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r FORTY PAGES VOL. XXII. NO. ' : PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 4, 1903. 1 I'KIf'K FIVE CENTS. V D Chicago Is Still Reaping Benefit PRESIDENT GIVES FACTS Commercial Benefits of In estimable Value. HINTS FOR THE 1905 BOARD j Man IVIio, More Than Any Other, Made the "World' Exposition a. Success Tell Policy He Would Pursue. POINTERS FOR 1005 FAIR. BUILDINGS Directors should wait until outside states and foreign countries erect their structure be fore expending any great amount. ATTENDANCE Patrons from the East will be few In comparison with those from Oregon and "Washing ton. ENTERTAINMENT Do not put any large amount In a music hall. Pro grammes should bo varied so as to entertain home people over and over. A Midway Is essential. PUBLICITY An Illustrated pamphlet describing features of Interest west of the Rocky Mountains. CONCESSIONS Chicago charged 20 to 70 per cent of " the gross receipts of the business. CHICAGO, Oct 2. (Special correspond ence.) "The human being is not now alive who -win see the end of the beneficent results of the World's Columbian Expo F.ltlon. held in Chicago in 1S93. I doubt whether this Influence for good will ever b aulte eliminated from the human race." These were the 'words of Hon. Harlow N. Higinbotham. who more than any -other onfr man, ma le thw Chicago Co lumbian Exposition what It was. Mr. Kiginbotham attended the first meeting of citizens in the initiative move for the "World's Fair here. From that moment he was the leading spirit throughout the formative period, during the time the fair was open to the public, and remains at present the head of the local organi zation, -which has never been dissolved. He was at first vice-president and chair man of the ways and means committee, and in 1892 when Lyman J. Gage refused longer to be burdened with the duties of the office of president Mr. Higinbotham was elected his successor and has re mained at the head of the organization ever since. The "World's Columbian Exposition, as a corporation, still exists, and will soon declare a. dividend of 4 or 5 per cent to Its stockholders. It has never paid but 10 per cent of the original stock, and the present dividend will be the last. "When Mr. Hlginbothara learned that The Ore gonlan wished to publish- some state ments of .his experience in "World's Fair matters and suggestions that might be beneficial to the Lewis and Clark Cen tennial, he at once asked me to visit his home at "Harlowarden," his country seat 35 miles out from Chicago, and spend the night -with him, thus giving him the proper opportunity to enter into the spirit of exposition matters and enable him to give the Lewis and Clark Centennial peo pie the benefit of his mature experience and initiative suggestions which may be turned to their "benefit "Winninj? Over of Europe. He is a remarkable man. He Is lmpos slble outside of America. He is a product of the best influence of our present civil! zation. No other man living could hav made the statements he has made and told the truth, and perhaps no man in America is as well informed on the modus operandi of running big expositions to the best possible advantage with the means at command. Soon after Mr. HIg Inbotham took the helm of the Chicago fair he was called, to Europe to insure foreign exhibits which threatened not to come. He was shown distinctive honors in London; and at a banquet tendered him by the Lord Mayor he made this remark able statement: "I live in a city near whlph I was horn, and when my father established his residence there, his fences were the outposts of civilization. Today Chicago has more than 1,000.000 people, and there aro 30,000,000 of people who can reach the city In a day's travel. I am partner in the largest mercantile estab llshment In the United States (Marshall Field & Co.), which imports more goods from Europe than any other business house in America. Although the McKln ley tariff law is now in effect our firm has not only paid more money to the British for merchandise during the last 12 months, but we have actually imported a much larger quantity of merchandise than during any previous year." This was at a time when the British were greatly concerned and much dis pleased over the enactment of the Mc Kinley tariff bill. They threatened to not have any exhibit at all at Chicago, They were astonished at Mr. HIglnboth anx's statement and the American possi billtles it suggested. They were nall! ated, pleased and induced to enter such xelatlons of comity with America as hav since grown and become much stronger and more magnified. Hear Mr. Hlglnbotham's statement as to the effect of the Chicago World's Fair upon Chicago, the American public and FI . , i i the world at large. "No man," said he. who is a close student of events, can doubt for a moment the srood effect of the Chicago Exposition. Of course I can not here enlarge upon the educational and moral benefits which I believe to be al most limitless, but I will mention a few of the utilitarian commercial features which have entered Into the present civil ization and will extend to future ages. The great Chicago Museum -which Is now certainty, was a direct result of the Ex position. I would not accept the position of President .although it -was thrust upon me -without solicitation, until I had Mr. Marshall Field's approval. He was then traveling In Europe. Ho -was at first averse to my accepting the place. Mft Field, since the Exposition was what it as. first gave $1,000,000 as a nucleus for the Museum, and has since agreed to give building to cost probably $5,000,000 more. "Whether he will stop at this amount ulti mately, no one can tell. The museum will be a depository of the scientific records of the human race in every conceivable ram ification. It will not be a mere curiosity shop. In fact, -we will not permit any thing to enter it which has nothing but the characteristic of freaklshness or mere ly the abnormal, to recommend It It will be a monument not only to Mr. Field, but to Chicago and the American people for all time. Improvement in Transportation. "The Intra-jnural railroad we estab lished in the fair grounds "was the first ever tried. It was a success. It used the third rail. The third rail nas now been adopted on all of the elevated roads in Chicago', New York and elsewhere, and abolishes forever the smoke and soot of steam, which was before the motive pow er. This Is a step forward. Its effect upon the American people for good can not be measured. Then tbe exposition management forced the Illinois Central Railroad to elevate Its tracks near tne exposition grounds. We paid them $250,000 as a portion of the extra expense im posed, and they raised ten tracks lor a distance of three miles. The effect was so satisfactory, the train service was so much better than it could otherwise have been, and the railroad ltseir reanzea uiat was saved from a multitude of law suits by this method, which protected the lives of the people, that this became the entering -wedge in the matter of elevating all railroad iracks entering Chicago. The fight has been raging ever since, is on now, and one road after another has been forced to yield to the public demand. It is only a question of tlmo when all rail roads entering this great city will come in on elevated tracks and will offer no menace to the humblest human life." "Another direct result for good fol lowing the Exposition and which really enters more into the lives of the American people than those I have already men tioned, comes, through a new Impulse given to architecture. The 'White City,, with its tout ensemble, was a thing of marked beauty. It was the result of the blending of the best and cleanest archi tectural thought of the age. Its beauty and harmony were an inspiration even to the masses. They carried away with them new thoughts, new ideals and new inspirations for homo and home life. All over this land people have demanded and received better architectural designs for homes since the Chicago World's Fair. I have noticed it in the country seats of thA -wealthy, in the cottages of the la borer, and in the mansions of the city This is an Influence, the most potent in its effect upon our dally lives and our National character, because it has entered the majority of the homes of America. One other good result and I will pass this phase: I believe that what was seen by the youth and the generation that was then young and what they have read as a true record of what took place hero has inspired countless lives to a higher effort a nobler purpose and a more permanent and general Interest In their fellow-men. This, as the world at present understands it, certainly marks advancing civiliza tion." Ancnt the 1005 Fair. Mr. Higinbotham Is of that broad type of American great men which finds no place too remote to appeal to his Interest and no project Intended for the "better ment of mankind too small to enlist his sympathy. He took up the question of the Lewis and Clark Centennial with me as though Its success might depend upon his individual effort Together we ex amined the map of Oregon and the slates carved out of the original territory, and the other Western States. He asked mo to get the official statistics of population in all of the states adjoining Oregon, and which might be near enough to aid its fair in the way of patronage. When he learned that the last Government census of 1900 gave Oregon, Washington, Neb raska, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado less than two and a quarter million people, he slowly shook his head and said medita tively: "There are not as many people within a radius of 500 miles of Portland as there are In the City of Chicago. Ac cording to our last city directors', Chicago has a population at present of 2,231,000. The management of the Lewis and Clark Centennial should endeavor to arrange programme of entertainments which can be varied often enough to entertain your own people over and over again. The bulk of your gate receipts will come from people who can reach Portland from their homes, within 12 or 15 hours. Your cen tennial must be essentially, mainly, a lo cal affair. Do not infer by this that mean to say you will not have many vis ltors from states east of the Rocky Moun tains and from foreign countries, but the proportion of these will be small when compared with the attendance from near by points. Your best patrons will be from the Willamette "Valley and near-by towns In Oregon and Washington. A to Buildings. "Your directors should be careful not to contract to expend too mucn money on buildings In the early stage of the work. Get outside states and foreign countries to put up their buildings and husband j'our modest funds for later. If you want to start a nucleus for a museum or Lewis and Clark memorial In the shape of home for the Oregon Historical Society, have your architect draw the plans so that the central portion of the building can be constructed of stone or granite with a view of permanency, and complete the model by using 'staff, or some cheap material Intended for temporary use (Ccatiaued on Second Page.) HELD ON GHARG Kennedy Must Answef for Warren Burglary. THE 'DEFENSE IS SILENT Miss Warren Quite Positive in Her Identification. HOPES THAT SHE IS MISTAKEN IlillHboro Women, Members of For mer Congregation, Arc Interested Spectators at the Examination Sits Beside Her Husband. At 2 o'clock on the morning of Sep tember 1 the dwelling of E. IL "Warren, Just outside the city limits of Hllls boro, was entered. The masked burglar went Into the room occupied by Mrs. P. B. Mackinder. a visitor from St Helena, Cal. Mrs. Macklndrs screams brought Miss "Warren to the room. She ran to get her father. The aged Mr. Warren was already on the way, aroused by the unusual noUe overhead. At the point of a revolver Mr. "Warren was compelled to enter an other apartment, where he was con fined. Mrs. Mackinder was relieved of a valuable watch, two costly rings and $7.50 In cash. On the afternoon of September 2 Rev. R II. Kennedy, of HUlsboro, was ar rested on the charge of burglarizing the "Warren residence, and placed in Jail in default of bonds. September 5 Kennedy was released on $1000 bonds, subscribed by citizens of Forest Grove, with one exception. HILLSBORO, Or., Oct 3. (Special.)- Rev. It H. Kennedy, the one-time .pastor of the Congregational Church of this city. today was1 held to answer to the Circuit Court on a charge of having entered and burglarized the residence of E. H. Warren on the eastern outskirts of Hills bo ro on the morning of Tuesday, September L After the examination of the state's wit nesses, the defense offered no evidence and Justice'H. T. Bagley stated that he would next Tuesday fix the ball bond. Meantime, the minister will be at his freedom on the bond secured byjpr. C. L. Large, of For est urove. The principal witness for the state was Miss Minnie Warren, with whom Mrs. B. F. MacKinder, of St Helena, CaL, and who lost by the robbery, was visiting. Miss Warren testified that Mrs. MacKinder lost a watch, 17.50 In cash and two valuable rings. When asked if she knew who com mitted the robbery, she answered: "I think I believe I do." Airalcened hy a Scream. She testified that about 2 in the morning she was awakened by a scream lor help coming from the guestroom, and that she went In and struck a match. She then saw that a burglar was In the room and she ran downstairs to call her father, who is well along In years. The father had heard the commotion and met her as she reached the foot of the stairs. To gether they went upstairs. The burglar was then standing at or near the .back window and leveled a re volver at "them. He then forced Mrs. Mac Kinder, who was by this time at the door of the room coming to meet the father and daughter, to turn over her money. Miss Warren continued: ."Don't you give it to him." Mrs. MacKinder replied: "Oh, yes; he may have it" The robber then asked Mr. Warren if he had any money and received a negative reply. Mrs. MacKinder then told the bur glar that she knew (Mr. Warren had no money, because he had borrowed some while she was there. Sonnded Like His Sermon Voice. Miss Warren stated that there was it that time some money in the house, out she- was Ignorant of the fact and did not know the amount She swore that the intruder wore a dark sack with round cor ners in front and a stiff hat While rob bing the house the burglar attempted to cbango his voice, and she said that when he said to Mr. Warren, "I know, you are an old man," she likened the voice to that of Kennedy's when he uses pathos in his sermons. She said: "I believe it to have been Kennedy, but did not want to bolleve It was him." When asked if she believed it was Ken nedy beyond any reasonable doubt, she replied, "I do." During the time when the robber was there Miss Warren told Mrs. MacKinder that she knew who he was. Mrs. Mac Kinder told her to "'hush; he will shoot you." She said that she had tried to get the mask off his face, and so persistent was she in this that he had to o out of the room to rearrange it Coming in, he said, "Darn you." Miss Warren's reply was, "You coward!" Old Gentleman Hard to Handle. Mr. Warren was forced into a small room nearby and it took a great deal of the robber's time to keep him there. When the robber was through Miss Warren told him to go down the front way and they would do nothing to Impede his path, and at one time she told him, "You know 1 never' tell a story," or words"to that ef fect and said to Mrs. MacKinder, "Let us just tear him to pieces!" Miss Warren said that she recognized him by his general appearance, stature, tone of voice and his deliberate way of speaking and the use of perfect language. Kennedy knew the plan of the house; had been there a number of times, and he and his wife had remained over night last January. Miss Warren had heard him in nearly all his sermons and was in his Sunday school class. She had once seen him dsgulsed as Santa Claus in a church Christmas-tree affair. After the robber had made his exit, Miss Warren, who was hiding In the orchard. came to the house, at the call of her father. She Immediately told him that the intruder was Kennedy, and then started to a neighboring house to bring back Mrs. MacKinder. While walking back Mrs. MacKinder said: "That man lives right in this town," and Miss War ren replied that she had her suspicions who he was. Glad if He Can Prove an Alibi. When asked by the attorney for the de fense if she was certain when she told her father and her guest that it was Mr. Kennedy, Miss Warren said, "I am abso lutely certain In my own mind." The wit ness told of Kennedy's asking her a few days before the burglary how long Mrs. MacKinder would remain. Miss Warren stated that she had no feeling against the ex-pastor and that she would be very glad if he could prove an alibi, saying: jl would be very gjad were he in Port land. No one could be more glad than L" L. H. Stevenson, a Portland bicycle man. testified that Kennedy had hired a bicycle the night hefore the robbery between" 6 and 7 and had returned it the next morn ing between 7 and S o'clock. Stevenson's testimony was short, and when Deputy District Attorney Tongue asked him. Since you have been Interviewed by the defense In this matter, you have refused to talk to the detective down there?" meaning Detective Hartman, of Portland. The answer was In the affirmative. Lndiett at the Trial. Before the case was concluded Attorney Huston, for the defense, said that his principal witness was absent in the East, but that ho would provo an ablll for his client A large, crowd was present at the hearing, the Circuit Court room being comfortably filled throughout the proceed ings. Mrs. Kennedy was by the side of her husband and the ladles of the congre gation, who believe In Kennedy's Inno cence, turned out to hear Miss Warren's story. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Domestic. President of Chicago "World's Fair gives point ers for Lewis and Clark Exposition. Page 1. Tornado wrecks St. Charles. "Wis.; kills seven people and Injures 28. Page 1. Explosion in Peoria, 111., distillery kills seven men and lnjure3 Ave. Page 8. Miss Ruth Bryan weds Artist H. Leavitt. Page 2. Colonel Richard -Savage, the noted aoldler and writer. Is run over and seriously Injured la New York. Page 2. Chamberlain will not cbmp'romif with Pre mter Balfour on protection issue, and issues a manifesto making his views plain. Pago 1 RUBslt and Austria make it n'afii that powers now fear no war In the Bulkans. Page 3, Berlin toughs stone negroes, and occurrences are ascribed to reading of accounts of lynch lngs in America. Pace 3. Labor. Colorado miners will aue Governor Peabcdy for $100,000 damages on ground of false Imprisonment. rage - Cripple Creek, Colo., mining- strike has already reduced gold output $2,600,000, and Is cost ing state $50,000 per month for military. Page 2. President Buchanan, of Ironworkers, Is re elected, winning a great victory over Sam Parks. Pags 2. Political. New York Fuslonlst. leader fires hot shot at ' Controller Grout for accepting Tammany nomination. Page 3. Kings County Democratic convention makes It plain that Grout and Pome's will be knifed. Page 3. , Government of Premier MoBride defeated In British Columbia election. Page 7. Sports. Tale eleven defeats University of Vermont -48 to 0. Pace 14. Stanford eleven wins from Reliance, 0-0; Berkeley from Naval Training School, 51-0. Page 14. Pacific Coast League games: San Francisco 6. Los Anseles 4; Seattle 3, Oakland, 5. Page 14. Pacific National League games: Butte 15, Salt Lake 1C; Seattle 10, Spokane 0. Page 14. Mrs. Koehler wins women's singles at golf tournament. Pago 14. Pacific Const. Rev. R. H. Kennedy Is held tb Circuit Court at HUlsboro for burglarizing "Warren dwell ing. Page 1. Methodist conference advises the consolidation of fdur Orecon districts Into three, to cut down expenses. Page C. Eugene and The Dalles Fairs are a great suc cess; last day marred by rain. Page 6- Duwamlsh dairymen arrested on charge of manslaughter; death of child from for real -delyde In milk. Pago C Commercial and Marine. New York stock market dull and narrow. Page 15. , "Week In "Wall street Page 15. Unexpected decrease In cash shown by tank statement. Pace 15. Wheat weak and lower at Chicago. Page 15. San Francisco produce tuoUitions. Pago 15. China Commercial line will continue fight for trans-Pacific business. Page 7. Reason for purchase of second-hand machinery by Port of Portland. Pago 7. Portland and Vicinity. Heads of Oregon universities adopt new rules as to athletics. Pace 10. Mayor Williams will enforce 1 o'clock closing fit saloons. Page 10. L VT. Reed asks for removal of receiver of Rainier mill. Page 11. Successful fair of Evening Star Grange. Page 12. Crlttenton Home, in Portland, may be ab sorbed by National Crlttenton Mission. Page 10. State Board of Health making tests of -Willamette River water. Page 12. Fa- niers excursion from Goldendale given by I C. R. & N. R. R., Is great success. Page 13. Horace "Worcester, old pioneer, commits sui cide. Page 13. , "Woman and her husband identified as highway robbers. Page 10. j Features and Departments. Editorial. Page 4. Church announcements. Page 39. Classified advertisements. Pages 24-2S. Chemawa Indian School. Pace 31. Just Engaged; an Interview. Page 33. Chinese Pheasant-Hunting. Page 17. Through Yellowstone Park. Page 40. The Lost Robinson Mine. 'Page 40. One Day With Joseph Chcate. Page 32. Boy Napoleon of the Orient. Page 3G. Household and Fashions. Pages 34-35. Youths' Department. Page 3S. Defense of the Mahommedan. Page 30. 1 Dramatic Page 18. Musical. -Pace 23. N Social. Paces' 20-23 " " WILL STAN D PAT Chamberlain Won't Side In With Premier.1 NO FREE TRADE FOR HIM Protection Heid to Be the Only Hope of Britain. RIDICULES THE C0BDEN1TES Ex-Sceretary Isaacs a Manifesto Forcibly EnBineratlng His Fiscal Policy, and Boldly as Krrer Champions a Tax on Food. KEYNOTE) OF MANIFESTO. Every other nation, and all our own self-government colonies havo refused to accept the gospel of Cobden, and yet although they ought, according to Its dogmas, to bo in the last stage of depression and decline, they have grown, durlnc the last 20 years, In wealth, population ana trade, and in everything" that goes to make up tho greatness of a nation.- Joseph Cham berlain. LONDON", Oct 3. Ex-Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has written a manifesto forcibly enunciating the cardinal features of his fiscal policy. As the document will not be published in the United Kingdom until Monday morning, the effect on the .public and the press can only be esti mated. It is certain, however, that the aggressive attitude which tho Associated Press is able to announce Mr. Chamber lain adopts will add bitterness to a con troversy that already rages with a vigor almost unequalled in the history of Eng lish politics. Mr. Chamberlain now not only reiterates his belief that the Federa tion of the Empire depends upon fiscal retaliation with its consequent taxes upon tmgiard's food, but openly, classes the out-and-out Cobdenltes with the "little Englanders," whom he derides with all me iorce or ridicule and argument of which he Is such a master. His four and one-half pages preface to the pamphlet in which C. A. Vince, sec retary to Mr. Chamberlain's tariff organ isation summarizes Mr. Chamberlain's policy. Is almost equally divided between a fervent plea on .behalf of preferential trade, which is to federate the Empire, and a striking dissection of what he holds to be the antiquated doctrine of Cobden Ism. Ifo Mention of Balfour's Policy. Of Premier Balfour's middle-road policy, which asks only power to retaliate with out taxing food, he makes no mention of his final conviction that nothing short of what he advocates can keep the Empire together and restore Its trade prestige to the United Kingdom. Only one slight reference is made to his former col leagues in the Cabinet "I have already said," he writes, "that the little Englander free traders care nothing for tho colonies; but I am bound to the imperialistic free traders when they declare the interests and union of the Empire are as dear to them a3 to U3. But if this be so what answer are they going to return when their colonies ask that we shall treat them In commercial mat ters a little better than the foreigner, and when they promise reciprocal advantages In return.' This quite refutes the rumors that Mr. Chamberlain contemplates a compromise In order to bring his programme more into line with that of the Premier. Not only does ho adhere to his taxes on wheat and meat but through the medium of Mr. Vince justifies them and declares they will not add a farthing to the working man's family." ARGUMENT OF CHAMBERLAIN. Protectionist Countries Progress While Britain. Declines. LONDON, Oct 3. "Every other nation. and all our own self-government colonies have refused to accept the gospel of Cob den, and yet although they ought ac cording to its dogmas, to be in the last stage of depression and decline, they have grown, during the last 20 years, In wealth. population and trade, and in everything that goes to make up the greatness of a nation." That is the keynote of Joseph Cham berlain's manifesto, which will be pub lished October 5, In the form of a preface to a shilling pamphlet entitled "Mr. Cham berlain's Proposals; What They Mean, and What We Shall Gain by Them," by C. A. Vince, secretary of Mr. Chamber lain's tariff organization. In view of the vigor with which the war of pamphlet eers has again come in vogue In English politics, the publisher has appropriately given Mr. Chamberlain's pronouncement deep red covers, in significant contrast with the undecided blue-gray of Premier Balfour's academic treatise on the finan cial question. Does Not Mince Matters. Mr. Chamberlain does not mince mat ters. With aggression he carries the war into the enemy's camp. "Those who maintain,'-' he writes, "in a spirit of blind obscurantism, the ab solute inspiration of an antiquated doc trine, will have much to explalm" His remarks are addressed to persons of all political opinions, since the ques tions now raised are not necessarily mat ters of party politics, nor Indeed is It likely that the Issue will be ultimately decided on strictly parly lines. He be gins by saying: "It is difficult to believe that the re sults of the Investigation will not con-, vince every impartial man of the neces sity for somo reconstruction of the sys tem which has remained stationary and unaltered for more than half a century while every other policy has been modl- .fled and adapted to meet modern require ments." Continuing, Mr. Chamberlain points out that the property of the working classes has increased in greater proportion in tho protected countries than in the United Kingdom, and says: "Free trade, if it had ever existed, might have secured for us all that Its promoters promised, but free Imports without free trade have brought U3 face to face with problems which never en tered into Cobden's calculations. We know the Idea of a united empire did not appeal to him, and that he regarded the colonies as Incumbrance to be got rid of as soon as possible. Power of Unions Unexpected. "The little Englanders who follow his lead are not likely; to be moved by any consideration arising out of our new-found pride and faith in our distant kinsmen. But what would Cobden have said If he had foreseen that the trades unions, whose existence he deprecated, would be successful In protecting labor In a score of wayp tending to Increase the rate of wages, and to raise the standard of liv ing? Would Cobden. as the representa tive of the manufacturing class, still havo maintained that while the manufacturer was artificially prevented from obtaining labor at the lowest rate, he ought to rest contented with the products of foreign labor, untrammeled by any regulations and legislation to which he. had to sub mit, underselling him in his own market? Cobden's scheme was at least consistent It was free labor as well as free Imports; but free Imports, combined with pro tected labor is neither consistent nor profitable to any of the parties con cerned." Mr. Chamberlain holds the consol ing theory that other countries are ruin ing themselves by bounties and Import duties hardly coincides with the fact that British exports have been practically sta tionary for 12 years, while those of other countries have Increased so rapidly that "If the relative progress continues for a few yeara longer they will have left us far behind. The Colonics. Dealing with the colonies' desire for bet ter commercial treatment, Mr. Chamber lain said: "It Is no answer to offer thtrm an impe rial council, which they have already re fused. If we reject their proposals for reciprocity we shall be in greater danger of losing our present trade with them, as well as the prospects of Its future ex pansion. It Is entirely owing to the growth of our colonial trade that the actual and heavy decline in our Imports to foreign protected counties ha3 been concealed in our general returns. "Do the stern advocates of unrestricted imports consider it satisfactory that we should have nothing to bargain wit!, and continue to be grateful for 3uch ciurab3 as fall from the rich man's table In the shape, at the best, of the most-favored nation clause, which only gives us the benefits of arrangements previously made with sole reference to the interests of other persons, and in respect whereto we had never been consulted? Is It not childish to Ignore the fact that by bar gaining on equal terms other nations have been able to promote their special Interests, and If we also had. In our hands weapons of retaliation, we snould probably ba able to tvring the world much nearer a universal f ree-trade system than It has ever been since Cobden's time? Our free-food friends will have to be a little more definite and more accurate. They- will have to explain why the transfer of taxation, say from tea to bread, would be disastrous, though it benefited our industries and restored them to some thing like the relative position wnicn tney enjoyed 20 years ago. They will have to decide once for all whether foreign boun ties are a blessing or a curse; whether 'dumping Is a philanthropic operation, whereby foreigners are endeavoring to secure the welfare of h!s country, or an insidious attempt to ruin our indus trials and obtain our markets for them selves. They will not he allowed to evade this auestion by the cheap device of abusing their opponents." Dealing passionately with the accusa tlon that hl3 policy Is Intended to reduce tho "workman and his family to starva tlon." Mr. Chamberlain writes: "Let them at least admit that, rightly or wrongly, this policy is propounded in the Interests of the mass of the people, of the noor much more than of tho rich and those who are responsible for It have earned by strenuous endeavor in the past the right to resent the charge or neglecting the Interests of the Industrial ooDulatlon. Mr. Vince's arguments, which have re ceived his leader's sanction, are concisely stated in the S7 pages. They begin by savins: "The course of events has brought us the opportunity of doing something cen nlte. something practical, and something permanent in the way of promoting that consolidation of tne empire wnicn nas so long been a theme for Idle eloquence, That was Mr. Chamberlain s case as Colonial Secretary. He now appeals to Parliament and to the people and says: Now Is the Time to Act. " 'Now Is the time for you to help. Our nrocress towards federation has now reached a point at which legislative as sistance Is wanted. We have encountered a difficulty which cannot be overcome with the means at our disposal, and there fore wo must erilarge our powers. Mr. Vince puts the imperial Issue to the forefront and declares" Mr. Chamberlain' clan presents an opportunity for the fed eration of the empire. He forecasts that the much-debated food taxes may take the shape of 2 shillings (30 cents) duty -on wheat and 5 per cent ad valorem on for elcn imported wheat Mr. Chamberlain, it is declared, has not the slightest Intention of reviving the old corn laws, and If even wheat taxes were slightly raised the price of bread could be accompanied by a revision of otner tax ation so as to "make It about equally cer- tain that the working class will not pay a farthing more In their necessary house hold expenditure than they paid before the change In the system of tariffs." American trade and the "dumping" the American surplus are minutely dealt with and are summed up as follows: "The fact stares us In the face, plain and un deniable, that McKlnleylsm has not pro duced the injurious results which it should have produced If the economic doctrine on which our fiscal system is based really contained the whole truth of economic science. Which Is the most prudent course, to treat the facts with disdain or to reconsider tho doctrine?" MERGER OF GOULD LINES Planned to Consolidate Them Into Securities Corporation. NEW YORK. Oct 3. The Commercial Advertiser says: George J. Gould has Informed some of the largest stockholders of railroads con trolled by him that within a short time a plan for the consolidation of all the Gould companies Into one securities-holding cor poration will be submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Inasmuch as the Gould family and af filiated interests own and control all of the railroads m the Gould system, there is little doubt of a prompt Indorsement of the plans proposed MinnesotaTowninPath of Tornado. SIX PERSONS ARE KILLED Many Are Injured and Panic Prevails at St, Charles, WRECKAGE FILLS THE STREETS One Man Sleets Death by ComlnR in Contact . With, a Pioiviiliare Hnrlcd ThrongU the Air Other Parts of State Sailer. WORK OF TORXADO. ST. CHARLES Seven people are killed and 28 injured. Buildings on the main street of the town -were- all de stroyed, and It Is feared there aro bodies In the ruins. INDEPENDENCE Two people are killed and a score Injured. Many farm bulfding3 aro wrecked. LA CROSSE Many buildings are de molished, but no lives are lost. ST. PAUL, Oct. 3. The little town of St Charles, in Winona County, was al most completely wiped out by a tornado this afternoon. Several people were killed and 2S were Injured, many of them seriously. The dead: JOHN EBENS. SR. "WILLIAM EBENS, his son. WELL ADAMS. OSCAR CRITTENDEON. GEORGE JESSON. ED MURPHY. BD PETERS, of Dover, Minn. The Injured: Carrie Ebens, Crippens, Blankenborg, farmer's boy, fatally Injured; Charles I. Pike. P. H. Rockaway, skull crushed, will die; Jacob Helm, farmer, crushed, fatally hurt; daughter of Paul Johnson, farmer, fa tally crushed; Jacob Murphy, crushed about body, will die; D. 'J. Chandler, head crushed; Ezra Stevens, foot crushed: Agent Waite, of the Chicago Great Western, bruised by falllmr tim bers; L. Sheridan, back sprained; Judge Edward Gould, legs broken; C. W. Bab cock, of Chicago, leg fractured, feet crushed and face lacerated; Schles- singer, farmer, badly bruised; William Stevens, bruised; Mrs. Dr. Rollins, shoul der dislocated, ankle sprained; baby Rol lins, face cut; family of six, names not given, all slightly Injured. Main Street Wiped Oat. The entire main street of the town was literally wiped out, hardly a business place being left standing. Forty-two res idences also were destroyed, and the total property damage is estimated at $100,000. Among the buildings demolished wero the Central School building, the Chica go Great Western Depot, the Catholic Church and Parrott's Wagon Works. This being Saturday, people from th surrounding farms had gathered In largo numbers in the main street to do their customary shopping. At 2:30 the storm cloud was seen approaching from tho southwest, and there was an Immediate scramble for places of safety. The tornado struck the town from the southwest quarter and made a clvaa sweep through it, following almost en tirely tho line of the Main street and devastating buildings on either side. Then the residences further back were struck and many of them blown completely away. Many Miraculous Excnpci. It seems almost miraculous that there was not a greater loss of life. Four of those killed were In John Eben's saloon when It collapsed, and they were burial beneath the wreckage. Two others wero In a dry goods store, which was blown away and they were killed by the falling walls. Ed Peters, of Dover, was kilkd in the wreck of the hotel. The telephona exchange was demolished and two of the girls were seriously injured. Ther names are not obtainable tonight Mr. Blankenborg, who was Injured, wa3 the proprietor of a large grain elevator, and was caught In the 'wreck when this was destroyed. His injuries are serious. Communication was established between this city and St. Charles by telephone by a crew of linemen of the American Elec tric Company, which happened to be In that vicinity, and the foreman of the crew gave the first information of the four dead persons named. Utter confusion reigns In tho town. The streets are flllei with wreckage of buildings, trees and farm Implements which were blown through the air. The horror of the af fair practically paralyzed action for tho time being on the part of the citizens who stood about awe-stricken at the awful devastation by the elements. It was somo time before crews began to clear away the debris, which It Is feared may cover many a sickening sight St Charles is a village of 1500 inhabit ants on the western boundary of Winona County, and Is one of the oldest settle ments. In the state. TWO KILLED AT INDEPENDENCE. A Score Are Injured, and Many Farm -JBnildlnRS Demolished. LA CROSSE, Wis., Oct- 3. Two persons were killed, three fatally Injured and a score of others badly hurt in a tornado which swept Independence, Wis., and tho surrounding country this afternoon. Many farm buildings in the storm's path were torn down. At Eagle Valley, north of here the Reformed Church was de stroyed and houses on the prairie sur rounding were demolished. Several small buildings were overturned at La Crosse, but no fatalities were re port''' "