THE MORSINfe OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1903.
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SURE 0F WINNING
Oregonians Have Captured
Livestock Men.
NO OPPOSITION IS APPARENT
Convention Auks Consreas to Ap
point Commlimlon to InveKtljrate
Ranee Favor LeaIns to
Preserve Grnaa.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 13. (Special.) Or
egon delegates to the National Livestock
convention are extremely -confident Port
land -will -win the 1904 convention on the
first ballot tomorrow afternoon. Secretary
Millls eald tonight:
"The outlook Is better than ever. We can
And no vigorous opposition, and. If we are
beaten. It -will bo by a combination of
which we have no knowledge now. If
other cities, are making a still hunt, It Is
bo still nobody hears of It. "When It la
urged that Portland is too far away, dele
gates generally reply, 'Just what we want.
We have seen all these other places, and
"we haven't seen Portland.' "
Slour City apparently dropped out of the
fight today and is now asking for the
1905 convention. Denver's bid for next
year's convention is not believed to be
serious, as the convention was held there
two years ago.
A dozen Oregon delegates went to St
Joseph today and did missionary work for
the Lewis and Clark Fair and Oregon.
The apples are holding out, despite a
constant stream of visitors, who are told
to help themselves to fruit.
The delegation will break up Saturday
morning. F. E. Beach will go to St.
Louis and Chicago, J. W. Bailey and A. B.
Manley to Chicago, S. B. Barker to
Boston, George Chandler to New Orleans,
Mr. "Waleman to New York, A. P. Nelson
to Eastern cities and others to Oregon,
"To get Portland In shape for the stock
Xncn next year," as one of the delegates
said. The delegates will all attend the
big minstrel show in Convention Hall to
morrow night.
A. N. Gilbert, George Chandler and the
Messrs. "Wllkins have purchased here a
carload of Hereford and Galloway thor
oughbred cattle for their Oregon ranches.
Mr. Willis will remain hero as long as he
sees opportunity to make friends for Ore
gon. Delegates feel that they have made
a good fight and that there is nothing
f uther to do but await the ballot
PAVOKS A COMMISSION.
Livestock Convention Aalcs Conprresn
to Investigate Itangrc Question.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 15. The National
Livestock Association, In its annual con
vention here this afternoon, by a rising
vote, adopted a resolution indorsing Presi
dent Boosevelt's suggestion that Congress
appoint a committee of experts to settle
the range problem, which for years has
been a bone of contention between cattle
and sheepmen. The resolution had al
ready been favorably passed upon by the
executive committee as a substitute .for a
r isolution presented yesterday by A. R.
Robertson, of Texas, which favored the
leasing of public lands for grazing.
The question was opened by the reading
of a paper by John P. Irish, of California,
in line with the resolution. Colonel Irish
was unable to be present, and his paper
was read by the secretary. He said:
The Grazing: Land.
"'The campaign of educatlGn begun by
this association at its meeting in Fort
Worth and actively prosecuted by vari
ous livestock organization In the West
has produced the expected effect The
country is better informed than ever be
fore as to the conditions which are yearly
abridging the most economical production
of cattle and sheep. That production
was upon the semi-arid ranges of the I
West where It is estimated there are four
hundred million acres for which graz
ing will be the sole use. It is the largest
and was the best stock range in the
world. Its forage has been destroyed and
its potential wealth has disappeared
through its free use in common by all
comers. About that vast range the East
has held totally incorrect ideas.
"To the Eastern mind it has appeared
as equal to the prairie lands of the Upper
Mississippi, moist fertile and ready for
the homesteader. Thanks to the light
shed abroad by the advocates of irriga
tion, it is now established that this graz
ing domain, the property of all the peo
ple, has and will have no other use than
as range for flocks and herds. It is
nearly fed out The range Industry is in
a death struggle. The attempt of some
grazers to survive by unlawfully fenc
ing in the public domain and the more
reprehensible attempts of others to com
mand the range with the rifle must in
charity be accepted as the desperate
methods for survival of an Industry that
has conferred vast benefits upon the Na
tion. Government 31 out Act.
"But the Government must govern. It
'would deserve the contempt even of the
beneficiaries of Its neglect to enforce
the law. If it permitted monopoly of the
common property by unlawful Inclosure.
Nor can the Government much longer
avoid legislation that will enable It to
punish the use of the rifle. The remedy
need not be far sought The Govern
ment should retain public ownership of
the range and protect its forage by leas
ing it In suitable tracts to the hardy
men who occupy It, understand it and
will take measures to renew its grasses
and restore its primitive capacity for
carrying stock.
"The measure now before Congress was
Introduced as a means of promoting dis
cussion of this policy. It was mistaken
as a finality. It was intended to present
the subject in its broadest scope and to
emphasize some principles that are indis
pensable in any such legislation. The
homesteader, the mineral entryman and
the Irrigator are by. that measure given
rights superior to those of the lease
holder. The present agricultural settler
and the future homesteader are given
franchises necessary to their welfare,
and Intended to promote the settlement
of every acre upon which a home can
be maintained by agriculture. These
features are Insisted on in good faith by
every Western stockman. There are here
today pioneers on the range, men who
suffered from the Indians anci bore isola-'
tlon. while they were the skirmish line
of the settlement and civilization. .They
want a home in all that vast West, wher
ever it can be founded and maintained.
Preniclent a Western Man.
"At the hearings given by the land com
mittee of the House during the last ses
sion, there was an absolutely free ex
pression of opinion pro and con. The
whole was printed in a public document
and constitutes an ample literature of
the subject In the time that has elapsed
since those arguments were made events
have hastened toward the accomplish
mnnt of a leasehold noliev. TWrn hm.
been vast property losses through the
Government doing its duty by the removal
of -unlawful fences, and sadder than this
has been tile loss of life in the many bat
tles fought in the range war.
"We may count ourselves happy that
the country has a Western man for Pres
ident He is as typically Western as wo
who were born here. He has a keen and
Intimate knowledge of the physical and
social and Industrial conditions of this
vast region where our homes and treas
ures are. He appreciates the difficulties
in the way of that comprehensive reform
of the land laws that will add the range
as a distinct class and put Its potential
wealth under the protection of the law.
Ho recommends that the task of doing
this be given over to an expert commis
sion which will naturally report its con
clusions in the form of an act of Con
gress. We should here support the Pres
ident in seeking such a commission. Let
Congress authorize him to appoint it and
out of his suggestion will issue the great
est and the happiest result that has ever
followed land legislation since the Repub
lic became the greatest landowner on
the planet"
One Delegate Oppose.
A lively discussion followed. A. E. Har
ris, a member of the executive committee
from Iowa, talked at length in -opposition
to the resolution. He argued that this
question which was of the greatest im
portance to the fanners of the West and
Middle West, was being manipulated. The
supporters of the resolution, he asserted,
were juggling with President Roosevelt's
name In order to curry favor. Mr. Harris
gave a history of the discussion of the
question at previous conventions, and said
that the supporters of the resolution In
troduced today had always evaded the is
sue until now, when they had a distinct
majority. He advised against action on
the auestlon at this time.
Jerry Simpson, ex-Congressman from
Kansas and now from Roswell, N. M.,
ridiculed, the stand taken by Harris, and
favored the resolution, as did also Dele
gates Williams, of West Virginia, and
Gelfelder. of Nebraska.
Then, upon motion of John D. David, of
Idaho, the discussion was closed. When
the resolution was put to a vote, it was
carried by a large majority, the delegates
rising in their seats.
Later Senator Francis Emory Warren,
of Wyoming, president of the National
Woolgrowers' Association, in a speech in
dorsed the resolution and complimented
the convention upon Its passage. He said
Congress, the President and the Secretary
of the Interior were anxious to do some
thing on the public domain question. The
name of President Roosevelt was greeted
warmly.
The resolutions were a substitute for
one offered by A. H. Robertson, of Texas,
calling for the amendment of laws regu
lating grazing on the public domain and
approving bf leasing such lands In states
where that policy Is desired by the people.
Mr. Robertson's resolution was tabled and
the substitute was adopted as follows:
For Memorial to Congrcw.
"Resolved, That the laws governing the
use of public lands of the United States
have become outgrown and obsolete, ow
ing to the rapid advance of civilization,
and we believe that the time has come
when Congress should, take action looking
toward laws that will recognize the
changed conditions and will encourage the
settlement and Improvement of the larg
est possible area, and provide protection
to the settlers using said lands for graz
ing purposes.
"Resolved. That we approve the sug
gestion of President Roosevelt In his last
annual message to Congress that larger
areas of these ecml-arld lands should be
allowed for a homestead, and that a
commission of experts be appointed to
investigate the present existing condition
and suggest to Congress the remedies that
will be fair and Just and will build up
rather than retard the growth and im
provement of the West
"Resolved, -That a memorial from this
convention to Congress be prepared, call
ing the attention of Congress to the fact
that the present land laws encourage the
destruction of the forage upon the public
lands and retard Improvement and settle
ment; that the memorial petition Con
gress to adopt the suggestion of Presi
dent Roosevelt to appoint a commission
of experts to make a careful investiga
tion Into the actual conditions nbw pre
vailing and to suggest new laws that will,
benefit all sections of the country, the
varied and conflicting conditions existing
in the various sections of the West being
the principal obstacle that has prevented
the etockmen from agreeing among them
selves upon a plan for a change In the
laws, as the law that would benefit one
section would cause loss and ruin to an
other, where different conditions prevail.
"Resolved, That said memorial be pre
pared Immediately and presented to the
present session of Congress, with an ur
gent appeal that action be taken to the
end that this grave question may be set
tled at an early date and to the further
end that Congress may not act hastily
and unadvisedly in changing the present
laws until properly Informed through its
commission of experts as to the actual
prevailing conditions in all sections."
Jinny l'apers Read.
Among the addresses at the morning
session was one by Hon. Wllllani M.
Springer, of Washington, D. C, on "The
Proposed Merging of the Packing Plants
of This Country and the Effects and Rem
edy," and one by Dr. W. H. Dalemple,
of Louisiana, on "Infectious Diseases and
Their Prevention." C. E. Abbott, of
Springer, N. M, and Senator Warren, of
Wyoming, president of the National
Woolgrowers' Association, also addressed
the delegates at the morning session.
Among the speakers at the afternoon
session were R. C. Jacobscn, of Illinois,
whose topic was "The Destruction of
Hides by Warbles," and Colonel John P.
Irish, of California, who led the discus
sion on the subject, "The Changes Con
gress Should Make In the Laws Govern
ing the Public Domain and Forest Re
serves." Several Important resolutions presented
at the morning session were adopted. One
by J. W. Robinson, of Kansas, favored an
amendment of the Interstate commerce
law in such a way as to grant to the In
terstate Commerce Commission power to
adjust freight rates aa they have been
found to bo unequal or unjust and power
to put into full force and effect Its rulings
and decisions which shall stand until re
versed or modified by the courts.
President Springer, commenting on the
above resolution, said that at present the
five members of the commission cost the
Government 5200.C00 a year, and yet they
had never been able to enforce one of
their own orders. This resolution, he said,
was for the purpose of remedying that
condition.
A resolution offered by C. W. Baker, of
Illinois, reaffirming the livestock associa
tion's attitude on the so-called 40-hour
law, which provides for an extension of
the time to 40 hours In which cattle can be
confined in cars without unloading, caused
some opposition. A Utah delegate as
serted that; the resolution was backed by
the railroads and that it favored them.
What stockmen wanted, he said, was for
the railways to expedite their shipments ;
they already delayed them too long.
President Springer resented this state
ment and declared that the resolution had
originated in the Texas Cattle Association,
and that It was supported by the states
producing the greatest number of cattle.
The resolution was adopted by a close
vote.
Praise for Wilnon.
A resolution drawn up by the executlvo
committee congratulates the Bureau of
Animal Industry for Its success in stamp
ing out the foot and mouth disease among
cattle In New England and Indorses the
method used.
It aleo congratulates Secretary Wilson
and Dr. Salmon, chief of the bureau, for
their efforts in building up the livestock
Interests. During the discussion over the
resolution, vrhlch was adopted .unani
mously, one delegate stated that the bu
reau would have been justified In killing
every animal in iew .England to eradicate
the diseeee.
During the discussion on the resolution
Delegate Wilson, of TcxaB. and Dr. Peters
and Peter Jansen, both of Nebraska
lauded the work of the Bureau of Animal
Industry.
Another Important resolution adopted
asks Congress to give the Secretary of
Agriculture power to order the disinfec
tion of ImDortPd skins and hides at the
different ports of entry, and also to desig
nate the ports at which hides may be
broughfinto this country.
Other resolutions favor a 15-cent duty on
pelts, pickled hides and skins, which are
dutiable because they are "partly manu
factured?' end Indorsing the proposed live
stock exhibition at the St Louis Exposi
tion. Judge William M. Springer, general
counsol for the association. In his report
sa.u that the most Important legislation
of the year affecting the livestock Indus
try was the passage of the oleomargarine
law. He said that it was the general Im
pression ( that the oleomargarine business
had been injured by this law, but that
such was not the case, and that the out
put had increased since the passage of the
measure. He gave figures to bear out this
statement and, continuing, said that un
der the general operation of tho law the
production would finally be increased 12
per cont.
Judge Springer said that the chance of
the passage by Congress of the Grosvenor
anti-shoddy bill was very remote, and sug
gested that the livestock association
should solicit the co-operation of the
newspapers of the country, that the peo
ple might be enlightened relative to the
adulteration of woolen goods.
Speaking of the 40-hour unloading bill,
Judge Springer said that some recent op
position had developed from the packing
houses of Chicago, which allege that the
operation of the law would be Injurious to
bef cattle.
A resolution indorsing Senator William
A. Harris, of Kansas, for appointment as
a member of the Isthmian Canal Commis
sion was adopted, and one Indorsing the
Penrose bill providing for the Improve
ment of horses for general purposes by
breeding' along a provided line.
Before adjournment for the day was
taken, a new executive-committee was
named.
Tho executive committee re-elected its
old officers.
Millls Is VIeerPresIdent.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 15. The Na
tional Association of Railroad Livestock
Agents today elected C. J. Millls, of Port
land, Or., a vice-president and decided to
meet at El Paso, Texas, on March 10, 1303.
TRY TO SHIFT BLAME.
Mine Operator Say 3Ilncrs Limit
Output.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 15. Most of the
testimony presented to the Anthracite
Coal Strike Commission today was of a
corroborative nature, the Erie Company,
which has not yet concluded its case, pro
duclng numerous witnesses to prove that
the miners' union is responsible for the
alleged restriction of the. hard coal pro
duction. The Erie Company controls the
Hillside Coal & Iron Company and the
Pennsylvania Coal Company. During the
examination of Edward Button, a fore
man employed by the latter company, the
fact was adduced that the practice of re
stricting tho number of cars to be loaded
dally by one man had been in operation
as far back as 1S95, long before the Unit
ed MIneworkers of America entered the
anthracite region. The union's respon
sibility rests with the enforcement of this
rule, and not with its Inception. Chair
man Gray, of the commission, who has
been ill at his home In Wilmington, Del.,
for several days, was present at today's
session.
The majority of the witnesses were mine
foremen, who testified that the union was
detrimental to discipline at the collieries,
that mining Is a comparatively healthy
occupation, and to acts of lawlessness
committed during therecent strike. Will
iam Zorn, a contract miner, testified at
the afternoon session that ho"had been
prevented by the union from performing
a certain contract the driver refusing to
furnish him with a sufficient number of
cars.
President Mitchell explained to the com
mission that the union regarded with dis
favor the practice of miners securing cer
tain work by proposals. In the first
place, he said, the lowest bidder always
secured the contract and he employs as
many helpers as he deems necessary,
paying them smaller wages than they
would otherwise receive. In many cases,
one contract miner had employed from 12
to 15 laborers to do the work, while he
would act as superintendent, performing
no part of the actual mining. This the
union considered unjust to tho other men,
besides Increasing the liability to acci
dents, as the contract miner could not
pay proper attention to so many differ
ent Jobs. Mr. Mitchell stated also that
ho had been Informed that saloonkeepers
sometimes secure these contracts, and
never enter the mines, but leave the work
to the laborers.
M. P. Blauvelt auditor of tho Hillside
Coal Company, and of the Pennsylvania
Coal Company, offered numerous statis
tics showing the average earnings of the
men in the company's employ, and pro--duced
figures to show what the earnings
would be if the collieries worked full time
at the rate of 10 hours a day for a year.
Counsel for the miners objected to this as
evidence, but Chairman Gray decided, as
the statements were compiled from office
records, they were admissible. E. M. Be
yea, land agent of the company, was
called to testify concerning the prosperity
of the employes of the Pennsylvania Coal
Company. The witness said 9S9, or 21.8
per cent of the whole number, are as
sessed as property-holders, and 341, or 13
per cent of the Hlllsido Company's men
are similarly assessed. Tho companies,
Mr. Beyea said, own buildings and sell
the same to their employes on five yeara
terms.
The Erie Company will probably finish
Its case tomorrow.
"Will "Sot Recofcnixe New Rule.
rTrrETT .Tan. 15 Lieutenant-Governor
IHaggott caused a sensation in the Senate
this afternoon ay aecianng inai ne woum
refuse to recognize the Senate rules in so
far as they provide for the assumption by
the secretary of the Senate of the duties
of the presiding officer. He claimed that
such a rule is unconstitutional.
No occasion for a test has so far arisen,
but It is thought probable that serious
trouble will occur if both sides remain
firm.
No Doubt ot Piatt's Re-election.
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 15. Caucuses of
both Republican and Democratic Senators
and Assemblymen to nominate a successor
to United States Senator T. C. Piatt will
be held Monday evening, January 19. There
is believed to be no doubt that the Re
publicans will elect Senator Piatt to suc
ceed himself. John B. Stanchfield, of El
mlra. Democratic nominee for Governor
In 1900, will be the candidate for the com
plimentary vote of the Democrats.
Craig's Slayer Indicted.
JPITTSFIELD, Mass., Jan. 15. The grand
jury. In the case of Euclid Madden and
James T. Kelly, today reported an Indict
ment against each, charging manslaugh
ter. These men were in charge of the
electric car which, last August, ran Into
the carriage of President Roosevelt with
the result that Secret Service Agent Wil
liam Craig was killed. Both men pleaded
not guilty. Wednesday next was fixed
upon as the date for opening the trial.
Yoatsej Continues His Story.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 15. Henry E.
Youtsey continued his testimony before
the Franklin County grand Jury today re
garding ,the murder of Governor Goebeh
His statement is thought to be the first
complete story of the assassination. The
proceedings are kept secret and It is not
known when he will complete his evidence.
Life Sentence on Bank Robbers.
STORM LAKE. Ia., Jan. 15. Phillips
and Brooks, the bank robbers, were found
guilty of murder In the first decree to
day, and were sentenced to life imprisonment
TRADE WITH GERMANV
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UNITED STATES DISAGREES IX CON
STRUING TREATY.
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Motion in Rclcbstafc to Denounce-Most-Fnvored-Natlon
Treaties
Draws Out Official Statement.
BERLIN, Jan. ' 15. The debate In the
Reichstag on Baron Heyl Zu Hernshelm's
resolution asking the government to de
nounce the most-favored-nation treaties,
directed against tho United States and
Argentina, and a substitute requesting
the government to denounce treaties with
countries where experience had shown
that the most-favored-natlon clause was
Injurious to Germany's Interests, was con
tinued today.
Herr Bernstein, Socialist, eald the reso
lutions meant a tariff war, and that tariff
wars should not be entered upon lightly
with a country like the United States, nor
with Argentina, whence Germany drew a
large supply of wool. The suspension of
this most-favored-natlon treatment In the
case of Chile had resulted In decreasing
Germany's relative exports thither, and
Germany had to continue buying nitrate
of soda there, because It was essential to
German agriculture. The burden of a tar
iff, war with the United States would Test
chiefly on the German worklngmen. There
fore, a tariff war would mean dearor
bread. The note running through Herr
Bernstein's speech was fear of the United
States.
Count von Kanitz, tho Agrarian leader,
said that this fear was wholly unjustified.
"The United States," he scld, "has much
greater Interest In trading with Germany
than vice versa."
Secretary Posadowsky-Wehner again
discussed tho treaty relations with the
United States, reviewing at length the ne
gotiations upon the subject of the treaty
of 1S2S with Prussia, and said:
"When the preceding speaker asserts
that the best basis for trade relation?
with the United States is a tariff treaty,
the allied governments agree with him
fully. We should be glad to conclude
such a treaty with that great country at
an early date. Supplementing my remarks
of yesterday, let me add that the existing
commercial relations with the United
States rest upon the treaty made In 1S2S
between the United States and Prussia,
the validity of which was upheld by tho
Reichstag In 1S55. We were of the opinion
that the most-favored-natlon principle ex
isted unconditionally between the United
States and the German Empire, based upon
paragraphs 5 and 9 of the old Prussian
treaty; In other words, that all the con
cessions made by one of the contracting
states to a third country must, ipso Jure,
be extended to a moat-favored state,
whether such concessions were made be
fore that treaty was, negotiated or after
wards. But the United States was of a
different opinion.
"Then came the DIngley tariff, under
which the United States Government con
cluded two treaties with France and a
series of agreements with other countries.
Acting upon our interpretation of the
most-favored-natlon treaty, we asked the
United States to extend to Germany the
concessions made to France. It was upon
this occasion that tho United States' di
vergent view came to our knowledge,
Washington" having pointed out that the
most-favored-natlon principle " referred
only to conditions antecedent to the treaty
of 1S28.
"We then began negotiations upon this
view of the case, believing we could re
move this point from controversy for the
present by maintaining the status quo to
ward the United States, but upon the
pre-supposltlon and condition that tho
United States grant us the same conces
sions as made to France under the Ding
ley tariff. The American Governrnent did
so, but we regarded It as unnecessary to
lay the agreement before the Reichstag,
because, as a matter of fact the United
States concedes nothing to us now."
Referring to criticism of the government
yesterday for abolishing hygienic meas
ures against the Importation of American
dried fruit, Secretary Posadoweky-Wehner
said:
"We could abolish the restrictions with
a good conscience since our experts- estab
lished the fact that the San Jose scale was
Incapable of propagation In dried fruit"
Tho discussion was adjourned until to
morrow without a vote.
HELPING TO PAY AVAR DEBT.
Transvaal Mining: Companies Agree
to Subscribe $150,00,000.
LONDON, Jan. 15. Members of leading
firms representing South African inter
ests held an Important meeting today and
definitely agreed on a war contribution of
5150,000,000, payable In three annual in
stallments of 550,000,000 and covered by a
loan not redeemable before 10 years. The
first $50,000,000 will be Issued In 1904. Baron
Rothschild was "appointed to choose the
date of the Issue. An announcement of
tho agreement arrived at was cabled to
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain at
Johannesburg. His acceptance 1b antici
pated. Slgmund Neumann said after the meet
ing: "The mlneowners accepted the 30,000,
000 proposition more, readily, because they
had made up their minds soon after the
war that they would be required to con
tribute no less than 100.000,000."
Mr. Neumann remarked that he consid
ered the question of the Importation of
Chinese laborers settled, and added:
"Of course It will provoke considerable
opposition at Johannesburg, but we rely
on Mr. Chamberlain to persuade Afri
canders to see the question in a reason
able light"
All the mlneowners were represented at
the meeting held yesterday and at the
meeting today.
CARDINAL PAROCCHI DEAD.
Probable Successor of Pope, Who
IJevrnils His Loss.
ROME. Jan. 15. Cardinal Lucido Mary
ParocchI, subdean of the Sacred College
and vice-chancellor of the Catholic church,
died today of heart disease. He was born
In 1833, was of Italian nationality, and
was created a cardinal In 1S77.
The death of Cardinal ParocchI removes
one of Jhe prelates said to "he the most
likely to succeed Pope Leo. There was
always considerable friction between the
pope and Cardinal ParocchI on this ac
count, and it led to the unprecedented -step
of the pontiff In removing the card
inal from the post of vicar of Rome, as
It was thougnt that he too openly poaed
as the, future pope. Nevertheless, the pope
w$s deeply affected by Cardinal Parocchi's
death. He knelt In prayer and exclaimed:
"These frequent deaths have made me
feel quite an old man."
EXPOSURE OF BRIBERY.
Vortvaerts Tells How Government
Sought to Learn Its Secrets.
BERLIN, Jan. 15. The local sensation
of the day Is exposure of the Vorwaerts,
the Socialist organ, which in the past has
been able to obtain possession of import
ant government circulars and Informa
tion of what purports to be an attempt
on the part of the political police to
bribe one of its employes to reveal the
secrets of the office. The employe re
ferred to, a man named Stoffen, was of
fered 515 monthly for his services. He
accepted the first bribe and turned the
money over to his paper, which has
warned the police agents that all the In
formation possible on this and any other
subjects will be published.
FAMINE IN SWEDEN.
People Ent Pine Bark and Moss
Relief Fund Belngr Raised.'
LONDON, Jan. 15. Telegrams from
Stockholm confirm the distressing ac
counts of famine In Northern Sweden as
given in these dispatches. About 30,000
peoplo are affected by this famine, which
extends from the 61st to the 67th degree,
north latitude, and from the Gulf of Both
nia and the Russian border far Into tht
Interior. The starving people are eiting
pine bark, which is dried, ground to pow
der, mixed with stewed Iceland mo3S an.
made Into i kind of famine bread. Coin
cident with the failure of the crop Is the
extreme scarcity of fish. The fishermen
return from their expeditions empty hand
ed. Even ptarmigan, usually found In
great numbers In the stricken district
have almost completely dlsapp ared.
It Is estimated that the expenditure of
about JG.000.000 will be necessary, to save
the population from declaration. Thus far
about 5200.000 has been subscribed, of
wnlch sum over $12,000 was sent by Swedes
In the United States.
The peasants are making pathetic sacri
fices to avert the extermination of the
hardy Northern cattle. In previous times
of scarcity, good fodder was obtainable
by mixing reindeer moss and aspen bark.
Now this Is not ai-allable. and finally
chopped twlga of birch, willovvand ash are
substituted. Tho mixture is boiled and
fed to the cattle warm, but It Is found
that the milk of cattle thus fed leads to
typhoid fever.
Tho situation threatens a repetition of
the terrible famine of 1S67, when thou
sands died of starvation and typhoid fever.
A special commissioner of the Swedish
government, who has ymt returned front
the scene of distress, emphaflzes the ne
cessity for the adoption of Immediate
plans to abate the famine.
Admits British Are Too Slovr.
LONDON,- Jan. 15. Speaking at the
opening of the automobile show here
today. Sir Albert E. Rollltt M. P., who
was chalrrxtan of tne delegation from the
London Chamber of Commerce to the re
cent celebration of the ppenlng of the new
building of the New York Chamber of
Commerce, reiterated the complaints
against British backwardness compared
with American enterprise In the United
States In use of labor-saving machinery.
Referring to the coming automobile show
at New York, he said he hoped the Brlt-
isn manufacturers cm not intend to re
tlra from such International contests. He
expressed the opinion that they should be
strongly represented at the St Louis ex
position and that the British Parliament
should assist them In so doing.
Winter Holds Grasp on Britain.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15. England Is In the
grip of Winter, says a disnatch from
London to the Tribune. North, south,
cast and west, the conditions are the
same biting winds, brisk weather, with
dash of frost and In some places enough
Ice to make skating safe. The movement
of the barometer Indicates there Is no rea
son to look for any startling atmospheric
changes, and frost, occasional snow show
ers,, with Interludes of fog, are likely
therefore to be prominent items for some
time In . London's meteorological pro
gramme.
Obstruction in Austrian Relclisratli.
VIENNA. Jan. 15. The Relchsrath re
assembled today. Tho dilatory tactics of
the Czechs in opposition to the customs
and fiscal union between Austria and
Hungary monopolized the proceedings
An all-night session Is in progress, the
House having resolved to wear out the
obstructionists.
Goubet. the Inventor, Dead.
PARIS, Jan. 15. M. Goubet. the in
ventor of the submarine torpedo-boat
bearing his name, who. as announced Jan
uary 12. was recently confined in an asy
lum for the insane, is dead.
May Yohc's Claim Settled.
LONDON, Jan. 15. The claim of May
Yohe (Mra Putnam Bradlee Strong)
against her former husband. Lord Hope,
for 145,000, has been settled for 55000.
GERMANS FIRE AT FORT
Appearance of Soldiers at Puerto Ca
bcllo Given as Reason.
PUERTO CABELLO, Jan. 15. The Ger
man cruiser VIneta at sunset last
night fired a shell at Lavlgla, the fort
crowning the hills behind -is port The
shell, which was fired because men were
believed to be In the fort exploded with
out causing damage.
The people of Puerto Cabello were at a
loss last night to understand the action
of the German cruiser. Early is room
ing, however, Commodore Scheder sent
the following communication to the Vene
zuelan authorities through William K.
Volkmar, acting American Consul here:
"Referring to my letter of the 9th Inst.,
I have to Inform you that I fired a shell
yesterday at Fort Lavlgla because, against
my explicit prohibition, the presence has
been observed there of unauthorized per
sons. Judging from reports, there persons
were soldiers."
The statement of tho German Commo
dore that there were unauthorized per
sons In tho fort Is denied by ue author
ities here.
To Settle Belsrinn Clnlms.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. F. J. S. Goffart
the Belgian Vice-Consul and Charge dAf
faires pro tempore, has obtained from
President Castro the concession of a set
tlement of all claims of Belgians against
Venezuela by means of a mixed commis
sion, says the Herald's Caracas, Vene
zuela, correspondent. One member of the
commission will be a Belgian, another a
Venezuelan, and the third will be named
by these two. Belgium Is to receive pay
ment as the most important nation.
. France States Her Claims.
- PARIS, Jan. 15. The French Foreign
Office has forwarded to the State Depart
ment at Washington a complete -statement
of the French claims against Vene
zuela, so that Franch Interests may be
considered when Minister Bowen takes
up the general solution of the Venezuelan
affair.
Bowen Will Arrive 'Monday.
WASHINGTON,' Jan. 15. The Navy De
partment Is advised of the' departure from
Kingston of the Dolphin, with Minister
Bowen, for Charleston. The Dolphin
should reach there Sunday, and the Min
ister 13 expected, in Washington the day
following.
No Chanffe in Hewitt's Condition.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15. Dr. Walter B.
James, professor of medicine at the Col
lego of Physicians and Surgeons, was
called Into consultation tonight with the
physicians attending upon ex-Mayor Hew
itt Afterward the following bulletin was
Issued: "Ther has been no manifest Im
provement since morning, nor any evi
dence of chance for- the worse. The
strength Is moderately returned."
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KILLED BY ROBBER
Henry Meyer Shot in His Sa
loon This Morning,
MURDERER ESCAPESWITH GASH
While Meyer Counts His Money Rob
ber Enters and Demands Surren
der On Show ot Resistance He
Fires Fatal Shot and Flees.
In attempting to prevent the robbery of
his saloon at Twenty-fourth and Thurman
streets, last night, Henry Meyer was shot
through the heart and killed. His mur
derer was still at large at an early hour
this morning, and there seemed to be no
clew upon which to locate him. Meyer
was alone In the saloon at the time the
crime was committed, but his wife, who
3lceps in a room back of the saloon.
heard a part of the conversation, and
thinks that the deed was committed In an
attempt to rob the place. She also thinks
that there Is a considerable amount of
monoy missing. The entire force of de
tectives was called out and detailed upon
the case shortly after the news reached
the police station.
Mr. Meyer was found lying on his
back behind the bar, which shows that
he had not tried to put the man out and
probably had not engaged In any scuf
fle with him.
Just how the crime was committed, or
what was the movtlve that led to such a
cold-blooded murder, no one knows but
the murderer himself. Mrs. Meyer states
that she docs not know of her husband
having had a quarrel with any one, and
thinks that there could have been no
other motive than that of robbery.
The shot was fired shortly after 1 o'clock
this morning. At 1 o'clock Mr. Meyer had
locked In the saloon and was counting
up his cash. The first sound that awak
ened Mr?. Meyer, who was sleeping In the
back room, was that of some one knock
ing on the front door.
"Who's there?" asked Mr. Meyer.
A gruff voice answered something that
Mrs. Meyer could not understand, and the
question was repeated.
"Who's there?" repeated Mr. Meyer
rather Impatiently, and this time he went
to the door and opened it.
"It must have been some one whom he
knew," said Mrs. Meyer to a reporter last
night, "for I do not believe he would let
In any one after he had closed up he did
not know."
Tho two must have then taken a drink
together, for an empty beer glass was
sitting on the bar. As all was quiet for
a time, Mrs. Meyer thought no more of
the disturbance, and was dozing back to
sleep, but was rather suddenly awakened
by angry voices.
"Yes, you will. You'll come with me,"
the stranger was. saying, and in another
moment a pistol crack rang out, and she
heard her unfortunate husband drop to
the floor. She sprang from her bed and
rushed into the barroom, but the mur
derer had flown. She could not see any
wound on her husband's body, and
thought he had been startled and had
fainted.
She summoned a doctor at once, fear
ing that some harm might come of the
scare, but never dreaming of the sad fate
of Mr. Meyer. Not until the doctor ar
rived and pointed it out to her did she
see the small red spot which showed
where the bullet had penetrated the man's
heart. Dr. Zan did all that he could to
relieve the dying man's suffering, but
thero was no hope from the first of sav
ing his life.
The partial story told by Mrs. Meyer is
all that -is known of the affair. From the
facts as sho states them the officers are
Inclined to think that the motive must
have been one of robbery. They believe.
however, that It must have been some one
who was known to Mr. Meyer, or he
would never have admitted him at that
hour of the night
The keys were still In tho door, -showing
that the saldon had been locked and
that he had unlocked it to let the visitor
in. It Is also regarded as a peculiar thing
that any one coming either for the pur
pose of robbing the saloon or of killing a
man would first take a drink. ,
Officer Harraas, on whose beat the crime
occurred, states that there Is absolutely
no one In the community whom he regards
with suspicion.
"I passed the saloon shortly after 1
o'clock," said he, "and everything was
all right at that time. Mr. Meyer had
closed up and was standing back of tho
bar counting out his money."
"No," said he. In response to a ques
tion. "I don't think that Mr. Meyer, had
had any trouble with any one. He was a
peaceable fellow and was well liked."
Mr. Meyer was well known In Portland,
having lived here about 25 years. He was
45Tj-ears old, and leaves a wife and two
children, Mabel, aged 20, and Raymond,
aged 5.
He had been In business at Twenty
fourth and Thurman about five months.
The first news of tho murder reached the
police station at 1:23. Jailer Johnson
rushed to the scene, but by the time he
had arrived there seemed nothing to do
but to .assist In caring for tho wounded
man.
Two Arrests Made.
About 3 o'clock this morning two men
were arrested, who are thought to have
been Implicated In the murder of Henry
Meyer. T. A. Edwards and E. H. Price
were found together In an intoxicated
condition not very far from the scene of
the crime. The detectives thought It
rather 'peculiar that these two men
would be out in that part of he city at
that time of the night, ana at once
placed them under arrest Edwards has
a very bad cold, and his voice is deep
and coarse. He was taken up to the
saloon, and the minute that Mrs. Meyer
heard him speak she exclaimed:
"That Is the man that killed my hus
band!" Edwards says that he lives In Salem.
and tells a story when questioned as to
how he happened to be out at that time
of night Price says that he Is a barber
In the city.
Neither of the men had a revolver when
they were arrested, but said that they
Is an ordeal which all
women approach with
indescribable fear, for
nothing compares with
the pairr and horror of
child-birth. The thought
had been to a friend's room. .One of them
had a considerable? amount of money,
which the detectives- think was taken
from the saloon.
Good Result of Strike Commission.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The employ
ment of small girls at night in tho sllk
mills of Scranton has been stopped, ac
cording to a press dispatch from that city.
The owners of the big mills have posted
notices at the various plants, ordering the
small girls who have been working at
night for day duty. This is one of the re
sults of President Roosevelt's striko com
mission. Advance for Engine Crews.
OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 15. Engineers and
firemen of'the Fremont. Elkhorn & Mis
souri Valley Railroad, a part of the
Northwestern system, have received a
new agreement from the company, which
carries with It an increase in wages and
other concessions cf a desirable character,
the terms o which are not yet ready to bo
made public.
That's th'e proper propor
tion of animal and mineral
matter in the bones of a
healthy child .thirty-seven
per cent, animal and sixty
three per cent, mineral. The
bones of the average rickety
child show about seventy-nine
per cent animal and twenty-
one per cent, mineral matter.
It's this lack of sufficient
mineral matter in the bones
that makes a child have rick
ets. Deformities of the chest
and head, bent legs and curved
spine are some of the results
of rickets.
The disease is one of early
life, and the first symptoms
are shown in the, digestive
organs. U sually the appetite is
poor and the child grows dull
and fretful. There are pains
in the limbs and joints. The
pulse beats quicker and the
veins become slightly swollen;
gradually the whole body be
comes tender and the face,
shows signs of waste, depres
sion and weariness. Then
the action of the disease be
gins in the bones. The legs
are first to show the effects
when they fail to support the
child properly. As a matter
of fact, the bones cease to
grow at this stage. Proper
nourishment for the. whole
body, and particularly for the
bones, is the best possible
treatment; in fact, it is the
only treatment.
Scott's Emulsion-is there
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