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McCabe haa been called to join the church triumphant. Like Bishop Simp son, the friend of Lincoln, he was born lu Ohio. When he became a Methodist preacher In 1860 he was 24 years old, and from that time to the day of his death it would be difficult to find on the muster rolls of the church militant the name of a more active or useful soldier. In harmony with the 6trong sentiment of his denomination againpt human slavery, he joined the Union Army aa chaplain of an Ohio regiment, and, be ing tafn prisoner, shared for four months the unhappy lot of the inmates of Llbby prison. Singular as It seems, Chaplain McCabe found life not 'alto gether dark even in that murderous confinement. To one who peruses the records of Llbby prison Its story is a long account of fever, starvation and cruel death; but to him, whether from the innate cheerfulness of his nature or from the radiance of the divine illu mination In his soul, there were hours of sunshine. Almost half a century later tie lecalled them In a lecture, "The Sunny Side of Life in Llbby Prison." and It was upon his return from delivering- this lecture in a Con necticut town that he received the sud den mandate to cease from his earthly labors and receive hie eternal recom pense. Chaplain McCabe was 60 years old "when. In 1896, the General Conference of the Methodist Church elected him a bishop. Although conforming: In their doctrines for the most part to the arti cles of the Church of England, the Methodists reject the belief In Hie apostolic succession, which Is without historic foundation, and hold that their bishops, like other church officers, de rive their authority entirely from the will of the church represented in con ference. As the General Conference may elect . bishops it . may also depose them. Their tenure of office Is depend ent absolutely upon their efficiency. In other words, the ministers of the Meth odist Church form, not a priesthood, but an administrative' body, and the me principle or representation fronrne Tinning to end. It is admirably organ ifbe lzpd for aggressive work. The separate congregations are United, first In districts under the headship of a presiding elder, who Is supposed to preach at least four times a year in each Important church of his territory, and to hold In connection with these services "quarterly confer ences," which are the primary repre sentative bodies of the church.. The authority of the presiding elder Is not great, but his position Is dignified and his advice Is Weighty with the bishop, who assigns the preachers to their sta tions. This Is done at the annual con ference. Here the preachers, with lay delegates from a convenient group of districts, assemble under the presidency of the bishop. As the church was orig inally organized In America, ministers were not permitted to remain more lhan two years In any one place. Their preaching life was in stern reality a pilgrimage; they had no earthly abld-ing-pluce and they called themselves "Itinerants," or wayfarers. But this rule has beenmitigated with the prog ress of the church. Ministers were permitted in 1S64 to stay three years with the same congregation, then five, and finally the itineracy was abolished altogether. The highest representative body of the Methodists is the General Confer ence, which meets once In four years, with all or most of the bishops present, and considers matters which are of fun damental Import to the denomination. This conference may elect new bishops and depose old ones. It may propose changes in the . constitution of the church and enact general rules In con formity with the constitution as It stands; but amen'dments must be sub mltted to a referendum. The resem blance beween the organization of the Methodist Church and that of the Fed eral Union k striking. They are alike not merely in general outline, but even In many details. It Is fair to conclude that this form of church government is well adapted to American condition. tor the growth of the denomination has kept pace with that of the Nation, In spite of the two schisms which it has suffered. In 1830 there was a secession of the Protestant Methodists, who con tended vainly for lay representation in the General Conference. This question troubled the church until 1900. when the number of lay and clerical delegates were made equal and women became eligible. A more dangerous schism took place In 1844, caused by the slavery contro versy. In that year Bishop Andrews, through his marriage, became a slave owner, which outraged the traditions of the church. As early as 1780 the con ference at Baltimore required preachers to free their slaves. In 1789 the disci pline forbade members to buy or sell slaves; and an act of the General Con ference passed In 1816 made slavehold ers ineligible to any office In the church. Thus Bishop Andrews clearly violated the law of his denomination. Over his case the church divided into Northern and Southern Methodists. The latter sect has now more than a million mem bers and the former more than two mil lions, but the rift between them has narrowed with time and there Is great hope that within a few years they will reunite. " - A NOTE OF WARNING. In his speech at the Commercial Club banquet Monday night, Mr. John Bar rett touched on a very Important feature'-'' ' connection with our South American trade when he urged the ne cessity for special effort In extending ahdl strengthening our trade relations With the rich hemisphere down the coast. He sounded a warning by call ing attention to the possibilities for se vere competition as soon as the Panama Canal shall be completed, and made it quite plain that no effort should be spared In becoming firmly Intrenched during the few remaining years before the big ditch will open up that field to a large number of Atlantic and Gulf ports which are now at a decided geo graphical disadvantage with the Pacific Coast ports. , The trade of Chile alone, according to Mr. Barrett, last year amounted to $200,000,000, and of this ' amount the United States secured but 11 per cent. The immense nitrate exports, of course. figured largely In this enormous total, and there were other products which of necessity found a market in Europe, but It is hardly probable that the 11 per cent represented as the share of the United States Is even approximately the limit that can be reached with a little more careful cultivation of the trade field. Mr. Barrett, as Director of the International Bureau of South American Republics, will be in posi tion to recommend to the American people the course most necessary for th'em to pursue in order to make the most of their opportunities In South America, and it is a certainty that his friendship for the Pacific Coast will prove highly beneficial In widening the trade field. While the people are considering Mr. Barrett'e glowing picture of the possi bilities for trade with South America they should not forget the few remarks he made about the necessity for im proving the Columbia River bar. We will never be on exactly even terms with other ports until we can offer shipping the same facilities that they can secure elsewhere. HOW TO KEEP GOOD ROADS. At a meeting of a Linn County Grange a few days ago a number of suggestions were made, which, if adopted, would go far toward the im provement of the public roadB. One of the suggestions was that all wagons carrying heavy loads should have tires six inches wide. While this width Is perhaps greater than necessary, there can be no doubt that the wide-tire wagon Is a preserver of roadways. The wagon with a narrow tire easily cuts the surface and makes ruts and chuck holes. For work on a farm or on the highway, the wide-tire wagon is the best. Because It costs a little less, the narrow-tire vehicle . Is purchased by 6ome farmers who understand the ad vantages of the wagon with a wide tire. Another Idea along the same line Is that wagons should be used having a front axle shorter than the rear axle, thus distributing the wear over a larger surface and preventing the formation of ruts. The recommendation is that the wagons be so constructed that the track of the rear wheels will be just outside the track of the front wheels, so that, if the tires be five inches wide, the wearing surface will be ten Inches on each side of the road. Then, If the front wheels tended to form a rut or chuckhole, the rear wheels would press the soil or rock Into the hole and aid to fill It again. While the use of wagons with wide tires and with axles of un equal length would' not alone preserve the roads, It would go far in that direc tion. Still another suggestion Is that laws be passed regulating the size of load that may be carried at certain seasons of the year when the roads are soft. The size of load permitted would vary according to the season and the kind of wagon used. The wider . the tire the larger the load that would be permit ted. Then, too, the maximum limit might vary according to the character of road over which the load Is hauled. All these recommendations are based upon good reason and laws In accord ance therewith should have no difficulty In passing the test of the courts. It probably would not be constitutional nor wise to declare that all wagons used upon the public roads shall have tires of a certain width, but It would be proper to limit the amount of weight that may be hauled over the public roads upon a wagon with tires of a given width. Narrow tires do no par ticular damage If the load is light, but under a heavy load they can' destroy a road as fast as modern methods of building can construct them. Laws of the kind suggested are based upon the right of the people to protect their property.. We now have on the statute-books a law that requires own ers of traction engines to place planks on a bridge for the engines to run upon, a law making It a misdemeanor to drive across a bridge faster than . a walk, and a law limiting the number of head of cattle, horses or sheep that may be driven across a bridge at one time. These statutes are designed to prevent injury to bridges and no one questions their wisdom or constitutionality. Tet it is no more important ' that the bridges should be protected from Injury than that the roads 6hould be. ' Hauling a heavy load over a highway on a narrow-tire wagon is just as certainly . in jurious to the road aa driving a team over a. Bridge on a trot Is injurious to the bridge. The same purpose of pro tecting public property which dictated enactment of one law should effect en actment of the other. But laws such . as those proposed should not be made burdensome.. It wotsid not be convenient or practicable for all farmers to exchange their wag ons In one season. If, however, a law were enacted, establishing regulations Which shall go Into practical operation at a specified time in the future, all could be ready to comply with its pro visions without great loss- to them selves. A law which provides that af ter January 1, 1909, it shall be unlawful for any person to haul upon any public highway more than specified weights upon wagons of specified construction would give dealers time to supply the kind of vehicles that would be needed to comply with the new laws. The Legislature at its coming session might well devote attention to this subject and appoint a special committee to in vestigate the subject and draft a bill. Better yet, some member might do the Investigating In advance, prepare the bill and be ready when the Legislature convenes to show that the regulations he has prescribed are reasonable and that they will tend to protect the roads without needlessly causing the farmers Inconvenience. AN OBJECT-LESSON IN PRUDENCE. The strange thing about the case of Sidney Sloane, the youthful parricide of Spokane, Is that he was permitted, not only by his parents, but by the civil authorities, to wander about unre strained though all of his erratic, irre sponsible boyhood. It was not thought worth while to take him Into custody until he had committed a bAital crime. Thus far the evidence In this case is clear upon two material points. One is that this youth murderedi his father in the most deliberate, barbarous manner; the other is that he should from, his early childhood have been an Inmate of the State Asylum for the Insane at Steilacoom, or at least have been con fined to the state home for the defect ive at Vancouver. At' the latter insti tution wholesale corrective treatment would doubtless have been applied that would have given the boy a measure of self-control; at least he would have been kept free from harmful associa tions and Intoxicating liquors. The State of Washington maintains at great expense a home where its de fective youth may be given proper care and such instruction as their poor wits can comprehend. It maintains another Institution where its vicious and de generate youth may be kept in custody and taught to work, and yet others where Its insane may be housed and treated. Notwithstanding the wise, generous and ample provision made for these irresponsibles, there are now two youths mere boys on trial for their lives for unprovoked and atrocious murder. The defense In both cases is insanity, and in one degeneracy cover ing the entire period of his life. The bill of expense to the taxpayers will in both cases be large, and the lives of two citizens of the state one of whom, at least, was a man of useful and hon orable purpose and attainment have been prematurely cut off. There Is cause here for a grievous complaint, both upon the basis of econ omy and the wanton sacrifice of human life. The- state's care and generosity were slighted in the case of these boys, and as a result its citizens are doubly taxed In their behalf. Prudence, hu manity and self-interest alike demand and should require the sequestration from childhood in one of these institu tions of children who show marked criminal tendencies, or who have feeble minds coupled with entire lack of self restraint. If rerorm schools and Insti tutions for the care of ' the ' defective classes mean anything, they certainly mean that all such children should be given over to proper restraint" and In struction by commitment therein. J Neither the wealth nor the standing or parents should be allowed to figure ad versely In such matters against public Interest and Individual safety. WORLD'S COAL SUPPLIES. The Northern Pacific Railroad Com pany, owning coal mines galore, and presumably with plenty of transporta tion facilities for handling the product, Is buying coal In Pennsylvania and shipping It as far west as Montana to supply engines on the Rocky Mountain division. Three steamships are report ed lying idle at Seattle for want of coal with which to get away form port. From all over. Oregon and Washington come reports of universal scarcity' of fuel, and at numerous points through the Middle West there has been great suffering because the people are un able to secure enough coal for ordinary heating purposes. In view of such a remarkable situation it is somewhat surprising to learn from official sources that the United States last year led all other countries on earth in coal pro duction, the output exceeding that of Great Britain by more than 50 per cent and being more than double that of Germany, which ranks next to the United Kingdom as a coal producer. The British Board of Trade has just published some elaborate statistics which place the world's coal production for 1905, exclusive of brown coal, or lig nite, at 840,000,000 tons. Of this amount 350.000,000 tons is credited to the United States, 236.000,000 tons to Great Britain and 119,000,000 tons to Germany. The same authority places the consumption of the United States for 1905 at 343,000, 000 tons, while that of the United King dom Is but 169,000,000 tons. These fig ures to a considerable extent explain much' of the present coal shortage in the United States. They show that our consumption last year ran up to within 7,000,000 tone of the production, and as there is a greater coal consumption in this country than'ever before this sur plus at the beginning of the year was Infinitesimal compared with the de mands that have been made upon it. Not only has there been ' widespread increase in the demand for coal by our factories, railroads and Lake shipping, but there has also been a corresponding increase in the demand at seaboard cit ies, where thousands of foreign steam ships receive their fuel supplies for long voyages. Many of the big German and British liners running out of the Atlan tic ports take in at these ports bunker supplies sufficient for the" round trip. This, of course, is figured as home, con sumption, and uses up our surplus sup ply at an astonishing rate. According to the British Board of Trade, the av erage cost of the American coal at the collieries was 5s 8d per ton, while at the United Kingdom collieries the cost was 6s lld per ton. Despite these fig ures, it is quite apparent that the Brit ish must have enjoyed a big export trade with other countries, for the con sumption credited by the Board of Tradewas 66,000,000 tons less than the production, and there is no weakness in prices' In Europe indicating xcesslve stocks, which would be the case-if the surplus had not all been moved. These figures make it quite clear that If the present unparalleled prosperlty contlnues throughout the coming year It will be very difficult to make the supply meet the demand. Higher prices must necessarily follow, and with higher prices will come an increased production and the Inevitable readjust ment of both prices and supply. The Portland Lumber Company has purchased a' steamer to engage In the coastwise lumber trade. This Is en couraging, although It to only one steamer. The vessel is not' as large, fast or stanch a, vessel as the same amount of money paid for her would purchase In England, or even over in Victoria or Vancouver. There are for eign vessels coming to Portland nearly every week, which could be purchased for about one-half the price demanded for American craft, but" our enterpris ing citizens are not permitted to buy them unless they will agree to keep them under a foreign flag, where they are not needed. We congratulate the Portland firm on its enterprise In enter ing the ranks of shipowners, and we extend our regrets that our antiquated navigation laws prevent them from get ting as much for their money as the British,- German, French, Norwegian and even the Chinese shipowner can get when he enters the market as a buyer of shipping property 'for general use. Chautauqua workers over on the Sound have been trying to secure a cer tain tract of land for permanent meet ing grounds, but were not able to finance the project and the place was leased to the promoters of a pleasure resort. Oregon Is not alone in light pleasure-seeking. Nowhere in the West has a higher class of entertainment and instruction been offered than at the an nual Chautauqua sessions at Gladstone Park, yet the association was unable to pay out. The best talent in the United States was brought to Gladstone by the Chautauqua Association in order that Oregon people might have oppor tunities that could not otherwise be theirs. Though the meetings were well attended, the audiences were not what they should have been In view of the high character of the attractions. But at the same time a purely pleasure re sort a few miles away. The Oaks, coined money for Its proprietors. It Is no credit to Oregon that the same situ ation exists in Washington. Portland again leads all other cities In the United States in the percentage of gain In building permits for the month of November. As we still cling to the system of taking out building permits representing only a small frac tion of the value of the structure to be erected, the aggregate amount of these buildings is not imposing. For the pur poses of comparison, however, we are in fairly good position, as a 77 per cent gain, such as ia shown this year over last, is just as great whether the total is $6,000,000 or only $600,000. Building permits, real estate transfers, bank clearings and general prosperity in all lines continue to add to the dfecomfit'ure of the pessimists who are still waiting for "the slump after the Fair." . There may be a slump some time, but it will be so long after the Fair and Portland will have grown so large In the mean time that a good many thousands of our new rustlers will have forgotten that we ever had a Fair. Senator Bailey hopes to dispel suspi cion by loudly proclaiming that he bor rowed thousands of dollars from the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, and made investments by which he cleaned up a good profit. His course is likely to have but one effect to raise a question whether the speculations were not profitable largely because he was a Senator. When he shows that he could borrow the thousands of dollars from the oil company without being a Sena tor, the people might be willing to adopt his idea of his own official virtue. Only an agreement "providing for fair dealing as between jobber and re taller," is the explanation offered by President Moffat t, of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, when accused of entering into a combination In restraint of trade with the Waters-Pierce Com pany. All of which was fair and above board if tho Inquiry had failed to re veal that the jobber and retailer In this case both wore the Standard. Oil coat of arms. "Jim" Jeffries to whip two heavy weights in the same ring next May, presents a novelty in the prlzering as well as long-distance press agents' skill. George Ade In the- next Issue of The Sunday Oregonian shoots this sort of publicity full of satirical holes. Merely to pick out three items involv ing a total of $152,000,000 in the half column of sales on the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday is enough to show the scarcity of money in Wall street and explains the demand for It at usurious interest. Voting directly for a set of men to handle the money paid for life insur ance is an exercise of popular franchise that millions of thrifty Americans have never contemplated- before "Jimmy" Hyde's conduct precipitated reform. .If Russell Sage had lived only a' few months longer, what a picking he would have made among the princes of finance in Wall street. Such a week as this is equal to years of toll when he was a boy. Let it be repeated that the scripplng laws were the means of more land grabbing than the timber and stone laws, and any campaign against land fraud Is incomplete which does not deal with this. In carrying out the Senate resolution calling for an investigation of condi tions of women and children workers. Secretary Straus has the opportunity to win the country's respect and grati tude. The judge over in Washington who borrowed from one of the parties to a case which he had under advisement must have been in wireless communi cation with Senator Bailey, of Texas. Little will it matter to the builders of the Pacific Empire whether they and their posterity pay never-ending tribute to the bankers behind Hill or 'those backing Harriman. To be the executive head of railroads whose aggregate mileage exceeds 26,000 miles is no small Job for a hired man. Thus does Mr. Harriman style himself. Estimates by Mayor Lane of $1,500,000 to run the city next year is one more evidence of the rapid expansion. Will Oregon's Legislature In amend ing the game laws Interfere with bridge or poker? The Oregon Supreme Court seems to be working overtime reversing things. INSANITY GOBS MARCHING ON. Ita Ratio Ia of Greater Growth This That of Our Population. ,. , Washington. D. C Post. That Insanity is on the Increase In the United States la shown by a report from the Census Bureau on Insane and feeble-minded in hospitals and institutions. The report Is based on statistics for twenty-three years, figures prior to 18S0 being Insufficient. The report says In part: "From whatever point the matter Is viewed, the census returns since 1880 per mit but one conclusion, that the rate of increase is greater for the Insane in the United States than it is for the general population. It is Impossible, however, to determine the difference until provi sion Is again made for an enumeration of the insane, no matter whether found in or outside of Institutions. Although the hos pital returns tell a one-sided story, they invariably point to an Increase in the prevalence of insanity. "At the end of the decade 15S0 to 1890. the number of insane in hospitals had increased from 40.942 to 74.028, or 33.086. and the number of insane per 100,000 of population had risen from 81.6 o 118.2, or 3G.6. In 1903. thirteen years later, the num ber of insane in hospitals had further increased by 76,123 patients, or more than the number found in 1890, and the num ber per 100,000 of population had Increased by 68. "In 1880 there were enumerated 61,017 Insane persons outside of hospitals, as compared with 40,942 lif these institutions. At the census of 1890 only 32,457 insane were discovered outside of hospitals, but the enumeration was confessedly less complete than the one preceding it. In which physicians had co-operated and helped to return a large number of in Bane whose existence otherwise might have been overlooked." As the number . of insane has In creased, the growth of hospitals for their treatment has been correspondingly great. On June 1, 1890, 74.028 Insane pa tients were distributed among 162 hos pitals, of which 119 were public and 43 private institutions. December 31. 1903, there were in the United States 130,151 Insane patients dis tributed among 328 hospitals, of which 226 were public and 102 private institu tions. In the sex of the . insane, the report says, the males greatly outnumber the females, with the exception of the South Atlantic and Western States, where the number of insane females is slightly in excess. The greater number of insane males is attributed to the large propor tion of men committed to hospitals as alcoholics and victims of drugs. Among the foreign-born Insane, the Irish. German and Scandinavian races furnish more than 65 per cent of the total number. The French and Scotch rank lowest, with a little more than 1 per cent each. Among the native-born patients, the offspring of mixed parent age shows an alarming rate of increase. In the insane death rate, the mor tality of the colored and Latin races is decidedly greater than that of the native born and the northern European races. The age at which the largest mortality occurs Is between forty and sixty-five. TWAIN AND MRS CLEVELAND. Exqulfllte Anecdote of Ilumorlnt'a Visit to White House. In Mark Twain's North American Re view autobiography, yesterday, ap peared this exquisite anecdote, of the way he employed a reminder that Mrs. Liemens gave mm wnen lie leil xiart ford for Washington. When we reached the White House nnd I was shaking hands with the President, he started to say something, but I interrupted him and said: "If your excellency will excuse me, I will come baric In a moment: but now I have a very Important matter to at tend to, and it must be attended to at once." I turned to Mrs. Cleveland, the young, the beautiful, the fascinating, and .gave her my card, on the back of which I had written, "He didn't" and I asked her to sign ' her name below those words. She said: "He didn't? He didn't what ?" "Oh," I said, "never mind. We can not stop to discuss that now. This Is urgent. Won't you please sign your name?" I handed her a fountain pen. "Why," she said, "I cannot commit myself in that way. Who Is it that didn't and what is it that he didn't?' "Oh." I said, "time Is flying-, flying, flying. . Won't you take me out of my distress and sign your name to it? It's all right. I give you my word it's all right." She looked nonplussed. But hesitat ingly and mechanically she took the pen and said : "I will sign it. I will take the risk. But you must - tell me all about it, right afterward, so that you can be ar rested before you get out of the house in case there should be anything crim inal about this." Then she signed, and I handed her Mrs. Clemens' note, which was very brief, very simple, and to the point. It paid: "Don't wear your arctics in tho White House." It made her shout: and at my request she summoned a messen ger and we sent that card at once to the mall on its way to Mrs. Clemens in Hartford. Four-Story Los; Hotel. Grants Pnss Courier. That Grants Pass is to have erected rext yeyr a four-story modern . hotel with the best equipment and service of any hostelry in the State outside of Portland is the firm conviction of those directly interested In the movement. The building as planned is to be lOfix 1S4 feet, which includes an . 18-foot veranda. This veranda will extend around the four sides of the building and the entire four stories, and the structure is to occupy the center of the block 56 feet from the sidewalk on all sides, this spate to be in lawn, with trees and shrubbery. The novel fea ture is that the building will be con structed of logs, surfaced on three sides, but the outside will have the nppearance of a log structure. The furnishings are to be In the Mission style, and all of the furniture is to be manufactured In Grants Pass. The first floor will contain office, lobby, grill, kitchen and several suites; the second floor suites and the third and fourth floors single rooms, of which there will be about 80 In all. Hon to Do With Our Presidents. St. Helens Mist. If the President of the United States was limited to one term In office all future Presidents would be as inde pendent and fearless as the President incumbent. There Is the Pacific Coast. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Aa the Arctic explorers catch cold as soon as they return tothe belt that we live in. Peary went 18 months in the far north without a cold, but the xew England climate has floored him. To Mister Roosevelt. Arts of Roosevelt remind us We, ourselves, can start a fuss; And, departing, leave behind us, Teethmarks on the o;-toyus. Kansas City Star. Let us, then, be tip and doing. With a rake for any muck; Still Indicting, still pursuing f (Oh! you finish It. We're stuck. Cleveland Leader. Shades of Steffens. alFO Ttryan 1'nc.le Ham Is not for sale. Stop the' fining of tne plutos. Send the rascals all to .tall. gqueedunk Echo. And we're very much dee-Hghted To see Mister Teddy back. . To the terror of the his; bunch He will hand tariff a whack. Four Corners Bugle. Rl'EF IS DELAYING TRIAL. His Attorney Declares Schmltz Has Agreed on Joint Defense. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 19. When the case of Mayor Schmltz and Abraham Ruef was called today, Attorney J. C. Campbell, on behalf of Mayor Schmltz, asked Judge Dunne to rule on the mo tion made yesterday to dismiss the In dictment, so that a demurrer might be filed and the Mayor proceed to trial. "I cannot rule on that indictment until the co-defendant. Ruef, completes his examination of the grand Jury," answered the court. Attorney Campbell protested against the ruling, declaring that he could not be held responsible for the action of the co-defendant. The latter, he said, might conduct his case in his own way. This brought a statement from Attorney Hiram Johpson, who said that the head of the city administration was demanding an imritediate trial, while Ruef sought to make delays. He added: "Schmltz and Ruef are co-defendants and selected to make their defense to gether." 4 Attorney Campbell denied that any such-agreement had been reached. He asserted that when the motion to set aside the indictments was made it was announced that the defendants might separate if they saw fit so to do. - "They will keep the grand Jury In this courthouse untjl after the end of its year," declared Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney. "They have Planned to do that very thing. At the expiration of the year the grand Jury will be dismissed and if the defendants can keep the Jurors in court a few weeks longer, the municipal investiga tion will be suspended, for a time at least."' This led to a heated argument be tween the attorneys, which was ended by Judge Dunne, who declared that the rilling on the motion to dismiss would not be made until Ruef's evidence had been submitted. Attorney Campbell surprised the court by stating that the motion to dismiss applied only to Indictment No. 303. and had no reference to the other four indictments charging the Mayor with extortion. This means that the same evidence, may be taken all over again four times, should the defend ants see fit. The first witness today was Jacob Gorfinkle. an attorney, who admitted friendship for Grand. Juror M. A. Liv ingston. An attempt was made to question several newspaper men as to the source of articles in relation to the defendants which had appeared in the San Francisco newspapers, but the. questions were ruled out on objections by the state. This afternoon M. Sena, a merchan dise broker, and. James Rrackman. a tailor, were placed on the stand by the defense lu an effort to show that some of the grand Jurors were biased against the defendants. Brarkman tes tified that Jermiah Dealy. now a mem ber of the grand Jury, said to tho wit ness a few days before the last elec tion that tho "Schmltz-Ruef garjg ought to be sent to jail." At the close of Rrackman's examina tion court adjourned until tomorrow. REWARD FOR BKAVK SHERIFF President Proposes Promotion for Foiling Lynchers. WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Tho follow ing letter was given out at the White House today: "The White House, Washington, D. C, Dec. 19. 1906. Dear Mr. Konnparte: Some years- ago Sheriff .1. L. Merrill, of Carroll County, Georgia, lcst his chance for re-election by his action In beating off a mob of several hundred, white people who were trying to take a negro out of Jail and put him to death. Sheriff Merrill and his depu ties fired on the mob, killing and wounding several men and heating the others off. Because of this he was de feated for re-election. Congressman Adamson brought the matter to my at tention, saying that lie hated to see a man who had done such a service as a public official defeated because of the very fact that he had rendered the service. He told me that Governor Terrlll had offered Merrill a place, the best he had to give, which carried a salary, of $50 per month. I told the Congressman I thought I 'could beat that, and got him a place at $1200 a year as custodian of the grounds of the Federal "prison st Atlanta. I hear he has done well. If he has done well, can't we give him a promotion? "Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." ERROR IX METCALF'S REPORT Education Hoard Denies Dictation by Exclusion League. SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. Accord ing to an interview given to the press by Secretary E. C. I-cf flngwell, of the Roard of Education, today. Secretary Metcalf made some erroneous state ments In his . report on the Japanese question. Mr. Lefnngwcll said In part: The report made by Secretary Metcalf. as exploited before 'nngrcss. contains many assertions and inferences which are surpris ing to say the least, since they are. in error and are therefore unfair, as thy are ap plied to the members of the Board of Edu cation. When Secretary Metcalf asserts that the Japanese and Corean Exclusion League di rected the Board of Education to enter the ruling concerning the Japanese pupils, he utters that which we say Is an error. The members of the Board of Education were especially careful to explain the origin of the matter to Secretary Metcalf. The Board acted -upon its own Initiative and merely proceeded to enforce a state law. SPELLED III WMMy- iy PUBLICITY SPOILS ITS GAME Standard Abandons Republic Oil Co. as Useless Disguise. NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Testifying today.. In the suit briught by the State of Mis souri against the Standard Oil Company, thA Wo f ers-PlerrA Oil fnmnnnv and the Republic Oil Company to stop them from doing business in Missouri, C. I. Nichols, president of the Republic Oil Company. declared that as a result of the disclos ures In the proceedings the usefulness of the Republic Oil Company as a supposed competitor of the Standard OH had ended. The entire business of the company out side of Missouri, he said, had been turned over to the Standard OH Company of New Jersey. That portion In Missouri would also have been turned over, he added, had it not been for Injunctions which pre vented. William I. Heyer, of Baltimore, who was formerly manager of the Republic Oil Company of St. Louie, was asked by the Attorney-General If he recalled that, while in St. Louis, he received Instructions in a circular letter from Walter C. Teagle to state to the trade that the Republic Oil Company was then independent, fighting the Standard Oil Company. "It is my best recollection that I did." "You claimed to be selling high-grafle oil. of a grade different from the Waters Pierce Company?" "We were." "You got some of your oil from Pi M. Andrews, of Whiting, Ind.?" "Yes." "That was the refinery of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana?" "I believe there was a refinery at Whit ing." "Did you ever hear that the Waters IPerce Company bought eome of its oil at Whiting?" "I believe eo." "So that you and the ' Waters-Pierce Company bought from the same source?" "To some extent." It is expected that John D. Archbold will be among the witnesses tomorrow. SQIEEZED BY STEEL TRUST Implement Slaters Squeal for Reduc tion In Tariff. CHICAGO, Dec. 19. The Tribune says: A bitter war, which ultimately may have far-reaching effects on the manufacturing interests of the coun try, was precipitated yesterday, when a number of farming ma chinery companies openly declared their intention to fight against the "trust" prices and methods of the iron and steel combine of the United States. Their first move was to draft a peti tion nppealing to President Roosevelt and Congress to aid them in their ef forts to obtain Just treatment at the hands of the steel monopoly. .The petition calls on the authorities at Washington to curb tho power of the trust and to make some new tariff provision which will break up the "In jurious" combine. It hns been signed by prominent im plement manufacturers throughout the country. The declaration of war is the out come of a quiet meeting of the heads of farming machinery concerns, which was held a few days ago in this city. It wits decided then Uiat something must be done to curb the powers of the steel trust in order to save the smaller Implement makers from ruin. It was the opinion of the men that the farming interests of the country were imperiled by the monopolistic state of the iron and steel business. According to the petition to be sent in a few days to Washington, the prices of Iron and steel are so higli at present that manufacturers of farming, tools are un able to carry on their business with profit. William Fetzer. of Fetzer & Co., Middletown, Pa., extensive manufactur ers of farm tools and machinery. Is a leader in the. fight on tho, combine. "The present situation is so serious," he said, "that we felt the contingency demanded bringing the matter directly before President Roosevelt. . A number of prominent manufacturers are in the move to see what can be done to save the implement business from the clutches of the Iron and steel trust prices." Payments of Insurance Loses. SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 19. Professor Whitney, of the Tnlversity of Califor nia, In an estimate of the amount of money the people of San Francisco have received from the fire Insurance companies In payment of the April fire losses, places tho amount at $180, OOn.noo. The burned area in this city com prises 3000 acres, or about 4.7 square miles, containing 52.') blocks and about 2. 000 buildings, of which about one half were residences. The amount of Insurance covering property in the burned district was approximately $250.000,0i0, which had been placed outside of the state in about 10'" com panies. The value of the buildings and contents destroyed by the Are was ap proximately $350,000,100. Fulton Looks Out for Counties. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 19. Senator Fulton today secured the promise of the Senate pub lic lands committee to amend the. bill repealing the timber and stone act so that 20 per cent of the receipts from the sales of public timber shall be paid to counties In which the timber Is cut. This Is In lieu of taxes. The bill pro vides that hereafter public timber not In forest reserves can only be acquired by purchase at not less than Its ap praised value. DOWN -From tho Chicago Chronicle.