, upon the death of

Senator Leland Stanford, in 1593,

he was appointed by Gov. H. H.

Markham to serve in the senate

Bruce Clendenning leaves today

for Victoria, B. C.

L. Roy Slater will leave in a day

or two for Chicago.

Ladles play billiards and pool

every day and evening at Pfisterl

billiard parlor. •••

A subscription dance will be giv

'en at the Country Club this even

ing.

The teamsters have asked for

an increase of wages from the city

commissioners. The increase ask

ed for is 50 cents per day.

A receiver has been named for

the Spokane and Inland Realty

company. The application was

made by C. M. Fillingham.

Attorney E. H. Sullivan has re

turned from Olympia. where be has

had business before the supreme

court.

J. Sharp, steward of the Country

club, has severed his connection

with the club and started yesterday

for San Francisco.

The National Iron Works con

templates erecting a new plant to

cost $100,000 at Atlanta street and

Cataldo avenue.

Al D. Hughes leaves in a few

days for Coat creek, Okanogan

country, where he will spend sev

eral months developing mineral

claims.

Carters

WITTLE

5 IVER

Absolutely Cure

BILIOUSNESS.

SICK HEADACHE.

TORPID LIVER.

FURRED TONGUE.

INDIGESTION.

CONSTIPATION

DIZZINESS.

SALLOW SKIN

LIVER

SENATOR GEO. C. PERKINS OF CALIFORNIA.

Local Brevities

Small rill.

Small Dose.

Small Price.

until the next meeting of the state

legislature. When that body met,

in January, 1895, Perkins was chos

en to complete the balance of Sena

tor Stanford's term. M. H. De

Young, proprietor of the San Fran

cisco Chronicle, was his opponent,

but Perkins won easily. De Young

and Perkins again contested for

the toga in 1897, and again Perkins

was the winner.

In 1903, the late Irving M. Scott,

founder of the Union Iron Works

and builder of the Oregon, aspired

The remains of Mrs. Sara J. Hall

aged 45 years, who died yesterday

morning at her residence, 41 Third

avenue, of tuberculosis, were ship

ped today to Missoula, Mont., for

interment.

A franchise was granted by the

county commissioners yesterday to

the Rockford ft Hope Telephone

Co., which is projecting a telephone

line between tlie two towns namet

fn the title.

Real estate property can nm be

sold to satisfy a personal lien until

all resources of personal property

have been exhausted, was a deci

sion rendered yesterday by Judge

Kennan of the superior court

W, S. Coey of Rockford was yes

terday appointed deputy in the

county treasurer's office. County

Treasurer Erwin asked for an addi

tional deputy during the rush sea

son. Mr. Coey was appointed for

one month.

That the foreclosure of general

tax liens absolutely clears the title

to the property involved, was the

substance of a decision rendered by

Judge Kennan of the superior court

yesterday. No other claim, includ

ing a lien for unpaid city taxes, is

valid after the general tax fore

closure has been made.

Harry Bilkes and Flora Bilkes

were arrested yesterday on com

plaint of H. W. Holbrook of E2

Sprague avenue, who charges them

with obtaining money under false

pretenses from him. The amount

charged is $75, and it is alleged the

Bilkeses sold furniture that they

did not own.

Arrangements are being made for

the eighth annual reunion of the

Blair business college at the col

lege building, Sprague avenue and

Wall street, Feb. 24. H. C. Blair,

president of the college, says that

more than 500 students, including

those who formerly attended, are

expected to be present. All former

siudents are Invited. i imt

Rev. Dr. Henry D. Kimball, pas

tor of Vincent Methodist Episcopal

church, will terminate his work in

Spokane early in September, when

he and Mrs. Kimball will move to

Salem, Ore., where he will become

dean of the theological seminary

of Willamette university, recent

ly endowed by Mrs. Kimball. The

new institution will be known as

the Kimball College of Theology.

to succeed Perkins, but the latter

captured the caucus vote and sub

sequently the unanimous vote of

the republican members in both

houses.

In point of service Senator Per

kins now ranks eighth in the sen

ate. He has the distinction of be

ing the only sailor in that august

body, so he has always been pro

minent in the committee on naval

affairs.

Civil service has been his hobby.

That wouldn't hurt trust Interests.

Senator Perkins has the distinction

of being for years an open advocate

of tbe election of the senators by

direct vote of the people.

He has never drawn for hi» per

sonal use one cent of the pay al

lowed him by the government. His

salary is always checked off to

various charities. The senator's

philanthropies have been many.

There are two sides to Perkins'

character. One is good, human,

wholesome and pleasant. California

knows that side best, and estimates

the man upon it.

Washington sees the other side,

tainted as it is by the hand of cor

porate greed. Senator Perkins is

the servant of money powers which

are antagonistic to the welfare of

the republic, and however good he

may be at home he is not the repre

sentative in the senate of the ma

jority.

HIS ARE PACIFIC INTERESTS.

Senator Perkins has served well

and discreetly financial interests

which have needed his aid. He is

interested heavily in shipping coin

panes and looks after their welfare

in the senate. He has served many

years on the committee on naval

affairs and is considered an expert

in naval matters. He gave particu

lar attention to the building up of

the Mare Island navy yard, inci

dentally benefiting the warship

builders.

NEW TRAGEDY QUEEN

FOUND ON EAST-SIDE

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Mme. Alia

Nasimoff is a remarkable Russian

actress who came up from the low

er Eastside on several occasions to

play at a Broadway theater under

the patronage of the most fashion

able women of the city. She is not ;

only wonderful for her histrionic

art, but is a fine linguist, translat

log many of the prays which she

and Paul Orleneff have produced

in this country. She has prepared

many of the costumes the members

of the company wear.

Since the Russian players were

expelled from St. Petersburg last '

spring for giving interdicted plays,

they have had trying times. Often

not a dozen people have made up |

the audience at the small theater

on Third street known as the Or

leneff's Lyceum, but the thought

that they were artists of the first

water, supported them until the

. g,

Old maids would be scarce and

hard to find,

Could they be made to see,

How grace and beauty is combined

By using

Rocky Mountain

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(Bcrlpps News Association.)

DES MOINES, la., Feb. 10.—It is

announced Governor Gumming will

accept a membership on Lawson's

committee to vote the proxies of

policy holders at meetings of the

big companies.

STABBED

FOURTEEN

WOMEN

(Scripps News Association.!

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.—John Bra

dy, 22, unemployed waiter, was ar

rested this morning and confessed

to having stabbed 14 women slight

ly. He says he Just felt a desire

to cause pain to any woman.

TRANSPORT MEAD

SAILING TADAY

(Scripps News Association.)

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.—The

transport Meade is sailing at noon

today for the Philippines. She car

ries many cabin passengers, a full

cargo and members of the second

Infantry. All of the troops sailing

have previously seen service in the

Philippines and not a few were

present at the last Boxer outbreak

ln China.

BIG RABBIT HUNT

UMATILLA, Ore., Feb. 10.—One

hundred hunters participated in the

rabbit hunt on Blalock's island yes

terday. About 1000 rabbits wero

killed.

wealthy of New York came to their

rescue.

Mme. Nasimoff is a Jewess, like

the great Rachel and Bernhardt,

and usually portrays tragedy roles.

She is tall and slender and wonder

fully graceful. She has never

worn a corset. Most of her gowns

are modeled after a Princesse ef

fect, with long sweeping lines very

becoming to her.

MEN PAST 60 IN DANGER.

More than half mankind over 60

years of age suffer from kidney and

bladder disorders, usually enlarge

ment of prostrate gland. This is

both painful and dangerous, and

Foley's Kidney Cure should bo tak

en at the first sign of danger, as It

corrects Irregularities and has cur

ed many old men of this disease.

Mr. Rodney Burnett, Rock Port,

Mo., writes: "I suffered with en

larged prostrate pland and kidney

[ trouble for years and after taking

two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure

I feel better than I have for twenty

yean although I am now 91 years

old." Chas. McNab, 402 Riverside

avenue. ***

CADETS

FAILED

(Bcrlpps News Association.!

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 10. — Officials

at the naval academy today an

nounced 11 mldshipment of the

graduating class deficient in one or

more studies, therefore they will

not receive their diplomas Monday

but will be sent to sea and at the

end of a year will be given a spe

cial examination. Among the de

ficient is Vestal P. Coffin of Idaho,

James P. Oldring of Nevada, Sher

wood A. Taffinder of California.

Three more of the class are under

charges of hazing and diplomas will

be withheld pending the outcome

of the cases. Coffin of Idaho stood

22 in his class in general standing,

but failed to reach the mark in

seamanship.

IDAHO GOOD

PLACE TO GET

GOOD HUSBANDS

(Scripps News Association.)

BALTIMORE, Feb. 10. — Mrs.

Mary Hutton of Idaho addressed

the Woman's Suffrage association

this morning on conditions in Ida

ho. She advised girls to go west,

and intimated it was a good place

to get husbands.

CLERK RIFLED

THE MAILS

fScrlpps News Association.)

HELENA, Mont., Feb. 10.—Upon

complaint of Postofflce Inspector

Parr, a warrant was issued at his

request for J. Carl Dowdell, regis

try clerk at the Missoula postofflce,

charging him with rifling the mails.

His hearing is set for Feb. 13.

MRS. TAGGART

AND HER BOYS

ARE IN EUROPE

(Brrtpps News Association.)

WOOSTER, 0., Feb. 10— Smyser,

chief counsel of Grace Taggart, ad

mits the woman and children aro

in Europe, but says the hearing as»

to the custody of her boys will be

held next week just the same.

DIED IN A

SLEEPING CAR

(Sc.-Ipps Ncwft Association.)

NE WORLEANS, Feb. 10.—Thos.

T. McClellan, chief justice of the

supremo court of Alabama, died

suddenly this morning in a sleep

ing car en route to San Antonio.

SENTENCED TO HANG

(Bcrlpps News Association.)

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.—Judge

Hart this morning sentenced Chas.

Carson, the third of the Folson life

termers surviving tin; break of De

cember, 1004, to be hanged. The

date is to be fixed later.

Unless you have made use of cer

tificates of deposit you have failed

to take advantage of one of the

best and most convenient forms of

short-time investment.

Many people have been educated

to their use and it is becoming gen

eral.

You can use them if you have

idle or surplus funds.

Shall we tell you more about

them, rates of interest, etc.?

Open Saturday evenings between

6 and 8 p. m.

Bpokane & Eastern Trust Co.

For Biliousness and Headache.

Take Orino Laxative Fruit Syr

up. It sweetens the stomach, aids

digestion and acts as a gentle stim

ulant on the liver and bowels with

out irritating these organs. Orino

Laxative Fruit syrup cures bilious

ness and habitual constipation.

Does not nauseate or gripe and Is

mild and pleasant to take. Re

member the name Orino and refuse

to accept any substitute. Chas. Mc-

Nab, 402 Riverside. •*•

The Preae delivered at your door

Cor 26c per month. Phone 375.

ib. noiiTwr m

POLICE 10 fi HQ Mill

"Ise looking for some shine wlf

my hair. Some of dem niggers out

in my addition took the pemulgated

liberty to go into my house and

steal my hair. I wants all you caps

to get out and find who ever it is,"

stated Mrs. Washington Mountgom

ery of Darktown today to the as

sembled minions of the law at po

lice headquarters.

Mrs. Mountgomery (her own

spelling) in a greatly perturbed

state of mind and minus the curly

lock that were wont to deck her

head appeared at the police end of

the city hall to lay her troubles be

fore the blue coats. These trou

bles she embodied In the above sen

tences. It seemed upon further

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

First Baptist Church, City Tem

ple, corner Second avenue and Lin

coln street. In the morning at

10:30, Dr. L. W. Cronkhite, who Is

visiting on the Pacific coast, will

he present and preach. This serv

ice will be one of sweetness and

power which no one can afford to

miss. In the evening at 7:30 Dr.

Van Osdel will tell his fourth Sun

day evening story entitled "The

Test of a Backwoods Education."

This story will be so practical, life

like and well adapted to our day

that young people will be profited

by hearing the story. Music by

chorus, quartet and soloists.

At our Brewery the best of material Is Used

Saazer Bohemian Hops

Pure pale Barley Malt

Cleanliness personified; That means purity

PHONE

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265.

Inland Brewing $ Malting Co.

WHISKIES

$I°°

Full

Qt.

uirect,

From the

Distillers

in

Car Loads.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1906.

questioning by the people's protec

tors that Mrs. Mountgomery was

the possessor of a wig, a brown

one, streaked with gray. It ap

peared further that some of Mrs.

Mountgomery's neighbors were

Jealous of her "store hair." They,

watched the opportunity and when

the proud possessor of the wig was)

"callin' on frens" they stole into

the Mountgomery residence, locat

ed ln the vicinity of Browne and

Ferry streets, and stole her Sunday,

head-dress.

Consequently, the hairless Mrs.

Mountgomery Is now appealing to

the police and vowing vengeance

against certain other Darktown

citizens.

(Bcrlpps News Association.)

WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 10.—.

Longworth has no fever this morn

ing. He remains in bed. Physi

cians say there Is no probability of

his present illness causing a post

ponement of his wedding.

MRS. WINSLOW'S

SOOTHING SYRUP

ha* been used by Mnitons ot Mothers for their

fhlldren while Teething, (or over Kitty Years,

t soothes the child, softens tho gums, allnya

all pain, oures wind colio, and to the best

lemeily for illnrrhoM, v

TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE.

121 Howard St., Cor.

Durkin $ Sprague.

LONGWORTH BET ItR

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