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Can Vjto Portland, -pregoigu , ERICE FIVE CENTR VOL. XL. NO. 12,436., PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1900. ! " ' si?:iiinn The Greatest American W&lskey YELLOWSTONE: tuiiti;t8is;s;niit; W. G. MCPHERSON ...47 First St. Heating and Ventilating Engineer DEALER IN AND NORTHWESTERN AQENT FOR Richardson & Boynton Co.'s Warm Afr Furnaces. American Boiler Co.'s Steam and .Hot Water Heating-Boilers. -. John Van Range Co.'s Hotel, Steamship and Family Steel Ranges. Complete "Hotel Outfits, Steam Tables, Bake Ovens, Etc . j Bar and copper and tin work, of every description. THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OP OTQGRAPHIC BEST CAMERAS, BEST PLATES, RELIABLE PAPERS. LATEST NOVELTIES. Agents Collins Card Mounts, Volgtlaejtder's ColIInear Lenses BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. Foorthi Near Morrison Portland, Oregon " H BiCdmS PARK AND WASHiNGTON STREETS jju P. Armstrong, LLf B., Principal. . J. A. Wesep. Penman and -Secretary. 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Jackson County's vote for President will be close next month. Con servative men of both parties admit this, and that the plurality either way will be small, probably not 50. At all events, the Republicans will reduce Bryan's plurality of 975 in 1896 close to zero, and perhaps wipe it out altogether. The Bryanites say that whatever advantage there is in the situation Is with them, and the Re publicans that it is theirs. Recently the Bryan State Central Committee caused the county to bo "sized up" in a genesal way, and the report sent to Portland for the. information of Chairmen Sheridan and King was that the race between Mc Kinley and Bryan was neck and neck. This was a discouraging bit of news, as the Bryanltes had confidently looked to old Jackson to do as well as it did in 198. No Bryan estimate of plurality exceeds 500. Ex-Sheriff Patterson puts it at that figure and Frank. "Williams, ex chairman of the Populist State Central Committee, says 400. Mr. Patternon has simply hazarded a guess, as he has not made a canvass, and Mr. Williams' esti mate comes under that head, too. Mr. Williams frankly acknowledges that the Bryanltes have not the organization they had four years ago, and says that if they have done no more work throughout the county than has come under his ob servation in Ashland, nothing would sur prise him. In the absence of an actual poll by either party, the judgment of con servative .Bryanltes and McKInleyltes is the best information that can be had re garding the situation in Jackson County. This is that it is a toss-up, with tho Bryanltes confident and Indifferent and the Republicans confident and enthusias tic, but not working overtime. No Calamity Howl This Tear. Neither side is infusing spirit into, the campaign. Judging from the attendance at the meetings "the enthusiasm is entirely- with the Republicans. General Clark E. Carr, Governor Geer and Colonel S. C. Spencer addressed audiences of 1200 at Ashland. So far tho Bryanltes have not attempted to hold a general rally anywhere in the county. Fourteen people attpnded-one-nasetmg they iheld at Ash land. The apathy of the Bryanltes is at tributable tothe lack of a calamity-howl. , They cannot appeal, to the poverty of the people as they did In 1S9S, because there is ho poverty. They cannot tell the w.ork ingman he is not prosperous, because he Is working, whereas -four years ago he stood on street corners and argued him self hoarse about 16 to 1, or congregated about learned disputants In saloons. They cannot tell anybody that the 'money supply will not Increase without 16 to 1, because there is more money in the coun try than there ever was. Great has been the improvement in conditions since 1S96. Four years ago the country was full of idle men, but now no man need be idle if he be willing to work. Orchardists com plain that they cannot get sufficient help to pick their fruit. Ashland has increased nearly 1200 in population since 1890, and nearly 70 per cent of this growth has come since 1896. Four years ago immi gration was small and the average new comer was a man seeking work. Now the average newcomer Is a man of fair means, looking for a home. The first thing, he does is to hunt up a bank and deposit his money, and his second task is to find men to work for him. The mining and agricultural interests have doubled, and among orchardists the big ranch has lost -favor and the tendency is toward the more profitable 10 and 20-acre hold ings and diversified production. Four years ago money was hard to get at 10 per cent. Now it is easily obtainable at 6 per cent, If the security Is satisfactory. Four years ago county warrants draw ing 5 per cent were at a discount, while county warrants at 6 per cent now com mand a premium. These are facts that make impossible any argument of the Bryanltes that there Is no prosperity. The majority of them Judiciously admit the prosperous condition of the people, but their explanations of its source are ingeneous. For example, Frank Williams says it was caused by the Spanish war and the Klondike stampede. But neither reduced the interest charge on money, de veloped the mines, provided work for peo ple, icut up the orchards, nor sent people hero from the East and Middle Wesj; to mako homes. Besides, both have been over some time and the prosperity con tinues. Stay-at-Homes a Great Factor. Some idea of McKInley's show of getting a plurality over Rryan may be gathered from the distribution of the vote cast at "the state elections in June, 1S98, and 1900. Two years ago, Geer. Republican, for Governor carried-the county by 73 plur alityover King, Fusion, but he ran 316 behind the combined Fusion and, Mlddle-of-the-Road strength. Tongue, Republi can, for Congress, led Veatch, Fusion, by 15, although he ran'411 behind the Fusion and Middle-of-the-Road vote. The total vote cast for Congressman that year was 3036. Last June, Tongue received126 more votes than he did in 1898, and Dr. Daly, his opponent, received 126 more votes than tha Fusion candidate for Congress did In 1898. ln the same time the Mlddle-of-the-Road Populist vote for Congress dropped from 426 to 216, a los3 of 210 and -the Prohibition vote increased from 57 to 9L. In a total vote of 3132, Tongue had 15 plural ity over Daly. Tongue and Daly gained and evenly divided 252 new votes, of which 210 evidently came from the Mlddle-of-the-Roaders and 42 from thej stay-at-homes of 1898. This is the only straw that gives an Idea of theprobable alignment of the Middle-of-the-Roaders and stay-at-homes next month. Bryan will get a few of the Middle-of-the-RoaderSi but the great majority of them will support Barker or Debs. It is not so easy, however, to get at the intention of tha stay-at-homes, of whom there were over 800 last June. They are the important iactor in the situation, for they have the votes to turn the result either way. Neither the Re publicans nor the Democrats are polling them nor making the slightest effort to get them out on election clay. No one- can tell what proportion of them will vote for President. Some Ihinlc they aro mainly voters who did not .take interest in the state election in June, hut who have their niinds made up on the Presi dential question. Only one thing is cer tain about them: They all have some business or labor or they would be loiter ing about the streets of Jacksonville, Ash. land, Medford and other towns working themselves intoa passion over the pros and cons of expansion and trusts. What ever the stay-at-homes may do, the Re publicans appear to have the least fear of them. They are confident of more than half of them, and an equal division of. this voto will not lessen McKlnley's chance 'of beating Bryan. The Bryanltes fear that if the stay-at-home voto comes out, the one thing that will appeal to it is that It has no cause for grumbling or discontent, and there is no telling what it .will do with Mr. Bryan when it gets him alone In the polling booth. Tie Fisnt of 1896. Jackson County had been drifting to wards Pop"ulIsm for several years, and Bryanlsm and 16 to 1 easily took deep root in 1896j The Bryanltes went, into the campaign with vim and determination and put up a fight that is without parallel in the political history of Oregon. Frank Williams was chairman of 'the Bryan County Committee that year, and he per fected on organization that gathered un der one banner every anti-Republican voter. Every township had Its Bryan club or committee, and at every crossroads and in every schoolhouse the doctrine of 16 to 1 wag preached ovei and over again. Mr. Williams had been jo. Populist leader and organizer in Kansas v&nd he con tributed to the contest in Jackson County a fund of experience g&ined from many a hard-fought battle with the Republi cans. McKinley was outclassed from the start,, and the only question was what the Democratic majority would' be. In a total vote of 3798, Bryan received 2362, McKinley .13S7, Levering 23 and Palmer 26. Bryan's plurality over McKinley was 975, and his majority over all 926. Disintegration of theBryan forces set In with 'thetlef eat of their leader in 1896. As the campaign of 1898 approached, 'a con siderable body of Populists refused to serve longer as the tall of the Democratic kite, organized a party of their own and nominated a ticket. While these 'Middle-of;the-Roaders did not affeofc- the vote for stat.e officers, in Jackson-County, they cut deeply into; the Fusion strength and enabled the Republicans to get plurali ties lor governor, State School. Superin- rtendenC State Printer and -Congrssma3k!tt'1i f com f,ur of 'ihe Js'ow Eng- and' to elect the majority of their judicfaX iS?? S?t tu ? ?U,SCBBns$ n.i:s i .. ju- .,' leal outlook therei brings toJighfr Bom luguiauvu aiiu vuuui1- vauuiuuiCD: Their vote lor state officers ranged? from 374 for Secretary of - State to 44(T for- School Superintendent, and on county candidates from 226 to 814. Without this defection the Republicans never would have carried the county. Last Spring the Middle-of-the-Roaders held out against tho effort of even Bryan himself to draw them Into the Fusion ranks. They had no nominees for state officers, but their candidate for Congress polled 216 votes. Their county ticket-received from 228 to 777 votes, and' again all the" offices except that of Couni ty Judge fell to the Republicans by plural ities ranging from' 67 to 614. "Imperialism" Discounted. Bryan and some of his followers In Jackson County do not agree on the para mountcy of issues. The Kansas City platform says. imperialism is paramount, but Bryan has switched oft to the trusts. Down here Frank Williams, easily the best product of Populism In Oregon, says that direct legislation, that Is, the Ini tiative and referendum, transcends all other issues. "I consider it paramount to silver, imperialism or any other question," said Mr. Williams. Whatever the result of the Presidential electlbn, the advo cates of the initiative and referendum will organize In every county on nonpartisan linos with "the object of making their creed a part of the constitution of Ore gon. Asked what effect this movement would nave upon the future of the Popu list party in Oregon, Mr. Williams said: "I suppose that what Is left of it will join in the initiative and referendum movement." In this one particular of direct legisla tion, the campaign In Jackson County presents a unique aspect In all other counties the Bryanltes are blind follow ers of the bugaboo of Imperialism, but In Jacks.on they refuse to be led by the nose, and have set up a standard that they consider higher than terrible wars of conquest, and tho dollar that is bigger than the man. Both the Fusion Populists who are cordially supporting Bryan and the Middle-of-the-Roaders who will cut him to death next month are believers in theinltlative and referendum, and some sort of new party may be expected to rise from the wreck of Populism be tween election day and January. The first step will be to extend the organization for direct legislation Into every county for the purpose of getting the bill sub mitting the question through the Legisla ture, and then the fight will begin for adoption of the constitutional amendment in 1902. H. E. R. FRENCH- IMMIGRANTS HELD. Steerage Passengers Said to Have Been Improperly Manifested. NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The entire list of steerage passengers of the French liner La Bretagne, 716 in number, were held up on the registry floor of the barge office today because it was claimed that a ma jority of the names were improperly mari ifested. No such hold-up of immigrants at the landing bureau of this port has occurred in years, If ever before. The emigrants would have been sent back to the ship had not the agent of the French line appaared In the afternoon and sup plied a bond of ?5000 as a guarantee that the fines for all emigrants improperly manifested will be paid. .Still Fighting in Santo Domingo. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 2L Advices received today from Haytl assert that' the rebellion in Santo Domingo Is not ended, and that fighting is -proceeding in the interior, although the revolution ists are weak. , - . 281 FOR M'KINLEY Such Is New York Herald's Forecast of Election. FEWER FOR BRYAN THAtf IN 1896 Probable Falling (ME la Iiarsr'e F1h- ralitieB in Certain States Sitaa- tio& la New England. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2L The-New York Herald, which has accurately forecasted Presidential elections in past years, today announces that McKinley wlR have 281 electoral votes and Bryan 166. Thls an nouncement is. made after a most careful canvass of all doubtful states, and shows a gain In the college for McKinley of 10 votes over that of four years ago. The (Herald elves McKinley all tho states he carried in 1896 except Kentucky; and Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Wash ington and one vote in California which were cast for Bryan four years ago. There is nottiing surprising In the re sult of the Herald's forecast, as it is about the same as that of every care ful political student not blinded by par tisan desires. The feature of IMs that the Herald has had amplo resources at its command; to secure its information, and its methods have been of a painstaking character. The canvass shows a falling off in the larare pluralities given for Mc Kinley in New York, Now Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin, yet in New York the poll shows that McKinley will have 115,000. Of tha states given to McKinley the greatest doubt is of Indiana, where the farmer vote is depended upon to carry the electoral vote for the Bryan ticket. Of tho Bryan states, Kentucky .and Ne braska, are considered Republican close possibilities while some of the Mountain States are classed as bare possibilities. The canvass also shows that the Re publicans will . control the next -House of Representatives and that 11 Senatorial seats are in doubt, being two each in Delaware, Nebraska and Montana, and one each in Kansas, West Virginia, Illi nois, Idaho, South Dakota and Utah; but with the Republicans sure to have 46, a majority in any event. Hott New England Stands. In a general -way but little attention is being paid to the campaign in. the New England States, for it is almost uni versally acknowledged that they will one and all cast their votes, for McKinley, al though in some - sections doubt is ex pressed as "to the result in Connecticut. A prominent -Government official 'whose hqmo Is in New Hampshire, has Just brings io.likht Rome .interesting factif'and .opinions. ' . When asked as to the possibility of Connecticut going Democratic, He declared the idea was "absurd. '" . ' '"Connecticut is as surely Republican as anytstte In the Union,' said he. "What gave rise to the suggestion that the Nut meg State was In doubt was the fafct that the manufacturing interests of the state have been so extensively brought under the control of the-trusts. But In stead of Injuring the laboring men, this change of business basis has rather worked to their advantage. There are more men employed today in Connecti cut than there were in 1S0G, and wages are generally higher. Tho working men are v satisfied, and. while some may be influenced' by the cry of trusts, yet as a general thlmr they will remain by the party that ha3 brought good times and steady employment. The balance, of pow er in Connecticut lies with, the working men; -and they stand today Just fwhere they were 'four years" ago. There can be no auestion but what the state is safely Republican beyond a doubt.' "Up in New Hampshire there is an In teresting campaign in progress, and it centers around the fight of -Senator Chandler for re-election. It Is my candid opinion that he will be returned by as good a vote as he bad six years ago. The story to the effect that he is now facing unusual opposition has been wide ly circulated, and it has 'been stated In ono way or another that the odds are against him. That is not. the true state of affairs. It 'Is true that 'Chandler Is opposed by the railroads, which he has fought continuously for so many years, but he faced the same opposition when he was elected before. The very railroads that oppose his return to the Senate Were arrayed against him in 1894, and. at that time their enmity was far more bitter than it in now. In the present cam paign only a few of the railroad officials are fighting Chandler personally, a very smalt number as compared to thoso who took sides asralnst him when he made his last race for re-election. "There has also been some Intimation that Gallinger is using his influence to defeat Chandler. No one will deny that there Is a bitter enmity existing between tho two Senators, and that it is often carried to extremes, but those who are acquainted with the situation In New Hampshire are aware that Gallinger Is steadily losing his influenco In the stale, and while he once had a good grasp on the Republican state machine, he Is not the powerful factor that he was In the last campaign. Gallinger Is beginning to realize that his hold Is slipping, and has been forced, out of self-protection, to let up on his fight against his colleague, and turn a part of his efforts toward trying to restore himself to his old stand ing In the party. The railroads and Sen ator Gallinger, both having relaxed Ihelr efforts to down the brilliant Chandler, the latter Is sure to succeed himself In tho United States Senate. It has been stated several times that Representative Sullo way Is .a candidate for Chandler's seat. In view of the fact that he has just bqen renominated for Congress and will have to spend his best efforts to secure that place, he can under no circumstances be considered seriously as in the race with Chandler. "Imperialism" Doesn't Scare. "It " Is very interesting and very en couraging to note the way in which anti expanslon, or 'anti-imperialism, as some. prefer improperly to style it, is losing its hold on the people of Massachusetts, for a lQng while tho hotbed of Atkinsonians. A year ago there was a vast number of intelligent voters, both in Boston and other parts of Massachusetts, who firmly believed that the retention of the Philip pines was both an unjust and an unwise step on the part pf the United States. Tljen, when Senator Hoar came out so strongly against expansion, this .senti ment spread, and was found as largely among Republicans as among Democrats. But, happily, many of thoso who at first took sides with Hoar have come ty realize that expansion is a good thing for the country, as well as for the islands, and have come back to their old places in the party. A year ago there .would have been thousands of Republicans in Massachu setts who would have bolted the ticket rather than support & candidate running on an expansion platform. Today, under $he guidance of Senator Hoar, they will almost, to a man support McKinley, re gardless of the expansion plank, which has proved so distasteful; Massachusetts, like the other New England States, will remain safely Republican. "But, while it la true that all of the states, from Maine through to Connecti cut, will go Republican, It will not be by as large majorities as four years- ago. This cannot, however, be considered as an indication of a decreasing Republican vote in these states. It will be remem bered that tho majorities of 1S96 were phenomenal in every one of the. New England States, caused largely by the fact that Democratic voters supported McKinley rather than accept a candidate of the Bryan .stripe, on a free sliver platform. , Since then many of these vot ers have come to believe that Bryan,, if elected, cannot injure the finances of the country, and have, therefore, returned to their old moorings and will this year vote for a man in whom they have but little confidence, but yet the one who was chosen at their party convention to again make the race against McKinley. Not that they expect to see him win, but that they want once more to vote with their old party. It is a widely noticeable fact in many parts of New England that while Democratic voters are supporting Bryan this" year, they do so In a disin terested manner, and are at heart hoping for hl3 defeat, thinking that two succes sive failures will forever remove him from the line pf possible candidates. They know him for his trie worth, as a montebank, a proclalmer of false issues, and as an Instigator of class troubles, and hope to be rid of him after the re sult of the coming election has been an nounced. "New England will, as I said before, be solidly Republican, but. by. smaller ma jorities than In 1896, but this year's vote will represent the real strength of the Republicans, with but small addition from Gold Democrats- or Democrats who are dissatisfied with Bryan or the Democratic platform." FOUR FIREMEN KILLED. Gasoline Tank Exploded in a Burn ing Building. ST. PAUL, Oct. 21. As- a result of a fire that broke out in the slaughtering pen of Hlnman & Company Packing House shortly after midnight last night, four firemen are dead and a number of others injured and property worth about 5450,000 -destroyed. The dead: William H. Irvine, second assistant fire chief. Lieutenant Frank M. Edry. Burt Irish! Louis Wagner. The injured: Andrew Johnson; William Field, internal injuries; Thomas C. Lar kin, both legs crushed. The fire, which Is suposed to nave been oX incendiary origin, spread wlJj- great rapidity fanned by a, strong wind; From the -packing house- the flames- spreaiPto the warehouse of the Northwestern Lime .Company, then to the McCormick Harves ter Company's large brick warehouse fill ed -witE -valuable farm machinery. The firemen had entered tlje McCormick ware house to be-In a better position to fight the flames. A tank 'containing 200 gal lons of gasoline In the rear part of the L building exploded shattering the walls and burying the men in the debris. The McCormick Harvester Company was heaviest loser, their loss footing 'up $380,000. Of ' this 580,000 was on buildings and 5300,000 on, stock and notes; all their papers and records being burned. They carried no Insurance. The loss of D. M. Robblns, owner of. the packing house. Is placed at 535,500, which includes the loss on seeral tenement houses and other buildings. Other losses bring the total to nearly 5450,000.-1 Losers other than the McCormick Company aro well pro tected by Insurance. Gdrilla Died of Pneumonia. BERLIN, Oct. 21. "Johanna," Barnum & -Bailey's famous gorilla, ' died today from pneumonia. . t SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS Political. The New York Herald's forecast of the Pres idential election Is that McKinley will have 281 and Bryan ICO votes In the Electoral College, B2(e .1. Mr. Stevenson's forecast of the election Is 133 for McKinley, 180 for Bryan and 120 doubt ful. Page C. McKinley stands a chance to carry Jackson County, Or. , Pace 1. The antl-Imperlallsts Issue an address to the Independent voters to support Bryan. Page 0. papers Indulge In much critical-discussion of the Anzlo-German agreement. Pago 1. Imperial' troops have suffered reverses In southern provinces. Page 1. Foreign. ' The Spanish Cabinet resigned as a protest against appointment of "U'eyler to be Captain-General of Madrid. Page 2. The New Japanese Cabinet Is announced and . criticised. Pago 2. Domestic. President Mitchell states the case of strlk- i ins miners. Page 2. Four firemen were killed, and property valued ' at 54CO.OOO destroyed In a St. Paul flr. Page 1. SIxty-flve per cent of the operators have posted the amended notices to their men. Page 2. A score of criminal Insane patients overpower their keepers and escape from a New York asylum. Page 2. Admiral Eichborn submits his last annual report. Page 2. John Sherman can live but a few hours longer. Page 2. Agulnaldo is said to havo written a Iotter directing cessation of political attempts for pacification. Pago 2. An American engineer took an Important part In the Fashoda affair In Africa. Page 2. Pacific- Coast. Northern Pacific Is not likely to give Puget Sound lumbermen a 40-cent rate to Oregon .territory In 'the East. Pago 3. The new gravity water plant of Baker City Is belnf- pushed to completion. Page 3. The price of hops Is likely to gj very high. Page 3. A Chlneso confessed to having killed three men In British Columbia. Page 3. Local. Fugitive negro shot by police officers. Page 10. President Mellen, of the 'Northern. Pacific, here with his party. Page 10. Unprecedented demand for houses. Page 5. Commercial. Our errorts to China have more than quad rupled in value In the past Ave years. Page T. One of the larrrest steel manufacturing com panies of England Is to move to this coun try. Page 2. There Is marked Improvement in financial conditions ia Germany. Pass 2. WHAT PAPERS SAf Various Views of th Anglo German Agreement: HOME PRESS GENERALLY C0M1END5 Press of Other Countries Inollned'ta . Be Critical Imperial Caineaart Troops Meet Reverses. LONDON, Oct. 22. All the morning pa pers dlla'te upon the high Importance of the Anglo-German agreement. The Dally Telegraph, which describes it as the most remarkable success secured by British diplomacy since the Berlin treaty, says: "Tho significant circumstances of its publication clearly suggests that it was Initiated by Lord Salisbury at tha mo ment when an ill-considered call was made for his retirement from the Foreign Office." Although without such effuslvo praise of Lord Salisbury's diplomacy, most of tho papers warmly approve the agree ment and recognlzo In It a warning to other powers, especially Russfcu The Dally Graphic remarks: "Tho agreement is the direct outcome of Germany'3 isolation In China. She had found herself committed to a punitive policy without the support of the other powers. It is another Journey to Canossa for the German jingoes." The Dally Mail observed: "The agreement almost amounts to an offensive and defensive alliance- It will put an end to the last hope of European Intervention in South Atrlca."" The Standard, which Is unstinted in its pralso of Lord Salisbury and Count von Bulow, says: "The agreement should be indorsed with alacrity by the United States, which has constituted itself an advocate of the 'open door,1 and is almost nervously anxious to avoid any prolonged entanglement in the far East." The Times, somewhat less eulogistic, says: "It seems to be a sensible and business like agreement, so far as it goes, but it hardly Justifies the far-reaching Infer ences some persons appear disposed to draw from it. Tho first and second clauses bind us to nothing which we have not repeatedly professed. The third clause Is purely contingent and relates altogether to an eventuality that has not arisen, and, we trust. Is extremely un likely to arise. Russia has expressly de clared that her occupation of Manchuria Is only temporary, while nobody can sup pose that Germany Intends to abandon her traditional policy toward Russia In favor of an Anglo-Russian alliance." The Dally Chronicle, the Morning Post, apa the Dally News adopt a similar tone. Tho first-named journal says: j. "The third clause may mean nothing or .something yery serious, as no sane man expects Russia, to withdraw from Manchuria." The MornfhgfPost says:, "Russia will probably not be frightened by 'the thlwl clause of' the agreement. Doubtless she has already made er bar gain 'with. Germany, tho latter belnff in. the habit of making agreements with both sides at once." The Dally News, after asking whether there Is any secret understanding behind tho agreement, say3 that Lord Salisbury has again changed his policy and has abandoned the British sphere of influence along tho Yangtse Klang. "WONDER ABOUT RUSSIA. How French Papers Comment OS Xevtr Chinese Agreement. PARIS. Oct. 21. The Anglo-German Agreement to maintain the territory and Integrity of China and to keep her porta open to the commerce of the world con tinues to monopolize public attention In France, the omission of the name of Rus sia, according to the version of the agree ment supplied by the Hovas Agency, be ing the cmef subject of comment. The Temps says: "We can see nothing In the Immediate sense, of tho agreement which does not merit apDrobatlon but the elimination of Russi's name Is calculated to hurt her feelings by showing distrust, even sup posing the intentions of tho two powers to be the purest. It Is to be regretted that tne wording of the agreement gives an appearance of hostility to an ally. The work of peace 13 not furthered by throw ing a bomb. 'There are two Important points In the agreement. The first is that the second article destroys somewhat the value of the protocols of disinterestedness by reserving to tho contracting parties the right to mako eventual arrangements according to the behavior of a third party. The second point is that If this specific accord indicates a lasting understanding be tween Germany and Great Britain it will be. thanks to the sad Transvaal "War, the realization of a favorite plan of Lord Salisbury and Mr. Chamberlain and at the same time the starting point of a new era In International relations." The Journal des Debat3. after express ing a doubt that the agreement la di rected against Russia and asking wheth er, em the contrary, Germany and. Great Britain, having accepted the situation as it affects the establishment of Russia north of the great wall, have not ex cluded from that region other powers who are prohibited from extending- themselves at the expense of China. "If this be the case," It says, "it la the Integrity of China proper which the two contracting powers guarantee. Be fore giving a definite opinion regarding the attitude we must know the attitude of Russia, for the Importance of the agreeirient depends entirely upon whether It is or Is not hostile to Russia.' After the foregoing and similar com ments had appeared in the French press it became known that all the papers had. been put on a false scent by an error la transmitting the text of the agreement, the omission of the name of Russia among tho name3 of the powers to whom the agreement is to be communicated. All the comments were written upon the theory that the Havas Agency text la correct. A COPY REACHES TVASHKVGTOW. Anglo-German Agreement Cornea Throngfh. German Charge d'Affalre. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2L The State, De partment has received a copy of" the Anglo-German agreement regarding China published In the Associated Press dis patches from London yesterday afternoon. It was sent to the department yesterday by Count de Quadt, the German Charge d'Affaires, who earlier in the day had received it by cable from Count von Bu low, the German Chancellor at Berlin. The offllcal version is Identical in terms with tjjat already published, and it was communicated to our Government with only a formal letter of transmission. (Concluded on Secorid PagfO