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Religious periodicals like The Inde pendent and The Outlook have recently discussed with some fervor the question why more men do not attend church. It seems to be agreed on all hands that men, particularly worklngmen, find other ways of passing their time more congenial than listening to sermons on Sunday. Various reasons for this un fortunate state of things have been sug gested. Men are too tired with their week's work to go to church on Sunday, say some, but this reason must be fan ciful, for the ministrations of the pulpit are held to be the very bread of life, resting and satisfying the soul, and should therefore be grateful to the hearer in direct proportion to his weari ness, Just as food for the body and a good bed at night are. Others suggest that our generation is Innately materi alistic, caring nothing for sacred things and wholly given over to, the culture of the body and' what pertains- to it. Of course when a question like this arises, whose importance is admitted by everybody, the temptation to try to answer it Is almost irresistible. One feels like the good little boy with the puzile column of the Sunday paper before- him. He is simply compelled to try to solve, and if hi -proposed solu tion has the merit of originality, he per- naps nnas a HatiLaciiou in u-iuerins from others which exceeds that of be ing right With no hope of being orig inal, but with some faint inclination to believe that It is correct, one might pro pose as a solution to the question why men do not go to church the sugges tion that the facts and reasoning -which are heard from many pulpits are dis tinctly better adapted to. the feminine than to the masculine Intelligence. The pulpit, or at any rate some pulpits, have a habit of reiterating assertions which have been discredited and dis proved with as much posltlveness as If they had never been questioned. Now a habit like this Is not calculated to attract men whom any preacher would lie proud to addTess his remarks to. For example. Dr. Short In his eloquent address of last Sunday speaks more than once of the anecdote of Moses and the burning bush as if 1t were an In disputable historic fact. His lgnore ment of all objections and criticisms is calm, serene and complacent.. To him, bo.' far-as this Bermon-was concerned', scholarship has no existence and the distinction between myth and historic fact fades away utterly. There was, perhaps, such a person as Moses, though It Is far more likely that he is merely a mythic type rather than an , Individual, but beyond all cavil ; he never 'saw God in a bush,- whether burning or not. The story Is unhistoric, trivial, utterly Mncredible. Competent Jewish scholars, in whose literature It is found, do not think of believing It lit erally; why should modern American citizens be asked to accept such mental pabulum? For another example, con sider Mr. Shaffer's method of account ing for social miseries. ' "There is but one diagnosis sin." Sin, he thinks, ac counts, for all the evil and suffering; in the world. That sin accounts for much nobody would think of denying, but to say that it accounts-for all Is both unscriptural and irrational. Job successfully argued that his sufferings were not due to his - sins; and the account of , the matter glven-iri the Bible explicitly say that be " was delivered Into the power of Satan to be tested, not because he had been guilty of any fault. If Job was made.tQ suffer for a -test, not a punish ment,' why not other men? Were the saints and martyrs persecuted for their sins? Jesus, when this question was put to htm directly, made the unequivo cal reply that Buffering had no relation to sin and suggested,' just as the book of Job does, that it belonged to the In scrutable mysteries of God. But these are small matters,, perhaps Let us turn to a greater one. After asserting that the tause of all evil is sin, Mr. Shaffer goes on to say that the only remedy for It Is "faith In a cruci fied and risen Lord.'.' . Mr. Shaffer was speaking of those evils, among others, which the - temperance -reformer, the workers in slums. ' the juvenile courts and the like are trying to remedy; and he. says of them that the only real rem edy Is faith In "a crucified and -risen .-Lord, Which or the nineteen or twenty v crucified and risen Lords .whose aflven tures are recorded does Mr. Shaffer, re fer to fn this remark? One may gather -from what he -says later on that he had in mind Jesus of Nazareth. We must, then, according ty Mr. Shaffer, believe that Jesus was crucified, that he arose from the dead, and that he was identi cal with the deity or we shall never be : able to cure our social troubles. Now few' doubt that Jesus -was crucified. Whether he rose from the dead' or not Is a question upon which scholars who have given :eep and' ' reverential thought to the matter differ profoundly. The evidence, as Mr. Shaffer must know, Is of the most dubious character, small in amount and desperately con tradictory. -' But, passing that by, upon what authority can anybody say that the only remedy for sin Is '"faith in a crucified and risen Lord"? Jesus never said so. Mr. Shaffer as serts that Jesus proposed this "social programme" and that he never pro posed any other, but In both these par ticulars he is certainly mistaken. Jesus never called himself "Lord" or "Mes siah." All the passages in which he Is made to speak of himself in such terms are Known to be either spurious or mis translated. He never said that faith In himself, or faith of any sort or In any thing whatever was essential to social salvation. He never proposed any doc trine,, any abstract theological formula, for men to accept and believe. All that Is the work of theologians. . Moreover, Jesus did propose a very clear and defi nite remedy for the evils of the world; but it was neither a dogma, nor a for mula. It was contained in the word "love." If preachers would try to find out what Jesus meant . by love and make his meaning the soul of their ser mons, one might almost guarantee that hearers would never be found lacking. MORAL WRONGS AND LEGAL WRONGS. Out of all this agitation, discussion, legislation and prosecution we are evolving some new ideas of right and wrong which will become so deeply lm planted In the minds of the American people that they will never be uproot ed. We are getting clearer ideas not only of what is morally right and mor ally wrong, but what is, or should Be, legally right and legally wrong. With a stupidity almost gross we have been accepting as legally right many acts of injustice and dishonesty which should be legally wrong and punishable -under the laws of the state or nation. If a brawny thug, armed with a re volver, goes out upon the highway, meets John D. Rockefeller, and : by threats' of violence secures the few dol lars the millionaire may have In his pockets, he is guilty of a crime. ' A pickpocket - who would steal the old man's wallet or a sneakthief who would steal some article from his home would also be guilty of crime. Such acts are recognized by all as criminal, and have been since organized society began. Such acts are not only morally wrong, but are legally wrong, and we have be come accustomed so to consider them. Hence we have laid down the broad principle that no man shall be deprived of his property without due process of law-a principle which we most aeal ously guard. But is the act of picking the pocket of John D. Rockefeller or openly rob blng him any more wrong, morally than the act of the Standard Oil Company in taking from the pockets of the people of the United States hundreds of" thou sands of dollars every year by means of exorbitant charges for oil? Is it any more wrong than the act of the Stand ard Oil Company in driving competitors out of business and thereby securing their property at less than its value, by means of rebates or other methods as unfair? It is no answer to the question to say that the Standard Oil receives Its excessive charges in pursuance of an agreement between the buyer and seller. When- the thug holds up John D., the millionaire agrees to hand oyer his purse rather than get a thump on the head. . When the American people pay the extortionate charges they agree to pay Jt rather than ruin their eyes by reading by candle-light. In either case It Is practically a one-sided agreement in which, the man who pays over the money has no choice. . We Tiave been looking upon one method as criminal and the other as the exercise of finan cial skil?. : , , There is no need to multiply Illustra tions., This is no time tq ask whether It Is morally wrong for a gas company to charge its customers $1.15 for gas that is dear at 85 cents; no time to ask whether it is morally wrong for a street railway company to sell property that cost It $2,000,000 for $6,000,000, because It held public franchises, and thus com pel the people to pay fares high enough to pay a dividend on the $6,000,000. Per haps the people could go without gas; perhaps they could walk Instead of rid ing on street-cars; but every one knows that under modern conditions they could not. The man who uses the gas and the man who rides on the street car is practically compelled to do so, and when he pays an exorbitant charge he Is held up, with results exactly the same as when a thug holds up a mil lionaire on the highway. The only dif ference Is that we have come to 'believe that It is wrong to1 obtain property by physical force while It is right to obtain It unjustly by the force of circum stances. . But, as said. before, out of all this agi tation, legislation and prosecution, with their disclosures, we are-evolving' some new ideas of right and wrong. New' ideas of legal right and legal wrong. We are getting to ihe point where we are not afraid to call a spade a spade and a thief a thief. We are getting to the point where we shall modify our definition of theft so that it shall In clude the most extensive kinds of theft and provide for the punishment of the thieves. We are not going back on our fundamental principle thai a" man's property shall not be taken from him without due process of law, but, we shall extend the application of -the principle so that It shall protect the poor as well as the rich. The masses of the people of this country are thinking, and thinking masses are dangerous to the special privileges of plutocracy. "WITH FAITH IN GOD AND XHEM 8EI.VES." The simplicity of the Norwegian, peo ple was reflected in the coronation cere monies at the ancient capital of the kingdom, Trondhjem, last, week. Aside from this simplicity, the individuality of the Norwegians and thir loyalty to the traditions of the ancient realm of the Haakons were the most marked features of the occasion. The story was told in the following- words of the bishop who placed the crowns of medi eval Norway upon the heads of Xing Haakon VII and Queen Maude: "In the ceremony enacted today the great past meets the greater present arid the broken threads of our nation's -.glory are twined together." Perhaps this reaching back over - six burled cen turies, gathering up the broken threads of history, and joining them with the events of today could be accomplished nowhere else in the civilized, world so readily as in Norway. This,, however, seemed the thing for Norway to do, and it may be added that she has done It gracefully, reverently and, to all the world outside of Sweden, satisfactorily. The country was fortunate In secur ing from the. open market of Princes In Europe a King of democratic tastes, a King born and brought up a Scandlna vln a descendant of -the sea kings of Norway's ancient days. They further more are fortunate in having as Queen a daughter of Alexandra, who went to England as Princess of Wales' more than forty years ago and was hailed by Lord Tennyson, then poet laureate of Great Britain, as A ea king's daughter from over the sea This sea king's daughter brought up her children in the ways of simplicity that marked the almost poverty stricken court of her father, the late King Christian of Denmark. Of her three daughters, one Is married to a subject of the realm, the Duke of Fife; another is at home in the English court, a sensible, unvexed maiden now past her ,' early ; youth; the, third Is Queen Maude of Norway, who was married a few-years ago to Prince Charles of Den mark, her first cousin, then without prospect of promotion to a throne. This' is the stock from, which the new rulers of 'Norway sprung. These, are the sovereigns to whom the people of Norway, appeal to give them back their place among nations. They can do lit tle more than make a beginning, but if their son,. the little ' Crown Prince, grows up according to the expressed hope of the -people,- "In the spirit of Norway, learning to live the life and think the thoughts of a Norwegian af ter the manner and Jn the language dear to the Norwegian heart," he may1, when his turn comes as King Oiaf, meet the hope that lies in the simplicity, Individuality and earnestness of a peo ple who "have faith in God and themselves." FORESTS, RAINFAIX AND IRRIGATION. Forests have little to do with, regula tion of rainfall, but rainfall has much to do with production of forests. Yet to clear the forests out of a country will cause the rainfall to run off rapidly and carry the soil into the streams and through the streams Into the sea. Because rainfall is most abundant where forests exist, many believe the forests exert en important Influence on the amount of precipitation. The case, however, should be stated in opposite or inverse terms. Rainfall is the great factor in -controlling the distribution and density of forests. In no part of the world Is this fact more apparent than in the Oregon country. "' The great timber west of the Cascade Range, reaching to the crest of the mountain chain, is due to the pre cipitation that feeds it. From the crest of the mountain chain towards the east the growth of timber diminishes, and within a few miles, in many localities. It disappears altogether. Then, going east still further, there is no more tim ber till the heights of the Blue Moun tains are reached. There, again, the precipitation becomes abundant enough for timber to grow. Passing the Blue' Mountains, the country again Is tree less, till we reach the Bitter Root and Rocky Mountains, whence the main streams are supplied that make the great Columbia River. Precipitation occurs wherever the air Is suddenly cooled below the dew-point. The most effective cause of this Is the expansion of air on ascending. The up ward . movement Is caused by winds, carrying air currents to the higher alti tudes of mountain chains. Possibly forests have some effect in cooling the air below the dew-point; but that is uncertain. Formerly it was most commonly and positively asserted than now. Devotees to forest studies tell us that the evidence derived thus far from many series of observations conducted in Europe and elsewhere is so conflict ing that a. definite answer to this ques tion, having the stamp of scientific ac curacy, la not possible. Were our mountains wholly -denuded of their timber, if that -were possible, the rainfall, and the snowfall on the greater altitudes, would reproduce it; though the "wash" would be so great that in many places much time would be required. Diminution pf streams is, however, tn almost all places a sure consequence of the excessive destruc tion of forests; for the forest is the most effective agent known In regulating the disposition of the precipitation af ter it reaches the -ground. .Where the forests are cut away the run-off Is so rapid that' many springs dry up; and evaporation also is faster. How easy It is to grow trees of many kinds on any of our lands hitherto dry but brought under irrigation, experi ence tells us, in every direction. Were there precipitation- enough there would be no scarcity of trees anywhere. Irri gation is the problem of taking the water from streams, that gather It In the mountain regions where preciplta tion is abundant, and leading it over the plains In the lower courses of these streams, Instead of allowing it still to roar Idly away through the deep can yons formed by erosion, through the course of ages. Much has been done and .more will be done; but It is not reasonable to expect that Irrigation will ever be extended throughout the whole arid country. Insufficiency of water supply, in many localities, difficulties of engineering and cost of aqueducts, will make the future, problem a slow one. The easy undertakings will, however, as we may hope and expect, go on rap idly, and wonders will be achieved within the next twenty years. , . GRAFT IN DRAINAGE B1IX. The Hansborough bill, which has been passed by the Senate and favor ably reported by the House, appropri ating $1,000,000 from the reclamation fund for the -drainage of 'swamp lands Jn North Dakota, is the beginning. of a graft that will make the ecripping grafters-blush, to think of the relative emallness. of their - thefts of public lands. The Hansborough bill has some reason In Its support,- but It marks the beginning of an Improper use of the reclamation fund and establishes a precedent which will lead to the wrong ful diversion of many millions of dol lars from the public treasury. ; North Dakota. Is entitled to have money ap propriated from the reclamation fund for that state has contributed to the fund from which It Is drawn, but in this case the use to which the money is to be put is wholly wrong. The land -which it Is proposed to re claim by drainage is owned by private persons who will get the benefit of the expenditure. This vicious measure was passed by the Senate -with the aid of members who In turn will want Inv proper appropriations from the fund, and by means' of the pernicious system of trading, the reclamation fund will be diverted from its original purpose of opening riew lands to settlers and will be used for the enrichment of wealthy holders of cheap land. One wrong leads to another. Other states, which did not contribute to the rec lamation fund, are now asking for ap propriations, also for the purpose of draining private lands, and , the East and South, outvoting the members from the West, will be able to rob the arid states of the fund which they have created and which was set aside for their benefit. "Possibly, the House may not pass the bill, but the outlook is not encouraging for the Western states. The greatest hope Is that the President will veto the bill if it should be passed. Nick Longworth seem to nave been greatly pleased with each other. The Emperor discussed affairs of moment in the best Hamburg English, and Mr. Longworth made a great impression by his familiarity with German that he learned down on the Rnine in Cincin nati. It was a great occasion. It was an especially fine Idea for the Emperor to make his three younger sons pass the plates at luncheon. It was a deli cate attention, to a young American couple, who have always been accus tomed to be served r thus; by the im ported scions of royalty and nobility that invariably adopt the haughty pro fession of hotel waiters when they do anything in "this C:' country. Some thoughtful Congressman should cer tainly put through the House a vote of thanks to the Emperor before the pres ent session draws to a close. President Amador, of Panama, suc ceeded in "carrying the. primaries" at an election held Sunday, but, according to advices, "threats of assassination are freely made, and it is openly asserted by the Liberals that Dr. Amador will hardly live much .longer.'! From this it would seem that the cares and per plexities of political life are fully as strenuous down in the languid climate of the isthmus as they are farther north. . The announcement - that 300 American marines with Gatling guns had been sent out by Governor Magoon shows possibilities for the United States to break into the game. 3t will not do, of course, to have revolutions going on at a time when they would divert the attention of our , canal builders, and Uncle Sam may yet be obliged to administer a spanking to both of the factions that are peo-petually at war. President Oorev-of the steel trust, an swering, his'wlTes petition for divorce, denies that . "he ever"aban&oned her." Barring an occasional eccentricity in volving a chorus girl or two, and the lavish expenditure of time, anoney'and jewelry on one particularly handsome young woman, not a member of his im mediate family, Mr. Corey has been a model of conjugal fidelity. The steel trust goes far to Increase the profound public respect for and coifidence in the virtuous purposes of that corporation when it insists en retaining as its presi dent such a domestic paragon as Corey. A heavy bear raid in the New York stock market yesterday knocked down values all along the line, the sole ex ception being Southern Pacific, which scored an adrvance of two points. This is a circumstance which is certainly remarkSable under present conditions. The Southern Pacific, and San Fran cisco have so much in common, and are interdependent to such a large extenj that the stock at the present time might be expected to show signs of weakness on the slightest excuse. The $900,000,000 appropriated by the first session of ' the present Congress makes the old billion-dollar Congress of the early '90s look like 30 cents. If the short session does as well, It will make a record as a two-billion-dollar Congress. But this is a two-billion-dollar country. If we are going to have the Panama Canal and the largest bat tleship on earth - or sea, and sundry other things; we-must pay for them.v? From Tillamook to Ontario' the eagle will chortle and the people again re joice that we threw oft the hated tax on tea and so forth that King George would impose. Yet Portland and some other small Oregon towns will do noth ing. It is a question whether sanity in creases or decreases with the advent of Summer. Oregon keeps ahead of other states in every respect. It has now produced the fastest 100-yard sprinter' on earth. A fit match for Hood River straw berries. Rogue River peaches, Yamhill prunes, Umatilla wool, Columbia sal mon, Yaquina oysters, Bull Run water, and, and, but - let's enjoy this fine weather. One way to escape faulty ballots and recounts is to use voting machines. If this had been done in Multnomah County June 4, the community would not now be subjected to long-drawn-out uncertainty aa to" Sheriff, and In a close count there would not be dis satisfaction arising out of rejected bal lots. A young woman has committed sui cide "whose mind was weakened," it is said; "by, study of Christian Science." We await patiently the true version of the affair from Mr. Ogden. If Mr. Og den doesn't believe it, it can't be-so. Or perhaps it can't be so because Mr. Ogden doesn't believe it. In their proud progress toward the goal of equal rights for all and the bal lot for . everybody, the woman suffra gists of England have got as far as the police court. They made a .disturbance and were arrested. This is official rec ognition with a vengeance. Seattle's Chief of Police announces that after July 1 owners of buildings rented for Immoral purposes will have to pay a monthly fine. Such a plan pursued In Portland would Indeed be an "occupation" tax for it would be all the work some people did. Cherrygrowers of Cove, in the Union County fruit district, have contracted their cherry crop for five years at 4 cents, to an optimistic cannery com pany. Thaf is the kind of faith that builds business In any region. What a splendid world it would be If we were all unselfish and altruistic enough to let our brother get the best of it, or the profit, In every trade we make! Portland's Postoffice has been raised to "first class" rating and the Post master's salary has been inpreased to $5000 a year. Good thing all around. About the only .thing -that does not get on the bargain counter is the mar riage license; and if It did it would not be worth the price.' We hardly think Creffleld will rise from his grave, at least not until Mitchell Is safely hanged1 or put away In prison. They keep on plugging holes In Ste vens' plurality, but somehow he keeps afloat. Pleasant hot-weather game, politics. Mr. Brownell doesn't gxie5. ' A law giver need not go to the Legislature, as Clackamas has -abundantly proved. CASTRO IS VERY SUSPICIOUS Sees Annexation Designs in Pan American Congress at Rio. .NEW YORK, June 85. Ths Tribune to day says: . Advices ' from Caracas say that Ven ezuela will not be represented at the Pan-American Congress at Rio. The rea son given, semi-officlally, Is that General Cipriano Castro, whose "resignation" from the presidency has not been accepted, and who will return to office July 5, fears that the United States seeks to use the Congress for the purpose of obtaining con trol over the South American republics. One of the Castro newspapers says: "Venezuela will not take part in the Pan American Congress at Rio because there is no disposition on her part to serve as the instrument of the United States 'in the latter's sinister designs against the weak republic of South America." " The present attitude of the Venezuelan government toward the Pan-American Congress recalls the action of President Castro when the congress convened at Mexico City a few years ago.' It was at the time that Colombia and Venezuela were involved in controversies which threatened to precipitate a war between the two countries. General Rafael Reyes, now president of Colombia, was one of the delegates from his country to Mex ico City, and Venezuela' was also rep resented. The congress cabled President Castro suggesting that these differences be submitted to arbitartion. Castro re plied: "Please don't meddle in our af fairs." He also withdrew Venezuela's delegates from thai congress. This action caused Dr. Bduardo Blanco, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to resign. It is said that Venezuela's real reason for not taking part at Rio is Castro's failure to have gratified his desire that the con gress meet this year at Caracas. Complaint of Bahama Negroes. NEW YORK. June 25. Passengers arriving; here today from Nassau on board the steamer Niagara brought in formation to the effect that the Gov ernor of Bahamas had left Nassau to investigate reported complaints of ne gro laborers employed on the Panama canaL The laborers upon returning home said that they had not been paid for their work on the isthmus. The passengers say it is generally believed at Nassau that the negroes were paid, but that they squandered their earn ings at the isthmus and on returning home hatched up the complaints in question to account for their lack of funds. Suit Against Fitzgerald Concesison. NEW YORK. June 25. A special cable from Willemstad, D. W.. I., to the New York Herald says: Advices received here from Caracas an nounce that the Attorney-General of Ven ezuela has begun proceedings in the High Federal Court against the Manoa & Orinoco Companies, Ltd., calling for annulment of the Fitzgerald concession. The government also demands damages on account of the alleged failure to ful fill the terms of the contract by which the concession was granted. . Will Buy San Juan Docks. SAN JUAN. June 25. The Insular Gov ernment, in view of the dispute in re gard to the harbor facilities and following the recommendations of the executive council, will assume full control of the harbor and will purchase the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company's buildings and warehouses and other piers. MUST LABEL THE SAUSAGES New. York Board of Health Insists That Preservatives Be Named. NEW YORK, June 25. Within the last two weeks, it is learned about 50 manu facturers of sausages have been called before the Board of Health and warned that they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law if they do not at once comply with the provisions of the sani tary code and label their product with a description of any preservative used. Investigations made by inspectors and analysis made by the department chem ists have shown that practically all the sausage manufacturers use preservatives. While it is not claimed that all these preservatives are deleterious, the Health Department will take no chances and will insist that the purchaser shall know Just what he is buying. Dr. Darlington was asked how he could get after the sausage product of the Chi cago packers, since, apparently, his only recourse in law was under the sanitary code. "In cases where I find such sau sages on sale without a label showing the preservative, if any used," said the doctor, "I shall get after the man selling them. I think I shall have a clear case against any retailer selling such goods." Independent Packers Cleaning Up. CHICAGO, June 25. Insanitary condi tions have been found to exist in some of the independent packing establishments, according to a report made today by Chief Sanitary Inspector.. P. L. Hendrick to Health Commissioner J. H. Whelan, fol lowing an Inspection of smaller plants at the Union Stockyards. Others were found to be clean, well ventilated and In a gen erally satisfactory condition. The plants criticised in the report In some Instances already have begun the work of improvement. In specific cases orders are being prepared requiring alter ations. Floors out of repair, defective plumbing, clogged gutters and lack of ven tilation are the chief points in which the Inspector found the buildings at fault. Chemicals Found in Meats, INDIANAPOLIS, June 25. Dr. J. N. Hurley, secretary of the State Board of Health, and H'. E. Barnard, chemist of the State Board, acting on the ad vice of Dr. T. Henry Davis, of Rich mond, president bf the State Board of Health, and Attorney-General Miller this afternoon presented to Judge Fre mdnt Alford, of Marion County Crim inal Court, and Prosecutor Charles E. Benedict the result of 85 analyses of meat found on sale In. the Indianapolis city market as a basis for prosecutions to be , instituted against the dealers whose meats were found to contain preservative chemicals. FOUR LIGHT EARTHQUAKES. No Damage Is Reported From Dls- . turbance at Guantanamo. HAVANA, June 25. There were four slight earthquake shocks at Guantanamo today. ' Take Advantage of the Mayor, HAVANA, June 25. The Moderate mem bership" of the Havana City Council, in the absence of the Mayor tonight, secured a majority and filled five vacancies in the Council with .Moderates, thereby giving that party full control. " Denies Big Timber Deal. HOQUIAM, Wash., June 25. (Special.) Manager Paine of the National Lumber and Box Company tonight denied the story sent out from Montesano regarding the reported sale of a section of timber in Chehalis County to- his company by the Weyerhaeuser syndicate. "The National Lumber & Box Company has never held an option on this block of timber," he said. "One of the stockhold ers secured an option on - the land once, but it was a personal matter and the com pany was in no way concerned In it." RUSSIAN ARMY IS DISAFFECTED Government Seeks to Check Move ment Among the Peasants. ST. PETERSBURG, June 25. Apprehen sion of the government with regard to political agitation in the army is the direct cause of its efforts for the suppres sion of the development of the peasant organization. As the majority of the sol diers come from the peasant class, any disaffection in the army is sure to be spread in the peasant, interest, based on the Parliament's settlement of the agra rian question. Therefore, the government is anxiously watching the peasant move ment and taking strong measures toward preventing Its further development, and to this end is trying to balk meetings of the organized peasant group -in Parliament and the Peasants' League, which latter is organizing an agrarian strike movement, and which was forbidden .by the police to hold a proposed convention in this city. Orders have been issued and sent to the provinces not to allow the communes to elect deputies to the proposed convention of the Peasants' -League, and if deDuties are elected, to see that they do not reach St. Petersburg, as, in the eyes of the gov ernment, the meetings will 'be illegal. The agitation among the Jews is still manifested in a deluge of appeals to mem bers of Parliament for protection against attacks. From Jehitomir, Dvinsk and Zo lotomasha comes news of the circulation of the Black Hundred propaganda. Deputy Dvinavo today received a telegram from Rzhev, stating that provocators had ar rived there -and were spreading the rumor that three orthodox Catholics had been brutally killed by Jews. The dispatch added that the town was greatly agitated and the Jews were fleeing. The mutiny of a portion of the garrison of B-itum is reported, principally artillery men and engineers. Cossacks surround the mutineers, but at latest advices there had been no firing. There are many rumors current tonight of disaffection. It is stated that several arrests were made at the Krasnoye-Selo camp after a meeting of disaffected guards. It is also asserted that a ring leader of the revolutionary movement among the chasseurs of the guard, Ser geant Silynski, was captured alter having taken to flight. Sinister rumors are cir culated about the morale of the troops. JEWS FLEEING TO AMERICA Fear Dissolution of Donma Will Be Followed by Massacre. ODESSA, June 26. Jewish immigration from all of the chief southern cities of Rufeia is assuming a volume equal to that attained after the massacre of October, 1905. Third-class railway accommodations must be arranged for several days in ad vance. One leading Jew in Odessa says that 45,000 Jews, women and children In cluded, will have left this city before the end of the year. , The Jews believe that the Douma will be dissolved, and when that occurs they say the southern provinces will become a veritable Hades for their race. America seems to be their main hope. Detectives Murdered in Streets. WARSAW, June 25. At 5 o'clock this evening in the outskirts of this city a band of terrorists, armed with revolvers, attacked three detectives, of whom they killed two and wounded the third. When an ambulance arrived and the doctors tried to assist the wounded detective, two men approached and fired twice, killing the injured man. The shots attracted Cossacks and In fantry to the scene, and the soldiers barred the street, firing several volleys by which sympathizing workmen were wounded. WORK WITH MEAT AMENDMENT Conferees May Refuse to Order' In spection Date on All Cans. WASHINGTON, June 25. After a brief session devoted to the minor amendments, the conference on the agricultural ap propriation bill adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow, when they will again- meet. Two sessions will be held daily until an agreement is reached. It is expected that the meat Inspection amendment will be reached late tomor row. The general Impression is that the Senate conferees will consent to the House1 provision that the Government shall pay for the Inspection of meat, but it is not likely the conferees will insist on the date of inspection being placed on all cans of meat. President Roosevelt, it Is said, has stat ed that he will not be satisfied with the bill unless this provision of the Senate bill is retained. Assistant Secretary to President. WASHINGTON, June 26. M. C. Latta. of Oklahoma, has been appointed assist ant secretary to President Roosevelt to succeed Benjamin F. Barnes, appointed Postmaster at Washington. Mr. Latta has for several years acted as the Presi dent's personal stenographer. PRESIDENTIAL That vplendid radical, that perleff champion of the peo ple's riffhtapooner! - (Ringing cheers.) That magnificent trpa of In diana manhood, the idol of the plain people Fairbanks! (Roars of uncontrolled enthusiaam.) DEFICIENCIES IN DEPARTMENTS Bill Completed by House Committee Carries Total of $10,245,509. WASHINGTON, June 25. The general deficiency appropriation bill was com pleted by the House committee on appro priations today and reported to the'House. The bill carries a total of $10,245,509 to supply deficiencies in the various depart ments of the. Government. The chief items are as foiSows: Under the Stete Department Transpor tation of diplomatic and consular officers, under new law for 1907, $30,000: contingent expenses, foreign missions. $30,000; con tingent eapenses at consulates. $40,000: payment to Germany in settlement of Samoan. claims, $20,000. Undca- the Treasury Department Col lecting the revenues from customs. 1907. $3,0004000; engraving and printing, $23,332; collating internal revenue, fiscal vear, 1907, $60,000: public buildings on Pacific Coast, repairs of $801,807. Under the War DeDartment Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, equipment and lighting, $82,800; payment to State of Texas of money paid state troops from 1855 to I860, $375,418; state or territorial homes for soldiers, $120,000. Under the military establishment Mile age, officers of the army, $50,000; replac ing military stores, etc., destroyed by earthquake at San Francisco, $1,304.S86. Under the naval establishment For general account of advances, 1904, and prior years $352,466; for pay. miscellane ous, $30,000; marine corps, $41S,758; main tenance yards, and docks, $20,000; naval prison administration building at Ports mouth. N. H., $60,000. Under the Interior Department Trans portation of Indian goods, $25,000. TJftder United States courts Fees of clerks, $35,000; assistants to the Attorney General in special cases, $45,000. Under the postal service Transporta tion by steamboats. $30,000; transportation by railroads, $289,000; regular wagon ser vice, $56,000; transportation of- foreign malls. $216,000. House of Representatives $100,457. Public printing and binding 27,000. Under the District of Columbia Gen eral expenses, etc., $S5,853. The remaining sums in the bill are for varying amounts less than $20,000, for judgments of courts and claims audited and certified to Congress. There are several legislative provisions in the bill. In one of them authority is given the Secretary of War to use the $2,500,000 relief fund heretofore appropri ated for San Francisco not only in the purchase of relief supDlies, but to replace the supplies taken from the Army stores. Secretary Taft has estimated that some thing lllte $400,000 of this fund remains un expended. In view of statehood for Oklahoma, the amounts available for the payment of ex penses of the territorial government are to be turned into the Treasury when the suite government is organized. The Secretary of the Treasury Is here after to furnish Congress detailed esti mates of expenses of collecting the rev enues from customs. At a full committee meeting of the appropriations committee, the following important amendment was adopted to the general deficiency bill reported by Lit tauer: "That the tariff duly, both im port and export, imposed by the authori ties of the United Slates or of the pro visional military government thereof In the Philippine Islands, prior to March 8, 1902, at all ports and places in said Islands, upon all goods, wares and merchandise Imported into said islands from the United States or from foreign countries, or exported from said islands, are hereby legalized and ratified, and the collection of all such duties prior to March 8. 1902, is hereby legalized and ratified and con firmed as fully to all intents and pur poses as If the same had, by prior act of Congress, been specifically authorized and directed." This amendment is made to meet cases arising under the decision Of the Supreme Court in the Warner-Barnes case, which was against the Government, and would compel the refunding of duties collected amounting to more than $4,000,000. The amendment will not affect cases already adjudicated. Kellner Slayers Arraigned. SAN FRANCISCO. June 25. The prelim inary hearing pf the five men charged with murdering Andrew Kellner began to day. The five men are Port Captain George L. Hammer, Joseph B. Hubbard. Daniel T. Hill, Frank Martin and Clarence McConnell. They are each separately charged with the murder of Kellner, who was killed on the launch Escort by bullets fired by armed members of the crew of the schooner National City. Pays $87,540 for Timber Land. ASTORIA, Or., June 25. Special.) One of the largest timber deal a closed in the Lower Columbia River district for several months was consummated Saturday, when the Deep River Logging Company purchased from a syndicate of Oshkofh. Wis., 1440 acres of timberland for a con sideration of $87,546. The land lies adja cent to the company's logging road in Pacific County, Wash., and is estimated to contain 50,000,000 feet of fir timber. IMPOSSIBILITIES That peerless defender of the com mon pople against the brutal greed of corporate arcression rorakeri (Prolonged applause.) That tireless and untainted work ar for the welfare of all the people, all the time Aldrichl (Applause lasts 17 minutes.) From ths New York Press.