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9 v if1 VOL. XLIL NO. 13,031. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1902. PRlbE JTVE CENTS. WRITE US FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES OF BELTING. PACKING i D Headquarters for All Kinds of Rubber Goods , GOODYEAR RUBBBR COMPANY , R. H. PEASE, President. 73 and 75 First Street. Portland, Oregon. The Greatest Photographic Invention! FILMS QEVELOPED AND FIXED AUTO MATICALLY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT Any child can do it without muss or fuss. eveloping Machine "Will be fully shown and practically. dem onstrated by an expert sent out by the maker, in our Photographic Department, NEXT MONDAY, SEPT. 22, From 2 to 5 P. M. EVERYBODY INVITED ) BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. "Wholesale and Importing: Druggists. SHAW'S PURE ' 'America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today BLUMAUER & HOCH 10S and 110 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon MALT S. F. DAVIES. Pres. C T. BELCHER. See. sd Trew. t. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. American Pita .......... ....f.33, ft-80, $1.75 European Pltn -SCo, no, $1.00 oeoltt9ott(ititoet( o Wholesale Shoes 87-89 First Street, Portland'; Orv "We shall be pleaded to have merchnnlo when visiting; the city make onr store their '.headquarters. Our FALL STOCK of shoes Is select and complete. In fact, -we know we can make it an object for dealers to place their orders with ns. OTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN XIrBt-CInoB Check Restanraat Connected With Hotel. Room SlnrW T5o to (1.90 per 4ay Ttooma Doubla 11.00 to $2.00 per 4ay Rooms Family 1 1.C0 to ia.00 zr AT VI rojv' $ Steel WorksW REMEMBER THE NUMBER PIANO WAR AS LIVELY AS EVER Do not infer, because the big banner had to come down, that OUR address has been changed. Our address is still 353-355 Washington Street, Cor. Park, where we have for sale, at special Carnival Prices, America's oldest and best piano, the "Knabe," the sweet-toned "Hardman," and the now famous Harvard." 353-355 WASHINGTON STREET Opposite Cordray's Theater B. WELLS LIEUT. MORRIS ENDS LIFE Second Officer of Dewey's Flagship to Commit Suicide in Fire Days. BOSTON, Sept. 15. Lieutenant John It. Morris. United States Navy, was found dead in his stateroom on the United States steamship Olympia by a fellow-officer to day. He had committed suicide by shoot ing: with a revolver. The Olympia is an chored oft the Boston Navy-Yard. Lieu tenant Morris was the executive officer of the Olympia, and began duty on that ship January 25 last. No cause is known for hto art Lieutenant Morris is the second officer of the Olympia. Dewey's flagship, to com mit suicide within Ave daya Chaplain William F. Morrison. U. S. N., committed suicide by shooting Thursday afternoon last at the Marine Hospital, Chelsea, where he had been transferred a few days before. HEAVY FROST IN OHIO. Thermometer Reaches n Low Point for First Part of September. CLEVELAND, O., Sept... 15. The Gov ernment thermometer at the "Weather Bureau here last night registered 42 de grees above zero, the lowest point ever reached during September since the es tablishment of the office, 30 years ago. Reports received at the local weather bureau indicate that frost was general throughout tho statet and extremely heavy in tho southern part. SAVAGE VETOES THE PLAN Nebraska Militia Will Not Appear at Fort Riley Encampment. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept 15. The Nebras ka National Guard will not participate in the encampment atfvFort Riley, Kan. Governor Savage tonight issued an order vetoing the plan to send two infantry regi ments and a troop of cavalry. The Gov ernor says the National Guard fund. is all but exhausted, ana to meet the necessary expenses would create a deficiency of $25, 000. Adjutant-General Colby, Brigadier General Barry and a number of regi mental officers will attend in the capacity, of a committee and report on the encamp ment : Another reason given by Governor Sav age is that he considers it unwise to send the entire state militia away during the existence of a strike on one of the rail roads of the state, meaning the Union Pacific. McKInley Service in Cuba. NEW YORK, Sept 15. Memorial serv ices for President McKInley were held here in the Cuban Baptist Church, cables the Havana, correspondent of tho New York American. Rev. Alberto Diaz preached a sermon on "McKInley, tho Lib erator," reminding his , congregation that to him Cuba owed her liberty. He paid a tribute to the intense humanity and sympathy of the martyred President The choir sang tho President's favorite hymn. "Nearer, My God, to Thee' The attend ance was the largest in the history of the church. 38 LOSTJN FIRE Lewis River Death Roll Still Increasing. MANY PEOPLE ARE MISSING Property Loss Js Not Less Than $1,000,000. TRAGIC FATE OF NINE CAMPERS Just oh Their Escape Appears Cer tain, a "Log Blocks the Way and All Perish Damage in Clacka mas County Is About $200,000. LIST OF THE DEAD. George "W. Smith, wife and child. Mrs. Agnes McKeen and child. Mr. C. A. McKeen. ,i Mrs. Eva Reed and three- childrjn." Mr. Orie Reed. f Mra. John Polly, child and 10-year-old brother. Mrs. Graves. W. E. Newhouse. Unknown, 22. KALAMA, "Wash., Sept. 15. Reports from the fire-stricken districts of Lewis River continue to grow worse.. The charred and lifeless bodies of 2S peoplo have already been found, and all believe there will be more to follow. Many set tlers and an unknown number of camp era from outside points are mining. The burned district was settled by perhaps 500 people, most of whom were prosperous, while many "were well-to-do. Nearly all of the farmers had good buildings, their barns filled with hay, and their pastures well stocked with cattle. "What was a week ago the beautiful and fertile valley of the Lewis- is now "a hot -and silent val ley of death, covored promiscuously with the -blackened bodies of both man and beast At one place, the irons of a burned wagon, the roasted remains of a team of horses and the derid bodies of nine people tell the tale of an unsuccessful attempt of a party of pleasure-seekers to escape. While -fleeing from the" flames they were stopped by a big log that had fallen across the road. The team was burned on the spot and so fierce was the fire that none of the nine persons were able to get more than a few steps from -tho wagon. The only bodies In this group that could be identified were those of Al Reed and his sbn. Many people slaved their lives by Jump ing Into the Lewis River, the water of which, In some places, was warm from the intense heat of the surrounding flames. About 60 people, who were camp ing at Trout Lake, near the base of Mount St Helens, were- saved by taking to the water on improvised rafts of poles and logs. About 140 sections of the finest tim ber land in Cowlitz County have been burned over, and much of It destroyed completely. It is esetlmated that the property loss to this county will not be lees than 51,000.000. Three hundred people have been left homeless and destitute, and, as noted heretofore, at least 2S lives have been lost CHARRED DESERT IX COWLITZ. Eyewitnesses to Disaster Tell How Fifteen Lives Were Lost. Fifteen lives are now known to have been lost in the flre which swept over tho country between Ariel, Cowlitz County, and the foot of Mount St Helens, Friday and Saturday. The entire country has been left a charred desert and over 200 people have been left homeless, with scarcely enough clothes to cover them. Some thrilling incidents of aged people who lost their families and young men who made heroic efforts to save the prop erty pr lives of their neighbors have been brought in by survivors of the fire. Since tho fire has abated, those who survived have compared notes and experiences. It is their opinion that the foregoing list of dead Is correct and they think they have accounted for all of the people that were in the vicinity at the time. Mllo M. Dlmmlck, who was the first to come out and spread the news, started back to the scene of the disaster yester day at 3 o'clock. He will Institute a thor ough search for the remains of the killed. He says that he does not think that nearly all of the people have been accounted for, and that at least 45 perished in the Are. Large loads of supplies have been sent in from oodland and tho neighboring places, and the immediate necessities of life will be supplied. Miss Edith Train is one of the surviv ors who have come to Portland. She did not leave ilntil Saturday morning, and at that time it was thought that the dead numbered 15. as stated above. Mor heart-rending scenes than were enacted during the awful disaster would be hard to Imagine. As Miss Train came out she met an aged man, James A. Smith, who lives at View, Wash. He was inquiring after a party of 11 that had gono into that country but a few days before. Three of them were hig own children, and all were members of his family. George W. Smith, Mrs. Agnes McKeen and Mrs.' Eva Reed were his own children. Their families made up the rest ol the party. He was told of tho tragic State of his loved ones, anQ the aged maih was over come with grief.- He would not give up that the party found could be this one, although it answered exactly with the description, and was the only one that , hod been In there at the time. Buoying t himself up with hope that there had been a mistake, he forced his way through the smouldering timbers and across the rivers from which tho bridges had been burned, only to find that his worst fears were confirmed. A small heap of charred bones was all that was left of the party he was. seeking. All had been lying on their backs, except one, and.lt is thought that they were gasping for a last breath of tho air when they were suffocated by the heat The case of John . Polly, who lost his family, 13 also very sad. He was work ing at Cressups when the fire threatened their property. Thinking that there was no danger near his home, he stayed and worked all day and night, helping them what he could. After the worst had passed them, he became anxious about his own home and family, and struck out in search of them. Their burned remains were all that he ever found. After his wife, who was alone, except for her child and 10-year-old brother, had seen the flre approaching, she had gone at once to a neighbor's house. There she had found a man of the name of Godfrey and Mrs. Rice, also fearful of the approaching flre. In h. miraculously short time it was right upon them. "I saw a small clearing that would let us get to Speller Creek," said Mrs. Rice, as she related the terrible experiences during which three lives had been lost "I urged the rest to come on and not try to save the property, and we started to run. Mrs. Polly noticed that her brother was not along, and went back to get him. but the flre came so fast that she was caught before she could get out again, and all three of them perished." Mra. Graves, her son, Irwin, and her daughter, Alice, were at home, and as they noticed the fire in the woods near by became alarmed and thought that they would go to Murray's place, near by, where there was a large enough clearing to make them safe. "You go ahead," said the mother. "I want to fix a few things, and will come In a short time." Never fearing but that there was ample time to make an escape, the children went on down t6 Murray's, but the flre had made a progress that seemed to be miraculous, and before they had got there the flames were upon them. The mother had stayed a moment too long, and she was never again seen alive. The Wallace party that was reported to have been lost was saved by the heroic work of the Postmaster at Ariel, whose name Is Chltty. Knowing where they were camped, and seeing that they were In danger, he took a lot of lanterns, and In the dead of night made his way to where they were, warned them, and got them out of danger before the flre was upon them. As near as can be, estimated, 15 people are missing since the flref Fourteen charred bodies have been found, and the other that Is lost Is W. E. Newhouse. It Is expected that his body- will be found as soon as a search Is started. "I know that he Is "dead," said Miss Trains "for If he was not he would have come to the place where weir were." A party of four, Alfred Fossum, Will iam Frazler, Charles Wlttlirgham and Gyles, are on Goat Mountain, and have not returned yet but It Is thought that there has as yet been no flre on Gpat Mountain, anil that they are safe. Those who witnessed the flre as It rav aged the country ' of the upper Lewis .River say that words will not give a de scription of tho awful grandeur- -of the sight So rapidly did the flames spread before th'e strong wind which fanned them into an even-renewed life, that even the wild beasts of the forests were pow erless to get out of the way. Grouse were seen with their wings singed and powerless to flee from the death which was approaching upon them. Deer were exhausted from their long flight, and were found, after the lire had passed over, burned to death. "I sfocd up under the strain falrly well," said Miss Train, "until we went to a neighbor's house that had been saved. We had been there but a minute, when one of the men came Into the house and asked for the guji. Looking out, I saw a handsome deer that had sought refuge In the same clearing with us. Of course, our supplies were gone, and the men In sisted upon shooting It As It fell I gave way, and all of the women had a good cry. The poor thing had been flying from the same danger that we had. and had found the same shelter, and It seemed such a pity to kill It after the long, hard flight for life." Another one of the neighbors had a little fawn seek protection In the same lnclosure with them, and It was not harmed. Despite their many troubles, the' people are doing all that they can toward giving the dead a proper burial. "Yet the best that they can do Is very poor," said one of them yesterday. "They have nothing left with which to work. There are no" saws, no material with which to make boxes." The Washington people are said to be responding well to the call for 'relief. Claude Bozart. who lives at Woodland, was In the country at the time of the desolation, and as soon as his services were not needed to save lives, he went at once to his home and asked the people there to send In relief. A public meeting was calld. and' Inside of two hours over ?300 had been raised, and ho was on his way back with money, food and clothing for the suffering. MANY BURNED IX CLARK COUNTY. Report Th.t Dcnth 1, 1st Is Larger Than Reported. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept 15. (Spe cial.) A number of deaths In the Rock Creek district, near Bell's Mountain, were reported here today by James Richardson and.L. D. Jackson, residents of that sec tion. Terriblo Arc, they say, raged in that country Thursday and Friday. The Are was driven by a high east wind, which swept everything before It John Schmidt, the husband of an un fortunate victim, was ih Portland at the time of the Are, and did not know of the terrible disaster until yesterday. He left for the scene of the fire this morning. The body of an unknown man was found In the aches of the house which belonged to Mrs. Wilcox, on Rock Creek. Fire, according to the reports, swept over a strip of timber In the northern part of the county, 11 miles wide, for a distance of 40 miles. The country around the headwaters of Lewis River are known to be full of prospectors anvj miners, and It Is believed that manymoro lives are lost than are now. reportcdl More than 20 families In the vicinity of Rock Creek are rendered homeless. Meas ures are being taken among the authori ties and citizens here to render speedy assistance to the unfortunate Are suffer ers. As reports say a large number of people are left entirely destitute for the time being by reason cf the destruction of buildings, crops and stock, unless they are given relief soon, much suffer ing is sure to result The County Commissioners will meet to morrow In special session," for the purpose of devising means for rendering the need ed assistance, and a mass meeting of thq Citizens of Vancouver Is called by Mayor Eastham for a similar purpose for tomor row evening. Dense Smoke in the Pnlouse. COLFAX. Wash.. Sept. 15. (Speclal.) The smoke which envelops Western Washington has extended to the Palouse country, which Is covered as with a heavy fog, shutting out the sunlight and giving a gloomy aspect to everything. The smoke fills the air and makes breath ing difficult STATE FAIR OPENS Attendance Double That of Last Year's First Day. SHOW PLEASES cTHE VISITORS Formal Opening: of Annual Event at Salem, With Speeches by Govern or Geer and Dr. James Withy combe. SALEM, Or., Sept 15. (Special.) Open ing day of the State Fair today was a great success. The attendance for the in itial day was larger than for years. and the benefit of this change was seen xwhen a year or two ago the wheat crop was unusually short, and no apparent In Jury to the country was felt It was for gotten within a short time, whereas had it occurred 10 years before it would have resulted In little short of bankruptcy. "The time will come Indeed, is rapidly approaching when, the Willamette Valley will be one of the most famous and pros perous dairy countries In the world. No better combination of soil and climate for the business can be found anywhere, and there is always money In it The eastern part of the state will be noted, as now, for its adaptability to grain and stock raising In addition to its mines, and the southern poTtlon Is rich In Its possibilities in mineral and agricultural development "These elements combined, with their steady development, account for this ex cellent display, which is a credit to the Industry and Intelligence of our people. "I congratulate the management upon the propitious circumstances under which this annual affair opens. Its scope Is con tinually broadening until little Is now heard In reference to It as 'the Salem fair.' It is represented among Its exhib itors by people from every section of the state, and its benefits will be according ly shared by all sections of our common wealth. I have been requested to wel come you to a participation of the enjoy ments and benefits that may come from a OPENS THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN. SENATOR ALBERT .J. BEVERIDGE. President Wehrung- stated -tonight that the gate" receipts for the day were double those of the opening day last year. The receipts up to 4 o'clock this afternoon were 1451, as against $369 last year. The grounds, are well, supplied with ex-r "hlblts. . Linn, .Lane, ..Polk .and Washing ton counties .have creditable, displays 'of their resources In the. pavilion. The art and numufa'cturlng 'departments arelarge ly represented.- There are not as many fake shows, midways and entertainments as usual, and only good wholesome enter tainment is allow'ed by the management. Thcrej are more campers , this year and every indication augurs well for the suc cess of the .exposition. .The visitors ap peared pleased with the show, and were complimentary In their remarks. The fair was formally-opened tonight with exercises in the music hall at the pavilion. The Fourth Regiment Band 'of Eugene, "which -is engaged, for the week, played two appropriate opening selections, "Oregon State Fair" and " "Reception." President "Wehrung presided and intro duced Governor Geer, who gave the ad dress of welcome. , Governor Geer spoke In part as follows: "In his Buffalo speech, the last he ever delivered, among many other sayings. President McKInley declared that 'exposi tions are the timekeepers of progress.' Along this same line of thought it may be said that the annual fairs for any given state for a series of years furnish an In dex to the advancement and levelopment of its resources and people. "To those of us who can remember the first State Fair at Oregon City 40 years ago, the difference between the exhibition at that time and this magnificent display of the resources and possibilities of our state serves the purpose of a revelation. It Is not going too far to say that no state in the Union can furnish a better exhibi tion of agricultural produce and speci mens of animal and, mineral excellence than Is to be seen here tonlrht This ex hibition Is the result of an evolution from the most primitive methods of agriculture to a condition where the necessity of a diversification ot industries is recognized and adopted. " "All honor Is due to the pioneers who In the past struggled against strong odds in maintaining our State Fair, and nothing Is detracted from their efforts by saying that the present management Is entitled to great praise for the energetic manner In which It has given new impetus to an annual exhibition which, brings our people together in large numbers to display tho results cf their combined labors and to furnish the opportunity vf or each section of our state to see what every other sec tion has done and is doing. "The Oregonlan who visits on agricul tural exhibition In any one of the Eastern States will be amused to see for what a variety pf purposes corn will be employed to show tho possibilities of the country. Corn .is Indeed 'king,' but no single Indus try in Oregon can lay claim to being on in Industrial thrpnet nor even In the di rect line. I believe that no state In the Union barring Washington, perhaps fcould possibly present for exhibition so jgreat a variety of farm products as was displayed here two years ago by Hon. i. M. Lafollette as the produce of his own farm. As the possibility of a single tarm. It is doubtful if it could be equaled on this continent outside of our own soil and climate. ' "It Is encouraging to observe that' our farmers have finally seen the necessity of paying attention to a variety of crops. In this fact is found the explanation, largely, of their Improved condition. Wheat i3 no longer chiefly relied upon, visit within, Its gates, which I cheerfully do as citizens of ohr growing state." The. response was made by Dr. James Wlthycombe of Corvallls, whose speech follows: "Nature has Indeed dealt generously with our state. The extent of variety and the uniform excellence of .quality shown In the exhibits In all of the departments of this fair instantly Impress one with tho agricultural possibilities of the -future. This dlsjjlay of the fruits of human en deavor presagen that agriculture will ever (Concluded on Third Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Politics. Senator Beverldge opens California campaign with speech on Paclflc-Orlcnt trade. Page 1. Roosevelt will make strong speeches for Cuba oh his "Western trip. Page 2. Movements to -enlist worklngmcn of country in a semi-political organization. Page 2.. Alabama Republicans bar negro delegates. .Page' 2. Foreign. Russia Is preparing to evacuate Manchuria. Page' 11. The Hague court takes up Pious fund claim of United States against Mexico. Page 11. Six thousand people drowned In flood in Calcut ta. Page 11. General. Supreme Justice Horace Gray dies of paralysis. Page - Explorer Peary Is heard from in Labrador. Page 11. Senator Thomas R. Bard, of California, is se riously ill. Page 2. Northwest Fires. Thirty-eight lives are believed to havo been lost in Cowlitz County Arc. Tage 1. Portland citizens and churches raise money and glye supplies to fire sufferers. Page 10. Millions of feet of timber have been destroyed In Santiam country. Page 10. Eye-witnesses tell thrilling story of Cowlitz County disaster. Page 1. Loss in Clackamas County is estimated at 5200,000. Page 10. Sport. Tommy Ryan knocks out "Kid" Carter in six rounds. Pago 5. Jack Marshall Is said to be out for presidency of Northwest Baseball League. Page 3. Oregon State Fair races best ever held on open ing day. Page 5. Pacific Coast. ' Railroad problem the only trouble ahead for the state convention ot "Washington Demo crats at Tacoma today. Page 4. "Washington Supreme Court decides that a street railway 13 responsible for damages in giving wronar transfers. Page 4. Two Roscburg men draw revolvers In a quarrel, and one kills the other. Page 4. Commercial and marine. Oregon hop crop expected to be the finest In quality ever harvested here. Page 32. Salt trust advances prices in the "West. Page 13. "High rate for call loans on New York Stock Exchange. Page 33. Chicago wheat not affected by injunction cases. Page 33. O. R. & N. steamers on Portland-San Francisco line will be withdrawn next week. Page 12. Large fleet arrives in at Astoria. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Court uncertain what to do with Locklngton, who tried to kill his wife. Tage 11. Circuit Court of Appeals begins short session. Page 7. Four colored gamblers convicted for playing poker. Page 8. St. Paul Railroad and the Goulds possible sup porters ot Coos Bay Railroad. Page 12. Board of Engineers for mouth of Columbia to meet hero Thursday; for The Dalles, next Monday. Page 14. HQ! HOL Beveridge on the Trade of the Future, ORIENT OFFERS THE FIELtt Indiana Senator Opens the California Campaign. REPUBLICAN POLICIES UPHELD Opposition Is Taken to TasU for Pro posing: One Policy Tovfard Hawaii and. Another for the Philippines. Beverldge on Oriental Trade. The Pacific Is the ocean of the future. The markets of tho Orient are the Republic's- future commercial salvation; and the Orient's commercial future is yours. If the Philippines are no advantage to the Republic, why is Hawaii an ad vantage to the Republic? The opposi tion does not say give It up. "Where will the Pacific Coast sell Its surplus? And your unsold surplus means your commerce paralyzed, your laboring men starving. There Is only one solution of the "la bor problem," and that solution Is steady employment and honest wages. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 15. The Re publican campaign In this city was inau gurated this evening by a rousing recep tion to George C. Pardee, the Republican nominee for Governor, and Senator A. J. Beveridge, of Indiana. Senator George C. 'Perkins, as chairman of the meeting, in troduced Mr. Beveridge. who was la ex cellent voice and delivered- an address of more than usual Interest His words were frequently interrupted by prolonged ap plause. "Dr. Pardee extolled the work of tho Republican party In this country, and In California in particular. Senator Bever idge said in part: "Fellow Republicans of California and the Pacific Slope: The future Is yours. The Pacific is the ocean of the future, and the Pacific is yours. The markets of tho Orient are the Republic's future commer cial salvation; and the Orient's commer cial future Is yours. Important as other questions are. the one great question that covers seas and islands and continents, that will last when other questions have been asked and answered and forgotten, that will determine your present prosper ity and the greatness of your children's children in their day. Is the mastery of tho Pacific and the commercial conquest of the Eastern world. And that question Is peculiarly your question, people of the Pa cific Slope. If your wealth Is to increase you must produce a surplus; and If you produce a surplus you must sell It. And where will you sell It save over the seas of sunset? If your laboring men are to be employed you must have commerce; and where will the commerce, great enough for your ever-Increasing popula tion, be found save In your supply of the ever Increasing demands of the millions of the Orient? And yet when events have given this future Into your keeping, the opposition to the Government asks you to surrender It for an unsound sentiment, to give up your position of power for a phrase, to sell your birthright for poli ticians' advantage. And therefore let U3 consider tonight which side of this ele mental argument Is wise and right and beneficial to the people of the Pacific Slope. Let us weigh the case of the states manship of the Administration and the In dictment of that statesmanship-by the op position to the Government." "Why Two Insular Policies. Senator Beveridge charged the opposi tion with intention to abandon Porto Rico and Hawaii as well as the Philippines. If tho opposition' says that they do not favor hauling down the flag In Porto Rico and Hawaii, but only In the Philippines, ask them why wo should keep one and not tho other. If the Philippines are no advan tage to the Republic, why Is Hawaii an advantage to the Republic; why Is Porto Rico an advantage to the Republic? Why would the opposition have American au thority remain In Hawaii and not In tho great archipelago which commands tho commercial, naval and military situation of the East? If he says that Hawaii asked for annexation, the answer Is that annexation of Hawaii was accomplished by the overthrow of the hereditary ruler of the nativefi of those islands. If he says that the people of Porto Rico consented to our rule, the answer Is that their con sent was never asked for except In tho form of an oath of allegiance to our flag. And that same consent has been given from Luzon to Sulu. "If the opposition answers that It was a mistake to take Hawaii and Porto Rico, but now that the mistake is made it Is our duty to govern them wisely and well, why Is not the same thing true of the Philip pines. If expansion" is a mistake already accomplished In Porto Rico and Hawaii, it is also already accomplished in the Phil ippines. And any duty growing out of mistake in taking one equally applies to tho other. Does the onnoeltion say that it Is none of our business If other people cannot govern themselves? That was the answer of Cain when the Voice asked where his brother was. The duty of no man is to himself alone; the duty of no nation Is to ltGelf'aloho. American vs. Poor Government. "Analyze the three years of American administration In Porto Rico American schools for the humblest, just laws, hon est government, prosperous commerce. Then sail for less than a day to the sister island of San Domingo and behold com merce extinguished, justice unknown, government and law a whim, religion de generated to voodoo rites. Compare the condition of these two islands, and an swer whether American administration in Porto Rico with or without their consent .Concluded on Third Page.)