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BEST IMMIGRANTS COME EROM EAST Contentlonjof Colonel Irish Before Irrigation Congress. Californian Declares That the Immi gration of Today Is Not Patriotic, but Parasitic Would Close Gates Tight and Give Young Americans a Chance. Boise, Sept. 5. Vice President L. V. Bhurtliffe, of Ogden, presided at the opening of this morning's session of the National irrigation congress, Senator Carter having returned to Montana. Govern r Albert . Mead, of Washington, later was called to the chair and Governor Chamberlain, of Oregon, presided a part of the day. William K. McAllister, of Denver, the first speaker, dealt with the immi gration question and raised issues that involved the congress in most earnest discussion. The Coloradoan advocated foreign immigration, and as a model to be followed urged the methods of the Mormon church in settling the valleys of Utah and adjoining states. Under 'the methods of the Mormon church these immigrants had been drawn from the agricultural classes of Northern Kurope, from the best of the hard work ing peasants. Hon. John P. Irish, of California, asked the congress if it would not be better to close the country's gates to the more than 1,000,000 of foreign im migrants who were coming annually and give the youth of our own land a higher opportunity. The Californian declared that the immigration today was not a patriotic immigration, but a parasitic immigration C. W. Mott, of St. Paul, general im migration agent of the Northern Pacific railroad, agreed with Colonel Irish. He eaid the Northern Pacific's success in peopling the territory traversed by their lines had been in the Eastern states, not in foreign lands. The kind of immigration wanted had been found in the Eastern states, and 75,000 of these, nearly all American citizens, had been settled in the Northwest dur ing the past year. The lawless immi gration from even Europe, he believed, was not wanted. . W. Rei'lt, a foreign born delegate from Oregon, praiBcd the foreign immi grant, who was needed in the upbuild ing of the country. The trouble with Americans, lie mid, was that they were all looking for "soft jobs." PEACE MOVEMENT STARTED. All Parties Holding Conferences With View to Ending Revolt. Havana, Sept. 6. Peace is in the air, and on all sides tonight there is hope that matters will be arranged be tween the government and the insur gents so as to avoid further bloodshed. However, there has been no tangible advance toward an agreement or to a definite arrangement for negotiations. In the meautime, fighting has been practically suspended. Delegates, in formally chosen by a small group of veterans started today to the camps of Pino Guerrera, Colonel Asert, General Guzman and others of the insurgent leaders with the purpose of learning what will be acceptable to the actual fighting leaders of the revolution. A similar committee started for Cienfue gos to consult, under a flag of truce, with the insurgent leaders in Santa Clara province. Late this afternoon General Menocal, General Cehreco an! other veterans held a conference with Alfredo Z?yas, the leader of the Liberal party, which, however, did not result in reaching any understanding. At the same time the executive committee of the Moderate party was holding a conference at which the subject of peace was excited ly discussed, although no determina tion was reached. Fighting Ancient War. Madrid, Sept. 6. The newspaper Espana Nueva, in the course of a fresh attack today on the conduct of the Spanish-American war, states that Gen eral Linares, the Spanish commander at Santiago, asked Admiral Cervera to land a few guns to supplement the in adequate defenses at the Morro Castle and La Socapa. The admiral sent two t,un! but General Linares did not at tempt to mount these guns until the eortie of Admiral Cervera's squadron, when he found the breech locks had been lost Igorrote Hunt Indicted. Memphis, Sept . Two indictments have leen returned against Dr. T. K. Hunt on the testimony of Feola and Deneay, two full blooded Igortotes, members of the band which visited the city some time ago, charging "larceny" and "larceny from the person," which are felonies under the state laws. Dr. Hunt has been arrested in Chicago and will be bronnrht back to Memphis to etand trial. He was in charge of the band of Igorrotes a year ago. Train Wrecked by Dynamite. Iron wood, Mich., Sept. 6. A dyna mite outrage, resulting in the wreck of a Wieconsin Central ore train, occurred here yesterday The engineer and fire man bad close calls from death. The dynamite had been placed on the tracks with the intention of wrecking a pas senger train. EXPOSES LAND FRAUD. Puter Implicates Hermann, Mitchell, Williamson and Others. Portland, Sept. 7. Stephen A. Douglas Pater, whose connection with the Oregon land-fraud scandals is no torious and who for many years lived by his wits and his knoweledge of methods of defrauding the Federal gov ernment by corrupt practices in the United States land offices, took the stand as a witness for the proseuction in the Blue Mountain conspiracy case yesterday and laid bare his entire con nection with that and other plots, suc cessful and unsuccessful, to rob the United States of its lands. By his testimony he implicated, not only in the Blue Mountain case, bat in others similar, some of the most prom inent politicians and public men of the stave of Oregon, and furnished to the last and strongest link in the chain of evidence against Franklin Pierce Mays, Willard N. Jones, George Sorenson, ex Commissioner of the General Land Office Hermann, ex-Congressman Wil liamson and the late Senator Mitchell, against vbom the indictment in the case now on trial was returned. In his story, complete as to names, dates and circumstances, he' revealed with remorseless candor revolting se crets as to the operations of the land fraud ring, of which he was a member, showing the actual partnership of the high officials mentioned, and others of scarcely less social and political promi nence, in the operations of the ring and iheir participation in the profits. CHAMBERLAIN IS CHOSEN. National Irrigation Congress Elects Him President and Adjourns. Boise, Idaho, Sept. 6. The Four teenth National Irrigation congress closed its sessions thia evening after voting to bold the next congress at Sac ramento, Cal.. and electing as presi dent of the Fifteenth congress Gover nor Georee E. Chamberlain, of Oregon. The enthusiasm of the Californians over Sacramento's victory was the more pronounced because of the narrow mar gin by which the victory was won. The attractions of the Jamestown exposition had been cleverly presented, and on the firBt ballot for the convention city, Jamestown was in the lead. Sacra mento won on the second ballot, with 207. Jamestown received 155 votes. Oregon adopted the unit rule early and at an early morning caucus oeciaea upon Sacramento as the convention city for 1907. The other officers elected are: First vice president, John Henry Smith, Salt Lake City; second vice president, H. H. Maxson, Keno, Nev.; third vice nresident. George W. Barstow, Texas; secretary, D. H. Anderson, Cicago. ALL PANIC AT SEVASTOPOL. Commander Cannot I rust Men and Officers Threaten Terrorists. Sevastopol, Sept. 6. In answer to the publication of a notice from the terrorists that a sentence of death had been imDOS. d on Colonel Dumbadze, commander of a rifle regiment here, the officers of that corps in an open let ter have announced that in case of an attack on the colonel they will exact vengeance on the leaders of the progres sive parties. Admiral Skrvdloff. commander of the Black sea fleet, and the military commander here are very apprehensive regarding the attitude of the sailors cf the fleet and the garrison of the fort ress. The cruise of the training squad ron as well as the regular fleet maneu vers have been postponed, the ships scarcely venturing beyond the range of the guns of the fortress. The militarv patrols of the city have been withdrawn inside the walls of the fort, due, it is said, to the fear that the soldiers will be corrupted by con tact with the niasBes. The merchants of this city have prac tically been thrown on their own re sources in the matter of protection from lawlessness, ine governor, ai a recent meeting, advised them to organ ic their own truard. as soldiers could no longer be spared f r police duty and the municipality is bankrupt. Will Brine Stensland Back. Chicago, Sept. 7. State's Attorney Healy today received a message from Assistant State's Attorney Olsen, who is now in Tangier, with Paul O. Stens land, the fngetive banker, asking that he anl James Keeley, managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, who made the arrest, be appointed to bring him back. On receiving the telegram, Assistant State's Attorney Barbour wired to Gov ernor Dineen at Springfield, and the governor has made a written request to President RooBevelt that Olsen and Keeley be delegated to bring him back. American Flag as Protection. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 7. General Ace veda, a Cuban military officer, has ar rived here on a government miesion to ascertain the real attitude of Cubans in Tampa regarding the Cuban revolution. Two firms in Tampa have about 40,000 head of cattle on Cuban ranges, which are valued at $500,000. One firm pur chased large numbers of American flags and displayed them about its Cuban ranges, hoping thus to prevent depre dations on property. Will Work for Joint Statehood. Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 7. The Republican Territorial committee this afternoon indorsed the Hamilton joint statehood act by a vote of 35 to 10 and appointed a subcommittee of five to work with a like committee from the Democrats. It in probable that the op position to statehood will fight indorse ment in the convention, which will be , held in Las Vegas September 29. WATER CONGRESS MEETS AT BOISE Delegates Come From Half the States in the Union. Vice President Fairbanks is the Guest of Honor Fourteenth Session of National Irrigation Association Is by Far the Most Interesting and Successful Ever Held. Boise, Idaho, Sept. 8. Boise is fill ed with people and filled with enthu siasm. The city gates have been thrown open and hosts of visitors from all parts of the West have poured in by the trainload to attend the 14th annual session of the National Irrigation con gress and have a good time. Notwith standing the big crowd, the biggest Boise ever saw, the citizens are happy, for their congress bids fair to be the most successful ever held. The first day of the congress passed off according to schedule. Speeches, nu merous but brief, all dealt with the subject uppermost in the minds of the people irrigation and home building in the arid West. President Roose velt's letter, read by Gifford Pinchot, was the keynote, and the talk of Vice President Fairbanks followed along the lines of that letter. Fairbanks was the star attraction at the congress. He was greeted by hun dreds prior to and after the meetings, and at the public reception tonight was tendered a typical Western welcome. His speech this morning made a decid ed hit, demonstrating to the congress that the vice president, like the presi dent, had given an ear to the demands oi the people of the West and stands ready to lend them a helping hand at every turn. It is the intention of a certain ele ment to push the (100.000,000 idea at the subsequent sessions of the congress. Fred J. Keieel, of Salt Lake, is the principal promoter of this idea, but there is little liklihood the congress will support him. President RooBevelt in his letter very clearly expresses his disapproval of the scheme, stating in plain language that there must be no direct appropriation for the construc tion of government irrigation works until the preeent national irrigation law has been proveii a success and money invested has been returned to the Federal treasury. GREAT FLEET IN REVIEW. President Roosevelt Sees America's Naval Strength. Oys'er Bay, Sept. 4. Under skies that broke brilliantly blue before a whistlim? westerly wind which swept down Long Island eound and blew out to sea the Bullen clouda and tempestu ous rains wihcb threatened immeasura bly to mar the spectacle, President Roosevelt yesterday, within hailing distance of his summer home, reviewed the most magnificent naval fleet ever assembled under the American flag. Forty-five of the most Eplendid types oi fighting vessels afloat lay at anchor in three long columns as the naval yacht Mayflower, which just a year ago was written into history as the meeting eround of Russia and Japan, passed up an! down the lines, the president an applauding spectator on the bridge. The Mayflower's journey was made amid a continuous boorn of saluting cannons, and gun atfer gun spoke the navy s honor to the commander in chiri of all America's military forces. The 45 vessels are all within ranee of Sagamore and could train 1,178 guns on the eummer residence of the presi dent. Indeed, tbev roared out to him a tremendous Ealute as he came ammg them on the Mayflower and last night they painted the hieroglyphics of peace on the sky with their searchlights for his edification. The lliet reviewed by the president consisted of 12 battleships, four ar mored cruisers, five monitors and un protected cruisers, six torpedo boat de stroyers, six torpedo boats and two submarine boats. Rebels Search All Trains. Havana, Sept. 4. The Cuban Cen tral Railway company today made pub lic announcement that it would no longer accept freight or merchandise for transfer over its lines exept at own er's riek. It is stated that this is nec essary because nearly all of its trains are held up and their cargoes inspected by armed bands of insurgents. Late tonight the government learned that 400 insurgents had entered the town of Calabazar, in Santa Clara province, had confiscated a quantity of arms and taken many head of horses. Plotting Against Mexico. Tnscon, Ariz , Sept. 4. Collis Hum bert, a Frenchman, and Leonardo Vil lareat and Bruno Trevino, Mexicans, were arrested early today at Mowry and Pitagonia, mining camp. whee many miners are employed. The arrests were made by Immigration Inspector Mur phy and Rangers Olds and Clark. It is charged that the men are agitators who are attempting to organize a f irru of Mexican miners to attack Nogales, Sonora. No Hope for 4he Sheridan. Washington, Sept. 4. D.spatches re ceived today at the War department from Honolulu indicate that the trans, port Sheridan cannot be raved. She is nearly filled with water and her engines are flooded and useless. PINCHOT ON FOREST RESERVES Chief Forester Explains to Irrigation ists Government's Scheme. Boise, Sept. 4. The policy of with drawing vast areas of the public domain from entry under the land laws in order to create fo-est reserves or conterve the water supply for purpose of irrigation, which has been vigorously opposed by influential interests in the West, had its defenders and opponents at tonight's session of the National Irrigation con gress. United States Senator Carter, of Montana, the presiding officer, gave a brief outline of the legislation enacted by congress giving to the president of the United States the extraordinary authority to exercise his discretion in setting apart such reservations. He made the declaration that it could be set down as the definite purpose of the national congress not only to stop fur ther destruction of the forests, but to set aside reserveson which new timber may grow and where the headwaters of the streams may be conserved. Mr. Pinchot stated that the policy of President Roosevelt was "to give every part of the public lands their very best use." The problem he eaid, was one of the most difficult, and one in which the forest service "had made lots of mistakes." Piobably it would contin ue to make mistakes, he said, but the effort was to study, in connection with the people, the question of method by which all parts of the public reserve can be put to the best use. These re serves to a certain extent control the stock business of the West, he Baid, for the chief summer range is in the re- . . 11 A 1 serve. The stockmen coma not. oe kept off entirely at the demand of the irrigationists, nor could the service let them have free run of the reserves. "So you see," said Mr. Pinchot, "that the forester stands in the middle and he gets it coming and going." The epeaker stated that some reserves were practically without trees and one in Kansas was without a single tree facts which had been the subject of much criticism but it was the purpose to put trees there and to restore the grass on the range. The service, he said, had the biggest job of tree plant ing on the face of the earth. Mr. Pinchot gave the number of rangers in the service as 1,187 and the supervisors as numbering 105. Under the laws of Prussia, he said, the same reserves would be controlled by 110,000 rangers and 12,000 supervisors. Sanator Heyburn was called to the platform and immediately launched in to a bitter attack on the administra tion's forestry policy. Some of the delegates were with Heyburn; a far larger element stood by Roosevelt and Piucho. Once, when Heyburn male a particularly unjust criticism of the president, he was hissed from all parts of the convention hall and forced to Buspend. When the hissing began to subside, Heyburn, mad through and through, and waving his arms furiously, roared at the audience: "Hiss, you geese, hiss." The hissing was renewed, and when it had again subsided, Heyburn shouted: "Don't try that on me, I am too old a stager to be scared. You will listen to what say." REVOLUTION CONTINUES. Two Thirds of People Said to Sym pathize With Insurgents. Havana, Sept. 5. As days and weeks pass with no appreciable diminution of the revolution, apprehension increases. The most conservative testimony from the country district of the province of Pinar del Rio, Havana and Santa Clara is to the effect that two-thirds of the people in the country and small towns of these three provinces are insurgents in sentiment if not in fact. It is gen erally believed that the government ul timately will subdue the insurrection, but in the meantime the crops cannot be developpd, and it is a grave question whether the rebellious spirit even then can be actually quelled to the ex'ent of restoring the country to a normal eelf governing status. A realization of this is the cause oi the renewal of efforts for the restora tion of peace. General Mario Menocal, whom the people trust as one capable of bringing the warring factions to gether, if such a thing is possible, came to Havana today and held two confer ences with President Palma. General Menocal after the conference absolutely refused to make any statement. Root at Valparaiso. Valparaiso, Sept. 5. Elihu Root, secretary ol state of the United States, and his family, accompanie 1 by Senor Heuneos, the Chilean minister of for eign affairs, and Mr. Hicks, the Ameri can minister to Chile, arrived here by special train this afternoon. T.kir.g electric cars the party passed through the Almendral district, which was de vastated by the recent earthquake. Arriving at the wharf the party pro ceeded directlv on board tho cruier Charleston. A reception was tendered Secretary Root. Bauer to Beat Down Revolt. St. Petersburg, Sept. 5. The situa tion in the Shusha Javenshir and other districts of Southeastern Cauca sus, where Tartar-Armenian hostilities are in full sway, have grown so serious that the viceroy has snsperseded Gene ral Golochtkapoff, governor general of Etizabethpol province, by (tjneral Buer, whose name was couplet! with that of General Alikhanoff in connec tion with the strong methods by which order was restored in the Caucasus. Brazirs Generous Gift to Chile.. Santiago de Chile. Sept. 5. The government of Braiil has appropriated 1300.000 toward the fund for the relief of the Chilean earthquake sufferers. A Little Lesson In Patriotism "Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country." Daniel Webster. With the name of William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown must be re called the name of Gerrlt Smith. He was one of the most ardent supporters of the Anti-Slavery Society, not only writing for the cause and contrib uting time and money, but taking part In all its con ventions and per sonally assisting the fugitives. He was temperate In all the discussions, holding that the OERBIT SMITH. North was fl ner In the guilt of the crime of slavery and that In the event of emancipation without war the North should bear a portion of the expense. The attempt to force slavery on Kan sas convinced him, however, that the day for considering peaceful emanci pation was past. He then advocated whatever measure of force might be necessary. He gave large sums of money to free soil settlers to Kansas. He was charg ed with being an accessory to the af fair at Harper's Ferry, but It was shown that he had given money to Brown only, as he did to scores of other men In the cause, and that as far as he knew Brown's scheme tried to discourage him from It. It Is characteristic of Smith that he should have been one of the three sign ers of the hall-bond of Jefferson Davis. He wa9 a man to whom the welfare of the whole country was dear and who did his best to aid the cause of human ity. During his lifetime he gave away to philanthropic and humanitarian en terprises $8.000,000. Chicago Journal. OUR SECRET SERVICE FORCE. Marked Development of This Branch of Government. There Is probably no system of po lice in the world that Is ijuite like the 1'nited States Secret Service, of which John E. Wilkle is the chief. Mr. Wil li ie Is properly classed among the men who do things from the fact that he has built this little branch of the Uni- wmmmm 3 I UIKK JOHN K. WII.KIE. toil Stale government up t: a standard which places ;t on a par with the best polW forces in the country. In a country where men vote mid have a voice in the choice of their rul ers, there is less of political crime agalnt the state than In European countries, where men lire drawl from home and fireside and omrincl to thin- Cf.ins for years to expiate- crimes that are considered ns nothing on this side of the water. For instance, a tSernmn paper that came to the newspaper of fices on this side less than a month ago contaiinil a long account about a tlermnn w h was sentenced to six months In a military prison because he drew a picture of hi EmjH'ror lying In lwd snoring. I'nder the picture was the caption. "Wake up to the needs of your people, oil, sleepy head." This picture was found pasted on a dead wall in a small city and the se cret service bureau spent some time In tracing the crime to ttie perpetrator. Happily the secret service In this coun try Is not called upon to trace the au thorship of cartoons against the Presi dent. If it were, its force would have little time to do anything else. The secret service through its chief keeps In touch with ttie big police sys tems of other countries and in that way is able to fid low the movements of s called dangerous Anarchists who may tip sent to tills country to take the life of the President. The currency of the country Is guarded against counterfeit ers and in a thousand ways the secret service proves Its value every day. FOOD HURT HIS FEELINGS. Kentlrmanlr Br((r AVoald Take Cash, but Hefoed tn V.nt. Apparently he was In need of some one to extend a helping hand, or a hand out, to him. but ho had the Instinct of a gentleman, althuh his clothes were 1 .V 1L v cOVS O fl'ir I N 1 -e ! y i , iX,; v several shades the worse for wear, aayti the New York Tribune. "I beg your pardon," said be to n pedestrian who was giving a life-size demonstration of a New Yorker wh- had an engagement to meet and Just half time enough to meet It; "I don't want you to give me any money, but could you take me in somewhere and get me a bite to eat?" "Certainly," was the reply. Then he added, sympathetically, "you haven't had anything to eat in two days, have you? Come along and I'll tlx you out." The victim of heartless capital was somewhat surprised at the cordiality of hla reception, but admitted that he had been fasting for the length of time nam ed. He followed eagerly for half block and then began to hang back. The would-be philanthropist observed this deflection and assumed that the poor fellow was weakened by starvation, as it must be especially difficult for a starving man to carry bis 180 pounds' at a rapid pace. "I don't want to Inconvenience you any, sir," said the mendicant, noting the sympathetic look, "and if you're In a hurry and don't want to stop you could let me have a quarter and I " "Oh, I don't mind at all about the time; I'm not particularly busy just now and as I have the Indigestion my self I have a notion to see how a hun gry man eats Just for old-time's sake." They went on for another half-block, but this time the falling off in the hun gry man's speed was too noticeable to be ascribed to mere physical weakness, and when the benefactor turned again the unfortunate one said: "You're a gentleman and can under stand how I feel. Don't you think it would be more considerate not to humil iate a poor fellow by advertising hla poverty In a restaurant Just because he's down and out? If you could let me have the money I could walk Into the restaurant like a man and retain my self-respect." The man addressed could not see It that way, however, and when he turned around a moment later he was pained to observe that his hungry friend had become lost In the crowd. Tmoroved the Shlnlngr Hoar. "Sometimes," said Mrs. Marchmont, ruefully, "I wish people wouldn't apolo gize for their children's misdeeds, but would spend the time spanking the chil dren." "You speak with feeling." returned the good woman's husband. "What'a the trouble?" "Why," returned Mrs. Marchmont, "right after breakfast this morning Mrs. Snlffen came in with one of my very best tulips In her hand. As near ly as I can remember, this Is what she. said : " '6 Mrs. Marchmont ! I'm so asham ed of my little Edward that I don't know what to do. He came right Into your yard and picked this perfectly lovely tulip, and I left him on your horseblock and came right In to apol ogize. I've told him time and again that he musn't pick flowers out of oth er people's gardens, but he's always do ing It I don't know what you'll think of him. He isn't a bad child, but ho does love to pick flowers. And your tulip-bed is always so pretty that it seems just a shame to pick even a sin gle blossom. I know how much you think of It and how much time and money It takes to have a pretty gar den.' That's the way she talked." "I don't see," returned Mr. March mont. "that there was anything cut o the way about that." "There wasn't," returned the owner of the tulip-bed, sadly. "But while his mother was apologizing for that one blossom Edward picked all the rest" Harvey ' anil the Orter. Washington has now lost her most accomplished re-tan ran ten r in George. Washington Harvey, whose establish-, ment on Pennsylvania avenue has lone enjoyed a national reputation, mora particularly for its choice oysters and the manner in which they were served, there. Once upon a time the writer of this paragraph went into Harvey's res taurant and ordered some oysters on the shell. They were promptly served, but they did not p;e-e;;t so plump ail appearance as the writer had I wen accustomed to, and Harvey's attention was called to the fact. "I understand your difficulty," said he; "those oysters are opened on the deep side of the shell inside of on the shallow side, and they don't look to you as phlmp as those you have been accustomed to. I presume you are from ltoston. That is the only place I kuow of where they habitually open oyster on the shallow shell and thus lose, all their natural Juice." Boston Herald. Had Another tiuen. The wise doctor takes his patient's, pedigree first. It saves embarrass ments, such as, for instance, that f the physician who was waited uimn by a man who confessed to pliyiug in a local brass band. Shortness of breath, was the trouble in his case. The doc tor said: "Ah. that accounts for It. That bras band Is the very worst thing for you. You'll have to give It up at once. What instrument do you play?" "The big drum," came the unexpect ed answer. An Opinion. Tn't you think that members cf Congress ought to receive more compen sation?" "S.:ne ought to get more." answered Senator Sorghum, fi.id seme ought to be contributing to the conscience fund." Washington Star. No wonder some men never hav r-o-ey ; tbvir pockets have holes at bo Li