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THE . MORNING OBEGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1900. REFUSE TO RETURN .Miners Not Satisfied With Concessions Granted. THEY HAVE OTHER GRIEVANCES la Spite of the Increases Pay Of fered, More Were on Strike Yes terday Than Before. PHILADELPHIA,- Oct L The mine, owners or the Wyoming, Lackawanna and Lehigh regions today, at a meeting at Wilkesbarre, followed yesterday's ac-tlon-iof. the Reading Company In giving a 10 per cent increase in wages. They re duced the price of powder from 52 75 to 51 50 -per keg. The latter price has pre vailed at the Heading Company's mines for a long time. The action of the Wilkesbarre meet ing means an Increase of 10 per cent tq all mineworkers except miners. The lat ter will earn an increase of about 10 Per cent by reason of the reduced cost J of powder. The meeting was attended by representatives of all the railroad com panies who own mines in the regions named. Some of the independent miners oppose this Increase, unless the coal carrying companies reduce the tolls on their product to tidewater. The strikers show no indication of ac cepting the offer. None returned to wonc today at the Reading Company's collier ies in response to the notice, of higher wages, and, in fact, many who had been at work there quit and joined the strik ers. As a result, there were fewer col lieries in operation today in the Schuyl kill region than at any time since the strike was begun. In the other regions there were also additions to the strikers'- forces. Notices of the increase in pay wero posted throughout the entire anthracite region tonight, but the opinion is general that few. if any, of the strikers will return to work. The strikers say they have other grievances to be adjusted besides wages, and powder charges, and they further say they want recognition of their union. THE NOTICES IGNORED. 3o Change In tlie Situation at Hazle toa. HAZLETON, Pa.. Oct L Notices of the Increase in wages and the reduction in the price of powder decided upon by the op erators at Wilkesbarre today -nere posted tonight at all of the collieries in the Le high region. President Mitchell, when shown a copy of the notice, declined to say anything at this time, but Intimated that he might outline his position at the "Wilkesbarre meeting tomorrow. He add ed, however, that there would be no re sumption of work until a convention of the anthracite miners had been called and the proposition considered. Although the labor leaders positively fiaid they did not fear a break in the ranks of the anthracite coal strikers, they were nevertheless pleased to learn that the 10 per cent advance granted by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Com pany in the Schuylkill Valley was totally ignored by the striking mineworkers to day. It was predicted that many of the strikers would return to work under the belief that the 10 per cent Increase would be the limit of the operators' concessions, and the unanimity of the men in decid ing to stand out for a further advance causea many remarks of surprise. It was expected In some quarters that today would bring a turning-point in the strike, but nothing came to the surface that would lead to any indication of the strike nearlng an end. There is still a lack of anything tangible on which to base the report of an immediate settlement. The strike situation in the Lehigh "Val- 4j-Jio-ei , change in favor of the -men. Several hundied men quit work at the Calvin-Eardee .mines at Lattlmer as the result .of . persuasion on the part of 400 marching miners, and at Oneida and Cranberry the coal companies lost addi tional' men. No collieries were closed down today. President Mitchell today said: "The strike is practically complete and there will be no resumption of work with out there first being a convention repre senting every colliery in the anthracite field. The prediction made yesterday that no attention would be paid to the notices posted by the Reading Company conceding a 10 per cent advance has proved true. Our reports from the Pan ther Creek Valley indicate that this here tofore Impregnable portion of the anthra cite region has declared its Intention of suspending operations at once. "Accompanied by the National board members I shall go to Wilkesbarre tomor row to attend a great labor demonstration which will be participated in by full 25,000 men." . Sheriff Harvey, of Luzerne County, ar rived at Lattlmer just as the mine whis tles blew for the starting of work at 7 o'clock. He found nothing to do, how ever, as all the men were conducting themselves in an orderly manner. After starting time, the strikers again formed in line and marched through the town, after which they dispersed. When John Markle. of G. 3. Markle & Co., was asked how many returned to work In the collieries today he replied that "all the mines are working." The strike leaders said there were very few men in the Markle works. The firm owns flv mines and usuallv employs 2500 men. Sheriff Harvey Is authority for the story that most of the Freeland men who marched to Lattlmer this morning in tended to stop at the Markle No. 5, Jeddo Mine, on their way home. John Markle, he says, met the Freeland men at the outskirts of Jeddo. He found Sheriff Harvey with the marchers and told him his services were not needed. Upon join ing the men, Mr. Markle marched -with them to a schoolhouse near the No. 5 colliery, where he persuaded the miners to go home. READING COMPANY'S THREAT. May Close Its PottsvlUe Collieries for All Time. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Oct L It is said on excellent authority that should more men around Minersville go out on strike the Reading will immediately Issue orders to close up the Glendower and Richard son collieries for all time. This would necessarily seal the fate of the many res idents in that section, for there would then be only the East Ridge colliery in the -whole valley, employing about 203 men. In the west end of that district all are reported at work. There are here the Phoenix Park and Otto collieries, the last named having recently been remodeled and which started work about two weeks ago. The Reading Company officials declare that after the trouble is- over the opera tions will be more concentrated, which may mean an abandonment of some of the mines. Their policy today is to have armed deputies stationed where employes actually want to work, but are afraid of intimidation. They do not, however, in tend to aggravate the strikers by calling on the military. The soldiers remain around Shenandoah, Glendower and Rich ardson, and the Phoenix Park and Otto colleries are working short handed. Miles Dougherty, a labor leader. Is or ganizing the miners in the 'Reading Com pany's territory. He said that the Eagle Hill and Silver Creek mines, north of H?i place would, without doubt be The strlke leaflers allege that they have made enough converts In the Panther Creek Valley to bring out some of the ,men, and it is believed there that some of the armed deputies will be found today. The company ships its coal over the New Jersey Central Rail road. The Beading Company is sending a large number of its coal cars into the bituminous coal fields in Middle Penn sylvania and also In West Virginia. Last night no less than BOO of these cars were delivered to the Baltimore & Ohio Road at Cherry Run, and 100 or more are be ing turned over to the New York Central e-t Newberry Junction. OPERATORS AT WILKESBARRE. Will Malce Concessions to Miners, but "Will Not Recognize Union. WILKESBARRE. Pa., Oct. l.-The op erators of the Lehigh and Lackawanna regions held an Important meeting in this city this afternoon and decided to "offer the miners an Increase of 10 per cent In wages, and also to l educe the cost of powder to the miners from 52 75 to $1 50 per keg. W. A. Lathrop. general super intendent of the Lehigh Valley CojI Com pany, presided, and all of the railroad and individual companies were represent ed. The whole sltuatiou was thoroughly disedssed. nearly all 'those present taking part therein. The powder question was the chief subject of debate, end next came the recognition of the-union. So far as can be learned, none of the oper ators were in favor of recognizing ' the union in any way. The meeting lasted from 2 P. M. until 6 o'clock. This evening W. A. Lathrop, chairman of the meeting, gave "but the following: "Lehigh Valley Coal Compmy, Wilkes barre. Oct L Notice: This company makes the following announcement to its mine employes: It will adjust Its rate of wages so as to pay to Its mine employes on and after October 1 a net Increase of 10 per cent on the wages heretofore re ceived, and will tvke up with its m'ne employes any grievance which they may have. W. A. LATIIRiOP. "General Superintendent "It Is understood in the foregoing that powder will be sold to miners for Jl 50 per keg. and that the difference between this rate and the old rate of t2 75 shall be taken Into account in figuring the net advance of 10 per cent noted above for this class of labor." Similar notices to the above will be posted by all the other companies repre sented at the meeting. The strikers say that under no circumstances will they accept the offer. They claim that It is not as good an offer as the Reading Com pany made to Its men. as the union i& Urnored, and the net increase must come out of the price of powder. E. L. Palmer, chairman of the press committee at United Mmeworkers' head quarters, said: "The men will not re turn to work under such conditions. It Is not a fair offer." The operators will m-ke no further move until they hear from the men. Preparations are about completed for the big demonstration to be-held in this city tomorrow. President Mitchell makes the following statement to the miners of the Wyoming Valley: "To the Miners of Wilkesbarre and VI icinity: I look forward with pleasure to the great demonstration which Till be given under the auspices of the mine workers of the Wyoming Valley, Tues day. October 2. The mineworkers of the anthracite region have, by their law abiding conduct, won the respect and ad miration of all justice-loving citizens of tho United States. I feel assured that organized labor has won a great victory, and that in the future there will be in the homes and families of miners a little more happiness and sunshine, Instead of gloom and sadness too often finding a dwelling place there. "JOHN MITCHELL. President" Recognition or Nothing:. NEW YORK. Oct L A dispatch to the Tribune from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says: "We want recognition or nothing," said fctenry Thomas, of the press committee of the United Mineworkers' general council here, when asked If the men of this region would accept a settlement which did not include a recognition of the union. His views were indorsed by several other leaders, and they roundly de nounced the stories' thai' President Mltcfc ell would not resent the operators ignor ing the union If an offer of settlement were made. , They represent 48.000 strik ing miners of the Wyoming district and they say the 28,000 in the Lackawanna district feel as they do. They do not be lieve the strike will be settled as soon as anticipated, as the men of the upper coal field are not willing to accept the 10 per cent The tie-up In this field is complete with the exception of the West End mine, end the strikers feel that If the operators are as eager to settle the strike as they seem to be, the union can get more than 10 per cent The miners ask what the union Is for, if its officers are not to rep resent them and work for them. If they do not obtain recognition their power is gone, for they can never be sure that the actions of all the men will be for the good of the organization, and they declare that without organization the companies can do as they please with the employes. ARMOR-PLATE QUESTION, Secretary Long: Will Today Attempt an Adjustment of the Matter. WASHINGTON, Oct. L It Is expected that representatives of the various armor-plate producing concerns wlil be here tomorrow to confer with Secretary Long concerning the armor required tor tl e warships now in course of constrjctlon. This armor amounts to about 3 ,0.0 tons for eight battle-ships, six armored cruis ers and three protected cruisers, and con stitutes the largest amount of the kind ever recommended by the Govtrnment When the first bids were opened It was found that the Carnegie and Bethl hm Companies had divided the amount of armor, each bidding the sime rrlce, $44 for class A armor and $45 added for royal ty. The Mldvale Steel Company's bid .was $43S per ton, without charge for royalty, but with the condition that con siderable time be given before deliveries begin. All the bids were rejected and new bids were called for, to be opened tomorrow nooir. In the meant'me the Mldvale Company protested that as th3 lowest bidder it should receive the con tracts. Efforts are now under way to adjust the matter so that the chief- aim, that or securing the armor at the earliest po -sible time, and at a reasonable price may be realized. To this end the plan or opening new bids tomorrow has 1 en given up and Instead there will bj a conference to devise means for an adjust ment of the matter. Bids for Armored Cruisers. WASHINGTON, Oct. L Proposals for constructing by contract six armoritl cruisers will be received ;at the Navy De partment until 12 o'clock non. Frllay, December 7, 1900, when, they will ba pub licly opened. Tests at Sandy Hook. NEW YORK, Oct L Final tests were made at Sandy Hook tpday to prove the relative merits of rapid-fire guns mounted on old coast defense armament and dis appearing carriages. The tests were the outcome of a discussion that had been stadted by General Miles regarding the use of Buffington disappearing carriages. General Miles, on the board's return, re fused to discuss the result In detail, but said that 10 shots each were fired from the five-inch gun and the six-Inch gun on the disappearing carriage. When asked If a report would soon be prepared. General Miles replied: "A report will be made, but there may not he a decision for a year 'or two." Voa Scliwarzenstein in Tien Tsia. TIEN TSIN. Sept 29. German Minister von Schwarzensteln has .arrived here and established himself at the German con sulate. Baroness von Ketteler will start for Japan shortly, on board the German steamer Hallo. mm DOWN TO DEFEAT LIBERALS GOT LITTLE OUT OF THE BRITISH ELECTIONS. Conservative Majority In Parliament Increasing: Churchill's Elec tion in Doubt. LONDON, Oct. 1. In the following 'bor oughs polled today, all the sitting mem bers 'were re-elected: Davenport, Dur ham, Exeter, Kings, Lynn, Peterborough, Preston, Reading, Rochedale, Wigan and the North and South divisions of West ham. In Durham, the Unionists secured a ma jority of 781, as against one of 65 at the last election. The results in the other bordugha show little change, with the ex ception of a very significant increase in Unionist majorities In Westharo, where, in the North division, the Unionists se cured a lead of 24S0 against 704 at the last election, and in the South division a lead of U9G against 755 In the last election. Westham is a densely populated working class district at the east end of London and the result there seems to show that the Liberals have little to hope from the metropolis. On the other hand, Matthew White Rid ley, son of Sir Matthew White Hidley. the Home .Secretary, was elected at Staley Bridge in the Unionist Interest by a ma jority of only 81, as against a Unionist majority of 632 secured by L. H. Side bottom at the election in 195. At Hartle pool, Sir Christopher Furness, Liberal, re ceived 6491 votes, as against 4612 cast for Sir Tnomas Richardson. This is a Liberal majority of 1879 against a Liberal-Unionist majority of 81 at the election of. IE95. Both the Conservative candidates were elected at Plymouth which is a double barreled constituency. The voting was as-follows: II. E. Duke. Conservative, CC09; Hon. Ivor Guest, Conservative, 6005; S. F. Menle, Liberal. 5460; H. .D. Walker, Liberal. 5264. At Oldham, another double barreled constituency, one Liberal and one Conrervative candidate have been elected, the latter being Winston Church 11'. The polling was as follows: Alfred Emmett, Liberal. 12.947; Mr. Churchill. Conservative, 12,913; Walter Runciman, Liberal, 12,704; Mr. Crlsh, Conservative, 12,592. The returns received up to midnight show the total number of elected to be 132, as follows: Conservatives 92 Unionists 18 Liberals . 13 Nationalists T. 8 The Conservatives have gained two seats and the Liberals one. Hon. Ivor Guest. one of the successful candidates at Ply mouth, has an American wife. Frederick E. Goodheart, who was defeated at Devon port, is a son-in-law. of Leander McCor mick, of Chicago. Among the candidates jeturned today unopposed, were: Ministerialists Lord George Hamilton. Secretary of State for "India; Baron Fer dinand de 'Rothschild; Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Nationalists John E. Redmond, Chair man of the United Irish Parliamentary party. Late this evening, Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, sent to the editor of the Birmingham Dally Mall the following message to the Na tion, which was conspicuously displayed on the screen where the paper was an nouncing the results of the polling: "Patriotism before politics. May the un ion between the colonies and the mother land, now cemented by their blood, be forever maintained." Considerable interest attached to the speech at Derby of George Wydnham this evening, because it had been semiofficially announced that the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for War would outline the Government's proposals as to army re form. The chief points in the speech were that the home army should have a higher training, Instead of being regarded as merely a training ground for the sup ply of the foreign army, and that great er opportunities should be given for home maneuvers on an adequate war scale. Rumors are current that the Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War, will succeed Earl Cadogan as Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland. A mass meeting at Westminster this evening was addressed by the Secretary of State for India, Lord George Hamilton, and by Lord Mayor Newton. The latter's son. after ejecting a disturber, was sav agely atacked. His head was forced through a glass panel and he received a severe scalp wound and other Injuries. Considerable excitement was displayed along Fleet street and the Strand, espe cially around the newspaer offices, where various Illuminated lights displayed the election results thus far at hand. The Earl of Portsmouth, who, as Vis count Lymington, formerly represented Barnstable In the House of Commons, has formally withdrawn from the Liberal Unionist Association, on the ground that Liberal 'Unionism no longer means any thing but Conservatism. The editorials on both sides express satisfaction over the returns, which the Daily Mail asserts proves that there is no "khaki boom." A recount at Oldham this evening gave Messrs. Emmett and Runciman elected, with Mr. Churchill at the bottom of the poll. Roberts' Appointment Was Expected. NEW YORK, Oct L The appointment or Lord Roberts to succeed Lord Wolse ley as Commander-in-Chief or the British Army had all along been expected, saya the London correspondent or the Trib une, but the official announcement made last night can only be regarded In view or the general election as a clever politi cal maneuver. With Lord Roberts as Commander-in-Chier the question or ap pointing a new Secretary for War will be reduced In importance, as the very fact or the hero of the South African cam paign being in supreme command or tho military forces will be In itseir a guar antee of War Office reforms. Lord Wolseley. it is well known, could, two or three years ago. have had the Governor-Generalship of Canada, but, ow ing to tho exigencies of military affairs at the time, he did not see his way to resign the Commandershlp-In-Chlef. Had he done so the appointment would have gone to the Duke of Connaught Now. however, the Queen's son will have to be content with his present office of Com mander of the forces in Ireland. General Buller should succeed Lord Roberts in South Africa. He will be the senior ofllcer there when the Field Marshal leaveSj and there are several others who rank before Kitchener. Tronbles of the King of Cambodia. PARIS. Oct 1. Prince Vkanthor, son of the King pf Cambodia (French Indo CMna). who was recently a guest of France at the exposition, and who disap peared somewhat myater.ously, was found in Brussels. A dispatch sent in his be half says he did not sail for home last wk from Marseilles, as was arrranged, because he has not received the French Government's rply to the letter of griev ances from his father against the Frencn official? in Cambodia, of which he was the bearer. He adds that the only re sponse he received was a telegram from his father, ordering his return, but he ex plains that he canDot do so until he has received the reply of the French Govern ment so he has gone to Brussels. The Prince denies having any disagreement with his father, King Norodom. London Welcomes Yerkes. LONDON. Oct 2. The Daily Mall prints this morning an exhaustive article deal ing with the personality and career of Charles T. Yerkes, who has just pur chased the Charing Cross & Hempstead Underground Railroad charter. Com- menting editorially upon the, entrance of Mr. Yerkes Into the business life of, Lon don, it says: "London needs such a man at' this junc ture, and if, he can put the same spirit into the street railway enterprise hero that he has displayed In Chicago, he will be a welcome sojourner among us." Transvaal Refugees'. LdURENCO MARQUES, Oct. 1, The Austrian steamer Lloyd has sailed from here having on board 400 Transvaal refu gees, part of them being Irish-Ameri cans. All their expenses have leen paid by the Transvaal Government. Each man received 30 shillings and will be paid $42 DO on landing at any port which may be selected by them. Explosion at Komatlpoort. LOURENCO MARQUES. Oct. l.-An ex plosion occurred at Komatlpoort while the British were destroying the TJcer ammu nition, resulting in the death of two of the Gordon Highlanders. Eighteen were wounded. f BLAMES THE FOREIGNERS. Dr. Clark on the Losses and Gains Fro'm the Uprising: In China. BOSTON, Oct. 1. At the Congregational ministers' meeting this morning the prin cipal speaker was Dr. Francis A. Clark, president of the United Christian Endeav or, whose subject was, "Losses arid Gains From the Upiislng in China." Dr. Clark, who h?s visited several mission stations in North China where the massacres late ly occurred, says In part: "The dragon's teeth o war and mas sacre weie sown by the foreigners who had come in the spirit of commercial greed to push their conquests. Turn the tables for a moment and imagine China forcing her goods upon us at the point of the sword, sending her opium here to de bauch our youth and compelling us to buy it, seizing the whole Stale of Massachu setts because of two Chinamen murdered by a mob, aqd we can Imagine some of the feeling which animated the Boxers or the more intelligent powers behind the Boxers. 'A heroic chapter of missionary annals has been written, a chapter whose records can never be dimmed. The native convert has pioved himself worthy of the Savior who died for him. The taunt of rich Christians can no longer be thrown in his face. China has been awakened from her sleep of ages. She can never again fall back into the, same comatose condition as before. A trumpet call has been 'Issued to the Christians of America and Great Britain to go in and possess the land, to see to it that their comrades have not died in vain." Mission Work to Be Resumed. BOSTON, Oct. 1. The American Board of Commisioners of Foreign Missions has received a message from the Rev. G. M. Chapin, one of its missionaries in Pekin, disclosing the plans for the group of mis sionaries there. It is proposed to re open the Bridgeman School for Girls In Pekin, either in that city or in Tien Tsln. The North China College, which was de stroyed at Tun Che, will probably be re opened in Pekin. Minister Conger has given assurances that he will try to se cure the use of two or more compounds which have been lised by the Boxers, and hence are liable to confiscation, for the use of the American Board of Mission aries. Eight of the missionaries, chiefly women, reel that they need a furlough and 16 are prepared to remain. Missionaries and Engineers Safe. PARIS, "Oct L The French Consul General at Shanghai, under date of Sat urday, September 29, telegraphs that he has been informed by the Governor of Gent Che LI that, through the interme diation or Sheng (the administrator of telegraphs and railroads) the missionaries and engineers at Theng-Ting-Fu were safe and sound September 23; that the military and civil authorities had taken precautions to protect all the mission aries and that the Belgian mission at NIng Tian Lung. was sale. Russians Won Two Fights. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 1. The War Office announces that dispatches from Khabarovsk and Kharbln say General Tschltschagoff sent Colonel Kopeiken with a detachment of Cossaks, railroad troops and volunteers to engage a force of Chinese, who had occupied the railroad at San Chakan. The Russians won two obstinate fights. Forty-three dead Chinese were left In the trenches after the second engagement. Sternberg and the Canteen. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Surgeon-General Sternberg, U. S. A., writes to Adjutant-General Corbin, saying: "My attention has been called to a pub lished statement attributed to me, oppos ing the Army canteen. I presume this Statement, as published, is practically what I said some years since when Inter viewed upon the subject, although I do not at present remember to whom It was given. It did not at first look with favor upon tne proposition to sell teer to soldiers at Army canteens. That opin ion was not based upon personal ob servation, as I had not been stationed at a military-post since the canteen was established. Owing to the general con census of opinion among line 6fficers and medical officers of the Army, who have had ample opportunity to. observe the effect of the Army canteen upon the hab its of our soldiers, I am obliged to ad mit thatf from a practical point of v'eW, it seems to have accomplished very de sirable results In reducing the amount of drunkenness In the Army, and the dis position of 3oldlers to leave their stations for the purpose of obtaining spirituous liquors." Havrailan Chinese Decision. HONOLULU. Sept. 24, via San Fran cisco, Oct. 1. United States Judge Estee has rendered an important decision re garding the rights of Chinere to land In Hawaii. It was In the case of Ah Sing, who came here from New York as one of the crew of the ship Challenger, and was refused permission to land In Hono lulu. He was brought before Judge Ea tee on habeas corpus proceedings. The Judge decided that, having shipped from New York, the Chinese had a right to land in any other American port and Honolulu Is now an American port. The decision Is regarded as highly Import ant as bearing on the question whethsr the many Chinese in the Hawaiian Is' ands have a right to land on tha ma'n land. A clause In the Hawaiian Tecto rial act declares that the Chinese in Ha waii shall not be admitted to the ret of the United States. This" clause Is believed by some to be unconstitut'onal, and the decision of Judge F-tee Is In 1 ne with that opinion. There are about 20 003 Chinese in Hawaii. Politics in Forto Rico. SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO. Oct. l. The Federal party, at Its convention at Caguas yesterday, passed resolutions af filiating Itself with the Democratic party in the United States. Cablegrams from Mr. Bryan and James K. Jones, urging harmony, were read. Nunez Rivera made a speech in which he opposed the Admin istration on tho ground that the Foraker bill Is unsatisfactory, and that Porto Rlcans demand a more Independent form of government. The session will last sev eral days, and the delegates will nomi nate a Commissioner for Congress. A Republican mass meeting at San Juan has Indorsed the Administration and named candidates for the House or Dele gates. For a Non-Pnrtiann Judiciary. ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. i. The Demo cratlc state committee this afternoon de cided not to oppose the election of the Republican candidates ror Chier Justice and Associate Justice. A rew days arter the meeting ot the state convention last month Judge J. C. Nethaway resigned as Just as the sun goes down. Ayer's Pills. J. C. Ayer Company, Practical Chemljts, Lowell, Mass. Ayer's SaraparDla Ayer's Pills Ajer't Ague Cure Ayer's Hair Vigor A)ers Cherry Pectoral Ayer's Conutone a candidate for Associate Justice, and one of the objects of today's meeting wat to consider the filling of the vacancy. Judge Frank C. Brooks, the party's nominee for Chief Justice, today sent in a formal res ignation, announcing his belief in a non partisan judiciary and also the opinion that the mass of the Democratic party supported this view. After the subject had been fully canvassed the committee adopted resolutions accepting the resig nations and resolving that no nomination be made for Chief Justice and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and that no effort be made to defeat the Republi can nominees. WHAT IS THEIR STATUS? Contention That Filipino Natives Cannot Become Citizens. WALLA WALLA. Sept. 30. (To the Ed itor.) It is provided in the treaty witn Spain that "the civil rights and political status of the native lnhablants of the territories hereby ceded to the Uniteu 'States shall be determined by Con gress." This seems to give Congres unlimited power over the situation, and it would do so were Congress the omnipotent power of the Nation. But as Congress was created by the Constitution and can only act in the manner and along the lines, laid down In that instrument, it Is ne cessary to turn to it to find out what Congress can do to carry out the pro vision of the Spanish treaty, to find out what civil rights It can confer on. what political status define for, the native In habitants of the ceded islands. The Fourteenth amendment seems to cover the case very completely. It de clares: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States." The people by adopting that definition of "a citizen of the United States" excluded all other definitions of the term. Only those born In and those naturalized In tho United States are cit izens. In no other way can citizenship of the United States be obtained. It i .hardly possible for Congress to enact a valid law for the wholesale naturallza-. tlon of the inhabitants ' of the Philip pines, because to do so would be to vio late the provision of the Constitution giv ing Congress power "to establish an unl rorm rule of naturalization." No man of sane mind will contend that the Filipinos of voting age were born In the United States. The most strict follower of the rule, "the Constitution by Its own force does not extend over the territory pur chased by the United States" must con tend that such Filipino children as have been' and may be born since the ratifi cation at the treaty with Spain are born 'in the United States, and will become voting citizens when they attain the age of majority. These conclusions seem Ir resistible: the Filipinos are not native born citizens of the United States; they cannot be naturalize in a body by a Congressional enactment; the only way they can become citizens is through the slow processes of the naturalization laws five years' residence and proof of gooa character. The political status pf the annexed Islanders seems very clear. They have none, and can have none, except such privileges of purely local self-government as may bo conferred on them by Congress. They do not have, they cannot bo given by Congress, the powers of cit izens of the United States. Congress can confer on them all the civil rights, all the rights and privileges set forth in what Is commonly called the "bill of rights," which make up most of the amendments to the Constitution, as well as those enumerated in the body of that Instrument The natives of the isl ands ceded to the United States by Spain on the ratification of the treaty became inhabitants of the United States upon ex actly the same footing as the half-mUllou or people who yearly come to America rrom foreign lands, receive the same protection of the laws, must submit to the enrorcement or tho laws, can enjoy all the rights or lire, liberty and the pur suit or happiness and property enjoyed by the most highly educated Europeans who come to our shores seeklntr new homes and eventual citizenship. To this extent thev are "subjects" of the United States. Happy, exceeding happy, are "subjects" or the United States, or tha ships leaving our shores would bear more people to foreign lands than thev bring. P. B. JOHNSON. Decided Ap-ninst Hayti. WASHING-TON, Oct. 1. Judge Day. who Is arbitrator in the Metzger case, has just returned his decision, in favor PLAIN TALK. To Catarrh Sufferers. Every person suffering from catarrh In Its many forms knows that the common lotions, salves and douches do not cure. It Is needless to argue this point or to cite cases of failure, because every vic tim of catarrhal trouble knows it ror him seir ir he has tried them. A local application, if it does anything at all, simply gives temporary relief; a wash, lotion, salve or powder cannot reach the seat of the disease, which Is the blood. The mucous membrane seeks to relieve the blood of catarrhal poison by secret ing large quantities of mucus, the dis charge sometimes closing up the nostrils descending to the throat and larynx, causing an irritating cough, continual clearing or the throat, deatness. Indi gestion and many other disagreeable and persistent symptoms. A remedy to really cure catarrh must be an internal treatment: a remedy which will gradually cleanse the system from catarrhal poison and remove the fever and congestion always present in the mucous membrane. The best remedies for this purpose are eucalyptol, sanguinaria and hydrastln. but the difficulty has always been to get these valuable curatives combined in one. palatable, convenient and efficient form. Recently this has been accomplished, and tho preparation put on the market under the name of Stuart's Catarrh Tab lets: they are large, pleasant tasting lozenges, so that they may be slowly dissolved In the mouth, thus reaching every part of the mucous membrane and finally the stomach and intestines. An advantage to be considered also "Is that Stuart's Catarrh Tablets contain no cocaine, morphine or poisonous narcotics, so often found In catarrh powders, and the use of which often entails a habit more dangerous than tho disease. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are sold by druggists at 50 cents for full-sized pack age, and are probably the safest and most effectual catarrh cure on the market. DISEASE The. Diagnosis Made Easy by the Famtus Symptom Questions; the Cure Made Certain by the Wonderful Medication Which Reaches Every Part Subject to Catarrh How the Treatment Acts on the Nose, Throat, Vocal Cords, Bronchial Tubes, and, by Re moving the Obstruction in the Ear Tubes, Cures Deafness. The Treatment That Cures. Doctor Copeland's new treatment that has lifted the darkness and blight of the word .'Incurable" from hundreds of thousands of cases of Catarrh of tha Head, Throat, Ear Tubes, Bronchial Tubes and Lungs, works its curative ac tion for two reasons: (1) It reaches every diseased spot, from the orifice of the nose to the deepest part of the lungs and the innermost recesses of the middle ear. (-) Instead of irritating, inflamin-r and feeding tlie fires of the disease, it uoothes, ciniets, heals and cares. What is the treatment that cures these conditions once regarded as incurable? By what process does it restore the dis eased membrane, remove the poison and relieve the soreness of disease? Let the experience of persons cured and being cured tell. The Proper Course For Sufferers. The proper coarse for safferers is this: Read these symptoms carefully over, mark those that apply to your caso and brlngthis with you to the Copeland office. If you live away from the city send by mall and ask for Information of new home treatment. CATARRH OF HEAB AND THROAT The head and throat become dis eased from neglected colds, cnulns Catarrh when the condition of the blood predisposes to this condition. "Is the voice husky? "Do you ever spit up sllmeT" "Do you ache all over?" "Do you blow out scabs?" "Is the nose stopped up?" "Do you snore at night?" "Does your nose discharge?" "Does tho nose bleed easily?" "Is there tickling in the throat?' "Do crusts form In the nose?" "Is the n-so sore and tender?" "Do you sneeze a great deal?" "Is this worse toTvard nlsht?" "Does the nose Itch and burn?" "Is there pain in front of head?" "Is there pain across the eyes?" "Is there pain in back ot head?" "Is your sense of smell leaving?" "Do you hawk to clear the throat?" "Is there a dropping in the throat?" "Is the threat dry In tha morning?' "Are you losing your sense of taste?" "Do you sleep with the mouth open?" "Does the nose stop up toward night? CATARRH OF BRONCHIAL TUBES This coaditioa often results from catarrh, extending: from the head aad throat, and if left unchecked, ex tends down the windpipe Into the bronchial tubes, and In time attack the lungs. "Have you a cough?" "Are you losing flesh?" "Do you cough at night?" "Have you pain in side 7" "Do you take cold easily ?' "Is your appetite variable?" "Have jou stitches la side?" . "Do you cough, until you gag?" "Are you low-spirited at tlme3?" "Do ou raise frothy material 1" "Do ycu spit up yellow matter?" "Do you. couglj.on going to bed?" "Do you cough in the mornings?" "Is your i.ough short and hacking?" "Do you spit up little cheesy lumps?" "Have you a disgust for fatty foods?" "Is there tickling behind the palate?" "Have you pain behind breastbone?" "Do you feel you are growing weaker?" "Is there a burning pain In the throat?" "Do you cough worse night and morning?" "Do you have to sit up at nl3ht to get breath V' HOME TREATMENT No one deprived of the benefits of the Copeland Treatment because of living at a distance from the city. If you cannot came to the office, write for Home Treatment Symptom Blank and Book and be rured at home. Consultation Frez. THE COPELAND MEDICAL INSnTUT The Dckum. Third and Washington W. U. COPELAND, M. D. J. II. MOATGO.IIKHY. 31. D. tfFFICE HOTJRS-From O A, 3. to 13 EVENINGS TneiidRyi and Krtdnya. M.i from 1 to C P. M. of the claimant, and has decreed that Haytl pay an Indemnity or 523,000. This case was submitted to arbitration, in ac cordance with a treaty drawn a year ago between Secretary Hay and Minister Le ger. The claim ror Indemnity was made by John D. Metzger & Co., an Am rlca.t firm, on account or the seizure and sala or their goods at Port Au Prince for the non-payment of certain licenses, and on account of an alleged failure to furnish them with an adequate supply or water , ror the operation or their mill at P.rt Au Prince, and on account of a quan- tlty of lumber alleged to have bsen sold by them for the reller committee on the occasion of the devastation by fire of Jaomel. The treaty reqiures the Haytien .ueK-a-aiure to provme iur uie payment of the judgment within six months. I A Stove Trust. ,-TrRr, n . . - PITTSBURG. Pa.. Oct. L The Comraer- I cial Gazette tomorrow will say: j "Representatives of some 400 stove- 1 making concerns scattered throughout the country are to meet at the Auditorium, 1 Chicago, October 6, to take definite action on the rormation of the National Stove Manufacturing Company, which will be capitalized at about $160,000,000. aside rrom l a possible large issue of bonds. The pro moters or the enterprise have already tnlrArt ruif o ihnrt(r nnHpr tho loi-ja of TP1- aware, and about 200 ot the stove manu facturing companies have offered their properties and business. John W. Baker, the corporation attorney and financier, o Philadelphia, Is at the head of the enter prise. Directors of the Pittsburg Stove & Range Company, one of the largest la the country, have authorized the co-operation of their extensive plants." Taylor Beat Fena. HARTFORD. Conn., Oct. 1. Major Tay lor and "W. S. Fenn contested at the Velodrome track in this city for the mile championship of America. The first heat was declared off because Taylor fouled Fenn, and it had to be run over. In the run-off Taylor led all the way. but Fenn followed on his heels. Taylor finished a length ahead. Time, 2:25. The second heat was also won by Taylor, thus tak ing the race. He led Fenn at the finish by about three Inches. Time, 2:10 3-5. Busy Day for the President. CANTON, O., Oct. 1. Thl3 was a busy day for President McKinley. Besides the visits of Senator Penrose, of Pennsylva nia, and President Schuab, of the Carne gie Company, and of John Barrett, he re ceived many other callers, some of them social and some of them on business of minor iniportance. He also received and shook hands with a delegation of about 75 men. They were members of the Clark J DESCRIBED BY SYM SYMPTOMS OF EAR TROUBLES Deafness and, ear tronbles result from catarrh passing- along- the Eu stachian tube that leads ixona the throat to the ear. "Is your hearing faiUngr "Do jour ears discharge?" "Do the tars Itch and burn?" "Are the ears dry and scaly?" "Is the wax dry in tho ears?" "Are you gradually getting deaf? "Have you pain behind the ears? "Is there a throbbing In ears?" "Is there a buzzing sound heard! "Do you have a ringing In ears?" , "Are there cracking sounds idardT "Is your hearing bad cloudy days?" "Do you have earache occasionally?" "Are the bounds like steam, escaping? "Do you constanilj hear noises la tho ears? "Do your ears hurt when you blow tha nose?' "Is there a roarlnc like. a. waterfall la head?" "Do you hear better some days than others T" "Do the noises In the ears keep you awake?" "When you blow your nose do the. ears crack?" "Is your hearing worse when you b&vav a cold?" CATARRH OF THE. STOMACH This coaditioa may result from several causes, bat the usual cause Is catarrh, the mucus dropping down into the throat and beins swallowed. "Is there nausea?" "Are you coetlve?" "Is there vomiting?" "Do you belch up gas?" "Are you lightheaded?" "Is your tongue coated?" "Have you waterbrash?" "Do you hawk and spit?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Are you nervous and weak?" "Do you have slclc headaches?" "Do ou bleat up after eating?" "Is thare disgust for breakfast?" "Have you distress after eating?" "Is your throat filled with slime?" "Do you at times have diarrhoea?" "Is there rush of blood to tho head?" "Is there constant bad taste In mouth?" "Is there gnawing sensation In stomach?" "Do you feci as if you had lead in stomach?" "When you get up suddenly are you dz2y?" "When your stomach Is empty do you feel faint?" "Do you belch up material thai, bums tha throat?" "When the 3tomach Is full do you feel op pressed?" CATARRH OF THE LIVER The liver becomes diseased by ca tarrh extending- from the stomach Into the tubes of the liver. "Are you Irritable?" "Are you nervous?" 1 "Do you get dizzy?" "Have you no energy?" "Do ou have cold feet?" "Do you feel miserable?" "Is your memory poor?" "Do you get tired earlty?" "Do you have hot flubherf?" "13 your eyesight blurred?" "Can't you explain where?" "Have you pain In the bae'e?" "la your flesh soft and flabby?" "Are your spirit" low at time'" "Is there a bloating after eating?" "Have you pain aroand the loins'' "Do you have gurgling In bowla?" "Do you have rumbling bowet3;" "Is there throbbing In the stomach?" "Do you have a sense of heat In bowels?" "Do your suffer from pains In temples?" "Do you hae a palpitating of the heart?"' "Is there a general feeling of lassitude?" "Do these feelings affect your memory?" Dr. Copeland! Book Frei to All. SICIDAYT roiu 10 A. M to 12 SI. County Central Committee, who marched up to the McKinley yard from their reg ular meeting to pay their respects. There was no speechmaklng or anything ot that kind, but the county chairman stood at the head of the line to Introduce the call ers as they approached with hand ex tended. Street-Car Fare in Berlla. BERLIN, Oct. 1. The principal street- car lines in Berlin today introduced a uniform fare of 10 pfennings. . IMPOR.TANT TO TOURISTS. The Rio Grande "Western has arranged for another of It: popular personally con ducted tourist excursions. This will leave slt T , Cltv , Sundav -vRnlntr ant run jnto Chicago, via the Illinois Cen- tral Railroad. This arrangement gives passengers, who have an objection to traveling Sundays, an opportunity to pass that day ln the Mormon capital, and also t0 attend the public services at the Tab- ernacle. The Rio uranrie western s oth- er excursions leave Portland Mondavs. over the Missouri Pacific and Chicago & Alton; Tuesdays, over the Rock Island route; Wednesdays, over the Burlincrton route; Thursdays, over both the Burling ton and Missouri Pacific and Alton. For full particulars as to rates, and for sleeping-car reservations, apply to J. D. Mansfield, general agent, 253 Washington street. Portland. indicatesinsufficient nourish menc. It leads to nervousness, sleeplessness, general debil ity, and predisposes to Con sumption and other prevail ing diseases. To guard against these take the Standard remedy for all wasting diseases in young or old. It improves diges tion, gives flesh, strength, vigor and resistive power. 50c. and r 00, all dnjfjtists, XT Si UOWNE. Chcnmu. New York. SCO- r Bil 1 04.2