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vol. xlu. no: . 13,011. POKTLAND, OREGON, SATURK 4lY, AUGUST 23, 1902. PKICE FIVE CENTS. WRITE US FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES OF i PACKING iO M Headquarters for All Kinds of Rubber Goods GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY 73 and 75 First Street. II. H. PEASE, President. Portland, Oregon. Cameras Taken in Exchange, All la perfect condition. We are disposing of them at the following low prices: ADLAKE MAGAZINE, 3K x 4X, regular $10.00 $4.00 CYCLONE MAGAZINE, 4 x 5, regular $8.00 $3.50 D AYPL ATE MAGAZINE, 3H x 4tf , regular $8.00 .... $2.50 We are also offering the Eastman Kodaks, new, at 20 per cent less than cata logue price. BIuniauer-Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Importing DruirKit SHAWS PURE America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon MALT 3. T. DAVTES, Pres. C. T. BELCHER. Sec. and Tressv, St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. American Plan ............ ..?1.3, fl.G0. $1.73 European PUn 50c. T5c,' ILOQ 1TAL TO Will Oriental Trade Means Much to Coast FUTURE OF PHILIPPINES President Tells What We Have Done in Far East, FILIPINOS' SELF-GOVERNMENT slons when through Executive action, the Government which represents the people can do special service to one 3et of our citizens, yet I think you will agree that in the long run the best way In which to serve any ono of our ciUzens is to serve all alike well; to try to act In a spirit of fairness and justice to all; to give to c.ch man his Tighto, to safeguard each -'.nan in his fights, and so far as in me lies, while I hold my present position. I lwill be true to that Idea of my duty. And so I have finished what I have to say that was suggested by the touching -and pleasing incident of the afternoon recep tion. "Now, I want to speak to you tonight, not on our international problems as a Nation, but oil come of the external problems which we have had to face dur ing the last four years. The Interna tional problems are the most important. "Keep your household straight is our' first duty, but "wo have other duties. Just exactly as each man who Is worth his salt must first of all be a good husband and good father, a good beginner, a man of business, so as to deal with his own home relations; and yet must, in addl Uon to that, bo a good citizen for the state at large, so a naUon must first take care to do well Its duties within Its own borders, but must not make that fact an excuse for failing to do those of Culm, a Part of Us, Mast Be Given Sopie Measure of the Pros perity Which Wo ,' HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets- -j PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN President Roosevelt. In his Hartford speech, discussing the Philippines, said: "Nor chould it be forsotten that, while we have thus acted In the inter est of the Islanders themselves, we have also helped our own people. Oar Inter ests are as great In the Pacific as In the. Atlantic. The welfare of Califor nia, Oregon and Washington Is aa vital to tho Xatlon as the welfare of New England, New York and the South At lantic States." Sfrxt-CIaesj Checlc Restaurant Connected With Hotel. Rooms Single TOa to LB0 per d7 Rooms Doublo ........ ..J1.00 to J2.00 per da Rooms family SI. DO to XS.00 xsr day HILL MILITARY ACADEMY The Success and "High Standing of many bundreda of Dr. Hill's graduates and former pupils during the past 24 years Indicate the merit of his methods. Prepares for college In Classical, Scientific and English courses. Regular course -! TriM cramtnirTOr -busineoa-Jlfe. -MEnuar iraiolns: And -mechanical orawinr. - - ",rpecl&r-t3urfejr' In-modern languages and music? New buildings: nuxJern -equlp- cry: Athletics promoted and .encouraged; chemical and physical laboratories: ex pertenced faculty. A boarding and day school for boys of all ages: younger boys separate. Fall term opens September 17. For catalogue, etc.. apply to DR. JT. W. HILL, Principal. MARSHALL AND TWENTY-FOURTH STREETS. PORTLAND, OR. :M Jron & Stzel rksF Fourth and Morrison Sts. Portland. Or. NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS Old-established and reliable dentists, where all work is guaranteed mbsolutely painless. PLATES 'HM Full Set Teeth $5,00 RE'Jj-fiErTBr Gold Crowns 5.00 jj Gold Fill 1.00 Our offices are not managed by ethical dentists, but by Eastern graduate specialists. NEW YORK DENTISTS 'asSS""" PIANOLA Manufactured and for sale only by the Aeolian company j?B. Wells,' Sole Northwest Agent 353-355 Washington St., cor. Parle PELEE ERUPTING. Severe Outbreak Reported "by a. Pass ing A'esseli CASTRIES. Tsland of St. Lucia, Aug. 22. Officers of the steamer Dahonxe. which arrived here today, report a severe erup tion of Mount Pelee at noon yesterday. The eruption was followed by total dark ness five miles away from the volcano. It was 20 minutes before It again became light , Earthquakes Recorded. VIENNA. Aug. 22. The Seismic Observa tory at Laibach, Austria, recorded this af ternoon disturbances of two hours' duration. The Ax Trust. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 22. The Times says: Charles D. Gates, president and tgeneral manager of the Turnaday & Woolworth Handle Company, has returned from New York, where he conferred with capitalists who are promoting a 125,000, 000 trust, to take In all the ax manufactor ies, the handle factories In this country and in Canada, the plants to be operated under one management. "Men of great wealth are Interested in the project, which is to be financed by a big New York Trust Company,, to the extent of $25,000,000, if necessary. The deal. It is stated, on good authority, has been practically consummated." SMALLPOX AT BARBADOS. Bodies oC the Dead Are Reins Throvrn Into the Sen. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 22. The British steamer Trent, which arrived here today from u est Indian ports, brought news of an alarming increase of cases in the second outbreak of smallpox at Bar bados. whre the bodhs of the dead are being thrown Into the sea The Trent also brought details of the murder of Mavor. a Scotchman, by 150 riotous East Indian immigrants in British Guiana. During the riotlnc which fol lowed, the militia was forced to Are, kill ing perspns and wounding over -40. BRIDGETON, Island of Barbados, Aug, . mere nave oeen 1876 cases of small pox here since July 13. Canada's Big Grain Crop. NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-G. W. Ross, Premier of Ontario, who Is returning nome rcra tne coronation of King Ed ward, arrived on the Lucanla tonight. "I did not have a personal Interview with the King," he cald, "but met the Prince of Wales and enjoyed a long talk with him about Canadian affairs, in wnicn ne vines a ueep interest. I am much Interested in the reports of a pfom islng corn crop. I think we are to have a phenomenal crop. I understand Mani toba will produce 70,090,000 bushels." WHITMAN 18 MIXED Good and Bad Yield in the Palouse. LIGHT LAND CROPS SUFFERED Ont-Turn Will Be Prom 15 Per Cent to 20 Per Cent , Less Thaa Last Year Big: Crop ' of Oats PULLMAN, "Wash., Aug. 21. (Staff Cor respondence.) Whitman, the county of magnificent distances, this .year finds her generous proportions of manifest advan- alrcady threshed Is showing more smut than was tho case a year ago, no acci dents of this kind have been reported this season. This would seem to strengthen the theory of 6ome experts who last year asserted that hot Journals and poor oil and not smut caused the greater part of the explosions. Smut will this year have enough to answer for In the way of di minishing farmers profits, without being blamed for threshing-machine explosions. Good Yield in the North. Threshing in the vicinity of Garfield. Rosalie and Oaksdale Is several days later than last year, but enough ha3 been handled to Indicate a better yield than Is being secured In the southwest.' A 40-acre field three miles north of Garfield, which was threshed this week, averaged over 50 bushels to tho acre. This, of course. Is an exceptional yield on a small patch, but a number of 40-bushel yields arc reported. and but few are running under 25 bushels per acre. R. C. McCroskey, one of the largest farmers in the Palouse, com menced threshing this week, and the first quarter section yielded 25 bushels per acre. This particular piece has been cropped five years in succession, with no HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 22. The Pres ident, on his arrival at the station this afternoon, was cordially welcomed by a committee of representative citizens. He was tnken for a drive about the city. occupying a handsome automobile. Ha was enthusiastically cheered all along the route. In Cope Park, ono of the beautiful out lying recreaUon spots of the city, the President was greeted" by 10,000 working- men, who presented to him a magnificent floral honieshoe, inscribed: "Working' men's Welcome to Our President." Fath er Sullivan made a few- remarks of wel come. In which he commenced tho hon- estyand sincerity pf purpose-of the Brs-, jdent in all his Acts. The President re sponded, saying: "Father Sullivan I came here to. say some words "this evening " myself, but. nothing that J can say will In any way have any significance that the gift from the wageworkers has, and tho languago you have used. Father Sullivan, In con nection with the meaning It has, and I am sure that Colonel Green, Senator Piatt himself and all of my other hosts will pardon me for saying that no greet ing that I have received or can receive In Connecticut will, or can begin to please me as much as this one that I receive through you. Father Sullivan. I should, of course, be wholly unfit for the posi tion I occupy If I did not give my best thought and best purpose to trying to serve the interests of the tollers of America the man who works with his hands, and, of course, also the man who works with his head If I did not try to servo each decent American citizen ac cording to the best of my capacity; and, certainly, my most painstaking effort, my most resolute purpose, shall be given and, if I may say so, is being given to trying to do anything that can be done to help our people. Perhaps I can do this best by trying to help ns well as I can their best purpose and their best thought. and that kind of representative I shall strive to be according to the light which Is given me. "One thing more. I should like to ac cept that gift as In some way personal to myself, but I would rather accept- it as I know It Is meant as a gift from Americans to a man who for the time embodies American governmental prin ciples, the principles of square and fair dealing with all men, so that men shall have their rights under the law, that all shall be given a fair and an even chancu In the struggle for life as we can best give it." Andlence of Workingroen. Five thousand men . and women crowded the Coliseum hero tonight to hear the ad dress of President Roosevelt. At least two-thirds of the audience were "working men, and their enthusiasm aroused the keenest interest. Again and again during his speech, which was based on the Inci dent of the afternoon, the presentation of a floral horseshoe by the worklngmen, tho President was interrupted by vociferous applause. Through Senator Piatt, the President tendered his thanks to the state for the splendid reception accorded him. and to Mayor Sullivan he made his thanks to the people of tho City of Hartford. Then, turning to the audience, he said: "Before beginning the speech that 1 had intended, and still intend, to make to you tonight, I wish to allude to an incident that happened this afternoon, which struck me as more Important than what I have to say to you. On being driven around your beautiful city. I was taken through Cope Park and stopped at a platform, where I was presented with a great horseshoe of flowers, the gift of the worklngmen of Hartford to the Pres ident of the United States. I listened to an admirable little address by Father Sullivan. Now, in his Bpeech he was kind enough to allude to me personally, but he laid primary stress, as he ought to lay It. upon tho fact that It was a gift of welcome of the wageworkers, upon whom ultimately thl3 government depends, and he coupled the words of greeting with certain sentences In which he expressed his belief that I would do all I could t6 show myself a good representative "of the wageworkers. Gentlemen. I should be utterly unfit for the position that I oc cupy If I failed to do all that lies In me, to act as Might Is given me to act so as to represent the best thought and pur pose of 'tho wageworkers of the United States. "Now, at tho outset of the 20th cen tury, we are facing; difficult and complex problems; problems social and economic, which will expect the best energies of all of us to solve right, and which wo can only 6olve at. all if we approach them In a spirit, not merely of common sense, but of generous desire to act each for all and all for each; and while there aro occa- REAR-ADMIRAL HlGGINSON AND HIS FLAGSHIP, THE KEARSARGE IX COMMAND OF SQUADRON DEFENDING THE COAST AGAINST MIMIC NAVAL ATTACK. RISK IS TOO 10 Insurance Companies Cancel Fire Policies. REASON: NO FIREBOAT Waterfront Property .Left Without Protection, .LOSSES HAVE BEEN TOO HEAVY Its duties, the performance of which lie without its own borders.' ' .Onr Duty, to Cuba Mr. Roosevelt -then continued as fol lows: "The events of the last few years have forced the American Republic to take a larger position In the world than ever before, and, therefore, more than ever before to concern herself with questions of policy which affect her interests beyond her own borders. As a people, we now have duties and opportunities In the tropic seas and lands south of us. as well as In those of the farthest East. And much depends upon the way In which we meet these duties, the way In which we take advantage of these opportun ities. "From the days of Monroo, Clay and the younger Adams, we, as a people, have always looked with Interest upon tho West Indies and the lsthmU3 connecting the two Americas, feeling that anything happening In those regions must' be of concern to our welfare. Tjiero Is . now ampler reason than ever before for this feeling." Mr. Roosevelt spoke of the great suc- (Concluded on Sscond Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Philippines. Governor Taf t has returned to Manila. Paje 2. Chaffee docs not consider the situation In Min danao critical. Page 2. An English writer believes Chinese labor Is necessary In the Philippines. Page -2. CongTCss wlll be asked to legislate for Guam. Page 2. Forelfirn. Macedonian plot against the Sultan. Page 3. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fair are detained in Parht for come unknown reason. Page 4. M. Jusserand will succeed Jules .Cambon as French Ambassador at Washington. Page 3. Domestic. President Roosevelt begins his New England tour. Page 1. Commander Plllsbury" squadron la still at eco. Page 2. President Roosevelt Issues a proclamation creating a second forest reserve In Alaska. Page 3. Serious accident on a Kansas City cable road. Page 5. ' Snort. Portland defeats Butte. 7-4. Page 8. Helena defeat Seattle. 4-1. Page 5. The Monk beats Lordtoerby In tho 2:07 trot at Headvllle. Page & Pacific Const. Whitman County. Washington, wheat yield is 20 per cent below that of last year. Page 1. "St. Louis Frank." arrested In Portland, con victed "Of killing Son Francisco policeman. Page 4. Chehalls. Washington. Republicans will In struct delegates-to vote for some other man than Wilson or Ankcny for Senator. Pace 4. Hot fire at Baker City. In which two men make their escape by running through flames. Page 4. Commercial. Salmon men are determined to stand by prices now prevailing. Page 10. Stocks make a big rail). Southern Pacific lead ing In the advance. Page 13. Corn has another wild day, but makes no ad vance. Page 13. - Car shortage Is having a serious effect on East ern feel situation. Page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Smallpox prevalent along Lewis River, and threatens Portland. Page 8. - Insurance companies cancel ' policies on water front.- Page 1. - George Smith, colored, kills his white wife through Jealousy. Page 11'. ' Methodist discuss plan to merge church be nevolent societies. Pare 10." Elks provide accommodations for all visitors to Carnival. Page 10. - City Attorney will prosecute license tax delin quents. Page 12. Captain Bruhn makes truce with the sailor boordlng-bousa runners. Page 4. tage In keeping good her record -for big yields of wheat; " Up) here In thetieart7pf the'P&lousa the enthusiastic citizens will tell you that old "Whitman la, all right, ali right,. and Is turning out 50 bushels P.er acre arfd better. Over toward Endlcott, Lacrosse, and Winona, "Old Whitman.' Is a bad actor, and the disappointed wheat growers are bringing In returns of 15 and 20 bushels per acre from localities which last year turned out from 40 -to 60 bushels per acre. It Is yet too early for accuracy In estimating the final out-turn of the county, for neither the 50 or the 15 bushel yields reflect the general condition of the crop. Enough has been threshed, how ever. In both ends of the county to make it a certainty that the record yield oi last year will not be reached this season, and that tho decrease will be at least 15 por cent and may reach 20 per cent. This will bring the output down to the record yield before the coming of last year's. phe nomenal crop, and that crop was too big for another one like It to be expected so soon, even with an Increased acreage. Grnln Near Pullman. In the immediate vicinity of Pullman the crop Is fully as good as that of last year, and between here and Snake River threshing returns to date indicate that It Is somewhat better than that of last year. Threshing returns from a 'quarter section three miles southeast of Pullman show an average of 51 bushels to the acre, and a slightly larger tract near Almota. averaged 56 bushels per acre. These phenomenal yields are from the best part of the Pa louse, and from lands which received plenty of moisture at a time when the fields lying farther south and west wore baking under fierce June sunshine. They are also from well tilled farms, where the enterprise of the owners is shown by their getting their big yields into thesackmuch earlier than their less thrifty neighbors, who will now be coming along with poorer yields. Around Endlcott not only is the yield far short of that of a year ago, but the quality Is seriously impaired by the presence of an unusual amount of cmut A 220-acre field near Endlcott, which a month ago promised 40 bushels to tho acre, only threshed out 20 bushels, and It was estimated that there would be a fur ther loss 'of 10 per cent on account of smut More Smut Than Usual. Tho smut evil, which cauosd so much trouble last year, has Increased alarming ly, and unless more care Is exercised In the selection of seed wheat this country will lose Its reputation for choice wheat. Somo of the growers are losing faith in the process of vitrlollzing, and now ctate . that the only preventive lies In more fre quent changing of the oscd. This, how ever, Is proven an error by tho experience of a few growers who give the seed wheat two soaking? in the vitriol. Tho first soaking opens tho pores of the wheat and romoves some of the impurities, and the second leaves It clean and' fit to pro duce clean wheat. I am informed that A. B. Couley, the Grand Rondc wheat king has followed this practice for 30 yeais, and has never had a trace of smut in hia wheat. Changing the seed, however, works very satisfactorily, and wherever this has been followed no complaints of smut are heard, and as the loss from this source will be so heavy this year more care will proba bly be taken In the future. Last year smut was generally AVedlted with causing the large number of ex plosions and Arcs with threshing-machine outfits, but notwithstanding the fact that a larger proportion of the wheat fallowing', so that the yield .Is, considered remarkably, -good, under, tho .circum stances. - . The. frost last Winter displayed somo of the same eccentricities here that were noticeable in the Columbia River coun ties, for It ran In streaks. In the Imme diate vicinity of Garfield there was no damage from this source, but at Farming ton, a few miles farther up, there wa3 considerable "Winter killing. Oaksdale and Rcfialle, two of the largest wheat centers in the northern part of the county, this year have tributary a very good crop, and on account cf some Increase in acreage will probably handle as much wheat za last yenr. Rfdnc,ed Yield on Light Lands. Wheatgrowers and other land owners In the light land districts in this county as well as those over In the Washtucua dis trict have for the past four years been cultivating a theory rogardlng these lands. They had proved mathematically and sci entifically that the climate had changed and that there would be no more crop failures on the light lands. The theory was a popular one, but unfortunately, liko Bill Xye's Indian maiden. It was "too good to be true," and this year It has received a severe Jolt. The crop is far from being a failure, but a timely, rain early In July Is all that prevented the light land farm ers from experiencing a failure In all that the word Implies. The ground was baked and the fields were wearing that sickly yellow cast In the latter part of June. They were so far gone that an ordinary Summer shower would have had but little 'effect In 'filling the heads. It began rain ing July 3, and a soaking downpour of the regular Winter variety continued three days and put new life Into the plant. It came too later to prevent shriveling, but It brought out 12 to 20 bushels to the acre where 40 and 50 bushels was obtained a year ago. This yield will never drive wheatgrowers from the light lands, but "there'll come a time some day" when the three-day rain In. July will be missing, and the climate changing theory and the light lands will both, be in disfavor. However, as men tioned at the beginning of this letter. Whitman Is big enough to have poor crops at one end of tho county and big crops at the other and still retain her place at or near" the head or the list. I have not vis ited Lincoln County since harvesting be gan; but from random reports received the Big Bend crop Is enough short of that of last year to place Whitman In the lead even though her output be but 7,500.000 to 8,000,000 bushels, and from present Indica tions the latter Is a maximum figure. The quantity and value of the barley and oats crop will swell the totals for grain yield to figures nearly equal to those of the rec ord year of 1901. Not 3Inch Shattering. ' The Palouse wheat crop seems to have escaped one affliction that caused serious loss In Oregon and some port!dn3 of Washington. The loss by "shattering" in this country has been only nominal, hardly anything but Sonora showing trouble from this source except occasionally cxpose'd patches where the wheat ripened so early that It caught the high wind with bad re sults. The unsatisfactory yield In certain sections of the Palouse has been partially offset, not only by big yields in the terrl--tory adjacent to Pullman, but by an ln crecccd acreage In the western part of the country. This new land Is not turn ing off a very big yield per acre, but thero Is enough of It even with a small yield to Agents Are in a Quandary, and in. Many Cases Unable to Take Bunt ness Even at Excessive Rates Remedy Is Clear. t Local agents of fire Insurance com panies a"re hard put at present because the companies are withdrawing from their liabilities on the water front. The truth of the matter is simply that the com panies are not willing to carry Insurance on certain property along the river, even at high rates, and are serving cancella tion notices. Agents are scurrying around lively to cover property thus laid bare with new policies-. But they are hav ing a bard time, for the companies aro "leery." In somo cases the companies are behind In placing the new Insurance. It's all because Portland lacks a fire . boat. In the past IS months tho companies have been growing more and more cau tious of Portland. Rates have been ad vanced on the water front until in some cases they are almost prohibitive. Since the big fire on the East Side the com panies have been even, more on their guard. Fire Insurance rates on the East Side In the vicinity of the last fire have ad vanced 50 per cent since that Hre. But even this does not cover the risks. Companies are withdrawing their lines, reducing their carrying power and cancel ling their liabilities. The public agitation for a flreboat 13 partly responsible for this situation In insurance. The discussion has advertised Portland as a city without adequate fire protection, and has recently made com panies more afraid of Portland than they have reason to be. They overlook the ex cellence of the city fire department. The whole trouble is on acocunt of ab sence of a flreboat from Portland's high ly Inflammable water front. The unpro tected water front makes Insurance rates higher than they should be all over thet city. A fireboat is an absolute necessity, and the necessity Is growing all the time. "If we don't get a flroboat." said an agent yesterday, "the companies will withdraw from all their water-front Insurance." W. J. Clemens, of' Clemens & O'Bryan, said yesterday that his company during the past seven or eight years had writ ten considerable Insurance on water-front property extending from the Oceanic dock and the Portland Flouring Mills to tho Inman z Poulsen mills, on the East Side, and from the Eastern Lumber Company to South Portland, on the West Side. "It Is now serving cancellation notices on the owners of this property to relieve Itself of all water-front insurance," said Mr. Clemens. "If this plan Is pursued by many of the other companies. It will seri ously embarrass the Portland agents In the placing of water-front Insurance. Of course, the companies following this will not be popular with the Insuring public nor with the agents, but thl3 does net relieve the distress of the property-owners in the water-front dlstricL Portland needs a flreboat. and It Is to be hoped that the city will soon appreciate this fact sufilclontly to secure a boat before the water-front Insurance becomes a seri ous question and the property thereby be left In Jeopardy. "The last fire on the East Side showed that when fire once gets started over there it Just keeps going until there 13 nothing left to burn up. That'fire burnt up the roadways and everything- else. an3 when It didn't have anywhere else to go It went for the bridge and devoured two spans of It. The on!y thing saved was the river, and that was saved only be cause it was water." E. L. Thompson, of Hartman. Thomp son & Powers, said: "Agents are Indeed seriously embar rassed to replace Insurance on the East Side water front in the vicinity of tho last fire. The big companies are pulling out at an alarming rate. They are get ting so conservative that It Is hard to do business. Give us a fireboat. and the trouble will vanish. A fireboat is need ed above all things else In Portland. The need Is absolute, far more so than the people realize, and It cries for Immediate relief. We do not have to wait for the Legislature to authorize a fireboat. There are plenty of people, large owners of property, heavy payers of Insurance, who stand ready to advance the money for a flreboat. It will save them money, and they know It." "Our company has not canceled Its lia bilities," said J. D. Coleman. "But this does not reduce the necessity of getting a flreboat right away. Of course, we aro not In the flreboat business, and neither Is our company, and from a business viewpoint our company does not require a flreboat. It has specified rates for a water front with a flreboat, and specified rates for a water front without a flre boat. The latter rat6s we have to Im pose, -according to the rules of our com pany. As a private Individual, and con cerned In the welfare of. the city and my personal business, I cannot urge a flre boat too strongly. "I notice In a late Issue of the New York Insurance Press a paragraph which seriously reflects on the excellence of the Portland flrc department. It shows, fur thermore, the disposition of Insurance companies toward this city. The fire de partment here Is equal, to any on the Coast for the size of the city, but thlt aecms to be overlooked." (Concluded, on Third Page.) Seaboard "ot in Merger. ATLANTA. Ga.. Aug. 22. With refer ence to rumors that the Seaboard Air Line would enter Into a merger with other Southern roads under the control of J. P. Morgan, the following telegram was re ceived today by an afternoon paper: "Reports that any negotiations are now or have been under consideration looking to a sale of the controlling Interest In this system by Its owners are absolutely with out foundation. "JOHN SKELTOIs WILLIAMS. "President Seaboard Air Line. jfc'A. S4